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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
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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 Tosses
Wicks To Win
A Gory Match
Heavies Use Strong • Arm
Taeties on Bout
Parke, Ryan, and Clapp Win Mat
Frays; Finals Scheduled
For Thursday
A gory battle between Dutch
Clark, Phi Gamma Delta, and
Walt Wicks, strong man of Theta
Chi, in the heavy division, set the
pace of yesterday’s donut wrest
ling matches. 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
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