Tuesday, March 8, 1955
Traveling
The Sports frail
By Leo Scherer Jr.
Sports Staff Writer
March 26, All-Sports Day li the uleam.
The Husken will try to show the old Krads a team.
No matter how to the sportswriters they rate
The team still has footballers from 12 other states.
When the "Monday morning quarterbacks" sit down 'and discuss
XNeDrnsttB luuiuau, icey will nave to admit one
thing whether they want to or not-that Coach
Bill Glassford and his staff are a group of real
go-getters when it comes to enlisting football
' talent.
On the present spring football squad of approxi
mately 80 candidates, 12 states besides Nebraska
are represented and 30 of the players are from
outside the Cornhusker boundaries.
Several of the more talented individuals from
other parts of these spacious United States were
offered as many as 10 scholarships from other
universities and colleges, including the Big Ten
and Atlantic Coast Conference, but decided to toss
their helmets into the Husker ring.
No Nebraskans ...
As strange as it might seem to the ordinary sports follower, Coach
Glassford could open the Hawaii game next fall with a strong team
that did not have ONE native Nebraskan on the first eleven. If you
think I am joking, take a look at this array of outstaters:
Ends, Don Hewitt (la.), Jack Braley (Mont.) and Robert Cupper
(Pa.); tackles, Phil Erickson (Wis.), Walt Beddeo (Colo.), Jerry
Wheeler (111.) and Bob Lyall (Wash.); guards, John Yuss (Pa.) Leo
George (Pa.), Don Kampe (la.) and Joe Sadowski (Pa.); centers,
Bob Berguin (S.D.) and Jack Pugsley (Wyo.); backs, Charles Smith
(N.H.), Gordon Englert (S.D.), Sylvester Harris, (Mo.), Willie Green
law (Me.), Farley Pickering (Kan.) and Joe Hart (N.H.).
All Nebraskans ...
Then there is always the other side of this picture. Glassford
could do just the opposite and send out a fine team of ex-Nebraska
prep stars without one single fellow from outer Nebraska. This team
would look something like this: ends, Jon McWilliams (Sidney), LeRoy
Butherus (Lincoln), Allan Deines and Ted Westervelt (Scottsbluff) and
Dean Lux (North Bend); tackles, Quin Anderson (Oakland), Jack
Fleming (Kimball), Gale Lair - (Omaha), and Dick Neal (Lincoln);
guards, Bill Taylor (North Platte), Jim Murphy (Cokimbus), Joe Bayer
(Minden), and Larry Jones (Sidney); centers, Doran Post (Shelton)
and LaVerne Torczon (Platte Center); backs, Rex Fischer (Oakland),
John Edwards (North Platte), Don Comstock (Scottsbluff), Harry John
son (Valley) and Jerry Brown (Minden). There were others that could
be listed to each squad, but lack of space permitted using all the
names.
The Answer Is .
Now our final product. Coach Glassford has added the combined
talents of both the outstaters and Cornhuskers and should come up
with a strong football team next fall unless injuries and eligibility keep
key players out of action. Many instate fans feel that there are too
many outstaters on the present team. Their reasons are (1) cost of
bringing outside players too expensive and (2) it keeps more Nebraska
boys from playing.
Must Disagree ... , 1
We disagree with these reasons although we are not saying that
they aren't valid. Some of our finest ambassadors for Nebraska have
been our football players from other states. Some of the more recent
were John Bordogna, Nick Adduccl, George Paynich, John Machislc,
Andy Loehr and many more too numerous to mention. The majority
of outstaters that I have known are fiery competitors that have made
the Husker state proud of them in other fields besides athletics.
If Nebraska can keep getting outstaters of the caliber mentioned
above, we say fine and good. Nebraska is not breaking any laws by
having them play and in recent years outstaters have been the
needed spark in many Nebraska sports.
In Intramural Play
BB Tourney Contenders
Cut To Nineteen Squads
Six more teams were eliminated
Thursday night, leaving 19 squads
yet in the running as the end of
the 1955 All-University Intramural
Basketball Tournament draws
near.
The Geologists bombarded the
Clippers, 43-18, to gain a berth in
the semi-finals of the Independent
Class bracket Gary Heinzle
dumped in 22 counters to lead the
rockhounds. The Geologists' op
ponents in the semifinal fray will
be Bert's Boys, who squeezed by
Beta Upsilon Mu, 38-34, to keep
their championship hopes alive.
Jim Thomas with 12 and Bill Greer
with 11 paced the winners, while
Jim Flynn netted 13 for the losers.
The other semifinal bracket in
the independent class was also
filled Thursday. Phi Epsilon
Kappa, led by Dave Barnes with
14. dropped the Freshmen Dents,
47-33, to advance in the tourney.
Phil Etzelmiller hit 21 for the
losers. PEK's opponent will be
Delta Alpha Pi, who nudged the
Navy ROTC five, 28-25, John
Torrey was high for Delta Alpha
with 15 points.
Avery won a spot in the semi
finals of the dorm division with a
68-22 pasting of Burnett. Avery
IM Volleyball
Intramural volleyball action will
be -starting soon. All team man
agers are urged to get their ros
ters inta Ed Hlgginbotham at the
PE Building as soon as possible.
Entries must be in by Monday,
March 14.
was sparked by Dick Prusia's 17
and Ken Johnson's 15, while Bob
Jensen garnered 10 for Burnett.
The Canfield' B quintet won the
Selleck Quadrangle "B" champion
ship with a 50-28 romp over Bur
nett. Jim Shook, Loren Peterson
and Don Lundin were high for the
"B" champs with 16, 12 and 11
points.
AU-Unlversity Team
In order to select an All-University
team, The Nebraskan requests
the help of the team managers.
Each manager except those of "C"
teams will nominate two All-Star
teams, as follows: .
1. Each team manager nominate 5
men from their own league for
an All-League Team.
2. Each "A" team manager also
nominate 5 men from ' the
Class A leagues for an All "A"
Team.
3. Each "B" team manager nomi
nate 5 men from the B leagues
for an All "B" Team.
4. Each Selleck Quadrangle "A"
team manager will nominate 5
men from the Dorm A leagues
for aw All-Selleck Quadrangle A
Team.
5. Each Selleck Quadrangle "B"
team manager will nominate 5
men from the Dorm B leagues
Along-
Scherer
for an All-Selleck Quadrangle B
Team.
6. Each Independent team manag
er will nominate 5 men from the
Independent leagues for an All
Independent Team.
7. "C" team managers need nomi
nate only one All-Star team, as
all the C teams were in the
same league.
All ballots will be turned to The
Nebraskan sports desk by Monday
afternoon by 3:00 on March 14 or
your team will not be considered
in the ratings.
Oklahoma
Wins Big 7
Swim Meet
Oklahoma's transplanted British
South Africans whooped and hol
lered their way to the Big Seven
Swimming crown last week, leav
ing the rest of the conference
floundering futiley in their wake.
The Sooners took 150 points to
lead second-place Iowa State by 26.
The Cyclones had 124, Colorado
had 33 for third, Nebraska 22 for
fourth and Kansas University
trailed with 12: Missouri and
Kansas State did not compete.
Six conference records were
splintered in the competition, three
by Sooners and three bv Iowa State
swimmers. Coach Hollia Lepley
called the meet the "most out
standing swimming meet we have
ever had at Nebraska."
He said that the times racked
up by the men getting .first and
AAU Meet
The annual Midwestern AAU
Swimming Championship Meet
will be held in the Coliseum pool
Sunday. Preliminaries start at 10
a.m. and finals at 2. Entry blanks
can be secured from Hollis Lepley,
swimming coach, In 107 PE Build
ing. .
second places in the meet would
rate them high in the ICAA swim
ming meet to be held in a few
weeks at Miami University, Ox
ford, Ohio.
The Huskers' points came from
a, sixth in the 1500-meter free-style
by Dave Gradwohl, a fifth In the
220-yard backstroke and a fifth in
the 100-yard backstroke by Calvin
Bentz, fifth in the 200-yard back
stroke by Tom Houchen, sixth in
the 100-yard free style by Dick
Hill, sixth in three-meter 'diving
by Dean Stoneman, fourth in the
440-yard free style relay and third
in the 300-yard medley by Bentz,
Houchen and Gordon Peterson.
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Experienced Nucleus Remains
NU Basketball Horizon Bright
As Bush Looks To Frosh Crop
By BOB COOK
Sports Staff Writer
Even in basketball the age old
adage, "No rest for the weary,"
comes Into practice.
Husker mentor Jerry Bush, in
handling his inaugural chores no
more than finishes a successful
campaign with this year's cagers
than he gives a preview of things
to come next season.
In less than three weeks Bush
has to assemble a tentative squad
to face the Alumni in the annual
All Sports Day tussle to be
held March 23. Although the nucle
us' of this year's point producing
element will be lost via graduation
the cage outlook is bright.
Scoring stalwarts Will Fagler, Stan
Matzke, Gus Renzleman and Ar
nie Boich will all be joining
forces with the Alumni.
Experienced Quint
Although an experienced quin
tet of juniors are returning N for
their last year of combat, the key
to next year's situation lies in the
upcoming frosh and this year's
sophomores. Bouncing Chuck
Smith seems ready for great things
as do fireball guards Whitey Buel
and Norm Coufal. Adding strength
at the corner slots 'Pork Prokop
and Bill Roy show capabilities with
their above tfar basket eyes.
From all indications Rex Ekwall,
the Holmesville hurricane appears
to be the sparkplug of the squad.
Sophomore guards who should see
a lot of action will be Bill Wells
with his deadly jump shot and
steady Hoot Gibson. Dudley Do
eble should be a contender for a
forward berth. 1
Skyscrapers
Then comes Tony Sharpe's sky
scraping yearlings. A possible
starter and outstanding prospect
sums up the sensational Jim Ku
baci, who made the trek west
ward with Bush from Toledo. The
most important fact perhaps to be
extracted from the frosh class is
that of a postman. Whether Bush
and assistant Bus Whitehead can
mold a top notch pivot out of 6
foot 8-ers Jim Thorn and Dick Hud
son or giant Terry Howard may
mean a headstart in the Big Seven
race next fall.
Cornhusker followers can always
hold one consolation, however.
They can rest at ease; for if there'
any talent to be developed or any
spirit to be instilled it lies in the
hands of an outstanding pilot, Jerry
Bush.
Fagler, Ekwall Lead Final Husker
Player G FGA FG Pet. FTA
Willard Fagler, c 21 206 88 .427 141
Rex Ekwall, f 21 194 88 .402 116
Gary Renzelman, 21 187 74 .396 68
Chuck Smith, f 21 151 63 .417 104
Stan Matzke, g 20 213 79 .371 58
Duane Buel, g 21 88 33 .375 95
Norm Coufal, g 21 106 37 .349 27
Bob Prokop, c 4 17 5 .294 9
Arnold Boich, g 12 22 11 .500 16
Doug Gibson, f-g 10 19 8 .421 8
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horn The Coach ,
It doesn't seem too long ago that I first visited the University
campus. I had accepted the basketball position and met with my boys
for the first time at an informal get-together in May. I know what
my feelings were, and I imagine the boys felt the same way. We were
both curious.
At a meeting of the Big Seven basketball coaches in November,
Nebraska was predicted to finish along with Iowa State at the bottom
of the conference. Not a very pleasant outlook for
a new coach 1 Yet, the other coaches in the con
ference apparently didn't know what kind of boys
we have at Nebraska. The season is over, we tied
for third and hold the only victory over Colorado,
the conference champion. Granted, an overall rec
ord of 9 and 12 is not too impressive. However,
let's look a little closer at the season.
We lost our opener at Iowa. They, as yon
know, are this year's Big Ten champions. Our
opening home game against South Dakota ws a
victorious one but far from Impressive. We then
left Lincoln for a three game
Alabama and Memphis State. The
iant in handing Bradley, an NCAA
worst beatings of the year. We lost
game. Lost to Memphis State, another NCAA tournament representa
tive, in a game we all felt should have been ours.
The boys went home for Christmas, and we left the morning of
December 26th for Kansas City and the Big Seven tournament. Our
opening game against Missouri was respectable, but we wound up
on the short end. The following afternoon against Colorado I took one
of the worst beatings of my life. We lost by 42 points. I honestly feel
that was the turning point of our
Most teams humiliated in such a fashion would have given up, but
not our guys. They got up off the floor like real champions, came back
the next afternoon to lose a real close one to Kansas in a game that
could have gone either way. I'll never forget a query from one of our
boys as we went over the Bradley scouting report, "Coach, do we
have a chance?" My feeling has always been we are the best till
proven otherwise. We'll take our
because we didn't try! Believe me,
a finer group of boys boys who
the floor fellows who learned the
and the necessity of team spirit.
In our regular conference play
disappointments. Beating every
was very gratifying. The biggest
and handing Colorado its lone
ready as we were for Colorado. We all remembered the 42 point beat
ing at Kansas City and were determined to clean that slate. The boys
were magnificent, and I have never
The attendance and enthusiasm that grew and grew with each
home game gave all of us a tremendous feeling of satisfaction. Team
spirit is an essential as team performance.
I wish to thank Tony Sharpe and Bus Whitehead for their wonder
ful assistance. Their loyalty and sincere efforts were really appreci
ated. The training room staff did
tip-top physical shape.
Last, but far from least, I wish to thank each and every one of
my boys, including the managers, for making my first year at Ne
braska a very pleasant one. I feel the finest tribute they received was
the referee's comment following our last game at Colorado, "Jerry,
your boys are perfect gentlemen."
Jerry Bush
Basketball Coach
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In IM Play
Delts Squeeze By ATO's;
Phi Delts Drop Theta Xi
By BRUCE BRUGMANN
Sports Editor
The maples, rafters and specta
tors' benches took a beating in the
PE Building and Coliseum Monday
night as the Delts nipped the
ATO'i in the closing seconds to
move into the finals of the Class
A competition with the Phi Delt's,
a 46-38 victor over a rugged Theta
Xi quint.
The score In the Delt-ATO clash
changed hands with the rapidity
of a ping pong match as the two
clubs battled down to the wire.
With only minutes remaining in
the last canto, the Delts led by
two points on two different occa
sionsonly to lose the edge on in
tercepted passes.
The ATO's finally forged ahead
in the last minute of play, but John
Beideck knotted the -count with
only seconds left on an arching,
one-hand push shot from the per
meter of the free throw circle.
As the ATO's brought the ball
quickly into play, Bob Cook de
flected a pass which was picked
up by Len Lindgren. Lindgren was
fouled, and as the game ended,
notched both charity tosses for the
clincher. Cook with 11 and Beideck
with 8 paced the winners. For the
ATO's it was Al Blessing with 11,
Bob Brown with 10 and Rod
Schroeder with 9.
The Phi Delt's, led by Bill Giles,
Erik Erickson, Joe Carter and Bill
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Theta Xi clan. Bill Soelberg, play
ing a fine floor game and keep
ing the boards clean, dropped in
11 counters for the losers.
In one of the year's closest en
counters, Phi Epsilon Kappa final
ly turned back the double over
time threat of Delta Alpha Pi.
Dave Barnes and Ron Kaleser
spearked the Phi Kap barrage and
dropped in the clinching gift tosses
in the deciding frame.
In other games in the IM cir
cuit Canfield A, paced by tha
trio of Joe Houfek, La Verne
Torczon and Gene Torczon whipped
Selleck A, 60-54. Manatt A slipped
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