Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 65

Miss Spy Song Captures State Derby Husker Income Tigers Claw Bosox By MARK GORDON Miss Spy 'Song isn't partial to who Grand Island sits in her saddle. cheered on by 40 members of her Millard fan club, would compete next in the Inaugural Handicap on Ak-Sar-Ben's opening day card April 30. Ecoffey's win aboard Miss Spy Song was his third trip of four to the winner's circle Saturday. He also guided Prince Kem in the first, Kid Heathen in the third and Spanish Key in the eighth race allowance chase to victory. Two horses tied track records and the mutuel handle mark was crushed on a program that ran one half hour late.

Melmitch zipped to a 1:42 3-5 clocking in winning a mile and 70 yard allowance scamper, tying the mark set by Me Go last Saturday. Spanish Key equaled the six furlong heat of 1 11 2-5 she now co-shares with Melmitch. Patrons poured $484,245 through the mutuel coffers to erase the previous all-time handle record of $446,070 set last Saturday. The $63,802 handle for the fifth race exacta and mutuel pool snapped a previous standard of $57,094 The $65,004 wagered on the Nebraska Derby toppled a single race mark of $56,957 handled for the Gus Fonner Handicap. Another record which barely stayed on the books was the $52,866 bet in the daily double pool on April 4, 1970 Saturday's fans ripped $52,862 to miss the record by a mere $4.00.

The three-year-old brown filly was without regular jockey Kenneth Jones Saturday for the fifth running of the Nebraska Derby at Fonner Park. But she performed with all that her owner and trainer requested in scoring a tip-of-a-nose victory over Lincoln's Miss to pick up the $6,120 winner's share. "She's got a lot of heart and that's what she used today," said Rex Ekwall, co-owner with Donald Clugston, "she got as good a race from Fred Ecoffey as anyone could ask for we couldn't have gotten any more from either of them." Ecoffey, Fonner's leading jockey, was riding in place of Jones who was suspended by track stewards earlier in the week for five days for careless riding. While Jones' suspension was termed a disappointment by Fonner's leading trainer Don Von Hemel, -he said Jones and Miss Spy Song had prepped all spring for the Nebraska Derby. "The highlight of Jones' riding Miss Spy Song was to have been this race," Von Hemmel said, "but we got the best jockey we could and Ecoffey gave her a tremendous ride." Section LINCOLN, APRIL 18, 1971 Page 1 Miss Spy Song, in winning her fourth straight outing and ninth in her 13 lifetime starts, toured the 6 furlong allowance stakes in 1:20 1-5.

The odds-on favorite of the 8,634 fans returned $3.00, $3.00 and $2.20 while Lincoln's Miss, collected $2,040 for owner T.C. Evens of Omaha and returned $10.80 and $5.40 while Swinging Lisa finished third, paying $3.40 to owner W. A. Morris Of Superior. In raising her career earnings to $34,925, Miss Spy Song ran second to Noble Nova at the break of the Derby which was worth $10,200 and then led the rest of the way.

Lincoln's Miss ran fourth and then challenged in the stretch while Swinging Lisa rallied from seventh to close with a rush to take third. Von Hemel and Ekwall said Miss Spy Song, who was Fonner Entries, Results 5G Dampen 'Cats NU Cause, 7-1 By The Associated Press Big Willie Horton unleashed two home runs and the game winning single, driving in six runs, as Detroit beat Boston 10-9 in 10 innings and led a volley of long ball hitting in Saturday's baseball action. Horton, who earlier delivered five runs with his fifth career grand slam homer and a solo shot, ripped a Ken Tatum pitch to left with the bases loaded in the 10th for the game-winner. Gerry Moses hammered a pair of homers and Tony Conigliaro unloaded a third as" California beat Minnesota 4-3 in another American League game. Home runs by Ed Kirkpatrick and Amos Otis helped the Kansas City Royals build a four-run lead and hold off the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3.

In the National League, Willie Stargell belted his sixth circuit shot to back Steve Blass' five-hitter as Pittsburgh defeated the New York Mets 2-0. Willie Mays hit his fifth home run and also a double, driving in three runs, as the San Francisco Giants whipped the Chicago Cubs 5-3. In other American League games, Tom Bradley pitched a four-hitter and knocked in a run and batterymate Ed Herrmann delivered a two -run double as the Chicago White Sox broke a seven-game spin and topped Oakland, 4-0. The White Sox scored all the runs they needed in the second inning on Herrmann's two-out double and Bradley's pop single down the left field line. It was the A's first loss in six games.

Run scoring singles by Tim Cullen and Curt Flood featured a four-run seventh as Washington stopped Cleveland 5-3. The burst rubbed out a 2-1 Cleveland lead built on Ken Harrelson's two-run single in the fourth. Jim Fairey's two-run double in the sixth inning capped a three-run rally and gave the Montreal Expos a 3-2 success over the Cincinnati Reds. The Expos, held hitless for four innings by Gary Nolan, got their first two hits of the game in the fifth, then reached the right-hander for three runs in the sixth on singles by Ron Hunt and Rusty Staub, Bob Bailey's run-scoring ground out and Fairey's double. Felipe Alou and Danny Cater scratched run-scoring singles in the 10th inning giving the New York Yankees a 5-3 night victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

In night action on the Paci-' fic Coast, St. Louis shutout San Diego, 4-0, and Houston defeated Los Angeles, 5-3. STAFF PHOTO BY WILLIS VAN SICKLE Nebraska's Steve Achclpohl (3) puts out Kansas State's Joe Steiner (16) at second attempt. By JOE BALDWIN The Kansas State baseball team brought rain this weekend to Lincoln. Unfortunately for Nebraska, the Wildcats also brought along pitcher Bruce Bennett.

The K-State starter limited the Cornhuskers to five hits as the Wildcats downed the Big Red in a soggy seven-inning contest, 7-1. The game was to be the first of a doubleheader to make up for Friday's rained-out pair. But steady showers throughout the afternoon washed out the second game. The two teams will try to complete the three-game series Sunday afternoon with a doubleheader starting at 1:30 p.m. K-State backed up Bennett's strong mound effort with three doubles and ten singles, Centerfielder Bill Droege was the visitors' big gun at the plate, collecting two hits, one a two-run double, and batting in three runs.

Third baseman Joe and this is Encouraging it must have been, as he jumped into the three mile chase after the high school, junior college, college and university division 440-relay finals. "I just felt like running and I was afraid to ask the meet officials if I could run because they might refuse," Carlberg explained. "I know I'll have to double up in future meets, so I thought this would be good practice for me. Besides I wanted the school record for the two-mile." Sevigne confirmed Carlberg's Cont. on Page 3G KU Relays: 3 By STEVE GILLISPIE Texas AM was fifth in By STEVE GILLISPIE NU Marks Broken 0:46.7 and Priestly ran 0:46.4.

behind winner Jim Ryun. Ryun fact the whole race felt good Steady By DON FORSYTHE Football income, plus strong support from booster groups, kept University of Nebraska athletic department in the black again in the fiscal year 1970. Cornhusker athletic director Bob Devaney has reported a net Income of $86,574.79 for the department for the year ending June 30, 1970. With' $266,136.85 spent on capital outlays and debt service the indebtedness remaining from three expansions of Memorial Stadium and the construction of a new press box was trimmed to $516,000. With some $380,000 already earmarked for revenue bond retirement in reserve funds the remaining debt is to be retired in the current fiscal year.

"The bonds should be retired by May 1," says Cornhusker athletic business manager Bill Fisher. The athletic department redeemed $233,000 in bonds last year, the biggest chunk retired since the first of $1,220,000 in revenue bonds were issued in fiscal 1985. As usual, the primary source of income came from the Cornhusker football team. Football, the only profit-making sport, netted $289,821.91 after expenditure of $185,636.85 for capital outlays and debt The deficits incurred by the other sports included: Track 'Basketball 77,251.21 Baseball 57,106.16 Wrestling 37,565.55 Swimming 34,368.03 Gymnastics 25,486.24 Tennis 8,697.94 Golf 8,236.97 Rifle team 1,015.57 Lack of large gate receipts kept other sports from being on the firm financial footing enjoyed by the football team which plays before capacity crowds in Memorial Stadium. Again, the athletic department got a major boost from the support of booster groups with contributions of $80,000 from, the Husker Education Athletic Awards, $50,000 from the Touchdown Club, $14,748.24 from the Beef Club, $5,000 from the Extra Point club and $2,500 from other groups.

Another major source of revenue was the Nebraska share of Big Eight Conference surplus distribution totaling $124,826.42. Concessions income also topped the $100,000 mark at $110,113.10. Income Summary Page 5G STANDINGS National East Pittsburgh 6 New York 4 St. Louis 6 Montreal 3 4 3 3 7 Pel. .600 .571 .538 ,500 .364 .333 .918 .600 .538 .417 .375 GB Vi 1 SVi 2Va Chicaqo 4 Philadelphia 3 West Francisco 9 Atlanta 6 Houston 7 Los Angeles Cincinnati 3 San Dleoo 3 6 3 4'a SVa 7 .300 aaiuroay i Kesuns Francisco 5, Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 2, New York 0 St.

Louis 4, San Diego 0 Atlanta Philadelphia 2 Montreal 3. Cincinnati 3 Houston 5, Los Angeles 3 Sunday's Games Cincinnati (McGlothlln 1-1 and Merrltt 0-0) at Montreal (Renko 2-0 and Stoneman 0-1), 2. Pittsburgh (Walker 1-0 and Johnson O-O) at New York (Gentry 2-0 and McAndrew 0-0), 2. Atlanta (Jarvls 02) at Philadelphia (Wise 0-0). Houston (Bllllngham 1-0) at Los Angeles (Osteen 2-1).

St. Louis (Torrez 0-1) at San Diego (Klrbv 0-2). Chicago (Pappas 2-0 and Colborn 0-0 of Bonhani 0-0) at San Francisco (Robertson 0-1 and Stone 0-0), 2. American East Baltimore 7 2 New York 5 5 Washington 5 5 Boston 4 5 Cleveland 3 4 Detroit 4 6 West California 7 4 Oakland 7 5 Milwaukee 5 4 Kansas City 5 6 Minnesota 4 7 ChirAao 4 7 Pet. .778 .500 .500 .444 .429 .400 .536 .583 .556 .455 GB l'a Vl 3 3 3V Vi, 1 2 3 3 .364 .364 saturaay-s Kesuns Detroit 10, Boston 9 (10 Innings) New York 5, Baltimore 3 (10 Innings) Washington 5, Cleveland 3 California 4, Minnesota 3 Kansas City 5, Milwaukee 3 Chicago 4, Oakland 0 Sunday's Games California (Wright 1-2) at Minnesota (Hall 0-1).

Kansas City (Hedlund 1-0 and Bunker 0-1) at Milwaukee (Parsons 0-1 and Kraus5e 0-2), 2. Oakland (Fingers 1-1 and Segul 1-0) at Chicago (John 1-2 and Forster 0 0), Boston (Siebert 1-0) at Detroit Chance 0-0). Washington (McLaln 1-1 and Cox 0-1) at Cleveland (McDowell 0-1 and Dunning O- 0), 2, New York (Bahnsen M) at Baltimore (Cuellar 14). SPORTS SLATE All eventi free unlesi followed" by all timet a.m. lulew boldfaced (or p.m.

Sunday Ixicul Baseball Kansas State at Nebraska. 1:30. londay Local Baseball Pius Southeast, Sherman Field, Millard a Northeast, 4: 15. v. i 3:03.6.

Husker coach Frank Sevigne inserted Garth Case in the leadoff position in the mile chase. Case handed off to Bob Pierce with a five-yard lead. Pierce kept the lead although for a time he was fourth on the backstretch. John Mottley ran next for Nebraska, but during the exchange between the third and anchor legs, Rice took a narrow lead from NU. Leighton Priestley anchored for the Huskers but hold off Texas' Dave Morton and Kansas State's Dale Alexander.

The split for the Huskers' time gave Case a 0:46.9. Pierce was caught in 0:47.7, Mottley in Lawrence, Kan. Nebraska was shut out in the winners' circle here at the 46th Kansas Relays, but the Huskers broke three school records and tied another in the process. NU's best performance came in the mile relay, in which it placed fourth. The Huskers' time of 3:07.7 not only shattered the school mark of 3:08.6, but also is the second-best ever in Big Eight history.

Only Kansas State's 3:07.4 in Saturday's meet ranks above Nebraska. The Wildcats were third in the blanket finish of the mile relay, won by Rice in 3:07.0. Texas was second in 3:07.2 and Hunters hi Luring Steiner swung a hot bat, too, hitting three singles in four at-bats. Bennett's only shaky inning was the second. NU first baseman Pat Elgert led off with a double.

After retiring third baseman Peter Bethel, the Wildcat hurler gave up the only Cornhusker run when catcher Randy Spiehs doubled home Elgert. Nebraska's only other threat came in the seventh. Bethel singled sharply past shortstop Dave Graas, rightfielder Joe Baker beat out a dribbler down the third-base line, and, after Spiehs' grounder forced Baker at second, shortstop Tim Harris walked to load the bases. But Bennett struck out the next two batters to end the game and push Us record to 4-1. Glen Gilmore, now 2-2, took the loss.

The Husker starter gave up five runs and eight hits before being lifted for reliever Bruce Cramer in the fifth inning- "Gilmore just wasn't pitching like he usually does," Nebraska coach Tony Sharpe said. "We made some bad plays and got behind early and never really backed him up." The loss drops Nebraska's Big Eight record to 1-3 and its overall mark to 4-10. Kansas State is now 5-5 and 12-10. KSU (7) Nebraska (1) ab bl ao bl Coe.rf Lehmn.lf Dege.cf Mntl.lb Prkr.c Grs.ss MngUb Bnntt.p 4 2 2 1 AchphUb 3 0 10 4 I ownsn.if 3 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 Vctr.cf 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 110 4 0 11 3 0 10 4 1 1 OBkr.rf 3 0 10 4 0 11 Sprhs.c 3 0 11 4 0 1 OHrrs.ss 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 OCrmr.p 10 0 0 Glmr.p 10 0 0 Hlbt.p 0 0 0 0 35 7 13 Totals 26 1 5 1 Totals Kansas State 103 010 27 Nebraska 010 000 01 Munson 2, Bethel. LOB KSU 7, NU 3.

2B Droege, Lehrmann, Graas, Elgert, Spiehs. IP ERBBSO Bennett (W, 41) ...,7 5 1 1 1 5 Gilmore ,.4 2-3 5 3 0 1 Cramer 1 1-3 2 0 2 Hulbert 1 3 2 2 0 0 Balk Hulbert. 1:45. 7 Set to Foil Gobblers'(Jmantic Notions urkeys, Patience Best Virtue base during a sacrifice ran his best time since he began his comeback with a 3:55.8, while Tom Von Ruden was second, John Mason third and John Lawson fourth. Von Ruden; formerly ran for Oklahoma State and Mason and Lawson competed for Kansas as did Ryun.

Carlberg took the lead in the mile after the first turn and kept it till the halfway mark on the third lap. He then dropped to fifth. "I'm very happy with my time, but I did want to break my school record," Carlberg said, "My adrenalin was flowing good when the race started, so I decided to take the lead. In will be fair game beginning i -ft "7, (- 1 Nebraska Hit By Air Force In Net Dual The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers were soundly defeated by the Air Force Falcons, 6-1, Saturday in a tennis meet that included Missouri. Nebraska was originally scheduled to play Missouri also, but the contest was cancelled.

Missouri was defeated 7-2 by. -the Air Force. Singles Jack Ruthburn, NU, def. Jack Schunk, AF, 10-7. Alex Parsons, AF, def.

Jim Ruthe, NU, 10-3. Dan Dougherty, AF, def. Bill Brunell NU, 11-9. Gary Stern, AF, def. Jim Crew, NU, 10-5.

John Jureckl, AF, def. Sid Garnett, NU, 10-5. Ray Hant, AF, def. Dave Lux, NU, 10-8. Doubles Schunk-Doogherty, AF, def.

Rathburn-Brunell, NU, 10-7. Big Eight Standings Conf. All Games Missouri 3-0 7-8 Colorado 7-1 ii-5 Oklahoma 4-2 12-6 Kansas St. 5-5 12-10 Oklahoma St. 5-6 8-9 Iowa St 1-2 2-5 Nebraska 1-3 4-10 Kansas' 1-8 6-15 Friday's Results Colorado 5-3, Oklahoma State 1-0.

Oklahoma 7-1, Kansas 2-5 Missouri at Iowa State rsin The overall time broke the school mark held by the same foursome set in the Big Eight meet last year. Nebraska's other school records came in the two-mile relay and in the first two miles of the three-mile. The mile mark was tied. The Huskers' Greg Carlberg turned in an incredible performance tying his school record' for the mile in 4:02.2 and then coming back after four heats of the 440-yard relay to crack the two-mile mark of 9:07.4 with an 8:59.3. Carlberg was fifth but the first collegian to place in the Glenn Cunningham Mile, it i This turkey gobbler I' By BOB MUNGER Somewhere, in the cold gray dawn of next Saturday, a turkey gobbler will gobble back at the seductive call of a hen and move toward her to consummate his marriage.

And a great many hunters are hoping they will be the one who gives the hen call, because they plan to reduce said gobbler to a turkey dinner. If this seems like a shocking way to terminate a romance, remember that it is most difficult to imitate the call of a hen turkey, most difficult to sit still long enough for the gobbler to get within shotgun range, and most difficult to see him before he sees you. In short, it's a lucky hunter who brings home a turkey, although some 1,200 of them will be out trying to do that. The season begins Saturday and ends May 3, with shooting hours sunrise to sunset each day. The limit is one bird per hunter, and only gobblers are fair game.

Veterans Scout 'Promised Land' Veteran hunters say the man who wants to tip the odds in his favor will scout out the "promised land" in which he plans to hunt ahead of time, to make sure there are turkeys in the immediate vicinity. And if not on public land he will, of course, be sure to get permission from the appropriate landowner ahead of time. And the big virtue is patience. It takes a heap of sittin' to convert a turkey gobbler to a turkey dinner, but it is a necessary part of the hunt. A hunter must conceal himself and wait for the eventual gobbler to respond to his calling, and it may take a long time.

It is also said that this is why spring turkey hunting is so much more sporting than fall hunting. In the fall the birds are found in roosts, and shot when they fly off. In the spring they must by law be called, and the calling is the difficult part. The sound must approximate the call of a hen, far different from the "gobble gobble gobble" noise of the male call. It closely resembles the noise chickens make in a barnyard as they contemplate the next grain of corn, if you have access to a barnyard to do a spate of listening.

Legally only shotguns may be used on turkeys, and again the old veterans say aim for the head. The birds are big, some running in the 20-pound class, and the bodies are almost too tough for shot to penetrate well. So when that turkey gobbler answers your, call next Saturday, don't worry too much about breaking up a fine romance, worry about the turkey dmner you will be having soon. Kansas State at Nebraska rain Saturday's Results Kansas State 7, Nebraska 1 Oklahoma 7, Kansas 5 pi.i. iviiMJuii ai luwct auim ram Colorado at Oklahoma State rain Sunday's Games Kansss State at Nebraska (2) Missouri at Iowa State (2) -J3tt i a I 4 Feature Racea At Gulfstream a-Sablnus 5.

JO 4 Jo -Northern Monarch 5.20 5.80 4 20 Happy Way 1 a-Enlry. STAFF COLORPHOTO BY BOB MUNGER next Saturday morning at sunrise in designated nunung areas. i n-.