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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1937)
DUCK TRACKS By ELBERT HAWKINS sports—basketball—is almost upo us. So near in fart that day afto tomorrow at the Igloo Hobby Hob son will lead bis colorful Webfoot into their first test of the seasoi against Portland university. And what a winter we’re goinj to have watching those protege of Hobby chasing the northern di vision crown. I.ast year they wen a little inexperienced, but still pu forth enough dash and fire to can second place after a triangnla playoff with Washington and lie title-winning Washington Staters No ifs or ands about it for I hi 1938 campaign. The Ducks an rated to finish cither first or sec ond, with Washington State as tin main competition. Washington’s veteran mentor, Heo Kdmundsor says they’ll cop the pennant. Tim< and breaks alone will tell the story but it’s going to be an interesting season. Coach Hobby himself admit: that he has the man-power, mak ing only the allowance that they’! have to show “satisfactory im provement” over last season’s per formance to obtain an even chance at the title. Six returning letter men out of nine tells the story in part. Captain Johnny Lewis, Ken Purdy, and Bill Courtney will be missed, but such sophomore lads as Ted Sarpola, Matt Pavalunas, and John Dick should help drown our tears. The Astoria pair, Wally Johan sen and Bobby Anet (you always mention them in one breath) are on hand, chipper as ever. In true Hob son style they’ll keep Oregon's scoring machine always, relentless ly driving into) scoring range. When speaking of Astoria’s contribution to Oregon basketball, the name of Ted Sarpola, ambidextrous sopho more scoring ace, must be included. Ted was three times an all-state forward while playing with the fishermen. If not on the first five, he’s expected to see a lot of action. Hobby’s intimation last spring that only a broken hand kept Laddie Gale, Oakridge flash, from making the 1937 all-northern di vision team should carry some weight. Laddie is rid of his handi cap now and should be ready. The only problem concerning Oregon's three “lofty lettermen," Dave Silver, all-conference for ward; Slim W'intermute, fi-fool-M inch center, and 6-foot-7incli Re serve Center Ray Jewel should be finding how to get them in I’ull inan berths. The solution last win ter was to give each man two, and tuck him in cross-wise by taking out the partition. And Santa Claus gave Oregon a lanky point-producer in Boh Har dy, the transfer from Southern Oregon Normal. Resides being a good curvc-lmll pitcher, Hardy boasts (he doesn't lumst) a scor ing average of around 13 or 15 points for 31 games last year w it It the SONS. . Ford Mullen, the likeable, smooth-working, consistent base ball infielder is on hand for hoop duly. Diminutive Ford was on the traveling squad Iasi season, but still lias three years of basketball eligibility. That gives you a line on liold-evors. From last year's freshman squad comes some fine prospects headed by the aforemen tioned Sarpola, Dick, and I’avalu nas, and Jimmy Jones. Willi these lads, Coach Hobson will attempt to wrest (lie flag from (lie paws ol Washington Stale, Washington, Oregon State, Idaho, and Montana. By GKOKGI-: r.VSKKO Denny Breaid, the boy who does a lot of center-playing on l’rink Callison's football team, e another one of the football players who have graduated to various Pacific coast conference colleges from the grid eleven of Eric Waldorf, coach of Jefferson high of Portland. Among the most recent Waldorf boys to rise fo gridiron glory have , been Phil Dougherty, giant. Wash ington State fullback of the past three years, Ray Woodman of Ore gon State, and the incomparable Bobby Grayson, Stanford's great all-American, Yes, Denny Breaid knew all these boys. He played high school football with them under Eric Waldorf. * BreaiU tcdla a little story about i I i Duck Hoop Aggregation Points For Portland Tilt Under Hobby’s Able Eye ‘ Three Days Remain Before Opening Clash i As Varsity Battles Reserves in Twenty r Minute Scrimmage * HD HUM . With only three days remaining before the first game of the sea son with Portland university here, Coach Howard Hobson yesterday > continued to drill his 1938 Webfoot basketball aggregation on the ’ fundamentals of shooting. No starting line-up has been announced. The five men who look to be in the best shape by Friday night will get the call to start, ac Gragbeal Heads Oregon Scoring With 36 Tallies Anderson Trails Far Behind With 15 for Nine Engagements Jay Graybeal, Oregon’s half-pint halfback, has proven himself to be the giant on coast gridirons as far as the Ducks are concerned, hav ing scored 36 points in the Web foots’ nine games, leading all Ore gon scorers. Jay scored once each in the UCLA, Stanford, WSC, and USC games, and twice in Saturday’s bat tle with the Marines at San Diego in running up the 21-point lead which he holds over Steve Ander son, who is second on the scoring list with 15 points. High in Conference In addition to leading the Ore gon scorers, Jay's 24 points scored in conference competition places him well up on the conference scoring tables. Anderson's points were garnered from touchdowns against the Ma rines and Gonzaga’s Bulldogs, and three conversions. Paul Rowe with two touch-1 downs, both against Gonzaga, and Jimmy Nicholson with a touch down against Gonzaga, and a field goal on WSC's Cougars, are third and fourth respectively. Six-Way Deadlock Bob Smith, Rod Speetzen, Ar leigh Bentley, Ted Gebhardt, Dale Lasselle, and Joe Huston are All tied, with six points for fifth place. Huston’s six points were all made on successful conversions. Summary Gray beat Anderson ... Rowe . Nicholson ... Smith, B. Speetzcn ... Bentley Gebhardt . Lasselle Huston . TD Con FG TP .6 ...2 >...2 .1 ...1 .1 .1 .X ...1 ...0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 15 12 9 6 6 6 6 0 6 Waldorf, it. seems that he and Waldorf wore riding in a rumble seat one night around midnight up toward Washington State way. Now, according to Breaid, Wal dorf always had a little pad on which he pul down new plays when he saw them. Anyhow Denny and Waldorf hit upon a play that darV. night, and nothing would do bet that Waldorf would put that play down on paper in spite of the pitch blackness. And this he did, scribbl ing little circles and xs at intervals all the way to Pullman. After leaving Jeff, Denny cast his football fortunes with Oregon. That was over three years ago. Now Denny is nearing the close of his most successful season in the Demon and Green lipe. He has seen many ball teams come and go in the POL, and he tanks California favorably with the best elevens he has played against. However, Bob Hcrwig. Cal’s all American's center doesn’t rank so high in Denny’s opinion . . . it's Bud Erickson of Washington that rates tops in his list of opponents. "Erickson is really tough!” Den ny said. Now in the twilight of bus ca reer, Denny Breaid, 23 years old, six feet and 190 pounds, will gradu ate this spring from the school of business administration, and turn his thoughts to holding down a renter position in the world of business. Sociology Students To Hold Discussion Eou>’ members of Alpha Kappa Bella, national sociology honorary, .vilt report on separate article-, contained in the May issue of the American Journal of Sociology at he monthly meeting of the society o he held in the AWS room iu Jerlinger hall tonight at 7:30. The general topic for discussion vill be "Social Disorganization.” tcfieshnn r.t ; will be served at the lose of the meeting. nuunun. Hold Scrimmage A regular scrimmage was held, with members of the regular squad Dave Silver, Laddie Gale, Slim Wintermute, Bobby Anet, and Wal ly Johansen playing against the "super-varsity,” a team composed of reserve players: Ray Jewel, John Dick, Wimpy Quinn, Jake Fisher, and Jimmy Jones. The “super-varsity” showed much dash and spirit at the start, holding the regulars to a 14-a\l j deadlock at the end of ten min j utes. However, after this point the | varsity started clicking. After 20 minutes had elansed the score was 45 to 24 for the regulars. Substitutions made in the var sity were Bob Hardy, Ford Mullen Ted Sarpola, and Matt Pavaluns Summers Officiates Stan Summers, well-known Eu gene referee officiated in the ganu with Coach Hobson watching frorr the side lines ancl interrupting once in a while to offer sugges tions or make corrections. The team appeared ragged in places, especially in ball handling and shooting, however, should be in fair shape for the opener. Laddie Gale and Bobby "Speed boy'’ Anet showed up especially well in the scrimmage. Gale made a large percentage of his shots in the practice and is expected to figure very prominently in the Webfoot scoring this year. Anet stood out in his ability at ball handling and fast floor work. Gammas Finish B Class Donut Season Undeaten Sigma Chi, Phi Psi. Beta, and Sammies Are Other Winners Gamma hall advanced- into the B class intramural volleyball play off by virtue of a forfeit from the Omega hall sextet. The Gammas swept through their league unde feated, triumphing over all five opponents. In other games, the Sweethearts defeated the Comets, and Phi Kap pa Psi won from Sherry Ross hall. Both of these games were decided by the forfeit route. Betas Triumph The Betas trounced the hapless Delts, 15-1, and 15-6, and the Sam mies came out on top of the Fijis, taking two out of the three games. The Sammies won the first game, 15-4, but the Fijis came back strong in the second match to win, 15-12. The Sammies left no doubt about who was the superior by taking the last game, 15-1. As an ulded handicap the Sammies had ally four men. Thursday afternoon the A cham pionship is to be played, with Sig ns Chi meeting Sigma Phi Epsilon n the first game and the Phi Delts natehed against the Phi l’sis in the second. The winner of the last tame will play Delta Upsilon which irew a bye. The championship 'ill then be decided by the two vinners on the following day. ISave the Life p . . . oi your oldest §j ] shoes with ne w $ ] half-soles, heels, |j i and a shoe shine. i Howard's f ShoeShop| . —jLi-wJ— wiui£ififc' A Heap of Power Aloer^es-feRri ^AtPBACli—- oMg OP ^ ^Ae Mipwgsr^ eest A 6«E*rRiW/vJ«vl6 BACK, Po/vi 5 AL*X> C>lS1iA]<5t>iSrtlAl<S Mf^euF -mis PAU. WtfM . eRiu-iAdf p^PCAiJivig. f^Ay Oregon Mitters Open Season With 2-1 Win Over Elk Club Team Four University Mitt and Mat club boxers hoisted Oregon's Em erald-Green banner over the Elks club arena last Wednesday night, punching their way to 2-1 decision over Eugene Athletic club glove tossers to initiate the winter boxing season in Eugene. Facing the fire of leather in competition for the first time this year, the four mainstays of the Oregon boxing ranks—Gale Ferris, Pete Thorne, Frank Nickerson, and Shelby Golden—drew rounds of applause from an exclusive gathering of Elks who watched the fast \ * . 4 ,. ~ 11 ... .3 triumph. Shelby Golden, husky negro, was the only Duck Mitter to lose the nod. He dropped a close decisior to Howard Miller, Elk 155-pounder j after holding a small lead in points for the first two rounds. Slugger Gale Ferris, the boj who is rated the equal of Smokj Whitfield in the 165-pound divis ion, pounded young Don Thomp son of the Elks from corner to corner to win a unanimous vote. Ferris was the master all the way, several times having the Eugene boy on the verge of a knockout, but not being quite able to slip over the “sleeper" punch. Nickerson Triumphs In one of the flashiest bouts of the card, "Tiger” Nickerson swarmed all over Don Ebbart to win a rousing decision from tl.c Elk fighter. Peter Thorne and Bunny Rich ardson, classy middleweights, bat tled three stiff rounds to a draw. Thorne had the situation well in hand for the first two stanzas, but faded badly in the last period when the Eugene boy rallied to earn his "half.” Oregon's dusky dynamiter, Smoky Whitfield, the lad for whom the Elk club could find no oppon ent, displayed his wares in a two round exhibition with Jim Dimit, Mitt and Mat club prexy and one of the best light-heavies on the coast, until doctor’s orders caused him to forsake the resined trail. The Eugene Athletic club boys. [ ) cU tU eu cu Dll cij DiJ cjj eJ cil di cii fiMclcaiKJtyjEJMeJcr-1 Today’s Emerald IS made possible by the following advertisers !•;] Consequently they deserve 3 your support: 1 3 DeMeffe’s 3 Hcilig Theater 3 Howard’s Shoe Shop I College Side New Serviee Laundry William’s Stores lue. VSl O Soph t lass t'riuee Albert r.VTROMZL iuc.m: ! according to I>lmit, were all rug ged punchers, dangerous at all times. Dimit yesterday received a let ter from Jim Dixon, Oregon State College boxing and wrestling i coach, who said that he would come over to Eugene to talk with the Oregon Mitt and Mat club prexy to arrange home-and-home bouts for next term and to outline plans for the coming season. Alpha Tau Omega Tops Intramural Sports Round-Up Phi Delts in Second Place With Yeomen, Theta Chi Next i uni amui cli sports record sheet shows- Alpha Tau Omega leading with a cumu lative score of 241 points gathered in cross country, tennis, and golf competition. The ATO boys have not won a championship in any event, but have been consistently good. ATO .241 Phi Delta Theta .,.174 Yeomen .i.171 Theta Chi .;.161 Phi Gamma Delta.101 Beta Theta Pi .143 Kappa Sigma .•.141 Sigma Phi Epsilon .138 Gamma hall .122 Chi Psi .122 Sigma Chi .+...122 Zeta hall . ..122 Sigma Nu .no Phi Kappa Psi . SO Sherry Ross hall ..i. 96 Phi Sigma Kappa . 96 Sigma hall . 96 Delta Tau Delta . 83 Sigma Alpha Epsilon . 83 Delta Upsilon . 70 Oregon Freemen .„. 51 Pi Kappa Alpha .t.. 4,8 Campbell Co-op . 48 Alpha hall . 48 Omega hall . 3.5 Comets . f. 35 La Casa Filipina .r. 0 Sigma Alpha Mu . 0 The Yeomen won the cross coun try championship to add 75 points to their score. Phi Gamma Delta took the golf championship to garner 100 points, but this gives them no better than a tie for fourth place in total standings. Phi Delta Theta, closely pressed for second place by the Yeomen, won the tennis championships and added 100 points to their score. The ATOs seem fairly secure in first place with an almost 70 point lead on their closest competitor. FRATERNITIES PLEDGE TRIO Riley L. Hanson pledged Sigma Chi fraternity and Robert Corby Jr. and Kenneth Waggoner pledg ed Delta Upsilon, according to in formation in the dean of men’s office. Pole- Vaulter VaroH ToResume Training '--—--- i ■■ Women's Volleyball All-Star Game Billed The all-star game in women's volleyball will be played off Thurs day evening at 7:30 in the women’s gym as part of the big WAA pro gram. Two teams of equal prestige were chosen from the outstanding players in the tournament. Members of team A are: Thatch i er, Kappa Kappa Gamma: Gore j sky. Alpha Phi; Fouch, Gamma Phi Beta; Montgomery, Hendricks ‘hall; Jacobs, Alpha Delta Pi; Sny der, University Co-op; B. Reisch, ! Pi Beta Phi; Brookings, Alpha I Gamma Delta, and Roberts, cap tain, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Team B: Russell, Orides; Hunt, 1 Sigma Kappa; Tomlinson, Hen dricks hall; Taylor, Deta Gamma; Smith, Alpha Delta Pi; Espy, Kap pa Alpha Theta; Strong, Chi Ome ga; Gadway, Alpha Gamma Delta and Bates, captain, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Carols in the Night Puzzles U of O Students Students passing by the Col lege Side last night were puz zled concerning the origin of Christmas carols which were filling the air from an unknown source. After many hours of watching and waiting, one inquiring Em erald reporter discovered that Santa Claus had not come to town, but a meeting of the Beta Gamma Sigma, commerce hon orary, • meeting upstairs in the Side, was responsible for the pre Christmas spirit. YVAA PLANS MEETING A meeting of the Women's Ath letic association will be held in the women’s gym Thursday evening to give awards to worthy coed ath letes. The evening will feature an all star volleyball game between se lected members of the intramural league. Refreshments will be served and all campus women are invited to attend. George Varoff, Oregon’s world record-holding pole-vaulter, will resume training as soon as the pit in the unfinished part of the new men’s gymnasium can be prepared. This will leave about two months for George to get in condition for his first indoor meet. The Millrose games, held in Mad ison Square Garden in New York City the first week in February, will be Varoff’s first meet of the indoor season. The next meet will be at Boston, followed by the Knights of Pythias meet, and the National A. A. U. indoor meet in Madison Square Garden. Due to class work it is doubtful if Varoff will be able to compete in all these meets, but he hopes to attend the Millrose games and the Boston meet. Last year George added the world’s indoor vaulting record to his outdoor record at the Millrose meet in competition with some of the best men in the world. The easy-going George was read ing the “Trainer’s Bible” in the training room of the Igloo when he told of his plans for indoor com petition. Varoff says that his old leg in jury is completely healed, and a bad ankle sprain sustained in his Europeon tour last summer is bothering him very little. r i DeNeffe’s Announce a new and complete line of the fashionable Hand Tailored We invite you to per sonally inspect tins fine array of collegiate wear. Hollywood SUITS for women — a most practical addition to your wardrobe . . . SUITS perfectly tailored by the Hollywood Suit Co., famous designers of tailored clothes. USEFUL as the correct dress for any informal occasion to make you look cldc and well dressed. INDEED, suits of unusual quality and design that you will be proud to own. TO SAVE money on clothes buy a man-tailored suit—they can't be beat for practicability. SEE THE large selection of materials and styles DeNeffe lias ordered for the Oregon Coeds. r DeNeffe’s McDonald Theater Building