Q Monday, December 15, 1952
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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7he Lineup
Baseball Season Mean
Trades Deemed iilosf
Chuck Klasek
Only Two Months Away ...
Believe it or not, that great game of baseball is only two months
away. Spring baseball drills for the sixteen major league teams
are scheduled to begin in early March and even in late February.
Currently representatives of the major league teams have been
holding meetings in Phoenix, Arizona, discussing major diamond
Springfield Co-Captains
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piooiema ana policy, cemna xne
nciais nave Deen taiKing, bargaining, even plead
ing with one another in order to make important
trades or sales of players which would improve
the strength of their respective ball clubs. The
St Louis Brawns and the Detroit Tigers have al
ready negotiated the largest deal of the current
meetings. Involved were such players as Johnny
Groth, Virgil (2-no-hit) Trucks, and J. W. Porter.
However, the team that should be most con
cerned with trades and sales has not made a
move. The Cleveland Indians, who for the past
two years have been forced into the runnerup po
sition in the American League pennant race, are
still looking for men to fill their major weak
spots.
Many baseball people, not only Indian fans, still find it hard
to believe that the tribe actually blew the pennant in '52. They
look at these things:
(1) The Indians of 1952 boasted the greatest Big Three pitch
ing corps In the business. Early Wynn won 23 and lost 12, with
four shutouts. Mike Garcia was 22 and 11, with six shutouts.
Lemon had a 22 and 11 record, and turned in five shutouts. The
Big Three totaled 67 wins, including 15 whitewashings.
(2) Cleveland's left-fielder, Dale Mitchell, was Ferris Fain's
closest rival for the American League batting title, with a .323
average. The Philadelphia first-baseman beat him by only four
points.
(3) Mitchell. AI Rosen (.302), and Bobby Avila (.300), gave
Lopes three men with solid batting averages.
(4) Larry Doby won the league runs-batted-ln title with 106.
Rosen finished second with 105.
(5) In home-run production, Doby was the league-champion.
With 82. Luke Easter, with 31 homers, 87 runs accounted for, and
a terrific late-season pace, was widely rated one of the league's
most valuable players.
(6) As a club, the Tribe with Its 148 homers, topped the
Yankees for the league title by a margin of 19. In driving in runs,
the Indians, with 720, again outdid the Bombers with 669.
It was in fielding and in speed that the Tribe lost the pen
nant. Critics called the Indians' defenses the shabbiest in the
American League.
Trades Necessary . . .
. If the Indians even hope to be in contention for the 1953 Ameri
can League pennant, they are going to have to vastly strengthen
their weak spots by key trades, or the Tribe will be destined for a
second division finish.
Now that Bob Feller has been removed from the ranks of
starting pitchers, and now that it appears that the Cleveland In
dians need more than three twenty-game winners for a pennant
winning team, it looks as if the Tribe's first problem is the acqui
sition of another starting pitcher. Feller should make an out
standing reliefer, joining the ranks of the immortals, Joe Fage,
Hugh Casey, Joe Black, and Jim Konstanty.
A second desperate need is a sharp fielding, good hitting short
stop to replace the weak Ray Boone. If the Indians could strengthen
these two weak spots, then the New York Yankees might be re
moved from their perch high atop
Gym Squud Trimmed;
Underclassmen Dominate
By GARY FRANDSEN
Sports Staff Writer
Coach J. G. Geier has recently
narrowed down his 1952-53 Ne
braska gymnastics. squad to eight
men as they continue to prepare
hard for their Jan. 17 clash with
the Kansas State aggregation in
Lincoln.
However, before tasting their
first outside action, the Huskers
will face a stiff test this Thurs
day when an Alumni outfit will
participate along with two
eatutHy-dlvided squads of the
Scarlet mnd Cream to form a
triangular.
This week's affair at the P. E.
building should give a fairly good
indication of what the Cornhusk
ers will do during the coming
campaign. Freshmen will be
among the members of the two
Nebraska teams. The meet will get
underway at 4:30 p.m.
Lettermen Max Kennedy, Tom
Kidd, Danny Fogel and Don
Hodge head the varsity squad of
eight with the remaining four
being composed of Bert Linn,
Dave Brand, Dick Raecke and
Chuck Sprague.
It is definitely a team of
underclassmen as there are no
seniors and only two juniors,
Kennedy and Kidd. Geier stated
that "the overall strength Is not
quite as strong a last year, but
we have a lot of "hopes as the
boys are working hard."
Geier also commented that he
has three freshmen who could
prove very valuable assets this
year if they were eligible to com
pete. He named the three as Ken
Kohler, Burrell McMastcr and
Bruce Nichols.
Here is the rundown on the
lettermen and their specialities
in '.he field of gymnastics: Ken
nedy tumbling and tram
poline; Kidd horse, hi-bar,
parallel bars and rings; Fogel
hi-bar, rings, parallel bars and
tumbling; Hodge tumbling
and trampoline.
Other varsity performers shape
up something like this: Linn
horse; Brand trampoline; Racke
horse; and Sprague hi-bar,
parellel bars, rings and tram-
After their encounter with the
"Wildcats, the Huskers play host Xo
Ttfnrth Dakota on Feb. 7. The fol
lowing week they journey to Colo-
Sigs, Acasia Roll
Sigma Chi continued to stamp
Itself as a team to beat by
thumping Alpha Tau Omega,
32-25. It was the third straight
win for the rampaging Slgs.
Larry Dunning potted 11 ana
Ben Leonard eight for the win
ners v hlle Al Blessing led the
Taus with seven.
Acacia blasted Norris House
42-24 to hand Norris its second
straight defeat. Only in the first
stanza did the losers keep it close
trailing 7-8. Dean Cunningham
topped the Mason efforts with 19
tallies while Gordon Henke led
the losers with nine.
AGR's Rampage
Alpha Oamma Rho "B" really
went to town in lambasting Beta
Theta Pi "B" by a 60-19 tally.
Oddly enough, the Betas held tha
lead 6-4 at the close of the first
quarter, but that waB as far as
they ever got as the Aggies
splurged to a 22-7 halftime lead
nd won going away.
Dick Monson with 18 and Don
Plucknett with 12 were the AGR
leaders. Bill Clrksena topped the
Beta with six counters.
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the American League.
COACH JAKE GEIER
gym squad of eight men will
handle a heavy load this" sea
son. The Husker gymnasts will
face a rugged preliminary test
Thursday when they perform
in an intra-squad-alumni tri
angular meet. The official sea
son opens Jan. 17 for the NU
team against Kansas State here.
rado where they tangle with Colo
rado State and Colorado on suc
cessive nights.
On Feb. 21, the Cornhuskers
join Navy Pier and Iowa for a
triangular at Iowa City. To close
out their schedule, it will be
back to Boulder a week later for
the All - College Invitational
Meet.
There is no Big Seven gym
nastics' tourney as there are only
three schools in the conference
competing in the sport.
Hobe Jones
To Run At
Sugar Bowl
Hobe Jones, former Husker cin
derman who excelled in the dis
tance and middle-distance events
for Coach Ed Weir's teams a few
years ago, is home from the Air
Force and preparing to run in
the Sugar Bowl festivities Dec. 30
at New Orleans.
Jones plans to re-enter school
at the University second semes
ter, and will be eligible to
compete beginning April 1, the
date he left off in 1951, when
he was caXeti by the Air Re
serves. Near the end of last summer,
Jones turned in the eighth best
mile time in the nation, a 4:12.2,,
and the seventh best time for the
metric mile (1,500 meters), a
3:52.4.
As a sophomore on Weir's in
door team in 1051, Jones won
the Big Seven 880 title In 1:52.4.
He was called to active service
prior to the opening of the out-
Since entering the Air Force, he
has worked out at uiympic train-
ine auarters nt Columbus. O., ran
in the Penn Relays, the Southern
Pacific AAU meet, the AU-bnuv-lce
Belays and the National AAU
meet.
His qualification run in the
Olympic tryouts failed when he
fell down on the second curve in
the metric mile.
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INVADE COLISEUM WEDNESDAY . . . Co-captains Alan Schutts
and Larry McClements of Springfield College will be floor leaders
against Coach Harry Good's Huskers Wednesday night at the Coli
seum. Nebraska's cage team will be after their second consecu
tive home win of the season against Springfield the school in
which basketball was originated and was first organised.
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By BILL MUNDELL
Intramural Sports Columnist
Intramural basketball com
pleted its next-to-last week of
pre-Christmas action Friday with
several teams capturing their first
fruits of victory.
Methodists Win
The Methodist Student House
evened its seasonal record at
1-1 with a torrid fourth-quarter
splurge that carried it to a 28
20 victory over Inter-Varsity.
An especially slow-moving con
test during the initial three
stanzas, the game broke wide
open in the fourth as the Meth
odists caught fire.
The winners held a 6-4 margin
at the close of the first period but
trailed I-V at intermission by a
10-8 tally. The losers still held
a slim lead, 16-15 going into the
final chucker, but that was their
last moments of glory.
Behind big Rich Satterfield,
who had scored all seven of the
third-quarter Methodist count
ers, the winners poured in 13
tallies while holding Inter-Varsity
to a lowly four.
Satterfield led the way in indi
vidual scoring with a 13-p o i n t
total while Richard Tyrrell contri
buted another seven. Lee Hieeel
topped the losers with eight points.
ZBT's Stop Tekes
Zeta Beta Tau won its first
game in two outings by outlast
ing Tau Kappa Epsllon, 25-23.
With Arnie Stern and Arley
Bondarin leading the way- the
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Zetes climbed to a 17-11 half
time bulge and held tight dur
ing the rst of the fray to win.
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output' of four Zetes. Bondarin
with eight and Stern with seven
were tops in the game while Ron
Shaw netted six for the losers.
Fig'i B's Victorious
Phi Gamma Delta "B"
notched its second win in as
many starts by toppling Sigma
Alpha Epsilon B" to the tune
of 35-32. The Weeje Fijis had
to fight from behind in the final
quarter to keep their record un
blemished. Seven points by Rex i
Fisher were the main factor in
that last-period splurge of the
winners. '
Tom Cushing of the Sig Alphs
topped all the scorers with a bigi
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1952-53 basketball rules will be
shown several times today to all
IM cage participants and offi
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the rules of the game, Including
all rule changes and will he
shown at 5, 7 and 9 p.m. in the
Physical Education Building.
20 points while Fisher and Carl
Backers shared honors for the
Fijis with nine apiece.
Phi PsVs Drop Delts
Phi Kappa Psl "B" doubles
the score on Delta Tau Delta
"B" in their Friday contest The
rampaging Phi Psi juniors
walked away with the contest,
50-25.
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By BILL M17NDELL
Intramural Sports Columnist
Two important dates loomed
into prominence today concerning
the running of the 1952-53 Intra
mural Track and Field Meet .The
dates, 5 p.m. today and 7 pjn.
Tuesday, mark the deadline for
entries and the beginning of the
preliminary events, respectively.
The competition will continue
through the ten prelim events and
on to the finals, set for Jan. 15
at 7 p.m. '
AU entries which are due to
day, Monday, must be placed on
official entry blanks, already in
the hands of most managers or
available In the Intramural of
fice. Each organization is lim
ited to two men in each event.
No limits are placed on individ
uals entering unattached. How
ever, each man entering is lim
ited to three running events .plus
the relays. No restrictions have
been placed on the field events.
Any man in the University is
eligible to compete in the indoor
affair with the exception of track
lettermen and squad members of
the present varsity basketball,
wrestling, gymnastic and swim
ming teams.
As in previous years, there
will be two divisions, the fra
ternity and Independent, with
am
the winners' attack with 17 points
while Milt Dewhirst collected
seven for the Delt Bees.
Sigma Nu, Sig B's Win
Sigma Nu "B" won its first
game of the year, 31-28, over
Alpha Tau Omega "B" and then
had to forfeit because they did
not furnish a referee. Theta Chi
suffered the same fate for the
same reason but lost the game,
anyway to Pi Kappa Phi, 28-24.
Sigma Chi "B" had an easy
time with Sigma Phi Epsilon
"B" in a 40-26 contest The Jun
ior Sigs led all the way, al
though the losers kept it close
throughout the first half.
Larry Callion topped the win
ners' output with 13 points while
Jerry O'Connor led the way for
the Sig Eps with ten. 1
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champions declared in each.
Six men will qualify in each
preliminary event for the finals
with three additional men
named as alternates who will
be eligible for the finals in the
case of absent finalists on
Jan. 15.
Trophies will be awarded to
champion houses while inde
pendent champions will be
awarded I-M medals. A medal
is also listed to be awarded the
top individual performer of the
meet while certificates will go to
each first-place winner and to all
record-breakers.
The schedule of events for
Tuesday's preliminaries:
7:00 p.m. 60-yard dash, 12
uound shot put, broad jump.
7:30 pjn. 60 -yard high
hurdles.
8:00 p.m. One-lap run, high
jump, pole vault
8:30 p.m. 880-yard run.
9:00 p.m. 140-yard dash.
Point scoring for this year's
meet will be 13, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, for
relays and 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for all
other events.
The records under fire this year
seems to be out of reach at this
point. However interest is high
in this I-M event and the clubs
should come up with some sur
prisers. Defending champion Sigma Chi
in the fraternity division appear?
to be the team to beat at this early
stage while it is not certain if the
Spikes who ran away with the
Independent honors last year will
field a team.
The current All - University
records:
Mencel Sparks
71-62 MU Win
Sparked by the twenty-four
points of Chuck Mencel, the
Minnesota Gophers eked out a
71-62 win over a game, but out
manned University of Nebraska
quintet.
Mencel was backed by big six
foot, six inch Ed 'Kalafat, who
scorched the meshes for another
15 markers to aid in giving the
Gophers their nine point edge.
Joe Good and Bill Johnson
shared scoring honors for the
Cornhuskers with 13 points each.
Nine of Johnson's points came at
the free throw line.
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60-yard dash Lee Alexander,
i Sig Ep, 1950, :06.4.
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Sig Ep, 1950, :27..
440-yard dash Lee Alex
ander, 1951, :51.9
880-yard run Hobe Jones,
ATO, 1951, 2:02.5.
60-yard high hurdles Don
Bedker, Phi Gam. 1951, :07.5.
60-yard iow hurdles Eugene
Littler, Phi Gam, 1939, :07J.
Pole vault Leonard KcbL
ATO, 1948, 12' 6".
High jump Don Rice, ATO,
1949, 6'
12-pound Shotput Nutzman,
Phi Gam, 1939, 55' 1".
Broad jump Glenn Beerllne,
SAE, 1950, 22' llM".
4-lap Relay Spikes (Bob
Fairchild, Yaylord Smith, Hoppy
McCue, Jim Hurley), 1952,
1:54.0.
One-mile Relay Spikes (Bob
Fairchild, Gaylord Smith Hoppy
McCue, Jim Hurley), 1952,
3:44.4.
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5:23, 8:12.
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