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By Gregg McBanks
(Hporti Editor, Shopping tluldr)
A bombshell In the form of big
time gambling hit the Cornhusker
campus toay.
It was learned late Saturday
night that the entire 1950 Foot
ball team had a hand in the
fixes.
Edgar J. Hoover, head of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
has spent the past three months
in Lincoln trying to solve the case.
The gamblers were too clever for
the local authorities, and as a re
sult Hoover was forced to move
in.
The situation came to a head
Saturday night. Hoover tricked
two varsity gridders into a con
fession by using a bit of his pet
strategy.
As a result he discovered an
underworld gambling ring which
had been operating exclusively in
the Big Seven. It had been using
Lincoln as its headquarters.
George Manderson, an ex-California
convict, was disclosed as
the local ring leader. Hoover and
a squad of Lincoln policemen
captured him early Sunday morn
ing at a private residence in
Bethany.
Fixes Cars Too
Manderson, who had been pos
ing as a mechanic employed by
the Chevrolet garage, at first re
fused to admit that he knew any
thing about the fixes.
But the evidence against him
was too high. Hoover's bit of pet
strategy was posing as a gambler
himself.
"It's easy enough to do it with
some of these college boys,"
Hoover declared. "They haven't
been around enough to know who
is and who isn't pulling their
leg."
Two weeks ago Hoover met a
couple of varsity footballers down
at a local pool hall. The three
men started talking, and Hoover
usEiers Ouv-rcjv Sooners
Five-flo-Two Win Yii
The University of Nebraska
swept to its fourth straight Big
Seven subsidizing championship
today by rolling up five dollars
for every two for second place
Oklahoma.
The Husker triumph, its eighth
in the last ten years, was a fore
gone conclusion as the courageous
Big-7 Bans TV
Of Pinball Meet
The Big Seven announced to
day that it will ban television
from its 1951 Pinball meet. In
a direct wire from its Kansas City
headquarters, the Big-7 faculty
committee stated that it would
continue its policy of banning
telecasts of its major events.
This was in line with the na
tional NCAA ruling in Dallas this
cummer.
Iowa State, however, said that
it was planning no change in
its preparation for live televis
ing of the meet to be held in
Ames, April 3-5. The Cyclone of
ficials stated that the only way
the Iowa school could make a
profit on the meet was to let
the fans at home see the Big-7
iron ball artists at work.
This insubordination will be
brought up at the next confer
ence meeting in June.
fighting squad of the Nebraska
Board of Regents roared into the
lead six weeks ago and had been
increasing their marein at will.
Total amount paid out by NU
was three and a half million dol
lars, just a quarter of a million
short of the record they set in
1948.
Oh Goody! Here They Come
Outmanned and outnlaved at
the start of the season, the Husker
sextet woke up and displayed the
same old spirit that has made
them the terror of the Midwest.
By November it was evident that
the remainder of the conference
was in for another drubbing un
less they found some more ath
letes. By December, hapless
lowa state and Kansas State had
already conceded defeat.
Said President-coach McCune
of Missouri, "The boys from Lin
coln have got it and, boy, we
could use more of the same down
here."
This is the fourth straight year
that the men of Neebrasski have
snatched the bullion cup. And
with the fine prospects that old
NU has on its Freshman squads,
the Huskers are favored to win
next year, too.
FINAL STANDINGS
Nebraska $3,500,000
Oklahoma 1,400,000
Kansas 650,000
Missouri 375,000
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Colorado 110,000
Kansas State 50,000
Iowa State 15,000
BOX SCORES
(Nebraska's 3Yz million dollars
, . , how it was used.)
Salaries and Wages $1,000,000
Backfielo $100,000
Halfbacks 200,000
Line 50,000
Runners 50,000
Jumpers 150,000
Throwers 200,000
Catchers 50,000
Shooters 150,000
Others 50,000
Travel and Expense $300,000
Backfleld 40,000
Halfbacks 75,000
Line 5,000
Vaulters 50,000
Cagers 100,000
Others 30,000
Recreation $781 , 000
Dates for backfleld (most girls-
insist on paying) 500
Movies for line (Titles "Girls,
Advantages and Disadvan
tages") 500
Dates for line 250,000
Dates for wrestlers (wrestling
team only) 275,000
Comic books for Baseballers. . 200,000
Encyclopedias for Gymnasts (use
them in weight-lifting) 60,000
Dice for Track team 5.000
Hush Money $100,000
tsome prots insist on notifying
the Dean)
Housing $800,000
Backfleld 50,000
Halfbacks ... 100,000
Line 5,000
Swimmers and Thlnclads 50,000
Wrestlers and Cagers 50,000
Baseballers and Crapshooters. . 45.000
Miscellaneous $1,017,000
Autos for weekdays 250,000
Convertibles for Sundays 300,000
Airplanes for halfbacks 100,000
Fraternity initiation fees 175,000
Parleys 100,000
casually mentioned the fact that
college ball players could pick up
a lot of easy money if the right
opportunity came along.
The Husker gridders appar
ently did not fall for this open
ing statement because they kept
right on playing pool.
Hoover then offered to buy
beers for both men and take them
to see Roy Rogers. As the eve
ning progressed the FBI chief
talked more freely about his big
time rackets in the East and he
went on to say it was a shame
that some midwestern athletes
didn't have an "opportunity to
get on the gravy train."
The gridders began to show a
little interest in his talk, and fi
nally he asked them how they
would like to fix the Alumni
Varsity game which is being
played April 14.
At that point the players said
the fix for that game was already
arranged, but why didn't he stick
around until the next season and
the whole football team would be
willing to talk business with him.
Hoover next set out to learn
the identity of the Lincoln gam
blers. He used the same two
players as his stooges.
Buddy Buddy
"They were smart enough not
to give away Manderson's name
when I asked them openly," Hoo
ver asserted. "But I told them
that the person who was fixing
the Alumni-Varsity game was
probably an old buddy of mine
from prohibition days. I sug
gested that maybe his gamblers
and mine could promote the deal
together. That way we could take
in twice as much hot cash and it
would mean extra money for the
players."
"This little suggestion evident
ly hit the spot. They said they
didn't know anything about pro
hibition, but they trusted me
enough to say that his name was
George Manderson."
"So I had all the evidence on
him that I needed. The only
thing necessary then was to get
some written proof which would
stand up in court. I asked the
two players if they would sign a
paper stating their willingness to
play for both my outfit and Man
derson's when April 14 came. By
UP AN' AT 'EM .... The Nebraska Huskers and Kentucky
Wildcats are off running in the finals of the NCAA cage tourney.
The Huskers won 7-3.
AROUND THE LOOP...
Honorary Sports Letters
Given Mortar Boards
By Ma 'Perkins
The Mortar Boards were presented "N" letters as honorary
members of the wrestling team at the inter-athletic banquet, April 1.
Coach Al Partin presented the letters to the girls. He wel
comed them into the sports world and commended them upon
their interest in athletics. This is the first time such an honor has
been presented at the University of Nebraska.
Iowa State's "Athlete of the Week" award went again to Bob
Brown, champion swimmer. He received the honor for his inven
tion of a new stroke. The judge at the NCAA meet in Austin, Texas,
were astounded by his new record of 30 seconds for the 50-yard
eprint.
Brown's stroke is called the "fly-frog." He flaps his arms
like a bird flying and frog kicks his feet. Thus he can cover more
distance more quickly.
Clyde Lovellette, midget basketball player at Kansas univer
sity, will train throughout the summer to increase his height and
ability in the sport.
Madame Torso will give him stretching lessons, stressing proper
diet and exercise. She says Lovellette will be eight feet, 11 inches
by August 31. Coach "Hog" Allen will train him on a farm with
'woo" pitching to increase his strength and "shooting the moon"
for accuracy.
The University of Oklahoma wrestling team will not participate
in the National AAU meet in Cedar Fall, Iowa, says Coach Port
Robertson. The boys feel that they will miss too much school
by leaving for two days. The AAP refused to change the date for
the team and they fait that classes were much more important.
The championship basketball team at Kansas State under the
leadership of Ernie Barrett announced their decision to ban basket
ball at Kansas State for the next five years. Coach Jack Gardner
said the boys reached this decision because they thought other Big
Seven colletes should have, a chance at the championship.
Bill McGuIre of Missouri, winner of the mile in the Big Seven
track meet, was disqualified for future meets anu the championship
taken away from him, Big Seven track judges announced today.
McGuire has been wearing jet propelled shoe laces in his
tracks shoes which are illegal in the Big Seven conference.
Colorado is thinking of dropping out of the Big Seven confer
ence. They are negotiating with Denver University and Colorado
A and M at Greeley to start a Big Three conference of their own.
The Buffs feel they will be able to win more championships in a
smaller conference. ,
Cathro Runs Mile
In Four Minutes As
Trackmen Go Wild
By Crantland 'n Me
Husker tracksters went wild in their first outdoor prac
tice of the year last Friday and broke records righ and
left. In the feature event of the day, Blake Cathro became
the first man in history to run a four-minute mile.
Cathro, running with new as
sistant track coach Don Gehrman
of Wisconsin, toured the four laps
Sheldon Jacobs also ran in
in a blazing time of 3:59.9. Shel
don Jacobs also ran in this race,
but as he had been out of action
for several days with a leg injury,
he was unable to keep up the fast
pace set by Cathro and finished a
poor second in 4:03.9. Gehrman,
completely exhausted, dropped
out of the race half way through
the fourth quarter.
Commenting on Cathro's per
formance, Coach Ed Weir stated
that Cathro should have done
much better. According to the
Husker mentor, Cathro did every
thing that a track man shouldn't
do, and that with a few days in
which to perfect his form, he
should be able to push the record
down to 3:56.
Gee, It's Hot
It was the first time that Cathro
had ever run the mile. He has
been concentrating on the 220
and the low hurdles but now
gives the Husker a little more
hope in the long-race.
Three men broke the accepted
world record for the discus the
same afternoon. Paul Grimm
started the parade with a heave
of 187 feet in his first trial.
Grimm had hardly stepped from
the ring when Lowell Neilson
added four feet to his perform
ance. Then Dick Stansbury, former
sprint man, failed to even surpass
the old record, getting a poor 178
feet. Neither Grimm nor Neilson
surpassed Neilson's record on
their second throw but Stansbury
came through with a sailing 194
with the discus men than he was
with Cathro, but he stUL feels
that none of these men have got
their maximum distance yet.
Stansbury, he feels, is the least
highly developed man of the
group.
Another trio, running the half
mile, finished in a dead heat at
1:50. These men were Harry
Filley, Don Cooper and Eddie
Craren. All three men have
worked out very little this year.
Other outstanding perform
ances, though they broke no rec
ords, were Lee Alexander's :46.9i
and Charley Toogood'g :47.4
quarter, Dick Meissner's and
Wayne Sand's 6 feet 5 inches in
the high jump, Tom Carodine's
and Chester Scott's times of 14.1
seconds in the high hurdles.
What? A Man?
The only Husker who failed to
turn in an excellent performance
was Hobe Jones. After his fourth
attempt to break 20 feet in the
broad jump, Jones quit in disgust,
his best leap being 19 feet 4
inches. In an attempt to redeem
himself, Jones then ran a 220
but could do no better than .29:1
in that.
At the end of the day's practice,
Coach Weir shocked the Lincoln
sports writers by predicting that
the Huskers would probably place
in only one or two events in the
Texas Relays, which are being
held in Cheyenne, Okla., Thurs
day. This is the first time in the
memory of any writer that Weir
has not forecast an easy victory
for the Husker tracksters.
In the past, the coach has said
that the Scarlet and Cream would
feet effort. Stansbury finished always win by a wide margin, but
then they trusted me completely
and signed readily."
Hoover and the police depart
ment were able to move in and
pick up Manderson. When he
was faced with this overwhelm
ing evidence the mechanic who
fixes games better than he does
cars finally confessed the whole
deal.
"The Midwest was the logical
place to operate," he declared.
Things have been too hot back
East for the past two years. We
thought we could move out here
and get away from the authori
ties." "But you haven't got me yet,
not by a long shot. What about
your football players? They are
as guilty as we are."
Nick Adduci was the only
gridder to make a statement to
day. "The trouble with Nebraska,"
commented Adduci, "is that it
just doesn't pay enough so us
boys can have good times."
Hoover refused to identify the
two players whom he had used
in getting to the bottom of the
case. He said that will come out
later on.
Hard Time Losing
The Colorado and Oklahoma
games were revealed as the ones
which were fixed. Nebraska lost
to an amazingly weak Buffalo
team, and managed to throw its
last game to the Sooners. Ho
hum.
When approached on the sub
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NEW HALF-MILER
. . Harrv Fillev is the result of Tuack
Coach Ed Weir's frantic search to fill the vacant shoes of 850
man Hobe Jones.
Filley E
Eirolls
In a frantic attempt to find re
placements for the loss of Husker
track stars, Hobe Jones, Wavne
LWhitaker, Ken Jacobs and Wen-
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ject Bill Glassford, head coach, Weir claimed today that his
said, "I knew before the season
opened that I had a national
championship team unless some
thing terible happened. My sus
picion was aroused immediately
when we tied Indiana. That game
didn't turn out to be fixed, but
I think the boys were sort of re
hearsing themselves for the real
thing."
"And when Reynolds was only
scoring three touchdowns per
game I really got to wondering.
That boy should have made at
least fifty points in every con
test. I think they were afraid to
throw more games because I once
hinted that they should be win
ning every game by 100 points.
The actual court case will be
gin tomorrow. Your Daily Ne
braskan will carry a daily story
on all proceedings.
Frosh Baseball
Practice Today
Coach Tony Sharpe announced
today that a Freshman baseball
practice would be held Monday,
Apr. 2 at 7:30 p.m., in the Field
House.
Coach Snarpe stressed the fact
that all boys who failed to make
the last Wednesday meeting
should be sure to report this
Monday.
(This Ik the 'one story on this
page today that is on the up-an-up.)
More Activities
In Intramurals
Intramural Director Charlie
Miller has announced plans for
an enlarged program of intra
mural activities for University
students next year.
A grand total of 34 sports will
be added to the program, one ot
the biggest in the nation.
Additions will include skeet
shooting, darts, curling, archery
for distance and accuracy, squash
rackets, soccer, jai-Alai, cricket,
quoits, deck tennis, marathon
running, crow bombing, para
chute jumping, car-hopping,
table-happing, motor scooter re
lay, card-filing, volleyball inflat
ing, pie-throwing, weight guess
ing, 6chmoo-kicking, dog sled
ding, beer-drinking and paper-
wad throwing.
Miller explained that trophies
would be awarded to the win
ning Denominational and Inde
pendent teams and medals to the
winning fraternity teams.
He emphasized that men should
begin conditioning themselves for
the added events, especially in
beer-drinking and car-hopping,
so as to be in top shape when
actual competition begins.
searching has been quite fruitful.
Harry Filley, former high
school ace at Slowmare High
school has been persuaded to en
roll at Nebraska.
J,J.,,i" their parents ar? good
College last year. "Hurrying
spring. Filley worked out on th
farm all summer.
The aforementioned Husker
track stars have enlisted in the
Arab Foreign Legion and will
report to the 32nd Dog Sled Regi
ment in How-now, Outer Slo
bovia.
Coach Weir added a big sigh of
relief. "I've had to carry those
four men too long," he said, "just
Harry" has plenty of all-around
ability in him. His college record
snows him to have gained na
tional athletic recognition plus i
possessing plenty of horse sense. 1
k liley will be a major improve
ment in the half-mile where
Jones previously held control. He
can run the five furlongs also
and may be asked to also tackle
the 120-yard low steeples this
friends of mine."
"I've been waiting the cLanc
to scout around for talent."
Reynolds Quits;
Goes to Kansas
Huskerland was stunned by
the announcement that Bobby
Reynolds is quitting the Univer
sity of Nebraska to enroll at the
University of Kansas.
PIG's Protest;
Want Replay
Of Frat Finals
The intramural outlook for the
remainder of this year appeared
dark indeed today when it was
learned that another protest
bombshell was hurled in the laps
of the I-M Department.
Phi Iota Gamma entered a for
mal protest today stating they
were robbed in the finals of the
fraternity daisy-picking playoffs
in which Theta Nu Epsilon won,
291-274.
The PIG's squealed with in
dignation upon learning'that'three
"I've been getting too much
money here at Nebraska," said ! ?.f ,teir Prkers were disquali-
the Nebraska star halfback. Ath
fied for slipping a few dandelions
into the baskets. Said Piggy
manager, Elroy Shultz, "We
couldn't have possibly won any
way, but it's the principle of the
thing."
Shultz went on to say that
Reynolds, who is known around team. The TNE's were lucky in
letic Director "Potsy" Clark said
that Reynolds decided to take
the "lettuce leaf" act right after
he received his weekly grant-in-aid
..check of $10,000.
the campus as the "Cadillac
Kid," claimed there was a spe
cific reason for his decision to
leave.
Doggy Phoggy
The main reason is "because I
want to play basketball for Phog
Allen and Kansas." Reynolds
spoke highly of the very quiet
and calm Jayhawk basketball tu
tor. Reynolds, whose parents and
relatives were former students
in the Sunflower state's institu
tion, thought it would be best if
he returned to his state school to
show his loyalty. He was for
mer all around athlete at Glass
ford high school and came to Ne
braska after Nebraska "persuad
ed" him to enter the Cornhusker
school.
Clark blasted the Kansas bas
ketball mentor in a heated speech
that implied that Kansas refused
to compete in the latest national
athletic program. "Subsidation is
sweeping the nation!"
the finals and a replay will pro
duce the real winner. After all,
we've been daisy champion! for
the past four years and all our
men are experienced lettermen.
On the strength of our record, we
deserve another chance."
It was feared that if the Piggy
protest is allowed, the TNE's will
drop their support of the I-M pro
gram. Theta Nu Epsilon, a cam
pus leader, is respected and ad
mired by all organized groups and
will undoubtedly draw the rest of
the organizations out of the in
tramural program.
Outstanding members of TNE
could not be reached for com
ment. They were getting their
paints and brushes ready.
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