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Wednesday, December 6, 196" The Daily Nebraskan Page 5 1 ' mwT v 4 af -f fr-T'-- ir nm in -T --- mmmmm- mk i r,., , J NEBRASKA'S FRED HARE Scoring Record Broken As Cagers Win Opener By CHARLES DAVIS Assistant Sports Editor Balanced scoring and a strong first half aided Joe Cipriano's Nebraska basket ball team to a record-setting 111-74 win over the Cali fornia State Titans Monday night. The old record of 101 points was set against the University of Wisconsin in the 1965 season opener. The Husker cagers, led by the shooting of center Bob Gratopp, forward Tom Tom to a B a a c k, and guard Scantlebury, stormed 61-26 halftime margin. CAL TIRED When t h e starting five rested midway in the first half, the reserves continued Nebraska's onslaught until the 35 point halftime lead had been recorded. Coach Cipriano said the record scoring performance could be contributed to Cali fornia S t a t e's becoming tired. "We got to play more players than they did," he explained. GOOD CROWD Besides the record-scor Potter Recruiting In L.A. Freshman basket ball coach Glenn Potter was scheduled to leave Wednes day morning on a recruit ing tour of the Los Angeles area. He will join the Husker varsity team Sunday and fly with them to Honolulu, Hawaii where the Huskers have games scheduled against the University of Ha waii Dec. 11 and 13, and a Dec. 15 date with a U.S. Service Team. During Potter's absence former Husker eager Frank Empkey, now a graduate assistant, will coach the frosh. Nebraska's freshman won't see action until the new year when they meet the Kansas State Wildcats at Manhattan Jan. 9. Cipriano Picks KU To Repeat Nebraska basketball coach Joe Cipriano has tab bed Kansas to repeat as Big Eight kings because "it returns four of last year's top five and gains talent from its freshman ranks." "The conference should be as scrap'1" " ever and with a couple of new coaches (at Missouri and Oklahoma) it should be more than interesting," he said. Kansas plays host to the nationally-rated Louisville quintet Wednesday at Law rence's Allen Field House. outiumps Titan Stu tory over the California ing performance Cipriano was pleased with the crowd of 5,520 for the Husker opening game at the Coli seum. "T h e student support helps the team," he said. Cipriano was particularly pleased with his defense. ' fe;J f nm " ' - lal "T ( ) , Hi I Ik 0 k I 5 VI Iff WA5 LOOKING FOR AN OPENING . Wagner (20) while Cal State's guards him as Huskers Fred Cauble (50) watch SENIORS & GRADUATE STUDENTS majoring in Representatives of GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Will ta on ccmnifs DECEMBER 1 1 If you are in?er;sed in employment in KANSAS CiTY, MSS53UFJ SIGN UP FOR INTERVIEW NOW At the Student Placement Office An Equal Opportunity employer in The Carter Federal Service " photos by Robert Herrup Myers during Monday's 111-74 record setting Nebraska vic State Titans from Fullerton. "I felt the half-court press (a new press established by the Nebraska coach this year) helped and set the tempo of t h e game," he said. HUSTLED "The boys hustled on our defense, which is an enjoy- sat photos by Robert Herrup . . is Nebraska's Bob Jon Thompson (23) Hare (30) and Ken action. able defense to watch." The Husker cage coach was also happy with several of his sophomores. "Ken Cauble, Bob Gra topp, and Dale Von Seggern all did a fine job for us." Cipriano said. Gratopp tied for scoring honors with 18 points, Von Seggern pulled down five rebounds, and Cauble con nected for four points. MORE AGGRESSIVE "Von Seggern, however, must be more aggressive on the boards," he added. He said the players still must work on team defense. "There are special sit uations we have to work on." he said. ' Cipriano feels this sea son's Husker team has more depth than in the past. Fifteen players played and all but three scored. Sophomore Tom Scantle bury tied Gratopp for high scorer with 18 points. HIT 42 PER CENT Seniors Tom Baack. Fred Hare and Stuart Lantz, and junior Roger Leitner also scored in double figures. The smaller Nebraska team outrebounded the Ti tans 43-35, (Hare pulled down 13). while nudging them in shooting, 42 per cent to 41 per cent. California State was also credited with 24 turnovers while Nebraska committed 14. Bclt 7-14 Gratopp .g VonSeMern ... M Lantz 5.11 Scantlebury .... Hare 5.13 Leitner 4-12 McPherron ..... 0-1 Torreiu . Damm 1.4 Simmons 2-4 Wanner 2-5 Peden 0-3 Martin (1-3 C'auhle 2-t fta-ft 2-2 6-6 1- 4 2- 3 S-7 0-1 -7 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-2 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 rb 3 5 5 2 2 13 4 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 tp 16 18 3 12 18 10 14 0 0 2 C 6 0 2 4 111 Team rebounds Totals 41-97 S9-3S Cal State fta-tt 1-3 3-3 1- 5 6-8 2- 3 04) 0- 1 1- 3 2- 4 04) Ware Howl! , Christian , Thompson Myers LFond Hushes Holliday Palmquist Team ra bounds Tatab Nebraska Cal State . 511 . 412 . 3-8 . 4-12 . 2-6 . 1-4 . 3-4 . 3-5 . 2-5 . 1-3 0 2 6 3 3 21 88 61 36 38 -70 lf -M 38 74 50111 48 74 ENGINEERING STUDENTS In the pursuit of Excellence, the Iowa State Highway Commission will he interviewing on campus December 7, 1967 Openings in: design, construction, planning ma terials, right of way, maintenance. Choice of rotational training, or assignment to chosen field. Locations available throughout state. Huskers Swamp Coyotes, 94-61 For Second Victory Of Season The Huskers were as cold as a December evening dur ing the first ten minutes Tuesday night, but once they found the range they iiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiniioiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiitiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiJMiiiiiiiitir i wnai ! That Score? ! ?iiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiM!niiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiMiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiioiMiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaMiiMiii. By LES HELLBUSCH Basketball is a distinctly , American game that had its beginnings in 1891. It has been rapidly increasing in popularity and has been spreading over many other countries in recent years. Despite basketball's recent birth, it is familar to sports fans and hasn't undergone a major change in many years. CHANGE TO COME? When Dr. Naismith invented the game in 1891, he arbitrarily set the height of the basket at 10 feet and there it has remained. In basketball's early days short men threw the ball at the basket. Now, big men, with their heads in the rafters, must be expert bombardiers. The game is now played for tall men. It is hardly an excercise in agility, but at times, comes down to adding the total height of the starting five to decide the winner. SEVEN-FOOTERS Approximately 100 seven-footers will be playing col lege basketball this season in the United States. Nebras ka will look at an example of the BIG MAN this sea son: Kansas State's 7'1" Nick Pino. He is an excellent rebounder and scorer, by which good basketball players are judged. He is clumsy. He will lead Kansas State against tiny Nebraska. If Kansas State does beat Nebraska this year, it will largely be due to Nick Pino's efforts. DOMINATING BUT NO TALENT Coach Jack McCloskey of Wake Forest commented, "Basketball is unique in this respect I don't know an other sport where a player can be so dominating and actually lack talent." The solution to the problem, under consideration by many collegiate coaches, is the 12-foot basket. Big men with talent would not be serverlv penalized. A NEW GAME Pressed by the skills of the little man, a higher hoop would force big men to learn the game again. Scoring would depend more on outside shooting ability; the basket would simply be farther away. Of course, there are many coaches and other inter ested people who oppose the change. Those teams which have a history of tall men would like to see the basket kept at its present height. Notre Dame' :oach Johnny Dee, has two 6'9" freshmen on his squad and complains that the game would be like water polo. For some reason, UCLA's coach opposes the 12-foot basket. Who wouldn't with Lew Alcindor on your side and a national title in your back pocket. TEST GAMES Numerous experimental games have been played with the 2-foot higher basket in this country. From these games, it has been proven that shooting percentages would vary little. The men who would benefit the most would be in the 6'3" to 67" range. The game would be faster and possibly better. Frosh Clobber Tom B r y a n's shooting and rebounding helped Ne braska's freshmen to an opening 93--67 victory over the McCook Junior College Indians Monday night. The 6'5" forward scored 20 points and hauled down 23 rebounds as the fresh man rebounded from a 98 67 trouncing the Husker varsity handed them last Friday. "We knew he was a bet ter shooter than what he showed at the freshman varsity game," said satis fied frosh coach Glenn Pot ter." Against the experienced varsity cagers, the former Fort Recovery, Ohio, high school standout, who aver aged almost 30 points per outing, was held to nine points and two rebounds. "I put him on Parson (Ray) because he works hard and that's one of the keys to defense," Potter said. , Although the 6'5" 225 pound Parson, who hails from Uniontown, Pa., led the Indians with 22 points, he was contained when Bry University of South Dakota Coyotes 94- 61. For a while, it was Tom Scantlebury against all the was an covered him. "I got most of my points on offensive rebounds," Bry an said," and I think I only shot about six times from the outside." Besides Bryan, Potter said 6'7" center Leroy Chalk, who pulled down a team-leading 15' rebounds, did "an excellent rebound ing job." With Chalk's 12 p o i n t s and guard Cliff Moller's 13 NEBRASKA 432-3126 12th & P Street Winner Two Cannes b FEATURES AT swamped the V- i ss I I" w. it n HM p-M 'rP redshirted Coyotes as t h e hot-handed sophomore banged in 10 of Nebraska's first 14 points as South Da kota stunned the Huskers 17-10. But a 56 point second half and a low 31 points by the Coyotes gave Nebraska its second victory against no losses. Combined with the 111 points scored against Cali fornia State Monday night, the 94 tallies against South Dakota have boosted Ne braska into a 102.5 scoring average. BALANCED The Huskers received bal anced scoring as four start ers hit in double figures. Bob Gratopp, a 6'4" cen ter, hit 10 points in the first 20 minute stanza and scored 11 more to finish as the game's top scorer with 21 points. Scantlebury, who pushed in 15 points in the first half and rested the second, fin ished with 17 tallies, while Tom Baack found the bulls eye the second half and tal lied 16 points. Stuart Lantz also hit two figures with a 15 point pro duction. ICE COLD After hitting 'an ice cold 34 per cent from the field in the first half on 14 of 41 at tempts, Nebraska hit 23 of 45 shots the last half and finished with a respectable 43 per cent shooting mark. Plagued by 23 turnovers, the Coyotes ended with a 40 per cent shooting perform ance with 27 scores in 66 tries. The smaller Huskers gathered in 49 rebounds with Lantz and Gratopp leading the way with 12 grabs, while South Dakota's 6'6" center Gary Prink hauled in 14 of the Coyote's 36 rebounds. The 5.325 Coliseum on lookers saw Nebraska re bound from a 17-10 deficit and begin walking away when Gratopp sank six field ers as the Huskers zoomed into a 38-30 intermission ad vantage. QUICK BUCKETS Three quick buckets by Gratopp, and one each by Lantz and Scantlebury bul lied Nebraska into' a 14 point bulge to all but seal the victory from the Vermil lion men. McCook points, the frosh raced to a 47-30 halftime advantage, increased the cushion" to 70- NU FROSH (9.1) McCOOk JC (7 FO IT T FC FT T Allmond 4 2-2 10 Acey Brown 4 0-0 8 Beamon Bryan 9 2-2 21) Benedict Chalk ... 5 2-3 12 Casey Dodson ..0 0-0 0 Driscool Kr'nebsh . 5 0-2 10 Fox Rearhart . 2 01 4 Gilmore ffolmes ... 0 0-0 0 R.Hansen Moller .... 4 5-7 13 B. Hansen Olson 2 0-0 4 Parson Rathe . 6 0-1 12 Totals 41 11-19 33 Totals 1 1-2 . 4 04) 0 0-0 2 2-4 29 9-24 67 Nebraska Frosh 47 4693 McCook JC 30 3767 Total fouls Nebraska 17. McCook V Fouled out McCook, Acey. Doors Open 12:45 STARTS TODAY Fill Festival Awards rr if am. t m. A !?J1 U 3U&mr 141 UUU efcxw 1:103:05 5:057:009:00 The game see-sawed around a 20 point Nebraska cushion until Ron Simmons, a 6'0" guard hit a jump shot with 3:40 left, starting an 11-2 Husker streak be fore the gun sounded. While the Coyotes were paced by Prink who scored 16 points and played an ag gressive game, it was swift Jack Theeler, who will un doubtedly end his career at .Vermillion as the all time South Dakota University high scorer, who impressed the crowd. The 6'4" forward hit on seven lengthy fielders for 14 points. The Huskers committed just 13 personal fouls hold ing the northerners to a mere 7 of 13 performance from the charity stripe for a .538 marksmanship aver age. FOULS Nebraska took advantage of 20 of 26 free shots for a .769 grade. As in the California State rout, coach Joe Cipriano substituted freely, sending 12 Huskers into action and all but two scored. The Huskers, will carry their 102.5 scoring average westward as they meet Washington State at Pull man Friday and Saturday night. The Cougars, who placed second behind NCAA cham pion UCLA a vear ago in the AAWU field has a front line averaging 6'8". The loss was the third straight for the North Cen tral Conference Coyotes, who dropped earlier games to Iowa State 103-54 and to Minnesota GoDhers 85-52. BOX SCORE Nebraska fg ft rb Damm 1 0 1 Simmons 2 0 2 Wapner 1 1 0 Lantz 7 1 12 Scantlebury 7 3 2 Hare .....1 2 2 Baack 6 4 7 Gratopp 8 5 12 Leitner 2 2 3 Martin 0 0 0 Cauble 0 0 1 Von Seggern 2 2 7 S.D. U. fg ft rb Prink ...7 2 14 Hamsr ,...7 1 1 Gelow 2 1 2 Theeler 7 0 8 Douse 2 0 1 Josten 0 0 0 Lintz 1 0 1 Foster 1 2 7 Hyde 0 1 2 tp 2 4 3 15 17 4 16 21 6 0 0 6 tp 16 15 5 14 4 0 2 4 1 93-67 47 with 9:42 left to play be fore finally settling with the final 26 point decision. ibsf'J BRITISH STERLING So fine a gift, it's even sold in jewelry stores. Aftershave from $3.50. 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