The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 01, 1951, Page PAGE 3, Image 3
Tuesday, May 1, 1951 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 3 I)' ((Courtesy t Joarnal-gtM') DON COOPER . ... Ne braska's pole vaulter tied with Don Laz of Illinois at 14-6 for the blua ribbon at Drake. He was Injured on his first attempt at 15 feet. MeissEier. By Marshall Kushner Nebraska trackmen won their share of the glory and then some at the Drake Relays last weekend. Two Husker clndermen's names will be added to the list of Drake record holders. In the feature event that 12,500 track fans anxiously witnessed on a perfect day for a meet, Don Cooper and Don Laz wound up their pole vault performance in tie for first at 14'6". Misfortune struck Cooper as he had progressed to the 15 foot mark without knocking the bar off once. He came up with an in jured leg on his first attempt. After resting for a while in hopes of regaining some strength, Coop er was forced to stop half way down the run way on his second attempt. Las Fails Meanwhile, Laz, the Illinois flash, continued to make the 15 foot mark. He missed the bar on his first two tries and his third miss gave the crowd a real thrill. Laz went over and nudged the bar. As he hit the pit he saw it waver back and forth and finally come crashing down in the pit. Nevertheles, Cooper and Laz now share the Drake Relays re cord in that event. Cooper held the mark of 14T before he lock ed horns with the Illini star. Cooper wag crowded for the spotlight by Nebraska's blue rib bon high, jumper, Dick Meissner. Meissner was battling his own confe.nce opponents in this event with Oklahoma's Dick ECIJ JklviM Sciiicici Three famous Kansas basketball teams will be represented among the Alumni, when the Old Tim ers tackle the 1951-52 varsity here May 4 in a nocturnal at traction which will kick the lid off a huge sports weekend. Returning from the 1936 quin tet, which swept undefeated through 21 consecutive games until dumped out of the Olympic playoffs by Utah State's giant Aggies, will be Mitt Allen, oldest living son of Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen. The ringmaster was only in his 17th coaching season at Mt. Oread that winter. Mitt, now Douglas county at torney here, quarterbacked that highly-polished five, which also contained Ray Ebling, Ray Noble, Francis Kappelman and Fred Pralle. Operating as the trigger man in Allen's three-out, two-in alignment, Mitt earned a lasting reputation as one of the most clever, quick-thinking playmak crs in conference annals. Paul Rogers, a member of the same squad, will keep Mitt com pany in the seniority tier. Co-Captains Return. Both co-captains of the 1940 NHCAA runners-up, Dick Hary and Don Ebling, will come back for that renowed five. Harp is in his third season as Allen's aide hero. Ebling, now a Kansas City bunsiness man, hasn't played since a post-college career with that town s Phillips 66 unit. Though most famed as a post guard, Harp is best remembered that season for his looping two hander in the final 30 seconds of an overtime that handed KU a 45-43 win over Oklahom A & M in a fifth District NCAA play off in Oklahoma City. The Hawk ers then went on past Rice and USC for the Western champion ship, bowing to Indiana in the finals. Coming up in the wake of his brother Ray, a two-time all-Am-erican forward, Ebling never let tough hoeing bother him from the start. He was a three-year regular and there have been no consistently harder hustlers in Kansas annals. Another All-Amcrlcan They will be joined by a third teammate, Bobby Allen, now a Kansas City, Mo., surgeon, who was an all-American in 1941. Two terrific hands, Charles "The Hawk" Black and Otto Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W I. Prt. OB devi-lanS T S .100 . . . Wafthlnrton 1 .700 . . . New oi 8 Ml ... Boston 7 4 .838 Mi Chicago .800 1 Itetrnlt 3 .815 3 St. Lonls 8 .333 4 Philadelphia 1 18 .081 7V4 NATIONAL LEAOUK W L Prt. OB Bonton 10 6 .881 ... Brooklyn 8 4 .881 Mi Ht. Louis 3 .807 1 Philadelphia 1 8 .R38 t rMrairn 3 3 .500 !8V4 Plltithurirh .500 V4 Cincinnati 4 1 .364 4 Hew York 18 .143 IMi MONDAY'S RESULTS American lanif (No tames scheduled) National I-easue New York at Brooklyn (night) (Only game icheduled) Experts Tab Mantle Flop Some of the baseball "hotshots" are declaring that Mickey Mantle, the much publicized rookie of the New York Yankees, Is going to turn out a flop. At the present time he is hitting a meager .232. But Joltin' Joe Di Magglo is hitting .229 and John ny Mize .167. This is just another case of a young rookie being highly publi cized without being adequately prepared to fulfill that publicity. The same thing happened to Clint Hartung of the New York Giants. He did not pan out either, and at the present time is doing part time duty in the Giant outfield. Mantle was not to blame for being rated the greatest rookie since DiMagglo came up in 1936. And had the pressure been off in stead of on, he might have gotten off to a much better start. He is only 19 years old, and obviously his best days are still ahead. I Cooler, YEaode Jones and Missouri's Bob Gorden leading all the way. Meissner was able to top the field with a great jump of 6'7". This mark tops Meissner's old Nebraska high jump mark that he set last winter in an indoor dual track meet. It was the best height of his career and fell only an inch-and-a-half short of a new Drake record. Had Meissner have been suc cessful in his three attempts to clear 68", he would have erased the old mark set by Pete Watkins of Texas A and M in 1943. Thode Places Irv Thode was the only other Nebrakan to place in the Drake carnival. He leaped 23'5 in the broad jump. Charlie Weeks was able to win the event by posting a mark only three inches better than Thode's effort. The Texas A and M flash also won the Kan sas Relays high jump. Jim Lavery of Calgary, Alber ta, Canada was voted the out standing performer of the Drake meet. He received 20 out of 21 votes from attending sports writ ers at the classic. Other Nebraska performers found the competition rather rug ged and failed to make a showing. Herb Semper of Kansas won the two mile run and joined the two Nebraska aces in sharing the hon or of being the only Big Seven athletes to win blue ribbons. The conference was also blank ed in all the relay events. This was especially surprising after Oklahoma's relay teams had won Schellbacher, will return from the Iron Five of 1943. This was the third Allen team to sweep un defeated through a conference season for Kansas, and only the draft and enlistments ruined its NCAA potentialities. Black, fresh from four seasons with the pros, still is regarded as the greatest all-around player in Jayhawker history. His career to tal of 1983 points was surpassed only last year by the greatest Midlands' scorer of all-time, Clyde Lovellette. He still has not been matched as a defender and rebounder. Black was an All American in 1943 and 1946. Third Highest. Schellbacher, third high among Jayhawk all-time scorers, was a four-time all- conference choice at forward. He earned his first accolade as a sophomore in 1943. Then after a stint in the Air Force, he reached additional glory in 1946, 1947 and 1948. The Old Grads will be coached by another famous KU figure, Dutch Lonberg, now in his first season as Jayhawk athletic direc tor. Lonborg was an all-Missouri Valley -choice in both football and basketball just before and after World War I. He came from Northwestern last July after 23 seasons as Wildcat basketball coach. . McCue Bids For Record Arapahoe's Eugene "Hoppy" McCue will be bidding for a new broad jump record when the four winning leaps over the 22 feet mark this year. The versitile McCue has hafd state track meet rolls around. He jumped 22-6 , his best leap this year, at the Kearney Invitational last Monday and stretched out 22-4 Vt at the Arap ahoe Invitational Friday. McCue's jump at Kearney was nearly a foot past the 21-8Y4 re ported for Ladd Hanscom of Lin coln high, the second best per formance of the week. Bill Hawkins of Beatrice posted a 21-5 Mj and Ron Byrd of McCook went 21-2. Raymond Kelly of Danbury cleared 6-1 to share early season high jump honors with Walter Shafto of Harrisburg. The Banner County athlete did 6 feet at the Bayard Regional Friday. James Hofstetter of Kearney wrote his name on the list of 12 foot pole vaulters. He topped this mark by Vs of an inch. Mitchell's Elwood Weitzel, run ning on a straightaway, moved out front in the low hurdles with :21 at ayard. Ken Reiner of Red Willow (McCool) became the first shot putter to better 49 feet. He shoved the iron ball 49-2 at the Arapahoe Regional. Paul Frcdstrom, North east's all-around performer, did 48-10. Charles Jones, Boys Town frosh, turned in a dazzling 4:37.4 mile during the dual at Lincoln high. r K ' W 1 (Crnirtny of Tottml-Btftr) IEVING THODE . , , . sopho more broad jumper stretched far enough to take a third place at the Drake carnival. He was only three inches be hind the winner. four baton events at the Texas Relays and Kansas Relays. Drake University swept the 440, 880 and mile relays, setting a new half mile distance time of 1:25.5 in the preliminaries. , Penn Shades In comparing the Drake times with the rival Penn Relay's marks, the records will show Penn times shading Drake's eight to seven, with two ties. The marks posted by Cooper and Meissner were top marks of both meets. In comparison for all-time events, Drake now leads Penn 239 to 213 events, with 23 ties. Nebraska's cindermen will be shooting for their first dual out door track meet of the season against the University of Okla homa at Norman this Saturday. MU Athlete Now Jumper Sometimes, nothing succeeds like a change in sports scenery, and that's the story of Ladie Sto-' vail, Missouri broad-jumper, who reported to the Tiger campus, athletically speaking, full of de sire and determination to play basketball for 01' Mizzou. That was a -short-lived ambi tion. Laddie won his . freshman cage numeral, but there it ended. Newcomers like Bud Heineman, George Lafferty and Abe Rubin overshadowed the 5-ft. 9-inch sophomore from when Coach Sparky Stalcup started counting noses for his 1948-49 varsity. Whereupon Stoval quietly stuffed bis high school average of 15 points per game into his hip pocket and turned to track. This was a biddable suit, too, for the flat-nosed athlete had spanned 21 -ft. 1-inch to win the Class "A" state title his senior year. Only hitch here was the ad vice of a competent track authority that he'd never surpass the 22 -foot mark as a collegian. Lacks Qualifications "You just don't have the build, speed or spring to make a good college jumper," was the frank appraisal. "Physically, your abso lute capacity is about 224 feet. Stovall blew that theory to pieces last season, consistently jumping in the high 22's, with a peak effort of 23-ft. Vi-inch out doors against Nebraska. This year, he's flying even higher. Soaring to an all-time high of indoor meet two months ago, Lad die pocketed a surprising second 23-ft. 6 M -inches in the Big Seven behind Kansas State's Herb Hos kins. He treaded 23-ft. 58-inches against the Huskers Friday, and came back the with a 23-ft. 5& inch leap, one inch off Texas" Charles Meeks winning try. Like Nebraska's Don Cooper, who solved the 15-foot pole-vault riddle by using a revise grip, Sto vall thinks he has the answer. It's "relaxation", he says. His Theory Stovall puts it this way: "In broad-jumping, the last three strides prior' to hitting "the take off board are the most important That's when you have to relax, yet still maintain speed, and con centrate on your lift. I feel I'm just now learning to relax in those final strides before the take off." A marketing major, the 150 pound Stovall was sufficiently "relaxed" to compete 14 jumps over a two-day period without a single foul; moreover, even though beset by a slight muscle strain he had the stamina to im prove his distance. Tiger Coach Tom Botts terms Stovall's hope of 24-ft. jump "quite probable", and in tribute to his protege, Botts says: "Laddie gets most of what he has into all his jumps. He doesn't have great speed or tremendous spring, but his technique in the air is very fine." Lavery Voted Best Athlete Jim Lavery, the Canadian who anchored three victorious Drake Relay teams, was named the out standing performer in the annual Drake Relays. He ran anchor oh the Drake teams that won the 440, 80 and mile relays and set a meet record of 1:25.5 in the 880 yard prelim inaries. :, A year ago he had the fastest indoor time in the country in the 440-yard dash. This year he won the 600 yard run at the Milwau kee Games and was undefeated in the quarter mile during the in door season. AROUND THE LOOP... Split T Widely Used By Football Teams By Shirley Murphy That something new, an attack mixed with a short punt, brought Missouri the Big Six title and a Sugar Bowl invitation in 1941. Coach Don Faurot's Split T, the something, brought the Tigers another conference title in 1942. For ten years, Faurot's Split or Sliding T has been standard equipment at Missouri. It isn't ex clusive Faurot's anymore. In 1850, more than 30 major colleges used the Split T as basic formation. Four of Missouri's opponent's for this fall will be giv ing Faurot a taste of his own medicine. Fordham, Maryland, Okla homa and K-State out of Mizzou's ten opponents will be using the same tactics. When Oklahoma attended the Big Seven indoor meet at Kan sas City, they met with all kinds of difficulties, minor and major. First off, hurdler Jim Smith pulled a muscle. Half-miler George McCormick injured an arch. Two Sooner 440-yard runners, lead ing the race, collided, knocking one down. Charles Coleman, No. 3 runner in the mile relay, pulled a muscle and forced the Sooners out of the race. But last of all, to the hotel, sometbody had stolen his hat. -After their wrecked indoor Beason, the track men came out doors and realljr went to work. They came roaring back winning four university' class relays at Texas and three at -Kansas. The Oklahoma team won the relays at Kansas and lost the team title in Texas by a fraction of a point. Jacobs gives all the credit to his new headgear, though you'd think he would be congratulating himself on a coaching job well done. "This is sure some hat I bought," he says referring to the one he bought to substitute for his stolen one. "If anything, this is a faster hat than the old one." Of the twenty-eight men receiving orchids of the week at Iowa State for spring football practice, only five have been repeated the three times. These players of three-fourths a month are Stan Campbell, Maury Schnell, Bob Voetberg, Jack Lessin and Bob Rohwedder. If n ,130 y)0 a When Kansas Football Coach J. V. Sikes metes out personal praise it's time to lend an ear. The Tall Tactician, who be lieves in a Spartan routine on the practice field, handed down not one but two verbal accolades as his charges closed their fifth week of spring drills. They were aimed at a pair of halfback veterans, Dean Wells and Hal Cleavinger. "Our squad is showing a fine willingness to work this spring," Sikes smiled, after he watched it troop into the clubhouse fol lowing the final dress rehearsal for Saturday's game condition scrimmage. "But those two boys really want to play football. They've got their minds made up to be fine football players next fall and . . . well, right now, I don't know why they shouldn't be." Wells and Cleavinger have furnished the bossman's new eyebrow-raising with their of fensive flashes this spring. Both were defensive regulars last sea son, but their current pace is demanding attention in attack plans for 1951. Wells carried the leather only 15 times last season from left halfback, netting 36 yards. Cleav ing packed it on only seven oc casions, gaining 29 yards as a right-sider. This spring the slender driver from Great Bend has been slash ing so furiously his teammates have nicknamed him "Crazy Legs." Cleavinger, always an elusive number in the open, has picked up the quick accerleration which Sikes demands of his backs, and carries good power as well. "You can say those boys are making a place for themselves," Sikes continued. "Sure, they're going to play some offense next season." Wells will be a senior next season; Cleavinger, a former prep ace at Manhattan, a junior. Both, of course, are running into heavy traffic at their re spective spots. Charlie Hoag, who powered for 940 net yards as a sophomore last season, is return ing on the left side. So is Pat Murphy, who earned a letter as a sophomore. Up .'rom the frosh is John Konek, the rangy all purpose buster from California, WANT ADS WHEN YOU WANT RESULTS USE DULY fSEIOASKAH WANT ADS CASH RATES No. of One j Two Three Word! j Day Daye Daye Foar I Fire Daja I Dan 1-10 f .It j .M I $ .88 j w.oo I ,n 11-U M j LOt j 1.16 j m-w 1 .mi m i m 1 m 1 ll-M I .TO I LloTi.46 j l.Tt j 1.M I M1.U l.M Include addresses when flgmr inf cost Brinr ads to Daily Nebraskaa business office, Student Union, or mail with correct amount and insertions desired. NO ADS TAKEN BY PHONE MUSIC Jimmy PhlUipe' combo tor for. mala, noue pertiee. Q-771T erenlngi. FOR SALE 1949 Ford convertible, fully equipped, original owner. 2433 A. 3-1162. HONEYMOON IN COLORADO! Modern hcusekeeDlnit cabins in South St. Vrain Canyon near Rocky Mountain National Park. Low June rates; write: flcnaelere "Holiday Cottagee," Lyoni, Colo. COACH and wife deeire ground floor apt. for rammer school eesslon. Pat Bleier- man, Mitchell, JNeDrasite, j when Coach John Jacobs returned Pa. Wade. Stinson, last year's great little regular, is gone from right half but Bob Brandeberry, an other sophomore monogram win ner, is returning. Also, there is a two-fold press from the frosh in Konek and Frank Cindrich, former Wyandotte high school sprint king. M calves A Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests ft ft ft ?'f ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft I 1 iiiisiiiiiiii?r t I 11 -v 3T m m. TV K IM o wonder he blew his stack! All this double talk about quick cigarette tests was a flagrant infringement on his patent rights! They couldn't fool this character with "one-puff" "one-whiff" experiments. 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Among the better players up for a taste of varsity competi tion are Bill Johnson, 6-7 center from Lincoln; Jim Abernathy, 6-1 forward from Scottsbluff; Fred Seger, 6-2 guard from Omaha; Don Weber, 6-3 forward from Esterville, la.; Bud Ex strom, 6-0 guard from Holdrege; and Clark Smaha, 6-11 for ward from Chicago, 111. Johnson Needs Work Johnson, who prepped at Lin coln Teachers, is being groomed to replace the pivot post which was vacated by Bob Pierce. He has a lot of heieht in his favor but still needs a ereat deal of work on rebounding and defense. Good believes he will have two capable guards in Mercier and Buchanan. Both men should im prove with the added experience they got last season. Joe Good should continue to be a stellar performer at forward. Originally scheduled to play guard, he switched over to the forward post last season and wound up as third high scorer on the team. Good maintains the greatest need is for more height and ex perience at the center and for ward positions. 'At the center post," he ex plained, "we could use another tail man to compete with John son in practice sessions so that both men will know what to do when they run up against tall men under game conditions. MOTHER'S DAY CARDS Early $howing of Mother and Father's Day Cardt Goldenrod Stationery Store 215 North 14th Street Oomllir If .THE WE 7 f think """""""W wis He also believes the club will be strengthened by the new freshman rule which will allow first-year men to compete on the varsity. More Help Further help will come from Jim Snyder, Al Blessing and Andy Bunten who are currently competing In spring sports. The Alums should provide a thorough test for Good's team. They will be bidding for a repeat victory. The Alums won the first edition of the annual contest by a 64-61 count. They will anchor their team on the tall shoulders of Bus Whitehead and Bob Pierce. Whitehead set a new seasonal scoring record during his senior year only to have it broken by Pierce last season. Points Scored Whitehead scored 360 points during the 1949-50 campaign while Pierce meshed the nets for 384 in the 1950-51 season. The grads will also have a pair of top-notch guards on hand in Joe Brown who is with the Standard Oil Company In Grand Island, and Neal Mosser, basket ball coach at Omaha Tech Anton Lawry, coach at Cairo, and Kenneth Anderson, coach at Lexington, have said they will play. Other former varsity perfor mers ready to play are Henry Cech, Berwyn, 111.; Paul Kipper, Lincoln: Jess Sell, Louisville; and Darrell Brandenburg, Lib erty, Ind. CHICAGO COLLEGE of OPTOMETRY rally Aeeredltel An Outstanding CoIIere In a Splendid Profession Entrance requirement thirty semester hours of credits in specified courses. Advanced standing granted for addi tional L. A. credits in speci fied courses. Registration Now Open Excellent clinical facilities. 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