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The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 42

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The Lincoln Stari
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ms I.INrOLN SUNDAY JOURNAL ANP STAR December 16, 1968 NWU Rips Utahans, 99-65 i Where Is Everybody? Salt Lake City, Uta'h Nebraska Wesleyan University clobbered classy Westminster College here Saturday night, 99-65. The visiting Nebraskans hit the tall hosts so fast that the Utah club was never in the game Wesleyan, upset last Thursdav at Colorado Mines, 67-57. left little doubt as to its ability here Saturday. Dick Nelson and Don Beckmann, both playing with injuries, sparked the Plainsmen to leads of 11-1, 20-2 and 28-4 in the first 9 minutes of the game. Nelson.

high man for the evening with 22 points, scored 9 field goals in the first half Wesleyan led 55-27 at halftime on the strength of a field goal aecurac) Beckman, playing despite a sore ankle, netted 19 for the night He had Six Players Swapped By Giants, Baltimore San Francisco Saniuiuv in 1962, complaining Francisco Giants and Bam-'lhat his k'ft Fisher is apparently the key man in the plans, was the Mm hf. hurt whenever more Orioles made a whole- sale exchange of 1962 p.h h- he ami Miller ing disapjxiintnients Satur- had career records; Vi dav and threw two and 67-67, Veterans BiiK Pierce. Jack catchers into a 6-man deal Fisher, at 2.1 the youiK.st sam.rd and Billy O'Dell announced only a few hours pdcher in the deal. on handled the rest of the load before the inter-league trad- games at baltimore in I'm it is generally eoncedid ing deadline tmd 10 in 1961. but was i-9 Giants need more young The National League cham- this year with a ix)or of starters to gtve the vets ade- in the first half.

Center Chet Paul scored 12 of his total of 16 in the initial quarter as reserves pi ay I'd throughout the final 20 minutes of the onesideil tilt Mitchell led Wes- 51-rehoiiud effort with 14. an hit 37 field goals 83 attempts I 0 Westminster could get to the high-flying Plainsmen in the second half was 22 Wesleyan now has a record of 5-1 with next action slated against Yankton. S.D.. College Wednesday night in the first round of the Midwest at in Lincoln. pions sent Stu Miller.

Mike 5 09 He is a right-hander Mrt'ormick and catcher John Hoeft 30. has been in the Orsino to the Orioles 1 majors for 1 seasons. He ion Jack Fisher. Riilv Hoeft and 16 games at Detroit in 19od cafcher Jim Cokir. and 20 the "ext bm has Miller, who will be 35 Dec, no more than an, 26.

was the National l.eaguc year since The earned run average champion a 4.6. F.R.4 in in 1958 and a 14-game winner Orsino returned to the in 1961 as he led the ants in mid-season after a bullpen staff. But the right- tour of military service and It 1 Jrvi 0 I 4 snitlh 0 -H-gaia 2 Munti. 4 2-4 Ift (1 6 it Hortu 1 4 Ba. K.iolxsk 0 1-2 1 4 4 Mlam.s 1 11 li.s'n 2 i-lO 4-8 8 niisi.

014 23 22 21-35 65 quate rest. Westminster 27. Basketball Local Hijili Vi if NU cheerleader frolics in near-empty Yankee Stadium. Lincoln Loiters.n Htsh Westside HastinCi St Cecilia LI OreaoB st California Fremont Itieio 74 Colo, St. tolL .3 Western Mtch.

Drake 47 W'avhinstou Si. .77 46 RfSls 75 Piantana St, Coll. Davton .78 Tecumseh 4i Franc sco Lincoln Hif 54 omint .71 Siale Hitili SeliDoU urtorce I tab H4 hander slumped to 5-8 and a rapped 13 hits appear- i ,7 4 12 ER.V last season as wild- ances. Orsino. 24.

bats and -74 comordia ss ness plagued his effectiveness, throws right-handed. McCormick, a 6-year vet- Coker, 26, a right-handed Hasfinft. .76 Mtuthern tSD.lSS eran though he is only 24. sisned with the Giants for I hiladelphia I hiLies but cuy s4 atout $65.000 in 1956. He won spent 1962 with Buffalo in the Baker Cooks Winner 15 games in 1960 but was International league.

Prep Panorama By Conde Sargent lllltilHlillllliHtlimiiitilillllltHlllliHIUUIIHlit Staff Sports Writer Fa'rburv JC 74 Frm Dana .47 STATF. HIGH LalU City 61 Firth .77 Cmiihton Prep 83 t.uyblu« 73 Drat 61 Vorihrrn is D.i 82 (hadron 76 H' CIrmson 67 City 71 City Omaha 66 72 Midland 73 Mirhican 71 Ohio DrPaul 76 Ohio St. 74 Kentucky 71 Indiana SO Purdue S3 WitttoBsin 84 Basketball, that game which raises the ire of the calmest, is off to its suspected start. Gvm noise and the buzzer had a mild argument at Omaha Weslside when the Omahans defeated Grand Island in an overtime. Reports the Grand Island Independent: "The roar of the crowd made it impossible to hear the final buzzer and after a long debate the officials decided that the score should count and an overtime would be It was a tip-in following a desperation heave and climaxed a hectic finish that saw West side erase a 6-point GI lead in the last minute.

Grand Island at one time had an 18-point cushion the half. Such IS the changing tide of the roundball sport. Then there was Columbus St. Bonaventure which had some players get to Blair by the second half because of car failure. And finally, the end of or which brought mostly glee because cage win streaks are expected to last over a year.

Polk lost its 32-game win streak, leaving Spencer, the 1962 Class champ, with the best mark without a loss. The Pirates finished last year with 17 straight and have added two this year. hat a Relief The other side of the ledger brought the happiness Byron won its first game in 4 years, at Mundcn. Kan but still is looking for a win over Nebraska teams Norfolk gave coach Jim Riley his first varsity wm, cracking a 29-game losing streak with a win over Kearney Kxeter got off to a Iwo game winning streak after losing 22 straight. Said coach Dean Cunningham: "It sure feels good to have one of the longest losing streaks come to an That leaves the "bad handle with Lexington, now a member of the big brother Class A clan.

The Minute men are without a basketball success in 20 outings. Auburn 48 Palmyra 38 72 ount il Al. B.tvs To'in L'l i Nfbraska Dfa( Nebraska Wayne 6.7 F.llyaurth AFB 51 Tr.ii:ilad iColo 98 Biji Nouihern Cal 66 Oklahoma .71 Arizona Si. 77 Kansas St. 72 Illinois 'S toll sj 73 rinrinnati 64 Kansas 49 Oklahoma St.

69 Texas 65 Colorado 76 Pepperdine 63 Kansas City 110 Lout Bearh HoUStOn 44 I CL.A 72 Alissouri 55 Biji Ten (hvtliani Bowl 34 IJherly Bowl Oregon State 6 Villanova 0 Missile Bowl Ft. ampbell 14 Lackland 10 AFI. New York 10 yvh Evansville 64 Cleveland 13 San Francisco 19 Minnesota 74 JuiUOrRoSe Bowl Philadelphia (UPD ry Baker, the Mr. Everything of College Football, turned a threatened safety into a 99- yard toucbdown run Saturday and it carried the Beavers of Oregon Stale to a 6-0 victory over underrated Villanova in the 4th annual Liberty Bowl game. The Beaver quarterback, winner of both the Heisman and Maxwell trophies and UPl College Back and Player of the Awards, spun his way from his own end zone midway through the first period to go off on his scoring jaunt Christian 62 Santa Calif.

20 Columbia .6 Carolina 76 Butirr 78 Miami Michvtnsl Lovoia htrafo 105 .74 la 10,7 7 VVot.xtrr t.H (entra! iDhiOt 67 B'wing rfn 83 Wi'ilern 74 Drtroit HS lllilsdale 76 Jacksonville SI foli-do Northern 111. 48 Ird (entrai 105 North Central III. 73 Maruuette 82 St. 70 Wichita 91 NC Matnieii Win, 25-10 Nebraska wrestlers whip- 12 Brigham Young 89 ped Colorado School of Mincs East 1 26-10 at the NU Coliseum Sat- Boston r. 64 urday night.

LafaySe 4 i Nebraska is now 1-1 and conneeticut 661 hosts low 3 State HBxt Wedncs- Husquehanna 51 i Harvard 56 day. William 4 Mary 53, Walenz (N) pinned John Vanderbilt 70 Thornton fC), 5:47. Kent St. 67 Nt.ssen (N) pinned Rich- Brown 52 Kern (C). 76 Navv 1371b Chut Martin dec Mike Malone 19 McClane (').

4 2 .71 in-lb i linkman pinned Duk Van.Sickle 8 i2. 177 11). Rrjce O'Callaxhan 'M won b.v forieit Ui7-4b TL; li (N) nn-d Lre 7H Sib mode mtn 3 .73 177-lb Ii 'M de-' Kd Rei.sh lluv. Di Wy lie hi ((') pinned Bob Zartner 3 16. Baker MVP Of Liberty Philadelphia Baker, Oregon All-America quarterback, was named the most valuable player of 4th annual Liberty Bowl game.

Fullback Billy Joe of Villanova. who gained 66 yards in 14 carries, was named the most valuable back. The most valuable lineman was guard Warren Cole of Oregon State. which gave Oregon State thei i before 17,048 -1 nipped fans. Baker pulled the Beavers from a deep, deep hole, set up when Larry Glueck touched a booming punt by Dick Sherlock dead i on the Oregon State one-foot line.

On the first play from, scrimmage. Villanova sopho-' more tackle Al Atkinson reled through and almost dropped Baker for the automatic two points. Rut the Ameriea slithered a a scooted to his left and broke across the line of I fe continued wide, outstripping the massed-in Villanova defense to head for the clear. Glueck seemed to have him pinned against the sideline at the 15, but Baker eluded the tackle and went racing behind blockers the length of the field to count. There was an interference; call on Villanova on the first try for a two-point conver- i sion and on ttie second, the; Villanova defense smothered Baker to set up the 6-0 score which held up to the end.

But, in the nationally-tele vised game played in i i ing 25-degree temperatures with players of both teams; wearing sneakers, the after- noon was one of frustration for Villanova, including the recall of the tying touchdown by Billy Joe for a holding penalty against the Wildcats. Villanova outgained Oregon State 309 to 299 overall and outrushed them 246 to 176., The second period opened with ball on the Oregon 12 and Joe crunched outside and went 12 yards into the end zone. The play was nidlified and Villanova penaHzed for holding. The Cats lost 5 for offside on the next play and then Aceto fired what appeared to be a perfect pass to Richie Richman in end zone but the Don Espalin raced over and made the interception for the killing touch. Villanova 0 0 0 Orriron 6 0 0 O.S.

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John's iXYl 54 Columbia 54 ordbam 75 agner 6ft Krandeiii 76 Boston CoUege 66 Pennsylvania 74 r.onaventure 92 73 t5D 65 66 Svra. use .79 Nia- ra 7:, Cam 80 Ire Invitstiiinal 'jnsalation i F.rltoir 66 steel Bov 1 Chumpiau-liiD Flit 5 Duuuevne 59 Vill.iriaxa 71 orneli 71 So. arolina 61 87 Virginia 88 Mar.xiand 67 Florida 73 Duke 76 AllsilssiopI St 77 (leo. Washington Furman 68 Virginia 61 i ake Forest 67 Louisville 77 I Alemnhis St. 66 Loyola (Irleans) 77 No.

lem. St. 66 Tennessee 85 Sewanee 15 Richmotiil Baldwin TA Jays Cleiiisoii Alabama Arkansas 90 s.t, Mary's (Tev.l 67 -sMl NBA Omaha Milasnovich led Clem son. tall boys under the boards Brennen, the Coast were too much for Clemson top scorer, hit to handle as the home team for 24 and Milasnovich, a sub. Bluejays crushed the South- counted 17.

Brennan was par- erners with a second half i ticuiarly effective on 1 rush Saturday night, 87-67. one-handed jumps. Creighton, from a 74-48 loss inrinnati 124 Louis 112 (hicago 142 Texas Tech 77 MississiDPi 6 Tesas 66 Tulane 75 Boston Detroit New York 101 boum'ing back cli at 2-3 Dame nicht, made (KFM.HIOV its recfjrd 4-2 makm'g tuU use of Caul 6-feei-7. Jame.s 6-5 and Merrill 6-4. on rebounds The ran-y Bluejays were in command the xecond half after going out on top at intermission a 41-34 Silas poured in 23 points and James got 20 Jim Brennen and 1 THI ALL SEASON RECREATION 8 James 9 2 7 a 9 Mahaitey 0 5-6 5 0 (Ht Hrvanan 8 9-11 25 McMan'n f) 1 (M) 2 3 ti 7 3-5 17 Apke 4 2 4 Hexl 4 11 Sit'U 0 1-2 1 Smet Cal 1 Kick holt I 00 i Ki.ifband 0 0-" Jiminvz 0-J Lynch 0 (Wl 0 Lyuni.

0 Walker 0 0 Totals 23 n-U TotaU 19-24 87 Halftiroe; Creighton, 41-34 Attendance. 2,404 Perkins Lnsrs Boxing Italy Veteran Duilio Loi of Italy regained the world junior welterweight boxing championship by pointing i Perkins of Chicago in 15 rounds Saturday night. Brother Of Ex -11 iisker New York City Donald Cifra, brother of former braska fullback George f'ifra. saw action against Nebraska in the Gotham 'uphomore end, Cifra was a high school athlete from Turtle Creek, Fa. 40 AT ALL TIMES Bowl at Your Friendy Lane BOWL-MOR LANES OPEN BOWLING 40 Per Line SAT.

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