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lintoln Journal i Friday, Oct. 19, 1979 1 5 Sports f- 'Force of habit9 carries Van Zandt on game weekends .1. 1L. It. 1 L.1J A- -I NU-OSU i fctnn I WAn4 fhn aaiih best, if not THE best team in the country," first-year OSU head Coach Jimmy Johnson said.

Even though the Tokes are tied for second with Oklahoma in Big Eight total defensive statistics, Nebraska may try to pick on an inexperienced OSU secondary with hopes of delivering the home run ball. Husker split end and co-captain Tim Smith deserves foremost attention. With 999 career reception yards, he needs only 15 Saturday to overtake Jerry List for the No. 5 spot among the Huskers' all-time leading receivers. Smith is also well within reach of No.

4 Bobby Thomas No. 3 Chuck Malito (1,164) and No. 2 Guy Ingles Johnny Rodgers is the Huskers' all-time leader. He more than doubled Ingles' production, catching 153 passes for 2,779 yards. Husker I-back I.M.

Hipp is just 40 yards short of overtaking Richard Berns (2,704 yards) as Nebraska's all-time leading rusher. NEBRASKA (5-0) OFFENSE No. Name Ht. wt. Yr.

Pos Yr.Wt. Ht. 89 Miller 4-4 VO. Sr. TE Sr.

Me 4-2 71 Goodspeed t-i 240 Sr. LT Fr. 230 4-4 69 Havekost 6-4 230 Sr. LG Jr. 232 6-3 57 Soalfeld 6-3 240 Sr.

Jr. 230 6-3 53 Schleusener 6-5 232 Jr. RG Sr. 238 6-1 58 Steiner 6-1 238 Sr. RT Jr.

238 6-5 84 Smith 6-2 192 Sr. SE Jr. 187 6-1 10 Hoger 6-1 175 Jr. QB Sr. 195 6-2 12 Redwine 64 198 Jr.

RB Jr. 193 64 39 Franklin 6-1 218 Jr. FB So. 195 4-0 22 Brown 6-0 182 Sr. WB So.

170 5-10 DEFENSE No. Name Ht. wt.Yr. Yr.Wt. Ht.

81 Cole 6-2 206 Sr. LE Sr. 200 6-2 55 Horn 6-3 254 Sr. LT Jr. 241 6-2 51 Weinmaster 64 216 Sr.

MG Jr. 225 64 7 Barnett 6-5 240 Sr. RT Jr. 227 6-6 92 Nelson 6-2 212 Jr. RE Jr.

224 6-4 41 Baker 6-2 207 Jr. LB So. 220 6-1 47 Verlng 6-2 212 Sr. LB Sr. 232 6-5 23 LeRoy 6-2 190 Sr.

Jr. 183 5-11 15 Lindquist 5-10 175 So. CB Fr. 180 6-1 34 Means 5-11 172 Jr. CB Jr.

181 6-1 9 Gary 64 180 Jr. Jr. 188 6-1 Site: Lewis Stadium, Stillwater, Okla. Klckoff 1 :30 p.m. KFOR, KLIN, WOW.

'i By Randy York Staff Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. Superstition, Lance Van Zandt insisted, is ignorance. Habits, he said, are his main interests. Funny thing, though. The Nebraska defensive coordinator's habits smack of superstition.

Van Zandt returns to an old stomping ground here Saturday and finds himself doing some of the same things he did as Oklahoma State's defensive coordinator in 1973 and 74. "I guess," he admitted before third-ranked Nebraska's invasion of OSU, "I am a little superstitious." Little is a poor qualifier. Van Zandt is so superstitious, he never suits up in coaching gear on the Friday before a game. On Saturday morning, heU gather his defensive forces after breakfast for a walk. "We always walk to the east," he confided.

"We pick out a tree and we all walk around the tree the same way to the caai whether we're at home or on the road." Van Zandt is the one who chooses the Friday night movies with the captains. "If I had my way," he said, "they'd all be war movies and westerns. But I don't always get my way. It's a democracy." That changes, however, when it's time to head back to the Nebraska Center on the eve of home games. "A cornerback has to ride in the car with me while everyone else goes back in the bus," he said.

"The first year, it was Rene Anderson. Last year, it was Darrell Walton. This year, it's Paul Letcher." Letcher, the senior corner from Lincoln, missed this weekend's trip to OSU with an ankle injury. "But since we all ride in a bus on road trips, it doesn't make any difference," Van Zandt said. "The important thing," he said, "is that all our other habits remain the same." For Saturday morning meetings, Van Zandt lines up chairs like he lines up his Black Shirts.

when the Huskers held on to win, 7-3, in Lincoln. "Oklahoma State has a tremendous feeling when it plays Nebraska." said Van Zandt, who still has a feeling for Oklahoma State. "I still have a lot of friends in Stillwater," Van Zandt said. "I play in a member-guest golf tournament there every summer and my wife will stay there this weekend with friends." Van Zandt's blood, though, is no longer orange. It's red.

"I'd just as soon beat Oklahoma State as anybody," he said. This week, he added, will be particularly tough. The Cowboys' 14-13 win at 15th-ranked Missouri last weekend was their first victory in 10 games on the road. The last win was October of 1977 at Kansas. Not surprisingly, a sellout crowd of more than 50,000 is expected Saturday at Lewis Stadium.

"Well have to pull in a lot of slack because we know we're playing one of the Courageous, the 12-meter yacht, glides Jt tVOL'; fTi .1 1. i L.C. Cole and Derrie Nelson, naturally. a. are positioned on the flanks.

Kerry Wein-master's chair is right in the middle. The linebackers' chairs are behind them, the cornerbacks and safeties behind the linebackers and the second team players behind the first-team secondary. "It's not superstition," Van Zandt said with a smile. "It's a film drill using the visualization process." An innocent bystander entering the room by accident would consider the action strange. Audibles and support calls are made: "Draw, screen, pass, reverse and reactions are executed.

The terminology would confuse anyone "slant bingo, Houston blitz, strong eagle, Iowa twist, Husker dog." Reminders are also delivered. Sprint on and off the field at an times. Always be courteous to the officials. Never block below the waist. There is no need to recover a blocked kick.

It is imperative to outhit the opponent. Play every play like it is the last play you will ever play. No silly penalties. Stay in the penthouse. Van Zandt is a stickler for the rule on officials and the penthouse.

"You catch more flies with honey than you do with salt," he reasoned. "It's stupid to argue with an official" The distance between the penthouse and the outhouse isn't very far, he pointed out. "Remember Oklahoma last year followed by Missouri," he said. Van Zandt, perhaps more than anyone, realizes how ornery Oklahoma State can be for Nebraska. Although the Cornhuskers have completely dominated the series, he was the Cowboy defensive coordinator when the Tokes tied Nebraska, 17-17, in 1973.

It's the only blemish on NU's record in the series since a 14-6 loss in 1961. Van Zandt, however, almost helped manufacture a Cowboy upset in 1974 Bade, who bad slipped down while trying to cover Shuck, leaving the Be- atrice junior alone to make the catch before Derrick Hull could get over to help out That set the stage for a two-point conversion try called by Beatrice Coach Ben Stindt. The Orangemen's Jim Epp was stopped by Lincoln High's Rob DeBus trying to run wide. "In 17 years of coaching, I've never had a tie, and I wasn't about to go for one there," Stindt said. "I was proud of the way our kids fought back in the second half.

If we could've played football the first half, it may have been a different story." Both coaches agreed the weather conditions had little to do with the outcome other than forcing some changes in their game-plans. "The field held up.extremely well," Starr said. "I think this is probably the best condition I've ever seen this field this late in the year." "The rain didn't bother us at all" Stindt said. "We were loose coming into this game, and it didn't matter what the conditions were. We just thought we could beat Lincoln High, and we almost did it." "I think we would have liked an easier win, but a win is a win," Starr said.

"We feel very fortunate we were able to win 7-6. I'm not overly pleased with the way we played. "I think the first half we played pretty well, we moved the ball well but couldn't score," Starr said. "The second half we just thought we bad the ball game won. Mentally, we were just not ready for it.

Sometime, this team in particular is going to have to learn to respect each opponent every week." Starr knows that attitude will have to change before the Links travel to Fremont next Friday to face the No. 7-rated Tigers. Beatrice, now 1-6, will face York at home Friday. Summary, Page 16 Links hold off Orangemen, 7-6 f0" i A -J 'j1 lineups OSU (3-2) Name No. Echols 80 Speight Hetzler 62 67 Bennitt Richardson Hockett Cowins Bailey 50 64' 72 82 12 32 Smith Suellentrop 42 Ingram 84 Name No! Antle 40 Boone Heinzeler 93 76 95 Proter Manlev Young 58 59 45 25 Corker Dixon Hill Odom Johnson 11 23 the 1980 America's Cup.

tle scared of Southeast's scores in thej districts and we didn't want to get blown: out. We came up just a little short, but it was still a very satisfying season." Nelson's win in the meet did stop one Southeast winning string. It was the first time all season that a Southeast player hadn't at least tied for medalist honors, Individual results 1 1. Cathy Nelson, Millard, 80; 2. Kim SE, 88; 3.

Kellve Datesman, Millard, 89; Meyer, SE, 91; S. JIM Carstens, Bea-J trice, 91 6. Mar Jean Higgins, MHIard, 92; Cindy Magee, SE, 93; 8. Karl Mangau, O. Marlon, 94; 9.

Barb Kalin, Beatrice, 94; 10. Kathy Harket, O. Westside, 94. won playoff Tliree into finals OMAHA Lincoln Southeast had only one failure in Class A semifinal action Friday morning as two singles players and one doubles team advanced to the state Class A tennis finals. Southeast semifinal results: No.

1 singles Craig Johnson, LSE, def. Steve Hagan, 0. Westside, 4-1, 3-4, 6 3. No. 2 tingles Charlie Capek, LSE, def.

Saniay Bansal, LE, 4-1, 4-1. No. 1 doublet Jim Backer, Chrli Foster, 0. Central, def. Paul Baker, Tom Brady, LSE, 4-1 7-5.

No. 1 doubles Morgan Tyner, Dan Lienemann, LSE, def. John Falck, Adam Amland, LNE, coin Northeast by an identical score, in maicn wrucn look only 37 minutes. Results, Page 'Bid sets two marks EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (UPI! Spectacular Bid, the grey J-year-old delivered more than expected in winning Ala n4 AAA uie Meaaowianas cup Thursday night.

He not only brought home a whopping winner's purse of $234,650 to estatv Ush an all-time single season record is earnings, but set a track record, clipping two-fifths of a second off Dr. Patches' year old mark with a time of 2:01 1-5 for we i i-mue tup. Sports Scene Friday 1 Football Lincoln Cast vs. Norrhtatt, 7 p.m., 3) Dtvansv Football, 10:30 p.m., CD ists: KFAB, i UPI TLLEPHOTC through choppy seas near Rhode Island. The yacht is getting in practice runs for Knight girls win golf crown; Nelson medalist 1 ning to wonder if I was ever going to put it all together." That wonder nearly turned into panic after Nelson's front nine.

"I didn't really have that good of front nine, and Kim (Davis) had shot a 40, so I really began to wonder if I could do it or not," she said. "I just tried to play my best, and in the end, everything worked out." Davis faltered on the back nine with a 48, but the lone Southeast senior refused to give any excuse for her play. "The second nine I just couldn't putt," said Davis. "I went onto the backside Borrowed shoes help LSE netter Johnson By Chuck Sinclair Prep Sports Editor First-year Lincoln High head foot ball Coach Bob Starr has a few of the right ideas. Starr waited out the rainstorm that drenched Seacrest Field prior to the Lincoln High-Beatrice football game with his Links in the comfort of the locker room then watched the rest of the action from his coaching post in the press box while leaving his assistants to fight the elements.

In the end, Lincoln High beat the elements and Beatrice, 7-6, but had to stop a two-point conversion try in the fourth quarter to do it. From Starr's perch, he found little to be pleased with in the second half other than the final score, but he was satisfied with the Links' first half of play. The Links were able to put just seven points on the board in the first half through its domination of first downs (11 to 0) and yardage (146 to 33), and had to hold off a Beatrice challenge down the stretch as the tables turned to preserve its third win of the season. Following a seven-yard Keith Harrison touchdown run early in the second quarter and Gerald Bower's conversion kick, Lincoln High seemed content to stop its offensive show and see what the visitors could come up with to keep the onlookers entertained. Not playing like it had won just one game this season, Beatrice racked up seven first downs and a touchdown before the Links could gain their initial first down of the second half The Beatrice score came midway through the final period when Lincoln High quarterback Dale Nichols missed connections on a handoff for the Links' fifth fumble and the Orangemen's Quintin Schonewise fell on the ball Five plays later Beatrice quarterback Randy DeBuhr launched a 28-yard pass towards Kirk Shuck in the end zone, behind Lincoln High's James Walleye size By Tom Vint Outdoor Editor Nebraska anglers will need a new ruler for catching walleye next year; according to fishing regulations passed Friday by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

The commission, despite data furnished by fishery staff biologists which showed fewer fish would be taken home, passed a regulations which call for a 15-inch size limit for legal walleye beginning Jan. 1,1980. Commission data furnished by fisheries chief Bob Thomas and by fisheries research head Mel Taylor indicated more fish would be caught with a size limit but fewer of those fish would be legal size for anglers to take home. Team scoring Lincoln Southeast 367, Millard 370, Beatrice 388, Omaha Westside 397, Fremont 398, Omaha Marian 422, Omaha Burke 430, Norfolk 434, Scottsblutf 438, Grand Island 443, Ralston 451, Omaha Roncalli 493. By Brent Robinson Staff Sports Writer OMAHA Millard's Cathy Nelson knew the third time wasn't the charm, but the fourth time was, here Friday in the girls Class A State High School golf championships played at Benson Park golf course.

Nelson won individual medalist honors with a two-over-par 80, while Lincoln Southeast completed an undefeated season in winning the team title by three shots over Millard, 367-370. Runner-up Kim Davis' 88 led the Knights, followed by Donna Meyer's 91. Cindy Magee at 93, Lori Mills at 95, and Amy Sundberg at 96 rounded out the Southeast scorers. Just one year ago, Millard edged Southeast by four strokes in the state meet, but this year was a different story for first-year Coach Diane Frost's Knights. "This is the, first Southeast girls golf team to go undefeated," said Frost, "but I was blessed with a good team before I ever started.

This is just a super initiation, to win your first year." For Nelson, the gold medal was a long time coming. "I had finished third three years in a row," said Nelson, "so I was really begin introduction of the spottail shiner as food base for the game fishes of the big lake near Ogallala. The Ogallala Chamber of Commerce also requested the use of a portion of Lake McConaughy in early August of next year for a nationally sanctioned hydroplane boating race. The Chamber, which will approach the national boating organization, is attempting to stage a race of the speed boats for Aug. 3 or Aug 10.

The event should draw from 50,000 to 70,000 persons to the lake. In other action, Niobrara State Park may have found a new home if negotiations for a 595-acre tract called the "Hill Land" goes well Dr. Bruce CowgUL head of the park relocation committee, Indicated the Hill Land Is the only piece of ready to play, but I just couldn't ever get going again." Davis also had plenty of praise for Nelson's win. "If I had to lose to anyone, I couldn't have lost to a better golfer than Cathy. She's a super competitor and I'm happy for her." Even though the Millard team was unable to successfully defend its team title, Coach Dave Paskach was more than satisfied with his girls' effort.

"We worked really hard in preparing for this meet," said Paskach, "and I felt our people did a super job. We were a lit "I sure am glad Morgan and I have the same size feet. It saved me today." Actually, Johnson's only problem occurred when he was in the middle of a match against Northeast's Jerry Hem-pel. "Morgan needed his shoes back so I had to play the rest of the match in an old pair of Converse hightops. It wasn't the best, but I got by." The big surprise of the day was the point production by the Lincoln East Spartans.

East racked up 26 points for third place, followed closely by Omaha Creighton Prep with 24. Johnson was never pressed in his two matches. Mike Reaves of Papillion was the first to fall to the top seed, 64, 64. Johnson then disposed of llempel of Lin- Engineers also fits into the picture in its attempt to give control of the old town site of Niobrara and additional wildlife lands to the commission. The commission accepted a tract called Trad 100 to add to Brazile Creek Wildlife Management Area but tabled acceptance of the old town site pending park relocation review.

The commission also drew up authorization for Injured animal handling in the state and reclassified portions of Merritt Reservoir and Lake McConaughy as wildlife management lands from recreation lands. Finally the commissioners okayed amendments to fee charges for the state park system, Involving cabin rentals and camping faculties. OMAHA Lincoln Southeast's Craig Johnson had enough to worry about entering Thursday's opening round of the Class A State Tennis tournament as the No. 1 seed. So please, excuse him for forgetting his shoes.

Even with the unlikely events, Johnson and the rest of his teammates qualified for Friday's semifinals, giving the Knights the first day lead, 36-30 over Omaha Westside. "I couldn't believe it when I got here," said Johnson, refering to his missing shoes. "I'm the kind of guy who brings everything to a meet, just in case I might need it. I've got bandages, the works', but I don't have my shoes." Thanks to teammate Morgan Tyner, Johnson was able to handle the dilemma. property qualified to relocate the state park, which has suffered from high water backup from Lewis and Clark Reservoir.

Cowgill indicated three hurdles would have to be leaped before the Hill Land could be given the okay, however. The first is the price. The owners, a group of Niobrara townspeople, are asking $122,000 for the tract appraised for nearly $78,000. The second problem is access as no access to the property is now available. The third hurdle could be an enhancement to the park, however.

There is an Indian burial ground located on a portion of the proposed park site. The commission will review and negotiate solutions to the problems, according to Friday action. The U.S. Corps of limit raised; Forage fish said Big Mac problem The commissioners denied a similar 15-inch request by Salt Valley Bassmas-ters Club president Duane McKernan on largemouth bass In Eastern Nebraska. But the commissioners did add Walgren Lake at the Bridgeport State Recreation Area to the state's list of 12-lnch bass size limit waters.

Eastern Nebraska lakes already have a 12-inch size limit In a report on Lake HcConaughy's decline in angler success on walleye, striped bass and trout, Thomas said the problem appears to be with forage species. The gizzard shad population has taken a plunge at the lake, according to net surveys. The commission is planning to suppllment the shad population with stockings of gizzard shad spawners, smaller threadin shad and with possible i.