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Tuesday, May 7, 1957
Ekwall Receives Mention:
Jerry Brown Honored
As JC Athlete of Year
By STAN WIDMAN
Staff Sports Writer
Jerry Brown, Cornhusker foot
ball star, was named the outstand
ing Amateur Athlete of the Year
by the Nebraska Junior Chamber
of Commerce at its annual meeting
held in Scottsbluff, Sunday.
The 5-10, 210 pound fullback was
awarded a certificate and a travel
ing trophy.
Jerry received his award for out
standing play during the last foot
ball season which saw him finish
third on the Big-Seven rushing
charts and his selection on every
body's All-Conference team. He
carried the ball 129 times and
gained 693 yards for a per-carry
average of 5.3 yards. In his 129
thrusts, he lost a total of only 8
yards. He received national recog
nition last fall finishing 17th
among college rushers. The only
two Big-Seven ball carriers to fin
ish ahead of the 21 year-old jun
ior from Minden were Oklahoma's
touchdown twins, Clendom Thomas
and Ail-American Tommy McDon
ald. Even though opposing teams
were laying for him every game,
he still outrushed and outshown
three other outstanding fullbacks
in the conference John (The
Beast) Bayuk of Colorado, Homer
Floyd of Kansas and Billy Pricer
of Oklahoma.
In his first year as a Husker
regular, Jerry volunteered to play
guard when injuries hit the for
ward wall. Last year, Pete Elliott
put back in his familiar fullback
slot where he caused mayhem
among several university football
lines. It was rare sight when less
than three men were able to bring
him down to the ground.
Next fall, Jerry will be playing
under his third coach in as any
years, having played for Bill tuass
ford as a sophomore. This spring,
he was forced to miss practice be
cause of a knee operation following
a mid-season injury. Jerry reports
that his knee is healing very satis
factorily and that he should have
no trouble getting into shape next
fall.
Jerry did his high school playing
at Minden. He was an All-State
selection his junior year and would
have been a repeat in his senior
year had he not broken an ankle
at the first of the season.
He competed in the state track
meet four years and played two
years of basketball.
Jerry's extra-curricular activi
ties include membership in the
Varsity Men's Glee Club where he
is the owner of a very fine barf
tone voice and a member of the
N Club.
""One of Jerry's major interests
at the present time is Hie Fellow
ship of Christian Athletes. He may
attend the organizations second an
nual encampment at Estes Pak
this summer.
"I think it Is a tremendousor
ganization which can be very in
fluential on the youth of ouroun
try," Jerry said. "I think tHs FCA
program should be er rJhasized
much more by coaches."
Jerry is the son of Mr And Mrs.
Harry Brcwn of Mindy. He is a
The Hot
By BOB
Sports Staff Writer
Yanks at home ... .
Did anything look familiar In the American League standings Mon
day morning? Something should have. The New York Yankees were
back in their familiar position position following their sweep of a three
game series from the high flying Chicago White Sox.
The three wins gives the Yankees a 12-5 season record while the
Pale Hose have a 11-5 mark. All of this has been accomplished despite
the face that several members of the squad are not playing as well as
usual. ,. .
Catcher Yogi Berra is one of the slow starters. Yogi was hitting
under the .200 mark going into the series. However, his clutch hitting
helped win the series.
Whitey Ford was not around long. The top pitcher on the squad
has a 2-0 record but hasn't been able to finish his last three starts be
oe of on inflamed muscle in his shoulder.
Leftfield spot is still open. Tony Kubek looked good there for a few
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McDougald underrated ... .
Some of the playrs are up to their usual tricks. Mickey Mantle
is in the top ten batters in the league although below yast year's pace.
Billy Martin and Moose Skowron are also playing good ball.
Another young man by the name of Gil McDougald has been one
of the more consistent stars int he first three weeks of play. Gil, -as
iV usual, is tough m tne nem ana ai
one of the most unaerratea piayers in we uig jcaguco.
about 150 games each season and can play any of the infield positions
really well except first base and he probably wouldn't hesitate to try
it there. , ., . .
McDougald's .284 lifetime batting average doesn t quite prove his
worth to the club. In last year's pennant drive the 28-year-old star hit
.311 and socked 13 home runs most of them in clutch situations.
Ho u,a fnrr-ed tn sit out 30 eames last season and during this time
the Yankees had one of thir poorer
like Gil McDougald he would have absolutely no worries or does he
anyway. It would be no surprise to me to see the New Yorkers go all
the way and remain on top for every day in the current campaign.
May 5 could have been very important in the 1957 pennant race in the
American League.
Back to the team .. .
Casey, however, attributes his early success to his pitching staff.
He says we just aren't hitting at all. Once again some new men have
helped the cause. Art Ditraar and Bobby Shantz both acquired from
Kansas City in a winter trade have looked renl good in frequent ap
pearances. Johnny Kucks, Don Larsen and Tommy Byrne also have
looked good on the mound.
Carey Improves ...
Another good sight this spring with New York has been third base
man Andy Carey. The hot corner man has had to win his job every
spring since joining the team in 1953. The main reason for this has
been his weak hitting. This spring Carey has been hitting the ball
hard to all fields and apparently will again go most of the way at
third for Stengel. .
At any rate there should be no reason for alarm in the Yankee
camp because some one isn't doing his job or is injured. Casey will
find some one to do the job and for some reason he will do it well.
There is still room for surprise by another team and the National
League picture is not quite as clear. But that's all till next week when
possibly we will switch to the NL and hash over their problems a little
bit.
physical education major and plans
to enter the coaching field upon
graduation.
He received the award over nine
other nominees. They include Joe
American Horse of Gordon, Rex
Ekwall, a fellow Cornhusker, El
mer Trail of McCook Junior Col
lege, Bill Hawkins, another NU
man, Tom Sheldon of Lexington,
Athletes Chosen
For Innocents
Saturday afternoon thirteen Uni
versity of Nebraska men were
tackled announcing' their election
Courtesy Lincoln Journal
ART WEAVER
as new members of Innocents So
ciety, senior men's hornorary ac
tivity society. Among the thirteen
were two men active in athletics
on campus.
Art Weaver and Don Smidt were
chosen for their leadership, schol
arship and service.
Weaver is a junior letterman on
Ed Higginbotham's tennis squad.
He is now playing in the number
two position and has done a fine
job throughout the early part of
this campaign. He will be active
today in Omaha when the Husker
net squad visits Creighton Univer
sity. Called one of the nicest guys on
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Prepsters Recognized
Forty-seven of the 1957 numeral
awards made to high school ath
letes were announced today by
Coach Frank Sevigne of the Uni
versity of Nebraska. These ath
letes were honored:
Firth Clifford Weber, halt blue; Karl
Hartman. half blue; Norman Heitbrink,
full blue; Kenneth Buis, full blue;
Hebron Mel Harmon, full blue; Cecil
Chamberlain, full blue.
Humboldt Don Gould, half blue; Ray
Hartung, half blue; Ron Shaw, half blue.
Hickman Rolla Schmutte, half blue
Heminjford Kenny Horstman, full blue;
Dale Wood, full blue; Delbert Wyland,
full blue; Earl Lllteras, full blue; Jim
Wood, half blue; Jerry Overstreet, half
blHay Sprlngs-Claik Cilek, full blue;
Gene Blair, full blue.
Hardy Dick Leigh, half blue.
Harrisburg Ward McGowan. full blue;
Cary Rhors, full blue; Jim Stauffer, half
Loomia Dean Nelaon. full blue;
rwdxr. half blue; Dennia Nelson
Glen
, full
Wl'up City, Larry Janda, full blue-
Mitchell-Larry Ryan, half blue Tom
Herman, full blue; Roy rulton, full blue;
Larry Glanakoi, full blue.
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records. If Stengel had nine men
Bill Englehart of Omaha Univer
sity, Donald Vyhnalek of Doane
College, Bob Gibson of Creighton
University, and Dick Place of Ne
braska City. All will receive hon
orable mention certificates.
Presenitng the award! to Brown
was Ted Sheperd of Lincoln, State
Chairman of the Outstanding Ama
teur Athlete Award committee.
the squad by teammates, Art has
been a consistent winner.
In addition to his tennis activity,
Courtesy Lincoln Star
DON SMIDT
Weaver has been secretary, pres
ident and treasurer of the All-University
fund. He is also a member
of N Club and Phi Delta Theta.
Smidt from Helena, Montana, is
a two year letterman on Jerry
Bush's basketball team. Smidt was
a starter in both his sophomore and
junior years. Don has always been
a good rebounder and scores heav
ily at times. ,
The good-looking athlete was
born at Hastings and spent the
early part of his life in the Nebras
ka town.
Smidt's other activities include:
N Club, Delta Upsilon, and he was
crowned 1956-57 Prince Kosmet.
Nebraska School for Deaf Dick Slmnz,
half blue; Joe Schmltz, full blue; Anton
Wajda. full blue;' Cliff Rentschler, full
blue.
Palisade Lee Abbobl, half blue; Mike
Mahar, full blue.
Wymore Clark Mallam, full blue; Ken
neth Shane, half blue; Don Longwell, half
blue; Werner Lienemann, full blue; Larry
Wood, full blue; Butch Miller, half blue;
Mike Donovan, half blue; Don McKeever,
full blue; Larry Brown, full blue; Dave
Phillipi, full bue; Roger Herman, half
blue.
Chemical Society
Features McKetta
Dr. John McKetta Jr., professor
of chemical engineering at the Uni
versity of Texas, will address the
monthly meeting oft he Nebraska
section of the American Chemical
Society today at 7:30 p.m. at
Avery Laboratory.
His topic will be: "How the
Chemical Engineers Do Their
Work."
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Gridder Receives Award
JERRY BRAWN Shown above
is the Husker fullback as he
looked to many opposing play
ers. Jerry received the Out
New Music Officers
Connie Berry will serve as presi
dent of Phi Sigma Iota national
professional music honorary, for
1957-58.
Darrina Turner will act as vice
president, and Arused Ulner will
be secretary treasurer.
Husker Mounders
Charlie Ziegenbein, Bob Gleason.
and Roger Bottorff (shown left to
right) maintain the nucleus of the
Nebraska baseball team. The three
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standing Amateur Athlete of the
Year award given by the Ne
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Tennis Sauad Faces
Attempt To Reach .500 Mark
Nebraska's tennis team will try
to get back on the winning side!
d the ledger this afternoon whenopened their season All-Sports
sible for the Huskers second posi-
tion in the Big Seven loop baseball
standings. Ziegenbein and Bottorff
are upholding the southpaw chores
assigned to them while Gleason has
been chucking superb ball with his
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Cinder Clash Today:
Huslcers Travel To Ames
To Meet Iowa State
By JIM COURTNEY
Staff Sports Writer
After nipping the Kansas State
Wildcats in a dual meet, the Uni
versity of Nebraska Cornhuskers
travel east today to advance their
outdoor standings in the Big Seven
Conference. The harriers move to
Ames, Iowa in hopes to gain an
outdoor cinder victory over the
Iowa State Cyclones.
Last year the Huskers met the
Cyclones only once previous to the
Big Seven meet in a triangular
meet with Nebraska, Colorado, and
Iowa State. In that contest the
Cyclones smothered the Huskers
with a 664-40 victory with Colo
rado finishing in the second slot
with a 55 point total.
This year in indoor competition
the Husker cinder crew gained a
partial revenge by disgracing the
Iowa State squad with a 74-30 vic
tory. Today the Huskers will be at
tempting to avenge further the de
feat handed to the Sevigne crew
last year in the- outdoor contest.
When the results are tabulated the
Sevigne mentored crew will prob
ably have accomplished the task
they set out to perform.
The first of the Husker hopefuls
is point getter Keith Gardner. The
Jamaican Jet who was unbeaten
in indoor sprint and hurdle com
petition and has added many vic
tories to his list of firsts in outdoor
competition thus far in the season
will be racing in the springs today
with a very probable chance to
sweep the events. Gardner is rated
as one of the greatest all-around
stars ever to attend Nebraska.
I they travel to Omaha and a re-
turn engagement with Creighton
Nebraskan Phole
his right. Nebraska now rests in
second place with a 5-3 conference
record one and one-half games be
hind the league leading Missouri
boasting an 8-3 mark.
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Bob Elliott, Husker ace distahct
man will be in contention for tht
mile and two-mile events. Bob
owns the mile mark of 4:25.1 set
last year by him and should very
easily slim that time down for a
rewriting of the records in that
event. Elwood, originally from
Iowa, is also bidding for the two
mile time of 9:31.9 today. Elliott
will have a strong bid irom the
Iowa ranks of distance stars in
the personages of Ken Nimmo and
Frank Jolly,
Phil Delavan and Ralph Yoder,
the greatest weight combination in
Iowa history, are favored in the
discus and shot put events although
Dean Brittenham, Bill Lafleur,
and Al Rosen will be putting their
best effort in their weight special
ties and should easily reap pointa
for the Nebraska crew.
The 880-yard run is another event
that will bring strong assault from
Knolly Barnes and Al Meyer of
Iowa State.. The mark in that run
now stands at 1:56.2 but after the
competition is over it should be
erased by one of the two competi
tors. The high jump mark of 6 feet 3V4
inches set by Stewart of Iowa
State last year is another record
that may esaily fall through efforts
supplied by the stellar perform
ance of Nebraska's Dale Knotek.
The cinderman should, if he jumps
with his usual consistency, erase
that record with a leap of 6 feet 4
inches. '
The meet will get underway at
3 p.m. when the weight events ini
tiate the action. The running event
will commence at 3:30 p.m.
Creighton;
Day with a 9-0 win over the Blue
jays.
Since that time Nebraska ha
won three matches rd dropped
four so they need another win to
stay above the .500 mark.
Bill North currently is leading
the Huskers with a 13-3 individual
record for the season. This includes
his singles and doubles record.
North, also a swimming star,
gained the lone Husker victory in
the last outing against . Kansas
State.
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