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doily nebreskon sports Rugby best of both worlds By Kim Ball . Cm you imagine participating in a sport that is M...,.-'y as rough as football but has no protective Knijioment for !T' players? Th rty students a'e playing rugby, a sport which is , combination of soccer and football m a uniform ,;ooS;;t .v of a jersey, gm shorts, knee socks and : jcc" ' shoes. Those 30 students are members of the UNL Rugby Club started last month by Chuck Snell. Snell, a graduate assistant in chemistry, played rugby for four years at Westminster (Mo.) College. "Our schoo1 was pretty small and ddn't have footodii." Snell said, "so everybody who would have pued football, played rugby." Rugby -.s. played on a field the same sie as a football field with goalposts on each end. The object o tn game is to score a touchdown by running the bail between goalposts. A touchdown is worth three points. A conversion kick is attempted after a touchdown. If it is successful it is worth two points. Penalty kicks are good for a point. The ball is advanced up field by kicking, lateralhng backward or running. Play is stopped when the ball-carrier is tackled or a penalty is called. Nearly all the rugby club members have played football, including Dave Wallme, former Husker all Big Eight defensive tackle. Bait Kolste who played freshman football at the University of Wyoming, said he likes rugby because it V- .t V "7 1 "'" Jff MJ niniiinriinriiiiiinnwunifn Chemical graduate assistant Chuck Snell . . . first played rugby four years for Westminster College. is a contact sport. "The actual playing is a lot of fun , Kolste said. "It takes coordination and teamwork." The first and only rugby match the UNL Rugby Club will play will be this weekend against Creighton mhpr of the Heart of America Rugby Union, thumped Iowa State last weekend, 7-0. , Time and location for the match has not vet been S6t'" saw Creighton play and they're really good," Snell said "It's not as if we're going to run away with the match. But being in existence a year, we've come a long way." Devaney restores a holiday dove sittler replay W.ves mothers and lovers of Big Red football fans may have just' moved Bob Devaney and the ABC television netwo.k into first place in their personal popularity polls. Devaney's announcement that Nebraska's traditional Thanksgiving day football battle with Oklahoma has been moved back a day, must make the Husker athletic director No. 1 in the hearts of red blooded American women. Officially, the contest has been moved to Nov. IS to accomodate television. According to Devaney, the network is checking fan interest at times other than traditional days. But women couldn't care less about the reason. They are overjoyed with the prospects of restoring some of the tradition Thanksgiving held before it was pre-empted by college football. ... , The past few Thanksgivings have been marked by scenes ol Cornhusker fans holding a drum stick in one hand and a television guide in the other. In many cases, the traditional turkey dinner was postponed until after the post-game show or forgotten. If the game was in Lincoln, many of the 76,000 fans who fillj Memorial Stadium, celebrated their Thanksgiving with a bottle of beer and a bowl of chili before rushing off to find a parking space. , , . While women will again have a table full of hungry people come Nov. 22, Thanksgiving isn't going to seem the same to thousands of fans. Fans who used to sleep in front of their TVs the night before to insure a good seat for the game that usually decided the Big tight ctiampionsnip. the annual congregation I IUI unt;, on i " , . around the tube which included father telling ta es of past Husker football glories and two brothers who could make as much noise as 76,000 fans. For many people, it will mean listening to the game on radio because they will be at work Nov. 23. And asking a Cornhusker fan to listen to a game on the radio when it s being televised is pure torture. Nebraska fans upset with the Thanksgiving day switch, may be solaced by the fact that Nebraska's first game has been moved up a week. In the schedule shake-up, Devaney announced the UCLA game will be played in Lincoln Sept. 8 instead of Sept. 15. The reason, again, is so that it could be televised nationally. The 3 50 p m kickoff for the UCLA contest is the latest game ever in Memorial Stadium. With the extra time to prime, Cornhusker fans should be on the brink of hysterics by the time the two teams hit the artificial turf. One only has to think back to what happened when Nebraska played UCLA in Los Angeles last September and thoughts of revenge race through the mind, even if the kickoff is 151 days away. If you want to get an indication of how the Huskers will fare next fall, stop by the stadium this afternoon. Tom Osborne will send his qncKJers tnrougn mun insist.. ua- - spring football practice, with starting time around 4 p.m. Ishorte J 1 1 The Big Eight Indoor Rifle Championships will be in the Miliary and Naval Science buying April 13, 14 and 15. Nebraska won individual and tf;am honors last weekend m the Cornhusker golf tournament at Holmes park. The Hukers won by 30 strokes over runner-up South Dakota in the six-team field. NU's Steve King shot a par 72 to win the individual medal honors over teammate Dan Bahensky. Bahensky led the first round with a 74 and shot a 77 on Friday for 151. King finished with a winning 149 total. The Recreation Department is accepting applications for co recreational golf and tennis. Deadline for registration is April 16. Further information can be obtained from the Recreation Office at 1740 Vine St. or by calling 472 3467. page 8 Olston Independent VW Specialists, Inc. 2435 N.33 :k tor -1 r a 1 11 f ' I nucli.inics v-s $rnkcs I nyinc Wheel Hulaiitinji Mdor and Minor Ki-pairs I niic ups VW I'arts I runt I mis V 467-2397 j Q n ATTENTION STUDENTS! It is not too late for Army ROTC! If you apply now, you can spend a six week working vacation at Fort Knox, Ky. this summer that will will prepare you to enter Advanced ROTC next fall. This program is very selective. To find out if you qualify, call the Military Science Department at 472-2468 for an appointment. Or stop by the M & N Building anytime between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. We'll be here. The folks at the Union on the Performing Fine Arts Committee (they sponsored Cathy Berberian Fgor Kipnis, 1st Chamber Dance Company among others) would like a few people interested in Dancing, Dance andor music to join up. If you have a few minutes come in and talk about it at the Programs office (Rm. 128 Union) Wednesday, Thursday or Friday between 3:30 and 5:00 or call and leave your name and address with Suzanne Brown 472-2454. Wednesday, april 1 1 , 1973 daily ncbraskan