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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1926)
SPORTS by the Emerald SporfSfaff “I am now in training to be in tip-top shape to run against Boland Locke, the Nebraska sprinter, and uphold the standard of the west at the National Intercollegiate meet to be June II and 12 on Stagg Field in Chicago,” United Service has Bussell Sweet saying in a recent dispatch. This is the same Bussell Sweet, of Montana, whose case was unani mously diagnosed as hopeless not so long agot by every major track coach in the Pacific coast confer-, ence when he injured a leg muscle at Palo Alto. Everyone gave up hope, strange to say, except the one most vitally affected—Mr. Sweet himself. Electrical treatments and the best of care wrought wonders with the ailing member, and now Sweet feels like matching strides with the best ci^ them. We hope Bussell Sweet not only gets well, but runs the Nebraska marvel into the ground, and comes back to star on Montana grid and hoop teams again, for Sweet is a real athlete, and a credit to any sport he participates in. His show- ; ing at Chicago will be watched with great interest. • • • The move to send Boy Okerberg and Harry Coffin east for the na tional intercollegiates has received favorable comment throughout the northwest. This is the first time since the introduction of the court game at Oregon that entries have been made in the nationals. “It goes without saying,” writes George Bertz in the Oregon Journal, “that these two athletes will put up the same kind of fights for victories at the nets that Oregon’s football teams have put up on the gridiron in their battles against representa tives of eastern colleges. “The sending of the two tennis players east will add prestige to the University.” » * • It seems to us that the abandon ment of the annual East-West foot ball classic at Pasadena by the Pa cific Coast conference is playing right into the hands of profession als, who are striving hard to put their game on a popular basis. This game, which may easily be overlooked by the big coaches, neans a lot to the citizens of Pasa iena, as it is a big feature of their mnual tournament of roses. To take in East-West football game away ] vould be like taking the strawber- i ies away from strawberry short- ’ ake. j If the big coast colleges look on vith apathy, what is to prevent two 1 representative professional teame from stepping in and assuming the prestige that has been gained by past classics! And all they need is a foothold. “And a little child shall lead them.” The infant northwest con ference, yet to celebrate its first birthday, has pointed the way to its bigger brothers and sisters. Washington, Oregon, O. A. C., Ihaho, W. S. C., and Montana will engage in an annual track meet among themselves next spring and let the Californians find other practice ma terial. There will be no- more re currences of the Oregon-Stanford holocaust which left the Webfoot ers holding the sack, and said bag containing but ten insignificant points. The smaller northwest schools tired of serving as doormats to their more populous neighbors and pulled out to form a minor conference of their own. The big schools have now followed their lead in a lesser de gree. This change promises to be conducive of much good as too much losing is bad medicine for a team’s morale. There is the old “inferior ity complex” that we hear so much ibout. “Give us a winner,” chants the multitude. The change was not brought about entirely by the losses suffered in ;he past, but to suit northwest cli natic conditions. The continual varm weather found in the south mables the southerners to reach the >eak of their form long before their iorthern rivals. Northern teams in nid-April are In formative stage, vhile the Californians at the same leriod are in shape to crack records. The coast conference meet will lot be abandoned, but broadened in- i to an invitational affair with al comers welcome—Nevada, St. Ma rys, Nebraska, Princeton, Hoots ville Normal, and so on. It will come at a later period so as to catch all participants in top form. • • • High hopes were dashed in a re cent high school track meet in Portland. Miller, Washington high sprinter, was clocked in the fast time of 9.9 in the hundred yard dash, and his chest swelled several inches as it was believed he had broken the record in this event. Dubious officials, however, measured the course and it was found to be but 95 yards, so Mr. Miller went home one of the boys again. Past Records (Continued from page one) Westergren’s townsman, is wiry and slick, and has experience enough to fill Hobson’s shoes/^whjle Bay Ed wards, one of the big^s^t men in the conference as well aS -oh'e'+flf the fastest, has high hopes of alijimng into Jost’s niche next year. ^4,^ j Several freshmen, 4$e on deck who seem destijjdf to argue this statement, and wear Jost’s. and Hobson’s brogans themselves. Gor don Bidings, a husky youth with an uncanny eye for the net; Clare Scallon, an auburn-thatched shadow with, as much experience as any man on the squad; Keith Emmons, a dapper sharp-shooter; Scott Milli gan, brilliant and heady; and Joe Bully, a smooth checking guard, Six Athletic Managers and an Athletic-minded King of Yelling successful Paul Slet i yell staff i 1 seem to be the pick of “Spike” Leslie’s yearling squad. Other promising athletes are Pat Hughes, Earl Chiles, Howard Eber hart, Tom Powers, Fred Joy, Ward Beeney, “Tuffy” Chastain, Don McCormick, and a host of others. Coach Reinhart has every ambition to dedicate the new pavilion with a winning team. Last winter’s results: Oregon . 40 Montana . ID Oregon . 34 Washington .. 20 Oregon . 35 Montana . 17 Oregon . 34 Idaho . 24 Oregon . 34 Wash. State .. 22 j Oregon . 26 Washington .. 21 | Oregon . 37 Idaho . 17 I Oregon . 32 Wash. State .. 23 Oregon . 35 0. A. C.. 17 Oregon . 25 O. A. C. 15 ‘Oregon . 17 California _ 17 Oregon 23 California_29 372 250 // repi one t A WISE DECISION You are sure to be imprest-, ed with our terms and eon-„ ditions for renting a cat for you to drive when yon learn how much mileage you ean get for so small an outlay. You will be sure to decide to rent one of our smart look ing dependable cars for plea sure riding by the day, week or month. Come in today and let us explain. McLeans Auto Rental Go. 143 11 Ave. E. Phone 1721-B So-Long! We Won’t Say “ Good-bye ” IT’S JUST “SO-LONG” FOR THE SUMMER We will see you next fall, for if you don’t come back to school you’ll be back Homecoming Remember the Rainbow will always be at your service in the uture as it has been in the past. The best of meals are served here. The right place to have dinner parties. P. S.—If you come to Eugene this summer step in and say “hello.” The RAINBOW Three Men to Fight For Handball Title At the end of four rounds of play in the campus handball tourna ment, open to all comers, and spon sored by the physical education de partment, three, men are left, Alton Gabriel, Norman Parker, and Ed ward Taylor. These three ballsmackers will meet each other in a “round robin” this week, in which each man will' have a game with his other two op ponents. The men are matched; thus: Taylor vs. Gabriel, Gabriel vs. Park er, and Parker vs Taylor. One will emerge from this fray the hand ball king of the University. As the dope shapes up now, Norm Parker seems to be the one to place bets on, as in the four eliminating contests he played, no opponent roll ed up a score of more than fifteen points on him, while many were held under the ten count. This trio is all that remains of the two dozen contestants entered at the beginning of the tournament., Crack Swimmers Developed From Frosh Water Men Although the freshman swimming team did not get many points this year, Coach Don Parks must be grat ified by the development of several “phenoms” among the young splash ers. Discoveries' include Art Larsen, crack sprint man, who swims the If il The Daintiest Pumps Can Be Cleaned Even though they are the daintiest of pumps they can be cleaned or polished to look like new- Never think they are too soiled to be cleaned. Ask Us Before You Decide SHINE ’EM UP "Next to Jim the Shoe Doctor" 100-yard free style in 1:1 00; Willis Fletcher, who swims the breast stroke in 2:58; and Ed Finley, back stroke artist, who swims the 150 in 2:06, the state record. The frosh took part in four con tests, meeting the Portland Y. M. 0. A., the Aggie freshmen, and Multnomah club twice. The Mult nomah meets consisted of both var sity and frosh competiton, however, so cannot be counted in on the average. The freshmen won the Y. M. C. A. meet by a comfortable margin, but lost the O. A. C contest, by the narrow margin of the relay. As these two meets were the only strict ly freshmen contests, the first year men may be said to have .500 av erage. Those to win their numerals were Ed Finley, Art Larsen, Willis Fletcher, and Art Greulich. 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