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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1936)
EMERALD SPORTS UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1936 Thirty-Six Northern Division Splashers Vie in Finals in Gerlinger Hall Pool Today at 3 O’clock PORT CHAT D. E. CLARK, II I 17D LOVERICH. Washington bas ketball ace, ought to be a cinch for the Olympics after his brilliant performance in leading the Hus kies rough-shod over DePaul uni versity, yesterday. Whether the Huskies end up on top. or not this boy's work has put a big X on him as Olympic material. Sixteen bas ketcers will go to Berlin. In addi tion to the regular members of the winners and runners-up and three others picked from the roster of the two top outfits,- there will be three outstanding men chosen from the losing teams. The Huskies aren't out of it yet. however. De Paul had a hot quintet and it took a real team to push them over. A lot of the boys are getting out the rods and reels and patching up the hip boots this weekend be cause tomorrow, April 5, the fish ing season opens. There’ll be a lot going out no matter what the wea ther. Flies, spinners, rapids, pools, are already monopolizing the fire side conversations, and everything is pointing to a big season. TI|OWN in dark Africa football, tennis and golf are becoming popular pastimes. The folks down there are getting a big bang out of sports. It wasn’t so very long ago that the favorite sport in that sector was throwing spears at the whites and watching them dodge. # # * Although Oregon is a strong fa vorite to clean up the N.W. meet this aft it’s going to be a real af fair just the same. Washington has some good men and VI .S.C. and O.S.C. may have a few surprise packets. But, don’t get too many grey hairs over the outcome. We’re not. If we win the news depart ment w ill steal the story and if we lose . . . the Barometer and the Washington papers will put out the extras. Sport Bullitan Intramural gclf matches scheduled for today are: Sigma Nu vs. Omega hall. Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Delta Tau Delta. Theta Chi vs. Gamma hall. Sigma hall vs. Yeomen, lntranr-ral tennis is sched uled to start Monday. Pi Kappa Alpha plays Chi Psi at 4 o’clock and Kappa Sigma plays Alpha hall at 5. All tennis players out for either the varsity or freshman teams arc ineligible to play in intramural matches until defi nite squads have been picked. This includes all those entered in the varsity elimination tourn ament. Monday Softball Schedule 4 p. m. — Phi Kappa Alpha vs. Phi Sigma Kappa. Phi Della Theta vs. Abba Dabba. Delta Tau Delta vs. Student Living Association. 5 p. m. — Delta Epsilon vs. Al pha hall. Pi Kappa Alpha vs. Gamma hall. Sigma Chi vs. Zeta hall. c II A M P I O N S P R T E R (Cut courtesy oi Oregonian; Jim Hurd Duck Track Team Stages Practice Squad Meet Today I Hayward Works Oregon T rackmen Hard to Prepare for Heavy Season Schedule Duck trackmen will stage an intra-squad meet today if the weather conditions are favorable. The events will be run off either on the cinder oval, or on the turf field, east of the Igloo. The meet is scheduled to start at 2 o'clock. Distances which will be run are the 150, 300, 660 yard, and the three-quarter mile. There will also be competition among the weight men. Despite the adverse weather this week, Hayward has been working the men hard in an effort to whip them into shape for .the coming season. As in other years, the cold wet weather has held the Webfoots back in pre-season training. The cold wind that whips down Hay ward field and the seemingly ever present rain, have always been a Cheating Flood of Victim While swollen streams were sweeping others to their doom, this remarkable reseue scene was being enacted in thi torrential Tenadho creek near Mechanicville, X. V. I'nable to swim, Nelson Campbell, (left), 60. clutches at brush as the flood seeks to break his grip, and Allen Vaadecur, stripped to his underwear, offers a rescuing aria. O.K. You Name It Anonymous Field’s Got Us Tired Too By KENNETH KIRTLEY Anonymous field is still anony mous field. In all this big institu tion there doesn't seem to be any one clever enough to think up a name. This must be rectified. A brief poll of students brings forth the following suggestions: “Name it Hobsonhaywardrein hartwashke. That way nobody's feelings would be hurt.” “Call it Clark Gable field—may be we could sell more ASUO cards. “Short Cut field,” submitted by the ATO’s. “That Gosh Dern — *’@&*’!!** field,” submitted by the lawn cut ter. “Grave Yard Annex,” submitted by the piggers. “Paul Pendarvis field,” suggest ed by Dan Clark II. thorn in Col. Bill Hayward's side. The south bleachers have been placed on the east side of the straight-away on Hayward field so that ample seats will be avail able for spectators at the big meets in which the varsity will engage. All that is needed now is the warm spring sun to put fire in the eindermen’s legs and to dry out the sweeping quarter mile cinder oval. Subscription rates $2.50 a year. ■3 S 1 1 B a a l i ' £111111. 1 H I II ■_ £1 “Breaths there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said: Tommy May’s H shop m wt Is my choice!” H 11th near Alder u Free night delivery. |§ VAWWWbW pi I SAVE b] 8 OLD SHOES There's plenty of wear to be had from your old shoes when we do the repairing I on them. Campus Shoe Repair Across From Sigma Chi Husky Hoopsters Win at New York Washington Downs DePanl In Olympic Play, 51*33; Lovericli Scores 20 Washington's fighting Huskies demonstrated the basketball strength of the Pacific Northwest to an astounded Madison Square Garden crowd at New York last night by overwhelming DePaul university, pride of the Midwest, 54 to 33. It wasn't even a ball game as Hec Edmundson’s precise, smooth working team massacred the Chicago five coolly and methodic ally and advanced into the semi finals of play that will find the best of eight squads spanning the Atlantic to Berlin and the Olympic games. The Huskies will tackle the winner of the Temple univer sity-McPherson (Kansas) Oilers game today. Ed Loverich, angular forward, set the pace for the Pacific coast quintet with 20 points. Washing ton held a 25-to-12 lead at half time. Sigma Hall Beats Kappa Sigg, 13-0 Sigma hall trounced Kappa Sig ma 13 to 0 in a six-inning intra mural softball game Thursday. The outcome was not long in doubt as in the last half of the first inning the hall team scored six runs. They added five more to this in the second and the final two in the third. Dick Miller, Sigma pitcher, held the fraternity boys well in check, but Jim Rummel, John Reischman, and Oliver Hughes were always dangerous at bat. Orville Wilson hit a home run in the second inn ing with two on base. The first school in the city of New York was started in 1663 by the Reformed Dutch church. Ball Players Idle As Rain Pitter • Oregon and Pacific had a ball game scheduled yesterday after noon, but Jupiter Pluvius had oth er ideas and he almost had the Oregon coaching staff thinking the mill race had changed its course and was overflowing Anon- j ymous field. No water polo equipment was(on hand and some of the ball players couldn't swim anyway, so a phone call to Forest Grove brought about cancellation of the Pacific fray. The game scheduled for Forest Grove today was also wiped off the slate, and the Webfoots won't square off against outside opposi tion until Monmouth Normal ] comes here Tuesday. Complete reversal of form in ! the weather would mean a practice tilt between varsity and freshmen this afternoon, but Coaches Hob son and Warren aren't counting upon it. Oregon Inhabited (Continued from page one) period in which the earliest pumice stratum was laid' down. Preliminary geological analysis indicates a prehistoric fresh water lake of some duration in the Des chutes area. The final filling of the lake was by gravel and sand washed down by streams. Enough time elapsed after the lake filling for the formation of a soil and vegetation cover and possibly the coming of man. Into this peaceful scene, accord ing to the geological report made by the party, was injected the ter rific effect of a violent volcanic eruption from the west or south west, possibly from what is now Crater lake. So violent was the blast that trees were uprooted and buried by the pumice, and charred fragments still remain as charcoal that was not consumed. Subse quent volcanic eruptions occurred from nearer by, as evidenced by Patters Northern Division Swimming Finals At Gerliuger Today (Cut courtesy of Oregonian) Jim Reed c H A M P I O N B A C K S T R O K E R the coarser nature of the pumice. The most recent lava flows in this neighborhood are estimated as from r>00 to 1.000 years old. The early Aurignacian or late Mousterian periods of Europe oc curred from 35,000 to 50,000 years B. C., with the woolly -rhinoceros, cave bear, cave hyena, wild boar and horse listed among the ani mals of that day. Mr. Crcssman says that even if the knives were of a Mousterian or Aurignacian type that alone would not make them of the same age as the European implements of those types. “The period represented here seems to be late Pleistocene or early recent,’’ Cressman states. “An estimate of 15,000 or more years B. C. might not be far wrong. Open planes can now be con verted into ycar-around ships with the development of a cockpit en closure, which does not necessitate changing the primary structure of the plane. Oregon Mermen Defending Nine Titles in Meet; 36 Entered The finals of the northern divi sion of the Pacific coast confer ence swimming and diving cham pionships will get under way this afternoon at 2:00 p. m. with one of the strongest fields ever entered in this event. Though three men from Washington State did not make the trip because of illness, the 13 men entered by Washing ton swell the total number of swimmers to 36. A unique situation arises in that last year's champion in every event will be swimming tonight, and every defending champion repersents Oregon. Last year at Seattle the Duck splashers walked off with every first place to win the title hands down. They are favored to repeat this afternoon with the exception of Chuck Reed, who lost a decision to Gene Caddey when the Washington team swam here in February, and Vern Hoff man, who has been swimming second to Oregon’s Jim Hurd. Heeds Hold Titles The list of title holders includes Chuck Reed in the breast stroke, Vern Hoffman in the 50 yard dash, Jim Reed in the 150 yard back storke, 220 and 440 yard free style, Leonard Scroggins in the 1100 yard dash, and Bob Chilton, diving. Oregon’s medley and free style relays teams are also defend ing titles won last year. Oregon's team Is considered the strongest in diving by the experts. In addition to Bob Chilton, Bert Myers, a sophomore, has been a consistent high scorer. Ilurd in Sprints Oregon is also strong in free style events. Jim Hurd, coast title (Please turn to pajc jour) LACES to Go and Things to Do—( Starts Sunday For 4 Days Two Major Features kv~\ She GAMBLED DISGRACE JfiJT for the man she loved! ffjmi SOTHERN 1 BRUCE CABOT DON'T IRVING PICHEl \ IAN KEITH COLUMBIA PICTURE, PLUS CP®^!Sis|. Kampus Krier By Howard Overbade To be left nearly naked on the sidewalks of New York is the situation which con fronts Gene Raymond in the feature attraction, ‘‘Love on a Bet,” which opens at the Mayflower this Sunday for a two day showing. Our handsome Mr. Ray mond wagers he can leave the metropolis in his under wear and arrive in Holly wood ten days later with a new suit, Ti hundred dollars, and engaged to a beautiful girl. The odd situations which Gene Raymond encounters in his haste to reach Holly wood, obtain the hundred dollars and win a beautiful girl, will make amusing fan fare for anyone. Recently it was suggested that I should include Don (Antonio, Guiseppi, Giovan ni, Bagachalupi Casonova) Casciato in this column as we were known as the Gold Dust twins as far as other promotional ventures go. I approached Don A. G. G. B. C. Casciato on the sub ject and suggested that we change this column to read “Two Together.” Mr. Cas ciato suggested that as far as he was concerned I could title the column “Alone” and keep the darn thing. * * V Since the Skull and Dag ger pledge meeting at the Kappa Sig house the first part of this week we notice many f r eshmen going around with worried expres sions on their faces. Worry not, my little dears, the results are all over and you either did or didn't. Trobably dido t. Adventure Cay and Audacious k with a Thousand Laughs I) and a Heart Punch! |WI MfxftET With GENE RAYMOND, WENDY BARRIE, HELEN BRODERICK DlndeJtu LEIGH JASON’ Auoclate RKO-RADIO After the Show Drop Into the 5-10 GRILL All Sandwiches ;"k: I!i■ st Chili in Town “Right On Your Way Home” 143 East Nth Ed Smith’s Orchestra 10 Piece Dance Baud Write Jimmy Johnston, 330 N. 9th, Oregon State College, or call 893 or 408-J Corvallis. DA N ( K Note: There will be a very lai ;e party1 at the Park thi.s week end, so get your reserva tions early. Springfield 51-F-2, Kugene 1920. WIIXAMKTTK P V11K