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1' World mild Sports Section OMAHA NEB SAT MAY 11 1968 15 of blocking force Pruitt rf Schneider Pruitt Ward times riday at "A Green George the Qualifiers on Page 16 prnnfl with Red UP elsewhere as Dave I Qrodlov imnrnvnd hie stfltP lpad last records Named Director ci his I Ka director fo Drake ft 4 five Joe to of 3 2 7 are the 6 10 orm charts consen sus selections graded entries Page 17 'ft Darrell Vonnahine 7629 Pasa dena Avenue scored his first hole in one in seven years of golfing riday when he accd the fourth hole at Omaha ield Club Vonnahme in a twosome with Jim Gunia used a No 4 wood on the 183 yard hole a perfect baseball game from Athletics Charles 0 inley today inley who heard the 4 0 masterpiece over the radio at his home in La Porte Ind Wednesday telephoned Hunter immediately that receive the bonus believe it when I get 4 1 I)1 0 Misfortune struck state pole vault leader Don Tripp of Oma ha Bryan during high school track and field qualifying test Tripp who has cleared 14 8 was stymied at 12 4 by an in jured ankle during Class A dis trict action at Bellevue He placed second in the meet behind teammate Mark Cizek and is eligible for next state championships at Kearney Giant strides forward popped Sonics Pick 1 wo Seattle Wash (AP) The Supcrsonics announced riday they have chosen two more play ers in the NBA supplemental draft Bud Ogden of Santa Clara and Mike Warren of UCLA er" Bill Campbell Dick Sharpe and Gary Bunjer clocked 8:10 Holdrege ran 8:105 at Lex ington and Aurora posted a 8:135 at Seward 1:595 i a 1 1 brought Millard the record inal berths for the state meet will be decided today at Scotts bluff with eight Class A schools competing in the last of the 28 district tests By Conde Sargent World Herald Lincoln Bureau 501 federal Securities Building Spacious Memorial Stadium i will become a gigantic voting booth this afternoon for Nebras football primary for the 2 contest the final action of spring practice are the athletes des tined to carry the Cornhusker banner in the Big Eight Confer ence race this fall Not even the coaching staff after daily huddles the past month on spring progress will hazard a guess at win ner the Reds or the Whites The Whites to be quarter backed by record setting passer rank Patrick will call on a fully experienced offensive unit for its striking force Its barri cades are the Nos 2 3 defensive platoons 11 Red road blocks will be thrown up by the No 1 defen sive unit The chief offense for that team is the eager beaver No 2 unit headed by Quarter back Ernie Sigler running mates all are familiar to Cornhusker fol lowers ullback Dick Davis earned All Big Eight laurels last fall Halfback Joe Orduna gained first team status as a sophomore Every member of forward wall played abundantly during last 6 4 Ends Tom Penney (and Paul Topliff Tackles Glenn Patterson and Gale Williams Guards Mel Brichacek and Joe Armstrong and Center Carl Ashman The Red listed Sigler Guard Dan Delaney and Tackle Ed Hansen as its only lettered includes many of the newcomers whose enthusiasm has shown they intend to sit on the bench until the older fellows graduate Among the Red sophs are backs Dan Schneiss a Smith and Paul Rogers Newcomers to watch on the White defensive unit include Tackle David Walline perhaps needing only experience to claim a Blackshirt label Line a ke Jerry Murtaugh an Omaha North graduate ho finds the action End Dennis Gutzman and Middle Guard Ed Periard Until the Sun Set Car Racers To Double This Year Three familiar campaigners at the Sun Set Speedway may be among the drivers competing in two styles n( racing this season They arc Omahan Boh Ko siski Jim Wyman of remont and Randy Sterner of Blair With the addition of late model racers to the it a I modified machines that trio is expected to have a car in both categories Jungle Appeal IP II 88 2 3 5 13 0 Triple Gives Yanks i Bahnsen Win Over Bosox year ago Westside was second in ri day test at 8:017 the same dime: credited third place Central In addition to state meet berths snared by Tech and West side the likelihood is both Cen tral and Creighton Prep will be in their company time and 8:067 bettered Class A district meet winning Bellevue and Nebraska Wes leyan Schoolboy rules altered this season qualify teams with the fastest four district meet times in each relay in addition to 1 2 teams for each relay from each A meet 880 relay team may also reap the benefit of the new 5 rule with its third place 1:307 The 1:307 also credited fourth place North could produce a test' of the rule So sizzling was the two mile relay that it overshadowed two additional Nebraska i i meet relay records 880 relay quartet led off bv hurdling whiz Vince Ordu na flashed to a 1:295 ahead of chaerined 1:301 Tom Carodine chipped In a 497 quarter to winning rule relay time of 3:218 a tenth of a second off the best The powerful Orduna zoomed to 142 high 1 perform ances in both preliminaries and ER BB SO 2 2 17 1 12 7 0 0 0 1 Vault Ace Injured McCauley High Jumps 6 41 4 0 2 1 4 II 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Bahnsen dbbI Mern Mi Chilian Toledo Western Michigan Kent State North Dakota Miami Ohm SialoNorth Carolina State i rum ssi Iowa I NoilhwosK in 0 II the Badgers a 3 2 victory in the second game They won the first game 2 0 on the five hit pitch ing of Lance Primis The victory left the Badgers with an 8 2 enn ference mark Michigan is 5 3 NU Golfers Eighth In Pikes Peak Meet Colorado Springs Colo (AP) University golfers stand in eighth place with a learn score of 637 after 36 holes of the 51 hole Pikes Peak Golf Tournament Houston is the leader with 611 and Brigham Young is second with 612 Oklahoma State is fourth with 625 and Colorado is seventh with 634 Bob Barba roosa of Houston is the individ ual leader at 71 78 141 Tech Speeds 8:015 Two Mile Relay Parish at 13 4 in Vault Total Boston 5 Nrw York 6 Tresh Kosco Michael Kqco in ii 1 Waslrwski (12 3) Bahnsen (W3 1) Vrrliaflir iH nzv Herald Photos Hansen Tackle for the Reds Bradley improves again 3:252 effort at Millard The Blue Denis Strobel also cut the Class 880 yard record to 1:585 and Max Linder won three events Millard was the best of three district two mile relay winners Walsh also was quoted as saying: expected tn flnlsh'in flic black this year and not a single franchise is shaky 1 at this stage' Herald Phom by Body Smith anchors Tech two mile relay win Caruthers left Henderson trail walked Carl Yastrzemski slashed a hit off Horace glove and Reggie Smith de livered a two out single The Yankees had scored in the fourth when Kosko singled stole second and scored on Bobby two out single BOSTON YORK Andrews 2b 3 10 0 Claike 2b oy 3b 4 0 10 White ct Ystrniski If 3 0 2 0 Mantle RSnuth ct Harrelson rf Scott in Dion es Pei rocin EHoward Walcwskt ab bi 4 0 10 White ct Amaro lb Kosco rf Tresh It Gibbs cox do Mirhail Verbantc 1 1 1 Trtlnt 0 0 1 0 0 0 ODD 10 II 0 2 Howard Brantz Assistant Snorts Editor i World Sports Editor Wally Provost is on vacation Tackle Patterson part Tudor Sprint Wins Nancy cee 2d Selections Poll Lur SIJrnt Sound Antiseptic rirR culler Hroadwny Angel Go 1 v( iy Cross Eire I II a Min ho Pct ID mill Bay Lady Hike Point Div tuthlng Music i'lnny Boh 'N Swoon Pink i nt Doll I L' afA 1 1 aim i Vale Of 'i cars Gypsy Ben Mfsiy Vay Blazing Silk Zeppelin Single Needle coyer Dp Again Secret Slirlk Wild King lit In Kathryn's Doll By Howard Wolff Would you believe a mare fa vored dozens of times in Ak Snr Ben sprints could still be waiting to make her first trip to i he Ak circle? Especially a mare with the blinding of Nancycee pride of the Dundee Tex Claude Cowan clan? Well a riday day turnout of 9935 made Nancycee the choice for the umpteenth finals and set a 180 lows district mark at 195 in the finals ield vent standouts in a meet won handily again by Tech were John Rodgers who long jumped 22 10 before leaving for baseball and West side junior Chris Parish who vaulted 13 4 Any disappointment felt by Tech Coach Crookham from his limit of one place in the long jump was erased by sopho more Willie fourth place in the 880 hurdlers and sprinters accounted for half of the Tro 18 state meet qualifying berths In the two mile relay Green ran 1:594 George 2:011 Wil liam Ward 2:00 and Pruitt 2:01 the best run and the best Crookham commented and Ward of course 1 have run Badgers Share Lead After Wins Madison Wis (AP) Wiscon sin swept a double header from Michigan riday to take a share athletic director of Drake Uni versity riday a 42 succeeds Jack Bn resigned to be come commis sioner of the North Central Athletic Comer Karnes ence i The new athletic director will continue as relays director and coach of the Drake track squad In 13 years as coach Kames has led Drake to three Missouri Valley Conference outdoor cham pionships and 12 league cross country titles ab bi 4 0 10 4 110 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 1 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 11 3 (10 (I 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 2 8 2 Rough Waters Smoothed ANOTHER bad timing publication: Sport magazine niece portraying Bob Gibson as an ungrateful angry man tn its May issue The same week the Chamber of Commerce honored Bob with Golden ist Award as a symbol of Omaha Can Do Bob naturally be in Omaha for the banquet but his gracious wife Charline was on hand to accept the trophy She read a telegram from the Cardinal mound star to smooth rough waters regarding the article Stimulating Observation SCHNEIDER says he has administered phenylbuta zone the drug that caused the disqualification of Image in the Kentucky Derby definitely a prescription said Schneider use it only if pre scribed by a doctor This routine nui not unusual treatment The Husker aches and pains man says the drug is used only as a pain reliever usually for pulled muscles He re call the last athlete he has treated in that manner The thing that puzzles Schneider is that in horse racing phenylbutazone acts as a stimulant say that it serves more to or the opposite of a Schneider said think it would tend to Akinin Httla clnUPT After talking to Paul think really kick up a fuss if had money invested in Image or any other horse supposedly stimulated by the use of phenylbutazone By Paul LeBar Maybe Coach John Crookham I have worried about recently mended Arvie George or Harry Pruitt either for that matter With the two kicking in clutch performances Tech High won high school race of the year riday an 8:015 two mile relay at Burke George who sat out last sea i son with two broken legs held i I 1 A 1 A 1 ZX I iLuii ami') opened on the first 889 of the district feature i Pruitt a senior fell behind during the final half mile but rallied to beat Henry 1 Caruthers and Scott Henderson to the string The race produced a two mile relay second in Nebraska prep annals to 7:585 a1 I i in the 55 hund red doll ar Rusty Draper Purse at six fur 1 U1 And as has happened in her five racing seasons here Nancy cee was as the public choice at 90 cents on the dollar She finished second beaten by three parts of a length by Tudor Jim who finished tenth in his first Ak Sar Bcn start this sea son But that came in the Beef State Handicap captured by Marion Van Lacon in 1:09 45 So Tudor Jim disgraced in that one And he dis graced riday as Lonnie Ray the redhead from Berryville Ark notched his third riding victory of the day Durousseau had Nancy cee on top at the start and at one point she had four lengths over the field as she turned the quarter in :22 and the half in 45 But she was fading in the run for and here came Lonnie Tudor Jim from sixth to win it all Tudor Jim paid $1560 $5 and $340 Nancycee seldom out of the money in her futile bids for first money here paid $3 and $260 Third was Judge Truckle at S3 20 With his win aboard Dowd in the first and Prince Watus in the third Ray took over the rid ing leadership from Don Lewis But Lonnie in the chase in the 65 hundred dollar Platte Valley Purse where an Omaha combine clicked Jocky Bobby Mundorf scored with Joe Shav Barnesian in a 1:45 mile I and a sixteenth test Bobby had a length the better of Grand Slam Mike at the wire witn me favorite El Bahram third Barnesian paid $9 Lonnie was very much me chase in the finale however scoring handily with Mount Ida at $560 to make it four winners for the card He also had a second with Rollvs Dolly in the second a third wiih Rullah Belle in the fourth and a Soutrrel in the fifth Nine Challenge Cinderella Horse Nine routers will take on the Cinderella horse of Ak Sar 1967 meeting Single Needle in topper of an outstanding nine race card irst post will hp at 2 Single Needle will be seeking a second straight victory in the fortieth running of the 15 thou sand dollar a Ak Sar Ben Handicap at a mile and yards After winning the Governors a year ago the Arizona Comet took the 50 thousand dollar add ed Cornhusker and the closing day feature to become Ak Sar No 1 purse earner in a single season pack 120 pounds today with Ron Bow cut up The nine challengers are head ed by such sharpies as Bar bacoma blazing Silk Joe Day and Zeppelin The back up offering is daz zling with a pair of 65 hundred dollar events a 55 hund rcd dol lar test ahead of lhe finale a mile and an eighth scrap Gerdes Captures Net Singles Title Steve Gerdes of Omaha West side defeated John Carroll of Benson 6 4 6 2 riday at Dewey Park for the Metro tennis cham pionship Centrals lorn crew mu Grossman outlasted Brooke Pe terson and Petersen of Westside 7 5 13 11 for the dou bles crown Golfer Scores Ace NU Trainers Have No Miracle Cures EORGE SULLIVAN is not a miracle man when it comes to healing injuries The University ol Nebraska physiothei ipist and Husker Trainer Paul Schneider have had more than their share of opportunities to prove that they are just because 1 can walk on joked Sullivan mean 1 can heal a pulled muscle in two The Nebraska training room occupants have been getting calls daily from track coaches wanting an immediate cure for ailing stars get calls' at the office and I even got two at home last Schneider said just no way to heal a pulled muscle especially a hamstring in a short time It's about a five week process' no way around it" So the Husker trainer and therapist say no way they can put a boy on the track next week for the state meet if he suffered a pull riday So save the phone tolls coaches They point to Joe Orduna the hurdler haliback as an example Joe pulled a muscle five weeks ago and is just now getting so he can go full speed Bad Timing AMATEUR Wrestling News came off the presses this week with a Page One picture and story acclaiming Okla homa Dwayne Keller as its Sophomore of the Year The 123 pounder shown in the mat paper with his NCAA trophy made headlines this week top in the daily press He was arrested on a charge of breaking into a clothing store at Norman Okla Times to Shoot At Latest report on Wichita North track whiz Bob Barratti: He has times of 1:505 for the open half 4'089 for the mile and 9:056 for the two mile His 880 and two anile times are better than those posted by Jim Ryun when hewas a prepster The Midwest Game and ish Law Enforce (ment Officers Association will hold a session at the New Tower Omaha June 4 6 Oklahoma Catcher Gary Brooks a trans fer from ort Smith (Ark) Junior College says one big dtffer ence from junior college and Big Eight baseball is the food we eat three dollar steaks In juco have a plate or not eat at Another interesting observation: 'Arizona State crow'd was unreal Bradley improved his state lead ing mile run time to 4:254 and Lincoln Dan McCauley high jumped a Class A state dis trict record 6 41l Lincoln High easily won the Class A test at Nebraska Wes leyan a meet in which South Tim Blythe posted the top district effort in the pole vault with 13 10 remont outclassed Benson in the Bellevue meet and won sev en events including 1:592 in the 880 by Jeff Wisemiller Rals Mike Pinkerton ran 9:457 Hl lllv JJiitv Class focused on i under the record held briefly Al Strong and Plattsmouth and by North Bend (8:234 on Thurs Millard relay teams I day) The Randy Bak Strong the defending Class 100 yard dash champion sped :098 at Seward and bettered the state district mark of :099 It was first set by Broken Kent McCloughan in 1961 Strong also ran on 880 yard relay team a victor in a record 1:313 mile relay team cut nearly three seconds off the Class "district record with a stitute the combat will be first unit vs first unit when the Whites have the ball and two on two during Red as evenly balanced as possible Major issues will be whether lhe offense can maintain consis tent drives and whether the de fensive interior the least experienced area can close off threats as quickly as last year Passing will play a promi nent role on both sides The re ceiving corps has been labeled a squad strong point The leaders in this area should be Split Ends Penney Guy Ingles and Rex Lowe Spring game festivities will 1 begin with a 9 11 open house for supporters wanting to tour the stadium press box Television Coverage Set The Nebraska Univer i spring game will be televisied by Lincoln station KOLN TV i NU Tigers To Vie Today The World News Service Columbia Mo talented sprinters hurdlers and jumpers face Missouri today in lhe final tune up for the Big Eight meet The Bengals were beaten handily by Kansas State at Man hattan last week while the Huskers were disposing of Col orado This MU a sk a meet will start at 4 in Memorial Stadium allow i completion of the Class and outdoor track meets Coach rank Husk ers claim five top performances on the Big Eight form chart this spring while Missouri has one leader Glenn Ogden in three mile The Husker pacesetters Lennox Burgher 52 11 in trinle jump Steve Krebs in the high jump Dave Kudron (tied) 519 in the intermediate hurdles Cliff orbes :209 in the 220 and the mile relayers 3:105 best three mile time is 13:428 The slender junior failed to make the State trip because of a stomach disorder Huskers Kudron (:529) and Dennis a i in the discus I (2'7 01 ent mfiPt coaches begin to sub 1 year College Baseball nl rut 4 4 Illinois State 5 Noire Dame 10 Ohio 3 4 Non hern Ifw a Bowhnit liNTn 3 Not th Carolina ft Indiana rynn! 4 oit1ii 5 KH Li 4 1 £1 Minnouti 15 Purdue 0 2 cntrnl Mnyouri 5 N'thtS't Xlisjnun 3 iwsnn Wisliiwiin I Wirnnin 2 1 Mirhixn 2 Ixikv i Snuih Cainlma 4 Clrrnwn 2 Wakr furol souihfrn California 4 Stanlnnl 3 Virginia Trrh 'Ml 2 Th' Titadrl i Davidson 1 1 Oregon Slat 4 Washington 3 1st Cloihl 1 wiitm The Sun Set season is schcd innoi "TS fl Parson S9 Auausuna HL I ulcd to start at 8 bunuay i AIU New mcko i Vets to Support Patrick Husker Grid Jobs Up for Grabs Today I New York (AP) Roy White 'socked a lead off triple in the eighth inning and scored onAndy sacrifice fly as theNew York Yankees shaded Bos ton 2 1 riday night shot carried to deep ight center field After Waslewski struck out Mickey Mantle Kosko hit the ffirst pitch to deep center and 'White scored Stan Bahnsen scattered over 8 innings and iVerbanic came on to get the fi nal out after Ken Harrelson backed Tom Tresh to the 402 foot sign in leftfield with a long in the ninth 1 The Red Sox had tied in the inning when Mike Andrews Pro uture In Jeopardy Reports aper Atlanta The great soccer experiment in America is 1 in of collapse and the new North American Soccer League may survive only this year the Atlanta Journal said riti'y by a weak television contract and hampered by anemic attendance the NASL nevertheless continues on what could be a collision course with the people simply are not taking to the the newspaper said The story said cold statistics that the NASL is faring little better than its first year predecessor National Professional Soccer League with 10 teams in 1967 could average but 4775 persons per game while losing five million dollars Its league neighbor the United Soccer Association (hew but a little more at (he gate and probably lost three million the story continued The Journal quoted Dick Walsh president of the NASL's Eastern Conference as saying: 'No one has hit the panic button Everybody is going take a hard look at the over all situation at the end the Walsh also was quoted as saying: expected Catfish Will Gel Coach at Drake 86 000 To da I tklind Cal (AP) Jim Des Moines la (AP) Bobi A single by Tom Johnson with (f''iifish't Hunter wi fie thousand dollar check for I Relays for 13 years was named "i If' I mil'll 'Tl' I aiM 1 II HP i A A nn ii HI twA I wi ami VBJk t'' 1 1 'tkz AXix Xi fWX a i I JL ''WA zy fl t7 X' V'x' Av 1.