The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 06, 1947, Page Page 6, Image 6

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By
George Miller
Better than anyone abroad.
That's Don Cooper, Nebraska pole
vaulter. Cooper's best vault of the
indoor season, 13 feet 9Ts inches
exceeds by one-eighth of an inch
the best mark recorded by any
foreign pole vaulter during 1946.
Cooper's closest rival amons:
foreign competition would have
been Kaas of Norway who soared
13 gcet 9:H inches. Maybe the
former York athlete is an Olympic
threat.
This information comes from
the "Amateur Athlete," monthly
magazine of the Amateur Athletic
Union. Further investigation of
foreign records shows that the
Russians have a shotputter, Lipp,
who did 54 feet 5 316 inches last
season, over a foot better than his
nearest competitor, Lamport of
Germany who tossed the iron
agate 53 feet 3 316 inches.
Claude Retherford, high scor
ing Nebraska forward, was named
to the second team by Kansas
State players in their all-opponent
selections.
. .The Wildcat cagers tabbed Mur
ray Weir of Iowa and Art Tom
linson of Southern Methodist as
first team forwards, Gerald
Tucker as first team center and
Noble Jorffenson of Iowa and Jack
Landon of Oklahoma as guards.
Along with Retherford on the
second five were Charley Black of
Kansas, Dan Pippin of Missouri,
Jim Nebergall of Wichita and Ray
Kuka of Montana State.
Cyclone Dwayne Feeken, whose
high jump record was shattered
by Bill Lambeth of Oklahoma dur
ing the Big Six indoor track meet,
was not able to defend his crown.
The Iowa State star agjrrevated
an old leg muscle while running a
. flight of low hurdles and was
forced to pass up the high jump
competition.
The injury is expected to keep
Keeken on the sidelines until
May.
Clarence Brannum, burly Kan
sas State forward who gave the
Huskers such a hard time in re
bound scrambles, wasted no time
jumping into professional ranks.
Brannum saw action as a mem
ber of the Kansas City M. & O.
Cigarmen in the American league
basketball tournament now in
progress at Denver. The Kansas
City outfit was beaten by San
Diego in Brannum's first start.
Rugged floor play by Nebraska's
basketball guards did not go un
noticed by football coaches this
season. As a result, Bob Cerv, Joe
Brown and Al Kirlin are ex
pected to be among the host of
gridders who turn out for spring
drills Monday.
Brown and Kirlin are ends,
while Cerv will be making his
first fling at the pigskin sport
provided a back injury heals. At
Weston, Neb., where Cerv went
to high school, football was not
included on the athletic program.
More suggestions to replace
Mid-West as the name for what
was formerly the Big Six.
Select Seven, Great Plains, Mid
dlewestern, Trans-Missouri, and
Prairie Conference. Cornhusker
conference might have been ac
ceptable ten years ago when Ne
braska ruled the roost, but times
have changed.
Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M
provided a pleasing finale for their
intramural basketball programs.
Intramural champs met in a
championship contest at Still
water, while fraternity winners
provided the preliminary game.
Note to Nebraska football fans
of two years hence: The Colorado
athletic setup at Boulder includes
Folsum stadium which has a seat
ing capacity of 30,000.
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ATHLETIC AWARD omc Nebraska athlete will replace Jack
Dempsey as owner of this rophy. The award will be given to
the Nebraska athlete judged the outstanding competitor among
members of all Nebraska athletic teams. Suggestions as to who
should receive this award, which will be presented later this year,
should be sent to George Miller, sports editor, Daily Nebraskan.
Scarlet Swim
Team Defeats
Kansas State
Coach Hollie Lepley's Husker
swimming team scored its second
victory of the season over Kan
sas State Tuesday by downing the
Wildcat mermen 49 to 34 at Man
hattan. Perry Branch led the Huskers
with a win in the 100 yard free
style, a second in the 50 yard dash
and a leg on the winning 400 yard
relay team.
Roger Moore avenged an ear
lier defeat by winning the diving
event from Marshall "Smoky"
Stover, Wildcat ace. Stover, how
ever, repeated his double victory
by winning the 220 and 440 yard
free style events.
One pool record fell as Conrad
King of Nebraska churned to first
place in the 220 yard breast stroke
with a time of 2:39.
Baseball Players
Move Outside
For Batling Drill
Husker baseball candidates have
been going thru practice sessions
this week under the direction of
Vern Kailey.
Drills in calisthenics and throw
ing were followed by a brief bat
ting practice outside Tuesday af
ternoon. Coach Tony Sharpe will take
over training duties beginning
Monday to prepare the team for
the first game with Colorado Uni
versity April 4.
IM Basketball
Phi Gamma Delta made good
use of a last minute free throw
to edge Beta Thcta Pi 23 to 22
Wednesday afternoon at the Cole
sium. The score was tied when a
double foul was called, and the
Phi Gams converted their effort
while the Beta's missed.
Roland Emmet of the Beta's
paced all scorers with 10 points,
while Jim Myers had seven for
the winners. At the half Beta's
led 11 to 9.
WARNING.
Unlve rsity students are
warned by the athletic depart
ment that competition in any
town team, VFW or American
Legion basketball tournament
will cause competitors to be
lnelegible for all varsity sports
competition in the future.
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Schedule
Water Polo
Intramural Athletic Director L.
E. Means announced today that
water polo competition will begin
Monday, March 17.
Immediate Entry Requested.
IM headquarters has requested
each organization to ,make its en
try immediately by telephoning
21 university. Entries must be
turned in not later than Wednes
day, March 12 to facilitate com
pletion of schedules, A complete
schedule will be carried by the
IM bulletin board on Friday,
March 14.
Water polo is a Group I league
sport, with most games being
played from 5:00 to 6:00 p. m.
daily. A few of the contests will
take place from 7:30 to 8:30 p. m.
Any team desiring practice per
iods must immediately make res
ervations at 207 Coliseum. The
university pool has been made
available for such sessions.
Each water polo team is com
prised of six men. In the event
that a team fails to have five
men present for a game, that team
will lose by forfeit. Any man is
eligible for competition except
swimming "N" men and those on
the coach's recommended "N"
award list for 1947.
Playing Rules.
Rules of play have been des
ignated by the Intramural De
partment. One of the two teams
will wear swim caps furnished by
the Department and each team
will choose a captain from its six
players. There are two, five
minute halves, with extra periods
of two minutes each. Scoring
consists of three points for a
touch goal, two points for a
thrown goal, and one point for a
free throw. Substitutes may en
ter the game only during a time
out and at the beginning of half.
Actual playing rules and pen
alties are also explained. No hold
ing, ducking, or interfering with
players without the ball will be
allowed. No player will swim
under water while in possession of
the ball. No player will strike
at the ball with closed hand or
fist. No restinr on the sides or
bottom of the pool will be allowed
during actual playing time.
A free throw will be awarded
for each foul, with the player
committing the foul put out of the
game until one side has scored.
The free throw is made from the
center,, with the goal unguarded.
The water polo games will be
conducted under the directorship
of Hollie Leplcy, Nebraska swim
ming coach.
1iV Cage FansGetOpportuntiy
To Put Husker on All Star Club
Cornhusker basketball fans
have a chance to vote their fa
vorite performers into Madison
Square Garden late- this month
for the annual New York Herald
Tribune east-west basketball
game.
This invitation to college stu
dents is being made through the
sports editors of over 450 cam
pus newspapers. Each college stu
dent is eligible to submit his or
her choice of the ten best college
players in their section.
Only one of the ten nomina
tions for the West team, the sec
tion for which players of this
area are eligible, may be from
Nebraska; nine must be from
other schools. All ten must be
from one section, East or West.
Black Won Out.
Kansas's great all-around eager,
Charlie Black, saw action in last
year's thriller which was won
by the East 60 to 59 in last min
ute rally. Fans from Nebraska
were among the best in the na
tion in turning in ballots, and re
ceived recognition from the
Herald-Tribune for their votes.
With a topsy-turvy Big Six sea
son just ended, Scarlet hoop en
thusiasts have plenty of men to
nominate on their ballots. Claude
Retherford, Joe Brown, Bob Cerv
or any other member of the 1946
47 Husker squad is eligible for the
game.
There are other players in the
conference too, Gerald Tucker of
Oklahoma, Dan Pippin of Mis
souri, Black and Otto Schnell
bacher of Kansas, Hal Howey of
Kansas State and Ray Wehde of
Iowa State, who are worthy of
consideration.
Recognition for Voters.
The nominations by East-West
college students will aid the
judges in making their decisions
as to which players to choose
from among athletes with similar
records. The Sports Editors of
the Herald-Tribune are not inter
ested in the fact that a certain
player is the most popular man
on the campus. They want to
know which players you prefer
as judged by the quality of their
playing. Due public recognition
will be given to the sports editors
and the student bodies turning
in the highest mathematical aver
age of the players finally chosen
for the East-West game.
The players are to be selected
by the judges from the West and
ten from the East. The teams
will typify the best basketball
played in these regions. For the
East-West All-Star Basketball Game
for the benefit of the New York Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund
NOMINATION BALLOT
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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Note: Ta stadent voiera Kemember, only one player may be nomlnstrd
from our own team. Nine nominations moot be from other team in the West
area. The entry mini be postmarked by March 15. Address yoar entry to:
Sports Department, East-Went Game. New York Herald Tribane, : West 41l
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' Thursday, March 6, 1947
purpose of the AH-Star game,
ideas of where the East ends and
the West begins will have to un
dergo some readjustment.
On the suggestion of many
basketball fans, particularly col
lege students, tne Dounaary ior
the 1946 Ail-Star game (the Al
leghenies) has been changed.
For the purpose of the 1947 .
East-West event ,the East will
have the Atlantic Seaboard states
to the Alleghcnies plus the terri
tory covered by the South and
Southeastern Conferences from
which to nominate players. The
West team will have the rest of
the country which to choose.
Each college student is re
quested to name his choice of ten
players from his section of the
country East or West on the ,
entry blank. The names of the
ten players should be typewritten
or printed with the school of the
player following his name. The
student must sign the entry and
list the college he is attending
with his personal address. All
entries must be postmarked by
March 18. Final selection of the
two teams will be made by the
Sports Staff of the New York
Herald-Tribune on the basis of a
player's record combined with '
the preferences of the student
basketball fans from the East
and West.
Players who competed for the
West in last year's game in ad
dition to Black were Warren
Ajax of Minnesota, Ray Snyder
of Ohio State, Dave Strack of
Michigan, Wilbur Schu of Ken
tucky, Leo Klier of Notre Dame,
Ken Sailors of Wyoming, Bob
Kurland of the Oklahoma Aggies,
Don Otten of Bowling Green and
Floyd Larson of Purdue.
From the Eastern section play
ers in the benefit battle were Ken .
Shugart of Navy, Harry Donovan
of Muhlenberg Ernie Calverley of
Rhode Island State, Sid Tanen
baum and Frank Mangiapane of
New York University, Bob Meyers
of Dartmouth, Jim Joyce of
Temple, Harry Boykoff of St
John's, Harry Zeller of Pittsburgh
and Ernie Vandeweigh of Colgate.
(Ballot below.)
Sally Gordon wears a $9,000
wardrobe originally intended for
Paulette Goddard in the latter's
role as a slave girl and frontier
belle in C. B. DeMille's "Uncon
quered." Sally got it for stand-in
purposes when Perfectionist De
Mille rejected it.