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Fridoy, September 28, 1956 THE NEBRASKAN Pcct 3 ET""3 By BOB WIRZ Staff Sports Writer LaVfcrne Torczon, senior from Platte Center, has been chosen by the Nebraskan as the first "Star of the Week" of the 1955 achool year. Torczon is honored for his fine ... : . Courtesy Lincoln Star LaVernt Torczon Delts, Phi Psis, Sig Eps Take 1956 Intramural Openers By ABE BLURSTEIX Intramural Sports Writer Like the b!g time grid openers last Saturday, intramural openers Wednesday provided many sur prises. Experience played a big part as the veterans of several years provided the thrills in the first day of competition. Filling in for the graduated Dick Grant, a three-time All-Intramural choice, Leonard Lindgren led the Delts to a narrow 7-6 victory over the Sig Chis. The Delts took possession of the ball to open the game and proced d to march down to the Sig Chi 10 yard lin. On the next play, Lindgren found multi-vears vet Tito Mladovich open in the end zone. The play was perfectly ex ecuted, but Mladovich was out of the end zone and the pass went RA SUPERIOR MOVIE ... SO BRILLIANT THAT MOVIE FANS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME!" f ffggM Tribune f "One of the truest, most literate, most ADULT LOVE STORIES the screen has seen in a long time. Good " -iXAMINe A TALE S5 ,( JEUROU and i suspense m Clash I "If You Wont A Pic 'lure That is a corker. Take A Look at 'RIFIFI" ... It Makes Tha Hairs On The Back Of The Neck Rise." New York Times THRILLER! -DAILY NIWS it RIFIFI" . . Means Trouble! Directed by JULES DASSW Starring Jean SERVAIS, Robert MANUEL, Carl MOHNER No one seated during the final 15 minutes! Featurea at: 12:30. 2:40, 4:55. 7:05. 9:20. line play during the Husker romp over South Dakota at Memorial Sta dium last Saturday. The big guard stands 6'2" and weighs in at about 195 pounds. Torczon is now in ii fhtrt with the Huskef varsity and is go ing alter his third letter. As a sop homore he lettered at center while playing behind Bob Oberlin now graduated, and Bob Berguin, the present first string center. Last year he was shif tA tackle and won all-conference recognition from this position. He played 346 minutes of football out of a possible 600. This season with Pete Elliott taking over as hmA rnarh tm-.. zon was shifted once e-in nA this time to guard. Elliott stated following the South Dakota opener that Torczon looked at good as anyone on the field. "Tarzan", as his teammates call him, is one of three Husker co captains for the entire Beason.He was elected to this honor by his teammates along with Berguin and Jim Murphy, who is Torczon's run ning mate at guard. In high school Torczon played six-man football at Platte Center and won All-State recognition in for nauirht In the second period, the Sig Chi defense tightened and the Delts wre also could not move the ball and the halftime score duplicated that of the first quarter. The fireworks started in the third quarter as the Delts staged a drive deep into Sig Chi terri tory. On a fourth-and-goal situa tion, Biff Morrison rolled off a block and blocked one of Lind gren's tosses. Then the Sigs took to the long air lanes. After two unsuccessful long throws, Bill Rucker threw long into the Delt end zone. The ball was, batted down, but quick thinking Wes Berry nabbed it be- lore it touched the turf and the Sig Chis had the first touchdown of the game. The try for the point was no good and the Delts took over on the twenty. Lindgren carried the" load both i L. 1 1 J C j ft it Tilt '. V i .? i . 1 1 1 tff L4 if ' if sir his senior year. He also was an active participant in basketball and track. Besides his athletic achieve ments Torczon has a B average in colleges. Last year he had a 6.875 average for the second se mester. One of the top thrills of the big guy's career was daring the Iowa State game his sophomore year. He grabbed a loose ball out of the air and ran it back for a touchdown. Torczon is majoring in physical education and should make a fine coach with his knowledge and de sire to become a success. During the summer months he works on a farm to help stay in shape. Also nominated for the Star of the Week award were backs Larry Naviaux of Lexington; Leo George, of Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Bill Hawk ins of Beatrice; and Roy Stinnett of Ripley, Tens. Naviaux, playing in his first var sity contest, scored one touchdown, a 63 yard run and place-kicked three extra points. George did aome of the hardest running of the afternoon for Ne braska and chimd in with th final touchdown in the fourth pe And Fijis through the air and on the eround. With a fourth-and-goal situation, the speedy Wahoo senior swept left end fdr what appeared to be th Delts were called back for il legal motion and the drive fiz zled out. Later, lindgren found his fa vorite target in the person of John Beideck loose in scoring territory and fired a pass that Beideck made a pro-like catch of for the touchdown. Lindgren spotted Ar den Pfifer free in the end zone and rifled one into the guard's hands for the decisive point. Leading the Sig charge were backs Jim Whitaker and Dick Wood, and Bill O'Brien, end. Sparkling for the Delts were Mladovich, Lindgren, Pfifer and Bob Cook. In other games, Phi Psi's, the defending champs rolled over the Kappa Sigs 12-0 and the Sig Eps trounced the Phi Delts 19-0. O I ft I I D ilr ""( - 'iXmV' ffSWfWI.WB!. iiliiillllli 1 -'. j ' - t ' : ; lisiiiii llllllllilllllli A 131111 Jp Wee riod. Hawkins, who played halfback after lettering at tackle last year, scored two touchdowns. One TD was a 75 yard run and the other came on a 16 yard pass from Stin nett. Stinnett did a fine job of juar terbacking the number one unit OPEN AN ACCOUNT . no yoKEY r DOWN These are rnrreeted prlees In Tues. 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