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TuesHay, March 15, 1949 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 3 Huskers Halt Last-Minute OIL Rally for Playoff Win Nebraska's scrapping basketballers stood off a desperate Sooner rally in the final minutes to take a 57-56 win at Kan sas City Monday night. The win gave the Huskers a berth against the Oklahoma Aggies as Big Seven representatives in the district 5 NCAA playoffs. Nebraska will play the Aggies Wednesday night at Kan sas City. The Scarlet five had apparently sewed up the game with only three minutes to play as they rode a six point lead, but the .Okla homans dropped in two quick baskets to close the gap to 54-52. Malacek dropped in a free throw to give the Huskers a three point lead with two minutes remaining. The Sooners bounced right fcack on two gift shots by Freiberger, drawing up to 55-54. Nebraska, playing very carefully, shook Retherford free for a jump shot, boosting the margin to three points. Again trie cool Freiberger hit two for two from the foul line, and Nebraska led 57-56 with a minute to go. Mulacck, Retherford and Cerv kept the ball away from the eager Sooners during a hectic final minute and the Huskers had the ball game. Oklahoma Coach Bruce Drake tried a bit of strategy at the open ing of the game, .starting his number two outfit. The scrubs took an early edge, but Rether loid's shot sent the Huskers in front 8-7 after five minutes. Drake sent his veterans into the fray, but NU continued to hit. Twice during the first half they led by eight points, before Oklahoma crowded 27-25 at intermission. The Scarlet appeared to be in complete control through the sec ond half until the Oklahoman's final surge. Bus Whitehead and Joe Mala cek paced the Huskers with 17 and 14 points respectively. Frei berger was high for Oklahoma with 14 points, with their fiery guards, Pryor and Merchant, gathering nine each. NU Gymnasts Drop Decision To Illini Squad Nebraska's gymnastic squad finished their season Friday with a 60 12 to 34 k loss at the hands of Illinois Navy Pier division. The Illini squad is rated one of the top gymnastic teams in the coun try. Bill Roetzheim of Illinois was the outstanding competitor of the meet as he took five first places. Roetzheim chalked up victories in the side horse, horizontal bar, parallel bars, long horse and fly ing rings. Illinois' national tumbling champion, Irvin Bedard, won his event with the same skill and ease with which he annexed the national title. Phil Sprague placed high in four events to lead the Husker scorers. Sprague took second in the side horse, parallel bars and tumbling and took third in the flying rings. Nebraska's other point-getter was Al Dunavan, who took sec ond in the horizontal bars, giving Roetzheim, who wa sa member of the Olympic team, his hardest compeition. Dunavan also placed third in the tumbling. NU Diver Takes in Nat'l AAU An Amazing Offor by K3LDE)AV Pipe Mixture The pipe that every tmoker winit-DANA, die modern pipe, ich brightly polished alumi- num shaok and genuin imported brior bowl.' Only 50 wiih inside wrapper from 12 pocket tini of 01I0AT PIPE M'XTUSE San 12 lOUMT mwn M your DANA PIP! Sen J 10 UllMT, hit CD, lltimui, TlrtM Offv LtmAm4 U OR A Expire Jar, 90. IMt 3rd Eddif ren, sophomore diver from . i, came home with third piace in the NAAU Indoor Junior 3-meter diving champion ships Saturday at Norman, Okla homa. Craren compiled a total of 280.5 points to cop the number three position. Louis i'euncr of Oklahoma won the championship with a total of 321 points, edging out Bullet Man ale of Baylor U., who finished with 305 markers. Crnron won the Big Seven high board diving championship two weeks ago in Coliseum pool, as Neuner came in third. Crarcn's points were 326 to 272 for Neuner in the conference event. Craren will probably represent Nebraska at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25 and 26, in the NCAA swimming and diving championships. All varsity trackmen are re quested to meet at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday in the Indoor track to have a team picture taken. This is for the varsity squad only. Retherford Cops Big 7 Scoring Title Claude Retherford, fast-shooting Husker guard, closed his col lege cage career with a bang as he notched up the conference scoring title with a 12-game total of 149 points for an average of 12.42 points per game. Two points behind Retherford was former Husker Gene Peter son of Kansas, with 147 points. Peterson had a chance to catch the sharpshooting Husker as he was 20 points behind with one game to go, after Nebraska had finished their season. Peterson came thru with 18 points, two short of Retherford's mark. In ability at the free-throw line cost Peterson a lot as he missed six out of eight chances. Bus Whitehead came in fifth with 123 points, behind Wayne Glascow of Oklahoma and Rick Harman of Kansas State, who placed third and fourth, respec tively. Bob Rolander of Colorado, who received second team center on the conference team, was one point behind Whitehead, followed by Houchin of Kansas, Courty of Oklahoma, R. Peterson of Iowa State and Paulsen of Iowa State. There will be a meeting: for all men interested in varsity golf Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the N Club room of the Coli seum, Coach John Bentley announced. Don't Miss the Student Union D1U-NITE CLUB Friday March 18 9-12 P. ML Table Serrice Atmosphere Floor Show Dancing Jean Moyer & his orchestra Tickets on Sole at Union Office Buy your Tickets Early as the number Is Limited V3 ITS BACK AGAIN nDo o (So Again this year as in pre-war years Nebraska students choose the Best Dressed Man on the Campus. The judges, representative of this school, will be a group of promi nent coeds and faculty members. They will select the 1949 B. D. O. C, a regular fellow who knows how to wear appropriate clothes for University life. This year as in former years, he will be a man typifying the smart and easy manner of dress on this campus. v The contesj will be sponsored by Harvey Brothers cooperating with The Daily Ne braskan. The contest winner, Nebraska's 1949 B. D. O. C, will be presented with $60 in clothing from Harvey Brothers. We suggest you enter early. It will be to your benefit. Rules for the Contest O Nomination Blanks may be obtained at Harvey Brothers, 1230 O Street, The Daily Nebraskan office, or from the Contest Managers: Jim McDermott and Harry McGinnis. O Twenty signatures of male stu dents signatures not appearing on any other nomination blank are necessary to nominate a candidate for the B. D. O. C. title. O Nomination blank must be mailed or delivered to Harvey Brothers or The Daily Nebraskan not later than midnight, April 25th. O Harvey Brothers will present the B. D. O. C clothing. DECIDE NOW ENTER EARLY O A committee consisting of Mr. Arndt, Mr. Elliott, Betty Aasen, Phyllis Campbell, Jan Stratton, Sherry Swanson, Phyllis Harris, Marilyn Nelson, Mary Sue Holland, Kay Kinsey, Sue Bjorkland will select the B. D. O. C. man from the entries submitted. O The nominee selected for the B. D. O. C. title will be announced in the Daily Nebraskan. title winner with $60.00 in I ! , I f '