Wednesday, February 15, 1956
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By WALT BLORE
Staff Sports Writer
Bill Strannigan's Iowa State cag
ers kivade the Colesium maples
Saturday.
Led by Gary Thompson, the Cy
clones will be out for their 16th
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victory, the greatest number of
victories any I-State quintet ever
collected in one season.
In a press release from Ames,
Strannigan was quoted as fearing
Nebraska more than any other
team on the Iowa State basketball
schedule. Strannigan never fears
but one foe at a time. That lets
him concentrate his full attention
on just one team the next one his
second place . Cyclones have to
play.
"That's true." Strannigan admit
ted Monday, "but this time there
1 is even more to it. Nebraska al
ways gets tough for us. And don't
forget that Nebraska beat Mis
souri earlier this year. We know
that any team that can beat Mis
souri is plenty tough."
Strannigan will field a starting
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Wilt "The" Stilt . . .
Kansas To Monopolize Big 7
Basketball For Next 3 Years?
By BOB WIRZ
Sports Staff Reporter
Although this year's Big Seven
basketball campaign remains close
it appears that Kansas University,
unless something surprising hap
pens, could easily wrap up the next
three conference crowns without
too much trouble.
The main fact supporting the
above statement is ."even foot Wilt
Chamberlain the fabulous negro
giant from Overbrook High in Phil
adelphia, Pennsylvania.
Wilt who probably eclipsed all
scoring records for high school
when be piled up a total of 2252
points will become eligible for col
lege play next year at Kansas. He
was lured to Kansas by Coach
Phog Allen who saw him play last
winter. Allen made a special trip
to, Philadelphia last season and
grabbed Chamberlain from about
100 other colleges and some pro
fessional teams who had attempted
to get him.
Chamberlain also has other tal
ents besides being a outstanding
basketball player. He had about a
B-average for his first semester in
college and hopes to study Law,
Wilt also participates in track
where he plans on some varsity
work at Kansas next year. He
throws the shot put 46 feet, broad
jumps 22 feet, runs the 440 yard
dash in 49 seconds and the half
. mile in 1:585. Also once this year
he high jumped 6 5" in his basket
ball shoes and observers, believe
that with a lot of practice he may
reach close to 7 feet.
Chamberlain chose Kansas Uni
versity for several reasons. He
claims he has always wanted to
play midwest basketball and likes
to travel. Also he liked Allen from
the first time he met him which
was last February in Philadelphia,
The Kansas fans liked him from
, the start. His first performance
was in .November against the Kan
sas varsity and Chamberlain and
his mates defeated the Big Seven
pre-season favorites 81 to 71 with
NU Rifle Club
Gofs Charter ,
The National Rifle Association
announced recently that the Uni
versity Rifle Club has joined the
ranks of the affiliated organiza
tions of the national group.
The officers of the newly char
tered group are president, Gary
Burchfield and secretary, Ronald
Dawson.
The nesr shooting club joins the
4.000 other -rifle and pistol organi
zations from cost-to-coast now af
filiated with the NRA, national
sponsor of all organized smallbore
rifle, high-power rifle and pistol
shooting in the United States.
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Baslief bailers
quint that has height, speed, and
youth. John Crawford and Chuck
Vogt start at the forward slots.
Crawford is a sophomore from the
Bronx in New York City. He is a
part of Iwa State program to im
prove the athletic standards of the
Ames school. Vogt is a junior from
Clinton, Iowa, and was an All
Stater as a senior at Clinton.
- At center is another sophomore,
Don Medsker. He comes from En
glewood, Colo, and came east with
Strannigan when the tutor took
over the reigns at Iowa State after
he left Colorado ASM.
The guards are fireballs Arnie
G a a r d e and Gary Thompson.
Gaarde is a 'junior and from Arm
strong, Iowa and alternates with
another junior, Jack Peterson.
Thompson is the Cyclone candi
date for All- American honors. He
Tankers Lose To l-S:
Top individual Mark
In a study of paradox, five Ne
braska swimmers turned in their
best performance of the year, but
Nebraska's mermen fell to Iowa
State, 66-18, their worst drubbing
of the season, in a dual meet held
at Ames. ,
Paul Schorr, sophomore from
Lincoln, backstroked through his
leg of 300-yard medley in 1:07.2
for his best time of the year. His
performance helped push Iowa
State into an NCAA and American
record time of 2:46.4. In the 200
yard backstroke, Schorr again out
did himself with a clocking of
2:30.
Wyman Kenagy and Carl Bo
densteiner, both of" Lincoln, hit
their seasonal peaks in the 220
yard free style. Kenagy stroked
out a 2:28 and Bodensteiner a
2:31.6.
Wilt making 52 points himself. He
helped attract 14,000 fans to this
contest.
Now 'he just plays in the pre
liminary games before the home
crowd and has a fine average
never hitting below 20 points. Sat
urday night in the preliminary
game he scored 45.
Allen in his 39th year as Kansas
mentor says the big boy has the
best possibilities of any basketball
player be has ever seen and he be
lieves Chamberlain will make Ail
American teams next year.
Chamberlain says that basket
ball here in the midwest is pri
marily the same as in the east ex
cept that they run more here.
Wilt isn't toe only reason either
that Kansas fans are talking about
the future with much enthusiasm.
There are only two seniors on the
present varsity squad and neither
one of them are starters. Also
there are several other top pros
pects on the freshman team.
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Your best move to Trnake next ... is to
check the outstanding opportunities a
very particular enginering senior is sure
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An RCA engineering management repre
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Monday, March 12, 1956
See your placement officer now for your
appointment Ask him, too, for literature
with the down-to-earth facts about RCA
careers.
graduated from Roland, Iowa, high
school where he led Roland to the
finals in Iowa High School Gass
A tournament. As a sophomore he
notched S39 points for an Iowa
State record for second-year men.
Besides Peterson, Strannigan can
call pn Jerry Sandbulte and Lyle
Frahm for yeoman duty.
Sandbulte lettered two years at
Nebraska before he transferred to
Ames to take veterinary medicine.
Frahm is the younger brother of
Stan Frahm, Cyclone eager for
three years who finished his com
petition last season.
Bush will probably go with a
starting line-up that will include
Jim Kubacki, Toledo, Ohio, sopho
more guard and team sparkplug,
Gary Reimers, Rex Ekwall, Chuck
Smith and either Jim Arwood or
Don Smidt
Bill Tagney and John Holeman,
both of Omaha, racked up their
best performances of the year in
the 60-yard free style. Tagney
had a :32 and Holeman a :32.2.
Bodensteiner got a second place
with his top time of 5:32 in the
440-yard free style.
Kenagy with :57.5 and Tagney
with :57 registered their best
times in the 400 free style relay.
Alumni Try
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Two former Nebraska athletes
are reestablishing themselves in
Huskerland news. They are Glen
Beerline, former Nebraska track
star and N Club president, and
Verl Scott, former All Big Seven
center- and linebacker. -
Beerline has established him
self as the top hop, skip and jump
man in the United States and is
shooting for an Olympic berth this
summer.
Scott has returned to Nebraska
after a two-year stretch at Camp
Carson, Colorado. "Scotty" was
captain of the famous Camp Car
son football team and was elected
their most valuable player. He in
tends to do graduate work in edu
cation this semester and is work
ing into shape for the Alum-Varsity
game to be played this spring
on All-Sports Day.
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By WALT BLORE
Sports Staff Writer
' Rex Ekwall, versatile junior and
leading scorer on the cage team
has been selected as the second
"Star of the Week" as a result of
his inspired play in two confer
ence games against Kansas and
Oklahoma over the week-end.
Rex notched 21 points against
the Kansas Jayhawks Saturday
night as the Comhuskers suffered
a 80-56 pasting. Monday night the
Holmesville lad hit for 22 mark
ers to lead the Huskers to a 68-
61 overtime victory.
Going into the Iowa State
game this Saturday, he has 214
points for a 16.5 average. He leads
the rebounders with a grand to
tal of 156. This means he has
averaged 12 rebounds in 13
games against much taller compe
tition. The 6 4 jumping jack has been
an important cog-in the balanced
scoring machine that Jerry Bush
has put on the floor this season.
Highly respected by other coach
es and players around the con
ference, Ekwall was placed on
many mythical all-sophomore
quints last year. He was also
Sports
Athletic Situation
Improving At NU
By MAX
Sports
As the pearls of wisdom com'
ing pouring out of this editor's
mind, he can't help but think of
the times to come on the athletic
scene at the University of Ne
braska. When football time rolls around
next Septem'oer, the Husker foot
ball fans will be treated with the
NU eleven under the guidance of
a new football mentor. New faces
on the coaching lines besides that
of Pete Elliott will include Bill
Jennings, Dee Andros, Don Scar
bough, and Gene Stauber.
As new as the faces are. on the
coaching staff, the varsity crew
will be spiced with seasoned vet
erans. Some of them will include
Don E r w a y at quarterback,
George Cifra at fullback, Willie
Greenlaw at halfback, Jack Flem
ing at tackle, and a host of oth
ers. Returning to basketball for next
year, coach Jerry Bush will be
blessed with a line-up that could
once again elevate the Comhusk
ers to the top. Not since 1949 has
an NU quintet faired to any de
gree at all. That year Harry
Good's cagers posted a 16-7 rec
ord. The only losses this year will
be Chuck Smith and Bill Roy.
Track, a sport that has been a
Waterloo to NU athletic annals,
is moving to the front. Encourage
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named to several second-team All
Big Seven hardwood teams. This
year he was named to the Pre
season Tournament second team
after stellar performances
and Kansas State.
Ekwall was a star in high school
bringing fame to the small but
competitive southeastern Nebras
ka team. He was sought after by
some Big Seven schools as well
as a bevy of smaller colleges. He
notched 1,984 points during a four
year span.
A few years ago Don Maclay, a
former basketball great at NU
and a sharp critic of cage f iness,
observed, "Ekwall is one of the
best high school players I ever
saw. I think he could make any
of the state college teams fight
now."
The only criticism that can be
leveled at him was done by Corn
husker mentor Jerry Bush when
he said "He doesn't shoot enough."
This can be attributed to his con
servatism which is always with
him on the maples.
A pitcher in the baseball season,
Ekwell had the Omaha Cardinals,
the White Sox, and the Pirates
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Editor
ment on those lines comes from
performances of freshmen Keith
Gardner and Benny Dillard.
Gardner has posted top marks
in the 60 yard and 440 yard dashes.
His best effort was a 48:9 run in
the 440. This was just .4 of a
second off the NU fieldhouse
standard.
In the running events, Bob El
wood, the sophomore distance ace,
continues to pace the milers in
the conference. Another bright
spot has been "the performance of
sophomore Larry . Gausman. The
youngster from Neodesha, Kansas
has been undefeated in four out
ings, copping the high jump with
leaps of 6-3 or better. Bernie Ran
dolph has also shown much prom
ise, gaining a leap of 13-10 to
cop the pole-vault event.
Red face dept .....
I made a statement in my col
umn last week about the poor at
tendance at NU athletic events.
I also said that there would be
a poor turnout for the NU-KS
affair that Saturday night,
si was forced to swallow my
words when the student body made
a half-way effort to show signs of
encouragement to the Huskers. I
am curious to see the turnout
at the Iowa State contest this
Saturday. After all NU did lose
to K-State.
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good hitter, he plays first and
third base and does some catch
ing in addition to mound duty.
In 1953-54 Tony Sharpe, fresh
man basketball coach, said Ek
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at Nebraska." Bush says that ht
has plenty of poise.
"My biggest thrill in basket
ball?" Ekwell asked. "That's easy.
A few of us in the seventh grade
were practicing one evening and
the high school coach watched us
for a time. After practice he
asked me to play ith the high
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Schedule
Nears End
By BOB WTRZ
I-M Sports Editor
Intramural basketball continues
down the final two weeks of reg
ular season with many fine games
being played and many more to go.
In some of the most recent
games: Alpha Tau Omega rebound
ed from a Tuesday night loss last
week to Delta Tau Delta 25-26 and
upset the previously undefeated
Delts 48 to 34. However the A TO
five still remain two full games be
hind the front running Delts.
Other fraternity contests found
Delta Sigma Phi slipping by Ag
Men 33 to 31 in a League 3 thriller.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma
Chi fought it out with SAC win
ning 37 to 35. Delta Upsdlon de
feated Phi Gamma Delta 47 to 35.
Phi Kappa Psi won its sixth game
as it walked on Brown Palace by
a score of 54 to 26.
Sigma Nu surprised Beta Theta
j Pi handing them their initial loss
36 to 33. Phi Delta Theta handed
; Theta Xi its seventh loss 56 to 20,
j and Ag Men played its second
i game in as many nights, this feme
I winning over Tau Kappa Epsilon
38 to 28.
In independent league play Geo
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Epsilon Kappa ran by luckless
Dent College A by a score of 55
to 31; Newman Club defeated Bap
tist House by a score of 48 to 25;
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