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Frida y, April 14, 1950 , ' ' 1 r , .'." 'A aa .otiniinimi I jaiw vmmiss w w i ill if v. j , I N THE c D3 G tfJ S Weir's Tracksters on Spot In Saturday's Dual WithKU Records Under Fire NU Favored in Meet; By Knox Jones , , . staff Sports Writer) Coach Ed Weir's Nebraska Cornhuskers will be on the spot Saturday afternoon as they travel to Lawrence, Kan sas for a dual meet with the Kansas Jayhawks. The Jays are conference indoor champs and are expected to give the Weirmen a warm argument. The Huskers defeated Kansas 76-55 in Lincoln last year dui uiu Gaston, jaynawk head coach, is gunning for the first Kansas dual meet victory over a conference foe in more than two years. Records in Danger Two records, the two-mile and the pole vault, should be broken and several more including the 440, 880, mile and both hurdles will be under fire. Don Cooper, Nebraska's lead ing pole vaulter, should have little trouble in topping the 13-4 vault mark set by Bird of Kan sas in 1939. Cooper has cleared 13-9 in practice this spring. A host of Kansas distance run ners, headed by Herb Semper and Bob Karnes, should easily surpass the two mile record of 9:55.3 set in 1930 by Fortune of Kansas. Semper is indoor record-holder in the two-miles and Karnes is the record-holder and three time champion outdoors. Greenwood Good Jack Greenwood, Jayhawk timber-topper, could break his own high hurdle record and the one he shares in the low bar riers. Greenwood set the highs mark at :14.7 and tied the lows mark of :23.8 in Lincoln last spring. Loyal Hyrlbert, Husker middle-distance ace, will be after the quarter-mile mark of :49.3 he set last spring. Emil Schutzel of Kansas and Harold Kopf of Nebraska should give 'Hurlbert plenty of competition. The 880 and mile records are among the best on the books but they could be in for a revision on Saturday. Pat Bowers and Bob Karnes of Kansas and Lee Moore of Nebraska will battle it out in both races. Bowers holds the half-mile record in 1 :53.3 set last year and Glenn Cunningham, Kansas' great miler of 15 years ago, holds the mile record in 4:17.4. Huskers Favored Pre-meet dope gives the Husk ers a slight edge over the Jays o the basis of better team bal ance and field event strength but anything could happen. Nebraska winners from last vear that will be on hand are Harry Meginnis in the 100 and 220, Hurlbert in the 440, Owen Brainard in the broad jump, Wayne Sees in the discus and the Husker mile-relay team. Meet records: 100 yard dwrti-Hutton N 19J8 :09.7. 220 yard amah Richardson tK) ' " 440 yard daah Hurlbert N) '4S0 yard mn-Boweri K) 194 1 :53.3. One all run Cunningham K( vim Two mile run Fortuna (Kt 1S30 120 yard high hurdlea Greenwood K) 1949 :14.7. 220 yard k hurdles Wiles Ki 1937, RrhloeT K) 1948, Greenwood (K) 1949 :23 8 Mile' relay Nebraaka iVollertaon, Mar tin. Ware, Hurlbert) 1949 3:22.0. Broad lump Let N 1933 24'. High Jump Shannon (K) 1937 8' 3Vi". Pole vaultBird (K) 1939 13' 4' Shot put Francis N) 1937 52' 2V. I-ll Ward (Kl 1930 144'. Javelin Plderit N 1949 197' 10". NU Nine Falters 9 to 6 The third time proved to be a charm for the Husker hardball men. But it was the kind of charm they didn't relish. After two straight victories the Ne braskans were jarred from their lofty perch by Washington Uni versity of St. Louis 9-6. The Washington hurler, Da'. Pearce, allowed 13 hits. Bob Camp and Behne were touched for 11 safeties by the Bears. Both teams managed to sock a homer, both times with the bases empty. Bob Diers hit one for Nebraska in the first inning and Don Frahm retaliated with a circuit clout in the third in ning. Pearce was in hot water twice, in the fifth and eighth innings, when the Scarlet threatened to make a comeback but each time he was saved by double plays. The Sharpemen committed 6 errors while Washington con fined their number of flaws afield to 1. Nebraska ab h o a Wash. ab h o a Jensen 2b 3 13 4 Mollman 4 13 2 2 0 0 " wenzei zo o i a o 4 3 0 1 Frahm If i 3 1 0 5 2 0 1 Buffa 3b 4 2 0 2 S 1 1 0 Scho'n'crrf 4 110 5 12 3 Likes lb 3 0 10 0 4 14 1 Niehaus cf 4 0 3 0 4 2 10 Samed c 3 17 0 2 1 13 O Pearce p 4 2 0 3 2 10 2 2 10 1 Reno 2b Diers If Grogan ss Cerv cf Iienker 3b Novak c Powley rf Mlado'h lb Behne P Camp p Totals 38 13 24 13 Nebraska Totals 36 11 27 12 Ill 100 Oil Washington 022 230 00a R Jensen. Diers 2. Grofran, Powley 2, Frahm 2, SchoenberBer. Ukea 2, Nie haus. Samed. Pearce 2. E Jensen, Rego, Grogan 2, Novak 2. Bamei!. RBI Piers, Frahm 2. Grocan, Cerv. Denker. Behne, Camp. Mollman 3. Buffa, Niehaus, Pearca 2. 2B P eirti- HR Diers. Frahm S Mollman. SB Mollman. Jen sen. Grogan. DP Weniel to Mollman to Likes. HB By Behne tunes i. bh jii Behne 2, Camp 1. Pearce 4. SO By Behne 2, Camp 2. Pearce 6. HO Behne 10 in 5 innings. Camp 1 in 3. LOB Nebraska 11. Washington 10. U Hatch ard and Munari. T 2:30. When Conn Moose, Omaha insurance man, learned that pro husker football game Saturday would, be used to pay tuition for athletes, he sent a check for $5. He suggested that the money be used to buy tickets for in terested youths who would not otherwise be able to attend. This, said Business Manager A. J. Lewandowski, was done. Bruce Drake To Speak at Banquet The Greater Lincoln Booster club banquet, to be held May 16, will have as its guest speaker Coach Bruce Drake, Oklahoma university basketball coach. Drake will address the group honoring ' letter winners in all sports except football at the five high schools and "All fans who want to attend, and particularly fathers of these boys, are wel come," banquet chairman Joe Silverman announced. The chamber's Booster club stages a similar affair for the prep football lettermen in the fall. The spring banquet honors lettermen of basketball, tracK, baseball, golf, swimming, wrestl ing, tennis and any other varsity sports engaged in by Northeast, Lincoln, Teachers, College View, and Cathedral high schools. Senior Life Saving Course Begins Monday in Coliseum Attention swimmers! The men's senior life saving course is starting Monday, April 17, at 4 D. m. in th Coliseum DOoL If you have not yet registered for the classes see Mrs. Frazier at the Physical Education build ing or report to the coliseum Basement Equipment room are3 ready to begin work Monday. The classes will be held from 4-6 Monday through Friday for two weeks. At the con clusion of the life saving course, another two week course will be offered in Men's Water Safety Instruction. This course will also last two weeks. To be eligible for the Water Safety class, one must first successfully complete the Senior Lifesaving course. Requirements. The general requirements tor the two courses are simple: one must be a good swimmer, be eager and willing to work and learn, and must present a swim ming permit from Student Health. By holding certificates from these courses, many opportuni ties are in line for swimmers wishing to work during the sum mer. All men interested in attend ing the American Red Cross Na tional Aquatic Schools should see Swimming Coach Hollie Lep ley. Lepley has many items of interest concerning the Red Cross school, and he also has other pamphlets on summer em ployment at swimming pools. Red Cross Service The. Red Cross conducts this school with the purpose of help ing to fill the ever-increasing de mand for instructors at camps, for chapters, for recreation and parks departments, among youth organizations, schools, and other groups. About 30 such schools are located at strategic camp and resort sites throughout the na tion. ... , Th course lasts a d'ration oi 10 days .and the fee is forty dollars. This fee includes board, lodging, texts and materials, em blems, and insignia earned. Many chapters and organiza tions of the Red Cross, recogniz ing the opportunities offered by these schools, provide scholar ships to selected students. The class work at . these .ui intensive, but provi sion is also made for recreation such as baseball games, danc ing, "stunt nights," and other recreational activities which help to give the student a well rounded program of activity. Aluminum 'RoardV Coaches Favor For Swim Meet NORMAN. Aluminum diving boards were favored by an over whelming vote of the national collegiate swimming coaches' as sociation which has petitioned the national rules committee to legalize them, Joe Glander, Okla homa coach, reported upon his return from the National Col legiate swimming meet at Colum bus, Ohio. Aluminum boards were used in the recent Big Seven conference swimming meet here. Glander offered to install the regulation wooden ones but all the divers present at the meet, including Ray Obermiller and Sam Shiffler of Iowa State, the latter the league defending champion in the low board event, voted to use aluminum boards so they could get more height. Varsity vs. Alumni in Tennis Match By Bob Banks Evidently the AJumni-Varsity tilts have become an epidemic. Tennis Coach Bob Slezak is plan ning to pit his varsity nlmen against three former Nebraska stars plus two members of the teaching faculty. The matches will be played Saturday at 2 o'clock on the uni versity courts. The public is in vited to attend them. Alums Favored The contest this week will have an entirely different flav oring from last week's encounter between the Alumni-Varsity footballers. The varsity were 40 point favorites in that game. The varsity tennis squad may very well be the victims of a whitewash this Saturday. The Alumni-Staff team have an nounced their intentions of keep ing the Scarletmen from winning a single match. This prediction might be a little far fetched but the varsity will definitely be the underdogs. The matches are being held as a warm up for the Cornhuskers before they meet the Kansas State. Wildcats here Tuesday. Men wielding rackets for the varsity are Jamie Curran, Bob Radin, Jerry Magee, Andy Bun- ten, and Frank Redman. The two staff members par ticipating in the contest are Leo nard Foster and James Porter. Foster was king of the Sioux City tennis players at one time. He played his college tennis for Morningside. At the present time he is an assistant teacher of his tory. Porter is the city singles cham pion and a former University of Michigan star. He is an instruc tor in architecture. The alumni coming back to try and prove they haven't lost their steam are Harold Rundle, Jack Lady, and Uoach blezak. Rundle was a top star for Ne braska a few years ago. He was a former state champion. Jack Cady, a graduate student. was number 2 man on last year's squad. Just to prove the value of his coaching tactics to his pupils, Sle zak will also give the elders a helping band. He was number 1 man last year. He has been city and state doubles champion for the last 3 years. Three Veterans On Kansas U Baseball Nine Only three veterans will dqt KU's opening baseball lineup Wednesday when the Jayhawks ring up the 1950 curtain agslost Rockhurst. Of the three, two of them, Lou DeLuna, regular first baseman for the past three years, and Carl Ellis, shortstop on last year's Big Seven champions, will be play ing different positions. DeLuna, a long-hitting 180-po under, has been switched to second base; Ellis, last year's leading batsman, to left field. Temple Returns Only thirdbaseman Floyd Tem ple is playing the same slot he filled on last year's surprise champions. A fourth letterman starter is a possibility, u Hero weinaen- saul can outwrestle football half back Henry Lamping for the cen terfield nod. Bill Mace, another gridder. or Darrell Houk, cousin of the New York Yankees' Ralph, will draw the starting right field berth. Here is the slate: April 12 Rocknuret at Lawranca. , April 14-lfl Colorado at Buldar. April 1 Rockhurat at Kaniaa City.' April 24-25 Mlaaour! at Lawrcnc. , April 28-2D Iowa State at Amaa. I May 1-2 Mlwurl at Columbia. May 6-6 Nebraska at Lincoln. May 8-9 Iowa Htate at Lawrence. Hay 12-13 Kanaaa Btata at Manhatt in. May 17-1 Kannaa Siata at Lawrenca. MayjSZ-tt Oklahoma at Lawrauca, 'Like Father, Like Son'- At Oklahoma "Like father like son." The old proverb holds true in the case of Oklahoma track coach John Jacobs and his son, Bill Jacobs, In 1912 John was the No. 1 runner on the all-victorious Sooner mile relay team. Today his offspring is the star of the mile relay team. The 1912 team ran all its out door races on a' dirt track. Other team members were Tom Lowry, Tom Hansen, and Dan Mcintosh. Batons weren't used in those days. The runners merely touched hands. That team set a record of 3:27.4 on a half-mile horse-racing track at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds. Colorado Not Resting on Ski Laurels DENVER. Colorado dosen't intend to rest on the winter sports laurels it gained thru the 1950 World Ski Championships of the Federation Internationale de Ski (FIS) at Aspen in Feb ruary. At the request of the Southern Rocky Mountain Ski Association, Governor Lee Knous has appoin ted a citizen's committee on winter sports which includes representatives of transportation lines, press, radio ,ski resorts, skiing and one of its first aims is to secure the pre-Olympic tryouts in -skiing and skating for Colorado in 1951. (The VI Olympic Winter Games are scheduled to be held in Oslo, Norway, in 1952.) Skiing tryouts in downhill and slalom are being requested for Aspen, Colorado; Steamboat Springs is putting in a bid for the cross-country and jumping events. Steamboat boasts the ski jump on which the national record was set a few weeks ago. The Broadmoor Ice Palace, Colo rado Springs, and the University of Denver ice arena are Colora do's two big skating rinks. In addition to focusing con tinued world attention on Colo rado's superb winter facilities and an almost unmatched snow season which usually begins about the end of October and lasts, in the high mountains, until June, the new committee will help organized winter sports clubs here increase their mem berships. Iowa State Opens Big 7 Diamond Flay Iowa State's baseball team will open the 1950 Big Seven Season today at Norman, facing the 1949 runnerup, Oklahoma. The Cy clones finished third last year. The two teams will also play again Saturday. Cap Timm, Cyclone head coach, indicated he would stick to his veteran lineup for the opener against the Sooners. Last week in the second game against Simp son he sent five sophomores out to start the contest and played them all the way. Burgess Starts Timm announced he would open today's series by sending junior Don Burgess to the mound. In the Saturday con test he plans to use Sterling Singley. If relief is needed in either game, Timm will choose from Ken Johnson, Gene Hack barth, and either Jack Luhring or Burt BushnelL The latter two are left handers. The Iowa State mentor did in dicate he might shift one or two players in an effort to take full advantage of team hitting power. This might mean that Bob Mc Luen would return to right field and Jack Delbridge go to first when Ray Stewart does the catching. Delbridge has been hitting well all spring but so has Stewart The rest of the team will in clude Cap'i. Bob Henely at short, Dale FoeU at second, Bob Sonne- wald at third, Ray Stone in cen ter, and either Johnson or Hack- Darth in left. IKIusCier Big Seven pener Acaieis'S' Misssouri Tigers Two Games in Series; Sharpe Seeking Crown By Ira Epstein (Staff Sports Writer) Coach Tony Sharpe's baseball hopefuls will get their first taste of conference play, as they journey to Columbia to meet Missouri today and Saturday for a two game series. Up through Wednesday's games Nebraska was sport ing a i-i victory record while on the road. Monday the Hus kers shut-out Southern Illinois, 10-0, and Tuesday, Parks College of East St. Louis Illinois suf fered a 25-3 defeat to the Ne braska sluggers. On Wednesday the boys dropped a 9-6 decision to Washington University at St. Louis. Nebraska encountered Washington University again yesterday. .. Ends Road Go The series with Missouri will conclude a six day road trip through Illinois and Missouri, a swing which commits Sharpe's team to six games in as many days. Running out of pitchers after Wednesday's contest, Sharpe will have to call on his hurdlers to give a repeat performance while on the road. Boys making' the trip were Bob Camp, Ernest Behne, Bob Jenkins, Linus Vrb ka, Dely Kopf and Dick Curley. Vrbka and Jenkins saw ac tion Monday, Kopf and Curley pitched Tuesday, and Camp and Behne were on the mound Wednesday. Given steadier pitching. Mis souri is hoping to make its re newed batting punch felt aeainst Nebraska's none- too-experienced eiDowers. Missouri R?ady Fresh from a trip through the sun-tan league. Missouri's base ball team is sporting one victory against four straight setbacks. Though four games down, Ti ger Coaoch John "Hi" Simmons still could view Mizzou's early returns in an optimistic light Except for a 20-11 lashing by Southern Methodist, the Tigers kept it close in other engage ments. They were skinned bv Arkansas, 7-4, and stopped twice by T.C.U., 3-2 and 6-4. This was not too tough a showing by Miz zou's green, new-to-battle troops. S.M.U. played its fourteenth contest of the season against the once-tried Tigers, and the Horned Frogs had a dozen starts behind them when Missouri came to Forth Worth. Eberhard on Mound Disturbed by the collapse of his seasoned pitchers, Simmons named sophomore Floyd Eber hard as a starter for one of the Husker games, but he withheld his other nomination. Eberhard threw a five-hitter in the 3-2 loss to T.S.U., but his bullpen mates were less fortunate. Veteran Rog Englert failed to survive two starting assignments against Arkansas and T.C.U. Also, Bob Smith, the Tigers' southpaw ace, was easy pickins' in the S.M.U. bombardment. Smitty, however, looked better equipped, relieving Englert in the final T.C.U. game. Cerv Leads Hitters Through the first four games. Captain Bill Eatock was the hef tiest batter in the Tiger lineup. The Rizzuto-ish shortstop and leadoff man hit saftely in seven of 17 trips for a .412 average. Behind him, outfielder Walter Ulmer flourished a .363 mark and first baseman Jack Frier, hitting .333, was away to hit best year at the plate. The team averaged .241, some 60 points higher than 1949's weak-kneed attack. The Husker slugging depart ment is being lead by Bob Cerv, the chunky outfielder who has fronted the Big Seven in home runs and runs batted in over the last two years. Other swatsmiths in the Nebraska bat ting attack are Tom Novak, vet eran receiver; Bob Grogan, shortstop; and Bill Deriker, third sacker. Delayed a couple of days by influenza, Bud Wilkinson. 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