monday,january 12. 1978
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In an individual sport like chess, good old-fashioned
team spirit may seem hard to come by. But UNL Chess
Club member Michael Chess says team spirit was one of
the biggest factors in UNL's victory at the Pan American
Intercollegiate Chess Championship in Columbus, Ohio,
Dec. 26 through 30.
Chess, a senior from Omaha, said some teams had high
ranking individuals who tried to win every match, but
sometimes lost because of risky play. On the other hand,
UNL members would play conservatively for a draw if a
draw was all the team needed to win, Chess said.
Chess, his brother Richard, a junior, senior Loren
Schmidt of Lincoln and senior Curtis Carlson of Wheat
ridge, Colo., formed UNL's four-man team which tied
Harvard with 7.5 points. The Huskers took home the first
place trophy by winning the tiebreaker, 54.5-54.
sports
shores
Students interested in of
ficiating intramural basket
ball games for the Recrea
tion Office are asked to
attend a clinic at 7 pjn. to
night in the Nebraska Union
Small Auditorium.
Students unable to
attend the clinic can contact
Gale Wiedow, coordinator
of intramurals, at 472-3468,
or apply at the Recreation
Office at 1740 Vine St.
Jim Pittenger, UNL ticket
manager and assistant ath
letic director, is in good
condition at Bryan Memorial
Hospital, according to hos
pital officials.
Pittenger was hospitalized
Jan. 2 after apparently suf
fering heart attack.
UNL junior Vince Ferra
gamo, varsity quarterback,
has been named Richman
Gordman's third annual
"Big Red Player of the
Year."
Ferragamo was elected
by more than 5,000 fans
who voted during the 1975
football season at the
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min store.
Richman Gordman has
given a $1, 000 scholarship
in Ferragamo's name to
Tricia Madison, UNL senior
retailing student of Omaha.
Practice for UNL's soccer
team starts Tuesday at 7
pjrc. at the fieldhouse north
of Memorial Stadium. Stu
dents interested in playing
are asked to attend.
Senior Jerry Fort, a start
ing guard on UNL's basket
ball squad, ranks 34th out
of 62 players in votes for
the West team in the Pizza
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The top eight vote get
ters for the East and West
squads when balloting ends
March 8 will be invited to
participate in the fifth an
nual Pizza Hut Classic on
April 5 at the Las Vegas
Convention Center.
Husker fans can cast
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three Pizza Hut locations at
2435 S. 48th St., 4601 "O"
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Michael Chess said the 123 teams from 87 colleges in
the United States, Canada and Latin America were seeded
according to the average of the team members' individual
rankings. Yale was seeded first, Harvard second and UNL
fifth.
The top schools were matched against the bottom
ones, and the winners then played other winners in suc
cessive rounds. In the eight rounds, the only mar on
UNL's record was a sixth-round 2-2 draw wjth Harvard.
"Most of the good players there were from the Mid
western states," Michael said. For example, second-place
Harvard had two players from Iowa and one from Illinois.
This was the fourth trip to the tournament for the
Chess brothers and Schmidt, who founded the UNL Chess
Club four years ago. The team finished 12th then, improv
ing to tenth and fourth the next two years. This year's
addition of Carlson, a correspondence student, propelled
the Huskers to the championship.
Prospects don't appear so bright for UNL next year.
Michael Chess, Schmidt and Carlson all graduate, and
Richard Chess may not return to school, his brother said.
But Michael still is optimistic.
"There still are some good players left, and I hope
they'll get more money, he said. This year's team got
$100 from the Fees Allocation Board, with team members
paying any expenses beyond that. Some Eastern schools,
not only pay expenses but award tuition scholarships to
team members, he said.
Michael said the four champions now will concentrate
. on getting Master rankings, which require an accumulation
of 2,200 points from tournament play. All four hold the
2,000-point Expert rankings. There are no Masters in
Nebraska and only about 200 in the United States, he
said.
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