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Monday, May 14, 1951
NU Baseballers Continue
Big 7 Race Against Tigers
Standings
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Iowa elate
Kansas State
Colorado 0
The runnerup slot In the Big
Seven baseball race will be at
'stake when Nebraska plays host
to Missouri today and Tuesday.
Nebraska Is currently riding in
the number two berth In the con
ference. The Huskers have four
wins and two losses for a .667
average.
The Mizzou are tied with the
Kansas Jayhawks for third and
fourth. Both schools have four
wins and three losses for .571 av
erages. This will be the last home stand
for Coach Tony Sharpe's crew
Both games start at 3 p.m.
The Nebraskans will attempt to
get back on the victory trail again
after dropping a 7-5 tilt to league
Sharpe has indicated he will
start Dick McCormick, sophomore
hurler from Silver Creek, in the
first game. Mccormick s record
shows three wins against two
losses.
He went all the way against the
Sooners last week and was
charged with the loss. He gave
up two home runs in the slugfest.
Kopf Starts Second
Junior Del Kopf, Lexington,
Will hurl the second game. He
sports a flawless 2-0 record. How
ever, in his last start against the
Colorado Buffs he was badly
shelled and finally was pulled out
of the game.
Bob Diers. West Point, contin
ued to lead the Husker hittinf
parade. He has blasted the hard
ball for 20 hits in 50 trips to the
plate for an even .400.
Omaha's Bill Fitzgerald moved
Into the number two slugging
berth after the Oklahoma fray.
He collected two for four against
the Sooners to raise his season
average to .365.
Bob Reynolds, the Grand Is
land all-sports whiz, slipped to
third place in the batting depart
ment. He got only a single against
Sooners to Take Limited
Number to Conference Meet
Although Big Seven Confer
ence regulations limit the travel
ing squad to 30 men, Oklahoma
will take only 15 to the Big
Seven Conference outdoor meet
May 18 and 19 at Columbia, Mo.
However, Coach John Jacobs'
Sooners, who hurried to victory
in 7 of 14 university class relays
st the Texas and Kansas Relays,
will try to get a maximum of
points out of its thin personnel.
Missouri, which last Saturday
annihilated Notre Dame 105-26
on the same track where the Big
Seven meet will be held next
week, is a heavy favorite to win
on her home cinders. Coach Tom
Botts' Tigers will probably have
an entry almost numerically dou
ble that of Oklahoma as the host
school goes after points in every
Internationalist
In Oklahoma's
Don Walraven
Tennis is an international game
and Don Walraven, third ranking
of Coach Walt Mead's Oklahoma
netmen, is somewhat of an inter
nationalist himself.
Not that Don has traveled ex
tensively. He was born and
raised in Oklahoma City, just
eighteen miles away. It's just
that Walraven is a practical soul.
He likes to utilize his college
studies on the tennis courts.
Don is a language major. He
speaks Spanish fluently. In ad
dition he has tried his larynx at
French, German, Greek, Japa
nese and Italian. ( He also speaks
English.
You can always spot Don on
the courts. He wears an earnest
but painted expression whenever
he flubs st shot. He mutters, and
as the tension of the game in
creases calls out in strange and
exotic tongues. Your guess is as
good as mine as to what he says.
Large Following
Don has a large following. His
fellow residents at International
house always have a delegation
on hand when Walraven takes
the court He usually converses
with them in Spanish during lulls
in the match.
When Don piayeea amu ib
nik, India's gift to the Colorado
tennis squad, he mixed an aft
ernoon of athletics with a social
get-together. The two opponents
had a fine chat in Spanish all
they lacked was a cup of tea.
Sporting a 2.3 grade average In
this his senior year, Don is due
to graduate in June.
His immediate object Is to gain
the No. 1 spot on the Oklahoma
team, now filled by burly Char
ley Cunningham. Taking a longer
view, if Walraven gains a defer
ment from his draft board, he
would, like to enter graduate
school and play Ave years of
tournament tennis. Then off to
South America as a representa
tive of some' American business
firm.
'Hoppy' McCue Is
Athlete of Year
Eugene "Hoppy" McCue, sen
ior from Arapahoe, is Nebraska's
high school athlete of the year.
"Hoppy" was selected from a
field of 11 senior contestants for
the honor inaugurated by The
Sunday Journal and Star.
The Arapahoe high school ace
is outstanding in football, basket
ball and track.
AROUND THE INFIELD Pictured here are the Husker" base
ballers that are on duty around the infield. They are. left to richt.
John Rego, third base; Bob Lohrberg, catcher; Bob Reynolds,
second base; and Bill Jensen, shortstop. First baseman Ray
Mladovich is kneeling.
Oklahoma and dropped from .361
to .352.
Tigers Dangerous
The Tigers are always danger
ous opponents for Nebraska. They
have a ball team which got off
to a slow start but improved as
the season progressed;
Sharpe said that his team
"would have to be playing its
sharpest brand of ball in order
to get by the Missourians."
The Tigers have a team which
does not boast many heavy slug
gers. But they have a lot of speed
and defensive ability.
Sharpe describes their pitchers
as "potentially very good and
generally consistent."
Nebraska's conference hopes re
ceived a shot in the arm Friday
when it was learned that Iowa
State had bounced the leading
Sooners 3-1 in their first meeting
at Ames. The Okies still had a
Saturday date in Ames and then
journey to Colorado for two
games with the Buffs. .
event. Six places will be scored
in each, counting 10-8-6-4-2-1. It
seems a program ideally suited
to Missouri's superb depth and
balance.
Pleasant Problem
Jacobs, Sooner mentor finishing
his 30th season ot track coaching
at Norman, has a problem decid
ing in what events he will use
Quanah Cox, his sophomore star
from Duncan, Okla.
A great-grandson of Quanah
Parker, famous Comanche war
chief of the 1870's, the 19-year-old
Cox is probably best at 440
yards and the broad jump al
though he has had to learn to
jump off his opposite foot since
injuring his take-off ankle in
high school basketball.
But the slight, part-Comanche
may not get to compete in both
these events at Columbia since
they, come at identically the same
time on the Big Seven program.
Jacobs may use Cox in the 100
and 220 yards dashes instead of
the 440. Cox isn't brilliant in
either although he runs them in
slightly better than even time.
He steps his relay 440 in close to
48 seconds.
Coleman Might Go
Charles Coleman, gigantic
Sooner runner who as a sopho
more won the Big Seven outdoor
440 last May at Lincoln, Neb.,
mav comnete after all at Colum
bia. Benched for nearly two
months with a pulled leg muscle,
Coleman strode a relay 440 leg
in 51.9 seconds in the dual meet
against Nebraska here last week.
While he won't be in top trim,
he may place at Columbia or at
least run in the relay.
MU Announces
Aid Plan for
Tiger Athletes
University of Missouri athletes
will receive about $100,000 in aid
during the next academic year in
volving a new plan which is be
ing introduced.
Missouri officials announced
the clan is within keeping of the
I aid-to-athletes policy adopted by
it scrapped the sanity code.
The money will be supplied
from football game profits and
from contributions of alumni and
other Tiger athletic, fans.
The officials said it is designed
to end the hypocrisies of secret
deals with athletes. '
We plan to add several young women to our art
staff in Kansas City.
...
Regular salary will be paid and all supplies furnished
while receiving advanced training on the job. '
If you are interested in creative designing, lettering,
or finished drawing and would like a full time per
manent position in our Kansas City office write
Mr. W. R. McCloskey for additional information.
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Hagin Makes
Strong Bid for
Loop Honors
Don "Bronco" Hagin, an out
standing athlete at the Univer
sity of Colorado for three years,
will make a strong bid for all-
conference honors this spring in
his last collegiate competition.
Hagin, a three-letter fullback,
is behind the plate this spring re
ceiving the slants of Colorado's
speedball pitching staff and is
ledaing the Duff squad with a
.307 batting average.
Hagin got off to a terrific start
in a bid for the conference bat
batting honors in Colorado's two
game series with Nebraska. Al-
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though the Buffs lost both games,
Hagin slammed out a single, three
doubles, and a home run in nine
trips to the plate, for a .556 aver
age. Hopes Against Soccers
: He will try to hoist this high
altitude mark even higher at the
expense of the Oklahoma Soon-
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Tuesday. But the Sooners have a
fine crew of veteran right-handed
pitchers who may make it rough
on Hagin.
He has won two previous "C"s
in baseball behind the plate. Last
fall he lettered in football de
spite a broken arm incurred in
the Arizona game. Jn his sopho
more year the husky athlete from
Englewood high school played of
fense for the Buffs while he held
the number one defensive full
back assignment for the past two
years.
"Don was a very fine blocker, a
good tackier, and had an uncan
ny way of picking holes which
made him a constant threat," says
head football coach Dal Ward.
"He was probably one of the
hardest workers on the squad
and had as much desire as any
boy we have had.
Thrill With Huskers
Hagin calls his biggest sports
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Schedule
Monday
lUmhtll Mimouri fct Llnroln (3 p.m.).
Tennlt KaniM Stuta mt Manhattan,
Kaa.
TuMday
Itaieball Mliiouri at Lincoln (3 p.m.).
Thuraday
Track Bit Seven meet at Columbia,
Mo.
Friday
Baseball Kaneaa State at Manhattan.
Kan.
Track HI Seven meet at Columbia,
Mo.
(lolf Bis Seven meet at Kama city,
Mo.
Naturdar
Baaeball Kaniai State at Manhattan,
Ka.
Tennlt Biff Seven meet at Columbia,
Mo.
(lolf Bl( Seven meet at Kannai City,
Mo.
Track Biff Seven meet at Columbia,
Mo.
Richards Also
Good Manager
In Majors
"I don't pick anybody to beat
the White Sox."
Thusly did Paul Richards, Chi
cago White Sox manager, sum up
the American league diamond
race.
The freshman manager is show
ing he can win games in the ma
jors as well as the minors. He
served as manager of such minor
league teams as Atlanta, Buffalo
and Seattle.
And now he has the White Sox
in the midst of the battle for
American league honors.
At first he was primarily con
sidered a developer of young
pitchers. But now he is gaining
a reputation as a shrewd man to
deal with in trading.
He gave complete support to
last winter's trade which sent
starting pitchers Ray Scarborough
and Bill Wight to the Boston Red
Sox for outfielder Al Zarilla and
Joe Dobson and Dick Liffefield.
Zarilla filled up the hole in
right field and is currently tied
for runs batted in honors.
Arapahoe, Harrisburg, LHS,
Central City Cop State Titles
Lincoln Hish. Central City.
Arapahoe and Harrisburg cap
tured the 1951 High School track
and field championships Satur
day in Memorial Stadium. The
Links, Central City and Harris
burg harriers had the most
trouble in wrapping up the titles
while Arapahoe won in a breeze.
The Indians amassed 53 points
in copping their third consecu
tive class C title. Elkhorn was
the number two team, getting
22 16 counters, far behind the
chamipons. Arapahoe, in win
ning, thus became the first school
in 27 years to win a state cham
pionship three consecutive years.
As in the past two years, it
was versatile Eugene.. "Hoppy"
McCue who led the Indians to
the triumph. Hoppy easily took
individual honors during the af
ternoon by copping four first
places and placing fifth in ano
ther event. His total point aggre
gation during the meet was 33
points, more than the second
place team.
Two Man Team
McCue and teammate Cookson
made up the entire Arapahoe
track team. Cookson took gold
medal honors, winning the 120
high hurdles in thetime of :15.0.
McCue's efforts earned him two
gold medals, the broad jump and
180 low hurdles. His time of :20.5
in the lows was also a new state
record, ont of the two estab
lished during the afternoon.
Omaha North put the other
new mark into the record books.
Their mile relay aggregation set
the state mark at 3:32.5.
Central City surprised in win
ning the B title. Favored Mitchell
was passed in the 880 yard relay
as the CC runners copped first
thrill ihf touchdown he scored
against Nebraska as a sophomore
fullback- when the Buffs Dosted
their first Big Seven win, 19-6.
He also rates higniy tne day in
1949 when he made more yard
age than the entire Kansas back-
field.
Oddly enough Hagin came to
Colorado to play basketball,
which had been his major sport
at Englewood. "But I couldn't
find the time for it between foot
ball and baseball," he says. A
physical education major, the
hopes for a coaching job on grad
uation this June.
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Lilies, Practical Arts Win
An inspired band of Presby
House softballers stopped de
fending champions, Lutheran
Student Association, Friday eve
ning to take 'he Interdenomina
tional championship by a 2 to 1
score.
In a game that saw only ten
hits and some outstanding field
ing, the Presbys came from be
hind to take the narrow decision.
Trailing 0-1, entering the fifth
frame, the champions bunched
two hits and took advantage of
one error to get their needed two
counters.
Catcher Paul Siegmund opened
the inning with a close play at
first base that went in the books
as an error on Lutheran third
sacker Hatanako. Siegmund
scooted to second as shortstop
Norm Sothan singled to right.
Betcke Singles
Presby third-baseman Clark
Betcke came through in the
clinch with a single down the
middle, scoring Siegmund from
second and sending , Sothan to
third.
Tot Holmes sent a long fly to
center-field for the first out and
Sothan trying to score after the
catch was nailed at the plate on
a good throw by LSAer Nelson.
Betcke went to third n the play.'
D. Saughstad, who hurled all
the way for the losers, had one
bad moment while pitching to
Presby Bill Pratt. His second
pitch went wild and high and
Betcke scampered home with the
winning run.
Take Lead
The defending champs had
their moment in the second in
ning. Lee Stauffer, LSA left
fielder, fouled off pitch after
pitch before singling to left off
Presby hurler Bill Mundell. He
place only 2.6 seconds off the
class record.
Harrisburg's 880 relay team
managed a fourth place to in
sure themselves the class D hon
ors. There was no defending
champion competing in that class
Saturday as 1950's co-champs,
Hildreth and Taylor were com
peting in class C circles.
Last Event Decides
Lincoln's mile relay team
earned a second place to the
record-breaking North outfit to
pass Omaha Central in the point
standings. Central had led
throughout the entire meet until
the final event when their relay
team failed to place among the
top five.
Gold medal honors during the
day went to the following boys
High hurdles Cookson of Arap
ahoe; 100-yard dash Hendrick
son of Lincoln; Low Hurdles
McCue of Arapahoe; 440-yard
dash Seals of Omaha Tech; 220-
yard dash Hendrickson of Lin
coin; Mile run Hoffarber of
Hastings; 880-yard run Zinnel
of Ravenna; 880-yard . relay
Lincoln; mile relay Omaha
North; Shot Put Fyfe of David
City; Discus Glantz of Central
City; Broad jump McCue of
Arapahoe; Pole vault Crosby of
Sutherland; High jump Kelley
of Danbur-
Point Totals
Point totals for the top teams
in the four classes were: Class
A Lincoln High, 52; Omaha
Central. 49; Alliance. 21; Scotts
bluff, 20; Omaha North, 19;
Omaha Tech, 16 35; Hastings, 12.
Class B Central City, 35; Mit
chell, 30: Lincoln Teachers, 22:
Gering, 21; Broken Bow,, 16 and
Ogallala, 16.
Class C Arapahoe, 53; Elk
horn, 22 16; Clay Center, 18;
Wood River, 18; Oshkosh, 16;
Humboldt. 13; Peru Prep, 13 and
Oxford, 13. ,
Class D Harrisburg, 27;
Table Rock, 21; McCool Junc
tion, 17; Red Willow, 17;
Wilson ville, 16; Madrid, 15.
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stole second and streaked to
third on an infield out.
Dan Llndquist sept s slow
dribbler to Betcke at third and
on the only play, to first base,
Stauffer crossed the plate.
The Lutherans threatened again
in the fourth as leadoff man
Hatanako singled off the thirct
base sack. He reached second
on the only Presby error of the
contest and third on an infield
out.
Out at Home
He streaked home as Nelson
hit sharply to third, but was out
at the plate as Betcke pegged a
perfect strike to Siegmund.
Presby got two men on in the
second with only one away, but
failed to realize any profit.
Mundell allowed the Lutherans
but four hits with some excel
lent help as his infield and out
field turned in some fielding
gems.. He struck out one and
Saughstad had control until
the fifth in losing the contest.
He allowed six hits to the cham
pions, struck out six and walked
one.
Reach Finals
The Lilies and Practical Arts
advanced to the Independent
finals Friday by dropping the Ag
Men's Club and Dental College
Frosh, respectively. The PA boys
got theirs the easy way as the
Dents forfeited.
The Lilies chalked up a 14-0
victory behind the one-hit pitch
ing of Paul Kipper. Kipper had
a no-hitter for four frames and
lost it as leadoff man Rex Coff
man singled in the fifth stanza.
The one hit made little differ
ence, however, as the Lily bats
men smacked Aggie hurler Tony
Wohlman for eight safeties.
The victors collected 11 of
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Gifford, Dick Spangler and Doug Dale. Erv Peterson is the other
varsity golfer.
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their tallies in the second and
third frames, seven in that third.
Kipper Leads
Kipper also led his mates at
the plate, collecting two singles
and a triple. Jess Sell helped
the winning cause along by
clouting a third inning homer.
The Lilies and Practical Arts
outfits will meet Monday at 5:15
p.m. for tb Independent title.
Defending All-University cham
pion Cornhusker Co-op racked
Tau Kapp Epsilon for a 10-0
lead through the first six innings
and then forgot all they knew
about softball in the final stan
za and gave the weakened Tekes
five runs on one hit, one base
on balls, one hit-batsman, and
five glaring errors.
With only one out to go, the
Co-Co men began dropping flies
like flies and throwing wild
whenever they got the chance.
The ten-run deficit was too
much for the Tekes, however,
and the defending ti tie-holders '.
found their fielding eye for one
more out and that was the game. ,
The Co-op men scored seven
times in the fifth inning for
what proved to be the winning
outburst.
Pitcher Stu Nelson led off with
a single and advanced to third '
on a liner to left by Lliteras. An
error and three straight hits by
Don Nelson, Wong and John
Rasmussen scuttled the Tekes.
Nelson gave the losers only
four hits in registering the win.
He walked four and sent 11 ,
Tekes down swinging. . Jerry
Ewing and Ron Sterkle worked
o:. the mound for the losers and
issued 13 hits along with five
walks.
Rasmussen led the hitting way
for the winners with three sin
gles and a double. Jim Carlirt
added two singles and Dick Hun- ,
gerford contributed a four-bag- ;
ger. Ewing led the losing hit
ters with a double, coming in
the wild last inning.
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