Pago 10
Dally Ncbrciskan
Thursday, October CD, 1CC3
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Multicultural duckbaii
with host Mr. Rogers
Add a little spice to your life today. -While you read
this highly informative and entertaining column,
pretend that I am imitating Mr. Rogers. OK, I know it
sounds crazy, but itll be fun. Besides, youVe already
read the personals, what else do you have to do?
Hello . . . how are you? I'm glad you could be here
today.
Now, as soon as I chants into my sneakers and
sweater, well start talking about el pato.
Can you say that? El pato.
There ... I knew you coul4 ... see?
Today, boys and girls, we are going to be multicul
tural You dont have to say that It's a big word. Do
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) Bill Allen
LL- ... ;
you know what famous TV star rhymes with "big
word?" ,
That's right . . . Big Bird, from Sesame Street
Pato in Spanish means duck. Which is a land of
bird. But maybe not a big bird ... oh welL
Pato is also an ancient Spanish sport that is kind
of like basketball on horseback.
No, boys and girls, tell your mommies I'm not
making this up. I learned it in my Spanish 211 lan
guage and culture class.
The object of the game is to throw a leather ball
through a ring that has a net while riding a horse.
There are four on a team and the ball has handles so
you can grab it, kind of like the "way you nasty little
boys grab your sister's hair and pull it so she
screams until your mom comes in and beats you
with a stick to show you that violence is bad.
When the game first started it was played with a
leather bag that had a live duck inside it. Really. . . a
live duck . . . that's why the game is called pato.
I guess this was before they had a humane society.
But that's OK, because we dont like ducks anyway,
do we, boys and girls?
In Spanish, the word for ball is pelota. Can you say
that? Pelota. There ... I knew you could . . . see?
(Knock knock).
What's that? Someone is at the door. Why, it's Mr.
McFeeley, the mailman. Mr. McFeeley, I was just
telling the boys an girls about el pato, the Spanish
sport where
"I know all that, Mr. Rogers, I work here, I read the
script. And you know what I was thinking?"
What, Mr. McFeeley?
"It's a good thing the Kansas City Royals dont play
pato."
"Why's that?"
lien's Intr&szisrcl Fl-g Football
"Husker EedV Top Tea
(Based en g?riC3 played through Oct. 17)
1. Sigma ChiA-1 3-0
2. Bucateers 4-0
3. Phi Kappa Psi A 3-0
4. Sweets . 4-0
6. Mondeilo's 3-1
6. Kappa Sigma A 3-0
7. Airway Express 2-0
8. Abel 11 A 3-0
0. Selleck 6300 A 3-0
10. Alpha Gamma Rho A . 4-0
Husker Red's Notes: The Mondello's make
the biggest advance in this week's poll After
being unranked last week the Mondello's, who
forfeited their first game, move up to fifth
place alter impressive victories against last
weeks third and eighth-ranked teams (Mad
. bailer's Revenue and Amos Albnzo Stags, 44-25
and 40-25 respectively). Kappa Sigma A also
moves into the Top Ten after posting a 25-12
victory against Tau Kappa Epsilon A last
week's seventh ranked team. Another Top Ten
casualty was sixth-ranked Abel 8A losing a
close game to this weeks ninth-ranked team
Selleck 8300 A, 26-24. Other teams contending
to break into the Top Ten include the Her
mans, Unknowns, Harper 7 A, Abel 6 A, Abel 9
A and Girth Vaders.
- The spotlight game of the week will match
first-ranked Sigma Chi A-l against third
ranked Phi Kappa Psi A, tonight at 7:30.
Another top game will be the Abel 6 A vs. Abel 9
A game at 9:30 p.m..
"Well, boys, and girls, if the Royals played pato, a
typical game on the radio would sound like this: 'Hi,
and welcome to another broadcast of Kansas City
Royals pato.' It just doesnt sound right, Mr. Rogers.
It's downright unAmerican."
"But pato is Spanish, Mr. McFeeley. You're not
being very multicultural"
Tm sorry, but come on, would Commissioner
Bowie Kuhn have to throw out the first duck?"
"Why are you being so ridiculous today, Mr.
McFeeley?" ,
"Well, Mr. Rogers, in order to be like my beloved
Royals, IVe started snorting cocaine. You know, just
like I started "using Preparation H when George
Brett got hemorrhoids a few years back."
Boys and girls, we only joke about snorting
cocaine when we want to go to the Magic Kingdom
and talk to King Friday. '
Do you want to snort cocaine just because some
big league ballplayers do?
I don't think you do . . . do you? If you did, you
might end up walking around in your own little
neighborhood . . . just like me.
Women's tennis team
ends season Friday
After losing three dual meets last weekend, the
Nebraska women's tennis team will host Tex 3 Tech
Friday at the East Campus tennis courts.
"All the teams we went up eg-inst were strong
teams," said Coach Kathy Hawkins. The duals were
good competition for us and our girls were able to
, compete with them."
Wichita State defeated the Huskcrs 6-3. Winners
for Nebraska were Lks Mooney b No. 2 slr.es, Jean
Halahan in No. 4 singles and Jamie and Jill Pisarcik
in No. 2 doubles.-
Next stop for the Huskers was Minneapolis. Oa
Saturday, Nebraska lost a dual to Wisconsin by the
score of 6-3. Winners for Nebraska were Jamie
Pisarcik in No. 1 singles, Mooney in No. 2 singles and
Lisa Brooks and Mimi Magelra in No. 3 doubles.
On Sunday the opponent was Minnesota. The
Gophers won the dual 8-1. The only winner for the
Huskers was Mooney at No. 2 singles.
"The weekend was a little disappointing," Hawkins
said. "We had a shot to win a couple games, but we
never came through."
"WeVe progressed since the Husker Invitational,"
Hawkins said. "The girls are playing more aggres
sively. They're getting off the baseline and going to
the net to win the point"
"My expectations for the Spring season are high,"
Hawkins said. "Thbteam has the potentiaLto be one
of the strongest teams ever at Nebraska. There s a
lot of talent here, and I feel that a couple individuals
could go as far as nationals."
The team closes out their fall season this Friday at
1 p.m., hosting the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Student tickets ready
Students who bought tickets for the 1933-84
Husker basketball season can pick them up from the "
Athletic Ticket Office, South Stadium beginning
at 9 a.m. Monday through 4 p.m. Friday.
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jjiuaenis must present ineir current stuaent id
card in order to pick up their ticket 0ke hours at 9
a.m. to noon and 1 p.ra. to 4 p.m. .
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Analysis by Scctt Alilctmnd
BIG EIGHT STANDINGS
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Iowa State
Colorado
Kansas State
W L
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4
4
4
3
3
2
2
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PCT.
1.000
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.667
.539
.500
.333
.333
PF PA
337 79
143 116
135 14
120 80
193 120
134 163
119 148
92 147
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Oklahoma State at Kansas: The Cowboys and the
Jayhawks will pit strength cgainst strength in what
should be an exciting game. Kansas, hd by qustcr
back Frank Seurer, has the beet passing attack iri
the E;g Eight Oklahoma State, ca the ether hand,
has a highly acclaimed defense that has limited
opponents to a rr.eaaly 13.3 points per game. If you
combine KlTs cITanae with the Ccr. -bey defense (the
Cc .vhav. I? the Jcyfceys?) you'd have one whale cf a
team. - . '
leva State rt G Make ma: This v,21 be game II AD.
(rTtrr Duj.ree) for the Seor.ers, v;ho eekcd.cut a
narrer win last weak. T2:e Cycler,:;, to everyone's
v: rrrlre, tie 2-0 in the E;iE:'hi and are locling for
t . r a l1 l .i cr t. .a 1. C- . . 1 . 2 hai a .... . .t li3-
tz. , . ! r v." L: -j I : -1 tl: 2 r:.ri:s 4.3-4-2. .
TIM LASHAR: The OU kicker crossed up everyone,
including his own teammates, when he kicked
ensides late in the OU-OSU game.
"Nobody told me I was supposed to kick it long,"
- Lashar said. "Guys were switching back and forth,
running around and I didn't know what they were
doing. Co I just kicked it enside." :
.. Needless to s:y, Oklahoma recovered the bell and
won the game 21-20. ,
' E0S3Y JOimCON: Johnson, a wide receiver for
the Jayhawks, caught 10 passes in Kansas' 31-3 vic
tory against Kansas State. lib 203 yard3 in recep
tions was only 14 yards short cf this pig Eight single
- game receiving mark. For. his efTerts, Johnson was
named Big Eight offensive p!yer of the week.
(Nebraska's Mike Knox wa3 the defensive player of
the' week.) ;
! QUOTII3 ' . -
Kansas State Coach Jim Dickey on the Wildcat's
blitzing failure versus Kansas: "It's one of these
thingi. It's like being in a rov. boat that springs a leak.
Yea fis that bok, and then it springs another one
somewhere else." "
Iowa State Coach Jim Criner cn the dierence cf
being 1-3 in pre-seon to 2-0 in E'g E;'l;t plsy:
"We're very hrpy to be 2-0 in the br"".ie. q played
hard and stood tall and gained cer..licnce. Three
weeks ag3, 1 was lo vrcr than a v.lizlz at the bottom cf
the ocean." .
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Kjir.cr-s City Star corrcrpor.dcr.t r: cve -Fainaru
hb first collegiate interception: "I just didnt vant to
drop it If I had dropped it, they might not ha-e let
me back into the huddle."
on turf."
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CCLOADCj The Dufrs bet their third game in a
row last week in what appears to be a trend. ClTs
offense and -defense are citeraating. One plr3 br i
one week, the other plays bad the next The VzZ:3
cflense lives and dies cn the forward pass, cr.d o
last week's 22-10 loss to Iowa State shows, they are
currently.-in a state cf severe rf-or mortis. Tkcy
merit our grade of C-minus. " -
IO hTA G7ATS: The qycler.es are the most fcr -roved
team in the Big Eight Written off by many as dam
aged goods, Iowa State fas bounced back cr.d
recorded a 2-0 conference mark. As mid-tera dravs
near, the Cyclones are raising their scores. Tills
week's grade isaD. '
IL4!T2AC: The Jayha;vks are the Jekyll ar1 Kjde cf
the Eig Eight They've get more percsnatias tl.r.i
Syt iL After losing to the Cyclones two r. eclaj r " II . 2
Jayhawla bounced back with a solid trcrr.-Irg cf
Kansas State. Seurer and the KU defense ccr.tirjie
to impress. Their grade for thb personality b a D-
:l::ZS3 CTATT: My mother tcid me that if I cent
sry anyilur.-i gcd abet somebody, net to t - 7 trv
t g t.t all Er.e-gli n!i? Ilanras State's as.- 3 D.
IZZZZUZlt You have to give Tiger coach Urrrci
rev. crs credit. He's tzys able to r:t Ir t-: 1
pumped up cgoinst the Ccmh-jrktrs. The
f!riiV uJ?u;1 W three c:i:.:t:r3 ar.d c::;:
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