Friday, March 5, 1954
THE NEBRASKAN
Page 3
Shooting At Spo rts
Williams' Latest Mishap
Could Hamper Comeback
By GARY FRANDSEN
Sports Editor
Nearly 18 minutes earlier Ted Williams, the colorful Boston
Red Sox outfielder was initiating his first day of spring training
in a seemingly harmless manner, shagging flies in his usual left
field position.
There were many, especially Manager Lou Boudreau and the
club's high brass, who were hoping this was the launching of a
great year for The Thumber whose big bat might have gotten
the young Red Sox off to a fast start In the race for the American
League bunting.
Suddenly a sinking line drive came whistling off the bat of
Outfielder Hoot Evers, hooking shallow toward the left field
garden in Sarasota's Payne, Field. Williams raced in fast, but the
ball sank sharply. Realizing he couldn't reach it in time, Ted
tried to stop; but stumbled, falling hard on his left shoulder.
Shortly afterwards a veil of gloom had spread over the Red
Sox camp. X-rays had revealed that the lanky super star had
broken his left collar bone. It was bitter blow to everyone
concerned.
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ONLY LATE last season, Williams had returned from over
a year with the Marine air wing in Korea to startle the baseball
experts by rattling the ball at an amazing .407 clip in 37 games.
It was a brilliant comeback for the aging clouter who many
thought would be all but through after his hitch in the service.
Williams could have trouble in regaining the excellent condi
tion he was in before the misfortune. Ted's rearing 36, an age
where the legs and arms start slowing down enabling Father
Time to take his toll away from big-league baseball. It appears
he is going to be confronted with making a second comeback, one
that could be difficult.
The Bosox slugger vowed shortly after the accident that he'll
be in the season's opener. Encased in a half-body cast, Williams
insisted that he would recover from the mishap sooner than
everyone thinks. '
BUT THE doctors had a different view on the situation. Dr.
Russell R. Sullivan, chief surgeon of the orthopedic division of
the Boston City Hospital, stated that Williams will have to be in
the cast a minimum of three weeks and cannot swing a bat for
about six weeks. He added: "It is highly doubtful if he'll be
ready for the season opener."
This is definitely one instance in which many, especially the
die-hard Red Sox fans, are hoping the doctors don't know what
they're talking about. It is a shame that something like this would
have to happen to one of baseball's greatest hitters of all-time.
After all, Ted probably has only a few good years left anyway.
WHILE ON the topic of baseball, Florida, etc., George Pay
nich, former sports editor of THE NEBRASKAN, should get a
good idea of what's going to happen in both leagues this year.
The former scribe is in sunny Florida visiting his brother Rudy,
a veteran pitcher for Forth Worth -of the Texas League, a
Brooklyn Dodger farm.
"Peso" promised us several on-the-spot interviews with Bob
Cerv, former University of Nebraska athlete with the New York
Yankees, and Milwaukee's Walt Linden, former catcher-manager
of the Lincoln Chiefs and a Nebraska law student, during his
month-long stay in the land of the grapefruit.
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Harry Good States Three-Week Christmas Layoff
Hampered Husker Chances In Big Seven Title Race
Moved To Fullback
Courtesy Lihcoln Star
Bob Smith, a workhorse half
back for the Nebraska . Corn
huskers last season, was re
cently moved to the fullback
position at the start of the
spring training session by
Coach Bill Glassford. Smith, a
senior, was the Huskers' lead
ing ground-gainer last fall and
should prove to be just as pot
ent from his new postion.
Six Clubs Entered
Huskers In Big Gymnastics
Invitational Here Saturday
Defending Champion Nebraska
will bid to retain its title in the
Eighth Annual All-College Invi
tational Gymnastics Meet here
Saturday. Events are scheduled
for 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Competing against the Huskers
will be the Universities of Colo
rado and Kansas, Kansas State,
Colorado State and Western
Illinois State.
Nebraska has won the team
title two years in a row.
Tom Kidd, Lincoln, co-captain
of the Coral-sker gym team, is
the defending Ail-Around indi
vidual champion.
Trophies will go to the win
ning team and top individual.
Place winners in each event and
the No. 2 and No. 3 men in the
Ail-Around competition will re
ceive medals.
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Quarterback Hopefuls
Don Erway (left) and Rex
Fischer are two prominent
candidates for the vacanted
first-string quarterback posi
tion on the University of Ne
braska football team. Fischer
is currently the number one
candidate with a year of ex
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NU Football Team Continues
To Drill In The Field House
After three days of inside
workouts, Bill Glassford has one
casualty on his hands and praise
for six boys from the western
end of the state.
Tackle Quinlyn Anderson was
the casualty, lie suffered two
broken bones In his hand and
will probably be out Indefinitely.
Last year Anderson suffered a
broken leg In the early work
outs. Glassford had particular
praise for Jon McWilliams. The
Sidney back has greatly , im
proved and much of that success
in due to track, according to
Glassford.
Glassford stated. "Football is
a game of strong legs and
speed, and I hope more of our
boys take an interest in track."
Others receiving praise were
Guard Doug Marcy of Alliance
and Larry Jones of Sidney. Both
have speed and possess a lot of
natural ability.
Boys cited from Scottsb'uff
were ends Allen Deines and Ted
Westervelt. Don Comstock, a
halfback from the same town,
has also shown good improve
ment.
"Deines has good speed, and
he weighs around 180 now,
Glassford declared.
The squad will not be split
into teams until the boys move
outside.
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Ail-Around competitors must
work four events the sidehoise,
horizontal bar, parallel bars and
the flying rings and the total
of their judges points will deter
mine the winner.
There will be five judges for
each event. The highest and
lowest of the five scores will be
discarded. A total of the re
maining three judges' point
awards will be the participant's
event score.
Entries received thus far:
Wester Illinois Slate Phil Burke, Corky
Cairns. Sidney Drain, Dennis Ahlberg. No
land Pettit, Lowell McCulley, Don Cot.
Bill Spencer, Jim Kirkpatrick.
Colorado State Rod Chance, Walt
Sample, Alton Barbour, Bill Holmes, Til
man Bishop.
Kaaaat State Dale Misak, Ray Bcatty,
Wendell Holt. Rich Khankan. Vernon Dye.
Nebraska Bruce Riley, B1 Linn, Kidd,
Ray Falljtead, Danny Fogel, Burrell JIc-
Masters, Charles Sprague, Don Hodge. Co
C'apt. Max Kennedy.
By BOB SERR
Sports Staff Writer
"The three -week Christmas
layoff was simply too long a
break." Those were the words
Coach Harry Gocd used to des
cribe the now-buried 1953-54
basketball season.
The break, along with a
schedule that did not call for
a n v non - conference warmup
games after the vacation, eoupled
to ruin any cnance tne Lorn
huskers had in the conference
race.
According to Good, the High
lights of the past year were the
four consecutive conference vic
tories at the season's beginning
and the outstanding game the
Huskers played in defeating the
strong Iowa Hawkeyes. Through
his observations, Good believes
that the Big Seven is on a par
with the Big Ten Conference.
Al Part in Resigns
As Wrestling Head
Al Partin, for the past tour
years wrestling coach at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, has resigned
to accept the dual post of foot
ball line coach and head wrest
ling mentor at Knox College,
Galesburg, 111. Partin will as
sume his new duties Sept. 1.
Partin came to Nebraska after
graduation from Cornell (la.)
College. He will remain here
until he takes his new post.
Knox is establishing wrestling
for the first time next fall.
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AL PARTIN
(Final)
l-M Cage Standings
League 1-A
Alpha Tau Omcu 11
Sisraa Phi Epsilon 10
Siama Chi 8
Phi Gamma Delia 8
Mima Alpha Epsilon 4
Delta Tau Delia 2
Sigma Nu 1 11
League 2-A
Phi Delta Theta ' 12 0
Phi Kappa Pii 9 6
Beta Thcta Pi 9 3
Theta Xi 5 6
Alpha Gamma Rho 2 9
Kappa Sigma 0 10
League 3-A
Beta Sigma Psi 11 1
Farm House 9 3
Sitma Alpha Mu 7 S
Tau Kappa Epsilon 6 8
PI Kappa Phi 6 8
Delta Sigma PI 2 9
Brown Palace 0 11
League 4-A
Pioneer Co-op 11
Theta Chi 9
Zeta Beta Tau S
Norris House 7
Cornhusker Co-op 3
Acacia 3
Delta Sigma 1 11
League 5-B
Sigma Chi 10 0
Sigma Phi Epsilon 6 3
Delta Tau Delta 4
Phi Gamma Delta 4 S
Alpha Tau Omega 3 l
Suma Nu 0 10
League 6-B
Beta Theta PI 10 0
Phi Delta Theta 8 2
Phi Kappa Psi 8 4
nigma Alpha Epsilon 4 8
Delta Upsilon 2 9
Kappa Sigma 0 10
League 7-B
Alpha Gamma Rho 11 1
Farm House A 3
Beta Siuma Psi 8 4
Theta Xi 7 5
Tau Kappa Epsilon 4 8
Pi Kappa Phi 3 9
Pioneer Co-op 0 12
League 8-InterdenominationaI
Presby House ..14 0
Lutheran S. A 12 2
Methodist House 8 6
Newman Club 8 8
Inter-Varsity 8 7
C. Y. 0 4 9
Baptist House S 11
University VMCA 0 14
League 9 Ag College "A"
Ag Jokers 12 0
AGR Grads 10 2
Ag Men's Club-A 8 6
Alpha Gamma Sigma-A 5 7
Ag Rockets .1 7
University Aggies 3 9
Parasites 1 11
League 10 Ag College "B"
Hay Seeds 10 0
Vocational ' Ag 8 2
Farm House Scrubs 5 6
AGR Scrubs 4 6
Alpha Gamma Siama-B 2 8
Ag Men's Club-B 1 9
League 11 Departmental
Dental Freshmen 13 0
Phi Delia Phi-A 11 2
Nebraska Co-op 8 4
Navy ROTC 8 6
Delta Theta Phi 4
Sophomore Dents 4
A. I. E. E 3 10
Air Force ROTC . 1 13
League 12 Independent
Dubbcrs 14
Ramblers 12
Ol've Oilers 8
Hoopsters 7
Gents 7
A TO Scrubs 6 10
Clippers 4 10
Flyers 0 14
League 13 Independent
Dorm Bullets 13
Sig Chi Sox 11
Dorm Comets 9
M. Street Jets 6 8
Al's Gang 6
Dorm All Stars 5
Ed 30 Lakers 3 10
Phi Delta Phi-B 2 12
Boxers Lose
Superior reach paid off for
Joe Salvetta in the Golden Gloves
tournament at Chicago recently
as he decisioned Bob "Tut" Mc
Kee, a University of Nebraska
student. The crowd booed the de
cision that eliminated McKee in
his first Chicago bout.
John Wilkinson, a Nebraska
football candidate at the end
position, also lost his first bout,
As a te. n, Good points to
Colorado's great spirit as the
factor which made them the
surprise team of the loop.
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AS FOR outstanding individ
uals, Good states, "Burdette
Halderson of Colorado developed
a great deal from last year.
Charles Duncan of Iowa State
was a good all around player.
Lester Lane of Oklahoma and
Bob Reiter of Missouri were out
standing competitors.
Good added, "The two out-
l-M Cage Results
FRATERNITY A:
Farm House 48 ZBT 21
Phi Delta Theta 42 Sigma Alpha Mu 39
Sigma Phi Epsilon 52 . Norns House 37
Pioneer House 2 TKE 0
ATO 32 Beta Theta Pi 31
Theta Chi 44 Sigma Chi 35
Theta Xi 42 Beta Sigma Pai 38
FRATERNITY B:
Sigma Phi Epsilon 45 Theta Xi 16
Sigma Chi 40 . Beta Sigma Pai 25
Alpha Gamma Rho 33
Sigma Alpha Epsilon 29
Phi Gamma Delta 36 . Beta Theta Pi 29
INDEPENDENT LEAGUE: .
Ramblers 2 Hoopaterg 0
L.S.A. 27 Methodista 23
Al's Gang 74 Ed SO Laker&-38
Bullets 4 All Star2
Sigma Chi Sox 49 Newman UutT32
Dubbers 2 . Alpha Gamma Sigma B 0
Frosh Dents 54 Al'g Gang 39
Presby House 50 Intervarsity 38
Sigma Chi Sox 2 .... Phi Delta Phi B 0
Olive Oilers 37 ...... Mctnoaisis 31
L.S.A. 53 Ag Rockets 22
Phi Delta Phi A 59 . . M Street 53
Frosh Dents 41 Nebraska Coop 29
NROTC 54 Soph Dents 34
Tournament games.
standing sophomores in the Big
Seven were Dallas D o b b s of
Kansas and Kent Poore of Kan
sas State. Dobbs is the most val
uable new man. Kansas has cen
tered their attack around him.
Poore is definately a money
player possessing superior shoot- 1
ing and passing ability."
Looking toward next year.
Good sees Colorado and Mis
souri as having the most po
tential. Colorado has their whole
team intact and Missouri has a
very good freshman team.
Regarding Kansas, Good says,
"I can't see how they are going
to be as strong. They lose their
entire front line of Harold Pat
terson, , B. H. Born and Allen
Kelley. Their fate depends on
their upcoming freshman crop."
GOOD WILL have his own
problems. The loss of seniors
Bill Johnson, Fred Seg'er, and
Don Weber definitely hurts the
squad. The pivot post is an es
pecially ticklish problem. Gary
Rentzlman has the only exper
ience at the spot and that has
been limited.
Good declines to state t h
freshmen who will be bidding
for varsity berths next year un
til after the spring drills which
start March 22 and run for two
weeks. The practice sessions will
be highlighted by the annual
Alumni game on March 27.
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