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- - . -a - - .-. - . . - . - . mniiTriB it i w mi ill mi, mi i - mm,- ' .. i mi mrii.iH ......i- HI F E 3 B N G l"J S " PAGE 3 Sunday, February 26, 1950 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN IHIiUBskeirs Nip gBihb n n u i; : n Hi 1 ! UL m (ffi rfcri EPT 1. ' ' i ? r E 111 r :.':-'.?t ' ! ll PIT " J"- -llfl" T 1-'W t l I MmilUMUt IIMMllllltlltllllll IIIIJIIIUilU-LLWU MilliUJLJlUUlllJlllJMIJ 1 -11111 Lll ILL JL.JJIIML-UJ I 111 III! Ill III. 1JMIM II 111 iM rovn's Set Shot THE UNIVERSITY of Nebraska baseball team will have plenty of opportunity to get in some pre season hitting practice in the new batting cage in Nebraska's Field House. The cage is divided into two compartments which are 80 fect long, 15 feet wide, and 15 feet high. The cord net is attached framework of steel tubing and can be raised to the ceiling of the field house when not in use. Each compartment has a raised pitching mound and a regulation home plate. Records Fall as Musliers Top Oklahoma, 601 -243 1 "2 Delts Blast Farm House; No. 1 Team in Easy Win By Bill Mundeli Delta Tau Delta, the number one intramural basket ball team in the University, gave proof that it belonged in the top spot Thursday -night by crushing Farm House, 36-27. It was the second win over the defending cham pions by the Delts who won the first contest 33-29. By Kimnn Karabatsos The University of Nebraska's track team had to go all out to capture their fifth indoor dual meet of the season Saturday night as they edged Oklahoma 601? 43" Both teams figured in the breaking of four records two by each team. The new record holders are Dick Meissner and the relay team for Nebraska and Bill Jacobs and Merwin Mc Connell for Oklahoma. Sooner Jacobs, son of the track coach, broke his old record of 4:27.2 in the mile despite an ailing chest cold. The Sooner speedster negotiated the distance in 4:26.2. jce Moore, finishing second for Nebraska, was leading until the final curve before going into the stretch. On that final turn, Jacobs passed him and as he did, he forced Moore to break his stride, but the judges failed to notice the infraction. Meginnis Wins The 60 yard dash found Harry "Hydramatic" Meginnis finishing a couple of steps ahead of the pack in :06.5. George Thomas, the rampaging halfback of the Sooners' great football team, came in second and Bill Mueller was third, barely edging team mate Jim Lyle. Oklahoma sophomores Jerry Mearier and Charles Coleman finished one and two to surprise the Huskcr quarter milers. Har old Kopf saved the Hnskcrs' face by copping third. The winning time was just a second off the :49.9 mark set by "Red" Littler in 1942. Bob Berkshire, running his best race this year on the Ne braska oval, copped first place in the highs with a :07.6 tim ing. One of the judges had him timed at :07.5. Jim Smith broke up an an ticipated Husker slam, placing second. Ray Magsamen nosed out Wendy Cole for third. Bill Carroll lived up to his ad vance notices by taking first in the pole vault at 13-6. He barely nudged the bar on his second at tempt at 14 fect. Leonard Kehl was second with a 13 foot effort. In the shot put, Nebraska, for the first time this season, took the first two places in the shot put. Jim McConnell. on his sec ond toss, shot the 16 pound ball 43-4 8 for first place. Charley Toogood was second with 47-1. After six events were com pleted, the Huskers held a 29'2 24 'i margin. Meissner s Best Bill Moomey, recovered from his leg injury, winning at :07.2. Berkshire and Magsamen finish ing right with him in a blanket finish. With two events remaining, the broad jump and relay, Ne braska led. 51-381i, the Sooners needing a slam in both for a victory. Ted Randolph and Owen Brainard took the pressure off the relay team by taking second and third, Randolph finally hit ting his stride. Merwin McConnell broke the broad jump mark with a 22' fl'i" leap. Harrison of Oklahoma held the record at 22-8 Vi, setting it in 1941. Relay Record In the relay. Nebraska's Kehl, Cole, Meginnis and Loyal Hurl bert set a new record of 3:28.9, smashing the record of 3:29.2 set by Nebraska in 1947. Trwk Kvmti. Mllr nm Won by Bill Jacobs (Oi; second f Moorft (N. thinl. Jim Wil kinson (Oi. Timf 4:2B2. (New record. Old record of 4:27.2 ct by Jacob! In 199 en-yard dh -Won bv Hurry Mcplnnln (Ni; second. ieorge Thomas 0; third, Bill Mueller (NI. Time :0I.S. 440-yard dash Won hy Jerry Mealr (Oi; second. Charles Coleman (O); third, Harold Kojif (N). Time :M1.. (iO-yard hlrh hilrdlen Won by Bob Berkshire (N; second. Jimmy Smith (Oi; third, Ray Magsamen IN I. Time :07 . Two-mile run Won bv R. C. Slorum (Oi; second Dean Barnell (N I ; third. Bon Reece INI. Time Sii 7. XXO-yard nin Won by Ken Jacobs (S; second. Kay Burna (O) ; third. Moore (Ni. Time 2:02. AO-yard low hurdles Won by Bill Moo. rm-y iM; second. Berkshire IN I; third. MaRsnmer, (Ni. Time :07.2. Mite relay Won by Nebraska (Kehl, Wendv Cole. Meclnnls. Ixjyal Hurlhertt; second, Oklahoma. Time 3:2R.9. (New record. Old record of 3.29 2 let by Ne braska. 1947. I Meld Fvents. Shnl put Won by Jim McConnell (Nt. t8 leet 4 S inches; second, Charley Too cood (Nl. 47 feet 1 inch: third. Nate Ginham (Oi. 46 feet 7 Inches. High jump Won by Liick Meissner (Ni. (1 feet 3'i Inches; second. Bill Ctrroll (Oi. t feet 1 1, Inches; tie for third h.tv.,n Ted UH (Ni mnii nick Meissner Came through With Jones (Oi. (t feet Inch. (New record. iii'i return oi o irei 4 incnes uy munie Kinder I.N), 1947.) I'ole vault Won by Bill Carroll (O), n leet 6 Inches: second, Leonard Kehl 'Nl. l:i feet even; (hird. Jerry Lemon (Oi 12 feet ft Inches. Kroad jiimi Won bv Merwin McCon nell iOi. n (cet 9 Inches: Ted Randolph lN. 21 leet R ' Inches: third, Owen Brainard 1N1. 21 feet 7 Inches. Links Cop State HS Swim Cup By Bob Banks The Lincoln High swimming team proved Saturday that the role of dark horse isn't always a 'handicap. They surprised experts by upsetting both Omaha Tech and Boys Town for the state swimming crown. The Links scored a total of 52 points. Other- team scores were Omaha Tech 47, Boys Town 43. Hastings 21. and Omaha South 9. Omaha Central failed to score. Lincoln High scored heavily in the sprints and diving for their victory. Their win was no cinch for both Tech and Boys Town were breathing down their necks all the way. Dave Van de Water was the outstanding swimmer. The Tech tanker showed that he is well acquainted with his last name when he broke two state records. In the preliminaries he stroked his way to a 1:04.7 clocking in the 100 back stroke and a 1:46.3 in the 150 yard individual med ley. Both were well under the previous records. Charles Youngblut was the work horse for Lincotn High. He scored firsts for the Linksmen in both the 50 and 100 yard free i styles races. .Vl-yard freestyle: Won hv Yoiinchlut ML); 2, Wieland (L); 3. Dave Vlllet-as l(BTi; 4. Oradivohl (Ll; S, Dan Vil ilecis (BT. Time: 28.2. 200-yard freestyle: Won hv Nelson (BTi; 2. Haupt (Ll; 3, BerKin iBTi; 4. Bonnemler (OTi; 5. Hill (H). Time: 2:15.1. loil-yarl hack stroke: Won by Van de Water (OT); 2. Jcihnsnn (BTi ; 3. Oood Li; 4. Lamm (OTi; 5, Reed (Ll. Time: 1:0.VS. l()()-yar.1 freestyle: Won hy Youneblut (Li; 2. Dave Villesas iBTi: 3. Orad wohl ID: 4. Gotch OTl; 5, Zaroban (Hi. Time: .',9. I.'ifl-yard Individual medlev: Won by Van de Water (OTi: 2 Nelson iBTi; 3 Hlidek (OSi; 4. McGulre iBTi; 5. Ward (Ll. Time: 1:47.3. Dlvlni:: Won bv Schneider (H: S Blunk (OTi: 3. Davis (Ll; 4. Corner iOT; .V Srhinrock (OT). Points: 1R7 2. ISO-yard medley relav: Won bv Boys Town iJohnson. McKaiR. McCuire); 2 (Hi; 3. (L; 4. (OT). Time: 1:312. 2"n-vard freestyle relay: Won by Omaha Tech fLudwirk, (intch. Olson i'sTV'1 2' (H,; 3' tL,; IBTK T,me: Farm House was in the game for only the first 14 minutes and then the roof fell in on the Ag gies. The Ag boys led at the end of the first quarter 7-3 and raised that total to 9-3 before the victors caught fire. Led by Ray Van Norman, Hal Breetzke, and Tom Vandel the Delts pulled away to a 19-12 halftime mar gin. A second half burst by the Farm Ilousers narrowed the gap to 22-18, but the pace couldn't be maintained as the Delts ran wild. owning a lead of 33-18 at one time. Van Norman led all scorers as 1 he contributed 14 points to the I Delts cause. Darrell Heiss, the . FII hotshot, was off his usual ! game, but came thru with 11 for tops for the losers. ! Tekes Sdge Delta Sigs ' Tau Kappa Epsilon silenced a 1 late flurry of baskets by Delta Sigma Phi Thursday to edge them, 39-35. The Tekes ran up ! a halftime score of 19-12 and at j one time in the third quarter led j 33-21, but a spirited Delta Sig ' rally put the pressure on them j until the final whistle. 1 Jim Orhsner of the winners j and John Wright of the Delta Sigs each garnered 15 points for : the evening's high individual work. Student Union won its first cage battle of the year Thursday, dropping Dorm B, 27-25. The Union men led practically the whole game and held a three point, 17-14 margin. Don Mattox scored nine points for the Union to lead the scorers while Lenis Carter of the Dorm contributed seven. Sig Nu Runs Wild Sigma Nu experienced a little difficulty with Delta Chi in the first half of their game, but blew the Chi's off the floor with a terrific second half burst and went on to win, 52-14 The Nu's margin at the half was 12 points as the score stood at 18-6. Lyle Altman and Joe Gurnett topped the winning scorers getting It apiece while Tom Douglas of the losers did as well, dunking 11. Alpha Gamma Rho almost made it Thursday night, but suf fered its ninth straight defeat at the hands of Pi Kappa Phi. 25 ,?t. The Pi Kaps had to put up a stuot defense in the closing minutes to win the AGR's com ing from a 9-14 halftime deficit. Bill Odman of the Pi Kaps topped the scorers with 15 points while Olson got ten for the AGR's. Ties Score ca? 52 Full Slate For Big 7 February 27 Colorado at Kiinsns State. March I Oklahoma A. A M. at Oklahoma. March X Missouri At Kansas Htatt. Kansas at Iowa State. .Murrh 4 Oklahoma at NEBRASKA. All Big Seven basketball teams will see action this week, with Kansas State carrying two games. Nebraska has one Okla homa at Lincoln. Monday night, the eyes of the Missouri Valley will be focused on Manhattan, home of the Kan sas State Wildcats. Coach "Frosty" Cox and his Golden Buffaloes will be after the big upset, but Kansas State is de finitely favored. Oklahoma tunes up for their Saturday meeting with the Huskers against their intrastate rivals, the Aggies, Tuesday night at Norman.. Friday, the Wildcats are after the Missouri Tiger's skin. Mis souri upset K-State at Columbia and the Wildcats want revenge. Kansas is at Iowa State and the win should go to the Jay hawks. Saturday, Oklahoma winds-up the Nebraska at home schedule. The Sooners, pre-season favor ites, are seeking revenge. Coach Harry Good's basket ball squad almost had their props knocked out from under them as they were forced into an over time before they could manage a 56-54 victory at Ames. Big Seven Standings NKKHANKX . Kansas Mate) Kansas Colorado .... Oklahoma ., Iowa state ., Missouri pet ft MB) .so t MS .?V 1)4 44 .Mitt Ml 44 .S,-, 4 4H .444, 4KJ 474 .2IM) 617 WW) .111 42 44S The game started out as though the Huskers were going to have an easy time in chalking up their eighth conference vic tory of the season against two defeats and move full gam ahead of Kansas State. Wildcats Idle The Wildcats were idle Satur day night, but will play Colo rado Monday night at Manhat tcn. Joe Brown, with the Huskers two points behind and just a few seconds left in the game, sank one of his favorite shots and tied the game at 52 all. In the overtime. Whitehead and Pierce controlled the re bounds with Bus getting a field goal and a free tm-ow for three points. Anton Lawry potted the other free throw for the Nebras ka win. The Huskcr win, although not very impressive, still kept in the Big Seven conference race. The next game before the K-State-Husker tussle is Oklahoma at Lincoln. malm . , ,v J&g?r 4 f x --Uj- n -----.. i.r his best jump of his career, 6-3 "a, breaking the 6-2 standard set by Monte Kinder in 1947. Carroll was second and Ted Mead and Dick Jones of Okla homa tied for third. In the 2-mile, Oklahoma's Slo cum ran his own race, lapping cum ran nis own rn i:, icijjuik -.t j rii -t his teammate and finishing half l (JV(ll liU I ij n lap ahead of Dean Barnell and . , Bob Reece, respectively. His win- Will rung time was 9:56. i, a little Four Mulches more than three seconds slower than Bob Ginn's record. Ken Jacobs took the lead on the gun of the 8X0 and stayed there to take his second win of the week. His winning time was 2:00.2. Lee Moore, with a nice finishing kick, was third. The only slam of the evening came in the low hurdles with Baseball Roster Pitchers. Bill Anderson, Ord Krncst Behne. Brainard 'Bob Camp, West Point Richard Curlcy, Craig Charles Curtis, Geneva Elroy Gloystein, Waco Bob Jenkins, Phillipsburg, Kas. Del Kopf. Lexington. George Nutt, Lincoln Bruce Perrine, Kansas Mo. Sterling Van Vleck. Neligh Linus Vrbka, Utica Catchers. Warren Anderson, Phillips. Willard Branson, Stanton Duane Feichtinger, Burchard Bob Lohrberg, Lincoln Tom Novak, Omaha Glenn Moritz, Lexington Bill Inbody, Lincoln Bob Steinberger, Schuyler Infield. Bernie Akromis, Omaha Harold Bonness, Archer Bill Danker, Elkhorn Bob Diers, West Point Bob Grogan, Lincoln Don Hays, Lincoln Hobe Hays, Lincoln Bill Jensen, Denver, Colo. Ray Mladovich, Omaha John Rego, Natick, Mass. Outfield. Joe Benak, Omaha Bob Cerv, Weston Bill Fitzgerald, Omaha Bob Hinde, Salina. Kas. Harlan Powley, Pender. Keith Skalla, Beatrice The University of Nebraska Naval ROTC Rifle Team fired four 20 round matches and three l 40 round matches out of which they won four of seven matches. ! Bob Zwart of Nebraska was high scorer. He fired a 191 in the 20 round match and 377 in I the 40 round match. 20 round 40 round Te.im scores: match mutch ; Bob Zwart ... 191 377 .Tim Plummer. 186 :Wfi : Billy Anderson 180 351 1 Don Bvlund. . . 177 347 ; Keith Mumby 178 338 Totals . NN 912 1779 Opponets: I', of Missippl s2 rurdue Univ. .. R90 Ohio State ....17k:i Tufts Collepe .. 0(7 Wisconsin 1791 Rensselear l'oly. 925 U. of Idaho 1728 Ct's Baseball In 'Bis-Time"1 j ! Colorado university's baseball squad will go "big time" this season with a spring training trip I to Arizona. Mentor Frank Prentup said his team will have a four-game en gagement in the sunshine state following finals, March 17. The Buffs have a full schedule of 22 games for the season. Be sides regular conference games and those on their "sun" trip, they will also meet Colorado A. & M.. Regis College, Colorado Mines and Colorado College s,-'.i,w-3ea .v'...,w 'iMnn.i flirt imilDa M , ,1. M Major dill Reynolds, Oregon '40 Pilot-Professor, U.S. Air Force! A in city, OU Loses Last Year's Infielders Sport Snaps Sprinter Randy Vanct, one of the several cripples that stayed home when Missouri came to Nebraska for a dual indoor track meet, had this to say about the surprise Tiger victory: "The fewer their numbers, the greater their share of honors." Vanct is an English major. Nebraska has seven major league baseball players. Rill was an all-round athlete. He chose football as his favorite sport, made the varsity teams at Pomona Junior College and also at the University of Oregon. With the loss of his last season infield by graduation. Coach Baer, Oklahoma University, is busy building a new team. Baer has many good prospects to work with and should not find the going too rough. Most of his Clinton, Okla., Jaycees are back for another season. Jack Shirley with a 5-1 rec ord last year is the leading con tender for mound duties. Gray don Sheen, who hit .285 and was an excellent thrower, appears to be the one completing the battery. Classified UNIVKHHITV men ntudt-nU. Undergrad uates. KtKtin. Southeast location. Bus one lilfH-k. 2-22HK. LOST Gold Ktpin watch with cord band at AR Campua, Tuesday, Reward. Call Lnor Baird. 2-7371, MAIN FEATURES START r IMG)- "Sands of Iwo lima" 1:09,3:16,5:23,7:20, 9:39 "Th Traveling Saleswoman" 1:10, 4:06, 7:02, 9:58 "Reckless Moment" 2:44, 5:40, 8:36 r "Nighttime in Nevada'.' 2:18,4:15,7:22, 9:54 "Angels in Disguise" 1:11, 3:43, 6:15, 8:47 The 1st Observation Squadron, Fort Riley, Kansas was Lieutenant Reynolds' first assignment. While there he met the future Mrs. Reynolds. They married a year later and now have two fine sons. A Theta Chi, Bill enjoyed campus social life. Found that it eased the pressure of rugged athletics and his heavy study schedule in Personnel Management. The Squadron moved to Panama,- then to the Pacific. Bill advanced from pilot to operations officer to squadron com mander. He came home a Major and qualified for a Regular Commission. Upon graduation, Bill chose a future in the Air Force. Me "flew" his first Link trainer as an Aviation Cadet in 1940. By March, 1941, he had won his pilot wings. I Recently commended for peacetime work organizing and improving instruction techniques Major Reynolds, a "Pilot ProfesHor", looks forward to a long and gainful career in the U. S. Air Force. If yoo art jingle, between the oge of 20 and 26'i, with at least two year of college, consider the many career opportunities at a pilot or navigator In the U. S. Air Force. Procurement Teams are visiting many colleges ond universities to explain these career opportunities. Watch for them. You may also get full details at your nearest Air Force Base or U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force Recruiting Station, or by writing to the Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force, Att: Aviation Cadet Branch, Washington 25, D. C U. S. AIR FORCE ONLY THE BEST CAN BE AVIATION CADETS! I! A ' ; -. N