Friday, March 16, 1956
THE NEBRASKAN
Page 3
312 Points:
HkwalS Paces
Cage Scoriong
By BOB MARTEL
Nebraskan Sporti Reporter
The 1955-56 basketball season is
in t h e record book. The Huskers
have just finished a dismal season
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Courtesy Lincoln Star
BUEL . . .
In which they gathered a record of
seven wins and 16 losses.
Nebraska suffered from cold sec
end halfs most of the season. They
played brilliantly throughout the
first stanza and then after inter
mission seemed to fade.
Although the season as a whole
was disappointing, there were still
some bright spots.
The all out team efforts which re
sulted in victories over Texas Tech
and highly regarded UCLA rated
high.
The outstanding performances of
Chuck Smith and Don Smidt in the
win over Missouri, and the fine
play of Jim Kubacki in the late sea
son overtime victory over Okla
homa also stood out.
The steady play and outstanding
leadership oi Rex Ekwall through
out the season and Whitey Buel's
terrific comeback after an early
season Injury were all good mem
ories of a dismal season. '
A big hope for next season came
in the performances of four soph
omores. Terry Howard, Gary Reimers,
Kubacki and Smidt who along with
Ekwall will probably constitute
next seasons starting lineup.
Ekwall was the Husker's lead
ing scorer with a total of 312
points. This puts the Holmesville
junior only 248 points away from
the career record of 821 set by Jim
Buchanan, ex-Nebraska playmaker
in 1950- '51-'52. Rex scored 102 field
goals and 108 foul shots for a 14.8
average.
One big disappointment this sea
son was the failure of big Jim Thorn
to materialize. If Thorn, who will
only be a junior next season, can
come through, the Huskers should
be a major Big Seven threat.
Buel, co-captain senior from Mai'
colm, was the recipient of the Joe
T. Brown award. This trophy is
presented each year by Mrs. Brown
in memory of her late husband
who was a Nebraska basketball
player in the years immediately fo
lowing World War II. Whitey re
ceived this sportsmanship award
for his fine comeback after break
ing his collarbone in pre-s e a s o n
practice.
Ekwall received the Most Val
uable Player award from coach
Jerry Bush. Rex was the unani
mous choice of all the Big Seven
coaches.
Both awards were presented dur
ing the state high school champion
ship at the Coliseum last week.
Sad Sam's
Sports Scrafchin's
Sigma Chi's Outscore DU's
For 1956 IM Handball Crown
Sigma Chi was crowned last
week as intra -mural handball
champions. The champs ran away
with the title by scoring 23 points
as compared to only 15 by runner
up Delta Upsilon. Sigma Alpha Mu
was a close third at 11 points.
Although Delta Upsilon finished
in second place in the team comp
fcition, George Fisk of the DU's
was the individual singles winner.
Fisk also teamed with Richard
Long to cop the doubles title.
rollowing Fisk were Mike Ed
wards of Alpha Tau Omega, Stan
Schneider of Sigma Chi, Larry
Schwartz of Sigma Alpha Mu, Bob
Battey of Sigma Chi and Dave
Morehouse of Phi Delta Theta.
Battey and Schneider were see
on in the double competition fol
lowed by Sol Stiss and Schwartz
of SAM and Roger Hohensee and
Charles Johnson of Phi Epsilon
Kappa.
These men were rewarded for
their efforts by medals and cer
tificates vhile the team champions
received a trophy.
Lutheran Student Association
won this years table tennis champ
ionships going away in Intramural
play. The winners piled up a total
of 20 points while runner-up Phi
Epsilon Kappa had only 13 points.
Lutheran Student Association also
had the top two men in singles
competition which pretty well ex
plains the reason why they won
the crown.
Individual champs were Benja
min Y. H. Liu, and I. Bergmanis
who finished one and two in that
order.
These two men were followed by
Larry McClean of Phi Kappa Psi,
Duane Rankin, Phi Epsilon Kappa,
Larry Solfermoser also of the win
ners, Arthur Robinson of Phi Ep
silon Kappa and Bruce Miller of
Phi Kappa Psi.
The winning team was rewarded
with a trophy while the individual
winners received meals or cer
tificates.
By SAM JENSEN
Reports of athletic scholarship
show that the stereotype of the
"dumb" athlete may not be wholly
true and also that it was quite op
portune that the term "athletic
scholarships" has been replaced
by "g r a n t in
The majority
of grant-in-aids
are channeled
to football and
basket ball
player, but the
g y m n a s tic
more amateur
athletes such
as golf, track,
and tennis par
ticipants are Jensen
the leaders in the recent scholar
ship reports.
No basketball or football players
are found within the top 14 persons
listed. This interpretation is a bit
on the dark side and should be con
trasted with the fact that the all
athletic average is considerably
higher than the all men's average.
In reality, athletic scholarship is
the maintenance of eligibility. The
scarlet can't afford to lose many
more Don Comstock's through faul
ty scholarship.
From the East coast comes the
report of the activities of several
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groups of gay, mad college youth
who have been sabotaging the win
ter indoor sport efforts of Ivy
League crews.
Several times, during practice.
the stroke has picked up followed
by the phenomenon of billowing
waves of lather suitable for wash
ing the dirtiest linen.
The detergent had been added
when the coach wasn't looking.
Still in the aquatic division of ath
letics, the swimming team, one of
the more amateur of the Univer
sity's amateur sports, has finished
the season with a creditable rec
ord. All members of the Varsity
team are from Nebraska's four
largest cities none are from out
state. More seasoned and more exper
ienced swimmers and divers from
other Big Seven schools were often
challenged by the Husker team as
evidenced by the third place the
mermen (a rather picturesque
term, don't you think?) took in the
Big Seven meet.
Dick Hill is the only senior on
the team which should mean that
next year's squad might give
Coach Hollie Lepley a few more
tangible evidences of his teams
performances although he is more
than satisfied with the team's hus
tle and spirit.
From The Classroom:
fhletes Hank Hiih:
Jensen Leading Scholm'
Good Year:
Statistics brought out one fact
at Nebraska; not all college ath
letes are of the below-average
scholastic marks.
In a survey taken at the Univer
sity, the average grade for 148
male athletes was a mark of 5.522.
This average is compared to the
all-University male average of
5.366
Taking a rundown of the various
sports, golf tops the list with an
over-all mark of 6.219 Leading the
golfers in grades last year was Nel
son Jensen of Pawnee City, who
compiled a perfect 9.0 Jack Moore
of Grand Island was second with
an 8.000 mark.
Baseball I.MT
Football S.204
Basketball 1.033
Swimming , 4.99f
Golf 6.219
Track 5.944
Gymnastics 5.806
Tennis 5.598
Wrestling s.437
Nelson Jensen, Pawnee City, golf (arts-science) .009
Charles Gibson, Lincoln, track (arts-science) 8.800
Robert Niemann, Hebron, track (arts-sciences) 1.071
Jack Moore, Grand Island, golf (bus-ad) 8.000
Bruce Falrchlld, Endlcott, baseball (bus-ad) 7.831
William Marten, Beatrice, track (arts-sciences) 7.8Z4
Art Weaver, Lincoln, tennis (arts-sciences) 7.62S
John Crancer, Lincoln, wrestling (teachers) 7.50a
Duwayne Furman, Hemlngford, gymnastics (teachers) 7.350
Warren Diefendorf, Watervllle, Kas., wrestling (dentistry) 7.838
Hugh Osmera, Lexington, track (arts-sciences) 7.250
Jack Aschwege, Palmer, baseball (ag) 7.250
Douglas Mellne, Kearney, baseball (ag) 7.118
Rowan Belknap, Lincoln, baseball (engineering) 7.058
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Tank Season Ends;
Varsity Downs Frosh
Bringing a successful swimming
campaign to a close, the Nebraska
varsity swimmers took the mea
sure of their younger collegues,
the freshman tankers, to the tune
of 50-34 Wednesday evening at the
Colisium pool.
The freshmen made a good show
ing against the varsity, with two
first-year men copping double
wins.
Jerry Farrell, a freshman from
Hastings, won the 50-yard free
style and the 200-yard individual
medley. Bill North, a freshman
from Lincoln, won the 220 and 440-
yard free style.
The varsity was paced by cap
tain Tom Houchen who had a hand
in three varsity victories. He was a
member of the 300-yard medley
relay the 440-yard medley relay
and tied for first in the 220-yard
breaststroke.
Gene Cotter, the Big Seven's top
diver, won his specialty by garner
ing the diving event. One fresh
man, Pat Drake, placed third in
this event.
Paul Schoor of the varsity took
top honors in the 200-yard back
stroke. Jerry Fair of the freshmen
took second place with the var
sity's John Holeman third.
Renfer of the freshman pulled a
mild surprise by edging out the
varsity's Bill Tagney for second.
This meet brought to an end the
swimming season for the year.
Coach Hollie Lepley's mermen
copped four wins during the year
and a third place finish at the
Big Seven meet.
Returning to the scene next year
will be the whole squad, plus a
fine crop of sophomores. Includ
ed in this crop is Carl Bodenstein
Steve Gaines, Holeman, Houchen,
Wyman Kenagy, Schoor, Tagney
and Cotter.
Add to this list the names of
Farrell and North and the tank
crew looks like a powerhouse out
fit for the 1956-57 campaign.
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