The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 04, 1953, Page Page 3, Image 3
Wednesday, February 4, Darkhorse Sooners Leading Big Seven By HOWARD VANN Assistant Sports Editor With the basketball season half finished, Oklahoma is perched in the top position, ahead of the pre season favorites Kansas and Kan sas State. There have been manv upsets in league competition this season so no team can be counted out of the title race. K-State, ranked fifth in the nation this week, still remains a strong fa vorite. At the beginning of this year, .the booner coaco, Bruce Drake. stated that he expected his team to be right In the middle of the fight for upper division honors. Last year's outfit was mono RON BLUE. . This S o o ner has been the offensive spark plug: for Coach Bruce Drake's Oklahoma capers tn their bid for conference honors. Blue is an aggressive 6-3, 195 pounder. He is one of OTJ's top rebound ers this season. Ralph Kiner Up For Sale While Bobby Shantz was sign ing his contract in Philadelphia, an unknown fate awaited Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. After Pittsburgh refused to agree on terms for Kiner's con tract, Ralph was put on the block for the highest bidder to obtain, xt m ,u. . . - oi uwiuur iym. iast season bid on runer s services, and Cincinnati's Gabe Paul was turned down flat after he offered five Players in exchange for Ralph. Meanwhile in New York, the Chicago Cubs were still con templating a deal. Wld Math ews, the Cub's representative, stated that the Chicago man agement was ready to make a "bigger and better offer" for Kiner to Branch Rickey, Pitts burgh czar. Representatives from the Bos ton Braves still remained in New York for possible further negoti ations. Thinclads Called Track Coach Ed Weir Is Issu ing another call for any men interested In going out for track. Anyone interested should contact him in his office in the Coliseum or at the Indoor track. The freshman track team will hold postal cinder meets with the various other frosh squads in the Big Seven conference. Ping-Pong Featured j At K-State Half time; Another type of entertainment will be offered during the half time intermission of the K-State game Saturday. Union recreation chairman Sherry Clover revealed that there will be a ping-pong ex hibition, featuring Ed Sarkis sian, all-university champion for two years and present city champion. There will be a novel touch to the match, as three participants will play doubles. Sarkissian's mates will be Ilmar Bergmann from Latvia, runner-up in the all-university tournament, and Mort Solhjas, third place win ner in the competition. Solhjas and Sarkissian both come from Iran. I, is ft - f M V i I Shantz Signs Two-Year Pact After Week's Talk With A's X -.. 'a Jf- -JK T:- .,;r;-' fc v V ,;- 1-3-- ! BOBBY SHANTZ . . . Ex-Lincoln Athletic mound star who was chosen last season as out standing; player in the Ameri can League, inked a two-year contract with the Philadelphia A's after a week of dickering. It is rumored that his pay will be higher than any other ever offered to an Athletic 1953 polized by sophomores who needed experience shooting and rebounding. Even with their lack of knowledge, the Sooners managed to finish with a 7-17 record and a tie with Iowa Satte and Colorado for fourth place In the Big Seven with 4 wins against 8 losses. Coach Drake had a problem In filling the shoes of Sherman Nor ton, a reliable scorer who had scored records against Stanford by meshing 39 tallies, and had also potted 22 straight free throws be fore missing. Drake also lost John Rodgers, a long shot artist, and Stanley Grossman, a great little ball handler. This year, Drake put a well balanced team on the floor and their all around potential has dazzled most of their foes. Leading the squad are Ron Blue, a 6-3 junior who shoots left handed, Bob Waller, second high scorer on last year's team, and Tom Churchill, a big 6-6 aggressive rebounder. The Sooners were tagged with their first conference loss last Tuesday night at the hands of up and coming Iowa State. Last year, Oklahoma split with Nebraska, winning at Norman, 65-59, and losing at Lincoln, 67 66. The Huskers tangle with Okla noma February 16 on the OU floor, and then close their home season February 28 In Lincoln against the Sooners. Gym Squad To Oppose 'Cats, NDU By NORM VE1TZER Sports Staff Writer 'Enthusiastic, hustling, and full of potential" were the words that Jake Geier used tc describe his gymnastics squad as they pre pared for a triangular meet with Kansas State and North Dakota University. The meet is to be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Phys Ed building. The gymnasts are out to keep their undefeated record intact. They soundly trimmed Kansas State in their first outing of the year. Tom Kidd. . Dan Fogel and Chuck Sprague will be carrying the brunt of the Cornhusker at tack. Kidd, team captain and lead ing scorer of the squad, will be participating on the sjde horse, parallel bars, high bars and the rings while Fogel, second in the icorin4 ranks wm follow theKansas same pattern except he will do some tumbling instead of the rings. Sprague will be seen on the slde hrc. Parallel and high bars, and the trampoline Other members definitely slated to see action are Max Kennedy, Don Hodge, Bert Lynn and Dick Raecke. Ken nedy, a returning letterman, has not yet reached his top form as he Is still being hindered by a football Injury. Arrnrdinff ta Coach Gclcr. the nrrwrirrt for a successful season i are good. And the outlook for the 1954 season are even better as the entire varsity squad will be re turning. Cyclones Drub Oklahoma, 73-69 Iowa State drowned the Okla homa Sooners' hopes of being a dark horse winner in the Big Seven conference basketball race Tuesday night by staving off a last minute OU flourish, 73-69. Oklahoma, the host team, left the game at intermission with a 35-32 lead. ' But the Cyclones, who had pre viously downed the Sooners in the conference holiday tourney, counted on Delmar Dierks' 20 point splurge to outlast the Ok lahoma assault. Davey-Gavilan Fight Stirs Fans The promise of a champion to the academic world will be re solved Friday night. Feb. 11, when Charles P. Davey encounters the renowned Cuban bolo blisterer, Kid Gavilan. Davey. holder of a M.A. degree, will pit his boxing brain trust against the fiery champion for the first official fifteen rounder of his boxlne career. Davey's trainer, Izzy Kline, predicts an Impressive win for the Micnigan aiaie rea head. However. Davey will be up against the supreme test of ex perience of his Drier proiessionai career. Bobby Shantz, the American League's Most Valuable Player from last year, finally came to an agreement with Philadelphia Ath letic officials. Shantz signed a two-year con tract for an estimated $50,000. After one week's deliberation, both Shantz and General Man ager Arthur Ehlers said that they were satisfied with the iwn.vesr ract. If the $50,000 figure it correct, it will be the. highest salary ever paw to a Philadelphia player. RmMh heine voted the Most VoinnhiP Plaver Award. Bobby was also named the man of the year by Sport Magazine. Before injuring his arm in a late season game, Shantz racked up 24 victories against seven losses. n.iHm? the off season. Shantz his home in Lincoln. He was one of the main cogs in insti tuting the fund drive lor tne JLin coin baseball club for this year. For Best Results Use Your Daily Nebraskan Classified Ads High-Flying Heidelk . - , tr - .v VfKS V HUSKER JUMP ARTIST . . . Phil Heidelk, who won first place in the high Jump Saturday in Nebraska's dual meet with Kansas State, figures greatly in Coach Ed Weir's track plans this season. The junior tetterman from Fairbury soared almost six feet, two inches to win his blue ribbon In the NU-Wildcat meet. Fred Seger Husker Scorers With 167 Only eight games remain on the Husker slate, three at home, against Kansas State, Colorado on Feb. 9 and Oklahoma Feb. 28. On the road Coach Harry Good's crew will face Kansas Feb. 14, Oklahoma Feb. 16, Missouri Feb. 21, Iowa State March 2 and Kan sas State March 10. Right now Nebraska is tied with Missouri for third place in ' the loop standings, each with a I 2-2 mark. Fred Seger, stellar guard, re mains atop the Husker scoring after 12 games. Seger has aver aged 13.9 points per game for a Individual Basketball Statistics Player Bill Johnson .... Fred Seger Joe Good Willard Fagler ., Gerald Sandbulte Don Weber Gary Renzelman . Stan Matzke Paul Fredstrom , Murray Backhaus Don Muenster . . Frank Falloon . . Dave Fahrbach . , Leland Dobler ., Totals Opponents Game-By-Game Statistics , fga South Dakota 62 Minnesota 55 Springfield College 79 Bradley 70 60 Iowa State 66 Colorado 60 Harvard 71 'Colorado 54 tKansas 41 tlowa State 54 SMissouri 57 Totals 729 265 .365 479 318 .664 523 277 848 Denotes Big Seven Tournament games. Regular conference games. Opponents' South Minnesota Harvard Totals 845 Buffs Hit Colorado A&M The Colorado Buffaloes, last place holders in the Big Seven basketball race, utilized superior strength at the free throw line to turn back Colorado A&M, 62-50 in a non-conference game Tuesday vjji2y2iin6 will Tbll... 1 f AH, DAMON ANDV . " a friendship ! And only A 1 N PYTHIAS! NEXT; veAT,ccrA tfnrj wif I telf abpuf a cisarefte f J 1 ( no more squabbles! ) V they'll be J.Jt: hi Takeyour fifn... V. RSHTS! J j HOLDING 1 V-WVT hnp FROM NOW ON, ,l HANDS ! y7 f'JM? ! ( Jlf ITBUDDY-PUDCV!) HT! V Mk J Jt I fvtMtfsKKJLflwfe ymmM.Hif!!ytimimrmitntm' " (JfP' 1smhk... .. . . , More People Smoke Camels THE DAILY NEBRASKAN s'4 if , .f t n Still Paces total of 167. Bill Johnson, 6 foot 7 inch center, has bucketed 1Q3 and Guard Joe Good 145. Forward Willard Fagler leaped into the No 4 spot with 95 by pouring in 22 points against Missouri as the Huskers won 73-62 here Monday night. Nebraska has won seven and lost five games so far. Victories have been earned over South Dakota, Springfield College, Bradley, Iowa State, Harvard, Colorado and Missouri. The Cornhuskers have lost to Min nesota. Kansas twice, Colorado, and Iowa State. g fga fg pet. fta ft pet. rb pf tp avg. .12 123 48 .390 111 67 .604 121 49 163 13.6 .12 153 58 .379 73 51 .699 77 29 167 13.9 .12 125 44 .352 83 57 .687 55 38 145 12.1 .12 71 28 .394 60 39 .650 68 24 95 7.9 12 58 22 .379 31 24 .774 23 18 68 5.7 .12 55 20 .364 46 28 .609 73 32 68 5.7 .12 47 19 .404 21 15 .714 42 33 53 4.4 .12 63 17 .254 15 13 .867 20 24 47 3.9 . 6 16 6 .375 30 18 .600 21 16 30 5.0 .5 5 1 .200 3 2 .667 4 5 4 0.8 6 4-1 .250 2 2 1.000 3 0 4 0.7 .3 3 1 .333 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.7 . 3 4 0 .000 4 2 .500 4 6 2 0.7 . 4 - 2 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 0 . .1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 ' 1 0 .12 729 265 .363 479 318 .664 523 277 848 70.7 .12 845 270 .320 425 264 .621 433 323 804 67.0 fg pet fta ft pet. rb 51 29 63 40 38 47 40 61 26 47 35 46 Pf 30 29 20 26 15 17 23 20 19 24 25 29 tp 65 62 22 .355 45 21 .467 17 .309 38 28 .737 25 .316 46 32 .696 26 .371 34 21 .618 82 73 22 .367 30 22 .733 66 83 31 .470 42 21 .500 15 .250 34 23 .676 32 .451 39 28 .718 53 92 80 23 .426 41 34 .829 17 .415 35 25 .714 15' .278 43 30 .698 20 .351 52 33 .635 59 60 73 Statistics fga . fg pet fta ft pet. rb pf tp ,.48 12 .250 49 29 .592 22 28 53 .80 22 .275 48 27 .563 43 26 71 .67 27 .403 30 19 .633 39 32 73 .65 21 .318 41 23 .561 58 20 65 ,.77 29 .377 23 15 .652 28 20 73 .90 31 .344 26 17 .654 40 27 79 .63 23 .365 34 21 .618 30 23 67 .62 19 .306 28 15 .536 29 27 53 .79 22 .278 28 21 .750 26 31 65 .75 20 .267 37 25 .676 46 25 65 ,.82 27 .329 40 24 .600 39 31 78 .56 17 .304 41 28 .683 33 33 62 270 .320 425 264 .621 433 323 804 night. Paced by big center Burdie Haldorson, the Buffs hit an early j lead and were never headed in their win at Fort Collins, Wflim By BILL MUNDELL Intramural Sports Columnist The Men's Dorm, Sigma Chi, Phi Gamma Delta and Bill Haw kins captured the 1952-53 Intra mural track and field laurels at the close of the first semester. The Dormitories edged out defending champion Spikes to take the in dependent honors while the Slgs and Fijis finished in a tie for the fraternity crown. Hawkins, repre senting the new Independent champs, romped off with the in dividual honors by tallying a total of 29'2 points. Three new records were estab lished and one tied, all in the In dependent division. Two more records were established in that six men captured two or more victories , while the Sig-Fiji tie. ,n. ;.f i k ,,.,, v, event . - - Hawkins set one new mark and equalled another while tak ing the individual honors. He posted a 5-1114 in the high jump to erase a 5-10 mark set by Independent Bob Kelly last year and his 7.6 clocking in the 60-yard low hurdles gave h'm a share of that record with Gay lord Smith of the Spikes who had set the mark in 1951. Smith, incidentally, ran second to Hawkins in this year's meet. In addition to his two firsts.) Hawkins contributed points to the winning Dorm total with a second in the 60 highs, a second in the broad jump, a fourth in the shot put and running with the second place Dormers in the 4-lap relay. Jon McWilliams, also of the Dorm, ran the 60-hlghs in 7.9 to set a new standard, erasing an 8.0 mark held jointly by Smith and Danny Lindquist of the Luth eran Student House. Lindquist, running for the Spikes this year, finished fourth behind McWil liams, Hawkins and John Solomon an Independent. Leonard Beckenbach, still from the Dorm, pole-vaulted 12-1 to raise the mark from 10-6 which was set by Hopoy McCue of the Spikes in 1952. Larry Smith, Independent, hurled the shot 52-6V& for a new record. The old mark of 50-9V was established by Tom Stoup, Independent, in 1952. Two more Dorm men placed in the individual tabulations behind Hawkins. Bechenbach rang up 26 points to take second in in dividual honors while Ernest Ben jamin grabbed eighth place with 14 counters. Bill Black of Sigma Nu, the meet's only triple winner, was third in the All-U tabulations and top man, fraternally speaking. Black scored 24 Vz points by win ning both hurdles, sharing the pole-vault victory with Jack Skalla of Delta Tau Delta and tying for second in the high jump, In addition, he ran the anchor leg on the Sigma Nu 4-lap relay team that finished fifth. Following Black in the final individual standings came Ladd Hanscom of Phi Gamma Delta with 18 14 points, Mike Stubbs of Beta Theta Pi with 18, Bob Fairchild of the Spikes with 1714 and Ted Connor of Sigma Chi with 15 counters. . Ben jamin rounded out the eight tope per formers. It was a battle all the way in the fraternity division. The Phi Gams picked up an early lead in the 60-yard dash and one-lap run as George Barlow grabbed the second in the one-lap and third in the 60 while Hanscom scored second in the 60-yarder. Beta Mike Stubbs kept the Beta Theta Pi aggregation right up there by winning both of these events. Emerson Scott of the Fijis scampered home The winner in the 440 to keep his team atop tne contending Betas, but the same Betas roared back and took over the lead after gaining second and fifth in the 880 behind Hugh Osmera who won for Acacia. At this point the scoring stood: Betas THAN ANY OTHER CIGARETTE I 1M Track 28, Phi Gams 22, Sigma Chi 14 and Phi Kappa Psi 10 for the four leaders. While Black of Sigma Nu was sweeping both hurdles, Sigma Chi gained on the leaders by picking up 12 points while the Fijis gar nered three ana tne tseias none. Beta Theta Pi dropped out of. the lead during the pole vault as the Fijis picked up seven counters with Bob Kirkendall and Clark Caley tying for third. Point standings now were: Phi Gams 32, Betas 29Vi, Slgs 27, Phi Psi's 23 and Sigma Nu 20 for the leaders. The defending tltlists. Sigma Chi, picked up a couple of points in the high jump as the victory went to Ray Kelley of Alpha Gamma Rho bu the Fiji, shot way in ironi during we jump as Hanscom won and Rex Fisher captured third The fraternity meet turned into a two-way fight as the Sigs jumped right back with 12 points in the shot as Ted Connor won with a 50-10 heave and Bob Oberlin grabbed second. Now the points were all square with 43 for both winners. Only the two relays remained as the two aggregations sought to shake the other off its tall. The Fijis gained the advantage ... h .vfnf hilt Si a Chi.s seC0lld WM too close for comfort. A victory In the mile relay was needed by the Slgs and they came through in the clinch. Not to bo outdone, the Fijis grabbed second and the final tally read 66 points for both teams. It was track versus field in the Independent division. The Spikes assumed an early leaa as iod How They Scored Independent Men's Dorm "4 Hpikea Independents , 4H PresbT House S M VMCA S 4 Fraternity Phi Gamma Delta (I Sif ma Chi . . Beta Theta PI 3 Sigma No S4 Stoma Alpha Epsllon tOVi Phi Kappa Psi SO Alpha Gamma Rho 12 Alpha Tau Omeaa SH Acacia 1 Delta Tau Delta ft1 Theta Chi H Sixma Phi Bpslioa S Sigma Alpha Mu , S Fairchild won both the 60 and one-lap. Even while the Dorm men were winning the remaining running events, the Spike depth continued to build the margin five events the tally stood: Spikes 43, Men's Dorm 29. The champs broke the point lag in the runs with McWil liams' record performance in the 60-highs and Hawkins' run nerup points. From that point on it was all Dorm. Ernest Benjamin won both the 440 and 880 for the winners shading Robert Anderson of Presby House and Don Wilcox of the Spikes. Bechenback won the brqad jump on the heels of his record performance in the pole vault and the Spikes captured the 4-lap relay to round out the win ning performances. Final results: FRATERNITY DIVISION AO-YARD DASH I. Mike Stubbs Beta Theta PI 2. Ladd Hanscom Phi Gamma Delta 3. Georiie Barlow Phi Gamma Delta 4. Mike Shuftrue Phi Kappa Psi 5. Don Trauthen Sitma Alpha Epsilon 6. Ted Connor Siarna Chi Time 6.7 seconds ONK-LAP Rl'JT 1. Mike Stubbs Beta Theta PI 2. George- Barlow Phi Gamma Delta 3. Mike Shugrue Phi Kappa Psi 4. Burns Ellison Phi Kappa Psi Time 29.5 seconds 440-YARD DASH 1. Emerson Scott Phi Gamma Delta 5. Al Rnrnard SiEmft Chi 3. Bud Brown Bcla Thfta PI 4. Jack Gillespie Bet Theta PI 5. Dan Rasdal Sigma Chi 6. Phil Patterson Phi Gamma Delta Time 56.9 seconds 880-YARD BUX J; gSK553s3. Then Pi 3. Lxe flams ima i.ni 4. Mel Hansen Sidma Chi 5. Mike Holyoke Beta Theta PI Time 2:15.8 Pag 5 Tofle i 60-YARD LOW HI RDLKS 1. Bilf Black Sigma Nn 2. Warner Olsen Phi Kappa Pal 3. Kenneth Moore Sigma Chi 4. Kadd Hanscom Phi Gamma relta 5. Hod Schroeder Alpha Tau Omega 6. Ted Connor Sigma Chi Time 7.B seconds 60-YARD HIGH HURDLES 1. Dill Black Sigma Nu 2. Warner Olsen fhi Kappa iss 3. Ted Connor Sigma Chi 4. Kenneth Moore Sigma Chi S. Hod Schroeder Alph Tau Omega Time a.4 seconds rOLK VAULT 1. Jack Skalla Delta Tau Delta TIK Hill Black Sigma Nu 3. Bob Kirkendall Phi Gamma Delta TIK Clark Caley Phi Gamma Delta 5. Dick Reed Sigma Alpha Epslloo T1K--Kddie Cripe Beta Theta Pi Height-11-7 HIGH JUMP 1. Ray Kelley Alpha Gamma Rho 2. Ward Svoboda Theta Chi TIE Bob Oakes Alpha Tau Omeaa TIF. Ted Connor Siama Chi 6. Jack Skalla Delta Tau Delta TIE Sam Bell Sigma Chi Height o-U H BliOAD JUMP 1. Ladd Hanscom Phi Gamma Delta 2. Hay Kellev Alpha Gamma Rho 3. Rex Fisher Phi Gamma Delta 4. Kill Black Sigma Nu TIE Mike Stubbs Beta Theta PI 6. Dennis Smith Sigma Alpha Epsilon Distance o-B 'A SHOT PI T 1. Ted Connof Sigma Chi 2 Bob Oberlin Sigma Chi 3. Springer Jones Sigma No 4. Ai Hansen Sigma Phi Kpsiion 5. Ionard Rosen Sigma Alpha Mn John Edwards Alpha Tau umega Distance 50-1 OH 4.T.AP RUI,AY 2D . 1. Phi Gamma Delta (George Barlow, Ret Fisher. Ladd Hanscom, Emerson Scott) 2. Sigma Chi 3. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 4. Beta Theta Pi 5. Sigma Nu Time 2:02.0 . MILK RELAY 1. Sigma Chi (Gene Morrigan. Dan Rasdal. Dick Bober, Al Barnard) 1. Phi Gamma Delta 3. Sigma Alpha Epsilon TilTM 4:05.9 INDEPENDENT DIVISION 60-YARD DASH 1. Bob Fairchild Spikes 2. Ionard Beckenbach Men'a Bonn 3. Charles Chamley Spikes Time 6.8 seconds ONE-LAP RUN 1. Bob Fairchild Spikes 2. Charles Gibson Independent 3. Charles Chamley Spikes 4. Leonard Beckenbach Men'g Dora 5. Ken Relners Independent Time 30.0 440-YARD DASH 1. Ernest Beniamin Men's Dorm 2. Robert Anderson Presby House 3. Don Wilcox Spikes Time 00.8 seconds 880-YARD RUN 1. Ernest Beniamin Men'g Dorm 2. Don Wilcox Spikes 3. Forrest Doling Spikes 4. Jim McLean Ag Y.MCA Time 2:07.8 60-YARD LOW HURDLES 1. Bill Hawkins Men's Dorm 2. Gaylord Smith Spikes 3. John Solomon Independent 4. Dunny Lindquist Spikes Time 7.8 seconds (ties record 60-YARD HIGH HURDLES 1. Jon McWilliams Men's Dorm 2. Bill Hawkins Men's Dorm 3. John Solomon Independent 4. Danny Lindquist Spikes Time 7.9 seconds (new record) POLE VAULT 1. Leonard Beckenbach Men'g Dona 2. Jim Tlngdall Independent Height 12.X (new record) HIGH JUMP 1. Bill Hawkins Men's Dorm 2. Iiaynes Harrington Independent 3. John Solomon Independent 4. Danny Lindquist Spikes 5. Leonard Beckenbach Men's Dorm Height 5-111 (new record) BROAD JUMP 1. Leonard Beckenbach Men's Dorm 2. Bill Hawkins Men's Dorm 3. Forrest Doling Spikes 4. John Nolan Independent Distance 20-7 "4 SHOT PUT 1. Larry Smith Independent 2. Ken Reinerg Independent 3. Ted Loigren Independent 4. Bill Hawkins Men's Dorm 8. Dean McConnell Men's Dorm 6. 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