Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 11

0T 'e Associated Press general sports editor Bob Johnson, center, presented Cornhusker coach Bob Devant'y with the national championship trophy Monday night at the Nebraska tootball awards banquet at PoTshing Auditorium. Master of ceremonies Dick Perry, right, holds the No. 1 traveling trophy. Oregon State football coach Dec Andros, lar right, was the guest speaker. 1970 (j)nikuskers CoilCOrdia Ellds XwO National Champs Honored Major Losing Streaks By DON FORSYTH Although Nebraska football coach Bob Devaney made it a point to officially designate 'Puesday as to day for his national championship team, Monday night was another walk on the clouds for the Cornhuskers.

The unbeaten, No. 1-rated were honored, collectively and individually, at the annual Football Awards Banquet, held this year at Pershing Auditorium to accommodate nearly 2.000 fans who made it the biggest awards ceremony ever staged for a Nebraska team. is one of the few times In my life I think of anything funny to admitted Devaney. So the perennial of the in Cornhusker country played it been as.sociated with cham- LINCOIA, TUKSDAY, JAN. 19, PACE pionship teams at State and Wyoming, but this 1970 team of ours is the finest football team I've ever had the opportunity to be a part he said.

Devaney observed that a national championship is the greatest honor which can come to an athletic team. Presenting a national championship trophy to Devaney and the Cornhuskers wa.s Rob Johnson, general sports editor of The Press. Johnson noted that he had been upstaged a few days earlier by Pre.side-nt Nixon and that he feared being upstaged again when he came to Lincoln. some of the remarks after the bowl games I have been at all surprised to see the Pope here to make a he said. In addition to the huge traveling trophy presented Devaney with a plaque for the High Scoring Mead Faces Tough Weekend By VIRiilL PARKER Prep Sports Writer When Mead and Yutan, a pair of Class high school athletic powers which are located just six miles apart, tangled in a basketball game last winter, there wasn't a seat left in the Mead gym after 5 p.m.

With Mead rated No. 1 in the statewide top ten and Yutan No. 8, the Thursday night clash between the two is scheduled lor more spacious facilities. thought it would be a good break for the Mead coach Jim Heller says, Nebraska Prep Ratings By Virgil Parker Clas.s 10-0) (8-1) City (9-1) (7-1) (8-1) (9-1) from new Exon for their team- state coach Dee former assistant at iTturned as guest Catholic City (8-1) (11-1) (8-3) City (9-1) kroKks defending champion Pawnee City all the way from the top spot to No. 7 by winning the South- besides good experience to east Border Conference championship game.

though a winner the bigger floor. in its last six outings, is kept out of the ten for the time being the kind we all have to operate at least, by three early-season losses. District Leaders on when district tourney time rolls not the only challenge Mead faces this week. The Raiders travel to No. 4 rated Odell for a Friday night encounter 'before meeting Diller Saturday night.

even want to think about the rest of the weekend Heller confides. is big, has a good club, is in our district and it is a conference game. And of course since so close together it always'a big rivalry club made the state tournament last season, gaining a first-round victory over Dorchester before bowing to Overton in the semis. we only have two starters back from that he says, were our top two scorers and our first and third best Mead has rattled off eight straight victories this season, over 100 points in five of the eight outings. Corky Charles, a 6-3 junior, has picked up where he left off last year and is leading Mead with a 23 average and 17 rebounds.

John Erickson, also 6-3 and a junior, is the other returning starter. Though knocking in nearly 13 points a game only fourth-best on the club this winter. Mike Couch, a starter when a freshman but who was away from Mead last year, is back for his junior season. At 6-5, Couch is nearly even with Charles at 21 points and 16 rebounds a game. a taller front line than the Class A teams in Lincoln can field.

the funny Heller adds, the fact that two other Class teams in City (9-1) City (8-1' (B-l) Catholic (10 (8-1) (lO-C 8-FJkhorn Valley (10-1) (8-3) (8-2) (8-2) City (9-1) (9-1) (8-3) (8-11 Ifi-Mitchell (11-2) I) (9-1 Doniphan (11-0) (lO-Ot 3-Adams (lO-l) (6-1) 4-Odell (7-1) (9-2) (10-0) Assumption (10-2) eight teams stay in the same order as a week ago after they all enjoy a week of wins, leaving no excuse to scramble order. Doniphan registers most impressive wins, could advance with continued success. Melbeta falls out, moving Yutan and Hildreth up, and making room for Chadron Assumption to join the list. District Leaders (9-1) (7-1) (10-D Bruning (4-3) (10-0) (8-0) (5-2) (4-6) (8-1) just our own district are taller than we are. Yutan is across the front but has taller guards and Waterloo averages 6-3, with a 6-5 center, two at 64, another at 6-3 and one at six Heller only starts one senior, 6-0 guard Rob Gottsch, (14 a game average), with 5-10 junior Steve Carritt at the other spot.

Senior Don Simons is the sixth man. only have 10 varsity Helier says, in four of the five games in which we scored more than 10 points we had 11 boys score and in the other, 12 ol them got on the books. bringing as many up for varsity experience as we (11-0) (10-0) (5-2) (9-2) (7-1) Assumption (J(V2) But this weekend Heller and his club know they face a stiffer foes from the top ten on back-to-back nights. be worrying about 100 points or having 12 guys Heller admits. be real happy to While the Class ratings appear much the same as a week ago with only some minor shuffling taking place in the last few positions of the top ten.

Class underwent some major changes. Defending state champion Pawnee City saw its long winning streak end at 35 games and tumbled from first to seventh as ten-time winner Norfolk Catholic assumes the leadership role. Cornhusker trophy case. you have to do to keep the big one is wan it two more he said. The individiual 'honors were claimed by seniors Guy Ingles, Jerry Murtaiugh, Dan Schneiss and Ed Periard.

Ingles was recipient of the Guy ChamiberMn Trophy, awarded annuaily to the senior displaying the qua'lities and dedication of Chamiberlin to the Cornhusker tradition. One of the smallest starters in major college football, Ingles finished his Cornhusker career as the all time Nebraska receiving leader. The Omaha senior also received the Lincoln Optimists award as the outstanding senior offensive lineman. Schneiss was named the outstanding senior offensive back, Periard the outstanding senior defensive lineman and M'urtaugh the outstanding senior defensive back by the Optimists. Co-captains Murtaugh and Schniess accepted Admiralships in the Great Nebraska Navy (iovernor J.

J. themselves and mates. Oregon Andros, a Nebras'ka, speaker. is a gi-eat honor. 1 have never been 1 in anything.

As a matter of fact I was born twins and came out he quipped. earned everything you Andros told the Cornhuskers. know the price you paid to get as far as you got the sacrifice and dedication involved. takes tremendous paJde, team pnide and a burning desire to be great. no question in my mind but that had all of these things.

That is exactly why you are national champions, the No. 1 team in America Andros warned the Cornhuskers not to become complacent not to become satisfied with accomplishments. to call was made to the Cornhusker underclassmen. He announced a squad meeting for 3 p.m. Tuesday to begin preparations for the defense of the national title.

The Cornhusikers will have 35 fettermen returning from their unbeaten team. The J970 national championship let- term en; Seniors John Decker. Bob Grenfell, Guy Ingles, Rex Lowe, Dan Malone, Donnie McGhee, Morock, Jerry Murtaugh, Bob Newton, Joe Orduna, Ed Periard, Paul Rogers, Dan Schneiss, Frank Vactor, Dave Walline, Wally Winter. Juniors John Adkins, Jim Anderson, Van Brownson, Woody Cox, Phil Harvey, Gary Hollstein, Jeff Hughes, Larry Jacobson, Carl Johnson, Jeff Kinney, Bill Kosch, Tom McClelland, Pat Morell, Dick Rupert, Jerry Tagge. Bob Terrio, Bruce Weber, Keith Wortman.

Sophomores Mike Beran, Joe Blahak, Jim Branch, Carstens, Doug Dumler, Rich Glover, Willie Harper, Bruce Hauge, John Hyland, Doug Jamail, Doug Johnson, Monte Johnson, Jeriy List, Bill Olds, Pitts, Bob Pabis, Johnny Rodgers. Kansas City (i'P Fifth- ranked Kansas opened its race for the Big Eight Conference basketiball flag Monday night with an easy conq'uest of Iowa State at Law'rence. Colorado stood off a late Oklahoma State charge and edged the Cowboys 62-59 at Stillwater. The versatile Kansas attack was carried by Bud Stallworth through the first half, and Dave Robisch picked up the tempo in the secoaid half, while Aubrey Nash added an unexpected bonus. Robisch finished with 21 points, tying Gene Mack of Iowa State for top honors.

Stallworth hit seven of eight field shots in the first half and finished with 19 points. Nash, who entered the game w'ith a 4.4 point average, canned 14 by sinking seven of 13 floor shots. The Jayhawks shot 50 per cent from the field, Iowa State 33 per cent. Kansas, which jumped from eighth to fifth in the national rankings, has a 121 record. Iowa State is 4-12 for the and 1-3 in the league.

Colorado had a fat 60-51 lead with 4:30 to go, but Oklahoma State battled to within 61-59 as Tony KratU'S hit two free throws with 20 seconds to go. Jim Creighton missed a free throw with 14 seconds fourth one the Buffs blew in the closing minutes. The Cowboys set up Mike Jeffries for the tying fiold goal and he fired from 20 feet at the two-second mark, but missed. Kansas 83, Iowa St. 57 By S'l'EVK SINCLAIR Concordia ended 26 years of basketball frustration, defeating Nebraska Wesleyan, 91-85, at Ira J.

Taylor Gym Monday night. win was the Bulldogs first over NWU since 1945 and the first ever aginst an Irv Peterson coached Wesleyan team. It also ended an eight game Concordia losing streak. NWU holds a 30-3 series edge. not worried about the explained coach Bob Baden in a jubilant Concordia dressing room.

going to see a change in the way we play from The hot-shooting Bulldogs utilized a controlled offense which resulted in 33 baskets in only 54 attempts. NWU hit two more field goals but t(K)k 81 shots. tried to (fasti break at the start to see what they would Baden said, we had our offense under control most of the took good and got a lot of lay he added. Concordia gained the lead at 12-10 on a field goal by senior guard Tom Raabe. John Brown pushed Wesleyan back in front 20-19 on a short jumper, but Kent Berkeland promptly can- Bob Baden Looking Ahead ned two free throws, the first of nine straight Concordia points, and the Bulldogs never trailed again.

Raabe and Berkeland each tallied 21 points to pace the winners. NWU guard Rick Roals fired in 23 to lead all scorers. Trailing by as many as nine points midway through the first half Wesleyan reduced the margin to lour, 50-46, at the intermission However, Concordia regained momentum and pulled to a 12 point lead, 81-60, with six minutes remaining in the test. NWU again chipped away at the lead getting as close a.s 86-82 with 1:48 left before the Bulldogs iced the victory, hitting five of seven free throws. fact that we (Con cordia) kept coming back they got close is proud of them," Baden said.

Baden also heaped praise on his defensive effort. knew we had to do a great defensive he said. He gave credit to Steve Schrader for doing a of stopping Brown, leading scorer. told him to keep Brown from the ball as much as possible," Baden explained. The Plainsmen senior finished with 16 points.

record dropped to 4-6 overall and (V2 in the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. C.oncordia is now 1-4 in the NIAC. explain NWU coach Irv Peterson said. We just CONCORDIA (41) 9 -fga Schroeder S-9 Berkeland ...7 9 Raabe 9-18 Dahlke 3-6 Shrader 3-5 Kreqer Lohmeyer Boren Toallt IOWA STATE KANSAS Engel 3 3-4 9 Russell 3 0-0 6 Gibson 1 1-2 3 Robisch 9 3-7 21 Reinbch 2 2-2 6 Brown 6 1-3 13 DeVilder 4 3-4 11 Stiwrfh 9 1-1 19 Mack 8 5-6 21 Nash 7 0-2 14 Brown 0 0-0 0 Kivisto 1 1-0 2 Moser 1 1-1 3 Williams 2 2-2 6 Johnson 1 (W) 2 Douglas 0 2-2 2 Snell 1 0-02 Mask 0 0-0 0 Barcus 0 0-0 0 Mathews 0 0-0 0 Totals 21 57 Totals 37 9-17 83 Iowa Stata 27 30-57 Kansas 43 Fouled Total fouls Iowa State 15, Kansas 16. Colorado 62, Oklahoma St.

59 Colorado Okla State Aaker 2 2-66 Kraus 3 5-7 11 Crehtn 7 4-7 18 Jeffries 3 3-4 9 Meely7 1-1 15 Mullen 8 2-4 18 MitchI5 0-0 10 Alford 4 1-1 9 Maulsby 3 0-16 Clack 4 0-2 8 Shell 2 2-2 6 Merida 0 0-0 0 Hofmn0 1-2 1 Dean 2 0-0 4 Teets 0 0-0 0 Wheelr 0 0 0 0 Pickns 0 0-0 0 MitchI 0 0-0 0 Totals 26 10-19 62 Totals 24 11-18 59 Colorado 26 62 Okla State 28 31 59 Ba.s4*bull The Kansas City Royals have announced the rehiring of McKeon as manager of it's Omaha farm club in the American Association. McKeon has won three league pennants in the last three years, a feat unnriatched by any other minor league manager in that span. The El Paso Sun Kings, a Class AA Texas League farm club of the California Angels, will move to Shreveport, for the 1971 season. The St. Louis Cardinals have received signed contracts from pitcher Frank Linzy, infielder Milt Ramirez and outfielders Jim Beauchamp and Jose Cruz.

First baseman Ernie Banks who will turn 40 on Jan. 31, has signed for his 18th season with the Chicago Cubs, Brown Boals Lintz Hiatt Beecharrt Renken French McLaughlin Rine Bunfemeyer Oberhelman Totals Concordia NWU 4-5 0-0 3-2 33-54 NWU (85) tg-tga ft-tta 7-14 10-21 It-tta 7-10 7 7 3-9 7-5 4-5 0-0 3-3 0-0 0 6 5-11 3-7 5-7 3-8 3-4 0-1 0-2 0-0 35-81 3-6 3-5 3-4 '7 O-I 4-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 15-24 reb 5 4 3 10 7 5 3 0 37 reb 7 4 6 II 5 6 1 1 53 50 46 Of 2 3 1 4 1 I pi 4 3 7 3 5 4 1 26 41 39 47- lA 38-411 FR0SHMAN GAME NWU Concordia Mevcr 18, Werner 6, Numeyer 16, Bauer Sprengel 1 Volderlage 1, Schultz 2, Roester 5, AmolK NWU Wilber 16, Hass 15, DeBoer 14 Peery 7, Anderson 13, Rhoades 10, Nielson 6. I Tri-Slafe Adds Paid Too nisi Football Total fouls: Colorado 20, OSU 19. Fouled Out: AAeely, Colo Conf. All Games Detroit Lion running back Mel Farr has been added the NFC team for the Pro Bowl Sunday in Los Angeles.

Texas offensive line coach Charlie Bradshaw has resigned to accept a similar job at Vanderbilt. Denver Bronco defensive backfield coach Dick MacPherson has been named head coach at the University of Massachusetts. Kansas State defensive coach Elliott has accepted a similar po.sition on Tennessee coach Bill staff. to Basketball continue playing further legal ac- 3 12 11 11 9 6 4 5 .37 4 1 3 .3 .5 8 12 9 Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska Colorado Kansas St. Iowa State Oklahoma St.

Results Kansas 8:1. Iowa State Colorado 62, Oklahoma State .39 Games lovva State at Colorado Oklahoma State at Kansas Houston at Kansas State Oklahoma at Washington of Louis Spencer Haywood has won approval to with the NBA SuperSonics, pending tion. Memphis Pro guard Bobby Warren will undergo surgery on a broken wrist bone and be lost to the ABA team for the rest of the season. Hockey NHL right winger McKenzie (rf the Boston Bruins has undergone surgery for a shoulder separation. Bobsledding World champions Horst Fioth and Peppi Bader of West Germany were badly hurt Tuesday when they overturned on the final stretch of the Cervinia, Italy track, site of the official trials for the world two-man competition.

Hiiskothall Raliiipis SPORTS SL4TE Fights By The Associated Press NORFOLK, Pelster, Petersburg, outpointed Alfredo Jiminez, St. Paul, 8 welterweights. PHILADELPHIA Ricardo Arredondo, 130, Mexico, stopped Augie Pantellas, 129, Broornall, 10. AP 1. UCLA (26) 13-0 552 2.

Marquette (3) 13-0 494 3. Southern Calif 14-0 448 13-0 373 11-1 295 10-2 275 12-2 182 n-2 152 8-3 121 9-1 118 10-3 111 10-3 97 10-2 97 13-3 84 10-: 74 9-2 41 12-1 37 9-3 32 11-2 29 11-3 27 UP! 280 4. Pennsylvania 5. Kansas 6. Jacksonville 7.

Western Kentucky 8. Tennessee 9. Notre Dame 10. St. Bonaventure 11.

South Carolina 12. Kentucky Utah State 14. Villanova 15. LaSalle 16. Oregon 17.

Fordham 18. Indiana 19. Virginia 20. North Carolina Other teams receiving votes, in alphabetical order; Baylor, Houston, Illinois, Massachusetts, Memphis State, Michigan, Murray State, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio State, Purdue, Weber Slate. 1.

UCLA (28) 13-0 2. Sou. Cal (3) 14-0 3. Marquette (1) 13-0 251 4. Pennsylvania 13-0 221 5.

Kansas 11-1 144 6. Jacksonville 10-2 130 7. Western Kentucky 12-2 86 8 South Carolina 10-3 49 9. Tennessee 11-2 45 10. Villanova 13-3 44 11.

Utah St. 30 12. St. Bonaventure 28 13 Notre Dame 8-3 22 14. LaSalle 10-1 19 15.

Oregon 9-2 ....................................15 16. Fordham 12-1 14 17. Tie Kentucky 10-3 13 Tie Weber St. 10-1 13 19. Illinois 9 20.

North Carolina 11-3 8 Others receiving five or more points: New Mexico, Louisville. Arizona State, Oregon State, Memph's State, Michiaan Atl events free unless followed by ail tunes a.m. uiUeaa boldfaced for p.m. Tuestilay Local Suimming Northeast v. Southeast at Lincoln High, 7:00.

Wrestling Lincoln High at Southeast, 7:00. State Basketball Tarkio at Peru; Wayne at Doane; Offutt AFB at Pershing; Midland at Hastings. Wrestling Pius at Fie- inonl Le Mars, Iowa Dr. 1 Laurence Smith, pres- ident of the Tri State I Conference, has announc- I ed that two St. Paul.

I colleges, Bethel I I and O)ncordia, will join I the league. I They will replace throe I a ska conference i I members (Joncordia, I Dana and Midland, who I now compete in the Ne- i I a a Intercollegiate i I Athletic (Conference. I Other Tri State Con- i ference teams include I Iowa, Sioux I Falls, S. Westmar, I Iowa, and Yankton, S. D.

illMlflllllllllllllilllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIli Pelster Lxleiuls Diiliealeii String Norfolk. Neb. Dick Pelster won a unanimous decision over Alfredo (Freddie; Jiminez of St. Paul, in the eight-round featured pro fessional fight here MoncTav night. With the decision Pelster boosted his professional record to 6-0.

In the other pro fight on the card. Dale Hernandez of Omaha knocked out Willie Williams of Cleveland. Ohio, with 2:50 of the second round gone in the scheduled six-round semi-final. Results Gary Bauer, Verdigre, KO'd Evari Durand, Omaha 1:19 of third Steve Pelster, Petersburg, TKO'cl Steve Booker, Omaha, end of second round Neal Harrison, Norfolk, decisioned Garth Bauer, Verdigre. Junior Pelster, Petersburg, deciMO.ied Forest Aldrich, Macv.

Jim Hearn, Omaha, dec'Sioned Fran; Oviertn..