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Orangemen Turn Back Falls City Beatrice, Nebraska, Sunday Morning April 15, 1951 Vf fi Sk i'P AU7 77 45 All did spider BY CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, April major leagues begin historic anniversary, seasons Monday in an atmosphere of restraint because of the Korean war and with club owners fully aware that spread of the international crisis could put an end to activities any day. It was to have been a gala year with a National league diamond jubilee in an American league golden anniver sary setting. But plans for a season-long celebration of the 75th and 50th anniversary years were tabled and when they square off in the official openers on Monday at Washington and Cincinnati it will be in a comparatively sober atmosphere under an "amber light'' from Presiden Truman to continue as usual unless a new emergency develops. compete-in the highlight of the LINCOLN, April 14. UP) university's all-sports day.

The eather John Bordogna, 170 pound freshman who performs like a veteran, today whipped two, bullseye passes through windy game also was the wmdup of spring football drills. Nagle, whose magnificent right arm was the chief Alumni Memorial stadium to give the St hreat, was still the master, but University of Nebraska last- ymies 1 Bordogna was an apt pupiL The Alumni took a 25 to 20 lead on minute 27 to 25 victory over an inspired Alumni football team. Bordogna stamped himself as a suitable successor to Fran a Nagle pass with 47 seconds remaining; then Bordogna took aolters Nagle by personally conducting control on the Alumni 48 after a poor kick. I' "JW 1 1 I I A -i I 1 -t swV pM fAz I i if- it I V- He flung a 23-yard pass t. the varsity 48 yards in 47 seconds to upset the victory-bound Alumni, who had scored to take halfback Tom Carodine.

dashed to the eight himself, and Greens Mowed, Cups In Place, New Country Club Pro Reports hen fired into the end zone the lead less, than minute before. An estimated crowd of However, the fans throughout the nation were eager for the start and if the weather is respectable, close to 300,000 are expected to turn out for the 10 openers scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. There has been only a limited drain on major league rosters thus far for military service needs and with good rookies and young players coming up, the overall strength of the teams is the greatest since before the start of World War II. when end George Paynich caught the ball as the gun ouu persons braved the raw west wind to see the teams banged. Although it wasn nec Hawkins Wins Five Events, Ties For Top In High Jump Beatrice high' school's track team warmed up for defense of Its Mid-East conference championship by tripping Falls City 69 to 49 in a dual meet at Athletic park yesterday.

The Orangemen have a meet Tuesday with Omaha Benson and Omaha Tech before the conference championships Friday at Lincoln's Magee stadium-Bill Hawkins, flash, took a whirl at six events in yesterday's meet and came up with five first places and a tie for another blue ribbon. Probably the best showing by Haickins was his 21 loot 7Vz inch leap which icon the broad jump. It fell a little more than three inches short of cracking the 20-year old standard set by Fay larimore in 1931. Larimore's mark was 21 feet lOVx inches. Bill won the 60 yard high hurd- Jes in 7.9 seconds and the 100 yard lows in 11.5 seconds.

He tossed the discus 124 feet 2 inches and the shot 47 feet 5 inches for another first place. Hawkins tied with Jack Skalla and Don Brandt for the high jump laurels at 5 feet 6V2 inches. Beatrice swept the discus with Brandt and Marv Macy following Hawkins, 'the high jumo and the pole vault with Skalla and LaVerne Pohlenz tieing for first and Bob Bohrer taking third. The Orangemen of Coach Eugene "Red" Littler scored in every event. John Garton (mile) and Jerry McCollery (880) won other Beatrice first places.

Results: TRACK EVENTS 60-yard hish hurdles Won by Hawkins (B); second, Svo-boda (Bi; third Wickiser (FC). Time: 7.9 100-yard low hurdles Won by Hawkins (B); second. Wick essary, Bordogna then ran over for the extra point. ATOMIC FINISH Until he uncorked his atomic Buena Vista Edges Huskers finish, the Alumni appeared sure of an upset victory. LINCOLN, April 14 (UP) They were trailing 20 to 19 form that left him when he had a kidney operation, will oppose Pittsburgh's lefty Cliff Chambers.

Blackwell won 17 games last season and Chambers finish, ed with 12 triumphs. The racesbegin with the po-wTer-packed Boston Red Sox as the favorites to dethrone the Yankees in the American league and with last year'3 pennant-winning Phillies and ths tough Brooklyn Dodgers co-choices to battle it out in the National. In odds posted by the Reno, Turf club the Red Sox were posted at the short price of 6 to 5 and the Dodgers and Phillies both were at 3 to 2. The National league odds were "at odds" with the 168 writers and sports editors who picked the New York Giants to win the National league in the annual United Press poll. The writers, however, made Boston an overwhelming choice in the American.

The Yankees highlight the Tuesday program when they Buena Vista college of Storm when Kenny Brooker intercept bring their champs home to the stadium to play the Red Sox before an expected The Detroit Tigers also were expected to play before around 45,000 in their opener with the Cleveland Indians. History will be made in Philadelphia on Tuesday when the Athletics play the first night opener in the history of the American league against Washington before about 10,000. The other American Tuesday opener finds the Chicago White Sox opposing the Browns in St. Louis before an expected The Giants begin their quest of their first pennant since 1937 in Boston before around 15,000 fans, while at Ebbets Fipld the Dodgers and Phillies will square off where they finished the hectic 1950 pennant race as upwards of 28,000 Fiat-bush rooters pack the park. In other National league openers, the St.

Louis Cardinals will play at Pittsburgh and a-round 35,000 are expected for the day's biggest senior circuit crowd, while Cincinnati play at Chicago before about 30.000. Lake, won a wild base ed a Don Norris pass on the The Beatrice Country club's golf course is now completely ready for action, Pro Frank Moss disclosed yesterday. The club's new golf professional said that the grass greens were mowed yesterday for the first time this season, and cups were installed in the greens. A new sidewalk has been laid in front of the pro's shop, the ball washers are out and everything in general is ready for the season. "We're hoping for a little cooperation from the weatherman," Moss pointed out.

The weather for the past two weeks has been everything but good" golf weather." Alumni 15 and returned it to the varsity 30 with a minute ball game on the wind-beaten University of Nebraska diamond 13-12 this afternoon before a crowd of nearly 6,000 and a half left. Nagle passed to PeseK on the 12, then to Kenny Mr. Truman will open the season officially at Griffith stadium in Washington on Monday when with his left hand he throws out the first ball for the game between the Senators and the world champion New York Yankees. A capacity, stand-ina crowd of 32,000 is sche duled for the so-called presidential opener in which Yankee ace Vic Raschi, a 21-game winner last season, will oppose tricky left Bob Kuzava. At Cincinnati, where the man Fischer in the end zone.

Fisch persons, tne largest ever to see a Cornhusker baseball er juggled the ball but Ray Magsamen caught it for the game. score. The game was the final e-vent on the university's all-sports day card. The visitors, pearance of a breeze for the varsity in the first quarter who lost to the Huskers 9-6 when the Huskers quickly as sumed a 14-pomt lead, but the yesterday, Drone tne game Moss came to Beatrice after wide open in the fifth inning hard-charging Alumni, sparked by Nagle's passes and player- spending three years as assist by scoring six runs to go a- agement makes a big civic occasion of the opener each year, there was also a sell-out of ant pro at the Lincoln Country head 12-6. coacn rom JNovaK.

bulled to JoTin Garton, BHS miler, broke the tape in five minutes and three-tenths seconds against Falls City. (TIMES photo). City (Wickiser, Gibson, Keiffer, Percell). Time: 1:40.2 Mile relay Won by Falls City (Vanderveen, Dorste, Young, Hienzeker). Time: 4:00.8 FIELD EVENTS two touchdowns in the second 000 expected to see the much period and the varsity led 14 mproved Reds open against to 12 at the half.

Cook To Pick Hall Of Fame he Pittsburgh Pirates. Ewell he Alumni went ahead 19 Blackwell, considered by many to be the best hurler in baseball now that he has regained the to 14 in the third quarter when Kenny Fischer went 14 yards to score and Walt Spellman Shot put Won by Hawkins D. W. Cook of Beatrice has iser FC; third, Gibson (FC). converted, but the varsity took a 20 to 19 lead at the start of (B) 47 feet 5 inches; second, been named to the Lincoln Falloon (FC) 42 feet 9 inches; Journal's "Nebraska Sports Hall Time: 11.5 100-yard dash Won by Keif the explosive fourth when Don third, Meinzer (FC) 40 feet 2'2 of Fame committee." Cubs Humble Chisox, 9-1 tlx Vogt scored after a 72-yard ad fer (FC; second, McMasters Cook will serve on the com- vance.

Kansas Waiiops MU Trackste rs LINCOLN. April 14 (UP) The University of Kansas defeated the Nebraska Cornhus-kers 72 to 59 today in the first outdoor dual track meet of the season. The visitors swept to victory in 11 events while Nebraska could win firsts in only four field events. Don Cooper of York set the only meet record as the athletes had trouble competing because of the strong raw wind. Cooper won the pole vault with an effort of 14 feet, one inch, eclipsing the 1 04 rmnVioc.

c-nnrmr T3ov.f mittee wiin George rouy CARODINE SHINES B); third, Percell (FC). Time: 10.5 220-yard dash Won by Per us 9 innhw'- thrH Clark, athletic director at the CHICAGO, April 14. (UP) Ted Williams Pounds Homer BOSTON, April 14-(UP) Ted Williams became the self appointed executioner for the Red Sox 1951 edition of Murder Unlimited today, personally accounting for six runs including a homer, as his mates trampled the Braves, 15-8, before 7,322 fans in the second duel of the three-game city series. In five times at bat, the "splended splinter" got three hits and his second homer in two days a lofty belt that traveled at least 330 feet into the third row of the right field bleachers. Bordogna accounted directly The Chicago Cubs exploded 16 cell (FC; second, McMasters for two touchdowns with his passing.

The first varsity mak hits today to swamp their cross Macy (B) 111 feet 7 inches. University of Nebraska: Walt Broad jump Won by Hawkins Dobbins, sports editor of the (B) 21 feet iy2 inches; second, Journal; Keith Neville, North Wickiser (FC) 20 feet 10V, Platte: and Dick Pullman. town rivals, the White Sox, 9 er was a 20-yard toss to Carodine. The fleetfooted negro to 1, before 5,643 fans in Co-miskey park. inches; third, Pohlenz (B) 19 Grand Island from Boy's Town stamped him The Cubs' assault on Mar 1 feet 5y2 inches.

The committee will in the self as a dangerous running mate for Ail-American Bobby vin Rotblatt, Tom Hurd, Bob Mahoney and Dick Littlefield Reynolds. He was one of the B); third. Wickiser (FC). Time: 25 440-yard dash Won by Hun-zeker (FC; second, Young(FC); third, Reische (B). Time: 58.4 880-yard run Won by McCollery (Br, second, Vanderveen (FC); third, Kirkendahl (FC).

Time: 2:15.3 Mile run Won by Garton B); second, Dorste (FC); third, Baumfalk (B). Time: 5:00.3 880-yard relay Won by Falls included Hank Sauer ninth High Jump Tie for first, sec- near future pick five athletes ond and third Hawkins (B), to the Hall of Fame- Five will Skalla (B) and Brandt (B). he selected each year. The ath- Height: 5 feet 6V2 inches lete may be either Nebraska varsity's most consistent gain 111, rS mark of 13-4 3,4 he set last home run of the spring and another by Rube Walker. year.

born or have made his reputa i Uic vault lie lui 11101 aim i i I second Skalla (B) and Pohlenz S.T? tor in the state. He may be living or dead and either amateur (B); third, Bohrer (B). Height: 10 feet 7 inches. or professional. High school or Starting college athletes qualify.

Timesworthv 11 ers from the right halfback post. Fullback Nick Adduci continued to exhibit the power he discovered last season, and Vogt, playing left halfback, rolled up several substantial gains. Reynolds, who is second baseman on the baseball team, didn't play. Neither did Ray Novak, a promising Omahan who was injured. The Alumni rolled up 20 first downs 12 by rushing and six on Nagle's passing to 14 for the varsity.

But total offensive yardage was 275 for the Huskers and 271 for the Alumni. Sev al calls at offensive left end. No passes aimed at him, but twice he received and returned kick-offs. ON This started on page 1 lyionaay fill llavy Recalls Gene Littler This started on page 1 in 199 and 1950. The varsity started off the game smoothly, moving 70 yards to score the first five Wingender, a junior, and Nick Adduci, Reynold's straight man of last season.

But otherwise it was a sophomore exhibition, lacking only Ray Novak, a much talked of freshman. Ray had a bad leg and didn't play. minutes. Bordogna nipped a couple of bullet passes to 6- j-- Littler was called to service nana, vjiiiiuii, ana uocu vu- rL, i eral long varsity gains were SSL SlhlL IL "$52 training cruise but was deferred nullified by some of the numer Exactly 35 ous penalties. because of the football season Nagle completed 11 of 22 when Jack Pesek got a high AU1," cVQlfl passes, while Bordogna and Norris completed four of 12.

Two of Nagle's tosse3 were Johnny Bordogna, Turtle Creek, boy, started at quarter and stayed there most of the afternoon. Tom Car-odine, ex-Boystown, ran at one half while Don Vogt, a Card-wellian lad scrounged out of fthe Dakotas, were other freshmen. And 6'f these three, it can be said Nebraska is for dropped in the end zone. dine scored on a pulling end Carodine scored twice for the 1 "11. I 1 varsity, once-on an end sweep itcLur uiiu iieau icxLDau coacn Pro Frank Moss washes" ball and prepares to tee off.

(TIMES photo). His record at Beatrice Is a and on Bordogna's pass. Other But after that the alumni good one. In his first year as Alumni scoring was by Bill Mueller and Novak. got tough.

Bill Mueller scor- head football coach, his club tunate. Bordogna is a fit suc ed from the ten to climax a won rive and lost four, finish club. He served more than three years in the army during World cessor to Fran Nagle. He can Ions downfield drive. Then it ing fourth in -the conference BEATRICE QUARTET War II.

tee off with the ball for slippery yardage and he handles it SEE ACTION was a see-saw battle. The Then came his championship alumni had the edge the third team which compiled a record Tackle Vic Schleich and Fred Tournaments coming up in neatly from the T. His passing fell a little short of the the near future the die Lorenz, guard, both of Be one day Men's open 27-hole atrice, performed ably for the Great Nagle's, but there was quarter. Touchdowns alter- of eight wm3 and a single loss nated and the varsity was which was rated among the top holding on to a slim 20-19 teams in the state. Last season, lead when the last Cive min- the Orangemen under Littler utes started.

Adduci had to won only three games while Alumni. Harold Robertson, of nothing wrong with his medal play Sunday, May 20. Several hundred golfers from fensive end, and Duane Gay, thoughts on how to get touch defensive back, gave Beatrice downs. the area are expected to participate. The Women's open Invitational-Day (which-it more representation in the varsity score a desperate touchdown losing five but were building to make it that way.

for the 1951 schedule with the Imeup. But there seemed to be a rapid falling off of quarter of a get-together than a- tour squad made up of 19 under- placeman arirl tt. nament, Moss- explained) i3 VALUES TO $45 nrA I OCH1UIO. ITU3 backs after Bordogna. Nebraska appears to be right where it has been, relying on one ace me siuc wibui Ma cuu- oyeraI1 football record here slated for Wednesday.

June 13 Western Coed DKP Sweetheart .,2 stands at 15 wins and 8 losses. foursome matches, men's 'golf "We expect to have mixed ball handler and hoping he will uav.ru.iciu uctmtu iu make a long strike through foursome matches, men's golf the air and it was a bad CRETE, April 14 (UP) dinner matches and other Sale at guess. An alum named Ken Barbara Joyce Bright, Western, events every two weeks. La never get hurt. There were other good backs, too, both on offense and defense.

The teams looks like it will be deeper and stronger there. was crowned sweetheart of the ny Brooker reached up and took the sailing ball and made dies' day has been set aside for II" '7 Delta Kappa Pi fraternity of each Wednesday. Special events Truman Lashes Critics 'Hokum' This started on page 1 danger. This is no time for business as usual or for doI- Doane college here Saturday for the other end of the field. He got about 60 yards under night.

are scheduled for Memorial, In dependence and Labor Moss said. his belt before they got him. The 18-year-old coed was crowned at the annual DKP All summed up, it looks to sweetheart ball. She is the be a big year at the Beatrice The clock showed a min-itics as usual." club. daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Ken Moss replaces Jimmy Kressin neth Bright, Western, and member of Phi Sigma Tau sor ute and a half when Nagle The president said "tremen-fired one into the end zone dous strides" were being made from the 17 yard line. The in building up defenses, and ball hit the receiver on the he went out of his way to inchest and bounded into the elude a mention of the "leader-air. Fortunately for the Alums ship of a great American, Gen. ority.

The line looked diligent but green. It is going to miss such wiseacres as Chatley Too-good. Of course some of its hardship was brought on by an unusually good alumni outfit. Such oldsters as were in the game were hard to fool and the alumni had a better than average layout of young men, and also Fran Nagle. Fran looks better all the time.

He made an all star full back out of Tom Novak in four plays and did delightful things with Jerry Ferguson, Rockfist Muel any troops to help. More British Ships To Iran "They want us to get out or way magsamen was beaming 1 Dwight D. Eisenhower" in in at the moment and he pick- bringing the Atlantic Pact army .9 9 iUA I r-v Unit Til I 1 Korea, but they urge us to wage cu uii me iuuae uan iui j.xj. lo a strength sufficient to fight an aggressive war against China, any communist aggression No one thought the varsity 0 aeiiverea to nAw.a Knlr nffnr V.nf I UlUllCr HI 1118 TEHRAN, IRAN, April 14. (UP) Britain reinforced her Persian gulf fleet today as new This special group of just 35 suits In broken sizes go on sale starting Monday at the greatly reduced price of $27.45.

Included are light and dark patterns in all season weights. and double breasted Jong wearing all wool fabrics. Hurry men! For these fine suits! But a short kick-off gave them It -was 6J' iua cn Rnnffn0 voted to hittmgr back at his noting broke out against the ler and the two Fisher boys, Cletus and Kenneth. quickly slid Carodine around opponents. He urged left end for 20.

Then he him- eJL put. Patriotism Anglo-Iranian oil company a Adandan and parliament extend ed martial law to tht oil rich self broke loose to the right ana saia "we and eot to the seven. The can afford to be diverted and province. Saw Freddie Lorenz working in the alumni line, stopping them cold. And good old Vic Strikers surrounded the Bri clock was on the two second by these Political at- mark whpn Rnrdnena lnunrhprl I tacks.

"They say it will provoke Russia to attack if we send troops to Europe, but they are sure Russia won't come in if we carry the war to China. "They say they want to crush Communism, and yet they want us to draw back into our shell and let the rest of the world be overrun by the Reds. 4 They say they're worried because the Russians outnumber us, they say they are not interested in keeping allies who can help us. "The long and short of it Is that they want defenses without spending the money. They want us to wage war without an army, they want us to have victory without taking any risks tish-owned company's refinery at Abadan in Khuzlstan pro the final pass to Paynich, a M7r-, Truman, as examples of short over, rieht tackle.

Pav-I Political hokum" recited some nn nich took It ahead of two 01 tne difficulties he has eri on vince and two persons were reported killed in a sympathy demonstration in the neighboring province of Isfahan. alums and it was the ball countered with members of JCi JCUl It game 27 to 25. congress, particularly Republi cans: Schleich will just never get over being a good tackle. Paid' especial attention to the Beatrice freshmen. Expected to see a good deal of Max Kennedy who has been doing a fine job of scat-backing, but understand he was riding the injury bench like Novak.

Duane Gay worked several series of downs at defensive right half, looking alert, and Bud Robertson received sever- GIANTS WIN "They say they want a dow- The two-month extension of martial law came as two more British warships steamed NEW YORK, April 14(UP) erful defense system second to The New York Giants cele- none, out tney are against uni brated their home-cominec to- versal military training. through the Suez canal en route to the trouble zone to join the Clothing Company day by defeating the Cleve- "They say they want other frigates Wild Goose and Fla and they want us to try to run the whole world and to run ifc land Indians, 4 to 2, before a nations to resist aggression mingo and the cruisers Gamma sparse crowd of 2,957. but they don't want to send without any friends ana Mauritius..

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