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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1937)
THE Firing Line By PAT FRIZZELL The winter of '87 was the big snow. The summer of '18 was the big fight. You don't have to be good at remembering dates to know that Columbus bumped into the Ba hamas in 1492, that the Spanish Armada hit the dust in 1588, that Paul Itevere said “Giddap" in 1775, that the Kaiser mailed his fist in 1914, and that Fred Merkle missed second base in 1908. And, from now on, you won't have to be any shakes at all as a rememberer to recall that 1937 was the year when it rained every day and every night and rained every ball game and everything else clear off Oregon's sports cal endar. We’re living history, pupils. Among the thousands vitally hampered by the profuse aqua is a young man named George Var off, who was, until last Saturday afternoon, holder of the world's outdoor pole vault record. Last Saturday a guy named Sef ton hoisted himself over the cross bar at a height of 14 feet, 7% inches, which put our George’s outdoor mark in the ash heap. Of course, Varoff still has his indoor world record of 14 feet 4% inches. * S= » Well, anyway, George Varoff fully intends to break that record and take his championship back again. He hopes to do it this very spring, but as long as the rain continues he can’t do any out door work. He’s been working on the rings and on the trapeze, strengthening his arms and shoulders and im proving his timing. He plans to start vaulting in the unfinished portion of the gym if the rain nev er stops. But what Varoff really wants is outdoor work, preparation for the big leap that will, we’re all hoping* bring him that record once again. Varoff wasn't surprised or dis appointed when Bill Sefton crack ed his mark. He’s figured all along that Sefton is a better vaulter j than Earl Meadows, his more famous team mate at Southern California. George says that Sef ton is bigger and has better form than Meadows. He says that Sefton has a fine “push up’’ at the end of his up ward jump and the proper “jack knife” going over. While Sefton, according to Varoff, isn't as con sistent as Meadows, he is great when he’s “right.” Varoff will be out to smash the record this spring. His first chance will come in a dual meet with Washington at Seattle May 1, and he'll have numerous ether meets, j But if he misses this year he’ll j still have two years of competition under Bill Hayward here. It was April 14, 1997. Two ven erable old fellows scratched their snowy white hair and conversed in cracked voices at the intersection of Thirteenth and University streets, in the shadow of the lofty skyscrapers of the teeming me tropolis of Eugene, Oregon. They said, for instance: “By gum, Abner, it’s sixty year this month since the big flood, that's what.” “Yep, Lemuel, so it has. I recol lect well. It was away back in April, 1937.” “It rained for rr.ore’n a measly Top Flight That's what Tony Manero (top) and Ray Man gram are in the world of professional golf. Oregon - Oregon State Relays Transferred To Eugene I I Professional Raequeteer That’s England's Fred Perry, wl number one man. Now he’s way uj STUFF be one of the strongest teams ill the east against this fall. An un defeated freshman team is coming up.Bing Crosby now pitches for Clemson College. . . . George town 31, Western Maryland 0. . . . Is this baseball or football season? Only one of the sixty men on the California varsity crew is not a Native Son. The lone exception is Arthur Lewis of Portland. . . . Forrest Towns, Olympic high hurd ling champion, will-enter the Penn Relays this year.Ten univer sities in the midd'lewest have sent teams to Cincinnati to participate in an intercollegiate chess tourna ment. Some day there may be an intercollegiate table tennis champ ionship.Eddie (Choo-Choo) Johnson, son of the old train, col lected five out of six for Maryland against Virginia the other day. Jack Parker, Sacramento Junior college deeathalon star, nmy enter the University of Kansas Deeatha lon meet this month and try for Glen Morris’, last year’s winner, crown. Morris is now playing Tar zan. . . . The Southern division baseball is still wide open with California holding a half game lead ever Stanford and Southern Cali fornia. The Bears have won six and dropped three. For the first time in 43 years, Chicago will not have a formal spring football practice. . . Leroy Kirkpatrick, primed for the last three years to be an ace college hurdler, is not in school this spring. . . .Mike Pecarovich, Gon zaga's football mentor, had a bit part in Bing Crosby's "Wakiki Wedding.” 40 days an' 40 nights then.” “Shucks, it rained out 11 ball games at the University of Oregon in 13 days.” “Over at Oregon State college it rained every time the Beavers even looked at a glove, let alone pickd one up. They couldn’t play at all, nowhow.” “Nope, these young fellers now adays don't know what rain is. Why, it's only rained out nine ball games all this year.” Waslike Leaves For National PE Meeting in East Paul R. Washke, director of the men's gym and intramural sports at the University, left Tuesday morning for New York city to at tend the convention of the Ameri can Physical Education association during the week of April 19 to 20. Mr. Washke, representing the Oregon State Physical Education association which held its conven tion on this campus April 2 and 3. is a member of the legislative coun cil of the national organization. He will preside over the intramural di restors' section meetings. Mr. Wa hke. who is coach of the Oregon tennis team, will meet his team in Pullman, Washington, on his return for the matches there and in Moscow, Idaho, April 29 and 30. io until last fall was amateur tennis' there in the money game. Freshman and Varsity Golfers Tangle Friday Veteran Varsity Players Respect Prowess of Duckling Divoteers as Battle Nears — By LARRY QUINLIN If Oregon’s varsity divot diggers expect to wax their Duckling brothers in Friday’s golf tilt at Eugene country club, they manage to keep their optimism hidden in their golf bags, figuratively speak ing. The Ducklings are not cocky, either, but, like the Wcbfoots, they consider the possibilities of a win about even up. Milligan Respects Frosh “It'll be an even match, I’ll say that much,” was the remark of Sid Milligan, playing coach on the varsity team. “The frosh have some good players.” Milligan respects the golfing ability of Dwight "Doc” Near and Bill Rosson, frosh regulars. “Any team with ’Doc’ Near as No. 5 man will be hard' to beat," he said. “Rosson is one of the long est drivers I've seen. He'll give us a lot of trouble.” Ducklings Blast Par Although Milligan has never witnessed Ben Hughes and Don Coles, Duckling aces, in action, he believes their sub-par qualifying scores made early in the season speak for themselves. The frosh team took a drubbing last year from the varsity squad, but Coles, No. 1 man this week, believes his teammates can carve out at least a half. “I think we stand a pretty good chance,” Coles said, “even though we’re playing the varsity on their home course. We’re all playing good golf now, and if we met the i varsity on Laurelwood course, I | believe we could beat them.” Near Non C’ommital “Doc” Near, frosh No. 5, made no attempt to peer into the future. “There's nothing like trying to top them (the varsity I over.” he laughed, “but we can tell better Friday night after the match.” In the opinion of Doug Ramsey, varsity No. 3, however, the Duck lings will have to shoot good golf —and plenty good—to win. “The frosh have been turning in some good scores,” Ramsey said, “but they’ve been playing on an easier course, and they'll have to be hot to beat the varsity. Some of their fellows don't know the Eugene layout very well.” Milligan Vs. Cok-s Tentative lineups for the match follow; varsity names come first: Milligan vs. Coles, Cline vs. Hughes, Ramsey vs. Rosson, Wat son vs. Golden, Hamlcy vs. Near, Stockton vs. Peabody. Previously slated for Saturday morning, the 18-hole tilt was set ahead to Friday afternoon. This will be the Ducklings’ first team match this season. SPORTS QUIZ OF THE WEEK By JOHN PINK and MORRIE HENDERSON With the weather such as to promote the old parlor game of tit-tat-toe, postoffice, and stuff, it is appropriate that we of the sports staff give vou something with which to while away the hours as the rain sheets the windows, puddles the streets, and makes the grass grow. The following questions were chosen as representative of the news that has broken on the embattled front of the sports world during the past 20 years. So drop vour knitting, fill your briar, get the long cool one in the left hand, get your feet out of the puddle on the front room floor, and start hitting 'em. If these baffle you, don’t worry—we can't answer ’em either. Here is the wav to tabulate your rating: 10 out of 10 gives you a perfect score—that doesn’t need explaining; 9 correct isn’t perfect but it is only one off; 6 to 8, you've been peeking again. The average of the £48 fan dancers that took the quiz was 1.67, even with four hours of A. Step right out and get chewed up! Answers are on page 4. 1. Oregon’s baseball team has not played many games recently because a. It’s raining. b. They're afraid of sunstroke. c. Bill Sayles got himself engaged. d. It's still raining. 2. George Varoff is no longer outdoor pole vault champion because a. It's raining. b. It’s not raining in California. c. Some guy vaulted higher. d. Hank Luisetti scored over 200 points. 3. Captain Johnny Lewis was converted into a pitcher this season because a. He played four years at shortstop. b. The Seattle Indians (his home town team) have no tossers. c. He can’t swim, so he has to stand on the mound to keep from drowning. d. Oregon needs pitchers—but why, we don’t know. 4. University of Oregon's golfers in their first conference match sank a. The Lusitania. b. The Maine. c. Themselves. d. Those boys from Seattle. 5. Coach Paul Washke’s tennis team is a good tennis team as tennis teams go because a. They play good tennis. b. They play billiards and know all the angles. c. They can use their tennis rackets for canoe paddles. d. They haven’t dropped a match yet (can you spare a light, buddy?) C. Next fall the University of Oregon football team will travel east in order to a. See America first. b. See if it rains back there. c. Play University of Arizona. d. See Gypsy Rose Lee do her stuff. 7. The Webfoot swimming teams have been northern division champ ions the last four years on account of a. They swim back and forth to classes. b. They practice in Gerlinger pool—oh, boy! c. Coach Mike Hoyman is a Phi Bete. d. Well, fellows, it’s this way. When some people swim faster than others, how can they help it. 8. Bill Foskett throws the 16-pound shot so far that it Lakes three mad Russians a fortnight to carry it back because a. He took Charles Atlas’ course on how to develop from a 97-pound weakling to a 98-pound brute. b. He eats Whcaties and belongs to Melvin Purvis’ G-man club. c. He has that swing. d. This year’s crop of kisses don’t seem the same. 9. The Orcgon-Oregon State relays have been transferred from Bell field to Hayward field because a. It never rains in Eugene, hence Hayward field always was a dry and fast track. b. The Beavers want to come over and watch the grass grow on our new turf field. c. There is no use travelling to Corvallis when we can stay at home and make mud pies. d. It bothers the workmen on Bell field when so many Ducks whizz by. 10. The theme song of Oregon's varsity baseball, track, tennis, and golf teams this spring is a. “I’m Singing in the Rain.” b. “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More.” c. "Let’s make Hay While the Sun Shines.” d. "Stormy Weather.” Two YW Leaders Will Be Guests Miss Helen Morton, national ex ecutive secretary of the YWCA, and Miss Greta Sumpf. Christian leader from Germany, will be campus guests of the YWCA and Christian Student association next Sunday, and for part of the fol lowing week. Plans for social meetings and discussion groups to be held dur ing the visitors’ stay were dis cussed at the Monday evening meeting of the YWCA cabinet. A preliminary discussion on the question of closer association be tween student church groups in the city and the campus YW and YM associations was led by PvUth Weber. YW regional representa tive. This topic one of the main purposes of Miss Morton's visit, may be scheduled by persons on Private interviews and consulta tions with cither of the visitors the campus. Miss Sumpf will be a guest at the pot-luck dinner the YW ad visory board is giving to the old and new YW cabinets, April 18, at the home of Mrs. DcCou at 6 p. m. Mrs. Robert Dann, YW regional advisor or Oregon State college, will lead the cabinet meeting Mon day evening. A “bring-your-own-lunch” party will be held April 21 in conjunc tion with the Dill Pickle club. Mrs. Turnipsecd's religious dis cussion group will have Miss Sumpf as guest leader at their re gular meeting April 20. Miss Sumpf will be a guest cl | Susan Campbell hall during her ! stay on the campus, and Miss Moi - ton will stay at Hendricks hall. Smashes Varoff's Mark With the greatest of ease, Bill Sefton, Trojan pole vaulter, clears 14 feet, 7 indies for a new world record in the Southern California California track meet at Los Angeles. With Sefton’s vault the world mark of Oregon’s George Varoff fell into the discard. Sigma Nus, Kappa Sigs Wage War On Ball Field The first annual Sigma Nu-Kap pa Sigma baseball game Sunday afternoon at Swimmers’ Delight ball park ended in a decisive win for both teams, according to latest reports. It was a well-played and bitterly fought contest, with not more than eleven errors charged to any one player. The ball game was a nip and tuck affair. The Kappa Sigs were only 12 runs behind at the end of the second inning, but in the third the Sigma Nus came back with what they claimed to be nine runs and what the Kappa Sigs called three. The Kappa Sigs rallied to score 23 in the fourth. From there on in the game was purely a pitchers' battle between Kappa Sigma Hughes and Sigma Nu McLean. Neither allowed more than 20 clean hits in any one inn ing. Both coaches, McCollough for the Sigma Nus and Terjcson for the Kappa Sigs, used every player available. Simpson, Hughes, Car ter, Olcott, Watkins, Kunzman, Smith, Hurney, and Itawlinson starred for the losers, while Byrne, Woodard, Nilsen, Johansen, Anet, Van Duscn, Watson, Robinson, Dick, and "Bathing Bob'1 Stretch er scinticcatcd for the winning nine. Others taking part in the day’s "activities'' were; Kappa Sigs Keyes, Jewell, Mayfield, Mack, McNair, Perkins, Lief and Erling Jacobson, Reed, Lytell, Curl, Lat ourette, Dalton Hallinan, Walker, Gould, Stackhouse, Fury, John, Polk, Robertson, Howland, Stipe, Miller Rummel Hoffman, and Pow ell; Sigma Nus Battleson, Case, Short, Kirkpatrick, Enders, Hea ley, Ray and Jay Hocket, Peters, Dungan, Elfving, Kavanaugh, Schultz, Connoway, Windsor, Sar pola, and Meyers. After a lot of deliberation, Beta Les Irwin was selected as umpire. Not one of his decisions went by undisputed. Following the ball game, both sides buried the bats and enjoyed a common banquet. KiiiuImii to Present dolor Survey Results Reinhart Knudsen, student of advertising at the University of Oregon, will present the results of a survey of color advertising to the Oregon Newspaper Publish ers’ association convention in Port land next Saturday. Compiled from the communica tions received from newspapers in Oregon, Washington, California and a few eastern states, who arc! making use of color advertise ments the survey reveals that there is not standard method in rates charged. Some of the papers have a flat rate while others charge by the line. Color advertising is effective, but because of the costs involved in installation of the equipment, few newspapers on the coast make use of it. Pinbalij pay at lajlori Eighth Contest For Webfoots Is Postponed Duck Baseball Club Has Five Games Listed for Week Counting Fair at Salem Today -And it rained out another baseball game for Coach Hobson and his Ducks. Yesterday Oregon was scheduled to play Linfield on Howe field, but steady precipita tion intervened to cause postpone ment number ten of the current season. Undaunted by flood conditions, Mentor Hobson is continuing to make plans for the future, and yesterday announced a tentative slate of five more possible games for this week. The Webtoots arc slated to travel to Salem this afternoon for a doublchcader against Spec Keene's Willamette Bearcats. The Bearcats, defending state collegi ate baseball champions, were rain ed out of the season’s opening twin bill in Kugenc almost two weeks ago. Probable cancelling of today’s two games will make it 11 out of 13, or an average of .923 for Jupi ter Pluvius. Old Jupe is batting 1.000 on the Oregon State campus, where Slats Gill's Orangemen have yet to play their opening tilt. Only Two Practices Coach Hobson yesterday gloom ily pointed out that his Webfoots have had' but two practices in two weeks, while the northern division opener is now but nine days away. Pitchers and catchers, and some of Oregon’s infield players have been able to grab brief spasms of prac tice during that time, however. Next possible game for Oregon will be this Friday afternoon on Howe field against Coach Lever’s Linfield nine. It will be the game which was originally scheduled for yesterday. On Saturday afternoon the Webfoots travel to Portland for another attempt to play their final doubleheader against Port land university. March Law Journal Has Arlich* hy Brown The March issue of the George town Daw journal carries an ar ticle by Claude H. Brown, assoc 1- j ate professor of law, on “State In-1 surance Decisions In Diverse Citi zenship Cases In Federal Courts." Professor Brown discusses the decisions rendered by federal courts in his article, which has to do with deciding in what situa tions a federal court will apply the state court decision and wha* times a federal court will apply its own rule, duucgardiug a state coart decision. Hayward Field Will Be Scene Of Annual Meet ^ ork on Corvallis Track Affects Sked Change; Carnival Date Set for Saturday, April 24 Oregon and Oregon State col lege relay teams will hold their annual meet April 24 on Hayward field, instead of at Corvallis, it was announced yesterday. Reason for the switch is that Oregon State’s Bell field will not be in condition for any track meets this spring, due to work on turfing the football gridiron. Two Meets Here The change will enable Webfoot track fans to see Bill Hayward's cindermen in action here twice this season. Other home meet is the ™al engagement with Oregon State, scheduled for Hayward field May 15. Other meets to be held here in clude the state high school meet May 21 and 22, the Willamette valley high school meet, the Hay ward relays, and two other prep meets. .Continued rain has kept Ore gon runners, jumpers, and weight men indoors most of the term, and they have h;^i little chance to round into form. Their first dual meet is with Washington’s Huskies at Seattle May 1. Reed Net Match Postponed--Rain fCa^^Cieci^^Wa y Meet Dueks Thursday, Weather Permitting For the second time within a week, Coach Paul Washke’s net men have been forced to cancel matches scheduled with Reed col lege of Portland. A relentless de luge of rain prevented the Oregon racqueteers from keeping a sche duled match with Reed which was to have been held yesterday after noon. Providing that Ol’ Jupe Pluvius decides to call off his forces before Thursday, there is a possibility the team may journey to the Rose City to hold the postponed match. So far this season, the Duck net men have completed three inter collegiate engagements, winning 19 of the 21 matches played. John Economus, captain elect, and Al Finke, No. 5 man, were the only two men to lose matches. Econo mus was decisively defeated by Bob Lloyd, Linficld star, and Al Finke was edged out by Don Thompson of the same school. Charles Eaton and Larry Crane have been leading the Ducks, ac cording to statistics, each man having won every set he played. Bill Zimmerman has had some close calls, but lias won every match he competed in. Oregon's doubles teams com posed of Economus and Eaton No. 1, and Zimmerman and Finke, No. 2, have won every match they have played. The Ducks will have their first real test April 30, when they meet the Washington State Cougars in Pullman. As far as can be judged at present, the team selected to make the trip, which will also in clude a match with the Idaho Van dals, will be the same that has competed so tar in scheduled matches. The team now holds vic tories over Oregon Normal, Wil lamette university and Linfield college. Willamette proved the easiest mark for the Ducks, white Linfield offered the stiffest com petition of the season so far. Why Wait; . . . Have Your ‘ KICKS CL HAN ED TREE TOPS 20c l iider new management UNFINISHED FURNITURE # * # Suitable for STUDENT ROOMS also Draperies and Upholstery APPLEGATE’S lltli and Willamette