Oregon Daily Emerald
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1921.
VOLUME XXIII.
NUMBER 15
LYLE PALMER RICH
MAN IN PHYSICAL
EDUCATION TESTS
Exceptional Scores Shown By
Oregon Men in Recent
Ability Contests
MANY EXCUSED FROM GYM
New Trials in December Will
Feature Teams of Five
From Organizations
Ninety-seven men out of one hun
dred and eighty two who took the
physical ability tests in the department
of physical education passed with a
sufficiently high grade to allow them
to be exempt from regular gymnasium
class work, according to H. A. Scott,
who had charge of the tests. These
men now have the right to choose any
sport they wish to take the place of
their required gymnasium class work.
Lyle Palmer, a sophomore from Ba
ker, easily proved himself the high man
in the tests. His score card showed
that he finished near the top of nearly
100. Harry L. Meyer, a freshman from
Portland, took honors for second place
with a total of 8S points to his credit.
Palmer was a member of last year’s
water polo team which held the Mult
nomah Club squad to a tie. He was
also one of the principal sprinters on
the regular swimming team.
Oregon Men Kate High
“The outcome of these tests show
that the men of Oregon have excep
tionally high physical ability,” declared
Mr. Scott. “The high scores and the
large number of men who passed the
tests successfully came as a complete
surprise to this department. We are
gratified with the material with which
we have to work.”
“The tests as given are such as will
bring out the real physical ability of
the men taking them,” Scott said. The
events which every man had to enter
were: vault, high jump, rope climb,
200-yard dash and a 100 yard swim.
They were run off with little or no
rest between events so that every thing
that the man possessed was necessary
to make a good Teeord.
Organizations to Compete
It is the wish of the department that
men practice on the events so that they
may shoot at the high record set up by
Palmer. New trials will be held in
December. At that time five-man
teams from the various organizations
will compete. The scores from this
competition are to apply to the Dough
nut League Cup which will be awarded
at the end of the school year.
Due to the fact that several men have
not fully completed their tests the gym
department feel that twenty more men
at least will soon be added to the high
score list.
Palmer’s time of 1:04 in the hundred
yard swim stands as the best mark
made in that event during the tests.
Enke made the swim in 1.27 which is
also above the average time.
Other exceptional marks of the meet
are: high jump, Grant 5:4; vault, Wells,
7:4, Barnett, 7:0ffi rope climb, Worthen,
10 flat, Matheson, 10 flat.
Those who made more than 50 points
in the tests were: Bu:rnett, Branstet
ter, Burton, Q. Burton, Beatie, Dedman,
Enke, Erickson, Fraley, Gross, Jest,
Kuhn, Eggleson, H. Meyer, McRae, J.
S. Newball, C. J. Peerce, J. Pearson,
L. Palmer, Peek, Royles, J. F. Rose,
Strane, Harry Smith. K. Smith, D.
Stevenson, Shaffer, Water. R. J. Mc
Arthur, and Page.
UNIVERSITY PRAISED
BY RAILROAD PRESIDENT
William Sproule of Southern Pacific
Is Charmed With View of
Woman’s Building
“The University of Oregon is of
growing value to the state and Eugene,
and the city is lucky to have the Uni
versity as an asset,” was the statement
of William Sproule, president of the
Southern Pacific railroad, who was a
campus visitor /on Saturday. Mr.
Sproule, who was shown over the cam
pus by President P. L. Campbell, ex
pressed himself as charmed by the Uni
versity. The Woman’s building in par
ticular met with the favor of Mr.
Sproule, who stated that he had seldom
seen a building which combined utility
with beauty to such an unusual extent.
“The enrollment of about 2,000 stu
dents this year, with a teaching staff
of about 175, makes this University
large enough to develop the true col
lege spirit and yet not so large as to
deprive the students of the benefits
that come from contact and associa
tion with the trained minds of the
educators on the University staff,”
concluded Mr. Sproule.
INEZ KING HOLDS STAKES;
SHE IS $2 TO THE GOOD
O. A. C. and University Men Bet on
Game; Oregana Editor Comes Home
With Their Money
Inez King, editor of this year's Ore
gana and well known journalistic stu
dent, has conscientious objections to
i gambling. She thinks that it is just
one of those things that isn’t being
done and she has never been known to
sit in a poker game or to shake dice
and even the fascinating little top does
not attract her. But as she was sitting
between a University and an O. A. C.
man at the game in Portland Saturday
and as they were each betting a dollar
she could not help but ask if she could
I hold stakes.
i Inez says that it was not her gambl
ing instinct that made her ask if it
were a tie would she win the money.
I But they agreed to this and Inez came
ihome with the two dollars which all
| goes to show that Inez has an eye for
j business and should have been manager
| of the Oregana.
FAOSHlilTM TODAY
YEARLINGS TO MEET MT. ANGEL
NEXT SATURDAY
Outlook Not Bright For ’25 Victory;
Punting Weak and Plays
, Need Smoothing
This afternoon the freshman eleven
i will test its strength against- the Var
■ sitv in scrimmage on Hayward field.
The game with Mt. Angel comes next
! Saturday and a lot of hard drill will be
; necessary to put the men into first class
condition.
Mt. Angel defeated Columbia Uni
versity of Portland 7-6 last Saturday
on the Mt. Angel field and Coach*Wil
liams’ proteges are in no condition to
meet them. The freshmen are espec
ially weak in punting. Lovelace seems
to be their best bet, and while he sends
the pig skin soaring at times, he is far
from consistent. In straight line plays
the frosh need more practice to smooth
out the rough places. Neither Coach
Williams nor Brandenberg are satis
fied with the way they put the plays
across. For the most part the aspi
rants are not well enough acquainted
with their respective positions to work
to the best advantage in the different
formations. .
Must Turn out to ±ioia Places
Some of the better men are failing
to turn out regularly for practice, and
according to Coach Brandenberg this
seeming lade of interest will not be
tolerated. If the men expect to fill
places on the squad they will have to
turn out every night, otherwise their
places will be taken by the less bril
liant but more consistent contestants.
A man cannot expect to miss practice
for three of four consecutive days and
then make the squad unless there is
some good reason why he was not out.
The freshmen will have at least one
scrimmage against the Varsity eleven
this ^veek, and more if it can be ar
ranged. Baz is confident that he can
wjjip them into something of an ag
gregation machine before Saturday, but
he is relying a great deal on their fight.
Straight Football to be Flayed
Straight football will be played and
few if any open plays as there is too
much chance for fumbles among the
green gridsters. Bucking up against
the letter men will give them a chance
to pick out and strengthen their weak
places as no other practice can.
Later on in the week a tentative line
up will be given out. At present the
j contenders for places are too evenly
matched. Also some of the men are suf
fering from slight injuries which may
(prevent them temporarily from making
[places on the team.
FRESHMEN WIN $40 PRIZE
Margaret Skavlan Writes Third Best
Essay in State Name Contest
A cash prize of $40 for the third
best essay on “The Origin of the Name
Oregon,’ in a contest recently con
ducted by the Oregon State Historical
i society was awarded to Margaret Skav
lan, a freshman in the school of jour
nalism. The essay with Miss Skavlan’s
picture appeared in last Sunday 's is
sue of the Oregonian. Its style and
quality were favorably spoken of by
faculty members who read the essay.
Miss Skavlan graduated from Jeffer
son high school, Portland, last June.
PHI MU ALPHA INSTALLED
Ptd Chapter Established on Oregon
Campus by National Secretary
With Casey Lutton, national secre
tary of Phi Mu Alpha as the installing
officer, Psi chapter of that organization
was installed on the Oregon campns,
Sunday afternoon. After the installa
tion Mr. Lutton spoke to the chapter
on the subject of “American Music”
and urged that the organization do all
in its power to encourage the interest
in things musical at the University.
CALIFORNIA TAKES
HARO FOUGHT GAME
FROM FLEET TEAM
Victory Makes Four Straight
Wins for Bruins So
Far This Year
SIX MEN OUT WITH INJURIES
Coach Complains of Hard Luck
Many Lettermen Play on
Victorious Elevens
University of California, Berkeley,
Oct. 17.—(P. I. N. S.)—California de
feated the Pacific Fleet eleven 21-10
Saturday in the hardest fought game of
the season. During the first quarter
the Navy went through the Blue and
Gold line repeatedly for downs ending
with a field goal by Bill Ingram, for
mer All-American fullback.
In the second quarter Toomev re
placed Bell and went 15 yards through
the Navy line for the first California
score. The Bruins scored again in the
second quarter when Bell carried the
ball over from the 3-yard line following
a 50 yard run by Nichols. Bell made
the third California score after a series
of line bucks. The final Navy score
was made as the result of two forward
passes.
Pays Price for Victories
The California Varsity had three
victories to it’s credit previous to the
Navy game, with wins over St. Mary’s
21-0,-the Olympic club 14-0 and Nevada
51-6. Coach Andy Smith has had to pay
a stiff price for these victories, how
ever, as at present six of his best men
are laid up for periods ranging from
two weeks to the entire season.
Perhaps the greatest loss is that of
“Brick” Muller, end, who was clipped
from behind in the Nevada game and
broke the fibula, a small bone in the
leg. This injury will keep him out of
the game for at least six weeks and pos
sibly for the entire season. Whitter,
fullback, broke his ankle in an early
season scrimmage and will be on the
bench for the rest of the season. Cline,
quarterback, is due for two weeks rest.
Eells, halfback, sprained his ankle
badly and will be on the bench for three
weeks, Engebretson has a bad shoul
der which will keep him on the side
lines for a month, while O’Brien, quar
terback, is slowed down by a strained
hip.
Hard Luck Experienced
‘‘Never before in my career as a foot
ball coach have I experienced such hard
]uck” is the way Coach “Andy” Smith
expresses it. It is a formidable array
of cripples to say the least. So far
the Bears have been playing a defen
sive game entirely relying on the long
punts of “Archie” Nesbit to keep the
ball in the opponents territory. With
the opening of the conference games it
is probable that they will have to take
matters into their own hands.
Fifteen lettermen plus several last
year’s freshmen and second string men
have comprised the thus far victorious
eleven. From last year’s freshmen
“Don” Nichols has developed into a
shifty and elusive open field runner.
When given the ball he has consistently
g’ained ground and in the Olympic club
game made a spectacular 65 yard run.
Morrison, veteran fullback, was out of
things on account of a bad leg, but
is again able to be back in the game.
He is a heavy line plunger and his
punts average '50 yards. The other
backfield positions are being filled by
Nesbit, Toomey, Erb, Bell and Van
Sant.
Many Try for Positions
On the line Captain “Fat” Latham
is playing at center, Clark and Cramner
are holding down the guard positions.
At end, Berkev is going strong with
“Brodie” Stephens on the other end.
As substitute Hufford is making a
strong bid for a berth. McMillan was
shifted to end after Muller’s injury.
McMillan is an All-American and is fast
and can catch passes. He has all the
qualifications of a good end.
JACOBSON TO EDIT PAPER
Oregon Graduate, on Way to Dinuba,
CaL, Visits Fraternity
Jake Jacobson, ’21, visited at the
Kappa Theta Chi house last week on
his way to Dinuba, California, where
he will be editor of the Advocate.
Dinuba is a city of about twelve hun
dred inhabitants in the San Joaquin
valley, near Fresno. When in college
Jacobson was a major in journalism.
He was on the Emerald staff, won his
Emerald “O”, and last year was news
service editor. He was on the Varsity
baseball team two years. Jacobson who
was in the air serviee during the war,
spent the summer as a flyer in the
Forest PatroL
Big Three Who Are Whipping Bears
Into Condition to Battle Oregon
Courtesy of Daily Californian.
Left to right: “Boles”, Rosenthal, “Nibs” Price, and “Andy” Smith.
University of California, Berkeley,
Call, Oof. 17.—(P. I. N. S.)—Cali
fornia’s coaching staff this year con
sists of men experienced in football
tactics of the east, the middle west
and of the west. Chief Coach Andy
Smith is a graduate of Pennsylvania,
“Doc.” Rosenthal of the University of
Minnesota and “Nibs” Price of the
University of California.
Smith played four years of college
football, making the All American team
in the position of fullback. He coached
first the freshman and then the Var
sity at Pennsylvania, going from there
to Purdue and then to California. His
knowledge of eastern and middle west
ern football made it possible for him to
instruct his team in both styles of play.
The position of head line coach is
held down by Rosenthal, who has
coached the Minnesota, Annapolis and
San Francisco Olympic club teams.
This is his second year here. ‘‘Nigs”
Price received his early football train
ing in high schools in Iowa and Min
nesota. Tie played rngbv football at
California. He then introduced Ameri
can football in Southern California.
In 1H19 he became freshman coach, the
following year going to the Varsity,
where he is now one of “ Andy's” right
hand men.
MUDDY MIX IS ON SQUARE
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Sophomores Win By 12 Splashes
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FROSH ARE IN THE SWIM
_
Take one Kincaid field and moisten
well with an autumnal deluge; sprinkle
a dilapidated grandstand with little
huddled groups of spectators; over the
lacustrine setting group some 170 frosh,
60 or fewer sophomores, and a bunch
of tin-starred seniors equipped with
canes similar in vintage to the brand
the Piltdown man used when he prowled
forth to cop an aborginal dame to fill
his date. Take all these ingredients,
plastered together with mud and water,
date last Saturday afternoon and place
in the oven of history as the squarest
under-class swim ever pulled off under
water. Score, 52 1-2 to 72 1-2.
In athletic contests it is good form to
state which side won. Not so in an
underclass mix.
Clothed in a costume ingeniously
adapted for the torrential weather, a
barrel sans abductors just before the
mix resolved itself into a splash. Smil
ing good-naturedly, the leader of the
yearlings obeyed his captors by per
forming in the miniature lake near
the grandstand. Then he was led
across the field, where his guards shook
hands with him and permitted him to
go his way—the same way Dean Straub
had taken after announcing that it
“was some sophomore class.”
Leith Abbott, senior president, fre
quently rallied his sombreroed hosts
during the mix to ask them if tho af
fair was not being pulled off fairly.
Always the agreement was unanimous.
Just before the flag rush, Charlie Daw
son, acting leader of tho sophomores, !
scaled the pole and bound himself to j
the peak. Abbott called a conclave of
cops and they decided that ho should
come down. He came down.
Several times during the mix staged
Saturday afternoon the non-combat
tant frosh invaded the field to assist:
their mud-bespattered brethern. Once
the invasion overwhelmed the senior
cops as the irate 1925 model students
rushed out on the field to lend a hand J
in the tug-of-wor. The rope broke, and J
later it was found that in some man
ner the soph's end of the ropo had be- j
come tangled up with one of the foot- i
ball goal posts.
The bag rush was the muddiest affair
of the whole battle. It is rumored that
some of the contestants were so blinded
with mud that they were unable to tell
whether they had carried a man or a
bag across their line, so went back after
another bag just to make sure. The ]
sophomores won this phase of the swim
also.
OREGON CLUB MEN MEET
DEAN STRAUB URGES EFFICIENT
ORGANIZATION PLANS
Students Told to be Good Mixers and
Get Into Social Life and Sports;
Group Division Suggested
A meeting of all non fraternity men
was held at the Y hut last night at
which Dean Straub addressed the men
present on the necessity of organization.
“You will have to have an organiza
tion. in order to get any place” he said,
“You should all get together and boost
for the club, and form an organization
which will make itself felt in all of
the college and campus activities.”
He suggested that if there were too
many men in the Oregon club to have
an efficient organization, the club
could be divided into groups, and that
these groups could compete among them
selves, as well as with outside organi
zations.
“You should stand for scholarship
first of all” said the Dean, “then take
up athletics and show the people of
the state that the Oregon club amounts
to something. You should get into the
! mental Doughnut series too” he said
i later on “and see if you can accomplish
j something along that line.”
; “The student who neglects student
I activities makes a great mistake” the
I Dean said, and in emphasizing this
j point said that he would rather have
' a boy of his own make the football
team, go to dances, enjoy himself and
make only 85 per cent grades, than to
have him make 100 per cent grades and
neglect all social activities in the Uni
(Continued on page four)
CONCERT TICKETS ON SALE
WOMAN’S LEAGUE PLANS TO
CLEAR DEFICIT
Girls Hope to Dispose of at Least
850 Season Admissions;
$1.50 is Price
With a total of 850 tickets as goal,
the Woman’s League is this morning
beginning its ticket sale for the series
of concerts which it is giving in order
to raise money to clear the deficit left
by the Portland Symphony orchestra
concert in the spring. In the various
living organizations on the campus, the
booth in front of the library, and the
down town business section, student
solicitors will begin their campaign to
extract $1.50 from the pockets of stu
dents and townspeople. They will pre
sent arguments of economy in urging
the purchase of season tickets, and will
back their statements with the fact
that single admissions for each of the
three concerts will be $].
On Sale Downtown
The sale, which will continue today
and tomorrow, is being conducted by
Margaret Beattie, who is being assisted
by Glen Morrow and representatives
from each house. Tickets will also
; be sold at Kuykendall’s, McMorran and
Washburne ’g and the Oo-op.o It is esti
I mated that 850 tickets will clear the
debt, but it is the hope of the committee
in charge, of which Lois Ball is chair
man, that 1000 tickets will be sold.
Any surplus will be used for Woman’s
League work.
On October 25, the date of the first
concert, Cyrena Van Gordon, contralto
(OmtUand am pmga twa)
GEMSTATERS HELD
101-1 COUNT BY
EIGHTING VARSITY
“Spike" Hurls Perfect 45-Yard
Pass and Morfitt Slides
Over for Touchdown
PUNT BLOCKED BY IDAHO
Oregon Eleven Show Marked
Change Strong Team To
Meet California
For the second time in twenty year*,
in the frame played last Saturday after
noon on Multnomah field the football
teams of the University of Oregon and
the tlniversity of Idaho battled to a
tie. The game, played on a heavy field,
was a supreme test of Oregon gnmeness
and Oregon fight. For the varsity was
up against a real team, and though the
aggregation from Moscow made almost
twice as much yardage from scrimmage
ns the varsity, the best they could do
was make a single touchdown, and that
of the fluke variety. Vohs blocked
“Spike's” kick and it rolled behind
the varsity line with a Idaho end on
top.
Idaho’s touchdown came in the mid
dle of the second quarter, and a few
minutes later when the score stood
varsity 0. Tdaho 7, with the Lemon
Yellow on the Gemstate 38 yard line,
and the varsity backs unable to pierce
that line, Oregon quickly spread into
punt formation as Spike Leslie, left
tackle, dropped back to receive the
ball. With the Tdaho line charging
through, Spike took his time and mndo
a beautiful 45 yard pass to Neil Mor
fitt, 35 yards from the line of scrim
mage. Morfitt received the pass per
fectly and slid for a touchdown through
the enger hands that reached for him.
A moment later Spike kicked goal, ty
ing up the game and ending the scor
ing for the day.
Idaho Bxcells Oregon
Back in 1901 the two elevens battled
to a scoreless tie, but in the twelve
games that have beon played between
1001 and 1921 the Lemon-Yellow has
always vanquished Idaho. Last year
Coach Kelley, thought his team should
win easily. Idaho was beaten 13-7.
This year with the strongest team they
have had in years, and with Orogon
weak they were able to get but a tie
score. For though Oregon was out
played in practically every department
of the game they were not outfought.
And it was a green, inexperienced,
crippled team that fought its way
blindly to a moral victory over an ef
ficient football machine.
Idaho absolutely excelled Oregon
from the standpoint of straight foot
ball, but because the varsity line,
though ragged and terrible in midfield
play, held ever in the shadow of the
goal line, it was on the veriest fluke
that the scrappy Oemstaters secured
their lone touchdown. After Trving,
the Gemstate kicker, had booted to the
Oregon ten yard line, “Spike” dropped
back to kick out of danger. His foot
met the pigskin a second too late, for
Vohs, Idaho’s slippery right tackle,
had hurled himself through the Oregon
line and the rising oval met him
squarely on the chest.
Oemstaters Score Touchdown
As the slippery ball rolled back over
Oregon's goal, Spike made a game ef
fort to retrieve it, but while he was
scrambling for its possession with three
or four Idaho players, Sherman Bresh
ears squirmed on top of it. for a Gem
state touchdown.
lu the fourth quarter Idaho started
an open game in a desperate attempt to
win. Thirteen passes were attempted.
The varsity smashed 12 of them, while
Tdffho made a 9 yard gain on one. Ore
gon lost a brilliant chance to win the
game in the third quarter when Leslie
attempted n place kick from the 19 yard
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DOUGHNUT DEBATE LEAGUE
TO BE FORMED WEDNESDAY
Every House Asked to Have One or
More Representatives at Meeting
With New Coach
Every house on the campus is asked
to have one or more representatives at
the doughnut debate league meeting
'called by Prof. C. I>. Thorpe, the new
debate coach, for 7:15 Wednesday even
ing in room 105 Commerce building,
when the league will be reorganized for
the year.
The principle purpose of the meeting
is to discuss the question for debate
this year and <also to formulate such
rules as are deemed necessary.
The women’s houses on the campus
have displayed the interest up to date,
according to Coach Thorpe, who, how
ever, expects the men’s houses to show
similar enthusiasm.