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Wednesday, October 23, 133
By Kirk Zebcby
Five runs in the top of the third inning propelled
Beta Theta Pi to en 11-3 win against the Jamokes
Tuesday night in the finals of the ell-university
intramural slow-pitch soflball tournament.
Beta Theta Pi had only one error in their second
university championship. They held the Jamokes
under ten runs the second time this season a
team has stopped the Jamokes under ten.
"Our defense up the middle wa3 really good " said
Beta Theta Pi manager Dan Bunde, "and youVe got
to be able to field in softbalL"
The Jamokes defense made many mistakes, and
Beta Theta Pi took advantage of them.
"That's the way we played all year, but you cant
win any ballgame with three runs," said Jamokes
manager Doug Dreesen of his team's defense.
The Jamokes had come from behind in every
game thi3 season, Dreesen said including Monday
night's quarter-final game, in which they came back
from six runs down in the final inning.
"We're a little disappointed that we couldnt win it
all, but they hit the ball better than we did" Dreesen
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Beta Theta Pi was sparked by Dan Woodward,
who collected four singles on offense and made two
outs with strongs throws from his defensive rover
position to first bese.
"He plays a lot of summer softball," Bunde said of
Woodward. "He knows how to play the gime."
The Jamokes scored first with a run in the first
Inning, adding two mere in the bottom of the third.
Beta Theta Pi, after taking the lead 5-1 in the
third, added four runs in the fifth, and two in the
seventh. : .. ; .
The stage was set for another Jamokes comet :ack
in the bottom of the seventh and final inning, when
Joel Ficke led off with a single. Beta Theta Pi's
second baseman Larry Lubeck then made a diving
sneg of Steve Faxon's line drive, and threw to first
for the pick-off play.
Beta Theta Pi carried a 10-2 record into the finals,
and took second in the fraternity A league.
"We never figured on being here " Bunde said. "We
just try to go out and have fun. It's been a total team
effort all year."
Dreesen said the Jamokes who compete only in
soflball, were shooting for the independent B league
championship this year. "Anything on top of that is
gravy to us," he said.
Dreesen said this was the Jamokes' second year of
soflball competition. " '-'':-
The Jamokes lost two starters to Injuries, includ
ing their lead of hfcter, in Monday night's tourna
ment games, Dreesen said.
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Participation; pride spur
success in intramurals
By Kirk Zeholsky
All-university point standing are
supposed to indicate the overall top
intramural organization in the frater
nity, residence hall and independent -leagues
at UNL."; ' -
g The men of Mpha-TaQmsa fared
are familiar witH the coni"
plicated point systems to determine
that champion. During the past three
years, the two have been at the top, or
near the top of the final standings, and
both entered this year as the de
fending champion in their respective
divisions.
; -We've started out well already," Joe
Heater, intramural chairman for ATO
said. "In the team sports in general,
we're going to be strong. For just about
every event we get participants."
Through five sports this season, ATO
is leading the fraternity division, ac
cording to intramural director Kendra
Schelle. Those sports do not include "
men's slow-pitch softball, where the
ATO B team reached the semi-flnab,
or men's flag football, where all three
ATO teams qualified for the playoff.
On the residence hall side, Abel Six
and Abel 1 1 are "neck and neck" for the
division lead through five sports,
'Schelle said. ,'; '--""". :-
Abel 11 beat out Abel Six 875-622
last year, while ATO outdistanced Beta
Theta Pi 1,417-1,203.
Heater said the main factors in the
success of ATO are participation,
motivation and pride.
"We set it as a goal in the beginning
so we have more motivation," he said.
"It's not just a handful of guys that
do the job here. WeVe got the whole
house involved," Heater said. "We know
how to play together."
As evidence of that, ATO has already
won one "Esprit de Corps" event this
season in punt, pass and kick. In
"Esprit de Corps" events, the winners
aren't the organizations that perform
the best, but those that have the most
participants. : -:; i
Heater said ATO, which has won the
fraternity league nine out of the last 1 1
years, has about 50 of 70 members
back from last year. The new pledge
clevis aboenthusiastic and fired up
. febHut &f rsufils, he said. .
- Heater said contrary to what op
ponents have said, ATO does not re
cruit athletes. ,., .; .......
"We're not a jock house," Heater said.
"We're well-rounded guys. We look at it
(intramurals) as a break from school"
; Abel 11 will have to rely on partici
pation and upperclassman leadership
to win another championship ac
cording to intramural chairman John
Jatczak. -
Unlike ATO, the floor does not have ,
many of its main athletes from last
year returning. . '
- "About 70 percent of us are
freshmen this year, but they want to be
winners," Jatczak said. "We've got some
really good seniors and juniors from
last year who know the ropes and help
out the freshmen."
Abel 11 was knocked out of the
soflball playoff early, but the two flag
football teams made it to the playoff.
The B team played Harper Two in a
late game last night, while the A team,
which is ranked No. 8 in the last fiag
.. football poll, opens its playoff schedule '
at 43 pxL against Burr One East
Jatczak said the floor is not getting
the participation he had hoped for.
. Although plenty cf people are signing
up, he said not ill cf them are showing
"up for the events.
- Rich Sldllctt, a senior and former
Abel 1 1 intramural chairman, said one
of the floor goals is to have a team in
every division cf every team sport.
"We've get the trophies from the last
two years, and we bring them to the
floor meetings," Skillctt said. "The
trophies have been a big motivation."
Husker record sets mark
Plagued by inner-team turmoil and
a disappointing 17-18 record, the UNL
soflball team experienced what might
be termed a rather unpleasant 1133
spring season. y
; But a new season' brought a new
team on the field, and under new
coach Wayne Deigle, they proved to be "
a competitive and successful unit;
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record, t;he best frll record in six yzzrz.
eI never expected at the tcs!r.r.!r.g cf
season we would do so well,"
slid. "With a nr.? ccash, a ncv pro
gram, and whet the r;ri3 went thrcuch
last year, I rccS.y CirSt know what to
expect, But all the c'rli vere pcrlti.-e
ar.d they Tcrked hard." - ' '
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Editor's Nate: Tth is the eeeend in
a five-part series ca the rarcs cf
importance of college fcciball
tcrcss Kcbras!. ' :
TtZi fcy Jeff -DrsT?
The press contingent at even the
most uneventful Nebraska football
practice consists of at least six to
seven .writers from local news
papers. - ' -
Football coach Tom Osborne is
usually gracious enough to allow a
short, impromptu press conference
after practice for four or five of
those writers. Others are content
with chasing down players for
interviews.
Once Osborne and his' players
have told and retold everything they
know or don't know about any
number of subjects, the writers then
hurry to get off yet another story
about Mike Rozier's Heisman
.Trophy chances, the backup quar
terbacks, last week's injuries or
whatever. v
Such is the everyday grind of ccv-;
ering Nebraska footbalLlfcs change
in that routine comes when eer:
one like Douglas Looney cf Cprrti
for Nebraska Sports Information
Director Don Bryant, even there ,
occurrences are starting to border
on ordinary.
. The media blanket which the Hus
kers both tolerate and enjoy b more
like a tarpaulin compared to the
relative obscurity in which Nebras
ka s state college and private uni
versity football teams play because
of the scant media attention that
they get.
Nebraska Wesleyan Sports In
formation Director BUI Bennet, who
used to work for Bryant at UNL, is
well aware cf the dilTerenees in the
two programs.
Bennet said at, Nebraska, the
sports information department
would do a tit cfctLJ::tcryprcmct
irg cf the team, but r.crm:"y the
trzrri'o performance on the f.:li and
their prcrr.iner.ee in the eyes cf the
natisn r:.zii premctbn eery.
At Wc:!:yn, C.:nr,-t ha3 fewer
had to tc e a rr.ere cctive re!e in
mailed a four-page letter to Ara
Parseghian at CBS Sports. The letter
said Nebraska Wesleyan is in a uni- :
que position of being in the same
city as UNL and having to almost
completely give up any chance at .
being in the spotlight because cf the
imminent pressure of the Huskers.
It also suggested that Parseghian .
might want to do a story on the
Plainsman football team for na
tional television. ,,'":' ;: :5-;V "- -
Bennet said it has been easier for
Wesleyan to get attention in the
Nebraska media thi3 year because
they have been nationally ranked.
Hb job, it seems, is more challenging ,
than busy. - '.-..' , : -V'
Bannett rarely hears requests for
press passes, so a student writer's ;
request was accepted quickly and . .
heppily. Instead of halng to apply
for' a pass to a game through the ",
. mail and presenting credentials at
the gate, all one has to do & call
Peru State College's Vbce Hensel
is even lees informal Since I-IAUB
radio in Auburn, broadcasts all cf
.'the Bobcats' games, Ilemel's press ;
bos space is limited. But giving out
press parr :s is cgiin as simple o a
- phone call and a friendly word.
It is adequate tq gire Ilenzd a call
the morning cf the gime to cbtain a
pass. Even apparent trouble rcrc?y
cemes to anything important : '
; "I dent see your name. here. Are'
yen sure you talked to l!r. Cenzdr -.
"But.I..."
. "Just go on in. It decent matter."
Don Brigga, the gperts faferma-
tion director at Kearney Strie Ccl
lege, said he b a little mere farraal
about press passes, but sta it's no
great formality. ,
Kearney State's prees bos at Fos
ter Field is also more elaborate than .
.these at Peru's Oak Bowl and at
Wesleyan's Ifagee Stadium. They
are ail relatively medieval com
pared to the press box at LIcmerirJ
Stadium.
. The buffets that mark a tree
mcjcr ccllrge feetbrri prc:3 bos cen
t cf a couple cfcc!:.3 ar.d rr.r; :.:ea
free program, and Sports Il
lustrated writera are rc :-c: i by a .
m frcm the Faj Cl'yJrrrr.ri tzt
..the he:p::-:..a.y cf Nctrc:I3 elite '
college and private university
ath!:tie d: rt:.r-r,;.3 to 2
up fer the iztl: cf carth-hitt::ir.rj "
