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Tuesday, April 12, 1955 THE NEBRASKAN NU Baseball Team run r ; , s i a - v Bats S)Hfi) ' ! MURRY BACKHAUS . . . veteran Husker catcher, has been wield ing a big stick in the six games played by the NU baseuall team in their annual southern swing. Backhaus, in 21 appearances at the plate, has collected eight hits to Traveling : "iiv The Sports Trail By LEO SHERER JR. Sport Staff Writer By LEO SCHERER JR. If an ex-Nebraska footballer named George Cifra returns to the Cornhusker campus next fall, ath letic enthusiasts will witness a battle royal for the much publi cized fullback post. An associate named "Joltin Johnny" Ed wards, 1 8 S "H mm . pounds of foot- ball dynamite y T A. F 4 3 Platte, isnt I ' the type to 1 V, 1 Just surrender j m mA the position tO Coortnr Uncoil, Jocrnal the Pennsyl- Joha Edwards vania mate without a lively strug gle. Edwards, who was nicknamed "Joltin John" during an outstand ing prep campaign back at the Platte in 1952, has been a student of the game of football since 1947. During his four year high school career, be was selected for All State honors as a fullback, was a sharpsbooting forward on a state tournament basketball squad and tossed the iron ball 49 feet inch es for a track team that captured the state crown.. Edwards is one of the finest performers on or off the athletic field that anyone cares to know. He's modest, mild mannered, friendly and seldom down right vicious until on the field of com bat or asked that now popular question: "What happened at the Orange Bowl?'.' His coaches will admit that be has two of the most essential quali ties of any fine fullback speed and power. ( Whether vigorously powering through an enemy front wall or backing up the Husker line on defense, Edwards bits with dynam ic force. Numerous defensive line backers have thought twice before Cubs, Senators Lead Leagues The Chicago Cubs and the Wash ington Senators led the National and American Leagues for the first and quite - possibly the last timet this season at the end of Monday"! play. , By virtue of a win over the Cin cinnati Reds, 7-5, in the season's opener at Cincy, the Cubs contin ued in their familiar tradition of the past few years, getting off to a fast start in the first few days of play before fading into the' sec ond division netherland for the rest of the season. The sports scribes across the nation could foresee nothing bet ter than the second division again this year for the Windy Citians, or for their Monday victims, the power -heavy but pitcher -weak Rods. rs'or can Washington expect to hold onto their enviable perch atop the American League. The Sena tors Monday put on their best against the comparatively weak Baltimore Orioles, routing them 12 to 5 before President Eisen hower and a capacity crowd. For both present league-leader? it will probably be a short honey moon, but it must be nice to know that for at least one day they are runaway champions in their circuits. ' ' 1 Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star compile a .381 batting mark. He has batted in five runs and scored five more. In his first time at in the spring campaign, Backhaus smashed a homer with one man on base to lead the Husker nine to a 10-9 victory. Along' taking the task of baiting the Corn husker fullback. Smooth Faker Doing yeoman duty last fall be hind AO-Big Seven Fullback Bob Smith, Edwards was especially effective on fullback fakes from Quarterback Don Erway. On sev eral occasions bis polished faking has brought three defensive play ers away from the path of the ball carrier. Not a sensational Bobby Rey nold s type scatback. John is a hard-hitting power runner that is strong up the middle of the line for that "needed" first down. Defensive Demoa Defensively, he takes a back seat to no one. Edwards sel dom misses a tackle and likes to play football in the rough and tough mann er. Being groomed for the kicking duties next sea- Lea Scnerer son, John can .punt a football regularly beyond 40-yards, and he converted twice after touchdowns in the recent All -Sports Day game for the winning Red group. After a few quick moments in Uncle Sam's Army following his graduation next summer, Edwards is heading for a coaching spot in the state of Colorado. A friend recently said, "By the time they let you out of the Army ihat Colorado school will be burned down." John shrugged his broad shoulders and with a wide grin answered in a convincing voice: "IH just have to build them a brand new one." Around the Scene Don Bedker, former NTJ high and low hurdle champ, is now out of army and at present undecided about future plans . . . Mark Lon car, the giant 220-pound former Denver D center who transfered here last year, will enter the Ma rines in the next two weeks . . . The majors start action this week so it looks like we will have to go along with Cleveland in the American and New York in the National . . . Richie Ashbura, ex-Tilden, Neb., athlete, recently injured his left knee and may miss the opening game Tuesday. Richie is play ing with the Phillies and is shoot ing for a National League mark for the most consecutive games set at 822 in 1937. QUOTE OF THE WEEK "A fool can ask more questions than a hundred wise men can answer." - g-t'- n m -nil w-M I'LL SAVE j EOT-sOb.vcxj I I VCX4 r JOINED MY SALE.1? ':' 4 ..,-;,fc!i(a.i. ft i i : I ' f - -' lf ' . Mr 1 i Chief,? NOW. HE DOEStfT 7 NEED A HAIRCUTS' Br BOB COOK Sports Staff Writer Coach Tony Sharpe's hustling Husker diamond crew snared five out of their first six baseball out ings on their preseason swing of southern conference nines. The Big Reds walked off with both ends of a double-header with Tul sa, split two against Houston, and tromped a hightly touted Texas club twice. In doing so Nebraska bats boomed much more than ex pected allowing a juggled mounds corp to share the brunt of the battles. If Husker batsmen continue ter rorizing enemy hurlers and the Big 7 Baseball Opener, Track Meet Slated On tap for the Husker athletic program this week are a dual track meet with Colorado and the opening of the Big Seven Confer ence baseball season. ' Coach Tony Sharpe's baseball team, victors in five of six contests in their southern road swing last week, will play at Kansas State Friday and Saturday in the first of 14 scheduled conference games. Coach Jerry Lee's track squad, loser to Oklahoma in its only out door appearance goes to Boulder Saturday to meet Colorado. Ne braska tennis and golf teams will also swing into action this week. The golfers are at Kansas State Friday and at Kansas Saturday. The team will host Fairbury JC Thursday. CooTtr Lfvo!n Star COACH TONY SHARPE Alumni Win BB By JIM OUAVLOV Sports Staff Writer Postponed from March 26 the annual All-Sports day classic was held Saturday, April 2, without the participation of the tennis and baseball squads and before a crowd lessened by the absence of the vacationing student body. In Memorial Stadium, the Reds defeated the Whites 14-7 in the in tersquad football game. Eighteen fumbles marred the contest which shewed the team to be past its spring peak as a result of the week's layoff. Sophomore half back Don Comstock of the Reds was the offensive spark which made the difference between the two teams. Both sides showed good line play as the defensive work overshadowed the Husker attack. Fischer Scores The winners scored first early in the game when Comstock recov titd a fumble- on the White 14- yard line. Quarterback Rex Fisch er, who played a good all-around eame. scored from one vard out. Jchn Edwards converted to make the score 7-0. The White's only touchdown came in the second quarter as the result of a 69-yard drive. Two plays after be had gained 28 yards on a pass from Gene Sandage, halfback Sylvester Harris skirted end for 23 yards and the tally. George Harshman kicked the ex tra point to tie the score. Shortly after the start of the second half Comstock gathered in a White punt on his own 10 and went 90 yards to score in a beauti ful running exhibition only tr have it nullllied by a clipping pen alty. BUT HE STIIX NEEDS WILDFOOT I CREAM -Oll,(X WHAT'S LEFT?! Di-- J yv I If All-Sports Day pitching staff gets over its early jitterness Nebraska baseballers may become a thorn in the sides of other Big Seven laurel contenders in conference play which opens this weekend. In annexing a loop championship the Scarlet bombers would be a sure bet for the Col lege World Series climaxing inter collegiate diamond warfare. NU Clips Tulsa Twice In ' inaugural competition last Friday and Saturday Husker base ballers edged Tulsa 10-9 and 2-1 in a nip and tuck doubleheader. In the first game the never say die Cornhuskers made use of seven Hurricane bobbles to overcome an 8-3 margin they had spotted the hosts going into the seventh frame. Backstop Murray Backhaus con nected with a circuit clout in the second with one mate aboard and his teammates followed his exam ple with a five run barrage in the eighth to sew it up. Southpaw Roger Bottorcff got the credit for the win after following starter Sievers and reliefer Terry Coch rane. Nebraska scoring threats were thwarted in the second, sixth, and seventh innings of the second fray as Husker runners were left strand ed. But two big runs in the first and the ninth was all it took for the victory. The game winning tal ly came on a pair of three bag gers back to back in the final frame by Jim Cederdahl and Bill Giles. Houston Splits Pair Three Husker hurlers combined their efforts to allow Houston a sparse three hits as the conquer ing visitors from Huskerland rol led on to another decision 8-4. No long balls were hit as Nebraska hit for paydirt in only three in nings. Portsiders Dick Geier and Willie Greenlaw chucked for three frames apiece yielding two hits and Bottorff came in to gain his second nod of the campaign. Houston retaliated to even the Courtesy" Lincoln Jourat! WILLIE GREENLAW JIM Game The losers fumbled again on their 38, however, and several plays later Comstock broke the tie for good with a 13-yard sprint. Edwards again added the extra point. The Whites threatened mild ly three times in the last quarter but lacked the punch needed to score. Outstanding performers in the line were Sophomore Leroy Bu therus and Freshmen Marlin Hild ing, Bob Mclntyre, Joe Sasowski, Gerald Wheeler, and Don Rhoda. Scatbacks Comstock of the Reds and Harris of the Whites were by far the best in their respective backfields. White quarterback Gordon Englert and Reds Fischer and Edwards also had their mo ments. Alumni Cagero Victorious Approximately 2,500 fans wit nessed the Alumni 70-49 victory over the Nebraska varsity basket ball team. Despite the wide point spread the varsity performance as not disappointing, The Alumni team included Bus Johnson, whose height was a ma jor facior in the contest among its thirteen squad members. Husker coach Jerry Bush substituted free ly using all twenty members of his cage squad. He experimented with several different units. ' The first half was hard fought Cliff's Smoke Shop ortnrrtr Beat Molf 131 N. 12th GGARS FOR FINN.KGS Lighter Repair Pipe Repair -AND, WHErt IT GROWS PACK, EE SURE TO CONDITION IT, THE NATURAL WAV. WITH WILDROOT CREAM-OIL AMERICA'S FAVORJTE.rr series with a decisive 7-2thump-ing to clip the Scarlet win skein at three. Batting averages skid ded as the Huskers scattered sev en hits, none of them for extra bases. Two in a Row Over Texas Nebraska bats were heard from as they resulted in the winning of a three hour slugfest 18-15 over a Texas nine. Three innings for the Cornhuskers spelled victory as they yielded fruitfully for six counters in the second, five in the third and four in the sixth. A four run eruption in the last half of the ninth by the determined Texans was quieted. Don Brown belted his second round tripper in two days and was followed by Don Becker to highlight Husker plate work. Centerfielder Jim Cederdahl gave the visitors their second triumph over the Longhorns 16-14 as he clubbed a 360 foot blast over the center field wall with two aboard. In this two game series pitchers were generous to fattened batting averages as both teams combined for 64 hits. A doubleheader with Rice was postponed as the Texas chamber of commerce failed to coax the Sun to come out and dry up the muddy park. Third sacker Don Brown Coartr Lincoln Star CEDERDAHL BILL GILES Fie with the score being tied five times before the Alumni went ahead 31-27 to stay in the last minute of play. It was not, however, until the final nine minutes of play that the winners piled up a big lead. Johnson with 21 points and White head with 16 led the Alumni scor ing. For the varsity Freshmen Jim Thorn, Cal Johnson, and Jim Ku backi, and Soph Rex Eckwall top ped the scoring with 10, 7, 6 and 6 respectively. Three other first year men showed well for the Bushmen, Lyle Nannen, Don Smidt and Gary Reimers. Track Meet Seven events were run by Coach Jerry Lee's Nebraska trackmen. Outstanding performances in the class Df nifty-five froth or senior the fashion curriculum demanat AFTER SIX formal wear! Suave styling! Casual comlort! "SUin-shjf fmnr Social "major " requira KEEPS HAIR NEAT BUT BOT.H NEVEK-oftH-r-GF-r-AVC I W RELIEVES DRYNESS j NAME OML.V CR EAM-OIL GROOMS AND CDNCHTKDNS HAIR THE NATURAL WAY ff- II """Up turn man , o4 aperch the apex of the Husker Hit Parade. Four other Cornhusker regulars batted over .300 on the victorious southern march. They were catcher Murray Backhaus (.381, shortstop Norm Coufal (.476), out fielder Jim Cederdahl (.462) and first baseman Bill Giles (.393). Husker pitching was shaky at times. No Nebraska pitcher went the full distance on the trip, as Sharpe juggled his chuckers to give them all work. Lincoln sophomore Roger Bot torff was the most effective pitcher, going eight innings and al lowing five hits. He was credited with two wins. The statistics: BATTIXO ab h r Zb Sb fer rbt I'rt. Brown 25 14 9 3 0 2 8 -5ii0 Bottorff .... 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .5K) Coufal 21 10 4 2 0 0 4 .476 Cederdahl .. 26 12 9 1 2 1 5 .462 Geier . 5 2 0 1 0 0 3 .400 Gilet 28 11 4 2 1 2 7 .393 Backhaus ...21 8 5 1 0 1 5 .381 Becker 17 5 10 1 0 1 S .294 Korinek ... 27 7 6 2 0 0 3 .2r,9 Rolsloo 26 6 5 0 1 1 3 .231 Greenlaw ...13 2 1 0 0 0 1 .154 Bedeck 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Arensdorf ... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cochrane .... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Erway 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Hofmaier ...3000000 .000 Olson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sievers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 PITCHING tp ba bb so w I Bottorff 8 5 8 6 2 0 Greenlaw 11 9 9 8 1 0 Cederdahl 7H 5 10 5 1 0 Hofmaier 6i 8 6 4 1 0 Cocaran 6H 10 2 5 0 1 Geter 6 8 12 4 0 0 Siercrs .....6 8 11 2 00 Coufal 0 10 0 0 tin. m 1 1 iinwt i iAmm w,,ri1(Mtlit DIRKES ROLSTON running events were: Brien Hen drickson, :06J in the 60 yard dash; Warner Olson, :07.7 in the 63 yard high hurdles and :07.2 in the 60 yard lows; and Freshman Bob Elwood, 2:00.9 in the 880. In the field events, Dale Knotek won the high jump at 6-2, and Freshman Bernie Randolph and Jim Hofstetter tied in the pole vault at 13-6. During the halftime of the intersquad football game, the varsity mile relay team of Bob Anderson, Bob Nieman. Charles Gibson and Hendrickson defeated the Frosh ream in 3:23.4. FILTER TIP iklJJ's Clnsi v, X x r 1 X X X X v lllilll CIGARETTES MODERN SIZE 1 r : j l VATIMTS IKBiNO An entirely new concept in cigarette filtration. A filter tip of purified cellulose, incorporating AcHygt"-! Charcoal, a filterirj substance world-famous as a purifying agent, notably for air, water and beverages. MtODUCT or IM NOTICE Intramural entries for tennis doubles must be turned into Ed Higganbotham in the PE Building by Wednesday, April 13. Deadline for horseshoes entries is Friday, April 15th. In IM Play Iranians Win 4th VB Title Six teams were recently crowned champions of their respective divi sions in the 1955 intramural volley ball tournament. The winners are as follows: Division A, Sigma Chi; Division B, Pi Kappa Phi; Divi sion C, Manatt; Division D, Delta Rho; Division E, Pi Kappa Phi B, and Division G, the Iranians. The Iranians won their division of the tournament for the fourth straight year by beating Bert's Boys 15-3, and 15-7. The Phi Psis, having already suffered one de feat in the double elimination af fair, handed Sigma Chi a 15-9, 15-3, loss before the Sig Chi's won the final round 16-14, 11-15, and 15-11. In the B division, Pi Kappa Phi beat Norris 9-15, 15-12, and 15-4. Norris had gained the finals by virtue of a 15-5, 15-5 victory over Theta Chi. Manatt won the C division title as they walloped Hitchcock 15-5, and 15-13. Delta Rho captured the D division when they edged the Betas 15-5 and 15-9. They had beaten the Beta's earlier by a 15 10, 15-7 score. The Pi Kap B team won the E division honors as they beat Corn husker twice. The Pi Kaps won the first game 15-12, 6-15, and 15 12. 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