The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 21, 1947, Page Page 3, Image 3

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    Friday, February 21, 1947
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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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.
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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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