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Wednesday, March 15, 1944 THE NEBRASKAN Ex-UN Star Rohrig Heads Service Nine ,,At Keesler Field First Lt. Herman Rohrig, for mer Husker football standout, has amed head baseball coach at Keesler Field, Mississippi, AAF Training Command station. Rohrig, stellar halfback on Biff Jones-; coached Scarlet elevens in '38, 39, and '40, has also been appointed re corder of the Keesler Field Athletic council. WMf at UN. Rohrig played MERM ROHRIG on one oi V "i 1 the From Lincoln Journal. vocr Husker teams of all time, the Rose Bowl crew of 1940. "German Herman'' alternated with Harry Hopp as first-string tailback and was Ne braska's most dangerous passer. It was his long toss to Allen Zik mund which accounted for the second Husker touchdown against Stanford in the Rose Bowl. After his graduation from the university, Rohrig played profes sional football with the Green Bay Packers. He also served as Kees ler field's playing-assistant foot ball coach last fall. M isso u riAccep ts In vite To WesternNCAAMeet The ITniversitv of Missouri will replace the University of Iowa in the Western basketball playoffs of the National Collegiate Athletic association at Kansas City March 24-25, according to Prof. Sam B. Shirkey, chairman of the Missouri university committee on intercol legiate athletics. Other Big Six schools, Shirkey said, have ap proved Missouri is participation in the tourney. The invitation to participate was extended to Missouri late Monday when Iowa U., one of the four teams orieinallv chosen for the Western playoffs, was forced to withdraw from the meet. Ives, Danner Lost. The Havvkeyes, according to Athletic Director E. G. Schroeder, were forced to drop from the tour ney li'-"iise six squad members would have been unable to parti cipate. Among the Fix are both Dick Ives and Dave Danner. the Hawks' leading scorers. Missouri joins Iowa State, con ference champions, in the Western playoffs. The Cyclones first re fused a bid to participate, then re considered and accepted the invi tation. Other teams participating will be Arkansas and Pepperdine college of Los Angeles. Winners Travel East. Winner of the Western playoffs will travel to New York, there to meet the Kastern champs in the East-West finals. In the eastern playoffs. Dart mouth will meet Catholic univer sity in Madison Square oarcien March 24 in the opening ciasn. Dartmouth, Eastern Intercollegiate league champions, and Catholic were paired in the Monday draw ings, which also threw Ohio State, Big Ten champion, against Tem ple in the second tilt of the open ing night double-header. Winners of first night "mes will meet March 25. with the vic tors in this final clash meeting the Western champions in Madi son Square Garden March 28. with, Harold W. Andersen Tho cfotf ViiVVi school cae-e tournev last week end ranked with the best tourneys of the past in the quality . . . . . t-i u, f4u c;lf. of play and the closeness oi tne games, rvesuua ui mc mmi in the four classes serve as a good example of the close scores which predominated throughout the meet. In class A, South nudged coiumous Dy a sum uuee pnw. nnmivd Wavnp in class B bv seven noints, 25-1S, but it was not until the last minute of play that the York team pulled away from their vvayne nvais. ciass uudis iuuwu Wakefield one point victors over Culbertson. 23-22. while in class D Hildreth won over Trumbull by a slender two point edge, 36-34. Rarely have tournament finals brought such close games. Sidelights on the tourney: The half-time "entertain ment" during the tourney consisted of certain of the spec tators' throwing pennies and paper on the floor, then sit ting back to watch the ever-present crowd of young boys fr. ih inc The p-rmvnun vounssters in the aciaiiiuic: a v 1 wiv. v. v . . . . o 1 - , . A in pniov the general confusion created by their actions much more than did the youngsters who were scrambling for the pennies. As we have stated in this column before, such actions brine nothing but discredit to the University and the spec tator's who attend athletic events at the coliseum. Espe cially regrettable is the fact that a minority of spectators, with definitely infantile conceptions of entertainment, can and do give a black eye to those fans the great majority who look upon penny-tossing and paper-throwing as exhibitions of extremely poor taste. viK ' mum : -r -- I' JK'f'f ,-"r ''""-'"'I 'UU ' 0" M vUf ' 1 ; r'K Ati ? , t , 1 V . 11 J1 F I Sj v SS-JZ U-i 4 t J'' i i 4 : SB' Omaha South ascended the class A state basketball throne Satur day night by edging out Columbus, 13-10, for the crown. Top row, from left to right: I. Svageta, student manager; Bob All, Don Berg. Kenneth Mills. Ed Dore, and Jack Collin,. Bottom row left to right: Donny Georgeff, Joe Dworak, Hermie Myers, Bob Shober and Al Carrillo. Not in picture, Coach Corn.e Collin. From Lincoln Journal. Johnson Triumphs In A S Ping Pong Aviation students found thcii ping-prftg champion st long last in Class 14 Johnson, who now awaits the selection of the AST champion for the grand playoffs in the all-military ping-pong tour nament. Johnson knocked off AS Wormer from Class 1 in a three set final to take the 34&th detach ment crown. Other class champK-JiS were Gleim, representing Class 16, and Ziemba, battling for Class 15. EASTER CARDS Now on Display Open Shopping Mfihl GOLDENROD STATIONERY STORE 215 North 14th St. Joy Night Variety Show March 23, 24, 25 L.H.S. Aud., 8:15 P.M. Reserved Seals 2Rc I'se Self Ahlreed Envelope for Mail Orders SERVICE- PROTECT YOUR CASH Csh is safe from loss or .heft when you carry AMVTUCAN EXPRrSS TRAVFLIRS CHLQUES. Your money is always in readily spenaDie rorm. and if lost or stolen, you receive prompt refund. Issued in denominations of $10, $20, $50 and $100 Cos.. 75c for each $100. Minimum co 40 for $10 to $50. 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