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THE DAILY NEBRASk'AN
Thursday, November 21, 1946
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George Miller
As if they don't have enough
to watch for on Saturday, the
Nebraska gridmen cannot afford
to neglect Sooner halfback Jack
Mitchell in pregame defensive
plans.
Joe Golding, the hotshot Okla
homa ball toter, has overshadowed
Mitchell in sports pages, but
Mitchell has turned in several
nifty performances this year.
He is paring the Big Six in
punt runbacks, having an average
rf 25.8 yards for every return.
When you figure that the Husker
flash, Dick Hutton, is ranked sec
ond but would not be able to sur
pass Mitchell even if last Satur
day's run against Iowa State was
counted In the caculations instead
of being nullified by a penalty,
you come to the conclusion that
the Sooner must indeed be some
thing of a football player.
In addittion, Mitchell is-seventh
among the loop's leading ball car
riers with a gain of 308 yards in
78 trips with the leather. These
excursions with the pigskin have
resulted in four touchdowns.
Throughout the statistics Hut
ton and Mitchell are neck and
neck. While Dick trails the
Sooner in punt runbacks, h has
the edge in yards gained since
the Auburn speedster has amassed
310 yards in 55 attempts, nudg
ing Mitcbell by two yards. The
players are tied in the points
scored column, each having four
touchdowns.
Eight completions in ten at
tempts against Iowa State boosted
the Nebraska passing record to a
respectable figure. The Huskers
now have completed 31 of 80
passes for a percentage of .387,
which by the way is better than
Oklahoma's mark of .310 on 32
successes in 103 efforts..
The Scarlet opponents' passing
record fell below the .500 mark
for the first time thanks to con
tinued inaccuracy of the Cyclone
Loop Scorers
Led by Sooner
With 54 Points
Joe Golding, ace Oklahoma
back, holds a commanding lead
in the Big Six! scoring race with
54 points, 24 more than his near
est rivals.
A pair of Kansas University
backs, Ray Evans and Bud French,
and Loyd Brinkman and Howfe
Bonnett of Missouri rank next
with 30 points.
Husker Dick Hutton, Jack
Mitchell of Oklahoma and Dick
Howard of Iowa State are tied
for this spot with 24 points, while
the Sooner extra point artist, Dave
Wallace, has 21 tallies. The com
plete list:
Ooldlng. Oklahoma 9 0 0 54
Brinkman, Missouri 5 0 0 30
Bennett, Missouri 5 0 0 30
French, Kansas 6 0 0 30.
Evans. Kansas 5 0 0 30
Hutton. Nebraska 4 0 0 24
Mitchell. Oklahoma 4 0 0 24
Howard, Towa Stat 4 0 0 24
Wallace. Oklahoma 0 18 1 21
Moomey, Nebraska 3 0 0 18
Hopkins. Missouri 3 0 0 18
Davis, Oklahoma 3 0 0 18
Famhrou&h, Kansas 0 17 0 17
RolllnKer, Iowa State .... 0 4 3 13
Moore. Nebraska 2 1 0 13
Allsup. Oklahoma 2 0 0 12
McNuit, Kansas 2 0 12
Pattee. Kansas 2 0 12
Rrhnellnacher, Kansas .... 2 0 0 12
Teel. Missouri 2 0 0 12
Norman, Iowa Stale 2 0 0 12
Merrlman, Kansas Stat ..2 0 0 12
Metheny, Nebraska 2 0 12
Myers, Nebraska 3 0 12
Vaeanll, Nebraska 0 8 1 11
Kekeria, Missouri 0 8 0 8
Orleck. Oklahoma 1 1 0 7
Thomas, Oklahoma 1 1 0 7
McNabb, Oklahoma 1 0 0 8
Oeise, Oklahoma I 0 8
Owen, Oklahoma 1 0 8
Harp, Oklahoma 1 0 6
Plnkene, Oklahoma 1 0 0 8
Nyden. Nebraska 1 A O I
Novak, Nebraska 1 0 0 0
Pesek, Nebraska ,1 0
Long, Nebraska 1 8 0 8
Cochrane, Nebraska 1 0 0 8
Baker, Kansas 1 0 0 6
Bertuzzl, Kansas ,.t 1 0 0 8
Tice, Kansas 1 0 0 6
Hartley, Kansas State .... 1 0 0 6
Jones. Kansas State .... 1 0 0 6
Bounds, Missouri ...1 0 0
Kllng, Missouri .1 0 0
West, Missouri 1 0 0 6
Austin, Missouri 1 0 8
Entsminger, Missouri ...... 1 0 0 8
Bowman, Missouri 1 0 0 6
Paetz, Iowa State ......1 0 0 8
Famey, Iowa State 1 0 0 6
Turner, Kansaa 0 0 2 8
ry, Missouri 0 3 0 3
fcfiret, Kansas State 0 2 0 2
Ferguson, Iowa State .... 0 X 0 1
passers. Nebraska foes now have
a completion record of .480.
Pass defense may be the chink
in the Sooner armor, for, the men
of Coach Jim Tatum have allowed
opponents to pile up 727 yards by
passes. This figure is more than
Nebraska has allowed, and the
difference is so great, 123 yards,
that the fact that Oklahoma has
played one more game does not
blast the observation too com
pletely. . Missouri, too, was of such an
opinion, but the salty Sooners
managed to hold the Bengals to
a gain of 99 yards by passes, the
Tigers completing five of 30
tosses.
Bernie Masterson's athletes oc
cupy several other spots in the
current statistics released by "the
Big Six bureau at Kansas City.
Bill Moomey holds down ninth
place in yards gained by rush
ing with 227 yards in 56 trips,
Sam Vacant! is third among pass
ers with 13 completions for a gain
of 233 yards, Fred Metheny is
sixth in the same department with
160 yards gained via 13 comple
tions, Hutton is fifth among pass
receivers and Jim Myers and Roy
Long rank eighth and tenth
among the punters.
Missouri's unbeaten B team will
collide with the Alabama B team
in a post season game early De
cember down south. The Husker
Nubbins are the only other re
serve team in the conference
without a loss, but they have one
game yet to play.
A former Nebraska coach, Larry
Schultz, who tutored Husker ends
during 1944 while he was sta
tioned at the Lincoln Air Base,"
is one of the youngest mentors
in the business.
At the age 25 Schultz is direct
ing the Defiance College team
which has won five of six games
this fall.
Schultz also played for the
Wings in the '44 season when Bob
Ingalls directed the army eleven
to a lofty spot among the nation's
service teams.
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SLING1N' SAM Scarlet quarterback should get plenty of action as
a passer against the Sooners who may be weak against an aerial
game. Vacanti currently ranks as the third best passer in the
Big Six.
DARRELL ROYAIOklahoma
back who intercepted two Mis
souri passes last week. He will
be a threat to the Huskers'
aerial game when the two teams
meet Saturday at Norman.
Nubbins
Slate vs
To End
PvHidland
Handball Tourney
Next on IM Slate
The next big event on the in
tramural sports calendar is the
tion entries are due Wednesday,
Nov. 27 at 5 p. m., and matches
begin Monday, Dec. 2.
Teams will consist of three men
from each organization and all
matches will be singles. Names of
players are not needed in ad
vance of scheduled matches.
Contestants must furnish their
own gym suits and rubber-soled
shoes. Handballs may be checked
out without charge at the equip
ment cage. Rules are posted on the
handball courts.
Single Championship.
The all-university handball
singles tournament will follow the
team tourney. Entries are due
Thursday, Pe:. 5 and play starts
Friday, Dec. 6.
By Walt Loomis.
Although the Cornhusker var
sity will not conclude its sched
ule until the end of November, the
Nebraska B team will wind up
one of its most successful sea
sons of recent years in a game
against Midland College Saturday
afternoon. The game, which was
originally scheduled for Novem
ber first and then postponed un
til the 23rd, wiP be played in
Fremont on the hin school field.
Loss of numerous men to the
varsity squad and a prolonged
layoff following the second Kan
sas State game may have weak
ened the Nubbins. Such men as
Wally liopp, Harvey Stroud, Jim
McWilliams, Ralph Damkroger,
Oscar Mussman, and Jerry Jac
upke were mainstays of the B
team throughout the earlier part
of the season and their loss will
be felt.
Several other outstanding play
ers have been lost via the injury
list, particularly Mickey Allen, the
best of the Nubbins ends until a
torn knee cartilage put him on
the shelf, and Bob Schreiner,
speedy halfback from Hiutings
who suffered an injury in the first
Kansas State contest which has
kept him out ever since.
Frosh Promoted.
In an effort to bolster some of
his weak spots, Coach Ray Pro
chaska has drafted two men off
the freshman squad. Harry Fox
of Lincoln and Earl Godfrey of
Cozad have been the latest grid
ders elevated to the Nubbins. Fox
should strengthen the end posi
tion while Godfrey has sparkled
at tackle for the freshmen during
the entire season.
Coach John Pfitsch's Midland
gridders have been on the up
grade during the last half of their
season and should be in a position
to threaten the Huskers' unbeaten
record. )
The most recent Midland bright
spot was the 6-0 victory over a
heavily favored Kearney team.
In Revoe Hill the Fremont
squad has one of the outstanding
halfbacks in the Nebraska College
Conference. .This triple threat
back was a star before the war
and has taken up this season
where he left off to join the serv
ice. The Nubbins have been scrim
maging the varsity in preparation
for their last game, but because
of the fact that they have been
running U.C.L.A. and Oklahoma
plays, they have not had much
opportunity to polish their own
attack.
May Be Rusty.
The outcome of Saturday's
game will probably depend upon
how well the new additions to
the team have mastered their
plays, and whether or not the T
formation which functioned so
smoothly in early season games
can again roll in high gear.
Rutgers Falls
To Columbia
In Frosh Play
The first upset in the freshman
football league was registered
Monday afternoon when previous
ly undefeated Rutgers dropped a
0-13 decision to once victorious,
once beaten Columbia.
Passes Click.
Both Columbia touchdowns
were via the air lanes. The first
score came on a pass from Ken
Brooker to End Ed Donegan,
while the other tally was on a
pass from Brooker to Halfback
Nelson. Donegan also scored the
extra point on a pass from Da
Monde.
In the only other Monday game
Harvard, with a record of one
win and one loss, was held to a
13-13 tie by twice beaten Lafayette
Halfback Duane Cox accounted
for both of the Harvard scores,
while passes again were the means
of Lafayette's two touchdowns.
Red Dennison crossed the double
chalk lines on a sixty yard pass
and ran play for the initial six
points, and then Dean Everitt
took the ball in the end zone after
receiving an eight yard pass for
the tying touchdown.
In the only Wednesday game.
league-leading Yale was to put
its record of two wins and no
losses on the block against a
Princeton team which, although it
has lost its first two games, has
shown flashes of real power.
NU Ball Carriers
Dick Hutton and Bill Moomey
pace the Nebraska ball carriers
after seven games. Hutton has
gained a total of 311 yards rush
ing in 56 attempts, while Moomey
has carried the ball 56 times for
230 yards.
Hutton's average is 5.5 yards
per try while Moomey has a 4.1
average. Other Husker marks:
TC Oaln Ant.
Tom Novak 65 1X9 2.9
Cletus Fischer 13 1
Jim Myers 29 127
Wally Hopp 13 30
rrank Collopy 8
Roy Long 19
Sam Vacanti 6
Fred Metheny 7
Harvey Stroud 1
Oerry Moore 13
Pat Rooney m
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Dave McMillan, Minnesota bas
ketball coach, terms the present
Gopher cage squad the tallest out
fit that he has had in 20 years
of coaching at the Big Nine
school.
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? p. m. to Midnight
Friday, Nor. 22
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Union Ballroom
Free Variety Show
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