Sunday, January 9, 1944
THE NEBRASKAN
3
Second (Guessing
Harold W. Andersen
With considerable trepidation do
I take up the task of editing the
sports page, knowing full well
that I have had three predeces
sors at this job this semester
alone. Said pre
decessors have
all been forced
reluctan 1 1 y to
resign their
positions, due
to service calls
and such. Now
that the job has
has fallen to
me by default
as It were, I
shall strive to
hang on to it Robert defrutter
for two Or From Lincoln Journal.
three weeks and thus establish
some sort of tenure-in-office rec
ord for the semester.
News of Bob DeFruiter's ap
pearance in the annual New
Year's Day East-West game
brings back pleasant memories of
days when Husker athletics were
considerably more flourishing
than they now are. Bob, who
played with the Fourth Air Force
team during the regular season
and with the West eleven in the
New Year's Day tussle, saw serv
ice as a wingback on Biff Jones'
Scarlet and Cream squads in 'Z&
and '39 and is remembered by Ne
braska fans chiefly for his touch
down sprint which beat Minne
sota, 6-0, on Memorial stadium
sod In 1939. We were fortunate
enough to witness Bob's now
famous run, and it looms as one
of our brlgehts ntcmories of U !
N athletics. The play came late
in the second period, and was a
so-called nnked reverse (not what
you're thinking, Mabel. Bob was
fully clad. "Naked" simply de
notes a reve.se which depends
entirely upon deception for its
sucress, with the ball-carrier run-,)
limn wun no uuenerence, or
"naked.") The Gophers were so
completely fooled by the play that
Bob was sprues into the open with
but one defender between him and
pny-dirt. Rapid Robert simply
outran the lone Minnesotan and
scored standing up, giving the
Huskers a lead which they never
relinquished. Bob has evidently
lost none of his point-making abil
ity since he left Nebraska, for
in the East-West game he took
a short puss and sprinted 15 yards
to score the West's first touch
down. Interesting sidelight on the Big
Six race is the fact that the three
clubs with Naval personnel Iowa
State, Kansas university, and
Oklahoma are tabbed by the ex
perts for first division spots, while
the civilian clubs Nebraska, Kan
sas State, and Missouri seem to
be set for a bitter three-way
struggle to avoid the cellar.
m Odds and Ends: Allie Paine,
captain of the Oklahoma univer
sity cage squad, works at a full
time job in an Oklahoma City war
plant, in addition to carrying a
full scholastic schedule and play
ing a whale of lot of basketball
for the Sooners.
Phog Allen, colorful Kansas
university basketball mentor, is
already shedding tears over his
team's prospects for the season.
This is an old Allen tradition,
and Phog's wailings are generally
disregarded by other coaches in
the conference. This year, how
ever, Dr. Allen may have some
thing to wail about, for his Jay
hawks have been forced to stage
strong last-half rallies to edge
Kansas State and Missouri, not
regarded as very tough opponents
this peason.
Conduct Outstate Clinics
For Elementary Students
Dr. D. A. Worcester and Dr.
W. R. Bailer, both of the depart
ment of educational psychology
and measurements, held a clinic
at Scottsbluff and Alliance this
week at which they examined and
advised grade and high school
students. Three grrduate students,
Miss Lois Hindman, Miss Sheila
Wheeler, and R. L. Fredstrom assisted.
Predictions See
Three-way Big
Six Race
BY HAROLD ANDERSEN.
In the eyes of the experts, the
current Big Six race looks to be a
three-way battle among Oklahoma,
Kansas and Iowa State, with the
Cyclones getting the nod for first-
place laurels. Coach Louis Menze
has assembled a powerful squad at
Ames, with three leltermen from
last year's squad and Price Brook
field, V-12 trainee who earned All-
Ameiican honors in his senior year
of collegiate play at West Texas
State, carrying most of the burden.
The Cyclones have compiled an
impressive record, to date, with
wins over Iowa Pre-Flight, Drake,
and Kansas State and a single loss,
that to Minnesota.
Oklahoma, however, may be just
the team to upset the dope bucket
The Sobners ran away with the
recent Oklahoma City all-college
tourney, tripping the Norman
Naval Air Base Zoomers in the
finals. Phog Allen's Kansas quin
tet, however, cannot be over
looked. Outstanding in the KU
record to date are victories over
Kansas State and Missouri. Ne
braska, Missouri and Kansas State
are expected to occupy second di
vision berths.
War Stamp Sales
Drop to $77.30
War stamp sales on the city
campus this week totalled $77.30,
-a -let-down of 95.Sf- from last
week.
As usual the Union led the
sales with $48.75 in stamps. Sosh
was second with $10. Sales in
Andrews and the school of music
totalled $4.50 and $4.05, respec
tively. No report on the sales at
ag has been received.
FREE OLD-TIME FLICKER
Ben Turpin . . . Mary Pickford
Charlie Chase in Western Thriller
Peg Shelley at the Piano
Peanuts and Popcorn 5c
4:00 Sunday, January 9
Union Ballroom
Nebraska's green cage squad
fell to an experienced, older Iowa
State quintet, 56-24,' at the coli
seum Saturday night, the young
Husker team proving no match
for high scoring Price Brookfield
and his mates. With Brookfield
setting the pace with i8 points,
the Cyclones completely outclassed
the Huskers, who had the oppor
tunities to score but simply
couldn't find the hoop.
The game opened fairly evenly,
with both teams missing many
close shots in the early minutes,
but Iowa State pulled away to a
16-4 lead midway in the first half,
with Sauer hitting from the free
throw circle, Brookfield tipping in
a follow shot, and Sauer and Roy
Wehde hitting set-ups in quick
succession. Tangeman dropped in
a side-shot and a charity toss for
the Huskers to bring the count to
16-7, but here Brookfield and Roy
Wehde, speedy forward who trou
bled the Scarlet all evening with
fast breaks, took over and engi
neered the Cyclones to a 34-9 half
time lead.
Huskers Improve.
The Huskers fared much better
the second half, scoring 15 points
to Iowa State's 20, but a great
part of this improvement must be
credited to Coach Louis Menze's
frequent substitution in the ISC
line-up. Brookfield left the game
midway in the period after lead
ing the Cyclones to a 46-15 lead
with his spectacular one handed
shots. Warren Eisenhart, who
played a bang-up floor game for
the Huskers, tipped in a follow
shot and Pat Rooney hit from the
corner to bring the Scarlet to 49
19 with time rapidly running out.
From here on the game became
somewhat of a circus, with wild
passes, players tumbling over each
other, double dribbles, and similar
misplays. Coach Menze swept the
ISC bench in the closing minutes,
giving his entire squad a chance
to see action.
Brookfield and Roy Wehde were
the big guns for the Cyclones, who
employed the fast break to excel
lent advantage throughout the
contest. Artman. Nelson, and Eis
enhart stood out for the Huskers
in defeat.
Iowa S.
Ray Wehde f
Keater i
Bmok field c
O'lmn t c
Saner
ivn Nel.mn f 0 0-n
Chris holm i O ')-')
Navl.ir .4 1-1
Myers f 12-4
i ft
4-5
0 2-i
S 2-2
0 -2
3
f Nehraska
0 Pouney f
1 D irak
0 Hollins r
2 Artman f gc
3 P'.tter f
0 Gnlter c
0 Kuhlman f
2 r. Nelson g
2 Eisenhart g
1 Tangeman g
fg ft f
1 1-3 0
1 0-2 4
1 0-0
1 2-3 4
0 o-o n
1 1-2 o
Q 0-0 1
a o-o s
1 0-0 2
1 2-2 4
Totals 2111-25 13 Totals 9 6-12 21
St'ure at half: Tova State 34. Nehraska
9. Oiriciais: Mike Oherhelman, Kansas
Stale: Max Roper. Nehraska,
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