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The Daily Nebraska?!
Thursday, March 31, 1965
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Wayne Weber . . . one
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Five NU Swimmers
To Be Honored
Where the
Action Is
Jim Osberg . . .
"good job" in 1965,
Dennis Kichnafsky . . .
one of few ends.
By Bob Flasnick
Sports Assistant
Pre-season speculation about Nebras
ka's 1966 football team wouldn't be com
plete without a "problem" to spice the
conversation.
This year the problem seems to lie
In the offensive end positions.
"We've lost some real good ends,"
says Husker Coach Bob Devaney, referr
ing to All-Americans Tony Jeter and Free
man White. "When you lose men of that
caliber, you have a tough time replacing
them."
The problem is compounded by the
fact that only one returning back-up man
for last year's end tandem will have plac
ing experience. Dennis Richnafsky caught
13 passes for 133 yards at his flanker end
position last season to rank number three
for the Husker ends in receiving yard
age behind Jeter and White.
Although Richnafsky is small, (6-0,
186) he has a nack for catching anything
thrown in his vicinity, and if he remains
healthy, Nebraska will have a top flight
receiver at right end.
The left end, or tight end in Ne
braska's attack, remains a big question
mark. Devaney calls the tight end spot
one of the toughest, if not the toughest,
position on the team to fill. "He has to
be able to block and catch the ball," says
Devaney.
The only person to put in any time
at that position last year, with the ex
ception of Jeter, was Larry Casey, and
he too, has graduated. Sophomore Miles
Kimmel and junior Don Delaney will
probably get the first shots at the tight
end position in spring practice.
1965: 'Weak' Interior
At this time last year, early specu
lation" was of the consensus that the 1965
team would be weak in the interior line.
However, the front wall solidified, thanks
to the play of - center Kelly Peterson,
guards Jim Osberg and LaVerne Allers,
and tackles Dennis Carlson and Jim
Brown.
Peterson will be back at center this
year, and letterman Bob Hill will be with
the Huskers to strengthen the position.
Joe Buda caught Devaney's eye as a cen
ter on last year's freshman team and
should add depth.
A b o u t the guard position Devaney
gays, "Osberg and Allers did a good job
for us last year and should improve this
year." Both of last year's starting tackles
have graduated, "but we have some re
serve strength back at that spot," says
Devaney.
Sophomore letterman Bob T a u c h e r
(264) and transfer students Bob Pickens
(274) and Dick Fitzgerald (230) are in
the early running for the tackle spots.
Except for the ends, depth in the line
appears to be good.
'Loss Of Speed'
The same holds true in the backfield.
In a bit of an understatement, Devaney
says, "Offensively, I think we have a good
group of backs." One of the Husker
coach's, main worries in the backfield is
what he calls "a gradual loss of speed
over the last few years."
Devaney says the departure of Frank
Solich, last year's mighty-mite fullback,
will cut down on Nebraska's break-away
threat. "We don't .feel we're going to be
real fast" in the backfield says Devaney.
With Solich gone, Nebraska fans will
have to adjust their ideas about full
backs and realize that the man behind
the quarterback is big and bruising. Char
lie Winters (217) and Pete Tatman (214)
are the most likely ones to fill that role.
Two fine sophomores to be, Dennis Gal
braith and Dick Davis, add depth to the
fullback position.
The number-one man for the left half
back spot going into spring practice is
last year's third leading ground-gainer
Ron Kirkland. Kirkland came on strong
last season after being hobbled with a
mid-season leg injury and finished with
the highest rushing average on the team
(6.6 yards).
The man most likely to back him up
this year will be Ken Brunk, a sopho
more from Cozad.
Harry Wilson, last year's leading
ground-gainer with 672 yards, leads the
contingent at right halfback. Behind him
is hard-running Ben Gregorv.
'Well Stocked'
The quarterback position seems as
amply stocked, if not more so, as any
of the backfield positions. After guiding
the Huskers through most of the 1964 sea
son and filling in for Fred Duda last
year, Bob Churchich is the quarterback
to beat out if you want to play that position
for Nebraska.
Wayne Weber would appear to be
playing the "second man" role going in
to spring practice. Behind Weber are two
of last year's red shirts, Ernie Siegler
and Al Fierro, and last season's fresh
man quarterback Frank Patrick.
Nebraska will use both the balanced
and unbalanced line again in 1966. Devan
ey says the unbalanced line allows his
backs to get to the short side quicker,
but he prefers the balanced line for passing.
Don't just sit there,
Wallace Middendorp.
Make a noise. Or drink
Sprite, the
noisy soft
drink
What did you do
whan Jo (Boxcar)
BrkczpmluJ was
kicked off the
football teas Just
because be flunked
six out of four of
his majors? What
did you do, Wallace
Middendorp?
And when the
school newspaper's
editors resigned in
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Although official word has
not yet arrived, Nebraska will
have five more All-Americans
this year. By virtue of their
performances in the NCAA
swimming meet last weekend
five Husker swimmers will be
named to the 1966 Ail-American
swim team.
Keefe Lodwig, Rich Gorden,
Tom Nickerson, and Dave
Frank will be named to the
team for their six-place finish
in the 400-yd freestyle relay.
Their time was 3:14.2 in the
finals and sw am a 3:13.1 in the
prelims.
Lodwig also placed tenth in
the 50-yd freestyle and Steve
Sorensen placed eleventh in
the diving competition.
Swim coach Dick Klaas ex
plained the first ten finishers
in the swimming competition
and the first twelve finishers
in the diving competition are
named to the Ail-American
team.
This was the first time since
1947 that Nebraska had scored
any points in the NCAA meet
Intramurals
Qualifications can still be
made for the intramural arch
ery contest today and tomor
row. Qualification rounds can
be shot today from 12 to 1
p.m. and from 4 to 5 p.m. on
Saturday. The archery ranges
are on the state of the coli
seum. An intramurals managers
meeting will be held tonight
(Thursday) in the physical
education buildine. Th m Act
ing will be held to go over
spring activities.
Volleyball Schedule
Thursday, March 31
Court 1 North
6:30 Patton A vs. Penn A
7:30 Kennedy A vs. Gov
ernors B
8:30 Governors A vs. Thor
eau A
Court 1 South
6:30 Smith vs. Selleck
7:30 Crist vs. Avery
8:30 Unicorns I vs. Unicorns
II
Court 2 North
6:30 Phi Delta Theta B vs.
Beta Theta Pi B
7:30 Theta X B vs. Delta
Tau Delta B
8:30 Phi Kappa Psi B vs
Kappa Sigma B
Court 2 South
6:30 Alpha Tau Omega B
vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon B.
7:30 E-Week game 12
8:30 E-Week game 13
and having All Americans.
The last Husker AU-American
was Marvin Grimm.
Nebraska's team finish in
the national this year was fif
teenth in the nation with a
total of 24 points. This was the
best showing of any of the
Big Eight schools, including
Oklahoma and Kansas which
had finished first and second,
respectively, in the conference
this year. Nebraska was third
in the conference.
Klaas is most optimistic
with the performance of
Sorensen in the diving. Soren
sen is a sophomore and this
was his first year of competi
tion. "I'm sure he'll get bet
ter, commented Klaas.
Lodwig, Frank and Nicker
son are seniors and will not be
back next year. "I sure hate
to see them go," said Klaas,
"These three boys have al
ways had a fine attitude in
college competition and have
shown steady improvement."
Thinclads
Compete
In Relays
Nebraska track coach
Frank Sevigne will take a 9
man squad lo the Texas Re
lays Friday and Saturday in
Austin, the annual opening of
the big outdor circuit.
The Huskers will try to re
tain their 440-yard relay cham
pionship won last year in
:40.5. NU will have almost the
same quarter, with the excep
tion of Ray Harvey for Dave
Crook on the second leg. The
440 team will have Tom Mil
sap, Harvey, Lynn Headley
and Charlie Greene in that
order.
Crook will concentrate as
anchor man on the 2-mile re
lay team. The 2-mile lineup
will have Les Hellbusch. Or
lando Martinez, Pete Scott and
Crook, in that order, to chal
lenge Oklahoma's State's fine
quartet.
Husker shotputter Jim Belt
zer will also make the trip.
Tennis
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Coach Ed Higgin
botham's 1966 varsity
tennis team will open
the season next Tues
day against Creighton
University on the Ne
braska courts.
Freshman - vars i t y
matches are being held
this week in prepara
tion for next weeks
opener.
Two seniors are
gone from this year's
squad which compiled
12-6 record last year
and tied for fifth in the
Big Eight Conference.
Higginbotham is un
certain about his
teams capabilities but
he assured that "they'll
give a good account of
themselves."
By Larry Eckholt
Nebraska's finish in the NCAA swimming competition
at the Air Force Academy is a credit to varsity coach
Dick Klaas, his assistants Les Roberts and Estel Mills,
and to all of the Husker swimmers. ' ;
Nebraska finished 15th in the nation with 24 points.
Oklahoma, the Big Eight champ, scored six points; Kan
sas, second in the conference, scored only three.
Coach Klaas had high hopes for his 1965-66 tank team
because of the abundance of seniors on the Squad. He
called them the "best crop of swimmers Nebraska has
ever had."
The season started with a 4747 tie with the freshman
team. But if anyone had bothered to look into the meet,
he would have realized that the odds were in heavy favor
for the frosh: only one varsity swimmer was allowed for
every two freshmen. - '- -
Nebraska lost eight of their 14 dual matches and it
seemed that when they got beat it would be in the most
convincing fashion.
Many people (at least those who bothered to follow
the swim team at all) were somewhat disappointed in Ne
braska's dual competition record. But Klaas has a differ
ent attitude about season records and individual times. He
trains his athletes for the "big" events, mainly the con
ference meet and, when possible, nationals. .
This year Klaas' strategy paid off. Nebraska's swim
mers gave their best performance in the conference meet
and wound up third in team standings. The Huskers were
only four-and-a-half points behind Kansas. Klaas was elat
ed. More than that, six Nebraska swimmers qualified for
the NCAA and the Huskers first chance to score in the
meet since 1947 was strong.
No one was more surprised than Dick Klaas when five
of the six swimmers qualified for Ail-American honors.
Nebraska, third in the conference this year, gave the best
showing a Big Eight team has made in the nationals in
years.
Our congratulations to all of the Husker swim staff
and the fine swimmers, who added to the athletic prom
inence this Nebraska has had this year.
Spring Sports get into high gear this week. The base
ball team, having its traditional bout with the weather
before being able to start the season, opened at Houston
Wednesday (wreather permitting!). The track team heads
for Austin for the annual Texas Relays on Friday and
Saturday. Golf and tennis both open their seasons with
Creighton on Tuesday, April 5.
How Nebraska does this spring will determine who is
to receive the All-Sports trophy this year. Last year Ne
braska finished third in All-Sports competition. That was
based on a fifth place in outdoor track, second in base
ball, sixth in golf, and fifth in tennis plus the standings
of the other varsity sports.
Nebraska is expected to do much better this year in
the outdoor track meet at Columbia, Mo., May 13-14. The
Husker thinclads would like nothing better than to take
the outdoor title from the favored Kansas Jayhawks who
are the defending champions and who squeezed past the
Huskers in both the Big Eight and NCAA indoor meets
this year.
Optimism for the 1966 baseball season was reflected in
the fact that the Husker team received votes in the first
collegiate ratings BEFORE the team had even began the
season. How's that for support?
Although Nebraska will not be threatening the con
ference for the tennis and golf titles, both teams are
expected to do better this year. If you take into account
Nebraska's second place finish in basketball and third
place in swimming as compared to their finish last year,
you can understand why fans are cautiously looking for
ward to the Spring Sports season.
WALLACE MIDDEHDORP SAT HERE
protest because The Chancellor wouldn't allow the
publication of certain salacious portions of
"Night In a Girl's Dornitory"
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Jliatm I You've m&ie a mockery of your
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You're a vegetable.
Protest, Wallace Middendorp.
Take a stand. Make a noise!
Or drink Sprite, the noisy soft
drink.
Open a bottle of Sprite at
the next campus speak-out. Let
it fizz and bubble to the
masses .
Let its lusty carbo nation
echo through the halls of ivy.
Let its tart, tingling
exuberance infect the crowd
with excitement.
Do these things, Wallace
Middendorp. Do these things,
and what big corporation is
going to hire you?
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