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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1936)
Anonym ous Field We promise that this will be the last time the sports department will use this name. Hereafter Oregon’s base ball diamond is Howe field. Head today's story. EMERALD SPORTS UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY. APRIL 25, 193G Dan E. Clark, II . Sports Editor Pat Frizzell . Assistant Sports Editor Bruce Currie, G. T. Smith, Ed Robbins, Kenneth Kirtley, Robert Dean, Hubard Kuokka, Wendell Wyatt. Coed Reporters: Irmajean Randolph, Marionbeth Wolfden. s PORT CHA By PAT FRIZZELL T “Why, oh why," comes the query of innocent ana unsuspecting base ball fans, “did rain have to pick on yesterday of all days, when for three weeks in a row hardly a drop has fallen?” An to that question there is no answer. No one from doddering old grandpa down to little Geral dine can say. The fact remains that it did, and that, for the base ball opener was that. For weeks the sun bathed Eu gene in the most beautiful April weather in years and typical base ball days abounded. Then, when the biggest and best opener in his tory rolled around, with bands playing, colors flying, and all the big shots and some two or three thousand little shots ready to turn out for the festivities, that unpre dictable gentleman called Jupiter Pluvius casually tilts his rain can. Not all the rain cans in the skies could save the life of the most distinctive name for a base ball field in the world—Anony mous. We’re sorry to say that this is the last time “Anonymous field” will be rattled off our key board. Herbert Crombio Howe field is an entirely fitting name for the orchard, however, and we’re all behind it. And that includes the lads who count out the headlines. * * # Why do the little schools in the Northwest conference continually and consistently trounce their big northern division brothers in base ball? Expressions of amazement are heard on all sides at the crushing defeats handed Oregon State and also Oregon by Willamette, Lin field, and other teams of their cal iber this spring. Whitman beat Idaho seven times in a row and split with Washington State. And it happens every spring. In football and basketball it’s just take it, take it, take it for the little fellow against the big schools, but in baseball the big boys are forced to gulp down bitter doses of their own medicine. If a small col lege football team holds a coast conference machine to less than a 30 or 40-to-0 win it’s one for the book. If a small college basket ball team doesn’t lose by at least 10 or 15 points it's a modern mira cle. * * Possible explanation of the success of small colleges on the diamond is that baseball is not a game of reserves and is also not carried on in such an ex tensive scale as football and bas ketball by the large schools. Re serves crush tile little teams ev ery time in football and some-l times in basketball, too, but nine good ball players can get out there and win in baseball. And there may be other reasons. Men who specialize in baseball are just as likely to be drawn to the small college as the large one, while outstanding grid and hoop luminaries are usually enticed to the big campuses. The University of Southern Cal ifornia won the California inter collegiate swimming title recently and now is claiming the Pacific coast championship. Just as a re minder, we wonder if the boys have heard how Mike Hoyman’s Web foot mermen ate up Stanford, California, and San Jose State in the South and then came home to crush Washington and' run away with the northern division meet. Of course things up in the wilds of the North don't count much with Southern California and the Los Angelans have probably forgotten Oregon's overwhelming conquests. Trojans will be Trojans. Relay meets are always inter esting, even in the mud. And whether this afternoon’s three way Oregon - Oregon State - University of Portland meet on Hayward field happens to hit the sun spot ir the April sun and shower schedule or not it should e worth the tune of student spec tators. Rill Hayward, Oregon’s grand old cinder mentor who jast can’t be appreciated too much, has re marked this year that he has the best rounded track squad in his thirty-odd seasons of coaching here. University of Portland has undoubtedly the best small col lege squad in the state, and those Beavers—they're always competition tor anj body. Ducks Are Hosts To Pilot, Beaver Tracksters Today Portland University Is First Outside Guest in History of Relays; to Start at 2 The largest annual relay meet in Oregon with Oregon and Ore gon state entertaining the Univer sity of Portland as the first out side guest in history, will be run off on Hayward field today, start ing at 2 o’clock. This will be the ninth meeting of the Webfoot and Orange track men. Oregon has won four of the victories, Oregon State 3 and one has been a tie. Many Entries The largest number of entries to ever register, five, will heighten the possibilities that some of the cob-webby records will be broken. Bill Hayward has received a total of 75 individual entries for the cin der classic. Threatening showers would turn the relay into a dupli cation of yesterday’s frosh track meet which was held amid inter mittent squalls of icy rain. Both Oregon State and the Web foots have entered teams in the 10 scheduled events and Portland six. Two new events, the shot put and ; high jump relays will make their debut this afternoon. In these events the three schools will enter four men each in the competition, I with the total distances determin ing the winning team. Meet Wide Open The meet is considered a wide open affair and the winner will probably be either Oregon or Ore gon State because of their strength in numbers. Very little is known of the power of the Pilot team, however, they have demonstrated unusual power in early season meets this year. The list of entries and the pres ent records follow: 440-yard relay — Oregon State (Smith, Funk, Filsinger, Huchins); Portland (Schooler, Snell, Polly and Sw'eet); Oregon (Lloyd, Shoe make, Patterson, Forbes, Lind gren and Schultz). Record, :42.6, set by Oregon in 1932. High jump relay—Oregon State (Hessig, Ackerson, Eckmen, Kid der); Oregon (Janak, Lloyd, Sin nette, Holland). Two-mile relay — Oregon State (Lewis, Samsel, Guggisberg, Mac kin, Robson); Portland (Gardner, Colombo, Handy, Lydon); Oregon (Scharpf, McGaughey, Kropp, Mil ler). Record, 8:01.2, set by Oregon State in 1932. 880-yard relay — Oregon State (Smith, Funk, Buckley, Huchins); Portland (Schooler, Snell, Polly Sweet); Oregon (Shoemake, Free m,an, Wentworth, Forbes and Lloyd). Record, 1:28.6, set by Ore gon in 1932. Shuttle hurdle relay — Oregon (Please turn to page four) [-‘ Ducks Play Peed Today In Tennis Oregon Varsitv Court Squad to Attempt to Preserve Record Oregon's varsity tennis team team will seek its second victory of the season at 2:30 this after noon when it meets the Reed var sity on the University courts. Paul Washke, tennis coach, re turned Thursday from a trip to the East, but showers have pre vented him from seeing how his team looks after his almost two weeks absence. Heed college has won the three matches it has played with but the loss of three sets, and no points. Twice they have blanked Pacific university and once Oregon nor mal. Ducks Down Normal Oregon downed Oregon normal with the loss of only one set in their only official match so far. In a practice match with the Leader tennis shop of Portland a combina tion of varsity and frosh players lost 6 to 3. Probable starting lineup for Reed college places Wendell Maccoly in number one position, Captain Glen Soth as number two, Bob Fariss as number three, Isaac Katz as number four, and Jimmy Black as number five. Economus Number One The lineup for Oregon is expect ed to be the same that faced Ore gon normal. This puts John Econ omus as number one; Larry Crane, captain and number two; Norman Winslow, number three; Chuck Ea ton, number four; and either Sam Bikman or Bill Hutchison as num ber five. If Oregon wins most of the singles, Worth Chaney and Bill Zimmerman will probably play first doubles. Although comparitive scores would indicate a close match, Ore gon should be able to win. The first three players on the varsity are strong and' should win at least two if not all three of their match es. Oregon can also put two strong doubles combinations on the courts if necessary. In case of rain the matches will be started in the Igloo at an earlier hour. A Brazilian tree, the Andira Laurifolia, has its trunk under ground. What appear to be surface roots are really the branches of the tree. Reaching High for Olympic Honor • — -- Though Trunk Evanoski, center for the VV ilmerding (Ta.) \ M( A five, makes a spectacular recovery of the hall by a gravity delving ieap, liis teammates bowed to the Lniversal Pictures players and were eliminated from the Olympics basketball tryout touruauicnt I conducted in New York. This Swing Postponed President Boyer, pictured above, was all set to knock Chancellor ! Hunter's first pitch out of the lot in the opening day ball game j scheduled yesterday, but April show ers kept him on the bench. I ---- I Mermen Swim $ Friday at OSC Five Oregon Men lo Enter AAU Meet in Corvallis Tank May 1 Oregon’s undefeated swimmers, Pacific coast champions, will have one more fling at outside compe tition before the long dry spell be tween now and next season. Five members of Mike Hoy man's classy crew will enter the state A.A.U. meet at Corvallis next Friday night. Mermen who will churn water for Coach Hoy man against the top-notch ama teurs of the state are Jim, Hurd, unbeaten coast sprint champion; Jim Reed, national and coast rec ord holder in numerous events; Chuck Reed, breaststroke lumin ary; Leonard Scroggins, sprints, I and Bert Myers, diving king of the | northern division. | Five freshman swimmers and j five University high lads will also ' be entered at Corvallis. The Duck j ftng entrants are Jack Levy, dis tance events; Ed Robertson, back ; stroke; DcVere Kerby, breast 1 stroke, and Howard Morgan and jJim Smith, sprints. Jim Reed is the only member of Hoyman’s varsity squad who will not be back for more competition j next year. Forest Kerby, back— : stroke champ in 1935, finished his ! collegiate career at the end of j j winter term and swimming in early i meets. Veterans who will be on hand! again next season are Harold Sex- j : ton, distance events; Bob Chilton, Oregon Golfers Beat Puget Sound Single Individual MaUdi Is Dropped by Webfoots; Play Huskies Today The University of Oregon var sity golf team dropped only one individual match in defeating the College of Puget Sound, 22 <i to 4 y2, at Tacoma yesterday. Milliagn’s loss to Gustafson in singles was the only match dropped by the Webfoot divoteers, defending northern division cham pions. Milligan lost by 2 ya to y>. Other results follow: Anderson, Oregon, defeated Staples, Puget Sound, 3-0; Cline, Oregon, defeated Johnson, Puget Sound, 3-0; Pres cott, Oregon, defeated Burgoyne, Puget Sound, 3-0; Vincent, Ore gon, defeated Tollefson, Puget Sound, 2-1; Pierce, Oregon, de feated Harold Johnson, Puget Sound, 2U-1; Milligan and Vin cent, Oregon, defeated Staples and Gustafson, Puget Sound, 3-0; Prescott and Cline, Oregon, defeated Hunter Johnson and Bur goyne, Puget Sound, 2 \'2 - yz ; Anderson and Pierce, Oregon, de feated Tollefson and Harold John son, Puget Sound, 3-0. The Oregon golfers will meet the University of Washington in an important northern division match at Seattle today. and Bert Myers, divers; Jim Hurd, Harold Scroggins, and Vernon Hoffmann, all sprint stars; Chuck Heed, breaststroke, and Bob Dean, free style. 'Film5 Lindgren, Hayward’s Standby, on Last Lap By HUBARD KUOKKA The grand old man of the track i team is Arne Lindgren. He is the i“last leaf" of the 1031 frosh track team, appendicitis having kept ! him out of school a year. Is he i versatile ? If Bill Hayward lacks a man for any event he just says, I “Let ‘Finn’ do it.” This 23 year old Finn from Astoria hopes to win his third stripe this year. He is six feet, one and one-half inches tall, and weighs 17d pounds. He is majoring in physical education. Lindgren was Nort-west broad jumping champ in his sophomore year. He jumped 23 feet, 5 inches in the Northwest meet at Eugene. Last year in the Oregon-Oregon State dual meet he set a record, jumping 23 feet, 6 inches. The broadjump isn’t his only event. He has been running the sprints, quarter mile, high hurdles, and throwing the javelin. The pole vault will be another job for him to handle this year. Arne says that his big moment i (Please turn to page four) Frosh Take Four-School Track Meet Yearlings Take 11 Out Of 13 First Places; High Schools Compete University of Oregon freshman track and field men, winning 11 of the 13 events in which they were entered, easily swept to a victory over Eugene, Corvallis and Uni versity high schools in a four-way meet held on Hayward field yes terday afternoon. Bill Hayward's Ducklings piled up a total of 86’o points. Corvallis high led the preppers with 25 points, followed by Eugene with 21 and University with 18. It was the first competition of the sea son for the yearlings. Bill Blackledge, husky Corvallis high star, won the only three first places not taken by the freshmen. He won the shotput with a near record’ heave of 50 feet 7 inches, the discus and the 120-yard high hurdles. The meet was held between heavy showers and on a soggy track which cut down times. Sum mary: , 100-yard dash Won by Berry, freshman; Carlson, freshman, sec ond: Jensen, University, third; Ed wards, Eugene, fourth. Time, :10.8. Mile run — Won by Barker, freshmen: Lyle, freshmen, second; Morse, Eugene, third; ]Lyon, Eu gene, fourth. Time, 4 :44.4. 120-yard high hurdles -Won by Blackledge, Corvallis; Cook, Uni versity, second. No other entries. Time, :19.5. 440-yard dash — Won by Bur kitt, freshmen; Hamer, Eugene, second; Kroblen, University, third; Smith, Corvallis, fourth. Time. :55. High jump — Won by Marty, freshmen; Berry, freshmen, sec ond; Jensen, University, third; Warren, freshmen, and Keiser, Cor vallis, tied for fourth. Height, 5 feet 7 inches. Pole vault — Won by Hansen, freshmen; Mulligan, freshmen, sec ond; Van Vliet, Eugene, third; Dal ton, Corvallis, fourth.- Height, 11 feet 9 inches. 220-yard dash — Won by Carl son, freshmen; Jensen, University, second; Currie, freshmen, third; LaFond, Corvallis, fourth. Time, :24. Shot put—Won by Blackledge, Corvallis; Bishop, Eugene, second; Jensen, University, third; Smith, Eugene, fourth. Distance, 50 feet 7 inches. 220-yard low hurdles—Won by Hansen, freshmen; Smith, Corval lis, secopd; O’Reilly, University, third; Edwards, Eugene, fourth. Time, :29.1. 880-yard run — Won by Barker, freshmen; Smith, freshmen, sec ond; Cody, freshmen, third; Beck man, University, fourth. Time, 2:08.1. Broad jump — Won by Marty, freshmen; Hansen, freshmen, sec ond; Vaughan, freshmen, third; Lemon, Corvallis, fourth. Distance, 20 feet Vz inch. Javelin Won by Adams, fresh men; Foley, freshmen, second; Sears, Eugene, third; Strohecker, freshmen, fourth. Distance, 155 feet 8 inch. Discuss Won by Blackledge, Corvallis; Strohecker, freshmen, second; Sears, Eugene, third; Gro shong, Corvallis, fourth. Distance, 116 feet 4 inches. 880-yard relay — Won by fresh men (Marty, Carlson, Vaughn, Berry); Eugene, second; Corvallis, third; University, fourth. Time, 1:39.5. Subscription rates $2.50 a year. May We Suggest Don’t Count on Fisherman’s Luck to find your lost articles. to get that ride to Port land for the game. to see the rest of the students know that you can type out their term papers. Use Emerald Classified Ads For Results .ir.' .■.-'ge Baseball Opener Rained Out; Play At Oregon State Softball Squabble I To Be Ironed Out — I First steps to straighten out the intramural softball playoff, thrown into turmoil by the ineligibility of I Pi Kappa Alpha, will be taken | Monday afternoon when Omega hall anil Theta Chi meet for the championship of league four. The game is set for 4 o'clock. The Pi Kaps have already de feated Alpha Tan Omega in the round-robin playoff for the title, but that games will be thrown out and the ATO’s will be forced to meet the winner of the Theta Chi Omega fray. The ATO’s hold one legal victory over the Abba Dabbas, and the Betas hold the only other legiti mate playoff triumph, also won at the expense of the Abba Dabbas. No further games will be played until after the ATO's meet the Theta Chi-Omega winner. Frosli Divoteers Play Uni High Tom Stoddard's University of Oregon freshman golf team will play the strong University high divot diggers over the Laurel wood course this afternono. The Ducklings defeated the preppers in a practice match earlier in the season. Doug Ram sey, Portland, leads the yearling golfers. Ducklings Rest As Rain Pours Oregon's freshman baseball squad rested yesterday to watch the opening varsity game of the year, which was rained out by vig orous spurts of water. No further contests are planned for the Ducklings until the Rook I Frosh opener slated to be played here Saturday afternoon on Junior weekend, May 9. Several practice informal contests probably will be scheduled. After the first of the little civil wars, the Ducklings travel to Cor vallis May 15 for the second of the annual four-game series. Pitching for the frosh will un doubtedly be the ex-Washington high chucker, “Chic” S a y 1 e s . Sayles’ injured leg muscle has re Howe Field Is Officially Named l»y President Boyer: Games Will Be Played May 25 April showers bring' May flowers and also May baseball games. Yesterday's Oregon-Oregon State opener on the newly christened Howe field was showered out and postponed until Monday. May 25. The Webfoots and Beavers are scheduled for another opening day try at Corvallis this afternoon, and if today's tilt Is also mudded out it will be played Tuesday. May 26. A gallant effort was made to provide a ball game for the open ing day ceremonies to be ceremon ious about, but when the sun broke through the clouds and hopes were raised, it was only a signal for an ensuing shower. Several Hundred Turn Out Gasoline was burned for hours on the field in an attempt to put it in playing shape, but there wasn't a chance. Several hundred fans, half of which were ROTC boys returned from a parade in the rain, gathered to see President Boyer dedicate the field. The Oregon players dressed and tossed a few balls around, but more rain fell an^l the diamond was ngain turned into a mud pie. Fans were handed rain checks, and opening day “firsts” and Chancellors Hunter’s pitching were postponed until the next scheduled Oregon State game here a week from Thursday. McFadden to Start If the teams are able to play at Corvalils today, Don McFadden for Oregon and Dean Johnston for Oregon State will again be the starting pitchers. Word from Slats Gill is that the Beaver diamond is in bad shape and it is likely that playing will be impossible. Washington State college will meet the Webfoots here next Wed nesday and Thursday. 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