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Wednesday, October 18, 1961 The Daily Nebraskan Page 3 Thornton Tabbied As Star of the Week Bill Thunder Thornton, the hard-running Husker left half back is handed The Daily Nebraskan "Star of the Week" award for his standout play on both defense and offense against Syracuse Saturday. Thornton, who gained 133 yards against Syracuse in 15 carries, outgained All-Ameri-can Ernie Davis, who gained 120 yards in 22 attempts. "Thunder" scored Nebras ka's only touchdown wherf he swept left end for four yards in the fourth quarter. He had set up the score with a 33 yard scamper around right end. - Orangement Davis and tackle John Brown both singled Thornton out for his play in the game. As a linebacker Thornton was kept busy all afternoon tackling Davis. The 200-pound junior from Toledo, Ohio, played fullback for the Huskers last year. Io spring practice he was switched to halfback and seems to have made the tran sition well, for he if the big gun in the offense that is cur rently first in the Big Eight. Last -year Thornton led the Huskers in rushing, gaining 422 yards in 96 carries for a 4.4 average. Already this year the T o 1 e d o . bulldozer has picked up 277 yards in 48 car ries for a 5.8 ayerage. He is tied with Willie Boss for Husker scoring honors. Thunder has scored eighteen points, scoring two touchdowns against North Dakota and get ting the lone Husker score against Syracuse. Big Eight Roundup Colorado Leads Big 8; Huskers Tied for 2nd Big 8 Standings Colmd t NEBRASKA 1 MlHMri 1 low State Kiun 1 Oklaaama Vinm State Oklahoma State . . . Colorado S MUuurt 1 Iowa State r 1 NEBRASKA t Kanaaa 8tate 1 Kaaaaa 1 Oklahoma State .... 1 Oklahoma CONFERENCE w l t Pet, pi. one. LOW 44 M f 1.000 24 1.000 1 1 . 4 1 .MS 4 It .000 15 Zl 1 .000 .000 1 1U GAMES W L T Pet. Pti. Odd. 1.000 53 26 ,nt s jo ,'150 S3 43 ,625 Tf it JflO It 65 .375 68 50 .250 33 43 .000 M CS Colorado, the only unbeaten conference team, holds the conference title standings, while Nebraska and Missouri are tied for second position in the Big Eight. Kansas holds fourth position while 0 k 1 a homa, Kansas State and Okla homa State follow. Spotlighting conference play this week will be Missouri at Iowa State and Kansas at Oklahoma. Both visitors, Mis souri and Kansas are favored to reign victories. Also this week, Colorado travels to Kansas State and Nebraska to Oklahoma State. Once more the visiting teams are predicted to win. Colorado was the only team In the Big 8 to survive the weekend with its unbeaten, un-tied tag intact. The Buffs slipped by Miami (Florida) 9-7. This leave them with a 3-0 record and a good shot at a return trip to Miami. Iowa State, previously un beaten, turned out to be Kan sas' first victim of the season. The Jayhawker's All-America candidate John ILadl had to switch from halfback to quar terback to bring about the decisive two touchdowns. Iowa State tailback Dave Hopp mann gained 131 yards for a four game league leading total of 438 yards. Missouri, which has been tied 14-14 by California, shut out Oklahoma State 10-0. Mis souri is also in contention for the Orange' Bowl; the issue will probably be decided when Colorado takes on Missouri in three weeks. The once-mighty Oklahoma Sooners who now bemoan a 0-3 record made a disaster ous trip across the Red River. The Texas Longhofhs over powered Bud Wilkinson's crew 28-7. Kansas State dropped i t s second game of the year. The Wildcats were beaten 21-8 by Kentucky. Kentucky got three first half touchdowns, while Kansas State back Searles ran a punt back in the fourth quarter for the 'Cat's only score. Bevot Tops Qualifyers , Vic Bevot heads the qualify ing list for the Nebraska Big Eieht roll-off team. Bevot I rolled for a 9-game series av erage of 198 last weekend. The Nebraska bowling club will travel to Missouri U for their initial competition Oc tober 28. The nine other qualifiers are Keith Van yelkinburgto, Matt Brown, George Zelenka, Roger Smith, Dick Haase, Stuart Kutler, Ralph Holm strom, Al Miller and Phil Schenck. t I ' 1 111 mm v'.rf r iiiir :':rilfatlit " -i THUNDER THORNTON MitcheU, Ward, Fishcer May Miss OSU Game By Dave Wohlfarth Coach Bill Jennings re viewed his injured corps Tuesday in preparation for the Oklahoma State game Saturday at Stillwater. . Included on the injured list are guard Ed Mitchell, tackle Al Fischer, halfbacks Willie Ross and Bernie Clay and full back Gene Ward. Fischer will be out this weekend but may be ready for the Missouri game Oct. 28. Ward is. out indefinitely. .and Mitchell is considered "very doubtful" for the Oklahoma State game. Ross did not work out in Tuesday's contact session, but may be ready by Satur day. He suffered a bruised hip in the.Syraojse game..,. Bob Brown, 251-pound Hus ker tackle, practiced Tuesday night and is expected to be ready. With Clay on the injured list the Huskers are left with only three left halfbacks: Thunder Thornton,' Dick Cal lahan and Maynard Smidt. With Ross temporarily out at right half, Nebraska has Dennis Stuewe, Pat Clare and Warren Powers operating at the right half spot - Jennings also said that he may not be able to use Noel Martin and Pat Salerno, who both are nursing knee opera tions, this year. When asked about, Martin, the NU head coach replied, "I don't plan to play him." Neither Martin or Salerno has recovered completely enough to be able to run yet. Both are seniors, but Mar ,tin.jnay.,be.ia school for an other year,. .' The Oklahoma State game will be the Huskers' second conference game. . Nebraska won its first 24-0 over Kansas State two weeks ago. Nebraska has won two, lost aue, and., tied one this season while the Cowboys have won one and lost three. AH three of the Cowpoke losses have been to conference opponents, 14-7 to Iowa State, 24-0 to Colorado and 10-0 to Missouri last week. The 0 Staters' beat' Tulsa for then only victory of the season. " Last year Oklahoma State beat Nebraska 7-6 in the first meeting of the" two schools. J 4 -J 4 f t r'8 r a Jl:: Ac , the tlavor... DVAL FILTER DOES IT! JUtk. -Li ., II itHaW:.? At-; ... X?1- - ' ' 1 J-- ,ja Tarsvton's Dual Filter in dua$ partes divisa estl" says Sextu (Crazy Legs) C&to, Bacchus Cup winner. There are lots of filter cigarettes around," says Crazy Legs, "but e pluribus unum stands out-Dual Filter Tareytoit .For the best taste of the best tobaccos, ,try Tareyton-one filter cigarette that really delivers da gustibus! ACTIVATED CHARCOAL , INNER FILTER f Jf E WHITE OITIR FILTER ' 'W f (h" V , DUAL FILTER Sports Shots By Bullet A lot of odds n' ends today . . . First and foremost, one still can't help but feel the, optimism present among the Husker football fans and the team itself. Despite the 28-6 loss to Syracuse, the Huskers put on a much better fight than the score indicated and the game would have been a lot closer had the Huskers been able to punch across some scores when they had the chance. Three times Nebraska made it inside the Syracuse ten-yard line only to be stopped before Thunder Thornton took it over on the fourth drive; Coach Jennings' pre game plans to pass and run wide . worked except for the passing angle, Nebraska quarterbacks couldn't connect consistently all 'day. Some fans thought NU should have stayed on the ground, especially on the first drive. How ever, the passing game was just a gamble which didn't pay off as Syracuse could have lined up to stop the run ning game if there had not been a threat of an air at tack. Nebraska fans who moaned last year when Nebraska could do nothing but punt on third downs will be sur prised to see the same situation has arisen at California. Bob Booth, assistant sports ed of the Daily Calif ornian, explains Coach Marv Levy's strategy thusly; "It is, and will be fop a number of games to come, Levy's strategy to punt on third, or even' second or first down; whenever he feels that the combination of the score, the down and the yardage to go for a first down, position on the field, the weather, and time left in the game warrant such action." Coach Levy states, "Coaches have been fired for just this very same thing and the fans don't like it, but until I feel that this is not the soundest football strategy, we are going to use it.", ,. , .. ' . ; A lot of concern has popped up on campus concerning this year's Nebraska migration. Band director Jack Snider has announced that the Husker band will travel to Ames for the Nov. 11 game against Iowa State but many stu dents have already made plans to go to Missouri Oct 28. Migration was originally set up as the game preced ing the Husker homecoming (at which time the students and team "return"). The Missouri game is the week ahead of this year's homecoming contest with Kansas on Oct. 4. Many students (this corner included) feel that the Missouri game has more to offer in excitement and com petition and the Missouri campus will offer more in the field of entertainment. Only a small delegation of Husker fans were able to journey to the Kansas State game at Manhattan two weeks ago (although those who went seemed to have a good time) and few, if any, will make the long trip to Oklahoma State this weekend. Next week's battle with Mizzou offers the perfect tim ing and situation for the migration, official or o'therwise. The students will be anxious to see the Huskers and have created a new adage, "If you can't go to Colorado go to Missouri." A new innovation began at the Syracuse game. The Nebraska band abandoned its old seats behind the visiting team and sat in the north bleachers. The purpose of this project, initiated by business manager A. J. Lewandowski, was (1) to give the band members better seats as they previously couldn't see when the visiting team stood up (which was most of the game) and (2) to provide some visability for the people in the box seats behind the band who couldn't see when the band stood up. Snider reports that the move has worked fine and the band likes it. "It doesn't make a lot of difference to the marching on and off the field," he said. He' indicated that originally the band had hoped to sit in the stands (Nebraska is the only school in the Big Eight whose band is not situated in the stands, he noted) but that an elevated stand may be built to accomodate the band on the north end. Fasano Elected Captain By Janet Sack Bill Fasano, a senior from Glendale, Calif., has been elected track captain for the 196162 indoor and outdoor seasons. The 5-lOMs, dark-haired Fasano specializes in the hur dies with emphasis on t h e highs. During his college career at Nebraska Bill has been a con sistent point-gatherer for the team. Last year in the Big Eight Indoor Conference he finished fifth in the 60-yard highs. Later in the Big Eight Outdoor Conference Fasano placed second with a :14.3. One of the biggest thrills in Bill's career came in the first heat in the high hurdles in the outdoor conference. He came within inches of beat Nebraskan Sports I ing Rex Stucker, Big Eight hurdle king from Kansas State. ' Fasano has been clocked un officially in :14.1 in the highs on the University track. In the Drake Relays last vear the Nebraska team com posed of Milt Haedt, LeRoy Keane, Fred Wilke ana rasa no, as anchorman, ran the 480-yard shuttle hurdle relay in :59.7 for the second fastest time in the nation. The two-year letterman is majoring In physical educa tion and has an accumulative average of 5.3. Bill is married and the father of a two and one-half year old daughter and an eight month old son. His wife, Lynne, also a track enthusiast, attends home meets to give Bill his own private cheering section .. ;,;.'. - ..'6 '' ,V. '' .', 'A "' ' WW"1'''-. -Jr 1 . ' ' ;v , v jpp ' ' ' hn i 1 V" ' ; n t U ' , - 4J - jgj 1 "I , I - 1 M " " r t -1 -.1 I ---., ar '' ' '"' ' ' ' 1 h "r I n - "Whom have I the pleasure of addressing?" Title: "Man's Passion for Fashion". Cast: Magee's College .Bflardi Starring: Woolrich Sherpa Jac, completely reversible; 100 Wool Blanket Plaid to Sherpa Pile. 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