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EMERALD SPORTS _ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MARCH 3l7193G SPORT CHAT D. E. CLARK, II 1 JOULES grow out of a sense of justice. If they don't reflect justice, they are harmful. They are either undesirable themselves or poorly administered or interpreted. When a man is speeding with se rum and medicine for a dying friend, his infraction of the rules is excusable. The case of a man speeding for the fun of it is not. The first man is doing something for society while endangering it. The second is merely endangering society. Oregon is going to lose George Dimitri Varoff. This boy, one of the very few pole-vaulters in the nation ..going ..over , the ..14-foot marker is likely to leave the Uni versity next week. There isn't a major school iii the nation that wouldn't like to have George Var off on their track team. He is a sure fire for the Olympics. Is he to lie wearing Oregon colors or not? George is ineligible to compete at Oregon this year. He received an F in one of his subjects which makes him ineligible. The rest of his grades were average, or above. Here is a rule which we feel should be interpreted fairly, which we know is not being considered fair ly. George worked hard on his course. He is a Russian. He was in a course where an extensive knowledge of English is impera tive. His was not yet adequate. A course of action that would benefit the University, the stu dents, and George, at the same time, is just. If a rule prohibits benefit to those who enforce it, to those upon whom it is enforced, and upon society at large it has been poorly used. George Varoff can do a lot for the University. His name will appear in papers all over tiie world. The University will gain if he is from Oregon. The students want Varoff to represent them on their athletic, teams. And, Varoff wants to take another ex amination, to write a paper on the raise his grades. By doing some thing of this sort Varoff would be benefit ted. He would be helped to master a subject which is difficult for him, not because he is not bright enough to understand it, but because of causes beyond his con trol. But, the professor will not let him take any examination or write any paper in an effort to change the situation. Is this justice? Are rules made to inflict hardship on students? We realize this sounds like a case of "another athlete not paying at tention to his studies.” But we feel the case here to be different. George worked hard. He is capa ble of good work. He was just out of his field. He has found his in terests in school lie in music and art. He gets good grades in these subjects. George has been mis cast. Perhaps the professor is looking at the case too much as "just another athlete.” We feel sure the professor is justified according to rule, but has he been fair? Consider the same situation in the case of a student who is not an athlete. If after working hard for a term in a sub ject for which he had no aptitude he is given an F. Now if this means he must leave school, it will influence his whole life. He wants to master the subject, to improve his grade, but he is not allowed to. Is this fair? It is not our intention that this column be a dogmatic tirade. We only hope the professor will weigh the benefits as well as well as the faults involved in the situation if he has not done so, will reconsider his decision. We do not feel any evil precedent will be set. When rules are overlooked in a sense of justice, no special precedent is set. When a man trespasses on anoth er’s property to save a life, no precedent is needed to excuse him. Common sense, fair play, good i sportsmanship, and good judgment do that. No Matter llow Worn Looking, or What Color Your Slices Are. the CAMPUS SHOE SHINE Across From Sigma Chi Can Shine Them to Look Like New Oregon Has Battery, But Lacks Infield Lewis Is Only Infielder Left From Last Year; McFadden Baek If batterymen made up an entire ball club the University of Oregon might be a favorite to tack up its third successive northern division baseball pennant this spring. An infield and outfield are necessary items, however, and Howard Hob son, new Webfoot coach, is in creasingly skeptical of his team's capabilities in those departments. The infield has been the big question mark ever since hot stove league discussions began last winter and it still is. Loss of first baseman Harry McCall, and that incomparable shortstop -second base combination of Ray Koch and Joe Gordon, has left the inner quartet in sever straits. Johnny Lewis is still on hand and Hobson and all observers rate the ex-Seattle prep star as high as they come, but Lewis can't play all four positions at once. Last season, as a sophomore, Johnny held down third base. At present “Hobby" has him on first, replac ing the graduate McCall, but a gaping hole at short is calling, and it is more than possible that Lewis may be shifted there. If Lewis is planted on the short patch Bill Courtney will probably be moved in to the initial sack, although both Tom McCall and Wayne Scott are working for the po:;t. Bill Moore, freshman star back in 1931, and Russ Marshall from Sacramento junior college are striving for the shortstop berth and may be able to cut the ice. Mark DeLauney, utility second and third baseman last year and regular at the hot corner two sea sons ago, is a leading second base candidate, but Wimbush, a dark horse, is running him close com petition. Bud Goodin, football fcackfield star, apparently has third base in the bag, now that Lewis has definitely been trans ferred to other pastures. With the exception of Lewis, the infield as a whole does not, ac cording to Hobson, rate in the same class with last year’s com bination. Andy Hurney and Ralph Amato aVe le Herman outfielders, but with the exception of Courtney, who may be moved in, the remainder of the fly-chasing crop is medi ocre. Howard Parks, hard hitter from Pleasant Hill, is an outstand ing prospect. The pitching “big four” lines up at present as Don McFadden, Cece Inman, and Earl Bucknum, letter men, and Bob Millard, southpaw sophomore. Catching is in the cap able mitts of John Thomas and Chief McLean. The only solution Hobson can see for his infield and outfield problems is to move pitchers and catchers into the weak positions. The squad of over thirty will be cut next week. Intra-squad games arc scheduled to begin this after- j noon, with outside opposition be- j ing lined up as fast as possible. ; Linfield and Willamette, among other small college outfits, are ex pected to visit Anonymous field before the northern division open er April 24. Eight pre-season con tests are on the tentative slate, but dates are as yet indefinite. Dean's Article In Lead Position Leading position in the March issue of the Journal of Higher Ed ucation was given to an article written by Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel, entitled “Coaching Student Leaders.” The article describes two courses j which Dean Onthank has conduct ed. one for study-group leaders and the other for house scholarship di rectors. Both have met with out standing success, the article shows, and have aroused interest among other educators. A marked im provement in administering their living organization duties is shown in the students who have takrn the course, the article points out. I REMEMBER! \ uu Can Learn tu Dane in Ju^t a tew La>y Lemons BEGINNERS’ class starts WEDNESDAY — 7:30 P. M. Complete Course ■'t'j.00 >61 Willametti' Oregon Places Two Swimmers On All-American Roster, 1936 Hurd, Reed on All-American Team Word has just been received from the East that Jim Hurd and Jim Heed, pictured above, have been selected on the all-American swimming team for 1936. Winslow Leads Tennis Field Economus, Z i m m e r m a n, Crawford, Lewis, and Crane Also Win N. Winslow, J. Economus, J. Lewis, W. Zimmerman, and L. Crane, and J. Crawford have won matches so far in the varsity elim ination tennis tournament. Winslow, two-year letter win ner, is one step ahead of the rest of the field, having won two matches. In his first match he de feated F. Bondurant, last year var sity reserve, and his second he beat A. Finke, number five for Oregon State last year, both by 6-0, 6-1 scores. Finke won. his first round match from C. LaBarre by default. Economus, captain of this year’s team and number two player last year, defeated W. Hutchinson 6-2, 6-1. He played his regular steady game and was too much for his less experienced rival. In the closest match to date, j Crawford downed W. Chaney in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, and 9-7. A cold wind bothered both players and forced them to play a slow placing game instead of their usual hard driving type. Lewis ran into unexpected diffi culty before he overcame A. New ton 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. Newton took the Sport Bulletin Any sophomores wishing to become frosh-sophoniore track managers call Kalph King at 9J8 before noon Wednesday. Freshmen interested in lie coming sophomore f o o t b a 11 managers see Fred Smith at the Igloo today. first set handily and had a 5-2 lead in the third set before his game went to pieces. In the other first round matches Crane defeated S. Bikman 6-4, 6-1, and Zimmerman outsmashed and outdrove F. Mountain 6-1, 6-1. Dean Morse Back From California Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, returned to the campus Monday from California, where he attended the annual five-day con ference of the Social Science Re search council. Dean Morse was re-elected chairman of the Pacific Coast In stitute of Law, and the original committee was re-appointed to work with him. Louis A. Wood, associate pro fessor of economics, was appointed on a committee which will study the problem of seasonal or itiner ant laborers in the Pacific area. — Psychologically Speaking — Try the effect of typed papers on the prof. It might cause him to give you better grades. H Kent A Typewriter-—Put It To Work }g * OFFICE MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO. ■ 3047 Willamette Street Phone 148 ■ Get RID of That : WINTER LOOK (Make Spfing Brighter "With a NEW SUIT We allow substantial credit on a new suit 1‘or the old one. UNIVERSITY TAILORS Phone 2641—1128 Alder St. Rifle Team Places Fourth and Fifth Washington Is Victor in Hearsl Trophy Meet, K. BcLieu Places The University of Oregon rifle teams placed fourth and fifth in the ninth corps area firing for the William Randolph Hearst national rifle shooting trophy. This trophy was won by Oregon last year. This year Washington was vic tor, the State College of Washing ton was second, and UCLA placed third. Oregon entered two teams in the five-man team competition, the first team placing fourth and the second placing fifth. Firing for the national cham pionship 10-man teams starts Wed nesday. The match is run by the war department and will be fin ished April 18. Earl W. Thompson won the in dividual Hearst shooting for Ore gon last year. A Washington uni versity man placed first this year ; Northwcvsl Swim Meet to H<> in Gerlingor Pool This Saturday Jim Hurd and Jim Reed, brilliant University of Oregon swimmers, were placed on the All-American swimming team as a result of their performances in the national col legiate meet at Yale university last week and those previous victories on the coast. Jim Hurd won All-American honors in the fa) and 100-yard free style events. Hurd placed fifth in the 50-yard event and eighth in the 100-yard free style. Hurd’s qualifying time in the short dis tance was :23.5 and :53.4 seconds in the 100-yard event. He placed fifth in the 100-yard and eighth in the 50-yard dashes. Reed placed eighth in a field of 25 entries in the 150-yard back stroke. qualifying with a time of 1.41, more than five full seconds under his previous coast record time, in that event. Jim Reed and Jim Hurd will re turn Friday witty Coach Mike Hoy man in time for the qualifying events in the northwest conference meet which will be held in Gerlin ger pool Saturday. April 4. Jim Reed will defend his titles in the 150-yard backstroke, 220 and 440-yard free style events. Most of the outstanding swim mers in Uie Northwest will meet in Eugene next Saturday to compete in the Northwest intercollegiate Swimming championships. Teams from the University of Washing ton, Washington State and possi bly Oregon State will endeavor to wrest the swimming championship from the Oregon squad. with exactly the same score, 198 points. The highest Oregon man was Kenneth BeLieu with .196 points. It is not known where he placed. Miss Cass Will Teach sn Hawaii A teaching fellowship in English at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu has been granted to Mar garet Cass, senior in English at the University. Miss Cass will graduate at the end of this term. Miss Cass will sail for the islands in August from Victoria, British Columbia. Her duties of teaching English will commence the first! .part of September. While on the campus Miss Cass has been a charter member of Del ta Phi Alpha, German honorary, and president of Temenids. Her home is in Pocatello, Idaho. THE BEST CLEANERS • Press'While You Wait. 9 PV/ Off for Cash and Carry. OPEN Till Phone 740 821 13th St. P. M. Spring Is in the Air! and WHITE SHOES Are in Order Get tiie full benefit of your white slides this year. Let us re|)air them now. SPEC! ONE WHITE The best white shoe offered at Tin; l,OV\ KST 1‘lvRi; IN TOWN' Uegular .Size . A L cleaner 16c HOWARD SHOE SHOP Near the Co-op—871 13th Street Annual Softball Schedule Opens Wednesday at 4 |Phi Delta Tlieta Will Defend Crown Won Last Spring; Benson I To Pitch_ Wednesday, April 1 4 p. m.—Phi Delta Theta va .Zeta hall; Delta Tau Delta vs. Student Living associa tion; Alpha hall vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. 5 p. m.—Pi Kappa Alpha vs. 1 Theta Chi; Abba Dabba vs. Yeomen; Sigma Alpha Mu vs. Gamma hall. "Slam.” The big outseamed soft ball goes flying by and the 1936 official intramural schedule gets under way. Tomorrow at 4 o’clock the an nual spring competition actually j gets under way with the defending champs, the Phi Delts, battling with little Zeta hall in the feature tilt. Benson to Throw Guy Benson, who pitched the Phi Delts to the pennant last year will be doing the chucking again this year for the barnmen. The excellent support he had last year threatens to be as good or better this season. Six leagues of four teams each were formed yesterday by the assistant director of intramural sports, Marion Weitz. Entrance Points given to organizations who compete and do not forfeit more than one game are 50. Additional points are given for each win. Last spring the league winners were seeded into the playoff with other teams being placed as they finished. The finals last year saw Phi Delta Theta outplay Delta Tau Delta 6-3. Schedule to Be Drawn The complete schedule will be drawn up and sent around to the groups soon. In the meantime each day's schedule will be printed in the Emerald. Listings of the teams and the leagues that they are in will be printed soon, Weitz urged the teams to report promptly at the time their games are scheduled. During the time of Louis XVI, men of rank required four foot men to serve a cup of chocolate. One carried the tray, another the (hocolate pot, a third presented the cup, and the fourth stood in waiting with the napkin. Send the Emerald to your friends. FOUNTAIN 10c SPECIALS • Special Chocolate Sundae • Milk Shake • Ice ('ream Soda LEMON fV PHARMACY V/ Across From Sigma Chi Golf Prospects Show Future Varsity Team Loses Bui One Man, 35 Freshmen Answer Call With last year's championship team complete with the exception of one man, Oregon's golf team looks forward to another banner year. Lead by Leonard Anderson, individual champion of the North west meet last year, the nucleus of this year's team consists of Sid Milligan, Robert Thomas, and Stan Smith. Ed Labbe is the only man lost by graduation. A dark horse who may threaten the position of one of the veterans is Dave McGuire, a transfer from Oregon State. Added to this ag gregation are two of last year's freshman golfers, Dick Pierce and Walter Cline. The schedule, according to Coach Tom Stoddard, will be: April 11—Washington Univer sity (Eugene). April 18—Oregon State (Corval lis). April 24—College of Puget Sound (Tacoma',. April 25—Washington Univer sity (Seattle). May 2—Oregon State (Eugene). May 16— College of Puget Sound (Eugene). May 23—Northwest division meet (Seattle). Prospects for the freshman squad are also promising. Stod dard's call to arms was met by a turnout of 35 candidates Monday afternoon. The most promising of these candidates is Doug Ramsey of the Waverly Country club in Portland. Ramsey, who is also out for fresh man track, has a fine record of past victories. » RoGRAMS For Your Spring Dance We can design a modern program you will find delightfully new and different. VALLEY PRINTING CO. STATIONERS Phone 470 76 W. Broadway OeTQWNISH SPORTSTEB k, Spring brings white shoes ; -ami Ibis year brings the f n e \v sport style suede finish with springy crepe soles. We feature this style in whites, grays, and browns in this good look ing, well, made shoe at Other Types of Spring Footwear At Prices Ranging F rom $3.45 to $5.50 ¥ pxsincl .*/ the STAR BRAND SHOEMAKERS GILBERT SHOE CO. 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