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SPORT SIGNALS By Hal Brown Sportf Editor, Tbe Star Looking To Next Year Now that the football togs have been put away by the collegians for a couple of months until spring practice starts Big Eight fans have nothing to do except conduct coffee chatter over the past season and count the days until the September openers. Based on returning starters, it should be an anxious eight months for fans of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri while Kansas State fans may have little for w'hlch to look forward and those at Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Colorado may have mixed emotions. the chart on returning starters: Defense Total 9 7 16 Kansas 7 8 15 Missouri 6 8 14 Nebraska 6 7 14 Colorado 6 5 11 Iowa State 7 3 10 Oklahoma 5 5 10 Kansas State 5 3 8 Oklahoma, whose sophomores led a late season charge to a second place tie in the Big Eight and an Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl tie with Alabama, likely will go into the 1971 race as the pre-season favorite. Wishbone Operators Return The Sooners return virtually intact the group of athletes, who made the Wishbone-T offense go so well down the stretch last fall. This Includes the starting backfield of quarterback Jack Mildren, fullback Leon Crosswhite and running backs Joe Wylie and Greg Pruitt.

The only ones missing from the Wishbone-T attack will be guard Vince LaRosa and tackle John Watson. The Sooners return seven defensive starters, but among the missing will be two top performers the past season tackle Kevin Grady and back Monty Johnson. Kansans already admit looking forward to the 1971 campaign if we get any help from The reason for their optimism could be the return of four offensive line starters plus three-fourths of the offensive backfield, including quarterback Dan Heck and got highly- touted sophomore David Jaymes also coming up at quarterback. But there may not be as much room for jubilation about the KU defense as the return of eight starters might indicate since the defense was less than good last season. Tigers Looking Upward That Missouri would have to suffer through another losing season likely, not when you consider that the Tigers lose only guard Adam Vital, end Mike Bennett and back George Fountain off the defensive unit.

But offensively, new coach Al Onofio must replace tackle Larron Jackson, center Bob Wilson, fullback James Harrison, tight end Tyrone Walls and flanker Mel Gray although they have a quarterback last season that could take advantage of talents anyway. At Nebraska, coach Bob Devaney faces the loss of five offensive starters and three of them come where losses hurt jxwi the the (rffensive line where tackles Bob Newton and Wally Winter and guard Donnie McGliec wiU be missed. Of the four graduates on defense, three of them were all-Big Jerry Murtaugh, tackle Dave Walline and middle guard Ed Periard. Colorado's Liberty Bowl team gets hit bard by graduation In both the offensive and defensive backfields and in the offensive line. Buffs coach Eddie Crowder must find replacements for both offensive tackles, a guard and center Don Pow)Iewell while on defense he loses both tackles, two linebackers and two backs.

Cyclones Need Help At Iowa State, coach Johnny Majors has been building since taking the job at Ames and feels he has been making progress, but he needs help from his freshman team to shore up a defense that loses eight starters and that freshman defense had some bad leaks in it last fall Offensively, the Cyclones could be better even with Otto Stowe gone because Majors has his entire interior line returning, his quarterbacks and then Jerry Moses coming up from the frosh team. Oklahoma State may have one of the best backfields in the league this season with Tony Pounds, Dick Graham, Bobby Cole and James Williams all back, but got to come up with several new blocekrs up front with only guard Steve Gamnon returning. Kansas State loses, in addition to quarterback Lynn Dickey, their best all-around player in Mike Montgomery and its entire defensive backfield. Friday, Feb. 5, 1971 The Tiineoln Star 17 AT EAST- No.

6 Columbus To Test Spartans By VIRGIL PARKER Prep Sports Writer either feast or famine for high school basketball fans in the Capital City. Two weeks ago there were four games in Lincoln on the same night. This weekend has a crucial top ten ratings battle and an intra-city clash with nothing scheduled Saturday night as four local prep clubs are on the road. East hosts Columbus In a meeting between top ten rated quintets. Coach Paul No.

1 ranked Spartans face the No. 6 rated Discovers at the East High gym. The intra-city game is a rematch between Lincoln High and Southeast at Pershing Auditorium. The Links won the first meeting, 65-56, a month ago. All the other weekend action involving Capitol City clubs is out of town.

Defending state champion Northeast travels to North Platte tonight and moves over to Grand Island for a Saturday night encounter. Fosbury Flopping Soviet Hits United States Moscow A 21-year-old Lithuanian, who has cleared seven feet in the high jump using the unorthodox Fosbury Flop, will be one of the Soviet track stars invading the United States next week for a series of meets. His name is Kestusis Shapka, a 21-year- old student who is threatening Valery world record of with the controversial style popularized in the 1968 Olympics by Dick Fosbury. Fosbury, who won the gold medal at Mexico City, with a leap of startled spectators by clearing the bar head first with his back to the bar and landing on the nape of his neck. Some track coaches feared youngsters would copy the style and break their necks.

Shapka recently cleared 7-3 in a meet at Kaunas, in which Brumel also competed, and topped last October in Sochi. ixefer the belly Birumel told Tass, the Soviet news agency, in an interview. if Fosbury and Sfiuipka jump to 230 centimeters 7 feet, 6 incites, I will possibly change my view. do not set a great store by record. If it were not my misfortune, 11 would improve it several Brumel set his mark in 1963.

Afterward he was involved in a motorcycle accident, and busted his leg. He has undergone operations. Shapka and eight other leading Soviet athletes will make their debut against a picked American team at Los Angeles Feb. 12. They will appear in the Athens Invitational at Oakland, Feb.

13 and then perform at New Madison Square Garden Feb. 19. The squad includes Viktor Saneev, the Olympic triple jump champion; Alexander Kornelyuk, a sprinter; Mikhail Zhelobovsky and Valery Arzhanov, middle distance ners; Rashid Sharafetdinov, a distance ace; and women runners Lyudmila Bragina, Natalya Kolesnikova and Tatyana Kon- drashova. Kornelyuk, 20, has done the 100 meters in 10.3 but he prefers the shorter distance, 50 and 60 yards which he will run mostly in the United States. Arzhanov is the Soviet 800 meter record holder with 1 minute, 45.5 seconds.

Saneyev is the world record holder in the triple jump with a leap of 57 feet and of an inch. Zhelobovsky has clocked 3:40.5 in 1,500 meters. Sharafetidinov is at his best in the 5,000 meters. SEVEN TO HALL OF FAME STAFF PHOTO BY RANDY HAMPTON MEETING Barbara Cronin, Figuring out strategy is Mary Ude, left, Dill, Sue Teater, Lit Albert, Bud Irons Excavating AdtJs Victories Lombardi, Six Players Picked PRO FOOTBALL GROUP SELECTS Canton, Ohio The late Vince Lombardi, the great Jimmy Brown and two quarterbacks, Y. A.

Tittle and Norm Van Brocklin, were among those selected Thursday for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Also elected to the elite group that now numbers 70 were defensive end Andy Robustelli, end Bill Hewitt and tackle Frank Kinard. The seven new members, who will be enshrined in official ceremonies here on July 31, were elected by a board of selectors composed of one representative from each pro football city along with the president of the Pro Football Writers Association. Lombardi, w'ho died of cancer last September, was honored for his contributions as a coach. During his reign at Green Bay, the Packers won five National Football League championships and the first two Super Bowls.

Brown led the NFL In rushing seven of the nine seasons he was with the Cleveland Browns and retired with a career total of 12,312 yards gained on the ground. Tittle took the New York Giants to a division title three times after playing 10 yards with San Francisco and Van Brocklin, who spent his early years with Los Angeles, guided Philadelphia to the NFL title in 1960. Robustelli was a teammate of with the Giants after starting his career with the Rams. Hewitt and Kinard. by comparison with the other five, are oldtimers.

Hewitt joined the Chicago Bears in 1932 and was an outstanding all-around end. Kinard began his career with the now defunct Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938. By TOM HENDERSON Star Sports Writer Whenever the Bud Irons Excavating team enters a tournament it has to look around for a couple of extra bowlers. not because the team is unstable. because it rolls in the Parkway Trio League which is made up of three- member teams and five-man I woman) teams are the going thing in most of tournaments.

Results, Page 18 But the groping for extra team members really bothered the original trio much. In fact, in the four years been bowling as a team had pretty good luck at it. Three years ago the nucleus of Ruby Dill, her sister, Mary Ude, and Lil Albert picked up Ruth Northrup and Joan Carter and set a state Class A team scratch record of 2,815. They won the Lincoln City bowling tournament Class A team scratch title in as Home Furnishings and this year added a pair of winners to currently hold both the Class A scratch and handicap leads in the City tournament. This extra members are the sister combination of Sue Teater and Barb Cronin.

The pair won last doubles crown and Sue captured the all-events title to become the only double winner in the 1970 tourney. As a team this year they combined for a 2,607 scratch series for a 2,820 handicap set with 213 handicap pins. were pretty consis- says Ruby Dill was really a team Ruby continues, i ive of us bowled consistently. Our individual series ranged between 535 and 502 with all the others bunched i Other members of team have done well individually or have made tournament leadership a family affair. Mary Ude is No.

1 in the all-events division and also holds the singles high scratch with a 613 series, Lil husband, Francis, and her son, Jay, have both the do ubles scratch and handicap Iciu Is. Eadi of the Bud Irons team members bowls in hree leagues with most of them at Hollywood Bowl where they rolled their tourney-leading series. Ruby and Mary each roll in two leagues at Hollywood and one at Parkway, while Barb and Sue bowl all three of theirs at Hollywood and Lil competes in erne at Hollywood and two at Parkway. Ruby says she believes the 2,607 series will hold up in the scratch division since it survived a heavy onslaught on some high average teams Thursday night, but she sure about the handicap lead. handicap, you never she says.

White Leads Hastings' Win Sports Menu BACK ONE' STROKE Hastings Jim White scored 32 points Thursday night to lead Hastings College to a lopsided 105-72 non-conference basketball victory over New Mexico Highlands. Hastings used a fast break and nnoved out to an early lead, thtm increased the margin throughout the contest. Dan Wassenberg picked up 17 rebounds for Hastings, and the Broncos had a 60-38 advantage off the boards Hiohanch 37 Hastinfls 51 Highlands Brooks McAuliffa 15, Walker 14, Carman 11, Collins 9, Casados 3, Harrelson 2, Luscombe 2. Hastings White 32, Johnson 16, Bowling 13, Wassenberg 10, Yost 9, Ptak Johnsen 3, Higgins 3, Rasby 2, Sitorias 1. Sletkes Breaks Nose, But Team Nips Kearney St.

Wayne liP Wayne State leading scorer, Dennis Siefkes, broke his nose shortly before halftime Thursday night, but his team still managed to beat Kearney State College 7876 in an NCC basketball contest here. Wayne led 43-36 at halftime. John Schlee Shocks Field, Sets Pace In Hawaiian Open Two Sharing Lead Ontario, Calif. Rick Rhoades and Gene Torres, two but the Antelopes closed to with- little-known touring pros, shot first-round 67s Thursday to share the lead in the United Air Lines-Ontario Open, a satellite tourney to the $200,000 Hawaiian Open. in two points late in the game.

Kearney 36 40-76 Wayne 43 Kearney Sandstorm 15, Karnati 14, 13, Kropp 11, Walden 6, Rol 5, Meyer 4. Wayne Merchel 22, II, Woodin Hoffman 8, Ktrofholz 6, Harvey 5. Siefkes 5, Erwin 4, Rohlften 2. Tail and greying John a one stroke lead over the Palmer in the Hawaiian Open The other three Saturday night tilts find Lincoln High at North Platte, with Pius and Southeast in Omaha. travel to the Metro City to meet Omaha Paul VI while Southeast faces Omaha Burke.

East now sports an 8-1 record and seven consecutive victories after putting down the challenge of No. 3 rated Northeast last weekend. Columbus will be trying to rebound from an upset two- point loss to Norfolk in its last outing. The Discovers were rated No. 2 before that defeat and will be seeking a higher spot in the ratings once again against the top-ranked Spartans.

Columbus, despite a 9-3 record, bolds an upper band over East on the basis of comparative scores. The two have met a pair of common foes. only loss of the season was an 11-point loss to Lincoln High, a team Columbus topped with 20 to spare. They have also met North Platte, with Columbus an 18- point victor while East won by just nine. Friday BASKETBALL Sfate Colleges: Fairbury JC at Nebraska Western; York at McCook JC; Platte at North Platte JC; Hastings at Metro, State; Peru at Chadron; Lincoln High Schools; Lincoln High vs.

Lincoln Southeast, Pershing Auditorium, I p.m.; Columbus at Lincoln East, I p.m.; Lincoln Northeast at North Platte, 8 p.m. SWIMMIMO-Slwjx City Central at Lincoln High, 3:30 p.m.; Lincoln Southeast at Omaha Bryan, 4 p.m.; Lincoln East at Fremont, 4 p.m. WRESTLING Fort Hayes State at Nebraska, NU Coliseum, 7:30 p.m.; Omaha Westside at Lincoln High, 3:30 p.m.; Lincoln Southeast at Bellevue, 4 gymnastics Nebraska at Northern BOWLING Lincoln City Tournaments: Men's teams at Plaza, singles and at Parkway; women's teams at Hollywood, singles and doubles at Tony's Ranch Bowl. Saturday lASKWTBALL Creighton Notre Dame; Big Eight: Kansas NU Coliseum, 2:40 p.m.; Iowa State at Kansas Stata; Oklahoma State at Oklahoma; Colorado at AAissourl; Stale Colleges: Midland at Dana; Northwestern of Iowa at Concordia; Nebraska Wesleyan at Aurora. College; Falrbury JC at North Platte JC; Northeastern el McCook JC; Peru at Chadron; Hesston, at York; at Nebraska Western; New Mexico Highlands at Kearney; UNO at Fort Hayes, oux Empire at Bellevue; Hastings Colorado College; Lincoln High Schools; Plus at Omaha Paul vl; Lincaln at North Platte; Lincoln Northeast at Grand Island; Lincoln Southeast at Omaha Burke.

TRACK Colorado at Nebraska, East Stadium, 1:30 p.m. HOCKEY Fort Worth at Omaha, Coliseum, 8 p.m. SWIMMING Nebraska at A'r Force. WRESTLING at Nebraska, NU Coliseum, 7:30 p.m.; Plus at Fremont Bergen Tournament, GYMNASTICS Nebreska at Iowa Stata. BOWLING Lincoln City Tournaments: Men's teams at Piazs, and doubles at Parkway; women's teams at Hollywood, singles and doubles al Tony's Ranch Bowl.

Sunday HOCKEY Tulsa at Omaha, Ak-Sar- Ben Coliseum, 7 p.m, BOWLING Lincoln City Tournaments: Men's teams at Plaza, singles and doubles at Parkway; women's teams at Holywood, singles and doubles at Tony's Ranch Bowl. Honolulu Schlee fired awesome figure of Arnold first round of the $200,000 golf tournament. Palmer, the 41-year-old all-time leading money winner who has not won in more than a year, had a 67 on the long and sunny Waialae Country Club course and was tied for second place with Cesar Saundo. Lee Trevino, the 1970 leading money winner who is making a comeback after a three-week absence, headed a big group at 68, just two strokes back. Others at that figure included Bert Yancey, Bobby Mitchell, Lionel Hebert, Tom Shaw, Dewitt Weaver, Jack Ewing and Jim Wiechers.

Defending champion Bruce Crampton was in another large group at 69 while Jack Nicklaus and Masters Champion Billy Casper matched I played pretty Nicklaus Ooklown Parle Season Today Hot Springs, Ark. (JFI Oaklawn Park opens its Sddjiy thoroughbred racing season here today, but the Inaugur, al Handicap will be something less than it was cracked I'p to be. Two of those expected to start in the race i Anette Staunch Avenger and W. Line City failed to pass the entry box lliursday morning for the $7,500 allowance race for 3-year-olds. Staunch Avenger, Line City and Hook It Up, owned b.y Larry Wolken and Cooperman, were being touted mi favorites for the Arkansas Derby April 3 and weni expected to meet in the Inaugural Gin Collins, trainer of Staunch Avenger, said he want to risk a horse of Staunch caliber on an track.

A thunderstorm hit the Hot Springs area Thursday and the track will probably be muddy today. Staunch Avenger was unbeaten as a 2-year-old while earning more than $117,000. Harold Tinker, trainer of Line City, worked bis horse Thursday morning and said Line City was ncH coming up to the race the way he had hoped. Line City won his last three starts of 1970 and earned more than $45,000. Hook It Up, winner of more than as a is expected to get the role in the furlong Inaugural with Staunch Avenger and Line City out of the picture.

year said. have had a 65. But I three-putted twice and missed 12 putts inside 15 Schle is a 31-year-old tour regular who won in six years on the pro tour. His best finish was second at St. Paul in 1966 and he had his best season last when he i von more than $27,000.

Schlet? birdied three oif the four par-five holes, reaching two of them in two. He also roUiil in birdie putts of 8, 12, and 6 feet and have a bogey. Palme who as usual drew most of the gallery, his round on the tenth tee and made consecutive birds on the 12th and I3th. He curled in a 15-footer on 12 and reached tlie par-five 13 in two. The man from Latrobe, knocked hi another 15-footer on the 15th and made the turn in 34.

He made a 35-foot putt on the fourth hole and 4 in a two-putt birdie on the ninth. Missouri Retires Brewer Track Columbia, Mo. won 10 of the 14 events in defeating Iowa Stale 68-54 Thursday night in an indoor track meet, the last to be held in the 42-year-old Brewer Field House. Missouri swept the two-mile, took first and second in the mile and high jump, and first and third in the high hurdles, yard run, the 880 and low hurdles to demonstrate its depth. Iowa State swept the pole vault.

Kerry Hopn and Don Hoelting otf Missouri held hands to make sure they would tie for first in the twinnile, with teammate Mark Visk taking third. The winning time was 8:58.9. Dolfay Leads Ebonite San Jose, Calif. iJPi Ed Dolfay of Everett, led a charge to the top Thursday in the third round of the $75,000 Ebonite Open Bowling Tournament. HE'S A REBEL Johnny Newman goes up for a shot against LSU.

Newman is leading the nation in scoring and luid 63 points against LSU..