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r Tuesday, March 6. 1956 Conference Action: By GEORGE MOYER Kebraskaii Sports Reporter Nebraska used a spectacular per formance by Rex Ekwall and in spired play by his mates to come within an ace of upsetting the heav ily favored Missouri Tigers at Co lumbia last night, 80-88. The first half was nip and tuck till the 13-minute mark when Mis souri, sparked by 6'8" Chuck Denny, who got 16 points the first half, moved away to a 28-20 lead But with 10 minutes to go in tne first half, Ekwall came dy namically to life, pushing in 17 points to lead a Nebraska come back that moved the Huskers to a five point, 43-38 lead two minutes before the buzzer. Missouri used buckets by conference scoring leader, Norm Stewart to struggle back to a 45 43 half time lead. The second half found the Husk ers still a red hot ball club. Coach Jerry Bush gambled on big Terry Howard as a replacement for foul ridden Don Smidt and the "Butch er" came through with a scrappy performance under the boards and three beautiful hook shots. Ekwall started out to duplicate his first half play, but he accumu lated his fourth foul with 17 long minutes still to go and was forced THE NEBRASKAN r to ride the bench a good share of the second half. Even so, he managed 9 points ana when he finally fouled out with a minute to go, Nebraska was down only 85-78. Nebraska hit for a sensational 51.5 per cent from the field the first half apd cooled but little the second. Missouri was deadlv from the free throw stripe, converting 30 of 40, which eventually made the difference in the score. Ekwall's 26 points was the In dividual high, followed by M i s souri's Stewart with 24 and Denny with 23. Charlie Smith eot 15 for Nebraska and Don Smidt 12. Lio nel SmiUi and Charlie Ross of Mis souri got 19 and 18 respectively, as Missouri used only six players. Nominations All intramural all-star nomina tion ballots in all leagues should be turned in to Max Krietman in The Nebraskan office by March 15. The ballot must not include the names of a team's own members or members of teams that the nom inating team will play in the tournament. V NebraskaVVins In Overtime It's jetting so Nebraska has trouble winning basketball games in two periods in fact the last two the Huskers won, had to go into overtime periods. Last Saturday night the Bush man captured a 64-63 victory at the hands of the Oklahoma Sooners. Earlier in the year, they downed the Okies at Norman, 68-l, the last conquest previous to Satur day's game. With over a minute left in the regulation period, Coach Jerry Bush instructed his cuintet to hold on to the ball for a last-second shot at the basket. The scoreboard read 58-58. Kubacki performed an excellent one-man stall by holding the ball for over a minute near mid-court. In the overtime. Kueacki nut the Huskers out in front with his pet two-handed set shot to make the score 60-58 in the Nebraskans' favor. r From The Sports Desk By MAX KREITMAN t Sports Editor State tourney time . . . This week the Coliseum will bo rhni ,nf J cheers " th annual Nebraska State Basketball Tournament uiiuer way. ' r- rf a laSSCS WiU Cr0Wn chamPions Saturday night, Class AA, A, B, In the opening round of the AA bracket, Lincoln Northeast meets Omaha North and Boys Town goes against Scottsbluff. The A errnm finH Folic rSKt munlnn t tj i" . . l t i ii 1 1 r fifl m . i r r i n n u n i . i i n i i n iun lanes on wring, inip city tackles Wayne and Chadron Prep iinrcio xicuruii m me a pairings. Geneva vs. Hildreth and Clarkson challenges Spencer in the C bracket while Springfield meets Dodge and Brady battles Western in the D class. The E leaeue Tnatrhps Tnhi . nuwrau mm i ar- well taking on Soraeue-Martel. Many upsets were pulled for some of the teams to be present at the k?i-avc una is. ' Omaha North upset the applecart in the AA district meet by upset ting Omaha Central and Omaha Tech. Boys Town earned a trip to Lin coln via an upset over Omaha South. Tourney's purpose two-fold ... Basketball fans in this area will get a chance to see some of the future Nebraska players in action. The tournament serves a dual purpose. The first one is to show the finest competition and the 'desire to win. Players will be making an all-out effort for the various trophies in the different classes. However, another purpose is served during this three-day affair. One of the most important points stressed in any prep athletic program Is sportsmanship. Average rabid fan who goes out to see his team win at any cost will laugh this off, but I feel that this is just as important as the victory itself. In fact, it denotes a very important one. There is a saying that is used in many locker rooms. It says A good winner is one who holds his head high no matter what the out come is. My predictions . . . Class AA Scottsbluff; Class A-Gering; Class B Chadron Prep; glass C Geneva; Class D Springfield; Class E Tobias. Intramural b Tourney Nears End Bob Win IM Editor Intramural basketball playoffs rmved into their final week last night, with semi-final games in Fra ternity A, B and C leagues and Sellec'i Quadrangle A and B leagues. Independent league teams play the'r semifinal games on Wednes day This is all leading up to the final games Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings before the State Tournament games. Last week Delta Tau Delta won by forfeit from Beta Theta Pi and Alpha Tau Omega won the same way to pave their way into the semi-finaiS of the Class A Fraterity league. In the lower half of their bracket Phi Delta Theta whalloped Sigma Epsilon, 56 to 32 and Corn husker Co-op stopped Phi Kappa Psi, 35-31. In Fraternity B leagues, Alpha Tau Omega won by forfeit over Kappa Sigma. Phi Gamma Delta stopped Phi Delta Theta 51 to 37. Also. Delta Tau Delta stopped Phi Kappa Psi, 49 to 14 and Delta Upsilon won a semi-final berth 6 topping Beta Sigma Psi, 39 to 23. Seieck Quadrangle A league play found Avery upsetting Hitch cock which was undefeated- in reg ular season play, 40 to 25. Andrews stopped Selleck, 38 to 29. Also, Macean dropped a close decision to Fairfield, 41 to 38 and Canfield ran up what it believed to be an all time intramural high beating Gustavson I, 92 to 33. The B league had Mac e a n walloping Burnett, 43 to 18, while Bessey and Canfield won by for feit over Benton and Manatt re spectively. Hitchcock drew a bye. In the Independent league play offs, stout Chemist five ran by Weihodist, 68 to 36. Also Phi Ep pilon Kappa dropped the Bums, 3 to and Inter-Varsity lost to Uni Ag;ies by a score of 39 to 21. AGR Grads won by a forfeit over Pnt College B Navy ROTC, lilogists, and Corn Borers won by fleit. . CourtMj Lincoln Journal Bob Elwood . . . sophomore distance nil finished ffftJi In (nunii. run at Big 7 tourney. Other Huskers to place were Leonard Rosen, Ken Reiners and Bernie Randolph. On The Ova: W Corners Big 7 Ileal 4$ Huskers Finish lost This Week-end: Comhusker Squa Split Four Contests OS In a busy week for Huskerland. winter sports teams split four con tests. Big splash of the four matches was made by NU swimmers as they squelched Kansas State. 51H- 32H in an imrortant Bis Seven dual held in the Coliseum, Satur day. Nebraska produced six wins in ten events to overcome the Wild cats, who had held the Huskers to a 42-42 tie in an earlier meet ing. K-State's Tom Onuma copped both the 50 and 100-yard free style dashes to provide the only double winner of the afternoon. Carl Bodensteiner. Nebraska's talented . sorjhomore took the 440- vard free stvle after trailintr until the three quarter mark to provide the top spectator interest of the j meet. ' Nebraska's other win of the weekend came as Bruce Riley led the Cornhusker gymnasts to first place in the All-College Invitational held at Boulder, Colo. Riley waa voted the most outstanding per former in the meet by meet of ficials. Nebraska's wrestlers lost tfcotr sixth match of the season as Colo rado swept to a 28-5 decision by winninsr seven out of cieht match es. Alan Rosen nrbvided the onlv Husker win as he decisioned Mel Werner, 5-2, in the 177-pound class. The Colorado vietorv marked the end of Husker captain, Arnold Morton's, winning streak. The huskv Husker had been unbeaten until Ron Teubner of Colorado de feated him 9-6 in a 157-pound scrap. By BOB MARTEL Nebraskan Sports Reporter The University of Kansas won its fifth straight Big Seven Indoor Championship this past weekend in Kansas Citv. Kansas scored 51 points while Oklahoma placed sec ond Wltn 451i. Nebraska reached an all time low in track competition by finishing last m the classic while gathering; only 4 1-3 points. Four records fell and one was tied as 7500 cinder fans yelled their approval. Hindrik Krueer. n a 1 e vaultor from the University of Oklahoma bettered a record of 13 feet 11 inches set in 1950 bv Sooner Bill Carroll with an effort of 14 feet 6 inches. The shotout event belonged in Bill Neider of Kansas who hnrled the 16 pound ball 59 feet 9V inches. Boh VanDee of Oklahoma was second with a toss of 52 feet lOVi inches. Bob Lanp. Missouri senior hipS Jumped 6 feet 7 1-2 inches to beat the old mark of 6 feet 5 3-8 inches established by Tom Scofield of Kan sas. The Oklahoma mile relav team set the fourth record with a 3:20 performance, clipping a second off the mark set by the 1953 Sooner team. Members of the record breaking relav soaud were Charles Folson, William Pritchett, James Denton, and John Dahl. Hurdler Fritz Hagenboeck o f Colorado tied a meet record with a 07.4 effort in the 60 yard high hurdles. The 60 yard dash was won by Dick Blair of Kansas with Jack Davis of Missouri placing second Missouri got a first and second place in the 60 yard low hurdles as Davis finished in 06.9 with Roger Ornduff close behind. Kansas' Al Frame was a dmiM winrer as he coDned both the 880 and mile runs. His time of 1:54.7 in the half mile was the third fastest in conference historv. F " The 440 yard dash honors were taken by Folson. The Sooners winning time was 50.2 seconds. Jer-y McNeal of Kansas was the winner in the two mile run. Husker Bob Elwood placed fifth in thL event. Erwin Cook of Oklahoma took broad jumping honors as he soared 24 fert 1 inch. Outside of Elwood's fifth place in the two mile run, the only other Nebraskans in the scorine column were Ken Reiners, Leonard Rosen. ana Bernie Randolph. 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