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Tuesday, March 12, 1957
The Daily Nebroskan
Page 3
ate Tourney:
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by
GARY PETERSEN
Sports Staff Writer
Play in Nebraska's forty-seventh
annual High School Basketball
Tournament gets under way Thurs
day at 7 p.m.
The first games in the tourney
Will pit University High of. Lincoln
against Madison in. Class' B and
Phillips against Weston in Class E.
Other Thursday action finds Chad
ron playing Geneva at 8:30 p.m.
and Byron going against Cody. Ac
tion in all other classes AA, A, C,
and D starts Friday.
Many of the top ranked prep
teams in the state faded in dis
trict tournament play. Fremont, a
team which had won 15 games dur
ing the year and only lost one, lost
out in first round district play.
They were beaten by Omaha Ben
son, a team which had won only
two regular season games. Hold-
rege, a fine Class A team, failed
to qualify for a state berth.
Lincoln Northeast lost its chance
for glory when they were upset by
lightly regarded Grand Island.
Other high ranking teams losing
out in district and regional play
were: Cozad in Class A, Wayne in
Class B, Lincoln Southeast in Class
A, Omaha Central in Class AA,
Scottsbluff in Class AA and St. Ce
cilia of Hastings in Class C.
Boys Town in Class AA is the
only defending champion back.
Geneva, winner in Class C last
March, has earned a ticket in Class
B this year. Last year's champs,
Falls City in Class A, Wayne in
Class B, Brady in Class D, and Hol
stein in Class E, all lost out in
district play.
All Class AA, A, and B games
will be played on the varsity court.
Class C, D, ai d E games will be
played on the freshman court ex-
Tournament . Pairings
"' ; ' CLASS A A .
Varsity Court, Friday
1:30 Boys Town v Omaha Benson
8:30 Hastings v Grand Island
Finals Saturday 8:30 .
CLASS A
r ' Varsity Court Friday
12:00 Ogallala v Omaha Holy Name u
7:00 Lexington v Columbus
Finals Saturday 7:00
CLASS B
Varsity Court, Thursday
7:00 University High v Madison
8:30 Chadron v Geneva
Finals Saturday 2:30
CLASS C
Freshman Court, Friday
12:00 Verdpn v Utica
1:30 Elwood v Center
Finals Saturday 11:30
CLASS E
Freshman Court, Thursday
7:00 Phillips t Weston
8t30 Byron v Cody
Finals Saturday 10:00
(AS final games on Varsity Court.)
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cept the finals which will also be
played on the varsity court.
The tournament teams in Class
AA and Grand Island, Hastings
Omaha Benson and Boys Town; in
Class A are Columbus, Lexington,
Ogallala and Omaha Holy Name;
in Class B are University High,
Madison, Chadron and Geneva; in
Class C are Oakland, Alma, Wav-
erly and Arnold; in Class D are
Verdon, Utica, Elwood and Center;
in Class E are Phillips, Weston,
Bryon and Cody.
There is a fairly even matched
field in Class AA. None of the
teams possess an outstanding rec
ord; Boys Town does have the edge
with a (13-5) record. Grand Island
and Hastings both members of the
tough Big Ten Conference finished
two and three in the eastern divi
sion of that conference. Benson
finished last in the Intercity
League. Boys Town is an indepen
dent team.
Columbus seems to pick the field
in Class A. Although owning' only
a (13-6) record, their play has been
impressive.
All four teams in Class B show
fine won-loss records. Chadron has
won 22 games, Geneva 16, Madison
18 and University High 16.
There are three conference
champions in Class C; Oakland
won the Husker Conference East
ern Division, Alma is the Republi
can Valley champ and Arnold is
the Custer County Champion.
Utica, in Class D, (18-0), is the
only unbeaten club in the tourney.
Utica is coached by former Ne
braska Wesleyan star, Jack Wood.
Phillips in Class E has won the
most games of any team in the
state tournament, 28. They are the
Central Nebraska Conference
champions.
Now, out to the edge of the limb
to pick the winners in the Thursday
and Friday games. Boys Town over
Benson in a breeze. Grand Island
to take the rubber game from
Hastings. Holy Name to take Ogal
lala. Columbus to edge Lexington.
University over, Madison. Geneva
to handle Chadron. Alma to beat
Oakland, Waverly over Arnold.
Utica to whip Verdon. Center to
rap Elwood. Phillips in a thriller
over Weston. Cody to edge Byron.
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Lopez:
Third Base
Main Worry
For Chisox
By. BOB WIRZ
Staff Writer
One of the big problems facing
Al Lopez when he became Chicago
White Sox manager this winter
was finding a good third base
man. The White Sox "are a fair
team and could Improve vastly if
a few spots like third are improved.
Last season with aMrty Marion
at the helm the Chicago squad fin
ished in third place in the Ameri
can League 12 games behind the
champion New York Yankees.
This season they are expected
to be in the battle for second with
Detroit, Cleveland andBoston.
The third base job could belong
to any of four men by the time
the regular campaign opens. Right
now it looks like John (Bubba)
Phillips has a good chance of win
ning the job.
The addition of Phillips would
give the White Sox more speed to
go with Luis Aparicio, Jim Rivera
and Minnie Minoso. Minoso ap
pears set for a good year in the
left field and Rivera will be in
right. The outfield will be com
pleted by ex-Indian Larry Doby.
Ron Northey will provide the Sox
with a good pinch hitter.
Nellie Fox and Aparicio seem
ready for another good year per
forming as the key stone com
bination for the Comiskey crew.
Walt Dropo will probably be back
at first base unless someone like
ex-bonus boy Ron Jackson can im
prove. Catching shouldn't provide much
of a problem with Sherm Lollar
doing the No. 1 job. Also around
are Earl Battey and .Les Moss.
The starting pitchers also are
pretty well set. Billy Pierce, Jack
Harshman and Dick Donavon are
three regulars eager to start fir
ing. The fourth starter may pos
sibly be Jim Wilson. Gerald Sta
ley and Bob . Keegan are also
around for spot starts and middle
men in reliefwhile Dixie Howell,
Paul LaPalme and Ellis Kinder
can handle the late inning relief
chores.
Pitchers who could surprise in
clude: Jerome Dahlke, James Der
rington, Bill De Four, Bill Fisch
er, Tim Flanigan, Russ Heman
or Don Rudolph.
It is gpssible the Sox could sur
prise but until then it looks like a
fifth place finish.
Stars Of The Week:
Staii Names Ehviall, Reimers, Parsons,
, Nannen, Mmd for Hviard
Smidt
By STAN WIDMAN
Staff Sports Writer
Rex Ekwall, Don Smidt, Gary
Reimers, Lyle Nannen, Ron Par
sons and Jim Arwood, the Bix who
led the . Cornhusker basketball
team to an upset victory over the
Iowa State Cy
clones have
been chosen as
Stars of - the
Week.
These six
played their
most outstand
ing game of
the year and
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effort that the Nannen
game turned out the way it did.
Ekwall who is making his third
appearance as Star-of-the Week,
played his finest game of the year
in leading the Huskers who want
ed to win it for him. His 19
points were high for both teams
and raised his seasons total to
307, and his three year scoring
WjJ Chamberlain, most publi
cized figure in the world of athlet
ics at the present time, has be
come the controversial figure in
the national basketball argument
now raging among the top eche
lons of that sport and of numer
will happen to basketball if the
The big query seems to be, "What
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ous coaches around the country,
huge giants continue to use their
superior height to dominate the
sport?"
The only aversion to the Wilt's
status is that the big man is sole
owner of a giant seven foot figure,
and that seems to be reason enough
for the proposed discrimination.
Various coaches have submitted
solutions to the problems at hand.
These solutions have ranged from
eliminating all "goons" to the dis
solution of foul shots. From the
ranks of the basketball coaches
and other sportsmen around the
country come these answers to the
raging problem: Johnny Jordan,
Notre Dame's coach . . . "put
a height limit on players because,
there can't be more than 30 top
notch players 6-8 or over."
Howard Cann of NYU ... "I'd
go for raising the basket to 12
or 13 feet ... a higher basket
wouldn't hurt the smaller men, but
it would lessen the value of the
seven footers."
In an answer to the Johnny Jor
dan solution, Frank McGuire,
coach ot North Caolina is against
limiting the height of players be
cause "the ideal team is three big
men for the rebounds and two
smaller players" to direct the offense.
Bill Haarlow, supervisor of Big
Ten hoop officials, thinks ' basket
ball coild be improved by "increas
ing the diameter of the ball just one
inch. You'd be surprised how much
ditfenence that would make in
shooting."
Miose Krause, Notre Dame's
athletic director, suggests that no
foul shots be taken during the game
but simply that they be kept track
of and then the various players
could shoot them after the game.
Another suggestion to the prob
lem j is that the team who would
presently earn 'a foul shot be
given the ball to take out of
bounds. Honey Russell of Seton
Hall who states this solution to the
prpblem says, "That's penalty
enough and you wouldn't have all
that business on' the foul line."
The toadies and sports enthusi
asts contacted seem to think that
Kansas will have a tremendous
advantage as they engage in
NCAA competition with the tal
ents of Wilt and that the cagers
of the Seattle team, which com
mitted the least number of fouls
hi the nation, or Memphis State,
the fifth best foul shooting team,
will have the best chances in the
competition for the NIT. '
. The outcome of both tourneys
(NIT and NCAA) will probably de
termine the amount of action taken
by the proper officials, if any is
to be taken. Perhaps the men of
t)he basketball critics will fall on
eaf ears and the big men will
ontfnue their domination of the
nort. but on the other hand
rhaybe Wilt will be "wilted" be
fere his elligibility is used up.
The . Sports Slant
By GARY FRENZEL
The optimistic plans of the sport's magazines of a few years ago
which would blanket the country with major league baseball have
effectively been killed for the present by the major league team owners.
In the past ten years, the many. systems invisioned have varied from
expanding the two present .leagues to twelve teams to the extreme
of four sprawling leagues which would include a team in every emtro
politain area of one million population from coast to coast and in
Canada and Mexico.
Since then, however, the Boston Braves, St. Louis Browns and the
Philadelphia A's, have swallowed whatever pride their owners may
have had in fifty years of baseball tradition and have blissfully fol
lowed the lure of the paying customer to Milwaukee, Baltimore and
Kansas City.
Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and San Francisco are still clamoring for
a franchise. Brooklyn's Walter O'Malley is using the threat of moving
to Los Angeles as a prod to force the city fathers to -build, for the
Dodgers an all-weather, dome-inclosed sports stadium. The taxpayers
of California are eager to build the stadium in Los Angeles. The mayor
promises major league baseball by 1958.
This leaves Giant proxy Horace Stonham the unhappy decision of
whether to move to. San Francisco, Minneapolis or to stay in New York.
Minneapolis seems to have the inside track if the Giants decide to
move. The city is putting the finishing touches on its new sports
center which includes a baseball stadium seating 50,000, and the land
of sky blue waters has proved at Milwaukee its ability to enrich a
team's bankroll.
Although the dream of three major leagues has faded, this solves
the'problem of how to hold a three team world series.
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record to 854. The previous high
was 821 set by Jim Buchanan.
As a final tribute Rex was car
ried off the floor on the backs
of his teammates.
Reimers likewise played his
most outstanding game of the
year. Gary was always getting in
the way of the Cyclones causing
them to pass wildly and shoot hur
riedly. He intercepted several pas
ses and led the famed Husker fast
break. Gary collected 17 points
which raised
his seasons to
tal to 298 only
nine behind
team leader
Ekwall. Reim
ers wound up
"with a 12.9
point average
per game, good
enough "for
ninth place in
the Big Seven
scoring chart.
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EkwaU
This marks the second time this
season that Reimers has been
chosen for the Star-of-the Week
award.
Smidt was the rebound leader of
the game along with Ekwall. Time
and time again, Don pulled re
bounds away from the taller cy
clones and gassed off for Husker
scores,, The junior from Helena,
Montana found time to collect 13
points of his own and raise his
total for the season to 230. His
average per game is ten points on
the dot which earns him third
spot among Husker scorers. Smidt
was also chosen Star-of the-Week
earlier this year,
Nannen whose deadly passing
netted the Huskers several valu
able scores
showed the
fans why he
took over a
starting posi
tion in the
middle of the
year. He con-
sistently re
bounded " and
added points
to the NU to
tal. This pave
him 119 pointsCourtewLlncolnJouni,a
for the year, Reimers
good for a 5.4 per game average.
The Syracuse, Nebr. Junior will
be counted" upon heavily by Coach
Jerry Bush next year.
Parsons who left a sick bed to
play in the game was the main
Husker threat under the boards
until he fouled early in the sec
ond half. While only scoring three
points, he acted as the main
feeder from his post in front of
the foul line. Ron finished the
season with 198 markers and aver
age of 8.9.
Jim Arwood yf Fostoria, Ohio
took over for Parsons after the
big man fouled out and helped pull
the Huskers out of their small re
lapse by sinking three straight
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free throws. These tosses eased the
tension and the hoopsters gradual
ly pulled away from the Cyclones
alter that.
Of the six chosen, five will re
turn again next year to help the
Husker cause along. Only Can-
tain Rex Ekwall will be depart
ing. With this nucleus. Jerry Bush
bhould be able to fashion a Husker.
team with
and fight.
speed, scoring power
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