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Thursday, October 30, 1947 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 3 Bill Mountford Captures IM Turkey Race Honors Bill Mountford of Sigma Alpha Epsilon set the pace to win by a close margin over a field of close to 300 in the annual intramural Turkey trot Wednesday afternoon. Mountford, Nebraska Class A mile record holder put on a spurt the last hundred yards to literally run away with the turkey and beat independent Bob Dorr whom he had trailed over the mile long course. Door finished second with Bob Reece another independent coming in third. Carter ladings, who was be hind some ten places coming into the final stretch breezed into the fourth slot to outrun Dick Hol lander, Phi Kappa Psi; Jess Sell, Independent; Bob Heisen, Sigma Phi Epsilon ; Sandy Crawford, Phi Kappa Psi; Bob Wait, Delta Upsilon and Chuck Roberts, Delta Upsilon who finished in that order. Pair Disqualified Bob Hale and Bill Nash both of Sigma Alpha Epsilon were disqualified for leaving the course. Sigma Alpha Epsilon copped the team trophy. Phi Kappa Psi was second with defending cham pion Delta Upsilon taking th'ird. Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kap pa Sigma, Sigma Nu and Sigma Chi finished in that order for organized team honors. : Wins Egg Pete Becker, Kappa Sigma, re ceived the coveted egg for coming in last. Also rans in the first 20 sur vivors were Leonard Kehl, ATO; Joe Havelka, independent; Rob ert Reid, Kappa Sigma; Bob Resume Action IM Grid Playoffs Intramural football took a back seat to the cross country runners Wednesday afternoon. No playoff games were sched uled in order to allow a full par ticipation in the annual long dis tance IM event. Action in the grid playoffs will resume Thursday afternoon with the Beta Theta Pi crew, unbeaten through league competition, clash with the potent Delta Tau Delta outfit. Kappa Sigma will meet the Beta Sigma Psi squad in a battle for fifth place. Newman club col lides with the Ag YMCA in an independent league playoff tilt. Hinde, Sigma Nu; Bog Good, SAE; Knox Jones, ATO; Harold Yost, SAE; Tom Ludwig, SAE; Warren Newell, independent; Tom Donahoe, Sigma Chi. Evelyn Lucas of Alpha Omi cron Pi presented the awards which included everything from turkeys and chickens to shower clogs and sweat socks. a Block Cord Jacket Set You Up With Her? rr- t A : Xi:: tit:.'!'.;;'' Chi !v i At J i'U m - z r I III ;-.,$ ' ' ' I 4 W V V i if 1 i . S , wiitmi llmlilwMKil it I find how. brotherl Block cords give you plenty ol style you feel like a B.M.O.C. And in the fashion world, you ARE a big manrfor corduroy is tops this year. This three-button Jacket has all the good tailoring of a suit coat. Choose rust or tan to go with the rest of your campus clothes. Sizes 34 to 44 regulars. See Magee't College Committee-mem on f het Vtoor for the Latt Word in Sportswear 1 i t Courtesy Lincoln Journal. OUT FOR YEAR Nebraska's football hopes took another downward dip Tuesday when it was learned that Center Bob Costello, hurt in the Kansas State game last Saturday, will be out of action for the re mainder of the season with a back injury. Girl's Swimming Club. The Girl's Swimming club will meet tonight at 7:00 p. m. in the Coliseum. An All-College mixer dance will be held Thursday, Oct. 30 from 4:30-6:30 p. m. at the Ag College Activities building. The dance is sponsored by the Recreational Leader Class. Inj Prep jury Riddled Huskers MU; Costello Out With a mounting iniurv list a sputtering Nebraska grid machine continued preparations Wednesday night for the Big Six showdown test with Coach Don- Faurot's "T" tutored Tigers at Columbia Saturday. Coach Bernie Masterson dipped into the Nubbins' ranks onpe again to bolster his injury weakened varsity aggregation. Two of Coach Ray DeBolt's "B" gridders were called up to replace Center Bob Costello, lost for the remainder of the campaign because of a chipped vertebrae in the small of his back suffered in the K-State fracas last week. Unger, ration Up. Hubert Unger, 185-pound cen er, was called up as insurance to support Tom Novak and former Nubbins Bob Mullen. Guard Bob Patton was promoted to the var sity to fill Costello's shoes in the Faculty Cowling League Needs Additional Team Another team is needed to com plete the faculty bowling league according to an announcement from Dr. V. W. Lapp, in charge of the inter-college leagues for faculty. Any faculty member wishing to bowl can be placed on a team if they contact Dr. Lapp, Ext. 21, this week. SQUARE DANCE LESSONS. Square dance lesson will be held in the Ag Union Thursday, Oct. 30, at 7:30. point after touchdown kicking department. Another shift to strengthen the center position saw Francis Man dula moved to that post from his guard spot. Master6on's charges went through a light but lengthy work out Wednesday. Particular empha sis was placed on offensive ma neuvers. A third team unit ran from Missouri formations to give the first two varsity squads de fc ive practice. Iron Man Role. Little Joe Partington, who has been used sparingly to date, may be back in his 1946 iron man role doubling as a quarterback and center replacement. Partington will take over Costello's line back ing chores. And should Dick Thompson's knee not hold up and Del Wiegand require relief, Par tington will see service directing the "T". , The first team lineup saw only one change from the group that started the lasttwo contests. Alex Cochrane was running at left end in Ralph Damkroger's spot. Dam kroger's availability for the Mis souri game is doubtful. Bob Ack erman was running in Cletus Fischer's right halfback spot while the MU game captain was in a late class. His bullet rings a bell . . . ' 1 30 miles away! Zing! . ; ; and the damage is done. 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