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Monday, December 1 1, 1 950
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
PAGE 3
Conference Fives On
eekend Coast Tours
w
Big Seven conference basket
ball teams, with an early non
rly non- J
victories;
eared m
league record of nine
against five losses, appe.
games on both the east and west
coasts last week.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers be
gan a two-game stand against
Washington in Seattle Friday
Eight.
The Kansas Jayhawks, who
won their second start, 56-38.
against Utah State last nieht,
headed east where Coach Phoe
Allen's high .powered club
opened a three-game eastern
swing against St. Joseph's in
Philadelphia Saturday,
Kansas State, after winning
two of its three eastern games,
were at home Saturday to dedi
cate its new 13,000 seating ca
pacity field house. Utah State
was the opponent. The Wild
cats trimmed Purdue Wednesday
night, 60-44. for their second vic
tory over a Big Ten team. Coach
Jack Gardner's charges defeated
Ohio State, 68-51, Monday after
losing its opener, 59-60. to Long
Island university last. Saturday.
Missouri rails
Missouri opened its campaign
against Washington university in
St, Louis, and the keyed-up
Bears pulled out a 45-42 win,
tfiarking the first, time in five
years Washington has defeated a
Sparky Stalcup-coached team.
The outlook wasn't any brighter
for Missouri this weekend as it
collided wish one of the top
ranking teams in the country.
City College of New York, in a
Saturday night Madison Square
Garden feature.
Colorado, which dropped a
couple of close games to Utah
and" Utah State last week end,
met CbWado A. &. M. at Fort
Collins Friday and ai Boulder
Saturday.
Iowa State, wills two victories,
played Drake at Des Moines Sat
urday. Meanwhile, eyes were on Ok
lahoma, where Coach Bruce
Drake's supposedly-weak Soon
er? toppled Texas, 49-25, Wed
nesday night. That made it two
it H s "
&l
ESEIT XYVSS Husker two-miter, will be on the cinders again
this year, grabbing off some needed points in the distance runs.
Wrestling Competition
Gets Rolling Tuesday
tk itmrilm Intramural "Wrest-1 chance and will encourage s
ling Tournament will start Tues- j
iav, Dec. 12.
Preliminaries are scheduled for
each of the eight weight classeE,
end will begin at 5:15 pjn.
AU contestants roust weigh in
today from 3 to 6 pan. in the
Coliseum basement. Fairings
will be posted on the Intramural
bulletin board Tuesday morning.
The weight classes this year
are m follows 123 lbs, ISfi
lbs, 247 lbs, 157 'lbs, 31u,
277 IbK, and besvj-weigiil.
Se'cral Entrie
Ogaiiizaticmfi may have m
many entrieB in each weigJrt class
6 it wiBheB, but an individual
contestant may enter but one
Scoring for the W50 meet will
be on a 4-plaue basis -with first
plaue receiving eight points; sc
ond place, six pojuts; tbird place.
Jour points; and fourth plat,
two points.
Both Varsity and Fra&roen
wrestiing team mem here are
barred from this year' tourna
ment. "Wrestling Coach A3 Par-
tm feels lhid this move gives
the tew experienced a belter
ISC Svrimmers
Have 13 3Ieets
Iowa State 1851 swimmers win
liave the longest schedule in tlx
college bictory, it was an
nouneed today by Louie Menze,
director oS sthletics.
A total of 13 meets Jiot count
ing prohable entry in the !NCAA
meet are listed lor the IVll
rvmaDinz team. List includes 11
dual meets, the state AATJ meet
and tkie Big Seven meet, -which
will be held at Ameiu
The 1951 Iowa Stete swim
aning schedule:
Jan.
Jun.
Jau.
Jan.
Jun.
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v.ti.
iiu.
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" fVk ' Jh. CVV s 1 J Intramural basketball contin-I
ll V If II V ' ' ,v ' M A ued on its merry way Thursday
11 Ml II 1 ii !' ' .', i - i night with more of last year's!
M&rQer ijRHDOitn Jounuku.
JOE GOOD . . . steady guard
on this year's edition of the
Husker basketball team, is
playing his first year for Ne
braska. in a row for Oklahoma over S
Southwest conference team, the
Soouers having beaten S. M. U.
47-39 last week.
K-State Hits Purdue
Kansas State gave Purdue
first class shooting exhibition as
all twelve of the 'Cats figured in
the scoring. Coach Gardner's
crew hit .434 percent of their
field goal attempts. Purdue con
nected for a poor .235 percent
age. Ernie Barrett of K-State
led the scoring with 12 points.
Kansas big Clyde Lovellette,
who scored 25 points as Kansas
opened 51-35 against Creighton.
coanted 11 fielders for 22 points
against Utah State Thursday
naght. Lovellette played less than
three-fourths of the distance.
Oklahoma, minus all five of
its last season's starters via grad
uation, tiered a balanced attack
in leading Texas all the way.
larger turnout of mat hopefuls.
A tronfcT will aeam be
awarded to tfie team champions.
Phi Gamma Delta copping last
year" honors. Medals will he
in',araefi to the individual cham
pion in each -weight class.
Five Pra-ttic
All coni-estants must have com
pleted a minimum cf live prac
tice sessions before they jean be
come eligible lor Intramural
wrestling. It is important to have
your name on the intramural
preliminary -wrestling pj-attice
list If your name is not on the
list, you will not he eligible lor
this year's meet.
Liast gear's individual cham
pions: IZ'i lbs. Jacks-oii, Independ
ent; VM Jbs-J. V. lytel Inde
pendent; 127 lbs. Dean Vermil
ion, Independent; 347 lbs.
Sdiart Delta Sig; 157 lbs. Ken
FuKiier, Plii Gam; 1f7 lbs Dave
Macker, Beta Theta Pi; 177 lbs..
EiciiardBon, Delta Tau Delta;
Heavy we; git Dick G-oegtem,
Beta Sigma PsL
fjuflaiO SWIIllIlierS
Win Six of Seven
Colorado' swimming team
swept six of seven events in the
annual "Wyoming Helays at Lara
mie. Wyy lart SiiturcLiiy for
first-plat honors.
Coach Eoland ((Dm-) Bale
ruided Me Ionian Buff squad
to new record an the 2,000 loot
medley distranae relay also a
the Colorado poolmen pouted a
lime of 7:fc.5. The Bufls set the
old record lime of 7:52.6 in
Art Daman. Jim Berry, Hugh
Berger, and Gene Kiley i-wma
liie record event.
The only e'eat the Buffc fin
iabed out vf tirA was the diving
conteet Colorado came in tourth
on the boards. Other team en
tered in the Wyoming reli-yr
were Denver, "Wyoming. Colorado
A&M, and Colorado State Teach
ers. "Winning times lor the Colo
rado rwimmer-E, -were:
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i " mar m
BOB PIERCE . . . Senior cen
ter from Lincoln has been the
top re bounder and best scor
ing punch for the Husker bas
ketball squad.
Wilkinson Say sU
j thi
AV to Gopher
CoacIiiii2 Offer
Bud Wilkinson, football coach
at the University of Oklahoma,
Thursday turned down a similar
post at the University of Minne
sota. Athletic Director Ike Arm
strong said Wilkinson had told
him in person he was not in a
position to accept the head grid
coaching job, from which Bernie
Bierman resigned last month.
"President James. L. MorrilL at
my request, also telephoned Wil
kinson at Norman. OklaJ" Arm
strong reported. He said Dr. Mor
rill had also talked with Presi
dent Cross of Oklahoma.
"Armstrong quoted Wilkinson
as saying he appreciated the
chance to return to Minnesota,
his alma mater, but that his con
tract had three more years to run
at Oklahoma and carried a no re
lease clause.
"Under those corcuinstances."
Armstrong said Wilkinson told
I him. "I could not even consider
a job at any other schooL
Coach of the Year
j Wilkinson was Coach of the
I Year in ISH9 and a leading con
tender for the same honor this
year, his 1959 team finishing the
season as No. 1 team in the
nation.
Wilkinson, along with Clarence
MariB of Michigan State, is the
j n2y Minnesota graduate nn a
j major college football coaching
I post.
, The decision by Wilkinson to
stay at Oklahoma has lei to
j speculation that Kentucky Coach
j Paul t Bear) Bryant is next in
:! line for the job. Bryant's five
j year contract at Kentucky x
pares this year. It has been reli
; afoy reported that he will not
i sign a new contract.
Bryant, whose 1559 team en
I joyed a very successful season,
j employs the T-formation and
j specializes in a wide open
'i offense.
Lincoln A's
OpcnarHome
j The linoohs Athletics will open
their 1S51 baseball season at
home the Western 1e.ag.ue an-
nounceo tms week. Hie jeag,ue
oflicials completed the schedule
in its St Petersburg. Fla, meet
ing. The 354-game season will open
April 18 vith Denver at Pueblo,
Colorado Springs at 'Wichita.
Omaha at Lincoln, and Sio.ux City
at Des Moines.
li will eod Sept. 11 vith Den
ver at Colorado Springs. Pueblo
at Wichita, Dei Moines at Omaha
and Lancoln st Siouz City.
The league president. Sen. Ed
win Johnson d, Colo.), said lull
details of the schedule would be
announced later.
FPilTElWITIESl
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EXCYLOPEDIA ASIERICiXA 0?IIENItY DICKEXS WOIIKS
I1ISTOHY
ityiHWCiciers iiito second ydv; 1
powerhouses falling by the way-
side in a flurry of action. Twelve
more contests went down into
the record books and officially
stamped the cage competition in
full swing.
Farmhouse, a perennial power,
ran into a rough band of floor
men from Brown Palace Thurs-
day evening and after a close
first half, fell to a 30-40 defeat,
iiieiiiHiuui v t-.n - ana
halftime the Pa.acers led by
the slimmest of mare ins. 19-18.
But in the third period, Mel Wil-
i liarrts and his mates reallv went
to work and racked up 12 mark-
ers to only four for the Aggies.
A close final period did the
Farmhouse men no good and
they were the losers.
Williams Tops
Williams 16 points for the
'evening was tops in the game.
Weber for Farmhouse led his
outfit with a total c 13.
Delta Sigma Phi started off
fast and then bare!y held en to
defeat Tau Kappa Epsilon bv a
24-23 score. The Delta Sigs
looked as though they were go
ing to make a romt oi it by run
ning isp a 6-0 lead in the first
two uninutes, but the Tekes had
other ideas.
They managed to slow the
Delta Sags down Quite a bit, but
never quite had the push for the
game winning two points.
Ssx points was the highest
scoring done by amy man in this
fray as both teams specialized ia
team play. Jerry Ewing of the
Tekes and Marlin -Downey of the
victorious Delta Sigs tied for the
top honors with six apiece.
Davidson, TKE and Pettajohn and
Ronukather cf Delta Sigma Phi
ail coctnbused live points. '
Betas tdf
In arjother cne-rcant decision.
Beta Theta Pi held on long
enough to gain a 27-26 triMracn
over Theta XI The Betas ai
started last and led 13-8 at hali
tone, but the T Xi men came
Sliiior Leafifue
Vote to Dispose
Of Bonus Rule
The minor leagues Thiarsoiy
killed the conlroversaal player
1 bonus rule e4 organized baisehajL
"The 57 minor baseial3 lesiEues fet
their conveution in St.. Ptttere-
i b.urg. Fla., voted unanimously to
'rescind she rule.
This action foJJoweJ 3 Iipo-
jyear tight by the tnsijor ieague to
kick ii of i the books.
J There was praitit-ally no dis
cuf3on vfceij the proposal tame
vp tor a vole Thursday. The two
major league t.tjJJ have to ap
prove the aeiisn at the meeting
ia St. PettersL,urg next week.
but teat will be a mere formality.
Under this rule clubs were
! sharply Testiicled in roweroenl
1 of players who received more
! than a set sum for signing as
'! free agent S6..D0! lor a big
i league club.
The high school rule, whiih,
,h.as been under fire J.or some
time. also, pjbablj- will be
scrapped 'jtfa the bonus rule
i when the contract runs out, Dec.
j 21. 3 Ml. Many bast-ball men
-want the right to talk to and ne
; gotiate m-it high school pliyers
j before tbey gi-aduate. Under the
; present rule, no high school boy
can be signed until he or his class
1 graduates.
FICXIOX
THEY'RE CHEAP ENOUGH TO
WE WAST TO SELL THESE SETS WE XEEII THE SPACE
SOLI! AS IS FOR LOW LOW PRICES MARIiEII.
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storming back in the final half
to nearly win.
Jerry Stockwell was the main
J cog of the TX scoring, getting a
night's total of nine. Rock Yapp
and Max Andrews both got eight
I points for the victors.
,in;s lor me victors.
In the exact turnabout, Delta
Chi started oit siowiy and tnen
suddenly caught lire to thrash
Ij Acacia, 50-18.
j The first quarter was typical
! of the closeness of the came and
j it ended 9-8, Delta Chi. In pe-
i rioa numoer two ine JJA. coys
i beaan pulling awav. but at ha! li
(lime, the score still was or.lv
j 18-12 with Acacia still within
j striking distance.
j-t.g Half
, , J . . .
A1! AcacJa visions of g.ory
l ere f00" dispersed, however, as
tne victors racsea uo points
1 while holding the Masonsto a
j lowly six.
I Three men collected ten or
ji more markers for the triumph-
ant Delta Chi's. Yern McKenzie
1 was top man of this trio with
I IT points, currently the highest
; individual total in this infant
I season. Windy Bergsten was
right behind McKenzie with 16
ii points contributed to the DX
I cause. Mick Stsley rounded out
the three, getting a total of ten
counters.
The 50 points ty the Delta -Chi's
also stands as high for the
1850-51 season thus far.
Zetes Win
Zeta Beta Tau won the -b:g
one- in the opener. They met
their traditional toe. Sigma Al
pha JIu. and walked home with '
the victory their first in compe
tition between the two this. year.
The ZETs riEsed in the second
half no down the Sannnies ty
a 39-23 score.
The iirst half was all even, in
playing and in the score. At the
intenmission the score stood tied
at 11 points apiece. But it was
19-12 during the second ha! i and
there was the ZET ball game.
Jack Swedelson of the Sam
mies was top scorer of the con
test with 13 counters. Kushner
led the victors with nine.
In another Impcrtant contest.'
Pioneer bouse tripped - C"rr.
fcusker Cc-cr, 21-13. The Ps.o-
were never terivasl?
jreatened althoisgn the score at
time read only 13-11.
Beery High Scorer
We Beery lopped the game's
scorers, getting 13 while team
mate Jack D-enus Iwsd 11. Their
total together good enouEn
to win. Jack Utters led the
Cornhusfcer bey? with e;gJ.t-
Phi Kappa Psi bad everjinjrjs
sis own whv as jt erusbets Pi
Kappa Phi. 44-22. The Phi P:-i's
jurrspwi to an early fc-ad and the
Pi K.i.r-5 never lecovcresi.
Larry And.ers-on meshed Ifi
points to leaa the way for tot
Phi Pri's while La q ds contributed
13. Gardner iwh3&& through
seven Uor the losing Pi Kaps.
Korris Hrse puiied a mila
surprise as it handled Tfceta Cm.
The final score was 1Z-IZ. Tbe
g srne was tl.Rse all the way. but
the Xorris men kept, a shght tap
per hand ujKt of the way
through.
Smith talLt-d ejgfct points 1m
the wamert whne Link am
Burkhard of the Theia Chi's
garnered six.
Bet Betrln
Leaving the fraternity A"
picture .trie lirst trit s game
went into record bocks Thursdiy
night, also. Trj Bees of Sign
3ia and Sigma Alpha EpeAm
opened the eojupetilkw wi'.h the
SAE's coming out on top. 37-12.
Ii wait, the lowest soonng con-
SORORITIES! STU
LITERATURE
tffii . jtBc.triR i
test of the season thus far as a
total of only nine points were
credited in the second half
seven to the Sig Alphs and two
to Sig Nu. And that was the
j difference between the two clubs.
. . . , . ln
The first half ended in a 10
10 tie with the play being slow
but even. Cramer and Harris of
the SAE's each got five points
while Best and Roeser of the los
ing Nu's each collected four.
Out Ag college way, Indepen-
! dent competition got under way.
In the Ag college league of the
' Independent division, three!
f games inaugurated the season,
"A lVallons B" i
- .1 TwT vmpa a-
j The Ag college MCA A
s team iouna ineir o reom jui t
; as it should be much weaxer j
' and walloped the "Bees' to the f
j tune of 33-16.
j In another "A" versus 'B"
f situation, the Ag Men's social ;
club "A" outfit won from the 1
j Ag men B" team, 28-23. The
i only other fray was registered as
i a Irofeit by Vocational agricul-
: ture to Ag Extension annex,
! Ko more could be obtained
t about Ag college contests, just
' the scores.
A:h tor ii
Till . i.. " A '
A $
&pmr tMr Ctitft
fP'l(i gaAcring spot of sta.
Superior State College
Jw. teria becaase it is a
I i jfJfi'f wl tyfff 1 pherc And br?n lie g s
I I arouD'l, icc-cojd Oxa-O
max? calL For here, as in
trade-marks meet ikf sane thin.
coca-coia tcrrusa cojpsst of lwccuj
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BUY FOR FUEL
Buff Gymnasts
Face Six Meets
Coach Charley Vavra, in
charge of Colorado's gymnasticf
team, has started his squad
working out for a six-meet win
ter schedule that will get under
way Jan. 20.
Five squad members, who
sparked last year's team to cap
ture of the College Invitational
meet, are returning to Vavra
team for this season. The re-
turnees are Floyd Cooper, Ken
Dunstan, Bill Haase, and Paul
j Viilano; lost are Keith Nesladek,
? Phil Shearer. Lou Conroy, Merle
Noble, and Doug Taguchi.
In the Big Seven, Colorado and
Nebraska are the only schoolt
that have gym teams.
Wifh or Wilhovt hn&itntkw
Also Chrktmas Letter SbM
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