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Outdoor track opener big challenge Nebraska will test powerful Sun Devils by STEVE SINCLAIR Assistant Sports Edltw Nebraska track coach Frank Sevigne won't have to look past the first outdoor meet to find tough competition for his squad. Husker netters better Sooners best in conference by RANDY YORK Ntaraskan Sports Editor Although Nebraska expects to field a better tennis team this year, it can hardly expect to challenge Big Eight Conference power Oklahoma. The Sooners, barring unfor seen trouble, -should annex their fifth straight league champion ship in May. With three defend ing champions and a talented crop of freshmen, OU appears to be the first Big 8 team to string together five consecutive titles. OKLAHOMA CAPTURED all five singles titles and both dou bles titles in sweeping to last year's championship. R e t u r rung from that team will be senior Glen Mullins, No. 1 singles and doubles ti tlist; sopho more Scott Martin, who last week start- Martin ed for OlTs NIT basketball team and who was the No. 2 singles standout and doubles winner; and senior Jack Theimer, No. S singles ti Uist. Nebraska seems well fixed to bid for an upper division Big 8 berth after finishing fifth in last year's meet. Glendale, Calif., Junior Col lege transfer Jack Rathburn bol sters the Cornhusker hopes for improving their 9-9. 1959 dual record. "He's more experienced than the rest of our squad," NU coach Ed Higglnbotham notes. But four returning lettermen establish the Huskers as exper ienced contenders. RATHBURN IS the top-ranking Nebraska performer while Omaha junior Bill Brunell and Omaha Tom Wiese rank 1-3. Senior John Henrdy from Oma ha and sophomore Jim Rathe from Beatrice are the other monogram winners. Junior Bob Duffek and fresh man Vince Sutton, both from Lincoln, are Included on the Husker roster. tcawtfwla Mart H. VuWw Coiiwf 30, at Wxhlta stattt 31. Eat tOfcki I Central $( Asr.t I. al Oklahoma Bo tilt U.t 1. at Tulsa against Mujourli J. at Oklahoma Staiai 4. at Ofctahemai 1 Washburn U. Crhtooi Is. Kanaasi M. Univartlly o Natoraska at Omaha t 14 al Air Forca Acatiamyi IS. al Co'wao J. Orakat Mayt I. at Crlghlo St. i S. Iowa SlalOf 7. at 0NO . at Kansas Stalai S '9 I al lawranca. Kan. ' "We're going to find out in a hurry where we stand, Sevigne said. The Huskers open the season March 31 with a triangular against Arizona State and Wyoming at Tempe, Ariz. ARIZONA STATE doesn't have any weak spots, according to Sevigne. The Sun Devils have the world's top ranking javelin thrower, Mark Murro, who has a 293 foot toss to his credit. They also have a 3:58 miler, a 9.3 sprinter a sub-nine minute two-miler, a 7-1 high jumper, a 175-foot discus thrower, a 16-foot pole vaulter, and a 58-foot shot putter. Arizona State has already competed In five outdoor meets against national powers UCLA, Southern Cal and Occidental, Sevigne added. "We havent been outdoors enough to really know where we stand," he said. "We will - have three good workouts down south before the meet." NU will also compete in the Texas Relays at Austin April 3 4. The Husker entrants will be chosen after the Arizona State meet and the remainder of the squad will return home. "WE HAVE the potential for some good relay teams," Sevigne said. "We could be strong in about any reiay we want to, if the guys come through." March 31 Arizona State, Wyoming at Tempe, Ariz.; April 3, 4 Texas Relays at Austin; April 11 Minnesota at Minneapolis; April 17, 18 Kansas Relays at Lawrence; April 24, 25 Drake Relays at Des Moines; May 1 Colorado; May 9 Missouri at Columbia; May 15, 16 Big Eight meet at Lawrence; May 23 California Relays at Modesto; June 18, 19, 20 NCAA championships at Des Moines. y . li,. f . i f & : aV - v x s 1 J t:x x" r " v " ,x x ' - l x, Xx s f x x j. - " s ' x - x XV 1 1 -v,' I Great Ifoung Britain! For the price of a stamp, well clue you in on the British scene. Naming names of the spots only we local folk are "in" on. We'll tell you about our native haunts. The pubs. Coffeehouses. Dis cotheques. Boutiques. And the like. We'll tell you where you can bed down for $2 a night, breakfast in cluded. And chow-down for $1. We'll tell you about the "doings" In the theatre. So you can see Broad way hits long before they break on Broadway. (Tickets: 90.) Well tell you about a crazy little $30 ticket that'll buy you 1,100 miles of rail and boat travel. And fill you in on all kinds of tours planned especially for the college crowd. Well even show you how to make it through Shakespeare country. Even if you couldn't make it through Shakespeare in class. We've got hundreds of ideas. All wrapped up in our free book: Great Young Britain. 20 pages big. With over 50 color photos. It's yours for the asking. Mail the coupon. And see your travel agent British Tourist Authority Box 4100, New York. N.Y. 10017 Send me your frea book: Crtat Young Britain. K;" A.l.lr. Cicy State .Zip. '"I I I .J r ) w ' !., 5 : f ' : ! r . I. v '1 r 3 X t: Y n V x . 1", THE DAILY NEBRASKAN ' PAGE 7 MONDAY, MARCH 23 9tO