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One of the 'tonactf-. winning streaks in
collegiate gymnastic will 1& on the line Saturday
when the UNL fymnasii'tf team hosts defending
national and Big f! phimftls Iowa State University
(ISU) at 2 p.m. in Henzlik Hall gymnasium.
The Cyclones have won two national
championships in the last three years and five straight
Big 8 titles.
"Fantastic" was the only word Husker Coach
Francis Allen used to describe the Cyclones.
"I'd have to go out on a limb and say they'll be
national champions this year," he added.
One of the reasons for Iowa Stats' continued ,
domination of the cor'
its recruiting prcram. -
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recruiting progrx s in '
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dual record, incU-. t
University, a Ho tf-vi&.. .
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Mark Graham; .'fcifirV!
Graham and FfJ-VsU.
according to Allen, is
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have posted. '2-0
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.all-around performers
relf and Bob Roth.
...... second and third
respectively in the all-around competition
year's Big 8 meet. .
This will be the first time these teams have met
since last fail, when ISU barely escaped upset at the
hands of the Huskers n the Big 8 Invitational.
"They're a much better team than they were last
fall," Allen said.
"But if we had the team we did then," he added,
"it would be a tight, close meet, Now it will take the
best effort we can come up with to beat them." He
was referring to the loss of all-around performer Gene
Mackie because of an injury.
Freshman Duane West, whom Allen calls the
second best floor exercise man in the conference, will
return to competition in that event, after recovering
from a sprained ankle.
Other Huskers to watch Saturday will be Gary
Jeurink in all-around competition, Pete Studenski on
the rings, Jim Unger in floor exercise, Gary Duff on
the parallel bars and Steve Dickey on the side horse;
The meet also will mark the Huskers' last home
meet of the season and the last to be held at Henzlik.
According to Allen, the larger crowds have made it
necessary to move the meets to the Coliseum.
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The UNL women's
team will meet Iowa State
University at 2 p.m. Saturday
in the Women's Physical
Education Bldg. pool. The
UNL team defeated Concordia
State College, 99-22,
Wednesday, taking first place
in every event
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More than pride will b5Mt
stake tonight and Saturday
when the UNL wrestling to am
closes its home schedule with
three straight dual meets.
The Huskers will take on
conference rival.. J&isottri
University at '7:35' p.fir.
tonight, Southern' !Urii!s.
University at -1 4.30ti pm.
Saturday and then Colorado
University at 7;30 p.m.
Saturday. All three meets wili
be in the Coliseum. '
After coming from two
straight dual losses to
conference teams, the
Huskers will be trying to
improve their 3-4 record.
"It will be a matter of
pride," said Coach Orvai
BorgialH. Posting wins this
weekend are not ofily vital
for a winning dual season jor
e Huskers. but woujd "d
? UNL recruitin, n- dt'
- Huskers Frosty Anderson
and Hitch Bahe earned first
and second team berths,
respectively, on the University
Division Academic
Ail-American football team.
The team was selected by the
College Sports Information
Diretors of America.
Fullback Ralph Powell
became the seventh Husker to
be picked in the National
Football League draft. The
Atlanta Falcons selected him
Wednesday iff the 13th round..
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People's champ AH triumphs,
breathes hew life into boxing
Borgialli s&a said the team
will neeeK the wins
individually in order to
obtain top seeds for the Big 8
tourney in March.
According to Borgialli,
Southern Illinois will be the
toughest of the three teams
this weekend.
"They wrestle the
toughest schedule in the
nation," he said, "and
individually tfiey're ail good."
Missouri will be paced by
190-pound ssnior Tom Cook,
who placed third in last year's
Big B meet, arid Mike Fowler
at 118 pounds.
Borgialli called Colorado a
young team. The Buffs will
be led by Mark Mayer at 150
pound, who finished third in
the conference last year, and
126-pound Grant Kusuno,
vffb finished fourth last year
in the Big 8.
Omaha's Civic Auditorium was the scene
of an unusual sporting event Monday night.
It was packed with 4,000 people waiting to
see a heavyweight boxing match between
Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
What was unusual about the fight was
that it was not live, but on closed-circuit
television. The show would last less than an
hour, yet fans had paid from $8 to $12 to
see it.
As, the ...prefight.,, ceremonies,, began Jt ;
feecajm eppafrii..vvhy the farjiivSJSJHere,
They had come to see Ali. When he entered
the ring, a sizeable majority cheered wildly,
even though he couldn't hear them. Others
wanted desperately for AH to lose.
Ali won by unanimous decision, but that
probably wasn't the most important aspect
of the night. What was important was that
Ali had aroused the feelings of so many
people.
Boxing was ebbing when Ali burst onto
the scene in 1964 and captured the world
championship. The sport suddenly became
important
Ali proclaimed himself "the people's
champion." His incessant speeches on
virtually every topic inspired adulation in
millions, bitter hatred in countless others. It
was difficult to be middle-of-the-road in
one's feelings toward Ali. Interest in Ali,
whether pro or con, rreant interest in
boxing, and the sport regained its
preeminence.
t or the next three years, ha danced
around the ring with the "Ali shuffle" and
blazing speed that had won him the
championship. He defended his title nine
times.
Then, in 1967, the World Boxing Assoc.
and most state boxing commissions stripped
Ali of his title when he refused military
inductions. They defied the American belief
that a man was innocent until proven guilty.
Ali had refused service because he said he
was a Black Muslim minister. The U.S.
Supreme Court eventually upheld Ali's
stand.
But it was too late to repair the damages.
Ali. had lost some of the prime years of his
boxing career. Not unt'l 1971 did he get a
chance to regain bis crown. He lost that fight
to Frazier, and he hasn't had another shot
since.
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Now it appears his tirrt has come. After
the win over Frazier, he is the logical No. 1
contender for George Foreman's
heavyweight crown.
The only problem is that Foreman has
been extreme! reluctant to defend his title.
Since he won it early last year, he has
defended it only once, against someone
named Joe Roman. Aii could be in a rocking
chair before Foreman gives him his chance.
Ali is 32-years-old, and his days as a
boxer are nearing an end. For the good of
the sport. Foreman immediately should
agree to meet Ali this year, before it's too
late.
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