I ; m( TP I I 1 r i ' -v. y i 1 - 4 I 7 E 3 G Sunday, March 5, 1950 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 3 if Way In Maj or By Kimon They just couldn't make it 13 in a row. The jinx was on Coach Harry Good's, game, but cold, basketball team as the Oklahoma Sooners pulled the upset of the Big Sev- en conference, downing the Huskers 64-48 in the coliseum Saturday night Even though the opening tip . Was "Bus' Whiteheads the Star let just couldn't get started. Al most four minutes had gone by before the Huskers managed a field goal to give them a short lived lead, 3-1. For the next three minu'.es, the Sooners, led by Wayne Spee gel. scored 10 points before Bob Gates hit for Nebraska. Joe Brown sparked a Hun ker drive with 10 minutes left in the first hair with two quick buckets, one on a drive in and the other a set shot from 25 feet. Big Seven Standings H't pU OP Nr.BIIASKa. Kanoa Nate hnnta 4 nliirndn Oklahoma ,., MitMHlrl t'mi Mat . . .. .1 ..IS .. 7 S .. ..ft a .. t .. 2 .127 WW SH7 .71X1 h;h in .7110 SIS 4WH .mm ft I ii .v.i ..VIO M7 S2 .2IMI 4H 4HR HI .179 IZh Whitehead connected on one of his favorite jump shots to make it 9-17 Oklahoma. Wayne Glasgow and 6-11 Mar cus Friebergcr made it 20-11 af ter Anton Lawry had potted one from the field. Three-some Tries t - , i h i , , j pulled the Huskers up to 20-22 and Bob Pierce playing perhaps the best game of his career, tied the game on a dnve-m shot, with just three minutes left I- fore intermission The water really began to pour. Bill Waters sank to quick long shots from just outside the free throw circle to send Coach Bruce Drake's cagers ahead. At half-time, the score was 19-25 with Oklahoma holding the edge. Gates sent the Huskers off n . fivi a,. il.j like Nebraska might be able to pull it out of the fire, but I'rirberger was just too much. I sing his giant frame to full advantage, he gave the Soon ers a few more points. Only once in the second half was Coach Good's players able to capture the glory that had been theirs in past games. Again it was Gates. Brown and Whitehead doing the yeo man work. Those three grad uating players caught fire and sent Nebraska to a 35-32 lead. Pierce Connects Pierce padded the lead with a free throw before Glasgow, Paul Merchant and the "Giant" con nected. The three Sooners re-took the lead with 11:54 left in the game and went on to gain their un- Col or ad onus Reminisce Over is 'Frostf Cox As students, alumni, and fans f I the University of Colorado say "mi long" to cage mentor For rest B. "Frosty" Cox Monday in Boulder, thoughts will be turning back to the years in which Frosty helped lift Colo rado into national prominence in basketball, into a new tonfer tnre, the Big Seven. Krosty's career at Colorado just about coincides with the slow but steady rise in the cali ber of athletes at the school un der the Flatirons. arid as thoughts of those years go by it wine great Buff athletes will be I recalled Dean 'Harry Carlnon. director f athletics: "We've had many j outstanding athletes here at .t iil.willl'li: lilt' CAVIUB VI Colorado." Pressed to name the most out standing of these, the soft M'oken Dean relit his pipe, set tled back in his chair and thought for a moment. After several moments of silence, re living his experiences with these great athletes, the Dean gave his choices: Whlzzer White First on the list of course was Byron "Whizzer" White, the boy who played no high school foot ball, but earned eight varsity letters at Colorado, in football, basketball, and baseball, and was a unanimous Ail-American choice in 1937 at halfback. White earned six all-conference awards in addition, was president of the student body, won a Rhociu scholarship, and worked his way through the University. Of the 186 hours he took to graduate, White earned 180 hours of "A" nd 6 hours of "B." Sayt Dean Carlson: "He was man who his teammates re spected, a man who respected his teammates, a man who was a born leader. lie was an athlete that bed the determination and drive to win." Kayo Lam Cariaon went on to cite Wil- ne Speegle Leads OU Dig Seven Upsetf Karabatsos timely upset Jim Buchanan tried des Parately to get Nebraska back in the game, but neither he, nor Joe Malacek could muster enough strength to off-set the determined Sooners. Thoy brought the score to 42-45, but again the tremendous shooting of the. Drake coached five gave them a 11 -point lead with about four minutes remain ing. Whitehead and Pierce sent two thru the meshes and the almost ten thousand partisan fans once more thought that Ne braska might be able to come from behind and gain at least a co-championship for the second straight year. Had the Huskers won, they would have set-up a very en viable record thirteen home wins without a defeat, two years of basketball kingdom. Speegle High Oklahoma managed to stall out the last six minutes and 1 s(,ore 14 points to add to the al- j leaf.v mounting humiliation. Sueegle was high point man Gatcs led tne Husk tatk wjlh 3 Whitenead wa oif his . ua, with lhe t"hree mal efcnse on hj d , Wat , jn rou h and tumble game with his 6-6. 230- d f scored n f h Sooners ' v. ... .. Nubbins Wins I In the preliminary game, the i Nubbins more than tripled the sie on the York B club. 98-31. j Sell, Kipper and Blessing hit for. 23- 21 7 t0 out-score the 1 out-classed York team. A halftime, 53-17. Ok lahorna f'.l'iKK'.W I HfKl f 1rn-ll f ' PutfHley t Ijtukt 1 Kribrffr c .... Wu'en c Nnrtnn c M-rtmm if I'WMII K Vnrrln R Huichci g Toll II NVhmnka lawrv I . . Maln-rk f Wilnrn ! Fill ( Whltpheid f Piercr c BurhHniin s f1B g rrh c Orv Hrcn K Wilah ( Buntrn f Til Ml the score was f pt 2 10 4 m 0 II 0 (I 0 (I 3 s 3 12 0 0 ft 11 0 1 3 ft 1 1 VI 64 1 2 ft 4 2 o n 0 4 10 I in . . s ft 3-7 (I 2 2 II 110 0 it-n 4 2 4 2 12 2 12 4 .VH 1 0-0 (I 0-0 3 Ci-'l 0 M a o-o .. .17 14-26 27 46 j Takes Leave yards short of the finish gale and wind up 18th. liam C. "Kayo" Lam, currents business manager of athletics at Colorado. Lam, who graduated in 1935, was a leading ground gainer, despite his diminutive size. "Kayo" also was an out standing boxer, wrestler, and track star. Two basketball "greats" were selected by Carlson. One of them Bob Doli is still playing basketball as a professional for the Boston Celtics. The other was Jack Harvey, who nlaved ;,, lfl... II. ... .,, " i ,n v Vh V T a a American both at Colorado and n'le Playing AAU ball with the Dcnver Nuggets, Baseball Greats Baseball also commanded two representatives on the Dean's list. First was Dale "Pete" At kins, whose blazing fast ball car ried the Buff diamond squad to many a victory. He graduated in 1843 and went on to a career in medicine, despite professional offers. The other was Art Un ger, who shared the top batting tverage in 1938 with White. Throe trackmen made the se lect ten Dick Kearns. Dave Bolcn and Don Campbell. Kearns won the decathlon championship ' 414 V41C 1VOI4DCIB VV JU p J I J lOOO. 4Dl- len was a member of the 1948 United States Olympic team as a 440-yard performer. Campbell, the "Sterling flash," who is cur rently closing out his collegiate career, it one of the finest sprint men in the nation. The tenth man on the squid was from an "infant" sport skiing. Of course it was Jim my Griffith, currently a pre med major at Colorado and a member of the 1W50 United States F.I-8. squad. Griffith was the outstanding performer on the 1'. S. squad, especial ly in the downhill, whrre he posted one of the fanteiit runs of the day against the world's finest skiers, only to fall ten izn? , 64 MISSOURI TIPS 4 vc t c nm m. I IV All 3 A3 51A1L ItitI 17 f innrc 111 liU 11U1 IjO Underdog Missouri upset Kan sas State's chances for the Big Seven Basketball championship with a rousing 58 to 55 victory. The loss gave Nebraska full game margin in the standings, leaving both Kansas teams tied for second. This was the second confer ence victory for the last place Timers and both have been over the Wildcats. Missouri set a sizzling hot av erage from the floor, making 46 percent of their shots while Kansas State could hit only 26 percent. Football Defense To Be Stressed At Coach Clinic NORMAN. Okl. Football de fense will be taught by its out standing collegiate authority at the University of Oklahoma's fourth annual coaching clinic here March 17 and 18. Paul "Bear" Bryant, coach of Kentucky's Wildcats who last year led the nation in total de fense, will be the Sooners1 guest prolcssor. Bud Wilkinson, Okla homa's coach and athletic direc tor, has announced. Bryant's Kentuckians last season yielded an average of only 153.8 net yards per game to all opponents' rushing and passing. Army was second with 185.6. Maryland third with 187.3, Wyoming fourth with 189 5, Vil lanova fifth with 201.7 and Oklahoma sixth with 202.7. Wilkinson's Sooners paced the country in rushing defense with the only 55.6 net yards averaged against them, but Kentucky was second in this department at 71.6 and ranked 15th in pas defense with only 82.2 per game aver aged against them. More than 300 coaches tended the clinic last year at Nulfllnt braaka 2.'. core: Oklahoma 29. Ne Official: Harold Hull Cliff Oiidfii. Wiiluia. Maryvllle, and York B ft ft f Nfh B Wstkin f Murtjrifz f ('HMahiin e KTtUt"0 htmso K KriinfindB f TfwirHOti t Mlllrr 1 Tifv r Klliaon c Weaver g Tntkli 4 3 4 Kippfrf ft 3 fM-11 f 11 2 Blnin f H 1 Kchne idrr 4 ft and a g 2 0 Sot ha n t 1 2 Wo-ifH th c 1 1 B A k pom ii f 3 0 Pctiijohn t 4 0 1 S ii n m Toon 42 14 211 fi3, York Halfimc atore; Nebiaaka B B 17. Official!: 'huk Worra!! and Bill Km- Ur Buff 'Greats' of Campus After the Dean named these ten he thought for a moment linger and said, "I'd hate to leave Gene Moore and Allen Patton off the list." Moore was an all-conference center on the Buff Cot ton Bowl squad in 1838, and Pat ton was an outstanding wrestler two years ago. "Frosty" Picks. Let's turn to "Frosty" Cox: His ten selections followed the Dean's for a while Whizzer White, Cene Moore, Bob Doll, Jack Har vey, Don Campbell, Dave Bolen, Kayo Lam. But the big person able mentor naturally picked out three more basketball players to round out his list. On his list were Pete McCloud, George Hamburg, and Jim Willcoxen all three Ail-Americans at Colo rado, or in AAU basketball. How about "Kayo" Lam him self, picked on both the above lists? Kayo woundn't limit him self to ten hie chose elt 'en. Again White, Gene Moore, Jack Harvey, Bob Doll, Dick Kearns, Dave Bolcn. Art Unger. Pete At kins, and Don Campbell were on the list. lligb Jumper. ' Kayo's other two choices aren't so well remembered, although their athletic feats at Colorado made big headlines in past years. One was George Grosvenor, a football teammate of Kayo's in the early thirties. The other remember him? The man who held the world's record in the high jump for one day? Sure, it's Gil Cruter, who graduated in 1938, and who still holds most of the high Jump records in the Koclty Mountain region. Recollections of these famous athletes of course brings .pec ulation on the future of sports under the Silver and Gold colors, in a day of higher pres sure in intercollegiate athletics and in a new ard tougher conference. (3) o: Big Seven Sport Aivard To Be iyiven The second annual award of the Sportsmanship Basketball Trophy in the Big Seven Con ference has been set for Kansas City," March 23, according to an announcement today by Phil Close, commander of the Blue Hills Post 469 of the American Legion. The gold trophy is given by the post to the Big Seven school which has displayed the best sportsmanship on the paii of spectators, coaches and players during the basketball season now drawing to a close. The actual presentation to the winning school will be made at a banquet at the Con tinental Hotel with faculty representatives, athletic direc tors and coaches of Big Seven schools present. Jack Wheeler, chairman of the awarding com mittee, said s major personal ity of conference athletics will be the speaker. Under the plan originated last year, the winner is determined by votes of participating officials, coaches, athletic directors, sports writers and sportscasters through out the Big Seven area. Ballots for this purpose will go out to about sixty voting members of the award in mid-March. The actual winner will not be known until the night of the award, ac cording to Gardner W. Hcidrich, committee member who handles the mechanics of balloting. Th first award of the trophy was made in 1949 to Iowa State College. The winning school gains possession of the trophy until the opening of the prc-season tour nament the following year. Blue Hills Post is made up of veterans of World War II. Their purpose in originating the award is to inspire and emphasize good sportsmanship throughout the Big Seven Conference. The post membership includes alumni of 42 colleges, including all of the Big Seven schools, and many of them are ex-lettermcn. They have established the trophy as a memorial to Big Seven athletes who were killed in World War II. 500 Spectators 4 Huskers In First Outdoor Drill BV JIM CLARK Approximately 500 spectators turned out to watch the Corn husker gridders go through their first outside practice drill, Sat urday. The numerous spectators shows the enthusiasm and loyalty of Husker followers for the 1950 football team. Coach Glassford sent his men through an hours work on fun damentals before actual con tact scrimmaging. The first offensive unit had Nick Adduci at fullback, Fran N'agle calling signals and Gerry Ferguson and lion Clark at the halfback posts. In the forward wall there were Dick Regier and Frank Simon ends, Don Boll and "Moon" Mullen tackles, Don Strashiem arid Walt Spellman guards with Ray Rifenbark at center. The defensive outfit was made X : . t . r S ' ') I T r lkUti GA fLS Scoring when the cnjps were down has figured directly in two Hueker Big Seven wins. The "cool" guard is fore saking his last year of eligibility for the team to graduate. He will be greatly missed on next year's squad. Number 660' Formally Retired "Thanks a lot, I want to thank all members or the "N" club, football players, coaches that I have played for the last four years. Its given me the great est thrill of my life. Those were the words of Tom Novak when he was honored during half-time ceremonies of the Nebraska-Oklahoma game Saturday night. The University retired No vak's "60" from the active list for the first time in its his tory. The Cornhuskers have seen many other "greats," but none have competed under the same circumstances that sur rounded Tom. Of the all-time "greats," only Novak was playing on a losing team. During the lean post-war years when the Huskers were down more often than not, No vak was the inspiration to the jam-packed stadium. The fans came in record num bers and marveled at the way "train-wreck" continued with his thundering tackles and blocks. Those tackles and blocks hurt him just as much as they did opposing players. Tom played most of his games with a special chest protector. It was a fitting tribute for the "N" club to retire jersey num ber "60" the number carried to fame by Novak for four years. AAU Meet Sees Top Swimmers Some of the outstanding swimmers of the Midwest gath ered at the Nebraska swimming pool on Saturday to compete in the Midwest A.A.U. Swimming Championships. Top swimmer of the meet was Dick Paynter of the Omaha Ath letic club. He won the 200 yard free style. 100 yard free style, and the 300 yard individual med ley. Dave Van de Water lived up to advance notices by winning tne ISO yard back stroke and the 400 yard free style. He also represented the Omaha Athletic club. Best for the Cornhusker var sity was Marvin Grimm. He won the 50 yard free style and placed second in the 100 yard free style. Viewed up of Rich Novak and Bob Man ion ends, Ralph Meston and Paul Grimm tackles. Jack Greer and Dick Goll guards and Don Hop kins at center. In the backfield were Allan Osborne at fullback, Tom Hopkins and Stan Gerlpch halfbacks and John Sinclai .j the safety position. Fergle Great Several long runs were made, with Ferguson going all the way on' a quick opening play. Coach Glassford said that the first week is being spent sepa rating the men from the boys. Th.ee players have been put on the injured list after two days of scrimmage. Don Carlson fresh man tackle from Shenandoah, la., suffered a minor head in jury, Ralph Meston hurt his knee and Ted Britt, sophomore center from North Platte suffered a shoulder injury. Ron Clark was shaken up in Saturday's tussle. Jayhawks Surprise; Take Big Seven Indoor Meet Huskers Down CU Wrestlers Friday Night Coach Buele Patterson's wrestlers polished up the dia monds on their Big Seven wrest ling crown by defeating the Colorado Buffaloes Saturday night. The Huskers won five out of eight matches to defeat Colo rado 15-9. Spiciest match of the evening was between Sparano and Ru dolph. Both boys mixed things up with Sparano copping the de cision. Also pleasing to the crowd was the clash between heavyweights Mike Dibiase and Charles Breinig. Big Mike made his last home apeparance a successful one by taking a narrow 8-5 de cision over Breinig. Both Sparano and Dibiase are graduating this June. They have been main cogs on the wrestling squad for four years. Order of ihe week for the Huskers will be to get in shape for the defense of their con ference title down at Manhat tan next week end. They have lost one meet this year. That was to the Sooners two weeks ago. 121 Worttfr, 4- 2. 12S Cilllland, -n 1 30 Sparano, 5- 2. 14S French, 7-2. 15S Latit. IN 1S5 Skimur, (C declfioned Brown, (X. dtciiioned Hayas, (X), dccitionad Rudolph, (C), decisioned Ruaaet, , daciilonad Nance. 4-0. (Cr, dacitionfd Kauh, a-n. 1 7i Rtf , N i 1-2. decialontd Sheppard, Havjirht DIBIata Brtmig, a-5. (N), declsionrd Frosh Win In Postal, Down Buffs The University freshman track team kept its postal meet record unblemished by downing the University of Colorado frosh, 67 16 to 38 56. Once again Hobe Jones led the scoring for the Cornhuskers wuii ins victories in me u, ecu and mile run. The Huskers scored 44 16 points on the track and 21 points in the field. 0-yard dah Won by Curtia fCi, aec ond and third tic between Sheldon Jacohi IN). Dick Sunabury NI, Varnon (C). Time :OS.4. 440-yard run Won by Hobe Jonas N; second. Dale firhnackel N; third. Bob BUrtnua N. lima :&2.l. W0-yard run Won by Jonea N i : aac. oM. Hchnackel N); third. Jay Ziegler IN I Time 1 5 2. Mile run Won bv Jonee INi; garond, Reinhard (C); third, Ziefler (N). Tuna 4 .40 1. 2-mlle run Won by Wayne Judda N; emd. Bob Kieaintrr i.Vi; third. Kein- bard C. Time lO lS.S. mi-yard low nurdlas Won bv Wooda i (Ci: aeamd, Versn (Ci; third, Bialu ! Caihroa (Ni. Time 07.1. Mile relar Won by Nebraska (Schnackel. Scott, Barthui. Joneai. Time J.S3 1. Shot put Won by Warren Jenaen N) 45-10: aecond. Waaaam ICl 44-21-: tbirH Curtia tC) 44-3. Pole ault Won by Dan Coupena N 15-10; second. Cobble C u-; third, Jim 80m men INi 11-ft. Hicn jump Won by Holler C) t-V,: second. Irvine Tnoae (N S-V; third. Meal Prince (N) Broad lump Won by Glenn Beerline (M 22-0; second. Catalans (Cl 21-11; third. Tnode (K) 21-S. Ja) hawks Rout Iowa State, 66-52 The Kansas Jayhawks re mained in the Big Seven confer ence race Friday night by down ing the last place Iowa State 66-52. Hitting 68 percent of their shots in the first half, Kansas led 39-23 at halftime. The Jayhawks ended with a 50 percent average for the gsme while Iowa State could only get a lowly 19. Delts Cop Ninth Straight; Warriors, Pill Rollers Win By Bill Mundell Delta Tau Delta racked-up their ninth straight victory of the year Thursday night but not until after fighting off an In spired band of Delta Sigs. The final score was 41-32. Delta Sigma Phi, winner of only one contest in eight previ ous starts was supposed to play dead, but gave the number one team in the University a fight all the way. Halftime score was 24-13, Delta. Elmer V and el avnd Hal Breet ske were the big guns of the Delt attack, Vaadel leading the win ning scorers with It, moat on tip-ins. Breetzke's long shots ac counted for ten point and kept the losers well spread in their defense. Clark Betcke of the Delta Sigs was top scorer in the contest, getting a night's total of 16. Warriors Edge The Warriors gained the In dependent playoffs Thursday night by slipping; by the Lilies. 24-23. The game was an Inde pendent league V playoff, both teams having tied for first with records of 4-1. The win was sweet revenge for the Warriors who were froeed into the tie with a 16-28 shellacking at the hands of the Lilies. Lawton of the U'lnnwi orwl McGill of the losers each gar nered a point total of seven in the contest that was marred with frequent arguments and flare ups. Pill Boilers In The Pill Rollers repeated an KANSAS CITY, Mo. The, University of Kansas surprised all the dopesters by winning tha Big Seven Indoor meet here with 40 points to edge Coach Ed Weir's scanty-clads by . 5t points. Sooner Bill Carroll captured first place in the pole vault and smashed Leonard Kehl's 13-11 record with a 14' effort. Don Cooper barely missed a tie for first when he knocked the bar off on his last try with his el bow. Lee Moore finished third in the mile, running the distance in 4:18.9. (un-of f icial). Moora sounded fair warning to future runners that he will be after the record. Moore is just a sopho more. Ray Magsamen was was tha only blue ribbon winner for Ne braska. The ace hurdler won tha highs in :07.7. The Huskers' relay team, heavy favorites to win and there by gain a trip to the Illinois Tech relays, was beaten to the tape by Oklahoma despite Loyal Hurlbert's noteworthy :49.9 leg. He was far behind when he took the baton. The scoring: Kansas 40 Nebraska 3414 Oklahoma 29 Missouri 26 Colorado 25 '2 Kansas State 21 a Iowa State '3 Roger Stoakes,. Last- Contender From Colorado The University of Colorado places Roger Stoakes as their second and final contender for all-Big Seven basketball honors. Stoakes is one of the confer ences better floor men and un doubtedly should be given much consideration. BOG EE STOAKES set-up man for the Colorado Bul faloes, is the main floor man of the Buffs' tricky offense. Besides his floor play, he has found time to be one of the leadir.'g scorers for Coach "Frosy" Cox's currently rated fourth place club. early season triumph over th Pick-Ups Thursday, 33-30 to gain the Independent playoffs. Th contest was alto a playoff be tween the two leaders In Inde pendent league III. Vollerston of the winning pharmacies topped the right's scoring with J2. Kelly of the losers garnered nine. Sigma Alpha Mil relied heavily- on the scoring of Jack fcwed elson to drop Acacia., 25-1 S and thus evade the cellar of Frater nity league L Swedelson potted more than the whole Acacia team as he scored 17. Kelly of the losers garnered six. Sigma Chi clinched at least second in the same league by blasting Kappa Sigma, 42-28. It was the eighth Sig Chi win in nine starts. Donahoe led the victors, getting 13 points. Sha berg scored nine for the Kappa Sigs. AIEE Victorious AIEE closed out their 3959 season successfully Thursday by whipping the Tridentc, 48-20. The win gave the en (r)r: tiers a season record of three wins, two losses, good enouph for third in Independent league II. Van Fange tupped the eve ning's scorers, contributing 29 to the Engineer cau. Wilson of the Tridents earned 13. Beta Theta PI retained third place in fraternity league III by dropping fourth place Taut Kappa Epsilon, 22-19. Subby Ruma got 11 markers for tops for the winners. Bretlin tMiti eight for the Ttkcs, I-'V ' j- m x y i 1 I ..r ,. , "tj 1