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THEDAILY TELEGRAMrrE-FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1963COLUMBUS, NEB.0AGE 6eMidget grid play to SundaystarthereThe Columbus Midget Football League season opens Sunday afternoon with a double header.The Rams play the Colts at 1 30 p.m. and the Bears take on the Lions at 3 o’clock. The league is under the sponsorship of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.Commissioner Dave Duren has _______Badgers and Wildcats tops in Big TenCHICAGO (UPI) - Defending champion Wisconsin and challenging Northwestern, rated No. 1 inthe nation for part of the 1962 sea son, figure as the top contenders for Big Ten football honors this year, but they’d better keep an eye peeled for Ohio State and perhaps Illinois.The Badgers, whose fourth-quarter comeback in losing theRose Bowl was one of last year soutstanding performances, mayrise or fall on the performance of quarterback Harold Brandt, who was scheduled for the job last year until inexperienced Ron Van-derkelen showed his ability.Vanderkelen and his favorite receiver. Pat Richter, are gone, but the Badgers have 26 lettermen back to furnish plenty of line experience and depth, and some expert backs, including fullback Ralph Kurek. halfbacks Lou Holland. Bill and Ron Smith, Carl Silvestri and Jim Nettles.Myers ReturnsNorthwestern could be the national offensive leader on the strength of its passing with Tom Myers returning at quarterback and two fine ends, Gary Crum and Chuck Logan. Flanker back Paul Flatley, an adept receiver last year, has graduated. There will be some good linemen, notably guard Jack Cvercko and tackle Joe Szczecko. The usual prob-blem of depth could hurt.Ohio State rates a title chance even though the Buckeyes aren’t as well regarded as usual. But being the underdog could be a break. Paul Warfield, a cracker jack halfback, returns and so do such standouts as Matt Snell. Al Parker, Ormonde Ricketts andannounced the following rostersfor the four teams:Colts — Steve Anderson. Ricky Carr, Larry Johnson, Bill Legenza, Gary Osborn, Gary Schaefer, Mike Wozny, Kyle Colliere, Tony Creb-bin, Rick Frieze, E. W. Bill Greene, Michael Stueck, Michael Birkel, Boyd Jones. Jerome Kush, Mike Brown, Larry Luchtel, Doug Ewert, Steve Burroughs, Mason Cox, Dan Johnson, Greg Anderson, Stephen Wieser, Paul Gottschall, Steve Hall and Clifford Galley.Bears — Bob Christensen, Keith Engelmann, Bill Gildea, Steve Sokol, Allen Woodworth, Doug Oppli-ger, Rick Schiebinger, Keith W. Wurdeman, Russell Smith, Kenneth Bator, Tim Schaefer, Weylin J. Wurdeman, Joe Skorupa. Andy Drozd, Tom Murphy, Mike Druep-pel, Bradley Nelson, James Hagel, Keith W'atchorn, Terry Fehncke, Randy Oberg, William Tworek and Bryan D. Crocker.Lions — Vincent Placek, Mike Abbott. Dick Bernt, Robert Brock, Douglas Bullington. Robert Evans, Rick Herr, R. M. Jarecki, Bernie Johansen. Buster Johansen, Bill Kosch, Bob Kosch, Dan Olivetti, Richard Meader, David Placek, Chuck Sinclair, Terry Van Diest,Dana Loseke, Randy Tharnish, Jim Mace, Stuart Bullington, Don Swager, John McLaughlin, Paul Zobel, Kevin Koutnik, Bill Bogus, Lester Crumley, Steve Klutman and Ray Leskanic.Rams — David Bernt, Greg Drum, Scott Jensen, Gary Peterson, James Peterson, Timothy Pil-len, Gary Potter, Michael Reid, Thomas Rich, Frankie Schwartzer, James Wilcynski, Craig Williams, Steve Berkheimer, Brad Berkhei-mer, Francis Rankin, David Zy-bach, Donald Braun, Steve Eek-holt. Ralph Merry. Lanny Rucker, Todd Thompson. Garry Mueller, Tom Zimmerman, Tom Wolpert, Larry Holys, Greg Warner and Mike Schwartzer.The boys range in age from 10 to 13 years of age and wreigh between 75 and 115 pounds.Coaches of the various teams are John Elliott, Ben Powley. Jon Genrich and Jerry Jilek. Colts; Floyd Arasmith and Don Rickner, Bears; Larry Lassek, Gene Cole and Don Baumert, Lions; and Tommy Thompson. Bill Redrew and Jerry Duren, Rams.
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Columbus Daily Telegram
Columbus, Nebraska, US
Fri, Sep 13, 1963
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