OREGON EMERALD UNIVERSITY OF OREGON VOLUME 11 EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1910 No. 44 FIRST TRIAL OF NEW TRACK NEXT TUESDAY SOPHOMORES WILL TRY TO KEEP CHAMPION SHIP OF VARSITY Fantastic Wrestling Bouts Will Be Feature at Annual Indoor Track Meet. 1 lie Indoor meet next Tuesday will be the first trial of the new gymnasium race track. The twenty-live yard dash will he run on the main floor while the longer runs will be on the curved track overhead. Manager Espy promises that there will he no delays in pulling off the events since it will be possible to have two or three going simultaneously. The feature of the evening will be wrestling, in which every class will be represented. In this department the riv alry between the freshmen and sopho more classes will be keenest as men of every weight, from such bantams as Washburne to heavy weights of Fat Bailey's class will be matched. Such well known mat artists as Vic Voight, Ben Grout, Harold Bates, Bill Main and Jim Neill will be seen for the first time this year. Besides the regular events, extra features, such as a match betwen the two Chinamen, Harry Ding and Lee Sam, and a match between Fat Bailey, freshman, and Slim Bailey, sophomore; will be pulled off. tun Bailey is six feet two inches tall and weighs 240 pounds, while Slim Bancj is six feet six inches tall and weighs 140. In the Chinese match no holds will lie barred and the scrap will be to a finish. The meet will be started promptly at 7 :45 Tuesday evening. The admission will be 35 cents. Avavas Win from Acacias The Avava Club defeated the Acacia fraternity in the second Doughnut game Wednesday by a score of 6 to5. Follow-1 ing is the official score: A V A VA L. Dobie, p. ss,_ Van Marter, ss, p, W. Dobie, c. Robison, 2b, Bedding, lb, Myers, cf, W. Smth. 3b, __ Devereaux, If. Bauer, r. f_ AB R IB PO A E .4 2 1 5 3 1 .211111 4 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 110 3 0 0 5 0 2 .3 0 0 0 0 0 .311200 .311110 .11 0 0 0 1 Totals_25 6 5 21 9 5 ACACIA AB R IB Cousins, p_3 1 1 Strong, c_4 1 1 Brownell. 3b_3 1 0 Dunlap, 2h___3 1 1 Shangle, ss_3 1 2 Bond, lb_2 0 0 Curtis, r. f_2 0 0 Huggins, r. f_1 0 0 Quigly, c. f_3 0 0 Smith. 1. f.__3 0 0 — PO A E 0 3 1 9 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Totals_27 5 5 20* 0 0 *Two out when winning run scored. Summary: Struck out—Cousins 10, COLUMBIA TRYOUTS SET FOR APRIL 9th On April 9th, unless the as-yet-in dehnite O. A. C. meet comes on that date, a track tryout will be held for the purpose of choosing fourteen men to represent the University at the Co lumbia Indoor meet on April 16th. The date for the O. A. C. meet has not been set, but it is thought that it will be held during the latter part of the month. In the case that it is held on April 9th the tryout will be post poned until the following week. Y. W. C. A. Secretary Coming The two Y. M. C. secretaries, Miss Gage and Miss Hopkins, are planning to lie here for a part of next week and a parlor conference will he held at the Gamma Phi House live o’clock on Sun day afternoon. An interesting meeting is to be held on Monday at the regular time. The sub jejct will be "Missions,” and Mr. Gor rell is to give a talk on China. Thanks to the successful gymnasium exhibition given the other night, a good ly amount was turned over to the Bun galow Fund—the exact sum will lie re ported later. TRACK INTEREST Students Should Encourage the Men in Their Daily Training One of the chief causes to which Trainer Hayward attributes Oregon’s shortage of material and poor prospects for a winning track team this year is the general lack of interest among the students. In former years it was the custom for the held to be filled with spectators, but lately they seem to pre fer baseball and the mill race. "Since training began,” Isays Hay* ward, “there have been just two people who took interest enough in the team to warm seats in the grandstand for a few moments one evening during train ing hours. There are men and women in college that don’t know who is doing track work or what the track looks like. There is nothing that so en courages track men as to know that their efforts are being observed by an appreciative audience. Oregon’s chances of winning never did look gloomier. If we do win it must be through the con certed action of every one in college, and it is up to every loyal stiuknt to get out and do his part.” Dobie 1, Van Marter 6. Bases on balls —Cousins 3, Dobie 1, Van Marter 2. Wild Pitch, Dobie. Passes Balls—N. Dobie 2, Strong 1. Sacrifice hits, Van Marter 2. Stolen bases, Avava 8, Aca cia 6. Umpire, Mr. Henkle. Game called seventh inning on account of darkness. The match lietween Harold Bates and Vic Voight will be a championship bout. Be sure to witness it. Be sure to see the first meet in the ; new gymnasium next Tuesday night. TOP OF LEAGUE START WILL BE MAINTAINED SO SAYS JAMISON OF SEA SON'S BASEBALL PROSPECTS Manager Prophesies Success If Students Will Only Do Their Part by Attending Games. J|c * * * ****** * * * * * *" Standing of Teams * Oregon _2 0 1(XX) * * Q. A. C_1 1 500 * * Whitman -1 3 250 * * Washington - - * W. S. C. —I_ * * Idaho _ * .f. -J(- :K :|s ;'f. * + >K :|; -'fi + "We have starred at the top of the league anflT it will take a pretty hard jolt to bring us down," said manager Jamieson yesterday in summing up the baseball situation. "We have every thing we need except student support," he continued. "We must sell one hun dred more tickets on the campus. If the students vvil sltand behind us we will probably win all games played on .la home grounds.” Although the crowds at the games were above the average, .vet less than two hundred season tickets have been disposed of, and in order to help along the sale Manager Jamison has decided to reduce the price to one dollar and seventy-five cents, or about twenty-two cents a game, and to make a thorough canvass of the student body next week. The original schedule of the trip dur ing spring vacation called for two games each with Whitman, Washington State College, and Idaho. In addition to these Manager Jamison has arranged for two games with Washington in Seattle on April 13th and 14th, a game with the Spokane No^thwe^t League team in Spokane on Friday .April 15th, and on the remaining open date will probably arrange tor a game with Coeur de Alette or Lewiston in Idaho. This makes nine games definitely arranged for and one probably to he added. Man ager Jamison thinks that the consent of the Spokane team to take on a col lege team just before the league season opens is sufficient guarantee that Coach Kelly has turned out a fast bunch. The next games to be played here are two with Idaho on the 11th and 12th of this month. The Idaho team is a sort of unknown quantity this year but it is said by the Whitman men to be pretty strong. No changes have been made in the squad since it was picked two weeks ago. Coach Kelly is holding over all pitchers for further tryouts. The sec ond team will go to Pleasant Hill one week from today to try their strength on the team from that place. Miss Gage, the Y. W. C. A. secre tary, is a guest at the Gamma Phi Beta house. Mrs. Job, of Cottage Grove, is vis iting her daughter at the Klosche Tilla | cum house. Ethel Clark has been on the invalid | list for the past week. DORMITORY RECEPTION GIVEN LAST EVENING I he many friends of the Dormitory Cluh enjoyed a pleasant evening at then open house last night. The Dormitory parlors were tastefully decorated in Oregon Grape and pennants. Music by one of the city’s best orchestras was a pleasing feature of the evening. During the evening the guests were taken on a tour of inspection of the hoy's rooms, many of whom received praise for their skillful adornment. In the receiving line wer:e Mrs. Pres cott, Mrs. Pencil, Mrs. Straub, Presi dent Campbell, B. W. Prescott and W. C. Nicholas. Raphael Geisler met the guests at the door. German Club Meets Tuesday The Vereiu Germania will hold its next regular meeting Tuesday night, April 5, at the home of Dr. Schmidt. An interesting program has been pre pared for the occasion, among the fea tures of which will be a talk on the great masters, by Miss Morgan, a Ger man spelling match, and a number of the best German operatic selections which will be played on the grapho plione. AERONAUTICS TAKEN UP AFTER HOLIDAYS Converse Yields to Demand and Agrees to Give Regular Course The senior electrical and mechanical engineers will be given a course in aeronautics by C. W. Converse, immed iately after the spring vacation, as a part of the senior course in internal combus tion engines. First the high speed motors used on air ships will be studied in detail. Then the design of the various types of dirigible baloons and aeroplanes will he taken up, with especial attention to the construction of wings, starring appm atus, stearing gear, and balancing ar rangements. No text bookts will be used lmt the students will look up re ferences in the library. Next year Mr. Converse will teach a course in aeronautics open to all en gineering students. “Some time ago,” he said, “it was .announced in the Emerald that I would teach such a course. Since then so many students have inquqired about it, that I guess I will have io do it. I told some of them that if they would get fifteen or twenty together next year, I would give them the course they wanted.” Mr. Converse has not yet decided whether any credit will be given. It may take the form of an aero club, be fore which lie and the students theca s'Ives will deliver lectures. However, it may be, he has been studying deeply in to the subjejct, himself, in prepartition. . --- Chauncey Cunning, ’10, has left the ' college, as he already has enough cred its to graduate. Mr. Cunning was a member of the executive committee and leaves a vacancy which will be filled I next week. SENIOR PUIY WILL BE BI6 THEATRICAL EVENT UNIVERSITY SOCIETY OUT IN FORCE FOR CAPT. LETTERBLAIR Brilliant Rehearsals; Clever Com edy Indicate Best Senior Play Ever Presented. "Captain Lettterbjair,” ttlte three-act comedy that the senior class will pre sent just one week from tonight, will be the biggest social event of the senior class and the one big theatrical per formance in University circles during the year. ('he boxes will be occupied with the University society people, several of the women's fraternities having already en gaged seats for all their members. Many out of town people are also expected. I lie play is pronounced by those who have seen the rehearsals that are going on regularly in the Villard Hall to be the best that any senior class has ever presented. Interesting in plot and full of fun and cleverness in eveiy scene, it relates the fortunes of an Irish officer in connection with a beautiful English girl, with whom the former is in love. Financial troubles, a misunderstanding, a lovers’ quarrel, and the subsequent re conciliation form the main story. Inter woven into this are also the love af fairs of two other couples who take prominent parts. Captain Lctterblair, Litton is the character assigned to Dudley R. Clarke, the well known captain of the univer sity football and baseball teams for this year. "YVe have all seen Dud play foot ball and baseball but we now have an opportunity to see him play soldier,” is is one of the strong arguments Mana ger 'Perry puts forth in favor of his character. "He makes as handsome an officer as one can find anywhere, and makes love with an ardour that shows long experience. Miss S. Frances OherteufTer carries the difficult role of the young English lady who, by her desire to help, creates so much trouble. Miss Oberteuffer has had a great deal of dramatic experi ence in High School and in the Uni versity Dramatic Club. One of the most striking features of the entire pro duction will be the beautiful gowns worn by Miss Oberteuffer. Phis play has, as all good plays must have, a villian. The part is taken by an all northwest football star, who is also President of the Iframatic Club, Wil liam Charles Kilt/, who has the regu lation black hair and dark eyes re quired of the villian. He also has the ability to play that difficult role with success. Harold Edwards Bates appears as the Dean, the uncle of Captain Let terblair, 11 is is a character role present ing much that is funny in a very droll manner. The cast would be sadly lack ; ing without the Dean. Benjamin H. William, President of the Student Body, Track Captain for 1910 and last year’s Inter-State Orator, makes a dash into the realm of drama as Mr. Seaton, Fanny’s guardian. Mr. Williams has made good in everything lie has entered during his University cContinued on last page.)