Sunday, April 15, 1945
THE NEBRASKAN
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1 AS I SEE IT I
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Baseball kt particular and sports
fai general kt on of its best
friends Thursday last, when
President Roosevelt passed away,
r. D. R, was always one of base
ball's most prominent supporters,
and it was not uncommon to see
t.k President ittine in his pri
vate box behind third base in
Griffith Stadium, the home of
the Washington Senators.
The President loved baseball
and all sports as far as that goes,
and it is my opinion that baseball
would have suffered the same fate
as horse racing suffered this year
if the President hadn't been such
a fan.
Established Record.
The late Mr. Roosevelt estab
lished a record for Presidents by
making nine opening day appear
ances in a row at Griffiths Stad
ium 1933 to 1941 in addition to
acting as a substitute in World
War I, by throwing out the ball
for President Woodrow Wilson.
Roosevelt was then assistant sec
retary of the Navy department.
Only last month Roosevelt re
ferred to himself as the nation's
number 1 fan, and removed any
doubts that baseball would be al
lowed to carry on in its fourth
war time season.
And so it is that the sporting
fans, along with the rest of the
world, lost a great friend.
A release from Minneapolis
tells me of a guy the Cornhuskers
could use Ed.
Bob Graiziger's name should
have been -Andy" for "Andy"
goes with "handy" and that is a
fitting single-word description of
the husky athlete who is about
to win his ninth University of
Minnesota "M." j
Graiziger, handy-andy of Go
pher athletics, is not only ver
satile in respect to outstanding
ability in football, baseball and
hockey, but has proved capable
of adjusting himself to virtually
every position on these three
teams.
The 200-pounder from St. Paul
whose cherubic countenance has
earned him the nickname "cue
ball" among his fellow athletes, is
a "coach's dream," particularly in
this day of shortages when man
power must be spread and shifted
to fill the many gaps in team per
sonnel. Fullback.
Bob announced nimseu as aj
fullback in his first appearance asl
a freshman football candidate in
1941 year of Minnesota's latest
national championship varsity
eleven. Because Vic Kulbitski, an
experienced hand, had the full
back situation well under control,
I Coach Dr. George Hauser decided
to uee Graiziger s talents in the'
line. "Cueball" immediately
adapted himself to the line spot
and became a first-string guard.
He played at this position thru
the 1943 and '44 seasons.
Graiziger's impressive physical
attributes identified him to
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nocKey main iany aihimiuiis
as a defenseman. For three sea
sons he spent most of his play
ing time around the blue line,
smashing with his jarring body
checks or deft poke-checking, vir
tually every attempt of the op
position to work in for a scoring
shot at the Gopher net.
Coach Armstrong figured his
earnest .hard-working veteran in
his defensive plans for the season
just past, but after recurrence of
a knee injury, decided not to risk
him on the back line where Aln
Opsahl and Al Van were proving
themselves highly capable. De
pending on the needs of the mo
ment, Bob played both center and
wing until the final game of a
record-breaking season when, in
Al Van's absence, he dropped
back to defense. The change had
no effect on the veteran's per
formance. He was the outstanding
star with sterling defensive play,
plus two goals and an assist.
These points gave Bob a total of
18 for the season and second place!
in scoring on a sextet that broke'
all existing Big Ten team records.
Apt Student.
Coach Larry Armstrong praises
Graizinger as "The most apt stu
dent and the greatest competitor
I've ever coached, in my 12 years
at Minnesota or in professional
hockey before that."
Coach Dave MacMillan was in
a bad way for catchers last spring
for his Gopher baseball team.
There wasn't a man with expe
rience on the squad. He had two
of the Conferences "hottest
pitchers in Southpaw Mutsy No
lan and Gene Kelly, right-handed
speed ace, but no one to handle
them.
Who finally solved his prob
lem? "Handy-Andy" Graiziger
who hadn't played baseball for
three years. This season, with
Hudson (Hockey) Mealey who
caught so impressively two sea
sons ago before entering the Ma
rine Corps, Graizinger has shown
enough improvement to give him
a battle for the job. However.
MacMillan needs a first-baseman
You guess who's getting the nod
in daily workouts. "Handy s
moved again. Wherever he final
ly lights in the lineup, he'll do a
real job. The records show that's
the way of .this adaptable ex-
Marine.
Musical Sorority
Selects Officers
In Formal Voting
Delta Omicron, musical sorority,
chose it new officers at a formal
election Tuesday. They are: Mar
jorie Flls, president; Barbara Jean
Olson, vice-president; and Shirley
Treme, recording secretary, Mari
lyn Nelson was chosen corre
sponding secretary, Lela Mae
Jacobson, treasurer; Arlene Heinz,
alumna secretary; Margaret
Shelley, chorister; and the warden
and chaplain, Norma Clements.
Joyce Stuve, Lorraine Woita,
Eunice Bracken and Maxine
Weldin comprise the rush commit
tee, and Brennie Breck is the his
torian. Eight pledges, the alumna and
the actives are having a banquet
at 6 p. m. at the Union, Friday.
New pledges to be initiated are:
Eunice Bracken, Brenie Breck,
Pauline DeBoer, Norma Clements,
Alice Saunders, Joyce Stuve and
Vista Venier.
Ohio Stale Holds
Special Services
For UN Gratis
Ohio State University will honor
Prol. E. F. Almy and Prof. Ivan
McKillip, both graduates of UN,
at recognition services held this
week.
Professor Almy will receive
special recognition from the Ohio
State Board of Trustees for his
26 years of service. Born on a
farm near Greenwood, Nebraska,
he took his first college work
at Nebraska. He received the de
grees of bachelor and master of
science at the university in 1916
and 1817.
Professor McKillip will receive
similar recognition for his 30
years of service at Ohio State.
He is a native of David City and
attended high school at Albion.
Professor McKillip received his
bachelor's degree from Nebr,ka.
He is an instructor in the animal
husbandry department of Ohio
State.
First literal tongue-in-cheek
role is played by Betty Hutton
in "Cross My Heart." She plays
a girl with a vivid imagination
who places tongue in cheek when
she s coming up with another
whopper.
far it years Nebraska tctor
have fMi oar service Most de
sirable. We arc mw belter pre
pared thn errr to anUt teacher
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COFFEE & DONUT HOUR 5 to 6 IN LOUNGE
Coeds File for Counselor
Positions Monday, 9 to 6
AH coeds interested in be
coming Coed Counselors are
asked to file Monday in Ellen
Smith hall between the hours
of 9 a. m. and 6 p. m. on the
city campus and at ag hall on
ag campus. Interviews will be
held Tuesday and Wednesday
by appointment, according to
Suzanne Pope, president.
Cornhuskers Prep For Entry
In Drake Relays March 25
With the Drake relays in Des
Moines coming up the 25th of
April, the university cindermenj
are beginning to preen themselves
for their first big outdoor event.
With the old standbys Dean
Kratz at the 440 and 880, Norval
Barker, running the hurdles, and
Dick Miller, pole vaulting and
high jumping, the Cornhuskers
ought to be in the running.
Then add the freshmen Dick
Piderit, putting the shot, Tom
McGeachin on the hurdles, Mor
rison on the mile and two-mile
paths, and Jiggs Whitmore work
ing at the two-mile event, the
Cornhuskers, who lost the in
door meet by a narrow margin,
should be in there pitching.
Bill Lyda Trophy.
Kratz, who already has two
legs of the Bill Lyda trophy.
! should place high in the 880 and
j 4 40. The Bill Lyda trophy is a
memoriam to the Sooner athlete
!who lost his life in this war. If
.Dean takes the indoor 880 again
next year, he will have the 1hrec
Iwins required to retain this
trophy.
Barker, who has consistently
taken the hurdles from Big Six
opponents, should be able to fare
well against the best in the coun
try. Miller, who has been the
sole Husker representative in the
high jump and pole vault, should
have some help from dischargee
Jim Meyers in the pole vault department-
Meyers has been near
ing the 12-foot mark consistently
in practice, and by the 25th,
should be able to stay fairly well
with t tie field.
Mile Races.
Morrison, former Lincoln high
man, has shown fairly well in the
mile rces, and Piderit has been
working on the discus and javelin
along w ith the shot.
Coach Weir still does not have
quite the size squad that he would
like to have and expressed the
IJLJ1IHUI1 lllol HtClt Uiuji a..-j
iboys in school with track exped
ience than those out for track now.
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The Service Man's or Yours?
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