The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 22, 1955, Page 3, Image 3
c'-iiii Ti:A',-PW'"ifrl;?r'- ' i Tuesday, February 22, 1955 THE NEBRASKAN Traveling Along- The Sports Trail By LEO SHERER JR. Sports Staff Writer Up around Lincoln the north wind doth blow and we have been having snow, but over in the Field House it just has to be spring, because lots of athletes have yielded to the call of the Husker coaches. Assistant coach Dick Spady is sending 35 hopeful baseball candi dates through their early season paces while head mentor Tony Sharpe is still working with the basketball squad. Nine lettermen, in cluding veterans Jim Cederdahl, Dirkes Rolston and Fran Hof maier, are getting ready for their southern tour in early April. The Tigers from up Missouri way look like the team to upend, but don't count the Huskers out of the picture. Most of the squad has not forgotten finishing sixth last season, and some revenge would be sweet this year. Do you agree, Tony? The head-bumping Cornhuskers will open spring football February 28. Coach Bill Glassford has 13 lettermen to answer his call. Top material back from the 1954 team could well be a couple of speedy sophomores named Don "Stutter" Comstock and Willie Greenlaw plus a wealth of promising freshman energy. Spring ball will tell the story of.how the Huskers will stack up next year in the Oklahoma domi nated Big Seven- Wrestling OK . . . One quick word on Nebraska wrestling. We have much more to say besides "good luck." In our opinion the team has nothing to be ashamed of with nine straight losses. The squad produced two talented matmen in Charles Bryant and Arnold Morton, an up and coming X57 pounder. Coach Doa Strasheim has the uncanny ability to get the maximum out of his performers, which is an essence in coaching, and we think he will be right up in the thick of the battle in a couple of years The grumblers must realize it is hard to produce a winning team without grants-in-aids for top prep wrestlers. Congratulations To . . . Attention to our Coach Sharpe and members of the American and National Leagues! This could be the greatest happening since Stan Musial or Joe DiMaggio. Murray Backhaus, three year baseball letter winner, is the new father of an eight pound, four ounce bunch of" boy dynamite named Robin James Backhaus. Word is that the new addition to the Back haus family has more hair on his head than his likeable father and already has memorized two paragraphs of "Casey at Bat." When we get around to mentioning congratulations, it is hard to not say some nice words about Will Fagler. The friendly spark of the 1954-55 Husker cage team indeed has played masterful basketball this season. Commonly called "Willard" or "Fag" by bis many fol lowers and teammates, the lanky workhorse is a driver deluxe who has an art of rebounding that makes him an all around threat Dont take my word for it just ask Mr. Haldorson of Colorado or Mr. Reiter of Missouri. Bits, Borrowed And Bagged . . . Ken Runes, a guard on the 1954 Orange Bowl squad, is now in the U.S. Army and is stationed at Camp Chaffee, Ariz- ... Bill Fitz gerald, former Husker baseballer and now local sports scribe, tells us his buddy-pal Ray Novak, well remembered in Nebraska sports, failed to pass his Army physical and may take a shot at pro ball with the Detroit Lions as a linebacker. . . . Don Margheim of Gering, sophomore quarterback, who severely bruised a leg against Hawaii, has left school and rumors say that he will not return. . . . Mighty Max Kitzelman is completing his service life in Japan while one of his old sidekicks, George Cifra, a bull-type fullback in 1952, will soon be released from the service and return to the Capital City for his final fling at college football Husker Athletic Department Announces Grid Price Rise As the money received from the Big Red fund drive will not be available again this year, the De partment of Intercollegiate Athle tics has announced a return to 1953 ticket prices for home foot ball games. This rise in price will return Nebraska's prices to a level with those now in effect at all other Big Seven Conference schools. Ticket prices for 1955: PUBLIC: Reserved seat .................... M.Wi Reserved has ..................... 4.0ft Beasw nm-ved ................. ..17. 50 Seuaa box ...tn.Oft General A Interim ................ t.m KaMboto -M 8TIDEYT TICKETS: Football Mama S.ofl AH Sports Season S.OtJ FACTLXir TICKETS! Football Sauna .M) An Saarti feewma 4.00 youngs CDoonAeir u (o)13 IJ vQ) in n Five Seconds Left As Sooners ice First Conference Win BIG SEVEN 8TANU1AU8 ALL W L Pet. Missoorl 14 4 .778 Colorado 12 5 .706 Kansas Stats 11 7 .611 Kansas 9 7 .563 NEBRASKA 9 .500 Iowa State 9 10 .474 Oklahoma t 14 .125 RESULTS LAST WEEK NEBRASKA 66 Kansas 55 Missouri 76 NEBAASKA 73 Kansas 50 Oklahoma A&M 42 Kansas 87 Oklahoma 75 Colorado 61 Kansas State 53 Missouri 78 Iowa State 63 Iowa State 82 Drake 73 By DAN CAMPBELL Sports Staff Writer Sharp thinking and equally sharp shooting by Captain Lester Lane in the last seconds Monday night gave Oklahoma a 78-76 upset over Nebraska at llorman. Lane, the diminutive leader of the Sooner quintet, who is hitting at a 21.6 clip, swished the decid ing fielder with five seconds re maining and the score tied at 76-76 to give the Okies their first conference victory. The outcome of the battle was in doubt until the last seconds, as the lead changed hands 14 times, the score was tied 15 times, and the margin was never wider than five points, except for a very brief period early in' the game when the Huskers held a 13-6 edge. NU Cagers Win; Track Team Bows The week end saw Nebraska's basketball team keep its Big Seven first division hopes alive by trounc ing aKnsas, 66-55, while Oklahoma rapped the track team, 76-28, in one of the most decisive defeats ever inflicted upon the NU indoor squad. The scoring punch and excel lent rebounding of Will Fagler and Rex Ekwall coupled with the de fensive work of Coufal boosted the cagers into third place in the con ference standings with 3 games yet to play. It was the Husker's first league victory away from home. Ray Kelley, with a high jump of 6 feet A inch, was Coach Jerry Lee's only winner in the finale of the worst indoor track season in Cornhusker history. Oklahoma's Robert Derrick, who scored against Nebraska in football last Novem ber, was outstanding in winning the sprint and slamming the hur dles. He knocked two-tenths of a second off the meet mark with a fast :06.8 in the 60-yard lows. That the game was to be a time with 2V4 minutes to go in the thriller was evident from the start The Oklahoma fans, sensing an upset, were at the edges of their seats as the Sooners overcame the early Nebras- ka lead, knot ting the score at 25-25 with nine minutes remaining i n the first half. From then on it was a see s a w contest. S p e arheaded by the terrific play of Leroy Bacher, the Oklahomans stayed with the Husk ers, moving ahead for the first Lane half as Lane hit his first field goal to make the score 38-87. With a minute and twenty-five seconds left in the half, the Husker attack was seriously hurt by the loss of Gus Renzelman on fouls. Up to that time Renzelman had scored 11 points and had greatly aided the NU cause with his re bounding. Willard Fagler's sharp shooting was the Husker's only finger in the dike as the Sooner flood, not to.be denied, surged on. Lane and Bacher combined to push the Ok lahoma score from 54 to 76, while Fagler and Norm Coufal managed to knot it up at two point inter vals all the way. . When Fagler dumped in his last two points to bring the score to 76-76, Lane decided on strategy that, if successful would win the game, but is unsuccessful would send the contest into overtime. With 1:15 left in the game Lane held on to the ball. He dribbled around the backcourt deliberately, stalling away the seconds. With just five seconds remaining, Lane moved into the key, jumped and swished through the winning field er. The Huskers did a very credit able job against the Sooners de spite their loss. Will Fagler was high scorer with 26 counters. Rex Ekwall and Chuck Smith did a fine job of clearing the boards, and Norm Coufal continued his terrific defensive play, keeping Lane shackled for well over half the game. The Oklahoma Sooners proved that they are a much finer team than their record indicates. The re cent addition of Leroy Bacher, who netted 30 points, has increased the Sooner potential tremendously. Oklahoma has been improving with each game and was finally able to come through with a Big Seven victory. I s f "-. J V f I V 1 ' - VvU mm . yf,i aY-l aaa. 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