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Tuesday, March 22, 1955
THE NEBRASKAN
Traveling Along'
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The Sports Trail
By Leo Scherer Jr. -
Sports Staff Writer
"If you have more eggs in more baskets, you have a better chance
cf getting more chickens." This could well be the philosophy of the
University Department in reference to the sixth annual All-Sports Day
program here Saturday, March 26.
The Husker coaches will afford Nebraskans a chance to view
six varsity sports in one day. Slated for action are football, basket
ball, tennis, baseball, track and swimming.
Although football is always the main attraction at the well-planned
day of activities, Bus Whitehead, ex-Husker great and assistant basket
ball coach this season, has gathered an eagle spread of former
Nebraska basketballers for the Varsity-Alumni
game which will move underway directly after the
intra-squad football game at 1:30 p.m.
Some "big name" competitors that are ex
pected for the game are Bob Pierce, former Phillip
Oiler standout, Bob Gates, coach of Omaha Eoly
Name's 1955 Class A champs, Henry Cech, veteran
roundball artist, Claude Retherford, one of Nebras
ka's all time great players and four seniors from
the 1954-55 team. They are Willard Fagler, Stan
Matzke, Gary Renzelman and Arnold Bolch.
The curtain-raiser will be a varsity-freshman
tennis match at 9 a.m., weather permitting, and
Coach Tony Sharpe's baseballers will keep the show
in stride when his sluggers parade their talents with an intrasquad
game at 10 a.m. ,
The track squad will also put In an appearance. Five events will
take place in the indoor track while a relay and the mile will be
held between halves of the football game on the outdoor oval.
Last, but not least, the Husker swimmers will hold an exhibition
of relays, individual free style events and diving in the Coliseum pool
as 5 p.m.
Many Cornhusker athletes have spent long hours of hard work and
conditioning in preparation for this Saturday, and a fine turnout by
students and loyal Cornhuskers would indeed give the athletes a shot
in the arm. Dont forget that date March 26 the day the Huskers
hope to put on a dazzling exhibition of sports.
Versatile Performer . . .
Coach Bill Glassford has had in his midst for the past three yean
one of the most versatile athletes that we have ever watched.
This performer is Sylvester Harris, the fine Negro athlete from
Kansas City, Mo. "Syl," as he is better known in the athletic world,
came to Nebraska in 1952 and lettered as a halfback on a fine freshrmy
squad.
His sophomore year he saw duty as a defensive end along with
his halfback chores. Last season he was switched to the fullback
slot and played behind veterans Bob Smith and John Edwards.
This season the speedy ball of dynamite is back at his halfback
position and should have his best season of football at Nebraska.
We'll wager that Coach Glassford wishes he had more experienced
players like Harris around that were able to step in at anyone of
three positions when the situation arises.
This Harris fellow is also a better-than-average baseball pitcher,
and he saw some action with the basketball squad this season. We
will predict that the sporting public will hear more about this athlete
before the end of next year. -
Here, There, Everywhee ...
Jack Carroll, former NU footballer, is now assistant coach at
Ogallala, the town that produced a fine Class A basketball team this
year . . . Nomination for the most improved Big Seven basketball
squad: Nebraska under its new boss, Jerry Bush . . . Oklahoma has
gone 47 Big Seven football games with'out defeat while winning seven
straight titles . . . Congratulations to the 33 Cornhusker athletes who
have maintained above "B" average since entering school . . . Dave
Gradwohl, a swimmer, tops the list with a smooth 8.4 .. . Our All
State basketball quintet: Nels Kjeldsen, Falls City; Dick Hartmann,
0. Holy Name, Tom Osborne, Hastings, Bud Murray, Scottsbluff, and
Don HInzmann, Western . . . Lyle Martin, promising freshman halfback
from Grand Island, is wearing a cast on his right leg because of an
injury suffered two weeks ago and will miss the rest of the spring
action . . . QUOTE OF WEEK: "If you sportswriters are a news
paper's meal ticket, it may again be a long and hungry summer . . ."
(note from friend who reads this column.) ...
Many Ocfmers Recalled
Glimpses horn Posf Ml Sports Day Fesf s
ewptwei As Spring fan Classic fJears
By BOB COOK
Sports Staff Writer
In spite of the uncommon spring
weather raging over the Nebras
ka campus, the time for the annual
All Sports day has arrived once
more.
Saturday's festivities will recall
old memories of sports incidents
of the past. One of the faces sy
nonomous with this occasion will
no longer view the contests. Walt
Dobbins, the late dean of midwest
sports scribes, passed away since
last years competition. However,
many other old personalities of
Husker athleticdom of yesteryear
will invade the campus for Satur
days program.
Last year's All Sports Day
marked the first year that the varsity-Alumni
football game faded
from the spring classic picture. It
was decided to hold the intrasquad
Saturday Grid
Starters Given
Football Coach Bill Glassford an
nounced the starting lineups Mon
day for the intra-squad football
game Saturday in the All Sports
Day grid classic.
Glassford has divided the squad
as evenly as possible in order to
insure a rugged test for both
teams.
Starting for the Reds will be Le
Roy Butherus and Marlin Hilding,
ends; Jerry Petersen and Don
Rhoda, tackles; Don Kampe and
Jim Murphy, guards; Bob Ber
guin, center; Rex Fischer, suarter
back; Don Comstock and Harry
Johnson, halfbacks, and John Ed
wards, fullback.
Opening for the Whites will be
Don Hewitt and Stuart Howerter,
ends; Jerry Wheeler and Phil
Erickson, tackles; Bill Taylor and
Bob Mclntyre, guards; LaVerne
Torczon, center; George Harsh
man, quarterback; Syl Harris and
Gene Sandage, halfbacks, and
Jerry Brown, fullback. r
Riley To NCAA
Dan Fogel,
Strickler Lead University
Gymnasts To AAU Win Saturday
By BRUCE BRUGMANN
Sports Editor
It took him four years to do It,
but Dan Fogel, Husker gymnast
and yell king, finally won a trophy.
Fogel, a four year letterman,
ended his stint with the gymnastic
squad as he harvested 952 points
in the all round event to lead the
NU aggregation to a sweeping tri
umph in the Midwest Open AAU
gymnastics championships at Bea
trice Saturday.
Strickler takes Second
Fogel snapped up a first place
in the high bar, a fourth in the
parallel bars, a tie for second in
the flying rings and a third on
the mats for a 19 point individual
total. Wayne Strickler was sec
ond to Fogel in the all round com
pilations with 890 points. To be
eligible in the all round event a
participant must be in four events.
Don Hodge, who took first place
laurels in the mats and the tram
poline, also ended a four year span
of varsity competition. Fogel and
Hodge both slipped into the NU
athletic arena as frosh during the
Bij Seven special ruling four years
ago.
Thomas McDonald participating
in his first year of gymnastics,
took a third on the. side horse
and a second on the parallel bars.
George Lang, a freshman perfor
mer in his first varsity meet,
copped a fourth place spot on the
side horse.
Strickler won second on the high
bars, first on the parallel bars and
Final IM Standings
LEAGUE 1-A
Phi Delta Thcta 91
Alpha Tu Ometm S 3
Delia Tu Delia
Beta Theta Pi 4
Slma Alha Erfilon 37
Siiima Chi 3 R
Phi Gamma Delta . . 19
LEAGUE 2 A
Bella Utwllon 110
Sigma Phi Ewllon 73
Farm Hmi 8 4
Phi Kappa Pl 64
Alpha Gamma Rho 2 7
Sigma Nu 27
Kappa Slum 1 8
LEAGUE J-A
Theta XI 10 0
Beta Sltma Pii 74
PI Kappa Phi 64
Zeta Beta Tau 8 5
Brown Palace 4 6
Alpha Gumma Sltma 3 7
Sigma Alpha Mu . 110
LEAGUE 4-A
ComhusVer Co-op 10 0
Theta Chi 3
Pioneer Co-op o 4
Acacia 4 fl
Tau Kappa Epsilon 4 8
Norrla Houie 47
DelU Slrma 010
LEAGUE 5-B
Alpha Tad Omega 2
Phi Gamma Delta 8 4
Slrma Chi
Phi Delta Theta 85
Slrma Alpha FiHn Oy-10
LEAGUE 5-B '
Beta Thcta PI 10 0
Phi Kappa PjI 72
Slrma Phi Kpullon fl 3
Alpha Oitnma Rho 2 ft
Delia Enillon 2 ft
Kappa Sira 0 S
LEAGUE 7-B
PI Kapt Phi 92
Farm Houm ft 2
Alpha Gmma Sigma 8 4
Theta Xl 5
Beta zinnia Prt 10
Tau Kauri KmHrm . . .17
LEAGUE 8-FROSH
Alpba Gamma Kho i... f 3
Delta Fpallon ft
Alpha Tau Omet . 7 4
Slrma Nu 7 4
Phi Delta Thcta S 8
Farm HmiM 47
Slrma Chi . ... 3 ft
Phi Gamma Delta ... 110
LEAGUE 15 Independent
Church
Nrwman Club -f . .10 0
Lutheran S. A, f r . 4
Baptlut Houae ...... 4
Tnler-Var.lty i... S R
Methodlit Hmiae i . . . 37
Preaby Motue 010
LEAGUE 16 Independent
Pbj Erollon Kappa 9 1,
Beta Upsilon Mu 73
Delta Theta Phi 5 5
Delta Alpha PI 56
A. I. A 37
A. I. E. E 19
LEAGUE 17 Independents
Geoloiiita 10 1
Bert'i Bow 9 2
Freahmcn Denta 4 t
Navy ROTC 8 8
Phi Delta Phi 38
Delta Scruba 38
Delta Sigma PI 110
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tied for second on the flying rings.
Bruce Riley, the team's high
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and trampoline, pulling a first in
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the trampoline.
Riley To NCAA
Riley will enter the national
NCAA Gymnastic Tournament in
Los Angeles next week.
The competition in the annual
AAU meet has improved, com
mented Fogel in an interview Mon
day. "The individual performers
are adding new tricks to their
repertoire and for amateur ath
letics the meet was a good one,"
he added. '
skirpishes instead of with the Old
timers. A skimpy but loyal crowd
of 6000 viewed an upset as the un
derdog White squad overpowered
a Red eleven 25-14. The White term
sparked by signal callers Don Kr
way and Dan Brown, showed glimp
ses of the Scarlet power that was
IM Notice
Independent teams are urged to
submit their choices for an all
league and an all-University team
by 3:00 p.m. at The Nebraskan
sports desk today If they wish their
players to receive recognition on
the all Independent team. The all
intramural B teams will be announced-
in Wednesday's Nebras
kan. destined for the Orange Bowl. In
spite of several sweeping sprints
by Jori McWilliams, the Whites
capitalized on powerful Don Ccm
stock's long jaunts for paydirt to
gain the nod. Coach Glassford
tacked an extra five minutes on
each canto to give more layers
trials as he closed out spring
drills.
Over the Coliseum maples
another old personality made his
last appearance. Harry Good, who
stepped from the pedestal of Hus
ker cage coach shortly after the
close of spring drills, was coach
ing his last Varsity quintet. Big
Buster Whitehead spoiled both
Good's swan song and the Var
sity's spirits When he netted 26
points amidst a barrage of rnder
basket handiwork.
The Huskers fought to overcome
such all-time greats as Bob Pierce
Claude Rutherford, and Jim, Bu
chanan behind the 12 point efforts
of Gus Renzelman. Gus displayed
the new bonus one and one free
throw ruling to the best of his abil
ity as he ripped the nets for twelve
gratis tosses in a row. 1
Meanwhile on the baseball dia
mond mentor Tony Sharpe unveiled
a bevy of moundsmen who kept the
Husker hoes alive during the Big
Seven pennant race. In the intra
squad game the Grays dropped
the Reds 16 to 5 behind the chuck
ing of Bear Gier and Franny Hof
maier as the southpaw pair burned
them be from the port side.
As it is every year, the thinclads
nut on an exhibition and the swim
ming, golf and tennis teams added
their skills to climax another typi
cal Cornhusker All Sports Day.
Eight 7 Plus Averages
Jensen, Gradwohl Lead
NU Athletes In Grades
It pays to be ignorant.
At least it doesn't pay to be too smart, as Nelson Jensen found
out after reading Saturday's paper. Although Jensen had the highest
average of all University athletes, his name was completely left out
of the published averages.
Jensen, who is a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, is from
Pawnee City and is in Pre-Med. His first semester at the University
he earned an 8.93 average, and last spring compiled an average of
8.95. His grades for last semester totaled a 8.10 average.
Jensen, who is a sophomore golfer, has a scholastic average of 8.8
to lead all Cornhusker athletes. Dave Gradwohl, a member of th
swimming squad, was second with j mark of 8.1.
Eight Husker athletes hold averages over 7.0. There are thirty
three men actively in the University sorts program who harvested
averages higher than 6.0.
John Haessler, a member of Tony Sharpe's baseball squad, holds
third place with 7.8 average and Robert Sandstedt, a performer on
Hllie Lepley's swimming team, is In the fourth position with a 7.7
composite mark.
In a breakdown of athletes in the upper scholastic echelon, the
track team led the other sports with a seven man aggregate. Base
ball and basketball each had five, football garnered four, swimming
and golf had three apiece, tennis had two and gymnastics one.
Kama
Aden, Alan
Butterfield John
Cramond. Wallia
JEdwarda, William
Finite, Walter
OFlacher, Rex
Gradwohl, Dava
Gibaon, Charlea
Garrels, LeRoy
Tloward, Terrr
'Haeaaier, John
Jensen. Charlea
Jones. Larry
Kelley, Raymond
Xangdon, Donald
Marten. William
Mattke, Stanley
Moore, Jack I
IMoran. John
Morton, Arnold
Niemann, Kooert
Nelson. Marsnau
O'Hanlon Jame
pison. Richard
Rosen, Alan
Renzelman, Garf
Smidt. Donald
Smith, Charlea L.
CI. Phrtfrm
Sandstedt, Robert
'Thorpe, Douglaa
Torczon, Eugene
'Zimmerman, Garr
Horn Towa
Gothenburg
Korfolk
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Wahoo
Wichita. Kan.
Oakland
Lincoln
Lincoln
Brunlng
Elkhorn
Leshara
Pawnee City
Sidney
Danbury
Lincoln
Beatric
Lincoln
Grand Island
Brooklyn, N. T.
Oberlin, Kan.
Hebron
Kimball
Blair
AxteJl
Omaha
Scottsblurf
Helena, Mont.
Anderson, Ind.
Hastinga
Lincoln
Lincoln
Humphrey
Lyona
port
Track
Golf
Track
Football
Baseball
Football
SwimminS
Traek
Baseball
Basketball
Baseball
Golf
Football
Track
Gymnastics
Track
Basketball
Golf
Tennla
WreatUnt
Track
Wreatllnt
Football
Baseball
Track
Basketball
Basketball
Basketball
Tennla
Swimming
Swimming
Baseball
Baseball
ATtraga
6.8
6.1
7.3
e.g
6.0
6.0
8.1
7.5
6.4
68
7.S
8.1
6.S
7.1
6.0
6.4
6.2
6.6
6.7
6.3
74
6.8
6.5
6.8
6.3
7.0
69
7.5
6.1
7.7
6.1
6.1
6.4
On The Track Horizon
fU:
ill
Prospects
By DICK WATSON
Sports Staff Writer
Nebraska's track fortunes are on
the upswing. This is hard to be
lieve when faced with the fact
that this year's thinclads have just
completed the most dismal in
door season in modern Cornhusker
history. The ribbon chaser lost
three dual meets and finished fifth
in the Big Seven Indoor Champion
ships with 6 points, an all time
low for Nebraska. -
The reason for this optimism?
This year's freshman team; one of
the most promising in recent
years.
During the pre-war days Ne
braska was the track power of the
conference and scored well in many
national meets. Between 1929 and
1943 the Huskers won nine our of a
possible 12 indoor Championships
and dominated the outdoor meets
almost as convincingly.
Secret of Success
What was the secret to the
success of these track teams? They
were dominated by boys who came
from Nebraska High Schools. Bob
by Ginn, Harold Hunt, Herb Grote,
William Smutz and many others
who were outstanding during Ne
braska's "reign" were Husker high
school stars before coming to the
University.
New track Coach Jerry Lee was
n't hired until this summer, but in
spite of this late start did a fine
job of recruiting and has come up
with some outstanding performers.
Though these freshmen cannot be
expected to make Nebraska a title
contender by next ysar, they should
help considerably.
Frosh Sketches
A look at the freshmen:
Hans Arps. an outstanding quar
termiler in high school last year.'
. . handicapped with an injured
ankle during the indoor season but
still managed to post a time of
53.2. . . has recovered and should
do well outdoors.
Randy Clark. A hugh jumper
from Melbeta . . . has cleared 5'
10" and continues to show im
provement. Robert Elwood. Iowa's High
School mile champion last year
with a very respectable 4:27:02
two mile ... is a tireless type
runner who gets stronger as the
distance increases . . . recently ran
four miles in 21:39, covering the
last mile in 5:09.
Duane Eversoll The Nebraska
High School gold -medal winner in
the half mile in 2:00:0 . . . troubled
with a sinus infection during the
indoor season which curtailed his
workouts . . . has recovered and
is pointing for the outdoor season.
Ben Gadd A half mile who
didn't report until the end of the
first semester, but still managed to
run a 2:05 indoors ... a gritty
runner who runs a race for all its
worth. If he continues to show im
provement, may give the fresh
men a quartet of half-milers under
two minutes.
Bob Mclntyre runner-up to
State Champion Bill Martin in both
the high and low hurdles . . .
shown improvement in posting
times of 7:04 in the lows and 8:08
for the highs . . will help give
the Huskers a strong hurdle field
next year . . . plays football.
Bill Martin State Champion In
both the high and low hurdles . . .
set a new record in the lows and
tied the record in the highs. . .
has times of 7:04 and 7:8 indoors
. . . show to a better advantage
outdoors at the longer distances.
Bernie Randolph another high
school Gold Medal winner. . . has
cleared 13'6" which was good for
a first place and a new record in
the Big Seven Freshman postal
meet. . . a good bet to regain the
pole vault supremacy which Ne
braska held for so long furing the
Hunt, Miller, Cooper era.
Roy Smith Another half miler
who shows a lot of promise . . .
a hard worker and one of the most
improved freshmen on the team
. . . has run a 2:03 hald indoors
and has his sights set on breaking
two minutes outdoors.
Keith Williams a good quarter
miler who ran 50:08 last year in the
State high School Meet. Williams
has been slow rounding into shape
but hopes his indoor work will
pay off now that the team has
moved outdoors.
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