Tuesday, April 10, 1951
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Cooper Establishes New
Indoor Pole Vault Record
By Jim Petersen
Nebraska defeated Colorado in
a track meet Saturday night,
63-59, as Don Cooper, stellar
vaulter bettered 'the world's rec
ord off a dirt runway by three
inches at Boulder.
Don soared 14 feet 4Yi inches.
The previous record of 14 feet 6Vi
inches was held byJSarl Meadows,
a former Southern California ath
lete. This vault also topped the
best collegiate performance of
Don Laz of the University of Il
linois. His record vault was made pos
sible through what was regarded
earlier as an "unfortunate de
velopment". This "unfortunate
development" was the bad
weather which forced the sched
uled outdoor meet inside and
which enabled Cooper to break
the record he was seeking
throughout the entire indoor sea
eon. This Saturday in an outdoor
dual with Missouri, he will seek
to break the 15 foot mark, a
height which only three men
mave been able to attain.
Len Kehl also came through
With a fine vault of 13 feet six
inches. He is the Big Seven in
door champion.
Tanner
Wally Tanner of Colorado set a
new meet and field house record
in the shotput. He heaved the'
iron ball 51 feet 3 inches, break
ing the old mark of 51 feet 1 inch
eet by Rollin Prather of Kansas
States. Grimm and Neilson placed
second and third.
The best race of the night was
in the 880. Dale Schnackel of
Nebraska led John Creighton of
Colorado by only ten yards with
110 yards left in the race. Creigh
ton poured on the coal and passed
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DON COOPER . , . star pole vaulter set a new indoor world record
off the dirt runway Saturday night at Boulder. He is aiming to
clip 15 feet before the season is over.
Schnackel winning the event in
followed by Leroy Clark of Colo
2:02.5. Schnackel finished second.
Dole Kelley of Colorado equaled
the meet record in the 60 ward
dash with a :06.3. It was the
first time this year that Kelley
has been able to beat his team
mate Augie Rasco who finished
AROUND THE LOOP...
KU Basketball Coach
Loves Nebraska
By Shirley Murphy
4'I love Nebraska," said Phog Allen in an effort to clear up the
recent Bobby Reynolds misunderstanding. "I have always had the
greatest respect for Nebraska university athletics and I consider
Bobby Reynolds truly a fine athlete and an equally fine boy."
Allen said, ,I consider myself the victim of lousy reporting
and dishonest journalism and gross distortion of fact." Let's hope
everyone is satisfied now.
Padded blocking aprons are new practice garb introduced at
spring drills by Coach Bill Meek at K-State. With at least the
first two weeks ot practice being devoted chiefly to fundamentals
Meed considers the extra pads necessary for defensive players in his
style of 'rock 'em, took 'em" blocking.
Al Ogden, K-State sophomore heavyweight wrestler who fin
ished second in his weight division of the Big Seven wrestling
tournament, has reported for spring football drills. He is trying
for a defensive berth. Other mat boys doubling in. the sport are
Bob Mayeri and Ted Weaver.
Colorado boys have been attracted by the recent national
collegiate tournaments. The three Buffs are Maynard Skinner, Stan
Black and Bill Haase. Skinner reached the semi-finals in the
NCAA wrestling meet. Black entered in the NCAA swim tourna
ment, but failed to qualify for the finals. Haase entered the NCAA
gym meet where he performed in tumbling and on the trampo
line. He missed the final qualifications, but came in tenth in
tumbling.
Iowa State is awarding 73 varsity and freshman awards to
athletes. Thirteen of the letters go to varsity basketball men. Eight
letter winners are wrestlers. Varsity swimmers copped twelve of
the letters. The other awards were freshman numerals going to
participants in the three sports.
Herb Semper, Jayhawk distance ace, has set his sights on a
nine minute two-mile goal before the year is out Semper has
tread as low as 4:18.5 in the mile and 1:55.0 in the half. He opened
the year by sweeping to the NCAA cross-country title, establishing
a new course record of20:31.7 for the grind of four miles.
"A 9:00 certainly is not out of question for Semper," Coach Bill
Easton says. "That boy Js a great competitor and he thrives on
lots of work."
Pete Elliott has accepted a new job as assistant football coach
at the University of Oklahoma. He is a former All-American half
back at the University of Michigan. Elliott had been the end
coach at Oregon State for the past two years. He replaces George
Lynn who is now coaching at Stanford.
Minor Leagues Damaged
By Players Lost to Service
A majority of the minor league
ball clubi will be operating with
out utility men this summer. The
reason for this cut down is the
draft. It is the same with most
of the clubs now in spring train
ing. There are not enough avail
able men.
The baseball training camps
seem to be the favorite spot of
the draft boards. Most of the
boys in the minor league bell
CSffipi Cure health? young fjuys
Just right for the draft.
The Lincoln club, which is on
the farm system of the Philadel
phia Athletics, has felt the draft
as much as any other club In the
minor leagues. The original rost
er of the Lincoln "A's" boasted
32 men and of these original 32,
nine have already been called In
the service.
The shortage of manpower It
oelng felt the most in the catcher
and infield positions. The clubs
have been shifting many players
in hopes that they might remedy
thia shortage.
Infield
Frank Skaff, manager of the
Lincoln "A's", has been trying
ome of his trainees on the in
field positions, tout as yet he has
not switched any of them to the
catcher's position.
Skaff does not know yet just
what men he will bring to Lin
coln with the clvb, tout he is try
ing to work in men that can play
more than one position such as
Johnny Wlsneski and Bill
Shantz.
Skaff summed up the draft
problem in this way: "I think
that we wiD take a ball club to
Lincoln that has a gooA chance"
he stated. "If we lose players to
the service, we will have to do
our best to make up for it."
The minor leagues should be
very interesting to watch this
season, because most of the clubs
will be faced with the problem
of losing key men to the service.
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second followed by Lee Alexander
of Nebraska.
Meissner ,
Dick Meissner won his pet
event, the high jump, with a 6
feet 5 inch jump. Joe Gold of
Colorado got second with 6 feet
4 inches, with Irv Thode of Ne
braska picking up third place
with an even 6 feet.
Thode won the broad jump
with a leap of 23 feet 2y inches.
He was followed closely by his
team-mate, Glen Beerline, who
had a leap of 22 feet 11 inches.
The discus throw was won by
Lowell Neilson of Nebraska. He
threw the plate 127 feet 3 inches.
Ken Dunstan of Colorado got sec
ond, followed by his team-mate
Bos Klamann.
Lee Alexander of Nebraska got
a first in the 440 clipping off the
distance in :52. Bill Reed of
Colorado came in second, followed
by Bill Hein of Nebraska.
The 60 yard high hurdles event
was won by Don Bedker of Ne
braske in the time of :07.7. Mer
win Hodel of Colorado finished
second with Dan Tolman of Ne
braska coming in third.
Hodel
Merwin Hodel of Colorado got
first in the 60 yard low hurdles
going the distance in :07. Dan
Tolman got second followed by
In the two mile run Jim Bren
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na of Colorado got first place
with a 4:38.5. Gene Yelkin of
Nebraska came in second.
- The two mile run was won
by Colin Couper of Colorado with
the time of 10:17.2. Bob Kruger
of Nebraska got second, with Bob
McCone of Colorado taking third.
The meet was as close as the
score indicates. Nebraskl was
trailing 58 to 59 with only the
mile relay left. But the Huskers
came through with a winning
combination consisting of Tolman,
Barcus, Hein and Kehl who went
the distance in 3:31.1.
The four points gained In the
relay turned the meet into a
victory for Nebraska. Nebraska
has won five of the seven track
meets held between the two
schools.
Gier Tabs Eight
For Gym Letters
Eight members of the Nebraska
gymnastic team have been recom
mended for varsity letters and
four freshman squad members
have been recommended for
freshman numerals.
Gymnastic coach Jake Gier an
nounced that Art Hillman, Bobby
Yarwood, Don Yoder, Jerry
Tubbs, Paul Hughes, Al Runavun,
Ira' Epstein and Ed Craren's
names will be presented to the
athletic board of control for its
consideration for the major letter
"N."
THE BENCH WARMER
Another chapter in the history of
sports is rapidly coming to a close.
Look back t your athletic he
roes of the past and you will no
tice that a great many of them
rise and fall almost simul
taneously .
During the last twenties and
early thirties such personalitties
as Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Bob
by Jones, Bill Tilden, and Johnny
Weismuller all basked in the
American sportlight and then
rapidly faded out. These are but
a few of Roaring Twenty stal
warts. And now it seems the curtain
is ringing down on some of our
great performers.
The life of a professional ath
lete is quite short in years, but
this briefness is made up by the
great amount of admiration and
respect which his fans give him.
Let us look over the present
sports scene and notice a few of
those who are rounding out a
brilliant athletic career.
Louis
In boxing the one and only in
the heart of the American public,
Joe Louis, is rapidly approach
ing the end of the trail. He was
a great champion during the late
thirties and early forties. National
sports writers have rated him
among the top heavyweights of
all time.
In our opinion Louis is marring
what would have been a great
career by atempting to regain his
crown. Father Time has done to
the Brown Bomber whit no op
ponent could do. He has slowed
the former champ down and fat
tened him up tremendously. .
Now Louis is trying to win
something back which is almost
unquestionably beyond his grasp.
He is beating up a few helpless
jugs and may make quite a rec
ord for himself before he fights
for the title again. But that rec
ord will mean little to Ezzard
Charles.
Such baseball stalwarts as Joe
Dimaggio, Marty Marion, and
Bob Feller will likewise be bow
ing out in a few years.
Dimaggio
Dimaggio is considered as one
of the all-time center fielders. His
batting, throwing arm, and
smooth fielding are legendary
even now in baseball circles.
Some of his best years were lost
in the army, but he still was the
main Yankee spark after his dis
charged. Marty Marion, Mr. Shortstop of
baseball a few years ago, has
practically lost his position with
the St Louis Cards to a young
rookie. He is now the Cardinal
manager.
Marion was sensational afield
and wielded a fairly potent bat
Feller is in the twilight of a
brilliant pitching career. He was
the leading Cleveland Indian
hurler before he went into the
service and holds the American
league record for strikeouts. Dur
ing the past two years Bob Lem
on has assumed Feller's spot as
the Tribe mound ace.
Football
Turning the sportlight to foot
ball we find Steve Van Buren,
Philadelphia Eagles; Sid Luck
man, Chicago Bears; and Sammy
Baugh of the Washington Red
skins almost ready to hang up
their grid togs.
Van Buren holds the National
League ground gaining record and
even last year he ranked fourth
in that department.
Sid Luckman migrated from the
University of Columbia to the
Bear camp and became the first
great T-formation quarterback.
He was replaced last year by
young Johnny Lujack.
Many rate Baugh as the great
est passers of all time. He an
nounces each year that he will re
tire but reverses thus decision and
comes back for more.
These are but a few of the
many who will be remembered
long after they have disappeared
from the sports scene. All are
worthy of commendation, and the
Halls of Fame should give each
player the position he deserves.
Kansas Grid Squad
Greenest in Years
Missouri Coach Believes
Pitching Is Main Weapon
Long before Dick Tracy's cur
rent comic-strip quarry, "Empty"
made the phase "as a matter of
fact" popular, Missouri's baseball
coach "Hi" Simmons was using
a variation of the same cliche in
every-day conversation.
So it was that just the other
day when someone remarked to
the Tiger coach that a little
pitching went a long way in col
legiate baseball, the Simmons'
reply was quite in character.
"Fact of the matter is, that's
true," agreed the drawling Hi.
"Major leaguers figure that
pitching is 75 per cent of their
ball-club, and it's even higher in
college." '
That was Hi's flat assertion,
and he'd stick with it Fact of
the matter is, he'd refer you to
the 1950 Tiger baseball team by
way of proving" tds point.
Second
"We finished second in the
conference last season with a 9-5
record," said Simmons, "but
anyone checking the linal Big
Seven statistics would realize we
didn't have much license to do
that well.
"As a team, we were s'xth in
battling just hit .200 sixth in
total base hits, sixth in total
runs, and sixth in total bases. In
the field, our average of .939
was fourth-best in the league.
"We did get some pitching,
though some pretty good chuck
ing out of Bob Smith who won
five out of six starts for us, and
saved a couple of other games
games besides. Then we also had
boys like Roger Englert, Gene
Crenshaw and Floyd Eberhard
who helped along the way with
a couple of good performances.
Workhorse
"But Smitty was our work
horse and a good one. Not much
to look at out there skinny,
loose-jointed and awkward but
how he could throw that crooked
pitch. His arm carried us into
second place, despite our inferior
batting and fielding.
"That's why," said Simmons
with the finality of one who
wants no part of a TebuttaL "Fm
convinced that pitching is the
payoff in collegiate baseball"
Smith, now Red Sox property,
is gone and so is Englert. That
leaves Crenshaw and Eberhard
as the nucleus of this year's
mound staff. This week Simmons
hopes to give his other hurlers
a thorough screening in pre
league games with Rockhurst
College on Monday and Tuesday,
and with Bradley on Friday and
Saturday. The Tigers will play
all four games at home.
Rained out of Saturday's open
er with Washington U., at St
Louis, the Mrzzou coach plans to
go with Eberhard, DonHBoenker
and Dick Atkinson in three-inning
tours against Rockhurst
Monday afternoon.
The greenery is protruding
from Kansas' spring football camp
like holly wreaths at a Christmas
parade. But the youngsters have
pulled the rip cord on furious
competition at almost every spot
Most of the fire is concentrated
up front where Head CoacH J.V.
Sikes and his line lieutenant PP
Werner, must perform a major
refurbishing job. The rookies
necessarily are crowding into the
picture here since George Mr
konic, the panther-like left tackle,
and Center Wint Winter are the
lone returning regulars through
the five mid-line spots. And the
latter played only on offense last
season as a sophomore.
Even some of the current first
stringers are mere holdover
squadmen or barely made the
grade as monogram winners.
No one has tagged any of the
newcomers as "exceptional" or
"cant miss," but after two full
weeks of the hot weather grind,
there is more improvement than
expected at some slots.
Guards.
Five young guards are battling
for playing time behind a brace
of holdovers, George Kennard
and Ron Hammell. The roster in
cludes Jack Cole, tackle; Don
Aungst 188-pounder rated the
best lineman of the freshman
club; Don Beyer, Bob Hantla,
madeover fullback, and Hugh
Armstrong. The latter pair are
being geared chiefly for defensive
duty.
Five youthful tackles have
moved in behind Mrkonic and
Oliver Spencer, giant sophomore
who hopped off in the lead for
Mike McCormack's old right side
position. This gang includes Bill
Schaben, a holdover sophomore,
and four yearlings, George
Helmstadter, Orville Poppe, Bill
Marshall and Joe Lundy.
There is respectable experience
at end with four lettermen re
turning in Co-captain Bill
Schaake, Orbon Tice, Duane Un
ruh, and Ron White, but four
rookies are commanding attention
here also. George Michale, Chica
go, Clarence Bender, Jerry Tay-
Camp Jobs Open
To NU Coeds
Camp positions for University
women are open at Camp Brew
ster, YWCA camp.
Girls interested in applying for
those positions should notify
Ruth Shinn in the YWCA office
at Ellen Smith hall this week.
She will arrange an interview
with the camp representative who
will be here April 6.
lor and Tom Brannaa round out
this quartet
FnHbaelcs.
Bud Laughlin and Galen Fiss,
who lettered as sophomore full
backs last season, are feeling the
pressure from a swarthy fresh
named Frank Sabatini, who
along with Frank Cindrich, has
been the most impressive of the
new backs to date. Morris Kay
also has moved into the fullback
picture.
Cindrich, former state sprint
champion, will make a serious bid
for the starting right halfback
berth if he continues to flash his
early spring form. John Konek
is working at both halves.
Two holdovers, Hal Cleavinger
and Bob Brandeberry also have
increased their stock. Cleavinger,
who was employed almost en
tirely on defense last season, hat
forced attention with his ball
carrying. Brandeberry was run
ning well also until sidelined
wtih a shoulder bruise.
Jerry Robertson and Dick Gats
are earning consideration at quar
terback. There is still a measure
of speculation on this spot sine
Chet Strehlow is the only active
performer in camp who actually
tasted a full round of game fir
every Saturday last season. Jerry
Bogue, 1949 regular, is working
in sweat clothes while a knee
heals completely from a Christ
mas operation.
Green.
This is the greenest Kansas
squad since before World War IL
It already is apparent that KU
successes next season, particular
ly in the line, will depend on the
maturing of the newcomers.
Sikes appraises the situation
accurately when he says... "All
the boys are showing a fine wil-
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them show promise, but they
simply have a long way to go.
We have very few boys who actu
ally played a lot of football last
season. That even goes for some
of the lettermen. We are going to
stare next fall mighty short on
experience."
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