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Friday, Tanuary U, 1949 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 7 Wmm M(njH'( SSH'B MU Coders IPoe"S" flop Er?eoeGi!e Win Nebraska cagers will make their econd conference start of the sea pon against Iowa State on the Coliseum maples Saturday. The Husker quint will be pointing for its second league win. The Cyclones boast one of the fastest teams in the Big Seven, end last week pushed Oklahoma before succumbing, 43-42. Coach Harry Good's five will be out to strengthen their claim to second in the loop chase to morrow, and send their season's won-lost total over the .500 mark The NU record now stands at six wins in a dozen starts. The closeness of Tuesday's game against Washington U. of St, Louis was for the most part due to the team's letdown following the Conference opener against Kansas, according to Coach Good, lie added, however, praise for the Missourians' floor play and hustle. Work in practice sessions this week has been devoted to im proving their set offense and fast break. The break will probably not be effective against the Cy clones because of their speedy de fensemen. Iowa Coach Chick Sutherland has eight returning lettermen from the 1947-48 team. Leading the Cyclones this season is Capt. Bob Peterson, 5-8 guard. He was named ethlete of the week at Iowa State for his brilliant play in the Kansas City Tournament. Teaming with Teterson at guard Is Don Ferguson, also 5-8, giving the Iowans the fastest pair of backcourt men in the Big Seven. Don Paulson, veteran center, is a rough, 196-pound backboard ace, and will be the chief threat to the Husker board control. Thyrol Peterson, working from a forward position, boasts a deadly turn shot, and is a top Reports Say Aiken Not to Appear Here According to several reports from different press ascociations Jim Aiken, Oregon university football coach, may not make his scheduled apeparance in Lincoln this wec-k. The press reports state that the Oregon school has offered Aiken a ten year grid contract at a much higher salary than he was previously given. Athletic Director George (Pot ty) Clark is still hoping the Oregon grid mentor will make the trip to Nebraska. Potsy stated that while he was on the Pacific coast Aiken promised he would come to Lincoln to look the situation ever. Nothing has been heard from Coach Aiken since then, and it is not known whether he has ac tually signed a contract with the Oregon University. Camp lis News In Brief There will be no meetings of the Tridents until after exams. A Jake box dance will be held after the game with Iowa State, on Saturday, Jan. 16 in the Union ballroom. Students will be ad mitted free of charge and will enjoy dancing to the music of the program service. defensive man. He held the high scoring Sooner, Paul Courty, to two field goals last week. The Iowa team works from a set offense, with the speedy Fer guson and B. Peterson specializ ing in set shots and drive-ins. The Cyclone starters will average only 6-0, compared with NU's 6-4, but hope to offset the lack of heighth with a sharp basket eye and speed. Next game for the Huskers will be South Dakota, here the 29th, and Kansas State will be here the 31st. Probable starters Saturday. 2ox f T. Peterson Malacek f Herbert Whitehead e Paulsen Retherford Ferpison Cerr g R. Peterson (B&ndiwaJtni&L BY HAROLD fiBRflMSON Sport Editor This being almost the end of the semester we'd like to toss a few roses to members of the sports staff who helped make our task much easier. We'd like to thank sports staf fers Jerry Ewing, Jim Miller, Dick Simonson and Herm Shyken. Their hard work helped turn out the copy which has appeared on the sports page the past semester. Other thanks go to John Bent ley, athletic publicity director; di rector Lou Means and all the people in the Intramural depart ment who provided us with sta tistics; Athletic Director Potsy Clark for his fine co-operation; Hollie Lepley, swim coach; Track Coach Ed Weir; Frosh Grid Coach L. F. Klein; and Basketball Men tor Harry Good. In addition here go some roses in the direction of all the football experts Cub Clem, Fritz Simp son, Lee Harris, Bob Phelps and Jack Donavan who made our football board of experts a great success. Turning from roses to noses, it looks like Nebraska's athletic of ficials will be looking at quite a number of them before spring grid training comes around. With Ore gon the only school achin to have Aiken the Pacific Coast mentor has been declared out of the pic ture here. Now the field seems to have been narrowed down to several coaches about whom little is known. Unless Husker officials are keeping: the perenial ace up thefr sleeves there doesn't seem to be much of a choice. Ivan Williamson looks like one of the better prospects. William son brought Lafayette college out of the same type of trouble Ne braska has been having. His squad at Lafayette had an 8-2 record last season with one of the losses be ing scored by Army. Nebraska's grid policy concern ing salaries is good. The board is prepared to match any top pay in the Big Seven in their quest for a football coach. Public opinion seems to run along with this idea. Football fans want a new coach but they want a coach who will bring: alone a rood name. Of course, some lesser knowns have turned ant to be good coaches. Bud Wilkinson of Oklahoma is a rood example. Whatever decision the Athletic Board makes it will no doubt be for the best There are some pretty smart men on the board and they all have the interests of the Corn huskers at heart When the time comes to announce the new coach we can all be sure that he has met the standards the board requires. One thing for sure, however the suspense is killin' us , . , Retherford Top Point Getter Claude Retherford tops the Ne braska individual scoring col umns with 134 points in 12 games. Close behind Retherford comes towering Bus Whitehead, whose scoring spurt in the last few games has boosted his total to 121. The "Rook," recently shifted to guard, has hit from the floor 52 times and has 30 of 45 free throws. In field goal percentage, however, Retherford trails White i ) LOOK AT THE BEAMING FACES . . . could it be because of the N. U. Basket ball victory ever Washington ... or is it because of the charm of Magee's College Committee Member Helen Schroder. At any rate, Marv Grimm, Helen and Bob Phelps are enjoying themselves, (and in Magee's clothes, too.) Helen holds down the fort in Magee's Accessories Shop, first floor . . . see her soon and take a gander at all Uie spring finery! MAGEE'S First Floor head with 28 percent against the tall center's 39 percent. Third place in the scoring chase is Joe Malacek with 94 per cent, and Cerv follows with 69. Retherford's lead may be whit tled due to his recent shift to a guard post, but in his last two games he has racked up 11 points in each. Husker accuracy at the free throw line, which gave them a victory over Washington Tuesday, is shown by their team average of 59 percent. The NU quint has a 30 percent shot record. K U It pf Tt Retherford ... 12 62-187 30-45 31 134 Your College Gothing Store K ft L ' Li Applicants for staff positions on "Cornhusker Countryman" shoul meet for interviews between 2 5 p. m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, in room 301 Ag Hall. Whitehead Maleccli .... Cr Oaten La wry . .... Pierce Cox Anderson ... Cech Schleiger ... Srb , , Jussel Shields Walsh Allen Brandenburg Totals . . . 12 48-125 23-40 27 121 12 38-113 18-31 38 94 12 21- 85 27-48 38 69 10 17- 48 6-1 (J 13 30 10 15- 44 7-21 24 37 12 14- 46 8-17 16 36 12 14- 56 7-10 18 36 12 14- 42 6- 9 4 34 12 8- 34 fi- 8 11 21 8 3- 20 3- 8 10 9 6 2- 11 2- 2 4 C 2 1- 2 0- 0 0 a 2 1-10-11 2 6 0- 2 0- 1 1 0 2 0- 3 0- 0 0 10-10-00 0 12 249-820 141-252 236 639 - -