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Wednesday, April 15. 1953 42 Teams Entered T THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Page 3 Intramural Softball To Begin Wednesday By BILL MUNnri.r. u By BILL MTJNDFIT. Intramural Sports Columnist Intramural Softball competitors cast a hopeful eye towards the sky today in preparation for the 1953 innaugural of the diamond snort. Action begins on all fronts today at 5 p.m., weather permit ting, with five contests slated for tne Ag uonego ncids. Rained out of league play for the last two years, the softballors are hoping for better luck this season as a total of 42 teams have entered the competition. Just In case, nowever, me l-M depart ment is drawing ud a sinrle oiim. ination tourney for use as in past yuuis Miuum me spring rains again uampen tne activity. tight leagues, five fraternity mm mice muepenaeni, nave been esiaousnea in reaenness for the piay oau mis aiternoon. Leagues 1 "MM1?.111? Maternity division win siari xne Dau rolling, If the bulk of the league action Taus, Iranians Gain Volleyball Playoff Finals Aipna lau umega and the .Iranians roae into the All-Univer sity volleyball finals Mondav ft ernoon with convincing victories over Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon "B." The Taus captured their second Fraternity "A" crown in four weeks by stopping the Phi Delts in that division's finale. The axvj s naa copped the "A" basket ball title just a month before. Monday the Thi Delts offered the Taus stiff opposition and made the champions struggle for every point, but the final tally read as nanay io-y and 15-10 ATO vie tories. The Iranians, defending All-U champions, did not win another title Monday, but did set the stage ior meir secona try. Monday's af fair was the playoff between the independent and Fraternity "B" champs and there was no doubt which division copped the elorv. The defending titlists crushed the Sig Alph Bees 15-3 in the first game and then made it a clean sweep by stumbling to a 15-10 de cision in the second. Tuesday at 5 p.m. the Taus an Iranians met for the All-U title in the volleyball finale of 1953. is able to reach completion, the post-season playoffs will find the top three teams of each league uaimujj ior me All-University honors. If an early tourney is ncc cessary all 42 teams will be Placed by lottery in a sinele-Pllm. ination bracket. The majority of the games this year will be played on the Ag u,K livf each day with the limited field space forcing each team into at least one Saturday contest. Weekday action is slated to begin at 5 and 6:15 p.m., the latter time on ROTC days, while the Saturday struggles will be played in the morning at 10 a.m. In early May when the daylight lasts a little longer, there will be some additional action on the Coliseum games, starting at 6 p.m. Defending champions Ag Men's Qlub in the Independent division ana ueita Tau Delta in the Pra icnuyr una Aii-university are both represented in this year's schedule with strong teams. The cnampions oi two years ago, Prac ucai Arts. Presbv Hnns anA cronnusker Co-op, have also en tered the battle to make the ac tion especially vigorous this sea son. The league setup: FRATKIINITY DIVISION I.MIM I Sigma Alpha Kpiilon Sigma l'hl Epsilon Sinn) Ku I'hi Gamma Delia Alpha Tau Omrga Delta Tau Delia laagat II Delta Slima Tl Siama Cht I'M Delta Theta Kappa Siima Alpha Gamma Rho I'M Kappa Pal I.eanue III Delta T'psllon Beta Thela VI Theta Xi Farmhouse Beta Sitma Tsl Drown Talacc Delta Sigma I'hi Sigma Alpha Mil Comhuslcer Co-op Pioneer House Tau K.ippa Kpsllon , Ltague V PI Kappa Phi Acacia Theta Chi SJela Beta Tau Morris House DKXOM1NATION.1I, DIVISION . laaaut VI rreshy House Daptlst House Methodist House Newman Club Lutheran Student Assoc. INDfil'KMiKNT DIVISION Itagut VII University Aggica Ag Jokers Vocational Agriculture Ag Men'j Club Ltagut VIII Navy ROTC Nebraska Co-op Sigma Gamma Epsilon Freshman Dents Practical Arts NU Preps Po lit t 1 mm Scarlet Chances Better With Improved Batting, Mound Play t St t W Jf apfl i W8?K5;,:.'.f-K!s.!jS X ' 1 By GEORGE PAYNICII Sports Staff Writer Although the Cornhuskers were with eight runs driven across. The week-long southern swing accomplished its main objective. drubbed 14-11 and 5-4 by the " nas , Pre"y WJ. 3eu. V?T Oklahoma Aggies at the tail end Sharpe s club. The outfield in of a long road trip, their chances 'particular seems strong with vet- for the top rung in the Big Seven baseball picture seem to be in creasing. This can be attributed to the fine all-round improvement of the club on the southern jaunt, but mostly it goes along with the spectacular rise of a new hitting star on the Nebraska club, Jim Cederdahl. The stocky Lincoln lad sat on the bench most of last year as a second-string catcher behind fel low frosh Murray Bachaus. Coach Tony Sharpe then made one of his wisest moves by switching the talented lad to the outfield. In the first six games Ceder dahl has done some fancy hitting. He clubbed two home runs and erans Jerry Dunn and Dick Christoprr-4n right and left and Cederdahl patrolling the center field slot. Dennis Korlnek, who put up a pressed by the Husker power. The Daily Oklahoman stated "Nebras ka has three current prospect who are considered major league timber. They are firstbaseman Ray Novak, outfielder Jim Ceder dahl and secondbaseman Bobby Reynolds. All three have good size and can really wallop the ball. "Reynolds showed no ill effects spirited battle for one of the then, from the shoulder injury in re available garden posts, has re-j cent tilts at Stillwater which ham turned to the gridiron where he pered his throwing arm last will attempt to familiarize him-, spring. eight hits good for 18 total bases, Rolstrtn Bf ehnrt anA Fr.H ,. fit self with Coach Bill Glassford's single win formation. For strong reserve status in the outfield, Sharpe has Don Becker and Virgil Gottsch, both of whom can hit the ball well, but for the present will be forced to bench duty by the fine play of the reg ulars. The infield appears fairly solid, with hulking Ray Novak at first, bod Keynoids and a nifty .364 to place second behind Bobby Reynolds' hot .435 mark. Cederdahl at the moment tops the club in RBI's, hitting nine mates homes. Reynolds and Jerry Dunn are tied for second spot Courtesy Lincoln Star MOVED TO GARDEN . . . Jim Cederdahl, who played second string catcher for the Cornhusker baseball team last year, has been hitting at a .364 clip this season as an outfielder for Coach Tony Sharpe. Cederdahl's rood work In his new position and at the plate increases Nil's pennant chances greatly. The soph grid ace leads the team in runs batted in with nine. Shatters Discus Record . sv. : -r x ..... . ".! W f ' 1 . . w.. . . . y - -Ji--: i.- J0mmm.vmiiy M Courtesy Lincoln Journal ERASES 16-YEAR-OLD MARK . . . Nebraska's Cliff Dale, star platter-tosser on Coach Ed Weir's thinclad crew, shattered the KU-NU dual meet discus record Saturday at Lawrence. His 145 feet 1$4 Inch heave beat the old dual standard of 144-0 set by Lewin Ward of Kansas in 1939. The Jayhawkers won the meet, 87-44. The Huskers compete at the Kansas Relays Saturday. dore Scrimmage Ordered or Husker football Squad Nebraska's football squad leaned into a rugged scrimmage session Tuesday in continuance of spring gridiron drills. Coach Bill Glassford's agenda lists a game-type scrimmage for Saturday afternoon. The workout will be closed to the public. Only1 chance for fans to witness the Scarlet gridders in action this spring will be during the Alumni Varsity clash during All Sports Day on May 2. Bill Schabacker, veteran Husker wingman, is suffering trom a minor shoulder injury, but the team co-captain is expected to re turn to contact work later in the week. He was running in sweat togs Tuesday. The only other NU injury listed was Bob Hoffacre, Lincoln sopho more end, who has s. chipped bone in his wrist and-will be out of ac tion for some time. Don Trouthen, frosh quarter back from North Platte, returned to practice Tuesday after a layoff caused by a sore ankle. Glassford named three men who had been dropped from the squad. Howard Graves and Leo Soukup, both freshmen end prospects, were dropped from the squad for miss ing practice sessions. "We pick up their gear after two unexcused absences from practice," the NU mentor remarked. Norm Coufal, yearling T-quar- terback specialist from David City, dropped football to concen trate his efforts on baseball and basketball. Coach Glassford sent his Green and Blue scrimmage squads into action against the Yellow team Tuesday, with the accent on de fense. Several short pass plays were also worked over. The squads: Green Fnd Bill Schabacker and .Tarry Veager. Tackles Jerry Mlnnick and Ted Connor. Guards Dick Goll and Bob Wagner. Crater Jim Oliver. Hackfield George Gohde. Rex Fischer. George Clfra and Bob Smith. Blue Ends Dean Lot and Do Hewitt. Tackles Max Kitzdraa and Dot) Glanrs. Guards Demas Grelss and Harold Sorea- aon. Center Bob Oberllu. Backfield Dan Brown. John Bordogna, Jim Yelsl.y and Jon McWIIIlam. Yellow Ends Andy Ixwhr and Ralph Weddle. Tackles I'ev Kvana and Quintan Anderson. Guards Tom Kripal and Charlie Bryant. I enter Ted Britt. Backfield Ken Moore. Max Kennedy, Syl vester Harris and Bill Hawkins. 30 Varsity Players Get Monograms Thirty letters have been awarded to University of Ne braska winter sports participants. Basketball awards were made to Willard Fagler, Harvard; Paul Fredstrom, Lincoln; Joe Good, Lincoln; Bill Johnson, Lincoln; Stanley Matzke, Lincoln; Gary Renzelman, Scottsbluff; Gerald Sandbulte, Sioux Center, la.; Fred Seger, Omaha, and Don Weber, Esterville, la. Letters in wrestling were earned by Don Bean, Lincoln; Darrell Adamson, Cherokee, la.; Charles Bryant, Omaha; Law rence Goll, Blue Hill; Ed Hus mann, Ogallala; Perry Leifcel, Omaha, and Dave Mackie, Omaha. Swimming awards went to Cal vin Bentz, Hstings; Gene Cotter, Lincoln; Jerry Desmond, Lincoln; Dave Gradwohl, Auburn, and Lloyd Reed. Lincoln. Monogram winners on the gym nastics squad were Danny Fogel, Omaha; Don Hodge, Beatrice; Max Kennedy, Beatrice; Tom Kidd; Lincoln; Bert Linn, Kim ball, and Charles Sprague, Grand Island. the hot corner. This setup, while not air tight, should prove to be one yOf the better In the confer ence. Behind the plate it appears that only some unforeseen injury will keep Murray Backus from regu lar duty. Murray batted a rea sonable .269 while posting a .969 lielding mark while doing regular duty last year. On the mo and Charles Wright. Fran Hofnaier, Dick McCormick and -Pat Aiallete appear to be the mound staffers with Novak tak ing his regular turn also. Lefty Hofmaier, letterman from Crofton, will probably grab the opening assignment in the Husker lid-lifter at Manhattan this Fri day. Another rugged weekend is in store for Coach Sharpe's mound staff. The Huskers tangle with K-State Friday and Saturday and move on to battle highly regarded Kansas at Lawrence Monday and Tuesday. Oklahoma and Texas fans and sportswriters were greatly im- It seems that these lads also interested major league scouts who literally pack the parks in that part of the country. I-S, Gophers To Play Trio Iowa State's undefeated base ball team takes on its toughest as signment so far in the young 1953 season when it faces rugged Min nesota at Minneapolis Friday and Saturday. The two teams will play a single game on Friday and a double header on Saturday. . So far this season the Cyclones have beaten Iowa Teachers twice (8-0, 2-1) and Drake twice (26-18, 5-1). Top hitter is Ken Bawek, senior catcher who is hitting at a .643 clip. Next in line among the reg ulars is Bob Taylor, second base man, with .400. Four hurlers have accounted for the quartet of victories for Iowa State Bob Hermann, Twy man Jones, Bill Postma and Dick Gardell. TURNPIKE Saturday, April 18th In Person Main Feature Clock (Soheduleg Furnished by Theaters) Varsity: "Trouble Along the Way," 1:00, 3:13, 5:16, 7:29, 9:42. State: "Babes In Bagdad," 1:00, ! 3:55, 6:50, 9:45. "Three Steps! North," 2:30, 5:25, 8:20. "ftv'nV IT'K WAYNE AT ly HIS "QUIET MAN" A ,UIUUB ISIS !3 FOR THE 1 ENTIRE FAMILY! 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Fesler has coached at Harvard, Connecticut. Weslevan. Princeton, Pittshnreh. Ohio State and at Mini'? -iota. Price also was a three-letter man at Texas and played on a Southwest Conference champion , ship team in each of the three football, basketball and baseball. He has been a member of the Texas staff since 1936. Except for a three-year period of service in the Navy, Price has been a mem ber of the Texas staff. His 1952 Longhorns were one of the surprise teams of the nation. They won the Southwest Confer ence crown after an early season appraisal pegged them as a first division possibility. J. Paul Slieedy Switched to Wildrool Cream-Oil Because He Flunked The Finger-Nail Test fiintnm ' 1 - and L II C EI 1 0 S fASfE BEffEO! Cleaner, Fresher, Smoother! Ask yourself this question: Why do I smoke? You know, yourself, you smoke for enjoyment. And you get enjoyment only from the taste of a cigarette. Luckies taste better-cleaner, fresher, smoother! Why? 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