Friday, February 13", 1948
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
7
Sportscoop
BY LEE HARRIS
Dick Schleiger anjl Bus Whitehead are at present
staging a spirited battle for the pivot position on the cur
rent Husker five. Whitehead came through nicely againct
Kansas State, but his 13 points were not enough to bring
the Huskers close to the hot Wildcats. Schleiger turned
on one of his top performances at KU when the Scarlet
cagers knocked off Phog Allen's Jayhawks 61-57. Dick
added 16 points to his total that night.
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Missouri' twin victory over the Kansas teams last
week put the Tigers right back in the thick of things in
the Big Seven race. Teams have practically finished their
first round of play and the ranks of the undefeated have
been abandoned. All teams will be more relaxed having
tested defeat at least once. Basing predictions on improve
ment the Tigers must be rated high on the list of favorites
to cop a share of conference honors.
An interesting fact came to light in a short conversa
tion over in the Coliseum the other day. It seem that while
Bernie Masterson coached at Nebraska only one outstate
footballer was able to win a major letter. When compared
to the numerous "foreign" stars noted on some of the
teams the Huskers faced through the season, this number
fails to strike any sensational attitude in many Husker
fans.
Even though snow still covers the ground, baseball and
football seem to be forging their way into the main line
of sports talk. Husker fans don't have much to look for
ward to at this time. The Nebraska football team is "coach
less" and even if a practice were scheduled the weather
man has put the skids under any possible outdoor work.
The Nebraska basketball team has a record to shoot
at. Last year the Scarlet cagers potted 173 field goals to lead
the conference in that department. The Oklahoma Sooners
were next just two behind the Huskers with a 171 total.
A quick look at the coaching situation shows that this
year seems to be a year of transition. Three former Husk
ers have left the Big Seven for other parts. Missouri and
Oklahoma are the only schools that have retained any
semblance of their old coaching staffs.
Even Bo McMillian, who for so many years was a
headache to NU with his "poor little boys " has been
mentioned for a new position. It is expected that he will
move from the Hoosier school, where he has been so suc
cessful, to the pro ranks.
Husker Squad
To Missouri
For Cage Tilt
The Husker cage squad will
travel to Columbia Saturday for
their third engagement with the
surprising Missouri Tigers, vic
tors over Kansas State and KU
in the last week.
In the first game between the
two in the Kansas City pre-sea-son
tournament, the Cornhuskers
upset the Missourians 46-44. La
ter in conference competition,
Nebraska fell before a smoother
Tiger team, 54-66. Saturday's
contest will be the rubber game
of the series.
High Scoring Duo.
Leading the Orange and Black
crew will be the high scoring duo
of Thornton Jenkins and Dan
'Tip-in' Pippin. The latter led
the Missouri attack against the
Huskers in the January game
with a torrid streak late in the
game that iced the victory.
In the event of a victory Sat
urday night, the Husker record
will stand at eight wins and eight
losses for a .500 percentage mark.
Their Dig Seven slate shows two
wins against four setbacks.
Starting Lineup.
The probable Scarlet starting
lineup as of Thursday afternoon
lists Claude Retherford and Rod
Cox at forwards, Bus Whitehead
at the pivot spot, and Joe Brown
and Neal Mosser in the guard positions.
Kappa Sigs Down
TKE in IM Play
Close games were featured in
Wednesday n i g h t 's intramural
cage play with Kappa Sigma top
ping Cornhusker Co-op 21-18, with
the A team shading TKE 17-15
Pioneer Co-op sweated out a 10-9
win over -Brown Palace and Phi
Delta Theta had a close one with
Beta Sigma Psi but won 15-13.
Farm House rolled up 50 points
to the ZBT's 18. The Sig Alphs
rode over Theta Xi 43 to 21 and
Phi Gamma Delta won over Delta
Tau Delta 22-8. Other cage results
were:
A8ME Engineer 21.AIEE Engineer! 13.
Sigma Nu J9, Beta Sigma Pal 12.
Cornhuaker Co-op 20, Phi Kappa Pil 30.
Kappa Blgma 21, Cornhusker Co-op If).
Delta Tau Delta 8, Phi Gamma Delta 22.
TKE 15, Kappa Sigma 17.
Pioneer Co-op 10, Brown Palace t.
Blgma Alpha Ep. 43, Theta XI 21.
Sigma Nil 22, Slg Alpha Ep. (B) 13.
Phi Delta Theta 15, Beta Blgma Pal II.
Zeta Beta Tau 18, Farm Hoiue 50.
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Cornhusker Swimming Team
Meets Sooners at Norman
Saturday afternoon, the Corn
husker swimming team will be
after their third conference win
when they tangle with the Okla
homa Sooners at Norman.
Iowa State has already been
conceded the Big Seven cham
pionship, but Nebraska and
Oklahoma are expected to stage
a close battle for second place.
Last year the Huskers took a
close decision from the Sooner
splashers by winning the last
relay. Nebraska also edged out
Oklahoma in the Big Six
championships for second place
last year.
Coach Joe Glander of Okla
homa has quite a few dependable
boys this year. The main point
getters for the Oklahoma team
are Crowder, Hill, Burns, and
Brighton. .
Crowder swims the back
stroke in 1:48 which tops our
backstroker by a couple of sec
onds. Hill swims the 50 yard and
100 yard freestyle events. He will
be close behind Grimm in these
events. Burns is the strongman
on the team swimming the 220
yard, the 440 yard, and the 100
yard freestyle events. Brigton is
their star breaststroker, swimming
that event in 2:47.
The Cornhusker will go into
Sooners Seek Win
On Foreign Court
Oklahoma Is the only Big Seven
basketball team that as yet has
failed to win a game on the road.
The Red-faced Sooners hope to
throw off that embarrassment
during their invasion of the Kan
sas State and Colorado courts
Saturday and Sunday.
A surprising feature of the con
ference race this year has been
the ability of teams to perform
almost as well on the road as at
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the meet as slight underdogs be
cause of sickness on the squad.
Perry Branch, the number two
sprinter, is sick, and Dick Bell,
the diver, has a bad head cold.
Don Hines, number two breast
stroker, is also under the weather
and will not make the trip.
The probable swimmers in
each event are as follows:
300 yard medley relay, Fenton, King,
Swinhart.
220 yard freestyle: Grimm, Porter.
60 yard freestyle: Campbell, Allen.
Diving: Moore, Flagg.
100 yard freestyle: Grimm, Allen.
150 yard backstroke: Fenton, Camp
bell. 200 yard breaststroke: King.
440 yard freestyle: Porter, Swlhart.
400 yard freestyle relay: Grimm, Al
len, Campbell, Swlhart.
Nebraska Plays
Host to Tigers
The Missouri Tigers, defending
indoor and outdoor track cham
pions, carrying the scalps of No
tre Dame and Kansas, will clash
with Husker cindermen here Sat
urday at 2:00 p.m. in what will
be a prevue of the Big Six track
race this season.
The match should prove to be
an interesting one since both
teams are undefeated. The Husk
ers have downed Oklahoma and
Iowa State and should be in fine
shape for the Tigers.
On the dope chart Nebraska is
given only one first place which
is in the pole vault where Don
Cooper has been consistently close
to 14 feet.
Some great races loom in the
sprints and hurdles. Both Ne
braska and Missouri are talent
laden in these events. In the 60
yard dash Harry Guth of Mis
souri and Dick Hutton of Ne
braska will match strides. Both
have been swishing over this dis
tance in :06.3.
The Tigers won from the Corn
huskers a year ago by 56 23 to
47 13 but on the Saturday dope
sheet it's the Missouri boys by
67 to 37.
Coach Tom Botts has an
nounced his entries for the dual
track meets as: Mile run, Bill
Cronister, Robert Bosworth, Jean
Madden. 60 yard dash, Harry
Guth, Bud Cartiser, Elmer Klein,
Leland Russell. 440 yard run,
Dick Ault, Robert Schuster, Dick
Schmidt. In the 60-yard high
hurdles, Cartiser, Bill Self, Bob
Teel. Two mile run, Madden, Tonv
O Mohundre, George Quinn. 880
yard run, Charles Lancaster, Du
ane Wolfe, Harold Watzig, James
Crider. 60 yard low hurdles, Car
tiser, Bussell, Ault, Self. Shot put,
Ed Quirk, Mel Sheehan, C. L.
Pelts. Pole vaule, Justin Knapp,
Dan VanDyne, L. E. Stuart. High
jump, Jim Howard, Ray Butcher,
Klein. BToad jump, Teel, Guth,
Klein.
Coach Ed Weir of the Huskers
has reduced his hurdle and sprint
fields by elimination races for the
Saturday test against the power
ful Tigers. Husker low hurdlers
will be Bob Berkshire, Willis
Jones and Ray Magsamen. The
sprinters will be Dick Huttori, Don
Cpoper and Thompson.
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