The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, September 15, 1988, Page 16, Image 15

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    Nine Huskers held out Wednesday
HUSKERS from Page 15
because I want to get serioi > aU '
this thing.”
“Of course the other tning about
is that if you got a guy who is a liu e
bit beat up, it is probably smart to hoi J
him out now instead of get him out
there and aggravate it and have it
carrying over into next week. That is
kind of the way it is with (defensive
back) Lorenzo (Hicks) and probably
with Steve Taylor and some of these
guys. If we were playing Saturday,
they probably would have practiced
today.”
Nebraska’s injury list includes:
• Senior quarterback Steve Tay
lor: sprained ankle
• Senior wingback Dana Brinson:
neck injury
• Sophomore strong safety Reggie
Cooper: sore knee
• Senior tight end Todd Millikan:
ill
• Senior leftguard Andy Keeler: ill
• Senior left comerback Lorenzo
Hicks: pulled groin
Senior defensive tackle Willie
Ot. n practiced but went in the !ock
cirv n early with a sore knee,
Osborne said.
Osborne said most of those players
sh< hi Id practice today. The exception
is junior Ray Ya'ladao, who had his
knee scoped Wednesday, and will
probably be out .’or 10 days or two
weeks. Osborne said ;hey found a
slight cartilage tear in Valladao’s
knee. Junior fullback Sam Schmidt,
who injured his ankle in the UCLA
game, is still on crutches and Osborne
said it may be next week before
Schmidt returns to practice.
Fullback Bryan Carpenter, a jun
ior who bruised a hand in the UCLA
game, practiced Wednesday. Os
borne said senior Tyreesc Knox con
tinues to practice at fullback.
Knox had played fullback earlier
in his Nebraska career before switch
ing to I-back. Osborne said Knox will
give the Huskers added depth at full
back for road games. He said that
Carpenter was the only fullback who
was healthy enough to play against
UCLA, despite his bruised hand.
Sophomore Kenny Walker also
s" ched this week Torn linebacker to
ik .iisivc tackle.
Osborne said the Cornhuskers are
going to start "zeroing in” on Arizona
State today.
“We belter be ready for these
guys,” Osborne said. "I saw their Illi
nois film and they re pretty good.”
Men golfers
nab third place
By Bryan Thomas
Staff Reporter
At one point in the Kansas
Invitational golf tournament,
the Cornhuskers were only two
strokes out of 2nd place, but
difficult greens widen that gap
to 10 strokes by the end of the
third and final day.
The Huskers, who finished
3rd behind Kansas and Mis
souri, did not play up to their full
potential said Larry Romjuc,
men’s golf coach. The team
I couldn’t expect to finish any
j nettcr than second because
Kansas is such a good team and
had the home course advantage,
- -aid.
Kansas won the 36-holc
j tournament w ah a team uual of
K7(). Missouri placed 2nd with
j *700, Nebraska scored 910. and
V- ichita State carded a 9| 7 for
4th place. Oklahoma City,
I Southwest Missouri Slate and
i mporta State completed the
field.
Nebraska’s next tournament
is the Fort Worth (Texas)
Invitational Sept. 25-27.
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Massengale approves lights at Buck Beltzer
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Martin Massengale has
approved plans to install lights at Buck Beltzer Field, the home field for
Nebraska's baseball team.
Massengale made his decision early this week, said John Peters,
associate to the chancellor.
On Sept. 8, the UNL Central Planning Committee accepted athletic
department plans to install the lights. Massengale had final say on the
project.
Campus Rec films football game
Campus recreation filmed its first football game this season at the
fields east of Mabel Lee Hall at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The game was
between The Connection, last year’s University of Nebraska-Lincoln
co*recreational champion, and The Brew Crew.
The game will 1* broadcast on Lincoln’s channel 5 Sept. 22 at 10
p.m. Jeff Schmahl,a sports anchorman for KOLN/KG1N television, wil 1
be the guest announcer.
UNL soccer club team victorious
Nebraska’s soccer club team defeated Concordia Tuesday 3-0 in
Seward with goals by Chris Weindel, Doug Miller and Lane Kent.
The victory raised Nebraska’s record to 2-1. It was Nebraska’s first
shutout of the season.
Nebraska struck first when Weindel, a former all-state player from
Millard North, beat three Concordia defenders for his 4th goal of the
season.
“It wasapretty incredible goal,”said team spokesman K. vm I.ang.
Twenty minutes into the 2nd half. Nebraska >truck again w hen Miller
scored on a cross from Kent.
Nebraska's final goal came when Kent w as tripped in the penalty box
and converted a penalty kkk.
Nebraska plays the University of Nebraska at Omaha toua\ it 7 p.m
at Camglia Field.
Nebraska football presentation
James Sherwood, assistant professor of history at the I ni verstiy ol ;
Nebraska-Lincoln, will present “The Experience of Plavmg Nebraska *
Football ' today at noon in the State Museum of History, 1 >ih and P i
streets.
Sherwood's presentation will examine Nebraska football from both
historical and cultural perspectives. Sherwood is the author of the 1987
University of Nebraska Press book, “Nebraska Football: The Coaches,
The Players, The Experience.” His presentation is part of the museum’s
Brown Bag lecture series, and is funded by the Nebraska Committee for
the Humanities.
Gambler tells losing story
GREEN from Page 15
Jim placed the bet on three night
games and — what a surprise! — lost
all three.
“If I could tell you how close I
came to suicide that night . . Jim
said, shaking his head as his voice
trailed off.
There was no need lor him to finish
his sentence. The tears streaming
down his checks did that for him.
That Saturday night was a sleep
less one for Jim. He now owed Lin
coln bookies S7,1(X) and had run up
charges of S33,(XX) on three credit
cards. Needless to say, the amount
was well over his limit. He now laced
severe credit penalties and eager
bookies at his doorstep, holding out
their hands.
“The only thing left lor me to do
was to get help from my parents,” Jim
said. “That was probably the hardest
thing I’ve ever had to do.”
Jim said he didn’t know how diffi
cult it was until he actually phoned his
parents the next day.
He said his parents were “about as
understanding as they could have
been” under the circumstances, and
that they’ve still not recovered finan
cially from bailing him oul.
As a result, Jim, 21, had to quit
school and get a full-time job in his
hometown. After the debts were fi
nally paid, there wasn’t enough
money for Jim to continue college.
His parent’s savings account was
completely wiped out.
His father, who had retired nine
years ago from his own business, was
forced to get a job.
“It was by far the stupidest thing
I’ve ever done,” Jim said. “Of course,
when you’re gambling, stupidity is
common. You just can't see it. When
someone else tells you how dumb it is
to bet, you ignore them.
“My ignorance cost me 40 grand.”
Jim said he has learned from his
lesson and that he now tries to dis
courage his friends who want to start
gambling. All he has to do, he said, is
to tell them his story.
“I haven’t even begun to put my
life back together,” Jim said. “But it’s
something I’ vc got to do. I’m only 21
and I can’t give up. Gambling is no
longer part of my life. It can’t be.
“The only bet I’m making for the
rest of my life is that I’ll turn my life
around."
That’s one bet Jim can’t afford to
lose.
flreen is a news-editorial and criminal
Justice major, and is the Daily Nebraskan’s
copy desk chief and First Down Magazine
editor.
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