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Third Baseman Kammer from
Missouri is called out at first base
as Bill Giles stretches for the peg
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in the weekend two game slate I
with Missouri University. The
Huskers split the two game series ond, 2-1
with the Tigers, capturing the first
contest, 4-3, and dropping the sea
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Traveling Along
The Sports Trail
By LEO SHERER JR.
Sports Staff Writer
While scanning a recent issue of the Minneapolis Star, we saw
poem written by Rev. Frederick D. Tyner. The 77-year-old golfer-philosopher-poet
became renowned throughout the sports world several
years ago with his prize poem called "An Athlete's Prayer."
With the nice weather and so many college students playing golf,
this columnist wishes to pass on the poetic advice of the old rector:
Do not try to overdo it,
Hold the driver fairly slack.
If you press you're sure to rue it,
And remember slowly back!
The parson stopped to hear the whisper
Of the golfer old and tough.
The old man muttered "Brother,
Ne'r a wood club in the rough."
"Keep your head down, Mr. Golfer,
And your eye upon the sphere
Pull your tummy in a little
And your conscience-
Keep it clear!
Such Language . . .
The minister dislikes swearing, but has devised a simple plan
for golfers who want to express their innermost feeling when missing
an easy shot.
"Use numbers," he sad. "If you're just mildly unhappy about a
snot," ne saia, stana ngnt up ana nouer uner instead ot a swear
word.
"If downright angry with a shot, you can use 'Five' or 'Six.' And
if you feel so miserable that you want to use all the words in the
book, shout 'Ten,' " was his advice.
He didn't approve of any swear words beyond 'Ten.'
Around The Town ...
Rumor Department: Look for Jerry Lee, Husker track mentor, to
take over again at Grand Island. . . . Word is that Duane Smith, who
jumped 6-foot-5 inches at the recent state meet, and several other
top performers will enroll at colleges outside of the Nebraska boun
dary. . . . Jerry Schoonmaker, Missouri's centerfielder during the
recent series here, played for the United States in the recent Olympic
games in Mexico. . . . Several Husker athletes are spending the sum
mer in Lincoln and playing softball in the city league, ... Some of
these are Ron Clark, Bob Wagner, Andy Loehr, John Edwards and
Bob Smith.
REMARK OF THE MONTH "Willie Pep has filed for divorce
from his third wife. He claimed too much nagging and quarreling at
home. The ex-boxer is really in bad shape: he can't even whip his
third wife these days."
Five Husker
Golfers Set
For Tourney
Chuck Jensen, Jack Moore, Dick
Lauer, John Butterfield and Roger
Gohde will play in the Big Seven
golf playoffs, Friday and Saturday.
Jensen, Moore and Lauer were
exempt from the University play
offs to determine the Big Seven
representatives because of this
year's performances. Butterfield
and Gohde each recorded a 231
total in the 54 hole elimination tour
ney Saturday and Sunday to gain
berths on the Husker squad.
Warnie Christiansen, Dick Beech
ner and Nelsen Jensen also com
peted in the Big Seven prelim.
Jensen, Moore and Lauer, the
big three of the NU linksmen, have
played consistently good golf
throughout the early season cam
paign and have won most of their
matches. Butterfield, a sophomore
golfer, has played in nine meets.
Gohde, a new addition to this
year's squad, played in several
matches during his sophomore
year and participated in the Big
Seven playoffs.
In the first 18 holes of the elim
ination tourney Saturday, Jensen
carded a 74, taking an early lead
over Gohde with 75 and Butterfirld
with 77. In the afternoon 18 Gohde
stroked his way into a tie with
Jensen with a 78. Butterfield and
Christiansen notched 78's and
Beechner posted an 80.
In the Sunday competition Butter
field shot a 76 to pull into a tie
with Gohde. Christiansen carded a
78, Jensen a. 79 and Beechner an
80.
A frosh-varsity match between
the top six varsity and the top six
freshmen linksmen is scheduled
Tuesday at the Lincoln Country
Club.
Bill Giles Unleashes Triple For Clinching Blow
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By BOB COOK
Staff Sports Writer
A four run outburst in the bottom
ot the eighth innine Droved too
much for a lackluster Kansas State
nine as Coach Tony Sharpe's see
ona place Huskers notched a 6-2
win over the visiting Wildcats.
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-ornnusKer cnances to annex a
loop title are still mathematically
possible as Oklahoma holds a 7-1
record with four games remaining
Nebraska s victory moves them up
to an 8-3 showing for the season,
Two Reliables
Two old reliables in the Husker
lineup salvaged the scoring spurt
in the eighth frame when Don
Brown opened the inning with a
shot to centerfield and Bill Giles
followed with a well tagged triple
to right center.
Giles scored by virtue of a K-
State bobble, and Dick Olson
reached second on another boot.
Jim Cederdahl was issued a free
pass to first and two outs later
they crossed the plate on Dirkes
Rolston's ringing single to right.
Nebraska had jumped into an
early 2-0 lead in the fourth, break
ing up what had seemed to be a
pitching duel between Husker hurl
er Dick Geier and Wildcat Daryl
Parker. The two tallies came on
u"Sfefe
three bingos and a walk. The Kan
sans knotted the count with single
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. . . scores in rally
scores in the fifth and sixth.
Larry Hartshorn continued to
plague Husker moundsmen as he
collected a single and a double to
lead the Wildcat onslaught. Hart
shorn belted the ball for extra bas.
es before against the Huskers in
the earlier series played at Kansas
State.
Geier threw a creditable game.
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SHARPE ... still in running
whiffing 13 Cats in his nine mninf
stint. He gave up six safeties in
notching his fourth win of the sea
son. At the plate Nebraska batten
held a slight 8-6 edge. Monday's
batting was far below par for th
Cornhusker hitters who usually
soar into the double digits, espec
ially against the loop's weak sister.
Both teams lock horns again this
afternoon on the Husker diamond
at 3 p.m. Fran Hofmaier will taki
the hill for the Huskers.
Sidenotes
"Bear" Geier made a perfectly
executed hook slide into second
base in the fourth frame safely on
ly to wal off the base noncha
lantly and be tagged out, thinking
the umpire had waved him out
. . . Dick Olson received the steal
sign three times in a row and sped
to second only to have all three at
tempts thwarted by foul tips from
the batter.. A puffing Olson finally
loped down the base path as the
batter drew a walk.
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By JIM O'HANLON
Sports Staff Writer
Alliance, Ernie Wach and Duane
Smith spell a good summary
the 1955 Nebraska High School
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55'5 shotput heave
Track and Field Championships at
Memorial Stadium last Friday and
Saturday.
Alliance, pro-meet favorite whose
last class A championship was in
1948, ran away from the field in
winning both the Class A and Gold
Medal competition.
Wach and Smith were the out
standing individuals in the meet.
Wach set a new state record in
the shotput with a tremendous
heave of 55 feet 5 inches. This is
more than 3 feet past the old rec
ord set in 1936.
In addition to shattering the shot
record, Ernie won the Gold Medal
in the discus (147y), first in the
Class D 100-yard dash (10.5),
fourth in the D 220-yard dash, and
ran a leg on Bartley's winning
880-yard relay team in leading his
team to an easy victory in the
Class D championship race.
Smith of York high jumped 6
feet 5 inches to erase the old
state record by 2 inches. Smith
jush barely missed at 6-6.
Records Topple
Four other class records toppled
as wind hampered the Saturday
running finals. Dick Woods of Lin
coln broke the Class A shot mark
with a put of 52 feet 8 inches.
Two class pole vault standards
Were set.
Fred . Koudele, Tekamah, and
Ken Pollard, Ashland, bettered the
Class B record with vaults of 12
feet 1 3-8 inches. Polke s Bill Mc-
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SMITH . . 6'5tt high jump
Naught set a new D record in
the event at 11 feet 10 1-8 inches.
The other record-breaker was
Keith Gibson, of Ewing who lower
ed the C 440-yard dash record to
:50.9 in the preliminaries. Gibson,
and Wakefield tied for first place
record-holder, Larry White of Chap
pell, in the finals.
Don Phillips' 19 points brought
Burwell the Class B trophy. Don
won the 100, 220, broad jump and
ran anchor on Burwell's winning
880-yard jelay team. Hay Springs
and Wakefield Tied for first place
in the Class C field.
Champion Alliance and the low
er classes were the big winners in
the Gold Medal competition. Al
liance's five Gold Medal winners
were Charles Wollasto, in the
broad jump (22-) and the 180-
yard low hurdles (:20.5), Dan
Farrington in the 110-yard dash
(:10.1), Bruce Brost in the mile
(4:38.1) and the 880-yard relay
team (1:32.3).
Lower class victories besides
Wach's double and Smith's record:
Wahoo's Gary Hoffman in the 880
yard run (2:01.1), Beaver Crossing's
Bob Eberspacher in the 120-yard
high hurdles (:15), Chappel's White
in the 440-yard dash (:15.8), and
Bunwell s Phillipps in the century
(:101.
The other all-class performances
were: pole vault, Jerry Case of
Grand Island (12-2V); furlong,
George Peterson from Nebraska
City (:22.4); 120-yard highs, Larry
Feaster of Grand Island (:15); mile
relay, Creighton Prep (3:32.5) and
2-mue relay, McCook (8:35.5)
Brost, Peterson and Feaster will
be back to defend their champion
ships next year. All other individual
Big 7 Title Hopes Domed Us Nebraska
Splits hm Bill With Faltering filizzou
By ROGER HENKLE
Copy Editor
Husker hopes for the Big Seven
baseball crown rose and fell last
weekend when Nebraska split a two
game series with the visiting Mis
souri Tigers.
The Tigers, defending NCAA
champions, were set back furth
er in their chances for retaining
the top position, when the hustl
ing Huskers eked out a 4-3 victory.
Trailing 2-3 in the last of the
ninth, Nebraska loaded the bases
to set the stage for first baseman
Bill Giles's resounding double into
the centerfield pastures. Two run
ners spiked the plate to wrap up
the game,
Dick Geier picked up 'the win,
after relieving southpaw Fran Hof
maier who was taken out lor a
pinch-hitter in the eighth. In his
stint on the mound, Hofmaier al
lowed only five hits.
It was an uphill struggle all the
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way for the hosts, having to come
behind twice to tie the score be
fore the ninth. Nebraska sprayed
ten hits over the field during the
game, but only used them effectiv
ely in the final frame.
Kiaing nigh on that win, and
hoping to ride the crests of victory
on to a Big seven title, the Huskers
were knocked off 2-1 by Mizzou in
the second game of the series. The
gave the Tigers an unearned run
early m the game, and the tight
hurling of Ed Cook stifled all Husk
er attempts to bridge the gap.
Cederdahl Scores
Only in the fourth did Nebraska
have a chance to overcome the two-
run Missouri lead. They managed
to score Jim Cederdahl on Denny
lionnek's torpedoing liner to left.
but a double-play and some fancy
mound work erased . any other
chances.
The Huskers were then left with
a 7-3 conference record and dark
ened hopes for the conference
title. The Missouri Tigers, almost
out of the running, went home last
weekend confident that they had at
least doused the hopes of one con
tender for the championship.
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