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1 THE NEBRASKAN Page 3 Cnjay, February 24, 1956 Huskers Most KU: Leagye Made T 1 (irs ;. e 1 1 jar 6-1 Nebraska -U) . f C Smith e-Z .( R Ekirtll e-4 . c D Hmidt 6-4 . I J Kubacl .1-10 D Bud 5-10 By MAX KREITMAN Hoping to snap a two-game los ing itreak, the victory-starved Ne braska Cornhuskra play host to the Kansas Jayhawks Saturday night on the Coliseum maples. Tip off ame is set for 8 p.m. The invading Kansans bring a conference mark of 4-4 to Lincoln ,nd an overall record of 11-8. They downed the Huskers in Lawrence Feb. 11, 80-53. Since the loss of their captain ind top pointmaker, Dallas Dobbs, the Jayhawks have been in a steady losing spin. Outside of their triumph over the Cornhuskers, they have bowed to Iowa State, Missouri and Okla homa. The Sooner squeezed past KU ($-68 at Norman. For Dr. F. C. "fhog" Allen's jve, Maurice King and Gene El .hin will start at forwards. Lew Johnson will be at the pivot, with Eddie Dater ana J-e oreen at the guard positions. King has Deen taxing up the ilaek left by the departure of Dobbs. The 6-2 junior from Kansas I city is currently leading the Hawks icoring barrage. Following closely behind King is KU's 6-6 center, Lew Johnson. The big junior has come into his own this year and is one of the leading rebounders in the Big 7. Last year the Kansas City junior was the third leading scorer on the Kansas roster with an even 10-point aver age. Another junior that has found his way into the starting quintet for the second year in a row is 6-3 Gene Elstun. Another product from Kan sas City, Elstun followed Dobbs in the scoring for KU last year with a 14.2 mark. The other starter is Lee Green. The 6-6 junior has teamed ud with Johnson to give the Jayhawks a aevistating one-two punch oft. the backboards. Johnston has found himself in a sparkplug of a sometimes bogged down KU offense. Coach Jerry Bush will call on Chuck Smith and Rex Ekwall at forwards, Don Smidt at center, with Jim Kubacki and Duane Buel at guards. The Huskers will be go ing after their third win in the league. They have wins over Okln. horn a and Missouri. Their losses include two to Kansas State and Colorado, with one to Iowa State and KU. Ekwall and Smidt have been sun- plying the one-two scorinc nunrh for the Nebraskans. Kubacki has found himself in the last twn games, with his top effort being 18 points against Iowa State last Sat urday. "vs.yvn. yy yJ j 'I' ' KEITH GARD- ner .... The young freshman from Jamaciahas been the talk of the campus for his sensational ef forts. The youngster has set torrid paces, especially in the 60-yard high and low hurdles. He has also had good leaps in the broad jump. His efforts in the 60-yard low hurdles was a run of :06.9, two tenths of a second off the Big 7 in door mark. He al so won the high hurdles with a clocking of :07.5. His broad jump was a leap of 22 HVi. Another fresh man who has been showing good work is Be nnie Dillard. The first year man from Texas won the 60 yard dash in the time of :06.3. He was just two-tenths of a second under the Courtesy Lincoln Journal Big 7 standard 3 I" Courttiv Lincoln St Don Smidt 6-4 NU center Track Team Entertains Dakotans By WALT BLORE Still looking for their first win of the indoor season, Nebraska's track team will entertain the thin- clads from the University of South Dakota Saturday afternoon at 3:30. Frank Sefigne's harriers have been scuttled by Iowa State, Kan sas State, Colorado and Oklahoma while this will be the first test for the Coyotes who are coached by Dar Lennon. The Sodaks have five letterman but only two are listed as first line men They are Fred Gellerman, high jumper, and Gene Reynick, quartermile. Bernie Randolph will lead the pole vaulters. The Lincoln soph has cleared 13' 10y4" in competi tion this season. In the high jump, Larry Gausman, and Merle Bres tel are the leading jumpers so far. Sevigne will bank on Jon McWil liams and Bill Hawkins in the broad jump while Ker. Reiners, Leonard Rosen and Larry Smith will car ry the load in the shot put. On the track Bob Elwood and Hugh Osmera are the top distance men Elwood turned in a respec tive 9.52.7 two-mile against the treshman last Tuesday. Both men have hit 4.28 in the mile. In the middle distances, Osmera and Duane Eversoll are the top men to date. , Stren g t h e n e d by Don Ficke, Lincoln sophomore, the sprint crew will be the strongest on the track. Besides Ficke, Sevigne will send McWilliams, Leo eGorge and Charlie Gibson to the blocks in the 60 yd. dash. McWilliams, Hawkins and Bill Marten will compete in the lows and Dean Brittenham will team up with Hawkins and Marten in the highs. Mat Duel Following the Kansas-Nebraska basketball game Saturday night, the University wrestling team will meet Iowa Teachers in a duel meet. It will be the last time that Nil fans will be able to see the Husker grapplers in action this year. There will be no charge for spectators. Sad Sam's Sports Scratching Bv SAM IPVCTTVI ww5..C h "k B,US iS h8ving quite a time tracin down !0 minutes which seem to be lost. It wouldn't be so bad if they were only lost once upon a time, but the loss has been appearing quite regularly. One supposition that might be the answer to the problem is that the team is trying too hard. occwa Mum; reasonaDie. jmo one who watch ed last Saturday's game with Iowa State would say that the Bushmen weren't trying. In fact ,on paper, it seems almost impossible that the Huskers made any points or even came close to winning any games. The fact is, on paper, they shouldn't. In the scoring department, the Huskers, as of last week's standings, don't have one player among the top 15 scorers in the Big Seven. Neither one of the squad's top two pointmakers, veterans Chuck Smith and Rev Ekwnll flrp liefpri nn fV.a lief As for height, the Huskers first five has Don Smidt and Ekwall,- U.1L l all! il . li . ... ... ' uum o , supplying me DacKDoara power, fcicwaii is currently holding down the center slot. In future cage battles, he will be opposing giants of 6' 6" and up. Jim Thorn, the Husker's sophomore skyscraper at 6' 10", needs a great deal of experience yet. And according to the Experience Department, the Huskers shouldn't be winning any games. Sophomores Smidt, Gary Reimers, Jim Kubacti and Lyle Nannen are carrying well over half the load during the cur rent campaign. They are experiencing a rugged trial by battle. They are used as veterans, cannon fodder and shock troops. Adding all these factors, on paper, presupposes the following con clusions: Without scorers the Huskers can't score. Without height the Huskers can't control the ball. Without experience the Huskers can't compete with experienced teams. But they do . . . Intramural Bowling Leagues Begin Play ey Greeks! Mallard Club Spring Plight Friday, Mar. 9 Writers ayone interested in writing rtt should contact Max Kreit- n, Sports Editor of The Nebras- ia the Nebraskan office, lo- d in the basement of the Un- No special qualifications are ed. HAVE YOUR CAR WASHED AT THE JET CAR WASH A uperb wash In IS mln. for only $1.50 2222 "O" Open until 6:30 daily. Sun. 'til 1 p.m. with WHITE WALLS $1.75 YOUR BEST BUY ALWAYS DIAMONDS WATCHES JEWELRY FOR HIM or HER HIGHEST QUALITY LOWEST PRICES "Your Credit Is Good" See Rich or Jos Ph. 2-5126 ver Any Interest or Carrying Charge l fear Expert Watch Jewelry Repairing When the songs are light And the fire's bright For real delight-have a CAMEL! It's a psychological fact: Pleasure helps your disposition. 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Sigma Chi won over Kap pa Sigma 3 to 0 and Boucher de feated Farm House 3 to 1. In the Wednesday league Sigma Phi Epsilon stopped Zeta Beta Tau 3-1, Phi Gamma Delta was a 4-0 winner over Kappa Sigma, Gustav son I stopped Delta Sigma Phi 3-1, and Theta Xi defeated Burnett 4-0. The past week the University Intramural Bowling Leagues elected officers. Jerry Wilson was selected as president, Larry Solfer moser vice-president, Mel Adams is secretary of the Monday league, Louis Belz has the same position for Tuesday bowling, Brian Morris is at the helm on Wednesday and Dean Ruwe heads the Thursday section. After the regular bowling sched ule has been completed the top two teams in each league will meet in a playoff and the winners of this receive a trophy to show for their efforts. 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