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The Daily Nebraska
Wednesday, April 24, 1968
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I by George Kaufman j
Guessing Game
Imagine with me for a moment that you are head
football coach of a large university which is well-known for
its football teams of recent.
Imagine further that you want something say, a new
Iiress box for your large stadium, or an addition to your
arge stadium in order to have an even larger stadium,
or even another full scholarship so you can get that kid
from Texas and so you go to your University's athletic
director with your request.
And now this will take the largest stretch of imagi
nation of all imagine that you go to the mirror and
say yes to yourself.
Believe Is Or Not
If this seems a strange situation, and indeed it may,
then a strange situation exists at the University of Ne
braska and four of the eight Big Eight universities.
Of the eight conference schools, only three have ath
letic directors whose only job it Is to be an athletic direc
tor Kansas, Oklahoma and Kansas State.
At four members Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri and
Iowa State the athletic directors are also head football
coaches.
And at one Oklahoma State the AD is also the
head basketball coach.
Greene ties tvorld record-
Krebs, Burgher lead NU
Divided Loyalties
Going back to our little game of imagination, I do
not believe it is difficult to see how a situation might
arise under these circumstances in which a double-duty
coach-administrator would face divided loyalties. Not often,
ot course, in the blatant terms I conjured up with the
press box, etc., but every day some minor things could
come across the AD's desk in which he has to make a pri
ority judgement: in simple terms, he must either choose
his own sport, in which he is a professional coach and
in which his career depends upon the best possible sup
port, or another sport carried on by that school.
It is also easy to see that while a coach may bring
an aura of success to the school in his chosen sport, and
the people oi the university and the state feel they owe
him thanks for a job well done, this may not especially
mean that he has either the ability or time for a time-consuming
administrative job.
Not An Attack
This is not to be construed as an attack on any one
of the conference coaches referred to or Bob Devanev
specifically.
I merely raise the question for some thought: Were
you that football coach, would you not be inclined to gen
erally show deference to football in your decisions of prior,
ity?
Bob Devaney is probably one of the finest football
coaches in the history of the game his record speaks for
itself. Nebraska and NU owe him much credit and praise
for some exciting entertainment and publicity.
But does any university owe a successful coach what
amounts to political spoils? Does a fine coaching record
qualify a man for a top university administrative post?
NU Monarchy?
In effect, when the University handed the post of ath
letic director to Bob Devaney they said, "We like what
you have done for Nebraska. We like the bowl games and
conference championships. We like it so much we are let
ting you make your own decisions about how important
football will be here for awhile."
In reality, now, Devaney has no boss; he is his own
authority, and his judgement is final.
Perhaps it is unfair to judge at this time, but it is
frustrating to look at priorities which evidently point to
a trend on this campus.
One needs only to take a quick stroll around the cam
pus to see the indications: I can see two expensive and
lucrative additions to the football stadium; I can see an
expensive, plush and exclusive "press" box which is as
TVL rY- on D0X as a Press Dox ' see only half of a race
at the stadium track, as the curves are hidden from view
by the additions to the stadium; I do not see a new track
I do not spe a much-needed new coliseum or fieldhouse:
se.e seve" tennis courts which, when not the exclusive do-
neaVkosSnts1!31"' " SUPPSed t0 acate
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After two good weekends
over spring break, the Ne
braska track team will finish
the tough relay circuit with a
trip to Des Moines this week
end for the Drake Relays.
Coach Frank Sevigne is not
yet sure who he will be tak
ing though he plans to have a
team of about 15 to enter the
intermediate hurdles, the 100
yard dash, two-mile relay,
mile relay, 480-shuddle hur
dle relay, high jump, triple
jump and possibly the sprint
medley and the freshman dis
tance medley relay.
Sevigne commented that
there are about twice as
many teams at Drake as
there were at the Kansas Re
lays which they attended last
weekend, and there will no
doubt be tougher competition.
Dave K u d r o n, Lennox
Burgher and Steve' Krebs had
a very fine weekend In Kan
sas according to Seviene.
Burgher won the triple jump
with a meet record of 51-6V2
and Krebs won the high jump
with a leap of 6-IOV4. Kudron
picked up a second in the
high and 400-meter interme
diate hurdles.
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Steve Krebs
KU Relays Winner
Ex-Nebraska team mem
ber, Charlie Greene tied the
world record in the 100 meter
Nebraska's premier leaper Lennox Burgher set a
meet record of 51-6V2 as he took a first place
for NU in the Kansas Relays.
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um record,
The Husker two-mile relay
team finished third while the
mile team finished fourth.
Sevigne commented that the
relay toams were sort of a
disappointment, "but not too
bad." In general he thought
tne team did very well.
Husker
dash with a time of 10 sec
onds. The meet had several oth
er nationally known athletes
such as Jim Ryun, Randy
Matson and Jim Hines who
was disqualified in the 100
meter for false starts. The
race had been billed as one
of the biggest in the relays
and though Hines was dis
qualified, Greene did not dis
appoint the crowd of 20,000.
Ryun made his outdoor de
but before the friendly home
crowd a success with a tim
ing of 3:42.8 in the 1,500 me
ter race. Matson put the shot
67-11 to break his own stadi-
NU golfers
surpass
Iowa State
A three-under-par 69- by
Charlie Borner led the Univer
sity of Nebraska golfers to
a 10-8 decision over Iowa
State Monday afternoon at
Holmes Park.
Borner hit a 15-foot putt on
an eagle-3 on the first hole
after reaching the green on
the 525-yard hole with a 3-
wood second shot.
The Monday win avenged
a 12Vi-5Vi loss suffered against
the Iowa State team Friday
at Ames. Borner narrowly
lost medalist honors to the
Cyclone's Marshall Victor who
shot a 74 to Borner s 75.
In a southern trip over
Easter vacation the Husker
linksmen won three meets
Missouri fell 10 to 5 in a
dual. Baker U., William Jew
ell and Washburn all were
defeated in a meet held at
Ottawa Kansas. In a triangu
lar the Huskers were victori
ous over Crelghton University
ana umana university. ,
Charlie Banter, NU (), M, Mr
hall Victor (76). 14i Mltu McKeown.
IS (79). int. R. B. Lau (77). I ll John
Wllfong. IS (77), (11. Chuck Swwtmsn
(SO). Nick Wait, NU (79), df.
Jim linckwooH (78), IVt-lti John Bcnda,
IS (78), M. Mike Lay (781. tVrVii
Frank Hose, NU 74), def. Dave U
Fontaine (7), au-U.
NU baseball status
becomes 'uncertain'
. . . Huskers drop 2 to MU
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hope I read these
things I do not see. are irl T the plannVand are be nl
given due consideration. But even if I am wrong, it doe!
not matter. Because, due to the fact that our athleUc d?-
1S h t0a11 COach and f00tba11 "ems to get first
money, who will ever really know the other sporte got a
fair hearing? The athletic director-coach, by vktue of his
SSn yaltieS' mUSt f neCCSSity be PecTfsuch 1
the cchor Et&JSSff" n0t reaUy fa to eith
Coach Ed Higginbotham's
tennis team won one match
while losing two over spring
break.
The first loss came last
Wednesday at Norman, Okla.
as the Sooners beat the Husk
ers 7-0. The victors were bol
stered by the addition of Rog
er Ballinger, who transferred
to Oklahoma after being Big
Ten individual champion two
years ago.
The second match of their
trip saw them defeat Okla
homa Baptist University at
Shawnee 5 to 1.
Saturday the Huskers lost
to Missouri 6 to 1 at Colum
bia. Roger Johnsen received a
foot injury in his match upon
running into a metal post.
The only match won by the
Huskers was in doubles competition.
Regarding the trip as a
whole, Higginbotham said,
We had some good matches.
There is nothing like experi
ence, and that's what this trip
gave us. Bill Rohrs played out
standingly well the whole
trip."
Sophomores Tom Wiese and
Roger Fink were praised by
the coach as showing well
this year for their first sea
son in varsity competition.
The next action for the net
men will be today at 3 p.m.
on the Husker courts against
Drake University. This starts
a busy schedule with matches
here Thursday with Iowa
State and Saturday with Oklahoma.
Happenings
Today
Tennla Drake, NU courts, S p.m.
Thursday
Tennia Iowa State, NU oourta, S p.m.
Friday
Baseball Colorado, doubleheader, 1:30
p.m., NU diamond.
Track at Drake Relayi, Dea Molnea.
Golf Kansaa, Missouri, Kansas State
at Manhattan.
Saturday
Baseball Colorado, NU diamond, 1 p.m.
Track at Drake Relays.
Tennis Omaha University, NU courts,
10 a.m.
Golf Kansas, Missouri, Kansas Stat
at Lawrence.
LINCOLN
CooperLincoln: 'The Secret
War of Harry Frigg', 7:00 and
9:00.
Varsity: 'The Party', 1:00,
3:03, 5:06, 7:09, 9:12.
State: 'The Graduate', 1:00.
3:00, 5:00. 7:00, 9:00.
Stuart: 'Planet Of The Apes',
1:00, 3:05, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20.
Joyo: 'Wait Until Dark', 7:10,
9:10.
Nebraska: 'Foreign Film',
7:00 & 9:00.
84(h It O: 'For a Few Dollars
More', 7:30. 'Paula', 9:50. Last
complete show, 9:00.
Starvlew: Cartoon, 7:S0. 'Cool
Luke', 7:37. 'The Biggest Bundle
Of Them All', 9:44. Last com
plete show, 8:40.
OMAHA
Indian HiUs: 'Gone With The
Wind', 2:00 and 8:00.
Dundee: "Half a Sixpence',
2:00 and 8:00.
Cooper 70: 'Dr. Doolittle', 8:00
and 8:00.
by George Kaufman
Sports Editor
The Nebraska Cornhuskers,
an uncertain but hopeful con
tender in the Big Eight base
.ball race before the season
started, became just an un
certain one over the spring
break.
Coach Tony Sharpe's Husk
ers swept a double header
from Kansas the Friday
school let out, then dropped a
slnele game Saturday to look
In fair shape. But last week
end they were rained out on
Friday at Columbia and Sat
urday the hard-hitting M I s
souri Tigers ripped them
apart with 1-0 and 5-1 wins.
Somewhat ironically. It was
a young hurler from Hastings,
Rich Hennlnger, who laid the
blanking on the Huskers In
the first name.
The MU rlghty allowed NU
lust six hits and struck out H
batters. He loaded the bases
In the Nebraska second, but
worked his way out of trou
ble.
Husker ace southpaw Keith
Winter also twirled a six-hitter,
but gave up an earned
run on Tiger third baseman
Billy Griffin's fourth-inning
double. Griffin went three-for-three
in the game.
Both pitchers are now 3-1.
' Down 4-0 in the fifth Inning
of the second game, Nebras.
ka strung together four
straight singles, but could
bring across just one run, as
MU's second reliefer, Jens
Hurt worked out of the Inning
on a grounder, a pop-up, and
a strike out.
Nebraska starter lefty Al
Furby of Grand Island too!
the loss to own a 2-2 record.
He was relieved In the sixth
by Mick Logue, another I si
lander. I
Oklahoma State stayed atop
the standings at 6-0 via a
rain-out at Stillwater against
Ok'ahoma, Mizzou and Ram
sas State gained a tie for set-,
ond with 6-2 marks and No-
braska dropped to a 3-5 mark.
7ood for fifth place.
Kansas and Colorado were
snowed out In Boulder,
Colorado invades the NU
diamond this Friday and Sat
urday carrying a 1-5 record.
GO AHEAD. Pick a Ford.
Buy at low Spring Sole Salon prices during April, de
fer payments until June. More than 150 new Fords
to choose from. Mustang hardfops priced down to
52,295. (And that buys the CAR, not the horse!) . . .
Or try on a Mustang Mod-Top. Hurry, while they're
still in stock.
14th & M
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For, in the words of the Maharishi, "Who amone
often sav no fn h e m ..,.' ' oiuuug
can often say no to his mirror?
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Big Eight Standings
W f. !.
Okla. Stale e o l.ono
Missouri .6 2 .750
Kansas State ...... 2 .750
Oklahoma 3 3 .500
Kansas 2 4 .333
Colorado 1 5 ,107
Iowa State 1 7 .125
This Week's Games
Colorado at Nebraska
Iowa State at Kansas
Oklahoma State at Kama State
Missouri at Oklahoma
Wednesday Night
is Pizza Night
Perky's 11 & Q
432-7720
Home of the
"all meat"
Hamburger.
Just North f Vint 27th
the "BURGER CENTER" of Lincoln
JUST MINUTES AWAY
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1968 SPRING WEEKEND
APRIL 27 &28
Carnival Folk-Jazz Concert
Melodrama Art Gallery
Street Dance Games
FREE
Where Will You Be?
STARTS
TOM'W!
NEBRASKA
432-3126
12th & P Street
"Perhaps the most beautiful movie in history."
-Brendan Gill, The Npw Yorker.
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Wrtltea mi directed by Bo Widerberj. With Thommy Berggren and Fit Degermark,
Winner, Beat Actress, 1967 Cannes Festival. A Bo Widerberg-Europa Film Production.
Ftaturo at: 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:25 t 9:25 P.M.
Complete Shows: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 t 9 P.M.
In A
Special
Return
Engagement
Presented
By The
Nebraska
Union
Special
Events
Committee
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Friday, May 10, 1968, at 9:00 p.m. in
the University Coliseum. Tickets are
$3.29, all general admission. On sale
at the Union, Gold's and Treasure City
record shop.
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