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    We3nes3ay, March' 16, 1949
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
PAGE 3
Huskers to Meet Oklahonia
Aggies in Playoff Tonight
division playoffs will be at stake
tonight when the Nebraska Corn
huskers meet the Oklahoma Ag
gies at Kansas City's Municipal
Auditorium.
The Huskers moved into to
night's game by dumping the
Oklahoma Sooners 57-56 at Kan
sas City Monday. The Aggies, as
league champs, are representing
the Missouri Valley.
The win over the Sooners does
not affect the final Big Seven
standings which will go into the
books as a tie. It did, however,
give Nebraska a boost as it
avenged two previous defeats at
the hands of the Oklahomans in
regular season play.
OKLAHOMA A. & M., on pa
per at least, will provide the
toughest test for the Scarlet five
this season. The men from Still
water finished socondin the final
AP national poll two weeks ago.
Most impressive were their two
victories over the powerful St.
Louis Billikens. The Bills had
taken a victory over Kentucky's
steamroller before running
aground at the hands of the Okla
homa ns. The Aggies, coached by
Henry Iba, have been near the
toD for the last several years,
winning NCAA championships in
" 1946 and 1947.
The only bright spot in the pic
ture lor Nebraska is the Okla
homa triumph over A. & M. at
Norman. The Sooners led all of
the v:av to win by 15 points. The
Aggies retaliated the following
week but not by such a wide
margin.
COACH IRA is known through
out the nation for his stress on
defense. His teams originated the
possession type of play so suc
cessfully used this season by Min
nesota. This is dull from Ihe
standpoint of the fans but the im
pressive record his men have
turned in since he took over the
coaching position at the Okla
homa school bears out his prin
ciples. In the first game against
St. Louis the high scoring Bills
garnered only 27 points in an
overtime contest.
One of the chief obstacles in
the Huskers' path tonight will be
stopping their 6-7 center. Bob
Harris. Harris is one of the most
widely sought college players by
professional clubs. He is a top de
fensive man and the Aggie attack
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is centered around his defensive
play at the post.
TOM JAQL'ET AND JOE
BRADLEY, the latter a member
of the NCAA champions of 1945
47, are a pair of long shot artists
whose hitting from the outside
has disrupted many A. & M. op
ponents this season. They put on
a great duel with Paul Merchant
and Ken Pryor in the two con
tests against OU.
The Nebraska play was sparked
Monday by the work of Joe Ma
lacck and Bus Whitehead. The
two tall cagers paced the Husk
ers in the point department, and
were the key to the improved
board play. Both had appeared to
be in a slump during the last few
games, and their return to form
may enable the Scarlet to spring
an upset tonight.
Three other positions in this
week-end's playoffs have been
filled. Arkansas will represent the
Southwest, Wyoming the Pocky
Mountain area, and Oregon State
the West Coast.
Peterson Hailed
In Record Attempt
Little Bob Peterson, unstoppable
in Big Seven cage competition,
finally met his nemesis in a
troublesome appendix. The speedy
5-8 guard was only 13 points
short of the all-time Iowa State
scoring record for one season with
two games to go when he was
stricken.
The mark of 213 points w as set
in 1936 by Jack Fleming. It ap
peared to be a goner as Peterson
had 196 with three games left,
and was riding a 10 point per
game average. In the Missouri
game he was not feeling well,
getting only four points, and he
decided to see a doctor.
The checkup revealed his ap
pendix was acting up. and des
pite his protests, Coach Chick
Sutherland refused to allow him
to play in the last two games.
David City l-II
To Honor Janikc
E. W. Janike, state 4-H club
leader, and Mrs. Janike will be
honored at a homecoming celebra
tion and 4-H party at David City
April 1.
Beginning at 7:30 p. m. in the
auditorium, the celebration will
also honor Janike's first 4-H lead
er. Charles Lemley.
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The Coliseum will be closed
the days of the high school
basketball tournament. The
dates of the tourney are Wed
nesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, March 16, 17, 18 and
19. Doors will be open in the
morning at 11:30 for the after
noon sessions and 5:30 p. m.
for the evening games.
There will be no workouts
in the Coliseum or on the Coli
seum floor. Any students de
siring equipment should obtain
it before the 16th.
Nebraska Host
To State Hoop
Tournament
Nebraska will be host this
weekend to the state high school
basketball tourney, Wednesday
through Saturday. Thirty-two
teams in four leagues will journey
to Lincoln to compete in the big
tournament of the season.
In Class A, Grand Island will
be back to try and win their
third title in a row. They are
minus their scoring punch of Dale
Toft and Bob Knickrem, although
Bob Reynolds and Lyle Martin
have developed into sharp-shooters.
Two favorites during seasonal
play were upset in the finals of
the regionals as Lincoln High and
Creighton Prep both dropped de
cisions. These two teams ended
their regular season in first and
second place respectively in the
j stale standings.
Ten all-tournamenf choices will
be back to defend their laurels.
The top men in the state include
Chuck Stkkels of Hastings, Bob
Reynolds of Grand Island, John
Niederhaus of Northeast in Class
A. Roland Rivers of Seward in
Class B, Harry McCue of Arapa
hoe and Mel Sheary of Waverly
in Class C and Gienwood Ein
spahr of Hildreth and Lavern
Lotspeich of Hyannis in Class D.
The tourney will get under way
Wednesday wilh first round ac
tion in Class B and C slated for
the afternoon.
Frosh Baseball
Tony Sharpe baseball coach,
has announced an important
meeting: of all freshmen inter
ested in baseball Monday,
March 21, at 7 p. m. in the "X"
club room of the Coliseum.
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Three Wrestlers to Represent
Nebraska in National Tourny
Three Husker wrestlers will
represent Nebraska in the N.C.
A.A. wrestling championship to
be held March 25 and 26 at Ft.
Collins, Colo. Colorado A.&M.
will be the host school.
Coach Pat Patterson has named
Herb Reese, Bob Yambor and
Mickey Sparano to make the trip.
Mike DiBiase, conference heavy
weight champ, will not make the
trip.
REESE is undefeated fn col
legiate competition this year, with
the only blot on his record a draw
with the 175-pounder from Iowa
Teachers. Reese claimed the con
ference title with an easy win
in the finals.
Yambor is also undefeated in
conference competition but
dropped two decisions to the Iowa
Teachers 121-pounder. Yambor
has now won the conference title
for two straight years, and will
be gunning for his third next
year.
Mickey Sparano, 136-pound
champion, will wrestle at 128-lb.
in the national meet. He was
also undefeated in conference
play.
NEBRASKA finished their reg
ular season with a record of
seven wins, four losses and one
tie. The tie was with Iowa State,
causing the Huskers to forfeit
five points.
The Huskers dropped decisions
to Oklahoma A.&M., national
champs last year, Minnesota, Iowa
Teachers, third in the nation last
year and Cornell College, which
has one of the top squads in
the country every year.
In the race for high point hon
ors. Mike DiBiase leads Herb
Reese by two points, closely fol
lowed bv Bob Yambor. The final
KS Coach Named
To Kansas Relays
Ward HaNlett. Kansas State's
veteran track coach, was named
Monday to be referee of the
twenty-fourth Kansas Relays
April 23 in Lawrence. Haylett.
who has been directing Wildcat
cinder fortunes since 1928, previ
ously served in the same capacity
at the Texas. Colorado and Mich
igan State carnivals. He was
coach of the United States Olym
pic decathlon team last summer.
Our FoTty-fouith year!
Miss Smith, you'll be at a disadvantage in our match! !"
tabulation will be made after the
nationals.
FOUR MEN are fighting for the
most improved player trophy.
John Scharf, Harold Gilliiland,
Earl Schneider and Al Johnson
have shown the most improve
ment this year.
Coach Patterson has four prom
ising freshmen fn Vermilion,
Layne, Reese and Rauh. These
men wrestle at 136, 145, heavy
and 165, respectively.
Jack Tamai is the only grad
uating senior on the Husker
squad. The Huskers will be fav
ored to repeat next year, but will
have strong opposition from Ok
lahoma and Iowa State, who have
come up with strong freshman
teams.
Phi Psis Cop IM
Badminton Victory
Action in the intramural bad
minton tourney continued Tues
day night with a pair of grand
slams. The Phi Kappa Psi's took
every game from Beta Sigma Psf
to win 9-0. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
also shut out their opponents in
tthe other game. They won over
Delta Tau Delta, 9-0.
In the individual tournament,
the team of Mitchem-Bennett
edged Hiatt and Hughes 2-1. Rich
ards and Bump forfeited to the
tandem of Lockard and Pelletier
in the other scheduled match.
Five matches were held in the
water-basketball tourney.
The Musclemen took a 10-6 de
cision over the boys from Dorm
C. Alpha Tau Omega also won
by a large margin when they de
cisioned Farm House 12-4. The
game between the Kappa Sigs
and Delta Chi was a little closer
with the Kappa Sigs coming out
on top 7-2. The other two reg
ularly scheduled games were for
feited, giving the Lilies an easy
2-6 victory over Dorm C and
Sigma Phi Epsilon a win over the
Phi Psis by the same margin.
TKEs Elect Wind
Christie Lind was elected pres
ident of the Nebraska chapter of
Tau Kappa Epsilon at a recent
meeting. Other officers elected
are Bob Metrakes, vice-president;
Dale Spatz, secretary and
Howard Thomas, treasurer.