Betas eye repeat crown Butts seeding
hurdle sweep
By ROGER RIFE
Nebraskan Sports Writer
Beta Theta Pi may retain its
"A" and "C" fraternity in
tramural basketball cham
pionships, according to Beta
coach Allen Campbell.
At the beginning of the
season, "we were a little slow,"
Campbell says, "but now we're
coming on strong."
Sixty-one teams remain in
the five-class double-elimination
tournament.
CAMPBELL, whose team has
several members from last
year's "A" championship crew,
feels he has "an all-around
good team."
Entering tourney play, the
Betas "A" squad was 6-2.
"We started out slowly in the
first half of our games," he
adds, "but we would pick up
and win."
Top Beta "A" scorers include
Jim Jansen, an Omaha
Westside graduate; Jim
Deitemeyer, a Lincoln
Southeast graduate: Ray Harr,
a McCook High graduate; and
Nebraska football quarterback
Van Brownson of Shenondoah,
Iowa.
Teams remaining as of
Wednesday:
III
FRATERNITY A Kappa
Alpha Psi, Beta Theta Pi,
Brown Palace, Chi Phi, Tau
Kappa Epsilon, Pioneer, Phi
Kappa Psi, Beta Sigma Psi,
Farmhouse, Phi Delta Theta,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma
Nu, Cornhusker, Pi Kappa Phi,
Ag Men.
FRATERNITY B Phi
Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi,
Sigma Chi, Alpha Gamma Rho,
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Delta Sigma
Pi.
Fraternity B Phi Delta
Theta, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma
Chi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Sigma
Phi Epsilon, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, Delta Sigma Pi.
FRATERNITY C Phi
Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, Phi
Robisch sets pace
Kansas junior Dave Robisch
is on his way towards a record
scoring pace in the Big Eight
Conference.
The former Springfield, 111.,
pivot is hitting at a 28.3 point
per game clip and seems
headed towards unseating
Colorado's Cliff Meely as the
loop's top scorer.
MEELY IS the second
leading scorer, banging away
at a 20.7 clip while Oklahoma's
Garfield Heard is averaging
17.5 points.
Two Iowa State seniors rank
fourth and fifth in scoring. Last
year's all-Eig Eight center Bill
Cain is hitting 17.0 ppg while
Aaron Jenkins is sinking 15.1
points.
The only Nebraskan among
the top ten is Tom Scantlebury,
In seventh place with a 14.8
average.
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Beta Sigma Psi, Ag Men, Sigma
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DORMITORY A Kennedy
(Cather Hall champs);
Schramm V, Sch IV (Selleck
Quad champs), Abel IV, Abel
VIII.
DORMITORY B Abel III,
Abel IV, Abel VII, Gus I,
Thoreau, Kennedy, Avery,
Schramm V.
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Meteors, Lifers, Bombers,
Super Studs, Toads, Born
Losers, GDIs.
By STEVE SINCLAIR
Assistant Sport Editor
Randy Butts will be gunning for his third hurdles
sweep of the indoor track season Saturday afternoon
when the Cornhuskers face Iowa State at the Memorial
Stadium track.
The Husker freshman has captured both the 60
yard high hurdles and low hurdles in meets against
Southern Illinois and Colorado.
THE FORMER Grand Island
standout has made a habit of
hitting the finish line first. He
won gold medals at the state
high school track meet in the
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Nebraskan Sport Editor
Nebraska swimmer Dave Backer feels he was dis
covered, not recruited by Cornhusker coach John Reta.
"I just didn't have enough ability to be recruited,"
says Backer, who nevertheless has emerged into a Big
Eight Conference standout.
"Coach Reta saw me swim in an intramural meet
when I was a freshman," Backer, now a junior, recalls.
"He asked me if I would like to try out. I mean, he let
me try out. I don't know why he did. My times couldn't
have impressed him. I guess he was just nice."
BACKER WASN'T kidding about his times. "They've
improved quite a bit I guess. My
best 200-yard freestyle when I was
a freshman was 2:11. Now I'm
right around 1:50."
More physical strength ac
counts for his progress, Dave says.
"I've gotten a lot of ribbing
about how the girls used to beat
me in the YMCA when I was in
high school," the McCook native
says, "but I wasn't kidding. They
really did beat me. I didn't go
out for the swimming team. I K
played basketball."
At 6-0, 160 pounds, Dave was a
for then McCook High coach Paul Forch.
Since he has been on Reta's weight training program,
however, Dave has grown to 6-2 V4 and 180 pounds.
Why'cl he have to grow so late?
"Coach Forch (now at Lincoln East) asks me why
I had to grow so late," Dave noted. "I didn't really
do him that much good. I guess I'm just a late developer,
like the rest of my family tends to be."
Basketball Is still a part of Backer's recreation,
but not without a veto from Reta.
"Coach doesn't like it, or rather, us playing it,"
Backer says. "I enjoy basketball and play some, but
I've got pretty bad knees. There's something wrong
with the calcium deposits. If I played basketball for
10 minutes right now, I wouldn't be able to walk for
about two days."
SWIMMING IS physically more demanding than
basketball, Dave feels, but the water doesn't severely
affect his knees.
"I think we work as hard or harder than any other
team in the Big Eight," Dave says. "I've been in
the water for at least two hours every day for more
than six straight months.
"Coach Reta is real demanding," he adds, "but
the work is paying off. We've won four straight duals.
We've never done thut before."
Backer credits Reta's advice more than his own
ability for his improvement. "Coach Reta has changed
my stroke completely. What can I say? He had faith
in me, and I hope I've given him faith too."
Powerful Jayhawk next foe
The Husker swimmers will put their win skein on
the line Saturday against powerful Kansas at Lawrence.
"Kansas Is a little far away for most people In
the Big Eight," Dave says of the Jayhawks, who have
won the league crown the last two years.
"BUT I'M looking at the meet as my best Individual
challenge this season," ht added. "I think that's the
way the whole team feels. We all want to see how
far we've come."
highs and lows as a junior and
senior. He also was a member
of the state champion 880-yard
relay team for three years.
Butts, however, hasn't found
the going easy as a collegian.
"The big change from high
j school is that there are good
j hurdlers on every team," he
j said.
Butts is looking forward to
j the Big Eight meet where he
wiH have another shot at the
conference leaders in the lows
Marcus Walker of Colorado
and Luci Williams of Kansas
State.
WALKER WON the low
hurdles at the Omaha Federa
tion meet and Williams bested
Butts in a dual at Manhattan.
Butts labels Walker the best
hurdler he has ever faced.
"I'm just going to do the best
I can, and if it's good enough to
place that's fine," Butts said of
the Big Eight meet.
"I'm going to have to be a lot
more mentally ready," he ad
ded. "I'm passed the state of
being able to get in any better
physical condition."
If there Is any inconsistency
In Butts' performance this
year, it is his time In the highs.
(:07.6). "My performances in
the highs haven't been as good
as they should be," he said,
"and I actually prefer running
the highs."
BUTTS CURRENTLY shares
the conference's third best time
in the lows (:06.9) with team
mate Galen Hurst.
The Husker hurdler said no
one has tried to use psychology
tactics on him this season.
"There's hardly any talking at
all before a race," he said.
"This will probably change as
soon as we get outdoors."
A versatile performer, Butts
also was a starting defensive
back on the Husker freshmen
football team. He plans to
bypass spring football drills to
concentrate on track, but will
return to the gridiron In the
fall.
Iowa State's top performers
are Fran Long and Dennis
McGuire. Long recorded the
fastest 440 in conference
history (:47.3) last weekend at
the National Federation meet
at the Houston Astrodome.
McGuire has the third best
time in the conference In the
two mile at 8:56.9.
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