The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, December 04, 1981, Page page 8, Image 8
paqe 8 daily nebraskan friday, deccmber 4, 1981 Iba says a stronger defense is needed to beat Creighton By Jodie Fields Nebraska will need better defense and more consistent shooting than it has had in its first two basketball games in order to win Saturday when it hosts Creighton, Coach Moc Iba said. "It's a big ball game for both teams. It's an emotional matchup," he said. Iba said that in the past the team that has wanted to win the most has won. "We haven't won one in Omaha and they haven't won one in Lincoln," he said. Iba said he hoped senior guard Jack Moore would be able to play, lie missed practice Tuesday because of back spasms. Athletic trainer George Sullivan said Moore's injury is not long term. "He's sore enough but he'll be close to 90 percent by Saturday," he said. Creighton has a height advantage over Nebraska and Iba said that will hurt the Huskcrs on rebounding. Iba said the intrastate rivalry between the two schools is good for basketball in the state. "This scries is really good because it gets people thinking about basketball early in the season," he said. Iba said Tony Print t, Alex Stivrins and Daryl Stoval arc all Creighton athletes Ne braska will have to stop. Iba got a preview of the Bluejays when he scouted the Creighton-UNO game in Omaha Wednesday night. "They (Creighton) did a nice job and arc much bigger than us. It's going to be a difficult game," he added. Creighton, now 1-1, was led by junior Mark Jones who scored 15 points in its 68-57 victory against UNO. Huskers to play without Gill h'4 , Vs,t Turner Gill will apparently have to wait another year to try to play in the Orange Bowl, according to Jerry Weber, Nebraska's assistant athletic trainer. "We think the odds are overwhelmingly against him playing in the Orange Bowl," Weber said. Weber said the nerve in (Jill's foot is still damaged. "Anytime a nerve is damaged like that, it degenerates," he said. "That nerve has to grow back and that takes time." Weber said Gill is expected to recover completely from the injury, but he declined to speculate on when the recovery might be complete. "There's just no way to tell with an injury like this," Weber said. "He should be recovered by the time spring practice starts, but it all depends on when the nerve starts coming back." Weber said the Huskers were in good shape with the exception of Gill's injury. He said defensive end Tony Fclici, who slipped in a shower and punctured his left biccp, was expected to be well enough to resume practice with the rest of the team when preparations for the Orange Bow! start Dec. 14. $ " f f 1 : if i p Jf mmMw " It I Photo by Dave Bentz Nebraska's Jack Moore tries to keep the ball from going out of bounds in Monday's win against Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The Huskers will host Creighton Saturday at 7:35 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Gymnasts express disappointment with meet scoring By Patty Pryor Political persuasion and national biases perhaps afflict no sport more than gymnastics. This is probably because gymnastics involves such subjective judgments, Nebraska Coach Francis Allen said. UNL gymnasts Jim Hartung and Phil Cahoy, both U.S. team members along with Scott Johnson, returned from the World Games in Moscow last weekend with a keen sense of how political antagonism between Communist and free world countries carries over into judgments of their performances. The USSR took first in the games, Japan was second, China was third, East Germany was fourth and the United States was fifth. Even though they were fairly pleased with the U.S. showing, both Hartung and Cahoy expressed disappoint ment at the favoritism reflected in grossly inaccurate judg ing during the games. "It's just out and out cheating, and that's all there is to it," said Hartung, who placed 1st in all-around standings. For example, he said, one Hungarian gymnast, after commiting four complete form breaks in his pommel horse routine, scored a 10 in the event. The head judge, one of the best in the world according to Allen, was Hungarian. Biased scoring "It's hard for me to believe," Hartung said, "when it's so obvious, and it doesn't even phase them (the judges)." E"""" though the biased scoring stems from political caus ' ' vs bias is not always necessarily dir- ecte res just because of their anti "'sadvant- age Mch pn su The method by which judges are chosen also helps pro mote favoritism. Hartung said. Two judges The top six teams, two of which are from free world countries and four of which are Communist countries, each get two judges, he explained. "It won't get better until the number of free world judges equals the number of Communist judges," he said. The judges at the World Games, four per event, were chosen by the Federation of International Gymnastics, Allen said. The federation also designates the site of the games after bids are submitted by various countries. The president of the federation and a number of the higher officials are from Moscow, Allen said. The fairness of representation within the federation varies from year to year, he said, because a member unable to attend a meeting must relinquish one of his country's votes. However, membership is generally not as representative as on the Olympic Committee, he said. "We should just say to hell with the federation and set it up where each country always has two votes," Allen said. Other than creating more equal representation in judg ing, Hartung said the only way the situation will be remedied is by developing such an outstanding team that there would be no doubt as to its dominance. Questions remain "We would have to be so much better that there would be no question about the scoring," he said. But as long as those questions remain and the favorit ism continues, Cahoy said it will be difficult to anticipate what can happen in such competition. "It makes you nervous," he said, "because you really don't know what to expect." Cahoy said he had encountered the same biased judging during meets in Romania last summer. "You've just got to put it out of your mind," he said. "It's not going to change anything to get mad about it, and you'll probably just do worse." Hartung agreed that the score itself becomes less important under such conditions. "In the end, I guess I was pretty disappointed," he said. "But if you know in your heart that you gave a good set, then that's what matters. "That's what most people do sports for, anyway," he added, "for the personal satisfaction." Allen was more emphatic. "If I were them, I'd never want to go back," he said. "I'd never want to be in another meet with Moscow again anywhere." Women cagers shoot for best season By Ward W. Triplett III After a 10-day layoff, the Nebraska women's basket ball team tonight meets Wayland Baptist. The game is half of the opening round of the Husker Invitational Tournament. South Dakota and Kansas State will play at 6 pjn., and the Nebraska-Wayland ic at 8 n m Thp tnnrnampnt's consolation o-jmo. n d g e e ories would be the best start in the seven-year history of the women's program. Wayland Baptist should prove to be a good test for the UNL team, Matsuhara said. "They are a very disciplined team, with a strong inside game and excellent shooters," she said. The Flying Queens, so dubbed because of the private plane the small Texas school purchased for the team, has w,-i.,a,'iu a 4-2 record by 5-1 1 freshman Gay Hemphill (17.3 points per game) and 5-6 junior Chris Kennedy (6.2). "We may start a little taller line-up than they do, but the talent they have on their frontline will make up for it," she said. Among the Wayland Baptist victories this year was a 70-56 victory against Big Eight contender Colorado. Another of the Big Eight's preseason favorites, Kansas State, will meet Nebraska in the finals, if both teams win Friday. Kansas State, who is the tournament favorite, is off to a 2-1 start this year, losing to fourth -ranked South Carolina 81-65 in its last game. "I'm interested in seeing how we rebound from that loss." Wildcat Coach Lynn Hickey said. Continued on Page 9