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Friday, December 22; 1961 The Daily" Nebraskan Sport Shorts Page 3 Th next time you walk into ft Coliieura to watch the Husker play, glance over and take a look da the scorer's table for a little green clock. The man behind the clock and the desk with an unusual story is Ed Higgenbotham. In the first Husker contest with S.M.U., the Coliseum clock was not functioning properly. Ed came to the res ticles before the game ana can't operate its complicated 'THE OLD PRO' fear mechanism correctly. I This same instance has oc curred more than once in State Tournament history, but has always been alleviated by the Head Scorer, as he has done for the Huskers several times. 'Hig" taught in Fremont and Beatrice before coming to , the University in 1943. He was in charge of the swimming program at the University his first years at Nebraska and aided the past Intramural Director, Means, until he took over that post in 1943. He has since guided this program and has built the Nebraska program to one of the most successful in the country. In 1930, Ed was placed in charge of the Nebraska tennis team and has had such great players as Bill North, Bmce Russell, Art Weaver, etc. to name a few. With little fi nancial aid given la this varsity sport, and its vMuntary participation, our tennis team has done remarkably well ever the past tea years. This season, the Hasker . netmen will again give Nebraska good representation. Higginbotham also has been very active in organizing the sports program for the American Legion Boys State program. He has served in this capacity for six years and has given the boys participating in this event a real en thusiastic program. Another interesting side of Hig's interests is music. He has been band director for the Sesostris Marching Band and, on the trips made by this organization, usually has to take care of all the details of moving instruments and band players. He also has been very active in degree work of Scottish Rite and Masonry. At present, the Intramural program is composed of 22 sports, the major sports being football, basketball, vol leyball, and softball. The minor sports range from indoor track to squash. The varsity coaches each year pick ap several high caliber men from these intramaral meetings to plav with the Varsity sqoad. A good example of this was Jim Huge who played with the Haskef basketball team last year. The wrestling coach and the swimming coach as well as the track coach watch these intramural events closely each year. The nice part of it is that these events are held before Varsity competition gets under way and, in this manner, the coaches use the good athletes for the coming season. Intramural is a rough racket, with many complaints and very few slaps on the back, Ed Higginbotham has shown what it takes to do a job welL Hats off to Hig. The Foldberg incident is most regrettable but the Uni versity has profited from this in more ways than one. A man must want the job offered for his own building pro gram and not as a stepping stone, a la Pete Elliot. For this reason, I'm glad to see Foldberg go to Texas A tM. and may he be happy and content when he gets the Meyer treatment . 4. . . The name session is on but the best bet to get the job now is Utah State's highly successful coach, John Ralston. Ralston also has several competitors who have been highly successful in the coaching ranks, such as Army's Dale Hall, Coast Guard s Otto Graham, Oakland and former Navy athletic director Ed Erdelatz, and Arizona's Jim LaRue. However, at the present time, it appears that Tippy Dye may be waiting for someone not listed by any of the pa Dcrs PREDICTIONS: Huskers lose by 17 to California, bounce back to wax Stanford by 12. The Big Eight Tourna ment will be won by Kansas State, with Colorado, Okla homa State, Oklahoma, Nebraska, low State, Missouri, and Kansas finishing in that order. The Huskers wiU get bounced by 12 in a close game with Kansas State, whomp Missouri by 18, and finish up with a 3 point decision oyer Iowa Slate. Huskers open Big Eight season with point victory over Jayhawks at Lawrence. Everyone will have a cool yule and a frantic first. .. 'George9 U Someone on the Husker campus literally has a skele ton in bis closet "George," a traditional and valuable part of the Physical Education department, is missing. "George" is a skeleton that was taken from the P.E. Building around the first of November. Ed Higginbotham. director of intramurals. and Charles Miller, head of the P.E. De- READ NEBRASKAN WANT ADS ATTENTION CAMPUS Jr. IFC's "NEW NAMES AND FACES J ON SORORITY ROW" I .3 t2 THE LATEST PICTURES AND NAMES CF I ALL THE SOHORiTY PLEDGES. j ON SALE NOW AT ALL FRATERNITY 1 HOUSES AND IN THE STUDENT UNION LOBBY. . . PRICE: rBo6 Profcop cue with his little green clock which he brings along to ' avery home game. The game preceded under normal condi- ' tions with the time being kept at the scorer's desk and the unofficial time kept on the freshman court. . This wasn't the first in itaoce that this has hap pened. Daring the Grand Is- land-Gcring game la the state tournament last year, this :tock again came to the res cue of this electron mon ster. Higginbotham explained to the Old Pro that the clock sometimes picks up dust par Missing partment reported that the skeleton has been la the de partment for 45-50 year and is almost implacable in tradi tion. It was used for P.E. classes that studied muscular move ments and also for demon strations. Higginbotham theorized that "George" was taken for a Halloween party and never returned. if anvone knows the where abouts of the skeleton, would they please call the P.E. Building, he asked. Someone will oick uo "Georee." There will be no questions asked, be s just wanted oaca. ..msumumsssitf S 51.00 f J J. " ED CHECKS CLOCK-NU timer Ed Higginbotham checks his little green clock, which serves as a valuable replacement in case of defects in the Husker scoreboard. 4 NU Grappiers Take AAU Titles By Bob Besom Harold Thompson repeated as 157-pound champion , a n d three other Nebraska ' mat men picked up titles in the Great Plains AAU wrestling tourney in Omaha Wednesday night Thompson also won the Fastest Pin Trophy for the second straight year. He flat tened a preliminary foe in 21 seconds. Southern Illinois University also earned four individual championships in the two-day affair attracting 127 grappiers from 12 schools. Husker frosh Steve Walenz chalked up the first Nebras ka Championship in the 115 pound class. Mike Nissen fol lowed in style at 125. Walenz had little trouble, Padgfcn Newest Name To Enter NU Picture By Jerry Hansen A new name has been added to the list of possible candi dates for Nebraska's next head football coach. In let ters sent to Chancellor Clif ford Hardin and new Athletic Director "Tippy" Dye. Mrs. Harry M. Vondrak of Nebras ka City recommended the for mer head coach and athletic director at New Mexico Military Institute, Nick Pad gen, be promoted to the Hus ker post Her letter, in part, stated: "This man Padgen has great faith in the youth of Nebraska. He wrote in a let ter to me in August, I960, that if Jennings would concen trate bis recuiting on the 'good' Nebraska boys, and start playing them that he would start winning. I'd cer tainly like to have a chance to prove it! At that time this man was out of coaching for a time, because of major surgery. "This man knows bow to train and work with the boys to that they are ia top physi cal and mental condition, and when tt comes time to play the game, they have bath the know-how and the desire to win! His beys play a game that is Interesting to watch a game that spectators like to sea played ... This man has air t nay proved himself to be a suc cessful bead coach,, and hav ing had to lay out tor one year because of major surg ery, he is available. He has OSU Tab Thornton, Nebraska's BiU (Thunder) Thornton was named to Okla homa State's All-Opponent team, Thornton, who gained 121 yards la the Huskers' 14-6 loss to the Cowboys, received 29 rotes from the O-Staie players, second only to John Hadl of Kansas with 31. Other players selected on r ?Nr ' "V , ' f 03 r?rsp!ont:ious! . ,0 r If you aomettmet lad (tudyin soporific (aod who doeBt?), the word ' to remember is NoDen. SoDot perks you up in Minute, with the ; arae ui amtiener found ia cooee i fwter, handier, more reliable. Absolutely aoa-habtt-forming, NoDos i sold ftverrwher without mtacritilkoa. So. to seep pertpicacUrua ounnt ituay . . . .... tMBs& wLik driving, too i ' Iwayf keep NoDos in proximity. '-ri;l& The as aasf awana Meet ereaasli aisiieOsiat. JanraMr tjaa aaaaanl af iVaas .4. pinning all three of his oppo nents. Heavyweight Jim Raschke edged Southern Illinois' Larry Kristoff for the other Nebras ka crown. Husker Dick Van Sickle was runner-up at 130. Nebraska Results: Semifinals HWos. Steve Watem ninaed Allan Hansen. Midland, a 1:17. 125-ibt. Mike Nuki pinned Dennis Craif. Nebraska, la 1:44. . 130-ttw -Jlra Bledsoe. Southern 0 Mia. pinned Atria Paulsen. -Nebraska, in 1:37. Dick Van Sickle deeiawoed Al bert Paulsen, Nebraska, 1-1. 117-Iba. Dave Jensen, Staie College of Iowa. deciaMaed Jim . FaUnaa, Neoras- 147-Nx. Oardoa Haaamaa, Iowa State. S4aned Jim Herrtaa. Nebraaka. ia 5 41. 147-Ibs, Harold Tbompaoa decwoned frwin Jbhnana. Southern Dlineia. 1-0. Heavrweiant-Jim Raschke dacianaed aterua Miller, Adama State, 1-e. Finals llS-lbs. Steve Walenz sinned Vine La tex, Adams State, m 1:19. , . . lli-iba Mike Niasea dscisiannd J i m Fax. Omaha U.. Sw. lJWba.-Jim Bledsoe, Southern 111 dims atnned Dick Vaa Sickle in :J. Ron W riant. Adama Sale, M. Heavyweirm Jim nasenae JUrry Kristafi. Southern Blums. 44. coached such outstanding players as Don Black; Uni versity of New Mexico; Rich Mayo and George Pupridge, U.S. Air Force Academy; Joe Hernandez, University of Ari zona ... ... He was head coach and well. New Mexico during the school year of 1958-59. That year his team was undefeated and nntied, and ranked the number one Junior College team in the nation: "I believe you have a let ter on file, written by him at the time that Bill Orwig resigned. He has stated, that if given a chance, he would devote all his efforts in re turning Nebraska to its for mer position of prominence among football powers!" Padgen was not the only new name added to the list of possible candidates. Bill Bell, now assistant coach at Syracuse, and former Oma ban Homer Smith, who Is now na assistant coach at the Air Force, are both r'portdly to be interested in li Masker post. Dye visited Lincoln for a short time Wednesday morn ing to look for a house. He had to return to Wichita that afternoon because of a meet ing with Ray Nagel. Utah coach, about the Nebraska job. Dye said that there still was nothing definite on the NU job and that his meet ing with Nagel was "a pre liminary talk . . . such as I will have with all candi dates." on All-Opponent Team the top team included Jerry H 1 1 lebrand, Colorado; Ed Blaine, Missouri; Joe Bob Is belL Houston; Elvin Basham, Kansas; Bucky Wegener, Mis souri; Ron Turner, Wichita; Hadl; Dave Hoppman, Iowa State; and Curtis McClinton, Kansas. Tanas senplrarioas eawrwl M9tis knns yaw wwke .smJ aorl-swfyl or tea. 1 et WoVot V. Jfi and " . , SXJ Edged by Wyoming; Meets Bears Tonight By Dave Wohlfarth Nebraska will be trying to stay above the .500 mark when it meets California's Golden Bears tonight in a cage clash at Berkeley. ine game will be the sec ond leg of the Huskers' west ern journey. Nebraska lost a 71-70 verdict, to Wyoming Wednesday night and plays Stanford at Palo Alto tomor row night. The California-Nebraska basketball , series stands at three games apiece, with the Bears taking the last encoun ter in 1951. Nebraska's last win over California was in 1940 and the Huskers have won one of the two games played in Berkeley. This year's Bear team is considered the youngest, greenest California squad in at least a decade. The Bears have just one proven per former, junior guard Dick Smith. This is a contrast to the nationally powerful Cal teams of 1959 and 1960. The final outcome of the game may go to the team which has the best corps of sophomores as both squads are depending heavily on the first year men. Cal's first three centers are sophs and Nebraska has been relying heavily on rookies for its bench strength. Huskers Edged Nebraska lost its third game of the year, compared to three wins, when a red-hot Wyoming club edged the Huskers 71-70 at Laramie Wednesday night. A last half Nebraska rally fell short in the final minutes after the Cornhuskers had come back from a 44-34 de ficit at the half. NU guard Rex Swett hit a three point play with 25 sec onds left in the game to cut the Cowboy's lead to 69-68 but two free throws by Wyom 7 Weight Liftng Records Set Seven new intramural weight lifting records were set last week in the IM weightlifting tourney. Charles Szmrecsanyi, an in dependent, was the outstand ing individual lifter with two records in the 148 lb. class a squat of 285 pounds, and a total of 895. Dick McCoy. Sigma Chi, completed a fourth attempt dead lift of 415 pounds an-j other record in the 148 lb. class. . : In the 165 lb. class, M. J.j Alemzadeh. an independent, and runner-up individual lifter, set a record bench press of 275. Heavyweight Steve Marx,; another independent, set rec-i ords for the squat of 405, and dead lift of 495. for a record total of 1,140 lbs. Team scoring put Delta Sig ma Pi on top with 39 points. 2 Phi Kappa Psi 25 pts.; 3 Sigma Chi 21; 4 Sigma j Phi Epsilon 11; 5 Phi Delta Theta 9; and 6 FarmHouse 0. Winner in the 123 lb. class: Robert Gregg independent. 132 lb. class won by John; Miller Delta Sigma Pi. 148: lb. class won by Szmrecsanyi. i Daily Nebraskan Three Scrooges Dictate i nK i amiafrai irTrnm rrrrn i ! " ' , 11'''' " f ia i lf t " ' 3e o t S Merry Christmas and Happy Sew Year J o AIM Bob Cuningham Bill Gunlicks llsmtUiwi4Wl ing's Bob Hanson put the Cowboys out of range. Whole Show Two men Al Eastland and Curt Jimerson were the whole show for Wyoming. Eastland (6-8) and Jimerson (6-2) combined to hit 18 of 21 r VINCENT HITS 19 Soph BiU Vincent was the Huskers' leading scorer against Wyoming, scoring 19 points. field goal attempts to lead the first half assault The two totaled 39 points for the night Eastland scored eight of the Cowboys' first ten points in the opening 4'? minutes be fore Nebraska could connect on a field goaL Then Jimerson, Wyoming's first Negro player in many seasons, took over and scored on 11 of 13 shots from the floor and put the Wyoming crew far out in front. Jimerson wound up with 34 points, hitting 16 of 20 from the field for an 80 percent shoot ing mark. Eastland bucketed 23, cashing in of nine of 16 field goal attempts. Vincent Hits 19 Top showing for Nebraska 168 lb.- class won by Alemzs deh. 181 lb. class won by Ed Neid Delta Sig. 198 lb. class won by Curtis Bryan Sigma Chi. Heavyweight class won by Marr (IBIH FORD JU , .'-- -. v ...... v . in, I I -- . 0. i.a - ' -a, 1 E't Wl iaii-Fwe-Taf Si J mm ewnwetnan I ... ? C j-i -I 1 J yt.TiA nuur was the work of 6-8 sopho more Bill Vincent. Vincent, an Omaha South grad, hit 19 points to lead the Husker at tack, scoring 17 in the first half. The big NU pivot was deadly with his hook shot as he kept the Huskers in the game the first period. Swett and Tommy Russell were the leaders in NU's sec ond half surge, which saw the Huskers . cat the margin to 51-55 midway through the second half. Jimerson hit four baskets to put more zip in the Wyo ming attack before Coach Jerry Bush's crew could cut the lead to 69-65 via the free throw line. NU Falls Short Swett's three point play and a final basket by Russell weren't enough, however, as the Huskers went down to their third road defeat of the year. Russell was the second lead ing Husker scorer with 18, Swett had 13 and Ivan Grupe 12. Daryl Petsch, NU soph who scored 22 against Ohio U. last weekend, failed to score. Wyoming finished with a remarkable 49 percent team shooting average with Jimer son, Eastland and Hanson monopolizing the baskets. Ne braska hit at a 43 percent clip. aXBRAsEl WYOMING f RasseJl C-ll U Gi&h SMI Grope 4 4-4 U RochHtx 4 1 B. Ro'erS 12-14 Eastiand S-f 23 Swett 4 W II Hanson 1 4-7 It Petsch 04 J 'moo 1 1-4 34 Vincent 1-1 11 Haul z-a z Jones I 1-1 1 R. Bo'ers Nanen 1-1 I Stuart a-S Yates S - 0 Dalui 04 Denesia 0-9 0 Pnelz o-d Sladonnt Totals a aa-ri 7 Totals U-31 71 VF.BBArA wreeanc 44 j MODELS 2 Belt Bonn International i .dtertued in "HARPER'S DiTiiD" r . . J U .u v . I ProtttsioMl MoeJeliiifl Charm t Self impro-ra- !eaent . Special cow net for cef- t . leg students -4 faarteea years in Uajcsaaf as aw J f newels at Maaee's Peimer't Ml i Wards Wfeway. - . . Cel BUTE BONN ; SIS SOU CUTE Q3 - - I Advertising Policy! O ', If - . , ' 4. -fit - . 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