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page 10 , dai!y nebraskan Wednesday, September 10,-1975 es, suspensions force Husker position shifts By Scott Jones Rich Costanzo received an unexpected telephone call recently. "I got a phone call from the secretary at 9 ajm. and she told me to learn the guard position by 3 that afternoon," Costanzo said. 'That's the way it works." The call was to inform Costanzo, for-' merly an offensive left tackle, that he would be shifted to right guard because Nick Zanetich quit the squad and backup right guard Stan Waldemore injured his knee. "What I really needed to know I learned in about two days," the Jersey City, NJ., senior said.' Likes guard "I like guard, to tell you the truth. I used to be right tackle and then they switched me to left tackle and I felt a little uncomfortable over there because I'm right handed. "But now I'm back over to the right side so I like it, he said. ' Costanzo, who teams with left guard Dan Schmidt, is 6 ft. 5 in. and weighed 265 lbs. for the spring game last May. He shed 15 lbs. during the summer, giving him the necessary mobility to play guard Cocaptain Bob Martin also has switched positions. He was All-Big 8 at defensive right end last year, but will play left end against LSU to make room for Dave Redding. Right only Redding, a North Platte senior, is blind in his right eye and can play only the right side. "I'd rather play the right side," Martin said. "I've been playing on the right side for two years and everything seems backward." Martin, Redding and Ray Phillips have shared the No. 1 defensive end spots this fall but Phillips is under a one-game sus pension and won't play against LSU. iV v 9 ' ""1 ""1 I - . r Jeff Hansen, second team linebacker, is another Husker in a new position this fall. As a freshman last year, Hansen played comerback and some wingback until suf fering a knee injury. Halfway through spring practice he was shifted to linebacker and last Monday was promoted to the second team behind weakside linebacker Jim Wightman. Unexpected Hansen, 6 ft, 2 in. and 195 lbs., was a flanker and cornerback in high school at Sacramento, Calif., and said he didn't ex pect to play linebacker. "I was very surprised but I believed in what the coaches said," Hansen said. "Right now I think it's great. It took me a long time to get used to it, but I'm just now getting used to playing it." Hansen said at first he reacted as a defensive back would by backing up when the ball was snapped. Now he said he is thinking like a linebacker. "I enjoy hitting people," he said. "It's a whole different game, I'm in the trench war now," Weakside starter Wightman also is rela tively new to the linebacker position. Although a high school ail-American line backer for Omaha North, he played defens ive end as a freshman and began a redshirt year in 1974 at middle guard. Promoted , Late last fall, Wightman was moved to linebacker and the hard-hitting sophomore was promoted to the first team early this fall. "He's been moved around and he's just getting to a position where he's settled down," said Bill Myles, linebacker coach. "He's finally at a position where he's probably wanted to be all along." Quarterback Earl Everett has switched positions, but unlike the others, his trial at wingback last spring was hampered by injuries and was unsuccessful. Low on charts Everett said he accepted the move, but is now low on the depth charts as a result. "It was something I was willing to do because I wanted to play," he said. It hurt me in where I'm standing in the chart be-' cause at the beginning of January I should have been number one or two, but now I'm fourth." . Everett said he thinks he can become ac customed to wingback but prefers quarter back because "I've played quarterback most of my life and that's the one feel most comfortable in." More public support needed to develop women 's sports Irwiiwtinmr- T-Tilir f ""- " - m- " ' Y-Pals Ken Havelka and Rich Morgs.i "kidnaped" UNL Athletic Director Bob Devaney Tuesday morning. Devaney will be "freed" when 25 UNL students volunteer for the organization during Y-Pals Week, September 13-20. One key to developing highly competi tive championship women's teams at UNL is' good communication with the public, Aileen Swofford, associate athletic director told the audience at WomenSpeak Tuesday noon. Good sports information draws public attention and support, as well as good ath letes to the university, Swofford said. Swofford and Jay Davis, women's sports, information director, spoke on ''Women's Athletics and Sports Information-Old and New." This is the first time a fulltime sports in formation director for women has been Baseballers switch to tourney formal By Jim Hunt A new method of determining the Big 8 baseball champ will be used next spring. A double elimination tournament will be used to decide which team will repre sent the conference in the NCAA district play-offs. The plav-off system has been adopted on a trial oasis to see if it could help cut the rising costs of college baseball programs. Conference schools now are free to play who they want, as long as their bud get permits. Tony Sharp, UNL baseball coach, has 60 new players trying out for the team. "The recruits will work as long as weather permits," Sharpe said. "The play ers are divided into four teams and play intrasauad games. Performances in these frames will determine which 15 recruits are swUed out for the team." , , IS lettefmen return , the 20 returning members from last years team, including 35 lettermen, will begin working on a weight program next Monday, - , Practice will start at the beginning of second semester for the 35 players invited to join the team. Workouts will be held in the field house. UNL lost two seniors from last year's fifth plsctt squad. UNL was in second place going, into . the final series against Oklahoma. "It is still too early to tell how good we are going to be," Sharpe said. 'This is the most experienced team we have had in two or three years, Tennis begins Another spring sport is starting t preseason-conditioning program, as tennis coach Jim Porter is sending his squad through informal practices and said tie hopes to start a conditioning program tnnn Porter has six returning lettermen along with six freshman trying out for the squad. Those, returning from last years seventh place squad are Bill Jackson, Mario Ham dam, Rick Cohen, Jeff Schmahl, Dan Weaver, and Terry Robinson. Incoming freshman include; Dan Sloboth, the Nebraska Juniors Champion from Omaha, Phil Woog, one of the top juniors in California, Kent Lysgaard, one of the top juniors in Nevada, and Russell Wiltse, the Lincoln Juniors Champ. Wilts did quite well on the summer tour in Ne braska, 'Porter said. Kerry and Kevin McDermott; twins from Grand Island, have looked very promising in practice, he added. ., "We hope to be in contention for the championship this year," Porter said. "Defending champ Missouri, along with Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Colorado and Kansas; should be strong this year." 'This looks like the best tennis squad in years," he said. "I am Very optimistic, I trunk hired by any university, Davis said. Some media are not accustomed to covering women's sports Davis said. She compared sports information to advertising a salable product. ...... , . ... . t "We have to make the public aware of our product-women's sports," Davis said. "Part of our job also is to break down the idea that women's sports is just recrea tional," Swofford said, "we have to show that the public it is competitive." Clinics on sport 3 information are being planned for high school coaches to help them learn how to approach the media and get publicity for their sports, Swofford said. Changing concepts of women and socie ty have made people aware of inequalities of opportunity for women in sports Swof ford said. ' "More men, as well as women, are asking for good programs for girls," she said. "Our program is not here to destroy the , men's program," Swofford said, "We are here to develop t women's program comparable to the men's." " A UNL Women's Intercollegiate Ath-, letics fund has been established through the University of Nebraska Foundation to be used for program development, she said, "We're not asking for handouts from the men's program, she said, "our pro gram will be good enough to deserve public support. we are going to oo quite weu. Mi if 'l' ' ii ' ii ' m ii in ii 1 1 1 1 ii iii'iMiin iiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiminiiiiii1 iiiiit'TiYniTirinOTrTiniiiimi ! ii mtriiiiw aniiuii mini m mmmi n ibiiiwiihi wmhhhu' wmiimi in mm mi mmwn i wniw mi 'wnim wjwii uinwninmi-fi-w ir mmr m mntmmm i mmmmtm u wi.ii u u In keeoina with the times, the NU Board of Regents voted Saturday to rescind a 1908 resolution "discouraging young ladies from participating in inter- collegiate athletic contests. A mistake was made in Monday' report of the UNL Fencing Club. Club sponsor is Bob Deschaine, not Dushane as the story incorrectly reported. 0 $ UNL's football team reported another injury Monday es senior center Rik Bonne ss was termed a doubtful participant for Saturday's LSU jsins. Holiness, an ail- American candidate, suffered a knee strain. Hugo Hamdan scored three goals Sunday to lead the UNL soccer club in defeating Concordia Coilega of Seward 5:1. Dave Egr and Jose Diez each added a to the effort. The club will travel to Seward this weekend for a tournament, meeting Dana college or t jair in me iirst game i p.m. turday. j ' UNL's Crew i? sponsoring a meeting to night at 8 p.m. in the boathouse (1000 N. 16th St.) tor men and women interested in rowing, . s Last spring, the crew won the three team Big 8 meet and plans to travel to Madison, Wis., Oct. 18 for a meet. The crew also plans a trip to Boston this fall to participate in the Head of the Charles Regatta. Entries for co-rec flag football, men's tennis singles and women's tennis singes are due today at the Recreation Oiilce, 1740 Vine St., 472-3467. Entries for men's and women's golf singles are due Friday,