Humm injures hand in Saturday scrimmage
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by Dave Sittler
Fortune smiled on Dave HummJn a strange way
Saturday when the quarterback suffered a fractured
hand.
Luckily, the left-handed Humm suffered a bone
fracture in his right hand during the Cornhuskers'
football scrimmage.
Humm underwent surgery Saturday night, and
doctors said the junior from Las Vegas should be able
to return to spring drills before they end May 5.
Humm would have been lost for the remainder of
spring practice had the injury occured on his
throwing hand.
While Humm's injury dimmed Nebraska's
scrimmage, coach Tom Osborne said he was generally
pleased with the three-hour workout.
Osborne said he was happy but not surprised that
Nebraska's first defensive unit did not yield a
touchdown against the two top offensive units.
"You expect your defense to perform well in the
spring because they have the perfect scout on the
offense and know what to expect," he saia. "But we
have to develop some depth on defense to back up
our first unit."
Osborne's concern about defensive depth arose
after the reserve defenders gave up four touchdowns
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Sharpe pleased
despite defeats
by Kim Ball
Oklahoma State boosted its league-leading
baseball record to 7-0 as it defeated the Huskers,
1 1-2, Saturday afternoon on the UNL diamond.
The win came after the Cowboys swept a
double-header with the Huskers Friday, leaving the
UNL team with a 2 4 Big Eight record and a 5-6-1
overall mark.
Coach Tony Sharpe said he was disappointed
with the Husker's pitching as the Cowboys
pounded out 29 hits and 21 runs during the
three-game series.
But Sharpe said he was pleased with the
Husker's hitting, even though UNL was only able
to score four runs in the three games.
'Until our series, the Oklahoma State pitchers
hadn't given up runs, hits or much of anything to
anybody," Sharpe said.
Bob Munson, UNL right-fielder, had five
consecutive hits in Friday's double-header to raise
his Big Eight batting average to .524.
Another bright spot, according to Sharpe, was
second-baseman Dick Anderson's performance.
Anderson, a freshman from Ralston, earned a
place in the starting line-up this weekend with his
hitting.
Anderson led off the first inning of Saturday's
game with a homerun.
"I was pretty pleased with the way our kids hit,
but we gave them a lot of hits they shouldn't have
had," Sharpe said. "Our defense was lacking."
Sharpe refuses to discount the Huskers as title
contenders.
"We've got an uphill battle as far as a title is
concerned," Sharpe said. "With the young team
and the bad weather we've had, we've got our
work cut out for us."
The Huskers will try to get back in the win
column when they entertain UNO, T uesday on the
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to the first and second offensive squads.
Back-up quarterback Steve Runty got one of the
TD's on a six-yard run, while 1-backsTony Davis and
Jeff Moran and fullback Mike O'Holleran scored on
short running plays.
Humm completed 12 of 26 passes for 118 yards
and one interception while Runty hit on 10 of 18
throws for 138 yards and two interceptions.
Senior Frosty Anderson led receivers with five
catches totaling 58 yards. Rookie Dave Shamblin
gained 48 yards on four catches.
Davis and Moran were the workhorses in rushing
for Nebraska. Davis carried the ball 22 times for 80
yards and Moran gained 53 yards on 16 carries.
The offense had difficulty getting underway
several times when centers and quarterbacks had
trouble snapping the ball.
Junior college transfer Tom Thomas, freshman
Rick Bonness and senior Rich Duda were all given
shots at the first string center position during the
scrimmage.
Although all three centers had problems, Osborne
is confident that one will fill the slot left open by
Doug Dumler.
Osborne said Duda and Thomas should have an
advantage because of their experience, but said that
he thinks Bonness looked sharp for a freshman.
Four offensive starters sat out the scrimmage
because of injuries. Tackle Marvin Crenshaw, guard
Bob Wolfe and split end Bob Revelle have not
practiced this spring because of leg injuries, l-back
Dave Goeller missed the workout because of a bruised
hip suffered in Thursday's scrimmage.
Track team trips
over first hurdle
Nebraska's track team faced rugged competition
Saturday in Eugene, Ore., as the Huskers finished last
in their first outdoor meet of the season against
UCLA, Oregon and Washington State.
Defending NCAA champion UCLA won the meet
with 224 points. Oregon had 207, Washington State
140 and Nebraska, 109.
UCLA's team victory was upstaged by the
performance of Oregon's distance runner Steve
Prefontaine, who won the mile and three-mile races.
Prefontaine, who finished fourth in last summer's
5,000-meter Olympic race, won the mile event with a
time of 3;5G.8. The Oregon star then won the three
mile in 13:06.4.
The Cornhuskers were unable to win an event and
managed only two seconds. Nebraska's top performer
was Karl Webb, who finished second in the 100-yard
dash and third in the 220.
Nebraska's other second came in the 440-yard
relay.
Jim Hawkins finished third behind Prefontaine and
Oregon's Scott Daggett in the mile. Husker Roger
Chadwick placed third in the 880-yard run.
Ron Chi Ids was the only Nebraska performer to
score in field events. He finished third in the long
jump.
UCLA remained undefeated this season, winning
12 of the 19 meet events. The powerful Bruins
finished first and second in the high hurdles, 220,
shot put, long jump, pole vault, high jump and triple
jump
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