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DAILY NEBRASKAN lllini Lead Wins in Past Drake Relays Dea Moines, la., April 10. (Spe rial.) 'Fighting lllini, running in most of the past thirty-three Drake Relays, have garnered 51 firsts and five first place ties a record which flings them far into the lead of the pack. In a close race for second-place are the University of Iowa with 21 firsts and 2 first place ties and Nebraska with 22 firsts. Then comes Kansas with 19 firsts and 3 title ties, Michigan and Notre Dame, each with 18 firsts, Wiscon sin with 15 firsts and three first place ties and Indiana and Rice Institute each with 15 titles. Fleet relay teams of the twen ties which virtually shut out all competitors, helped boost Illinis to its unchallenged lead In Drake Re lays history. The four-mile teams took first from 1920 through '24 and again in '28 and '29; the one-mile team triumphed three successive years, 1920 through 522; the half-mile crew won 1922 through '24 and again in '26; the quarter-milers came through in '26, and '29 and the two-mile team in '28. for a total of 17 relay firsts in 10 years "Virtuous 'Vic" Speaks i & s -J s? 1 ... A ?n V i ' "' (B , I : I fl o 111 I" Pi ' I : 1 : 5 h i r-. : v '" "tr 4 1 4 I 1 - f i ' 1 ; I ' V - v r:- J i' 1 ft J l -;:- :hn. LJ--im ' I -I Courtcsv Lincoln Journal Talking over shot put matters here is Vic Schleich, 51-foot Husker flipper and one of the nation's tops, with anotner top losser, oian Graf of Stanford. Viwill be a featured shot entrant, in the Drake He must top Notre Dame's star thrower, Jim Delayen to conquer. Relays April 23-24. FRI., APRIL 16 III, I "1 ft-- Adm. $1.00 Each Tlus Tax Wall Topples Northern portion of the antique board wall around Memorial sta dium toppled over Friday night in face of a high wind. Several other sections of the fence are sagging badly. Low Turnout Keeps Track Trvouts Out , . Saturday work Slim attendance forced Mentor Ed Weir to , postpone , scheduled tryouts Saturday for his Univer sity of Nebraska track and field squad to Tuesday afternoon. Some seven or eight candidates reported, mostly middle distance performers, to enable Weir to conduct tryouts in only three events 440, mile and 100 yard dash. Kratz Trots. Dean Kratz, frosh distance star, sped a 52.2 quarter mile in face of stern wind and soggy track to compile the top marking. Kratz was paced by Johnny Parkin, first year sprint aspirant, and his brother. Kent, a hurdler. Jim Brogan spoiled Creighton Male's initial stab at the mile route with a three-yard 4:40 vic tory. Freshman Hale, running his first mile after concentrating on the 880 event, couldn't cope with Brogan's pacing savvy. Parkin .stopped a slow 10.7 cen tury in absence of Al Zikmund, leading Scarlet dash man. Tryouts Tuesday. Weir indicated that tryouts in remainder of the events will occur Tuesday afternoon. Fact that large portion of the squad carries a heavy week end working sched ule accounted for the poor attend ance. A triangular affair with Okla homa and Oklahoma A. & M. at Stillwater Saturday will open the campaign. "If we can weather all the cards stacked against usT such as heavy classroom schedules, abundance of outside work and a simple short age of manpower, we may do something," said Tutor Weir. Gophers Lose j. Frosh GridmcD . . . To Service Minneapolis, Minn., April 10 There may not be many University sophomores wearing gold football1 I suits and cavorting on the stadium turf next season unless present conditions take a change for the better. Since last fall 22 members of the freshmen football squad have already entered the armed services, and it is probable that many more will follow. The absent list which constitutes more than a third of the entire freshman squad includes many of the most promising fledg lings. Among them are ends George Prest, Jim Low and Pierre Mattel, center Warren Beson tackle Carl Backes and halfback Harold Brezny. Two Huskers Win Approval In Pro Poll Rose Bowl veterans, Vic Schleich and Al Zikmund, three-year Husker grid mainstays, were drafted by pro grid teams in Thursday's National league selec tions at Chicago. Zikmund, speedy wingback, who was hampered by inquiries during his last two campaigns, following a brilliant career as a sophomore was tabbed by the Chicago Bears. Schleich, 230-pound all Big Six tackle choice the past season, was a Brooklyn Dodcer draftee. Midshipmen Candidates. Both Schleich and Zikmund are enrolled in the navy V-7 program. They will be sent July 1 to a V-7 college for training as midshipmen. Additional Draftees. Other gridders from Bix Six and Missouri Valley conference tea iris, claimed via the National league draft, include: Krooklyn DiMlitrrn Don Itcwe, MIkhoiiH ftilllmi'k. t'lrvrliiml Kiuns lliirnrr Sltnnimn, Olilu Iiiiiiip liiildi-i Humid AduniN, .Missouri Ulinrlf rhuck ; .li ft DnvlN, Mlsmiurl center. t hiciiKci lleurs Huh sti'tihrr, Missouri fiillliiick: W. ;. I .limb, Oklahoma mil; Lloyd Arms, Okln'ionui A. ti M. turklc. Detroit I .Ions Al Sea nl un (I, Okluhimm A. It M. luil I back; Itityal l.owry. Ion a State halfback; Mike I llit'enihl. Missouri Cllaril; Huel llnnwn, Oklahoma Inllbaik; Kert Kern, Missouri end. Philadelphia haule I'ulll Purling, Iowa Slate lullback. (IiIcukii (arillniils Kill Campbell, Okla- noma iiuarlerhack. tiriTii Kay I'ackers Italph Tat, Okla homa A. A. M. halfback. .New York iini (lenc llncmann, Okla homa A. ik M. end. . Nearly 200 former law students at the University of Texas are in the armed forces. Copplc Drops First Match . . . In National AAU Newt Copple, thumb-jerking Cornhusker wrestler, had the mis fortune in the National AAU tour nament in New York Friday to draw, a former national collegiate 155 pound champion as first-round foe. Copple, who hitch-hiked to the New York meet, consequently fell via a 4-1 decision to Ensign Ross Hamsher, former Franklin & Marshall grappler. Enroute to the national meet, Copple worked out with university squads at Iowa State, Illinois, Michigan and New York university. Soouers Open Track Season NORMAN, Oklu., April 10. Oklahoma's young track team will make its first home appearance of the 1943 season here Saturday in a dual meet with Coach Lloyd Russell's North Texas Teachers, who defeated the Sooners at Den ton three weeks ago, 72-69. The team will run the regular dual meet schedule prescribed by the rules, Coach John Jacobs said, with a two-mile run and only one relay, the mile. At Denton the Sooners competed under Lone Star conference rules, running three re lays, all of which they lost. The Soooners" youthful baseball team dropped its fourth consecu tive game Friday afternoon, bow ing before the Norman Naval Base Zoomers, 5-2. Stan King, former University of Iowa hurler, and Pete Blumette, erstwhile Louisville sou'ihpaw, di vided mound duty for the Zooms and held the Sooners to five hits. r h Norllibase Moil Hill IMfi ft S Oklahoma .. noil mil UNI 2 A Halterie: Kint, liliimctte and Kilcksoii, Krarheaii; Mrircll and t aims. By Norn's Anderson Sports Editor Army Too Busy To Allow Men to Enter UN Snorts An army dispatch Saturday spiked rumors that University of Nebraska air corp cadets could compete in Cornhusker sports. Unlike the navy, the army has stated that the soldiers attending colleges under the army special ized training program will not have the time to train for, or to participate in, any Intercollegiate sports competition," but competi tive team sports will be limited only by the equipment available and the interest of the students themselves. Coaches of many of the schools had honed that the soldier stu dents would be available for var sity sports as a means of building up teams depleted by the war. Competitive Sports. Physical training directors and instructors at the schools, the de partment said, have received rec ommendations that as a means of inculcating a will to win, com Detitive sports such as soccer. speedball, touch football, modi fied football, basketball, volley ball and baseball are strongly en- . . Intramurals Stressed couraged." It is expected that the soldier students will be devoting as much of their Saturday afternoon free time to intramural contests as soon as the teams can be organ ized. Four Main Objectives. In general, the war department said, there will be four objectives in the physical training program 1. To develop those qualities capabilities and reflexes associated with first class physical condition 2. To develoo in the soldier students certain fundamental skills essential either to safety or to ef fective operations in modern war fare. 3. To instill In the minds and hearts of the soldier students an aaaressive fighting spirit. 4. To provide a sound, sane and wholesome counterpoise to the highly accelerated academic study that is involved in the specialized training program. Emphasis, the department said will be placed on aquatics, com batives, gymnastics, the obstacle course and team sports- Two No-Hit Games . . . Full iipoWy is offered here to A TO Krnnv Klsoii nnl hi Delt Wes 'Alasor for failure to recognize Ihoir no-hit pitch- ins leats in our r rid ay intramural softhal account. Neoreoards turned into this department bv l'hi Dolt and ATO scorekeeprs credited the Alpha Siprs with one hit off Maser and the Beta Sirs with securing one safe bingo from son. investigation revealed that both "hits" were compiled on errors, therefore removing all blots from the phenominal Maser-Elson performance. Elson faced only 16 men in five innings, Maser flipped to 18 over the same distance. Any softball enthusiast will certify the fact that a no-hit pitching performance in the game is fully equivalent to a 300 game on the bowling boards or any other stint of sports perfection. Scene across the Cornhusker practice field Thursday at ;10 p. m. indicated that all sport activity is not null and void hereabouts. Seven games were in progress, some 1 00 contest ants dotted the huge greensward and spirit was at maximum peak. t Midwest followers of Al Blozis, the Georgetown strong man, need look no further for a local replica vf their Nero. lie is holand "Muscles Johnson, new Husker weight aspirant. A disciple of Gunner Haegg in first name only, the Swede aspirant warmed up for approaching shot duties recently by tossing his coach, Ki "key-bird" Eisenhart, over the south stadium goal post. Johnson has definitely established himself as the Hill uob- insou of the Husker track squad. No word has yet been received here in regard to the an nual spring BDOC derby, but one candidate has been fre quently mentioned over campus circles. Neal "Tut" McKee, Cornhusker halfback, was attired in natty corduroys arid sweat shirt when the press asked him to day what he thought of Adolph Menjou, national "best dressed" man, as a clothes horse. "What the devil!" burped MeKee. "Who js this Men jou! "Wasn't he a second-string quarterback for UCLA in the Rose Howl!" You have our support, McKee. Outdoor cinder doings finally "undo" in a belated setting Saturday Avhen the Cornhuskers match points with Oklahoma and Oklahoma A. & M. at Stillwater in a trianguar eonipet. Ralph Tate, a two-event winner at the Texas relays and an all-round performer of repute, gives the A & M crew favored rating.