Tuesday, Nov. 1, 1960
The Nebraskan
Nebraska
Fans For
Mentor
Football
Blames
Failures
Nebraska coach Bill Jen
nings Monday blamed Ne
braska fans and the press
for Nebraska's football mis
fortunes. - "Our boys haven't had any
thing good said about them
since the Minnesota game.
This hurts kids, it cuts down
their desire," Jennings said.
"The effort has been there
by our football team," Jen
nings added, "But I dont
know how to keep everybody
up week after week under
these circumstances.
"All good teams, whether
in high school or college,
have to have great backing.
Our boys get a pat on the
back one week and the next
week nobody will talk to
them.
"I think we're going down
hill and 99 per cent of it is
our, problem. But I think one
per cent of it is the problem
of other people. That's why
we tell cur players not to
read the newspapers and not
to listen to anyone.
"This state can't ever be
really great in anything. It's
just too thinly populated." i
"Our football team is about
as good as anything else
we're trying to do in this
area.
"I have been asked how
I feel about the Nebraska
coaching job. I always say
that I'm not worried, it's just
like life, you know you're not
going to get out alive.
"If we are ever going to
accomplish anything, we
must hang together, east and
west. But we seem to be just
like the world and are always
fighting each other. ,
"I criticize our players and
Meet The Husker Frosh
Portee Ranks Neat
With 4:14 Mile
Top
Clocking
By Janet Sack
, One of the most promising
freshmen distance runners
at Nebraska in years is John
Portec.
Portee, whose 4:14.6 mile
rates him third in the nation,
has been running for the past
four and one-half years. As
a freshman at Irvington
Tech, a suburb of Newark,
N.J., Portee "just went out
for track." His times of 5:42,
5:03, 4:47, and 4:45 were not
too impressive.
At the beginning of the
cross country season in his
junior year, he joined the
Central Jersey Track Club.
"This was the best thing 1
could have done because my
times began to Improve rap
idly," Portee said.
Through the track club
Portee was introduced to
cross country. In his first
iross country meet he took
ninth place against college
competition. Later that sea
son Portee went on to place
15th in the state cross coun
try meet.
During the indoor season
he started running better.
Portee ran and won several
handicap meets in New York
City. In the New Jersey
State Indoor Meet he took
second in the mile with a
4:33. j
During the first outdoor
meet of the season, Portee
posted a 4:35 mile. As the
season progressed he turned
in faster times of 4:33 and
thn 4:31.
Second Fastest
At the Invitational Mile
Run at Passaic, N.J. he ran
the mile in the good time of
4:20 2. With this time Portee,
a? a junior, became the sec
ond fastest runner ever to
run the mile in New Jersey.
A week later at the New
Jersey State Outdoor Meet
he placed first in Group 3
with a 4:25.2 mil.
In July before h i s senior
year, Portee ran in the AAU
Junior Nationals in Bangor,
Maine. He placed third with
a 4:19 mile. This was "the
best mile time in the New
England States for a high
school boy.
Through the Central Jersey
Track Club, in his senior
year, Portee ran cross coun
try. In a five mile cross
country AAU dual with Seton
nail University, he p 1 a c e d
first with a 26:01.
Since Irvington Tech didn't
have a cross country team
Portee asked the school for
ocrmiSR;,n to run for the
Central Jersey Track Club
in the Seton Hall Prep Invi
tational Cross Country Meet.
Over that two and one-half
mile course, ha won by 50
ninth. A day later in the
New Jersey State AAU Cross
Country Meet over a five
mil course, he won by 50
yards in 25:17.
A week later at the New
Jersey State 'Cross Country
Meet over two and one-half
hmiles, Portee again took first
m Group 3 with a 12:54.
Sets Record
Porte started the 1960 in
door season off on the right
foot. In the first meet in
New York City, he ran a
4:24 mile, breaking the meet
record.
The following week Porte
went to New York City for
another meet tut was dis
qualified because he had run
a toad race after the indoor
season had started. During a
fight between the newspapers
in New York Citv and New
"Jersey, the rule that had
disqualified him was proved
to be just a New York City
rule It couldn't apply to
Portec because he was from
New Jersey.
Several weeks later Portee
was allowed to run in the St.
Francis Meet in New York
CHy. His time was 4:25. His
times were getting progres
sively slower because of a
virus. At the New York Uni
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versrty meet Portee took first
in 4:2t. '
Then at the State Indoor
Meet in the Jersey City
Armory, Portee won the mile
by 100 yards in 4:27.8. He
broke the state record, but
the virus was making him
weaker and necessarily
slower.
In the High School Junior
Nationals, with the virus al
most too much for him, Por
tee took fifth in the mile.
This was the first time he
was defeated in indoor com
petition in his senior year.
Ineligible to compete, for
Irvington Tech during' the
outdoor season because he
turned 19, Portee ran all his
outdoor meets for the Cen
tral Jersey Track Club.
Half-Miler
- If an 80 special in Jersey
City, Portee placed fourth
with a 1:56 against Tom
Murphy, who took first. This
was the first half-mile Portee
ever ran in competition.
A week later in another
830 special against Tom Mur
phy, he placed third with a
1:54.7 This time was his
best half-mile up to this
point.
In June, 1960, in Chatham,
N.J, Portee ran in the Jun
ior Olympic Invitational mile
run. 1b winning this vent fn
4": 14.6 Portee became the
fastest New Jersey high
school student ever to ran
the mile. This 4:14.6 placed
him as the third best high
school miler in the nation.
The day following the ree
ora DreaKing mile, he ran
the New Jersey State AAU
mile m the rain in 4:20.
For the next several weeks
Portee went to Philadelphia,
Pa., for meets. His mile
times were 4:18 and 4:19. In
an 880 race in Philadelphia,
Portee ran the best half-mile
in his career, 1:54.3, even
though he placed third.
The slender six-footer from
New Jersey said, "Some of
what I have learned came
from books, other runners,
and coaches. I think the Cen
tral Jersey Track Club and
its members helped develop
me more than anything else."
Now, as a freshman at
Nebraska, Portee has broken
the unofficial freshman cross
country record. Over a two
mile course, Portee with a
9:34 8, broke the old record
of 9:36 held by Joe Mullins.
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Union Bowling
Tournament Set
Sunday Evening
A Scotch doubles bowling
tournament will be held in the
Student Union at 8 p.m. Sun
day, according to Ron Gould,
tournament committee chairman.
Each team will include one
boy and one girl with each
member rolling alternate
ivn :
uaus aim hul alternate
frames. The score for each
team Will be kept on the
same line just as if one per
son were bowling alone.
The tourney will be limited
to 16 teams and the deadline
for registering is 5 p.m. Fri
day. Entrants may sign up
at the games area of the Un
ion by paying a fee of one
dollar per couple.
Free refreshments w i 1 1 be
served and the first and sec
ond place teams will receive
trophies, Gould said.
Folk Baliadeer
GEORGE AUXANOfR
Conductor-Composer
OUSTAVE HACNSCHEK
"Concert or Orchestra
Americana"
The "New World Smoen"
Pershing Municipal
Auditorium
our team in private, but I
won't stand up here and crit
icize them in public because
I know they tried."
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Sports Signals
By Hal Brown
. Nebraska football coach Bill Jennings' blast yester
day at the fans of the state and the press as the cause of
Husker football misfortunes is about as far off base as
the Huskers head man could get. t
.. Most people will agree that something is lacking in
the Nebraska football team, but why blame the fans and
the press? Why don't you look m your
house, Coach Jennings, before you start
blasting the fans of the state?
Nebraska fans have supported the
football team better than most states
would under similar circumstances.
Fans have nearly filled the stadium for
every home game this year despite a dis
appointing and completely boring type of
football.
This corner can see no basis for Jen
nings criticism when 30,000 or more fans ,
turn out to watch the type of football he
coaches game after game. Even with Saturday's rain
more than 30,000 were in the stands at kickoff time.
What would Jennings do if he were in a place like
Minnesota or Ohio State where the fans and press actu
ally do persecute the coaches for failure to produce
. winners? He would not last a's long as he has at Nebraska
if he were coaching at several other schools in the coun
try. Jennings blames the fact that no one has said any
thing good about the players since the Minnesota game
as a reason for the troubles.
Desire Hurt
I doht feel that this hurts the players desire and
spirit nearly as much as having Archie Cobb off the
bench and warming up as soon as the Huskers gain pos
session. What effect does this have on the players when
they see a punter coming off the bench before they even
have a chance to move the ball. It can hardly be any
thing but demoralizing,
' How does Jennmgs expect to build poise and confi
dence in the players when he punts on third down from
inside the opponents 35-yard line? Yes, Bill, this corner
feels the fault with not being able to get desire in the
players lies with you and not with the fans or the press.
How do the backs feel when they are asked to run
into eight and nine-man lines for two plays and then see
the punter trotting onto the field for a third-down kick?
What happened to the ball control type of game that
Jennings said the Huskers were going to play. Jennings
stated before the season that Nebraska was going to con
trol the ball, but the closest they have corns to playing
ball control Is when they are warming up.
This corner does not blame the players because w
think the potential is there if they just had an opportun
ity to use it and Jennings hasn't given them this chance.
Bernie Clay was touted as an equal to aH-American J.
C. Caroline when he was at Illinois, but he hasn't had a
chance here.
Pat Clare was a top high school back in Iowa and
was given a hard rush by such football powers as Notre
Dame. Yes, Notre Dame was a power then. In the Ne
braska offense, Clare has not a chance to display his
running speed.
Thornton was the outstanding back in Ohio, but since
coming to Nebraska he has been hampered by the con
tinual running of plays straight into eight and nine-man
lines.
Lone Bright Spot
About the only bright spot in the Husker grid picture
is that Bobby Reynolds played in the early 1950s and not
in the past four seasons because it is very doubtful if he
would have been an all-American m an offense such as
Nebraska is using.
Jennings is not doing justice to the material he has on
the squad. I will go along with the thought that Jennings
is an outstanding recruiter, but he has not used the ma
terial to its best advantage after recruiting it.
Jennings talks about having trouble getting the
players in a mood to win with the constant criticisms.
If Jennings showed a little of the anger and fire on
the football field that he displays at Monday noon lunch
eons, maybe the Huskers would have a little more desire.
The next time something happens on the field that isn't
in favor of Nebraska, why don't you do something besides
pulling your hat down over your bead and look at the
ground, Bill?
Nebraska hasn't had & winning season since BiH
Glassford coached the Huskers to a 6-5 mark in 1954 and
Nebraska fans certainly deserve better than this. Jen
nings has had four years now and if he can't produce
something better than he is producing, it is time to start
looking elsewhere.
If Jennings doesn't think the state is giving him a fair
shake, he knows where the airport and the train depot are
and I doubt if there are many Nebraskans who would be
unhappy to see him go.
Pioneer, Naiberk
Win Horseshoes
Pioneer Co-op captured the
All-University championship
trophy in horseshoe singles
and Eldon Naiberk, Alpha
Tau Omega, won the All
University championship by
defeating runner-up Ray
mond Grandon, Pioneer Co
op.
Runner-up to Pioneer is
Alpha Tau Omega. Theta Xi
was third, Phi Delta Theta
fourth, and Beta Theta Pi,
fifth.
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Thornton Leads Husker
Rushers; Clare Second
Thunder Thornton moved
into the lead in Nebraska
rushing statistics after seven
games with a 4.2 yard aver
age on 322 yards in 77 car
ries. Pat Clare, who carried the
ball only once against Mis
souri, is second to Thornton
with a 4.1 mark. Clare has
gained 110 yards on 27 plays.
Pat Fischer is third with 293
yards on 74 plays, an average
of four yards per play.
Fischer is the leader in
total offense with 436 yards
in 101 plays. John Faiman
has . completed eight of 14
passes for 105 yards and a
percentage of .571. Ron
Meade has hit four of 7 for a
.571 mark also.
Nebraska Statistics
7 Games
Nelireeka
SO First dowrw sWnf ...
It Firet downs paseinf . . .
4 First downs penalties
6 Total first downs ...
1166 Yards fained roshinc
180 Yards lost rushing
Opponents
W
...... 22
......
...... M
147S
107
86 Net yds. rained rushing...... 1371
249 Rushing plays 389
3.3 Average gain rushing ....... 3 5
49 Passes attempted ....., 76
19 Passes completed 36
7 Passes had ditercepted ...... 6
IM Yards gained passing ........ 445
6.7 Average gain passing ...... ft s
343 Total offensive Plays ........ 465
1266 Net yards gained ........... 1816
3.6 Average gala per play ...... 8.9
40 Fonts ......... 37
ISM Punting average ........... tf.. 1JS0
MS Punting average ............. 37.3
27 Penalties S3
265 Penalty yardage ,....... 316
25 Fomhlcs 17
14 Fumbles lost ..................
Carried Oeia test Net Art.
Thornton .... 77
Clare 27
Fischer 74
Dyer 7
White ........ 'Zi
Dillard 15
Clay ........ 38
Powers ...... 4
Martin ...... 4
Ward ........ 4
Meade ....... 17
Faiman ..... 11
325
111
351
27
34
74
126
4
7
28
34
5
17
34
51
322
H6
2M
27
80
57
116
9
2
1
4.2
4.1
4.0
3.9
S.t
38
3.1
1.3
5
O.S
14 wo.7
17 1.5
PASSINW
Att. Cemv. Pet.
.14 .571
. 7 4 .571
. 27 7- .259
. 1 .O0
On TO 1st.
105 1
M i
143 1 S
Faiman
Meade .
Fischer
Dyer ...
Neb. T. 49 19 .38 28 I
Opp. rot. W 38 .474 445 i
TOTAL OFFEW5E
. Plays Gained Av
riBvirer .....,.,, 101 436
TJiornton ................ 77 322
Clare .................... 27 no
Wh'te Ji 80
Uiliard .,...,.,. 3 57
Faimin .......,...(.. 25 . 8
Dyer .....,.....,..., r s 27
vlay . .............,.... 24 116
Powers ........,....,.. 9
Meade ..,,,,... 24 it
Martin ....,.,.,,,.,,,. 4 J
Werd v...............,.. 4 1
42
4.1
38
!i
ii
08
0.5
s
Neb. tot. ....,..... J4 1WW 3
Opp. tot, 463 1816 8.9
Hinting
Ne, Yds. Ave. Blk
............ 3 1511 39 8 O
............ X SB 31.0
........... I 008 1
Col
Clare
Team
Neb. Tt.
Opp. Tet.
299
389
1168
1478
189
107
1371
It
35
Senii-final
Play Begins
In Football
Ten intramural tournament
football games have been
played as of last Friday.
Last Tuesday Canfield
tripped Smith 19-6 and Fain-
field won by forfeit over Seat-
on I 1-0.
Wednesday, Phi Gamma
Delta, undefeated in league
play, lost to Cornhusker 7-6,
Sigma Alpha Mu topped Sig
ma Chi 27-6, Alpha Tau Ome
ga defeated Ag Men 49-13,
and Phi Kappa Psi won over
Pioneer 31-13.
Benton defeated Canfield
6-0 Thursday nd Selleck won
over Fairfield 25-7.
Phi Kappa Psi squeezed
past Cornhusker 8-7 in an
overtime, and Alpha Tau
Omega defeated Sigma Alpha
Mu 21-12 in action Friday.
Neb. tot. ...,... 3 15S 88 3 J
Opp. tot. 37 1389 i1.t
SCORING
ID Kitra Pehts FO Tot
Kick Ken Pass
. At-M At-M At-M
Fischer ..M ( M M H M
Dillard ........ 36ift
Thornton .,. 20olltl4
Meade ........ 97110
Tooeood ...... 1 t 6
Neb. tot. ..,...! 8799111ft
Opp. Tot. 16 18 18 1 8 t tm
i-vs5 jtrx'urviiva
... ...... JL
.... 4.
Dillard
Donov
White ....;,... 4
PurceB ........... 3
Dyer ............, 1
Tingelhoff. ..,,.. I
McDeniel ,...,.., 1
Comstock ...........
Thornton ..... 3
vlere. ........ 1
Powers ,.....wM 1
Neb. tot. ,
Opp. tot.
No. Yards Ant. TD
57
35
59
39
13
13
11
S3.
XL
S7.
25.8
148
is.
13.0
13.0
11.8
10.5
7,9
6.0
6.9
.......... .19 239 14.1 t
445 18.4 i
, , Ne. Yardage Avg.
Fischer ........ li 184 16.7
Clare ........ 3 29 6.7
Neb. tot. v............ 14 204 14
Opp. tet. 17 64 3.8
KICKOFF fcETURNS
No. Yardage Avg.
Z3.0
209
18.0
17.S
15.7
11.0
11.0
6.S
.........a.. ... B
Clay ..
Fischer
Dillard
White ,
Clare .,
Purcen ..v.n..nna... 1
Comstock .............. 1
Powers '. ......... ... 2
..
15
104
19
69
47
11
11
13
Neb. tot, v............ .22
Opp. tot. v.. 19
409
17.9
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