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Wins Marathon Sprinter dance Wows Relays UPITELEPHOTO The start of the Drake Relays marathon race. Former Nebraska miler Carlberg won the race. South Head Coach 2-0 in Shrine Play Faiman Win Skein on Lijie By Randy York Prep Sports Mitor The Nebradta Shrine Bowl knew what it was doing when it named Omaha Saith football coach John Faiman to direct the South squad for the 18th annual charity game Aug 7 in Lincoln. For the record, Faiman is 2-0 in Shrine Bowl competition, even though he was a South member once and a Nwth c(wn- petitor the other time Faiman quarterbacked the South team to a 7-0 win in the first Shrine Bowl at Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium in 1959 In 1967, he was coaching at David City, Faiman was a Shrine assistant under Omaha Leonard Bond in the North 19-7 upset win over the South. games were memorable," Faiman said, that first one, we were supposed to play on a Friday.

It ramed so much, they set it back and we played in the mud on Saturday. In 19CT, we all thought we did a good coaching job. We beat the Smith when it had Jeff Kinney and Joe Orduna" If Faiman moves his personal Shrine Bowl record to 3-0 this summw, speed may be the difference in his favor. think right now we could beat the North in a track Faiman said in jest. Yowell (Lincoln Eist), Kevin Poppe (Grant), Dillon (Hastings Adams Central) and Greg Bellamy (Farnam) are as fast as most football players around Two Wide Receivers The should fit in nicely with Faiman intent to run a slot-I offense with two wide receivers.

Faiman believes he has a pair of quality passers in Brad Humphrey and Mike Mancuso from his own South team be pitching to at least fcmr talented receivers, accwding to Faiman really like Scott Crees (Crete) and Dave Bunch (Omaha at split Bemie Hauder (6-4. Nebraska City Lourdes) and Hick Haase (64, 205, Holdrege) are NU Cridders Clash Today The University of Nebraska football scrimmage, originally scheduled for Saturday, will be held at 1:30 m. today. Other events originily set for Saturday, but washed out, a baseball between Nebraska and Kansas, which was caiKelled. a twin- bill between Nebraska Wesleyan and Concordia.

postponed until 2 p.m. Monday, and a UNO-Iowa State baseball test at Ames, postponed. In addition the Lincoln PubUc Schools Tennis was postponed until a date NU Crew Defends 8 Title Big Nebraska its Big Eight Conference rowing title Saturday, winning three of four events the four remaining races called off due to rough Nebraska's Fteshmen Lightweight Eight defeated Kansas State, Heavyweight and CNilahoma State to win the Optimist Troplty. Kansas State's Jumor Varsity defeated Nebraska and Oklidiuma State ui the cloiing mmnents the Junior Varsity Women's event. The Varsity Eight event was the closest race of the day with Nebmka sprinting to a photo-finish victory over Kansas Stete.

Nebraska's Varsity Eight rowed a powerful race in the varsity to Kansas State by three mi retain the Challenge Cup by virtue team point startoings and the Big Eight championship. Oklahoma State dropped out of the Varsity Men's Eight shortly before the start of the race. Nebraska's next race Is the Midwest Championships in Wis, May Nebraska is seeded in the top division. John Faiman South Coach going to make nice targets at tight aid, too." The South has its shares of the "big name players. Six Nebraska scholarship athletes are included on the 33-man roster.

Quarterback Humphrey joins fullback- linebacker Joe Adams from Bellevue as NU players on the South. Class York also has two Cornhusker scholarship fulUback-linebacker Kim Baker and defensive end Hedricks. Matthies Biggest Tom Matthies, a 6-7. 250-pound two-way tackle standout from Qass Oxford, and 64, 215-pound Omaha Westside tackle Dave are the other two NU scholarship athletes chi the South. not overly big except for 1Sunday Tennis John Nowcombt v.

Arbiur 12:30 p.m., 085. Pro Basketball NBA playoffs, 12:30 p.m., 0(D; NBA playoffs, 2:45 p.m., 0(B American Sportsman 2:30 p.m., Golf Orleans 3 p.m., 005. Wide World of Sports auto racing, diving, 3:30 p.m., 084. Friday Jimmy Young, 8 p.m., 084. Pro Basketball NBA playoffs, 9 p.m., 003 Horse Racing Ktntucky Otrby special, 11 084.

Rain Postpones Midwest Races Midwest Speedway and 4 Pete Leikam said that this scheduled stock car racing at the Sigierior and 27th oval would be postponed a because the raim. looks like we ll have a good field and possibly than we would have had this because the guys will have more time to their cars ready," said Leikam Super stock and hobby car racing will open in Lincoln on Sunday May 2 at 2 p.m. said Leikam. Matthies," Faiman do it on purpose, but we got a lot of fullback-linebacker types like Baker, Haase and Six Lincoln players named to the South roster, including three from state Class A champion East Yowell, middle guard Striuiheim and tackle Brian Hensel. Super State Gary Vacha and all- state halfback Tom Domett state Class champion Pius Dave Slagle, a 62.

195-pound tackle, represents Southeast. Slagle was a standout for the Knights as a junior, but played only the first three games of last season of a leg injury, which required surgery. had a player with the same circumstances three years Faiman. "Gary Herman played only three games as a senior (rf a broken shoulder. But he was a proven player and the Shrine Bowl chcxse him Last year, he was the lineman of the year for Shrine Bowl Roster Quarterbacks Player, School Ht.

Wt. Mike Mancuso, Omaha South 185 Brad Humphrey, Bellevue 6-2 195 Backs Jim RIpa, Omaha 6-0 205 Joe Adams, Bellevue 6-4 224 Sam Yowell, Lincoln East 170 Tom Doggett, Lincoln Plus 175 Bob Billinger, Omaha 170 Kevin Poppe, Grant 160 Randy Florell, Holdrege 6-2 200 Danny Malone, Ogallala 5-10 163 Kim Baker, York 6-3 200 Percy Keith, Omaha Bryan 180 Greg Bellamy, Farnam 5-11 180 Mark Wittier, Falrbury 6-2 175 Mike Dillon, Adams Central 165 Ends Rick Haase, Holdrege 6-4 205 Dave Bunch, Omaha South 5-11 170 Scott Crees, Crete 160 Brian Hedrick, 6-2 200 Bernie Hauder, Nebraska City Lourdes 6-4 200 Tackles Dave Slagle, Lincoln Southeast 195 Joe Wisnieski, Bellevue 5-11 225 Dave 0'Doherty, Omaha 215 Scott Engelhardt, Hastings 6-5 220 Tom Matthies, Oxford 6-7 250 Guards Brian Hensel, Lincoln East 198 Pat Hanlon, Omaha Paul VI 6-0 200 Tom Strasheim, Lincoln 170 Bill Hoff, 6-2 200 Mike Williams, 6-3 198 Canttrs Dave Suhr, Grant 6-0 225 Gary Vacha, Lincoln Plus 6-3 205 Rod WIsmer, 185 Head coach: John Faiman, lOmaha South. Assistants: Norm Sheets, Hastings, At Gaston, Grant, Ken Kasparek, Norris. Next Sunday: The North Roster. By Bob Owens Des Moines, la.

The brightest new name on the American track and field scene is Harvey Glance, a freshman from Auburn, who showed rain-soaked Drake Relays fans Saturday he's capable of upsetting Olympic sprint forecasts. Glance was a relatively unknown before he tied the world record of seconds in the 100-meter run on April 3. Only seven men have gone that fast. He quite match that near the end of a gloomy day, but he won convincingly in 10.01 seconds over a star-studded field that included Ivory Crockett, who was the first man to run 1(K) yards in nine seconds flat. The reason for unknown status, in his own words.

was to Houston McTear nearly every time I ran him, so people were watching McTear and Glance have hooked up in an outdoor race, but McTear beat the Auburn ace indoors at the Millrose Games in January' with a effort in the 60-yard dash. Experts rwently rated Glance no better than sixth best U.S. sprinter with Steve Williams of the Florida Track Club regarded the favorite in both the 100 and 200 meters in the Olympic Trials in Eugene. in June. strength is his At 148 pounds, he bench presses 305 pounds This helps him in the sprints as well as in the long jump in which he has a personal of 24 feet.

inches, done on the dayof his :09 9 run. That same day he also turhed in :20.3 in the MO meters. "The best part of my 100 was the last 40 yard.s,” Glance said. "I try to run strong and relax. The weakest part is my start.

a good starter, but not a great 01 was a Drake record, wiping out the mark set by Charlie Green at in 1967. Current Nebraskans very prominent in racing, but a distance ace, Greg Carlberg, won the marathon. His time of two hours, minutes, M.17 seconds won the 26 mile, 385 yard event by 1:13 over runnerup Charles Burrows of the Twin Cities Track Club. Carlberg, who once held the Cornhusker school in the mile at 4:00,7, won the mile here at in 4 3 in 1971 distance medley relay team won its heat in 0, but the time wasn fast enough to place in the top six A strong mile leg by Harold Stelzer brought the Hu.skers from fourth to first. Relay splits were 1 54 9 in the 880 by Ron Fisher.

46 5 in the 440 by Ray Mahoney, 3:03 4 in the three-quarters by Matt Cincy, Taiwan Tangle CINCINNATI (AP) Bob Howsam, who flew a third of the way around the world to sign a Chinese baseball prospect, has lost a battle to the Taiwan he still thinks he can win the war The Cincinnati Reds president caused a stir a year ago when he announced he had signed two Taiwan standouts who had helped their Far East TOuntry win four consecutive Little League World titles. "The potential is there. We given said Sheldon Bender, director of player personnel for the world champion Reds Bender said Howsam has reopened efforts "through proper to free pitcher Eng- Jey Kao and catcher Lai-Hua inb from a mandatory three- year military service mittment Howsam and chief scout Joe Bowen, who 26 years ago signed Uis Angeles Dodger great Nlaury Wills, signed the two last March and planned to have them work out with the Reds during spnng training The two applied for exit permits last year, but were denied ttom due to the mandatory military hitch. Kao and Lee were battery- mates in 1974 when Taiwan swept through the Little League finals, winrung aU four of its games by shutouts. and 4:10.6 in the mile by Stelzer.

Triple jumper Dave Green was unplaced with a 46-7Vi in the triple jump. Neither Dean Herzog nor Doug Phelps made the height in the high jump and Steve Millard was scratched in the shot put. Other Big Eight schools did very well in the meet, indicating the outdoor meet in Lincoln May 14-15 will be an event. Iowa State turned in the biggest surprise, the distance relay. It was the Cyclones' first relay win on the Midlands Relay Circuit since 1945 and only their ninth in history.

The Cyclones nipped Kansas State on the strength of Jeff Myers 4:03.0 anchor mile run. Conference schools won three relays. took the four-mile on Friday while Oklahoma won the sprint medley and Kansas ended the meet with a 3:09.55 triumph in the mile relay. Nebraska was third on Friday in the two-mile relay. Big Eight schools also finished well in the individual events, showing particular strength in the shot put with 2-3-4-S places and in the javelin with 34-5-6 placings.

Larry Shipp of Louisiana State won the high hilrdles, but (iodwin Obasogie of Missouri, Anthony Coleman of Kansas and Harry Smith of Oklahoma took the next three places. America premier woman distance runner, Francie Larrieu Lutz provided a pair of victories in special invitational events. She won the 1,500 meters in 4:18.80 and the 800 in 2:08 66, Iowa Peg Neppel captured the 5,000 meter invitational in 16:28 48. Mike Boit and his Eastern New Mexico teammates fared well, winning the college distance and sprint medley relays. Boit anchored both races and also won the special 800 meters on Friday.

Boit is likely to be named the outstanding performer when the award is Monday. Results Page 2D Stumpy The Boy Wins on IfHrial $Ur SPmHED By Mark Gordon Grand Island face it Stumpy The Boy is a faster horse than Call, Two weeks ago. Stumpy won the Mile here at Park by z-lengths as Officer's Call finished second In $15,525 Gus Handicap, the same thing happened Stumpy the Boy stopped Officer Call by in closing-day feature. just told Fred Ecoffej) not to let that horse Call) steal off. I told him to go when he thought the Ume was said Don Von Hemel (Ecoffey) knew what he was doing.

That Stumpy is getting pretty good now," said Von Remel. It was almost like an instant replay of the Mile, except that Stumpy remained in place throughout the mile and 70- yard chase until making his mov'e entering the stretch In the he was fourth until his powerful stretch run "He ran a little better explained Ecoffey just felt more full of run, I stayed I wanted to, but Officer Call had me a little worried when he gained the lead and stayed Von Hemel sakl the biggest problem now with Stumpy is to find a race for him will be taken to Ak-Sar-Ben Omaha the next stop on the Nebiuska racing circuit. probably have to sit out a month. He isn eligible until the handicap route races come Von explained. not much we can do about In praising Ecoffey for the nde, Von Ifemel said the only that him was Cali a long lead knew he was the speed, but we just want him to get way in front of Von Hemel said.

did the right thing in staying close he alway-s does the right The race also went exactly as Call Wayne Anderson wanted thought I was going to win at the quartff-pole, he said. Stumpy ran right past us again. 1 got the lead just like I April 25, 1976 Lincoln. Neb. ID wanted.

I just let him run like he The light rains left the track in a slightly off condition But the time for the Handicap was a blazing 1 42 4-5 just three-fifths of a second crff the trade record of 1:42 1-5 set a year ago this same by Call, As the 6-5 favorite, Stumpy The Boy returned $4 40. and $2 40, Call, the 1 M-1 second choice, placed for $2 60 and $2.40 Quivira, ridden by Ton Greer and three lengths behmd Call, showed for $2.60 Stumpy earned $9.315 for his win. That boosted his 1976 bankroll to $20,650 on two victories, one second and one third in seven outings five at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs. Ark For Von Hemel. it was his sixth straight trainer title The Manter.

Kan, finished with 22 wins. For jo( key Ken Jones, it was his second straight Fonner ridmg title. The Omidia reinsmun tallied 45 wins, despite not winning on Saturdav' The final day of the meet attracted 7,733 patrons, who wagered The final attendance was 204.286 for an avenge of 5.107 That was 2 87 per cent better than last previous record of 198.577 an avenge of 4.964 The total mutuel handle of $16.505.984 averted to $412,649 the first time a track iexcept Ak-Sar-Ben) handled a daily average of more than 400.000. That was 11 1 per than last previous (rf $14.853.416 an average of $371.335 real pleased with the totals. I predicted at the start we'd be up 10 per cent and we did a little noted Fonner genwal manager A1 Swihart.

"We broke every mutuel Wilkes Reversal Scuttles Pistons DETROIT (AP) Jamaal Wilkes was the humiliated Thursday, being the principle victim of Curtis 33-point night. Saturday he was a hero. Wilkes made up for the humiliation and helped pace the Golden State Warriors to a 113-96 National Basketball Association playoff victory over Rowe and the rest (rf the Detroit Pistons. It gave the Warriors a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven quarter-final series Wilkes, who scored only two points the first three quarters, scored 15 in the final penod as Golden State took an lead in the last minutes and won in a walk. "He been shooting weU He was one-for-eight," said Wamor Coach A1 Attles of Wilkes.

"But nobody got down mi him and be did the job We have a lot of in our team and the types of individuals we have allow for anyone to get down on anyone else "Jamaal came off a tough ball game," Attles added. had to keep him in or it would have hurt his confidence the of the In the locker room Piston Coach Herb Brown admitted; "Jimaal Wilkes killed us down the stretch." a good he said. substituted a tot, trying to find the nght our system we Mk the guys to go as hard as they can and a c(xiple of were AtUes seem to believe it was the final that the turning point. OOtOEN STATE (I1J) 9 7 3 0-06, Smith I3-I4 itiriiOh 0- Johr.ion i 0-0 10 Vi ney 1 7 M- lint 0 17 i 3 1-2i 0 Mr 17-71 OETBOtT 4 2 7 10 4 2 2 10, 9 23 ViL-'ey 4 0-C 3 12 7 1 (H) 2 14 i I J4 n. 9 0-0 0, Tnc.ii«! 0 ilO 0 17 Sf 24 21 31 2T-11J 2i 7J 77 Poiiiea ciiil dsy State Ti- Detroit 74 tOC2 STAFF FHOTO Wft tAV freshmen light eight en route to defeating Kansas State in the Big Eight Rowing championships at Branched Oak Lake..