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_A genuine big many Jim Thom, 6=9 sophonere, has been acquired. The
| “advance word wasikx that NU we ave scant trouble improving upon
Geta te  4f the ratio of
Last reas te pverala: 9-12 weeerd. lowave?, offxvayxvatiexofk its first
sins es - tiainetined Nebraska ; would | finish .at S-16..
Bi fis eile | ‘There are, of course, substantial reasons for the Scarlet's
| slow start. For one, Thom sg Sonali is not ready. Ekwall has been starting
vet center, thereby wedueing ‘WU. 8 height considerably. Veteran Guard
“ watty Buel « has not played because of a broken collarbone suffered early
An practices Ekwal 1 has mis sed two games — of a heavy cold. And
“ach Serry Bush, now. in his” seco mi season at Lincoln, is paying the price
BH of experience by starting: three. sophomores e
‘These include Don Smiat, 6=4 Anierson, Ind.forwards
and Guards Jim ‘Kubacki, a 5-10 long-range ‘artist, and Gary Reimers,
Bell Mqliera,. Neb. products Chuck Smith , a two-lettered senior, is handling
the opposite forwarde «bps n
| He is: the Huskers’ brightest preekournonts tournament
i sec dallas His: na average thr ough the ‘first. six games is 17.6 against
otas seasonal mark of Ont: gach seasone Smith stanis only -~ » but —
80 high he appears to: ‘pe a 6-6 hand under the boards.
| Ekwall is.expected to be up to par by xe the time the
Huskers" an their give-and-go of fense against Missouri in the second
night of the four-day af faire Even asa sophomore , he led the club in
rebounds with an 11/4 average and finished second only to Fagler in
the scoring columns at 12.4. He was averaging sixt-tenths higher than x
that. up to Wednesday night's Yen@evbvx face-off against Vandy.
Another known Husker asset is Norman Coufal, quite likely

the league's best two-hand set shooter last year.