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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1910)
THATTRACKMEETWAS JUST AWFULLY CUTE It Was First College Girl Ever Saw; But Say. I went to iii)' first track meet yester day .and 1 can't remember when i bad such a good time. J he Oregon nos won too. 84 to 38 i think someone said the score was, and i was awfully glad of that, because you are such keen en tertainers. but my, I never dreamed that 1 would be asked to describe the meet, especially for your college pane'-. I he very first thing when t got there yesterday, some man named Angell, that didn't look at all like an angel, was ob jecting to some rule knocking down those saw-horses they called hurdles I didn’t suppose they had any rules ior a track meet, but just lined up and ran when someone said go; I see now that they are needed to define such technical terms as “nosed out at the finish. ’ “hit it up the back stretch,” ".•.print the upper turn,” and about a thousand more. That Mr. Bergman, of O. A. C., won in the 100-yard dash. I le didn’t least Mr. Kay hut just a little bit, an i 1 don't see why, when a race is s.) ■ 'se, they can’t decide in faver of a .only, good-matured little fellow like Mr. Kay, instead of giving it to a man that sneers like Mr. Bergman did. I he high saw-horses came next and Mr. Hawkins, the dandiest looking liax ■ II haired man 1 have ever seen, won them so gracefully that I wanted to chip for him lots longer than everybody else cheered when they announced that he broke a Northwest record by running tin in in 15 2-5. Mr. Bergman broke some of the hurdles in that race. The mile run was .awfully interesting too. Mr. McClure and Mr. Riddell fought it out all the way down the stretch— did 1 use that technical term right? Anyway Mr. Met lure nosed out the victory. I he quarter mile run was just line. Nelli, Smith said she almost fell in love with that Mr. Johns that won, he cause he ran so gracefully. lie tied a college record, too. I wonder if he is a good dancer? I hat Mr. Latou rette that won the low hurdles ran about the eldest of anybody, though. He took awfully short steps, hut he twin kled along so fast you could hardly see his legs, lie heat that cranky look ing Mr Uergman, too That race that was just as long as the low hurdles was a line one, too Jit I dash, I think they called il. Jolly little Mr. Kav won that, and oh, a new man that I never saw helore, a perfectly handsome man, took second. I almost wished lie had won, hut evert hody congratulated him on being such a good sportsman for going slower towards the end, that I know he must have been doing some thing grand and noble. I hate an aw lulls hard time with my heart because I could almost fall in love with both of them too. In that halt mile run one of the Ag ricultural fellows kept running on a bias in trout of an "()" runner to keep bim from passing, anil everybody scii anted "toul ,,i the top of their voices. I here doesn't seem to he am idle about that, though, because the men with the badges marked "Official” didn't pay any attention to it. Mr Williams, the Oregon man that won tin pole vault, running a ways, then climbing up a pole and dropping ovi i a bar. you know- -was jii'i remark able I think he is tin slimmest man I ever saw, but the way he climbed up that pole showed that lie had as much agility as a monkiy. He must be an awfully brave man, too. Just think of tailing twelve feet every time, even if it is in a well spaded little garden. He broke a nc>t her Northwest record, by "clearing the bar" at 1J feet and 2 10 of an inch, but I don’t see why they have to be so exact about it. MILDRED BAGLEY ! i he women of the University who play tennis are keenly interested in the matches that are being played off for the championship and for the silver clip that Dr. Stuart is offereing, Mildred Bagiev and Frances Ober teuffer, who were at the head of the list last year, will have a number of hard matches to play before the cup is awarded. A large number of underclassmen are entered for the beginners’ tournament, where competition is even keener. I Ik: high jump interested me. 1 think Mr. Johnson must he a Swede, on ac count of his name and because he al ways does Swedish exercises before he jumps. I he far jump didn't look so interest ing to me, because I have tried it my self, but I liked that dark man who won, and the adorable Mr. Hawkins j did splendidly in that, too. I couldn't understand those things they called the Held events very well, because they had them at the same time the running was being done, and be sides they were a long way from where I sat. I he\ were rather peculiar, any way. First they all tried to see who could throw an awfully heavy ball from a funny little ring. When they got tired of that, they put a wire on it and swung it around their heads and threw it that way. Finally, they went away and got a round thing to throw from the same funny little ring. Mr. Kel logg, a great big man that seemed to have an awfully happy disposition, ap peared to be the hero out there. I he relay race was tlie Last thing, and it was about the best of all. Every one of the Oregon men ran just dandy. Mr. Kay ran tust and won from his enemy, then he shook hands with Mr. Flliot, who ran away off from his com petitor, then after they had gone through the formality of shaking bands again, Mr Johns got a long ways ahead of bis Agricultural student, and Mr. Mc Daniel finished so quick that he was aimost to the gymnasium before the O. A. 0 runner got to where the string was. Anyway, the Northwest record was smashed in this race, too. Oregon won lots nio:v times than any body rise did O. A. C. 6; Oregon 3. O. A. C. won again from Ore gon this afternoon, Rieben pitch ing against Henkel. Errors lost for Oregon. Oliver Huston took sick after the t alitornia meet and remained over sev eral days. MOUTHPIECE CIGARETTES Some men roll their own cigarettes for economy—notice the cost of Obak. Some because of the pleasure of rolling — but observe the trouble that Obak saves. Others because they think they get better tobacco—but just try an Obak. 4 OBAK speaks for itself. s t THE JOHN BOLLMAN CO. SAN FRANCISCO 401