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By GEORGE MOYER
Staff Sportt Writer
Rex Eckwall becomes the Ne
braskan'a second Star of the Week
for winter sports for his tremen
dous play in the Iowa and Michi
gan games. Rex, who is team cap
tain this year, got fifteen points
in each of these encounters and
rebounded la his usual reckless
style.
Against Wisconsin, "Horse", as
be is known to his teammates, had
a cold night and for the first time
this year missed scoring in dou
ble figures. However, his fine play
under both backboards, his passing
and eternal hustle, and his all
round team play contributed much
to the Husker's third consecutive
victory over a Big Ten school.
A typical Ekwall play was his
interception of a Wisconsin pass
while defending against a fast
break in the closing' minutes of
the game. The play began with
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Intramural Basketball
A League Standings
League 1-A
Bessey House 2-0
MacLean House , ........1-0
Seaton House 1-0
Andrews 1-1
Avery 1-1
Fairtald .....- 0-2
Gus. Ix 0-2
League 3-A
Phi Delta Theta 1-0
Sigma Chi '. 1-0
Beta Theta Pi 1-0
Sigma Alpha Ep 0-1
Kappa Sigma ....0-1
Sigma Phi Ep ...0-1
Siema Nu i . .0-0
League 2-A
Canfield 2-0
Seaton II 2-0
Hitchcock 2-0
Manatt ............0-2
Boucher 0-2
Sclleck 0-2
Gus. I 0-0
League 4-A
Delta Tau Delta 1-0
Delta Upsilon 1-0
Phi Gamma Delta 10
Alpha Tau Omega 0-1
Phi Kappa Psi 0-1
Alpha Gamma Rho .: 0-1
Theta Xi ; 0-0
Intramural Basketball Results
Wednesday, December 5 .
Acacia 22 Norris House 14
Farm House B 26 ".V.V.'.'.V.'.V.".' PM Kappa Psi B 13
Thuriday, December 6
Phi Gamma Delta B 2 (forfeit) Beta Sigma Phi B 0
Phi Epsilon Kappa 32 Belt Barrells 21
Dent College 50 Casey's Cagers 8
Saturday, December 8
Phi Delta Theta A 44 Beta Theta Pi A 31
Sigma Nu A 25 Sigma Chi A 35
Phi Gamma Delta A 43 Phi Kappa Psi A 41
Canfield 58 Gus. I 27
Monday, December 10
Alpha Gamma Rho A 31 Alpha Tau Omega A 30
Delta Upsilon A 64 Theta Xi A 13
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two Wisconsin Huskies bearing
down on little Jim Kubacki, the
lone Hosker defender. Kubacki
covered the man with the ball who
then passed off to his teammate
driving for what appeared to be
two easy points. Suddenly, Eck
wall came roaring out of nowhere
to intercept the pass and crash
into the crowd behind the basket.
Such daring-do is commonplace
for the lantern-jawed senior when
ever he steps onto a basketball
court. Normally so unobtrusive
that the opposition doesn't believe
he has hurt them until the points
are counted at the end of the
game, Rex has a habit of coming
up with the "big play" at the cru
cial moment.
. Last season, Eckwall led Ne
braska in scoring for the second
straight season. He also led the
team in rebounds and nearly ev
ery other offensive and defensive
department. For his outstanding
, play, he was picked on nearly ev
eryone's All-Big Seven team and
was awarded All-American honor
able mention.
All this he accomplished while
possessing none of the attributes
that are associated with the bas
ketball "goon." He is not particu
larly tall (6'4"), nor is he ex
tremely fast. He makes up for
these "weaknesses" with hustle,
spirit and desire.
Eckwall is starting bis third sea
son on the first five for the Husk
ers. Coach Jerry Bush installed
him as a starter in his sophomore
season with the words, "No one
has a starting position on this club
cinched except Eckwall. He is a
sure thing." Since then the lanky
upperclassman has done- nothing
to shake Bush's faith in him; ,
It is fitting that Rex should play
his last season for Nebraska as
captain of a club that is slated to
pull Nebraska from the doldrums
in the round-ball activity. For the
first time in the three years he and
Bush have fought the wars of the
Big Seven, they have a solid ex
perienced quartet to fill the other
four starting positions.
It is also fitting and indicative
of the faith that his teammates
have in him, that he should be the
first captain to be elected by the
team as a whole. However, this
year Jerry turned the selection
over to his squad and the results
were unanimous for "The Horse."
Eckwall played his high school
basketball at Holmesville. There,
in his last three years, Holmesville
lost only three games. All three
were in the district playoffs so Rex
never had the opportunity to play
in a state tournament. However
he was selected by both the Omaha
and Lincoln papers as an All
State performer in class D.
Since then his career has be
come familiar to anyone who fol
lows the fortunes of Nebraska bas
ketball. Eckwall is an outstanding
example of the ideal of the Corn
busker athlete. A home state,
small town 'boy whose determina
tion, hustle, and spirit have made
him a recognized success all over
the middle west. .
To such men, and we wish there
were more of them, we can only
say simply, "He is a Nebraskan."
All-Universitylnframural
Track And Field Records
60-yd. Dash, Keith Gardner,
Hitchcock, 8.3, 1956.
One Lap Run, Lee Alexander,
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 27.4, 1950.
440-yd. Run, Lee Alexander, Sig
ma Phi Epsilon, 51.9, 1951.
880-yd. Run, Hobart Jones, Alpha
Tau Omega, 2:02.5, 1951.
One Mile, Biff Morrison, Sigma
Chi, 5:04.4, 1956.
60-yd. LH, Keith Gardner, Hitch
cock, 7.1, 1956.
60-yd. HH, Don Becker, Phi
Gamma Delta, 7.5, 1951; Keith
Gardner, Hitchcock, 7.5, 1956.
Pole Vault, Bernie Randolph,
Alpha Tau Omega, 12T 1956.
High Jump, Duane Smith, Mac
Lean, 6'3' 1956.
12-lb; Shot Put, Dean Nutzman,
Phi Gamma Delta, 55'-", 1939.
Broad Jump, Glen Beerline,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 22'HV,
1950.
4 Lap Relay, Bob Fairchild,
Gaylord Smith, Hoppy McCue and
Jim Hurley, 1:54.0, 1952.
One Lap Relay, Bob Fairchild,
Gaylord Smith, Hoppy McCue, and
Jim Hurley, 3:51.4, 1951.
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for Mankato State Opener
By BOB WffiZ
Sports Staff Writer
Although the college wrestling
season doesn't open yet for about
a month Coach Don Strasheim has
some 17 boys working out for the
sport every night.
The Buskers open the season on
January 10 against Mankato and
complete the two day stand the
next night at Minneapolis against
the University of Minnesota.
Among the 17 men currently
working out are five lettermen
back from last year's squad which
won two duals while dropping six.
Marshall Nelson, Jack Bryans, and
Max Kitzelman are two year vets
while Bob Pcikett and Dan Brand
have each lettered once.
Nelson will again wrestle in the
123 pound class. He is the only
squad member at this weight. Bry
ans will go at the 147 pound class
if he holds his position. Pickett
lettered at 167 last season while
Brand and Kitzelman are both
heavyweights.
Kitzelman is returning to the
squad after a two year term in
the service. The big guy was Big
Seven champ in 1955 and also
wound up third in the National
Collegiate meet that year. Right
now he is having shoulder trouble
from an injury suffered during
football season but it is hoped that
be will be able to participate.
Other bright prospects on the
squad in early workouts include:
Ken McKee, Ron Martis, Norlin
Cooper, Gail Baum, Bob Weigel,
John Anderson, Bill Pickett, Bill
LaFleur, and Carl Jett.
Strasheim expects the squad to
be better this year especially in
the middle weights and heavy
weight with the return of Kitzel
man and improvement of Brand.
The wrestling squad began work
outs on their own about the first
of October and the coach didn't
worit with them until after foot
ball season. Strasheim doubles as
assistant football coach.
Every evening the squad will
run two or three miles at differ-
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Baseball's major league club
owners voted Tuesday to drop the
college regulation whereby a big
league club was not allowed to
sign a college player after he had
reached his sophomore year.
At the end of their winter con
vention in Chicago the big league
owners voted to adopt all meas
ures passed by the minor leagues
at their' national meeting in Jack
sonville, Fla., last week.
But their action on the college
rule created the biggest excite
ment, a decision that is certain to
cause considerable resentment in
college circles, especially among
the members of the American As
sociation of College Baseball
Coaches.
The old rule, put Into effect
three years ago, stated that a
major league ball club could not
negotiate with a college player
only during his freshman year.
Once he had become a sopho
more, he could not be approached
until he had reached 21 or grad
uated. Baseball Commissioner Ford
Frick explained that he had asked
for the adoption of the resolution
"not because I am against the col
lege rule. But since the minor
leagues have no college rule, it
was a joke for the majors to have
one since they are merely sign
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ent speeds and then will have
some strenuous calisthenics. Fol
lowing this they work for about an
hour, and a half on the actual
wrestling techniques, Stras report
ed. Most of the boys also are re
quired to diet during the season
to keep their weight down so they
can wrestle in one division, said
Strasheim.
Everyone will go home for Christ
mas when school is out Decem
ber 21 but the boys will work out
at home and then return to Lin
coin January S to prepare for their
Mankato trip.
Only five Big Seven schools have
wrestling teams. Oklahoma has
been the champion school the past
two seasons and should be the big
team again this winter. Iowa State
is also expected to be very tough.
Missouri and Kansas do not field
teams.
Schedule:
January 10 Mankato at Mankato
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