Devaney proceeds on plans for new fieldhouse
by JIM JOHNSTON
Sports Editor
Bob Devaney is a patient man.
The football coach who spent 14 years in
the high school ranks before gating a college
job had patience enough to build Nebraska
into a national champion after two 6-4
seasons in 1967 and '68.
And now Devaney, who won a victory in
the Legislature Tuesday, is patiently wading
through all the possibilities before
confirming plans on Nebraska's new
fieldhouse.
"PLANS ARE VERY, very general now,"
said Devaney. "There's a lot to be done
before we start digging or laying bricks."
But the Nebraska athletic department,
the University and the state fairboard have
tentative plans on the fieldhouse. The 1969
Legislature appropriated $60,000 to study
the possibilities of a fieldhouse at NU.
"We've reviewed the work that the
architects have done," said Devaney. "It will
mainly be a facility for indoor sports and
public use with seating between 15-1 7,000
for basketball."
INCLUDED IN the structure wfll be a
basketball court, wrestling area, meeting
rooms, exercise and weight lifting rooms,
handball courts and an eight-lane swimming
pool with seating capacity for 1,000
spectators. -
Devaney, who has visited several athletic
structures around the nation, was
indefinite as to when the facility would be
ready for use. He indicated, however, that it
would be at least two or three years.
"We cannot project any starting date at
this time," said Devaney. "We have to get
together with the state fairboard people and
determine what can be done without the
money sitting in the bank."
DEVANEY WAS referring to the
stipulation that the first $695,000 from the
new cigarette tax goes to the Beatrice State
Home for new recreational facilities.
One problem being worked on is the
possibility of having an indoor track in the
new fieldhouse.
"It's difficult to provide for an indoor
track in a basketball arena, "said Devaney.
"There are various ways, but they all seem
very difficult. We're also debating between a
portable floor and an artificial surface."
Missouri, which is moving into a new
fieldhouse next year, will have an indoor
track. But that school has provided a separate
building for the facility.
"WE CAN'T JUST sprawl out on the
fairgrounds anywhere we want to," said
Devaney.
The term fieldhouse is not actually
appropriate for the new facility. A
fieldhouse includes indoor practice areas for
outdoor sports such as football and baseball.
But such an area will not be included in
Nebraska's structure.
Plans also call for a portable stage to
provide an indoor, air-conditioned facility to
Huskers open three- game series
Nebraska's baseball team
goes after its fifth conference
win this spring Friday in the
opener of its double header
with Oklahoma State in
Lincoln. With a sweep of the
three game series, the Huskers
would emerge with a 7-5
conference record.
Huskers head coach Tony
Sharpe made a variety of
line-up changes during the
week in preparation for the
series including moving Steve
Achelpohl from second base
over to third.
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Nebraska's track team will
find out just how good
Colorado is Saturday when
they travel to Boulder for a
dual meet with the surprising
Buffalos.
Colorado shocked the
conference when they finished
second to Kansas in the Big
Bight Indoor Meet in March.
But ClTs point total there was
boosted by Marcus Walker's
two hurdle victories. Walker is
currently injured and won't be
running this weekend.
Colorado's strongest event
against Nebraska should be the
sprints with Cliff Branch and
George Daniels. Branch ran
5 .9 tor 60 yards indoors while
Daniels owns a 6.0 clocking.
One of the afternoon's top
competitive races could be the
440 yard dash where Daniels
faces Ilusker threat Garth Case.
Daniels won the Big Eight 440
indoors this winter and Case is
the defending outdoor
champion in the event.
Weightlifting
tryouts Sunday
Students interested in trying
out for the University of
Nebraska weightlifting team
are urged to attend the initial
meeting Sunday at 5 p.m. in
the Coliseum weight room.
Any fulltime Nebraska
student is eligible. Weight
divisions include 123 through
242 and super heavyweight.
The first meet will be May 15.
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1971
Bob Munson will start at
first base and Gene Stohs,
who's been out with an arm
injury, will get into his second
game this spring starting in left
field. Stohs was one of the
Huskers top hitters and
pitchers last season.
Jim Smith at shortstop and
Sam Sharpe at second base
round out the infield while
Randy Spiehs will be the
catcher. Frank Vactor is slated
to start in center field and
Tom Novak, who also played
on the freshman basketball
team, will start his first game in
right field.
Pat Elgert, with a 2.45 ERA
second only to Ryan
Kurosaki's 1.59, will start at
pitcher in the first game for the
Huskers. Kurosaki is scheduled
to start the second game while
Saturday's starter is a toss up,
according to Sharpe.
Elgert is also the Huskers
top hitter with a .390 batting
average. He leads the team in
hits, runs scored and triples, is
tied for first in doubles, and is
second in home runs and runs
batted in.
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