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All-Sports Day Fans Hide From Weather But Oldtimers Loved Iti i 6 V'" rCTlO.N aNCOLft. NEB SUNDAY, APRIL 23. 1358 I 0 i JJW, -Wt fff 1 AS-- i P4 a 'UK J- 1. CT' 7 i The piled-up players are soaked, but the spectators watch the game from up under the balcony, high and dry. Varsity Gridders' A iimm ioo i spinning away from two tacklere.

1 Bill Mueller dived for another yard. Johnny Bordogna carried it over in two wedge plays. Sam Vacanti kicked the extra point. The former Baltimore Colts quarterback also tried two field goals during the game. One was way wide and the other was partially blocked.

Varsity Threatens Early in the second quarter the Varsity threatened with a back-field of Quarterback George Harsh-man, Halfbacks Darrel Pinkston and Bennie Dillard and Fullback Jerry Brown doing the work. They got to the Alumni 33 before Pinkston was hit and fumbled high into the air. Ralph Damkroger recovered for the Alums. The Varsity did all of its passing late in the first half. Harshman hit two of four tosses to carry to th- Alum 34 as time ran out.

Harshman connected with Pinkston for 23 yards and to End Martin Hilding for 14. Fischer Scores Rex Fischer scampered for the Lit t. 11 Fumbles Stall Elliot t's Huskers i it- 4rtw 1 7 I to win this one. Coaches Tom Novak and Bob Mullen got out a big squad and got the job done. Al MM Kad.

Jack Braley. Alet Corhrane Ralph X)mkroter, Denm. Fmaauei. tkm Hewitt, Iwaa Jam MtUiUiama. Jark Peaed, Trank fiimao.

Andy Loehr, Jack Haien. Harnkt RotiertAon, Jim rlornbr. Tarklra Ted Connor. Dick Coeniein. Fred Cola.

Dirk Coll. Carl (amiirlaoa. Vie Schick. Robert Mullen, tlcrb Rreee. Oaanta Art Bauer, Jerrr Jacupke.

John Machtalc. Ardea Meant. Jo Ponaewe. Iua Straahelm, Bill Taylor. Sob Wiener, Fred Ureiu.

Fred Hawkioa, Ret Harm Silk LMBiaee, Kar Curtia. Cealera Bob Oberlla. Doran Peat. Veil Smt. Tad Brut, Tom Novak.

Bo CoateUo. Baeka John Bordocna. BUM Clark, John Edwarde. Jerrr ierfueon. Rex Fieeher.

Georae Gohde. Sylveater Hame. Bill Mueller, Bob Bob Smith. tMck Tkome-m, Sam Vacaali, Deanu or lack. Jack Carroll.

VARSITY F.ad. Clarenre Cook. MarKa RiMine, Stu Howertrr. Richard Kleiner, alike Lee, Howard McVay. taeklea Krneet Enrlidi, Jark fTeminl, Jerrr Petersen, lma Rboda.

Jerrr Waeelrr. Guard lioftrman, Larrr Jonea, Art Klein. Dirk LaV erne Tarcwa, KranKlia Keevea. Cealer Ber-uln, Bob LyalU Dick Kmc. Bill Ritner, Jim IHiff.

Bark Jerry Brown, Ed Corant. Bennie tliliard. Gordon tnlert. Dean lork. Lea Georae, Gene Haman, Georje Harahman, Dick Met aninand, Lyle Martin, arena, Nappl.

Larrr Navlaui. Darrel rinkuoa. Gen Saiidatc, Roy atinaeu, Akrawl 0-I4 Varaitr Akamai ereriaf TDl Bordocna. Flacker. PAT: Vacanti I 4Mntlale BiB Jennlnat.

referee; Mutt VoU. umpire; Herra RohrU, field Judce; Gerrr Roeenbrrier. tack Julie i tull Squire. Bead kneamaa. Varsity Thinclads Wreck Freshman The University of Nebraska varsity track team outclassed the freshman B6H to 43" Saturday during the cinder portion of All-Sports Day.

Top mark of the day was recorded by Frosh Keith Gardner who won the 120-yard high hurdles in 14 4. His time betters the varsity record of :14 set by Bill Smutx, but the Jamaica Jet was running with a strong north wind. The results: Track V. rente 100-yard dank l-Pirke tV)t PkilUppa (F; 3 IV). Time till.

no-yard daik 1 Ftrk (Vi Jahr (F: GibKin (V). Time l. 440-vard daub I Niemann (V); Miller (Pit 3 Anderarai (V). Time -52 I. Mile run 1 Chrood (V)i 3 -Mortiaon (F; Hollow ay (VI.

Time 4 M. 130-yard low burdlea 1 Martea (V Gardner (fit Hawkiaa V. Time 1 Mlk raal-Carier (V): Batm (V)i 3 Mortenana (F). Time 14 2S. Mile relay 1 Variitr (Ficke, ABdjenea, Niemann.

I banal. Time 3:31.1. 120-yard bub kardlea I Gerdacr (F) 3 Hawkiaa (V) 3 Martea (V. Tiro 4. DO.

yard ran 1 Oamer CVi; Bare (F)i 3 Erwoad (V). Time J.9U.J. Field Freala Pole vault l-Hjadoo (V)4 S-PoOartl (Fi. Beiaht 13-4. Huh jume l-Knotek (V): I Smltk (V, Gaunnaa (VI.

Heulu-4-1. Shot aut 1 Belmera (V; tie for I- between Roaea (V) and Smltk (V). Die-Unce 4S-4. Javelin 1 Linear (Fit Brlttaakam (V); 3 Vondra ill. DiMance 1 7.

Diem 1 emit (Vn 3 L. Roaea (V) 3 A. Roaea (VI. IX'Unce 1411. Broad juma 1-PbiliiPM (F: 1 We.

buwa IF), Hawkiaa i Dietaace 31-1. NU Golfers Win Nebraska's golf team defeated Iowa State. 11-7, at the Lincoln Country Club Saturday in conjunction with NU's All Sports Day. The results: 1 Tal Frtdley (IS) (m)t Wirrea Qirutrnana 14 (1(. Jark Monro IN) II (1)1 Do Webber (15 17 ioi.

Cbriateaaoa-Moor (N) Fridler-Wek- be tl). Hark Mayor (N) S3 (1)1 Do McCokw (LS II 141. Jnck Petcrom (IS) C3-) Kola Jea-ara (N Petrrma-McGuiaeai (IS) Mayer Jen-ee IN) Walking Mark NEW YORK if) Norm Siebern, Ysnkee rookie outfielder, received 139 walks in 137 games with Jop-lin. in 1953. 14-0 'i A second Alumni touchdown in the fourth fried.

A fumble by Quarterback Roy Stinnett was recovered by George Gohde on the Varsity 29. Bob Smith, last year with the Cleveland Browns, Fischer and Bill Mueller Jugged the ball and Bordogna hit a 13-yard strike to Jon Mc Williams. At the 9-yard line Fischer hit the middle for two. The he took off aroung right end and galloped into the end zone as Don Strasheim applied a key block. Vacant! kicked the extra point and the Alumni bad its first win in the five-game series.

First Downs Evea Both teams managed 11 first downs. The Varsity got nine rushing and two passing while the alums had six rushing and five passing. Bordogna and Vacanti supplied the air wing and hit six of 20 tries. They could have completed more but xold hands dropped several. Vacanti put the- crusher to the Varsity when he surprised and Samuelson rushed out to congrat ulate him.

Alums got another big laugh when Bob Reynolds was in the clear, received Sam Vacanti's pass and dropped it. "I was gun-shy," Bob cracked after the game. "I could have sworn I felt hot breath down my neck." On the serious side, Coach Elliott was none too happy over the showing of the Varsity. "When one line beats another and one team fumbles a lot in its own area well, that's pretty much the story of a ball game," Pete said. Fumbfrs "We made too many mistakes and fumbled too much," Elliott; said.

"When you make mistakes you can't do anything." Pete said he didn't think the weather hurt the varsity as much as the mistakes. "Everytimfc we got a drive going we fumbled that hurt us-and then the fumbles deep in our ter ritory killed us, he said. "We have a lot of things to work on to eliminate our mistakes," Elliott said. "And our pass defense needs a great deal of work. The Alums didnt complete passes for a lot of yardage, but they hit them when they needed to get out of a hole." Elliott was full of praise tor the Alums and singled out Samuelson, Rex Fischer and both quarterbacks Vacanti and John Bordogna for special commendation.

Assistant Varsity Coach Dee Andros felt that the team of Tom Novak and Samuelson on defense was the big factor in stalling the varsity "We saw Novak was following the ball from his linebacker spot, so we tried to use reverses," Dee said. But everytime the ball carrier came back the other "ft. i) ran oh the last play of the game, picking up 18 yards. Sam had been content to pass up until that time. Bordogna was the difference in the backfields.

He led the Alumni attack well and continually crossed up the Varsity. Although they had only one day of practice, the alums fumbled only three times and lost the ball just once. Spring Drills End The game wound up spring practice for Elliott's squad. The statistics on the game were pretty close, with the exception of the fumbles. After a slow, start when the bulk and aggresiveness of the Alums seemed to upset them, the Varsity players perform well.

They started several drives but each time a fumble would crop up. For the oldtimers it was a great day. The weather was just to their Iking although it probably cut the crowd by at least balf. After losing three games by a total of just six points and tying one other, the Alumni squad there was Big Sam waiting to crush him. And if we got away from Sara, we ran into Tom." There were quite a few bumps and bruises and several more severe injuries acquired during the afternoon.

And the Alums took the worst physical beating. Jerry Wheeler, Varsity tackle and Rich King, Varsity center, were the casulatics on Elliott's club. Wheeler suffered a broken arm and King re-injured his ankle. But the story is a little different with the Alums: Verl Scott Bruised forehead. Ted Connor rib concussion.

Frank Simon Broken nose. Fred Hawkini fractured ankle. Ron Clark strained knee. Chief Play Soos Today The Lincoln Chiefs will play Sioux City this afternoon at Sherman Field at 2:30. Weathered out of a two-day stand at Sioux City Friday and Saturday, the Chiefs will be getting their first look at the Soos, now a farm team of the St.

Louis Cardinals. Bennie Daniels (1-0) is slated to pitch for Linco' in the first game of the 12-day home stand. JS Stuns Huskers Iowa State spoiled Nebraska All Sports Day tennis hopes Saturday by blanking the Huskers, 7-0. The results: F.d Hoffman (IS) Beat Genre Flak (N, H. H.

E4 Duncaa (IS) beat Art Weaver IN), S-t, 4-4, 4-4. Ted Kama (IS) beat Brest Dnaaelaoa (N. 1-4. 44. 4-4 Dan Laraaa (IS) beat John Moraa (N), 11.

4-L BIS Wot ff beat Tom Stirt N. 4-L Hoffman-Wolta (IS) eLwa (N) 4-1. 4-4. Ifeneae-Hampa. US) CM.

4-1, IA Wearer Don-Fiat Moral Eow9 SAFE AT HOME Gil McDougald, New York Yank ee second baseman, It safe at home when Sammy White, Boston Red Sox catcher dropped the bal) in the first inning of their game Saturday. McDougald scored from second on Mickey Mantle's double to right field. (AP), Ashburn's Hits Beat N.Y. Giants; Brooks Rap Hall 1 rrv x- league victory over Roberts In i nine meetings, was the victim oi I four errors which helped the Phil lies to five unearned runs. The Boston Red Sox broke the Yankee jinx-with a victory over New York Saturday on Mickey Vernon's two-run homer and the fine relief pitching of rookie Dave Sisler, the pride of Princeton.

I The contest was played under protest by Yankee Manager Casey Stengel alter Mickey Mantle's eight-inning drive off the top of the center-Held wall was ruled no home run by Second-Base Umpire Ed RommeL Vernon lined his second home run of the season 400 feet into the visitor's bullpen In right field in the seventh. Billy Goodman bad Saturday's Results WEHTFRV I.K.'ori. LIXflM at Ctt), mi li, raM. AMrilka IT. PmM 4.

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The. strategy paid off when Stephens came all the way around with the decisive run on Jim Piersall's sin-fle. Camilo Pascual, Cuban righthander who won only two. games last season, matched that total Saturday as he beat Baltimore for the second time. He struck out 12 and delivered four of the Senators' 13 hits as they defeated the Orioles 5-3.

The Senators splattered luckless Bill Wright for nine hits and all their runs before chasing him in the third. Pascual, who owns a 4-0 life time record against Baltimore, achieving half his major league victories St the Orioles' expense, singled across two runs in the third. He contributed two other singles and a double. The Brooklyn Dodgers, who re-rained their batting punch with their return to friendly Ebbets Field, exploded four runs in the seventh inning and made it two straight over the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 5-2 victory. Big Don Newcombe, turning in the fifth straight full-length pitching performance for Brooklyn, bested even bigger young Dick Hall on the pitching mound, giv ing up nine hits and striking out nine.

But Newk had to work hard until the big Inning eased his task. The Hall, absorbing his sec ond defeat of the season after compiling a 6-8 record for Pittsburgh last season, also did a solid job and allowed nine hits. But he couldn't cope with Brooklyn's long-range swatting. George Crowe, filling in for the benched Ted Kluszewski, hit two home runs and a triple and drove in five runs Saturday as the Cincinnati Redlegs walloped the Chi cago Cuba 8-1. Statistics Alumni Vanity FIFST DOWNS (ToUl) 11 11 Ry Rufttuna Br PlMin I By PrnaliiM RISHING (Number Futhw) 40 Numher Vrt C.a'iwd 1H Id btmbrr Yarda Lost 23 31 Nn arrta Ci nM 157 FOHWARI) (umhr AttrmMnlt Number CompleiM 4 Number had Intercrpttd 1 Nrt Yarda C.

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Succeanlul By DICK BECKER Staff Sports Writer Nebraska football alumni, rev-eling in the, cold and rain, returned to Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon to chalk up their first All-Sports Day victory over the Varsity, 14-0. The clear-cut triumph was achieved before an estimated 5,000 shivering fans who crowded up under the balconies of the Stadium. Fierce tackling and alert play left Coach Pete Elliott's Varsity forces reeling. The Alumni squad 55 strong came out to play and play they did. There were 11 fumbles by the Varsity and eight of them were pounced on by the Alumni.

Most of the miscues came when ball carriers were shuddered by fierce tackling. Guys like Tom Novak, Carl Samuelson, Ted Connor, Vic Schleich and Ted Doyle were more than the Varisity could handle. This defense was impenetrable. Th: closest the Varsity could come to the Alumni goal was the 27 yard line in third quarter. Elliott's kids made it to the 33 and 34 in the second quarter.

Aluml Day But this day belonged to the alums. In the first quarter the Alumni picked up two Varsity fumbles. The first one was stopped by a pass interception by the Varsity's Gordon Englert But the Varsity fumbled on its second play and Samuelson, a bulwark in the center of the line for the Alumni, smothered the ball at the Varsity 7-yard line. Bob Reynolds, Husker All-Amer-kan in 1950, picked up five yards, Sports Slate Sunday Loral Baseball Lincoln Chiefs v. Sioux City Soos, Sherman Field, 2:30 p.m.

Monday Local Baseball Lincoln Chiefs v. Sioux City Soos, Sherman Field, 8 p.m.; Kansas University at Nebraska University, NU diamond, 3 p.m.; Northwest Missouri at Nebraska Wesleyan, University Place diamond, 43th and Francis, 3 pn. Compiled from News Hires News was good for one native Nebraskan Saturday in major league baseball action, but not for another, former Lincoln Chief pitcher. Richie Ashburn, known as strictly a "singles hitter," exploded two home runs Saturday to help Philadelphia snap a four-game losing streak against the New York Giants, 1-2, and Robin Roberts to gain his third straight victory. The "goat" in the Giants' defeat was third baseman Hank Thompson, who committed two ninth-inning errors after being put into the game for defensive purposes in place of Foster Castleman in tha eighth.

Southpaw Johnny An-tonelll, trying for his first major Major Standings By DON BRYANT Staff Sports Writer A happy band of victorious Alumni football players charged into their dressing-room late Saturday afternoon and the cry heard most frequently was: "Who's got a cigarette?" The Alums were tired, to.be sure, but they were proud and cocky. After all, Saturday's 14-0 shutout over the Husker Varsity was the first win in four tries for the old hands. To a man, the oldtimers Insisted it was their superior physical con dition which made victory possible. Training "This proves that it pays to train," Guard Bob Wagner grinned. Of course, some of the specta tors who noticed numerous sagging tummies, might question the physi cal condition of the Alums but the Varsity and Coach Pete Elliott wont.

"The Alumni line outplayed our line," Elliott said. "They hit harder and quicker." Ce-Coach Mooa Mullen of the Alums was beaming with joy ever the success of his teammates and he justifiably heaped praise oa them. "I thought we gave the Varsity a real good game," Moon chuckled. "We didn't run out of gas this time. They started to wear us out once, but our guys came back fighting and poured it on." Moon also added: "Our guys were determined to win this one and they got the job done.

Also, the cold weather helped us a lot." Desire It was evident that the Alumni wanted to win. There was very little horseplay by the oldsters, but they did dish out a lot of football Only twice was there anything really resembling clowning. The first came when Jack Pesek managed to catch a pass and Carl YXSTEBX LKACl'B Pet. .151 AaurNle, t-a Mela, ftfcnn CUT St alntaaa bertwa Tewka AMERICAS LFU.II W. Pet C.R.

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