Thursday, April 11, 1946
THE NEBRASKAN
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The success of George Mikan,
skyscraping DePaul basketball
star, in his first step into profes
sional cage competition indicates
that the pro basketball scene will
receive considerably more colle
giate performers than have com
peted in the past.
Mikan played for the Chicago
Gears in the world's professional
tournament at Chicago, and paced
his team to third place in the meet
as well as winning a spot on the
tournament all-star team. The
salary Mikan receives in feturn
for his five year contract with ihs
Gears undoubtedly will lure more
of the stars from the college ranks
Promoters and backers of pro
fessional basketball are set for a
biff season next winter. Rather
than deploring the effects of the
tall men on the game, the pro
managers, with a keen eye cocked
toward the gate receipts, are on
the lookout for more of the alti
tudinous roundball artists.
Increased activity is assured in
the way of forming new leagues,
Prof. Cromwell
Reveals Result
Of New Drug
A new series of chemical com
pounds which may lead to the
discovery of a drug active against
malaria has been developed as a
result of six years research at
the university, according to Prof.
Norman H. Cromwell, university
.chemist.
Over 100 new organic chem
ical compounds have been de
veloped since the experiments
began, according to Cromwell's
report. Of ,these, 80 were tested
for anti-malarial activity in test
animals.
Chemicals.
"Some were found to show ac
tivity in this respect," he said.
He also reported that it was im
portant that the chemicals showed
any activity since the overall
chemical structure of these com
pounds, called amino kentones,
were considerably different than
those of known drugs, active
against malaria.
Cromwell cooncluded his re
port to convention members by
telling them that it was not pos
sible to predict whether a mildly
active drug would make a change
in chemical structures and lead
to the developemnt of a potent
anti-malarial product.
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and with plenty of backers ready
to enter teams, there should be an
abundance of opportunities for
college basketball players wishing
to turn their skill into financial
returns in professional competi
tion.
Next week's Kansas Relays at
Lawrence will be old-home week
for at least eight Big Six athletes
of prewar days, according to word
from the Kansas university sports
news bureau.
Included on the list of confer
ence athletes who will return to
the scene of former competition in
the twenty-first annual meet are
Huskers Bobby, Ginn, Herb Grote
and Ralph King. Bob Stoland,
Kansas; Dick Iliggins and L. D
Howe, Missouri; Whitey Petersen,
Iowa State; and Jon Sharp and
Plate Andros of Oklahoma are the
other entrants who appeared in
the Lawrence carnival in prewar
days.
Every one of these men was an
outstanding performer, with Sto
land, 29 year old Kansas field
performer, the most venerable of
the group. However, he and Ne
braska's King are bothered with
pulled muscles which may pre
clude any attempt by either of
them to bounce back into the lime
light. Observers of the meet will watch
with interest ss these former
standouts attempt to regain the
honors they relinquished during
the war years. Pedersen and Sharp
have already indicated that they
are in top form, for their triumphs
in the Big Six indoor meet have
removed any doubt as to their
capabilities.
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specialists provided by the clinic,
Drs. Hompes, Peterson, and
Thomson for problems involving
eye, ear and throat, and ortho
pedic problems. Dr. Ruth Warner
also conducted 306 inspections for
nursery children at the ag col
lege campus.
A total of 444 prescriptions were
filled by Miss Red ford in the
pharmacy dispensary on order of
the staff physicians during the
month. Special laboratorv
and services were given 83 stu
dents, including several immun
izations. The total demand on the stu
dent health service is expected to
decrease during the last two
months of school as warm weather
should eliminate many cases of
colds, sore throats, influenza and
similar disorders, Means said.
Vaitcubiqcd
Minnesota
Third Test
For Huskers
Coach Frank Smagacz's Univer
sity of Nebraska baseball squad
will face a real test this week
end when they Journey to Min
neapolis for a pair of games with
the University of Minnesota. A 15
man squad will make the trip
for the Huskers. who will leave
Lincoln at 6:50 tonight and are
scheduled to arrive in Minneapo
lis at 9:30 Friday morning.
First Start for Gophers.
Two wins over the University
of Colorado have given the Husk
ers invaluable experience, and the
Scarlet squad will be ready for
the untested Minnesota nine, who
will be playing for the first time
against the Huskers.
Altho refusing to name his
probable pitching selections for
the Friday and Saturday games,
Smagacz has indicated that he
will stick with the regular line
up which got the call in last
week's games.
Included on the traveling roster
are five pitchers. Jim Sandstedt,
Harold Jacob, Wally Scheef,
Johnny Olson and either Dick
Lebbs or Floyd Stork will make
the jaunt. Lebbs has been both
ered with a pulled muscle and
will be replaced by lefty Stork
if he is not able to go.
The rest of the traveling squad:
Bob Rubino, Dean Jackson, Wes
Maser, Truck Williams, Bill Kin-
namon, Wilbur Baack, Bob Bolen,
Frank Brown, Fritz Hegwood and
Rog O'Donnell.
Attend Discussion
On Vet Education
Four university representatives
will attend the national confer
ence on education of veterans in
colleges and universities spon
sored by the National Education
association to be held in Chicago,
April 11, 12 and 13.
Those attending will be: Dr.
George W. Rosenlof, director of
admissions; John K. Selleck, uni
versity comptroller; Dr. Nels A.
Bengston, dean of the junior divi
sion, and Prof. J. P. Colbert,
chairman of the faculty commit
tee on "veterans', affairs.
Coed Counselors
Coed Counselors are a picked
group of upperclass women who
serve as Big Sisters to entering
freshman girls. They also sponsor
Charm School, book reviews, the
nnual Penny Carnival, a Friend-
hip Dinner, and get-acquainted
parties. Marthella Holcomb, the
1946-47 president, was chosen at
ihe spring women's elections.
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Scarlet Track
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Relay Carnival
Although idle this weekend,
the University of Nebraska track
and field performers will have
plenty of activity for the rest of
the outdoor season.
The relay carnival parade be
gins in earnest on April 20 when
the Huskers will appear at the
Kansas Relays in . Lawrence.
Coach Ed Weir is preparing a
number of men for this affair,
as well as for the Drake Relays
on April 26 and 27 at Des Moines.
Cold, damp weather has hin
dered workouts this xweek, but
Weir is not downcast in spite of
the Huskers loss to Oklahoma
in the dual meet April 3 at Nor
man. Misfortune followed Ne
braska performers during their
southern swing which took them
to the Texas Relays as well as
to the Sooner dual meet.
Both Nebraska relay teams in
the Texas competition were af
fected when middle distance man
Dean Kratz became ill following
the Oklahoma meet. The Sidney
ace had been counted upon for
a leg in both two mile relay and
the distance medley events. As
it was the Huskers were still in
contention in the medley race
until a dropped baton disquali
fied the Nebraska team.
Blaine Young was preparing to
give the baton to miler Bobby
Ginn when the incident occurred.
The Huskers were in contention,
and Ginn could have been ex
pected to make a stern bid for
first place, which went to Drake.
On the individual performance
side of the ledger, however, there
were several fine achievements
by Cornhuskers. Dick Miller,
Fairbury, tied for first place in
the vault at Austin with a height
of 13 feet, and won the dual meet
competition with a vault of 12
feet.
Herb Grote indicated that he
is rounding into his prewar form
with the javelin, for he tossed
the spear over 190 feet in both
appearances to take first in the
dual and placed second in the
Texas carnival.
The third Nebraska place in
the Saturday's individual compe
tition came when Don Hansen
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pushed the shot 44 feet 9 inches
for fourth place after he had
paced the field until the last
round of efforts. .
Harvey Stroud, Al Brown and
Blaine Young have been near
ing peak form 'and along with
Kratz and Ginn, give the Huskers
a potent group of middle distance
runners for relay team events.
Ralph King, hurdle expert who
was sidelined by a pulled muscle
during the indoor season, has
been going through light work
outs, but has not yet tested him
self over a flight of barriers. The
Waterloo trackster placed second
in the high hurdles in the Kan
sas Relays in 1942.
Farm House Downs
Rustics 15-13
In Ag Tourney
Farm House edged the Rustics
15 to 13 to win first place in the
All-Ag college basketball tourna
ment which was completed re
cently at the Ag Activities build
ing. The Rustics outplayed the win
ners in the second half, but the
Farm House 11-6 halftime lead
carried them to victory.
Keim and Lyness paced the
winners with six points apiece,
while York was high scorer for
the Rustics with four counters.
INTRAORALS
WATER POM) RESULTS.
Beta Theta l'l 14, SUnta Phi Kpsllon 1.
SlKma No 7, Sigma Chi 6.
Volleyball Schedule.
Sigma Nn vs. Alpha Tau Omejra.
Phi Gamma Delta vs. Farm House.
Delta Upsilon vs. Beta Slicma Psi.
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