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Tuesday, May 10, 955 THE NEBRASKAN - Traveling Along --The Big Leaguer The Sports Trail St. Louis Cardinals By LEO SEEKER JR. Sports Staff Writer Picked As Darkhorse I'm not usually a banner-wavin- g, mouth-foamin- g crusader. I . Kuri nf inrii i'..-a-- torn from the calendar and & dont get excited at political rallies or advocate the lynching of my baseball season is in full bloom, the experts are beginning to put their landlord, but apain last Saturday something hap- reputations or. the line in predicting me op warn m ae rcscvwvw pened that made my stomach boiL leagues. The University Innocents Society picked IS new In the American they seem to foresee a three team struggle be- members at the Ivy Day ceremonies and not one tween the New York Yankea, Cleevland Indians and the Chicago of them was a Husker athlete. What is the trouble? jj White Scot, with the Yanks given tne noa. However, we snuaucu Dont athletes participate In enough ae-- 1 5 different in the senior circuit, with all teams but the Chicago Cubs and tivities? I aw1 I t Pittirgli Pirates given a chance. This is not something new for this society. It 1 "? However, the opinion of the experts seems to predict that G I V all started in 1952 hen a fellow by the name of I Milwaukee Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers will be the top two with Bobby Reynolds selected Innocent. I was not as an J 1954 pennant-winnin- g Giants a close third. But a darkhorse seem - the Reynolds was only an for the Univer- I to loom in the National League, a team taai coma upset toe appjecan. sity in football, had better-than-averag-e grades mr mow ft and was popular with the student body. Why did . ' St. Louis Cardinals ... I be miSS? Cmrtns Llncfrn Stiff This darkhorse that I am referring to Is the St Louis Cardmals. Since that time there have been many others who should have As a team last year, they led both leagues in batting with a respect- been members of Innocents that just never seemed to be chosen - V. able .285. But one item barricaded them from finishing in first place, by these men. r their pitching. As a result, they finished a dismal sixth, 27 games o3 Some of these were Bob Oberlia, the standout center for three the Giants pace. years on the football team, an outstanding engineering student, and a The bulk of their mound staff fell on the shoulders of two burlers, for scholas- 18-1- 15-- person picked by sportswriters all over the United States Harvey Eaddix with as S mark and Brooks Lawrence with a 5 well-like- d tic honors; Jim OdrrdaM, the fine baseballer and record. Eaddix, a Jo-ga- winner in "53 was so overworked to the Reaisel-me- n, campus leader; Jim Hafstetter, pole-vault- er deluxe; Gary stretch last year that be faltered in the late stages. Lawrence, th Dave Gradwohl and Norm Velteer. There are many more too big righthander, didnt Join the mound staff until the middle of June. numerous to mention at this time. If a Cornhusker athlete who spends something like 15 hours a week Strong Pitching Corps ... In any sport can maintain even average grades and is also well-like- d But this year the story could be different. Besides Eaddix and '1 by the majority of students, isn't be doing as much good for your 'I Lawrence, manager Eddie Stanky has been getting some top pitching University as being in all sorts of "busy work" activities. If not, the from Tom Poholsky plus rookies Larry Jackson, Lea Array and definition of the phrase, service to your University" should be ex- Gordon Jones. way about this plained to mwny on this campus who feel the same From the relief staff, rookies Bobby Tiefenhauer and Serb Vco problem as this writer. Smith and Palu LaPalme bare brought i. Saturday. The ford, plus the veterans Frank We are not trying to degrade the IS men selected delight to the Cardinals. Smith was acquired this year in a deal thai just the idea 4 majority of these are an honor to Nebraska, but it's sen Gerry Staley and Ray Jablonski to the Cincinnati Redlegs. that someone has to be in at least five of these ''busy work" activities Turning to the infield, one of baseball's greatest, Stan Husial VI before he is hardly considered for this group. switch-hittin- g Red Schofwiist at second, Alex Uni- at first base, the V In our opinion if a fellow who makes for a is rknt By Bi Baker shortstop and rookie Ken Beyer at third. versity, a fellow who can vault near 14 feet or a fellow who is con- Kwka Grammas at sidered one of the finest basebaHers in the Big Seven, isnt the caliber RecTbird Outfield group should Finish ... of men they want in this Innocents Society, then this Flying In the Redbird outfield is Rip Repulski, la left, currenCy leading Iowa Rookie-of-the-Ye- V bang up their red robes. Breaking the tape with a with a time of 10.4 in the dual ond and Philrono Oft) of XL batting, year's ar WaEy Moon to cen- students at Nebraska the ia last Another suggestion is to make clear to the grimace. Graves of Iowa State meet Friday. Brien Hendricksen State was third in the closest ter, and yearling Bill Virdon ia right on which hurts the athletes 190-yar- that these IS are picked mostly activities, (right) wins the d dash of Nebraska (center) was sec race of the afternoon. On the utility side is SoSy Eemos, Earry Elliot, Tom Alston, Jot which is rated higher than because tbey are trying to earn their N, Frazier and Joe Cunningham. any office in activities. the catching department is Del Rice and Bill Sard. SarrJ took laugh. The popular concept In The whole situation is somewhat of a over for Rice last year wbea Del was injured and 114 games bit aa of this campus is that these IS men each year are the top fellows lovia State Smothers Muckers In Track scholarship even --3M. in categories such as leadership,, popularity, athletics, The Cards have started out strong this year and Redbird fast and activities. are hoping this is the year. It could be. As is true of many other mixed up things around Nebraska nothing will probably be done to correct this wrong. If this society Friday As Tvio Dual ii.eef Records Fall "has enough time in between their ""busy work" activities and super- vising Ivy Day next year, the recommendation of considering some By BRUCE BRUGMAXX old standard of --1 erected by IM Spring Iowa in ' outstanding athletes might help put this society back where it should Spurts Editor BiH Schnaake of State 5P, ' ' be on the Nebraska campus. Two dual meet records toppled 1940. Jim Stewart and Bob Clark of For a Career Athletes, who conduct themselves Tike gentle- Friday afternoon as the Iowa State Iowa State and Nebraska's Stan Golf Scores men and are also outstanding in the field of sports, Cyclones raced by Nebraska, SO Matzke combined forces to estab- 2-- 3, lish new record. will and are still the top men of Nebraska's cam- "'1 S to 50 on the scorched, wind the meet V '4. pus even though they may not wear the red robes blown cinders of Memorial Sta- Matzke, a retread athlete from flxcl nrnimr! Ttrv TBV with a SCOwlinE fBCC dium. the basketball team, Jies only been Held Up X ; &Sg!htMd American basl Everything is not cjuiet on the Nebraska front, , Jousting continually with unpre- working out with Jerry Lee's years ' Results of the second round cess denaends thai lis tcpr especially when many know that in recent dictable gusts of wind, Cyclones trackmen for a week and a half. i be many prominent athletes were "passed over" by 1, Ken MaHas and Harold Mullison On practice nights lie has cleared (fc! matches of the intramural spring mMtn specially B-- trained to fcancHe faraSga the Innocents. cleared the pole Tault and barely nudged the bar golf tournament played Saturday three-quarte-rs 6-- . mmxwm operations. For remua-- A few athletes may be in panty raids, have mark by a scant off at 5. r . I hare been held up due to some a ' according college of an inch. The twosome each left ercEre end eosfriao career low scholarship, and not dress to Only Three Firsts question concerning fheir Talidty. the standing bet- ta standards, but in our opinion the majority are the crossbar at ISt, The Huskers could squeeze out 13-fo- will acouaint- - tering Harold Hunt's ot mark These results be listed in a fmnct trrm m nprsmi tares to have as only three firsts as Iowa State set 1940. edition df The Jfebraskan. ances. in snapped op an early lead and were later FOMISt XH1B Nebraska athlete made Time - We wonder what would happen if some First Over never headed or seriously threat- The intramural bait casting tourn- years, kept over a six average, and was popular For MaHas the 18-fo-ot plus effort three ened, v cr with the students? Would be be an Innocent? was the first tone this year be 13-fo- Lee Carter ambled to victory The comments in the Ivy Day Racing Form would probably say topped the ot strata. MulMson, in NU Athletes Needed the two-mi- le with slow 10:44.2 FOEEKH chances slim, having not spent enough time for who took second place in the Drake run a SEEYISS Terrific person, but n 4 13-- hampered considerably by the heat f To Sel! Concessions University the activities circle." Relays with a 6 arc, ctid not at- W the in and strong crosswinds.

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