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Page 6 The Daily Nebraskan Monday, Feb. 14, 1965 Itlllllllllflllltlltllfllllllllltlllllllftlillf llllllllltllllllltIIIICIIIIIIfllIJllt1IIIIIIIlftIllllllllllllllllllltl)1tll11 The Sporting Life By James Pearse Sports Editor Tempo makes music go. Tempo is also what makes Nebraska's basketball team go. With six games left on the conference schedule, Nebras ka finds themselves alone atop the Big Eight with a perfect 8-0 mark. When you consider that the Huskers were at most a threat before the season started, that's a pretty fair record. Couple it with the national ranking the Huskers have received, and you have a bona fide surprise. Or Is it a surprise? When you compare this year's per formance with that of last season the answer is yes, it is a surprise. But if you consider this season in the light of Coach Joe Clprinao's building program and institution of his type of basketball, the answer is no, it is not a complete surprise. Coach Cipriano, with his tempo philosophy of basketball, is responsible for Nebraska's success. me coacn oeiieves a team tnat can piay at only one speed can be handled. Therefore, he has gone about putting together a team here at Nebraska that is capable of playing a diversified game. What is Tempo? Let's examine this "tempo" philosophy for a moment. As an example of a team that can play only one speed slow let's take Michigan. A real meat grinder a year ago, the Wolverines, with basically the same personel, are just another good ball club this year. They lumbered into the NCAA finals last spring only to be humiliated by a quick UCLA team. But it was not com pletely a story of UCLA 's blinding speed that brought Michi gan's downfall. Michigan had as good, if not better material, but they could only go at one speed slow. As a result they were unable to shift gears to cope with the speedy Uclans, and so they lost. Coach Cipriano believes that his Huskers are at a point now where the delay game complements the run and press. It allows Nebraska to control the game by keeping the opposition guessing and off-balance. Why Not Run? But the question comes up: Why stop running if you! have leaped out in front by twenty points? Simple. You can't run all night. I Take another example from the Big Ten, Iowa. Henry j Miller, Iowa's coach, is one of the masters of the pressure ! game. Miller says if you keep the same pressure on the oppo sition all night, there will be a two to four minute period when they break down. That is when you win the ball game. Sounds good. And it even works. UCLA proved it, and so did this year's Iowa team, for a while. Take a look at the basis for Miller's philosophy: "The object of coaching basketball is to make the game wind up as a completely automatic reflex action on the part of t h e players." The flaw in this premise is evident. Control Belongs To The Coach What happens if the game becomes clouded with mis takes (as often happens in a go-go type game) and your team spends a lot of time standing around thinking about a foul just called or a traveling violation? That's correct fans. Basketball suddenly ceases to be "a completely automatic reflex action." The game sudden ly winds up in the coaches hands again, where it belongs. The result of this is that you have coaches like Miller. Always on the court hollering at someone, whether it be the officials or the floor sweepers at half-time. And why? Because he doesn't know what to tell his play ers. Except perhaps, "Go out there and make this game a completely automatic reflex action, gang." When that happens you lose to teams like Wisconsin, who beat Iowa 69-68. Or worse you lose to a power like Texas Western (one of two major undefeated college teams) after you have them down by nearly fifteen points in the first few min utes, as low a did in a Christmas tournament. But if you can run out in frgnt by twenty points, and then waltz the opposition to the showers, you have control of the game. And he who controls wins. Cipriano's Style Saturday night was an excellent example of Nebraska's ability to play various speeds successfully. The game began sluggishly, but when Nebraska drew even at the 12:00 minute mark, they put on the press. It worked. And when the press works you have the foundation for the fast break, which also worked. Nebraska outscored ISU 10-0 during one stretch of press and run. This burst gave the Huskers an eight point lead which they never lost. Then with around seven minutes left and Nebraska hold ing a 67-56 lead, the Huskers down shifted. They began to work for the good shot. (This delay game may not be as slow as some people would like to think. (When Nebraska runs they have blinding speed and any let up is like walking.) Over those last seven minutes Grant Simmons was found all alone under the basket for two or three easy buck ets. Can you think of a better position to take a shot from? But what is more important is that Nebraska scored with the delay game. Also, they did not lose one point of the eleven point lead they held at the seven minute mark. The final score: 81-70. I'd say that Coach Cipriano sets a pretty fine tempo. Kansas is finding it hard to beat, too. Freshmen Win First The Husker freshmen got their first win of the season Saturday night with help from California transplants Earl Page and Tom Line. McCook native Roger Leit ner led the Nebraska frosh in scoring with 18 points. Results: PIZZA '1 HUT V PIZZA J Nebraska Frosh G F T 2 I-t " 5 8-U 18 3 3-5 9 4 5-6 13 1 1-1 3 4 1-2 t 4 0-2 8 4 4-5 12 Purtzke 0 0-10 Doebele Backsen 2 1-1 9 leaner Goodwin 5 2-5 Vi Line Lantz 2 0-0 4 Page Liggett I 1-3 3 Powers Pyle I 1-3 .1 Shaver Brewster 2 6-7 10 Sullivan Kreamer 6 1-2 13 Wagner Goodman 7 1-3 15 Hanna 0 0-0 0 Wilson 0 0-0 0 Wickett 0 0-0 0 Totals 26 13-24 65 Totals 27 23-34 77 Iowa State Frosh .10 35-4B Nebraska Frosh 37 4077 Fouled out Backsen. Total fouls Nebraska 18, Iowa State 2)0. (J3ul Gjive J4er Iowa State Frosh G F T 46th & O Ph. 489-4601 Tourney Begins Tonight t h e Intramural double-elimination tourney be gins. All team managers are asked to check the tourney schedule in the PE Building so there will be no mix up in sites or times. Monday. February 14 V.F. Building Court 3:00 Phi Delta Thela B vs. Sigma Chi B 6:30 Delta Tau Delta V v. Cornhusker B 7:30 Selleek vs. Seaotn R 8:30 Blown Palace vs. Tau Kappa Alpha A r.b. Building louri z 5-00 Kappa Sigma B v. Phi Gamma Delta B 6:30 Pioneer B vs. Ag Men B 7:30 Smith vi. r arfteld 8:311 Sigma Alpha Mu A vj. Pioneer A Varsltv Court 6:30 Phi Kapna Psi A vs. Sigma Chi A 7:30 Sigma .u A vs Sigma Alpha Ep- silon A 8:30 Triangle A vs. Beta Sigma Psi A trmh Court 6:30 Phi Delta Theta A va. Alpha Tau Omega A 7:30 Delta Upsilon A vs. Phi Gamma Delta A 8:30 Farm House A vs. Alpha Gamma Sigma A Ag Court 6:30 Phi Delta Theta C vs. Alpha Tau Omega C 7.30 Sigma Phi Epsiloo C vs. Alpha Tau Omega C 8:30 Delta Upsilon C vs. Farm House C 9:30 Phi Delta Gamma C vs. Ag Men C 9:30 Phi Delta Theta C vs. Ag Men C Tuesday. February IS P. K. Building Court 1 5:00 Ab.M IV A vs. Abel VI A 6:30 MM A vs. Abel XI A 7:30 XII vs. Abel IV A 8:30 Pharmacy vs. Civil Kngineers 9:30 Marauders vs Psych. Dept. P. E. Building Court 1 5:00 Ahel U A vs. Abel VII A 6:30 Abel X A vs. Abel XII A 7:30 Ahel VII V vs. Abel III B 8:30 Army vs. Hustlers No. I 9:30 Hustlers No, 2 vs. Unicorns Ar Court 6:30 Glenn vs. Governors 7:30 Thoreau vs. Carson 8:30 Pike s. Patton 9:30 Penn vs. Bogers NU Wins On Track By Bruce Mason Nebraska ended its home indoor track season with the sweet taste of victory linger ing on their lips as they downed Wyoming 76-43. Lynn Headley, filling in capably for the late-arriving speedster Charlie Greene, raced to victory in the 60 yard dash in the time of :06.3. The trio of Charlie Greene, Dave Crook, and Peter Scott fresh from two victories and a second at the United States Track and Field Federation Meet at New York arrived too late for Greene to com pete in his speciality, the 60 yard dash. However, the tardy arrival did not prevent the capturing of the 440 by Nebraska's cap tain, Dave Crook. Scott, switching from the 1.000 yards to the 880, coasted to an easy victory over the runner-up, H u s k e r Noval Jones. In the 1,000 yards Lcs Hell busch supplied the lead in an all Nebraska cast, as the sophomore from Columbus finished first, pursued by fel- j low Huskers, Orlando Martin- ez and Joe Scott. Ray Harvey, a Memorial Stadium record in the 60-yard low hurdles with the time :06.8. nicked the last hurdle and sprawled to victory on the cinders. The Scarlet and Cream added victories in the 600 yard run and the mile with the conquests of Ron Lee and Orlando Martinez. In the field, Nebraska's "Muscle-man" Jim Beltzer added 4lis inches to his var sity shot put record with a winning toss of 57'4' 2". Steve Krebs. the 5' 10" jumping jack, leaped to vic tory with a spring of 6'6" in the high jump. 60-Td. dash . Lynn Headley. Nebras. ka: 2. Jerry Saffel. Wyoming ; 3-. Larry Liss. Nebraska. T :0fi.3 440-yd. run 1. Dave Crook, Nebraska; 2. Dennis Walker. Nebraska; 3. Bernt Carter. Wyoming. T :50. 600-Td. run 1. Ron I.ee. Nebraska; 2. Dick Odson, Wyoming. T 1:14.2, 80-yd. run 1 Peter Scott, Nebraska; 2. Norval Jones. Nebraska: 3. Doug McDonald, Wyoming. T 1:58.9. Mile 1. Orlando Martinez, Nebraska; 2. Mike Gregorio. Wyoming; 3. Pete Smith. Wyoming. T 4:21.7. 60-yd. high hurdles 1. Jerry Sal lei, Wyoming; 2. Ray Harvey, Nebraska; 3 Lonnie Sherlock, Nebraska. T :07.5. Two-mlle run 1. Mike Gregorio. Wyo ming; 2. Dennis Settles, Nebraska. T 9:51.9. 1,000-jrd. run 1. Les Hellbusch, Nebras ka; 2. Orlando Martinez, Nebraska; 3. Joe Scott. Nebraska. T 2:17.9 fiO-yd. low hurdles 1. Ray Harvey, Ne braska: 2. Jerry Salfel, Wyoming; 3. Lynn Headley, Nebraska T :06.8 (ties Stadium record held by Heye Lambertus. Nebraska. 1932; Bob Derrick, Oklahoma, 1955; and Keith Gardner, Nebraska. 1958). Mile relay 1. Nebraska (Liss. Cooper, Walker. Lee); 2. Wyoming. T 3:29.6. IN THE FIELD Shot put 1. Jim Beltzer. Nebraska, 57 4'n; 2. Dennis Hagin, Nebraska, 51-9'-i; 3 Gideon Ariel, Wyoming, 50-2. (Nil var sity record, old record 57-0 set by Beltzer last week). Broad lump 1. Vic Washington, Wyo ming, 22-9'; 2. Giilart Weingarten, Wyo ming, 22-4'.,; 3. Dave Janky, Nebraska, 22-3 3-4. High jump 1. Steve Krebs, Nebraska, -; 2. Jerrv Smith, Wyoming, 5-10; 3. Vic Washington, Wyoming, 5-10. Pole vault 1. Cook Holllday, Wyoming, 14-1; 2. Ron Fecht. Nebraska, 13-. Still Perfect In League Grant Simmons Directs Team Victory Over Pesky Cyclones ry By James Pearse Still a little leg weary from their successful swing through Oklahoma, t h e Nebraska Cornhuskers displayed fine execution of nearly every phase of their game at some time or other Saturday night to defeat Iowa State, 81-70. The victory gave Coach Joe Cipriano's Cornhusker corps a perfect 8-0 Big Eight confer ence mark and a 16-3 over-all record. AH season long Nebraska has been a team that has won because they have had total team effort. It is alwys hard to single out a star in any Ne braska victory, and the w I n over ISU is no exception. This dedication to the total effort Is the key to success in the type of game Nebraska plays. And if dedication is the key to success, then a team lead er is the key necessary dedi cation. Grant Simmons Saturday night showed the type of lead ership that has made h i m captain of the team. Nebraska got off to a slow start, falling behind 5-0 at the outset. Fouls and turnovers kept the Huskers from break ing into their running game. Slowly Nebraska made up the early deficit and tied the score when Simmons hit a goal with 12:45 to go in the first half. The press, lead again by New Frosh Events Added Kansas City Four new events for Big Eight Confer ance freshmen have been added to the schedule for this year s Conference indoor track championships, Febru ary 25-26 in Kansas C i t y' s Municipal Auditorium, Wayne Duke, Big Eight executive di rector, announced today. Added to the card, which already features 14 Big Eight varsity and six Iansns Citv varsity and six K a n s a s City Interscholastic League events, w ill be the 60-y a r d dash, 60-veard hich hurdles 600-yard run, and the mile run. All trials, semifinals and finals in the freshmen events will be run Friday. The additional competition for freshmen was made possi ble when the Big Eight's fac ulty representatives, the leg islative body of the Conference, relaxed outside competition rules for varsity and fresh man athletes in all sports under Conference jurisdiction. The faculty then authorized Duke to add events for fresh men to this year's meet. This means that such out standing Big Eight freshmen as Kansas' Jum Ryun and George Byers, Kansas State's Terry Davis and Larry Wel don, Missouri's Craig Endi cott and Glenn Ogden. and Oklahoma's Glen and Wayne Long and compete here. Read Nebraskan Want Ads FTP Tl 11 1m Playing From Nine 'til One Every Friday Afternoon From 3:30 to TWA r STUART LANTZ Simmons, was beginning to work, as ISU was forced to turnover the ball after failing to get across mid-court in the allotted ten seconds. Then with the score 17-15 in favor of ISU Nebraska called for a time-out. Coining out of the huddle with 12:01 on the clock, it wa all Simmons and his Nebras ka teammates. . Turning the trick as he had done earlier in the week at both Oklahoma and Oklahoma City, Simmons got the fast break operating at full tilt. But the fast-break won't go without the press. On the press it was Simmons and Willie Campbell leading the way. Before ISU could call time out with 9:18 remaining in the half, the Huskers had climbed from a two point deficit to an eight point lead, 25-17. And so it went throughout the night. Each man had his moments, but underneath it Husker Wrestlers Pin South Dakota Coach Orval Borgialli's Husker wrestlers got their second win of the season Fri day beating South Dakota 28 to 13. Both heavyweight C a r e 1 Stith and 167 - pounder John 140 NO. I3TH 432 1465 ' ' r.-ff if, TTD Starting Tonight TTJ I... j taps in two as Huskers defeat ISU 81-70. all was leader Grant Sim ons. It was Simmons early in the second half who worked the press and break to boost Ne braska to a 57-48 lead after ISU had closed to within three, 47-44. It was Simmons in the last seven minutes who guided the successful delay game which netted the Huskers their last 14 points in easy fashion. While Simmons was lead ing the attack, his mates were showing why Nebraska is on top of the Big Eight. Campbell was working un derneath the basket, stopping ISU's two big men Raul Duarle and Don Smith. Smith totaled only eight points in the first half, and a mere three rebounds. Smith was the league's leading re bounder going into the game. He finished the game with eleven. Campbell was also out in front on the press, and had a great deal to do with the 25 Hallgren pinned South Dakota wrestlers. Nebraska 160 - pounder Randy Snell dislocated his el bow and lost by default. Results: 123 Ron Thon, Nebraska, won by for feit. 130 Ralph Garcia, Nebraska, won by forteit. mm DOORS OPEN 12:45 t5 STARTS TODAY ' St. it' ., ' V anl For The ) tu n OP ill) IIP 11 Ct3 turnovers ISU had through the night. Unofficially 14 of those turnovers were caused by the press. Tom Baack had trouble get ting untracked, but ended the game with 10 points. In the second half, Nate (Top) Branch went on an eight minute rampage. Dur ing that time the Top Branch netted six points off the fast break, stole the ball on t h e press, and blocked a couple of shots. Branch finished the game with 16 points, behind only Simmons (22) for Ne braska. Then there was Stuart Lantz. He ran, he rebounded, he scored, he pressed, but what 8158 fans in attendance will remember is one shot that displayed it all. It came with just under nine minutes remaining in the contest, and ISU closing again at 61-56. Nebraska came down on a fast break. Lantz took a pass from the center man and left the floor about nine feet from the basket. With the basket ball resting in his hand and his arm extended above h i s hand, Lantz gracefully sailed up and up and up. By the time he reached the basket his elbow was above the rim. Then, in one quick snap of his wrist, he sent the ball ripping through the cords. The follow through found Lantz on the floor beyond the end line, and everyone else in the coliseum on their feet screaming their amazement. All the scout from Missouri (NU's next opponent) could muster was, "My God!" Almost every Husker saw some action. Fred Hare, mak ing his first appearnace in some time, came off the bench to score six points and play the press well. J i m Damm chipped in his steady performance. Coley Webb re bounded well, and on it goes. A team effort. A team vic tory. When one man wasn't on another w a s. The press worked to - perfection, twice holding ISU in the backcourt for the full ten seconds. The delay ran out the clock and netted some easy baskets. It was a good win. 137 Jerry Langdon. Nebraska, deci sioned Denny Lalsh, 3-0. 14IS Ron HiWenbrandt, Nebraska, won by forfeit. 152 Bill Harold, South Dakota, deci sioned Kent Jensen, 6-0. ISO Will Kille, South Dakota, won by default over Randy Snell. 167 John Hallgren. Nebraska, pinned Mike Ziter, 4:15. 177 Roger Wilson, South Dakota, won by forfeit. Hvt. Care! Stith, Nebraska, pinned Dave Baade, 6:52. GEORGE AXELROD'S IT'S A COMEDY!!! Mp AN ACT OF PURE AGGRESSION NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ADULTS OVER 30 UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY YOUNG IDEAS (Definitely Not for FUDDY DUDDYS1 now Next Two Weeks 9 Gymnasts Defeated Nebraska lost both ends of a triangular gymnastics meet with the Air Force Academy and the University of Colorado in Lincoln Saturday. It was a matter of the Air Force showing as much en thusiasum for a good per formance on the still rings as they do for a brilliant touch down run. Each time an Air Force man completed his exercise, he was greeted with cheers from his teammates and wel comed as he returned to the bench. The show of spirit was ap propriate as only one Ne braskan defeated an airman. Sophomore Pat McGill from Lincoln won the floor exercise. Alan Armstrong of Nebras ka did a fine job on the still rings, but his effort was shadowed by a mere .05 of a point by Higgins of the Air Force and .3 of a point by Boatright of Colorado. Some observers felt Armstrong's showing deserved a first place rating. Rich Bcran's finished sec ond to both Air Force and Colorado in the all-around. Higgins of the Air Force beat him, while Fisher of Colorado nosed out Beran. Others showing up well for the Husker gymnasts were Santoro in the long horse and Stone on the parallel bars. Next week Nebraska will be in Lawrence, Kansas to take on the University of Kansas. The only remaining home meet is the freshman-varsity affair. Saturday's results: Scoring Air Force 168.55; Colorado 181.90: Nebraska 152.15 Nebraska vs. Air Force Floor Exercise 1. McGill (NU) 8f.: IWhittenburg (AF) 8.B0; 3. Ready (NU) Side Horse 1. MacPherson (AF) 8 10: 2. Inness (NU) 7.90; 3. (Tie) Scheer (NU) and Higgins (AF) 7.55. Trampoline 1. Smith ( AF) 8.60; 2, Thai (AF) 8.30; 3. Miller (AF) 8.00, Horizontal Bar-1. Higgins (AF) 8,90; 2. Jones (NU) 8.20; 3. Kopf (AF) 7.10. 1MB Horse 1. Higgins (AF) 9.35; 5. (Tie) Santoro (NU) and Whittenbcrg (AF) 9.30; 3. Beran (NU) 9 25. Parallel Bars 1, Higgins (AF) 8.B0; 2. Stone (NU) 7.45; 3. O'Grady (AF) 7.20. Still Rings 1. Higgins i AF) 8 45; 2. 7 55aStn'' (NV' MOi 3' Tom?ano (AF All-Around Higgins (AF) 50.90; Beran (NU) 42.50. Nebraska vs. Colorado Floor Exercise-1. McGill (NU) 8 (us 2. Fisher (CU) 7.95; 3. S-.-tchell (CU) 7.:, Side Horse 1. Ryan (CU) 9 0; 2 In. ness (NU) 7.9; 3. Padin (CU) 7.7. Trampoline 1. Evans (CU) 8.25; 2. He. Cabe (CU) 8.0; 3. Setchell (CU) 7.95. Horizontal Bar 1. Arfsten (CU) 8 ii 2. Jones (NU) 8.2; 3. Fisher (CU) 7.25, Long Horse 1. Fisher (CU) 9.45; 2. Santoro (NU) 9.3; 3. Beran (NU) 9.25. Parallel Bars 1. Padia (CU) 7.5ft! 2. Stone (NU) 7.45; 3. Arfsten (CU) 7.4. Still Rings 1. Boatright (CU) 8.7; 2. Armstrong (NU) 8.4; 3. Hoffschnciclcr (CU) 8.0. All-Around Fisher (CU) 45.30: Reran (NU) 42.50. (Hl7 kirk DDUuLH5 RICHARD HARRIS THE MERCIES F TELEMARK MNAVIltON'COlUMai COLO si Night 5:30 L
