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The water can was a popular spot Saturday
when temperatures reached the 60s during the
Husker football scrimmage.
When the slogan "Year of the Comeback"
appeared on the 1975 UNL baseball press guide, the
first tendency was to laugh.
Maybe it's time to take it seriously.
Despite a 2-8 record after the first 10 games, the
Huskers won two of a three game series with Missouri
during the weekend and are in sole possession of the
Big 8 lead. Not bad for a team picked to finish last by
conference coaches. .
Friday, the Huskers rallied twice to sweep a
double header from the Tigers 7-4 and 8-6, but six
errors and poor Husker pitching accounted for
Saturday's 9-6 loss.
However, the team's hitting remained strong, as
v the Huskers collected 26 hits during the series,
including two home runs by Norm Glisman.
With Oklahoma's two losses to Iowa State this
weekend, the Huskers lead the conference with a 5-1
mark and are 7-9 overall. Oklahoma is second with a
4-2 record, but are 29-4 for the season.
Of course, it's much too early to predict whether
the Huskers can maintain this pace. The next Big 8
outing for the team will be Friday and Saturday
against Colorado.
If the Huskers come up with more consistent
pitching and fielding, while maintaining their hitting,
the May 13 thru 14 three game series against
Oklahoma could be for the conference championship.
In other weekend action, the UNL track team
split a double dual in El Paso, Tex., Saturday, beating
Arizona 68-53, but losing to the University of Texas
El Paso 99-37. . .
The only Husker win was recorded by senior Steve
Jepson in the shot put with a 51 ft. 1034 in. toss.
Seconds were won by Jepson in the discus, junior
Chuck Malito in the 440-yard hurdles, freshman
Harold Stelzer in the mile, Scott Sorchik in the
javelin, John Tinkham in the 120-yard hurdles, Dan
Zaloudek in the triple jump and Dean Herzog in the
high jump.
UNL's tennis team raised its season record to 4-6
Saturday with a 7-0 shutout of UNO in Lincoln,,
while in Wichita, Kan., the Husker golfers finished
fourth in the Great Plains Invitational Friday. Steve
King was the leading Husker individual, tying foi fifth
with a score of 154.
Upping its record to 3-2, the UNL women's tennis
team blanked Concordia Teacher's College of Seward
9-0 Thursday.
Once again, the defense dominated a Husker
football scrimmage as the offense only scored once
during the two-and-one-half hour session Saturday.
Husker Coach Tom Osborne called it the toughest
day the offense has had in two or three years,
crediting the defensive play but eluding the offense's
execution and blocking.
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The only touchdown came when fifth teamer Ed
Burns quarterbacked the team 60 yards downfield
before scoring from two yards out.
Osborne's praises went to each aspect of the
defense, while expressing concern with the
development of the offensive line and the injury
situation at wingback.
Rodeo club loses at own gam
barrel racer gets only club win
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By Pete Weeman
Nine years ago, Cheryl White began barrel
racing in rodeos. Four years ago she purchased an
eight-year-old horse named Chip.
Saturday night at the eighth annual
University of Nebraska Intercollegiate Rodeo
held at the State Fairgrounds Coliseurri, White's
nine years of barrel racing and four years of
riding with Chip paid off.
The nineteen-year old freshman journalism
major from Atkinson, Neb., won the barrel
racing competition at the UNL rodeo, her first
intercollegiate competition.
Not that White's win was a fluke, however.
Only win
She was the Nebraska high school barrel
racing champion in 1973 and runner-up in 4974,
while finishing fifth in the nation both years in
the same event.
White, the only member of Nebraska's rodeo
club to win Saturday, said she was worried
before the rodeo about her horse's performance
because he flipped last time he raced.
"I didn't think he would want to handle the
ground as well as he did," she said.
According to White, the most important
factor in barrel racing is mental attitude.
"You have to' know you're good," she said.
"You also have to have a good horse and be able
to ride. You definitely need someone to teach
you."
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White's victory helped the UNL -women's
team capture a third place finish behind the
University of Wisconsin at River Falls and South"
Dakota State University at Brookings, first and
second, respectively.
Men lose out
The Nebraska men's team didn't fare quite as
well in the two day rodeo. A fourth place finish
by Andy Applegarth and Bob Huffman in team
roping was the best the men could, manage.
Dickinson State College of North Dakota
edged the National College of Business in Rapid
City, 330 points to 320, to claim the men's
championship.
Outisde of some technical problems the
rodeo, which attracted over 150 participants
from 21 schools, turned out very well, according
to Steve Lauer, UNL rodeo club president.
"We had some technical problems at the
Friday night session but everything went pretty
smoothly on Saturday," he said.
"Our team (UNL) could have done a little
better," Lauer said, "but we've got a lot of
inexperienced people."
Next weekend, UNL will send six men and
three women to participate in the University of
Nebraska Technical School Rodeo at Curtis.
Following the Curtis , rodeo, four remain
before the national finals in Bosman, Mont, in
mid June.
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UNL crew paddles by Notre Dame
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The UNL women's softball
team travels to Midland college
in Fremont for a 6 p.m.
Tuesday contest.
Schedule for Intramural
Soccer
Monday, April 14-6 p.m.
Phi Gamma Delta A vs.
Abel 11,7 p.m. Beta Sigma Psi
vs. Life Science, 8 p.m .-Harper
7 vs. Pandas, 9 p.m. Dental
College vs. Delta Sigma Phi.
Wednesday April 16-6
p.m.-Abe! II vs. Ag Men, 7
p.m.-Bela Theta Pi vs.
Cornhusker Co-op, 8
p.m .-Rugby Club vs. Shot
Kickers, 9 p.m.-Life Sciences
vs. International House.
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After finally eettine eood weather
Saturday, UNL's crew responded by
winning five of eight races in a dual
against Notre Dame at Capitol Beach.
A scattered audience watched from
roof tops, patios, boats and the shore
while temperatures reached the mid-60s.
Posting wins were the varsity men's
eight- and four-oared shells, freshmen and
junior varsity men's eight-oared shells and
the varsity women's four-oared shells.
"I was pleased our varsity boats won,"
said Coach Ron Rusthoven. "We were far
from out best, but we couldn't ask for
any better. We still have a long way to go
because of our lack of water time."
Ice finally cleared
Rusthoven said the team has had more
time on the water than past weeks as the
ice that lingered on Capitol Beach Lake
into April has finally cleared.
It was the crew's first regatta at
Capitol Beach Lake.
The weather has hurt the crew so far
this season as poor showings at the San
Diego (by the men's varsity eight-oared
shell, and Wichita men's and women's
freshmen and junior varsity teams) would
indicate.
"At San Diego we gambled with a
high stroke rate per minute to make up
for our lack of water time and our smaller
size," Rusthoven said. "It worked all
right in the first heat against Wisconsin,
Washington and California at Berkeley
where we finished fourth of six teams;
But it didn't work at all in the second
heat (the crew finished last)."
- Women did well
Rusthoven said the women's
fouroared shell, which finished fourth
among six teams did real weU, and might
have won if able to get more time on the
water.
Coming up this week is a Tuesday
meet at Washburn University at Topeka,
Kan., and a Saturday regatta at Capitol
Beach Lake against Purdue.
Rusthoven said the team will be
christening three new shells this week.
"We'll call the new varsity eight-oared
shell the "Cornhusker", in honor of the
people of the state who have supported
us," Rusthoven said. "The new varsity
four-oared shell will, be named the "Jack
Thompson", who is the president of the
Cooper foundation and the new junior
varsity eight-oared Uiell wiU be named the
"Cooper" in honor of the Cooper
foundation."
Thompson and the Cooper foundation
made a $5,000 contribution to the crew
last October, and challenged the rest of
the state to match it.
mo n day, apri! 14, 1975
daily nebraskan
