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By Pete Wegman
Balloons filled the air above Memorial
Stadium last Saturday when UNL's foot
ball Huskers scored six touchdowns and a
field goal against Indiana.
This Saturday, the sky may be filled
with footballs when the Huskers host
Texas Christian University (TCU). "
TCU's Horned Frogs passed 47 times
last week in their 33-10 loss to Arizona
State. Two weeks ago, TCU threw 33 times
in a 24-7 loss to Texas-Arlington.
Arizona State head coach Frank Kush
said, "In many ways we were fortunate to
beat them. It seemed like they had 7,000
yards passing."
The TCU passing attack is led by
quarterback Lee Cook, a senior, and sopho
more Jimmy Dan Elzner. Both completed
1 1 passes against Arizona State last week.
TCU Head Coach Jim Shofner said
Cook will start against the Huskers, but
Elzner also would play.
Top pass defenses
TCU will face one of the nation's top
pass defenses in the Huskers. Nebraska has
allowed an average of 53 yards through the
air in its first two games and leads the Big 8
in total defense with 147 yards a game.
The Huskers also are second nationally
in total defense, following Texas A & M.
Saturday's game will be the first away
game for TCU, HO overall and 0-7 in he
Southwest Conference last fall.
The Horned Frogs returned six offensive
and four defensive starters from last year's
squad.
On offense, Cook and Elzner will be
aiming their throws at split end Mike Ren
fro and tight end Ronald Parker.
"We felt last year that our tight end
Ronald Parker was as good as any around.
We still feel that way. He's an outstanding
blocker," Coach Shofner said.
"Split end Mike Renfro did a lot of
good things for a freshman. He's going to
be outstanding and should be of all
conference caliber."
Renfro leads Frogs
Renfro leads the Frogs with 12 recep
tions for 179 yards. Parker has caught five
passes while flanker Vernon Wells, a junior
college transfer, has grabbed six aerials.
TCU's rushing attack was hurt by the
loss of fullback Mike Luttrell. Luttrell,
now graduated, was the school's second
ranked career rusher.
Ricky Wright, a freshman halfback, is
the leading ground-gainer for TCU this
fall with 56 yards on 24 carries in two
games. As a team, TCU has rushed for
only 41 net yards in their two losses.
On defense, the Frogs have the most
experience in the secondary, where they
return three starters: comerbacks Dennis
McGehee and Allen Hooker and strong
safety Tim Pulliam.
McGehee started eight games at safety
as a sophomore before being switched to
offensive halfback last season because of
injuries.'where he started five games.
Leading tackier
Pulliam, the team's leading tackier in
the secondary this fall, started six games as
a sophomore at fullback after being
switched from defensive end. Last year he
started every game at safety.
The line is led by end Scott O'Glee and
tackles Alan Teichelman and Lynn Davis,
with 17, 16 and 13 tackles, respectively.
"This is our first trip, so we've got to be
careful and remember we're going on a
business trip and not just for a good time,"
Shofner said. "I think we will be facing one
of the best teams in the country in Nebras
ka. They obviously are a great football
team." , , ......
The two teams last met in 1967 when
Nebraska won 29-0. The Huskers lead the
series 3-1.
Chess Club seeks title
Cross country team faces
Wisconsinm in dual meet
UNL's cross country team opens their
season with a dual meet against Wisconsin
this Saturday at Pioneer Park.
'The team looked pretty bad the first
few days," said UNL's assistant cross
country coach Dan Morran. "However,
they have shown lot of improvement in
the last two weeks.
Junior Keith Whitaker, sophomores
Gale Wheeler, Dave Johnston and Harold
Stelzer and freshmen Pat Coburn and Mark
Fluitt, are expected to be solid performers
on the squad, Moran said.
. Wisconsin comes to Lincoln with a
15-50 double dual victory over Loyola of
Chicago and Western Ontario. In cross
country the low score wins.
In the meet, five Wisconsin runners tied
for' first place. They were Steve Lacy,
Alf Nelson, Jeff Randolph, Mark Randall
and Dan Lyndgaard. The runners finished
the five mile course with a time of 25 :07.5.
Morran said, "We feel that we will be
able to compete against Wisconsin this
year. I don't think they will shut us out
like they did last year. v ' ' ,
"With a solid team effort we can get out
of the Big 8 cellar," he said.
Nebraska finished last in the Big 8 cross
country meet last year.
This Saturday the teams will run a four
mile course beginning at 10 a.m.
By Scott Jones
UNL's Chess Club may be the best
collegiate chess team in the western hemi
sphere. They'll have the chance to claim that
title in late December at the Pan American
Intercollegiate Chess Championships. The
American collegiate champion also is
crowned at the meet.
UNL was fourth in the tournament last
year. Harvard won the American collegiate
title by finishing second to Toronto, the
grand champion.
All of last year's UNL players return,
and they may have the services of John
Watson, a former high school national
champion and now a chess professional. .
"I think well have an excellent chance
of winning the tournament because all of
our players are back from last year, and
we'll have John with us," said Loren
Schmidt, club president;
"I think well be first or second with -him
for sure," he added. "We've got a shot
at it either way."
Schmidt said Watson could play for
UNL because no distinction is made in
chess between amateurs and professionals.
Whether or not he would play depends on
his schedule, Schmidt said.
"I think we've got a good chance (of
getting him)," Schmidt said. "He said he'd
play when I talked with him in August."
Schmidt said Watson, from Omaha, takes
his classes by correspondence.
All five of UNL's top players finished
in the top 80 in the U.S. Open Chess
championships this summer in Lincoln.
Schmidt and Mike Blankennau tied with
about 15 others for 20th, while Watson,
who has a masters ranking and is in the top
50 nationally, was 1 1th.
Schmidt, Blankennau, and brothers
Mike and Richard Chess combined to take
fourth in the Pan American tournament
last year.' One would have to give .way
should Watson play, although Schmidt
said UNL will enter more than one
, four-man team.
Schmidt said the 25-member club will
participate in the Midwest Open Oct.
17-19 in Lincoln. Last year Schmidt and
Richard Chess tied for the title, which
determines the Nebraska state champion.
spoils steels
Three UNL women's intercollegiate ath
letic teams see action this weekend. The
field hockey team travels to Lamonl, Iowa
where they will meet Graceland College,
today and Northern Iowa Saturday.
The golf team also travels to Iowa, parti
cipating in the Iowa State Invitational in
Ames today and Saturday.
The volleyball team meets" Midland
College of Fremont Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
in the Women's P.E. Bldg.
UNL's rugby team hosts Simpson
College Saturday morning at Ed Weir Field.
The freshmen football team takes on
the Kansas State junior varsity today in
Manhattan.
UNL drag racer qualifies for world finals contes
By Pete Wegman
Usually he "runs" the quarter-mile la
about eleven seconds, reaching a speed of
122 miles per hour.
No, he's not the Superman of UNL's
track team-he's Lincoinite Rick Haas.
In the Midwest.
Haas, a UNL freshman, has been racing
in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)
point meets for three years.
He was named the NHRA Rookie of the
Year in 1973 and qualified for the NHRA
World Finals in California to be held
October I2.v
Placed third
Haas qualified for the world finals by
placing third at the Ontario Motor Speed
way, over a tenttate NHRA district.
"I would say that that's the big one.
This is what everyone's been working for,"
he said. "I know it's an honor just to be
there. Everyone who'll be out there,
belongs out there,
"I've always admired the sport of auto
facing, part of which is drag racing,"
Haas said.
( "I think probably the biggest reason
I've been fairly successful is that I'm
getting in touch with the right people to
help put my car together, he said.
Haas races a Chevrolet II with s 330
cubic Inch engine. He has no definite racing
w pit crew, but at least four people across
the country are helping with his car.
Car to beat
"I've got to be the car to beat at
Ontario, as far as Chevy's go, based on the
past two meets," Haas said.
ha placed second In the
super stock eliminator class at an NHRA
Series Points meet in Pueblo, Colo., missing
first place by about three Inches.
"Like anything else, In drag racing
there's a fine line between success and
failure," he said.
While he admitted possible dangers
were Involved in drag racing, Haas said the
possibility of an accident never occurs to
him during a race, because so many other
things are on his mind.
Risks involved
"There's an element of risk to any
thing," he said,
To be eligible for the World Finals,
drivers must have an NHRA license.
"Drivers get the licenses through an
accumulation of points, according to Haas.
Drivers itart at a low level and eventually
qualify for meets where points are given.
Although . Haas said Nebraska is a
virtual desert for drag racing, he added,
"It's kind of neat living in Nebraska, where
the sport la-dead. Nebraska's so centrally
located, I can get to almost any event."
Integrated goals
Haas, a business major, said he hopes
he can integrate drag racing and a business
degree. dont think I could stand being involved
"I hope I can handle both of them. I in just one or the other," he said,
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