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    Tuesday, April 2, 1957
The Daily Nebraskqn
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Powerful Club:
Vets Dominate Selleck A Club;
rusia Most Valuable Player
By JIM COURTNEY
Staff Sports Writer
The results of the Selleck A
League have been tabulated with
not too surprising results as the
team consists of a well balanced
tage squad that boasts the talents
f superior basket-ball players.
Heading the list of the mythical
Conrtesy Uncoln Journal
COOK
selections is Dick Prusia of Hitch
cock house. Dick is a repeated of
the last years team and certain
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Four More Gridders Join Alum
Prep For Saturday's Annual Contest
By BOB WIRZ
Staff Sports Writer
The Alumni football squad have
added four names to its roster in
preperation for Saturday's contest
with the Husker varsity.
Bill (Rocky) Mueller of Omaha
said he would play if "it was a
warm day with no snow." Mueller
was a Husker star from 1947-50.
The speedy back is now an attor
ney in Nebraska's largest city.
Jerry Jacupke also announced
he will attend but only if "you or
der a cool day and pad the seats
on the bench." Jacupke was at
Nebraska from 1944-47.
Sam Vacanti is the third addi
tion. Vacanti was an outstanding
quarterback just after the second
World War. As usual Sam is ex
pected to do some passing and
probably will again handle the
point after touchdown job. Last
year he converted twice in the
14-0 Alumni win.
Jack Carroll is the final addi
tion announced to date. Carroll is
presently living at Ogallala where
he is a coach.
More additions are expected
later on in the week. The total is
over thirty now and last year some
55 attended the annual contest.
This is the sixth game in the
series that has seen the Varsity
winning on all but two occasions.
The Varsity won in 1951-53 after
the '50 opener ended in a 13-13
tie. Last years contest was the
'only shutout for either squad.
Bill Jennings is expected to go
with veterans at most positions in
the opening minutes of play Satur
day. The varsity has been hamp
ered quite a bit this spring first
by the state basketball tournament
and then by bad weather.
However, after a Saturday
scrimmage, Jennings was pretty
well impressed with the showing
of the squad. The scrimmage was
mostly an offensive battle with I
Bobby Reynolds
Bobby Reynolds, former All- ered by a sprained ankle and un
American gridder, may be unable less the injury responds to treat
to play in the Alum-Varsity game ment, he will miss All-Sports Day
cn All-Sports Day Saturday. The for the first time since he gradu
iormer Nebraska great is hamp- ated.
ly deserves the honor of being
named to the All-Star team. His
rangy form -presented e formid
able barrier to opponents under
the basket during the season.
Dick's rebounding ability was un
excelled as was his ball handling
thus Dick Prusia earns a berth
on this year's Daily Nebraskan
All-Star team.
Next in line to claim his laurel
earned during the season's play is
Larry Naviaux of MacLean house.
Larry proved to the men of Sel
leck he could play basketball as
well as football as he gunned the
MacLean five through the season.
Last year he was selected on the
All University first team.
Third to come into the limelight
and step into the ranks of the
All-Stars is Clarence Cook, football
end and Husker thin-clad from
Hitchcock house. Clarence was a
foremost reason of the Hitchcock
house winning the A league in in
tramural . basketball this season
and playing in thechampionship
game in the State basketball tour
ney, His versatility on the hard
court floor was indispensable to
the Hitchcock crew in their win
ning season thus Cook earns a
berth on the fantasy five in Sel
leck play. Cook was selected on
last year.
Next to reap the laurals of cage
play in intramurals this year is
Courtesy Lincoln Star
VACANTI
10 touchdowns being scored in the
afternoons workout.
The baseball team is hoping for
better weather before this week
end and their two game series
with Drake. The squad has been
forced inside all but a few times
this year. The Friday afternoon
game is slated for 3:00 p.m. and
the All-Sports day clash is at
10:00 a.m.
Coach Tony Sharpe will probab
ly use two or three hurlers iu
each contest in order to give them
some -work and will also rotate
his infielders and outfielders.
Tennis Coach Ed Higgenbotham
will send his squad to their first
meet of the year against Creigh
ton at 11:00 on Saturday. The
meet may possibly be played in
side the Coliseum if wheather is
bad.
The track squad will try to re
gain winning form at noon when
they take on Colorado A&M in the
only home outdoor duel of the cam-
NbrkH Ftiato
Bessey's contribution to the set
of dream players. Doug Chappel
by name is the person who
sparked the'Bessey house to their
seasonal finish. Doug contributed
much to the Bessey crew in the
way of rebounding and points
which kept his team in top conten
tion for the crown at all times.
Doug was on last year's All-University
selections for second team.
Last but far from being least on
the cage crew is Joe Houfek from
Canfield. Lastyear the cage star
was selected for All-University
first team of intramural competi
tors in the sport of round ball.
This year Joe is making another
strong contention for the team by
earning a berth on the first team
of A Selleck team of mythical se
lections. Joe's cage ability was
not to be denied and his outstand
ing play throughout the season
compelled opponents to rate him
as one of the best in intramural
play.
Thus the first team is composed
entirely of veterans of last year's
All University basketball selec
tions and one from last year's A
Selleck league All-Star team.
The second five of the fantasy
squad is composed of Ron Golus
of Gus I, Wayne Copes of Mac-
Lean house, Dick Reimers also of
MacLean house, Stewart Schmidt
of Gusli, and Bill Fisher of And'
rews.
paign.
The Gymnastics and Swimming
squads will give exhibitions follow
ing the football game at the Coli
seum. These two events will close
out the six-event program in the
eighth annual All-Sports day.
Tarheels Are
Well Balanced
Says Ekwqll
By MIKE LOUGH
Staff Sports Writer
"Well-balanced" is Rex Ek
wall's description of the undefeat
ed North Carolina basketball
squad. North Carolina, you will
r e m e m ber, squeezed out Kan
sas by one point 54-53) in the fi
nals of the NCAA tourney at Kan
sas City last Saturday night. Ek
wall witnessed the dramatic triple
overtime battle. ,
Rex's real reason for being on
hand though was the annual East
West Shriners' basketball game
which he played in. He was NU's
representative for the underdog
West team which pulled a 64-60
upset victory.
When interviewed, Ekwall
praised Iowa State's Gary Thomp
son for his part in the Western
cause. Thomson, whose 16 made
him high point man for both teams
was honored ny Ekwall who said
the flashy guard "sparked" the
Western allies to victory. Ekwall
also had much to say for SMU's
Jim Krebs. Krebs was installed
as pivot for the West and landed
nine points.
Ekwall pointed out two "good
shooters" for the East. Grady Wal
lace ?f South Carolina and his
worthy rival, Lennie Rosenbluth of
North Carolina particularly im
ressed Ekwall. Rosenbluth led
the East with 14 tallies and Wal
lace, the nation's leading er
game scorer was hot on his tail
with 12.
From there the conversation
turned back to the "well-balanced"
North Carolina club. When asked
what he thought of the undefeated
(32-0) Tarheels after All-America
Rosenbluth fouled out in the fourth
stanza Ekwall mentioned that he
(Rosenbluth) was the only senior
on the starting five. This indicates
that everyone should watch out
for the NCAA champ Tarheels
next year.
Ekwall gathered four points in
the Shriner game. He played about
58 per cent of the time and saw
action in both halves. Up on the
rack above . his bed now stands
the mute evidence of his competi
tion at Kansas City a trophy with
the inscription "Ararat Shrine
East-West All Star K.C., Mo.
1957." And over in his closet are
the showy yellow, red and green
Shriner basketball jersey and
trunks which he keeps to show to
his posterity.
Rex's immediate plans after
graduation are "maybe playing
AAU ball with the Peoria Cater
illers or Goodyear Tires." Look
ing further into the future he says
he has "to go to the service in
about a year."
Dick Nicholson, Colorado for
ward is partially blind in one eye.
Nicholson, who rounded out his
varsity basketball career this sea
son, kept the blindness a secret
until recently. He decided to let
everyone know In an article ap
pearing in the Denver Putt last
March 14. Nicholson Injured the
eye while catching In an inVa
mural Softball game at Boi.lder
(Colo.) junior high school In 1943.
lie can see slightly but 'uas no
side vision cut of the righ. eye.
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POLLARD
Intramural Spring Sports;
Softball Takes Spotlight
By GARY PETERSEN
Staff Sports Writer
Ed Higginbotham, Director of
Intramural Sports, announced the
dates and regulations regarding
four intramural spring sports.
The Hole - in-one-Golf-Tourney,
Spring golf, Spring Tennis Dou
bles, and Softball were the four
sports.
The Hole-in-One Tourney will be
held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on
Monday, May 20 through Thurs
day, May 23. Competition will be
at the Men's Intramural Field at
14th and Avery Streets. All equip
ment will be furnished by the
Physical Education Department.
There is no entry fee. Medals will
be awarded to individual cham
pions and certificates will be given
to the first. six in each division.
The Spring Golf Tournament will
be held at Pioneer Golf Course.
This will be a one day tourney,
Saturday, April 27. All golfers
must report between 7 and 8:30
a.m. Golfers may compete as in
dividuals or with an organized
team. There will be a fraternity
champions, Selleck champion and
an Independent champion. Indivi
dual champions will be deter
mined. All entries for the tennis dou
bles must be in Room 102 Physi
cal Education Building by April
9. Only doubles will be played
during the spring season. Separ
ate flights for Fraternity, Selleck
Hall, and Independent are on tab.
Players participating in the tour
ney will be required to furnish
three tennis balls and tennis rac
kets and have the proper type of
tennis shoes. Team championship
will be determined by points
points awarded in elimination tour
naments. Teams winning the
championship will be awarded tro
phies. DUE TO A CONFLICT WITH
ALL SPORTS DAY ON APRIL 6,
THE INTRAMURAL GYMNAS
M E E T WILL EE POSTPONED
TO BE RUN OFF THE AFTER
NOON OF APRIL 26.
THE MEET WILL START AT
4:30, PROMPTLY, AND THE
THE FOUNDATION
and YOU . . .
GORDON WARNER
Gordon Warner, an Engineering junior from
Erickson, Nebraska, is the first recipient of the
Cities Service Oil Company Scholarship.
This organization, prompted by their desire
to aid and encourage students in our College of
Engineering, established this scholarship fund
with the University of Nebraska Foundation in
1956.
During the past year, the Foundation was
able to award over $118,000 in scholarships and
fellowships to more than 400 students through
funds made available fcy alumni, friends, corpo
rations and other foundations.
"KNOW YOVR FOUNDATION"
U of N
FOUNDATION
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Lincoln, Ndbraska
Big Surprise:
Buffs Score
InofeU Sets
By STAN W1DMAN
Staff Sports Writer
The University of Colorado
scored a surprisingly easy 86
to 35 victory over the Corn
huskers in an Indoor-Outdoor track
meet held in Boulder, Saturday.
En route to their romp, the Buffs
won 10 of 14 events, including
three clean sweeps. The sweeps
came in the mile run, the 440
yard dash and the discuss.
High man for the Huskers was
Keith Gardner, with wins in the
60 yard dash and 60 yard low
hurdles. He also took a third in
the 60 yard high hurdles, the first
time he has lost in that event this
year. Eddie Dove and Otis Rhodes,
both of Colorado finished ahead
of the "Jet" Gardner's time in
the 60 yard lows was :6.8 which
set a new meet record, the old one
being :6.9.
Dale Knotek of the Huskers set
ENTRY SHEETS WILL NEED TO
BE IN J. G. GEIER'S OFFICE,
104 PHYSICAL DUCATION
BUILDING, BY APRIL 12.
Due to a reconstruction project
on the Ag College Physical Edu
cation Fields, a single elimination
tournament will be attempted in
softball. Softball games will be
gin on April 22 at 5:30 p.m. All
team entries are due at Room 102
Physical Education Building by
Tuesday, April 9. No spiked shoes
will be allowed. Anyone playing
with spiked shoes will cause an
automatic forfeit of the game.
Equipment will be furnished by
the Physical Education Depart
ment unless 'the teams desire to
practice before the schedule starts.
Separate tournaments will be es
tablished in the following classi
fications: Interfraternity, Inde
pendent, and Selleck Hall. A tro
phy will be awarded to the cham
pionship fraternity and medals to
the winning independent team.
Ping Pong Tourney
Jan Montgomery and Doug
Braunsroth were declared winners
of the Ag Campus ping pong tour
ney. Each was awarded a individual
trophy for winning the annual
event. Their names will also be
placed on the permanent trophy
in the Ag Union trophy case.
Runner-ups in the event were
Charles Mumma and Carolyn John
son. ASCE Elections
The American Society of C i v i 1
Engineers will meet to elect offi
cers for the coming year Wednes
day at 7 p.m. in Room 305 of Stout
Hall, according to Jim Williams,
publicity director.
A representative of the Portland
Cement Association will speak on
the "New Uses of Concrete".
Faculty Coffee Hour
The faculty graduate coffee hour
will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Fri
day in the Union Faculty Lounge.
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Afer Meet Mark
a new meet record in the high
jump getting 6 ft. 4 off the air.
The old record was 6 ft. 3 5 in.
set in 1951. Husker Bob Lammel
tied for third with a C ft. 2 in.
leap.
Don Phillips and Bill Hawkins
led the broad jumpers finishing
first and second respectively. Phil
lips flew 23 ft. i in. for his best
mark of the year. Hawkins jumped
22 ft. 11V in. for his second. This
was the best event the Huskers
enjoyed all day.
The pole vault had Ken Pol
lard and Colorado's Jesse Undlin
in a tie for first at 13 ft. 6 in.
This marked the second time that
Pollard has cleared this height
and appears to be improving with
every meet.
The Javelin throw saw three
men go over thr former meet
record of 177 ft. Ken Yob of Colo
rado tossed it 225 ft. 4 in. for the
Students are reminded to pur
chase their tickets for All-Sports
Day.
Regular student tickets will not
be honored. Tickets for the special
April S festivities are now on sale.
AH University teams except the
basketball squad will be In action.
All-Sports Day tickets are being
sold for one dollar.
first place medal and the new rec
ord. Huskers Dean Brettenham
and Bill LaFleur finishes second
and third with throws of 198 ft.
11 in. and 1S2 ft. 10 in. respective-
ly.
Bob Elwood and Knolley Barnes,
the Husker distance men failed for
the first time to score high in a
dual meet this year and could only
gather two thirds between them.
Elwood, who had won the mile
and two mile earlier this year
against the Buffs failed to place
in the mile and could only garner
ROTC To Hold
Phalanx Drill
Competition
Phalanx, honorary and profes
sional Military fraternity, will hold
its annual ROTC Drill Competi
tion Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Union Ballroom, aca ing to Dud
ley McCubbin, chain
Squads composed freshman
and sophomore cadets from, the
Navy, Army and Air Force ROTC
units will participate.
The drill performed in the con
test will be the same as that used
for training in classes, according
to McCubbin. No special drill will
be permitted.
The judges for the contest will
be members from the various re
serve units in Lincoln.
A large trophy will go to the
squad leader of the winning squad
and smaller trophies will go to the
members, she said.
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a third in the twomile.
second to Bob Greenfield ran a
took a surprising second as his
teammate, Bob Helming upset the
whole field by winning in 1:53.8.
Clarence Cook took a third for
the Huskers in the Shot Put in an
event which saw Jim Blackwell of
Colorado set a new record with
heave of 51 ft. 4 in. The old rec
ord set in 1951 was 51 ft. Jtt in.
Two other meet records were
set, both by Colorado. Jim Funk
ran the mile in 4:23.9 for a new
field house record in that event
while the Buffs mile relay team
ran the distance in 3:26.3 to eclipse
the old mark of 3:30.8 sei earlier
this year.
The next meet for the Huskers
will take place on All-Sports day
against Colorado A&M. The meet
starts at 12 noon and will b th
year.
Summary of Husker Scoring:
Shot Put Cook, 3rd.
60 yard dash Gardner 1st.
High Jump Knotek 1st, Lam
mel, 3rd. 5
60 yard high Hurdles Gardner
3rd.
Two-Mile run Elwood 3rd.
Pole Vault Pollard tie for 1st.
880 yd. run Barnes 3rd,
60 yard Low Hurdles Gardner
1st.
Broad Jump Phillips 2nd, Haw
kins 3rd.
Javelin Brettenham 2nd, La
Fleir 3rd.
Scoring Tempo
Pleases Coach
The scoring procedure in last
Saturdays second spring football
scrimmage was a complete rever
sal of the previous weeks meet
ing. Saturday, the Whites beat the
Blacks and Yellows, 42-18. The No.
1 Whites beat the Blacks, 24-18.
The No. 2 Whites beat the Yet
lows, 18-0. The previous Saturday,
all four teams could muster only
6 points.
Coach Bill Jennings seemed
pleasedwith the showing of the
boys over the previous week's
showing.
Numerous players stood out in
the game type scrimmage Satur
day. Leo George, a left halfback
on the first white team, ran 60
yards for a touchdown the second
time his club got the ball George
Cifra, top white fullback, recorded
a 43 yard jaunt. Larry Naviaux
sparked several No. 1 white drives
with lengthy, gains including one
25 yard dash to set up the final
touchdown. Quarterbacks George
Harshman and Roy Stinnett, both
veterans, each passed for a pair
of touchdowns. Backs were not the
only ones to come in for praise.
End Mike Lee and tackle Don Ol
son both former Grand Island
prepsters turned some fine defen
sive tricks. Lee also caught two
Harshman passes for TD's. Sen
iors Marling Hilding and Jerry
Peterson also turned in some fine
defensive work.
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