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Baseball season is still a month away. But the Huskers are
preparing for the longest season they have known.
"We have a 44-game schedule this year and it will start with
mir annual cmithern cuuinn " aiH Cnarh Tnnv Sharne. HOW in
his 27th year as the team's coach. "Well play two games at
Centenary, five at Lousiana, Tech and wind up with four at
Oral Roberts."
The southern teams will be at an advantage because of a
weather factor, Sharpe said. They will have practiced outdoors
longer than the Huskers, but Sharpe sees the trip as a help to
the team.
'The boys have always enjoyed the trip south because it
serves as a warm-up for conference play," he said.
The team will start the season with a young squad, having
, only one returning senior, outfielder Bob Munson, who was
also last year's leading hitter.
Munson, 6-3, 190-pounds, batted .417 last year.
Also returning are lettermen Maury Damkroger at catcher,
Jim Smith at third base, pitchers Ryan Kurosaki and Denny
O'Doherty and all-Big Eight second baseman Sam Sharpe.
"We may be moving Sam to first base this year," his father,
Coach Sharpe, said. "We will have a strong defensive infield
this season. That is probably the strength of the team."
Regarding the conference race, Sharpe said he expects
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado to provide the most
competition. He said he thinks the Huskers have a good chance
at the title.
"Barring any injuries to the starters, we should be right up
there," he said. "The only problem I can ee is the lack of
depth on the team."
"I'd like to win the conference championship and the kids
would. All I'm going to say is that it is going to be damned
tough to do," Sharpe said.
As soon as weather permits, the team will move out of the
Fieldhouse and practice on the baseball field. The pitchers
started practicing last week. The rest of the team began
practice Monday, he said.
Practice consists of running laps, fielding .practice, wind
sprints and other drills for conditioning. Batting practice will
begin later, Sharpe said.
Coaches sign
18 high school
star recruits
Nebraska's football coaches made their bid to
maintain football supremacy Tuesday when they
signed 18 high school seniors to Big Eight letters of
intent. ,
The players who signed the grants-in-aid letters to
attend Big Eight schools, cannot attend any other
school in the conference without losing eligibility.
They still may sign national letters of intent to any
school outside the Big Eight.
Fourteen of the players are from Nebraska high
schools, including four from Lincoln. The Lincoln
seniors were Mike Fultz of Lincoln High, Reg Gast
and Joe Collura from East High, and Bruce Maske of
Northeast.
Assistant coach Jerry Moore, a native Texan,
signed two Texan high school stars who had been
sought by several major universities..
Jason Justice and Jeff Rose, both of Lamarque,
Texas, have decided to attend Nebraska after turning
down offers from Oklahoma, Baylor and Texas
Christian.
Justice is a 6-4, 254-pound fuiiback who also
played linebacker while Rose 6-3, 215, played line for
the Lamarque team.
Head coach Tom Osborne traveled to Ames, Iowa
to sign Ames High fullback King Block. Block is theN
son of former Husker assistant coach King Block who
was on the Iowa State football staff last season.
Osborne then left for California where he has
spent the last several years recruiting for Nebraska as
an assistant under Bob Devaney.
Dan Miller, a 6-2, 225-pound lineman from
Hebron, was the only Nebraska player signed outside
the Lincoln and Omaha area.
Miller, who was signed by Sports Information
Director Don Bryant, led Hebron to an 11-0 season
and the Class C football title last fall.
All the players will have to make a final decision
on April 3 when they wilt be asked to sign the
national letter of intent.
Players signing and their hometowns were: Jason
Justice, Lamarque, Tex., Jeff Rose, Lamarque; Mike
Fultz, Reg Gast, Bruce Maske and Joe Collura, all of
Lincoln; King Block, Ames, Iowa; Marv Caperton, Las
Vegas, Nev.; Mark Brock, Ed Burns, Tom Davis, Jack
Keiiey, Gary Herman, Steve Tangeman and Jim
Wightman, all of Omaha; Dan Miller, Hebron; Dale
Zabrocki, Bellevue and Jeff Carpenter, Council
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