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TEN THE LlNCOtN STAR MONDAY, MARCH 1, IR43 Cu y-- Kansas In Of Clean Sweep PLOT TO WIN 10 Ain't Nature Strange? FULL round of handshakes and a volley of backalapa for Big Six conference faculty who, in session over the week-end at Kansas City, squelched the to abandon titive Hcmdshakes athletics for ondBackslaps For Big Six pleted coaching staffs, the certainty that much of the supply of athletic material will be lacking competitive experience and financial worries which admittedly burden the departments of athletics at one oi two conference members, the Big Six refused to hoist the white flag. Instead, the faculty fathers, hy their verdict at Kansas City, gave notice to the nation that Intercollegiate athletics has no intention to shirk its responsibilities In a time of world conflict; that athletics In the colleges must continue to give of Its best toward Iho physical and spiritual de- relopment of super-prepared material for our military I SAY with ample reason, as the experiences gleaned from the first world war and the present war have convinced military leaders that when the chips are down the fighting man possessed of a background based on competitive college ScllOClUleS athletics goes into action with an en- thusiasm and high Curtailed spirit which makes for resourcefulness and Initiative a dogged determination to conquer any foe that he may face. Although the Big Six ballots have been counted and the result duly recorded, neither srtudent athletes nor their followers in spectator ranks have the right to expect that full-time schedules wiU be possible in view of present complications. What with a shortage of coaching talent, teams composed largely of freshman material and transportation restrictions, athletic inevitably will be more or curtailed. AT NEBRASKA, for instance, it scarcely is feasible at the moment to foretell the fate of its 1943 schedule in program which, drafted three years ago.

ansas city, March Uni- versityof Kansas basketball team is ready to shoot at a goal that has been hit only twice in Big Six through a season without losing a conference game. In 1929, the first year the Big Six operated. Oklahoma swept to 10 victories, and in 1936 a great Kansas club also came through without a smirch. Every other championship club has lost from one to three conference games. If it for the army, Kansas' chances of reaching its objective would be brilliant.

The Jayhawkers have won eight straight, and normally have too much trouble stretching out to ten, now that the title has been sacked up and the pressure removed. But the Jayhawks must play Missouri at Columbia Tue.sday—the Tigers are never timid at and then with only last place Kansas State, at Lawrence next Saturday, between them and perfection, the armed forces wnll get in their licks. The team will break up after the Missouri game. John Buescher, who carries a spot on one lung and a 4-F draft card, will be the only regular around. And victory-hungry Kansas State isn't likely to overlook this last chance to keep its season from being a total loss.

Kansas, which clinched the title last week Its 42-35 victory over Oklahoma, has another record to gun for. It has scored 48.f points a game while holding conference opposition to 31.1. That subtracts down to give Kan.sas a margin of victory of 17.4 points a game. The best any other Big Six team has done was the 15.4 margin registered by the aforementioned 1936 Kansas club. One other casualty caused by the Kan- game in Omaha be called off altogether, or Kansas may play using only Its second team.

No matter what happens. Dr. F. C. Allen, Kansas coach, already has said that for his money Creighton is the Missouri Valley-Big Six conference representative in the N.

C. A. A. playoffs, since Kan.sas obviously compete with its team busy at more important chores. BIG SIX RECORD.

TEAM STANDINGS. Pet Ksntaa 0 Oklahoma 3 Mtuourt 3 Nebraska 4 State 3 7 Kansaa State 0 Pfs Opts 1.000 3tS 349 .635 308 303 .639 349 33.5 .595 364 415 .333 388 370 .000 36S 846 KESl'LTS LAST HEFR. Missouri, 31; State, 38. Kansas, 93; Nebraska, 33. Kansas State.

64, Olathe Air Base, 33. Kansas. 43; Kansas State, 34. Nebraska. 51, Iowa State, 36.

GAMES THIS WEEK. Iowa State at Kansas State (Monday). Nebraska at Oklahoma (Monday). Kansas at Creifhton (Tuesday). Kansas at Creighton rs.

Missouri (Thursday). Oklahoma A. 8c M. at Oklahoma Kansas State at Kansas (Saturday). Missouri at Oklahoma (Saturday).

Kansas Cagers At Creighton U. This Thursday DES MOINES, March 1 The Missouri Valley conference basketball champion and defeated only once in 19 games, will finish its regular schedule this week against Kansas, ruler of the big six. The bitter rivals will play at Omaha Thursday night, and it promises to be quite an evening as all seats have been sold for more than a month. Creighton, which has lost only to the powerful Great Lakes team this season, concluded its Valley conference campaign last Saturday with a 61 to 40 decision over St. Louis, the tenth straight conference triumph for the Bkiejays.

Laurels To Coast Vaulter Sullivan Award- WEEK E.VD SPORTS XJEW YORK, March I Although Cornelius Warmerdam, pole vaulting school teacher, is heading for home today with the James E. Sullivan award and a new national A. A. U. indoor record, he is a thoroughly dis- gu.sted young man.

Warmerdam received the Sullivan trophy as the outstanding amateur athlete of 1942 yesterday and told the guests he was disappointed in not establishing a world mark of 15 feet, 8 inches in the nationals Saturday night. never felt better in my life and I understand it. I guess I he said in explaining his disgust. Three times after hiking the A. A.

U. indoor mark to 15 feet inches, he attempted to clear the world record height and twice zoomed over the cross bar with space to spare, only to brush it off with his chest on the way down. Warmerdam said he would aim at the new height in his two remaining indoor CORNELIUS WARMERDAM. the San Francisco Olympic club, carnival March 12 and the Chicago relays March has made no plans for an outdoor season. Because he is a teacher, he is 2-A in the draft, but he be surprised if he were called up in June.

am interested in the Hamilton navy he added, may try to be accepted in that He is 27 and is six feet tall, although weighing only 166 pounds. vaulting Saturday night all but stole the spotlight from the mile victory turned in by Frank Dixon, New York university freshman. After trailing the defending champion, Gil Dodds of Boston, through one of the fastest half- miles of major mile racing, Dixon spurted on the final lap to reach the tape in 4:09.6. The first half, with Dodds out in front, was clocked in 2:00.8. The young victory helped his school to end the 11-year reign of the New York A.

C. as the club champion by a single point, 27 to 26. Greg Rice kept up his own personal string of triumphs, however, by retaining the three- mile championships. It brought to 60 the number of'races Rice has won since his last defeat. YOU AND IT CAPS TOR THE BOTTLES WE BUY fOR HOME USE lists games with five Big Six rivals, plus Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana and Pitt.

Bumper Crop The ultimate OI Freshmen In Prospect hinge on developments of the spring and summer on the ebb and How of the war tides, factors which may decide whether there is to be a tightening or a lessening of restricted travel. Whatever the decision, one may be sure that Nebraska authorities will accept it in a spirit of cooperation, content to do their best in working out a program designed to give competitive athletics its opportunity to make its contribution to the national cause. Now that freshman students are to be permitted to have their fling at varsity participation, it seems to be a reasonable prediction that Cornhusker prepdom will bring to the state university next September a record-surpassing influx of yearling material for the Husker grid squad of 1943. Teams Goat College Four Squads Scheduled Mix Wednesday Night In Trio Playoff (jourt Contests. Ag NO BITTER BIER Next hurdle in Cathedral path to the state class tournament a week hence is Papillion, Bluebird foe Wednesday night on the Ag college court.

If the Bluebirds, who sailed through the district tourney at Wesleyan last week with flying colors, can whip Papillion, then they will meet the victor of the Beaver Crossing-Bellwood match Saturday night for a berth in the state tournament finals. Upon the shoulders of Jack Minton, Ed Costello and Ed McGovern will fall the Bluebird offensive burden. This high- scoring front line trio has led the Cathedral club to 15 victories 17 starts so far this campaign. Class B. Resumes Play.

Class cagers throughout the state will commence firing Tuesday in the playoff competition and continue throughout the week. A play-off at McCook Wednesday night pits Culbertson, class king last year, against Arapahoe. The winner will meet the Grant- Sutherland victor for the right to enter the state meet. The class defending champion, Wayne, swaps shots with Craig at West Point Thursday night, the winner to meet the victor of the Valley-Wakefield fray for state tourney entrance. Wednesday Program.

The program at Ag college in Lincoln district affair opens Wednesday at 6:30 with the Bellwood-Beaver Crossing struggle. Wymore meets Eagle at 7:30 and Cathedral plays Papillion at 8:30. Other class playoffs will be staged at Norfolk, Alliance, Scottsbluff, Kearney, Auburn, Geneva, Ogallala and Tecumseh. Class A Highs on Marks Upper Grade Prepsters Gc To It This Week In Quest Final Tourney Preferment. Class A cagers over the state were sharpening their basket eyes today for the district eliminations this week which will prune a handpicked roster for next state tourney on state university coliseum maples.

Divided into eight tournaments, class A competition features a trio of favored unbeaten Scottsbluff and once- beaten Lincoln and Omaha Benson. Scottsbluff should sail into state tourney competition with ease, considering the calibre of the teams entered in Bearcat tournament. Tough Going For Benson. Benson has the touughest assignment of the lot in the Omaha tourney, with Central, Tech Creighton, North and South all capable of annexing the affair. A three-point decision over Creighton last week the Bunnies their favored ranking.

Unless all signs and omens fall, be Lincoln vs. Northeast in the finals of the elimunatioin process conducted on the Ag college maples, starting Thursday. York and Crete are the only clubs expected to give the seeded Capital City entries any difficulty. CUsi A Auburn City vs. Pawnee City.

Beatrice vs. Nebraska City, Palrbury vs. Tecumseh, Plattsmouth vs. (Tuesday) West Point vs. South Sioux City.

Columbus vs, Oakland. Wahoo vs, Schuyler, Fremont vs. Blair, Tekamah and David City drew byes. Grand Island vs. Fullerton.

Mlnden vs. Broken Bow. Aurora vs. Grand Island. Ord vs.

Central City. Genoa vs. Red Cloud. Burwell vs. Superior, Loup City vs.

Hastings, Sutton drew bye. Lexington vs. Cozad. Holdrege vs. Kearney, Ogallala vs.

North Platte. Imperial vs. Lexington, Curtis and Gothenburg drew byes. Lincoln (Thursday at Ag Lincoln Northeast vs. Lincoln Teachers, Ashland vs.

Seward. Geneva vs. Crete, York vs. Lincoln high. Norfolk (Tuesday vs, Valentine, Neligh vs.

Madison, Bloomfield vs, Albion, Wayne vs. Bassett, Newman Orove vs. Pierce, Ainsworth vs. Norfolk, Wtsner and Plainview drew byes. Omaha vs.

Tech, Benson drew a bye. North vs. South, Creighton Prep vs. Boys Town. Scottsbluff (Wednesday) Sidney vs.

Gordon. Bridgeport vs. Mitchell, Chadron vs. Alliance, Bayard vs. Scottsbluff, Qer- ing drew a bye.

Depressing Report On Condition oi Collins BUFFALO, N. March of Jimmy Collins, former manager of the Boston Red Sox, suffering from pneumonia, was described as today. Collins, 73, was stricken a week ago. Head South Monday Foes Adolph Lewandowski and his Nebraska Cornhuskers are stationed today in Norman, home of the Oklahoma Sooners, with one purpose in every mind: Top Bruce hi-rickety cagers tonight. Scuttling the Drakemen in the seasonal finale this evening would up the Husker conference record to six 4osses against four defeats.

A Scarlet victory tonight would also move lads into a mathematical chance for a tie for runner-up laurels. KANSAS Vs. COLUMBIA. Kansas is expected to top Missouri, the other second-place claimant. Tuesday night at Columbia.

If Nebraska stops the Soonerg and Missouri repeats an earlier win over Oklahoma, then the Huskers would deadlock with Missouri for second. A Sooner victory over Missouri would lUt the Oklahomans to the second position. At any cost, Nebraska must win tonight. John Fitzgibbon will captain the Huskers against Oklahoma. Performance in their home finale against Iowa State Saturday eve indicated the Scarlet flippers have improved vastly since the earlier mix with the Sooners.

MUST WIN THIS ONE. got to grab this said Lewandowski, just before the Huskers boarded the train early Sunday morning. the kids want to make up for that spanking Oklahoma gave us earlier in the season. The Husker traveling squad: Allen Artman, Kearney; Warren Marquis, Omaha; John Fitzgibbon, Gibbon; Bob Heinzelman. Falls City; Max Young, Lincoln; Bert Brown, Lincoln; Ken Elson, North Platte; John Bottorff, Lincoln; John Thompson, Lincoln; Fred Cassidy, Lincoln.

SANTIAGO. Chile-Arturo Oodoy, Chilean hexvyweight, decuioned Alberto Lovell of Argentina, in 13-round bout for South Americ' heavyweight title. NEW zeven-year- old gelding former plater, won 133,000 New Orlemni Handicap at odds of 878 for 13. The winner carried 115 pounds and covered the mile and sixteenth In 1:49 4-5, equalling the track record. Favored Orphan fifth, but Rounders, from same stable, second.

LONDON England defeated Wales, to 3, in soccer before 79,000 spectators. Including King George MORAOA. Calif-Lieut. Emerson W. (Bptket NeI.4on, former head cosch at Yale and one time Iowa ster, named head football mentor at St.

Mary's pre-flight station. Lieut, Charles Oehrlnger, for- merlv of Detroit Tigers, selected baseball coach. NEW YORK Frank Dixon, New York unlver.ilty freshman, won national A. A. U.

championship In 4 09,8. with the defending champion, Gil Dodds, second. Cornelius Warmerdam pole vaulted 19 feet Inches to new meet mark, and Greg Rice won three-mile run. his sixtieth straight vlctorv. NEW YORK-Herbert Bayard Swope, chairman of the New York racing commission, named as man who did most for racing during 1943 br New York Turf association.

Mr. D'Angbl (that Is who Is In IfnHed Sfofos fo fhrow Info fho of AmorJcon wrosflers. Etta ho and ho's won 82 of big lost 84 raofchos la 250-pound shouldn't hcrvo much ggttfng big oppMltioa under control. Tops of Nations Milers TURNESA DOES TURN AS TEACHER OF GOLF HOLLYWOOD, March Place In Army For Leo Durocher Falls Pass His Physical Exam, Hence Will Stick As Docigers' Leaider. NEW YORK, March 1 Leo (The Lip) Durocher, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was rejected by the army today because of a perforated ear-drum.

Durocher, who will be 38 years old July 27, took his physical examination with a large number of other inductees and afterward expressed disappointment over his failure to pass the examination. Law Of The Army. knew all along that my eardrum was perforated, but 1 know it was serious enough to warrant the army turning me said Durocher. they showed me right in the book wher it was obligatory to turn down a man with such an injury and that nothing can be (lone about Durocher said he would confer with President Branch Rickey of the Dodgers later in the day and then go to West Point, probably tomorrow, to take up his duties as advisory coach at the United States military academy. The Dodgers are due to report at Bear Mountain for spring training, March 15.

One of physical to Lincoln and the fairgrounds rassling arena Tuesday night to highlight the proceedings. He, who has baffled science with his odd proportions, has been signed by Promoter Adam Krieger to tangle with Ras Samara in a two of three falls match. it says manager, Is no freak. He is powerfully built and was educated at one of best Although will take over the spotlight. Professor Krieger has a fitting supporting cast.

Jerry Adam, local favorite, meets Gus Zaronis, while Ijord Albert Mills and Bill Bartuch clash in the curtain-raiser. Harry Cadell, Des Moines, will referee and the first match will get under way at 8:30 Servicemen in uniform will ba admitted free. City Cage Leaguers. City league play will be rounding the final curve into the home stretch this week with the Sun Drug-Stop Nut fray highlighting the Tuesday program. Class A.

Drugs vs. Stop Nuts. Nut House Whites vs. Lincoln Aces, Nut House Blues Draft Dodgers. aass C-1 vs.

Gas House. Class B. vs. Lakers. Motor Inn Greens vs.

Motor Inn Whites. Shop Towners vs. Pirates. Class C-8 Woods vs. Tip Tops Class 1-S Thursdav Eagles vs.

Leathernecks, Spark Plugs vs. Rockets. Tigers vs. Bed Racers, (Xissacks vs. Cappers.

Fleetfoot Dixon of New York University Clinches His Title Claim In AAU Meet. By JACK MAHON. NEW YORK, March The youthful Frank Dixon, most colorful violet in New York bouquet of track stars, was the outstanding miler today, having assumed that title by his second win over Gilbert Dodds, in the national A. A. U.

meet at the Garden Saturday night. Dixon, 20 years old and only a freshman, provided the big thrill of the night when he closed a gap of 15 yards on the last lap to beat the doddering Dodds by a yard or so in 4:09.6 time, though the slowest of the year at the Garden. Dodds had electrified a crowd of about 14,000 by stepping the first quarter in a blistering 59.6 seconds. Very few fans thought Gil could keep up any such pace he did he would have shattered all miler marks in history. Once Ahead 25 Yards.

He opened up 25 yards on the field to speed past the half in 2:00.8. Dixon moved up to be third, behind Earl Mitchell at this point and stayed there until they hit the bell lap. Mitchell folded gradually, but Dodds, while tiring, did not back up. He was all out on last torturous trip around the saucer and, except for Dixon, so was the rest of the field. Turns On Full Steam.

Frank turned loose as they hit the far side opposite the finish line. He flew past Mitchell and gradually cut the distance between himself and Dodds. The Boston A. A. divinity student hung on until the final two yards, when Dixon caught and passed him.

Dodds was so exhausted he almost finished on his face. The box-score in this 1943 mile controversy now stands: Mitchell, winner of the Millrose mile; Dixon winner of the Boston A. A. and national A. A.

miles, and Dodds, winner of the Baxter mile Willie Turnesa, the only one of the seven golfing Turnesa brothers who refused to turn professional, is doing for Uncle Sam the very thing he do for money or family unanimity. He teaching well as basketball and other phases of a physical training program designed to make the future crews of deadly dive bombers fit and the naval air gunners school here. The 1938 national amateur champion thinks it a good joke on his older brothers, and a wartime paradox, because he is the only member of the family now making a career of sports. None of the Frank, Joe, Mike, Doug or playing professional golf today. Jim is an army sergeant and the others are in war work.

Hopes Hinge On Finale of Cage Season FREMONT, March For the third consecutive year, chances of gaining a share of the N. C. A. C. cage crown hang on the outcome of the finale with Midland.

Doane must defeat the Warriors to gain a tie with York when the two teams meet at Crete Tuesday evening. In 1941, Doane defeated Midland to tie the Warriors for the title. Last year, Doane and York shared top honors because Doane conquered Midland in the season finale. Midland and Doane have met twice this season, with the Tigers winning a 43-35 at the state college tournament and 39-38 in an overtime battle at Fremont. FEMININE BOWLERS BUY ARMY BOMBER SYRACUSE, N.

March women bowlers have raised $100,000 to buy a Douglas A-20 bomber for the army, announces Mrs. Alberta Crowe, bomber fund chairman of tile International Bowling congress. The aircraft will be presented to Maj. Chester Stanford, representing the army, at Kansas City municipal airport March 28, Mrs. Crowe said.

The W. I. B. C. ament, scheduled at Kansas City, was cancelled because of war conditions.

Detroit public schools requira boys to participate in wrestling in the new physical fitness program. Two sons of Mike Gibbons, famous boxer 25 years back, are in the marines. See 'Tlie WRESTLE Mar. 2nd Fair Grounds Arena 8:30 P. M.

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