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SPORTS SECTION OREGON DAILY EMERALD BportR Editor....George H. Godfrey Sports writen-Monte Byers, Wilbur Wester, Web Jones, Ward Cook, T>a+o T.anrfl Don Osbuine. Athletics, Oregon Spirit, and Yourself Athletics at the University of Oregon were in full sway long before registration brought in some iwenty-live hundred students. Football practice, with 40 men out, has been going strong for three weeks. Cross country candidates will be in Buits this week. An athlete is hard to understand. He works for hours every day, goes to bed sans dances and good times,—perhaps gets a week or two in bed as a result of some strenuous contest— and in the end he receives a letter if he has been lucky. A student is hard to understand, too, that is, some of them. While the athlete is pegging away, some students come out to watch, and give a word of encouragement—others don’t. Oregon Spirit-you’ll hear a lot about it this year. That’s what the athlete has a lot of, what the interested student has some of, and what some students have none of. Oregon needs an abundance of Oregon Spirit this year, and it needs to be shown. It’s really enjoyable stuff to partake of ,_get out to the football field for practice-go to every game here, and as many away from home as you can—and you 11 find your reward in your own feeling of personal satisfaction. “Doughnut sports” or to be more polite, intramural ath letics, apparently died a lingering death last year, after.being handed a death blow in the form of an inter-fraternity order to “no do no more.” Just what will take its place this year is problematical—but something must. The old form of popular participation should be revived, for since the days preceding Bill Hayward it has been a fertile field for varsity material. Last year Billy Reinhart,. coaching a varsity team for the first time, surprised the conference with the showing his team made. This year, with less veterans than ever on hand, he will have a harder job. But no one is worrying about the coaching end of basketball anyway. All that is needed is a bunch of men. All the football men have been gaining weight, the report has it. Wonder if they are getting by any heavier wit’ de wimmin V -1— Hayward field should soon be resounding with the old “Oskies.” IIow about a word from the yell staff pretty soon? DEPARTMENT LISTS NEW FIELD COURSES Program Changed to Meet ' Increased Enrollment U V*'T ’ - Two new instructors have been *ddeil to the staff of the men’s physical education department this year. Bill Sorsby, baseball letter man for the past three years, will have charge of the boxing classes and Del Obertauffer, former track letter man, has organized and will have charge of the hygiene classes. With a larger enrollment in the department and a promise of more material for the various minor sports the staff has outlined a program of various sports wliieh includes wrestl ing, boxing, handball, tennis, swim ming, golf, volley ball, tumbling, and probably fencing. Rudolph l’alil will Again coach swimming mid tennis ■while Karl Widmer will handle, ■wrestling and tumbling. The freshmen instead of taking gymnasium class work for three days a week as in previous years will substitute one class hour of hygiene for gymnasium work. THREE HOOPERS WILL FORM TEAM NUCLEUS (Continued from l’age One) “Hunk” Latham, the stellar guard, “.lake” Schafer, and Chapman and Rockhey, three-year lettennen in this sport. Such an aggregation of oil dependaldes is hard to re place. Besides, there is a jnissi bility that Russ Cowijua, t«h striper a1 forward, will also not be able to return for basketball. This will leave only Hobson, a forward, and OUleinvatcrs, a guard, to form the nucleus around which to build an almost entirely new team. Such an outlook on the surface would make it look discouraging for any coach. However there are a number ol candidates from last year’s varsity second string, and freshman team, who are expected to come through this year and fill up the breach caused by graduation. Mnatz is expected Jo turn out after football season and he fay be groomed to fill “Hunk’s” place at center. Jost, (lunther and Stoddard arc members of last year’s squad who are depended upon. Kdluuds, a let terman of two years ago may be eligible again. Harrison, stellar frosli football and baseball man, is expected to come bnek to school and if so should help a great deal, as he is a prospective three letter man. Kiminki, Westergren, Rein hart, Chiles, Flynn, Hughes, West erman, Dallas and Carter are mem bers of last season’s frosli squad who are being counted upon to try out for varsity. Tlibse and the usual number who are uncovered in doughnut basketball should form :i squad from which a strong five may be chosen. The varsity will necessarily be inexperienced and green at first, and may lose several of its games at the start of the season. But it is doped to win at least half of the games on the schedule, and if it hits its stride early in the season, might tlo even better. However it takes time to train a combination and gid it to working smoothly on both the offense and defense, and accordingly too much should not at the start of the season. l’ractice will st.ift earlier thar usual this year according to Co aid Reinhart. Probably about the mid die of October the first call foi hoopers .will be issued. Prac.tici will be only for a couple of davi a week then to get into condition until November when they wil practice three or four times a week A barnstorming trip during tin Christinas holidays will put on tin final touch before the start of tin season in January. The early star will assure the candidates plent; of time to master the fundamental and to get their muscles in shop for basket shooting, which require perfect co-ordination. VETERANS BRIGHTEN OREGON NET CHANCES (Continued from Page One) the two coming recruits from tti I frosli team will close a big gap i the hole left by him. It will be remembered that las year's varsity placed second in th Pacific Coast Conference, 'cumin second to Washington. This veai if none of the men become inelij ible, the varsity has very promii iug hopes of coming out with pennant in hand. The newly completed courts wi enable the men to rub off the roug edges this fall which will prepur them for the finishing touches ne> spring when the season opens. There is a plan in the air for a open men's tournament this fal which will give the coaches a lii on any new aspirant who intern |to play next spring. <s> o Sport Chatter by MONTE BYERS o—.--❖ “The lobe lacerating contest over, the brothers Greek sleeping on something besides the arm of the fraternal davenport, or hanging on a hall tree, let’s take time out and look over the athletic situation for the year. The coast co*nfere#ee scrap is go ing to be an interest^ little im broglio with Stanford and Wash ington having high hopes to tack ing the title bunting in their trophy chamber. Southern California ap pears a menacing shadow on the horizon of coiast football and might possibly cause a lot of grief. Andy Smith sent out his annual wail of misfortune and in a way he has good reasons, for his wonder team has passed on and is no more with the exception of two or three [men. Bill Blewett, heavy booting back, booted himself out of com petition via the flunk route. * Nevertheless we expect to hear from Andy. He’s just the kind of a coiach who can tear the bail off the dope bucket and scatter the [contests over eight or ten gridirons. While he is wailing Andy is build ing a machine, and California will be heard from. Both the Cardinals and the Husk ies are going to shriek this sea son. Both are loaded with letter men and have good coaches. Pop Warner is in personal charge now and with Andy Kerr and Tiny Thorn hill, forms a wonderful committee for any grid team to consult. Ernie Nevers at Stanford and the Wilson-Tesreau combination at Washington are due to be heard from often. This is their yeiar and they ought to make it a big one. Besides these stars Warner and Bagshaw have experiencel men for practically every berth on their elevens. Washington State might. Ex endine is starting his second sea son and late reports from the Cou gar horde give the startling infor mation that the Staters will have a line averaging in the neighbor hood or 190 pounds and a backfield tipping the beam around 187. Not 'so bad. “The Old Pox” is sup plied with veterans also, a thing I which brings joy to the heart of any coach. Idaho lost Fitzke and some other ; stars, but the Vandals have Stivers land that is something, if Oregon supporter^ will recall the little fel low, who really outshown the great Fitske when it came to gaining ground. Mathews isn’t saying a great deal. He is right there. Talk won’t win a football victory. The Montana Grizzlies are new in the conference this year anjd • have billed a nice schedule for the debut. Little has been heard from [the Rocky Mountain stronghold, but they build them big up that!' way. The banner won’t fly at the peak up at Bozeman this fall, but they can build for other seasons. Oregon and the Aggies are pad dling along in the same type canoes with a new coach handling the stern sweep. Schissler is driving the Beavers hard, but no harder than Maddock. Letter veterans number about the same at both schools an<j it is pos sible that the Aggies’ reserve strength might outshine that of the varsity, but when the two outfits clash at Corvallis, November 22, the “Information Kid” couldn’t give one the correct answers as to victory. Last year the Aggies took the classic. It’s too early to predict now. Both Maddock and Schissler want to make good in conference circles. The only way for them to do this is to put a team on the gridiron which won’t lay down and which will assure the team back ers that something will be had the next year. No one in the state of Oregon should look for a championship or near championship team from either school. “It ain’t being done.’’ Bag shaw is now reaping the fruits of three year’s labor. It takes time for a new coach to get his system working right, es pecially when he has men used to a different style of play. Next year Maddock will have his squad drilled in his special brand and’ it will be a lot easier for him. Joe Maddock is a coach with a long list of football successes, not only as a player, but as a coach. Joe drives his players hard, but he has a way of driving that counts and he gets the results. Another year and then watch Maddock’s eleven. It’s going to be the best that he can put out this year. The outlook for a team looks better than it did at the start of the fall work and some of the gloom clouds h|ve disap peared with the arrival of * old lettermen. MADDOCK BELIEVES IN “HURRY-UP” STYLE (Continued from Page One) this is one department of the game that Maldock never rests on. The spirit of fight Maddock started to put into his men from his first day here. His opening speech last spring, “I want every man to fight every minute he is on the field,’’ is still in effect, and the only time the boys get a breath ing spell during practice is when he stops to emphasize the constant necessity of “going your hardest from start to finish.’’ Maddock makes friends of his football men, and he does not spare a word of prtaise or encouragement when it as earned. His men are working hard, and enjoying it. Oregon will nof be defeated on the gridiron, unless it be by a team of a great deal more football ability, for when if comes to fight against fight Joe’s men'will top any of them. 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Since Walkley’s gradu ation Oregon’s cross country teams have been poor and will be poor until men can be developed. Among the five men planning on turning out this fall is Orval Bob son, one of the men who was on the team the last year Walkley ran, and a cross country man of last year. He is a veteran with lots of endurance. He has the drive and the nerve and is likely to have the speed this year. He has been running fair cross coun try for two years and ought to hit his stride this season. He was un able to come back to school last spring term and compete in the reg ular track work. That will not hurt his chance, however. Henry Tet-z of the varsity track team last year had trouble with his legs and this has cut down his ex perience. Tetz is of a range type that covers the ground with his stride instead of the shorter Btep used by the stockier cross country man. Tetz has been working in the distances for two years. It remains to be seen what he will do. His showing in cross country last fall was very creditable since he came in at the head of the Oregon team in the con ference run. Eod Keating alternated with Tetz in the long races last spring. Keat ing showed a lot of promise when he was a freshman and ran away with almost everything on the frosh team. The Oregon team ran up against Ime strong competition in the track meets so that none of the distance men were able to distinguish themselves. Keating ought to stage a comeback this fall. From the freshma^ track team of last year come Conley and Barnes —both young distance men. They are likely to be better in the longer runs than they were in the mile and the half which they ran in last spring. They have plenty of Toom for development. It would be hard at this time to tell how they will compare with the rest of the team. That completes the list at present. However there aTe a number of men who have ,iust come back and who will don the trunks again when Bill Hayward issues his first call for men. Wednesday is the day for the first turn out. It’s too early in the season to predict anything about Oregon’s cross country team, or what each individual will do. After Bill Hay ward gets them to running the three and a half mile course he can teir more about it. Competition to be Keen One thing certain is that the com petition in cross country will be keen this year. O. A. C. looms up as the > real rival of Oregon. One can bank on it that they will turn out a strong team. For the last two or three rears the Aggies have been winning the cross country meets so that more enthusiasm and interest is taken in distance running over there. They have had some remarkable distance men running for them. No infor mation is available on how many of the Aggie veterans are back this year. On November 1 comes the first meet. That leaves a scant month for the men to get in shape for the annual homecoming event. Oregon plays the University of Washington in ' football and the cross country team measures strides with the one from Seattle. November 22 takes ^ the team to Corvallis to match up with the O. A. C. aggregation at her homecoming. These will be the big meets of the season. FORMER EMERALD SPORT EDITOR IS CORRESPONDENT Kenneth Cooper, sport editor of the Emerald last year, is campus correspondent of the Oregon Jour nal this year.. In addition to handl ing his old line Cooper will also, send in Tegular University news. Read the Classified Ad Column. TAILORED AT FASHION PARK r^=\ $35 $40 $45 ROYAL PARK Makes Your Choice Easy You make no error in choosing Royal Park. A thoroly Eng lish style favored by well groomed men everywhere. 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