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Kbhoima This Week Swatters Supreme Strictly ECushner Tuesday, April 22, 1952 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN By MARSHALL KUSHNER Giro Snorts Editor ' IMIU Bali Tea IPlays. ifli In the Friday. ADrll 18 issue of The Daily Nebraskan, the sport page carried a story concerning the Nebraska track team and the V difficulties they were expected to encounter in traveling to their si dual meet against Missouri and the Kansas Keiays. It can now be reported that Coach Ed Weir et al, conquered to City cross- This by journeying down Kansas and kbhoima the roaring Missouri Week ing the river at that point. It took a little extra gas, but the Corn-huske- rs Assistant Sports Editor the Aggies and Huskers good lone battle for the Jayhawkeri arrived in time to partake in the dual meet (and ret nipped Baseball Coach Tony Sharpe's pitching opposition. As yet, the with the Huskers this season. by H of a point) and take some third place laurels in the relays. diamondmen will try to come back Sooner mound staff has been un Nebraska will meet Missouri, busy weekend thin All in all. it was a rather for the Nebraska in. the win column this weekend, impressive in early season appear- the early favorite for the Big are itinerary the Drake relays in mm clads, who busy planning their for Seven championship cur- Des Moines this Saturday. when they invade the University ances. and of Oklahoma stamping grounds at Since the Huskers have only rent league leader, while on the 4 L.'.t.l Climbing The Ladder Norman. four home contests remaining road May 12 and 13. The Tigers nave iim v. The Kansas state college atnietic teams The Huskers might need a on their schedule, the KU loss hold a ton 2 wins, no losses t 1 made an amazing comeback from the nightmarish or- t jf, clean sweep of the series in looms as a costly one. The game record. f days ot tne War and post-w- ar era. Not only can to keep in the running for J ' der was to have been the second of The two top-rat- ei teams in I . Manhattan teams be counted on for good battles the Big Seven crown. After two-ga- Friday's the conference, Missouri and Kan- I ,. in football, basketball (and how!) and track, but 6-- 1 a series, but V their setback Saturday at (1-- 0) "" j , sas were scheduled to meet 1 1 r they have also expanded and improved their entire of Kansas at Lincoln, clash was called off because of - the hands Monday and Tuesday of this N ' . athletic department dropped to a sloppy field. the Nebraska club week. Kansas State inaugurated gymnastic competi a third place rating in the con- Under the Big Seven rules, a season. They improved base- Missouri, which won a pair of V tion last have their ference standings. rained-o- ut game is cancelled in ball facilities and have "loosened up" their athletic easy victories over the Kansas The Sooners, champion ball club stead of postponed, as they had week, may fund for supporting and better equipping their lost been in previous years. Under this State Wildcats last last season, have apparently be caught off balance by the tennis and golf teams. ng game the some of their game-winni- dia- - system, Saturday's is club, rap The K-St- officials apparently possess the Javhawk which has idly gaining diamond idealistic belief that the primary purpose of ath- been Kushner letic competition is to induce narticination and prestige. Kansas Coach Hub some top-not- ch skills of various talents to-- improve Ulrich can count on athletic and the participant so as chocking to all-arou- nd from Jack make him a better student and develop better sports- against manship (not that Kansas State stands alone in this belief). Stonestreet, who hurled This could be the explanation liiill the Cornhuskers Saturday. He for all the West Point's "naughty ' a pair cadets" enrolling , t"i ... held Nebraska hitters to oc at Manhattan ... (it could be but . .). singles. ,;S ::;; W::;::-::-- ' WfiWH of You Too Can Take Benzedrine! 5 r - The Wildcats appear to be the Speaking of Kansas State, they've got a whale of an athlete only weak ball club in the cir- I'll down there. He goes under the name of Verl Switzer. cuit. They dropped four straight This fine Negro athlete not only is an football "3 f lpaeue eames last week, losing to s fx Y si .......S 12-- 14-- 1, AWAITING TTIE PITCH . Ray Morgosh, flashy Oklahoma halfback, but doubles as a star trackman on the Wildcat cinder team. j... .". Nebraska, 1 and and Mis Sooner shortstop, will be showing: his defensive prowess in the His football fetes are numerous, but his reputation In the pig- souri, 20-- 1 and 12-- 4. 'me green Oklahoma Infield when the Nebraska baseball team Journeys to skin sport is built around his tackling and blocking ability. His K-S- tat outfit onens Iowa State's Norman for their double header this Friday and Saturday. tackling is the hardest this conference has seen since the days of conference opposition Monday and Tom Novak and Johnny Rapacs of Oklahoma. Tuesday t' Ames. In track, Switzer broad jumps, pole vaults and probably could run the sprints if they put Hadacol on the training table. He won the Big Seven Standings rooklysi Looks conference broad jump title from the Sooner's Neville Price and has W L ' Pet. recorded a leap of 24 feet 3y4 inches this year. Missouri 2 0 1.000 As The Old Goes Kansas 1 0 1.000 Saying Nebraska 2 1 .667 "Monkey's is the craziest peoples." That's the way the old saying Colorado 1 1 500 id Bo NL Hace goes. We contend that if that's true, sports fans are the next in line Oklahoma 1 1 '500 for the honors. Iowa State 0 0 .000 The Brooklyn Dodgers have scheduled in the American league We've had two guest columnists this semester on the sport Kansas State 0 4 .000 gotten off to a fast start in the for Monday. page, Norris Anderson, sports editor of the Lincoln Star, and June Beirbower, sports National league pennant race this Tuesdays slate in the major writer for the Lincoln Journal. leagues up. Both professional sports sportsographics (describers of sports Flood Fund year. The Bums have walked off is all filled The National league, every events to those of you who don't have the latest sport slang diction- The flood crisis has passed In five victories In their first aries) mentioned the lack of Nebraska spirit and prescribed the money is with team will play a double-head- er Omaha but still six starts. weather permitting. Boston will medicine to cure the dreaded disease. needed for the damage it left All early season indications be at Brooklyn; New York will I can recall a very lucid example of this during the past basket in its wake. Contributions to College" arm-cha- ir loqua- that the Dodgers will have no be at Philadelphia; Chicago will ball season. Several "Joe generals were - The Daily Nebraskan flood cious in their shouts of disapproval for Bill Johnson in the first tiilSsiililf fund will help. threat to cope with from the journey to Pittsburgh; and the quarter game. Cincinnati Reds will entertain of a Contributions from anony- New York Giants or any other They verbally crucified Johnson, who was having a rather bad Courtesy The Lincoln State Journal mous donors Monday totaled the St Louis Cards. Jerry Dunn senior circuit team, seem to be In the American league, all sin first quarter. The shouts of antagonism certainly and apparently LEADING HITTERS . Ray Novak and have been four dollars. coming true. gle games, the Philadelphia Ath- weren't providing Johnson any encouragement to shake off his bad leading the Nebraska batters thus far with averages of .290 and University students and fac- fortune that evening, but he finally shook-o- ff the curse and played ulty members still may con- The closest team to Charley letics will go to New York; the .385. Novak has knocked in 16 runs and Dunn 12. It has been Washington Senators jaunt out fine basketball for the remaining three quarters. tribute their share toward this Dressen's Dodgers and ed This is a typical example of what seems to happen in most all hinted that Novak will start against Oklahoma this Friday in the cause. Boston way; Cleveland will visit sports, to finish in the first division this St. Louis; and Detroit will go to Nebraska including criticism of coaches. This is probably pitchers position. term are the St. Louis Cardinals, Comiskey park for a game with a typical example of what occurs in most colleges throughout the country. You might call it "sports nature." mond talent. They are wedged in who are currently two games off the White Sox. league with a The best game of the day looks Oh well, we're not going to solve the problem in this writing and fifth place in the the pace. we don't plan to dedicate this space for preaching good sportsman- 1- -1 season record to date. Okla- like it might come from St. Louis do no more than The Cincinnati Reds and Chi- where the Indians will throw Mike ship, but many fans forget good sportsmanship is good sense and homa could cago Cubs are riding; high, but vice-vers- a. split with the Colorado Buffaloes Garcia against Jimmy Byrne of ween are not expected to be up there the Brownies.
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