MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1969
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An overdue study of the
University of Nebraska's
athletic facilities will not pro
duce results until 1973, at the
earliest, according to a
member of the Board of
Regents.
"The earliest the legislature
could appropriate funds to
finance a project is 1971," says
Lincotn Regent Edward
Schwartzkopf. "It would take
at least two years to build a
structure after the appropria
tion, so the earliest people
could actually see any result is
1973."
Schwartzkopf said that a
$60,000 appropriation authoriz
ed by the legislature to study
NU's athletic situation is
"overdue, but timely" in keep
ing up with other conference
schools.
He cited recent im
provements transpiring in pro
grams at Colorado, Missouri,
Oklahoma and Iowa State and
added that those schools' im
provements will make
Nebraska's facilities the worst
in the Big Eight Conference.
Schwartzkopf. who has
toured athletic facilities at each
conference school except at
Iowa State, said an effort to
improve the substandard
situation at Nebraska involves
two considerations after
receiving legislative appro vai:
site and finances.
"Financing an improvement
is, of course, the most impor
tant consideration,"
Schwartzkopf said, "but a site
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has to be determined before
you can even consider
building."
Many suggestions have been
discussed for the possible
location of a new field house,
Schwartzkopf said.
"We've got to decide whether
we want to build across the
tracks, at the State
Fairgrounds or near the
present facilities."
He ruled out the feasibility of
locating a new field house near
the Coliseum.
"There just isn't any room,"
Schwartzkopf said. "We need
the practice fields for football."
The Regent also mentioned
the possibility of locating a new
facility on Interstate 80
between Lincoln and Omaha,
an idea conceived a few years
ago by former Nebraska Gov.
Val Peterson.
Nebraska athletic director
and head football coach Bob
Devaney, however, said such a
location would most likely not
even be considered.
Schwartzkopf said that he
would like Devaney to tour the
facilities at other Big Eight
schools w hen he may have time
at the first of the year.
"He could then report on the
findings and any possible
mistakes, so that we won't
make the same mistakes," he
explained.
"Kansas State is in its second
round o f improvements,"
Schwartzkopf added. "It has a
12.000 seat basketball arena
which no longer is adequate."
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basketball court which, when
the floor was removed, also
served as an indoor practice
facilitiy for football.
The K-State field house was
equipped with a portable
basketball court which, when
the floor was removed, also
served as an indoor practice
facility for football.
"It presented a bad situation
in overlapping seasons,"
Schwartzkopf pointed out, "and
would be even worse when a
football team would be
preparing for a bowl game."
Schwartzkopf said Kansas
State basketball coach Cotton
Fitzsimmons suggested that the
12,000 seat field house be used
as an intramural facility.
"I think that was a tremen
dous idea," Schwartzkopf said,
"I think Nebraska should do
the same thing. We also have
poor intramural facilities, but
we have made some improve
ment in acquiring intramural
football fields this year."
Another primary considera
tion involved in building an
athletic complex, Schwartzkopf
added, is what is to be included
in that complex.
"For instance, do you want
an indoor track, and if so, how
big? I think we should strive
for a well-rounded program to
improve not only the major
sports, but also the minor
ones," he said. '
He said a new field house
could be used for swimming,
indoor track, wrestling and
gymnastics.
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"There's no reason,"
Schwartzkopf says, "why we
can't improve these sports tf
the same time we improve
others.
"Nebraska's swimming pool
in the Coliseum has got to be
the worst in the conference and
one of the worst in the coun
try," he added. "We don't even
have a high enough clearance
on the roof to include the
necessary high-meter diving
events. Whoever designed it
ought to be strung up by his
thumbs."
Nebraska basketball fans'
demand for seats has exceeded
the supply, Schwartzkopf says.
"Many of the seats we do
have are poor ones. We've got
to do a better job of promoting
basketball when we get room to
seat the fans though," he said.
"People just aren't going to
fight to buy a seat, when the
one they get may not be a good
one," he added. "I think that
we should have a 15,000 or
17,000 seat facility. That should
take care of us for the next 10
years."
Although there has been
considerable talk about private
donors financing athletic im
provements at Nebraska,
Schwartzkopf says that the
legislature must be responsible
for a sizable part of the expen
diture. "I think the day is gone when
we can exDect an athletic
department to finance all of its
own activities," Schwartzkopf
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times for other activities, and
Nebraska's has sustained itself
so far. It even made a profit
last year, but the situation is
becoming more competitive."
Schwartzkopf said increased
athletic costs are caused, for
the most part, by increased
grants-in-aid.
He conceded that projected
improvement is contingent
upon legislative aid and outside
contributions to the program,
but he said Nebraska's track
facilities should receive top
priority now.
"We've got enough money in
the Athletic Department to tane
care of track," the Regent said,
"and something ought to be
done immediately."
He said the expansion for
football was responsible for the
demise of the track.
"We had one of the finest
tracks in the country," he said,
"and we didn't preserve it
because we tried to get by as
cheaply as we could in football
expansion.
"I was real disgusted with
the way in which we added on
to the stadium. The natural
contour of the stadium was
there, and we could have con
structed a horseshoe type
stadium or a bowl, but we
made a mistake of getting by
too cheaply."
It will cost $250,000 to build
an outdoor track comparable to
the one virtually destroyed by
the lack of suitable planning for
football expansion,
Schwartzkopf said.
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NtOrnka (5-1) Pot. Michigan (24)
Jura (-10) F. ... Ouimette (4-4)
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Nebraska returns home to
face Northern Michigan Mon
day night after capturing third
place in the Bluebonnet Classic
at Houston, Tex. over the
weekend.
The Huskers rallied from a
nine-point deficit early in the
second half to beat Texas A&M,
78-69, in the consolation game
Saturday night, after falling to
the home team Houston
Cougars, 112-82, in the opening
round Friday night.
Houston won the tourney by
defeating Kent State, 74-66. The
win gave Houston its seventh
straight tourney title.
Nebraska's top players in the
tourney were guards Marvin
Stewart and Tom Scantlebury
with 41 and 35 points, respec
tively, for two games.
Both were name to the all
tourney team which also in
cluded Ollie Taylor and Dwight
Davis of Houston, Mike Heit
mann of Texas A and M, and
Tom Lagodich of Kent State.
Lagodich was the tourney's
leading scorer with 48 points.
He had 25 against Houston and
23 against Texas A&M.
Nebraska coach Joe Cipriano
saw his team fall behind early
in both games, but the Hsukers
learned their lessons Friday
night and it paid off against
Texas A&M.
After the Houston game
Cipriano expressed concern
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panicky after getting nine
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"We lost our offensive con
tinuity with six minutes left to
go in the first half," Cipriano
said. "I hope this is a good
lesson for us."
Against Texas A&M the
Huskers got behind but never
lost their poise. 'We have
never been better disciplined
on offense than we were in the
second half," Cipriano said
after the Aggie game.
Stewart, Sam Martin, and
Dale VonSeggern came off the
bench to pull the Huskers back
in the game. Stewart had 15 of
his game leading 24 points at
halftime. Martin was perfect
from the field, hitting six out of
six and was the steadving in
fluence in the second half.
The Huskers turned the ball
over three times in the second
half and 10 times in the game,
compared to 16 for the Ag
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LeRoy Chalk dominated the
boards with 17 rebounds. Chalk
was also in double figures with
13 points.
The Huskers now face three
opponents at -home before
tangling with Colorado in the
opening game of the Big Eight
tourney.
Northern Michigan provides
the opposition Monday night.
Arizona on Dec. 20 and Athletes
in Action on Dec. 22.
Northern Michigan comes to
Lincoln with a 24 record. The
Wildcats bowed to Missouri.
105-70, Saturday night al
Columbia.
Coach Glenn Brown's team Is
led by 6-6 forward Ted Rose.
Rose has had two recent knee
operations, but he is still Cats'
best player, according to
Brown.
Rose scored 35 points last
year against NCAA runner-up
Purdue. His best effort was 54
against Central Michigan. He
hit 19 against Missouri Satur
day night.
Forward George Barber (6-2 )
was the leading scorer against
Missouri with 21 tallies.
Nebraska box scores:
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Rlbben 4-8 1-1 7 I 9
Walch 4-12 3-4 4 2 11
DavlJ 8-14 5-5 14 3 21
Ball 4-7 0-0 3 ) 8
Hickman 3-4 7- 4 0 13
Youngdala II 0-1 1 0 1
Willis 1-2 0-0 0 1
Evans 5-9 1-2 4 5 II
Hall .... 2-5 3-4 5 2 7
Totals 42-83 28-34 51 It 11
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Moller 0-2 2-2 0 i 2
Nissan 1-5 II 13 3
Stewart 8-15 1-2 5 1 1
Scantlebury 9-14 2-2 3 3 2r
White 01 0-0 1 I 0
Gratopp 3-7 2-4 2 3
Cauble 1-4 0-0 2 2 2
Peterson 3-5 1-2 2 1
Jura 2-13 2-2 8 0 6
ChalK .... 4-12 3-4 9 3 1
Von Seggern . . . 1-2 0 0 2 2 ?
Tetals 33-84. 15-11 34 24 83
Halftime score: Houston 53, Ne
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Moller 1 3 0-0 0 0 ?
Nissen 0-4 11 1 4 '
Stewart 10-17 54-4 2 0 21
Scantlebury 6-13 3-5 2 3 1
Gratopp 1-2 01 3 0.
Cauble 0-1 0-0 0 2 1
Jura 1-4 1-2 3 4 ?
Chalk 5-12 3 3 17 3 1 '
VonSeqaern 1-3 2-2 1 2
Team rebounds ..... 9
Tetals 31-47 14-20 38 19 71
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Heltmann 9-13 5-10 I I 2
Duolantls 3-4 2-3 5 3 1
Smith 3-J 00 2 4 6
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Cooksev 3 8 4 4 3 J 10
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Threadgill 2 2 (1-0 0 1 4
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Nebraska 34 44 I
Texas A&M 3930-49
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