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Friday, February 21, 1947 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Page 3 BMBBMC larval 'fr'adia' 'iTr 'Jn PfiTf1fffnYrtTTffF i - M , I "i" ln f iILmmm i milium 1 Air irfl r LanaJ FINAL INSPECTION Nebraska basketball coach Harry Good mounts a ladder to inspect the new glass bankboards recently in stalled at the coliseum. The Husker cagers will meet Missouri Sat urday night at the coliseum court at 8 o'clock. Second Place Tiger Cagers to Meet UN The Cornhuskers will attempt to apply the brakes to their plum met down the ladder in the Big Six basketball race when they en tertain the second place Missouri Tigers Saturday night at the col iseum at 8 o'clock. Coach Wilbur "Sparky" Stal cup, Missouri mentor, and Ne braska's Harry Good, the two freshman coaches in the league, will direct their charges in a same which rives the Huskers a chance to climb out of the cellar berth. Missouri has won five and lost two in loop play and holds a 47 41 decision over Nebraska in a game played at Columbia. The home court factor is a powerful force in conference campaigning this season, so the Scarlet hoop sters could spring a surprise. Crucial Tilt. Another defeat for Missouri would just about give the Okla homa Sooners first place honors without further dispute. The Huskers will rely on the sharp shooting of Forward Claude Reth erford and Guard Joe Brown to knock off the Tigers. Retherford has 228 points in 22 games, while Brown is the second high scorer with 157 tallies. However, the Bengals are a sturdy outfit and are the second best defensive team in the league. Dan Pippin and Thornton Jenk ins pace the Tiger attack, while Guards Darrell Lorrance and Pleasant Smith are rugged back court performers. Al Kirlin, former Northeast high ace, will replace Bob Cerv at a guard spot in the Nebraska starting lineup. Dick Schleiger will open at center for UN and Rod Jox will team with Rether ford at the forward spots. Coach Tony Sbarpe's Nubbins will open the fireworks at 6:30 against the York college team. Thurman Wright, Richmond, Ind., flash, who has sparkled for the Nubbins this season, has heen advanced to the varsity squad re placing Ken Anderson, who suf fered a knee injury against Kan sas last week. Matmen Meet Sooners Tonite Jerry Adam's University of Ne braska wrestlers will meet Uni versity of Oklahoma matmen Fri day night at 8:00 at the coliseum. Harold Boker, out reecntly with a series of infections, will be. the Comhusker representative in the 175-pound class. The Nebraska squad has won three and lost two dual meets thus far. Oklahoma lost a dual meet to Iowa. State, 9 to 21. Jim Eagleton, 165-pounder and Leger Stecker, 175, won the Sooners' points. The entries: 121 Raymond Gfbba, Bob Yambor. 128 Edward Webb. Mickey Kelly. 135 Tom Allen. Jack Barrett. 14S Kenneth Wataon, Jack Tamal. 155 Leonard Marcotte, Ed Copple. 165 Jim Eagleton, Andy Marinkovich. 175 Leger Stecker, Harold Boker. Heavyweight Henry Schreiner, . Mike DiBiaae. , Referee: John Kellogg. Nebraska now has a B wrestling team. Coach Adam announced that the first match for his reserve group would be Saturday night against the Ottumwa Navy Pre flight school. entries, Oklahoma and Nebraska, respectively: Ray Milland. currently aDDear- ing in Paramount's Technicolor "California' now receives 9,000 fan letters monthly, an averaee of more than 2,000 a week. B3UI IB FEB SOU LJl A1ID HIS C2CEZSTBA I""1"" -" , - . -3 1 i - - y. 1 Playing 8 p. m. to Midnite, Friday, March 7th UNION BALLROOM TICKETS AT UNION OFFICE Limited Sale 425 Couple $5.00 per Couple, Tax IncL Tiradkmem Shoot For Vnctoiry vs U Oklahoma-Nebraska Indoor Rreorda 60-yard dash: :116 2. Littler (N) 1940. 440-yard run: :49.9, Littler (N) 1941. 880-yard run: 1:58.5, Lyda (O) 1942. Mile run. 4:32.4. Ginn (N) 1941. 60-yard high hurdles: :07.5, Smulz (N) 1941. 60-yard low hurdles: :07. Smuti (N) 1942. 2-mile run: 9:53.8. Ginn N), 1942. Relay: 3:32.5, Nebraska, 1942. Shot put: 50 feet 10 inches, Mills (N) 1939. Pole vault: 13 feet 9 inohes. Hunt (N) 1942. High Jump: 5 feet 10H inches. Weaver (O) 1946. Broad jump: 22 feet IU inches. Harri son (0) 1941. Bobby Ginn will move back to his pet distance, the mile, when the University of Nebraska Corn huskers go against the University of Oklahoma in the last indoor meet of the season here Saturday afternoon at 2. Dick Hutton, who has been a consistent 10-point winner in re cent meets, will miss the Okla homa test. Dick will be wed Sat urday but will be back in action in the Big Six Conference indoor championships at Kansas City, March 1. Haroia K.opr, the amazing freshman half-miler who spun around the indoor oval in 1:58.4 for a new varsity 880-yard rec ord, will face the starter in this event Saturday. Loyal Hurlbert and Jim Martin, other first-year men who have been improving rapidly, also will be in this field, Bill Conner, forced out of the Kansas State meet by illness, will be back in the quarter-mile. Fritz Ware, shelved through the indoor season by a pulled muscle, also is scheduled to run at least a leg in the relay. The high jump will provide one of the best duels of the meet. Monte Kinder who did 6 feet 4 inches aaginst the Jayhawkers will meet Bill Lambeth. Okla homa freshman. Scarlet Gym Team In Northwestern Championships Eleven Husker gymnasts will compete for Nebraska in the Northwestern gymnastic cham pionships at Minneapolis Satur day. Coach Charlie Miller and the following squadmen left Friday afternoon for Minnesota: Phil Sprague, Clarence Lefler, Ken Harding, Mel James, Jack Kyser, Leo Geier, Wilson Lockett, Bill Rankin, Nickie Kallos, Gene Sundeen and Lloyd Garner. Sprague, Beatrice athlete, is the Scarlet team's top performer, es pecially in the trampoline event. 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