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Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1954 THE NEBRASKAN PAGE 3 Iowa State Next lLjZ COACH JERRY BUSH Meet The Coach Basketball Mentor Boasts Fine Record By DICK WATSON Sports Staff Writer Gerard L. (Jerry) Bush is the personable gentleman who will guide Cornhusker basketball for tunes this winter. ' Bush came to Nebraska from Toledo, where he had been since 1947. His teams there won 129 games while losing only 59, and in 1954 they won the Mid-American Conference Championship. BUSH, OF IRISH ENGLISH and Dutch descent, was born in Brook lyn, N.Y. in 1915. He attended St. Johns University and graduated in 1938 with a Bachelor of Science de gree. He played three years of var sity basketball and baseball and was named to AU-American bas ketball teams in 1937 and '38. Bush, who is six-four and tips the scales around 225, played pro fessional basketball with the Roch ester Royals, Kate Smith Celtics, Akron Firestones and Fort Wayne Zollners. He was named AU-American Professional for five years and was selected as one of the ten best all-time, all-professional play ers. BUSH COMES to Nebraska on a three year contract and assumed his duties June 1. Since then he has talked with many of the high school stars planning to attend Ne braska. Among them from the home state are Gordon Bensen of Ong, who transfered from Fairbury Junior College, Dick Bottum, York; Dick Hudson, Lincoln and Wentworth Mil it a r y Academy; Terry Howard, Elkhorn, who played his high school bal in Illi nois; Jim Jacques, Plattsmouth; Cal Johnson, Hastings; Bob Lea, Lincoln Teachers; Lyle Nannen, Syracuse; Eric Olsen, Omaha Ben son; Ron Peters, Murdock; Gary; Reimers, Millard; Gary Smidt, Trumbla; Jim Thorn, Lincoln Teachers; Paul Toms, York and transfer from Colorado; and Big Seven Conference Teams Encounter Tough Opposition By DAN CAMPBELL Sports Staff Writer In the first weekend of full play oi the 1954 football season, Big Seven teams won thret- and lost four games with outside foes. Besides Nebraska's 19-7 defeat at' the hands of Minnesota, Iowa State fell to Northwestern, 27-14, Missouri was snowed under by Pur due's passing attack to the tune jf 31-0, and Kansas was routed by powerful UCLA, 32-7. On the winning side of the ledger, Kansas State edged Wyoming, 21 13, Colorado buffaloed Colorado AM, 46-0, and Oklahoma came from behind to nip Texas Chris tian, 21-16, in what might be a costly victory. Star quarterback Gene Calame of the Sooners sus tained a shoulder injury which might possibly ground him for the season. IN THE Big Ten, Ohio State blanked Indiai.., 28-0, and Iowa overpowered Michigan State's Rose Bowl champs, 14-10. A major up set of the day came when a spirited Penn State squad shackled the vaunted Illinois running attack and drove to a 14-12 victory over the mini. In other non-conierence games, Wisconsin trounced Mar quette, 52-14, while Michigan out lasted Washington. 14-0. Other upsets of the day included Colgate's j.9-14 defeat of Cornell and Florida's 13-12 derailment of the Georgia Tech Engineers. Other jcores around the nation: South Carolina 34, Army 20; Princeton 10, Rutgers 8; Duke 52, Pennsylvania 0; Notre Dame 21, Texas 0; Alabama 12. LSU 0; Mis sissippi 28, Kentucky 9; Brown 18, Columbia 7; Oklahoma AIM 14, Texas A&M 6; and Yale 27, Con necticut 0. THIS MEEK offers more of the top notch football that has been viewed on television by the mil . , , .... ' X 4 ' V 1 V ' - V .ix :V ;! m Courtesy Lincoln Star Gene Vosika, Bellevue. Several outstanding outstate prepsters have enrolled at Nebraska, most not able among them are Mark Thomp son, Council Bluffs, Iowa, who was voted the outstanding high school player in Iowa. Other outstate boys include Larry Gausman, Neo desha, Kansas; Don Smidt, Helena, Montana and James Wolfe, Wash ington, Iowa; along with James Kabacki, Toledo, Ohio, and James Arwood, Fostoria, Ohio, who follow ed Bush to Nebraska. HIS SCHEDULE has also includ ed addresses to various organiza tions. He is certain to be given no rest once his reputation as a public speaker becomes known. Bush thinks the new scholar ship plan at Nebraska is "wonder ful" and that it will be a definite help in persuading Nebraska High School stars to enroll at their home state school. f Although he hasnt seer the Busk ers in action he has been looking at movies of last winters games. Bush said "I like the attitude of the returning lettermen, and they are ah enthused about getting started." WHAT CAN Husker fans look for in the way of offense and de fense "We will start out with a man to man defense and from that switch to whatever it takes to off set the kind of offense we run into. Our offense will include a fast break if we can score by getting the bal down in a hurry. Once the defense gets set we still rely on ball-handling and a lot of move ment to work the ball in." Bush expressed concern over the .graduation of most of last year's starting five and the fact that they have only eight home games. When asked about the com ing season he said, "We have a real tough schedule but we're go ing to have some fun this winter and we'll give them some trouble along the' way!" lions of armchair quarterbacks throughout the nation. The nationally televised game of the week this Saturday will take place on the west coast when the TV cameras go to Stanford Univer sity for the Stanford-Illinois en counter. Stanford, victor over Oregon last Saturday, will be seeking their sec ond upset in a row as they tangle rith the angry Illini, victims of Penn State last weeker.d. Sports-1 writers tnrougnout tne nation nave tabbed Illinois as the favorite de spite their two point loss last week. Other top games this week in clude Ohio State at California, Princeton at Columbia, and Colo rado fighting it out with Kansas State in a very important Big Seven encounter. Cyclones Aim For Nebraska Tilt Saturday Iowa Slate's footballers, with a 1-1 record turn to the Big Seven for competition this week, facing Nebraska at Lincoln on Saturday. Iowa State has played non-conference tilts with South Dakota State (34-6) and Northwestern U4 27) in the first two games of the 9 game schedule. In the next seven weeks the only break in Big Seven play will come Oct. 30 when the Cyclones play host to Drake in the annual Parents' Day contest. Both Nebraska and Iowa State have been slated by the experts to be the lower division of the Big Seven. That means the game will have extra important? tr the op posing elevens. A victory for either will mean a big bulge in the effort to climb higher to conference standings. Vctnn Lines Spirited Hushers Gain Confidence in Defeat By HOWARD VANN Soorts Editor There is certainly no reason for anyone to be ashamed of the Nebraska Cornhusker football team's showing against Minnesota last Saturday. Over one-thousand loyal Husker fans who followed the footballers up to Minnesota were silent until midway through the second period when Ron Clark, elusive halfback from Ravenna broke away on a 48 yard jaunt to the Gopher goal line. Andy Loehr kicked the extra point and the Cornhuskers led 7-6, Credit should be given where credit is due and certainly the majority of the credit for Ron's run should go to him personally, but we have to send out some words of praise to the Husker blockers who did a commendable job all day. EVERYONE WAS amazed how weU the Huskers did on defense against the larger Minnesota line.The entire first team line-up from end to end did a remarkable job filling up the Minnesota offensive holes. Oberlin, Bryant, Wagner, Glantz, Holloran, Braley, and Andy ; Loehr did workman like jobs in many places, forcing the Gophers 1 to punt instead of garnering first downs. I The Huskers showed that they have a lot of potential offen sively, but they couldn't seem to get going in the second half. It was heartbreaking when NU had to relinquish the ball on downs in the third quarter inside the Minnesota 25. After losing ground on third down, Danny Brown handed off to Bob Smith who literally ground yardage but still fell short of a first and ten by three yards. THE LACK OF THAT final push towards the goal is one of three reasons I attribute the Husker loss to. This is by no means taking anything away from the Husker backfield combinations, least of all Dan Brown. Although a few of his pitchouts were not perfect, you can mark my words that the Nebraska football team was in good hands with Brown in the quarterback slot. The boys were working as a unit under the capable leadership of Brown and as the Huskers continue to play throughout the season, not only will Brown improve, but I believe that the entire NU team will be dealing fits to some of the favorites. INEXPERIENCE of the Nebraska reserves is my second reason for the NU defeat. The second wall was definitely at a weight dis advantage but it was apparent that with some additional seasoning they will be tough. During the second team stints on the field, Bob Berguin, Leroy Butherus, and Bill Giles played heads up for the line, while Jon McWilliams drew praise from the Minnesota Gopher coaching staff for his defensive work. The third reason for the NU defeat in my mind is the punt return plays that the Gophers executed so well. With precise block ing, the Gopher backs would go straight down the field unmolested. That's about it. The Nebraska coaching staff has done a fine job. The game was never won by anyone until the final four minutes rolled around. With the score 12-7 in favor of Minnesota, one NU break which might have led to a touchdown could have meant the difference between the first NU defeat or the first NU win. Next Saturday, I-State will be in towr The staters gave Northwestern a rough time for three quarters last Saturday before finally going down to defeat. I predict that the Huskers will even up their wins and losses by defeating Iowa State, 27-13. ELSEWHERE in the Big Seven, Oklahoma ran into unexpected trouble against TCU. The Sooners finally came out on top, but lost the services of Gene Calame for the season. Gene broke his shoulder in the second quarter. The halftime score was 2-0, TCU. Down in Oklahoma, they do some mighty weird things, so even though the press releases might read that Calame is out for the season, we might see him suited up towards the end of the season. Athletic Department ' Physicals Set Tonight The Nebraska Athletic Depart ment has issued another call to all athletes who are trying out for any sport during the coming year, to take their physical ex aminations today. All men who are planning to participate in any sport except intramurals, are re quired to take a physical. Ath letes should report to the field house at 7 p.m. tonight. The Upset Parade Penn State 14, Illinois 12 South Carolina 34, Army 20 Florida 13, Georgia Tech 12 Dartmouth 27, Holy Cross 26 ...AND HOW IT STARTED Douglas Leigh eays: M After leaving the University of Florida (where Td old yearbook ads), I had big, crazy ideas about making new kinds of spectacular displays. So I bought a Brownie and went to New York to photograph rooftops. My first sign waa a luge, steaming coffee cup on Broadway. At age 23 I was starting to learn an exciting business!" START SMOKING CAMELS YOURSELF I Make the 30-day Camel Mildness Test See how Camels give you more pure pleasure! See for yourself why Camels' cool mildness and rich flavor agree with more people than any other cigarette! a. I. Bnmia Tobatiw Comjiura, Wlimtoo-ilitlMii. K. 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During the last half the Corn huskers played extremely careful ball, and failed to open up at all. This could have possibly been the main factor in the Husker's de feat. An interesting observation com piled from the statistics is the fact that Quarterback Dan Brown ran 18 times with the ball, more than the combined times of both Willie Greenlaw and Bob Smith. This Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star RON CLARK -wmmmjlr mvamammmmm arbor Sho Choice Shop".'.' P"Wfc' M tx : 5. s In Flattops Stuart Bldg. Phone 5-9323 If sfarfecSMok'hgjn Gofege. for O 'years ie etyoyerf dhcfg&cf, rich fikvor. 6u ought ib iry Gitnes '' A- I of Broadway' Giant Spacfacvfars AGREE WITH would iead us to believe that the Minnesota defense was set to stop the halfbacks, and content to let the quarterback run with the ball on the keep-lateral option play. The game as a whole, Coach Glassford related, was generally ragged, but Glasford wa: very well pleased with a few of improve ments during the game. He was very well satisfied with the Husk ers pass defense, and said that this week he would work to get the club's offense in high gear. Andy Loehr, rugged Husker end, has been named next week's game captain. Nebraska opens their home schedule this Saturday at Memor ial Stadium against Iowa State. The Staters have won one and lost one game while Nebraska has lost their only encounter of the season. Game time is 2 p.m. J wow 6t owwMtw . TONY CURTIS and JANET LESH THE SCREEN'S FAVORITE YOUKG ROMAXIiC UIZi The way you like them. LIVING RECKLESSLY... LOVING SREATKUSSOTJ "Cinema5cop I 65c Till 6 Then 80c V r1- 'r n MORE PEOPLE THAN f$" wag 'raise V 1 .1 Councsi' Sunday Journal tad Bur ANDY LOEHR . azM i 1 II hew )h- Plan Hwrtrt plar 'Pi.i..na W of hailn. "Urbnimum" m4 nr Kmvrr muff - IT'S (,M.D! ANY OTHER CIGARETTE --r l-III , I'M' mm .It ' lMr'rfii'i,i'-,i'i,.WiV - '' 'Dirty EarlV ACROSS FROM ELGIN 895 No. 1 I