The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 11

LINCOLN SIMMY JOIRNAL AND STAR 3 It Was Quite an Afternoon for Nebraska Right Half Huskcr Pair Pesters Jayliawks ovfmbrr 11, 1956 9iHJji 3 t4 yfr fa 4 V' V' By DICK BECKER Staff Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. It was a great day for Nebraska's right halfbacks. Willie Greenlaw, the senior, had high praise for Larry Naviaux, the sophomore, as the Huskers whooped it up in the dressing room. With a wide grin splitting his face, Greenlaw lounged on the end of a taping table. He had given a display of the running and passing for which he was so well known before an ankle injury slowed him this fall.

But Willie put into words what the Huskers were thinking. "That Larry saved the day for us," he declared. "Those interceptions were the thing that beat Kansas." Naviaux picked off two key aerials and got the ball for Nebraska late in the game to allow the Huskers neatly to run out the clock. The Soph from Lexington also made a great return of a punt and kicked one dead on the Kansas one foot line. Greenlaw ran for one touchdown and passed for another as Nebraska rallied for the victor.

"My ankle didn't feel as good today as it did against iftissoun" 4 "jmn ''14 Wi'M rut were real close to the receiver on practically every one of their completions. On that long one Frank Nappi was right there. Their end just jumped higher than Frank." Fumbles Nebraska didn't get expected help from the Kansas backs. Last week against Kansas State the Jays lost the ball five times on fumbles in the first half and six times in the game. They had lost the ball 17 times this season.

But this time there were no fumble exchanges in the wild offensive display. Official The officials had a bad time from a collie which kept running on the field. Just before Greenlaw scored his touchdown the dog pranced onto the field and circled the two teams. When Referee Buck Astle ran at the dog and acted like he was going to kick him, the Kansas fans gave him a solid booing. Gerry Rosenberger, Lincoln sporting goods dealer, was the field judge and he called the clipping penalty on the one yard line when Robinson legged 69 yards on a punt return.

All Kansas representatives in the press box agreed it was a definite clip. In fact, the Kansan who committed the foul actually clipped two Huskers. Mather and Willie "Greenlaw was the difference, all right," Kansas Coach Chuck Mather declared. "He hurt us just about every way one football player could hurt us. He ran well, passed well and caught passes.

"All in all, I thought Nebraska backs ran about as hard as an one we've faced this year. They didn't run as fast as Oklahoma, but they ran with a great deal of determination." Asked about the Kansas defense, Mather said: "They didn't fool us so much as they just ran through and over us. There were several times when we had two or three tacklers there to meet the runner, but he just kept going for another three or four yards. You have to give them credit they always had enough to get a first down." Tuneful Trip Jerry Brown, who played another brilliant and rugged game, 'l Willie continued, "But our blocking was much sharper today and that makes the difference." iii iip i i mi iiiimmmuimiu B1MIM Mii SX'jOjsW Coach Pete Elliott certainly agreed with this. Between furious back slappings from jubilant well wishers Pete declared this the best offensive game played by the Huskers this year.

"This was by far the best we have played offensively" he said. "All the backs played well and the line did its best blocking of the year." "The fact that we didn't have an offside penalty or get the gap shot on us all afternoon is a great credit to the line." The young Husker boss then pointed out what he considered the reason for victory: "The greatest reason for winning the ball game was that everybody on the squad played every play, even those on the bench. If you don't have that squad feeling, then it's impassible to pull a game Vx out when you are behind. He walked among his happy warriors, Pete added, "I thoughfwe played a fine ball game. They are all real good offensive team.

'But we earned every one of our touchdowns. We didn't get an easy one. One of the oddities of the game was that neither team lost the nearly played himself out once in the second half. He stumbled to ball on a fumble. "It was a game of very few offensive the sidelines but was back for more duty in a short while.

After the The tension! by Nil's Cretchen Paul of 3775 J. Kansas takes to the air game he declared, "We can sing on the bus tonight." And you can bet the Huskers did enjoy the trip home. Elliott said. Asked about the NU pass defense, Pete only remarked that 'we PFssWIS? Ir4m.fel KdvKM? ir ii' Thomas (B) Inches from Jayhawk hands It stops a KU threat Headed up the field And he hits the sod. A incrcrv StOi'VZl PlCtllTCS W4VMmV MSSSsSmI a Goal Line! yJJ A vicious tackle! (from a hound dog's viewpoint) tAmtfww Atoi Ajj: Immim K'fefe Kansas tries again Ahead of the receiver Going my way? ISfe Football WtfSi Pictures mp4fs; fmsm F4i4iK 0f4 Via iirnlane TT, hQwX? i' 1 ri TIMnl I i Huskers head up the field And Kansas stops them.

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