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Page 3 THE NEBRASKAN Wednesday, April 21, 1954 s' as lie ' v v. ...... .......v. '.v.A'. .v -::.-. : Wims l 3 S s x X i 5, s XiVV xx?T x eoeir Tosses Huskers Score Winning Run In Fifth Canto ... -r u v. a VoKva aVa ah hfll x lIMOv. asAit Courtesy Lincoln JouroU Just About, But Not Quite It almost proved disastrous for Don Aungst of the Kansas base ball team, but the Jayhawk catcher slid belly-first safely tempts to put the tag on tne paign oy back to first base as Nebraska's Kansan. The tiusKers openea v'siunk first sacker. Ray Novak, at- their Big Seven baseball cam- Hofmaier scattered five hits. Huskers, Sooners Meet This Week The Big Seven's crucial base ball series is coming up. On Fri day and Saturday the two con ference powers of last year, Ok lahoma and Nebraska, meet in a highly-important two game series at Norman. Both teams are conference co fa writes for the-title this year thereby earning the right to enter college baseball's World Series in Omaha this June. Last season the Sooners won the title with a 7-2 record while the Huskers finished second with s 10-3 mark. In their two meet ings last season in Lincoln, the clubs split the series. Nebraska won the first game 3-2, but dropped the second tilt by a 9-5 count. St tsive ates PA 1R Ik A Jf ciS Ifiilillil est ever icEcGeier Big Sophomore Southpaw Fans Ten In No-Hit Gem By BOB SERR Sports Staff Writer Tarinc onlv the bare minimum of 27 batters, sophomore Pitcher Dick Geier of Lincoln pucnea a nrwhih no-run came Tuesday af ternoon against the Kansas Jay- hawkers, winning l-u. oeier pos sessed perfect control as he struck out ten men. Don Aunirst, Jayhawk pitcher, who led off in the third inningr was the only base runner. Aunirst lived when Husker Catcher Murray Backhaus let a third strike slip by him. Murray had a rood opportunity to beat Aungrst to first with a good throw, but he threw wildly over First Baseman Ray Novak's head. Geier settled down and retired the next 20 men in order. The hia southnaw never seemed to tire, and the Jayhawks aian t mi a ball that looked like a clean hit NEBRASKA SCORED their lone run in the fifth inning when Pitcher John Brose weanenea and walked Backhaus, Geier and after Jim Ceder- dahl collected the only solid hit of the game, a slashing double to left center. Brose pitched an outstanding game also. Fred Seger and Virg Gottsch both lived on scratch singles in the infield for the nniv other hits. Both were caught off base. By GARY FRANDSEN Sports Editor Sweat running off his brow and easDine precious air between words, southpaw Dick Geier, a hefty sophomore who had just tossed a brilliant no-run, no-hit 1-0 masterpiece against the pesky Kansas Jayhawks, slowly walked to the Husker fieldhouse, tired, but happy, simply stating that "my curve ball was the best ever." Just a few minutes earlier the !J(KW,x-? w4:54 XHvxe4y y v w s?"?S!Vs?fst i .... - , L i i i !' - , 1 : . - . 11 1, -4 1 ; I . . , " 9 . &. ' " . , - i -.3 4 .. ' , i, - tj 4-1, ....- -fi .-; "''-. 1 if , - ,7 "i i I ' A ' in. iTum.ivn.iiirtftir'rrr - - -t ... awiiiiiii ma iiiiirriftnmmJ 210 lb. Lincoln lad had breezed a third strike past little Karnlrt Hixnn. a Kansas Dinch- hitter who represented the last life for the visiting Jays in the snappy, well-played contest. "Bear", a he is frequently called by his teammates and friends, exclaimed. "I didn't start thinking about the no-hitter until about the seventh or eight In ning, but then I knew I was close to the real thing." Geier used just three types of pitches in carving out his mastery over the Jays: fast ball, curve and change-up. The final two innings were especially packed full of tension. The Husker twirler opened the eighth by pushing a called third strike past the dangerous Bob Allison after running the count to two balls and two striKes. After going the 3-2 limit on John Trombold, he got tne Jay nrst sacker to lift to Bill Giles in left field. Then ud stenoed John Perry, the Jays' leftfielder who pounded out eight homers and batted the ball at a .293 clip last spring. Again stretching the count to 3- 2, the Kansas senior sent a curv ing liner into left-center that looked like it could be the one to bust open everything, but Giles hustled in and got there in plenty of time. Geier was at his best In the ninth. Catcher Don Augnst oared to Centerfielder Jim Ced- erdahl and Bill Heitholt, the Jay bastball player, fanned after taking twa strikes ana routing off a third. Next came Hixon and history. The last ni pitches Geier threw were strikes. There were other noticeable aspects about the magnificent rjerformance of Geier. The 19- year old pitcher faced a mini mum of 27 men- Only one man Javelin Ace CourtMy Sundiy Jaumil and Sur rparhed first base and he was quickly erased on a snappy Hus ker double play. That came in the third innins when Catcher Murray Backhaus overthrew first after fumbling the third strike on August ,the first swatter in the third. After that 20 men went down in quick, meofcanical order. Thr Scarlet lefthander also fanned ten men durinf the con test He struck out a pair in each the third, fourth, fifth and ninth frames and got one in each the second and eighth innings. JJot to be overlooked was the fine pitching performance of John Brose. Kansas' senior south paw. If the 6-2, 175 lb. Jay chnrker hadn t run into control difficulties in the fifth the game micht have eone well into extra innings. The Huskers could get only three hits off Brose, two oi them on the shady variety. Th. Tonv Shame crew got their lone and winning tally after two were out In the third- ones and Don Becker bounced out. hot Cederdahl doubled and then ram successive walks to Back haus, Geier and Dirkes Rolston to force in the run. It was a heartbreaker for Brose to lose. Any other time it would have probably have been a fine three-hit winning effort, but he was simply over shadowed by a better perform ance by Geier. One of the mainstays on Coach Ed Weir's University of Ne braska track and field squad is Charlie Hunley, an athlete from Falls Citv. Hunley, a state high school 440 champion, has the javelin event as his number one specialty at Nebraska. He placed in the Texas Relays this year. Mothers Day Cards Ate rMhm Oar (mr GOLDEXEOD STATIONERY STORE 215 North 14th St. The Nebraska outfield was kept busy chasing flies. Bill ruioo q nH rinn Rrkpr each nulled down three while Centerfielder Cederdahl garnered one in the eighth. Geier fanned two men in the third, fourth, fifth and ninth in nings. He set down Bill Heitholt and pinch-hitter Harold Hixon to end the game. Dick fanned one man in both the second and eighth innings. r THE JATHAWKERS supported Brose well, playing errorless ball behind him. Besides the three straight passes that he allowed in the fifth. Brose walked only one other man. Giles received a free pass in the second in ning. Both teams completed a double play. Becker hit into a snappy unifier in the second after Giles received his walk. Aungst was -ancrht nff hase in the third when Heitholt popped to Catcher uacK- haus. nifr' nuistandolne perform ance boosts him to a sure stand ing berth for the rest of the year Ha shnnld make un for the ex pected loss of Ray Novak from the hill due to a sore arm The game was one of the snap piest played on the Husker field in some time. It was played in well under two hours. The Huskers now move to Okla homa for a crucial series on Fri day and Saturday. Kansas Pulliam 2b Hnfflund ss Conn rf Allison rf Trombold lb 3 0 6 1 Novak lb Perry If 3 0 3 0 uues u it.:. u.i A 1 rHorHahl t4 ft 1 1 Q n t 1 1 huh as v .x- - - - ; Brose p 2 013 Backhaul C X0 1O J Hixon 1 u o u ueier p v v ab h o a Nebraska 3 0 6 3 Rolston sa 3 0 0 2 Coufal as 3 0 2 0 Gotisch 3b 3 0 2 0 Seger 2b ab h O 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 4X0) 3 1 0 3 010 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 ; ..VVVJ ;! f . ' ; A A ' -f .v livN Jx. . 111 i -d Totals 27 0 24 13 Total 23 3 27T Hixon struck out lor Brose In 9th. Kansas 000 000 000-O 0 Nebraska 000 010 OOx 1 S 1 R Cederdahl. E Backhaul. RBI Rolston. 2B Cederdahl. S Backhaus. DPHoglund, Pulliam and Tromboldl Backhaus to Novak. Left Nebraska 4. BB Brose 4. SO Brose 3. ueier m. nor Bv Brose (Cederdahl). U Hergert and Binger. T 1:42. ISC Spring Drill Games Scheduled vinr ni Francesca . head football coach at Iowa State, to day set dates for two "games" for spring drills. The fifth annual Alumni gam will be played May 8, Di Fran cesca said. He also announced that he planned on an intra squad game to be played May 1. Those will be the only Satur days the Cyclones will work th rest of the grid time this spring. Di Francesca gave the squad a holiday last Saturday lor easier and will also wipe out drills April 24. Bob Cerv Looking For Initial Hit Bob Cerv, former University of Nebraska flychaser, is still looking for his first 1954 major league base hit with the New York Yankees. Hitting hard and frequent during the Grapefruit League season, Cerv has yet to get the initial hit of the regular In the early Yantcee games. Bob has been alternating with Gene Woodling in the left field.. Cerv bats against lefthanders while Woodling gets the nod against the southpaw twiners. Southpaw Whiz Nebraska's baseball team will probably see plenty of Mac San ders, Oklahoma's ace lefty, when the two teams get to gether for their all-important two-eame series Friday and Saturday in Norman. 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