The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 10, 1952, Page 3, Image 3
run noskeir ITU Strictly Kushner By MARSH KTJSHNER Snarl. VAlim Here Is a little article we clipped from th nnrt MIU ,. Kansas City Star. Ernest MehlTpor edUor of th?&8 CUy srass. comments on Bob Ce and the wSfwirS . At the moment there re six of the Yankees, not counting the by now not be certain where h 2f tht sl H2nj Bauer and Gene Woodling are fixtures. Mickey Manila vtrhn haa haH mrvmn.nii.. ijaai. . . iTJ-1,-vw r rf iV ..toT . F i f y, u,e exPe"ence in the fly chas ing art, is counted on strongly to improve. Jackie Jensen, who has suffered since his pro debut from e"e;atd opinion of his own ability, if among those con- s deredut perhaps the rookie who has attracted the most atten- BOB, who is a serious sober - r""";v "n, nas naa a ratner spec tacular rise in baseball, thanks largely to his own persistence. Some observers believe that Casey Stengel may discover what Manager George Selkirk found to be true last year: That Cerv even though he lacks a powerful throwing arm and has no rare peed, will be his most competent centerfielder. , H It is just Possible that the man wHa will ro. place Joe DiMaggio in the ample at -.Yankee stadium will be this thusiasm back in June of 1950 that the Kansas City club hesitated a long time before it agreed to pay the bonus Cerv wanted. 'Cerv's Success A Strange Story' Cerv's case Illustrates the extreme vagaries of baseball. The most promising buds quite often fail to produce the most luxuriant flowers while on the other hand one unnoticed develops into the blue ribbon winner. Yankee scouts, in particular for signing Bob, had watched the Nebraskan for several years, but had cooled off or, him until his senior year at the University when he led the Big .Seven conference hitters win a very imposing average. Upon McDermott's advice Cerv was called to Kansas City to work out with the Blues under the eyes of Manager Joe Kuhel and his coach, Jimmy Gleeson. The story that Cerv couldn't throw had preceded him and no special attention was paid to this phase. It developed Bob lacked a strong arm, but his heaves were accurate. After the workout the manager, his coach and Parke Carroll, general manager, held a conference. The question was thrown at Kuhel and Gleeson: Was the boy worth taking a chance on? Did he have any major league possi bilities? It was Kuhel's opinion tht Cerv was worth a gamble and Gleeson was equally positive. "I believe he would in a very short time become the most valuable player on the club," he opined. i 'Wins His $500 Differences As the result of this meeting It would be willing to give Cerv, umversny oi iNeorasKa oaseoau coacn, wno was primarily inter- ested in advising the player of the best course to take. The organization and Cerv finally reached a point where ' there remained oniy a duu umereate . Finally Carroll decided to yield. "All right," he told Cerv over the telephone, "you wire your acceptance and we'll give you the extra $500. You can join us in Minneapolis." The wire of confirmation came and Cerv joined the Blues In . Minneapolis. Within a short time he had established himself and by the end of the season he had justified the predictions Kuhel, Gleeson and McDermott had made for him. Last year Bob was called during the season to the Yankees but in a very brief trial, he failed to distinguish himself. He returned to the Blues understandably disgruntled and then came an injury. Even so he was second in the league in batting and held many of the slugging marks. This spring the Nebraskan, starting from scratch, has done some of the lustiest swatting in the Yankee camp. He has proved he can hit for distance against major league pitching and while It is far too early to pass judgment on him, the fact remains he could very well be the team's centerfielder when the season opens. 'Cerv Has Spirit Yankees Like' There probably are some points about Cerv which have en hanced his chances. There is a certain tradition among the Yankees arid the players who wear the uniform are expected to conform to it. There is the story of one promising youngster in the organ ization who so far has failed to make the grade and whose conduct and temperament evoked a stinging letter from one of the scouts last winter. "You don't act like a Yankee,' he flailed the boy. "So far you haven't shown that you have the spirit to become a Yankee. You are wondering why you haven't been advanced and I'm going to tell vey say tlijs younester fs qUjte chastened, this spring and it may be the words of the scout have had their effect. Cerv from the start had the spirit, the determination and this resoluteness which the Yantcee heads like. They agree Bob has s very fine chance to achieve his ambitions. Iranians Drop Phi Psi's For Ail-U Vo leyball Title By BILL MUNDELL Intramural Sports Columnist The Iranians reached the heights, of the volleyball world Tuesday night as they romped to the All- University voieyDau cnampion ship. As was expected, they captured the big-one by downing a hard-fighting Phi Kappa Psi out fit in two straight games and ran their season record to . 25-1. , Although the Phi Psi's could not hand the Iranians their second de feat nf the vear. thev came within a whisker In the second game be fore the rhsmnions nulled an amazing about-face. In winning the All-U title, the men from Iran will be awarded the official intramural medals denoting their sweep of the volleyball laurels. The Phi Psi's wlR be awarded the volley ball trophy as fraternity cham pion of 1952. In each sport, the trophy goes to the highest rank ing Independent outfit The champions were never headed in the first game of the title match as they won by a la-u count. The Phi Psi's made it close all the way, however, and ap peared at one time ready to over come a bis Iranian lead. The win ners were coasting along on a 12 5 margin when the Phi Psi's cut loose and six minutes later they trailed by only one marker, 11-12. That was all she wrote, however, as the victors mustered their forces and tallied the all-important three points and the victory. The second game was practic ally the opposite. The Phi Psi's held command throughout the irst ten minutes as they broke a 2-2 tie and roared to a 9-2 lead. The Iranians took time and talked the situation over and apparently found the solution because the next six points were recorded in their favor and the Phi Psi spikers' lead had dwindled to one point. From 9-8. the losers managed to up the margin to 10-8, watched the Iranians collect their ninth point, and then shot to a 13-9 lead. The pressure was on, but good, and both teams played inspired ball. The next point seemed ages in the making, but after ten un successful serves, the Iranians cashed in on the eleventh and the ice was broken. From there it was only a matter of two minutes and the Iran smashers forged into the lead for the first time at 14-13. Still the Phi Psi's were not beaten and forced the cham pions Into a 14-11 duece game.I I outfielder In the tralnlnr camp veteran Johnny Bopp who auy i. ...r.nA.. ' 7 minded athlete who can pout with center pasture if y"' robust, broad- I K" ' V Joe McDermott. who rets nrndit the organization set a sum which who was being briefed by the! pevween wnai me piayer wanted It was the last lap for the losers, however, as a terrific smash and a well-placed ball earned the necessary, two points and Iranians were champions. It was all-around performance for both teams in the final two games of the year. Seven men saw action for both teams anH all played well, but when it really counted, it was the smashes of Faz Haghiri and Ted Tavakoli for the Iranians and Jerry Andersen for the Phi Psi's that netted the tallies. The final Daily Nebraskan rat ings for the volleyball season are as follows: 1. Iranians (25-1) 2. Phi Kappa Psi (22-3) 3. Alpha Tau Omega (14-8) 4. Beta Theta Pi (14-4) 5. Brown Palace (17-5) 6. Sigma Chi (9-10) j 7. Cornhusker Co-Op (11-12) 8. Phi Delta Theta ... (15-6) 9. Presby House (11-8) 10. Sigma Alph Ep "B" (12-7) The lineups for the All-Univer sity finals: IRANIANS Faz HMihiri Mart Holhjoo Bob Chtlsarl Pete Pcdrampoor Ted Tavakoli Hay Shapoorl Kddie Harkisslaa tarry Andersen Jerry Andersen Bob Bach man Bob Myeri Bob Britttn Have Noble Don Fret John Pournnjani FLY KLM TO EUROPE NEW 10W A!R TOUR, ST RATES Effective May lit. 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Husker Squads HoMri lSM" Voilthmnrl'c A rmtn I IUU I VI WVWIIIIVIIIM J IIUMIIIII Although the calendar says it's Sorinc vou would have a toueh tirn?gcon$nffi nthlptip tonm of that richt now For wind, snow and slush descended upon the campus Tuesday night with the result Prepsters To Compete In KU Meet Few record look to be in dan ger April 18 when the cream of this year's crop of prep track sters invade Memorial stadium for the 48th runing of the Kansas In terscholastic Relays. Hampered by bad weather, Sunflower cindermen have got ten off to slow starts over the state. As a result, outstanding performances to date have been few and only four Relays marks appear threatened on the basis of competition to date. The meet record in the low hurdles has been equalled and the marks in the shot put, javelin, and 880-yard run have all been closely approached. Top high jump to date is by Perry High's Junior Carder who hopped 6 feet V2 inches at Ot tawa. But neither he nor To peka's Bill Reichert who sailed 6-1 offer any threat to the Re lays mark of 6-5. Mam Feature Clock Esquire: "Alice in Wonderland," 7:24, 8:58. Varsity: "Vatican," 2:37, 4:55, 7:13, 9:31. "The Big Trees," 1:00, 3:18, 5:36, 7:54, 10:12. State: 'Snow White," 1:37, 3:37 5:37, 7:37, 9:37, 11:00. wp w LKIRKUOUGIASJ V7 LC 1 - EVE MILIEU-man mam IL K"nt 77 . . S3 Thla la not Dlnney'i version YT ji SI itiM 92?, U t ' &r Jl but reported to be better V'St MA I '' . n i I Xf J. V fa AMcmmmo student mic a ( vVw'A x"" to T rtf f i ansco color Aduit . 3 ry7mL - 'Iff; PI VWKSsS2-- NOW SHOWING- ! $ I i 'v -SSJ . t? Pf -L I V ' ,,-Wr--k,V J AMERICA'! LEADING MANUFACTURES OF CIQARtTTSS ' ff 4 j lpM j x . ,iv.ttMritTtv J " fsia Evade Storm; that spring sports are stymied on the home front. So the enterprising Huskers are taking off for the warmth and sunshine of the South. First to head southward were Tony Sharpe's baseballers, who started off on a six-game road trip through Oklahoma and Kansas Tuesday afternoon. When the Sharpemen left, the sun was shining, and spring was truly in the air. As it turned out, the 19-man diamond squad got out of Nebraska just in time to miss the storm. Thursday morning at 7:30, Ed Weir's track team left for Kansas. The Scarlet thinclads have a dual meet with the Jayhawks today. Also bound for greener pas tures are the NU tennis and golf aggregations, who have southern road trips scheduled for April 12 through April 14. The golfers and netters will go as far south as Texas, where they will meet North Texas State. wonder rfn,9 f ?Ht 1 Each m v a fcrdgarelUs 1 For tucWes t Thursday, April 10, o Renewed Expected A measle-stricken University of Nebraska track team heads for their toughest dual meet of the outdoor season against the Kan sas university cindermen. The Jayhawks, indoor cham pions, will be taking advantage of the fact that the Huskers will be without the services of high jumper Bob Sand and distance man Clayton Scott Bob DeVinney, KU's flying track captain, renews his pursuit of Nebraska's Don Bedker Thurs day when the Jayhawkers enter tain the Cornhuskers in the first outdoor dual meet of the 1952 sea son. The spare Kansan can pull abreast of the picture-running Husker in their season's hurdles series by whipping him in both the 120-yard highs and the 220 lows. Bedker will go Into the meet owning a 3-1 edge in the vendetta forged on the strength of his double conquest in both flights of Indoor timbers March 1. He unwound winning efforts of 07.5 and :06.9 in these 60 yard hauls, as DeVinney ran second in the lows and third in the highs. Bedker also measured the de termined Jayhawk in the highs in the KU-NU Indoor dual at Lin coln. DeVinney notched his lone victory in the lows at :06.9. Bob figures to be better over the longer outdoor hauls. He ran second in the 220 yard lows in last May's conference derby and went on to bag the runner up slot behind Cornell's Charles Moore in the National AAU 400 meter barriers. He won the Na tional Jr. AAU crown at that distance in 1950 and will shoot for that title in both the Kan sas and Drake Relays. He'll face a tougher time with his Scarlet foes in the highs. DeVinney has worked onlv briefly at the timbers since the outdoor season began, concentrat-l mg instead on the quarter, where. he is employed as leadoff man in Jayhawker Distance Medley and Mile relay foursomes. He turned a :49.9 in helping Kansas to the latter title at Texas in a record- sha'lenng 10:06.0. In addition to Bedker, Ne braska will present another capable veteran in Dan Tolman, who missed most of the Indoor season because of injury. Kansas lost the services of a fine freshman prospect this week when Adolph Mueller, Leaven worth double state class AA prep king last year, turned up with a back injury. He may be through for the season. However, the Hawkers hope to get some points out of Don Woodson, improving junior, and Bill Biberstein, Attica, frosh who won the class B state title in the highs last spring. The DeVinney-Bedker duels likely will stick the winner close to the respective meet records of :14.7 and :23.8. Greenwood hung' up the former time in 1949 L2)nl 1952 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN pea DeVinney Bedlcer Rivalry To Highlight Cinder Carnival and 1950. He shares the lows with two other Jayhawker's, Harry Wiles, 1937, and Lee Schloesser, 1948. More likely to topple are the 440 and Mile Relay standards of :49.0 and 3:22.0. KU's Don Smith is. a good bet to stow away the for mer record erected two years ago by Ntrs Loyal Hurlburt, Tn T, ;E !Mile Relay at Texas, and has rambled as low as :48.1. KU's Mile Relay foursome scorched 3:14.7 at Austin, getting second place when Oklahoma's winners were disqualified. Ne braska's 1949 unit of Don Vollert son, Jim Martin, Fritz Ware and Hurlburt hold the current record. Every one of 15 University and division winners crowned Saturday at the Texas .Relays will go after more spiked-shoe glory at Lawrence April 19 in the 27th running of the Kansas Relays. " Throe of the most intriguing winners will be drawn from the Big Seven: KU's two distance re lay teams, and Oklahoma Broad- jumper Neville Price. The latter notched a stunning comeback in Austin by winning his specialty at 25-2 V&. Just a month ago In Kansas he was be ing counted out of action for the season after pulling a muscle on his second jump in the Big Seven Indoor preliminaries. His leap Saturday is the best of the early 1952 campaign and just two Inches below the aging Mt. Oread standard. Iowa's Ed Gor don has held this at 25-4 since 1931. Bill Easton's leather-lunged steeds would havfe smashed their home course records to tiny bits Saturday had they been running in their own Games instead of at Austin. As it was thev erected a new Texas Distance Medley mark at aiKUb.o and missed their own Four-Mile standard by less than two seconds in 17:21.2. The Distance Medley time was :05.9 under Texas' five-year-old mark, and is :03.7 below Michi gan's Kansas Relays standard of 10:09.7, which Don McEwen anchored two years ago. The Four-Mile unit's effort was :13.1 below the current Mt. Oread mark of 17:34.2 which the Cliff Abel-Herb Semper-Pat Bowers- Bob Karnes ioursomt erected in - - - --- Li?. wfy J? ? grana s.iam- x;im;aiiy, ior nasiern-coacnea .lnh thr m ,.ki.j 4v. , .... wv Ul.UUB. U V" IUU two winning combinations. These include Semper, who an chored both and Sophomores Wes Santee and Art Dalzell. Capt. Bob DeVinney led off the Distance Medley. Lloyd Koby, another soph, ran second in the Four-Mile ensemble. With this brace of exc it times in their first 1952 on or start, these two Jayhawk units pose severe threats to American and Intercollegiate records in both relays. The Jayhawkers were off the In a cigarette, taste makes the difference and Luckies taste better! The difference between "just smoking" and really enjoying your smoke is the taste of a cigarette. You can fasre the difference in the smoother, mellower, more enjoyable taste of a Lucky ... for two important reasons. First, L.S.M.F.T.-Lucky Strike means fine tobacco . . . fine, mild tobacco that tastes better. Second, Luckies are made to taste better . . . proved best made of all five principal brands. So reach for a Luck'. Enjoy the cigarette that tastes better! Be Happy-Go Lucky! Buy a carton today! pace only :05.1 in the Four-Mile at Texas and only :06.8 above the twin marks in hte Distance Med ley. An Indiana quartet of Mel Trutt, Jimmy Smith, Tom Deck ard, and Don Lash have owned the 17:16.1 Four-Mile banner since '37. North Texas State's Al Chris man, Henry Morgan, Wayne Ride out and Blaine Rideout erected the 9:59.4 Medley record in 1938, la4 .kd W VilG GiSkaMllSUCU CI the Penn Relays. Easton frankly expects both units to Improve even if they are forced to run against the clock. Koby trotted no better than 4:33.7 in the second carry of the Four-Mile. Semper ran only 4:17.5 in anchoring the Four-Mile. Under pressure Sem per and Santee both are likely to reach as low as 4:11.6 in the Mile and the latter close to 3:00 flat for the 1320 carry of the Distance Medley. The performances of (Jklalvma, Texas A & M and Kansas tlso furnished an eyebrow lifter in the Mile Relay at Austin. The Sooncrs ran 3:13,1 only to be dis qualified. The Cadets scorched 3.13.5 and the Jayhawkers had to be content with second even though they es tablished a new school record of 3:14.7. All three times are under the present Kansas Relays mark of 3:15.0 set by Rice in 1950. Relays notes: Kansas Coach Bill Easton will be obliged to find a new leadoff man for his Distance Medley and Mile Re lay teams since Bob DeVinney, the old reliable, will be plying his legs In the 400-meter hur dles at both the Kansas and Drake Games. . . . A Jayhawker unit of DeVin ney, Frank CIndrich, John Reid erer and Don Smith rambled 3:14.7 in the Mile relay at Texas to establish a new Uni versity record even though the blistering performance was only good enough for second place. . . . The old mark of 3:16.5 had stood since 1934 when Bob Schroeder, Thcno Graves, Ed Hall and Glenn Cunningham etched the figure. . . . Abilene Christian's new fresh man sensation, George Adrian, spun a blazing :47.8 anchor lan as the Wildcats whizzed 3:17.8 in winning the college class Mile Re lay at Austin last Saturday. . . , An early line on the Glenn Cun IllUgUdlU . ningham Mile here April 19th shows Javier Montez. of Texa3 Johnson. Western and Dewev I western ana uewey Drake, as early favorites. . . . The former whipped his Bulldog rival at Austin in the 1500 meters, a distance which will prevail here since it is an Olympic year, in the good time of 3:52.6 However Dewey ran 4.10.0 in the Bankers' Mile at Chicago to beat Don Gehrman, although finishing sec ond behind Warren Druetzler. Small, secretary of the Jayhawk Club here, hustled to a Smith Cen ter football banquet during the Christmas holidays from Gadsen. Ala., his home town. 1