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Spring is Coming..
So is Baseball.
—
Oregon Pitchers.
■-By DICK NELBEKGEIt-1
gPRING is coming and spring in
any man's language means
baseball. It is only a matter of
uays until the
clarion call of the
diamond will
sound throughout
the land. Already
the advance
guard of the New
York Giants has
left for spring
training camp in
California, and
the other major
—mu r~
Ed Coleman
league pitching staffs are rapidly
joining the parade. Rogers Horns
by will lead the Chicago Cubs
westward to Catalina Island before
the week is over, and Sergeant
Gabby Street is marshalling his
forces in St. Louis for the defense
of the baseball championship of
the world.
On every sand lot not covered by
snow, small boys are playing with
battle-scarred bats and black
taped baseballs that have seen bet
ter days. You can’t help but feel
it—baseball's in the air. Even the
campus enthusiasts began to lim
ber up yesterday. In front of most
of the fraternity houses, aspiring
varsity candidates were out loos
ening their throwing arms.
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The talk of baseball brings to
mind an old friend—long Ed
Coleman, the big outfielder who
used to play for Oregon State
college. Ed’s in the major j
leagues now, at last getting his I
big chance with Connie Mack’s
Philadelphia Athletics. The I
question is: has Ed the stuff to i
stay there, or will he be shunted
back to the Portland Beavers?
The Portland club would wel
come Ed and his big bat with
open arms, but there’s probably
nothing farther from Ed’s mind 1
than the thought of being j
shoved back to the minor
leagues.
There’s no doubt that Ed packs
the batting punch to stay in the
big time. If anything loses him
his opportunity to dip his hand
in the world series coffers, it will I
be his lack of agility afield. Not i
that Ed is slow—for he isn’t— !
but his movements arc far from
graceful and he handles a ground
ball like a hot potato.
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With the Portland Beavers last
summer, Ed crashed out 37 home
runs and totalled a batting per- ;
centage of .35S. This, it must be
admitted, is not so bad for a young
"prospect.” Only Ed’s inability to
cover right field as proficiently as
he handled himself at the plate
kept him from being the premier
outfielder of the Coast league.
Long Ed Coleman is an all-or
nothing hitter. This is not a par
ticular asset, but in this category
are Babe Ruth, Lefty O’Doul, Babe
Herman, Chuck Klein and others
of their illustrious clan. He either
hits a long blow or fails utterly to
connect at all. In the first game
of a Sunday double-header at his
toric old Vaughn street park, I
once saw Ed fall down completely.
The score was 3 to 2 against Port
land, Jack Fenton was waiting im
patiently on second and there were
two out. It was the last of the
ninth, and it all depended upon Ed.
After taking two vicious swings, \
he swung weakly, popped to the
second baseman and the game was
over.
But on another occasion it was
a different story. Portland was j
trailing by two runs when Ed
strode to the plate in the eighth
inning. There were no outs and ;
Beaver runners on second and
third. The crowd was yelling for
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Grantland
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W.S.C. Takes
See-Saw Tilt
At Corvallis
j Beavers Put Up Gallant
Figlit But Lose
Holsten Hits Hoop in Three
Final Rounds To Save
Cougar Title Reign
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CORVALLIS, Feb. 16.— (Spe
cial).—Washington State rested
easier on top of the Northern di
vision tonight and Oregon State
slipped back into a tie with Ore
gon for third place as t/he Cougars
won a hair-raising battle from the
Beavers, 28 to 26. A hope shot by
Bull Holsten with only three sec
onds to play gave the Cougars
their fourth victory over O. S. C.
The Beavers led at the end of
the first period as the Cougars
played listlessly. Rex Scott, Cou
gar guard, sank three cripples as
the half ended to put W. S. C.
only a point behind, 15 to 14.
The second half opened the
same as in last night’s game.
Bobby Cross and Huntley Gordon
sank two field goals each to put
the Cougars in the lead, 22 to 15.
Ed Lewis finally tossed in a bas
ket and Gordon added another
point with a foul conversion to
make the score, 23 to 17.
Skeet O’Connell, Ken Fagans,
Jerry Thomas and Howard Merrill
all contributed in rapid succession
to put Oregon State in the lead,
24 to 23. Holsten sank a foul shot
to tie up the score, and Fagan,»
tossed in a long one-handed
bucket to put the Beavers in the
lead again.
Art McLarney, Cougar guard,
put in his lone basket of the
game to knot the score at 26 all
as the scoreboard indicated only
a minute to play. Both teams
fought furiously for the ball as the
seconds ticked away. With only
three seconds left, Holsten did his
Frank Merriwell act and the
game ended before Referee Bobby
Morris could toss the ball at cen
ter.
Merrill led the scoring with 11
points. The scrappy o. S. C.
guard played a hard game and
retrieved many of the Beavers’
sloppy passes. Ken Fagans, still
weak from an attack of influ
enza, was put in the game in the
second half.
The Cougars looked far from the
team that played Oregon last
week. The players seemed to be
in poor condition and the team as
a whole had no snap or drive.
the pitcher’s scalp and Ed had
blood in his eye. He looked over
one pitch, then got his big shoul
ders behind a high curve and drove
it far over the left field barrier.
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If Ed can do that for the Ath
etics, he shouldn't have much trou
ble getting along.
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Spring weather and baseball
also call to attention Oregon's dia
mond prospects. With all due re
spect to Ken Scales and the other
pitching prospects, it looks as if
the Webfoots have lost two of
their best hurling bets. They were
deprived of one when Smoky Joe
Lillard was declared ineligible last
autumn. Joe was even better on
the baseball mound than on the
gridiron, so there's no doubt about
lis pitching proficiency.
The other lad whose valuable
services Oregon lost was Lowell
Brown, the tall southpaw from Jef
ferson high in Portland. Lowell
suddenly quit school in the middle
of the fall term and decided to
sign with the Portland Beavers,
who seemed to want him quite
badly. Latest reports have it that
Lowell will leave Portland within
a week or so for the Ducks’ spring
training camp at San Jose. Inci
dentally, he also was an all-star
basketball guard.
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Low-ell would have been only a
freshman this year, but next spring
what a pitching combination he
and Lillard would have made! With
those lads on deck, there wouldn’t
have been much for Bill Keinhart
to worry about. Lillard and Scales
also would have been a sprightly
pair of hurlers to alternate on the
hill this* spring. At that, if any
promising new candidates arise to
help him along. Scales ought to
hetp considerably this year.
* * *
But there’s no use fixing oxer
spilled milk. Lillard and Broxvxi
Techmen Shove
I Lincoln Preppers
Out of League Tie
pORTLAND, Feb. 16.—(Spe
cial).—A rejuvenated Benson
Tech basketball five stepped in
to the lead in the Portland high
1 school league today by drop
j ping Lincoln, 23-20.
In other tilts in the inter
scholastic league, Washington
handed Grant a 16-11 trouncing,
while the Franklin high school
Quakers were disposing of Jef
ferson in an 18 to 14 overtime
battle.
To complete the day’s sche
dule, Roosevelt nosed out Com
merce, 26-22.
Jean Eberhart’s fighting cam
pus high basketeers smothered
Springfield in an “A” league
high school game last night at
McArthur court, 32 to 10.
aren’t here, and Oregon will have
to get along without them.
# * *
Doc Spears doesn't like the
new football rules and you can’t
blame ^him much at that. After
all is said and done, the coach
is the one upon whom rests the
responsibility of teaching the
new regulations. He also is the
one who must take the chance of
various interpretations by dif
ferent officials. What Doc says
is more necessary than a lot of
new rules is more rigid enforce
ment of the rules there are at I
present.
Ritle Squad Is Consistent
In Scores of Two Weeks
Comparison of last week's rifle
team score with that of the pre
vious week show that the squad
has consistent firing ability, re
ports Major R. H. Back, rifle
team coach. The average scores
of the 10 men on the team are
343.4 for the latest shoot and
343.7 in the first.
Honors for the highest indivi
dual score goes to LeRoy Smith
who topped the list with 367
points. Second place went to
■James Moynahan with 357 hits,
and who was high man on the
squad in the first shoot.
The results of the matches,
which are telegraphed to the com
peting schools, have not yet been
received at the local barracks.
Student Carves Figures
For Building Entrance Hall
Walter Pritchard, graduate stu
dent in sculpture is working on
several distortion figures in wood
which, when finished, will be used
in the entrance hall of the school
of architecture. This v/ork is part
of that being done by various stu
dents of the school as a project.
Pritchard's figures will occupy
the four corners and will be used
for a transition between the walls
and the ceiling.
INFIRMARY FILLED
Dr. Marion Hayes of the Univer
sity health service staff was con
fined in the infirmary Tuesday,
which has 13 patients now and is
filled to capacity.
Those confined are Margaret
Roberts, William Johnson, Leon E.
Semke, Margaret Chase, Katherine
Pista, Bert Wheeler, Dorothy
Tongue, Ramond Force, Vincent
Ferguson, Wallace Hug, LeRoy
Jones, Grenville Jones, and Dr.
Hayes.
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* RESULTS OF PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE HOOP GAMES TO DATE
Oregon
26 Idaho .31
33 Idaho .29
21 Washington State .33
42 Washington State .29
39 Idaho .26
19 Idaho .39
32 Washington .41
23 Washington .33
21 Oregon State .20
29 Washington .38
j 21 Washington .27
34 Washington State .32
24 Washington State .21
Oregon State
26 Washington .24
27 Washington .30
33 Idaho .31
35 Idaho .28
30 Washington .14
27 Washington .32
j 20 Oregon .*.21
i 22 Washington State .31
22 Washington State .33
[ 24 Idaho .23
31 Idaho .26
24 Washington State .28
Washington
24 Oregon State .26
30 Oregon State .27
27 Washington State .28
22 Washington State .49
14 Oregon State .30
32 Oregon State .27
44 Oregon .32
33 Oregon .23
38 Oregon .29
27 Oregon .21
40 Idaho .35
47 Idaho .34
Idaho
31 Oregon .26
29 Oregon .33
31 Oregon State .33
28 Oregon State .35
26 Oregon .39
39 Oregon .19
33 Washington State .48
15 Washington State .43
22 Washington State .28
23 Oregon State .24
26 Oregon State .31
35 Washington .40
34 Washington .47
Washington State
33 Oregon .21
29 Oregon .42
28 Washington .27
49 Washington .22
48 Idaho .33
43 Idaho .15
28 Idaho .22
31 Oregon State .22
33 Oregon State .22
32 Oregon .34
21 Oregon .24
28 Oregon State .24
Southern California
22 California .14
29 California .25
35 Stanford .28
28 Stanford .24
17 U. C. L. A.19
IS California .27
28 California .27
37 Stanford ,.29
32 Stanford .19
24 U. C. L. A.23
California
14 Southern California .22
25 Southern California .29
29 U. C. L. A.18
26 U. C. L. A.25
25 Stanford .19
27 Southern California .18
27 Southern California .28
34 U. C. L. A.28
31 U. C. L. A.29
33 Stanford .16
U. C. L. A.
22 Stanford .25
26 Stanford .31
18 California .29
25 California .26
19 Southern California .17
35 Stanford .18
28 Stanford .18
28 California .34
29 California .31
26 Southern California .24
Stanford
25 U. C. L. A.22
31 U. C. L. A.26
28 Southern California .35
24 Southern California .28
19 California .25
18 U. C. L. A.35
18 U. C. L. A.28
29 Southern California .37
19 Southern California .32
16 California . 33
Does not include last night’s game at Corvallis between O. S. C. and W. S. C.
Tendon Pullers Make Debut
In First-Round Mat Tussles
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Octet of Matches Is Slated
For Day's Battles in
Wrestling Tourney
WRESTLING
4 o'clock
Walt Gray-Howard Lewis.
Howard Clark-Jim Gemlo.
Charles Johnson-George Min
turn.
Walt McCaffery-Doe Kelli
lier.
Bob Nunn-Lloyd Huff.
Charles Martin-Chuck Klein
egger.
Glenn Bechtold-John Rutten
cutter.
John Sieverkropp - Norman
Burke.
By ED GOODNOUGH
Flu so severely decimated the
list of grapplers in the all-campus
wrestling tourney that only two
of the four matches scheduled
yesterday were run off. Ray Clapp
easily disposed of John Vernon in
the welter tussle, while Charles
Nicely tossed Omer Summers in
the 105-pound battle.
Joe Haviland, Joe Renner, Kayo
Mullins, Fred Sears, Kermit Camp
bell, and Charles Kleinegger were
reported in the invalid ranks, al
though Kleinegger may be able to
compete today. Flu was respon
sible for all but one of the casual
ties, Kayo Mullins being forced to
the sidelines with a bad knee.
Both matches yesterday were
quite slow and the outcomes never
in doubt. Vernon grew careless in
his first round against Clapp, pin
ning himself while applying pres
sure to his opponent’s arm. Clapp
clamped on a body press after two
minutes of tussling in the second
session and it was all over. Sum
mers opened impressively against
Nicely, but his strength faded
rapidly.
Unless old man flu steps in
again eight bouts are slated for
today. The heavier boys get a
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I chance to strut their stuff with
the Gray - Lewis, Clark - Gemlo,
Johnson-Minturn, and McCaffery
Kelliher scraps lined up. Bob Nunn
tangles with Lloyd Ruff for a
chance at Tom Mountain’s middle
weight crown, and Charles Klein
egger and Charles Martin will de
cide who is to meet Clapp in the
welterweight finals. Bechtold vs.
Ruttencutter and Sieverkropp vs.
I Burke round out the program.
University Gives
Support to 1932
Pioneer Pageant
Many Members of Faeulty
Taking Active Interest
In Eugene Pioneer
At a dinner last night at the Os
burn hotel, it was definitely decid
ed that the executive committee
for the Eugene Pioneer pageant
should continue with their plans.
Members of the University faculty
are taking an active part in the
pageant.
Thomas Russell, president of the
Eugene chamber of commerce,
acted as chairman at the dinner
attended by 150 friends of the pag
eant. Dean Gilbert gave the “key
note” address and talks were made
by other University people. Pro
fessor W. F. G. Thacher, instruc
tor in the journalism school and
writer of a former pageant, talked
at the dinner, as did Hugh Rosson,
graduate manager of the Univer
sity and manager of the pageant.
Other talks were given by Doris
Smith, director of the former pag
eants; Cal Young, who has been
responsible for the pioneer pa
rades; Leon Ray, chairman of the
original pageant committee; and
Arthur Rogers, president of the
pageant association. Music was
provided by the Eugene Gleemen,
directed by John Stark Evans.
! EMERALD
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A sports talk will be given by
Bruce Hamby during the Emer
ald of the Air this afternoon at
4:15. Hamby, who is assistant
sports editor of the Emerald, will
discuss in particular the impend
ing basketball games between Ore
gon and Oregon State.
Comparative showings of the
two teams against the northern
division leaders, Washington
State, have added to the interest
in their three remaining games,
Hamby believes; and Oregon
stands favorable chances of com
ing out with more than an even
split in wins. The sports writer
will discuss, also, the Oregon
sports world in general.
U. OF 0. PROFESSOR GETS
GRANT OF CITIZENSHIP
(Continued from Cage One)
there as a professor of economics
until 1923. In the following year
he came to Oregon.
When seen at his office yester
day afternoon, Dr. Wood was
working at his desk as usual, but
there was in him the expression of
joy. "1 have waited so long for
this day,” he said, ‘‘and of course
it is a very memorable event in my
life to become an American citi
zen.”
The economics professor went on
to say that as a foreigner who is
earning his living in the United
States, and one who is keenly in
terested in the affairs of the coun
try, he desired protection under
American laws and therefore had
to apply for citizenship.
During the time that Dr. Wood
was a sterling research fellow at
Yale university, he wrote a book
entitled, “Union-Management Co
operation on the Railroads,” a piece
of work which has received excel
lent comments here and abroad.
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Ducklings Work
j Hard For Final
Tills With Rooks
Hoy Lamb will bring his rook
hoopsters to Eugene Friday night
to tangle with the Oregon fresh
man five in the third of the four
game series between the yearling
rivals, The frosh took the first
two games handily and are favored
to repeat their victories this week
end. Saturday the two teams play
in their final meeting of the year
at Corvallis.
“Prink" Callison has been work
ing the Ducklings hard this week
to bring them out of the slump
which caused them to lose to Med
ford high last Saturday. The Med
ford game was the first the frosh
have dropped this season.
The frosh mentor will rely upon
Terjeson, Campf or Clay in the
forward berths, Miller or Lindgren
at center, and Berg, Rourke, or
Thomas at guards.
The rook starteds will probably
be Inman and Taylor at forwards,
Drew at the pivot position, and
Hibbard and Svendsen at guards.
This is the combination that made
such a bid for honors in the last
half of the second frosh-rook game
at Corvallis, creeping up to within
two points of the Ducklings before
the final gun barked.
These games will end the hoop
season for the frosh. To date the
Oregon yearlings have won five
tilts and lost but one.
Phi Delta Kappa
To Hold Initiation
On February 20
Banquet at Oslnirn Hotel
Scheduled To Follow
Ceremonies
Phi Della Kappa, men’s national
professional and honorary educa
tional fraternity will hold initia
tion February 20, at Gerlinger hall.
Following the initiation there will
| be a banquet at the Osburn hotel
where the Honorable Edward Bai
ley, former Lane county senator
and Democratic nominee for gover
nor, will deliver an address on
“Taxation and Education.”
In addition there will be shown
a motion picture reel taken last
summer showing campus activities
of Phi Delta Kappa. There will
also be several musical numbers.
Men recently elected to the fra
ternity who will be initiated are:
Orville R. Bailey, Dingeman Ba
jema, Earl E. Boushey, Eugene A.
Calhoon, Russell K. Cutler, Fran
cis Darby, Levitt Dealy Horner,
Joseph Jenson, Robert C. Jones,
Vernon Kerley, Frank Lombard,
Edward R. Moore, Kenneth L. Shu
maker, A. B. Stillman, Donald
Swanson, and George Hug, super
intendent of schools of Salem,
A large number of members
from distant points have indicat
ed their intentions of attending,
according to Irving A. Mather,
president of the organization.
Baseball Looks
Promising At
Mohler Will Hold Down,
Short Stop Position
Practice Game Scheduled
Friday With Crowley
All-Stars
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.—(Spe
cial)—University of Southern Cal
ifornia's baseball team will have a
fast infield and
orv Moiiier
a good left-hand
ed pitcher, but
just how strong
the Trojans will
be in the outfield,
behind the plate
and in hurling re
serves remains to
be seen.
Such is the
Trojan diamond
outlook upon the completion of the
first week of practice under As
sistant Coach Forrest Twogood.
The Trojans will play their first
practice game Friday at Bovard
field against the Crowley All-Stars.
Mohler at Short
Orv Mohler of football fame, who
was the leading batter of the Cali
fornia Intercollegiate Baseball as
sociation last year with an even
.500 average, will be back at short.
A1 Hildebrand will return at third
A1 Hildebrand will return at third
base. Bob Allaire, frosh captain
last year, looks like a cinch for the
second base position, and first base
probably lies between three candi
dates—Roy Hudson, 1931 sub;
Curtis Youel, of the ’31 frosh, and
Ted Ilolzhausen, former varsity
player who returns to the Univer
sity after two years’ absence.
All three of last year’s varsity
outfielders A1 (Bing) Boswell,
Doug Hanby and Hal Stanier—-are
lost by graduation. Garret Arbel
bide, star football end, and captain
of the 1932 nine, will probably be
shifted from first base to one out
field position. Les Wagner, utility
outfielder, last season; Benner Mc
Phee, utility infielder of 1931, and
Ernie Stewart from the 1930 frosh
appear to be other leading outfield
candidates at present.
Ward Is Great Loss
Troy’s biggest loss by gradua
tion in baseball is Joe Ward, out
standing catcher in the California
intercollegiate league for three
years. Herb Barsumian, utility in
fielder last season, and Jim Man
asian, neither of whom have had
much experience behind the plate,
are the only present prospects for
this job.
George Buchanan, a southpaw
who shared pitching duties last
year with George Sutherlin and
Neil Griffin, is the only remaining
member of that twirling trio avail
able this season. In Homer Grif
fith, John Gooch, Charles Upton,
Fred Talbert and Sherman Jensen,
Coach Twogood has a quintket of
right-handed candidates
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