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doiu Sluggers slam in Season with a swing through South by Dave Sittler Nolra ska's baseball team opens its 1973 reason with an 11 -game southern tour wqnn''nq Tuesday in Shreveport, La, with a doufVehoader against Centenary College. Inexperience will be the major problem racing coach Tony Sharpe. Only five lettermen return from last year's squad, which finished seventh in the Big Eight Conference with an P-11-'co d and 12-17 overall. Beginning his 27th season as head coach, Sharpe will build his squad around lettermen pitchers Ryan Kurosaki and Dennis O'Doherty, ifiOlders Sam Sharpe and Jim Smith and outf. elder Bob Munson. "Our infield will be pretty solid defensively and should be the strong point for us this season," Sharpe said. Hoadmg the infield will be Sharpe's son Sam, voted to the all-Big Eight team last year while playing second base for the Huskers. Sharpe will move to first base this season to make room for junior college transfer Dennis Shibatd at second. Shibata, a former Lincoln Pius X standout, transferred to Nebraska after (Maying the last two seasons for Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, III. Joining Sharpe and Shibata in the infield, will be shortstop Bryant Akisada, a sophomore transfer from the University of Hawaii, and Lincoln Northeast graduate Smith at third base. Playing a record 44-game schedule this spring, the Huskers will depend heavily on the all around play of Munson, the leading hitter on last year's team with a .417 average. The only senior on the team, Munson also tied Sharpe fot the team lead in RBI's with 15. But the Bradfort, Vt., native may be most important to the Comhuskeis with his defensive outfield play. Last season he set a Nebraska fielding record with a .991 percentage set on only one error in 108 chances, breaking the record of .986 set by D ck Beefier m 19-18. Teaming with Munson in the outpeld will be centei fielder Mike Gun, a freshman from Wayne, and R'ch Sanger, the junior who handles the k ok r; duties for Nebraska's football team. Finding a replacement for catcher Maury Damkroqer will be anotht-r task fo Sharpe this season. Damkroger, a lead ng candidate for the starting fullback pos'tion on Nebraska's football team, decided to pas up baseball to concentrate on spng football workouts. Sharpe has mri cater.) that sophomore Doak Fowler of Omaha is the likely candidate to take over the catching job vacated by Damkioger. Kurosaki and O'Doherty, both right-handers who ranked among the Big Eights's top 12 earned-run-average pitchers last season, will head the pitching corps for Nebraska. Poor weathoi has forced the Huskers to practice inside for almost ail pieseason workouts, a fact that could hurt the team's early season games. "The weather and our lack of experience; may hurt us on this trip south," Sharpe said. "But these 11 yjmes should provide us with -some excellent expei lence." After then doubleheadei with Centenary, the Huskeis will continue then swing smith with five' gam. -j ogamst Louisiana Tech and four contests with Or;ii Robeits Un.versity. Nebraska will open its Big Fight Conference schedule March 30-31 when it hosts trie Iowa State Cyclone".. 0 0 0 o-o o o o i i & sal aaaf Lass "TilA . r. ! ! P Football piace-kicker Rich Sanger . . . anchors the Husker baseball outfield. hope Netters to bounce from last place by Andy Riggs The UNL tennis team will try lo bounce back after its last place Big Fight )ine,h in 1972, according to first-year coach Jim Porter. Poiter said he is optimistic about the' chances for the young, 11-membt;i squad which has no seniors and three freshmen Star ter s. He speculated that part of the reason the Huskers didn't do well last year is that only tuition scholarships are given to tennis players. "We can't pa for bonks and housing too," he- said. "Tennis just doesn't get mat kind of money tor ter.ruitirai," The tennis team has been piar.ticiiK) mum fall, a Poiter innovation. Despite losing the first match to Northwest M'ssouri last week. Porter said lie is not eliscoui iged. "The weie a top team" he said "I believe they are as good as any Big Eight team. Porter said he is familiar with the strengths of the Big Eight teams the Huskers will face, but he doesn't know some of the non conference foes. "Oklahoma will be very stiong ana in this yeai ," he said. "They will probably win the title again." Poitei said he knows little about Drake, Luther and Wu..hburn. The Huskers have onlv three lettermen returning from last yeai 's squad. Tryouts cut the- team from 34 to 11. The top players are junior letter men Jim Ciew, Sig Garnett and Dave Lux. Rounding out the top six are freshmen Marty Waid, Billy Roberts and Steve Walt man. "I think that many persons will be Mir prised by our young team," Porter said. "Ihey haji; good potential, aM they have1 to do is be consistent." Division champs crowned Friday Six division champions were crowned in intramural basketball at UNL Friday. Kappa Alpha Psi won the Fraternity A Division with a decision over Delta Upsilon. Tom Gregory's 21 points led the Celtics to a 39-28 win over Slaughterhouse Five in the Independent Division. The Dorm B Title went to Harper Three while Phi Delta Theta won the Fraternity B Ci own. Poddy's Team won the Small Fry Division, whipping Phi L'psilon Kappa 41-28. The Fraternity C Division winner was Delta Tau Delta. mmK llll ' s t i :t.r u . . J: '. ' . i . i! I Today is Burrito Day Again 4 Meat Burrifos for $ 1 .00 and this weekend Sat. and Sun. 6 Tacos for $1.00 When hunger hits remember Taco Kid. 17th & Van Dorn All UI.WERSITY OF NEBRASKA EMPLOYEES page 12 Hailiy ncbraskan uiUSSDaf, MARCH 22nd 7-10 PM Love Library Auditorium ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT: Employee Classifications Salary Levels Merit Promotions Fringe & Retirement Benefits SO tS KAPE Don't Mm Thrs OpportunHy To Hear And To Be Heard! 'Nebraska Association of Public Employees Sponsors of this meeting monday, march 19, 1973