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Thursdoy, Moy 14, 1953 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Pag 3 from The Sidelines llushers Rank Second following Spring Drills Glenn Nelson With spring gridiron workouts all wrapped up, Big Seven ex perts are picking Nebraska as a top contender to upset Oklahoma's hopes to maintain supremacy as conference football champs next fall , , The Sooners are ranked on top, while Coach Bill Glassford's Cornhuskers are in second place in the pre-sea-gonal ratings. Picked to battle for third place honors are Kansas, Missouri and Colorado. Sixth and seventh positions are again favored to go "to Kansas State and Iowa State. Without a doubt, Oklahoma must be con sidered the team to beat for the Big Seven title. The OU squad lacks several of its outstanding players, including All-America selections of last fall Tom Catlin, Eddie Crowder, Billy Vessels, and Buck McPhail. But Coach Bud Wilkinson always able to field a talented squad with plenty of depth, will have a host of experienced and cap- Courtmy Sunday able material ready to fill the gaps. Glassford Quarterback Crowder figured to be even as great a loss to the OU team as was Vessels, scatback who won the Heismann Award. But this spring Wilkinson moved halfback Buddy Leake to the split T engineer's post, and reports list the junior back as a worthy successor to fill Crowder's shoes. The rest of Oklahoma's backfield will be replaced by ex perienced hands, with Max Boydston, former end, taking over Mc Phail's fullback post, and Jack Ging, Merrill Green, Larry Grigg and Gene Calame fighting for the halfback positions. ' Whether or not the Cornhuskers will prove deserving of their gecond place label depends upon a number of things. After utilizing only 20 spring practice sessions in initiating the new single-wing offense, Coach Glassford's Huskers are still in the process of gaining polish in play execution. Coupled with the fact that last year's two-platoon system must be junked, this provokes a major reshuffling problem. "Aside from the fact that we've had to conform to a change of NCAA rules and switched from the T to the single wing, we should be stronger next fall," Glassford said Wednesday. "Our schedule looks tougher, and the conference will again be strong, but with no great injury or scholastic problems, we should be better off than we were last fall. Team morale is very good," the Nebraska mentor idded. The NU coach is pleased with the backfield depth which will be on hand next year. A host of lettermen will stand ready to answer the call, especially in the halfback ranks. Tailbacks John Bordogna and Rex Fischer will carry a big share of the load in the running and passing departments. Fullback strength is apparent, with veterans George Cifra, Ray Novak and Jim Yeisley returning. Quarterbacks George Gohde and Dan Brown will see a good deal of duty as blocking backs. Other backfield letter-winners, who will join in the battle for wingback and tailback assignments, are Max Kennedy, Jim Ceder dahl. Bob Smith, Dennis Korinek and Dirkes Rolston. Frosh and reserve help is available here, also. Line depth is not so plentiful, a fact which troubles Glassford. "We'll be able to field a couple of strong forward walls," he said, "but a couple of injuries or ineligibilities at any line position would be difficult to overcome." Taking into consideration that all Big Seven schools will strengthen their grid machines by next fall, we're hoping that the Huskers won't, suffer from these problems. It's a-difficult assertion to make, but we're backing up the prediction that rates Nebraska No. 2 in the league. . Nebraska Baseball Statistics (16 Games) Batting- Plwcr Mb k Pel. Dick McCormlck 5 8 t .400 Don Bcckar '. 14 8 B .3ST ViraU GollKk ST IS 1 .3:11 Kay Norsk 48 IS 14 .S04 Jim CedardaM 5 IS IT .188 Jtrrjr Dana 4 14 IS .281 Knd 8nr 68 10 18 .868 Murray HackhaiM K.1 1 14 .2A4 IMrku Kolttoa .... 68 Ztt IS ,SS OMn Helm 14 '4 8 .240 Pal Malletlt 11 t 8 .250 Vraa Hofmaltr 13 1 8 .231 Dtnnii Koiintk 15 8 8 .200 Dick Olson S 11 .200 frick Chriitoph IS T 8 .182 Cbarlw Wrlibt T 8 0 .000 Walter Flnka 8 0 0 .000 Bob Kremka 1 0 0 .000 Don Muenittr 0 .0 0 .000 Ntbratka Team 5AS 138 13.1 .278 Opponent i . . .829 CO Ray Novak 1 Fran Hofmaltr t harki Wrliht .... 0 Dick McCormlck . . 0 Rob Kramkc 0 Don Mncniter Pai Mallttta ., PO Helma .60 Wright 0 Korinek 8 Becker 8 Kremka 1 McCormlck . , 0 Milliliter .... 0 Rackmu 124 Novak 84 M.llette ..... 14 W 4 X 8 . 8 0 0 8 lb 8 8 28 33 11 ' M 2T 83 8 8 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 8S8 T 118 .228 17T x Pitching IP' AB R 131 168 ' 118 120 38 SO 48 tb 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 85 26 8b hr h b bb kb rbl m 00008 0 04 00008011 110180 12 8 010060 Til 1 8 0 6 13 0 18 14 110680 18 6 1 0 8 8 4 1 13 4 1880688 9 1 1.8 T IT 0 S 7 00 0020S7 0000101 0 0000)012 0001100 1 00000001 0008405T 00003004 00000001 0000101 1 00000000 6 11 10 2T 86 4 104 85 0 11 8 19 87 3 7 120 30' 84V 85V6 26 8 5 ER BH BB BB 80 WP ERA 4 14 IS S 10 20 16 18 4 8 11 2T 32 24 80 1 3 3 1.19 8.6T 6.33 3.04 6.75 6.35 6.14 MSI it: PH. ,000 000 000 1.000 1.000 1.000 l.ooo .964 .961 .944 FIELDING DP FBI PO 40 CtderdaM Gottsca 16 Hofmaier .... 0 Beger IT Rolstoa 18 Dann 16 rkrlttopk .... 10 Nab. Team OppombU A 4 18 6 32 82 0 1 .413 151 .408 159 Pel. DP .936 t .919 1 .857 0 x.855 6 .847 1 .842 0 .688 0 .923 .916 9 PB 1 FLAG HOPES ALIVE Husker Baseballers Test Buffs, Cyclones On Road h n alcer Leads Beerline, Smith Set Marks Big .Seven Standings W L Pet. Missouri ....8 2 .800 Oklahoma 5 2 .714 Nebraska 7 3 .700 Iowa State 2 1 .667 Colorado 1 2 .333 Kansas 2 6 .250 Kansas State 1 10 .091 Following a two-game series sweep over the Kansas State Wildcats, the Nebraska baseball team continues to hold its mathe matical chance to win the Big seven conference baseball flag. With hopes high, Coach Tony Shame's squad embarks Thursday on a westward junket, attempting to continue its present rapid pace in the final stretch of the confer ence title race. The Huskers play two games at Boulder Friday and Saturday, and wind up with an other road series, at Iowa State May 22-23 Colorado is currently in fifth place in the league with one win and two losses. The Buffs sport an excellent non-conference rec ord, however r- having won nine straight early season victories. Tod players for the Colorado crew are Zack Jordan and Carroll Hardy. Ray Novak, pitcher-first Dase- man lor the HusKers wno nas been out of action with bursitis, seems much improved and may start on the moind against the Buffaloes in the series opener. By speeding to a 3:24.8 win in the final event, the mile relay, Thane Baker and Co. of Kansas State swept to a 68-63 win over the Cornhuskers in a Big Seven track dual Wednesday. Beta Sigs, ATO's Advance To Fraternity Semi-Final Clashes Pi Kaps, Coco Play Winners Thursday Friday's game will be at 3 p.m. and Saturday's at 10:30 a.m. Third baseman Virgil Gottsch. who hit five for 10 in the Kansas State series Monday and Tuesday, leads the Husker regulars at the plate after 16 games. Gottsch is hitting at a .3M cup. Tops in total bases is center- fielder Jim Cederdahl, with 33. Cederdahl also leads in runs bat ted iivwith 19. Dirkes Rolston, the Cornhus kers" diminutive shortstop, has drawn the most walks, 17. By BILL MUNDELL Intramural Sporta Columnist Fraternity intramural softball set the stage for their, semi final clashes Tuesday evening as two more teams were eliminated from the battle for the All-Unlf versity championship. A one hitter, a dramatic see-saw strug gle and the bitter cold were the main topics of conversation as the Fraternity and Independent tour- nies headed toward the home stretch. The game of the day was Beta Sigma Psi's 10-9 decision over Phi Kappa Psi in the near-freez ing temperature. The lead ex changed hands six times before the Beta Sigs pulled it out of the fire in the bottom of the lat inning with two runs. Trailing 8-9 coming to bat for their last time, the winners lash, ioned two walks and a base-clear' in? triple to produce their, via tory. Harv Kroeller led off against Bob Bnttin, Phi Psi chucker, by flying out to shallow left but the next two batters, Oliver High and Owen Otto worked Brittin for bases on balls. Then up to the plate strode Spike Dannehl, the Beta Sig pitcher, and with a 1-1 count he laced a fast ball off the knee of Phi Psi third-baseman Bob Bach man that bounded iar out oi reach and High and Otto raced home with the winning runs. The Beta Sigs almost had the game won in the top of the sixth. Trailing 6-8, the Phi Psi's reached Dannehl for two singles by Ink Petersen and Gene Welch. Bach man walked to load the bases with two out and Brittin was faced with a 1-2 count. On the next pitch Brittin lofted a high , pop-up to short center that both shortstop High and center- fielder Otto attempted to snag. It appeared to be all over as the ball settled in High's glove, but the Phi Psi luck held out a moment longer, and the slippery sphere bounced back out and. the three base-runners scored on the error. It seemed the Beta Sig cause was really lost in their half of the sixth at Kroeller popped out. Kroeller was so mad at High's error, it was a miracle that he even touched the ball, but cooler heads prevailed and High, Otto and Dannehl had the answer. The losers jumped to a first inning 2-0 lead on hits by Bach man and Don Frei, but ' four big tallies in the second put the win ners back on top for the moment. Doubles by Rich Eggert and Les Roberts featured this uprising. The Phi Psi's put on a four-run splurge of their own to retake the lead in the third frame on singles by Welch, Brittin and a triple by Duane Rankin. A three-run fourth put the Beta Sigs back on top 8-6 and set the stage for the fran tic sixth inning, Dannehl surrendered nine hits while walking four. Brittin al lowed but seven safeties, but eight walks hurt his cause. Both struck out three. Welch, Brittin and Rankin each collected a pair of hits while Rob erts and Kroeller did likewise for the Beta Sigs. Alpha Tau Omega earned the right to meet the Beta Sigs in th fraternity semi-finals next Thurs day as they rolled to a 7-2 victory over Pioneer House behind th one-hit hurling of Ken Kunes. Only a scratch single by Harlan "Lefty" Glancier in the third in ning spolied Kunes endeavors at a no-hitter. The Pioneers scored both their tallies in the im frame, both unearned as two Tau errors shoved the game ' into a temporary 2-2 tie. The ATO's got their only earned run of the fray in the second canto as a pair of Uts by George Gohde and Al Blessing, coupled with a Pioneer miscue produced the first two runs of the game. Any hopes the Pioneers enter tained were dashed in the fourth frame as three errors and singles by Dave Jones and Kunes pro duced five unearned Tau runs and victory. The ATO's collected six singles off Pioneer hurler, Bob Murphy. Blessing and Kunes each drove in two runs with their hits. Wednesday's action saw the semi-finals in the Independent division between Navy ROTC and Lutheran Student Association and between defending champion Ag Men's Club and Practical Arts. IT'S FUN TO PRACTICE OR LEARN TO DRIVE GOLF BALLS AT MEADOW ACRES GOLF RANGE. 4400 So. 14 Three teams in the Western league are nicknamed after In diansthe Sioux City Soos. the Wichita Indians, and the Lincoln Chiefs. Many ball teams bear sim ilar Indian names. Hobe Jones turned in a double- win performance on the cinders for Nebraska, racing to a i:so.a clocking in the 880-yard run and winning the mile in 4:32.4, Wendell Cole, Husker nurdlelpennant. cio. rct ninno in three ace. skimmed the lzo-yara nigns sprints, setting a new record in' in 14.8 and the 220-yard lows in one and tying another, and an-,24.1 to be the other NU double- i . t : i - i . . 4 u - irinruar cnorea me nine iciaj j.i CHverv Moon' clinching event. 1 Dan Tolman was second in the , "very ioon, The Wildcat speed merchant highs and third in the lows. I'1"' knocked 1.1 seconds off the 220-1 Other Nebraska winners were yard dash record, streaking to a Charley Hunlcy, who won the 20.6 win over Husker Bricn Hen-javelin with a 177-1 Vi toss. Lloyd drickson. He also won the 100 Lathrop of the Husker team was and 440-yard dashes, tying the third. dual mark in the century in a complete summary will ap sizzling 9B performance. I j Fridays Daily Ncbraskan. Two other dual standards fell, J with Nebraskans taking credit for both. Glenn Beerline leaped 25-5i to establish a new record in the broad Jump, and Larry Smith spun the discus 151-8 to shatter another field event mark. Nebraska again was superior in the field, while track depth held the Huskers a breath from the victor'! column. Paul Grimm led a Scarlet slam In the shot put, heaving the brass ball 47-44. Cliff Dale and Smith placed second and third, respec tively. Dale was also second in the discus. The Phillies played at a .658 percentage in the second half of the 1952 National league season, winninff 52 out of their last 79 games in a futile stand for the Main Feature Clock (Krhrdiilrn Ktirntlic4 hy Thrtfr) Varsitv: "By The Light of The 1:22, 3:zi, s:zu, WEDDING STATIONERY rrinted. Embossed, Engraved A Inw as SIS for 100 sets Goldenrod Stationey Ston 215 North 14th Street ByTfct SfiYCiy i?zsr&3 New! Cambridge, Scholl Cop Pentathlon omuiiuBt ' ' (S l school, won the prep team title and Harold Scholl of Central City the individual championship in the University of Nebraska's home-course pentathalon in 1853. Dick Knaub'of Scottsbluff was second and Doyle Francis, Broken Bow, third. No records were broken by the 76 competing ath letes whose marks wer forwarded to Coach Ed Weir. I ZV-rr4 kutfca r4lM M J ImM. 4 fcKfcwi afe nrf 47 I fcwoa law ttt M la ladwu fclna liw ft f mpC U IhcImm Members of Cambridge's win ring team were Gailord Bellamy, Jerry Petersen, Norman Thomp- on ana js.ennexn iubs. i marksT I Bellamy! Mia fcoKlW :lS.tl 12(1 km !.7l -!14i M T. tl ha impf. . I Thaawwfn Mink &-" tX8.li tlkcan tttl fcf4) tw 18, 71 Cmm HI hantl 1IT.81 tt -7f-, 81 Wood tumr ; Howard Debus of Lincoln still holds the record in the individual championships with a point total of 5,931 scored in 1940. Mitchell, in 1937, scored the' highest team total with 18,118. 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