Wednesday, February 3,
Shooting At Sports
Terry Brennan Probable
Success As H-Dame Boss
, . By GARY FRANDSEN
' . Sports Editor
Terrence ratnck ' Brennan, a hard-running halfback for Notre
Dame only a few years ago, undoubtedly had the biggest moment
of his young 25 years the other day when he was named to suc
ceed his old coach, the great Frank Leahy, as head football mentor
at the South Bend Institution.
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Brennan, who must be a
Irishman, probably realizea he's
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Year after year the Fighting Irish are near, if not at the top
of the nation's gridiron powers. Notre Dame alumni, followers and
players alike are used to winning
gent the experts think will keep
fine style.
MOST OF those looking in
Including yours truly, thought Brennan's age would prevent serious
consideration as Leahy's successor.
ning like the nod would go to Bernie Crimmins, present head coach
at the University of Indiana, or to one of Leahy's older assistants;
but that's the way the guessing
There is no doubt that Brennan is one of the finest collegiate
coaching prospects in years. As Leahy put it: "Terry is a very
talented young man who borders almost on the genius as a coach.
Coachlngjs a young man's game.
In accepting the position Brennan becomes the youngest head
coach ever appointed by a major
Brennan's record at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago,
his only other position in which he has been head coach, Is an
enviable one. During his three year stay there he guided his team
to an unprecedented three successive city championships.
FIVE! OF his Mt. Carmel players will be' playing for him at
Notre Dame among them Ends Dan Shannon and Paul Matz, the
1954 Irish co-captains. Another one of Brennan's prize pupils,
sophomore Fullback Frank Pinn, Is also being hailed as the boy
who is going to fill the rugged Neil Worden's shoes.
Amazingly enough Terry was being seriously considered for
the head man of the professional Chicago Cardinals two years ago,
but was eventually passed up because of his age. At that time
Brennan had made the remark: "Why, those pro fellows would be
tucking me to bed at night."
The concensus here is that Brennan will be a sure-fire success
in his first year as Notre Dame's head man and for years to come
will be rolling up the victories in the traditional Irish manner.
THE SITUATION reminds us of a few years ago when an
other young man joined the big-time coachirig ranks. Since then
Chuck Taylor has brought Stanford football out of the doldrums
and has built them into one of the Pacific Coast's most successful
teams.
The big difference between the early starts by Brennan and
Taylor is that Terry has to maintain a winning football club while
Taylor had to build one. We think Brennan will be uccessful!
Bryant Unbeaten x
Nebraska Wrestlers Meet
Wisconsin Friday Night
Tht University of Nebraska
wrestling team, winner of two
out of three dual efforts so far
this season, entertains Wiscon
sin at the Coliseum Friday at -8
p.m.
Coach Al Partin's crew trim
med the Badgers 19-13 last year
at Madison. But the story is
likely to be different this time.
Wisconsin has back almost its
entire team of last year. Neb
raska, meanwhile, lost six of its
eight wrestling regulars from a
year ago by graduation.
THE CORNHUSKER lineup
for Friday night (with won, lost
and draw records):
123-pounds Hilmere Deines,
Culbertson, 2-1-0.
130 Chick Graham, Lincoln,
0- 2-1.
137 Jack
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147 John
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very determined and ambltiout
stepping into one of college foot'
and Brennan apparently is the
the tradition rolling along in
from the outside on the situation,
It looked from the very begin'
game goes.
Terry will make good."
collegiate football power.
157 Arnold Morton, Oberlin,
Kan., 2-1-0, or Ron Dunn, Lin
coln, 0-0-0.
167 Charles Bryant, Omaha,
3-0-0.
177 Lawrence Goll, Blue Hill,
1-2-0.
Heavyweight Max Kltzel
man, Omaha, 2-0-0.
Morton has a sprained ankle
and may be replaced by Dunn
who became eligible with" the
start of the second semester,
Partin said.
Only Deines and Bryant wres
tled against Wisconsin last year,
Bryant "winning a decision and
Deines losing his match.
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Lenore
Whose mouth was as wide as a
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Then lay inside out on the
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This is Bill Heitholt, a junior
guard who fans should see
plenty of when the University
of Kansas and Cornhuskers
tangle in the near future. In
Thomson Traded
In a late trade Monday the
New York Giants traded Out
fielder Bobby Thomson and re
serve Catcher Sam Calderone to
the Milwaukee Braves in ex
change for four players and a
undisclosed sum of cash. In
cluded in the players going to the
Giants were pitchers John An
tonelli and Don Liddle.
Revitalized Veteran
Brian Hendrickson, junior from
Lincoln, has shown some of his
oldtime form in early work
outs for Coach Ed Weir's crew.
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last year's games against the
Huskers Heitholt came
through with only seven points
in three games, but his play
has improved greatly over last
season's action.
Riley Out
Jake Geier's Powerful Gym
Squad To Meet
By BOB SERR
Sports Staff Writer
Coach Jake Geier's varsity
gymnastic squad will entertain
Colorado State this Saturday at
2 p.m. No admission will be
charged. Geier urged better at
tendance by stating, "What we
need is a few spectators to add
zest to the match. We've got a
team to be proud of."
Bruce Riley of Omaha suf-
I fered a severe wrist-sprain on
the horizontal bars and will be
unable to compete until the meet
on February 15.
COLORADO STATE brings a
good team to . Lincoln that is
built around Alton Barbour.
Barbour is entered in all events
except the side horse. Colorado
State has won two matches very
easily so far this year. They
whipped the University of Den
ver by 65-30 and won over Colo
rado A and M .by 61-34.
Geier expressed surprise in
reference to the unbalanced
scores, "Matches in that section
are usually not decided by over
ten points."
The Huskers have one dual
meet under their belt. On Jan
uary 16, the Scarlet and Cream
dumped the Wildcats of Kansas
State handily. Geier is again
relying on his big four Satur
day. Tom Kidd, Don Hodge,
Dan Fogel and Max Kennedy will
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Husker Swimmers Go After Third
Straight Conquest This Saturday
By BOB SERR
Staff Sports Writer
Coach Hollie Lepley's swim
mers are in for considerable ac
tion in the coming weeks. The
splashers move to Ames this Sat
Ex-Sooner Royal
Gets Grid Post
Another vacanted coaching po
sition was filled Monday with
the announcement of Darrell
Royal, former star split-T quar
terback under Bud Wilkinson at
the University of Oklahoma, as
new head football coach at Mis
issippi State.
Royal, coach of the Edmonton
Eskimoes in the Canadian Pro
fessional League last season, suc
ceeds Murray Warmath who re
cently accepted the head coach
ing post at the University of
Minnesota. i
THE YOUNG Oklahoman, con
sidered one of the ranking au
thorities on the split-T offense,
served as offensive backfield
coach for Mississippi State in
1952.
As a player at Oklahoma, Roy
al's quarterbacking helped lead
the Sooners into the national
spotlight. He climaxed his ca
reer as a player by leading Ok
lahoma to a 35-0 triumph over
Louisiana State in the 1950 Sugar
Bowl.
C-State
be assisted by sophomores Bur-
rell McMaster and Ken Kohler
in securing the majority of the
Huskers' points.
The meet will be held in the
Physical Education building, and
Geier hopes for a large attend
ance in what should be a good
match between two of the
area's top teams.
The entries:
. Side horse: Nebraska Bert
coin; Ken Kohler, Beatrice; Col
Linn, Kimball; Tom Kidd, Lin
orado State Gordon Rudel,
Walt Sample, Rod Chance.
Parallel bars: Nebraska
Charles Sprague, Grand Island;
Bur rell McMaster, Beatrice;
Kidd; Colorado State Bill
Holmes, Alton Barbour, Tilman
Bishop.
Tumbling: Nebraska Don
Hodge, Beatrice; Danny Fogel,
Omaha; Max Kennedy, Beatrice;
Colorado State Dale Schropp,
John Alles, Barbour.
Horizontal bar: Nebraska
Sprague or Ray Fallstead, Be
atrice; Fogel; Kidd; Colorado
State Schropp, Holmes, Bar
bour. Trampoline: Nebraska
Sprague, Kennedy, Hodge; Colo
rado State Schropp, Harry
Ebeling, Barbour.
Flying rings: Nebraska Fogel
or Sprague, McMaster, Kidd;
Colorado State Alles, Holmes,
Barbour.
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A comprthaniiv survey bated on
31,000 student interviews and super.
i viied by college profettort show that
mokert in collagat from coait to coait
prefer Lucklei to all other brand The
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urday for Jin encounter with
Iowa State.
Lepley points out that the
Huskers have matches at home
on February 12 with Colorado,
on February 13 with Kansas and
on February 19 with Colorado A
and M. He encourages better
spectator support at these
matches.
The Cyclones have a fine team
although they have lost their
first two matches with Michigan
and Michigan State, national
swimming powers. Last year the
Cyclones were AAU champions
of Iowa and finished in second
place in the Big Seven Confer
ence. LEPLEY DECLARES that the
Cyclonft are favored on the basis
of time comparisons.
The Cornhuskers have won
two meets so far this year. They
defeated Grinnell 45-37 and Kan
sas 47-38.
A quartet of Huskers will be
shooting for new Nebraska
marks for 20-yard pools. Lloyd
Reed, Lincoln; Dick HIidek,
Omaha; and Cal Bentz, Hastings,
will aim for a new record in
the 300-yard medley relay. The
old mark of 3:14.8 was set by
the Campbell-Phelps-G r i m m
combination in 1947.
Dick Hill of Hastings has his
sights set on the record of 2:23.6
Johnson Tops NU
Cagers In Points
Going into Saturday night's
skirmish against the Kansas
Wildcats at Manhattan, Center
Bill Johnson is still leading the
University of Nebraska basket
ball team In the scoring depart
ment. Johnson has managed 221
points in 13 games for a 17 point
average per game. He recently
poured in 34 points against Mis
souri to set a new Nebraska in
dividual record for a single
game. Don Weber, a teammate
previously held the record with
30 points.
Second on the scoring chart Is
Guard Fred Seger, an All-Big
Seven .selection last .season.
Seger has 194 points in 13 games
for a 14.9 average. Weber is third
with 148 points in 13 tussles for
a 11.4 average per game.
The Huskers have scored 933
points for a 71.8 in 13 games
while their opponents have tal
lied 950 points for a 73.1 mark.
Nebraska has also canned 320
field goals in 835 attempts and
have dropped home 293 free
tosses out of 482 tries. Their foes
have fared better in both de
partments. K-State Gridders
May Start Early
Spring football practice at Kan
sas State may have a touch, of
winter about it, according to a
recent announcement by Bill
Meek, head football coach of the
Wildcats. Meek revealed Satur
day that he plans to open spring
grid drills Feb. 8.
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in the 220-yard freestyle set In
1948 by Jerry Desmond.
REED IS trying for a new rec
ord in the 200-yard backstroke.
The record of 2:26.7 was set in
1951 by Buele Balderson. Bentz
will make a double-record at
tempt in the 150-yard individ
ual medley and 440 freestyle.
He set the 150-yard mark of
1:41 last year. The 440 record
Seeks Records
Cal Bentz, one of Coach Holli
Lepley's top swimmers thi
season, will make a double
record attempt in the 150
yard individual medley and
the 440 freestyle against Iowa
State at Ames Saturday,
of 5:15.4 was set by Bob Pixley
in 1935.
OTHER NEBRASKA entrant!
are:
220-yard freestyle Jack Tra
bert, Lincoln, and Dave Grad
wohl, Lincoln; 50-yard freestyla
Gordon Peterson, Auburn:
Trabert and Gradwohl; 150-yard
individual medley HIidek; div
ing George Gohde, Lincoln;
100-yard freestyle Hill and
Peterson; 200-yard backstroke
George Boomer. Lincoln: 200-
yard breaststroke HIidek and
Bob Sandstedt, Lincoln; 400-yard
freestyle relay Trabert, Peter
son, Hill and Gradwohl.
Alain Feature Clock
(SchrdulM Fnrnlihed by Theaters)
Varsity: "The Eddie Cantor
Story," 1:00, 3:11, 5:12, 7:23, 9:34.
State: "Private Eyes," 1:00
3:16, 5:32, 7:48, 10:00. "Texas
Bad Man." 2:14, 4:30, 6:45, 9:03.
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