There’s Some (§,
Excitement Left!
Page Mr.Swanson!
■-By DICK NEUBERGER
■WTHEW! There's nothing to write
about today that can begin to
compare in dramatic excitement
witn me master
piece that came
over the wires |
from Aklavik, |
Northwest Terri- ^
t o r y , yesterday {
morning. Did you *
ever read a more j
colorful and stir- f
ring newspaper |
story than the i
me that described I
the slaying of Hank Swanson
the crazed trapper, Albert John
son, by troopers of the Royal Can
adian Mounted Police? You can't
read that story and then honestly
deny that truth is stranger than
fiction.
If ever there was a newspaper
natural, that incident at Aklavik
was it. Even the setting was ideal
ly suited for the pupose. All the
Frank Merriwell creators in the
world couldn’t have evolved a more
dramatic plot than the one woven
by actual characters in the wastes
of the Yukon country.
Si * *
Even the names contained the
glamor of the northland. The
trapper finally was shot to death
in Porcupine valley. As his pur
suers began to close in upon
him, a blizzard swept down from
the Arctic ocean to add further
sensationalism and drama. Three
times had Johnson drawn blood
—once fatally—before the rifles
of the men in scarlet ended his
flight.
And, in the background of the
entire affair, was that perpet
ually fertile source of countless
works of fiction—the Royal Can
adian Nortt west Mounted police.
The men who wear the red coats
and ciyry the law to the far
north are always what a manag
ing editor would call “good
copy.” In fact, in most newspa
per offices, they are listed as
about the best available source
of feature stories. Any wire
dispatch that tells of the ex
ploits of the Royal “Mounties”
finds its way into print—usually
in a prominent position.
What small boy has not imag-..
ined himself clad in the scarlet
and gold tunic, carrying the law
into the barren lands? It’s a safe
bet that millions of youngsters
read the first page, instead of the
comic section, first yesterday
morning as the words, “Redcoats
Mounties—blazing rifles — and
Arctic blizzards,” shot at them
from screaming black headlines.
So much for that. Of course, it
has only to do witji sports in a com
parative sense, but it’s interest
ing to find that there’s still some
excitement left in this old world
that isn’t in China or between the
covers of a book. And even as
there still is drama and color in
the grim reality of life in the
EMERALD SPORTS STAFF
Dick Neuberyer Sports Editor
Bruce Hamby....Asst. Sports Editor
Parks Hitchcock, Joseph Saslavsky,
Malcolm Bauer
OREGON SPORTS
VV. S. C.-IDAHO
Washington State’s northern di
vision leaders meet Idaho in the
only conference game scheduled
for tonight.
All-Campus Mat Tourney To
Enter Final Rounds Today
Mountain, Keltner Remain
To Defend Last Year's
Tussle Titles
WRESTLING
4 o’clock
Heavyweights — Howard
Lewis-Howard Clark.
Light-heavyweights — Chuck
Johnson-Frank Keltner.
165-pound class — Doc Kelli
her-Charles Nicely.
Middleweights — Tom Moun
tain-Bob Nunn.
Welterweights — Ray Clapp
Charles Martin.
Lightweights — John Rutten
cutter-Wallace Miller.
Featherweights — Norman
Burke-Otto Vonderheit.
The annual all-campus wrest
ling tourney enters its final
stage today with seven champions
to be installed by nightfall. Only
two of last year's titleholders,
rom Mountain and Frank Kelt
ier, will be on hand to defend their
aurels when Referee Earl Boushev
jpens the festivities at 4 o'clock.
Mountain, one of the few really
jood grapplers that the University
possesses, seems in little danger
fr-:
| of being defeated, although Bob
Nunn will undoubtedly offer seri
ous opposition. On the other hand,
Kellner may have to call on
every reserve to withstand the
tigerish onslaughts of the rugged
Coos Bay youngster, Chuck John
son.
The heavyweight bout pits the
two Howards, Lewis and Clsyk,
against each other. Both men re
sorted to a cautious, defensive
system Wednesday and if they
stage a repetition today the scrap
may be slower than the original
Lewis and Clark expedition. Clark
exhibited a pretty fair acquain
tance with the sport in his match
with Jim Gemlo and is a favorite
to carry off the honors.
The 165-pound bout brings to
gether a couple of fraternity
brothers, Doc Kelliher and Charles
Nicely. On previous perform
ances Kelliher appears the likely
winner, but the boys may arrange
the outcome before ever going on
the mat. Ray Clapp is favored
over Charles Martin in the welter
tussle.
The Ruttencutter - Miller and
Burke-Vonderheit matches are be
yond the range of even the most
optomistic dopesters since Miller
and Vonderheit are making their
debut before the fans today.
i
EMERALD
... of the A I R
Ralph Coie baritone, will sing
.his afternoon from 4:15 to 4:30
m the Emerald of the Air pro
gram over KORE. His songs will
nclude compositions from Ruben
>tein, Griffef, and several others.
Tomorrow a short play will be
jiven over the Emerald program,
:aken from a short story in the
ast issue of Liberty.
lorthwest territory with the red
:oated riders of the Royal Mount
2d, so is there excitement and
suspense in sports.
* •* *
The Notre Dame - Southern
California football game of last
year is a perfect example. You
don't find many moments more
thrilling than that when Johnny
Baker stepped up to the 34-yard
line and thumped the field goal
that gave the Trojans a 16-to-14
victory in the last minute of
play.
On almost every Saturday in
autumn, there are staged innu
merable vivid battles between
the leather-clad warriors of the
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gridiron. Dartmouth’s bitter
struggle from 16 points behind
to tie Yale, 33 to 33, was an
other shining example. And
what is more stirring than the
comeback of the underdog—Ore
gon defeating New York, St.
Mary’s whipping Southern Cali
fornia, Army trimming Notre
Dame?
* * *
No, all the excitement is not
gone from life, nor is all the ex
citement that’s left, in the north
west territory. The stalwart lads
who advance the pigskin on the
gridiron put equally as much
drama into their attainments as
the red-coated men who carry the
law into the Arctic.
Did you ever stop to think what
a big difference one player can
mean to a squad ? On numerous
occasions, the loss or acquisition
of one man has been the factor in ■
either making or breaking a team.
Take the case of Hank Swanson,
for example. Hank played center 1
for the University of Washington
last year when that school at last
ended the south’s long basketball
reign over the Pacific coast con
ference. He was one of the out
standing players in the three-game
series with California. He was the
only Husky regular who graduated
last summer. Because four varsity
men were back, Washington was
regarded as a virtual certainty to
repeat its championship march.
But without Hank in there,
things didn't go right. The Husk
ies lost three of their first four
games. They looked like they
were due for the cellar. Then they
finally snapped out of it, but not
until Hec Edmunsen had shifted ,
John Fuller, ail-coast forward last
year, to Swanson’s old post at cen
ter. It was only then that the
Huskies began to look like their
former selves.
* * *
Incidentally, Hank is working in
a Seattle bakery now. Evidently,
he’s making biscuits instead of
baskets.
* * *
Tomorrow night Oregon's reju
venated basketball lads go to Ore
gon State for the second game of
the civil-war .series. The Web
foots have a rough and rocky road
ahead of them if they are to win
while Captain Windy Calkins still
is hobbling around on a lame an
kle. Oregon State is both taller
and huskier than Oregon, and has
far more reserves. It will be an
other feather in the cap of Bill
Reinhart if his lads again turn the
tables on the Orangemen. If Calk
ins is in shape, the same lineup
that licked W. S. C. will start at
Corvallis- -Cap Roberts, Hank Le
voff, Jack Robertson, Cliff Potter,
and Calkins.
* * *
Having read in the papers that...
Jumping Joe Savoldi, Johnny
Baker and Howard Oantonwine
and Gun Sonnenberg—all ex- j
football stars—had tried wrcst
j ling with success, Jim (jemlo, !
rangy freshman center, took a
; crack at the mat sport the oth
I er day. Jim’s debut was not ex
| tremely successful, so hence
1 forth he’s going to stick to foot
ball. Incidentally, Jim’s lar
! heavier than he was last autumn.
W.A.A. Sponsors
Hike To Gillespie
Butte Tomorrow
A. A. is sponsoring a hike
* tomorrow to G i 11 e s p i e
butte, it was announeed yester
day.
This is the second of the hikes
scheduled by W. A. A. for this
term. It will include a visit to
the frog farm which is located
at Gillespie butte.
All girls wishing to go will
please be at the women’s gym
at 1:80 tomorrow afternoon.
All-star vs. Scrub
Casaba Tilt Goes
For Only One Half
The basketball game Tuesday
night between Handsome Bob Of
ficer's all-stars and the Oregon
Freshman Reserves lasted only
one half. This was revealed last
night by someone believed close to
the situation. Because the game—
or what there was of it—was
played behind padlocked doors, it
was impossible to cover it proper
ly. The Emerald’s operative says
the score was 22 to 5 for the fresh
men at the half, at which time the
affair was terminated abruptly.
The Emerald operative also says
the all-stars are not “all-stars” at
all. This is no slam or criticism,
he explains, but merely an attempt
to set things right. Officer him
self did not get into the game. It
is reported that the sharp-shoot
ing captain held himself in abey
ance, pending the big drive for
victory in the last, and that he
was both flabbergasted and dumb
founded when there was no last
half.
For several minutes Officer
threatened to take the affair be
fore Commissioner Butler. Then
he subsided and last was heard
stamping out of IvicArthur court,
muttering something about “may
be it was for the best, after all.”
Frosh Football Manager
Aspirants Asked To Sign
A call for freshman football
managers was issued yesterday by
Jack Edlefsen, senior athletic man
ager. He said all freshmen wish
ing positions on the staff of foot
ball managers should see Ted Robb,
head football manager, within the
next few days.
Edlefsen pointed out that those
boys who turn out in their fresh
man year always are given addi
tional consideration in the select
ing of senior managers. He also
said football was the only sport
that used freshman managers, the
other major activities requiring
boys who are sophomores or up
perclassmen.
Robb can be reached at McAr
thur court in the afternoons.
Transformation of Field
Near Igloo Taking Plaee
Work of transforming the saw
dust field southeast of McArthur
court into an athletic field with a
sod surface is rapidly progressing
with the advent of the present
good weather, reports George
York, superintendent of buildings
and grounds.
The sawdust will be removed and
the water pipes for irrigation laid
by the middle of next week if the
weather remains fair. As soon as
this is completed the field will be
ready for seeding.
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Oregon Swim
Teams To Vie
This Evening
Varsity, Frosli Natators
To Have Dual Meet
Aquatic Event Will Be Run
Off Tonight at 7:30
In Women’s Pool
The Oregon varsity and fresh
man swimming teams will tangle
in a dual meet tonight at 7:30 in
the women’s pool. The varsity na
tators will be handicapped accord
ing to their margin of time over
the time made by the yearlings in
the dual event with the Oregon
State aquatic squads last Satur
day.
, The varsity lineup follows:
160 yard relay—Oglesby, Foster
or Stevenson, Pratt, and Needham.
100 yard breast stroke Laffer
ty and Fletcher.
100 yard back stroke—Brooke
and Anderson.
50 yard free style—Needham.
440 yard free style—Foster and
Laurin.
100 yard free style—Needham
and Pratt.
Diving—Nigh and Sherman.
220 yard free style—Stevenson
and Oglesby.
300 yard medley — Lafferty,
Brooke, and Pratt.
The Duckling roster is as fol
lows:
160 yard relay—Ringrose, Lind
ner, Thomas, and Privat.
100 yard back stroke—Hine and
Hart.
50 yard free style—Paul and
Lindner.
440 yard free style—Sherman
and Gearhart.
100 yard free style—Ringrose
and Thomas.
Diving—Chilton and Stewart.
220 yard free style—Paul and
Thomas.
300 yard medley relay—Fowler,
Moorehouse, and Privat.
Library Receives Books
For Memorial Collection
Six books were added to the
Pauline Potter Homer Memorial
collection of fine and beautiful
books at the library yesterday.
The new volumes are: "Italian
Pleasure Gardens" by Rose SLand
ish Nichols: "Pickwick Papers,” by
Charles Disckens; "Peg Woffing
ton,” by Charles Reade; "Pride
and Prejudice" by Jane Austen;
an autographed book of poetry,
“The Glory of the Nightingale”
by Edward Arlington Robinson;
and an example of Nash printing,
“Syllogisms- A Book of Reasons
for Every Day,” composed by Lee
Washington.
PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT
Sigma Phi Epsilon announces
the pledging of Roland Blantz: of
Portland.
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JOSEPH SASLAVSKY
The all-campus wrestling carni
val comes to an end this afternoon
after a barrage of illness and in
juries which marred the tourney.
Most of the entrants were down
with the flu, and most of the grap
plers who are wrestling are un
der the weather. Only two of the
1931 champions, Francis Keltner
in the light heavy and Tom Moun
tain in the middleweight division,
have reached the finals.
The other two of last year’s ti
tleholders who intended to defend
their crowns are out of the run
ning. Dave Doran in the 118 pound
class d.d not enter because of lack
of competition, while John Siever
kropp was put out of the running
for the 128-pound scepter on Wed
nesday. An unusual combination,
Lewis and Clark, will struggle for
the heavyweight laurels.
* * *
The all-campus singles and dou
bles handball tournaments are near
a stage of completion. In the sin
gles rivalry, Warren Cress and
Fred Deuel will battle for the
championship. In the tandem
event, the Schneider-Schneider duo
has attained the finals bracket.
The other finals doubles team will
be the victor of the Lanker-Min
turn vs. Cress-Deuel match.
* * *
Another tournament will come
into being next week when the all
campus fencing event gets into
action Tuesday, February 23. The
entry list was closed yesterday by
Warren Powell, coach of fencing,
who is in charge of the matches.
About 20 bladesmen signed up for
a chance to annex any one or all
three of the crowns to be given.
The event is to be divided into
matches with three different weap
ons, the foil, the epee, and the sa
bre. Several of the aspirants have
signified their intention of partici
pating in all three divisions. The
battles will be staged on the main
floor of the men's gym, and Pow
ell says that members of the fem
inine gender on the campus are
cordially invited to look in upon
the frays.
The mentor indicates that the
tournament this year will not be
a cut-and-dried affair as far as
knowing the probable titlists is
concerned. Any one of six or eight
fencers are apt to annex the scep
ters. In the 1931 competition, the
winner was certain to be one of
three expert bladesmen who had
entered the event, Lee Wlnetrout
finally coming out on top. But
such is not the case now—the like
ly champions are dark horses of
a decidedly ebon hue.
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Dancing 9 to 12
THIS IS NOT A
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Come as you are
the
COCOANUT
GROVE
Roberts Crowded From Top
Scoring Berth Won by WSC
Gordon, Holsten of Cougar
Clan Usurp Tivo High
Point Places
By BRICK HAMBY
Huntley Gordon, Washington
State’s towering center, is again
at the top of the individual scor
ing list or tne
northern division.
Last year he won
the honors with
a new conference
record, 128
points. In 13
;amcs this sea
son he has
amassed 106
points.
Cap Roberts,
Oregon's scoring
Huntley Gordon ace, slipped back
into third place. Claud Holsten,
Cougar forward, edged him out of
second position by one point. Hol
sten has 99, while Roberts has
only 98. All three of the leaders
have three games left to play.
Bobby Cross, W. S. C. sharp
shooter, is fourth with 88.
The Oregon center has one dis
tinction left, however. He has the
most number of field goals, 41 be
ing credited to him. Windy Cal
kins, Webfoot guard, leads the
foul shooters with 39 successful
tries from the foul line. Hank
Levoff of Oregon is second best in
this respect with 29.
Howard Grenier, Idaho pivot
man, is in the lead for “bad boy”
honors with 30 personal fouls
chalked against him. Spook Rob
ertson, Oregon, and Horton Her
man, Idaho, are tied for second
with 29 apiece.
Washington's leading scorer,
Johnny Fuller, has only 80 points
for seventh place. Ken Fagans
remained on the sidelines this
week and fell back to eighth place
with 78 points. Afton Barrett
leads the Vandal scorers with 76.
The scoring leaders:
G FG FT PF Pts
Gordon, WSC .13 40 26 15 106
Holsten, WSC .13 37 25 26 99
Roberts, O .13 41 16 23 98
Cross, WSC .13 38 12 10 88
Calkins, O .13 24 39 20 87
Levoff, O .13 27 29 24 83
Fuller, W .12 32 16 18 80
Fagans, OSC .13 31 16 22 78
Barrett, I .13 26 6 14 76
McLarney, WSC. ..13 31 13 28 75
Lewis, OSC .13 29 12 23 70
Merrill, OSC .13 28 12 23 68
Herman, I .13 29 9 29 67
Robertson, O .13 28 10 29 66
Lee, W .12 27 11 12 65
Grenier, I .13 26 12 30 64
Lacey, I .13 25 14 21 64
Wicks, I .13 21 21 22 63
Cairney, W .12 23 14 25 60.
Nelson, W .12 25 5 16 55
Scott, WSC .13 25 5 7 55
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COLOR COLONIAL ROUT
(Continued on Page Four)
March,” “Yankee Doodle,” “Tur
key in the Straw,” and other tra
ditional American tunes.
Costumes are optional, and in
keeping with the informality of
the affair, students may come
either date or no-date. The ad
mission is 25 cents.
The student committee that has
been working to make tonight’s
affair a success include: Myrtle
McDaniels, chariman; Bob Hall,
business manager; Marian Camp,
features; Kermit Stevens, proper
ties; Adrienne Sabin, refresh
ments; Harriette Chase, secretary;
Ethan Newnmn, orchestra; Rose
Simons, music; - Geneva Barr,
decorations; Emma Bell Stadden,
costumes; Jack Bellinger, pub
licity.
The faculty committee includes
S. Stephenson Smith, chairman;
Lance Hart, decorations; Russell
K. Cutler, athletic stunts; George
L. Andreine, lighting; David E.
Faville, grand marshal; Maude L.
Kerns and Marjorie B. Forchemer,
costumes.
Thelma Nelson, Sterling Green,
Bob Hall and Jeff Howard have
assisted on the publicity commit
tee. Geneva Barr, Crissie A. Bur
lingame, Don Confrey, Gene Love,
Harvey Welch, and Bernice Ellis
will assist on the lighting com
mittee.
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