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nbird feirdl ird eirs End Sparkles 1 Wednesday, March 26, 1952 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN By GLENN NELSON Assistant Sports Editor Coach Bill Glassford's gridders have a limited number of practice sessions remaining in the 1952 spring football training period. For this reason, the Husker mentor has a series of hard scrimmages en tap for his Scar let squad. The April 5 deadline for the annual alumni-varsity rame is drawing- near, and the Nebraskans have paid no heed to the unfavorable weather con ditions the past few days. The spring scrimmage system set up by Glassford and his staff this year places .the squad mem bers on different teams, ranging from A to I. .These teams compete against each other daily, and every squad member strives to work up to an A team position. Coach Glassford's A team Tuesday listed Ted Connor and Dennis Emanuel, ends; Don Boll and Jim Oliver, tackles; Kay Curtis and George Frochaska, ruards; Bob Oberlin, center; John Bordogna, .quarterback; Chuck Chamley and Dennis Korinek, halfbacks; Ed Gazin ski, fullback. The men Glassford picked as having shown the most improve ment since the beginning of spring practice sessions were Connor, Emanuel, and Bill Schabacker. All three are currently playing at end positions on the Husker squad. Connor has played both tackle and end for the Cornhuskers, and Schabacker was primarily used as a linebacker last fall. The second unit, or B team, was composed of Schabacker and George Paynich, ends; Jerry Min nick and Ed Husmann, tackles; Carl Brasee and Tony Winey, Andrews, Hebst, Altman Win IM Handball Crowns Jack Andrews of Delta --'jma Pi and Howard Herbst and Lyle Altman of Sigma Nu are the 1952 intramural handball champions. Andrews climaxed his parade through 122 university men by downing Leonard Singer of Zeta Beta Tau to take the individual championship. Herbst and Altman proved themselves the best of 49 teams and emerged as doubles champs. They defeated Bob Bab cock and Tom Cushing of Sigma Alpha Epsilon in the finals. Stem Alpha Epsilon swept Grid Players Spice Tiger Infield Drills Two grid quarterbacks are makinir strong bids for infield lobs with coach John "Hi" Sim mons' Missouri baseball squad as the Tieers .move into their final two weeks of tune-up work. Tony Scardino, freshman, and Bob Schoonmaker, sophomore, are the two gridders showing up well in Missouri's early drills although Coach Simmons has had little opportunity to survey his candidates outdoors. The baseballers have been confined to batting cage work in the fleldhouse for all but two sessions. Knardino has Droven himself a nifty fielder, and is currently working at the shortstop spot. Schoonmaker, also a shortfielder, has been hittine the ball soundly and may be shunted to the first base vacancy, ine two ouier in field positions currently belong to lettermen Kent Kurtz, second baseman, and Ross Boeger, third baseman. Coach Simmons will enter the 1952 campaign with nine re turning lettermeii on the squad. Five of these holdovers are bat tery personnel. They are pitch ers Kick Atkinson and Don Boenker; catchers Herb Gell man, Carl Barbour and Bob Murrey. Two outfielders have previously won their numeral. They are Jack Patchett and captain Junior Wren, star halfback on Tiger grid squad. Wren, Big Seven swat champion of 1951 wim a .408 average, mrrpntlv recuDerating from fractured right wrist. If Wren is unable to play, his position will be taken by either itaipn Monroe, Jerry Schoonmaker, Bob's brother, or Vic swennou. to the team championship with a total of 39 points scored by their heavy entry list. Beta Theta Fi took runner-up honors with 29 tollies. It is interesting to note that the two individual finalists were prac tically the sole entries for their organizations. Andrews was one of two Delta Pi's entered in the tournament while Singer was the only representative of the Zetas. The Sig Alphs will receive the team trophy while Andrews, Herbst and Altman will be the recipients of intramural medals. The final team standings were: SAE 39 Beta 29 Phi Gam 21 Indep. 21 Sig Nu 13 ATO '9 Phi Delt 8 Delta Pi 8 ZBT 6 Sig Chi 4 Delt 1 PI Kap 1 DU ....J 1 Sig Ep 1 The five basketball players with the highest career point-totals at the University ol Missouri are cm stauffer. Dan Pippin. Thornton Jenkins. Bud Heineman and John Cooper. guards; Verl Scott, center; Dan mown, quarterback; Max Ken nedy and Bob Smith, halfbacks; ueorge Ciira, fullback. The C team listed Ted James and Jerry Yeager, ends; Harvey Goth and Bill Holloran, tackles; Russ Morgan and Ken Osborne, guards; Dick Goll. center; Duane Rankin, quarterback; Emil Ra dik and Lawrence Goll, half backs; Jim Yeisley, fullback. Members of the D outfit were Pat Lee and George Bauer, ends; Don Glantz and John Sebold, tackles; Tom Kripal and John Machisic, guards; Dick Watson, center; Ken Moore, quarterback; Bill Thayer and Don Sterba, half backs; George Gohde, fullback. Members of the nine scrim mage teams are being shifted often, as the squad members fight for top positions. Glass ford indicated Tuesday that he plans to invite 44-50 men back to early fall workouts. Nine names appeared on the Scarlet list of men injured in practice. Those unable to scrim mage Tuesday due to previous injuries were Max Kitzleman, Jerry Paulson, Hi Prucka, Walter Finke, John Brestal, Frank Bar rett, Dierks Ralston, Ladd Hans com, and Emerson Scott. '' ' ' v V,; " j Vans! i: f 'iSM r i-wtr-itiiriiiitM-TJ'rwmi'-r'iaiiiiiiriiTi'f utthiii All Sports Day The University department of athletics has planned for several varsity sports exhibi tions on All Sports Day, April 5. The annual alumni-varsity football game, to be played in the afternoon of that day, will highlight the card. Coach Bill Glassford's charges will battle an Inspired alumni aggrega tion, coached by Trainwreck Tom Novak, in their final spring grid session of the year. A n alumni-varsity basket ball exhibition, a regularly scheduled baseball contest, golf, tennis and gymnastic meets, and a track team demonstra tion are also planned. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased for $1. Thirty Teams See IM Water-Basketball Action BY BILL MUNDELL Intramural Sports Columnist Intramural water - basketball entered its second week of action this week with only seven unde feated teams among the 30 squads in competition. The rest of this week will see more action continu ing through the crowning of an All-University champion on Wednesday, April 9.- An otrwise bright picture of the rough water-sport is tainted by the numerous for feits during the initial action. Of the first 38 decisions re corded in the books, 25 of them have been through forfeits. Only 13 actual contests have come off as scheduled in the Coliseum pool. Beta Theta Pi of the deep-water league II heads the list of un beaten outfits. The Betas are all victorious in three contests, all three wins coming in legitimate contests. They have rolled up an impressive 86 points in their initial contests while limiting tneir op Donents to but eight tallies. Swinv mer Bill Greer currently leads the Betas and the entire league II in scoring. Fhl Delta Theta tops league I with a similar 3-0 record, two of the victories coming in actual batUes. The Phi Delta have amassed a total of 51 points while holding their opponents to 20 and own the league's top in dividual scorer in Gordon Peterson. League III of the deep-water division finds two teams occupy' ing first place. Both the Simimen' wohs (they pronounce it "Swim Cadtef ion Umelighfl1 ff Tigeir Grid Bill Rowekamp was the central; offensively. Early plans are to m ccmir 'c snrins croom KOweKamu ior a uacu- MOST IMPROVED ... Ted Con nor, Husker letterman end candi date, was named Tuesday as one of Coach Bill Glassford's most improved men during spring grid workouts. Connor appeared on the Cornhuskers' "A" lineup for Tues day's scrimmage sessions. aways") and the Ag Men's Club own one victory in as many starts. The Simimenwohs participated in the only contest in that league thus far and won by a 14-12 tally Shallow-water action finds Sigma Phi Epsilon on top of league I with a perfect three game mark. Only two of their wins came about without the help of a forfeit and they have scored 56 points to their op ponents' 47. Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Kappa Psi possess unbeaten slates in league II, the Taus owning three wins and the Phi Psi's two. Only a 30-6 ATO win represents an actual contest played in this league. The standings as of Tuesday, March 25 are: DEEP WATER LEAGUE I W L W Phi Delia Theta 3 0 Sigma Phi Hps' 1 Rlama Alp' Fp S 0 Alp' Gam' Rho 0 rhl Gam' Delia 2 1 Sigma Chi 0 LEAGUE II W L W Bela Theta PI S 0 Alp' Tan Ome' 1 Sigma No SI Delta Tau Delta 1 Delta Upsllon 2 t Kappa Sigma 0 LEAGUE III W L gimlmeawohi I 0 ar P.OTC A Men'i Club 1 II Theta XI Delta Sigma Phi O 0 SHALLOW WATER LEAGUE I W L Sig' Phi Kpj' S 0 Alp Gam' Rho 1 Phi Gam' Delta Z 1 I'm Delia Tneta 1 Sic' Alpha Epi 2 1 Higma Chi 0 LEAGUE II W li w Alp' Tan Omega 3 0 Delta Tau Delta 1 Pbt Kappa Psi ,2 0 Higma No 1 Beta Theta Pi 2 1 Delta Upsllon 0 Beta Sigma Psi 1 1 Cerv Hits 500 Foot Home Run Nebraskans, especially Univer sity students, have a close eye on the major league training camp baseball competition. That eye- catcher is in the form of Bobby Cerv. The Weston walloper has sent four pitches over the fence in the current Grapefruit league to lead sluggers such as Ralph Klner, Stan Musiat and Gil Hodges in the home run depart ment. The most recent of the round' trippers was a blast that sailed over Brave s Field's 450 foot tence. Spectators and writers who saw the ball clear the boards like a Don Cooper pole vaulting fete, claim the pill threatened to land near the 500 foot mark (a blow that would do even Kiner himself justice). Cerv bounced the homer off the slants of Warren Spahn, old, but reliable hurler of the Braves. Cerv is a "rookie" candidate, even though he held a short term lease on the Yankees cen terfield gardens last year. The Yanks manager, Casey Stengel, is on the lookout for a replacement in centerfield for Joe DiMaggio and Cerv might solve his problem. The competition will be tough, however, as Mickey Mantle has been receiving top billing for the job. DiMaggio stated that he pre ferred Gene Woodling to Mantle for his replacement, which throws a new light on the story. Stengel will probably be forced to switch Cerv into left field. football drills got a delayed start in Columbia Monday, and mark the ex-Armv endder as a Key newcomer in the '52 Tiger blue prints. With his West Point back ground, Rowekamp should fit readily into the Mizzou line-up somewhere. The 6 ft. 1-inch junior from Marietta, O., let tered one year as a defensive end for the Cadets but will be given a thorough trial at offen sive fullback here. Coach Don Faurot hopes Rowe kamo will make the switch smoothly, and chances are ne win. Ball-packing won't be any nov elty for him, since he once played halfback for the Army plebe team. Chief amone Rowekamp s top rivals in the fullback fight will be: Al Androlewicz, lone return ing letterman from St. Louis; Tom Fitzgerald, B-teamer from Coffey- vil e Kan.: and Bob tsauman, raw-boned freshman from Ste. Genevieve who made the varsity travel squad last fall. Rowekamp's whirl at full back could be this spring's most significant experiment, despite the fact that there should be a blazing scrap for both wide open halfback 'berths. Loss of Junior Wren and Harold Car ter will create the gapsat both halves, but right now Faurot is hot on the trail of a fullback. "Split T teams need that big, powerful fullback as a running and blocking threat," the M. U. gridmaster points out. "Look at Maryland and Oklahoma last year, for instance. They had fine per sonnel aE the way 'through, but fullbacks like Modzelowski and McPhail made them extra tough . . .And before McPhail, the Soon ers had Heath. Kansas also ran Split T plays last season, and had an ideal fullback in Laughlin." Just a few years back as Faurot well remembers Mizzou had a top-flight fullback in fiery-tempered Win Carter, toiled on the '48 and '49 Gater Bowl squads, Though lacking size, chunky Win had all the assets of a Split T luiiDacK speed, power-drive and block ing finesse. The Mizzou ground game has never been quite the same since he left. Like Carter. Rowekamp doesn't meet the "real big" speculations, but he's tall enough at 6-ft. 1, and will weieh more than 190 pounds, even on jtaurots iigniweigm scales. He's solid, tough dead seri' ous about his football, and excep tionally fast. Despite Faurot's prererence for a two-platoon system, the Ohloan would be a good bet for double duty if he measures up sive halfbacking role. Another former West Pointer Don Mackey will be among the 60-odd Tiger griomen reporting out Monday. Listed as a halfback, Mackey is of the "scatback" va riety. The small blond lettered in hockey, but not football at the Point, ana maKes nis nome in Maiden, Mass. With his practice schedule set back a week by foul weather and muddy grounds, Faurot an nounced a change in the date of his final spring game. It has been re-scheduled for April 26, he said. For the first time in Coach Don Faurot's regime, the Mizzou foot ball boss will go into the 195? campaign without a seasoned cen ter. Ever since he came to Colum bia In 1935, Faurot has had an endless stream of topflight cen ters. When spring ball gets under way Monday, however, he looks in vain for an experi enced ball-snapper. The cycle ends with the June graduation of Roger Klnson and Bill Fuchs, his offensive-defensive combi nation for the past two years. Top-rated in the new batch of centers are Lloyd Brown, husky junior-to-be and Charles Sode man, who lettered as a defensive guard last season. Also in the pic ture are George Ekern, a squad man in '51, and Don Luckey. It'll be up to one of this group to keep alive the tradition of standout centers at Missouri. 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