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Pago 6 Friday, October 7, 1955 ET-3 iieixas Agcpes Dnwadle TUT UPPiriAPiiii " inc. iNCDKArvMN 1 I 1 1 Inlaflskeirs for Ha mid Bay By MAX KREITMAN Staff Sports Writer It's back to the Nebraska turf Saturday as the Nebraska Corn huskers, fresh from a 16-0 win over Kansas State, play host to the hard-running Texas A and M Ag gies. According to reports from Husker scouts, the visitors will be the fastest team the Nebraskans have encountered this year. Their attack will be paced primarily by a hard-charging fullback, Jack Pardee. Not since the days of Ail American Bob Smith, have the Ag gies been so high on one player. Joining Pardee in the Texas back field will be Jimmy Wright at FRESHMAN SCRIMMAGE The first showing of this year's edition of the Freshman football squd will be held this afternoon. A full scrimmage nnder game con ditions will be held at 4:15 on the Memorial Stadium turf. It will be an intersqnad skirmish with the team split into two working anils, the Reds and the Whites. ouarterback, John Crew and Lloyd Taylor at the halfbacks and Par dee at fullback. Underclassmen Form Nucleus .. On the Aggie line will be Eugene Stallings and Bobby Marks at ends, Charles Krueger and Jack Powell at tackles, Jim Stanley and Dennis Goe bring at guards, and Lloyd Hale at center. The Aggies, Southwestern Conference represen tatives, will be paced by a young eleven, with a squad of 50 men, cot one being a senior. Pardee, a converted end and fullback on the 1354 eleven, is one of the few jun iors on the starting squad. As a sophomore last year, Pardee play ed end, halfback, and fullback. At 202, he stands 6-2. Like the Huskers, the visitors have played three games, losing to UCLA in their opener 20-0, then bumping off Louisiana State 23-0 and Houston last week end. Their loss to the Uclans was no disgrace, seeing as the Westerners are the Coast's top eleven and held Mary land to a 7-0 score. Try For Two For the Nebraskans, they will be seeking their second win of the current campaign, losing to Ha waii 6-0 and Ohio State 23-20, and winning last week over Kansas State 16-0. The Huskers are cur rently leading the nation in pass defense. In total offense, they have played on an even keel with their first three opponents. The Nebras kans have had to rely mainly on their air attack. They have com pie ted 21 of 51 aerials good for 328 yards. They have also outscored their rivals 36 to 34. In rushing, however, they have been almost stymied, gaining only 507 yards compare! to their opponent's 814. For coach Bill Glassfords' start' ing eleven, it will be LeRoy Buth erus and Jon McWilliarns at ends. LeRoy is a 6-0, 175 pound junior from Lincoln. The former a 1 1- stater has caught four passes for 96 yards. McWilliarns, the senior wingman from Sidney is a former halfback, having been converted at the end of the last campaign. This year the scrappy wingman has captured six aerials for 87 yards. Tackles Look Solid At the tackles will be LaVerne Tcrczon and Jerry Wheeler. Torc zen, the number two center behind Bob Oberlin last year, has taken over his new position with great promise. Along with Butherus and McWilliarns, the 200 pound Torczon was a letter winner from last year. Wheeler, who operates from the ether tackle spot, is a sophomore from Milan, Illinois. The big 6-1, 230 pounder is also a wrestler and a shot-putter in track. He was an all-Illinois selection at Rock Island high school. The two guards will be Don Kampe and Bill Taylor. Kampe, another sophomore, is a 200 pound er from Red Oak, Iowa. He has taken over the guard spot from the veteran Jim Murphy, who was in jured. Taylor, a 5-10, 130 pounder from North Platte, is another re turning letterw inner from last year. The senior veteran came into his own two weeks ago with an out standing performance against Ohio State. At the pivot spot will be game captain Doran Post. The 180 pound junior center, saw considerable doty last year and replaced Bob Berguin after the Hawaii clash. At the quarterback spot will be the Big Seven's leading scorer Don Erway. The junior from Lincoln has scored 24 tallies to annex the lead from Oklahoma's Jim McDon ald. He scored all 16 points against K State last week end and com pleted 10 of 28 passes for 126 yards. Erway averaged 34.9 on 11 punts. The junior let term an played all of the OS contest and most of the action in the other two games. At the halfbacks will be Rex Fischer and Willie Greenlaw. Fischer, a converted signal caller, has come into his own this year, overcoming injuries that benched him most of the 1954 season. The senior from Oakland has carried the ball 31 times for 153 yards. He has com pleted5 two of seven passes ana caught six for 77 yards. Greenlaw, the speedy junior from Portland, Maine, has moved the pigskin 103 yards in la at tempts. He has completed six ot seven passes, good for 124 yards. He has tallied one touchdown. At fallback slot is John Edwards, a senior speedster, who has recover ed from a groin injury that kept him out of the KS clash. His elec trifying 90 yard run against Ohio Slate has been the play of the sea son. Like Nebraska, Texas runs out of the Split T. Most of their at tack will-be based on the running of Pardee and the passing of Wright. Saturday will also be Band Day. iiiiil iiitiifi v "Si V:-4 Backs Pictured Pictured above are the four backs who make up the Husker's two-deep backfield lineup in Sat urday's clash with the Texas Aggies. Left to right, they are Nebrukaa Photo Willie Greenlaw, right half; John Edwards, fullback; Don Erway, quarterback; and Rex Fischer, left half. All but Fischer are let termen. Edwards and Fischer In Conference: Glassford To Experiment With Cornhusker Defenses are seniors and the other two ers will be facing a team whoso are juniors. Coach Glassford has speed will be second only to Ok been quoted as saying the Husk- lahoma's this year. 1AM WIS HG By BOB COOK Sports Editor POME There once was a fellow named Bicker, Wne made sports readers much sicker; He sat a the if, feO in love with himself. And roald raise nothing more than a snicker. Longfellow Back oo a cold day in the November of 1940, unbeknownst to the loyal sports fans of Nebraska, a definite jinx was placed on the athletic teams above the high school level in Lincoln . . . ME! This was destined to be an evening long to be remembered by the world of sports, for it started a depression much worse than that of the thirties, this one hitting the local metropolitan presses the hardest. For at that moment that set athletics reeling, one Dick Bicker had de cided to conquer the journalistic domain that seemed to lay at his feet Ihiddeo under his bay window). Becker had grown up in the world of sports. He was first attracted to them when a beer company began to sponsor boxing matches. In the first place he just loved the commercials and secondly he had been cjuite a boxer in his day. He was once crowned the horizontal champion cf the area. . Be I digress. Let us further pursue the motives that pushed this young extrovert. Bicker was raised an orphan as he couldn't afford to have parents and soon became active in the fecal fraternity at his pftrUcular reform schooL It was called Pochuco and was soon to be come very strong nationally. He donned his black leather jacket (with the eagle on the back), brushed his skunktaH (ducks were out of sea son then) and soon took his place among the brothers. . Ke was soon elected to office as intramural chairman who super vised motorcycle races, gang fights, and old fashioned runvrunning. He was now one of the boys. Ah, what a stirring sight they were, roam iaj the alleys with their collars turned up. I can still see them now. Old "Fowl-Mouth Leghorn, who first taught Bicker the art of bird calling. How I miss the old chirping of "Fowl Koutb. He was at his test during migration. I wonder what's become cf him? The last I heard he was working as a weather vane at Capis ' trans. I But I digress. Through the spiritual guidance of his fellow hoods, lie was graduated from reform school COME LOUD, and had made the grade as the Dean of metropolitan sports writers, as he recorded all cf the athletic events that went on in the courtyard on his cell walls. He almost took a fling at the Armed Forces as be had been a ROTC major at school, but he left that cp to his bosom buddy. Cap. Queeg, who had grown op-clutching the ball bearings out of his wrecked cycle. ; So, just oce phase stood between Bicker and success. There was a certain gun moll that had haunted him since his early youth and as he was weak, he decided that he should court this fair made 'un. As he knew nothing but the law of the blackboard jungle, he brushed the axle grease off cf his old blackjack and set out a courting. Nothing seemed to go right for our hero that night. His cycle broke ?rwu several times, his ducktaH (It was the season) wouldn't stay oiled, a .-4 lasts ct not least, some smart alec had scribbled E Phmbis Unum laderratsta the eagle on the back of his leather jacket. So, feeing a true sportsman at heart, he resorted to his old law of t fv.z'jt (another smart a!ec erased the blackboard.) Ke slung his tree kve over Lis massive shoulders and carried her off into the night Li search of a istice cf the peace (sure he was). Eut it wasn't the jeers of the bystanders that hurt him, it was the bsrai. But. being a true sportsman, Bicker surged ever onward. Ecker married the girl and took his place among the faculty of the stmris writers and lived happily ever after, with his wife writting the V:.IA cc-'irsa for the local college newspaper. Zz, wt3 it comes time for the Great Scorer to mark against his ramer and the local bookie to collect his debts in a way worthy of a in Z-.;s; reclaiaung the silver in his hair, the gold in his teeth, and t.'- fe-ad La his . . . motorcycle, our barefooted bey with cheeks of Ua wiT! have made good and go down in the annuals of sportsdom as a Uve LZ.VA OH SPCr.TC. ' By DAVE CRANE Staff Sports Writer The University of Nebraska and the Lincoln area, will be in a fes tive and receptive mood for Band Day. However, the Cornhusker football team wilf be awaiting the tussle with the Texas Aggies in not such a receptive manner. Saturday's game promises to be another thriller similar to the con test with the Ohio State eleven. In a pre-game press conference. Coach Bill Glassford expressed his feelings in an optimistic but re served attitude. The biggest sur prise to Husker followers will be the probable starting of senior Don Hewitt and sophomore M a r 1 i n H i 1 d i n g, at the end positions. Glassford stated to newsmen that the two new ends will be used for certain defensive reasons. Then the Husker Coach went on to say that this was neither a demotion or promotion for any players in volved. Both Hilding and Hewitt have seen only limited action dur ing past games. It will be interest ing to see just what Glassford has up his sleeve in the form of this new strategy. The Aggies have concentrated their offensive play on the inside and the Huskers will be expecting that sort of game tomorrow. How ever, the Texas boys possess the greatest speed which the Corn huskers have encountered thus far. This may spell trouble for the Ne braska squad and it will depend on whether the backfield can react and recover fast enough to delay the A&M running game. The Texas offensive tactics are kept strictly on the ground and while their passing game is accurate, they do not rely on it for gaining yardage. On the other hand, Nebraska's aerial attack has shown great merit and Glassford could really pressure me Aggies witn sucn a ; passing barrage. The versatility of a right-handed and left-handed passer in the Husker line-up could j play havoc on the Texas pass de fense. i The weatherman forecasts ideal i pigskin conditions, neither too hot for the players nor too cold for the spectators. Coach Glassford feels that the team is in good shape with the exception of Frank Nappi who has not responded to treatment. Coach Glassford specifically told The NEBRASKAN that he deeply A ,r- most enthusiastic and talented as semblage of young athletes that he has worked with. Approximate ly 75 per cent. of the squad are sophomores which indicates A&M is building for the future. Recent impressive wins over LSU and Houston, after an opening loss to UCLA, shows that Aggie fortunes are on the rise. The Nebraska coach stated, that, "We can learn to play better, by playing better teams." The su perior of the two contestants will be determined on the playing field tomorrow afternoon. All the above facts should point to an interesting afternoon of foot ball for what may be the largest crowd in the history of Memorial Stadium. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS Courten SuimUt Journal nd Sttr GLASSFORD . . defensive strategy may turn the tide. appreciated the campus spirit and support which has been shown al ready this season. The players are also appreciative of student sup port in contrast with Lincoln sports critics. Glassford said further, that the team's mental attitude is ex ceptional. Their foremost idea is to win ball games for their many sup porters. Coach Paul ''Bear" Bryant, Ag gie football mentor, has stated in pre-season predictions, that this year's A&M eleven is one of the NEBRASKA Hewitt Torczon Kampe Post Taylor Fleming Hilding Erway Fisber Johnson Edwards le h 1 e n rt re qh Di rh ft Texas A&M Marks Kraeger Powell D. Bale Goebrlng Powell J. Stallings Conrad Crow Dudley Pardee HALLOWEEN Send A Friend a Searey HALLOWEEN CARD GOLDEflHOD 215 North 14th Cigars for Pinning Fresh Tobaccos Lincoln's Most Complete Lighter Line Lighter Repair Pipe Racks CLIFF'S SMOKE SHOP 121 No. 12th UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COLISEUM . 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