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    Wednesday, January 18, 1956
Page 3
THE NEBRASKAN
Kansas Knocks Cyclones 68-63
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A 20 point barrage by guard
second half which saw the Jay
hawks protect their six point half
time bulge.
In addition to his clutch scoring
King mainly was responsible in
holding Iowa State's ace, Gary
Thompson, to only 11 points.
Kansas led 37-31 at the half, then
Iowa State tied it at 38-38 and
three more times before ending
ahead to lead 53-47 with 10 min
utes to go.
Maurice King proved the decisive
factor as Kansas clipped Iowa
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State 68-63 Monday night. King
meshed 14 of his counters in the
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By WALT BLORE
Staff Sports Writer
pete Elliott, new Cornhusker foot
ball coach, will be introduced to
Big Red fana and student body be
tween halves of the Colorado-Nebraska
basketball game Saturday
Bight.
At the same time, N Club cer-
tificates will be presented to the
recent monogram winners, all but
one of whom lettered in football.
Bob Wagner, president of the N
Club, is handling the arrange
ments. Steve Sutton of Blair is the only
letterman not a football player
who will be honored at the cere-
Sports
Shoirts
9 bob cook
sports editor
Each year at this time, sports enthusiasts find themselves con
fronted with the same puzzling enigma. Why are most athletic direc
tors in the Big Seven conference indifferent toward the policy of com
petition for freshman baskeball teams?
Actually the problem is much deeper than just the attitudes of the
athleic directors. It is actually embedded in the Rules and Regulations
governing athletics and all participation in the conference. Sectioin 8
of the article on eligibility states about freshman competition: "Fresh
men shall be limited to athletic competition within their own institu
tion except that football teams shall be allowed to participate in two
contests against teams from other colleges."
Although this clarifies the policy it is here that a fallacy can be
spotted. In what respect does the freshman football program differ
from that of basketball. The freshmen gridders involved participate
only three months in the fall season. They then report for spring
practice after a four month layoff. With two games inserted in their
schedule, the footballers do not face the long grind of night after
night practices emphasizing fundamentals as the frosh do.
"Granted, freshman football players log in plenty of time, but ex
amine the actual length of a college basketball season. A frosh eager
who is considered interested in basketball probably starts shooting
baskets and getting into shape on his own shortly after school opens in
the fall. If he then survives the elimination process where the top
prospects are supposedly weeded out in the opening weeks of practice
he must contitnue his night after night of practice sessions until the
season ends in about the middle of March.
Looking at this problem from the coaches point of view it should
have more positive factors than negative. Along with the added work
this competition would give the mentor a goal to work towards in the
sense of an accomplishment by the squad, as there is somewhat of an
underlying attitude present now, that many of the competitors deem
their inaugural season pointless compared to the schools that support
freshman competion or four year varsity eligibility. It also would give
a better sense of value to the team when the results could be concrete
actual win-loss records. This would also emphasize the freshman pro
gram more and remedy the present situation where a athlete comes
from high school where he has received top acclaim only to be lost
in the depths of the training program preparing him for future experi
ence. This factor alone has accounted for many of the losses of ath
lets after enrollment to junior colleges or other schools who do not
support a similar program to Nebraska's.
The indifferent attitude seemes to evolve from an expense problem.
Where an acute expense problem would arise from several home games
is a good questioin in itself. Another of the commonest arguments is
that a freshman should concentrate on his studies the first year. Where
would the addition of several games add to the opposition of studies
anymore than the present plan does. -
The solution to this problem rests in the actual opinions of those
competing in the program and if these opinions were voiced the ma
jority would point to the proposed program of extended competition.
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ELLIOTT
mony. Sutton a tennis letter
winner from the 1954-55 season.
The others include Jerry Brown,
Rex Fischer, Jack Fleming, Syl
vester Harris, George Harshman,
Bill Hawkins, Don Kampe, Art
Klein, Dick Moore, Dean Lux,
John Morrow, Doran Post, Don
Rhoda, and Jerry Wheeler. Mor
row, from Kearney, is the student
manager.
Also on the agenda for Elliott is
a public affairs luncheon at the
Hotel Cornhusker ballroom Wed
nesday, January 25.
The Alumni N Club is
heading the get acquainted affair
with President Harry Meginnis,
Thurston Phelps, secretary; Bob
McNutt, treasurer and Jim Belt
zer, Grand Island, vice president,
serving as the committee in
charge.
The ballroom will hold 420 per
sons. Tickets at si. 75 each will be
on sale at Lawlor's, Russell's and
Gerry's Sporting Goods Stores.
"We want to make this affair
open to the public," Meginnis said
However, there is room for only
420 and when the tickets are gone
there- isn't anything we can do
about it. The tickets will be sold
on a first come, first served basis."
"It will provide Cornhusker foot
ball fans a chance to meet their
new coach," Meginnis stated
Smith, Smii
Pace Cagers
Chuck Smith leads all Cornhusker
cagers in points scored after 11
games. (Not including Monday's
contest with Missouri.)
The Anderson, Ind., senior has
152 points, 26 more than Rex
Eckwall who has appeared in nine
games. Eckwall, who missed the
two games because of illness, has
a 14 point per game average and
has grabbed 85 rebounds. He leads
in free throw and field goal per
centages, also.
The Big Red will spend the re
mainder of the week working in
preparation for the invasion of the
Big Seven defending champions,
the Colorado Buffaloes. The Statis
tics:
FG FT TP Av.
Rex EkwaD. c-f 39 48 126 14.0
Chuck Smith, f 49 54 152 13.8
Jim Kubacki. C 42 26 110
Don Schmidt, c-f 35 23 93
Gary Reimers, ( 18 8
Terry Howard, c t 8
Norm Coufal, f ........ 17 10
Bob Mercier, f ...... 8 15
Jim Thorn, c 7 4
Jim Atwood, t 5 5
Dudley Doebele. f S 1
Lyle Nannen. (-1 S 0
Bill Wells, f I
Nebraska Totals 226 202
Opponents Totals 263 234 770
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MORTON w . . leads matmen
Grapplers
Nip Sodaks
Winning six of eight matches, the
University of Nebraska wrestling
team defeated South Dakota State
20-8 here Monday night.
It was the Huskers' first dual
meet '-ictory after 21 consecutive
losses.
The results:
123 pounds Marshall Nelson (N) decl
aimed Dick Fletcher SD, 4-J.
130 Jim Owens (N) decisioned Gordon
Brockmneller (SD). 4-1.
137 Eurene Daller (SD) decisioned John
Crancer (N), 4-2.
147 Jack Bryans N decisioned Myron
Paine (SD), 2-0.
157 Am ' 1 Morton (N decisioned Gns
Gielter (S 44.
167 Die) nliot (SD) pinned Bob Pick
ett (N), 1.
177 Al It n (N) decisioned Leonard
Snanjers (SI, 7-1.
Heavyweight Don Brand N) pinned Don
Breidenbach (SD) In 6:15.
In an exhibition 157 - p o u n d
match, John Anderson (N) deci
sioned Odell AldriA (SD), 4-0.
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The Air Force introduced Forrest I.
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was Communications Officer at Lowry
Air Force Base near Denver, Colorado.
He was partially responsible for the com
munications setup of the President's
"Summer White House," and in this
assignment he met members of the local
Bell telephone company.
"The telephone people I met," says
Forrest, "were always helpful. I con
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very good impression of the Bell System.
So three months before I was discharged
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and subsequently I was hired as a
Student Engineer."
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carrier facilities the means by which a
number of telephone calls can be sent
simultaneously over one circuit.
Forrest is given the basic circuit and
equipment requirements for a job. "My
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the job. Then the installers take over.
"I really feel that I'm contributing
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"My wife does too. When we're in the
car we get a kick out of driving by a
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pare with a career in a business that's
growing as fast as the Bell System. It's
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Forrest graduated in 1952 from Purdue
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