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Duel Saturday
Comhusker track and field per
formers sensed the Monday after
noon showers, took their workout
early in preparation for the on
coming' trek next Saturday to
Ames for a duel with Iowa State.
Performance of the Huskers in
the Drake Relays Saturday was
gratifying to Mentor Ed Weir,
who was doubtful prior to the
affair "if any Nebraska men would
even place."
Big Howard Debus, however,
forgot the lack of outdoor work
Nebraska has undergone thus far
to garner two firsts from the na
tional field at Drake.
Vic Schleich should work out of
the 48-foot category and regain his
61-foot tossing mettle this week.
Vic must better 51 feet to conquer
his Big Six foe, Elmer Aussieker
of Missouri, victor at Drake with
a flat 51-foot toss. Schleich topped
Aussieker in the '43 indoor at
Kansas City.
A Request!
A mass request came to the
Nebraskan sports desk today
from Love Library air cadets
and ROTC "activities" that we
publish daily standings of the
major league baseball chase.
We will publish the standings
If an agreement can be made
with The Journal to use the
material. Johnny Thompson,
Scarlet basketball performer,
explained the request with "We
don't have a chance to look at
any paper but the Daily Ne
braskan." I-M Softball
Approaches
Completion
. . Tennis Terminating
Four matches remain to be
played in intramural softball, prior
to collision of the winners in the
four leagues.
Matches at 5:00 tonight pit
Delta Sigs vs. Sigma Chi, Betas
vs. Sig Alphs, Phi Gams vs. Sigma
Nu's Delts vs. Sig Eps.
Unbeaten Phi Gam, AGR, ATO
and Phi Delt crews are virtually
certain to collide in the playoffs.
Delta Tau Delta and the Kappa
Sigs are in the quarterfinals of
the intramural tennis tourney.
Seventeen teams were on the
starting line of the elimination af
fair.
Gopher Stars
Hit 74 Rounds
W. R. Smith, University of Min
nesota golf coach, must have felt
quite a bit happier after scores of
his golfers were turned in last Sat
urday. Continued Improvement in
the games of Gopher golfers was
evident as nine llnksmen shot
scores ranging in the middle and
high seventies.
Lyle Robertson and links Cap
tain John Williams posted the low
est totals with three over par 74's.
Next in line came Rodney Larson
and Jim Teale hitting red-hot 76's
and Louis Lick, Tom Jordc and
Bob Parmcle with scores of 77.
Hoosier Team
Hates Rain
Coach Ralph Collins is praying
for no rain today as his Indiana
tennis charges plan to swing into
action to play their already-postponed
match with Miami, of Ohio,
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. ;
The racqueteers, rained dvlt in
two home matches thus far and
without one outdoor drill up to
yesterday, will have the odds
stacked against them by the usually-powerful
Ohioans.
If all college students who slept
through classes were,, placed end
to end, they would be much more
comfortabl
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By Norris -Anderson
Sports Editor
PRESS BOX, DRAKE RELAYS, DES MOINES, IA. We
gleaned more sidelights from this wartime edition of the color
ful Drake Relays than could be
account of the affair, so herewith
on our clamp-board.
High Jump spectators loudly ac
claimed the sportsmanship of
Harold Osborne, holder of the 6-6
archive since 1922.
Osborne, now assistant track
and field mentor at Illinois, was
offering tips to Pete Watkins,
Texas A & M leap frog, thruout
the Aggie star's assault on the
ancient mark.
When Watkins cleared 6-8 to
officially erase the old standard,
Osborne was first to shake his
hand. "Great work, Pete. We
old ducks have to go out of the
limelight sometime," grinned Os
borne. A quiver went down more
than one spectator's spine.
.
"I wish we still had Al Brown
and Jim Brogan," was Ed Weir'B
opinion of the frosh Creighton
Hale-Dean Katz two-mile relay
performance.
Hale and Kratz both treked to
Des Moines independently to view
the relays. They were sitting on
the sidelines, watching Howie De
bus vault, when Weir asked:
'Want to run trial 880 dashes
with the university two-mile re
lay section?" Both kids hurried
inside to slip on running attire.
Hale pulled up two strides be
hind Illinois and Notre Dame run
ners in his 1:59.7 first round
Kratz trotted the route in 1:58.3,
pulled ahead of the field as he
rounded the final curve., "Come
on, Nebraska!" was the chant of
the crowd, but no men remained
to carry on the Husker baton.
Sec Taylor, Des Moines Tribune
sports ed, had praise for Kratz
"That kid has a beautiful stride.
Where have you been keeping
him?" Sec was surprised when we
informed him that both Kratz and
Hale are frosh.
,
Howie Debus was reluctant , to
explain his phenominal 164.56
discus cast for the photographers
after winning with a meager
153.48.
"Just goes to show that I
must learn to relax," he grinned.
Burly Elmer Ausieker, shot put
victor over Husker Vic Schleich
at 51 feet, was pleased with his
top throw.
"I haven't even hit 47 feet all
week," said the Mizzou big boy.
"Was I surprised when they told
me that toss went 51 feet. That's
the best I ever did."
FOOTNOTES: A thousand
WAAC's were sideline spectators
at the meet . . . 2,500 soldiers
across the field kept the 'soldier
Owen Knutzen Writes Daily
Nebraskan From Oshkosh
Erstwhile Cornhusker basket
ball performer. Owen Knutzen,
writes the Daily sports dep't. from
his navy air corps headquarters at
Oshkosh, Wis.
"Oshkosh State Teachers col
lege, where some of us UN fel
lows are located, used to have an
enrollment of about 900, but now,
of course, it is mostly a girls col
lege. The girls are really sweet
here, however, they still can't be
compared to the UN's beauties.
"Courses we are required to
take have been quite simple, how
, rV
inserted into our straight jiew3
we offer the few jottings left
Debus Tops
Comparison
... In Javelin
Cornhusker Howard Debus' win
ning javelin cast of 198.95 feet at
the Drake Relays topped the Penn
Relay mark of 189.90 feet, accord
ing to the comparison made an
nually between the" nation's two
top cinder events.
Ensign Hugh Cannon of the Sta
ten Island navy base tossed the
discus 160.2 feet to top the win
ning 153.48 Debus toss. Com
parisons:
Pole vault Pennsylvania, won by A.
Richmond Morcom.. New Hampshire, IS
fret Inched; Drake, three way tie for
first at 13.
High Jumi Drake, Pete Watkins, Texan
A. M.. 6 feet 8 Inches; Pennsylvania,
Cpl. Joshna Williamson, Camp Pickett,
Va., S-fr'H..
Broad Jump Drake. Ralph Tate, Okla
homa A. M., 24 feet Tt Inches; Phila
delphia, Kulace Peacock, Manhattan Beach
Coast r.nard. 74 feet 1 men.
Shot pat Drake, Elmer Anssleker, Mis
souri, 51 fret; Pennsylvania, Bernard
Mayer, New York university, 00 feet ay
inches.
Dlscns Pennsylvania, Ensign Hugh
Cannon. 8taten Island navy base, 160 feet
I Inches; Drake, Howard Debus, Ne
braska, 153-48 meet.
T w o-m lie run Pennsylvania, Ollle
Hnnter, Notre Dame, 9:24; Drake, Jerry
Thompson, Texas, 9:31.4.
lZU-yard high hurdles Drake, naipn
Tate. Oklahoma A. ft M.. :14.6; Pennsyl
vania, Harrison Dillard, Baldwin-Wallace,
:14.H.
100-yard d a t h Pennsylvania, Hnrvey
Kelsey, Princeton, :09.8; Drake, Joe ny,
Missouri. :10.
Javelin Drake, Howard Debus, Ne
braska, 198.95 feet; Pennsylvania, J. Oar
land Adair, Brooklyn Navy Yards, 189
feet 9Vi Inches.
TEAM COMPETITION.
449-yard relay Drake, Missouri, :41.9i
Pennsylvania, New York university, :42.1.
Half mile relay Drake, Missouri, 1:I7.;
Pennsylvania, Army, 1:18.1.
Mile relay Drake, Illinois, 1:19.9;
Pennsylvania, New York university, 3:20.9.
Two-mile relay Pennsylvania, Michigan,
7:88: Drake. Illinois. 8.01.1.
four-mile relay Pennsylvania, Nalrt
Dame, 11:64.8; Drake, Illinois, 18:31.2.
Sprint medley Drake, Illinois, 8:29.1;
Pennsylvania, Mlchlran, 3:29.1.
Distance medley relay Drake. Illinois
18:18.8; Pennsylvania, Notre Dame,
19:23.1.
sisters" entertained with colleg
iate cheers . . . Jack Hazen, a
recent R. O. T. C. "activee," in
jured his javelin wing 'saluting so
many WAAC's ... As honorary
"ref" of the affair, Husker Coach
Ed Weir could be distinguished by
a bright blue straw hat ... A
deep heel blister which bothered
Debus Friday failed to hinder him
Saturday . . . His 198.95 javelin
toss into a stiff wind was some
thing to behold . . . "There's an
other fellow to worry about,
commented Ed Weir, as Kansan
Tom Scofield nigh-Jumped 6-4.
ever, we expect them to become
more difficult. We have an hour
of military drill each day. In our
physical training class our work
has consisted mostly of doing
callsthentlcs, but we have played
some basketball. Tom Chapman,
Iowa U's star, who gave our bas
ketball team a headache this last
year, is also here in ' Oshkosh.
There are also some boys here who
lettered in their respective colleges
in the east.
"We started to fly this week, so
that has been the mnln topic of
conversation.
Observe this Des Moines Regis
ter picture closely, dear readers.
After annexing the Drake Relay
discus title with a toss of 153.59
feet Friday, Debus was asked by
Gopher Game
Bruises Men
. . . Saturday
After a game Saturday that left
the University of Minnesota team
bruised and shaken up, Coach
George Hauser let his men off
with a light workout yesterday on
Northrop field.
Most of the session was taken
up with signal drills and play run
ning. Hauser used every man on
both benches in Saturday's game
and found that several of the
men weren't too familiar with his
repertoire of plays. The rough
edges were polished up somewhat
fti yesterday's drill.
On Saturday, the two equally
matched teams battled up and
down Memorial stadium's turf
with the Golds scoring a 20-0 win
over the Greens.
Two of their touchdowns were
made while the regular teams
were in, and the third in the last
few plays of the game.
Wildcat Link
Team Annexes
Nofthwestern's golf team opened
its 1943 season by trouncing Chi
cago 14 to 4 yesterday afternoon
on the Tarn O Shanter course.
Paced by Captain Johnny Stoltz,
who turned in nines of 36 and 40
for an 18 hole aggregate of 76rthe
Cats won the singles by a 0 to 3
count and took the doubles
matches 5 to 1.
In the singles Stoltz downed
Luke Pascale 3 to 0; Burt Abra
ham, 'Cat junior, and Bob Oakley
tied each other with 1'4 points
each; Jack Ducrs, Purple fresh
man, split three points with the
Maroon's John Campbell; and
Warren Williamson, another N. U
first year man, gained a 3 to 0
vcrdlcw over Bob Coinns of cm
cago.
Who said athletes are thick?
Ten Iowa yearlings have received
scholarship awards for classroom
prowess ... A limited supply of
ammunition will be made avaiiaDie
to hunters later this year.
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photographers to take a trial toss
while they snapped pictures. Howie
warmed up and let fly over
164.56 feet of Drake turf. Al
Blozis, Georgetown husky, set the
record of 161 feet in 1941.
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