Tuesday, March 26, 1957
The Daily Nebraskan
The Fantasy Five:
Prokop, Heffelfinger Lead All Star Ballo
For Independent Leagues 12, 14 And 15
Page 3
By JIM COURTNEY
Staff Sports Writer
As th all-opponent team ballots
were cast, five cage members of
various round-ball teams around
the campus became part of the
mythical, but selective, All-Star
team of t h e
I n dependents
leagues 12, 14
IS.
These fanta
sy five cage
members were
picked because
of their superi
or hard court
versatility, and
their outstand
ing pla y i n g
ability during
the regular season.
None of the teams
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Bob Prokop
submitted
Pirates Picked
For Fifth Spot
By Rag Expert
By BOB WIRZ
Staff Sports Writer
Perhaps most of the publicity
coming out of the Pittsburgh Pi
rates training camp this spring
concerns the feats of young Slug
ger Dick Stuart. However, the
Pirates do have the makings of a
good ball club.
Manager Bobby Bragan in his
second year as a big league skip
per has undoubtedly the best sec
ond division club in the National
League.
No one department on the squad
is outstanding, but none of them
are bad. Bob Friend, Ronnie
Kline and Vera Law are Pitts
burghs top three starting hurlers.
Friend started fast last season but
finally finshed the long season!
with a 17-17 mark. The righthand
er possibly lost some of his ef
fectiveness by being overworked.
Kline also started fairly fast. At
25, Kline should improve his 14-18
mark of last year. Law had a 8-16
mark but possibly he could be
called the touch luck hurler on
the team. If Law gave up three
runs in a ball game his team
mates cbuld only get two or if he
gave up a dozen the Pirates would
get 11.
The other starter could be Luis
Arroyo, Bob Garber, Dick Hall,
Cholly Naranjo, or Bob Purkey.
Elroy face 12-13 last year will
again be the chief fireman. Ex
Lincoln hurler, George Witt has a
fair ' chance of sticking with the
club as a relief man with infre
quent starts. Benny Daniels has a
outside chance.
Hank Foiles and Danny Kravitz
or Dick Rand will share the re
ceiving. Last years regular, Jack
Shepard has decided to give up
baseball. Foiles hit only .212 last
season with Pittsburgh while Rand
and Kravitz spent most of their
time in the minors.
Dale Long will again be at first
base for Bragan. While this young
slugger probably won't hit homers
in nine consecutive games this
year he should have another ban
ner season. Long finished with a
.263 mark and 91 RBI's. His main
competition for the job will come
from Johnny Powers.
Second base could go to any
one. Spook Jacobs, Gene Freese,
and Dick Cole will bid for the job.
All three men are weak hitters.
Dick Groat and Frank Thomas
round out the infield Groat is im
proved at shortstop where he bat
ted .273 last year. Thomas was a
pleasant surprise in 1956' when he
was moved from the outfield to
become a regular third baseman.
Thomas played every game in 1958
and hit a strong .282.
Bill Virdon is the only outfielder
assured of his job. The speedy
Virdon is back in center-field. Bob
Skinner, Roberto Clemente, Lee
Walls, Roman Mejias and Stuart
are the other candidates. Skinner
can only hit singles. Clemente hit
.311 last season but is a hot and
cold performer. Walls is a slick
defensive man but is not the best
with a bat. Mejias is up from Hol
lywood and appears a good bet to
stick. He has a lot of hustle and
could improve rapidly. Stuart you
could talk about all day. The 24
year old slugger, hit 66 home runs
at Lincoln last season breaking
several league records. He has
power, that is certain, but can
the big guy improve enough in
the other departments to be of
any good to the club. Stuart
doesn't seem to care much about
anything except hitting the ball
over the fence.
League 12, 14 And 15 Al! Star Team
First Team Second Team
Bob Prokop rr Chemists A Ken Frantx Phi Epsilon Kappa
bau Heneinnger .Baptists' Lee Herman Presby House
uean urmenham Phi Epsilon Kappa Dave Beadle Geologists
cm fccnuethe Newman Chib Ted Lindberg Park Ave Five
Wilbur Rubesamen Inter-Varsity Phil EtzemiUer Dental College
HONORABLE MENTION: Mitch Nietson, Geologists; Bob Reimers, Park Avenue Five; Ron Schultz, Sam's
Has ceens; bod ung, A St. Club; Fete Chrlstianson, Navy ROTC.
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more than one member to the
mythical cage five although Phi
Episoln Kappa paced the other
teams by placing one man on each
of the first two teams.
At the first of the list on the
first team is Bob Prokop of the
A Chemists team. Bob led the
A Chems through an undefeated
season and to the coveted title
of Independent Champions as well
as the All University Champion
ship title. Bob racked up enough
all opponent votes to rate him as
"one of the best" in regular sea
son play.
The next to gain his fame by
winning a berth on the fantasy five
is Gail Heffelfinger of the Baptists
five. Gail, who played an out
standing forecourt game during
every contest easily breezed to his
All-Star spot.
The next of the magic men to
stand beside the first two men
tioned in Dean Brittenham of Phi
Epsilon Kappa. Dean was the only
member of the Phi Ep's team to
gain first team distinction but his
outstanding cage ability assured
him of a berth early in the season.
Bill Schuethe of the Newman
Club cage squad was the only mem
ber of that quintet to net the honor
of being placed on an equal rating
with the other first team magic
men although the team of the New-
manites consistently looked well.
Last but not least on the list
Ruebsamen of the Inter-Varsity
club. Wilbur was the Inter-Var
sity's only contribution to the All-
Star ranks but his basketball play
ing certainly netted him his de
serving lauels.
un ine second team we find a
complete new list of teams offer
ing their contributions to the ranks
except the Phi Epsilon Kappa
squad who also placed a man on
the second five as well as the first.
The othe four players represent
four new teams.
These five, who could have very
easily been named to the first
squad with a few more votes, take
their place closely behind the first
string. It consists of Ken Frantz
of Phi Epsilon Kappa, Lee Her
man of the Presby squad, Dave
Deedle of the Geologists quintet,
Ted Lindberg of the Park Avenue
boys and Phil Etzelmiller of Den
tal College.
Some of the other outstanding
cage players in independent com
petition who polled enough votes
are placed on the all deserving
Honorable Mention list. These men
are Mitch Nielson, Geologists;
Bob Reimers, Park Ave.; Ron
Schultz, Sam's Has Beens; Bob
Long, A Street Club; and Pete
Christensen, Navy ROTC.
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Iowa State's Gary Thompson
quarterbacked the West to a 64-60
upset win in the sixth annual
Shrine basketball game held in
Kansas City last night.
The pint sized All-American fin
ished high among scorers for the
night totaling 16, and was voted
the games outstanding player.
The West dominated the game
throughout the first half, relin
quishing the lead only once and
before going ahead 33-32. The sec
ond half was much closer as the
score was tied three times. The
East had their last lead with five
minutes to go before Jim Krebs
of SMU and Thompson sunk
baskets to give the lead to the
West for good.
Nebraska's Rex Ekwall scored
two field goals for the West.
Gene Elston of Kansas also got
into the scoring act with nine
points.
All-American Lennie Rosenbluth
was high for the East with 14 while
Grady Wallace of South Carolina
was held to 12. Despite the bad
weather, 7,000 fans turned out for
the game.
IM Entries Due
Intramural managers are ad
vised to get their entries in for the
badminton and horseshoe tourna
ments coming up. Badminton en
tries ared ue April 2nd, and the
horseshoe entries, April 9th.
Entries should be turned in at
the Men's PE Building. Horse
shoes will be played on the east
side of the Coliseum while bad
minton will be played on the PE
courts, Intramural head Ed Hig-
ginbotham announced.
The Hot Corner
By BOB WIRZ
Staff Sports Writer
Interest Shown in Hockey . . .
Some 4,825 people turned out Saturday night and Sunday afternoon in
poor weather to witness the first Hockey games at new Pershing Me
morial Auditorium. St. Paul and Minneapolis of the U. S. Central
Hockey League took part in the exhibitions to see if Lincoln was
capable of supporting a team.
Officials were well pleased especially with the Sunday game turn
out of 1,589.
Possibly this league will expand to eight teams next winter and,
if so, Lincoln will be in line to get a team. Also, Omaha, Des Moines,
and Sioux City are being considered as entries.
The Lincoln rink is about 35 feet shorter than the average hockey
rink but officials say this is a small problem since the center area
can easily vary in size.
Lincoln would need to obtain about 15 players if they have a team.
These men would have jobs in town and then receive from $25 to $50
per game depending on their value.
Officials say that the scores in their league vary greatly from
night to night. One evening the two squads may play a 1-0 game
and come back the next evening and have a wild scoring contest such
as those witnessed the past week end.
This sport was very popular a few years ago in Omaha and it is
believed Lincoln fans would enjoy it more as they began to understand
the rules.
Holdout ends . . .
Baltimore shortstop Willie Miranda found out Sunday that it
doesn't pay to hold out for more money. The 29-year old Cuban signed
his 1957 contract Sunday and at the same time was fined $1,000. He
had reported 25 days late. , Miranda told officials that he had a wife,
four kids and a dog and parakeet and they all had to get visas. With
a revolution and everything concerned they just couldn't get to Scotts
dale, Arizona, on time.
Miranda is the last major league player to sign his contract.
Another athlete joins NU . . .
Dick Place of Nebraska City has announced that he will enroll at
the University of Nebraska next fall.
Place has received a scholarship for football. Last season the prep
star scored 137 points in 10 contests and gained 427 yards to top Class A
players in the Cornhusker State.
Cerv begins to hit . . .
Bob Cerv ex-Husker athlete, has finally begun to hit the ball in the
Kansas City A's training camp in Florida. Cerv worked himself into
shape in February by working out with the Nebraska baseball squad.
Cerv also led the drills for a time while coach Tony Sharpe was coach'
ing freshman basketball.
The former Weston, Nebraska, athlete has pounded out two home
runs and several other key blows in the last few days of training.
Lincoln to start training ...
Manager Larry Shepard and his 27-man Lincoln Chiefs squad
begin workouts today in Jacksonville, Florida, in preparing for the
1957 campaign. Only three of the men starting workouts were on the
championship Western League club last year.
Catcher Joe Zavattaro and pitchers Dom Rosello and Myron Hoff
man are back. None of the three were outstanding but all should be
improved with an extra year of experience. Zavattaro believes his
hitting will be improved since he worked out most of the winter with
Dale Long of Pittsburgh. The Pirate first sacker taught him a lot of
the tricks.
Shepard hopes to have some of the other Chiefs back from last
year's squad by the time the regular season opens against Topeka at
Sherman Field the night of April 26.
April 6:
All-Sports Day Features Six Teams;
Spring Football Ends Against Alumni
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By STAN WIDMAN
Sports Staff Writer
Six varsity teams will don the
Nebraska Red and White and pa
rade before thousands of sports
fans on the traditional All-Sports
Days to be held April 6th. Many
of the boys will be playing their
last contests as Huskers.
The festivities will start with the
Scarlet and Cream squaring off
against Drake University at 10
a.m. in a baseball contest. The
game will be the second of two
games played against the Bull
dogs and the first series of the
season of both teams. Coach
Sharpe will have two seniors on
the squad playing in their last
sports carnival. They are Roger
Bottorff, pitcher and John Bel
deck, first base. Both lettered last
year. Another senior letter winner,
Don Erway is still doubtful due
to his injured knees.
Being held simultaneously with
the Baseball game will be a tennis
match against Creighton U. Coach
Ed Higginbotham will send six
men in action against the Blues
Only one of them, Tom Stitt, is a
senior while three, Stitt, Art Wea
ver and George Fisk are letter-
men. Bill North, Charles Kress
and Jack Clark are also slated to
play. This will be the first match
of the season for the racketmen.
At 12 noon, the track squad will
step into the spotlight running off
a dual meet against Colorado
A&M. It will be the first home
outside track meet of the year.
The sport fans will be able to get
some idea of their potential as
the team will already have seen
action against Colorado at Bould
er, March 30. Coach Frank
Sevigne will count on Keith Gard
ner to bring home some more vic
tories as he did in the indoor sea
son when he won twelve straight
races and took a first and two
seconds in the Big Seven indoor
meet at Kansas City. Other letter-
winners expected to carry the
load are Bill Hawkins, Bob El
wood, Larry Gausman, Dale Kno
tek, Bill Martin, Ken Pollard and
Knolly Barnes.
The feature presentation of the
day will be the Alumni-Varsity
Football game held in the Me
morial Stadium 'at 2 p.m. .The
game will see the parting of the
present seniors and will offer the
people the last time to view many
of them in action. Outstanding
players for the Alumni who
played for the Big Red last fall
are the three who held up the
middle of the line and acted as
co-captains. The three are La
Verne Torczon, All-Bog Seven
guard and now signed up with the
professional Cleveland Browns,
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Bob Berguin and Jim Murphy.
Jack Fleming, another standout
lineman will also be making his
last appearance in a Husker uni
form. Gordie Englert was the only
senior backfield man on the Husk
ers last fall and will be making
nis last appearance also.
Expected to lead the varsity are
George Harshman and Roy Stin
nett two outstanding quarterbacks
from last year. Leo George and
Jerry Schroeder have both been
running well at fullback while
Larry Navioux the other letterwin-
ner of last year's first backfield has
been going strong at right half
back. On the line, Dick McCash-
land, Jerry Wheeler, Stu Hower-
ter, Mike Lee, Martin Hilding,
Don Rhoda, Art Klein, Don Kam-
pe and Clarence Cook are all ex
pected to give the Alumni trouble.
Coach Bill Jennings has stated
that foul weather is forcing the
cancellation of many practices
and fears that the boys might not
be quite ready. Ready or not, the
game never fails to be good one
for thrills and emotion watching
some of the Husker greats of the
past recalling their college days
and giving their all for the Scarlet
and Cream.
Following the football game, the
swimming and Gymnastics teams
will take over for exhibitions.
Coach Hollie Lepley will stage sev
eral races featuring the squad
members and Freshmen. The
races will consist mostly of short
sprints and relays.
Gene Cotter and Bill Tagney,
the diving duo which gave NU so
many points during the season will
give an exhibition of straight and
clown diving. This will be the
last chance for Husker fans to see
Cotter, Tagney and Fritz Helms
doerfer as all three are seniors.
The Gymnastics exhibition will
feature Wayne Strickler, the top
Husker point man during the sea
son and one of the best NU Gym
nasts of all time. Wayne will be
making his last appearance in a
Husker uniform. The team will be
put through their paces by Coach
Jake Geier. They will do man to
man stunts, diving, tumbling and
put on some regular meet events.
All the men including the Fresh
men will perform.
N Club Scholarship Trophy ap
plications are being mailed to
Nebraska high schools this week.
This trophy was revived a year
ago and is presented to each high
school where the athletic letter
men rank higher scholastically
than the total school average.
Schools are divided by enroll
ment. Schools with less than 100
enrollment a year ago had three
winners, Bennington, Dodge and
Walton. Neligh was the winner
in the 100 to 299 class and Lex
ington won the 300-600 class. Alve
won a place on the honor roll.
There were no winners among
schools with 600 or more enrollment.
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