thursday, february 19, 1976
page 12
daily nebraskan
Duff, D
sckey aim at consistency
By Scott Jones
If, for some reason, the UNL gymnastics team decided
to have secret practices, admitting only true-blue fans,
it could easily keep out the impostors.
For example: Door guard: "What place did Nebraska
finish in the NCAA meet last year?"
True-blue: "That's easy, fifth."
Guard: "How many All-Americans did UNL have last
year?" .
Ture-blue: "Three, Gene Mackie, Pete Studenski and
Jim Uneer. C'mon, let me in."
Guard: "One more. Name the senior Big 8 Conference
champion and another senior who may be the most
consistent performer in his event in the country."
True-blue: (dumbstruck) "What? Where's it say that in
the sports guide?"
Actually, members of the gymnastics team sometimes
yank people out of the Henzlik Hall lobby to come watch
them practice, but if such a situation should occur, the
answer to the last question would be Gary Duff and Steve
Dickey.
Duff, Omaha South High School graduate, is the
defending Big 8 parallel bars champion and Dickey, from
Lincoln Northeast High School, has made it to the finals
in the pommel horse in every major meet since he was a
sophomore except one.
"When you go to a meet you don't ask, "where's Gary
Duff?' said Husker coach Francis Allen, "but when you
come to the finals he's always there." The same goes for
Dickey.
"He's probably the most consistent side horse man,
over the last three years, in the country," Allen said.
But when the Huskers compete at the University of
Oklahoma Saturday in their last dual meet before the
Big 8 meet March 19 through 20 in Colorado, Duff and
Dickey realize it probably will be all-arounders Larry
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Editor's note: During the recent Winter Olympics,
countless phrases and stories were repeated by television
announcers. This quiz is for Olympic fans who had to
struggle through those.
1. Jim McKay wore the same sweater all 12 days of the
Olympics. Whzt color was it?
2. Dick Button repeated Jhetormy love life of this
Russian pairs' figure skater every time she stepped onto
the ice. Who?
3. There is one thing that Anne Henning "just can't
believe" about United States gold-medal speed skater
Sheila Young. What?
4. a. According to Button, who is the most elegant male
figure skater? . -b.
Also according to Button, who is the most exotic
and bizarre male figure skater?
5. What country had the "revolutionary" aerodynamic
luge helmets?
6. What American skier is a member of the "that famous
Vermont skiing family?"
7. What was "our man around town" Pierre Salinger's
nickname?
8. The United States beating Russia in ice hockey would
be like the Russians doing what?
9. a. According to the hysterical screaming of Bob
Ik at tie, where were Austrian Franz Klammer and the
other downhillers as they came down the course?
b. According to the mindless ranting of Curt Gowdy,
. where was "little" Steve Sertich of the American
hockey team?
10. How many degrees are there in the bobsled turn called
the Olympic spin?
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Gerard and Gene Mackie who will attract the most
attention.
Dickey, a construction management major, was a state
champion in the side horse his senior year at Northeast.
At UNL he has finished seventh, fifth and second in the
last three conference meets and was ninth at the NCAA
meet last year.
He has finished in the top three in most major meets
this year.
Dickey said he is hoping for a Big 8 crown this year to
compensate for years of practice. "It seems to get a little
harder every year," he said.
Duff, who already has won a Big 8 title, has a way to
relieve the pressure. It involves a Bible verse that says,
"Whatever you do, work at it with all you- heart, as
though you were working for the Lord and not for men."
"When I compete, that's what I think about," he said.
Before beginning his routine, he also prays to "glorify
the Lord" and this takes some of the pressure off, said
Duff, a walk-on at Nebraska. .
"What I'm really trying to do is my best to serve God "
said Duff, who like UNL basketball center Larry Cox, is
a member of the campus Christian group, the Navigators.
Duff said his strength is consistency. "Consistency
has paid off for me," he said. "I've never had an out
standing set, but I just know every time I go out I can
doit." '
This year is the last chance for both seniors to become
members of a Big 8 championship team. That means
beating Iowa State University (ISU), conference champion
the last eight years.
"Whoever has a bad day is going to lose," Duff said.
"We're both right there and we (UNL and ISU) both
know it."
Basketball team
awaits tournament
By Susie Reitz
Coming off a 78-53 win over Kearney State College
Tuesday, the UNL women's basketball team heads into
Large College Division state tournament action Friday
at 7:30 pjn. in the Women's Physical Education Bldg.
313.
The Huskers now are 15-6.
UNL's first game in the three-team double-elimination '
tournament will be against the University of Nebraska
at Omaha (UNO). The Huskers defeated the Mavericks in
two previous encounters, 52-46 the first time and 76-55
the next.
The winner of Friday's game will play Wayne State
College at 1 p.m. Saturday. UNL lost to Wayne State
68-53 in their first game but 2on 62-61 in a home
contest last week. x
Although Wayne State is a small college according to
American Intercollegiate Athletics for Women standards,
it is competing on the large college level in basketball.
That option is avaailable to colleges with less than a 3,000
female enrollment, said UNL caoch George Nicodemus.
Having the state tournament on home grounds will
be an advantage, Nicodemus said.
"When there's a crowd that backs the team, they (the
players) want to perform better," he said. "One of our
best-played games yet this year was the preliminary game
we played in January against Central Missouri (State
University). There the crowd made a real difference."
he said, the women played before the Men's game against
South Dakota University and won 75-47.
For the first two days, the state tourney will be played
fn the Women's Physical Education Bldg. The finals
Sunday will be at the Coliseum.
In the Kearney State pme Tuesday, freshman Darcy
Williamson of Arapahoe led the scoring with 23 points.
Omaha junior Kathy Hawkins was next with 14, followed
by Lincoln sophomore Sherry Brink with 13 and Lincoln
freshman Jan Crouch with 12.
At the Big 8 Conference tournament last weekend, in
which UNL finished third, the Huskers beat Oklahoma
State University 52-49 after losing to Kansas State Univer
sity 51-47 in the opening round. -
After the state tournament, the team's last home
appearance will be in a preliminary before the men's
game against Iowa State University Feb. 28. The women
will play the Sportsman's of Alkeny, an AAU team from
Des Moines, which was fifth hi the national AAU
tournament last year.
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Nine Nebraskans,
six out-staters ink
Nine Nebraskans and six out-of-state high school
seniors signed national letters of intent Wednesday to
attend UNL next fall on football scholarships.
The national letter of intent binds a player to the
school with which he signs. . .
Two weeks ago, the players signed the Big 8
Conference letter of intent, merely binding them to
play at Nebraska, should they choose to play in the
Big8.
In-State .
Ptayer Ht. Wt. Hometown
Joe Ada mi 6-4 220 Believue
Kim Baker 6-3 190 York
Mike Bruce 6-6 210 Omaha
John Fischer 6-3 185 Columbus
Brian Hedrick 6-2 190 York
Brad Humphrey 6-2 190 Bellavue
Dave O'Doherty 6-3 225 Omaha
DanPensick 6-6 212 D?lumbus
Frank Taylor 6-0 170 Omaha
Out -State
Steve Davies 6-3 ,215 Murray, Utah
Gary England 6-4 225 Salt Lake City
Mike Polk 6-4 230 Lawrence, Kan.
Chris Juehrlng 6-3 , 205 Davenport, Iowa
Glenn Lewis 6-1 194 Edlna, Minn.
Thor Jacobs 6-2 215 Cincinnati
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Anyone interested in trying out for the women's softbail
team should contact coach Myreen Loveless, 472-3924.
Prospective team members are practicing daily.
Freshman Ellen Hollander won three events to spark the
Husker women's swim team to a 8644 win over Kearney
State College Tuesday at the Women's Physical Education
Bldg. pool. She won the 50- and 100-yard breast strokes and
the 100-yard butterfly.
Freshman Use Magee took the 200-yard freestyle and
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style. Other Husker winners include freshman Kristi Wells
in the one- and three-meter diving, sophomore Mikki
Crosby in the 50-yard butterfly, junior Deb Petersen in the
50-yard backstroke and the 200-yard medley relay tc?m
with Magee, Crosby, Hollander and senior Ruth Spencer.
Mark Ebcl, UNL coordinator of recreation, will present a
color slide show of the interim backpacking trip to
Barranca De Cobre Canyon in Mexico tonight at 7 at the
Recreation Office at 1740 Vine St.
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