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BIQ SEVEN STANDINGS
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Missouri 4 0
Kansas , , 3 0
Nebraska ........, 4 1
Colorado 1 1
Oklahoma , 1 3
Kansas State 1 6
Iowa State 0 3
The University of Nebraska
baseball team, fresh from a two
game sweep over the Oklahoma
Sooners at Norman, meet Kansas
State here Tuesday and Wednes
day. Both games start at 3 p.m.
"With Missouri tnd Kansas
ailing; along without a defeat,
we will have to continue win
ning; to stay in the Big Seven
race," Coach Tony Sharpe said.
Although the Cornhuskers have
but two hitters over the .300
mark, the runs batted in column
show that the regulars are hitting
when hits mean runs. The Corn
huskers also have a young pitch
ing staff which has been able to
stifle the oppositidh in all but one
start
The batting averages:
AB H RBI Pet.
Jerry Dunn .... 36
M. Backhaus .. 30
Bob Decker ... 36
15
9
10
10
7
9
8
8
2
13
8
10
2
4
12
11
6
2
416
,300
.277
.263
.259
.257
.228
.217
.182
Bob Reynolds , . 38
Milt Frei 27
Ray Novak .... 35
Bob Dlers 35
R. Mladovich . 37
William Giles . 11
- Pitching
Pat Mallette 2
Ray Novak 2
Chuck Wright 2
Fran Hofmaier 1
Robert Gleason 0
The present Nebraska position
would indicate that the Huskers
still have a good chance of win
ning the conference pennant.
Even though the Kansas Jay
hawkers are undefeated, they
must meet the powerful Tigers at
Columbia for a two game series
and in Lawrence for another dou
bleheader. The Cornhuskers meet Kan
sas State and Iowa State In twin
bills before their encounter with
Missouri. Thusall things point
to the scarlet dlamondmen meet
ing the Tigers with only one ble
mish on their record.
The Nebraska batting order fi
nally showed some life over the
weekend when they outscored the
Sooners 15-10 and 11-6 after hit
ting an all-time low against Kan
sas. The game against the Aggies
Tuesday and Wednesday might be
a strong indicator or what's to hap
pen to Nebraska if they do win the
conference title, since Oklahoma
A.M. is favored to meet the Big
Seven champs in the Fifth district
N.C.A.A. playoffs.
Ray Novak has pitched but eight
innings but has credit for two vic
torias ... He has given away each
time with the Cornhuskers leading
and his relief managed to stave off
the enemy . . . Ray Mladovich is
the tough luck hitter among the
Cornhuskers ... He has been rap
ping plenty of line drives but all
of them are directed with bomb
site accuracy at an enemy fielder.
Bob Dlers, the leading hitter
last season, is slowly rounding
into the form he showed a year
ago ... He was robbed of what
appeared to be a cinch triple In
(he Oklahoma series when an
Oklahoma outfielder made a cir
cus catch ... He lost another
triple when the umpires ruled
that he failed to touch second
base.
Jerry Dunn continues at the top
of the hitting list with .416 and
now leads in runs batted in with
13 . . . Bob Reynolds, with his
ankle back to normal, proved it
against Oklahoma by stealing
home ... He did this on several
occasions in 3 951 . . . Reynolds
and Bob Decker harry the oppo
sition when they are on base,. . .
Both can break fast and should
be among the leading base steal
ers in the league . . . Decker now
has six and Reynolds five In 10
games.
McPherson, Kremke, Wiegert
Throw No-Hitter At Milford
By RON GD3SON
Sports Staff Writer
Three University of Nebraska
"B" team pitchers combined their
talents Monday to serve up a 16
0 no-hitter to the Nebraska State
Trade School of Milford team in
a game played on the NU dia
mond. Doug McPherson, Bob Kremke
and Ray Wiegert were the trio
who blanked the visiting Trade
Schoolers.
It was the Nubbins' second win
over Milford. Coach Ed Berg's
squad dropped the NSTS nine by
a 13-3 count at Milford last Fri
day. McPherson, Kremke and
Wiegert had the visitors tamed
all the time, and only two Mil
ford runners reached third base.
The .. winning trio piled up a
total of 17 strikeouts in the con
test. Wiegert led the whiff pa
rade with eight strikeouts In three
innings.
Meanwhile, the Nubbins were
backing up the tight pitching with
a steady hitting attack. A total
of 12 safeties nlus eight errors bv
the Trade Schoolers did the trick
for Nebraska.
Fred Seger had three singles In
five at-bats to retain his hold on
first place in the "B" team batting
race. Duane Hess and TJhuck Jen
sen each collected a three-bagger
and George Mink rapped a double
for Nebraska.
It was almost a repeat per
formance of the "B" squad's
lambasting of the Trade School
ers at the Milford diamond Fri
day. Shaky pitching and fielding
lapses put Milford in trouble and
kept them there all the way. Mil
ford Pitcher Falter was relieved
by Lefthander Bob Shipley in the
sixth, but Shipley was unable to
stop the Nubbins' merry race
around the bases.
The Huskers had big innings in
the fifth and sixth frames when
they counted five and four runs,
'respectively.
It was the third triumph of the
year for Ed Berg's strong outfit.
The Cornhusker seconds have
looked Impressive in taking wins
over NSTS twice and Nebraska
Wesleyan once.
NSTS 000 000 000 0 0 8
Nebraska "B" ... 031 084 03i 16 12 4
Filter, Shipley (8) and Eichers McPher
son, Kremke (4), Wieiert (7) and Jenien.
Sandbulta (5).
A's Attendance
Picks Up With
Improved Club
By MARSHALL KTJSHNER
Sports Editor
Universitv students ran en in
Sherman field now-a-days with
out worrying about seeing sloppy
baseball. The Lincoln A's have
arrived.
After a slightly dismal and,
to say the least, disastrous sea
son last year in which they
would have had a bad time
beating Lincoln high school, the
Lincoln Athletics are fielding a
class A baseball team.
And a good team at that. Even
the town folks are flocking to the
South street stadium to watch
uie a s operate tnis year.
Already this year several Ditch
ers have looked impressive (an
element sadly lacking last year
witn an oi last year's hurlers,
Mason Bowes, left-handed carry
over from last year's nightmare
nine, fired a no-hitter against
Omaha last week and AA1 Rom
berger hurled a two-hitter at the
Sioux City Soos.
At the present time, the Ath
letics are riding atop the West
ern league standings with four
wins against one defeat. Den
ver's Bears have a 6-3 record
and are in a percentage-wise
second place spot, although tied
on games.
Fran Nagle can take a great
deal of credit in the present suc
cess of the A's, . as can manager
Les Bell. Nagle, former Husker
quarter DacK star, took over as
business manager of the team.
So, it looks as if the Lincoln
Athletics will be in the thick of
the race this year and University
students can return to Sherman
field and be certain of seeing
good baseball.
Double Threat
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RAY NOVAK . . . Novak has pitched only eight innings of Uni
versity baseball this year but has won two games. He dropped
the University of Oklahoma and Drake. He alternates as pitcher
and first baseman and is one of the leading hitters on the Ne
braska team.
Beat :Card
Cubs
The Chicago Cubs moved into
a two-way tie lor second place
in the National league by bump
ing the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-3
at Chicago's Wrigley Field.
It was the eighth triumph for
the Cubs of Phil Cavaretta and
the windy city fans are still rub
bing their eyes as the Cubs take
over the first division role played
so well by the cross-town rival
White Sox last season.
There were two home runs in
the game. Sol Hemus clobbered
one for Eddie Stankv's crew and
Hammerin' Hank Sauer drove one
runs for the Brujns.
Paul Minner was the winning
pitcher for the rejuvenated Cubs
and Harry "the cat" Brecheen
took the loss. For Minner it was
the second win of the season
against no defeats; for Brecheen,
it was his second rtraight setback
this season.
There was no other activity in
the National or American league
yesterday.
The Tuesday alignment shows,
in the aNtional league, Brooklyn
meeting St. Louis. Preacher
Roe will throw against either
Jerry Staley or Joe Presko of the
Cards.
r The Phillies will meet the Cubs
and Curtis Simmons will oppose
bod Kush of the Cubs.
The Giants and the Cincinnati
Reds will play a night game at
Cincinnati and Sol Maglie and
Ewell Blackwell will be the fea
tured pitching attraction.
Boston's Braves journey to
Forbes field to meet the Pitts
burgh Pirates. It will be Warren
Spahn of the Braves hurling
against Bob Friend.
In the American league, the
Brownies of St. Louis will throw
one-hit Bob Cain against Vic
Raschi of the Yankees. This
looks like the top game of the
day. The last time Cain pitched,
he threw a one-hitter at the In
dians. Bob Feller also pitched a
one-hitter, but lost, 1-0.
Detroit at Boston with Virgil
"Fire" Trucks and Clem Taylor
doing the pm-heavlng,
Bob Feller will try his luck
for the Cleveland tribe again and
draws the starting pitchers nod
against the Philadelphia A's and
Alex Kellner.
Standings
National League
W L
Brooklyn 7
Chicago 8
Cincinnati 8
New York 5
St. Louis 5
Philadelphia 3
Boston 4
Pittsburgh 2
American League
W L
Boston 9
St. Louis .......... 7
Cleveland 8
Washington 4
New York 4
Chicago 4
Detroit 2
Philadelphia 1
Esquire: "The Mebium," 7:00,
9:00.
Varsity: "Jack and the Bean
stalk," 1:36, 3:39, 5:42, 7:45. 9:48
State: "The Barefoot Mailman,"
1:00, 3:57, 6:54, 9:51. "The Pur
ple Heart Diary," 2:45,5:41,8:38
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Strictly Kushner
By BOB REICHENBACH
(Guest Editorialist)
One of the most interesting things that happened at the Drake
Relays Saturday, in this writer's opinion, never appeared in most
of the papers. Everyone is singing the praises of Herb Semper and
Wes Santee for the remarkable performances they put on in the
Two-and-a-half Mile Relay , at Des Moines, but they don't mention
the circumstances that led to their blistering times and that almost
surely kept the Kansas team from setting a new collegiate record
for the race. '
Here are the facts as this writer saw them. At the finish
of the first leg of the relay, the 440, Notre Dame was in first place,
about ten yards ahead of Kansas. After the pass, the Notre Dame
runner, still in his lane, started to slow down. The Kansas rrnuer
just taking the baton cut over for the pole too soon and crashed
Into the Notre Dame man. The Kansas half-miler stumbled and
fell off the track.
Now, for those of you who are not familiar with the track at
Drake, it is set up around the football field and there is a steep
bank running all around the inside of the, track down to the edge
of the gridiron. The Kansas runner managed to keep his balance
while stumbling along this bank, but in so doing he smacked into
one of the poles used to mark the finish line. Somewhat groggy,
but still game, he crawled up onto the track and set put in pursuit
of the Test of the j)3clc
When little Herb Semper took the stick he was far back in the
field. He wasted no time in cutting the gap between him and the
leader and brought the crowd to its feet, figuratively, with his
gritty performance.
When he passed to Santee he had picked .up all but about thirty
yards on the leading Michigan State. After the first lap of the mile
it was a foregone conclusion that he was going to catch the Michigan
State runner and that it was only a matter of time. In just a fraction
cf a second over 4:07, Santee roared over the line the winner by a
good fifty yards. ,
There are some interesting things about the Drake Relays that
might Interest Nebraska fans. " There Is more , enthusiasm shown
there by a crowd that is, for the most part, impartial than is shown
at a lot of football games. From the way the crowd roared you
would almost think that they had a personal stake In each of the
races. It was something to see and hear after being used to watching
track meets In almost stony silence. Another Drake Relays tradition,
as they call it, is that no one stands up. And they didn't either.
Durlni an afternoon of racing and field events that saw records
fall like heads in the French Revolution, the crowd cheered madly
but remained seated with the exception of what amounted to a
Mvantb inning trh.
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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rllyslcetr Trackmen
Hit Ms, 74
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How They Scored
TRACK
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Mil 4
440 S
100 S
High Hrdlc 4
880 4
iin 4
Two-mil S
Low Hardlet S
Mil lielar 0
Total! 3s
FIELD
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Shot S
DUCT! S
Jnvelln 4
High lump S
I'olt vault 1
Broad Jump O
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Tolab IS 36
39 3S
Grand Total 57
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:24.3 bettered Berkshire's :24.7 in positions on the scoring chart
1950 by almost half a second.
One of the greatest surprises
performances of the day was
turned in by freshman Bob Ar
nold. Competing for hfs first
time In the javelin event Arnold
nudged CU veterans Ted Was
sam and George llolley for first
place in the spear throw.
Irving Thode got off the win
ning jump with a 23 feet IM
inches effort, followed by Glenn
Beerline, who hit 22 feet 104
Inches. Hoppy McCue, frosh
flyer, leaped 22 feet 5 for
third place.
FiM Vnatt
Shot put Won br W iliac Tinner C,
62 feet Stt Incheii Mcond, Paul Grimm N),
His final 154' feet 10 inch toss i ? V' J24
of the day bettered their throws by mark of so feet ltt ben, t br Ptderit n
inches. Both Wassam and Holley,';LWoB Cllff . M
placed in the conference meet a'2, inche ond. Ken Dunnn c, m
year ago-in fact. Holley is aim-j' J 1$ -!
143 feet 3V4 lncha, let by Sea (N) to
ivao.)
ing for his third straight confer'
ence title,
PnlnrnHn'o T?nn flrnv Ktrpalrod 1 . Javelin Won by Bo Arnold.. tN. 13
Pet.
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.727
.727
.556
.500
.333
.333
.154
Pet.
.818
.700
.667
.500
.444
.400
200
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By GLENN NELSON
Assistant Sports Editor
Nebraska's cindermen scored in
every event and notched 10 first
places to overpower the Unlver
sity of Colorado 74-57 Monday in
Memorial stadium.
Coach Ed Weir's Husker
squad jumped to an early lead
and was never headed by the
Buffaloes. The Buffs never
seriously threatened to grab the
lead, although they stayed with
in striking range until the final
two events.
The Scarlet crew cinched the
meet with a record-smashing mile
relay victory in the next-to-last
event of the day. The charmed
quartet consisted of Lee Moore,
Brien Hendrickson, Jim Hurley
and Buele Balderston.
Distance runner Moore opened
the charge with a :51.3 first lap,
followed by a nifty :50.6 second
quarter by sprinter Hendrick
son, who gave Hurley a good
lead for a :51.8 third leg. Bal
derston anchored with a tre
mendous :50 flat turn to post
the new mark.
Four individual standards were
also erased during the carnival.
Wallace Tanner, Colorado
strong man, put the shot 52 feet
2Vi inches to post a new record
in that event. This replaced the
Old mark of 50 feet 1 inches set
by Dick Piderit of Nebraska in
1948.
Cornhusker platter - spinner
Cliff Dale sailed the discus
147 feet 2 inches to lengthen
the mark of 143 feet 3 . . inches
set by Wayne Sees of Nebraska
in 1950.
Don Bedker, ace hurdler on the
Scarlet squad, posted a new dual
meet mark of :14.4 in the high
barriers. This erased the old mark
of :14.7 set by Nebraska's Bob
Berkshire in 1950.
Bedker's chore was also under
the Nebraska Individual record
of :14.5 held by Bill Smutz, but
a slight wind prevented the
mark from becoming a school
standard.
Merwin Hodel, Colorado's star
grid back and holder of the. Big
Seven indoor mark, pressed
Bedker in the high stick race.
Bedker missed the last hurdle
of the 220-yard lows, and was
forced to hang on to second place
behind CU's Pat Hindman, who
broke the old mark. His time of
to a :09.8 century timing, followed
colsely by Hendrickson, who was
clocked at :09.9.
Hendrickson hurried back in
the 220-yard dash to beat the
field in :22. He finished well
ahead of Buffs Mel Rodie and
Gray in the furlong event.
Clayton Scott, Husker distance
10 Incheii second, Ototn Holley (C).
154 feet 6 Incheii third. Ted Wuura (Oa
150 feet 6 Inchea.
Hleh lump Won by Georra Honey (O.
8 feet 2V incheii lecond. Phil Heidelk CNk
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8 feet 1 ti Incheii tie for third between Dai
Moreland (N) and Bob Sand (N), 6 feet.
Pole vault Tie for first between Jim
Sommcrs (N) and Jim Hohtetter (N). 11 feat
8 Inches: tie for third between Larry Oobbl
(C) and Ray Reynold! (C), 12 feet H inch.
Broad lump Won by Irving Thode N
23 feet Inch! ircond, Gknn Beerline (N
v,; w, ' ,i(u .,v, '22 feet 104 inchesi third, Hoppy McCua
machine, came up with stomacne rjj), 22 feet 5 inchei.
cramps in the 2-mile race and was I . . Tcit' Kvrt!
unable to turn in his usually top L ?J& SySi5Tct:
performance. Bill Gravito of Colo- Time 4:28.
rnHn wnn fho evont fasllv with a 440-yard dash Won by Buel Baldentoa
. .J Y6"1 faslly wun " (N)i lecond. Bnic Pfutienreuter (C) third.
Weak 10:17.2 attempt. Jamei Hurley (N). Time :60.0.
Nphrnska Klammpd thf hroad loo-yarn oain won n boo uiw jun
jump, as usual with its one-two
three trio taking a bit different
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Courtesy The Lincoln State Journal
BOBBY DIERS . . . After get
ting off to a miserable start,
Diers has started to retain the
batting eye that gained him the
top average on the team last
year and third team all-Ameri-can
mention.
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second, Brlen Hendrickson CN)1 third.
Rodie (U). Time :U.H.
120-yard hlih hurdle Won by Don
Bedker (N); second, Merwin Hodell (O
third, Pat Hindman (O. Time :14.4. (New
duel record replaclnt old mark of 114.7, tt
by Berkshire (N) in 1950.)
880-yard run Won by Dal Scantekel
(N)i second, John Creirhton C)i third. Uord
Barlow (C). Time 1:58.6.
220-yard dash Won by Brien Hendrick
son (N)i second. Mel Rodl (C) third. Ron
Gray (C). Time :22.0.
Two-mile run Won by Bill Gavito (Ot
second, Colin Courier (Oi third, Harold
Sampson (N). Time 10:17.2.
220-yard low hurdle Won by Pat Hld
man (C): second, Don Bedker (N)i third
Merwin Hodel (C). Time :24.S. (New rec
ord, rerilacint old nwk of :24.7 by Berk
shire (N) in 1940.)
Mile Relay Won by Nebraska (Lee Moor.
Brien Hendrickson, Jim Hurley and Bud
Balderston): second, Colorado. Tim 3:23.7.
(New record, replaclni old mark ot 3:24.4.
set by Colorado in 1850.)
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