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THE NEBRASKAN Page 3 Texas Crew Sexf: lily Silcers Wednesday, December 1 9, 1 956 -" 7 u ecli; By BOB MARTEL Staff Writer Coach Jerry Bush's red hot Cornhusker basketball team will attempt to keep their win streak Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star EKWALL Capt. Ekwall Rex Ekwall, Husker team cap tain, used a stalwart defensive effort to help the Nebraska Bush men score a fourth consecutive 5 victory at the expense of Purdue Monday night. !j Ekwall, a native of Holmesville ' j tnd a high school star there, will lead Nebraska against two of the toughest opponents the Huskers will meet this year. Texas Tech won last year's Southwest confer ence title and is an odds on favor ite to do it again this x year. Ne braska will meet the cowboys to night. Vanderbilt, liked over Kentucky for southern honors will be the Husker foe Friday. Vandy Is rat ed in the top ten in the nation, end Ekwall will need to display all his talents as a leader to bring a victory in this one. II tuc jaiiicui jawcu dciuui van successfully lead his mates past these two hurdles, Nebraska will 1 be a contender for national recog , nition. Li L. fl alive tomorrow night when they tangle with the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock, Texas. The Nebraska squad, which con tinues to amaze its followers with its dominence of the Big Ten clubs, will have its hands full with, the new Southwest Conference team. v Texas Tech, who will be play ing in its new 10,000 seat Colise um, last year scored over 100 points in four consecutive games, establishing a record elsewhere Yin paralleled. Already this season, the Lone, Star state agregation has given both Iowa State and Kansas State a rough time before dropping by the wayside. The Red Raiders lost their three top scorers via the graduation route. Top hands are two hold overs, 6-4 Ned Underwood and 6-1 Harry Scaling who are both rated in the top 50 basketball players in the Southwest. Most promising of the newcom ers is Gerald Myers, a small man at 5-10 but a powerful scorer as I Us By Walt E!or Looking Up Nebraska's 65-62 win over previously undefeated Purdue made things much brighter for the die-hard fans who have been looking for something to cheer throughout the season. A victory over any team that has beaten such teams as Notre Dame, DePaul and Missouri away from home is something to be proud of. It's not harfl to imagine Jerry Bush's reaction at Lafayette Mon day night when the final buzzer suonded. Bush probably doesn't have much left of his fingernails. ' Don Smidt, the high man for the night with 24 markers, played the last half with four fouls. Rex Ekwall and Gary Reimers fouled out in the dymg minutes to add to the pressure. Both men turned in sterling performances on de fense Ekwall kept Lamar Ltindy at bay all evening from his baseline position in the one-tbreeone isone defense. Reimers was the point man on the defense and kept the Boilermaker set shot artist off balance all night. It's too bad that Bus Whitehead couldn't go along. He and Bush do a very good jig when they have been successful. An interesting sidelight came out of the game. Joe Campbell who collected 12 points for Purdue was the NCAA golf champ in 1954. Campbell was knocked out of the semi-final round last spring. If the Huskers can take one more on the road, it will be one of the most successful road trips in the history of Husker mapledom. That may be asking for quite a lot in the light of the record run up by both Texas Tech and Vanderbilt. Tech pressed Iowa State before Gary Thompson sunk two free tosses to give the Cyclones a harrow, one-point margin. In fact, the gratis tosses came after the final gun had sounded. Vandy is favored to take the Southeastern Conference title and l thus dethrone the Kentucky Wildcats. Husker's Champions Although there wasn't much space given to it, the Nebraska gym nastics team came through in fine fashion. Jake Geier as usual has turned up with a terrific team in spite of the lack of interest in the sport in the Cornhusker state. While on the subject of the athletes that receive less notice, it was brought to the attention of this editor that these people were not get ting their share of publicity from the Nebraskan sports pages. These teams at Nebraska appear to be ready for the best seasons in a long time. It is certainly worth the time to take in one of the gymnastics, swimming and wrestling meets. Back To 'Daily' There was great rejoicing on the sports desk when the announce ment of the return of the Daily Nebraskan was made public. The am bitious business staff sells so many ads during the week, the Friday edition looks like a shopping guide. This will spread out the adver tising to a great extent, unless, of course, everybody still wants to advertise on Friday. Fond Memories Last week Sports Illustrated dropped an early release on the flesk concerning the coming ski season. It brought back fond memories of a short time spent on the lower (much lower) slopes of the Winter Park, Colo., ski area. The small hills proved to be disastrous to this flatlands native. But the SI release brought the "toothache in the heel" back. The color prints that went with the article were too much. There is nothing like a quiet Christmas vacation in Lincoln. One can always go -to church and the movies. Ben Simon's College Board Wishes, You The -Merriest Christmas Ever! a freshman and a capable floor leader who fed well. The other starting sophmores will be Leon Hill, who will jump center, and Wade Wolfe. The Bushmen Will go with their regular staring five of Rex Ek wall, Don Smidt, Ron Parsons, Jim Kubacki and Gary Reimers. Smidt and Ekwall combined tal ents to lead the Comhuskers past Purdue last Monday evening. Smidt scored 24 points, while Ek wall held the highly touted Lamar Lundy to three field goals. Much of Nebraska's early season success can be attributed to the ability of ny player to assume the scoring load on any given night. After the Texas contest, the Comhuskers will head for Nash ville, Tennessee for their Saturday evening tilt with Vanderbilt. Nebraska Texas Tech Ekwall Underwood Smidt f......... Scalling Parsons ...... ..c. ............ Hill Kubacki ....... g. ......... Myers Reimers g Wolfe See If 4 f f i4v ii ' - - 1 V V T . : v ? t - t , r f t - 1 ! y " ,.P'.. t 'V- J . Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star SMIDT Husker Smidt Don Smidt, high scoring Nebras ka forward, added social honors to his court achievements last Fri day night when he was crowned Prince Kosmet at the annual Kos met Klub review. The honor apparently fired the big boy's spirit for he poured in 24 points against Purdue the fol lowing Monday night. Smidt had 11 field goals and 2-7 on free throws as he gunned the Huskers to their fourth consecutive victory over a Big Ten school. Smidt, who hails from Helena, Montana although he formerly resided in Hastings, Nebraska, also lead the huskers in rebounds. Con tinued point production and stal ward defensive play by the 6'4" junior is a must if Nebraska is to continue its winning ways. Pro Football: efen 'S Commissioner Bert Bell of the National Football League has stat ed that Chicago Bear lineman Ed Meadows is being "crucified." Meadows is the husky who tackled Bobby Layne, the Detroit Lions ace quarterback, so hard that he put him out for the rest of the season with a brain concus sion. Detroit has asked that Mead ows be banned from the NFL for life and have called him a "hatchet : man" and "dirty player." Bell declared Monday, "T h e Lions ought to look at motion pic tures of the game and get any other evidence they think they have, before accusing that boy of deliberately injuring another play er. This is still America where a man is Innocent until he is proved guilty." i I i Bert Bell Of S .4 Sevigne 'Optimistic': m m. am. mm m mmm Stronaer Begins Pre-Season Workouts By BOB WIRZ Staff Sports Writer With the football and basket ball scenes at Nebraska looking improved this year the track pic ture is no exception. Track coach Frank Sevigne is very optimistic over the coming season which b uary. Sevigne and assistants Ike Hanscom and Eugene Gross have only been working with the squad for about two weeks but already the signs for an improved team are showing up. Sevigne said that several "ifs" still remain between a good and Courtesy Lincoln Journal SEVIGNE just average season but that signs are good. Some 33 candidates have been taking part in the early workouts preparing for the opener against the freshman January 26. Included in the squad are seven lettermen and a host of talented sophomores. Gone from last year's anA , . cWn,,rc squad are such men as shotputters Larry Smith, Leanord Rosen, and Ken Reiners. All three scored well in meets and this was one of the squad's top events last winter. Al so gone are Jon McWilliams, Ladd Hanscom, and Bernie Randolph. McWilliams and Hascom have been graduated and Randolph, the sophomore pole vaulter, is in the Marines. The lettermen are led by dis tance runners Bob Elwood and Lee Carter. Carter last season ran both the mile and two-mile but this season coach Sevigne expects him to concentrate more on the two-mile. Elwood, the fine junior, will again compete in both events. He looked very good this fall in cross country and should place high In the Big Seven. Elwood finished fourth at Ames, Iowa, in the Big Seven Cross country in November. Bill Hawkins, of Beatrice, will be back for another campaign. BILL MURRELLS Drive In Barber Shop and Sportsman Barber Shop 15 & P 7 Barber To Serve You ; t: I I a t I t I I v. I S s 1''.'" litiWi f i . m. i n, i , m :' ! NU I rack Last year as a sophomore Hawk ins lettered In the hurdles and broad jump. He will compete in the same events this year and should be improved. Hawkins dou bles as a halfback on Pete Elli ott's football team in the fall. Another hudler is Bill Martin also from Beatrice. Martin like Hawkins is just a junior a n d should have a good season. Don Ficke and Bob Nieman two other returning vets both will com pete in the 440 this year. Nieman lettered in this event last season and a lot is expected of him this winter. Ficke last season won his letter in the sprints. Sevigne is switching him to the quarter mile because of some top flight sopho more sprinters. The other letterman is Larry Gausman. Gausman last season started strong and won his award in the high jump. He should be a bit more consistent this season with a year of college competi tion under his belt. In addition to the lettermen much of the team success depends a excellent crop of sophomores. Keith Gardner, the fleet Jami can, leads this group of candi dates. The sophomore hurdler, who just returned to his home after competing in the Olympics at Mel bourne wont return to Lincoln un til January 15 or 16. Last year Gardner was very successful in Big Seven postal meets and should stand out this winter. In addition to his hurdling he may do some sprinting and broad jumping. Another outstanding ophomore is Duane Smith of York. Smith holds the state high school record in the high jump and should excel in his pet event. He is capable of playing well in indoor and Big Seven meets. .ouu " Z Z Zi Z 11 take part m the jump. Bob Lammel another sophomore Lammel, Smith, and Gausman should make the Huskers good in this department. Sprinters Bennie Dillard, Don Phillips, and Dick Jahr have all been looking good in their events. Dillard is one of the big ques tion marks en the team. The MOTOROLA (Leader in Electronics) invites you to interview for positions m PHOENIX, ARIZ. RIVERSIDE, CALIF. CHICAGO, ILL. Oar representative will be on your campus Thursday, Dec 20 See your placement office to arrange an appointment W5 jnr yN, U a oasr I earn Mount Pleasant, Texas, lad in jured hi leg while playing foot ball this fall and' may not be at his best. He has been working out but only time wiU tell whether the leg will allow him to run at top speed. Phillips, from Burwell, have j been looking real good in the early ; workouts. He will also do aome i broad jumping. During high school Phillips was one of the top men in tne state. Jahr, who hails from North Da kota, is another man capable of running the 100 yard dash in un der ten seconds. Don House and Bruce Skinner will compete in the 440 yard dash. They have also shown promise in early action. Knolly Barnes of Trinadad was another man that Sevigne said had been looking exceptional. He ran the half mile in 2:03.8 in the in tramural competitions recently without being pressed. Barnes is the national high school half mile champ. Ken Pollard of Ashland is anoth er good prospect. His pet event is the pole vault where he is ex pected to take up the slack from losing Randolph. Chuck Wollaston and Dave Williams round out the group of outstanding first year men. Wollaston, from Alliance, will compete in the low hurdles and broad jump. Williams will have his hands full in the shot put. He is replacing the three men from last season. Last year Williams was third in the Big Seven postal meet and could score quite a bit this year. Another man on the squad who looks good is Dale Knotek who was a squad member last year but didn't letter. He high jumps. Knotek placed in the outdoor meet last year. With these and other squad members looking good in the ear ly workouts Sevigne and his squad should place considerably higher in the conference this year. The conference season opens on February 2 against Iowa State in Lincoln. tf U Vtt m i-