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The Benchvjarmer Homers Give Giants Edge Over Dodgers Tuesday, October 2, 1951 THE DAILY NEBRASKAM PAGE Warriors, Phi Delts, Sig Chis, The Benchvjarmer Homers Give Giants By BOB BANKS It was natural then that a lot Sports Editor of keenly disappointed people left Observing the national sports-writer- 's Memorial Stadium Saturday. To disappointed, we Fijis Win IM Football Contests reactions to the Corn-husk- er those who were Edge defeat last Saturday can only say it was their own Over Dodgers BY DOUG WILCOX The second ffnme nf thf rlav was 13, PI Kappa Phi 0. very interesting. fault. Sports Reporter the should be Staff tilt between the boys of Phi In this game Reynolds passed to For was these same individ- a brought Friday of Kappa it But there could .still .be By ARLEY BONDARIN the New Yorkers from Last the results the Psi and Sigma Chi. Darrell Heiss for two touchdowns uals who gave Nebraska such a brighter side to the picture. At behind. tilt between the Warriors and the The score at the end of the and then completed the scoring tremendous buildup in their pre- least a lot more people will have Sports Staff Reporter could not be reported be- 27-- by passing to for extra Tridents fourth quarter was 0 in favor Keiss the season grid reviews. Scan back their feet flat on the ground now In the eighth inning. Irvin, cause neither team could be con- of the Sigma point. any Chi's. through almost national sport instead of floating about on a The baseball Giants of New Giant cleanup man, iced the game tacted. The main Saturday there was a tilt be- publications, and you will soon bids unde- Thursday these squads played problem for Phi sunbeam of bowl and York City are in the driver's seat, for the Giants as he clouted a Kappa Psi was the small num- tween the Presbyterian house and realize the tremendous amount of feated seasons. And that, to our nothing homer into the far reaches of the and the final score was Warriors Newman In which and short of a small ber of boys available at the the club the publicity that came our way. way of thinking, is definitely for atomic bomb will be able to knock Ebbets bleachers. This was the 28 and the Tridents 0. game. Newmans emerged victorious. But since Texas Christian eighteenth The Warriors have a history the better. them off the lofty perch they oc- home run hit off first few minutes of play took Bill Glassford's team into 3-- Branca season. Ten which is quite interesting. The touchdowns were made In the Despite the loss, a good deal can cupy after Monday's dramatic 1 this of the Three on the Newman club caught the camp so very thoroughly, it is homers have been collected by ago group or- passes by Carr Trumball to salvaged from 1951 victory over the faltering Brook- the years a of freshman Presbyterian team behind the line a good bet that many a noted still be 'the Giants, with accounting ganized a basketball team. These Carl Ofe, Larry Dunning, Dick season, as long as we do not ex- lyn Dodgers in the first game of Irvin for Cordell and Jim Downey. of scrimmage and forced them sports scribe will start revising the playoff to decide the National five. same boys played basketball to- of goal a safety. his original notes on the 1951 pect too much. Defensive stars wero back the for League pennant winner. gether for the next two years and Pat ivrn. Phil Eyen of the Newman club football campaign. Eight games are still left on In the bottom of the eighth today have registered for the in- Nally and John Dean of the Sigma sparked the win over the Presby- the schedule in which the Husk-e- rs the frame, the Dodgers never a team tramural football season. Chi's. The Durochermen, playing to go got terians as he passed to Bill Grlf- - That, however, is hardly worth will have ample opportunity type of characterized down without a fight, These same boys are also com- Next on schedule except ball that has two men on as the saw Phi fen and Jim Edenberger for a TD. mentioning for a bit of idle to prove themselves. A lot of their amazing late season spurt to with one down, peting in the intramural golf tour- Gamma Delta beat Kappa Sigma Also late in the game Eyen curiosity. questions concerning the relative Gil Hodges singled and Billy Cox 6-- the top, defeated the Dodgers in nament. 0 in game highlighted by al- passed to Ronold Dunn for an ex- The main point to be consid- and weakness which walked. At this point, Manager Scott Cast of most strength their own back yard, Ebbets Field, the Warriors continuous passing by both tra point. ered is the fact that the Corn- perhaps, even Glassford did not over Dressen inserted Jim Russell, re- passed for two touchdowns, an teams. before a hysterical crowd of cently The outstanding run of the huskers should not have been so know have been answered. And 30,000, as most exciting base recalled from Montreal, as extra point and ran for another Percy Curtis the a pinch and Ed Bers of game was made by Glen Ostik highly publicized in the first the game gave an armful of ball season in the history of the hitter for Branca. Russell touchdown. Kappa 0-- 12 Si?ma tossed the nlcskin who went over for a touchdown place. As we recall Glassford freshman and sophomores the game since being recalled, prompt- Cast passed, to Marvin Laughten to Tomy Witty drew near its climax. ly grounded and Buck Everett for the Newman team. turned a deaf ear to the many of badly-need- ed expe- into a double play, one TD passed to for long benefit for and then gains, while Rich Olson The final score in this was 21 who were predicting such great rience. It also gave the Nebraska Charlie Dressen called on Big Dark to Stanky to Lockman. Dick Wallintine for 6 points. of the Phi Gams threw a myriad to 0 in favor of Newman club. feats yea. this coaching staff an opportunity to Ralph Branca to shoulder the re- The Dodgers went Later in the game Cast made of passes, most of which were The games for this afternoon Furthermore, sports team did frantic all local see exactly what its sponsibility of halting the resur- out in the final st&nza, a 20 yard run for another touch incomplete. are: writers cast questioning .glances not have. but their down. The extra point was made away and did gent Giants. Branca, one of the efforts proved to be in vain. Carl John Sinclair broke early Field 1, Sigma Alpha Epsilon B toward some of the things their seven chuckers paraded to the hill on a pass from Cast to Jerry in the fourth quarter on a 40 yard vs. Alpha Tau Omega B. colleagues on the national scene Furillo filed out to open the in- Strasheim. run in the Dodgers thrilling 14 in- ning. Pee Wee Reese then worked down the sidelines for the Field 2, Phi Delta Theta B vs. were scribbling. And we believe Now that we do know some of 9-- ning 8 defeat of the Phillies the The score was then 26 to 0, Fijis. Sigma Nu B. this area nre a answers, let's keep our feet Hearn for a base on balls, the writers around in the day before, responded by giving given Dodgers but Strasheim still not satisfied, The one-tw- o punch of Darrell Field 3, Sigma Chi Wvs. Sigma better position ta know the true on the ground. Glassford was and second to the all blocked a kick by the Tridents it all he had, but it was not quite afternoon by the Giant right- Heiss and Roily Reynolds of Phi Epsilon B. state of Cornhusker footbill than is doing a swell job for us. enough, as his old nemesis, the caused to down word-talcnte- hander. Dangerous Duke Snider and them their Farm House was the determining Field 4, Theta Xi B vs. Delta are .their d coll- As most of us remember, he ball, to his ball in the end zone and 2 factor gopher proved be then slapped a wicked grounder in their win over the Pi Tau Delta B. eagues, most of whom have not took over the football reins when downfall. points. Kappa Phis. Field 5, Warriors vs. Presby even seen Nebraska play recently. Nebraska was having some of the towards first which Whitey Lock-m- an The outstanding player of the The final score was Farmhouse House. Unfortunately, though, many worst seasons in its history. Both handled cleanly, stepping on game was Cast who repu- Durocher countered with Jim threw to second and Reese was Scott was the to digest gridiron and his 16-- fans chose the glittering his record Hearn who owns record of 9 caught passing sensation for the War- words the national publications tation as an individual at the Uni- in a rundown, finally be- in for the season. Hearn, winner of ing tagged out by Stanky. Pan- riors. better-qualifi- ed speak themselves. He Ed instead of the versity for 2 out of 5 with the Dodgers, game played on Fri- Cornhuskers Dob-biri- demonium broke out as the de- The first Green s, opinions of Glassford, Walt has brought us a long ways, and pitched magnificently in the day was the game between Phi Gregg McBride will take us a lot further in lirious Giants mobbed Hearn and Dick Becker, he pinches to hold the Bums at bay.
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