f riday, april 29, 1977
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daily nebraskan
Husker Red
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UNL football players will be taking an
early final exam at 1:30 p.m. Saturday
The annual Red-White intrasquad game
at Memorial Stadium will be the last
chance for the players to impress the
coaches before practices start in August.
The spring game, will be part of a sports
doubleheader on campus. A baseball twin
bill between the Huskers and Iowa State
University starts the activities at noon.
The cost to get into both games is $1
for students and $2 for adults.
Head coach Tom Osborne said he is
pleased with the spring practices and is
looking forward to the spring game.
"I think pretty satisfactory progress has
been made. The players' efforts have been
good throughout," Osborne said.
'We avoided any serious injuries. I'll
just keep my fingers crossed and hope we
don't suffer any during the spring game."
It is doubtful some players will play
Saturday.
Injuries
Defensive back Ted Harvey will be tak
ing an entrance exam for dental school.
Monster back Jim Pillen injured a knee
in a controlled scrimmage Wednesday.
Other casualties Wednesday were offensive,
guard Greg Jorgensen, who pulled a groin
muscle, and defensive tackle Barney
Cotton, who suffered a knee injury.
Osborne said, as in the past, the defense
will run the same plays during the game.
"The defense will remain pretty con
stant during the game," Osborne said. "It
will be basically manon-man so we can
evaluate each individual.
"The players have adjusted to changes
in both the offense and the defense satis
factorily," he said. It looks, like we could
have a good football team next fall.
Fans attending the spring game will get
their first look at some players.
Depth
According to the latest depth chart
players who ran first string that did not see
much' or any action last year, include full
back Keith Steward, defensive tackle Bill
Barnett, linebackers Lee Kunz and Jeff
Carpenter and middle guard Kerry Wein
, master.
Others include last year's specialty team
star, Steve Lindquist at offensive guard and
Steve Glenn and Kelvin Clark at offensive
tackle.
There also will be a new face at quarter
back, replacing 1976 graduate , Vince
Ferragamo. Five athletes, including Tim
Hager, Tom Sorley, Randy Garcia, Jeff
Quinn and Ed Burns, are battling for the
top spot.
"The starting quarterback job is up in
the air," Osborne said. "But whoever ends
up with the job will be a good athlete.
"The split end and back-up jobs are also
up in the air. The kicking game is uncertain
too."
Gone is three-year punter Randy Less
man and place kicker Al Eveland. Osborne
said junior college transfer Billy Todd has
been doing a good job place kicking, and
sports
Huskers need two sweeps
to qualify for tournament
By Jim Kay
The chances for the Husker baseball
team to qualify for the Big 8 Conference
Tournament'in Oklahoma City next month
may be more than mathematical, according
to head coach Tony Sharpe.
The Huskers need a four game sweep of
Iowa State University (ISU) in Lincoln
today and Saturday and a similar sweep by
the University of Missouri over the Univer
sity of Kansas (KU) this weekend in order
to make the four-team tournament.
The four schools make up the Eastern
Division of the Big 8's baseball league.
Only the top .two from the division will
advance to the Big 8 tournament to play
the two best teams from the Western
Division.
The Western Division is made up of
Kansas State University, the University of
Colorado, the University of Oklahoma and
Oklahoma State University.
Missouri has already clinched the top
spot in the Eastern Division with a 7-1
league record. KU is 5-3 and ISU and UNL
are 2-6. Kansas needs only one win or one
loss from both ISU and UNL to get the
other spot in the tournament.
Should Nebraska and KU tie with
identical 5-7 records after this weekend,
the Huskers would qualify for the toumey
since they won the first game of the KU
UNL series played in Lawrence, Kan. last
Friday. The first game is designated as the'
tie-breaker in case of a tie.
Hope for sweep
ISU must hope for a Missouri sweep be
cause a tie with Kansas would not get the
Cyclones a tournament berth. KU won the
first game of the ISU-KU series.
Sharpe said he felt if his team could put
it all together it could find itself in the
tournament.
"Coach Sanders (assistant coach John)
and I believe if our team goes out and plays
all phases of the game, we can win,
Sharpe said. We have to put the three
phases of the game together, pitching,
hitting and fielding, which we haven't been
doing ia a few games lately.
Sharpe added he wished the Huskers did
not fcavs to rely en help from Missouri.
He also warned that ISU would be
tough competition this weekend because it
also has a chance to make the tournament.
"There's a chance they could end up 6-6
and Kansas would be 5-7," Sharpe said.
"This is not a one-way street. They're not
going to come here and play dead."
Although the games will be close,
Sharpe- said ISU doesn't appear to be as
strong as it has been in past years.
Never beat themselves
. "They're not a great hitting team and
they have just fair pitching," he said. "But
.they did give Missouri their one loss this
year. I guess the trademark of Iowa State
through the years is that they never beat
themselves. Especially against Nebraska.
They're a good defensive team."
Sharpe said he believed even if his team
didn't reach the Big 8 tourney, it still
would play well in its remaining games.
"We'll be a little disappointed,
naturally, if we don't make it,' he saiL
k "But even though we wouldn't be going,
we still have six games, to play. We still
have to play to win. I think the team has
enough character that it wouldn't demoral
ize them too much."
. This is the first year for the new
divisional format and four team tourna
ment. Sharpe, in his last year as head coach
at UNL, said he liked the idea.
"It's better than what it was last year,"
he said of the old double elimination
tournament play. "It's provided some
enthusiasm. Even then I still prefer an
eight-team round-robin format.
Saturday s doubleheader against ISU
will be part of the annual spring all -sports
day. The first game begins at noon.
Center fielder Paul Haas continues to
pace the Huskers in batting with a 385
average. Haas is followed by freshman left
fielder Joe Scherger with a, 379 average
and catcher Jon Henne with a 353 aver
age. Scherger and Steve McManaman led
- the Huskers in home runs with seven a
piece.
McManaman and Kirk Eymann lead the
Husker pitching staff. McManaman, with a
record of 5-0, has a 337 earned run aver
age. Eymann, 3-2 on the season, has a 1 J85
earned run avenge.
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there are three or four still in running for similiar to his past four as head coach,
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the punting job.
Osborne A7nmrnTfourth .earn, .he start of P'ffimfs
will makeup the Red team and the second But I'm sure all of the coaches In the Big 8
and third teams will comprise me wnne v,m ..-
Osborne said.
"I think the players have improved since
squad.
Football chores are not over for either
Ostane will-tit in the Dress box during the players or coaches after Saturday's
the game and communicate by telephone Saine- , rrit
with both sides. Coaching responsibilities Next week the coaches will start recrui -
for the two teams will be divided between ing, Osborne said. In two weeks they will
coaches so each team can have secondary evaluate the fflms of the spring game and
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Photo by Ted Kirk
Sophomore defensive back Tom Doggett runs back an intercepted pass in Sunday's
scrimmage. The Huskers will close spring drills Saturday with the Red-White game
at 1 :30 p.m., at Memorial Stadium.
Hopes for first at
Drake
ride with UNLtracksters
By Kevin Schnepf
The third time may be a charm for
Husker trackster Matt Reckmeyer at the
Drake Relays in Des Moines today and
Saturday.
Reckmeyer, who competed in the Drake
Relays his freshman and junior years, will
run in the two-mile relay today with Keith
Whitaker, Ron Fisher and freshman Scott
Poehling.
Last year's relay team, with Paul
McClaLn instead of Poehling, turned in the
country's fifth fastest time, 7:205, at
Drake for a third place finish.
Reckmeyer said the relay team has a
good chance of winning this year.
"We would like to win it,' said the
senior from Mt. Morris HI. "When you go
into a race, you enter it with the idea that
you can win it.
The two-mile relay finished third last
weekend at the Kansas Relays behind the
University of New Mexico and Bowling
Green University. Both New Mexico and
Bowling Green will be at Drake today.
"There will be a couple of good teams
there, Reckmeyer said, referring to New
Mexico and Bowling Green. "New Mexico
beat us at the Texas Relays and the Kansas
Relays.
Tough competition
The Huskers finished fourth at Texas
and their time at Kansas was 7:25.7.
Reckmeyer said the competition at Drake
will be tough.
"Drake is probably more of a highlight
than the Kansas Relays. The top runners
from across the nation will be compe
ting. As a freshman, Reckmeyer ran in the
two mile relay at Drake but did not com
pete his sophomore year because of an
injury. ;
Reckmeyer said he did not know
whether he will run in the distance medley.
Head coach Frank Sevigne said Paul
McClain and Harold Stelzer will be t wo of
the medley's runners, but said he hasn't
decided who else wilkrun.
Husker javelin thrower Scott Sorchik,
who won that event in the 1975 Drake
Relays, is listed as one of the top compe
titors again this year.
Sorchik failed to become a three-time
winner at the Kansas Relays last week
when he finished second with a toss of 257
ft., 10 and three-fourths in.
One of the top teams
UNL's mile relay, which failed to place
at the Kansas Relays, also is listed as one of
the top teams with its best time of 3.10
this season. Pat McKenzie, Ray Mahoney,
Ron Hoagland and Tom Dovel make up
the mile relay team.
Discus thrower Steve Millard and triple
jumper Neville Murray also are listed as
top performers for the meet. Millard has
thrown the discus 166 ft., 4 in., and
Murray jumped 49 ft., 3 and one-fourth in.
Husker track men Jeff Lee and Lee
Kunz will not compete because of the
Red-White spring football game Satur
day. Lee, who won the indoor national title
in the 60-yard high hurdles, failed to qua
lify at the Kansas Relays last week, but
Kunz finished third in the discus with a
throw of 175 ft., 9 in.,
Also, Dean Ross will pole vault and
Doug Phelps and Dean Herzog will com
pete in the hii jump at Drlke.