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Sunday, May 15, 1949 Cathor and Taylor Carry Tech to ;A' Championship Paced by Hurdler Blake Cath ro and sprinter Bob Taylor, Om aha Tech. scoring 45 points, de throned Alliance as Class A cham pions in the stale track meet held at Memorial Stadium Friday and Saturday. Lincoln trailed with 36. Cathro took firsts in the high and low hurdles, and Taylor came home first in the 220, and sec ond in the 100. The two teamed with Aaron Reed and Dale Si'hnakel to win the 880 yard re lay, in 1:32.8. Cathro raced the lows in 23.3, Cold Medal time, and by his vic tory became the first winner of the Merlin Stackhouse Memorial Trophy. It will go annually to the gold medal winner in the 220 lows. The only record breaking per formance in the two-day show came in the polo vault. Don Cou pons, Alliance, soared 12 foot, 8' inches to establish a new mark. The third place Alliance team's hopes were dealt a severe blow when Coupons injured his ankle and was forced to withdraw from the broad jump, in which he rated as favorite. THE 880 record withheld the test of Hobe .Tones in the Friday feature race. .Tones, a pre-meet favorite to smash the ten year old mark set by Bob Ginn, was hampered by an ailing ligament and i list missed in his record at tempt. The Lincoln High ace, however, turned the distance in the creditable time of 2:00.7. The most surprising competi tor in Class A was Bob Fairchild of Omaha Central. Fairchild upset last year's century winner, Bob Taylor, as he won the 100 in 10.3. The easy striding Negro became a double winner when he edged Bobby Hahn of Grand Island in the 440. He toured the lap in very good time. :51.8. ALL-STATE football player, Ted Connors of Hastings also pulled an upset in capturing the shot with a heave of 49 feet 1 inch. Dick Pucilek, Creighton Prep, was second with 47 feet, 7 'A inches. Connor's teammate. Ho ff arbor, surprised Leon of Alliance in the mile. Hoffarber ran the distance in 4:40.6, far outdistancing the Alliance second and third place combo of Leon and Sampson. The final rundown on team scoring: O. Tech, 45; Lincoln High, 36; Alliance, 31; O. Benson, 24; O. Central 21. Thcta Sigs Elect Liz Schneider heads the list of new officers of Theta Sigma Psi, women's journalism honorary, as president. She succeeds Barbara Rowland. Marian Battey will be vice president of the group and Dorothy Travis, secretary. They succeed Marian Crook and Na dine Anderson, respectively. Classified JUJO.M litr one paseriEr on trip In Mex ico Citv leave June 8. Call Bob Wheel er. 3-3M7 SI'MMKH WORK KemuiHTHtive summer work, l.oonl or in home area. Also perma nent openings. For interview rail 2-"i:i42. Ttf A KK A n I M Ouitonf Konl. Low mileage l'lione 5-T077. 1H47 30.50 ""Koyal Ktifielri. 6000 miles Cheap fi-,Vl3l, ff-3322 evening. 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Wedding Stationery Invitation or Announcement Printed or Engraved Goldenrod Stationery Store 215 North 14lh Street Nebraska Deaf Award inTri-K Crop Judging Dean Brittenham's attempt to carry Brady to a repeat win in Class D fell short Saturday as Nebraska School lor the Deaf won the title. NSD scored 36 points to 27 lor Brady. Kail Malloy led the NSD scor ing with 14 'i points, lie won the 100 and took second in the 440. Hritlcnham accounted for all 27 of Brady's total, including wins in the high hurdles, high jump, and seconds in the broad .lump. George rochaska of Ulysses led his team to fourth place with an other one-man show. He threw the shot 48 feet 3 inches to win, nd was barely nosed out of first in the discus. Glenn Edwards of Hardy estab lished a new polo vault record Friday when he cleared the bar at It "feet 9 and '.'i. The old rec ord was 11-9. Two other boys were close behind, Brittenham of Brady and Young of Madrid top ped 11 feet 6 indies. 200 Annul Ag Tet Ball race From the balcony overlooking the terrace outside the Ag union, Russ Kruger played to about 200 students dancing under a misty moon at the Starlight Terrace ball Friday night. Sponsored by the combined Ag Union entertainment commit tees, the ball was the first of its kind in recent years at the Uni versity. Crepe streamers and a garden archway turned the front of the Activities building into a fitting garden backdrop. Tables on the lawn were provided to which service from the Union Dell was available. Preparations for the dance were in charge of the four Ag Union entertainment committees, spon sored by Harriet Moline, Neil Mil ler, Jack DcWulf and Sue Bjork lund. l Graduate I 3umma uin Coolness" ;j (That's COOL J i fcrp My WITH ARROW'S For the highest degree of coolness, try c "Punjaro." sports shirt by Arrow, America's favorite shrmaker. You will like the perfect fit, iiVky touch, and fine tailor ing in this Arrow masterpiece. Long or short sleeves. Come see us today for "Punjara" by Arrow. 5 Swawv ARROW UNIVERSITY STYLES w.-.v-v. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Alliance Star Breaks State Vault Record A new state record led the Gold Medal performances in the state high school track champ ionships Saturday as Howard Dcbus's pole vault record of 12 feet 8 inches, set in 1940, was cracked by a quarter of an inch by Coupons of Alliance. The indoor field stands were given the best show of the meet as Coupens of Alliance and Som mers of Lincoln Central went into a two-man race for the title, with Sommers finally drop ping out at 12 feet fi inches. Irvitig Thode of Loup City was the only double gold medal winner as he took both the high jump and broad jump cham pionships. Thode was hard pressed to win in the broad jump event as ho edged Hoppy McCue of Arapahoe by one quarter of r.n inch at 22 feet 3 -md -''h inches. Thode tried for a new record of 6 feet inches in the high jump but missed all three trials, lie was released from the hospital YVed neday for treatment on his knee and spent all day Friday in bed. before corning to the meet. Blake Cathro won one gold medal and tied lor another as he took the lows in :23.3 and tied for the highs in : 15.3 with Tolman of Indianola. Cathro also won the new Stackhouse memorial trophy awarded the gold medal winner in the 22 yard low hurdles event. Stack house held the present record and was killed in the war. Moorhouse of Culberfson, gold medal winner in the half-mile last year, came back in the 440 yard dash this year as he took top honors with a time of :51.4 Cily Y Wins Softball Duel The city YMCA won the tradi tional soltbnll game from the Ag YM Wednesday and so are now in possession of the "little brown jug," a trophy which the winning team takes possession of for the following year. The picnic was held at Pioneer park Wednesday evening. Dave Keen lead the City Y's on to vic tory with an excellent job of pitching supported by a surprising campus team. The game was fol lowed by a picnic lunch and group singing. ! PUNJARA Swedes Wreek Ainsivorth Bid In Class 'W Gothenburg High School track team upset the dope bucket Sat urday afternoon by winning the Class B track and field champion ships at Memorial Stadium. The Swedes amassed 45 37 points to win over favored Ainsworth who scored 34 points. Sidney, the number two team in pre-meet predictions, ran third with 19 tallies. TWO GOLD MM) Aft perform ances were turned in by Class B athletes. David of Gothenburg tied for the top spot in the hun dred yard dash with Fclton of Springview who was competing in Class C. Gold Medal time was : 1 0.2. Kinney of Sidney was Gold Medal winner in the shot put with a heave of 49 feet 1 and 1i inches. This distance was 35 of an inch better than Ted Connor's winning throw in Class A. AINSWORTirs Anthens was top scorer with wins in the low hurdles and the broad jump. Ho back of Nebraska City and David tied for nfcond place honors with 13 points each. David won the century, took second in the high hurdles and anchored the winning relay team. Hoback anchored his relay team which tied for second as well ts winning the 220 yard dash and running second to David in the hundred. Playoff Positions fold by IM Dept. Playolf positions in the soft ball finals have been announced by the intramural department. Six games are scheduled for Monday, four at the Coliseum fields and two out on the Ag campus. On Coliseum 1. the Phi Delts tangle with the Sig Alphs. Over on Coliseum 2, Sigma Phi Ep silon meets Beta Theta Pi. Alpha Tau Omega, defending cham pions go against Beta Sigma Psi on Coliseum 3. and over on Coliseum 4, the V-5's meet the Geology nine. Out at Ag. on field 4, the Op erators meet Alpha Kappa Psi, while the Lilies tangle with the Ag Men's club on field 5. Two games were played Fri- rl:iv flnnlnev rl rr willed the New- ........ ...vrs., ...... , -, - - - - I mnn r-hili hv 1? tn 0 The Pill Speaking of "FINALS" ARROW'S PUNJARA is the last word in a cool, silky, hqrv&iome and wosh- able sports shirt. f PUNJARA comes in several colors and looks well with or without a necktie. See your Arrow dealer today for PUNJARA. Long sleeves . . . $5.95 Short sleeves . . . $5.00 i ARROW I - .V SHIRTS and TIES j UNDERWEAR HANDKERCHIEFS SPORTS SHIRTS l V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.VW.W.V.VV.W.VWSi,C PAGE Arapahoe Cops Class C Crown With 30 Points Living up to all advance ex pectations, Arapahoe's two-man track team made a runaway of the Class C track championships Saturday by racking up a total of 30 points between themselves to completely out distance the rest of the schools. High scoring honors went to Hoppy McCue of Arapahoe who scored a total of 18 points on one first, one second, one third and a tic for fourth in both the pole vault and the high jump events. Close behind him in second place was teammate Don Dutcher who picked up 12 markers on a first place in the discus throw wilh 138 teet, and a second tie in the high jump. . McCue picked up his big points with a first in the 220-yard dash, a second place in the broad jump and a third in the century. IN THE broadjump event. Mc Cue lost out for first place by one quarter of ai. inch to living Thoda of Loup City, who jumped 22 feet, 3 and r,k inches. McCue had a jump of 22 feet 10 inches but crow hopped a half of an inch. Husky George Witter of St. Joe's of Atkinson didn't quite live up to advance notices as he won the shot put with a throw of 48 feet, three feet under his best throw, and lost out to Dutcher of Arapahoe in the discus. Arapahoe's two-man :quad will be back intact next year as Mc Cue is only a sophomore and Dutcher is as junior. AICliE Hoars Cliem Prof Dr. G. M. Kosolapoff, associate professor of chemistry at Alabama polytechnic institute at Auburn, addressed a meeting of the Ne braska section of the American Chemical Engineers society Thurs day. A dinner for Kosolapoff and AIChE members and their wives or husbands preceded the meeting. Rollers defeated the CYO by 7 to 5. The two remaining events in the intramural track meet will be run off today at 5 p.m. The pole vault and high jump were postponed because of the state high school track and field championships. .- -v f I r V:-: J.jb- i-ri 1 -t-
