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Friday, Moy 24, 1957 TKe DatTy Neb'roskan Hitchcock Drops Thriller: Dental College All NU Champs Page 3 Dental College was crowned as All-University Softball champions early Thursday evening when they squeezed out a 4-3 win over the Hitchcock Hornets, Organized House champions. The Independent champs had to tally to win the game from Bill Lindholm who pitched fine one hit ball for the losers. Dent College picked up two tal frames to gain the decision after Hitchcock had jumped to a quick, lead. The Hornets picked up single tallies in the second and third frames. In the second, Dick Prusia singled, stole second and went to third when Lundholm re ceived a infield hit. The football center raced home on a wild throw. The second marker was scored by Jim Pike as he walked, went to second on a grounder and scored when captain Lane Birkel's ground er was bobbled. Don Blank and Mike Edwards scored two runs for the Dents in the fifth frame to tie the score. Both runs came without the aid of a bass hit. Hitchcock gained another lead In the top half of the final inning when Lundholm doubled, moved to third on a ground ball and scored when Gary Spear hit a grounder past first base. This lead was short lived as the Dents came back with two more to win the championships. Pitcher Carl Saunders started the uprising when he drew a base on balls. Then Ganow struck out and Saunders stole second. Ogden was the next batter and he got the only hit for the winners In the contest, a grounder to deep short, with Saunders moving to third. He scored the tying run when catcher Jim Arwood dropped a throw from Lundholm after Squeek Allen had grounded to the pitcher. This play was disputed by Hitch cock but,, of course, to no avail. Blank was up next with runners on second and third and he hit a sacrifice fly to leftfield sending Ogden home from third with the winning tally. Hitchcock was named Organized House champion Tuesday night when they defeated Delta Upsilon 1-0 in a pitchers battle between Lundholm and Bill Krommenhoek, of the DU's. Lundholm threw a one-hitter and struck out nine opposing batters. Krommenhoek gave up four blows in the six-inning affair. c: ; JfcA m! Husker Infield Tony Sharps will be able to count on three of the four plo- Nebraikaa Phot lured infielders for next year. Only John Beideck, first base man, will be leaving. Shown left to right are Beideck, Paul Robinson, Frank Nappi and Al Karle. Season Finished: Kansans Humble Huskers Twice; Take Over Fourth Place From NU The Kansas Jayhawks swept a three-game series from the Ne braska Combuskers this week to Five Nominated: Daily Nebraskan Athlete-Oi-TheYear Award Goes To Basketball Star Ekvjall Rex Ekwall, three year letter man on the Cornhusker basketball team, is The Athlete-of-the-Year chosen by the Daily Nebraskan EportsStaf f. He won the award over four other highly regarded athletes who include: Bill North, Jerry Brown, Keith Gardner and Wayne Strickler. "Mr. Basketball", as he is known on the campus, finished his three years in a blaze of glory totaling 307 points for the season and set ting a new all-time Husker scoring record of 854 markers. Jim Bu chanan held the previous record Of 821 poults set in 1950-51-52. Scoring represents only one side of the Ekwall picture. He led his team in rebounds all thre years and was voted the team's outstand ing basketball player in the sea sons 1955-56 and 56-57. His hustle and team spirit can't be overlooked either. There were many times when Rex appeared to have an easy shot but passed off to a teammate. Typical Ekwall hustle was shown early in the season against Wisconsin. Two men were bearing down on Jim Kubacki and appeared to be go ing in for an easy basket. At just the right moment, Rex came rush ing down the floor. He leaped through the air, deflected the ball and went crashing into the crowd behind the basket. The 6' 4" sharpshooter finished eighth in Big Seven scoring and points-per-game last season. He was also one of the conference's V'..: i Jr. C5 it J I top rebounders consistantly taking the ball away from the much tall er men he played against. His coach for all three years, Jerry Bush, has commented many times that Rex was one of the eas iest men to handle that he ever saw. When Bush installed him as a starter three years ago, he did it with these words, "No one has a starting position on this club ex cept Ekwall. He is a sure thing." Bush's faith in Rex has never been shaken since that day. The faith his teammates placed in him did not go unnoticed either. Last season Rex became the first Husk er basketballer ever to be elected captain by the team as a whole and he rewarded this faith by be ing the team's leader and inspir ation in almost every game this year. During his junior and senior years, he made several All Big Seven teams and received All American honorable mention. In fact, most of his basketball days have been filled with honors. He played his high school ball in the little town of Holmesville. He was good enough then to be on the reserve team as an eighth grader. In his last three years, the team lost only three games. These came in the district play off so Rex never got a chance to play in the state tournament. He did lead his team in scoring and was chosen by both the Omaha and Lincoln papers to the Class D All State team. At the conclusion of the season, Rex was named the recipient of the Joe T. Brown memorial award for outstanding sportsmanship and general all-around team play. He was presented this award by Mrs. Brown during the state high school basketball tournament. One week later, Rex was notified of his being named to the West team for the Shriners benefit game to be held in Kansas City. He scored four points and played a fine game in helping the West to an upset victory over the East. Rex's basketball days are not yet over as he plans to play in the National Industrial League, the top amateur league in the coun try. There is no apparent reason why he shouldn't be one of the sparkplugs for his future team, just as he was during his three year tenure with the Husker Hoop sters. Rex is the second recipient of this award, Bruce Riley having won it in 1955 for gymnastics. No award was given last year. Rex will receive a trophy and have his name engraved on a plaque which hangs in the N Club room. The award will be presented to him at the Nebraskan luncheon today by sports editor, Bob Martel. clinch a fourth place finish in the' league standings for the 1957 sea son. The Jayhawks could finish as high as a tie for the third slot in the loop standings with Oklahoma depending on the outcome of this weekend's games. Nebraska's only hitting power was contributed by Reimers and Kane who belted a double and a triple respectively. Nebraska's lone run was pushed in by Biedeck, the first baseman. Nebraska's first effort failed miserably when the Huskers could gather but five scattered hits off Kansan pitcher Miller. The best fruitless effort the Huskers could manage in this game was a double by Frank Nappi and four other scattered hits. The Huskers, how ever, could not collect any hitting in one inning and fell to the Jay hawks 3-2. The victories pushed Kansas Dawson High Man: NU Rifle Team Has Successful Season Success. That's the word for the 1957 NU rifle team which has just hung up its jacket and gloves. Take a look at the accomplishments this season. The ROTC boys collected 15 in dividual medals in opening com petition at the East Kansas Gal lery match. The Huskers took par ticular pride in Ron Dawson "vlio scored 392 points out of a possible 400, just one point off the national match was the NRA Inter Collegiate Sectional at Grand Is land where they scored 1404 out of 1500 for second place. The Big Seven rifle champion ships saw them do even better as they downed 1888 points out of 2000 for a third place cup. Team members brought home five indi vidual medals and Ron Dawson again scored high and was given third in individual scoring, honors as "All Big Seven" rifle man, and a nomination for Ail-American. Next meet saw NU place second out of 14 teams and net a gain of 17 individual medals. Ten mid western teams entered the Fourth Annual Invitational which Nebras ka sponsored. Nebraska rounded out the season by placing third out of 52 in the annual Fifth Army Postal match. This high finish enabled them to become one of the top ten teams in the nation, which automatically qualified them for the National Collegiate match for the first time in history. Results for this meet have not yet been posted. Captain R. Miller, coach for the ROTC team, expects an even more prosperous record next year. H uses this year as a promising prediction- ahead of the Huskers in the con ference standings with a 7-5 won loss rating. The Huskers moved down the ladder to fifth position with an 8-9 season mark, putting them ZVi games off the leading pace presently being set by the Iowa State Cyclones. By clinching a tie for the fourth position in the loop the Jayhawks also assured themselves of win ning the 1956-57 Big Seven all sports title. The Kansas athletes should gran the crown without a doubt from the Oklahoma Sooners who have kept the trophy for the last 11 years in a row. No one has come near the award but the Soon ers since the Iowa State Cyclones headed the list in all-sports in 1945. Kansas has 30 points in the all sports tabulations while the Soon ers have reaped 31 points in their best effort. Low score wins the coveted crown. SUMMER STUDENTS We have Summer Part Time Jobs available NOW! These jobs are in our food service department and for from 1 2-20 hrs. per week. Also -We have a week's work for anyone wanting to stay over until June 17 th. Apply Room 1 Student Union Mr. Bennett 1 y A Strictly . y J i. .. .ft t , md Star Sportstalk By BOB MARTEL Sports Editor It's all over but the memory .... Another school year has bitten the dust and sports fans are already talking about next year. In his column, earlier this week, Bob Wirz gave us a rundown on what to expect next season. In addition to the changes on the local scene, the conference title will probably change from the Big Seven to the Big Eight. The addition of Oklahoma A&M will definitely help the league. Although not a football powerhouse, the Aggies will strenghten the league in basketball and the other sports. Congratulation to. Hank Iba and welcome aboard. Diamond crew finishes sadly .... Although the Husker baseball team finished its season in sad fashion by dropping a three game series to Kansas, it still provided the campus baseball fans with plenty of fine action. Chuck Ziegenbein and Dwight Siebler were outstanding on the mound. Siebler pitched a no hit no run ball game last weekend only to find himself on the losing side of a 1-0 contest. We would also like to single out Jim Kane for his fine backstopping again this season. Jim played steady baseball for the Cornhuskers and was truly a team leader. Looking Back .... At this time last year, Pete Elliott's name was prominent on these sports pages. Bill Orwig had snared the All American boy right out of Bud Wilkinson's camp and Husker football fans were looking forward to big things. A year later here we are with another new football coach and in exactly the same spot as last year. We are confident, however, that Bill Jennings will be with us for many seasons. A more capable man we've never had. It's a tough job to keep the "O" Street gang happy, Bill, but remember, we, the Nebraska students are behind you 100. Bauer to Lincoln .... Ex-Nebraska gridder Art Bauer has been named to head coaching position at Northeast High School. He will replace Bud Galloway, who has been moved up to director of intramurals and activities. Art lettered in football in 1945, 1949 and 1950. Last paragraph .... This being my last paragraph of copy as sports editor, I would like to use the space to thank everyone for their help during the past semester. My very special thanks to Bill Orwig, John Bentley, Clark Gibbs, the coaches and my staff; Stan Widman, Bob Wirz, Del Rasmussen and Mike Lough. I'll see you all at the Washington State game on September 21. SIMPSON MOTOR IMPORTS 1819 "O" Street Lincoln. Nebraska Sales and Service for the Incomparable "VOLKSWAGEN" Presented By Jim E. Lewis, Campus Representative 3256 Holdrege Delta Sigma Pi Tel. $-1377 OVER WOlPS OF KNOWLEDGE This stack of books, previously shown in an earlier issue of the Daily Nebraskan, represents but a portion of books currently being pack ed for shipment overseas. We know these books, containing so many words of knowledge, will help implant our American ideals and Democratic philosophies with our distant neighbors. It is through such potential markets, as this, in addition to our normal market of the whole U.S., that our organization is being recognized as an international textbook jobber. Thus our ability to buy and sell more book titles serves as an asset to students at the University of Nebraska. Not only can 30 to 50 of each dollar be saved on the purchase of used books but, for reasons stated above, We are able to PAY MORE FOR USED BOOKS. (eAz BOOK STORE . We know there are oyer 50,000 books, averaging oyer 300 pages, each one's over 300 words per page ?