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doilu ffi 0,, lft k 4 :nrw.TTtxi::unnrni rajsn isi U 3 Li V ? .1 1 ,4 -Jl it, gory seooest spores Amid continuing news of war and discord on the international scene it is refreshing to know that there is still some fellowship between nations. This was evidenced this week in the opening ceremony and the first events of the 1 1th Winter Olympics at Sapporo, Japan. Where else could you find 35 nations competing peacefully and following international rules? Where else could you find the Americans and Russians together without one calling the other "subversive communists" or "imperialistic capitalists." Hopefully, the athletes competing in the Olympics will be able to teach their fellow, countrymen something about fellowship and peaceful competition. Wouldn't it be something if countries settled international disputes by seeing who had the fastest downhill skier or who had the best hockey team . instead of fighting wars and making bombs? It was good to see a full-house at the Coliseum Tuesday night to cheer the Huskers on to their miraculous victory over Kansas State. The Huskers could not have overcome that 12-point deficit in the last 1 1 minutes to beat Kansas State without the aid of the screaming Coliseum crowd. Last Saturday at Lawrence the Huskers played good enough to win, but lost in overtime because the 16,100 Kansas fans gave the Jayhawks the psychological lift they needed to win. The medical report sounded like the patient was on his last leg. The ailments included injured ligaments and tendons, arthritis, an ulcer and bronchitis. However, the patient was not an elderly man, but Nebraska All-American flanker back Johnny Rodgers, who entered an Omaha hospital after the Orange Bowl to have a medical check-up. Just think what Rodgers might do if he was healthy? While the Fighting Irish did not have the No. 1 football team last season they had the No. 1 cheerleading corps, according to a poll by the International Cheerleading Foundation. The poll rated Nebraska's pom pon girls only sixth in the nation. J Pla- Mor Ballroom Feb. 5-4 miles west on "O" St. Rock Concert Featuring Together from Lawrence Kansas AND Smack Dab from Lincoln 8:30-1:00 ADMISSION $2.00 Light Show UNION WEEKEND FILMS PRESENTS "irASH'iswhat the new freedom of the screen is all about." Richard Schickel, Lite An Ingo Preminger Production rpi Color by DE LUXE Panavision -H-l SPECIAL SnOVViNGS' MEW TIMES Friday and Saturday, 6, 8, 10 pm. Sunday 7, 9 pm. Union Small Auditorium Batten hops to fame by Kent Seacrest Hoppy Batten is probably as good, an athlete as Nebraska football stars Jerry Tagge, Jeff Kinney or Johnny Rodgers. But unlike the football players, you hardly ever hear about Batten. His obscurity stems from the fact that he is a gymnast. "Competing in a minor sport like gymnastics is a lot different than, say football or basketball," Batten said. "There aren't 60,000 fans pushing you on. It is a completely different type of challenge. It is all self-pride." Batten, a junior, competes in every event except the side horse for the team. His speciality, however, is the horizontal bar. Batten captured the horizontal bar competition at the National East-West All-Star meet at Tuscon, Ariz., in December and is undefeated in the all-around and horizontal bar in dual meet competition. This Saturday Batten along with the rest of the team will be facing their biqgest competition Iowa State. Defending NCAA champions and winners of four straight Big Eight titles, Iowa State will try to make the Huskers their 28th victim in a row at 2 p.m. in the Men's P.E. Building. "They are very good. . . with many, many, many fine gymnasts," UNL Coach Francis Allen said of the Cyclones. Batten over the last two years has developed quite a rivalry on the horizontal bar with Iowa State's Jim Stevenson. "I haven't beaten him yet," Batten noted. "But it has been darn close every time." Batten attributes his success as a gymnast to hard practice, a good mental attitude and fine coaching. Batten works out for three hours a day, six days a week. Mental attitude is very important to Batten's success too. "Sure hard practice, physical strength and conditioning are all important, but to me my mental attitude is seven-eighths of the ball game," he said. "Before a meet, I go over my routine a thousand times in my head. Most of the time this makes me nervous before a meet. But this is good because I start thinking only about gymnastics then." Allen has been working with Batten ever " " " . j . i t . , f , . j it -t v.. f i L ( ? - 1 Batten. . .enjoys different challenge. since Batten was a junior at Lincoln Southeast "He is my first baby," said Allen. "I have been working with him for five years now and he has produced into the best high bar (horizontal bar) man I've had at the University." This year Batten would like to accomplish the goal of winning the Big Eight horizontal bar competition next month and finish in the top ten in the NCAA Championships in April. But next year as a senior, Batten's "ultimate goal is to win the NCAA." To accomplish these feats, Batten has employed a philosophy about himself and gymnastics. "I can't consider myself a champion gymnast until I've won the Big Eight championship or the NCAA. I'm always working for perfection." But like most college athletes. Batten sometimes gets tired of his sport. "It becomes a routine after a while," he said. "Then you start asking yourself why are you doing it?" Batten answered his won question by saying, "I have an obligation to the sport, the team, the coach and to myself." ALL UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA EMPLOYEES TEAMSTERS LOCAL 594 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ALL EMPLOYEES WELCOME TO MEETING SATURDAY FEBR. 5, 1972 at 2:30 p.m. LABOR TEMPLE 4625 "Y" St. Matmen end home season Saturday The UNL wrestling team, vying for its best season in a decade, has two dual matches this weekend, including its last home match of the season. The wrestlers will have only one dual match remaining after this weekend's matches at South Dakota State Friday and at the Coliseum against Southern Illinois Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The Huskers wrestled at home for the first time this season last Friday and found Swimmers duel The Nebraska swimming team will travel west this weekend for a double dual meet against Colorado State and Colorado at Fort Collins Saturday. "We're expecting stiff competition this week," UNL Swimming Coach John Reta said. "Colorado State has very the Coliseum to their liking. They defeated Missouri 18-12, Kansas State 24-12 and Minnesota 24-14 to bring their season record to 8-3-1. A win in any of the three remaining matches would insure the best Nebraska wrestling record since the 1961-62 team finished 9-2-1. But the Huskers have two more tough assignments this weekend. Nebraska hasn't beaten South Dakota State in five years and has never defeated Southern Illinois. strong individuals as well as good depth and real good balance. Colorado has an outstanding distance man in Pete Huisveld, and Dave McCulloh is an excellent freestyle sprinter." The Huskers split two dual meets last weekend to bring their season to 2-3. PAGE 8 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. 4, 1972
