THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1967
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I By George Kaufman
Taking into account the fact that any idiot can make
predictions, and knowing by experience that there is no
such thing as a "sports expert" when it comes to fore
seeing scores, this idiot will tell you all about what will
happen in Louisville Friday and Saturday night.
First of all, one great team, two good teams and one
damned lucky team will meet to decide the National
Basketball Championship.
Try To Dethrone
But beyind that, what will actually happen is that
three teams will try to dethrone the already-crowned
champions, the UCLA Bruins.
A second, but not secondary, question to be decided
is: Is Lew Alcindor really for real? Many basketball
fans will be getting their first look at Lew in the tele
vised finals (you see; I have unconsciously awarded the
Bruins a first-night win).
Speaking purely from statistics and the gnashing of
teeth by many West Coast coaches after meeting the
Uclans, I will tell you that, Yes, Virginia, there is a Lew
Alcindor.
Reliable Reports
Judging from reliable reports, Lew is 7-l3i. And that's
standing still. When he's moving and jumping and do
ing weird things to enemy morale, I am told he is much
taller.
Unlike Nebraska's Roger Leitner, whose shots take
so long that sportscasters go to a commercial while
waiting for the ball to come down, Lew's shots from
outside are amazingly like normal players' dunk shots.
Scare Stuff
Well, enough of the scare stuff. The scarey thing
underlying all this is that Lew would make a fine one
man basketball team, but doesn't have to. There are
these other four guys out there with him which have all
been named to an All-America team. They are good, and
perhaps at least one of them trails Alcindor in the pub
licity department only.
What I am leading up to is the fact that no one is
going to stop UCLA from winning the championship. An
outside, but unrealistic, chance goes to Houston, which
owns the Big E, Elvin Hayes. But a very dark horse.
By Ten Points
After getting past Houston by ten points on Friday
night, the Bruins will shut down a good North Carcmna
team Saturday night to make it all come true. Say 15
points.
The Tar Heels will get their heels unstuck from the
tar Friday night to make Dayton look like a lucky team
with its luck run out, and the Cougars of Houson will
look good in grabing third place Saturday evening by
trentv mints.
Tfeis is all going on the
Upset Plague of 1967 has spent itseu as 01 last oaiuraay.
Don't quote me. but: Friday night UCLA over
HOUSTON, NO. CAROLINA over DAYTON; Saturday
night UCLA over NO. CAROLLXA, HOUSTON over
DAYTON.
In Big 8 . .
Five Underclassmen
Set Track
Five new all-time indoor
best performances for t h e
Big Eight conference high
lighted what will go down
as the most successful in
door campaign in league
history.
This, again, was the year
of the underclassmen, .is
they either shared in or
walked off with all five of
the new bests. It was also
the young ones who pushed
the conference to the rec-ord-breakingest
indoor
championships meet ever
when they paced efforts
which forced seven new
marks and tied another
pair.
Fabled Ryun
Leader, of course, was
Kansas' fabled Jim Ryun,
a sophomore, who wrote
new indoor lows in both of
his specialties, the 880 and
the mile. His 830 mark of
1:48.3 stands under the cur
rently recognized world
record, but won't become
official since it came on a
slower dirt track and only
marks on the faster boards
are approved.
Twice during the indoor
goes, Ryun broke four min
utes in the mile, hitting a
new Big Eight indoor low of
3:58.6 at the NCAA indoor.
This came a week after he
bad wrung out a 3:58.8 here
at the Conference indoor,
the fastest mile trip around
a 12-lap track. Ryun also
Sorensen
In NCAA
Swimming
Swimming coach John
Reta will accompany Ne
braska diver Steve Soren
son to Michigan State Uni
versity where the Husker
swimmer will compete in
the NCAA meet
Sorenson placed in t h e
top 12 swimmers last year,
good enough to be named to
the All America swimming
team.
Sorenson was undefeated
in dual meet this year and
placed 3rd in the 3 meter
board and 4th in the one
meter at the Big Eight
meet He placed fifth in the
pre-conference meet at
Kansas this winter.
He is a Junior from Oma
ha WesUide.
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assumption that the Great j
Records
had the Conference's best
times in the 1.000-yard run
(2:C9.9). and the two-mile
run (8:44.2).
Teammates Join
Joining Ryun wi h world
record and all-time indoor
bests at Kansas were team
mates George Byers and
Lee Adams. Byers. just a
sophomore, has three times
hit :06.6 in the 60 lows for
the world's best mark.
Equal to him. but doing it
on a dirt track, is Lee Ad
ams. Byers, with a :07.?,
tied with Iowa State's Dar
ryl Green for the 60-highs
best
In the field, Colorado's
Chuck Rogers, a junior,
sailed 16-2i in the pole
vault for an indoor high. If
he hadn't wiped out the
old best, Oklahoma State's
would have when he went
16-1 at the Conference meet
A temporary holder of he
best this season was Kan
sas Bob Stienhoff, a sopho
more also, who went 16-0
early.
High Jumping
The great high jumping
battle between Missouri's
Steve Herndon and Oklaho
ma's Ron Tull continues
now that both are listed at
the top of the all-time in
door best column. Both
have now cleared 7-0 in
doors and Tull has another
season left to get higher un
der cover. Herndon owns
the outdoor best of 7-l3i.
Other individual event
leaders included Nebraska's
Charlie Greene, three-time
NCAA indoor champion,
who tied with Oklahoma's
Wayne Long, a sophomore,
at :06.0; Oklahoma's Bill
Calhoun, twice the NCAA
440 champion, who had a
:48.1 low for the quarter;
Iowa State's Steve Carson,
two-time Federation and
current NCAA titlist in t h e
600, who hit 1:09.8 in the
event last weekend; Kan
sas' Gary Ard, runner-up in
the NCAA broad jump; and
Colorado's Barry King, best
of the shot putters.
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Sharpe
By Terry Grasmtck
Assistant Sports Editor
Inexperience and prom
ise are being pooled and
platooned into a team that
Husker baseball coach
Tony Sharpe hopes will
prove the predictors wrong.
Nebraska was in the
thick of a six way confer
ence race last year, but
has been picked by most to
be just outside of a similar
dogfight this year.
Personnel Losses
Coach Sharpe noted, "We
had more personnel losses
than anybody else in the
m r r "
Nineteen Ball Players
Named As Travelers
Coach Tony Sharpe
named a 19 member team
traveling squad that in
cludes veterans Bob Chur
chich, Bob Brand and Alex
Walter, all members of the
All Big Eight team of last
year, which will play a six
game schedule with Rice,
Houston and Houston Bap
tist. Nebraska was 4-1 after
its Texas schedule last
year but the Huskers are a
relatively young team this
year. Lack of strength in
pitchers is the biggest wor
ry for Sharpe as Nebraska
opens the season.
The Husker coach also
hinted that he will be do
ing a considerable amount
of juggling with the line
ups in Texas.
"Lack of outside work
and many newcomers
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league." Five Husker regu
lars are gone besides the
pro-losses of Gary Niebauer
and Bob Hergenrader, two
of the top pitching pros
pects in the Big Eight last
year.
However, Sharpe has
much causa to hope, with
three all-Big Eight selec
tions returning and a fine
crop of sophomores to
choose from.
All-conference third base
man Bob Churchich, the
league's leading hlcter last
year, may see some mound
duty to aide the weakened
makes this a necessity,"
said Sharpe, "since we
want to field our strongest
unit for the conference
race."
At last report Rice was
9-1 for the season and is
a strong favorite for the
Southwest champion
ship. Houston was 6-1 and
is considered the top inde
pendent in the area.
Sharpe said that much of
Nebraska's success in the
Texas trip will depend on
the weather in the South.
"We hope to have good
weather for some much
needed practice," he said,
adding that the team will
gain experience with each
game.
The Nebraska team and
coaches will be the guests
of the Houston Astros on
March 31 for the Astro-Los
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pitching corps. In this sit
uation, handyman sopho
more, Mike Churchich, no
relation, would probably
fill the third bag position,
according to Sharpe.
Bob Rrand
Although Churchich led
the Big Eight in hitting,
Bob Brand, back as a jun
ior, led the Huskers for the
year enroute to conference
first base honors.
Homerun slugger and all
Big Eight centerfielder
Alex Walters also returns
as a junior from the Ne
braska team that finished
Angeles Dodger exhibition
game at the Astrodome.
Nebraska Traveling Squad
Tim Bolt, of
Dob Brand, lb
Mike Churchich. c-lb
Hob Churchich, 8b
Allen Furby, p
Charles Green, p
Ron Johnette. c
Steve Johnson, of
Wayne Klssler, c
Kick Knapp. p
Pave Murphy, of
Sam Pir.ni. ss
Tony Sharpe, 2b
Ron Simmons, if
Jim Stevensen, of
Bob SUckrls, p
Alex Walter, of
Keith Winter, p-lb
Mick Zaneari. p-of
Ralph rreaiTier. mifr.
Coach Tony Sharpe
Ass't coach Clayton Lather
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12-8 and third in the con
ference, and 16-9 for the
year.
Coach Sharpe pointed out
four other top sophomore
prospects besides Mike
Churchich. Two Grand Is
land boys have caught the
coach's eye.
"Steve Johnson has been
looking pretty good," said
Sharpe who also expressed
hope left-hander Alan Fur
by would help the hurler
squad.
Ready To Roll
Outfielder Tim Bolz from
Omaha North got his nose
on the ball last week in
the batting cage, but still
seems ready to roll. Ron
Johnette, a catcher from
Omaha Benson, also receiv
ed Sharpe's praise.
Keeping with the increas
ingly used major league
gimmick, Sharpe explain
ed, "We'll be doing a little
platooning since we have
left and right hand hitting
outfielders."
"We're Young"
But Sharpe's success with
the pitching problem will
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Outfielder Mickey Zanga
rl, a senior, could also see
more mound duty than in
the past. The same also
for lefty Keith Winter, a
JC transfer from Norfolk.
Another JC transfer, Sam
Pizzo, from New Mexico
Military Institute, appears
to have the shortstop posi
tion to his credit.
Leave Friday
The Huskers leave Fri
day morning for a six game
Texas trip. All six games
will be played in Houston,
but against three different
schools.
Monday and Tuesday Ne
braska faces Rice, picked
to win the Southwest Con
ference this year. Wednes
day, Friday and Saturday
the Huskers opponent will
be Houston University, the
top southern independent,
according to Sharpe.
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"The last time I heard,
they were ten wins and
one loss. We've had one
(outdoor) practice."
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1967 Baseball
March T7 at Rlre
March 28 at Rica
March 29 at Houston
March 30 at Houston Baptist
March 31 at Houston
April 1 at Houston
April 7 Kansas Stats her (2)
April Kansas State her
April 14 Iowa State here (2)
April IS Iowa State here
April 21 at Oklahoma State (2)
April 22 at Oklahoma SUM
April SB Missouri (21
April 29 Missouri her
May S at Colorado U
May 6 at Colorado
May 12 at Kansas (2
May 13 at Kansaa
May IS Oklahoma (2)
May 20 Oklahoma her
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