The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 05, 1953, Page Page 3, Image 3
Aaj, February 5, 1953 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Pag 3 Unbeaten Davey faces est Jest Gavilan By GLENN NELSON, Sports Editor Charles P. Davey, B A , M.A. from Michigan State, has come a long way in one year ot professional boxing but his tremendous yearling record of 39 straight pro wins might be slashed severely when he battles for world supremacy in the welterweight division next week Th nndofpafivl rnrrot-tooDed southpaw will have fight fans of the nation on the edge of their chairs when he meets world welterweight cham pion Kid Gavilan of Cuba in a title bout Feb. 11. An audience of 20,000 will be at ringside at the Chicago Stadium to witness the contest first hand while a coast-to-coast television broadcast allows the nation's boxing enthusiasts to view thf lffair- .. ...... Davey is tne nrst college graauaie io ugni i im a wvim uuaiub vf -o Buffs, No. Dakota, NU Thinclads Vie Saturday rj:KHvirt 4Vi1a woolfnnH'i ap- .Tim Rnmmers. Hofstettpr tank ton Aj.igii.Ligii vwf fvvvH - - . - tivity on the Husker sports scene honors in the event uy flying over Recovered I n V nvC7 1 at Michigan State, he was NCAA champion fout I times. He won the featherweight ciown in 1943, "'J the lightweight title in 1946 and '47, and in 1948 Nelson captured the welterweight championship. O fhe left-hander was chosen the outstanding college boxer In the nation and awarded the John S. Larowe trophy in his final three years of inter-collegiate fighting.' He was also the first un dergraduate to win the award more than once and holds an inter collegiate record by winning titles in more than one weight division. Davey turned professional in 1949, six years after Gavilan. The 27-year-old world's welterweight champion began fighting at the age of 12 in his native city of Palo Seco,, Cuba. Gavilan be came an itinerant amateur until 1943. In 1946, Gavilan came to the United States and became a favorite of boxing fans from coast to coast. Davey is a stand-up boxer who combines amazing footwork Willi Ln cCiaiull-lluitTU puiitnco, ah wt v J v.. , . . ii : tit .J J., .. HlrtUi DnVt.t tai ia T? i KVin T3niitn. nil SIX limes all Hi wcuiicauoy uigiit awi wiws muuun .-.vmvo iv his style is familiar to millions. His biggest fight was against1 former middleweight kine Rocky Graziano. Chuck danced around and about the ex-champion completely bewildering Rocky. If he can cast the same spell over Gavilan, Davey would become the first champion in history to own a college degree. fJvilm won the welteweight crown in May of 1951 and will be defending it for the fifth time against Davey. Gavilan's style is explosive. The champion throws punches faster than any boxer active today and can hit from any position. His famed "bolo punch" is a devastating weapon, his ability to take punishment awe some, but stili more Important is the tremendous pride that Gavilan has in the title. v Davey thus faces his biggest test against Kid Gavilan. Whether he can get a passing mark is up to the two judges, the referee ana his fists. In this exam a straight 'A' doesn't count. Only a straight left or right. will be a triangular track meet between Colorado, North Dakota and Nebraska on the Husker in door track. The thinclads have been work ing hard this week in an attempt to gain their first win of the sea son. In their first showing this year, the trackmen were beaten by Kansas State, 55-48. Al though this was the first track loss suffered by Nebraska to the Wild cats in 18 years, there were stui some bright spots, according to Coach Ed Weir. Wier had praise for many of his field event men, especially for his pole vaulters, Jim Hofstetter and I ( r y 1 Courteiy Sunday Journal and bur CLIFF DALE . . . Coach Ed Weir's strong group of shot putters it led by junior weight star Cliff Pale, who threw the shot 49-3 last Saturday against the Wildcat thinclads for a blue ribbon. Lutherans Drop Newman Club To Snap Long Catholic String By BILL MUNDELL the initial half with the Newman Intramural Sports Columnist ites owning a 16-15 half time mar- Newman Club came to the end. gin of a long, long trail Monday eve ning as they lost a 24-31 basket ball game to the Lutheran Student Association. It was the first regular-season defeat for the Catho lic cagers in four and a half years and marked the end of the longest regular-season streak in IM. bas ketball history. Beginning in the 1948-49 season when Newman Club made its of ficial entry into large-scale intra murals, the Catholics have been unbeatable during the regular season. Only losse' during that period came during the post-season playoffs. Although never capturing the big one, the All-University title, the Catholics have nailed down . four I successive Interdenomina tional crowns, one independnt title and' finished the 1951 season as the vurtber-two team in the University. That year, they tum V'i evprvnne extent the All-U cnampion Geologists and that loss came after two overtimes, 57-55, Their over-all record for the five years, including the four playoff losses, one a year, js 40 wins and four losses, prior to meeting the Lutherans Monday. It was 'S case of too much Har lan Skinner for Newman Club as the little Lutheran forward pumped in over half the winning total. 16 points. As it was the Catholics stayed with the un beaten LSA'ers for three quarters and were not out of the contest until the final two minutes. It was nip and tuck throughout A poor third stanza saw them drop behind, Skinner hitting six points while Ned and Bill Luther potted a pair. Going into the final frame the Lutherans led, 23-19. l-State Prepares For Home Stand The Iowa State basketball team, current wonder team of the Bie Seven, is back home for a good long stay after a series of road games which saw the Cy clones win three and lose one. Latest blast in that string was a 73-69 win over league-leading Oklahoma at Norman. Road wins were also scored over Nebraska and Drake, while" Kansas State edged out the nomadic Cyclones, 81-78, at Manhattan. Coach Chick Sutherland's cagers will meet Colorado here Saturday in the first of a series of home contests which will not end until March 7 when the same Buffs will be met at Boulder. As the Cyclones settled down at home they are tied for fifth with Missouri with 2-3 records in Big Seven play. After dropping the first The defending champs made one last bid for victory during the next seven minutes and managed to creep to 21-24 while the win ners played ball control. After the three-minute -buzzer sounded, however, the Catholics became frantic in their attempts to gain the ball and the victors padded their victory margin. Skinner's 16 points topped all individual efforts vAile Ned Luther added seven mrore to the winning total. Dick Seibenaler led the losing Newmans with six points. the bar at 13 feet. Sommers just barely brushed the bar at 13V3, but he still ended up tied for sec ond with a 12V4-foot performance. The weightmen also gained rec ognition as they swept the event and blanked the Wildcats in that division. Cliff Dale won the event with a throw of 49-3. Paul Grimm was second and Larry Smith third. Quartermller Brien Hendrlck- son, who was spiked during the K-State meet, has recovered and is ready to go full steam again. When Nebraska meets Colorado again in a dual meet April 6, there will be some new faces in the running events. Hobe Jones and Wendell Cole will be eligible for competition after April 1. The Buffs received some bad news when their number two hurdler, Mark Metzger, pulled a leg muscle and may miss the en tire indoor season. Distance men Lloyd Barlow and Leroy Clark were also sitting out practices because of the flu. The lone bright spot for the Buffs was the return of dashman Ron Gray, a sure point getter in the 60 yard sprint. The meet gets under way at 4, p.m. this Saturday on the indoor track at the East Stadium. I f t Five Husker Teams Slated For Action Five Hifsker varsity teams are slated for action this weekend. Al Partin's wrestlers meet Wis consin Friday and Cornell (Ia.) College Saturday on the road, while the swimmers, gymnasts, thinclads and basketballers are host teams Saturday. Web Emery's swimmers meet Kansas at 3:30 p.m. Jake Geier's gym team meets Kansas State and North Dakota at 2 p.m., Ed Weir's trackmen race North Dakota and Kansas State at 4 p.m., and Harry Good's cageis ;p off with Kansas State at 7:30 p.m. K- ' n' l .-ml' J) iMiiitMiiWMWMlWIMMiWMIiMMi Wl1 Hiil iW'lli'' ffijlTliaW'Trr-itifiiWlilWiWH BRIEN HENDRICKSON ? ? ? Sophbmore quartermiler Brlcn Hendrickson, who was spiked during last week's dual loss to Kansas' State, will be reaJy for action when Coach Ed Weir's thinclads s meet Colorado and South Dakota Saturday after noon in a triangular track meet. Colorado Basketball Squad Starting Conference Jaunt Iowa State's rapidly-improving i them out of a last-place tie with Wild Led! St. Methodists Win Meanwhile the Methodist Stu House pulled into a tie for ..d place in league VIII with Newman Club by handling Presby House, 28-22. It was the fourth win in five starts for the Metho dists and was Presby's sixth straight defeat. Presby took a 2-0 lead' on Mel Brydl's lay-up with one minute gone for the only Presby lead in the game. Rich Satterfield hit two straight for the victors and the Methodists led the rest of the way. Quarter scores were 7-2, 14-8, 17- 14, all for the winners. The losers narrowed the gap to two 18-20 with four minutes remain oomos nt thft lonn season to Mis- ing but couldn't keep up the pres .n1,r and Kansas the Cyclones sure. Satterfield and Ray Brooks have done an about face and won of Presby shared scoring honors four of five contests. One of the with eight apiece while arym nit biggest home crowds in years is; for six for the losers and Dick expected to be on hand Saturday Tyrell garnered five for the win- when the Buffs hit town. Iners. A Lincoln I ttt m JV'"!y''""' Own n Mt Students! You can have a Library in your own Dormitory Room! Ponderosa Pine, Sturdy, Ready-To-Paint UMFIMIDIE FUmMflTUIfE Tin. vpraiilitv of these unnainted pieces of furniture is amazing. From this group you may choose many combina tions, ideal for student. BOOKCASES rjf' 1 rcipJ 4 lU The bookcase, are of Hear k.hi KHcT IT 1 T dried ronoerosa P"'. ; t hU . i 5 i f r JTT j 1 2 mm r . : J Cyclones are next on the list for Colorado as the Buffs get back into Big Seven basketball play Saturday night at Ames. The game is the first of a rough trio of road games which finds the Buffs at Iowa State, Nebraska and Missouri in the next 10 days. Colorado tuned up after a 12- day layoff for final exams with a 62-50 win over Colorado A&M Monday night. But the Cyclones showed great imorovement over the weekend as they passed Kansas State right to the wire before dropping an 81-78 decision at Manhattan. Then the Iowans followed up with a 73-69 conauest of Oklahoma at Norman, a job Kansas, Missouri and Colorado had been unable to do earlier. The Cyclones- also clipped Ne braska at Lincoln, 78-60, for their other league triumph in five games. The Oklahoma win boosted the Buffs. A major problem for the Buff defense Saturday night will be big (6-8) Delmar Diercks, the tal ented Cyclone center who is cur rently breezing along at a 21 point clip in conference competition. Colorado Coach Bebe Lee rates Diercks as one of the finest per formers in the conference. Lee, incidentally, has been impressed with the Iowa State team since the Kansas City pre-season tournament. "They have good .height and several good, fast boys who work well from outside," says Lee. "They dropped some tough games early in the season but they'll be awfully rough from here on out." Buff hopes were boosted by the performance of Bob Jeanerard against Colorado A&M.' The 6-3 sophomore flashed the form he showed at the season's outset when he was a starter, Bv HOWARD VANN Assistant Sports Editor Thi Kansas State Wildcats, ranked fifth in the nation and fovnwH tn win the Bie Seven Conference basketball crown, in vade the Coliseum Saturday nigni for a clash wltn uoacn narry Good's Cornhuskers. Th Wo rot? for the smooth- running Wildcat machine is Dick Knostman, 6-6 center. Last sea son Knostmann established him self as the top scorer in K-State's long history. Knostma ran up a total of 390 points in 24 games for an average of 16.3 per game. While setting his records, Knost man hit an amazing overall 68 per cent of his free throw at tempts. He was second in the Big Seven scoring race, just behind Ail-American Clyde Lovellette of Kansas University. Resides his snoring r e c o r d s. Knostman was one of the 'Cats inn rehoiinrlprs with 319 for the season. He was named an All- American and to the AH-tsig Seven team. Vr-nm TTnoKtinnn's over all per formance, one would never think that Dick has trouble with his eves He has overcome a sight handicap by wearing contact lenses. team Is loaded with potential All-Americans. Bob Rousey, the Big seven s ouxsiana- inir ennhnmnre two Vears ago. is .l.f, - V " ' nnur a cert inr anrl Is looking for All-American honors along with Knostman. Rousey naa a medi ocre season last year as he was lnv Ininries much of the iminjiv.vu J " , time, but tms year ne nas gaiucu back his sophomore xorrn ana is Ana nf the Pats torj nlavers. Jack Carby, a 6-7 lad who has found the range tnis season, and Jesse Priscock, 6-5, capably honla trie fnrwnrr! slots. These I two boys average 6-6 which gives the whole front line enougn height to control the backboards. Along with Rousey as a play maker, is a junior, Gene Stauffer, who has one of the deadliest long range shots in the league. The last time Nebraska took a Koclrof hull viptorv from the Wild- . - , .1 .4 cats was in laou wnen iiu upsei the rlone sheets. 65-63. During the 1950 season tne 'cats ran away with the Big Seven Crown, nd they won H again tne louowmg year. Looking back a lew more years, the Wilrifots were still gaining national recognition. In 1948, Kansas State finished fourth in the NCAA play ad m 1951 they went to the finals only to meet defeat ot the hands of nowerful Kentucky. Last season tho Wild tats finished third in the' final national standings. At the nresent time Nebraska is tied for third place in the BipJ Seven race witn tne Missouri iig erc wi th a 2-2 record. Kansas State has been beaten by Kansas for ther only conference loss mis season. The nornhuskers have been working hard this week in pre paration for the highly touted Kansas aggregation. In their last appearance, tne Husners peax cat InvasiOuU v uCBiosfirraao or Missouri to pull into their third place tie. & Ik; t JC2y j " Courtesy Lincoln Journal WILLARD FAGLER . . . Gangly sophomore forward Wlllard Faelur, who hit 22 points against Missouri In the Huskers' last outing, will be counted upon for heavy duty In his start against Kansas State Saturday night In the Coliseum. Coach Harry Good's cagers need a win to stay in the Big Seven upper division. 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