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-
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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.
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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
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to remember is NoDen. SoDot perks you up in Minute, with the ;
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aoa-habtt-forming, NoDos i sold
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tMBs& wLik driving, too i '
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The as aasf awana Meet ereaasli aisiieOsiat. JanraMr tjaa aaaaanl af iVaas
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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