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9 A DEL BLACK The Reds held off the surprisingly stubborn Whites Saturday night for a hard-earned 21-15 victory In Ne-. braska's spring intrasquad football game. A crowd of 5,500, plus a television audience, watched the night contest at Seacrest Field. Lightning struck twice and early with each team tallying a touchdown within 11 seconds. The Whites recovered their, deflected opening 'game kickoff on the Red 41 and punched over 11 plays later on Frank Sollch's 5-yard sweep around right end.

Duncan Drum's conversion kick split the uprights. Eleven seconds later the Reds led, whea halfback speedster Kent 'McClonghan raced 88 yards with the ensuelng kickoff. Dennis Claridge's run to the right on a keeper accounted for the two-point conversion. Claridgo went to the airways for the first of two Red second period TDs enroute to a perfect 7-for-7 passing show. The All-Big 8 quarterbackdirecting the No.

1 Husk-er unit, lofted a- 22-yarder with. the and into the arms of left end Larry Tomlinson. The tally came only 6 plays after the Whites had punted as the second stanza opened. Claridge mixed up his attack by using every one of his backs on the TD-drive. Left halfback Willie Ross boomed right end for 10 yards, Claridge kept for 6 more, fullback Gene Young blasted for 3 and right halfback Rudy Johnson roared for on quick opener to put the ball oa the 25.

Young then cracked for another 3 and Claridge fired to Tomlinson with 11:51 to play in the half. Freshman halfback Ted Vactor almost pulled a re- peat of McCioughan's homerun Journey on the next kick-off. The fancy-stepping yearling took Tomlinson's kickoff on the 10 and flew 52 yards before Ross forced him close to the sidelines and then spilled him on the 38. But the White attack bogged down with flashy Fred Duda at the controls. The Whites lost the ball on downs on the Red 35.

A 13-yard Garldf e-to-Dick Callahan aerial wasn't enough to move the Reds and they booted the pigskin to the White 20. Henry Woods, handling the quarterbacking, sharing the Red team duties, with Claridge and Dave Lebsack, pulled a defensive coup by intercepting a Duda pass and returning it to the White 21. But this bid also went the window with a new unit and a pilfered pass by Doug Tucker in the end zone. The Reds had reached the 7 with goal to go. Lebsack set up the final Red score with an intercepted pass and a 42-yard scamper to the White 3.

The freshman from Lincoln Northeast then pitched to Poggemeyer on the first play from scrimrnage and the Nebraska City product scooted into paydirt. Solich, the game's top ground gainer with 56 net yards, scored his second TO and the final counter of the game with 8:38 to play in the 3rd period. He went In from 4 yards out Duda directed the Whites superbly on a 73-yard sustained drive that took 14 plays. Solich, a 5-8, 160-pounder from Cleveland. 0., fancy-stepped for 20 of the yards and used a nifty one-handed catch of a Duda pass for another 17.

Fullback Bruce Smith put teeth in the drive with two carries for 18 yards. Another pass to end Tony Jeter was good for 6, and kept the drive alive. Duda added the two-point conversion with a journey around right end. The Reds threatened thrice again, once in the 3rd quarter and twice in the final 5 minutes of the game. Duda and Tucker appeared to have the Whites in position to tie or win the game.

A threat at the close of the 3rd quarter came to a while running out the clock. Claridge's perfect passing night registered 94 yards and one touchdown. screeching halt when defensive halfback Mike Kennedy intercepted a Tucker pass. The Whites were on the prowl again at the start of the final period but were forced to punt to the Red 31. Claridge then put the Reds into anofher threat with two passes for 19 yards to Callahan, Young's run of 4 yards and two keepers from 16.

The bid stalled on the Whitl 24 after a new unit missed a first down by one yard. Poggemeyer stole a White team pass with 43 seconda to play and returned it to the enemy 27. Lebsack picked up 11 yards on his next 3 carries The 20th outing of spring drills was a typical hardhitting session of Coach Bob Devaney tutored footbalL Devaney watched the game from the press box while his aides handled the sideline chores. The Red team was composed of the Nos. 1, 4 and 5 units.

White gridders were drawn from the Nos. 2, 3 and 6 outfits. Young was the top ball carrier for the Reds with 31 yards, followed by Poggemeyer's 24 and Ross' 18. Smith plunged for 30 and Bob Hohn 26. Duda passed 11 times, completing 4, for 46 yards, He had one Intercepted.

Tucker, directing The No. 3 unit, fired 10 times, completing one for 30 yards. One of Tucker's throws was Intercepted. Lebsack passed 3 times, connecting once for a 11-yarder. The Whites won the battle of first downs, 12-8, but trailed in total yards, 181-139.

The win was the Reds' second in a row and 4th in the history of intrasquad spring games. The Whites have never, won. i- Not' suited for the game Saturday because of injuries were Jim Baffico, Dave Theisen, Maynard Smidt, Mike Heston, Mike Worley, Bernie McGinn, Jerry Spears, John Bishop, Dennis Carlson, Bill Earl and Mike Ward. Dandy Blocker oo r7f JW i fill SECflON LINCOLN 1, NEBRASKA, MAY 12, 1963 Basketball Mugs Boh But Performance Okay kA switched to end on defense appeared to have made the switch satisfactorily as he broke through to stop numerous plays before they got started. But the Husker boss cautions that he still has a lot to learn at the position.

"He still has -trouble containing plays in his area," Devaney said. But the Husker leader was smiling at the end. of Saturday's intrasquad game and he appeared to be pleased with the results. Husker head man said. Devaney noted that the main thing in spring practice is to find who can help you and what positions you can use them at to best advantage.

"I think we have accomplished this," he said, we still have some evaluating to do before our spring work will be complete." Devaney pointed out that one of the problems with the offensive blocking at 1 1 Saturday night when the defense appeared to be having spring," Devaney said, And! the other quarterbacks still have possibilities." He cited Duda, Frank Solich, Bob Hohn, Bruce Smith and Chuck Doepke for turning in outstanding performances for the White team. Willie Ross, Gene Young and Rudy Johnson drew praise in the Red backfield. "Willie Ross turned in some good defensive plays for the Reds and Chuck Doepke looked good at end for the Whites," Devaney noted. Gene Young who was the upper hand was the emphasis on passing. "When you pass as much as some of our units were it puts a tremendous strata on that offensive line and you are bound to have defenders getting through," he explained.

Fred Duda, sophomore quarterback who directed the top White unit, apparently earned the nod as the No. 2 quarterback behind veteran Dennis Claridge who hit 7 of 7 pass attempts. "Duda did a good job this Doug Tucker (12) and Frank Solich 45) block extra point attempt by Reds' Rudy Johnson (31). Ball holder is Henry Woods (11). By HAL BROWN Except for the second quarter when the Whites started "playing Husker coach Bob Devaney was well pleased with Saturday night's spring practice wind-up.

The 'basketball' Devaney 'was referring to was the Whites' decision to cut loose with a steady stream of passes. "The execution was good the second half," Devaney noted. "The- first quarter was fair, but when the Whites got behind in the first half they decided to play basketball and this resulted in a sloppy second quarter." Devaney Indicated that the Huskers were ahead of last year's pace. "We didn't make any great progress the last week, but we have been hitting good and I think we are in a better position than we were last year at the end of drills," the Slippery Willie Dodger Lefty Barely Misses Perfect Game 1M -Hitter Koufax NotcHe for Felipe Alou's towering smash. The last no-hitter in the majors came last Aug.

26 when Jack Kralick of the Minnesota Twins blanked Kansas City 1-0. The Koufax masterpiece was the 3rd no-hitter since the multi-million dollar Dodger Stadium was opened in 1962. Bo Belinsky of the Los Angeles Angels blanked Baltimore 2-0 last May 5 about 6 weeks before Kou- personally i out Harvey Kuenn. Koufax, who pitched the last National League no-hitter when he blanked the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium last June 30, had only a few anxious moments against the power-hitting Giants. The play that numbed the 49,807 fans came in the 7th inning when Tommy Davis had to go back to the railing of the left field stands Los Angeles W) t-hander Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched the first no-hitter of the major league season Saturday night, permitting just two baserunners in a 8-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

Ed Bailey, a left-handed batter, spoiled Koufax' bid for the first regular season perfect game in 41 years when he walked on a 3-2 pitch with one out in the 8th inning. Jim Davem port promptly banged into a double play. Koufax had retired the first 22 men to face him. The second base runner was Willie McCovey, who walked on 4 pitches with two out In the 9th. Loufax wrapped up the rio-hltter by fax' first no-hitter.

Oddly enough, all 3 came in Saturday night games. The Dodgers, beating the i a for the straight night, gave the 27-year-old southpaw plenty of support at the plate as well as on the field, cracking 12 hits against loser Juan Marichal and reliever John Pregenzer. Wally Moon rapped a home run and an RBI single, Ron Fairly drove in 3 runs with a double that capped a 4-run burst in the 8th. John Roseboro's two-run single accounted for the other Los Angeles runs. Moon has 9 hits in his" last 15 times at bat since being inserted into the lineup to beef up the Dodgers' sagging attack.

Statistics Reds Whites First downs, total 8 12 Rushing 5 8 Passing 2 4 Net yards 76 69 Net yards passing ...105 70 TOTAL NET YARDS. 181 139 Passes attempted 10 25 Passes completed 8 4 Intercepted by 1 3 Reds 8 13 0 0-21 Whites 7 0 8 0-15 Scoring: WhltH Frank Solich, yard run. Dun-tan Drum kick. Reds-Kent McClouehan. yard kickoff return, Dennis Claridge run.

Reds Larry Tomlinson, 22-yard pass from Dennis Claridge, Rudy Johnson kick. Reds-Ron PoMemeyer, 3-yard run, kirk failed. Whites Frank Solich, 4-yard run, Fred Duda run. UP Bowsfield Comes Close Page 3D, Col. 6.

2 Whites' Duncan Drum (65) seeks veteran carrier Willie Ross. Puffing Pelster Pilfers Mile Relay Victory From Nebraska i -t jilt- sHaMsk. 11 nilf ill Bail rn iri'iiliss 1 St 40 SS i -v 1 thrilling mile relay climax (from right) finds Nebraska's Gil Gebo leacling'Missouri's, Greg Pelster in the backstretch but' Pelster pulls perfect even (photo 2), then wins by two strides. J( -reft iTtt r-- i V-- h..