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Tuesday, May 21, 1957
The Daily Nebraskan
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Last Series:
Title Hopes Dim As Diamond
Squad Travels To Lawrence
By STAN WIOMAN
Edition Sports Editor
The Husker diamond crew, their
title lwpes riding on a prayer, will
The Hot
Bjr BOB
Staff Sports Writer
Since this wiH be my last column for the 195-57 school year I
would like to deviate a bit from
about baseball this time, but instead, look at the Nebraska sports
scene for next year.
Football first ...
Starting with the first fall sport
19.17. Th Huskers will be olaying
a new head coach. Bill Jennings,
head reins in Dlace of Pete Elliott.
haA nniv fair season in hi rookie
One of the big jobs for Jennings will be in replacing one of the
best forward walls in Nebraska history. Tackle Jack Fleming, guardi
Jim Murphy and LaVerne Torczon, and center Bob Berguin all re
ceive their diplomas in June and won't be around for the next
season of play. These men were
play and they did an outstanding job. Only Don Kampe, Jerry Peter
son, Marlin Hilding, and Mike Lee will be back from the starting unit.
However, Jennings also has other lettermen at these positions that
should fill in adeouatelv.
The backfield also suffered. Flashy Willie Greenlaw has used up
his college eligibility and will no longer be around to help win the ball
ramu ns he was for three years. This gap should be filled by Larry
Naviaux. who had a good sophomore year. With George Harshman,
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Jerry Brown, ana i rans nappi aiso arouuu, u piuiur uumum,
too bad.
In all it looks like the Huskers could easily have a better mark
than in 1956 but don't look for any miracles.
Basketball . . ,
The hoop sport could be one of the real question marks for the
Huskers. Jerry Bush will be without his three year star Rex Ekwall.
The Holmesville flash has used up his varsity time. Ron Parsons the
sophomore center from Cleveland may not be around and this creates
a problem at center. '
Bush will still have a good nucleus with Gary Reimers, Lyle Nan
nen, Jim Kubacki, Don Smidt and Jim Arwood returning among the
men with the most experience. Terry Howard or freshman Bob Mayo
could be big cogs in the basketball picture along with other freshmen
and returning squadsmen.
Track hopes are high . . .
The thinclads jumped from last place in 1956 to third in both the
Indoor and outdoor meets in 1957 and they will probably go even
higher in '57.
Dale Knotek, Dean Brittenham, Lee Carter, and Bob Niemann will
be the only men missing next campaign. Such stars as Keith Gardner,
Bob Elwood, Bill Hawkins, and Bill Marten will all be back for another
try. In addition, Frank Sevigne will have added some brilliant frosh to
this roster.
Leading the list will be Joe Mullins the versatile lad from Nova
Scotia. Also Mike Fleming, Ken Ash, and others will b ready for
varsity action.
Baseball also improved . . .
Tony Sharpe also should have a better baseball squad. Only Roger
Bottorff and John Beideck will be missing from the present squad.
With added experience for all members the team will definitely be
In strong contention for the conference crown. Pitchers Charles Ziegen
bein and Dwight Siebler will have added experience and should carry
the load. Jim Kane, Gene Torczon, Kubacki, Reimers, and many others
will again be on hand.
Netters also' stronger ...
The Husker tennis team that were vastly improved this year over
last should climb into conference contention. Only number five man,
Tom Stitt, will be missing from the current squad. Experience and some
fine newcomers should bolster the outlook.
Three swimmers graduate ...
Coach Hollie Lepley will have all swimmers returning except
Fred Helmsdoejfer and divers Bill Tagney and Gene Cotter. This
years long list of sophomores will lead the squad along with three two
year vets.
Wrestling and Gymnastics losses few ...
Two other sports, wrestling and gymnastics should also be im
proved. Don Straheim losses only two of this years grapplers via the
graduation route, and reserves on this seasons squad can probably
fill the gap.
Jake Geier will keep up the torrid pace in gymnastics as only
senior captain Wayne Strickler will be missing. Strickler was out
standing this year but the additional experience picked up by sopho
mores and juniors plus the addition of some top newcomers will keep
the squad on top.
And last but not least the golf squad should be improved. This
season Jery Bush didn't have too much success with his linksters but
underclassmen played large roles in the years play.
Mike McCuiston, one of the more consistent squad members, is just
a sophomore. Although they may not have a conference winner next
season the golf crew can definitely be counted on for a few victories.
Overall picture bright ...
Altogether 1957-58 should be a banner year in sports for Nebraska. It
should be one that provides some top thrills for Husker fans along with
giving rewards to the athletes in their various fields. At least, it will
definitely be worth looking forward to when you come back to school
In the fall.
We will hope for the best but win or lose the fighting Nebraska
spirit that has been witnessed this year must remain forever.
Thanks to everyone . . .
In the final few lines of this column I would like to thank sports
editor Bob Martel for the wonderful opportunities he has given me
this semester.
Also I wish to thank the entire coaching staff, plus John Bently,
Bill Orwig, and others for their help, and information.
And finally thanks to everyone on the staff of the Daily Nebraskan.
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invade Lawrence, Kansas for a
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tories in all three games before
they can even think of a title and
the college world series
Probably starting pitcher for the
single game on Tuesday is Charlie
Ziegenbein. Charlie lost to Oklaho
ma his last time out, 4-3, pitching
a beautiful two hitter. He is cur
rently sporting a 3-2 win loss rec
ord for the season.
The Husker infield slated to
start include Al Karle (if injury
is sufficiently healed) at second
base, Al Newbill or John Biedeck
at first base, Jim Kubacki or Paul
Robinson at Shortstop and Frank
Nappi at the hot corner. Gil Dunne
will step in Karle's shoes if Al's
injury, sustained while colliding
with the Sooner first baseman,
does not improve.
Nappi appears to be the most
improved man on the squad. He fi
nally hit his stride against Oklaho
ma and should be one of pie big
guns against ma turn place Kan
sas team.
The outfield will be composed of
Gary Reimers in center, Larry
Lewis in right and Gene Torczon in
left. All three have been playing
steady ball with Torczon hitting
well over .300 for the season. Lew
is was the main hitter in the last
game against Oklahoma getting 3
for 4 and driving in two runs.
Jim Kane will handle the catch
ing chores. He is close to .300 in
the batting department with 12
runs-bat ted-in.
Dwight Siebler and Roger Bot
torff will probably get the pitching
assignments for the Wednesday
double-header. Siebler pitched a
BIG SEVEN STANDINGS
Iowa SMI 10 1 .714 ...
Mlwoari S .043 1
Oklahoma . . T S .58:1 t
NKHRASE.i S 6 .571 I
Kaaua S .429 4
Kantas Blala S 10 .333 B'A
Colorado S 10 .Ml. 6',
no-hitter against the Sooners, but
lost it, 1-0 on two errors and a
walk. Bottoroff has won three
games thus far this season while
losing one.
Kansas will use their ace Hurl
er, Ray Wiley, for tha opener. He
has a 4-1 record and appears to be
the best Kansas has.
Leading the Jayhawks in the hit
ting department are Kegdy, out
field and catcher, Pfutzenreuter,
second baseman, and Trombold,
first baseman.
Shirley will be one of the pitch
ers opposing the Huskers on
Wednesday. The other h u r 1 e r
hasn't been announced.
This is the last series of the sea
son for the Big Red.
Varsity Rifle Club
Elects Officers
The Varsity Rifle Club, at its
May 17th meeting, elected the fol
lowing officers for the coming
academic year:
President, John Landers, a jun
ior in engineering. Vice-president,
Donald Bell, a freshman in Arts
and Sciences. Secretary-treasurer,
Ken Nowotny, a sophomore in En
gineering and Public information
officer, Conley Cleveland, a fresh
man in Agriculture.--
The club passed a resolution
commending Capt. Miller for his
direction of the club during the
past year. Capt. Miller will be
transferred to another post and re
signed his position as club advisor.
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BILL NORTH ... His fine ten
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All-American
From Kansas
To Attend NU
Bill Jennings has added another
fine prospect to his 1957 Corn
husker grid roster. He is Bob Dan-
niels, All-America high school cen
ter from East high school, Wichita,
Kan.
Daniels is a well-proportioned
lad. He weighs 200 pounds and
holds it with a 6-2 frame. He
led his line by gathering 27 tackles
last season against Arkansas City.
His average was 15. Daniels not
only offers his excellent defensive
ability for exploitation but he also
played with the East Baseball nine
which won the Kansas State title
in 1956.
Coaches shouldn't have to give
him too big a scholastic boost.
He is a B Student.
Iowa State
Tops Big 7
Title Chace
The time has come for diamond
mentor Tony Sharpe to wave his
magic wand if he hopes to cop
the Big Seven baseball title for
this year.
Last weekend Tony's crew lost
two tough decisions on a two
hitter and a no hitter to Okla
homa to bounce them from - the
second rung on the loop ladder
to fourth position. The three game
series ended with both Oklahoma
and Iowa State nudging the Husk
er nine down to the fourth posi
tion in the conference race . . .
but a dim chance for survival re
mains if a combination of things
should take place during the rest
of the season.
If Iowa State were to lose
their next three games to last
place Colorado, Missouri would
lose all of their games to Okla
homa, and if Nebraska were to
grab the complete series from
Kansas this week Nebraska would
be on top of the league by one
full game.
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Tennis Star:
Bill North Last Nominee
For Athlete Of The Year
By DEL RASMLSSEN
Staff Sports Writer
Bill North, rising young tennis
and swimming star for the Scar
let and Cream, has been nominated
by the Nebraskan Sports Staff for
the Athlete of the Year award for
his talents displayed in a Nebras
ka uniform in these two sports.
North, who is but a sophomore
in college, has played brilliant ten
nis for the net crew. Coach Ed
Higgenbotham has incessantly
praised the young lad from the
Capitol City for his tennis ability.
Bill North is a man that hates to
lose a match but very seldom does
he have worry about losing. North
has compiled a 14-4 overall win
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Icy winds and soaking rains last
week forced cancellation of the
double elimination stage I-M soft
ball tourney. That's the official
word from Ed Higgenbotham, di
rector of the I-M tourney.
Plans, however, have been
pushed ahead and are now under
way for the four-team All-University
tourney featuring the frater
nity white, fraternity red, quad
rangle and independent victors.
Dental College is the independ
ent winner. The DCs beat Navy
ROTC 11-8 last Friday at Ag cam
pus. In another Friday game the
Delta Upsilon nine uppered them
selves to the All-Fraternity cham
pionship with their 4-1 victory over
Alpha Gamma Sigma of the white
league.
This means there are three
teams left in All-University com
petition pending a report on last
night's Delta . Upsilon-Hitchcock
House game. The winner of that
one will face Dental College for
the big game tomorrow night.
Game time will be 5:20 at Ag
campus.
Hre is a season rundown on
the three teams which, as of last
night, were still in the competi
tion :
Delta Upsilon 13, Theta Xi. 1
l)elto Upsilon 10. Sigma Alpha Epsiion 0
yelta Upsilon 9, Alpha Gamma Hho 6
iVlta Upsilon 6, Alpha Tau Omexa 3
lfelta Upsilon 4, Alpha Gamma Sigma 1
Hitchcock 22, Benton 8 !
Hitchcock 1. Seaton II
Hitchcock 24, Gus II 2
Hitchcock 3, Manatt 0
Dental College 16, Phi Epsiion Kappa 13
Dental College 6, A Street 5.
Dental College 21, Pharmacy 2.
Dental College 11, Navy ROTC t
Prentiss Lamont has the be s t
earned run average for Iowa State
with a 1.35 figure.
Gene Lafferty has a 3-0 pitching
record for the best mark on the
Iowa State pitching staff. '
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loss record for the whole season
excluding the Big Seven Cham
pionship tennis matches, which
speaks for itself in regard to ten
nis prowess.
The Lincolnite net ace graduated
from Lincoln High School in 1955
where he first received his start
in the court game. While Bill was
in high school, he gained the honor
of being the Nebraska State High
School tennis singles champion
ship. Then he enrolled in the Uni
versity and since then has been
playing championship tennis for
the squad.
North's doubles record is al
most as striking as is his singles
mark. North has been playing in
the number three, two and one
spots for the team and has been
doubling with George Fisk, Art
Weaver and Charles Kress in the
doubles matches.
In the Big Seven Championships
matches held here last weekend,
North lost to his opponent 6-0, 6-0,
and the doubles team of North-
Weaver also lost. But with two
more years of tennis playing left,
the young North could turn into
one of the best players to don a
Gardner Is
Pointman In
Keith Gardner didn't win the
award for being the most valuable
athlete in the Big Seven confer
ence meet last week but he did
turn out number one, as usual for
the Huskers.
The Jamaican Jet scored a total
of 1V-4 points some SVi better than
sophomore Dick Jahr. Gardner
won the 120-yd. high hurdles and
finished third in the 220-yd. dash.
He also ran a leg on tha Huskers
third place relay team.
Jahr was the most pleasant sur
prise for the Huskers as he con
tributed a second in the 220 and
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Nebraska uniform.
Of course tennis is not the only
sport for which Bill won his nomi
nation for the Athlete of the Year
award. He also swam for Coach
Hollie Lepley's tank men where
he compiled a record in the water
to match his record on the courts.
Coach Lepley had junior Carl
Bodensteiner figured for his ace
in the 220 and 440-yard freestyle
events but North proved him
wrong. Carl cannot be discredited
and did grab many ribbons but it
was Bill who many times either
chased Carl to the finish line or
nosed him out for the top place
laurals. With North only a sopho
more, Hollie can breathe content
edly for the next two years. North
puts on a good performance but
always seems to get what he
wants. . . .first place.
Bill is a sophomore in the Col
lege of Business Administration
and is a member of Sigma Chi so
cial fraternity.
North is the fifth nominee for the
Athlete of the Year award for this
year. There was no award given
last year but Bruce Riley won the
trophy in 1954-55.
NU's High
Big 7 Meet
a fourth place in the 100-yd. dash.
Complete Nebraska scoring:
Keith Gardner 17 Max Kitielman 2
Dick Jahr
12
Ken Pollard
14
14
Dale Knotek .
Bill LaFleur .
Bill Hawkins
Dean Britte'aa
Bob Elwood .
8
8
4
4
2
Don Ficke . . .
Don House .
Bruce Skinner
14
14
Don Phillips
Chuck Wollast'a 1
Uni-High Ace Named
Marvin Bauer of University High
has been named to the National
Basketball All-American High
School team for 1957.
Bauer lead University High to
the finals of the state Class B
tournament and set a tournament
Class B scoring record with a 30
point outburst in the semi-finals
against Madison.
The award makes Bauer eligible
for the National High School All
ar basketball game to be played
in Hutchinson Kansas on June 14.
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