J Thursday, February 6, 1947
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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U I B C C
orge Miller
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Leftovers from the UN-South
D.ikcta State b;i.sketb;ill name:
Kaiis arc wondering just how
many point Claude Hetherford
would have amassed had he re
niained in the name longer than
14 ni'iuitcs. In that brief time, the
1h.mit hotshot connerted for 12
points, and the manner in which
ho was hitting coupled with the
angles from whieh be shot indi
cated that the high scoring for
ward might have established some
kind of a scoring record.
The now class hankhoards did
not seem to hamper the Iluskrr
marksmen, altho two regulars,
Rodney Cox and Joe Itrown,
failed to dent the sroring column.
Nt lnaska has Rotten an earlier ac
quaintance with the transparent
targets during; the Kansas City
tournament and also at Louis
ville. Kentucky, when the Univer
sity of Louisville provided the
romictilion.
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South Dakota State Coach
Th in 1 MeCrady had good cause
to wi'ihier about the perils of road
tiii - . Prior to leaving for the
An ."ii:. tana and NYbraska cn
fiam ir.ents the Jackrnbbits had
faili i to win a game away from
heme.
The team defeated Augustana in
a N'.-ith Central conference clash
on o.Mnday night but lost the ser
viecs ol Ace Forward Jim Schmidt
and (luard Ken Hummel during
the tion. I'.oth players suffered
sp:.,; Med ankles. "I'm keeping my
boy-: ;,t home in the future," said
Mi Craily before the game. The
Jae;abbit mentor undoubtedly
ri'M'A'i
test.
as
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l.-t
this vow after the con-
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idy has been mentioned
mMc successor for Ilobbs
in a coaching or ndmin
capacit.v at Kansas State.
':' e ;'"inj: to the Hrookings, S.
IV : : '!, MeC'radv turned out
.-"!: e o! tiie bevt small college ath
'!: uads in the nation at Has
t;: iollo;;e. Ho was a bitter rival
kcr KruMi Coach Top Klein
yiars back while the Pop
as tutoring the ftearney
Teachers athletes,
k change artists please
of III!
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State
note:
Lad) Koite, squad member on
the I .X. basketball team this sea
son, switched his allegiance to
Lairbury Junior College after re
luming from last week's road trip.
V.'lw'o the Scarlet squad was
gnashing South Dakota State,
Koite was scoring 20 points to
lead the Fairbury J. C. aggrega
tion to an upset win over Con
cordia college of Seward in the
Neh:aska Intercollegiate confer
ence. Dick Pcderit, Nebraska's sur
prism:; shot putter, will have to
boost his season's mark a goodly
distance if he hopes to win his pet
event in the Missouri dual meet
Saturday at Columbia.
Late word from the Bengal
headquarters contain the infor
mation that F.d Quirk lias re
turned to school and will be
ready to go against the Iluskers.
Quirk holds the Hi Six Indoor
retold at 53 feet 's Inch and won
the weight event' in the 1945
NCAA meet.
I'edeiit has been advancing
Ids best mark almost a foot per
wik, his latest effort being 147
met ll'j inch toss against Iowa
State.
Missouri is amply fortified in
the weight events since Nels
Klaus, former Purdue husky,
Joined the team after a season of
campaigning in the Dig Nine.
C ach Jerry Adams' wrestlers
were the first Nebraska athletic
squad to bent a iMnnesota team
dining the '-16-47 school year. The
yopl.ers had rolled over Nebras
ka in football, basketball and
SWiiimiinf
Jest wait until the Scarlet
Gymnastic team gets rolling.
atest unsung hero Is wrestler J
"aroia sholund of Gothenburg
io replaced Harold Bokrr in the
a pound class against the Min
"la matmen last Monday. Sho
:u'il was making his first start
ln varsity competition and man
f d to keep from getting: pinned
tnruout nine minutes of milling
gainst the Gophers' veteran Gail
Abels, altho Abels had the upper
"and thruout the bout.
he Minnesota man could gain
0njy a decision and the two point
'Inference between a decision and
' fjdl was all that separated the
'Y and Gopher teams when the
mt ended.
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Dougal Russell lows
The vacancy on the Nebraska coaching staff, left by
the departure of backfield Coach Glenn Presnell, has been
filled by the signing of Douglas Russell. Athletic Director
A. J. Lewnndowski announced Wednesday noon.
Russell, a graduate of Kansas State College in 1931,
lettered in football, basketball,, -
Cyclone Inhncii
Face Koti"1i Foes
Iii Southern Trip
("mirli-.sv Lincoln Jnunial
Jl'MPING JACKS South Dakota State players surround Musker
Anton La wry but the Nebraska center had enough spring to out
leap the Jackrabbits and get possession of the ball dining the
Scarlet's 53-34 win over South Dakota State Tuesday night.
Foreign Court Hoodoo
Haunts Bis Six Teams
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KHn.an 2
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The road teams are leading the
Hig Six basketball race as con
ference quintets get ready to re
sume league warfare after the
layoff for semester exams.
All told, the home team has won
in 12 of the 15 conference games
played thus far. Nebraska, Kan-1
sas, Kansas State and Iowa State'
have racked up all of their con
ference victories on their home
floors, losing every time they
venture into foreign territory. j
If Nebraska is to move up in
the loop standings the Goodmen
will have to tighten their defense.
Tabulations of offensive and de
fensive averages show that Ne
braska is last in defense, having
allowed opponents an average of
51.6 points ht game. On the other
side of the ledger, the Huskcrs are
is good
in this
lar number of
ranks sixth in
scoring scramble.
Twelve top scorers
ence games only:
contest. Brown
the conference
in confer-
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scoring a 46.2 pace
enough for second
department.
Sooners Lead.
The Oklahoma Sooners. rolling
at full tilt after their early defeat
by the Huskcrs, lead in offense
averages with a mark of 50.4.
Kansas is close behind Nebraska
with 45.4. while Missouri, Iowa
State and Kansas State trail in
that order.
Coach Wilbur "Sparky" Stal
cup's Missouri Tigers head the
defense column with an average
of 39.8 points scored against them.
Oklahoma is next with a 40.8
mark. Then come Kansas, Kan
sas State, Iowa State and Ne
braska. The Sooners' massive center,
Gerald Tucker, has moved to
head the scoring pack with 73 tal
lies in five games for an average
of 14.6. Nebraska's Claude Rether
ford has fallen to fourth place
with 59 points in five appear
ances, while Guard Joe Brown
has gathered 52 points in a simi-
Phi Delia Tliela
Heads Fralernilv
Trophy Scramble
According to statistics issued by
the university intramural office,
Phi Delta Theta leads the campus
organizations with 920 Jack Best
points. The basketball and indoor
track points have not asiyet been
recorded.
The Phi Delts also have won
more sports than any other group,
winning the touch football, fall
golf, wrestling, and swimming
titles. The Sigma Nu's copped the
bowling crown, the DCs walked
off with cross country honors, and
Sigma Alpha Epsilon led the pack
in both table tennis and handball.
The ATO's won the indoor track
title handily.
Standing of the teams:
Phi Delia Thi-ta 920
Sitma Alpha Kilim . s.'!
Siicnia Nu 640
PeMa I'lMllim li
Alpha Tau Omrfca .VSO
Sit;ma Chi . . M.'i
Slltma Phi Kpsilon ''
Phi Ouinuia Delta 4N2'-.
Hi-ta Sltrnni Psi 4MI
Delia Tau Delta 412'-.
Beta Theta Pi .
Phi K.ipp.r PM .
Zeta Mela Tau
Si:m.i Alpha .Mu
Thela XI
baseball and track.
He played against Head Coach
r.ernie Masterson in 1932 and 1933
when the latter was quartcrback
ing Nebraska teams and again in
professional football when Russell
played with the Chicago Cardinals
and Cleveland Rams while Mas
terson was with the Chicago Rams.
Russell played five years with
the Cardinals and a year with the
Ranis. He coached Hot Springs
(Ark.) high school two years and
then enlisted in the navy where he
served four years.
After discharge from service he
returned to Kansas State as back
field coach, lie developed Carl
Kramer, Harold P.ryant and Vic
Joiies as punters to the point
where they were among the best
in the Dig Six Conference the past
season.
Two Year Tact
Russell was signed to a two
year contract at $4,500 per year.
The new staff member played
against the Cornhuskers in 1932
when Louis (Bullet) Brown ran
back a low, angling punt in the
last few minutes to give Nebraska
(5-0 victory.
Russell is 35 years ld, mar
ried and the father of an 8 year
old son. lie will move to Lincoln
immediately from Manhattan.
"This is the first replacement
for our staff. We are working
on others," Lcwandowski said.
"We feel fortunate in being able
to obtain a coach with the back
ground possessed by Dougal Rus
sel, both a player and a coach."
Jane Withers and Diana Lynn
are two of Hollywood's closest
friends. Now twenty, Jane is
starring in Pine-Thomas' "Danger
I Street" for Paramount, where Di
ana is under term contract.
AMES, Iowa. Iowa S.ate
moves into Oklahoma this week
end with wrestling meets sched
uled for Saturday with the Soon
ers and Monday with Oklahoma
A. & M.
The Saturday clash brings to
gether the two "winningest"
wrestling teams in the Big Six.
Oklahoma and Iowa State are at
the top of the conference in num
ber of wrestling titles won.
The Monday eneountct will pit
the Cyclones against the team
which has won the national title
some 13 times in a row. The eon
test will finish a cycle which has
had the Cyclones facing three top
wrestling teams in the nation
Oklahoma A. & M., Iowa Teachers
and Cornell.
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