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win 'Wednesday double-header
By BuPehll
Phil Harrison earned his ninth con
secutive victory, and Scott Hooper set
another stolen base record Wednes
day as Nebraska swept a baseball
double-header from Missouri Western
at Buck Bcltzcr Field.
After trailing 4-1 in the second game,
the llth-rankcd Huskers rallied for a
6-4 victory. In the first game, starting
pitcher Tom Holmes tossed six innings
of one-hit ball as Nebraska won 8-2.
Harrison relieved starter Roger Webb
in the second game, and allowed two
walks and a single in the filth inning.
He treated those base runners like ducks
at a shooting gallery, picking each one
off first base with only one attempt. His
nine victories tie Harrison with Cliff
Faust for the single-season record.
"I've never seen that done before,"
said Nebraska Coach John Sanders.
"Some were even shuffling off the base."
Hooper broke Chris Chavez's single
season record of 36 stolen bases with
five steals in the two games. With 37
steals, Hooper is nine short of the Big
Eight season record set last season by
Iowa State's Jim Walewander.
"He can relax and go for another 36,"
Sanders said.
Sanders wasn't r s jovial in analyzing
the double-header! He said the Huskers
could have been looking ahead to this
weekend's series at third-ranked Okla
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Wrestler takes two chances -at Olpiapics
By Kevin YZcmcke
Gary Albright figures two chances
are better than one.
UNL's heavyweight wrestler said he
will compete in both the freestyle and
Greco-Roman Olympic wrestling
trials with the hope of making both
the United States teams.
After two years of collegiate wres
tling, Albright boasts a 60-1 1-2
record, which includes seventh- and
second-place finishes in the National
Collegiate Athletic Association
championships.
Although most wrestlers usually
compete in only one style of wrestling
in the Olympic trials, Albright said he
feels he can do both and possibly
make bothTteams. Nebraska Coach
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Fielding-errors by Nebraska gave
Missouri Western three of their four
runs in the second game. Paul Meyers'
two-base throwing error resulted in
theGnfTonsscoringtwo runs in the second
inning. First baseman Mike Duncan
then bobbled a sharply-hit ball in the
fourth inning that scored Missouri
Western's final run.
Duncan atoned for the error with a
fourth-inning triple, igniting a three
run rally, and a two-run homer in the
fifth.
Kurt Eubanks followed Duncan's
triple with a run-scoring single. Pinch
hitter Bill Hendricks scored Eubanks
with a two-out single, and scored on a
fly ball that was dropped by center
fielder Jay Essington.
In the first game, Nebraska scored
five runs in the first three innings. The
Huskers had 12 hits in 29 at-bats to
end a recent slump.
Hooper went three-for-three hitting,
including a double, while Bill McGuire
and Duncan combined for five singles.
Aided by a McGuire balk, the Grif
fons scored two ninth-inning runs after
two were out. Nebraska pitching Coach
Mike Evans was so incensed by the
balk call that he brought out a rule
book to the umpires.
Nebraska, 34-10, will leave this after
noon for Norman, Okla. where the
Huskers and the league-leading Soon
ers will play double-headers Saturday
and Sunday.
Bob Fehrs agreed.
"It's going to be tough, but I think I
have a good chance to make it in
both," Albright said.
"He's one of the better wrestlers in
both styles," Fehrs said.
But both Albright and Fehrs -agreed
that Albright is a better
Greco-Roman wrestler.
Accoriding to Albright, in Greco
Roman wrestling, contact cannot be
made on the opponent's legs. Thus,
upper-body strength is of great
importance.
This works to Albright's advantage,
Fehrs said, because smaller people
like former Indiana State wrestler
Bruce Baumgarter are quick enough
to shoot at Albright's legs.
"For his size, Gary's quick," Fehrs
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David Tumey lacks for a second cpinian. Turney was called out on this
first Cme steal attempt cf Wednesday's double header.
said. "But a 270-pound wrestler like
Baumgartner is quick and strong
' enough to match Albright in upper
body strength and also shoot at his
legs."
Albright said he has gained enough
experience in Greco-Roman wrestling
to match his freestyle experience,
which is used in collegiate wrestling.
He has been in international compe
tition for several years.
The Olympic trials, which will be in
, Iowa May 18-20, are in two parts.
Only six wrestlers will qualify for the
second day of the trials. Albright said
he expects to make it to the second
day in both wrestling styles. Fehrs
agrees.
"I would say he is in the top four in
both categories," Fehrs said. "In the
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Greco-Romah, he should be ranked
second behind Pete Lee."
Lee, who wrestled for Ball State
University, was named to the 1980
Olympic team, which the United
States boycotted.
When Albright competes in Iowa,
he will be just another wrestler in
size. Albright said his 350-pound
weight puts him in the middle scale
of heavyweights, which ranges from
220 pounds to more than 400
pounds.
One of those 400-pound wrestlers
Albright said he will compete against
is North Carolina State's Tab
Thacker. Thacker, who tips the scale
at 450 pounds, defeated Albright in
the finals of the NCAA champion
ships this year. It won't be a grudge
match, Albright said.
"That happened in collegiate wres
tling, it's over," he said.
Albright said his chances of making
the Olympic teams could be
enhanced if former Nebraska team
mates Jim and Bill Scherr do well
"WeVe been wrestling together for
a while and it helps me get pumped
up by having them around," he said.
For now, Albright said he plans to
train and lose weight in preparation
for next year's collegiate season.
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