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The Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, January 7, 1965
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The PEG-BOARD
By Peggy Spcece
It was some vacation alright . . . more football games
than Grandpa got ties for Christmas. And what about that
marathon New Year's Day
The whole carnival was packed with some unbeliev
able talent (did you catch that fantastic run by Olympic
100-meter champ Bob Hayes in the North-South game?
and a few good laughs (who was the misplaced Arkansas
fan that let a pig loose on the field at the Rose Bowl
contest?).
Then there was the Mud Bowl at San Francisco's
East-West Shrine game. A 32-jard punt didn't even wiggle
when it hit the ground just sort of nestled into the soft
cushion of mud that served as a playing field.
And the Ineligible Bowl where Florida State's coach
woke up one morning to read that his star punter was in
his sixth year of school and Oklahoma discovered four of
its players had signed undated pro contracts in early De
cember. I especially enjoyed the championship playoffs in the
two pro football leagues. If the San Diego Chargers could
have had the services of flanker back Lance Alworth and
hadn't lost running back Keith Lincoln early in the first
quarter, the Buffalo Bills might not be the AFL kings.
The Cleveland Browns bottled up Colt end Ray Berry
to rout a highly touted Baltimore team. Nobody knows
what happened to the Colts that stupendous second half
that saw Cleveland score 27 points to become NFL cham
pions. I would like to put in a bid (once again) for having
a football "World Series". It's too bad that NFL com
missioner Pete Rozelle can't get behind the idea. AFL
executives are willing, even begging for a playoff game
but Rozelle holds off.
Can you imagine what that game would have been
like this season?
It almost certainly would have been a battle of the
brawn as fullback Jim Brown of the Browns (considered
by many to be the best fullback ever) and fullback Cookie
Gilchrist of the Bills (second only to Brown if second to
anybody) would have given devotees of old-fashioned foot
ball a thrill a minute.
And matching the quarterbacking of Buffalo's Jack
Kemp against the Brown's Frank Ryan would have kept
the long bomb threat alive on almost every play.
Or there easily could have been a kicking contest be
tween Cleveland's old man, Lou Groza, and Buffalo's
young Pete Gogloak, the Hungarian refugee who kicks the
ball soccer-style with his instep.
Oklahoma State
Death Of Don
The Daily Nebraaskan
sports desk received this
eulogy from Otis Wile and
Pat Quinn of Oklahoma
State.
It was hard to believe the
sad news Sunday that Don
Pierce had succumbed, vic
tim of a tragic traffic ac
cident. Kansas university's
sports publicity director
stood alone as a master of
his profession, an unassum
ing, friendly master, but
the best of the mall.
We write today for the
friends who receive this
mailer, not with thought of
publication. Don Pierce
dead at 45 . . , you thought
of Pierce as indestructible,
as he was when he played
tackle for his beloved Jay
hawks, a big, friendly man
with overflowing humor, a
prodigious memory, a dis
dain for sham or pretense.
We want to write about
our big, shaggy friend . -. .
he was a valued friend of
every sports writer in the
land, and of every courage
ous athlete in the midlands,
for that matter. Don left so
much to remember. H i s
facile typewriter turned so
much agreeably piquant
copy, phrases and nick
come to life so vividly.
Years ago, when the bas
ketball rivalry of teams
coached by Phog Allen at
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Kansas were battling Hen
ry Iba's great OSU teams,
Pierce delighted in the
fierce contests. State's de
fenses were so feared that
Gallagher hall was regard
ed by most rivals as a bast
ile that defied capture.
Pierce walked in one day
with the Jayhawk players
and Allen. ''Yon could see
it on their faces as they
walked through the door of
Gallagher Jiall," Pierce
said later. "They could hear
those Georgia leg-i r o n s
clanking. You had ns beat
before we got to the dress
ing room to suit up. But
wasn't that a ball game!"
Don's nicknames were so
apt they always stuck. When
the huge but pallid Lovel
lette starred at Kansas,
Pierce nicknamed him "the
Great White Whale of the
Kaw." That moniker re
bounded. Don was a big
man himself, and associ
ates began calling Pierce
"the Whale" after Lovel
lette left KU.
Jones Ramsey of Texas
university delighted in the
phrase Pierce coined about
him. Ramsey is a towering
fellow, as friends from his
Stillwater days will recall,
but no longer slender. With
a fine concern for the re
gard Texans have for ev
erything big, Don described
Jones as "the world's tall
est fat man."
Pierce knew the name
and achievement of just
about every athlete In the
midlands. Missouri's Bill
Callahan related once that
he had written Pierce a
note In which he mentioned
that Rowland Smith, Colum
bia sports writer, had mar
ried Jane Froman, the well
known singer. So totally Im
mersed In sports to the ex
clusion of lesser interests
Spectacular Import
Sales
Marcimndise ordered or which
All will be old at Low, Low
Round The
IM
Scores
Wednesday, Dec. 16
Ag Men 36-Beta Sliigma
Psi 35
Cleveland Browns 68 Buf
falo Bills 0
Delta Sigma Pi 39-Chi Phi
36
Sigma Nu B 44 Farm
House B 29
Thoreau 31 Glenn 78
Gadfly 21-The Cloth 3
Triangle 30 Brown Palace
21
Cornhusker 50 -Delta Sig
ma Phi 21
Big Eight Tournament 3
Nebraska 0
Sigma Phi Epsilon C 86
Kappa Sigma C 7
Patton 45-Pike 36
Acacia 23 Theta Chi 20
Pi Kappa Phi 31 Pioneer
27
Beta Theta Pi C 2 Sigma
CM C
Phi Delta Theta 37-Sigma
Chi 34
Sigma Phi Epsilon 60
Alpha Tau Omega 46
Phi Delta Theta C 40-A1-pha
Tau Omega C 18
Phi Kappa Psi 60 Theta
Xi 39
The Valley of Death 500
The Five Hundred 0
Delta Tau Delta 2 Delta
Upsilon
Theta Xi C 2-Delta Tau
Delta C
Thursday Dec. 17
Kennedy 52 Frost 39
Custer 43 Pershing 16
Monday, Jan. 4
Sigma Nu 67 Phi Gamma
Delta 46
Delta Tau Delta 2 Sigma
Alpha Epsilon
Denotes Forfeit.
Mourns
Pierce
was Pierce that the name of
the bride meant nothing to
him. He wrote Callahan,
"No I didn't see anything
about Smitty's wedding.
However, the name Jane
Froman doesn't mean any
thing to me. Only Froman
I knew was a left-handed
Indian who used to play
lirstbase for Topeka in the
1920s. He hit the scoreboard
in right field for a homer
on July 9, 1927, against Ft.
Smith.
Careless in dress, Don
was sometimes a gentle
trial to his lovely wife,
Vivian. Once, enroufe to
Chicago for a convention,
we had dropped off in Lawr
ence to pick up Pierce. At
their home, Vi greeted us
and explained that Don was
bathing and would soon be
ready. We could hear the
WTiale sounding in the tub
as he shouted greetings.
Shortly he was dressed in
his Sunday suit and came
romping into the living
room, his tie almost stright,
his hair combed. Little Vivi
an looked with approval un
til she glanced at his feet.
Don was wearing his gar
dening shoes.
"You get back into the
bedroom and change
shoes," she ordered. Meek
ly he said as he backed
from the room, "Aw, Vi,
these arc SO comfortable."
Oh, the wonderfully hap
py memories that well up
with the tears when a dear
friend finishes the game in
which he played so well.
W7e recall Don's elation
when OSU joined the Big
Eight. His admiration for
Henry Iba knew no bounds.
Don loved a competitor.
The Big Eight will never
know another quite like
Pierce of Kansas.
arrived to be put on display.
Frioos.
OFF
World Shop
Swimming Team To
oiiist Jay
Nebraska swimmers take to
the waterways Saturday at 3
p.m. in a triangular-dual
meet with Kansas and Iowa
from the Big Ten.
This will be the first offi
cial meet of the season for
the young tankers who pulled
"SWIMMERS, TAKE YOUR MARK" . . . will be the call Saturday at 3 p.m. in the
Coliseum pool as Huskcr mermen host Kansas and Iowa in a triangular-dual meet. A
possible combination for the 400-yard medley relay team is shown here. Standing, from
left to right, are Mike Jackson, brcaststrok er, and Ron Gabrielson, freestyler. Seated
is Jon Rurchill, butterfly swimmer, while lanky Doug Sutton gets set for a smooth
start on the backstroke.
the
The first Benchwarmer of
the new year goes to the
mean ole, spoil-sporty, bu
reaucrats who banned the
most efficient cheering in
strument since the pom pom
girls: the stadium horn.
Put on sale during the lat
ter stages of the football
season, these beautiful,
handmade cornumelodiaes
were probably responsible
for our invitation to the Cot
ton Bowl. Or, maybe, they
just wanted to get away
from all those knothole kid
dies who insisted on putting
their feelings to music for
Soph Fred Hare Leads
Huskers Roundballers
Husker basketballers now
sport a 5-7 record after their
first Big Eight loss to Kansas
last Monday.
Fred Hare loads all scorers
with 18.4 points per outing,
and Bob Antulov has pulled
down 105 rebounds for top
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SIMMONS, Rrant .. VI 4K-117 .410 31-43 .721 M 41 127 1(1.7
HHANCH. Nate 12 41(11 .4B7 23-42 .548 41 20 121 lll.l
AV'I'lhOV, Bob .... 12 -W 4111 27-5S .401 JDS 4b 113 0.4
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JOHNSON. Eiirl .... 11-27 .4IV7 7-18 . 1(1 12 29 3.2
AMM.P.ERT. Ray .... 4 618 .'133 IMS JIM 3 24 4.0
JvORTlJS. Jil 1" - .2117 J1-1S (6118 22 22 23 2.S
F-K ARSON. Bill ... W W! MM 4-0 .444 28 3 14 1.4
CAMPBEU Willi .. S 8-7 .4S 2-3 .W 6 2 8 1.6
NKIP..MIKR. Garir .... 7 1-8 .125 4-5 ,8KI t ft S 419
RF.tNERS. Al 8 1-5 .2(KI O-l JH 4 8 2 9 7
VF,R. TOTAlis .... 12 814-767 .4119 216-359 .6112 801 254 W4 76.8
OPP. TOTALS .... 12 881402 .417 110-343 .676 425 217 892 74.8
MORRASKA RECilIlD: Won 5. ton 1 Bom: 5-1 1 Away: M Bin Eieht: 0-1
SV trr. Ml nicm Point NU To ttrhiMjiidn-
611 Wynmlin (A) 04 Frud Hare. 11 Bon Antulov, 34
9i Purdue (H) 85 i'lolw Wbb, 21 Frt Hare, 8 ,
74 South Dnkota (H) 63 Fri-d Bare. 15 Boh Antulm-, 11
74 Mirhitran iH) 73 Fred Hare, 20 Fred Bare, 12
73 Tma8 LAI 77 Fred Hare. 83 Fred Hare, IB
711 Ti"xh Tei A) 82 Grant Simmons, 21 Cola Webb,
r.7 fjilitnmia iH) HO st Branch, 24 Bob Antulov, IB
63 California iH) S9 Fred Hare, 17 Bob Antulov, 11
5H Colorado (A) 70 Fred Hare, 19 Bob An'uinv, 7
61 Oklahoma State (A) 74 Fred Hare, 16 Fred Hare, 11
6.' Inwa Stale lA) 69 Fred Hare, 21 Bob Antulm, 8
56 Kansas iHl 66 Fred Hare, 22 Jerry Smart, 6
INDIVIDUAL HIGHS
T-itu! Point Fred Hare f33, . Texas, tftc. 18 (34 TG. FT)
Ff, Smred , Fred Hare (14, va. Texas, Bee. 18 '26 ATT.)
FT Scored Colry Webb (9), va. fHtlahoma State, Tmr. 27 fl3 AT)
FT Atiemnted Coley Webb (13), vk. Oklaboma State, Dec. 27 (9Mi
No Unbound Bob Antulov )). n WyonUnc Dec I
W Team Hltrb Mnrki Od. Low Mark
FC Scnrnd . ... 311, v. Purdue Ff) Scored 28, Colored
FT Atuwnnted 44, vh. Wyoming FT Attempted 14, Cal
FT Scored 26, v. Wyonuna Kaneaa .
va. South Dakota FT Snored ....8, Kaiwaa
DOUBTING THOLIAS?
HOPEFUL AGNOSTIC?
Christianity has more to offer than hope, it has positive
proof in the form of MIRACLE which was foretold,
described and it intensely personal. Ask the Religious
leaders or send me a card marked ESP-17. My reply is
free, non-Denominational, Christian. Martyn W. Hart,
Box 53, Cicn Ridce, RJ. 07028 (USA).
a close one (51-42) from the
talent-topped freshman team
just several weeks ago.
Last year's meeting of
these same three teams saw
Kansas nip the Iluskers by
one point,, while the Iluskers
in turn edged Iowa by five
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enchwatmer
sixty solid minutes of foot
ball. Jut strangely enough
some kind folks must have
made sure that all the
kids made the trip to Dal
las too, or maybe Jack
Drees kept blowing on one
when the television cameras
were following the action
on the field.
Alas, there weren't
enough horns to drown out
the hogcalls and therefore,
the Huskers went down in
defeat.
honors in that department.
Significant to notice is that
before the disastrous holiday
season all five starters were
averaging in double figures,
but now there remain only
three.
havlks.
points. (In meets of this type
two scores are tabulated for
each team; in essence, Ne
braska is competing in t w o
dual meets.)
Kansas, on paper, would
seem to be a slight favorite
Butv just like the good
Cornhusker teams that they
back, the fans never said
"Dun", and they were back
in triplicate for the basket
ball games. After all, we
beat Michigan with 'em,
didn't we?
Now, howeer. a strange
silence prevails (except for
good, old-fashioned cheer
ing, that is) in the Coli
seum. Someone has handed
down a decree that forbids
the use of the Corn Cobs
most recent money-getter.
There is no longer any
head-turner at the basket
ball games, no more exas
perated, wiring fans, and
the Benchwarmer is just as
relieved as everybody else.
Tennis Meeting Set
For January 15
There will be a meeting for
all persons interested in Var
sity and Freshman Tennis at
5 p.m., Jan, 15, in Room 114
P.E. Building.
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as most of their team is back
from last year.
"Again it looks like a toss
up between us and the
Uawkeyes, Coach Dick Klaas
commented, "but only on pa
per, that is. I'm looking for
some individual improvement
from some of the boys this
year, so it should be an in
teresting afternoon."
"The best race of the day
looks like the 200-yard breast
stroke with Nebraska's Mike
Jackson stroking against Jim
Basile of Kansas and Ron
Berry from the Big Ten rep
resentative," he added.
The men to watch from
Kansas, which splashed to
second place in the Big Eight
last year, are sprinter Dick
Bisbee, Bill Johnson, a back
stroker, Basile in the breast,
and Don Pennington, a pow
erful sophomore in the butter
fly. The Uawkeyes, who could
only muster a seventh place
in the tough Big Ten last
year, boast an All-American
diver in Mike LeVois. Ralph
Bextinc heads the list of
sprinters while Hal Bigger
carries the colors in the long
er distrance races.
The Huskers' line-up looks
fairly similar to last year's
except for the addition of sev
eral sophomores and the ab
sence of sprint ace Keefe
Lodwig.
Jon Burchill, who placed
fifth in the Olympic Trials in
Canada last summer will
lead off in the first butterfly
position for Nebraska.
Dave Frank will probably
continue as top man in t h e
individual medley and the
backstroke with Doug Sutton
backing him up in the latter.
Jackson, of course, will
start in the breaststroke, and
Tom Nickerson and Ron Ga
rrison will carry the load
in the long anil short f r e e -style
races, respectively.
All of the above mentioned
are juniors who saw plenty
of action last year.
Co-captain Tom Chambers
will be used in a utility role
in several of three races in
hopes that he may provide
some of the depth that has
been lacking.
As an example of the depth
problem, last year in the Big
Eight, the Huskers swam off
with five first places while
Kansas won no firsts, but yet
KU finished ahead, in second
place.
Because it is the first ac
tion for all three teams, there
could be some surprises from
all quarters.
The probable Husker line
up is:
400-yard medley relay Sut-t-"
Jackson, Burchill, Fra
zier. 200-yard freestyle Nick
erson, Waldron (co-captain).
50-yard freestyle Gabriel
son, Nebe.
200-yard individual medley
Frank, Chambers.
Diving Tice, Gleisberg.
200-yard butterfly
Burchill, Chambers.
100-yard freestyle Gabri
elson, Frazier.
200-yard backstroke
Frank, Sutton.
500-yard freestyle Nick
erson, Withrow.
200 - yard breaststroke
Jackson, Frisch.
400-yard freestyle relay
Frank, Frazier, Miller, Gabrielson.