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The Daily Nebraskan
Friday, December 1, 1961
Varsity Court Men
Race Past Frosh
By Bob Prokop
The Nebraska cagers opened the roundball season with a
69-46 verdict over the Frosh in a rather ' lack-luster game
before 2,200 fans Wednesday night.
Both teams made numer
ous mistakes throughout the
game as most fans would ex
pect in an opener. The Frosh
committed 21 errors during
the course of the game, four
less than the Varsity. The
contest was decided on the
boards with the Varsity tak
ing a commanding edge, 57-
34 late in the game.
The Frosh bounded out to
a 2-0 lead with a IS ft. jump
er by John Lloyd with 18:32
on the clock. Daryl Petsch
countered for the Bushmen
with a free throw to cut the
count to 2-1 but Earl Wright
hit a jump shot and Larry
Bornschleeel added a free
throw to up the score to 5-1
The Varsity'a Bill Bowers
and Rex Swett tied the count
with two quick fielders but
the Frosh started rolling be
hind John Jepsen and Bob
Cook.
Within 5 minutes, the Var
sity whittled the count down
until Chuck Sadovnik
pushed the Bushmen back in
to the lead with a 20 ft. jump
shot from the corner. Petsch
then aided with a couple of
quick buckets and the Var
sity jumped from their 20-19
lead to a half-time lead of
30-21.
First half statistics showed
that the Frosh hit 8 for 25
(32) while the Varsity con
verted 12 for 29 (41). The
Frosh committed 11 mistakes
in ball handling; the Varsity
13.
Frosh coach Bob Gates
Mod tn MrA nn his charges
at halftime and Bornschiegel
hit a 15 ft jump from the
corner but to no avail. The
sleeping giant, 'Rebel' Tom
Russell of flie Varsity, led the
onslaught to run the score to
50-30 with 11:00 left in the
contest. Russell's burst of 15
points in the final half gave
him high point honors for the
night with 16.
After both coaches tested
out their- bench, the Nubbins
closed the gap to 5442. How
ever, the Varsity then held
the Frosh scoreless for six
minutes while cashing in on
a 13 point cushion in the same
period to lead, 67-42. Frosh
Jim Mnore finally broke the
ice with a fielder but Bowers
countered for the Varsity and
freshman Larry Martin fin
ished the scoring for the
night with a pair of free
throws.
Sidelights Prior to the
game, Jerry Bush made sev
eral comments about vows
coaches around the country
had taken. First of all he
stated that this year the rules
rear! that if ft. COach etS UP
off the bench to protest a
call, an automatic wcnmcai
foul is called by the officials.
Bush stated, "I'm not get
ting op off the bench at all
this year."
Answering the crowds snick
ering, he further stated, "I'll
get off in enthusiasm
but there's a heck of a differ
ence between protest and en
thusiasm." Bill Jennings, Big Eight of
ficial from Lincoln, explained
three major changes in the
rules. , .
First change is that
both feet of a player no
longer have to be in the jump
circle at the center of the
floor. Now only one foot has
to be fa the ring.
Second, the free throw line
has an eighth inch buffer zone
between the first and, second
man from the basket. This
zone is similar to the line
running parallel to the bas
ket in that, it cannot be brok
en by the foot until the ball
has touched the rim.
The last rule change is that
a team in possession of the
ball committing a foul offend
sively will only lose the ball
out-of-bounds and a foul shot
will not be- awarded the de
fensive club. This rule has
been used in the pro game
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The deadline for intra
mural wrestling entries hak
been moved up to Dec. 1
accord "n? to Husker mat
coach I& Mancuso.
Participants must attend
at least five practice ses
sions in the Colessium be
fore t'.ct time.
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SWETT DRIVES IN Rex SweK. senior
Husker guard, drives in for a lav jp in the
second quarter of Wednesday's Varsity-
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Outlook
By Roy Scheele
Six returning lettermen and
a handful of sophomores bol
ster Husker hopes for an im
proved 1961-62 swimming
team, but the addition of five
new opponents to the sched
ule may dampen these hopes.
Last year's squad won eight
meets, and lost four.
Heading the returnees is
LaVern Bauers, a junior
from York. Bauers swims
both the breast-stroke and
freestyle and was named to
last year's all-Big Eight tank
squad.
Also back is junior -Phil
Swaim, who with Bauer
placed in the freestyle sprints
in the conference meet last
spring.
A pair of highly regarded
sophomores are Bill Fowles
of Lincoln in the butterfly,
and Bill Henry of Omaha in
the backstroke. '
The distance freestyle
events will feature Jay
Groth, Lincoln junior, and
Kuni Mihara, senior co-captain
from Omaha.
Co-captain with Mihara will
be Larry Ferrell, Lincoln sen
ior, who swims the backstroke
and individual medley.
Groth holds varsity records
in the 220-and 440-yard free
style and 1,500 meter free
style events. ,
Pat Drake, a diver from
Lincoln, and Terry Anderson
of Holdrege, who swims the
freestyle, will join the squad
second semester. The pair
are ineligible for first semes
ter competition.
Coach Dick Klaas will lead
his swimmers against new
opponents Iowa, Denver, Air
Force, Utah and Wyoming.
First tune-up for the tank
ers will be the varsity-frosh
meet Dec. 9. ' .
The varsity roster:
Terry Anderson, Holdrege
sophomore, freestyle; La
Vern Bauers, York junior,
breast-stroke-freestyle; Jerry
Brunk, Blair sophomore,
freestyle; Pat Drake, Lincoln
junior, diver;-"Larry Ferreil.
Lincoln senior, backstroke;
Bill Fowles, Lincoln sopho
m o r e, butterfly-individual
medley; "Jay Groth, Lincoln
junior, freestyle; Bill Henry,
Omaha sophomore; ; ;b a c k-stroke-freestyle.
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Chuck Levy.Lincpln sopho
more, diver; Leo Logue, Has
tings sophomore, freestyle
stroke: Kuni Mihara, Oma
ha senior; freestyle-individual L
medley; Bob,; Mitchell,, Lin
coln junior, freestyle; ; Bob
P e s h e k,: Scottsbluff sopho
more, freestyle; Dave Rob
erts, Lincoln sophomore,
freestyle-individual medley;
Phil Swaim, Lincoln junior,
freestyle-individual medley;
Bill Wright, Lincoln sopho
more, freestyle.
Letters earned.
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Bush Polishes Cagers
For Opener at Wichita
By Dave Wohlfarth
Husker basketball coach
Jerry Bush, unhappy with the
showing of his varsity against
the freshmen, spent yester
day polishing the Huskers for
their opening game against
Wichita Monday night at
Wichita.
"It will be the toughest
opening assignment we have
had," Bush said.
. The Shockers nudged Ne
braska 65-63 last year. The
Huskers built up a 41-34 lead
in the first half but it melted
as the Shockers hit a hot
streak, connecting on 41 per
cent of their shots from the
floor.
Gene Wiley, 6-10 senior,
helped the late assault with
14 point, along with Lanny
Van Eman- who also had 14.
Both are back but Van Eman
closes out his career at the
end of the semester.
Nebraska's top point pro
ducer was Jan Wall vdih 21
points. Wall h .shelved as the
result of an auto accident last
summer.
Coach Bush expects to start
the same quintet which
opened against the freshmen
Wednesday night. This group
includes two sophomores,
Chuck Sladovnik of Omaha
(Holy Name), and Daryl
Petsch of Marysville, Kans.
Both were all-staters in high
school and were the only two
Frosh Coach
Optimistic
Freshman swim coach Cal
Bentz believes his yearling
swimmers will rewrite the
frosh record book this year.
Bentz welcomed 16 swim
mers to early drills. Among
these were 13 Nebraskans
and one each from Illinois,
Iowa and New York.
"This not only is the larg
est group we've had but the
majority of these boys were
outstanding' in high School and
AAU competition as well,"
Bentz said.
Bentz has at least one out
standing performer in each
event and several in some
events. ,.., ,
Postal duals : will be held
with . Iowa,: Kansas, Kansas
State. Iowa State, Colorado
and Oklahoma, plus the con
ference postal.
' Early in March the Mid
w e s t AAU "." indoor senior
championships will be held in
Lincoln. , '
The frosh first hit the water
Dec. 9 against the varsity.
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Freshman game. At left are frosh Bob
Cook (31), John Jepson (43), and John
Lloyd (23) and Varsity's Bill Bowers (44).
among the eight varsity new
comers who impressed against
the yearlings.
In the other three starting
slots will be seniors Tom
Russell, forward; Bill Bowers,
center and Rex Swett, guard.
Wichita, which has beat
Nebraska in the two previous
games played between the
schools, w ill open the season
tomorrow night hosting Wyo
ming, a future Husker op
ponent. Bush believes the rough
nonconference schedule which
the Cornhuskers face will
ready the squad for loop play.
Nebraska plays December
games against Wichita, South
ern Methodist, Air. Force
Academy, Notre Dame, Ohio
U., Wyoming, California and
Stanford. Only three of the
contests SMU, Notre Dame
and Ohio are in Lincoln.
"We have followed a pat
tern of getting out of the gate
rapidly then sliding in the
later stages," Coach Bush
said. "Maybe -we can start
from the other end of the
ladder and by the time we
reach the Big Eight Confer
ence games have the season
ing which our sophomores
need so badly."
The Huskers will play Kan
sas State in' the opening
round of the Big Eight Tour
ney at Kansas City, Dec. 27
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NU Bowlers
Fifth in Big 8
The Nebraska Union Bowl
ing team is working with a
season mark of 4-4 after its
latest Big Eight win over
Iowa State.
Kansas and Missouri are
tied for the top peg in the Big
Eight standing, 7-1 each,
while Nebraska is in the fifth
slot.
Ralph Holmstrom's 201
average is the best of Corn
husker bowlers.
The next Nebraska match
will pit the Huskers against
Kansas, Saturday. ,
IM Cage Scores
Tuesday's Scores
Bachelors 40 Phyk-iu tS
TV Umcre 2f Untbli- 30
Architect F Phermictnu 1
Alpha Tan Otneu-B 37 ... Phi Kappa
Pi-B 37
Sijrma Alnna Etuilon-B X .. Beta
Tbeta Pl-B . . .... M
Phi rU Thcti-B S3 ...Theta Xi-B M
Df'U I'nstlon-B 17 ...Siarma Phi
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Wednesday's Scores
Dent Collete 46 ....rw EpsUen Kama 37
Sirrna Nu-B M . - Phi Gamma Del
ta -B . - to
Aloha Tail-OmeE-C 3 ... Phi Kappa
Psi-C . .... 19
Beta Hieta Pl-C 2 ... Kappa Sina-C
Canfieid-A 54 .. MacLean-A 54
Corihiuktr-B tl ... Beta Sifma Pti-B 34
Sima Chi 35 Phi Delta Tlieu-C 16
I'heta Xi-C 28 (overtime) Delta I'P-silon-C
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Thunder
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Fullback
Bill (Thunder) Thornton, 22
year old smashing Husker
fullback from Toledo, has
been selected as an All-Big
Eight back by writers, broad
casters, scouts and coaches.
Even though he sat on the
bench all but five minutes of
Nebraska's last game, he
carried the ball 127 times and(
netted 618 yards for an aver
age of 4.9 yards per carry.
He was the Husker's leading
scorer, having r a n b 1 e d
across the goal line five
time for 30 points. lie was
practically the entire offense
for the Huskers this year,
who managed only three
wins.
"This is one of the finest
honors I have ever received,"
said Thornton upon learning
of the award. -
Coach Bill Jennings added,
"It certainly is a well de-
served honor for Thornton.
He is the type of boy you
like to coach and to have on
your squad. , '
"He's the pinnacle of the
kind of boy you are looking
ALL BIG EIGHT -Thunder
Thornton, Ne
braska's h a r d-charging
fullback was named to the
AP's All-Big Eight team.
for with . the finest attitude,
not only towards football, but
towards his grades, school
and life in general."
Other All-Big Eight line se
lections include ends Jerry
Hillebrand, Colorado; Conrad
Hitchler, Missouri; tackles
Ed Blaine, Missouri, and
Billy White, Oklahoma;
guards Joe Romig, Colorado,
and Dan Celoni. Iowa State;
center, Walt Clinker, Colo
rado. The mythical backfield con
sists of Kansas Quarterback
John Hadl, Iowa State, Tail
back Dave Hoppmarm, Thorn
ton and Jayhawk halfback
Curtiss McClinton.
Nebraska end Don Purcell
is on the second .team, while
four Huskers received honor
able mention. They are quar
terback Dennis Claridge,
Gary Toogood, Dick McDaniel
and Dallas Dyer,
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Sport
The University of Nebraska is currently making his
tory in reverse, the Cornhuskers are presently setting a
losing season record in football of 7 and a losing season
record in basketball of 12. This is a far cry from the early
century teams when Nebraska set a winning season rec
ord of 17 in football and a winning string of eight in
basketball. It sure would be nice to be born 30 years ear
lier if you wanted to see a winning team in Nebraska's two
major sports.
There is a possibility that we might break the string
in basketball this season. The winning season hinges on
the ability of everybody to play together and leave out
sido interests at home. .
We have a rough non-conference schedule since we're ,
playing most of them on the road but the teams we play
are' normal in strength compared to the rest of the teams
in the country. The Big Eight title could be in grasp since
the only real contention is from Iowa State this year.
Most of the other Big Eight schools have lost their star
athletes scholastically or to the pro game.
The Husker athletic director situation is still in the
twiddling-thumbs stage. No doubt Chancellor Hardin's inter
ests are for the good of the University and its athletic
department, but a great deal of damage can be done by
waiting too long.
Tippy Dye
1 , Sources close to the athletic director's selection say
that Tippy Dye, Wichita athletic director, turned down the
job because of the money involved and other personal
reasons. It appears that the chancellor and Regents had
made a final decision but are on the road again looking.
The football situation will be dumped into the athletic
director's lap. He will be the one responsible for deciding
exactly who will be hired for the job. After the A.D. is
hired, this means another months' time waiting for a
coach to be hired, and another staff selected.
For this reason, the athletic director must be ap
pointed soon since if he is going to hire new personnel,
he must do it in the next month. Many available people
will be under contract after that time.
The second disadvantage of waiting much longer is the
fact that our recruiting must start right now. The later
we hold back on our selection of next year's freshman
football players, the poorer quality of material we will
get. This season's freshman squad was not outstanding,
let's start working now toward next years future prospects
for the varsity.
Top Prospects
The Regents and chancellor have men around the
country that are interested in the position such as Erde
latz, Graham, etc., who are capable and will do a good
job. A positive action now with top flight prospects would
put a stop to the above problems which are being created
by time.
The athletic director must be given a. free . hand in
determining his coaching personnel around , him v .He. must
ask himself the question the president of a big firms, asks
when he evaluates his company, "Is this man. .doing the
job, is he doing the work he has been hired to ,do ja he
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