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It's football time again in Nebraska as UNL spring prac
tices get underway today. '
Head football coach Tom Osborna said he expects to
greet 147 players this aft: moon, including NCAA hurdle
champion Jeff Lee.
"Well have practices on Monday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday so Jeff can devote Tuesdays and Thursdays
to track," Osborne said. "We would certainly excuse him
if football interferes with any track meets."
The annual Red-White spring game is scheduled for
April 30, three weeks before the Big 8 Conference Track
Championships in Lawrence, Kan.
One famLlar face will be missing from the Husker
spring camp, two-year starting I-back Monte Anthony.
The senior from Eellevu had surgery on his wrist over
Christmas break and had surgery on his shoulder last
week.
"These have been longstanding injuries and he didnt
want to get them done at the same time, so hell definitely
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Husker I-back Monte Anthony wEl miss spring football which starts today. Anthony, shown playing against the
University of Colorado, had shoulder surgery last week.
be out for spring practice," Osborne said. "He should be
at full strength for the fall practices."
Also missing from the Husker spring workouts will be
transfer Dan Rice. The sophomore offensive line transfer
from Ohio State University is scheduled to undergo back
surgery this morning. ..,,,
"He had been experiencing back problems all winter,
Osborne said. "We thought they were just back spasms,
but the doctor said it was a ruptured disc."
Osborne said Rice also should be ready for the fall
practice sessions.'
Three new coaches also will be starting with spring
practices. Lance Van Zandt, from the University of Kan
sas, is the new defensive secondary coach replacing War
ren Powers and the defensive coordinator replacing Monte
Kiffin.
Joining Van Zandt on defense is Charlie McBride,
x from the University of Wisconsin, who will coach the
defensive line.
The latest coaching addition to the Husker staff is
Gene Huey from New Mexico University. He wEl coach
tight ends and wingbacks. John Melton, who had that
position, will move to the defensive unit to coach the
linebackers, replacing Bill Myles. ;
"The most important purpose of spring practice is to
evaluate the players, and secondly, to try out new of
fenses or defenses," Melton said, '"With three new defen-
sive coaches there should be a few different things,"
Fan mail flooding
UNL ticket office
Boxes of unopened ticket requests and piles of week-.
end mail from Cornhusker football fans seeking seats in a
proposed Memorial Stadium expansion greeted NU ticket
officials and staff members today.
Helen Wagner, acting NU ticket manager, said at
last count Wednesday, ticket requests totaled 5,585. No
count has been made since, because the university was
closed Thursday and Friday for spring break, she said.
The flood of ticket requests are a result of appro-"
val March 19 by the NU Board of Regents for a planned
8j000-seat addition to Memorial Stadium. The regents said
the final go-ahead on the addition depends on the amount
of interest expressed by ticket requests. The regents stated
there must be 5,000 tickets requested before they would
approve the expansion.
If the expressed interest in tickets is not sufficient and
the regents decide the addition will not be constructed,
deposits were to be refunded before Aug; 1 .
The planned expansion is scheduled to be completed
by the 1978 football season.
UNL's baseball team opened its season during spring
break, winning six games of a 10-game road trip to Texas.
Coach Tony Sharpe's team lost three of its first four
games to Baylor University. The Huskers and Bears split
their opening doubleheader.
Baylor won the first game, 2-0, while the Huskers won
the second game, 1-0, with the three-hit pitching of Jeff
Costello.
Baylor swept Tuesday's double header, 12-3 and 64.
UNL evened its record at 3-3 the next day as it swept
a twinbill from Austin (Tex.) College. Both Larry Winum
-end Steve McManaman pitched shutouts as the Huskers
won 8-0 and 4-0 respectively.
Outfielder Joe Sherger belted two home runs in the
second game.
The Huskers win streak reached four games with an
8-1 and a 10-2 victory over Southwest Minnesota State
' University.
The road trip closed with a double header split with
Dallas Baptist University. UNL won the first game, 2-1,
and lost the second, 4-3.
A Saturday afternoon doubleheader with Dallas'
University was rained out. .
The Huskers, 6-4 on the year, open their home season
tomorrow with a doubleheader against St. Cloud State
University of Minnesota. The first game is scheduled for
1:30 pjn.
UNL student season football tickets will be sold
Tuesday through Friday.
Students may enter, the lottery in groups or
individually at Hie South Stadium ticket office.
Groups should have identification cards and $29 for
each ticket. Students must be enrolled full time this
semester. One representative may present identification
cards and checks for a group and draw one lottery number
fcr that group.
Ticket office hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
Husker swimmer Brian Moss finished 27th cf 66 last
weekend in the IGO-yard breastroke at the KCAA
Uatlcnsl Swimng and Diving Championships,
lis also fiati ?& cf 74 contestants in the 200
ysrd fcreaLrcke. lis was the only Husker competitor at
sports shorts
the meet.
George Nicodemus' softball team opens its season
today with a doubleheader against Creighton Univer
sity at Mabel Lee Field.
Tuesday it travels to Wayne Sate. Friday it travels
to Kansas State.
Nicodemus also signed five women to AIAW letters of
intent for softball last week. They were Linda McCrea
from Omaha Burke, Shelley Scott from Seward, Tammy
Poeand and Shari Stone from Lincoln Southeast and
Stone's older sister Karen.
Two other girls were signed by UNL. Swimming and
diving coach Ray Huppert announced the signing of
JoDea Eckstrom of Marshall, Minn. Volleyball coach Pat
Sullivan signed 6 ft. 1 in. Mindy -Martens of North Platte.
Frank Sevigne's Husker track team opened its outdoor
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By Jim Kay
Many fine individual performances were not enough
for the UNL gymnastics team at the Big 8 Conference
meet in Lawrence, Kan. March 18 and 19.
The University of Oklahoma (OU) and Iova Elite
University (ISU) edged the Huskers in a three-team race'
for the title. OU finished with 427.55 -points, ISU scored
426.90 and UNL had 42520.
UNL coach Francis Allen said he was surprised at the
high scores in the meet. ."
"I thought a 425 would win it," Alien said, ut it
didn't. We put a very good team on the floor. Better than
last year's team that won the Big 8. But we went down
with a good score. It was the best we've dens 1 ye-r.
' OU coach Paul Zicrt said the Sooner stratery was to
ignore the performances of the ether teams. . .
"We came prepared to win," Z;:rt isii. "All thror-h
the meet we didn't lock at the ether teams' scores. But as
season Saturday, winning the Cowboy Relays at Lake
Charles, La.
The Huskers broke two stadium records enroute to
163 points, almost doubling second place Lamaar, which
scored 83 points.
Scott Sorchick broke the javelin record with 262
ft. 1 1 in. effort and Lee Kunz won the discus with a toss
of 169 ft. 6 and one-half in.
The Nebraska crew lost its opening meet to Kansas
State University (KSU) Saturday at Branched Oak Lake.
KSU swept all four events. The Huskers next competition
will be Saturday when they host Washburn University of
Kansas at Branched Oak Lake.
UNL's men's golf team was 15th of 28 teams in the
William Morris Invitational at Austin, Tex. Second round
results were not available at publication time.-
. Husker head football coach Tom Osborne announced
Wednesday the signing of another lineman.
Peter Boll, a 6-foo-7 lineman from Chatanooga, Term.,
was the signee. His father, Don, was a star performer for
the Huskers from 1950-52.
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we saw it unfold we knew it would be close. We can per
form much better than this. We have performed better
than this." ,
Ziert added that the toughest meet of the season was
now over, referring to OU.
"This meet will be harder than the NCAA meet," he
said. "The top three teams from this league deserve to be
there. It's too bsd they (UNL and ISU) cant go."
OrJy eijht teams y21 compete at the NCAA meet in
Tempe, Ariz. Thursday through Saturday. Lesue cham
pions automatically qualify and wild card spou can be
achieved by teams with scores of 417 at conference mets
Wild card spots are available only if some kzzue cham
pions do net score 417.
Although the Huskers scored 425, it appears they w3
not attend the national meet. 3
"It's zz i to be tough being chosen because we're a
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