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Hintoln Journal Friday, November 11, 1977 23 Sports 1 Jayhawks stand between Huskers and OU shootout 't fife I (fl i LI A Monte Anthony-FB Bellevue Tom Davis-C Omaha Husker class of Randy Garcia-QB Los Angeles, Calif, Larry Valasek-DS Silver Creek Stan Waldemore-OT Rene Anderson-DC Belleville, N.J. Los Angeles, Calif. Jeff Pullen-MG Central City Tony Samuel-DE Jersey City, N.J. Ted Harvey-DB Lexington Rocke Loken-SE Littleton, Colo. "III'- 41 II 4 1 2 yt 1974 9-3-0 1975 10-2-0 1976 Players' comments, page 24 Ed Burns-QB Omaha Brett Moritz-OG Osmond By Virgil Parker Sports Editor With 24 seniors ready to don a Big Red uniform for the last time in Memorial Stadium, the Nebraska Cornhuskers are set to host the Kansas Jayhawks in a Big Eight Conference football clash Saturday.

Although Coach Tom Osborne's club will be heavily favored, the game has special significance for the Huskers. A victory will set up another "shootout showdown" with Oklahoma for at least a share of the conference title and a berth in the Orange Bowl. A loss would immediately relegate the Huskers to a minor post-season bowl game. Nebraska enters the matchup with a 7-2 record on the season and a history of handling Kansas with ease in recent years. The Huskers have won the last eight meetings between the two schools by a combined score of 286-49.

Half of the eight have been by shutout scores of 55-0, 56-0, 56-0 and 16-0. But the trio of lopsided games all came in Lawrence. The Jayhawks have been much tougher to subdue in Lincoln. Nebraska won the last two in Lincoln by 10-9 and 16-0 scores, while another in the Capital City was a narrow 21-17 victory. While Coach Bud Moore's visitors have won just two games this fall, while losing six and tying one, the Jayhawks did manage to post a 14-12 triumph over Washington State, a team which handed Nebraska a 19-10 opening-game setback.

Nebraska, which holds a 59-21-3 advantage in the overall series as the two schools await their 84th meetings, will go without the services of several key starters because of injury. Quarterback Tom Sorley is definitely out. Randy Garcia, who has shared the top spot with Sorley, will get the opening call. Seldom-used senior Ed Burns will be his backup. The Huskers' top two middle guards Jeff Pullen and Kerry Weinmaster aren't expected to see action.

Neither is center Tom Davis. Starting defensive tackle Rod Horn underwent knee surgery Friday morning. On the brighter side of the coin, I-back Isaiah Hipp and linebacker James Curtis Craig-WB Davenport, Iowa Jeff Carpenter-LB Council Bluffs, Iowa 77 9-3-1 1977 Reg Gast-DE Lincoln James Wightman-LB Omaha Dave Sittler against Kansas. Some weight added to his lanky frame and the brashness given way to congeniality, Garcia will quickly tell you how much he enjoys Lincoln. Now he wonders how the hell he could have ever thought about leaving the place.

Randy Garcia has matured. Ah, maturity. Slick Davis has a corner on the magic stuff, also. Now an ail-American center candidate, Tom doesn't talk about being obnoxious anymore. He says maturity has taught him how silly that must have sounded.

The fellow he tossed through the window is now a good friend. And Monte Anthony. Like Davis, this was going to be an ail-American year for Monte. Some sports writers even dared to whisper the words Heisman Trophy Itm-nnTinirintMMMBBftifrtii twmwi Aoni ffmtiw-iiMil "fmjimmkmm'- irt Thanks for the memories, NU seniors Instant Replay Lineups By every day you get a shot at rubbing shoulders with Tough Tony. -And the days have certainly flitted away since Tom Davis, better known as "Slick," stood in front of his locker telling anyone who cared to listen that he was basically an obnoxious person and didn't really give a damn if anyone liked it or not.

It was that attitude that prompted Davis to toss a former Omaha North teammate through a glass window the first day they arrived on the Lincoln campus. Yep, all those things and thousands more came from the 24 gents who'll bid adiau Saturday to the stadium they helped fill the past few football seasons. Randy Garcia will be there. Matter of fact, he'll be the starting quarterback Dodie Donnell-FB Hackensack, N.J. Greg Jorgensen-OG Minden Ken Spaeth-TE Kent Smith-M Thief R.F., Minn.

Mahnomen, Minn. Larry Young-DE Jersey City, N.J. Steve Markus-LB Kearney Randy Rick-DE Dubuque, Iowa Mark Detresne-TE Ventura, Calif. back when the young Anthony was ripping up the league with tough Tony' Davis. But Anthony carried the weight of the Nebraska offense on his shoulders so long he finally proved to be mortal by slowing down a game or two.

Since he's had more injuries than most teams combined, his all-American dreams are gone. But Monte will be there Saturday, shaking off the effects of yet another injury, this one to his neck. Now a fullback, and an athlete who has learned to cope with disappointment, he'll be the same old Anthony against the Jayhawks doing whatever is needed to help his team win. Writing about only three seniors probably isn't fair to the other 21 who have toiled just as long and matured just as admirably as Garcia, Davis and Anthony. But what space doesn't allow, memories will enrich.

There's that word memories again. Shoot, Gordon McRae will be on hand once again to belt out the national anthem. Maybe he could add a few bars of "Thanks for the Memories." Bob Hope wouldn't mind, and 76,000 fans plus a few guys up in the press box would love it. felt better, but he couldn't run all out. "The doctors said, 'Stretch it, stretch it, run, run, he said.

"I tried that and the more I ran the more I hurt it. I can run under control, but if I go all out, I'll pull it for sure." He characterized his contribution to this year's effort as shakey. He has three receptions and has picked up slightly more than 200 yards in returns. "It's been a letdown for me," he said. "The biggest thing is to keep a positive attitude going." To that end, he bought himself a full length mink coatfor traveling.

"I might as well look good if I can't be' good," he said. Gym stars By Randy York Prep Sports Editor Like most quality athletes, Omaha South's Jim Hartung and Phil Cahoy did not overnight. Nebraska's premier prep gymnasts of all time were accomplishing feats in grade school that high school standouts merely dream about. "I could tell then they were going to be super," offers John Scheer, the head judge for the state meet, which opened Thursday night at the NU Sports Complex. "Jim was doing back doubles (flips) on the floor when he was 10 years old and Phil was doing full difficulty sidehorse sets in sixth grade.

There are only three athletes in this meet doing full difficulty sidehorse sets." Jefferson Grade School at 42nd and Grover streets in Omaha was a nice place to practice, but Hartung soon started perfecting skills in his basement. "We made a sidehorse first," his' father, Jim, recalls. "I got an old transmission and drilled holes in a high, line pole to make one. As long as the kids' 1 ill I fr i i1 ion Gls Wightman, both appear murh improved and will be ready for fulltime duty. The Jayhawks ranks have also been badly thinned by injury in recent weeks.

As a result. Coach Moore will have 35 freshmen and sophomores on his 55-man traveling squad. Kansas has lost the services for the season of starting defensive end Jim German; No. 1 linebacker Don Pile: and starting offensive guard Greg Woods. In addition, linebacker John Calovich and starting cornerback Jimmy Little are doubtful for Saturday.

Quarterbacking is the key to success for the wishbone formation, the offense the Jayhawks favor. Yet that has been an unsettled position all season. Mark Vicendese opened the campaign at the signal calling spot. But he'll start at split end against the Huskers. Junior college transfer Brian Bethke took over early in the year, then lost out to freshman Jeff Hines.

Bethke won the job back again last week as the Javhawks downed cross-state rival K-State, 29-21. The quarterback woes show up in the statistics. The wishbone, which demands excellent ball handling technique, has instead resulted in 31 Kansas fumbles this fall. The Jayhawks have lost 21 of them." The pass-completinn-lnterception ratio is almost as bad. Of 97 attempts, the Jayhawksave completed just 34, while 11 have been picked off by the enemy defenses, "We could be a competitive team if we could eliminate the mistakes on offense," Moore says of his-club.

"They have been our downfall. We blamed them on our youth early in the year. I can't buy that any more." Osborne has been warning his players against a complacent attitude. "Kansas is having a disappointing season, but Coach Moore and his players are capable of beating us or anyone else. We did not play our best against Washington State or Iowa State and it cost us.

We don't want that kind of thing to happen again." Another capacity crowd of 76,000 the 94th consecutive Memorial Stadium -sellout is expected for the 1 30 kickof playoff finals Class C-2 Ansley (100) vs. RepirbJican Valley (10-1), at McCook, 7:30 p.m. Class Coleridge (10-1) at Bancroft (11-0), 7.30 p.m. Eight-man Adams (11-0) at Hampton (11-0), played in afternoon. slipped to fifth, and the trampoline where defending state champion Larry Bushon was the leader.

"It's too bad Nebraskans don't realize what they have a chance to see or this place would be packed," Scheer Mid during a break in the action. "Bart Conners (now a sophomore at Oklahoma) represented the U.S. at the Olympics in Montreal right after graduating from high school in Illinois," Scheer points out. "Both Hartung and Cahoy are better than Conners at the same stage." Hartung and Cahoy compete in every event seriously except the Hartung ranked second behind Bushon Thursday night. Cahoy was not among the leaders.

"I'm scared to death of the thing," Cahoy admits. "It's a great training aid while you're suspended in a harness. But I never work on one except in a meet. Even then I keep my routine very sale." Friday's finals will start at 6 p.m. at the indoor track facility.

It will mark Hartung and Cahoy's final prep performance together. Results, see Scoreboard Nebraska offense Kansas No Name ht wt yr pos 86 Spaeth 6-5 230 Sr. TE So. 215 6-6 Criswell 88 73 Clark 6-4 250 Jr. LT So.

240 6-2 Fletcher 75 63 Jorgensen 6-2 235 Sr. LG Sr. 225 5-11 Mascarello 62 57 Davis 6-3 238 Sr. Jr. 240 6-4 Wellman 54 68 Lindquist 6-6 250 Jr.

RG So. 260 6-5 Gay 67 62 Waldemore 6-4 260 Sr. RT Sr. 265 6-6 Mason 64 84 Smith 6-3 194 So. SE Jr.

185 6-0 Vicendese 15 18 Garcia 6-1 196 Sr. jr. 190 5-11 Bethke 17 32 Hipp 6-0 200 So. IB Sr. 195 6-1 Campfield 23 45 Donnell 6-2 219 Sr.

FB Sr. 215 6-2 Banks 36 33 Craig 5-11 183 Sr. WB Jr. 195 6-1 Ediger 37 Nebraska Defense Kansas 98 Samuel 6-3 210 Sr. LE Sr.

250 6-3 Dinkel 93 54 Cotton 6-5 245 Jr. LT Jr. 230 6-5 Beal 53 65 Lee 6-1 218 So. MG Jr. 225 6-0, Algee 78 75 Poeschl 6-9 270 Jr.

RT Fr. 255 6-5 Odell 68 96 Andrews 6-4 223 Jr. re Jr. 220 6-3 Calovich 94 37 Carpenter 1 6-1 218 Sr. LB Fr.

215 6-3 Young 52 38 Kunz 6-3 206 Jr. LB So. 225 6-2 Carbonell 96 29 Pillen 6-0 193 Jr. Mon. Sr.

190 5-10 Rowe 25 31 Harvey 5-10 175 Sr. CB Sr. 180 5-11 Ricks 2 Anderson 6-2 175 Sr. CB Sr. 200 6-1 Fitch 13 4 Valasek 5-10 160 Sr.

So. 180 6-0 Irvin 47 Hamstring pull keeps i Rodgerson the sidelines Picks Virgil Parker Kickolf 1:30 p.m.. Memorial Stadium. Broadcasts KLIN, KFOR, KFAB, WOW, KRNU-FM. Bob Hope won't be there to sing it, but many of the 76,000 fans will feel a tug at their hearts Saturday as they thank 24 Nebraska seniors for some mighty fine memories.

Twenty six victories to date, a Bluebonnet Bowl win over upstart Texas Tech, a dramatic' victory over Alabama, a gallant stretch run these past few weeks just a few of the memories left by the 24 young men. Was it really four years ago a skinny, brash Los Angeles kid named Randy Garcia stood on the sidelines a damaged knee holding him out of practice and admitted he didn't know what the hell he was even doing in Lincoln, Matter of fact, he'd packed his bags a couple times, and hightailed it west only to change his mind. And was it that long ago that a precocious Monte Anthony, fresh out of a Bellevue Chieftain uniform, suddenly found himself in the same backfield with tough Tony Davis? Hell bent to make it at Nebraska as a freshman, Anthony ignored the pain of a shoulder injury suffered in a high school all-star game jiist a few weeks earlier. Afterall, it's not' Big Eight Nebraska 35, Kansas 10 Enough is enough. Even with tongue in cheek I can't claim to be serious that the Jayhawks can upset the Huskers in this one.

Our "system" has served its purpose. I realize, after all the talk about superstition, that it will be all my fault if Nebraska doesn't win. But, there's too much on the line. Final home game for the seniors. A chance to set up a showdown game for the Orange Bowl and a share of the Big Eight championship.

It will take more than a hex to keep the Huskers from winning this one. Oklahoma 42, Colorado 17 The Sooners aren't going to slow down. They're still looking at an unbeaten conference campaign, a clearcut championship and an Orange Bowl bid. A Colorado victory wouldn't do Nebraska any good as far as the Orange Bowl is concerned. It would just tarnish the Nov.

25th shootout and make the Sooners mad. Iowa State 28, Kansas State 7 Pity the poor Wildcats. They're on their way to another winless Big Eight season and a second straight 1-10 record. Iowa State still is looking for a bowl bid and will be fighting back from the loss to Colorado. Oklahoma State 21, Missouri 10 If Pete Woods were able to play I'd call this the other way.

But Mizzou won't have much offense without him. Terry Miller will get his usual 100 yards and three touchdowns for the Cowboys and that will be enough. East PITTSBURGH over Army, BROWN over Columbia, GEORGIA TECH over. Navy, PENN STATE over Temple, DARTMOUTH over Penn, PRINCETON over Rutgers, BOSTON COLLEGE over YALE over Harvard, COLGATE over Northeastern. BOSTON COLLEGE over Parker's By Friday's prep Class A Lincoln Southeast (9-1) vs.

Creighton Prep (10-1), Al Caniglia Field, UNO, 60th and Dodge 7:30 p.m. Class Pierce (11-0) at Minden (9-2), 7:30 p.m. Class C-l Gibbon (11-0) vs. Wahoo Neumann (10-1), at Boys Town, 7:30 p.m. not overnight sensations San Diego (UPI) A hamstring pull has turned what was supposed to be a season of triumph into one of frustration for San Diego Chargers wide receiver Johnny Rodgers.

The man who signs his name "Johnny R. Superstar" saw the 1977 National Football League campaign as a time to use outside speed to spread rival defenses, to gain field position with his returns and to ride off in his Rolls-Royce clothed in victory. "The only thing I didn't anticipate was an injury," said the former Heisman Trophy winner Wednesday. That injury has made him useless to the Chargers for a month and coach Tommy Prothro says he doesn't know when the situation will change, Rodgers is unable to make promises about a return date. The hamstring is sore, a knot has developed in it and it's not getting better.

"People always are asking me what has been the highlight of my career and I can't answer," he said. "I definitely can say this has been the most disappointing." He is unaccustomed to injury. "In eight years of football I had missed only two games: in Montreal when I had sprained knee ligaments," he said. "The team had a bye the next week so I played the fourth week. I scored two touchdowns." After drills Wednesday, he said his leg TV Sport9, Saturday Football Colorado vs.

Oklahoma, 12:45 p.m., djC4; Nebraska vs. Kansas, 1:30 p.m., KLIN, WOW, FOR, KFAB, KRNU; Missouri highlights, 10:30 p.m., C2. Basketball Cuba vs. 3 p.m., (ICS. Sports Spectacular Auto racing, rodeo, strength contest, 3:30 p.m., Syracuse, YALE over Harvard, COLGATE over Northeastern.

South ALABAMA over Miami, NOTRE DAME over Clemson, NORTH CAROLINA STATE over over Florida, FLORIDA STATE over Memphis State, GEORGIA over Auburn, LSU over Mississippi State, MISSISSIPPI over Tennessee, MARYLAND over Richmond, NORTH CAROLINA over Virginia, SOUTH CAROLINA over Wake Forest, WEST VIRGINIA over Virginia Tech, CITADEL over Appalachian, EAST CAROLINA over William Mary, VMI over Furman. Midwest MINNESOTA over I IH no I MICHIGAN STATE over Northwestern, OHIO STATE over Indiana, WISCONSIN over Iowa, MICHIGAN over Purdue, MIAMI, 0. over Kent State, EASTERN MICHIGAN over Illinois State, BOWLING GREEN over Ohio CENTRAL MICHIGAN over Toledo, BALL STATE over Western Michigan. SW Rockies TEXAS over TCU, TEXAS TECH over SMU, ARKANSAS over Texas BAYLOR over Rice, VANDERBILTover Air Force, ARIZONA STATE over BYU, ARIZONA over New Mexico, NEW MEXICO STATE over Tulsa, WYOMING over Utah State, COLORADO STATE over West Texas State. Far West USC over Washington, WASHINGTON STATE over Idaho, UCLA over Oregon State, STANFORD over San Jose State, CALIFORNIA over Oregon, SAN DIEGO STATE over Long Beach.

practiced on it, I decided they might as well have the best." So Pop Hartung shelled out $375 to buy a new Nissen sidehorse to grace the basement. "I got it when I was an eighth-grader," Jim says. "The room was just big enough for my feet to clear. There wasn't enough room to do scissors, but my brother and I got a lot of extra practice in." Brother John, now a sophomore at UNO, was state pommel horse champion in 1974. Jim, Nebraska's No.

1 all-around gymnast the past two years while leading South to a pair of state championships, has captured the last two pommel horse titles. Hartung, a senior, was leading junior teammate Cahoy in his quest for a third straight all-around title after Thursday night's competition. The margin was only a point, 57.15 to 56.15. Cahoy stole the spotlight, however, when four judges flashed perfect scores of 10 for his flawless performance on the horizontal bar. The two South standouts qualified 1-2 in every event except floor exercise where Hartung ranked first while Cahoy.