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The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, March 6, 1968
All America
Meylah gets
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Several Husker standouts got off their last home shots at the Coliseum last Friday against Iowa State in the 93-92 overtime loss. Stu Lantz, left, shoots in two of his 23 points to remain
second highest scorer in NU history. Tom Baack, center pumps in a pair of his 22, as he stayed on top of the career scoring list with 1,278. And Willie, right, perhaps even a more fa-
miliar figure in the Coliseum than the players, gets off one of his last deadly ice cream passes of the season.
Wayne Meylan, Nebraska's
great two-time All American
middle guard, has been voted
the 1967 winner of the Tom
Novak Trophy, presented by
J. Gordon Roberts of Omaha.
The trophy, established bv
Mr. Roberts in 1950, is pre
sented to the Husker senior
who "best exemplifies the
courage and determination
despite all odds in the manner
of Nebraska All American
center Tom Novak." Sports
writers and broadcasters who
cover all Nebraska games
vote on the award.
Meylan was a near-unani-
mous choice, missing on only
one ballot as a voter paid
tribute to tackle Jim McCord,
who battled back from severe
leg injuries to become a Hus
ker star.
Mr. Roberts will present the
Novak Trophy to Meylan dur
ing half-time ceremonies at
the Spring Football Game,
May 11.
Past winners
19S0-Chtrlc Toogood (Uckltl
1851 Frak Simon (end)
1932 Ed Huimtnn (Ucklc)
1953 Ted Connor (tackle)
195 Bob Wkfner (guard)
1955 Rex rischer (halfback)
1956 LaVern Torcaon (guard)
1957 Jerry Brown (fullback)
15 Dick McCaahland (fullback)
1959 Harry Tolly (quarterback)
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1961 Don Purcell (guard)
1962 Dwatn Carlson (luard)
1963 Dennis Claridge (quarterback)
1964 Uvle Slttler (center)
1965 Tony Jeter (end)
1966 Larry WiccholU (defeneive back)
1967 Wayne Meylan (middle guard)
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ARGUEments
Pony People
Mention Ak-Sar-Ben and most people automatically
think of horse racing.
While it's true that Ak is well-known by many for long
wieiuuuns spent mere unsuccessiuuy playing the ponies,
uotn-ey 15 sjuig ai AK-aar-uen now.
: AK-sar-iien is tne home ice rink for the Knights,
Omaha's entry in the Central Professional Hockev
one of the key minor circuits for the National Hockey
League. Other teams in the CPHL include Fort Worth
Tulsa, Kansas City, Dallas, Memphis, Houston and Okla
homa city.
. Knights Depleted
When the NHL expanded from six to twelve teams
m year, an of the minor leagues were dipped into deep,
ly-for player strength. A second place team last year,
Omaha's talent was virtually devastated by the NHL's ex-
yamuun anu uie Anignis nave spent uus season in the
gauows ot last place.
The Knights' roster shows only one returning player
aawui me iroo-of squaa ana meir parent NHL club, the
New York Rangers, have been unable to do a sufficient
jobjof plugging the drain.
I While Omaha will probably lose at least $100,000 at the
box office for 1967-68, they have -still outdrawn Dallas,
Houston and Memphis. Their strong drawing attraction was
pretty much in evidence this past weekend. Even though
they lost at home to the Kansas City Blues on Friday night,
3,700 screaming faithful still showed-up for Saturday night's
battle with the Memphis South Stars. Ak-Sar-Ben only holds
Q.000.
- Omaha 'Ice Town'
I'm convinced that Omaha is a first-rate hockey town
after seeing Saturday night's game. As lowly as this sea
son has been, the crowd shouted as if the Knights were
m- a title scramble. They were given an incentive by the
wfeuu, iun.m mai pcnuu piay wmcn evenxuauy gave
them a 2-1 lead. A Memphis comback though saw Omaha
take a 3-2 defeat, but the fans were yelling up to the final
OUCIl,
The Memphis players were constantly heckled bv the
ardent Knight supporters. One gentleman took special de-
ugni. ui taunting ouutn aiar aetenseman Jack Chipchase
-h icpeaieu biiuuls oi cmpcnase, you re a bum," "You
bijf, dummy, Chipchase," and finally, with a poetic touch,
"Fall on your face, Chipchase."
- " The highlight of the evening's entertainment was a near
iree-ior-au on tne ice, led by Memphis' Ted McCaskill and
the Knights' Joe Johnston. While those two were slugging
ilvout in the center of a mob, an Omaha partisan
reached over the protective glass and dumped three cups
ieer and a load of pop corn right on McCaskill.
Z.Not surprisingly, the South Star forward became slight
ljenraged and started wildly swinging his stick at the
fan." When it was all over, Johnston and McCaskill wound
up in the penalty box, separated by a policeman. No one
knows what happened to the fan. '
L"." Fan Participation
7?Jh fans can legally take part in the activities too.
Between the second and third periods, program numbers
are-read and if you're one of the lucky three, you get to
ga to center ice and try a shot at the goal. There's a cash
prize if you score.
ZZl just hope that some of the New York Rangers' top
brass have made a few games at Ak-Sar-Ben this season
While I am the first to say that the Rangers' main job
is to produce a winner in New York, I'm sure if they
realized how strongly Omaha is behind the Knights in a dis
mal year like this, they'd make an extra effort to re
stock the team for 1968-69. Could you imagine what Ak
would be like if the Knights were at the other end of the
staadings?
'Cats
claim
crown
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Big 8 Standings
Conf.
Kansas State in 3
Kansas 9 4
Nebraska 8 5
Iowa State a 5
Oklahoma e 6
Missouri 4 9
Oklahoma State 3 10
Colorado , 3 10
Thursday! Games
Nebraska nt Missouri
Oklahoma at Colorado
Saturday's Games
Iowa State at Kansas
Oklahoma State at Kansas Slate
Ml
Games
18 7
18 7
15 9
12 12
12 13
9 '6
10 15
9 15
No season tickets
for prep tourney
University of Nebraska tick
et manager James S. Pitten
ger remind all NU fans that
since the High School basket
baa tourney held here Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday is
not a university event, sea
son tickets from NU will not
be acceptable for admission
to Coliseum games.
It finally came to an end,
but the Big Eight basketball
race went out on the same
note it had played all season
long on a last-minute tip-in
by Kansas State's Gene Wil
hams.
The long-armed Wildcat
standout leaped high for the
winner with just three seconds
left at Ames as his team won
63-61, and virtually wrapped
up the conference title and
bid to the NCAA spot which
goes with it.
As this was going on, Kan
sas was being forced into an
overtime at Norman before
edging the Sooners, 85-80, in
the extra period.
Wildcats to Wichita
The win pushed K-State's
record to 10-3, with only the
Jayhawks at 9-4 possible con
tenders. But since the Wild
cats have beaten KU twice
this season, they would go to
Wichita even in case of a tie
With Iowa State and Nebras
ka both at 8-5 behind the two
Sunflower State teams, the
NIT bid to runner-up is still
in doubt, but KU can win it
Saturday when Iowa State
visits Allen Fieldhouse.
Nebraska takes on Missouri
at Columbia Thursday night,
and those two games will de
cide the NIT league represen
tative.
K-State rally
The Wildcats have staged a
real rally down the stretch to
win the closest Big Eight race
for a long time, as they won
eight of their last nine loop
games their only loss be
ing the 92-68 drubbing by the
Huskers m Lincoln.
In case of a Kansas win
over the Cyclones Saturday
and an -Oklahoma State win
over the Wildcats the sariie
night, the tie for the crown
would occur and the Wildcats
would automatically go to
Wichita. That situation would
seem to send KU to New York
City for the NIT tourney as
conference co-champions.
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A wise old observer of sport
once said "Some days you
win, some days you lose and
some days you get rained
out."
This simple adage can prob
ably be used to describe al
most anything that happens
in any given sport on any
given day and even the per
formance of any one athlete
on that day.
Being a lazy and uncrea-
tive sports writer, and not
being in the mood to make up
a new cliche, I will use the
phrase to describe many of
the events of the Big Eight
Indoor Track and Field Cham
pionships last weekend in
Kansas City.
tsetore tne prelims even
started Friday night a group
of about 30 small boys be
gan chanting "We want Ry
un." They continued their
chants during a couple of the
lulls in the action, but with no
success.
Ryun did not show up at all
Friday night since he had
chosen to compete in the only
two running events without
preliminary races, the mile
and the two-mile.
Unfortunately the small
boys went home unsatisfied,
but then the fans who saw
the Kansas junior run Satur
day night in the finals prob
ably did not feel that satisfied
at seeing his running either.
Ryun ran to win both races,
and nothing more. He was not
out to set a record or even
break eight minutes in the
two-mile or even the magic
four minutes in the mile. He
did score six points for the
Jayhawks in each event, but
mat was all.
Perhaps the little bovs
would have been happy just
to have seen their hero run,
but I think the adult fans
were a little disappointed hv
his. effort, or 1 a c k of same.
Another little boy. not one
of the group, who sat behind
me on the plane on my way
back, was commenting to his
father that they had a sort of
show and tell on news events
each week. His father sug
gested that he take his pro
gram from the track meet
and the little boy said he was
planning to.
The man asked his son
what he would tell the other
youngsters and the boy re
plied that he would tell them
about the pole vault and the
guy who jumped on the
wrong side of the pit and
maybe about the world rec
ord.
"Oh," said the father, "I
didn't know you were that in
terested in track. It isn t one
of your better sports, is it?"
"Oh yes," said the little
boy, "Last year I beat all of
the other boys in the first
grade in the 25-yard dash."
"Really, that's a long way,"
remarked the father.
"Sure is," his son agreed,
"but I made it."
I decided afterwards that
25 yards might seem longer
to a little boy because he is
smaller and his legs are so
much shorter. Twenty five
yards would seem as far and
perhaps be as far in the num
ber of steps required in the
60-yard dash to the average
college athlete.
Amazingly enough some
college athletes cannot run
well over 60 yards. For ex
ample, George Byers of Kan
sas who set a world record in
the 60-yard low hurdles Fri
day night with a 6.5 clocking.
Byers is a good runner in
the 60-yard races, but when
spring comes, and the 60
yards grow to 100 yards, you
will not see Byers setting any j
world records, or even fin
ishing first in any major1
races. He is merely a short:
sprinter and cannot make the i
last 4Q yards i
This can be contrasted to!
the first heat of the 600-yard
run Friday night where the
last 147 yards made all the
difference. The starter got
confused and shot the gun to
signal the last lap after the
race should have ended (af
ter the runners had run their
600 yards.)
The slightly confused run
ners were sure that the race
was over and stopped any
way. All except for one, Steve
Rangel of Kansas who was
urged on by his team mem
bers to "finish the race."
As the rest of the runners
saw Rangel continuing the
race they somewhat resumed
their running, but at a some
what uninspired dog-trot.
Though Rangel set a new
world record in the 747-yard
dash, the officials ruled that
the race had ended after the
600 yards. Though a group
oi Kansas lans jeered the de
cision, I think it was only
part of a team effort and they
really were not disappointed
or upset.
Effort by Forbes
Perhaps the individual ef
fort for the team was most
apparent in the anchor leg of
the mile relay that Nebras
ka's Clifton Forbes ran.
Forbes took the baton in sec
ond place in the heat and,
as he went around the first
turn of the three laps he was
to run, he seemed to slow
down and hold his left leg.
For a while he limped but
then he continued to com
plete the race staying second
in the heat.
After the race Forbes sat
down and practically had to be
lifted to his feet again. He had
run about 400 yards with a
pulled muscle just above the
knee.
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LINCOLN
CooperLincoln: 'Bonnie and
Clyde', 7:00 and 9:00.
Varsity: 'How To Save A
Marriage And Ruin Your Life',
1:18, 3:20. 5:22, 7:24, 9:26.
Stuart: 'The Penthouse, 1:15,
3:20, 5:15, 7:15, 9:20.
State: 'The Graduate', 1:00,
3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00.
Joyo: 'Pinocchio, In Outer
Space', 7:00, 9:55, 'Nobody's,
Perfect', 8:15.
Nebraska: Foreign Film So
ciety, 7:00 and 9:00.
OMAHA
Indian Hills: 'Gone With The
Wind', 2:00 and 8:00.
Dundee: 'Far From The Mad
ding Crowd', 2:00 and 8:00.
Cooper 70: 'Camelot', 2:01 and
8:00.
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There's a choice assortment of NEW pierced ear
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Roger Simmons is a graduate gemologist. He is an
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