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READ IT HERE EMERALD SPORTS STAFF You get your sports news first in the Emerald. With Bruce Hamby.•• Por the aid of Associated Press features and other services, Malcolm Bauer. 88 8 ™ . . an efficient sports staff, directed by Bruce Hamby, tells Simpson, Bill Eberhart, Ben Bac > o ' ison, ■ you what’s going on in the realm of athletics. Chinnock. VOLUME XXXIV * UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1933_> __Page 4 Nobody’s Business By BRUCE HAMBY What’s going to happen next in this northern division basketball race ? Oregon State apparently had things its own way, but evidently could n’t stand the strain and dropped a close one last night to Idaho. This put Washington into the league lead ership. The Hus kies, however, are in a bad spot Spook Robertson with Johnny Ful ler, star forward and captain, out for the remainder of the season with a broken ankle and a few other injuries. Washington State is logically in a good place to win their first basketball title, despite two de feats by Washington last week. The Cougars are in third place with six victories and five defeats for a percentage of .545. They still have three games with Idaho and two with the Huskies. If they should win them all they could easily tie for first place honors. * * * Oregon State’s chances remain entirely on what it can do against Oregon in three remain ing battles. The Beavers won the first 31 to 21. The second contest comes next Saturday night at McArthur court. Chanc es of the Webfoots to keep their record of never having lost a series to a Gill-coached team are brighter than ever. Oregon is definitely on the up-grade, while the Beavers, and their star cen ter, Lewis, are slowing down game by game. * » * The Beavers apparently can’t stand the tough going of a two game series on their home court. Of course they defeated Washing ton and did a nice piece of work at the time. Then earlier in the season they downed Idaho by close scores. At home, however, the best they can do is win the first game. Perhaps the plaudits of the home crowd are too much f«r them. * * * As usual I picked the wrong night to visit the Aggie metrop olis and failed to see the massa cre last night. Members of the Webfoot varsity who witnessed the game tell me that it ap peared to be a case of over confidence on the part of Oregon State. Grenier, the big Idaho center, was playing his best game of the season, they report ed, and Lacey, the aggressive guard, was all over Lewis. Ida ho hogged the ball all the time and disorganized both the Ag gie defense and the Aggie crowd by keeping up a passing game outside the Beaver zone defense until an opportunity arose for a clear shot. * * * Granted that Oregon has no rec ord as a basis I still pick the Web foots to upset the Corvallis lads once and very likely two times. The Beavers depend upon the scor ing ability of Lewis and O’Connell to give them a lead. With Hub erts and Oliijger checking these two, the Aggies are going to have one tough time getting far. * * * Right now the outstanding Beaver is Skeet O’Connell. He is easily the fastest man in the conference and is developing a beautiful one-handed shot that is deadly, .from now on it is likely that the ex-Commerce high flash will be the leading Aggie threat. * * * The rise of the Oregon team from the depths lias been marked by several encouraging eveuts. One is the sudden emergence of Spook Robertson from a weeks-old lethargy. In the past four games he has shown more ability and fight than ever before. Then there is the return of Cap Roberts to his old form of last year. Cap was bothered by illness all during the first part of the season. Against Idaho, despite a serious threat of influenza, he played marvelous ball, although forced to retire to the sick-bed after both games. An other cheerful prospect is the ad dition of Homer Stahl to the first - string lineup. Stahl has been on the squad for three years, but Sat urday night was the firt>l time he ha^j>ver started, he is not as fast as some of the Webfoots, but makes up for it with a good eye for the basket. Frosh Fracas At Silvertou To Be Tonight Came Scheduled for Last Nielli Sel Ahead Ducklings To Have Little Rest Before Tackling Rooks This Week-End Red Rogers, frosh basketball coach, announced yesterday after noon that the Silverton-frosh game had been moved up to tonight. The game had originally been sche duled for last night, but with the rook games only two days away. Rogers asked for a change to Wednesday night. Silverton agreed at the time, but yesterday called by long distance saying that it would be impossible for the prep pers to play. It seems that the advertising had not been changed, and a good gate to meet the guarantee could not be expected. Also, there were several conflicting games in Salem and surrounding towns, which would detract from the at tendance. Monday night the Sil verton quintet had a hard game with the Chemawa Indians, win ning by only two points. Their coach did not want to put them through two hard games on con secutive nights. Because of the nearness of the final games of the rook series, Coach Rogers expects to take eight men with him this after noon instead of seven, as he plan ned to do yesterday. Those who will go on the trip are Pete Buck, B'lash Stroble, Fletcher Johnson, forwards; Bill Harcombe, Clayton James, centers; and Glenn San ford, Stew Milligan, Norman Hampton, guards. By taking eight men Rogers hopes to keep his team from going stale, for each man will only play a little over a half of the game. Campus Organization Honors Secretaries David R. Porter, of New York, national secretary of the Y.M.C.A. in charge of student work, and Dr. Raymond B. Culver, of Port land, regional secretary were guests of the campus Y at a din ner given at 6 o’clock last night at the Green Lantern. The Y board and cabinet mem bers attended the dinner and dis cussion centered around the topic, ’’National and Local Status of the Y.M.C.A.” At 4:30 yesterday Dr. Porter met with the men’s frosh commis sion, and at 5 with the Y.M. cabi net. The above topic was discussed at both meetings. BEAVERS DROP FROM TOP RUNG IN TITLE RACE (Continued from I’at/e One) -- were unable to function and seemed disorganized. Carl Lenchitsky opened the scor ing in the first half with a field goal, followed by one by Grenier for Idaho. Skeet O'Connell gave Oregon State a momentary lead with another basket, but Afton Barrett, Idaho forward and cap tain, evened the score. For the re mainder of the half Grenier, Lacey and Hurley connected with baskets while the best Oregon State could do was three free shots by Lewis, Everett Davis and O'Connell. At the start of the second half the Beavers opened with a fierce drive that midway in the period put them ahead. Lenchitsky started the scoring, followed by two free throws on the part of Lewis. Grenier and Hurley ran the Idaho total to 19 at this junc ture, but for the next eight min utes the Vandals went scoreless while Oregon State forged ahead, i 23 to 19. Lewis Leaves (Same Here Lewis left the game. Hur ley milled two points with a long toss, Lacey one more with a free throw, and Grenier five with two field goals and a foul conversion. O'Connell ending tHe Oregon State offensive effort with a push shot and a free throw. In the closing '■ minutes Idaho had no difficulty in . getting the ball, and continually ! broke through the Beaver zone de fense for lay-in shots. The defeat put Oregon State | back into second place in the i standings with eight victories and four defeats. Washington, al j though idle, automatically assum : ed the leadership with seven vic tories and three losses. The summary: i Oregon State (26) (80) Idaho j Taylor .F. (2) Barrett I O’Connell (8) .. F. (2) Warner ' Lewis (8) .C ..... (14) Grenier I Lenchitsky (4) G. (4) Lacey McDonald .G.. (8) Hurley Hibbard (3) .S Davis (3) .S Lead Missouri Valley Hoop Race ■w •• • ' WILLARD p ) SCHMIDT These Jhree huskies, all chosen on last year’s all-Missouri Valley basketball team, are busy now in leading the Creighton Blue Jays to a second straight conference crown. Their recent victory over Butler university’s cagers place them in the favored position to take the title. Schmidt, six foot, eight inch cen ter, led the circuit in scoring last season. My Greatest Thrill in Athletics By MARK TEMPLE (.■Is Inld In Ned Simpson) jY|Y GREATEST thrill is the sJime one that Bernie Hughes told about. That is, it was mak Mark Temple mg mat ioucu down against Oregon State last fall. I can’t remember which part of the run was the most ex citing, but it seems to me that w h e n I crossed the line—thanks] to the great’ blocking of the rest of the team —I certainly felt great. When I saw Keith Davis lift the ball into the rainy skies I had no idea that when it came down I would tote it down the field for a touchdown. It just settled into my arms and I started down the iield, and the rest of the run just sort of became a blur. I thought that they had me a couple of times too, but each time some Webfoot would block the Oregon State man out of the picture. Mark Temple, flashy Webfoot halfback, was elected co-captain of the Ducks for next fall. His associate leader is Bernie Hughes, star pivot man. Temple came to Oregon from the “round-up city” of Pendleton, where he had at tended Pendleton high school for four years. While he was there he annexed letters in football, basketball, and track. Coming to Oregon in the fall of 1930, he played freshman ball under Prink Callison, and the following year played under “Doc” Spears. Last season Mark was one of the high est scoring backs in the coast con ference. He will finish his college career next fall. The answers to Dr. Gilbert's questions follow: 1. The study of economics was called the “dismal” science by the early students who found it dismal in the sense that it was dry, dull and uninteresting. Later on the term “dismal” science was con tinued by the economists them selves because the conclusions reached by the early pessimists (Maithus, Ricardo, etc.) were dis mal in the sense that they were devoid of hope for the progress and improvement of the human race. 2. Outstanding football coaches are often paid salaries several times that of the dean and on a par with that of a university president. The economist would explain this on the principal of marginal indispensability. This means the ease or difficulty with which the services of a man may be dispensed with and a substitute found. In the case of deans, there are plenty of qualified members among the teaching staff. Among the big three or four in the coach ing business there is a limited sup ply and a very wide demand, and the services of a man of this kind difficult to duplicate. 3. Dr. Price, leading exponent of the sinking fund theory, in 1786 pointed out that a single penny placed at compound interest at the birth of Christ would have amounted in 1786 to an enormous sum of money; in fact, he said the amount would be equal to 130 million globes of gold, each one the size of this earth of ours. 4. During the period of rapidly rising prices before the World war the silver question fell into discard. Now that the world suf fers from depression, prices are low, and the money supply thought inadequate, bimetallism is consid ered a means of restoring the normal relation between the volume of money and the volume of business to be transacted. Moreover, the price of silver is low and silver producing sections are anxious to enhance its value. Nations of the world off the gold standard see the possibility of an easy return to the specie standard provided both gold and silver are used as a foundation for paper money issues. 5. The tariff of 1828 was called the tariff of abominations. High duties on raw materials had de stroyed in some degree the advan tage of protection on the finished product. The opposition of the south to the tariff question had become more stubborn and the tariff of 1828 had figured promi nently in the political campaign preceding the election of Andrew Jackson. Hence the sarcastic re mark that the “tariff sustained no relation to any branch of manufacture save the manufac ture of a president.” 6. The American trade dollar authorized by the act of 1873 con tained about seven and a half grains of silver more than the standard silver dollar of today. The legal tender of the trade dol lar was taken away in 1876 while the standard dollar has full legal tender in the payment of all debts, public and private, and is receiv able for public dues. This sustains its monetary value, although its bullion value is less than that of the trade dollar. The trade dol lar has a bullion vane of 25 cents only and no legal tender provision in the law to support its value in trade. 7. The term “wild cat bank” ‘ arose in the thirties of the last; j century when banks sought a loca-; Ferguson Issues Call for Yearling Grid Managers A LL FRESHMEN who aspire to football managership positions are requested to re port at the Igloo this after noon at 3:30. Those who turn out for man agerial work in the spring have the best chance of becoming managers, declared Jim Fergu son, head manager last night. Anyone who is unable to be at the meeting can make arrange ments by calling Ferguson at 129. Skull and Dagger Holds Initiation Sunday Morning Three New Men Get Membership Into Honorary; Kelley Is New Adviser Formal initiation into Skull and Dagger, sophomore men’s honor ary, was held Sunday morning for the three men pledged earlier in the term. The men, Hartley Knee land, Grant Theummel, and Bill Neighbor, became the first stu dents ever to be admitted to the organization during their sopho more year. The ceremony began in the early hours of the morning and culminated in an early morning breakfast at the Eugene hotel. At the breakfast, Lt. Edward W. Kelley, newly appointed faculty adviser of the group, was intro duced to the members. He out lined a tentative goal for the or ganization for the current year, and complimented members upon their work so* far this year. Lt. Kelley was chosen by mem bers of the honorary to fill the va cancy of Daniel Gage, who is not on the campus this year. tion in the heart of the forest so that noteholders could not find the bank and demand redemption of notes. Since they were sur rounded by the wilds of the forest inhabited only by wild cats, it was sarcastically remarked that they must do business with wild cats rather than human beings, hence the origin of the phrase which now indicates any unsound finan cial undertaking. BUY A $5 ^ Meal Ticket FOR $4.50 When That Allowance Check Comes Shortshake and a Bun 15c Pessimistic Grid Criers Lose Appeal Sports Scribes Frown on Injury Gag Doleful Dans and Gloomy Gils Doomed for Fall, Predicts New York Writer By ALAN GOULD NEW YORK, February 14.— (Special)—Sports editors through out the country have taken less kindly during the past season than ever to one of the oldest of the gridiron “dodges,” none other than the pessimistic utterances and alarmist statements of football coaches in advance of an impor tant, or even unimportant contest. The boys were very indignant in deed over the fashion in which they were "taken in” by Notre^ Dame’s “flu epidemic” prior to the Rambler’s rout of the Army, in which the players who were sup posed to be pale and interesting in valids turned out to be red-hot and poisonous to the Kaydets. It was not learned until too late that parties to the ballyhoo, in cluding myself, discovered the No tre Dame boys had been affected more by internal dissension than the “flu”; also that they had been given a thorough going-over by the old guard of football alumni and whipped to a fine frenzy of fighting determination. Trojans Wily The consequence was they looked like the all-star team of a profes sional league instead of a lot of earnest college boys out for a frolic in apple-green jerseys. Southern California manifested a commendable determination not to be misled by this form of de- i ception, even when Hunk Ander son dispatched a hurry call to Tuc son for not one, but two ambu lances. But what we are getting at is the thing that Dale Stafford, ob serving sports edtior of the Pon tiac (Mich.) Daily Press, described as “the practice of making what will obviously be a dhe-sided foot ball game appear like it will be a close, bitter battle.” “Such a report,” he adds, “was carried this fall and the favored team won 93 to 0! “Bear Story” “Recently one college team was playing an old rival. For one week before the game the star of the team that eventually won was re ported injured. I saw the game and this particular player didn’t show the slightest sign of injury. On Friday he was reported as be ihg in bad shape. As a result of this injury ‘bear story’ the coach maneuvered his team into the po sition of ‘under-dog’ when in real ity on its record it should have been a big favorite.” It is, of course, considered a le gitimate and smart piece of tac tics by football coaches to encour age these "oear” stories. The Dole ful Dans and Gloomy Gils popu larized this stuff, even though it generally prompted more laughs than tears. It is true, too, that an injured star will forget his aches and pains in the heat of the battle and the throes of the old college spirit. Yet it would seem this policy of deception could be kept within reasonable, obvious bounds, • espe cially as football is not only the greatest of college Sports but also j quite frankly a business upon which the whole athletic structure depends. Dashney To Head Law Students’ Dance Body ——- ' I At a short meeting of the law school student body yesterday Death Wins Ernie Schaaf, Boston heavy weight pictured above, died yes terday as a result of his fight last week with Primo Camera. Schaaf had been confined to a New York hospital since his knockout by the giant Italian. Seliaaf Succumbs To Brain Injury Received in Bout Boston Heavy Dies in New York Following Operation To Remove Blood Clot NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Ernie Schaff, Boston heavyweight fight er and knockout victim of Primo Camera, giant Italian, last Friday night, died at 4:15 a. m. today at Polyclinic hospital. Death came to Schaaf immediately after an emer gency operation to relieve a blod clot on the brain resulting from blows received in the bout with the towering “Alp.” At his bedside were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schaaf; his sisters, Miss Mae Schaaf and Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan; and his man ager, Johnny Buckley. Schaaf had never completely re covered from the coma resulting from the battering he received Friday night. The operation was attempted as the one remaining chance to save his life. In an examination of the body late today, Charles W. Norris, chief medical examiner of the city, said that Schaaf’s death was due to natural causes and not direct ly from any injury received at the hands of Camera. Upon being informed of the death of Schaaf, Camera expressed his astonishment and sympathy. No charge has as yet been placed against him, although detectives under the guidance of District At torney Crain are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fa tal bout. morning, it was voted to hold a dance as the official social event for the winter term. Preston Gun ther, law student body president, appointed Bill Dashney as general chairman in charge of the arrange ments. Assisting Dashney will be John Yerkovich, Bill Kinley, Ferd Fletcher, and Sam Schenk. As yet no definite decisions as to the motif or the place have been reached, but it is scheduled at present for Tuesday evening, February 21. 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Clark, who had a tremendous weight advantage, won the bout by strong-arm methods. About the middle of the match Clark received a back-hand slap in the nose which seemed to infu riate him because it drew blood. After that slap Clark seemed to settle down and did some clever wrestling which won him the fight during its closing seconds. The fall was won through the applica tion of a bar-arm, body press. Choppie Parke, representative of Beta Theta Pi in the 155-pound class, won his fight from Bob Nunn, Yeomen wrestler, by apply ing a punishing half-nelson just before the end of this fight. How ever, when Parke had solved this attack he made things mighty in teresting for the Independent. Parke threw Nunn out of the ring once which did not do the Yeoman much damage. A fight which was a bit too long for Mickey Vail resulted in a win for B. Ryan, another Yeoman star, in the 125-pound class. Micky made Ryan extend himself for an extra two-minute round which was exceedingly fast. Ryan took thi3 fight with a body press. Ray Clapp, contender for the 135-pound championship, won by a forfeit from Bob Ludington. Niee Going, Idaho Northern Division W. L. Pet. Washington .7 3 .700 Oregon State .9 4 .614 Washington State .. .6 5 .545 Idaho ..'...5 6 .455 Oregon .1 10 .091 I Sweater I 1 SALE 1 |DeNeffe’sl l| Here Are 1 1 Knockout Prices I 1 on Broken Lots I | Mostly I I Holley Knit, I 1 Famous on the I 1 Campus for | I Style and Quality I 1 ON SALE 1 $ l'95 1 and 1 $0.95 I Drop Down and | I Have a Look— I I Ask to See I I the New Suit 1 1 Fabrics for Spring I