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P&ge 6 MiiiiiiiiiHUiiiiHttiiiniiiHHiiiiinininiuiiiniiiiiiiiitniniiiiiiHiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiti!!iiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiii! The Daily Nebraskan 5 3 Re Marks by Mark Gordon Sports Editor Arinmer) in n hlazine red cowbov hat and a flashing rfed sweater, Dennis Claridge sat relaxed in a corner of the Memorial Stadium press mansion after NeDrasKa s w-iu edging of the Wyoming Cowboys. "You know, it brings back a lot of memories," he said and then added almost nostalgically, "in a way, I wish I was back in college playing football again." THE FORMER Nebraska Cornhusker quarterback who earned All-Big Eight laurels in both 1962 and 1963 reminisced nhnnt nast eames and immediately compared the Huskers come-from-behind victory over the Cowboys with a 10-point explosion in the final stanza to anotner j.eorasKa caicu-uy game when he was at the Scarlet and Cream field controls. He said the 1962 Memorial Stadium encounter with North Carolina State had the identical overtones as did Saturday's season opener since the Huskers also had to rally to down an aggressive band of Wolfpacks 19-14. "I've heard so much since I've been away about the tremendous comebacks Nebraska has made," the former professional quarterback with both the Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons said. "The hardest way to play is catch up football." While attending junior year dental classes at the University, Claridge returned to the football scene Saturday on the Lincoln campus in a different capacity as a radio color man with Omaha radio station WOW for the Nebraska football broadcasts. ' "I was pretty nervous about the game," he said, although a station official admitted the former Robbinsdale, Minn., high school star performed like a veteran during his first battle with the microphone rather than opposing elevens. Describing the 51-yard boot by sophomore Paul Rogers which paced Nebraska past the Laramie invaders, Claridge, who has been involved in numerous nail-bitters both in college and professional battles, said he felt sorry for the Rock Rapids, Iowa, native. "HE REALLY came through under pressure," Claridge explained, "If he made the kick, which he did, he would be elevated to hero status, but if he had missed it, he would have been an undue goat." He admitted the season opener was as exciting as any contest he has either participated in or seen since many of the players listed on the Husker reserve squad showed starting team stature as they brought Nebraska back from a sluggish first half to record the Lincolnites ninth consecutive opening game triumph. Comparing the pro and college game, Claridge said the passing defense employed by the play for pay game is the major difference between college and pro ball since the pros use six or seven variations of passing defenses while colleges basically use either a zone or man to man defense. , , .... The big former quarterback may have only been sitting on the sidelines talking into a barren microphone about the game, but the fired-up performance recorded by Texan Ernie Sigler reminded more than one press box observer of the fiery spirit which characterized early Bob Devaney years when the Robbinsdale signal-caller was tossing footballs around Memorial Stadium. Despite the fanfare over the excitement of the last minute, several flaws were evident Saturday. Ernie Sigler is obviously the sentimental favorite of .the majority of Nebraska fans, but Frank Patrick is needed more than ever not only because of the benefits of having two quarterbacks fighting tooth and nail for the starting berth, but because a fresh field general can usually spark a struggling team. If Nebraska fails to gain more than 11 total yards in the first stanza in future weeks, the scoreboard may become worn out on the side indicating enemy scores. After the lackadasical 11-yard output during the opening period Saturday when the Laramie men pounded out 118 yards and 10 points, Nebraska began its belated uphill struggle. The passing game needs a definite boost with only 6 of 19 tosses completed for a mere 84 yards passing and the Huskers were thrown for losses totaling 52 yards rushing. DISREGARDING these deficiencies, the Husker comeback showed the team has the determination to battle back even when it looked like the door had been closed for good. But if Nebraska displays another dreary first quarter, the door will not only be closed for a late-game rally, it will be bolted tight with steel bars. Superstitious fans -we aren't taking credit for Saturday's last-minute win but like many other superstitious fans we feel our shining red tie had something to do with the final outcome. Our thanks to Inter-Dormitory Association secretary Kathy Fischer for her generous gift that aided our superstitious endeavors. FIRST LOSS former Plattsmouth quarterback Max Linder, who was expected to press strongely for the starting signal-calling berth on Cletus Fischer's freshman crew, will undergo back surgery and will not compete on this fall s yearling team. The 6' 2" 189-pound youngster will enroll at the University second semester and will be eligible to compete on next season's freshmansquad. COACHING SWITCH Basketball Coach Joe Cipriano has switched his two basketball assistants to enable both mentors to obtain a look at all phases of the Husker cage program. Glenn Porter will replace Bill Harrell as varsity assistant coach while Harrell will become head freshman cage coach. Cipriano, who has paced the Huskers to three consecutive winning campaigns, said the rotation procedure would be continued on a yearly basis for an indefinite period. , OUTSTATE PLAYERS No one can ever accuse the University of Wyoming of not giving outstate players a chance to earn a spot on the Cowboy football team. Only three participants on the Laramie-based crew that invaded . Lincoln last week were native Wyomingites. States ranging from New York to California and from Minnesota to Hawaii were included on the 63-man roster. Just goes to show that just because a state lacks an abundance of residents, it still can produce a top-notch athletic team if it is willing to provide an abundance of another substance to acquire Tn rnmnarison. Saturday's foe from UIIC uiuum; mwuv. ... r - ' the University at Utah boasts 20 natives from Utah on a 67-man squad. Nine ot ine natives are irom me ocuuui location Salt Lake City. UTAH REDSKIN notes The Redskins have triumphed t- .; nf thoii nast eieht nnenerg includine a 37-21 victory J.11 Q1A V V - f -w -C3"- : t. tha Til F.itrht'n Colorado Buffaloes in 1962 . . . Utah aa a nine in? pnmp to Biff Ten Co-Champion Min Y fmM. . rww w njr Hocnito mitaainin? the ftonhers 378 to 207 Iicovtci utgv o o 1 vards . . First year coach Bill Meek returns 33 lettermen from the squad tnai nnisnea iounn in me wesieru nuucuw - i .ni talliuf a 1 7 season record last fall . . . After Nebraska, Utah faces Oregon State, which upset top-rated southern uauionua ana nigniy-rne ruiuue wimc deadlocking with UCLA in 1967 . . . Saturday's battle will be the first meeting between Nebraska and Utah. LAST WORDS We apologize to fans of University of Alabama football coach Bear Bryant wno notice- our error in Friday's column when we said the Crimson Tide moii haA raeovaA vote for the Presidential nomination t the Republican National Convention this summer. Daily Nebraskan senior stall writer Larry cunou, mung umers, corrected us since Bryant obviously garnered his votes at h rutmnrratii IMatinnal rnnvention . . . Don't forEet to submit nominations for the Daily Nebraskan's Intramural Flayer of the week competition... v k.x g. utmr .. iwiiWfl iMllmnn"r.-f xrmmtm-eurwmmmmmmmmmmm m in Never ready to let a good thing go, Fijis from left John Freeman, Bill Kenagy and Mac McConnell plot a strategy to retain the intramurals championship. Former runners-up field victory ... Phi Gamma Delta captures intramural athletics crown Phi Gamma Delta members have discovered perseverance eventually reaps dividends. After finishing in the runners-up position for the past two seasons, the fraternity finally hurdled the obstacles by winning the All-University intramural sports organiza tion championship for the past academic year. "It wasn't just the guys who went out for the teams that won it for us, it was that everyone wanted to help the teams win in some way," ex plained Bill Kenagy, house intramural director. THE LINCOLN senior said that between 25-30 house mem bers would cheer for the team at football or basketball games which added a considerable lift to the players. Kenagy said all sports ranging from horseshoes to football were stressed; and to drum up support for future sports matches, he only posted the time and place of the game and the players-and spectators turned out en masse. "Even our housemother went to the games," he said. The campus champs scored All-University wins in tennis doubles, softball and karate, while individual titles went to John Freeman and Joe Wilson in badminton doubles and Stan Lemaster in Kata Karate. Although Kenagy said any number of participants should be credited for the performance, he named three athletes who sparked the house championship. Citing Mac Maconnell, a senior from Imperial, the basketball squad's leading scorer; Tim Ash, a senior from Lincoln, who competed in almost all intramural sports and Don Crist, also a Lincoln senior, who pitched the softball squad to the campus title, Kenagy said the house only lost three players through graduation for this season. "We may not win it again this year, but we will be right up there with the leaders," the inramural director predicted, adding that the house expects the strongest challenges from Phi Delta Theta and Beta Theta Pi fraternities for this year's All University crown. He said that intra-house rivalries between members on the A 'and B squads in the same sports also aided the overall house performance since "the B members always wanted to prove that they should have been placed on the A team." "IT WAS a lot of fun and everyone would always talk about the sports too much sometimes," he joked, adding he is beginning his second tow 4&m PHOTO BY DAN LADELY Surrounded by Nebraskans Wyoming quarterback Ed Synakowski finds no place to scamper as Dan Kobza (49), Adrian Fiala (32) and Ken Geddes (37) close in on the cowboy signal-caller during Saturday's 13-10 Nebraska win. season as intramural director "just because I like it." He said the house wanted to finish high in horseshoes so they constructed a horseshoe practice area behind the R street structure. Footballs were constantly tossed about the front lawn to sharpen passing reflexes for grid games in the fall. "Intramurals are a lot of fun since there is a sport for everyone," Kenagy concluded as the defending victors prepare to capture the championship crown for the second consecutive season. Fraternies again dominated the final standings for in tramural sports as 14 of the top 20-ranking organizations were Greek groups. Following Phi Gamma Delta were Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi (the 1966-67 champions); Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Theta Xi, Abel VI, Farm House, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta Upsilon rounding out the first 10 finishers. The second 10 included Ag Men, Glenn House from Cather Hall, Abel VII, Harper II, Abel IV, Triangle, Sigma Chi, Beta Sigma Psi, Gus III from Selleck Quadrangle and Chi Phi. ... LEADING the independents were Phi Epsilon Kappa, Dents, "Dirty Old Men," Ag gies, Falcons, Unicorns, and Phi Delta Phi, while the Athletes Feat, Mousers and Pharmacy placed in an eighth place deadlock. Phi Delta Theta captured the most All-University titles with seven wins in basketball free throws, basketball, . golf , A flag football, B basketball, paddleball, A volleyball and deck tennis ; while Beta Theta Pi scored five triumphs in fall golf, tennis singles, table tennis, spring golf and swim ming. Cather Hall's Glenn House won the 1968 All-University sportsmanship rating while Gary Toogood of Dents was the only intramural partici pant to record double in dividual victories last year as he captured the handball singles and combined with Gary McMullen to take the handball doubles. Wednesday, September T8, 1968 ,, , mint mm n m s m i miiuhii mnuiii i n iiinui mi in i: iiiuiMtunm nn From That Desk In The Comer j 3 by J. L. Baldwin Sports Columnist I belong to a vanishing breed. I am, have been, and always will be a devoted fan of the New York Yankees. There aren't many of us. Many baseball fans hated us during the early sixties much as many pro football fans now hate Green Bay Packer, lovers. When the Bronx Bombers were making a mockery of the American League pennant race every year, and Mantle and Maris were crashing home runs indiscriminately in every direction, it wasn't easy to be a Yankee-lover. Who loves a machine? When New York was winning all those pennants, it seemed that every year all humanity would rally round to support the National League entry in the World Series. We Yankee fans got no sympathy when Bill MazeroskI hit his series-winning home run in 1960, or when Sandy Koufax and friends obliterated New York in 1963. But that's history. Recent Yankee exploits have left little to yell about. Up until three weeks ago. Rinnino with an inrredible sweeD of a four-eame series with the pennant-bound Detroit Tigers (which also included - . . , j i iL:. . 1 T l. i Denny MCLain S only roaa loss uus yeau, uie -aims wem on a tear that saw them win 29 of 39 games, and 10 in a row through Sept. 15. In the process, New i orK Doosiea us recora irom oi-bu to 80-70 and jumped from eighth to third in the American League standings. The question is, how did they do it? Thom ic no rinnht that the Yankees are the worst hittine team in the majors. But New York has been getting the hits when they've needed them. The secret of the Yankee success nas Deen pitcninR. Mel Stottlemyre, who won his 20th game last Saturday, former NU hurler Stan Bahnsen, and Fritz Peterson, with ci urine in a row have heen the bulwarks of the vounff staff that has compiled an excellent 2.73 earned run average. .... - . r : i. i : . a- rnu; New YorK is a young ieam, a ngnung ieain. mis laie season surge could be written off as a meaningless lucky streak after the big issue has been decided, but I believe there is more to the streak than luck. Perhaps Yankee-lovers will really have something to yell about in 1969. Ernie Sigler is the kind of guy you just love to see make good. The hero of the Huskers' win over Wyoming Is not an excellent quarterback. Ernie's not real fast, nor can he pass with the top college signal-callers. He just seems to do well enough in each area to get the job done. What Sigler lacks in natural ability , he makes up in dedication and determination. Not that Ernie has the NU quarterbacking slot locked im after Saturday's efforts. Frank Patrick, who admittedly was not himself against Wyoming, will play a lot of football this year and may even win his starting posi DacK. What is significant about Ernie Sigler's performance is that now Roh Devanev has two solid, dependable quarterbacks to throw at the opposition. The last time he enjoyed that luxury was in 1965 wnen rrea uuaa ana tsoi) Churchich alternated, covering each others' cold spells. This haoDv situation resulted in an undefeated season and who's to say it couldn't happen again? NCAA modifies football procedures Several changes and modifications of NCAA foot ball rules will be in affect for the current season, ac cording to the NCAA News. The. controversial punting rule passed last fall, which prevented interior linemen from leaving the line of scrimmage until the ball had been kicked, has been eliminated, the m a g a z i n e said. The publication also ex plained that the referee will stop the clock on each first down to allow the "chain gang" to reestablish . itself. The length of time outs has Fall horseshoe entries due Entries for fall horseshoes are due in room 102 Men's Physical Education Building by 5 p.m. Thursday. The fall tournament will be for single matches in a single elimination tourney with all matches slated for the area east of the Coliseum. Oconto is the defending All University champion with Gary Glendy of Oconto as the defending individual champion. been reduced from two minutes to one and one-half minutes and a player may confer with the coaching staff during the intermission. Linemen also came under the revisions with a new rule stating that at least five men on the line of scrimmage must wear numbers from 5(1 to 79 inclusive. Men wearing those numbers are not eligible to receive a forward pass, regardless Of position, eliminating the tackle eligible play. Once an offensive interior lineman has his hand or hands on the ground, he can not move until the snap, unless signals are -checked. This rule eliminates the switch after offensive linemen are "down." The NCAA Rules Com mittee has also made it illegal to signal for a fair catch on a punt and subsequently block a player on the punting team. In addition, men in motion toward the ball who are outside the clipping at the snap and men who have a position five yards or more outside the legal clipping zone at the snap, may not clip in the legal clipping zone. Cornhuskers rate top rankings for 4 years Nebraska football teams have been ranked in the Top 10 for four of the last five years under Coach Bob De vaney. Highest Husker finish was in 1965 when they were placed third by United Press Interna tional. The team was also third according to the As sociated Press poll prior to the Orange Bowl, but dropped to number five after a 30 28 loss to Alabama. Dana X. Bible also led the Huskers to a ninth place As sociated Press rating in 1936 and L. Mac Jones coached Nebraska to a seventh spot in the nation in 1940. Nebraska's current national ratings: Anoclate. Pre l IM lk 1M4 lk 1MI Stk UN lk tilMrm Internal 'oil IMS Mb MM (b IMS In) im it- Karate classes start Thursday Classes for authentic Japanese Karate sponsored by the University's intramural department and the Tokyo Karate-Do Association, will begin Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on the Coliseum stage. Korean style, Chung-Do-Kwan instruction will be of fered at a later date and karate will also be offered as an intramural sport during the spring. NU Wildlife Club shows labrador The University of Nebraska Wildlife Club will host a black labrador demonstration and watermelon feed Wednesday at 7 p.m. It will be held in front of the East Campus Student Union. 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