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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1930)
The Emerald ♦ SCORE BOARD By Jack Burke ♦ WILL THE WOLVES GET A CHANCE TO HOWL? We have been doing a lot of thinking about football as such lately and considering just where the Webfoot team stands, not in contemplation of conference stand ings but as a team. Considering it all, if we don’t do another thing this year we have had a successful season as Doc Spears’ first year at Oregon. First of all there was a new system to install here. After five days of practice came a game with Pacific, hardly the kind of com petition to show what was to come. Then after a week a game with Willamette, another set-up, and then a long trek to Chicago, where Doc had to perform under the watchful eyes of his many “friends” in the Middle West. * * * EASTERN TILT WON HANDILY Drake was met and defeated irr the first game which required any sort of power, then the long trip back home and a two weeks’ lay off before the real contest of the season, the game with Washing ton. Had Doc Spears lost this game, there is no telling who would have been after his scalp. Jimmy Phe lan must have spent a few tough nights between his loss to the Webfoots and his victory over the strong California team, and Doc would have, too, had he had the short end of the score. As it was, the Huskies and the Vandals both were disposed of and the future seems rosy for some time at least. SPEARS HAS BEEN A SUCCESS The question now resolves into the next three games, two of which are assured battles. Let us not forget when the games are behind us that as a new coach Spears has done more than even the most optimistic would have looked for—win, lose or draw the games that are yet to be played. However, don’t think for a minute that we are not going to make it tough for some Gaels and Beavers. * * # BEARS VS. GRIZZLIES CARDS VS. UCLA We think the smartest quip of the season has been spoken. Credit it to Russell, Newland, who writes football for the Associated Press. Newland says, in commenting upon the fortunes of the California Bear and the Stanford Cardinal, that both teams will meet compe tition from their own class next week-end when the Gold and Blue meets Montana at Berkeley and the Crimson Tide takes on UCLA at Los Angeles. PLANS ARE COMPLETED FOR A. W. S.-KWAMA TEA (Continued from Page One) will introduce guests to Miss Cum mings, who will stand at the head of the receiving line, as president of the A. W. S. Mrs. Prince L. Campbell will pour, tea in the sun porch, where 12 tables will be set. Flowers from the University grounds will form centerpieces for each table. Vines and autumn leaves will be used for decorations in Alumni hall. Members of Kwama, Mortar Board, and Thespian will serve. Special instrumental music throughout the afternoon has been arranged by Miriam Stafford. She has not announced what selections will be presented. Assisting Miss Grone on the committee are Miss Stafford, Maryellen Bradford and Nonerle Ryder, in charge of tea, and Adele Wedemyer, in charge of decora tions. Investigation carried on by Louis I. Dublin, statistician for the Metropolitan Life Insurance com pany, has led to the discovery that college-bred men live longer on the average than other men. DANCE AT THE Old Mill Saturday Night Everything Collegiate Old Mill 8-Piece Dance Orchestra Chi Psis Win From Wild Cats in Closest Match of Swimming Tournament Wild Cats Go r Downl9tol8 | In Thriller Tables Are Turned in Polo Match When Wildcats Trounce Chi Psis Oglesby Wins Great Duel From Reismuller in 80-yd. Medley The Chi Psis outclawed the Wild Cats in one of the most thrilling and closest swimming matches of the tournament yesterday to win 19 to 18. The 80-yd. free style was a swimming duel between Oglesby of the Wild Cats and Reismuller of the Chi Psis. Swimming neck to neck until the last few feet, Oglesby spurted ahead to win. The 10-yard back stroke was a sensa tion. Sears and Reismuller fought it out until the last foot when Sears made a sudden lunge to win. The 40-yard breast stroke was fairly close but Travis of the Chi Psis pulled away from Sprague early in the second lap and main tained his lead until the finish. Underwater Swim Favored The underwater swim, which is always interesting, was doubly so although the distance was not as great as has previously been made in the tournament. A Wild Cat man entered the water first and made almost two laps of the tank. Both teams were tense as this final event meant a very great deal. A Chi Psi man entered the water and managed to complete two laps. The Wild Cats retaliated by enter ing another man who won by sev eral yards. His distance was 128 feet and 9 inches. The 120-yard medley was the classic. The Chi Psis pulled out to lead in the first lap but the Wild Cats pulled even and ahead in the next. Again the last lap the Chi Psis made one last spurt to beat out the Wild Cats by a scant six inches. The tables were turned in the polo match in which the Wild Cats completely outclassed the Chi Psis. The final score was 7 to 0. Ogles by deserves much credit for the victory although only scoring two points. He displayed all around playing ability. His creditable per formance does not, however, de tract from the showing of his team mates. Sprague converted two points, Smith another two and Culp one. The Chi Psis were unable to score although the score it the end of the first half was only 2 to C and the play was very close. Fijis Win The first match of the evening was won by Phi Gamma Delta on r. default from Kappa Sigma. Following are the results of the Chi Psi-Wild Cat swimming match. 1. 80-yard free style — Oglesby, Wild Cat, first; Reismuller, Chi : Psi, second; Case, Chi Psi, third. Time, :46:20. j 2. 40-yard back stroke — Sears, Wild Cat, first; Reismuller, Chi Fsi, second; Grady, Chi Psi, third. Time, :25:60. ! 3. 40-yard breast stroke—Trav is, Chi Psi, first; Sprague, Wild | Cat, second; Preble, Chi Psi, third. Time, :28:40. 4. 120-yard medley relay—Chi Psi time, 1:22:00. 5. Under water swim — Wild Cats’ distance, 128 feet 9 inches. Today at 4 p. m. the A. T. O.’s will meet Sherry Ross hall in both swimming and polo. At 5 p. m. Sigma Chi will battle against Phi Gamma Delta in a semi-final match. Large Black Cobra Found In Linen Closet of Friend Stories of coiled black cobras in the cupboard, orange-and-black brites on the golf links, and other poisonous reptiles here and there were brought back from India by Mrs. Edward T. Stelle, of Rangoon, Burma, who is in Eugene on a visit. Mrs. Stelle hastens to ex plain, however, that these deadly snakes were all seen by her friends. She herself saw only one live snake in all her months in India, and that was a non-poison ous little fellow, 11 inches long, such as may be seen wriggling its way across any Oregon road. One of her friends was reaching into a linen closet, when for no conscious reason she withdrew her hand. On inspection she found a large black cobra, coiled in with the linen. Mrs. Stelle also men tioned the time when four black scorpions were killed on their doorstep, and when her husband met a banded brite, a very poison ous variety of snake, colored in orange and black, on the golf course. She has heard players talk about the cobras they pulled out of the cup on the eighth hole and the two big ones they saw at che ninth, but after all the time Mrs. Stelle played golf in Burma, she has yet to have a snake greet her on the greens. Mrs. Stelle was formerly Lillian Auld, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Auld of Eugene, whom she and her husband are visiting. In '22 she graduated from the Uni versity, majoring in rhetoric and American literature and minored in the fine arts. She was an ac tive member of Pot and Quill, and has sold stories for publication, besides working for a New York newspaper and traveling in inter esting parts of the world with her aunt, Mrs. Lillian Seton. An earthquake and tidal wave that, she says, might just as well have taken place while they were in lower Burma, happened about a week after they had gone home. This region is largely delta land, quite different from places where earthquakes usually occur. The tremor brought buildings tumbling down and wiped out a large city. “Even if I could swim, it would not be fun to be washed around with the things I should have been washed with during the tidal j wave,” she said with a smile to show how thankful she was. Minor Activities Have Promise of Excellent Season Bob Knox, Powell, Meisel Have Large Squads Working Out The new arrangement of gym classes seems to have stimulated j considerable interest in boxing, wrestling, and fencing for these sports, having lain dormant for a long period, are showing signs of awakening to their possibilities. Bob Knox, semi-finalist in the wel terweight division of the Pacific coast amateur tourney last spring, has over 70 aspiring leather push ers going through their paces, while Clair Meisel, new wrestling coach, has 55 candidates taking workouts. Warren Powell is teaching 15 inexperienced blades men the rudiments of fencing be sides overseeing six of last year's veterans. Knox is departing from the us ual custom of holding the boxing tournaments late in January by j setting the date forward to the early part of December. He be lieves this will keep the sport from lagging as well as helping deter mine the men most likely to make a showing at Portland next spring. MacFarland and Pasion are the only veterans besides Knox turn ing out now but others may ap pear later. Harry Elliott, who is now wres tling professionally on the coast, left a wealth of grappling mater ial to Clair Meisel. Including Mei sel, who wrestled to a draw in the finals of the northwest tourney two years ago, there are several men capable of holding their own with the best amateur talent in the northwest. Art Hiehl, who has held several northwest titles, leads the list but Carl Klemm, Tom Mountain, Louis Feves, Floyd Bowers, and Art Markewitz are all capable tendon tugging artists. The northwest fencing champ ions, Waggoner, Winetrout, and Killion are back again working in tensively to improve their form. Fred Radke, a member of the squad two years ago, has returned and may be able to displace one of the regulars. Whitehouse and Whitman, experienced swordsmen, are also turning out regularly. Fowell was individual northwest fencing champion two years ago, while Waggoner duplicated his performance last spring at Cor vallis. Hi-Y’s Conference Banquet Will Be Held at Anchorage One of the 13 divisional Hi-Y conferences being held all over Oregon convened here Sunday when delegates from neighboring towns gathered to discuss their problems and programs for the year. At the banquet held at the An chorage at 12:30, the principal speakers were Professor Bossing, of the education department, and Doctor Winchell, a member of the first Hi-Y which was organized in the East. New Braille, Philosophy, Biography Books Added The 510 braille books have been j relisted and 20 more have been added to the collection in the last few days. The majority of these! books are about France and mu sic. Four new copies of Adam L. Beck’s story of the Oriental Phi losophy have also been added to the general collection. The library’s biographical section has been in creased by the addition of the three new books: “Theo. Roose velt as a Boy of Friendship,” by Wriston; “John D., a Portrait in Oils,” by Winkler, and “Blache,” by Marie Cent. The household arts books have been transferred to the top floor of the main library from Condon. To the heart of the Hotel, Shopping and Theater district of Portland take the Oregon Electric Railway leaving at 7:15 a.m. or 2:30 p.m. and arriving Portland in 3'/^ hours or less. OREGON ELECTRIC ii \V > if ► ► f l ► ► !► ► ► ► \y ► r ► ► ► > ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► For Five Years We have striven to be worthy of student trade, and the confidence now placed in us seems a symbol of suc cess. Your patronage is appreciated, students, and we hope your good-will continues. Lemon “O” Pharmacy ] Spears Devotes Time To Perfect Webfoot Backs Line Shows Power With But Two Touchdowns Scored Although there are still two weeks before the Lemon and Green grid team will have a chance to show its wares, Doc Spears is put ting his men through workouts which seem to be in preparation for a much less remote showing. The fact that the Oregon line has been the mainstay of the team in the games thus far is evident and much of the practice sessions is being taken up to improve the functioning of the backfield. Oregon has been scored upon but twice this year, once by Drake and once by Idaho in last Satur day's contest. As far as defensive strength is concerned this indi cates that the Webfoots are strong in this field. Work with the reserve backfield will, in all probability, occupy the attention of the coaching staff for the next two weeks with the Ucla game coming at the right spot to show if any progress has been made. Men such as Kitzmiller are a great help to a team but with foot ball being played as it is these days, it is almost too much to ask that the regulars who start the games be expected to be on their feet and in the game when the' final shot stops festivities. Such is almost the case at the present time and with the following weeks in which to work, Spears will no doubt produce something for the benefit of the Beavers. Girls Swimming Trams To bo Chosen This Week Approximately forty girls have been tested in at least two events by Miss Ernestine Troemel, coach of intramural swimming. Contrary to previous plans, the time limit " i A PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE Your Photograph Kennell-Ellis Studio 957 Willamette ] i'or entrance into intramural swim | ming has been extended until the end of this week, when teams will ! be chosen, but no longer. Best scorings in events so far j | tiave been as follows: crawl, Edith ! .Icssop, :10.55; side stroke, Kamil la Klekar, :15.3; back stroke, j Edith Jessop, :14.3; English over arm, Helen Dunshee, :13.25; and plunge, Agnes Stewart, 45 feet. j Math Group May Petition National F]l<Miion of New Treasurer To Be Ilehl at Meeting . The mathematics club will hold its first meeting of the year on Tuesday, October 28, at 7:30 in : Westminster house. All members, i including the graduate assistants ' of the mathematics and physics | departments, are requested to be there. The meeting will mainly concern the petitioning of the club to the j national mathematics honorary or- ! ganization. A new treasurer, re placing Harold Nelson, who did not return to school this term, will also be elected. Dr. W. E. Milne, faculty adviser, will speak to the members. Music and refreshments will complete the program. Kenneth Kiensle, senior, was appointed executive chairman in charge of all pro grams, and at the meeting will announce the schedule of pro grams for the entire year. The officers of the club are Mil dred Wharton, president; Arthur Johnson, vice-president; and Helen Elliot, secretary. HOMECOMING GROUP NAMED BY CHAIRMAN (Cantinned from l'agc One) few days. About 36 students will ] work on registration in the course of the two days, and about 18 on accommodations. 1'he committee is compiling an official schedule for Homecoming, to be mimeographed and sent out to all the houses and halls on the campus in the near future. .immmmm: ___ '■ . ,M>7 CECIL B. D6 MILLS'S j amazincj production A nielli of revelry and love climaxed by the wreck of a Zeppelin with a 11 aboard. with KAY JOHNSON, KKOINAI.O DKNNV, I.ll.UAN ROTH, KOI.A NO VOUNti • by IKANU; Ma< 1‘HKKSON ■$f\c\x<\(/ult/i(ynflayer ALL TALK! NO i ictuki Knute Rockne’s Team Oregon Dads—Idaho Game Graham McNamee Newscasting College Students Poor Explorers, Says Salisbury Few Can Stand Hardships In Wilderness, Says Noted Explorer College students usually do not make successful explorers, accord ing to Captain Edward A. Salis bury, noted explorer, adventurer, and lecturer. “I had 2500 applications from college men for my last trip,” he said, “and only three of the 13 accepted were able to stick it out. A man must be particularly fitted for this type of work if he is going to be a success. The successful explorer is born, not made. “The fellow I take along must have a lot of pep and ginger. He must be able to do his share with out complaining. He has to hold tiis place with the rest of the crew. Most of all he must be able to smile when things go wrong. "On my last trip I had a fellow from Princeton, a reporter, who had been with the New YorK Times two years. 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