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r WrmsrW. March 19, 1947 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Page 3 By IJeortfo Miller New members of the Nebraska coaching staff wasted no time jumping into the swing of spring football workouts. Expecting an easy time, the Scarlet grid candi dates found themselves in the midst of plenty of activity when they showed up for the first day's session Monday. Line Coach Tony Blazine had the linemen working with the blocking: sled ft n d practicing; charges before the spring drills had been underway for much more than an hour. The former mint tackle mentor was amazed at the size of the Ilusker linemen, and declared that he had never had so many big men at the Champaign school Rose Bowl or no Rose Bowl. Backfield men got the same treatment from Dougal Russell. The personable newcomer directed calisthenics and then turned to the T formation explanations without a wasted moment. The March issue of "The Ama teur Athlete," official publication of the Amateur Athletic Union, contains a roundup of Missouri Valley track and field stars by John Bentley,, university athletic publicity director. Setting off the article, which mentions Bobby Ginn, Monte Kinder, Herb Grote, Ralph King and Dick Miller, is the memorable picture of Ginn straining for the tape in the NCAA mile run to nip Leroy Weed of Southern Cali fornia by inches. The gritty Ilusker distance star won that race on the Nebraska track in 1942 before going into the service. In the same article, Bentley mentions Edsel Wibbels as a pos sible entry in the National AAU discus event. Wibbels holds the Big Six discus mark at 162 feet 4 inches and will try to round into form for the AAU outdoor cham pionships which will be held in Lincoln on July 4 and 5. Now that Bruce Drake's Okla homa Sooners are qualified repre sentatives for the NCAA tourney, the Norman cagers can point with pride to a couple of victories over other NCAA entrants. Wisconsin, Big Nine champ, and CCNY, Dis trict Two representative, have Scarlet Grid Squad Split For Practice The second day of football drills for Cornhusker athletes brought the first cut in the 150-man squad which had turned out for six weeks of spring practice. Coach Bernie Masterson sent about 70 of the pigskin hopefuls to the freshman field where Coach Pop Klein, Jerry Kathol and Bob Kahler took over the tutoring du ties. The rest of the squad con tinued to workout on the practice field south of the varsity field. Joe Partington stayed at a quarterback spot, as backfield candidates ran through play for mations en masse. Several other lineup shifts were evident in Tuesday's session. Adams Shifts Dale Adams, Randolph fresh man who showed plenty of pro mise last fall on the varsity and nubbins lineups, was running with the fullback candidates, and Tom Novak, regular fullback last fall, was drilling under Coach Tony Blazine with the rest of the line candidates. Some serious blocking work fallen to Gerald Tucker and his mates during the season. Oklahoma will meet Oregon State in the first round of the western playoff at Kansas City. Star of the .Pacific coast team is Red Rocha, giant center, who dis played his wares with the Beavers against Nebraska in the 1945-46 season. The Huskers were at their best that night and trimmed the visitors by a 48-40 score for one of the outstanding performances of an unimpressive season. Three Big Six athletes are listed in the summary of the 10 best track and field performances in the world for 1946. The confer ence broad Jump champion in 1946, Whitey Peterson of Iowa State, ranks sixth with a leap of 24 feet 10 inches; Tom Scofield of Kansas is tied for second in the high Jump with a mark of 6 feet 76 inches, and Mel Sheehan of Missouri is tenth in the discus with a toss of 153 feet Z inches. Peterson has dropped out of competition, but Scofield is ex pected to be ready for a big season n outdoor track after passing up the indoor action because of a leg injury. AG STUDENT UNION OPEN HOUSE Formal Opening Dare 1 1 nun i Orchestra, Playing 8:30-11:30 p. m. Free Refreshments John Carson in a Show of Magic and Ventriloquism FRIDAY, MARCH 21 AT THE NEW AG UNION IN COLLEGE ACTIVITIES BLDG. No Admission Charge Informal PLACE YOUR ORDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT $2.50 AND Uf Novak Sleoms Vtai-duta Dei i-M boxing Fecoflure BOTVG Tneadny Kvenlnit'i Results 125: Ray Roth won by TKO from Bob Carlson 1 :20 third round. 130: R. C. Connell won by decision from Bob Easter. 145: Tom Loisel won by decision from Bob Dcaly. 165: Harlan Cranston won by decision from John Hakanson. 145: Hal Haldeman won by decision from Gray Norval. 145: Kay Flmmons won by decision from Leon Pearson. 145: R. A. Scochdepole won by TKO from Don Cochrane 1:10 first. 155: Jim Wolford won by decision from Rol Herman. 155: Paul Coder won by TKO from John Opden, 1:10 of first round. 155: lel Wlecand won by decision from Frnle Moehart. 15: Ron Metzrar won by decision from Bud Kathol. 1W: C. W. Roberta won by TKO from PwlKht Byers, third round. lo: Harlan Cranston won bv decision from Rod Wagoner. 165: Fred Turner won by TKO from Stan Barluska. First round. Hvt. : Tom Novak won by decision from Francis Mandula. Opening night of the all uni versity boxing tournament was highlighted by broad shouldered gave linemen their second taste of real work, as the Husker for wards paired off for contact drills. Running together In one back field were Joe Partington at quar terback, Cletus Fischer and Bill Mueller at halfbacks and Darwin Salestrom. Another quartette bad Ken Fischer at quarter, Bill Reidy and Jim Meyers at halves and Wally Hopp at full. Del Wiegand and Carl Dilldine shared signal- calling duties on a third outfit, with Charles Harrington and Dick Hutton at halfbacks and Bob Mul len and Dale Adams at fullback. In still another group Joe Gut- schow and Bruce Bergquist were at quarterback, Bob Ackerman and Junior Collopv were at half backs and Ken Hollins was at fullback. Tom Novak's victory in the heavy weight class over Francis Man duala. With Sam Vacanti quarter backing from the corner Novak slugged his way to a well deserved decision over the never quitting Mandula. Both boys were swing ing wildly from start to finish with Novak landing by far the best blows. The winner relied mostly on a free style slugfest for his first victory of the tourney, which will pit him against the winner of the semi-finals in the heavyweight bracket Friday night. The opener of the evening found Ray Roth pounding out a TKO victory over Bob Carlson in the third round in the 125 pound class. Both Roth and Carlson were willing mixers all the way, with Roth's greater reach spelling the difference. In the next bouts, R. C. Con nell beat out a handy decision over Bob Easter in the 130 pound class. Tom Loisel then came on to take a close decision away from Bob Dealey in the 145 weight di vision. In the next match, Har lan Cranston took the play away from John Hakanson in the mid dleweight claps to advance to the quarterfinals. Cranston later came back to gain an easy decision over Rod Wagoner. The second win gives Cranston the right to EASTER CARDS A grand telection for your approval Goldenrod Stationery Store 215 North 14th St. meet Ron Metzger in the semi finals Wednesday night. Metz ger slipped past the game Bud Kathol with a close decision. In the other 165 pound bouts, C. W. Roberts and Fred Turner looked good as they both ad vanced by virtue of TKO's. Del Weigand won by decision from Ernie Moehnert in the best of the senior welterweights bouts. TnnlirM'l Pairings. 125: Fob Yamhnr vs. Howard Purdy 130: pill Boch vs. Hugh Cooks 135: John Brower vs. John Rushton 135: Al Helke vs. Don Thcll 145: Rnv Simmons vs. R. A. Scochdopol 145: Hal Haldeman vs. Tom Lotel 155: Pel Cleitand vs. Jim Wolford 155: Paul Coder vs. Jerald McDonald 15: Ron Metzper v Harlan Cranston 15: C. W. Rnbtrts vs. Fred Turner 175: Pale Preston vs. Bernie Snora Hvt. 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