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I READ IT HERE EMERALD SPORTS STAFF Edltor YOU get your sports news first in the Emerald. With .Assistant Snorts Editor the aid of Associated Press features and other ser- Malcolm Baue ‘ vi^'rha*!'Bob Avis on Jack Chinnock, vices, an efficient sports staff, directed by Bruce Hamby, • tells you what’s going on In the realm of athletics. Bob Biddlt, Roberta . Ioody, __ VOLUME XXXIV ___Page_4 Nobody’s ... - Business j By MALCOLM BAUER ^JPORT fans who are interested in ^ frosh athletics certainly have a prize dish awaiting them today. Both Duckling spring athletic squads; namely, the baseball nine and track team, go into action for the first time. And to muke things the more enticing, the baby Ducks oppose the Oregon State rooks in both contests. Ardent followers of the year lings won’t get to see all of this, however, for while Bill Hayward is sending his freshman track men against the Orange year lings at Hayward field, Johnny Londahl will be putting his frosh baseball nine through its paces in Corvallis. In both places the frosh will have to work wonders to come through on top; that is, if pre season dope dished out by writ- ' ers on both campuses can be de pended upon. The frosh have the weakest track squad in years, and, although a few stars are available, it takes more than a few good men to win a relay meet. On the diamond the frosh are more powerful, but they cannot match up in early performances to the Corvallis one-year-olds. Lon dahl has a galaxy of stars in Dc Launey at second, Gordon at short, and Stroble at first, but there is no hitting power With the ex ception of Gordon, who is the one polished player on the squad, few of the yearlings can smack the apple with regularity. . . . An.I j plenty of hits will be needed against the rook lineup of slug gers. * * * Bill Hayward will give his varsity spikesters a rest this week. There is no competition of any kind on the slate, but it is doubtful if the boys will let their minds wander far from the cinder track what with such ex cellent entertainment as the Washington-Oregon State meet being staged just across the back fence. Just a week from tomorrow the Colonel will pack his athletes off to Seattle where they will tangle with the Huskies, and the Webfoot cln dermen will probably not want to miss such a chance of see ing their coming opponents in action as will present itself tomorrow in the Benton county city. As for the meet. Well, things look pretty dark for the Beavers though they did trounce Oregon’s relay squad last week-end. Last year the Washingtonians smoth ered the Orangemen under a 92 to 38 score, and, although Hec Ed mundson wouldn't be justified in expecting such a slaughter this time, he expects to do dire things to Stiner's lads. Well, Lon, I guess you can take ’em, all right. * * * Commodore Bill Reinhart will chug out of Eugene at high noon today, headed, via auto caravan, to Monmouth where his sluggers will clash with the Monmouth Normal tossers. Here's the first chance to see how the Webfoots will look away from home, and also to see if Ike "Benny Baseball" Dcnin can get the breaks. No more fence balls, Ike. "Gentlemunly qualities" were rated first by men beauty winners in an Oklahoma Teachers' college. | | i i i I s i R B a 15 Frosh, Rooks Vie Today — Oregon To Meet Teachers . ----—-* — Orangemen Are Favored To Win Meet Rival Coadifis Naim* Relay Baton Bearers Yearling Classic To Be Held on Hayward Field at 3:80; Dixon Has Stars By JACK MILLER It has been eight long years since the Oregon freshmen have taken a relay meet from the Oregon State rooks. The last time the Ducklings took the Beaver Babes was back in 1025, and from the looks of things the young farmers may add another digit to their long list of victories when the two squads meet tnis afternoon on Hayward field at 3:30. Jim Dixon, rook track tutor, is supposed to have a strong squad of runners and according to re ports, they have shown good form but lack experience. Bob O’Don nell, former Grant high sprint star, is rated as the number one sprint man for the rooks. To date he has shown plenty of class in time trials. Norm Reynolds, former Corvallis high school quarter mile ace, will run anchor lap for the Beaver frosh on the mile relay squad. In pre-season races against the O. S. C. varsity track, Reynolds has shown plenty of class. Guggisberg Is Star The rook three-mile team is com posed of Noack, Reitz, Gilmore, and Ernie Guggisberg. Guggisberg, former Cottage Grove high school distance ace and state interschol astic champ in the mile last year, is one of the most promising rook track prospects to enter the Cor vallis college in many a day. Howie Patterson, who scored 15 points in the meet against the high schools last Friday, and Dick Mears, who covered the century in 10.2 in a trial heat last week, are Hayward’s hopes to save the laur els in the -MO and 880 relays. Bob homas, a husky young ath lete from Jefferson high in Port land, is the only yearling on the frosh squad to show any promise in the quarter mile event. Last week Bob lapped the track in 55 flat and is showing consistent im provement. Paddock To Be Busy Bill Paddock and “Nurmi” Lud ington will uphold the frosh hon ors In the three-mile relay. Pad dock will have his hands full this afternoon when he runs the anchor lap against Guggisberg. The tentative frosh lineup is as follows: 440 anil »»0 relay Patterson, Mears, Milligan, and Rlckabaugh. Mile relay Thomas, Humphreys, Ewen, and either Donnelly or Arey. Three - mile relay Ryan and Sharf running the 880 and Lud ington and Paddock running the mile. Medley relay Patterson (220), Thomas (440), Ryan (880), and either Paddock or Ludington the mile. The rook lineup as given by Dixon: 440-yard relay O’Donnell, Kid der, Stover, and Olsen. Mile relay Warren, Derbyshire, O’Donnell, and Reynolds. 880-yard relay Stover, Kidder, Hoskins, and Olson. Three-mile relay Noack, Gil more, Reitz, and Guggisberg. Medley relay Olson (2201. Rey nolds (440), Guggisberg (880), and Nichols (mile). Books on History To Appear Soon The history department has re ceived notice of the publication in the near future of a group of! books that should be of particular interest to those interested in the history of the Northwest. These books, which are to be published by the Pioneer Press of New York, deal with such topics as the early 1 gold rush, fur trade, emigrant trails and Indian wars. Four of these books are edited by Oregonians. These are: “Ad ventures on the Columbia,” by Charles H. Carey, president of the Oregon Historical Society; "Asto lia,” edited by J. Neilson Barry, noted authority on Oregon his tory; "Fur Hunters of the Far West,” edited by I. C. Elliott; and Frances Fuller Victor’s “River of the West,” edited by Dr. R. C. Clark, head of the University of Oicgon history department. One at Post: Other on Outside * Ifjf Here are two important parts of the big show which gets under H way at Churchill Downs tomorrow, where the fifty-ninth running of |ij the Kentucky Derby will command the attention of sport fans the H world over. On the left is Karl Sande, now a full-fledged trainer, and |j three-time winner of the, American turf classic, who wall view the H race as a spectator. The thoroughbred is Head Play, which cost ■ Willie Crump only $550 as a yearling and is the only western entry ___ in th(' “Darby” who can come near matching the juvenile records of several eastern colts. ★ I I Washington State To Meet Vandals On Pullman Oval Dual Track Meet Scheduled for Tomorrow; Many Sophomore Stars Will Perform WASHINGTON STATE COL LEGE, Pullman, May 4.—/(Spe cial) Washington State and the University of Idaho will clash in the opening track meet of the season at Pullman Saturday in stead of at Moscow, Earl V. Fos ter, graduate manager, announced. The contest was originally billed for Moscow, but was shifted by mutual agreement. The Cougar freshmen will op pose Cheney Normal in a return meet here Saturday. The varsity and frosh affairs will be run to gether, forming one big track pro gram for the day. At Cheney last week, the Washington State yearlings nosed out a thrilling 66-1 65 victory with Ted (Christy) ! Christofferson, the one-man team, providing the winning point in the Javelin throw. He participated in four first places in addition. The Idaho - Wa.shington .State meet will see several outstanding sophomore stars make their debut in varsity competition. George ' Theodoratos and Hal Dunker, weight men; Dick Nichols, quar ter-miler; Kenneth Leendertsen, half-miler; and Ray Herron, pole vaulter, are all potential cham pions with prospects of a brilliant career ahead. With the moving of the Idaho meet to Pullman, all Washington State varsity track competition this year will be held on the home field. The Cougars will entertain the University of Washington here May 20, while Washington State : will be host to the conference meet May 30. Fees Must Be Paid ' All registration and non-resident fees must be paid by Saturday, E. P. Lyon, cashier, said yesterday. This includes the third installment of registration fees. The second installment of regis tration fees was due April 22. IEJSJ5 All-Campus Golf, Horseshoes, and Tennis Planned A LL MEN interested in par ^ ticipating in the all-campus singles and doubles tennis tour naments, all - campus horse shoe and golf tournaments are urged to sign their names on the sheets posted in the men’s gymnasium as soon as possible, it was announced yesterday by Earl E. Boushey, instructor in physical education. Since there • are no more in tramural sports this term, the^e tournaments will give all the men an opportunity to compete in further athletics for the re mainder of the term. Competi tions will get under way as soon as every one has signed. I Zoology Class Will Co To Coos Hay District Members of Prof. H. B. Yocom’s ;lass in invertebrate zoology are banning a trip to Coos Bay the week-end of May 12-14, in order to study the marine animals of hat district. Seven members of the class will »o, leaving on Friday, and remain ng either until Saturday or Sun lay. Professor and Mrs. Yocorn rnd Miss Marian Pettibone, assis tant in the course, will be in tharge. According to Professor Yocom, this will be a very favorable time to study the marine animals, since there will be a low tide. Founder of Loan Fund Dies at The Dalles, 71 Albert Sturgis Roberts, 71, The Dalles, founder of the Roberts Student Loan fund, died at The Dalles Wednesday from injuries aistained in an accident. Mr. Roberts founded the loan fund vhieh bears his name here in 1913. Since that time he has made sev eral contributions. He was born at White Salmon, A’ash., April 29, 1862. He came o Oregon in 1869. He was a nember of the state legislature Tom 1898 to 1901. Mr. Roberts vas a farmer and stockman of t'he Dalles. i[gjg®SJSfajcUBteiciitfiSISISj313IS/SJiS13IS®^i iAre College Students Particular? §jj . pj You bet they are-—that s why I COLLEGE ICE CREAM | is the FAVORITE on the campus, ta a K> BRICK FLAVORS jg ! Vanilla Ice Cream Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream B SPECIAL BI LK FLAVORS Fresh Peach Ice Cream g EUGENE FRUIT GROWERS ASS’N I 8th and Ferry Phoue 1480 a I I Beavers Tangle With Husky Spike Team Tomorrow Meet at Bell Field Gives Oregon Fans Chance To See Seattle Squad in Action Webfoot track fans will get an opportunity to see Oregon's next cinder opponents in action tomor row afternoon when Hec Edmund son brings his University of Wash \ ington varsity track squad to Cor vallis for their annual dual meet; with Oregon State college. The Orangemen, heartened by their unexpected victory over Ore gon's relay squad last Saturday, have high hopes of turning back I the Huskies for the first time j since 1919. Last year the Seattle athletes beat the Beavers 92 to 38. Many individual battles promise to present themselves. In the | broad jump, two champion leap [ ers will vie for first place honors. I Skeet O'Connell of Oregon State | and Frank Rosenquist are the ath letes who hold the spotlight here. Each has a victory over the other in past competition. On the field the Orangemen have a strong array of talent in discus throwers Don Anderson and Keith Davis, and javelin hurler, par-ex cellent, Capt. Everet Davis. It was in the sprints that the Oregon State relay squads scored their margin of victory over the Webfools last week-end, and th* Huskies will find Norman Frank lin, Skeet O'Connell, and Ned Glea son a hard trio to beat. Edmund son will pit against these speed sters Burton Barnes, Frank Plumb, and Ross Pederson, three veteran sprinters. The meet is scheduled for to morrow at 1:30 p. m. on Bell field. 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In the outfield will be Hanley, Johnson, and either Eddie Vail or Fred Lieuallyn. Lieuallyn has been out for a couple of weeks with a bad stone bruise on his heel, and he may get back into action to day. Vail has been playing good ball lately, and may break into the lineup in one of the other outfield berths, if Lieuallyn gets in. Londahl's star infield will be in action intact, with ‘‘The Great” Gordon snaring them at short, Marv Stroble will play first, and Drew Copp, the fiery red-head will cover third. At second will be “Rabbit” DeLaunay, whose big bat broke up the game against Eugene high last week, when he smacked out a triple in the 10th with two men on. Five pitchers will make the trip. "Speed” Thuneman will prob ably get the call for the opener. He has shown more every time that he has pitched this season, and if he continues as he has been, hits should be very scarce for the rooks. The other four hurlers, Whittaker, Kolkowski, Bucknum, and Holland, will be held in reserve in case that Thuneman fails to stop the heavy hitting rooks. The lone catcher making the trip is Bunny Butler of basketball fame. Butler has turned in some classy backstopping this season, and the rooks are going to find it hard to steal second. The game is scheduled for 4:00 o’clock and the team will leave here at 12:30, going as far as Cor vallis with the varsity, who are en route to Monmouth. Noble Receives Set of Manchurian Posters Dr. Harold G. Noble, assistant professor of history, has recently received a set of manuscripts and posters from the Bureau of Infor mation and Publicity department of' Foreign Affairs, Hsinking, Manchuria. The posters are of brilliant color and are interesting from an artis tic viewpoint. They are of a patri otic nature and are issued in com memoration of the anniversary of the new Manchurian government. They are clearly of a propaganda type, one showing children repre senting Japan, China, Russia and Korea joining hands in cheering for the new Manchurian flag. Boardman Takes Leave Announcement has been made from the office of Acting Dean Adams of the school of fine arts, that Arthur Boardman. professor and head of the voice department, in the school of music, is taking leave of absence for the next year to study grand opera in Europe. Football’s Loss -i.-i - —. — Johnny Erjavec would have been a promising prospect for Minne sota’s grid team, but he has an even more brilliant career ahead of him in the ring. He is consid ered one of the best young light heavyweights in the middle west ern states. COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS Won Lost Pet. Sacramento . 19 11 .633 Oakland . 17 12 .585 Los Angeles . 17 12 .585 Hollywood . 16 13 .550 Portland . 15 13 .533 Seattle . 14 16 .466 Mission . 14 17 .451 San Francisco . 9 21 .300 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS At Portland-Seattle, no game, rain. At Oakland 0, Sacramento 11. At Mission 4, Los Angeles 8. At Hollywood 7, San Fran cisco 5. Whitney Buys Kentucky Farm; To Move Stables NEW YORK, May 4.—(AP) — The purchase of Old Hickory farm, near Lexington, Ky., by C. V. Whitney meafts that the famous young horseman will move his breeding and training quarters from Brookdale at Red Bank, N. J„ to the blue grass country. Although Whitney does not own Brookdale, the two names are synonymous, for both the father and grandfather of the present master of the Eton blue and brown silks bred and trained there the horses which made the name of Whitney important in turf history of the century. From 1903 the Whitneys leased the farm from Col. W’illiam Pay son Thompson. Webfoot Nine Plays Normal Squad Today Came To Be at Monmouth; Ducks Leave at 12 Reinhart Not Yet Certain as to Starting Battery; Rest of Lineup Is Unchanged Weather permitting, the Oregon Webfoot baseball team will leave today by automobile at approxi mately 12:00 o’clock, bound for the first game of a home and home series with the Monmouth normal school nine. The Ducks will re turn late tonight in readiness for the second contest with the Teach ers on Reinhart field tomorrow. Present w-eather conditions have made regular practice almost im possible, and Commodore Reinhart will doubtlessly be forced to start a “cold” team against the Teach ers. Workouts have been held in the Igloo of late, and there have been no sessions on Reinhart field during the past two days. Reinhart plans to take his en tire pitching department on the trip. He has not yet decided on the choice for today’s game, but it will probably be Ike Donin. Donin, the lad who was knocked out of the box in the first Columbia game last week, should be back in form again and show the Teach ers some expert, chucking. -VT TV 1 Hf oar There is also a possibility that the Webfoot mentor may start one of the many new hurlers who an swered his call this season. There is Cece Inman, a right-hander who lacks nothing but experience to turn into a finished moundsman. Then there is another right hander in the person of Lorin Car michael, who has already pitched one good exhibition in an earlier contest against the Eugene Town ies. Others include: Bud Van Dine, who is changing off between an outfield ber.th and a hurling posi tion; Ivan Ginther, recently turned out for the first time this year, who has quite a puzzling under hand delivery; and “Lefty” Knee land, who has been bothered by a sore hurling arm all season, but might be in shape. He is the sole left-hander on the squad. Gemmell, Charles Saved Ed Charles and Ron Gemmell, the two remaining pitchers on a squad of eight, will undoubtedly be saved either for the Saturday game or some future contests. Both worked against the Cliff dwellers last week and hurled great ball. Gemmell, the ace of the squad, is the probable starter tomorrow. The starting lineup will consist of practically the same nine men that ushered in the baseball season last week. Unless Reinhart makes some unannounced changes, the Webfoot lineup will be as follows: Either Shaneman or Hoag, catch er; unannounced pitcher, probably Donin; Chester, first base; Chat terton, second base; Sears, short stop; Garbarino, third base; Clau sen, left field; Green, center field; and either Shaneman or Hoag, right field. Office Checking Graduates The graduate school office is checking graduate students for commencement. Mrs. Clara Lynn Fitch, secre tary, said that any student not certain of his standing should call at the graduate office and check the records. DANCE EXTRAORDINARY 4 Johnny Robinson’s Olympic Hotel Band Eleven Brunswick Recording Artists ^ MIDWAY SUNDAY 4