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1 WmhWmdd OMAHA NEBRASKA MARCH 21 1954 SECTION SIX PAGES WMtOfyt 1 4 Bilfl Benson Ace Olsen 1 Places on All State I the 15 different 4 Avj 5 1 and the 1 2 11 7 5 0 2 Hilltop Shoot Today1 The Hilltop Gun Club will open a prize shoot today start ing at noon Yelsley 0 New York Mai Whit field the old Ohio State flash won both the 600 and the half mile Saturday night in the Knights of Columbus track meet He failed In his quest to smash world indoor records in each He was caught in 1:101 for the 600 and 1:536 for the half Whitfield was six tenths of a second off his world indoor record of 1:095 in the 600 He also was clocked at 500 meters and he passed that distance in 1:035 also six tenths of a second off his own record of 1:029 set in the same meet last year Reggie Pearman of the New York Pioneer Club was second Whitfield was far off the World record in the half mile and the crowd of 10 thousand in Madison Square Garden knew he make it on 1 Athletics Picture Page Radio Cal Johnson Hastingt Dodgers Sign Exira Mound Star Phippen The Brooklyn Dodgers an nounced Thursday they have signed Dick Phippen Exira la pitcher to a 1954 contract Phip pen who was discharged from military service ebruary 28 has been assigned to the Dodger farm at Ashville Phippen will fly from Omaha today for the Veto Beach la training base By Wally Provost World Herald Sports Staff Member Iowa City Muscatine Sat urday night outclassed Des Moines Roosevelt 67 53 to cap ture its first Iowa Basket Ball Championship in 27 years It was a popular victory with the crowd of 12500 which fur nished many hoarse shouts of "pour it the final quarter Mean while Pottawattamie County in Southwest Iowa was claiming the title of Hawkeye Basket Ball Caoital Council Bluffs Abraham Lin coln earned third ranking in the state with a 64 49 breeze past Paullina in prelim Oakland just a few miles from Council Bluffs took second in the State Tournament two weeks ago Big Bob Hopson slick Jim McConnell and dashing Randy a sparked Roosevelt through a 17 15 first quarter Hopson cooled off but Mc Connell and Duncan got hotter and the Riders boasted a six point lead 35 29 with less than left in the half Muscatine which shaded Abraham Lincoln by 68 62 to reach the finals then followed a fast pair of baskets by 6 8 Norm Perkins to a 36 36 dead lock at the half Sports Athletics Picture Page Radio 4 Explosive Backfield tant state called upon for the rugged chores to help shackle Allen Graves the Lincoln Central sky scraper Graves Is the only junior on the mythical quintet Towering Al was the threat which lifted a run of the mill Lincoln squad to great heights Though a marked man in every contest and subjected to heavy pressure at times rough treatment Graves dunked more than 250 points in 19 games Not Only Big Boys Graves 6 feet 8 and a fine goalie could be the ticket for a Lincoln Central title next March Lyle Nannen of Syracuse was the athlete who proved that top ranking basket ball players are not the exclusive property of Class A schools It was the seventh consecutive season a player from a lower division club has made the big All State Nannen was the driving force on the Syracuse team which took the Class championship and was the only all victorious club In Nebraska during 1953 54 A veteran of four seasons Nannen was one of the best all around preppers in years and Turn to Page 5 Column 2 Help Steelers at the University of Kentucky Brinker also will make the complex statistical studies for merly handled by Collier and take over specialty of defensive tactics family which in cludes six children will re main in Philadelphia until the end of the school year Ronzani Named Pittsburgh Pa The Pittsburgh Steelers of the Na tional ootball League said Saturday Gene Ronzani for mer head coach of the Green Bay Packers has signed as rbaclffield coach for 1954 The 44 ycar old Ronzani who broke into professional football with the Chicago Bears in 1933 and stayed to play Jon three championship teams was dropped as Packer coach late last season fg ft Pf 4 2 2 2 0 0 I 3 6 7 4 0 1 2 1 3ii i2 1 311 174 0 0 0 1 8 0 2 21 1 1 2 1 41 But Spring Game Is Ragged Marred by umbling Speed Displayed 41 4 Totals 20 13 2120 13 10 ft pf 7 10 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 4 Lyle Nannen Syracuse the first lap when he loafed behind Harry Bright of the Pioneers Harrison Dillard balding Cleveland veteran took the 60 yard hurdles as expected in 72 seconds equalling the meet record and only a tenth of a second off the world indoor mark Jerry Welboum of Union City Ind and Jim Harring ton of Notre Dame finished in a tie for first place in the pole vault Each soared 14 feet 4 inches Bob Richards was forced to withdraw be cause of a bad leg Herman Wyatt of Santa Clara Cal set a meet record in the high jump with an ef fort of 6 feet 814 inches Horace Ashenfelter beat red Wilt his buddy from the BI for the first time after 16 straight disappointments inthe two mile run The time was 85 Wcrld Herald Vnrnin Bureau 501 ederal Securities Building Cornhusker football prospects received a mild boost as Coach Bill Glassford paraded six teams in an intra squad game Saturday afternoon The late March optimism stemmed after a veteran loaded Red team beat a White aggrega tion 210 Though plav was ragged and marred by frequent fumbles there was sufficient rugged football displayed to hint the spring program is well ahead of a year ago The game was a dress re hearsal for the intra varsity game at Memorial Stadium next Saturday That will be the feature attraction on the an nual All Sports Day card Razzle Dazzle Shown Encouraging moments during the week end exhibition includ ed the stout defense displayed by all units with emphasis on spirited line play There was lively competition between a half dozen green but fairly promising quarter backs and indications the Huskers will possess more speed than the 1953 team There also were flashes of razzle dazzle The laterals which generally backfired kept the teams in hot water most of the after noon ischer Goes Over But a touch of the dipsy do stuff did provide the Reds with their second touchdown This was a60 yard scoring play on a pass interception in which Jon McWilliams Sidney and Rex ischer Oakland a pair of sophomores collabo rated McWilliams picked off the White pass traveled a couple of yards then when hemmed in by tacklers neatly flipped to ischer Rex streaked over 55 yards for the score? A hastily recruited posse of Redshirts escorted ischer the last 35 Loehr Snags Pass The McWilliams ischer point production came in the third period A second quarter pass isch er to Andy Loehr Turtle Creek Pa junior had spotted the Reds a 6 0 half time advantage Loehr took the 33 yard pitch over his shoulder after slipping Boston Drops Knicks rom Running 79 78 NBA riay ofh Minneapolis 78 ort Wayne 73 Minneapolis leads 3 0 Boston 79 New York 78 Boston wins 2 1 Boston Mass (2PJ The Bos ton Celtics edged New York Knickerbockers 79 78 Saturday to eliminate the New Yorkers from Eastern Division play offs of the National Basket Ball As sociation A basket by Bill Sharman with only 17 seconds left gave the Celtics their second victory of the Eastern play offs and sent New York down to its third straight play off defeat ft I i LaSalle (92) Singley 8 Greenberg 2 tviapirs Blatcher Gola O'Malley i Totals 37 18 24 28 21 14 19 76 23 30 20 92 WEATHER Is suitable All Sports Day spectators may see an explosive backfield in operation next Saturday whenhe Huskers close their spring football practice Coach Bill Glassford's No 1 backfield unit at this point in cludes Rex ischer at quarter back Jon McWilliams at left half Willie Greenlaw at right half and Bob Smith at full i t)HCK 1 Each one of these hard run nlng fellows has breakaway pos sibilities All are threats to go all the way whenever the pri mary blockers spring them into the open 5 In addition this unit carries the threat of a funning play turning into a forward pass whether the play starts to the right or to the left ischer the quartet back can pass while running to his right as well as from the formation And Greenlaw is a very capi ble left handed thrower while on the dead run out to his left Smith did his greatest dam age last year on quick opening plays that sent him through the middle And still be used that same way even though he has been moved from halfback to fullback Jinxed rpHIS No 1 backfield unit has considerable promise yes but too early to start dreaming about what it may accomplish against Nebraska's opponents next fall Mpny things can happen be tween spring and fall to wreck the best football plans This potential Husker back field is almost as talented as one which was planned for the Huskers a few years but which never did function as a unit in a Nebraska game In that spring practice pe riod and throughout the fol lowing summer the No 1 Husker backfield on paper in cluded Johnny Bordogna at quarter Bob Reynolds at left half Tom Carodine at right half and Don Vogt at fullback But it was a jinxed unit' Only Bordogna played regular ly through the season Reynolds was the victim of a shoulder separation at the Curtis training camp And be fore he got back into action Carodine and had de parted Vogt was shelved first by an appendectomy then dropped 'out of school after a few games Carodine was dismissed for failure to attend classes So the turned into a nightmare a a Now the Huskers have an other potent on paper But it remains to be seen if the ischer McWilliams Green law Smith quartet can escape Injury illness and ineligi bility If it can Husker fans may be in for some treats next fall Incentive Elsewhere around the Big Seven Conference other teams have the same sort of hopes uncertainties and fears Even at Oklahoma where the Sooners have been undefeated in loop play for seven longyears? nothing can be down right certain about football prospects until next fall The Sooner coaching family has been broken up a bit since its day of glory in Miami's Orange Bowl Two of Bud Wil fine helpers rank Ivy and Bill Jennings have departed Ivy will coach' a Canadian pro team and Jen nings will go into a business That 1 i 1 to keep Oklahoma from i 1 i an other potent team one which certainly will be the advance favorite for still another Big Seven title But other teams have an add ed incentive this year granted that Oklahoma continues to rule as champion The Soon ers can't return to Miami so that makes the runnerup po citinn miirh more attractive Missouri is the top choice to finish closest to Oklahoma and earn the Orange Bowl trip no reason Nebras ka Kansas Colorado Kansas State and Iowa State players do some serious thinking about spending New in Miami loyd Olds Sports Editor Bunnie Only Omahan to Rate Honor Two Hastings Lads Chosen Js? World Herald Phottk Thompson second high bid carried the added interest of Mark threat to the a tirne tournament scoring record 104 points by Bill Logan Keokuk in 1952 Thompson who Saturday was unanimously voted the tourna outstanding player need ed 28 to break the record He had picked up one point overnight on a recheck of the official score book Seven Points Shy The durable senior showed no ill effects from the knee injury suffered riday night He counted six points the first quarter against Paullina four Turn to Page 2 Column 5 A Wirephoto Carney shoots goal past Charles Singley' La Salle Rips Bradley ive in Title Game Bixler to Aid Paul Broion Ronzani to Cleveland Paul Bix ler rejoined Coach Paul Brown Saturday taking a Cleveland Browns job he turned down more than eight years ago to become head football coach at Ohio State University In those eight years Bixler headed the Ohio State staff one season was head coach at Colgate University for five and for the last two has been assistant at the University of Pennsylvania Now 47 he has been an athletic coach for 25 years a Having lost two members of his four man staff Brown is making Bixler end coach and chief scout succeeding How ard Brinker who has held the assignment for two years Brinker moves into the job of Blanton Collier who after eight years as backfield coach resigned to become head coach Gola Peps Second Half Drive for 92 76 Win Penn State Grabs 3d Picture below Kansas City Mo La Explorers burst the Brad ley bubble Saturday night with a brilliant third quarter that carried them to a record shatter ing 92 76 triumph' and the Na tional Collegiate Athletic As sociation basket ball champion ship before 10500 Penn State won third place by defeating Southern California 70 61 Braves faded before the magic zone defense and powerful thrusts of the Explor ers after halftime Bradley had dominated the first 20 minutes and led by seven points early in the sec ond quarter tBut its one point half time lead vanished as All America Tom Gola with bril liant help from two fine sopho mores cnarles Singley rank Blatcher tore open contest Beats KU Mark The 92 point total broke the previous high in a championship game by a dozen points and equaled the all time high for an NCAA contest set last year by the University of Washington Kansas scored 80 points in beating St Johrt of Brooklyn in the 1952 classic Gola scored 19 points before he fouled out Singley kept La Salle in the running the first half and although he drew his fourth foul when the third quar ter was only three minutes old he went the distance and scored 23 points Blatcher collected 11 goals and a total of 23 points ree Throws Help Bradley which had lost 12 of 27 games before being picked as a desperation choice to fill out the Western Regional bracket kept its faint hopes alive with an excellent free throw performance The Braves scored 32 points from the foul line equaling the tournament mark They had 44 chances rom the field It was no con test The Explorers fired 91 times and connected on 37 for an average of 307 per cent Bradley hit 366 per cent in the first half when LaSalle was playing a man for man defense But when the Explorers shifted into their zone the Braves start ed missing and ended with 275 per cent on 80 shots Bradley (7 Petersen iBabetch King Gower Estcrgard Carney Utt Riley Totals 22 32 44161 Score by quarters Bradley 22 LaSalle 19 The 1954 World Herald All State Team Player School Cal Johnson Hastings Lyle Nannen Syracuse Erik Olsen Omaha Benson Allen Graves Lincoln Central John Swanson Hastings By Gregg McBride World Herald Lincoln Rurrsn 501 Securltira Building Height weight and scoring firepower a fitting description of The World 1954 All State basket ball team It averages about 6 feet 4 In height 190 pounds in weight and the five boys can collaborate on just about every shot in the books Besides being dependable scor ers the kids also are stout de fenders The Best? Okltimers may argue whether the 1954 combination is the best in history basket ball wise But all must agree the fivesome is one of the most impressive in prep annals Cal Johnson Hastings stal wart was the cream of the 1954 crop i Big Cal who led the State Champions racked up 520 points while traveling a 248 pace for a school record He was held under 20 points only three times all season hit 40 In one contest and set a Class A finals record of 32 His point average over a two year span is 209 Graves Due Back The Hastings ace also had de fensive strength In the hnpor Injury Struck Wings Beaten by Montreal Hockey Results National Montreal 8 Detroit 1 New York 5 Toronto 2 American League Pittsburgh 10 Syracuse 4 Buffalo 4 (tie) Hershey 4 By the Associated rew The Montreal Canadiens Sat urday night moved into second place as they wound up their home stand of the regular Na tional Hockey League schedule with a 6 1 smearing of the cham pion Detroit Red Wings The Wings were short' three of their regular defensemen through Red Kelly Bob Goldham and Marcel Prono vost Totals 23 21 34 151 Scorp hv Muscatine 15 21 Roosevelt 17 19 Thompson Misses Mark Abraham third place behind the White secondary He streaked the last 25 unmolested The Reds counted twice in the final period Smiths Shine The hardhitting Bob Smith Grand Island junior smashed for 10 and the first fourth quar ter tally Quarterback Charles ranklin IL frosh fired an aerial attack for the other Tie hit Don Schmid Columbus year ling from the 10 with the touch down strike Bill Greenlaw Portland Me freshman was the big wheel in the Red running attack during the early play Later Smith took charge reshmen Don Comstock Scottsbluff Harry Johnson Valley and Don Erway Lincoln led the vyhite offensive One White Threat Comstock contributed lengthy runs for the White shirts He scampered 15 on a sweep and hiked 30 with a punt slants were good for yardage and Erway's pass ing gave the Reds some anxious moments The Whites however were in threatening position only once This lone opportunity came when ischer attempting to field a short kick amid a pack of waiting tacklers fumbled the catch This error gave Whites possession on the Red 30 Punting Excellent But Dan Brown Sioux alls junior quarterback for the Whites fumbled and Bob Lincoln guard re gained possession for the Reds The line play featured a warm argument between Bob Oberlin West Allis Wis veteran and Bob Berguin Sioux alls freshman top candidates for the center position Other line standouts included Guard Wagner and Tackle Bill Holloran of the Reds and Guard Pat Murphy of the Whites Although little attention has been given the kicking game this spring the punting of Greenlaw and Erway was excel lent ive Absent The line play was stronger defensively than an offense This surprise Coach Glassford who pointed out the Huskers have been doing more defensive work than usual this spring Saturday absentees were Tackles Pev Evans and Quin lan Anderson and End Bill De Wulf injured or 111 and Dennis Korinek and Dirkes Rolston busy with baseball Reds Ends Andy Loehr Ron Ramsey Don Schmid Don Hewitt Howard Smith Dor win Blair Tackles Bill Holloran Jack leming Jerry Warren Don Glantz Guards Boh Wagner Tom Kripal Joe Bayer John Neff Pat Hoyt Larry Jones Centers Bob Oberlin Doran PosL Bill Glandt Robert Lvall Rex ischer Charles Smith Gordon Englert Halfbacks Leo Scherer Jr Joe Wil liams Jon McWilliams Bill Greenlaw Tom Carl Bob Smith Kenneth Moore Whltra LeRoy Butherus Dean Lux Ted Westervelt Al Dcines Jack Braley red Larkin Ken Jerry Peterson Mark Loncar Dick Moore Dale Crocker Guards Gail Lair Pat Murphy Doug Marcy Bill Taylor Charles Bryant Bill Shaver Bob Berguin LaVeme Torezon Chris Ravens Don Erway Dan Brown Don Margheim Halfbacks Harry Johnson Don Comstock uave none oyivejucr rtarris ullbacks John Edwards Jim 4 Score by Reds 0 6 6 Whiles 0 0 Reds scoring: ischer Smith Schmid Officials: Referee Chuck WorralL Lln coin Umpire Jamer Keill Lincoln Lines man Jack Ettel Lirjlola ield judge Ed Dosek Lincoln 4 Muscatine Captures Iowa Title Abe Lynx inish 3d Whitfield ails to Better World Marks in 2 Events Rugged Play Booms Husker Outlook John Swanson Hastings Erik Olsen Benson 7 i 1 1 I 1 1 1 11 3 fil I I 1 VW ft sv if Ms I 4 hp 'z 1: i 1 Ml th 1 MH 1 i rtf jVvk a' SBi 9H! it sl Bl 4 cl I I tf wM? 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