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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1935)
Behind The Igloo ^ By Bruce Hamby — Oregon’s entrance in the annual Hill Military Academy indoor track meet at Portland last Friday night was a master stroke in the inter ests of Webfoot athletics. Naturally, as the only competing “big time" I team, Colonel Bill Hayward's | squad proved the greatest attrac tion at the large meet. And the Colonel, himself, came in for a large share of prominence when he was presented with a neat look ing medal, suspended by a bright i red ribbon, in honor of his work nn coaching United States Olym pic teams. * * * Bud Shoemake, Oregon’s wob bly-legged sprint star, was the one-man sensation to the 4000 Portlanders who jammed the academy's miniature Igloo. After a slow start in the University class 50-yard dash, Shoemake turned on the steam and streaked by George .Cannauy; Willamette’s highly-tout ed negro star, and other opponents to win by two yards in the fine time of 5.3 seconds. "Look at him go," breathed the onlookers as Shoemake flashed by. Bill P^einhart's sparkling base ball players may find themselves playing in big league atmosphere when they meet the up-and-coming University of Portland nine in I Portland Saturday, April 13. Ten tative plans now being pushed would put the game in Vaughn street park, home playing field of the Portland Beavers of the Coast league. Getting back' to Biil Hayward who deserves some mention as the only Webfoot coach not mentioned in wild rumors of “shifts" and “new deals”: The Oregon Alumni association of Portland is honoring Oregon’s veteran coach and trainer, with a banquet at the Multnomah hotel in Portland, Thursday night, April 11. Many of Hayward's former track stars, as well as this year’s, and ether Webfoot coaches will join with the Portland alumni in cele brating the Colonel’s 32nd year at Oregon. Webfoot competition in spring sports - track, baseball, golf, and tennis.may be greatly lessened if the student body situation at Ore gon State college is not brightened within the next week. Pitifully small student body membership, which has been lower than Ore gon’s ever since optional fees went in, has led to the possibility of eliminating all spring sports. And according to reliable word from Corvallis, the student body heads are not merely making threats for public consumption. The situation is acute. Plans for a gala opening of the 1935 northern division baseball race here on Friday, April 26, are going ahead fast. Present arrange ments call for the usual gathering of dignitaries to exhibit the best methods of how not to play base ball, possible broadcasting of the game, and the presence of Port land sporting writers to “cover” the game. The opponent will be Oregon State (unless the lads and lassies at Corvallis continue to spurn student activities). Once more we push Colonel Hayward in the spotlight. The latest exploit of the Colonel, who is famous for his pranks, concerns Thomas i Norman the Mormon) Stoddard. It seems that at the re Phil LUES* ROOKIE, WHO COMES OP FROM 6ALVEST0N WITH A RECORD OF I'd WINS, MAY PRESS guR-t davis for -the Honor of be/n& the Team's mound star 7Hjs SEASON .... (W/NlER HAVEN,r-Ltt I -ftouswt we wfee playin' THE PHILS Today IT MUST 8E TftE CARDS, CR ELSE AN EXHIBITION same with -me REp SOX.. VT ^ 'I 11 LOOKS UK£ PAUL DEAN, AND i ^ THROWS U«E BOB &ROVE ... Smart, But Too Slow By Howard Kessler Emerald Foreign Correspondent MADRID — He was a beefy, bull-voiced Spanish-American taxi driver, and ho wanted to know if Roosevelt was going to build a Nic araguan canal. “Because if she goes through I leave this place pretty queek,” and he prefixed the “cjueek” with a couple of words emphasizing the celerity with which he would emi grate. I was forced to acknowledge my ignorance of any such venture, add ing suggestively that I also knew very little of Spain, as two weeks before I had not planned to include this republic in my itinerary. (A small item in a newspaper changed my mind. It was headed “Currcnl Rates of Exchange.”) “Would you have the time or the inclination to enlighten me a little?” I asked. “Me, I got plenty of both. Get in the car.” Our first overtures were the time honored ones that have paved the way for most of the world's great est discussions. “Frio,” commented Fernandez, rubbing his hands briskly. “Mucho frio,” I reaffirmed and having dispensed with this vital preliminary, we were away. “So you don’t like Spain?” Fernandez Hisses Fernandez made a hissing noise, and drew up his anchors. “Listen,” he said. "You see just ahead the Puerta del Sol, hey? The big square of Madrid, like Times Square in New York, see?" I nodded. At this moment the Puerto del Sol was flooded witn the evening traffic of a city with a million population. “Now look at those—(censored; let us sub stitute “pedestrians”) walking down the center of the street like they got a lease on the countree.” They were there, as he said, hun dreds of them strolling up, down, and across the main thorofare witn a nonchalance that would have been suicidal in any large Ameri can city. Motorists blasted their way, foot by foot, to the deafening and dreadful din of a holacaust of hooting horns, while dozens of sleepy-eyed policemen lolled con tentedly about, apparently obliv ious to the pogrom being perpe cent banquet for sports editors at Portland, someone filled Stoddard’s glistening new dress shoes full of soft, mushy shaving soap. No one knows who did it -but there’s that I Colonel in the spotlight again. Send the Emerald to your friends. ' Subscription rates $2.50 a year. PRINTING PLATES OF ALL KINDS / DESIGNING RUBBER STAMPS I trated on the traffic lights. The queer element of the scene was that no one betrayed the slightest, impatience and there was every indication that such procedure was •directly within the normal course of events. '"Smart, But Too Slow’ “X-Tow what the—!” What can you do with a people like that, hey? No wonder Spain never gets nc place! Smart, but too slow, that’s what they say about the Spaniard, and right, si, si, exactly right. You can get a million dol lars in ten minutes at an Amen can bank, but here,” he spat dis gustedly, "here you wait all day for ten pesetas. And what do they do, mi amigo, when they get a lit tie money? Do they buy some thing and try to double it? No, no, they put it away and when they get enough they retire, take it easy, and sleep all day.” Fernandez was noncommital on the present form of government. He shrugged his shoulders. “We get it, so what can we do about j it?” But I touched another sorej spot. “Taxes!” he growled. “Augh! Taxes, taxes; tax this, tax that, tax everything. That's why we goi so few automobiles. You know (I didn’t) there are only 51,000 in Ma drid. Just 1 to 20 people, while in the States you got 1 to every 4. A car that you can get for ’$800 over there, we pay $2,000 for. Then there’s a tax on tires, on gas oline. They still give us free air. Is it any wonder there are so many ox carts on the road. Anyhow you got to figure in the country there aren’t nearly so many cars in pro portion as here.” I could vouch for the last statement. During the 450-mile trip to Madrid from Vigo in a fish truck we passed barely three dozen automobiles, mostly transports at that. Inci 'dentally, 80 per cent of the cars iii Spain are American-made. 'Hola. Bonita/’ My friend pased in his recital to \ shout “Hola, Bonita!" and a few other choice remarks I do not re call or could not stranslate if I did. to a passing, fair senorita. “Friend of yours?” I asked. Fernandez guffawed. “No, no, mi amiga, in Spain we do not wait for the formal introduction. We! speak to any girl when we feel; like it." “And don't get a slap in the j face?” half doubting, I asked. Again the driver was amused.' ' Remember you are not in Amer ica now. Here, the man is still the boss. Try it yourself sometime. Shout, “Hola, Bonita!" (which, of course, means “hello, beautiful''1 and you will see." Well, you know what they say about Steve Bro die. Returning to more serious con versation, Fernandez mulled over the question of unemployment, and at last conceded a point in Spain’s favor. "We got 650,000 out of work here, with a total population oi 25,000,000. That’s just about one in 40. Not so bad. But you got to remember the pay is pretty poor A clerk wouldn’t get more than •?800 a year. At this point a distinguished; looking gentleman in formal eve ning dress signalled my compan-! ion. “Big shot, eh?" I commented as I opened the door. “You get all kindsa fellas in my line,” he smiled. “Me, I drove the Prince of Wales 150 miles once.” As he started the motor I shook his hand and got in one last ques tion. ‘ “So you’re going back to Amer ica?” Fernandez grinned broadly and put the car in gear. “No, no, sen • or,” he said, and, as he moved off, I called over his shoulder, “I like it here.” Webfoot Nine --- (Continued from page four) Normal school. All five are right handers. Other players who are sure to see plenty of action in the opening games are Mark DeLaunay, regu lar third sacker last year; Ivan Elliott, reserve infielder; Ralph Amato, sophomore outfielder, and Stan Riordan and Dick Prouty, newcomers to the Webfoot out fielding aggregation. f Mickey Vail, John Thomas and Bunny Butler will aid Bishop in the catching duties. Con Fury, alter nate backstop last year, will not be able to compete this spring due to an operation for a football in jury last term. Following the Linfield games the Webfoots will meet the Uni versity of Portland in a home and home series the following week end. The first tilt on Friday will be played here, while the second goes to Portland with a possibility of its being held at Vaughn street park, regular home of the Port land club of the coast legaue. Oregon Dominates I Continued from i page four) spectators. The Hill cadet teams won the trophy given to the school winning most points in the meet.! Competing against Oregon in the university and collegiate .classes were Reed college, Pacific, Reed club, Linfield, Willamette, Oregon normal and Pacific college. NOTICE FRATERNITY MANAGERS - TO SORORITY AND Buy Your Oranges By the Crate I;.. ' NO. 1 TREE RIPENED FRUIT 4lt* "1 Q C i’KR kTK CORNER 18(h & WILLAMETTE NORMAN MASON l*rop. THE BEST OF Manerud Huntington Fuel Co. I 997 Oak Street - * m !» OIL WOOD ■ i SAWDUST ; COAL HOG-FUEL CALL 651 for Dependable Service In Person ' • r ■ :%»w^ . @ Vice-president Ruth, late of the Yanks, neglects his officials duties long enough to pose in his new Boston uniform. Bill Reinhart (Continued from page jour) the campus in the fall of 1923 as freshman football coach and later that winter added the duties of t" _■ _ _ . .. 111 varsity basketball and baseball. His record at Oregon has been outstanding. His Webfoot basket ball quintets have won two north ern division titles in piling up 7f victories against 74 defeats in 12 seasons of hard fought competi tion. His greatest hoop teams were those of 1926 and 1927. botl of which easily swept through tc northern titles, only to lose in the coast playoffs. Reinhart's hoop teams have al ways been noted for their colorful play, and even when not in direct running for the title have proven the best gate attractions in the northern division. This past sea son, when the Webfoots were way out of the running saw more than 55,000 people at the Oregon games More than a dozen all-star hoop iters have been named from his teams. Among them were Algot Westergren, all-coast forward; Gordon Riding and Howard Hob son, forwards; Charpes (Cap) Rob erts, center; Jack (Spook) Robert son. forward; Willard Jones, 1935 northern division center, and many others. Reinhart's baseball record has been equally outstanding:. 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