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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1938)
Not a question, Not a guess— We KNOW we want A Majoress! Sports ScribOs DUCK TRACKS Binniiinmnimiiiiii:mummimi:ii:!mmmMMiimiiiiniiiiHi[iuiiiiimiii|[imimmi By ELBERT HAWKINS Fastest pitcher in baseball ? “Bobby Feller,” says Yankee Joe Gordon, University of Oregon’s contribution to the big time, of the youthful Clevelander. “And within two or three years,” pre dicts the Flash, "he’ll be the best in baseball.” Joe and Mrs. Joe arc at present located on the west end of Tenth street where they will live during the off-season. “Do I hunt very much? Every day,” volunteered Yankee Joe with a meaningful tone. He plans to be in school win ter term to pick up 14 hours nec essary for graduation. Worry, worry . . . that’s the life of a big leaguer when it comes to base hits. “Everybody worries,” points out Joe, “and the more you worry, the worse you get.” He says baseball is a strain, but naturally more on the mental side rather than physical. As to what the individual Yankee players do to occupy their time during the fall and winter months, that's en ” tirely up to them. Coach Oliver Hangs Out 'No Practice5 Sign for Ducks Joe explained that, the Yank management doesn’t even ask them to work out regularly ‘ to keep in shape. "They would rath er we laid off baseball,’’ said the Flash going even farther, “the season is plenty long." Mrs. Joe, pretty former Univer sity coed, is an ardent baseball fan, according to Joe, and he would give you to understand that she worries just like the other base ball widows - about b a t L i n g slumps and feels elated when he socks a home run out of the park. She stays in New York during the season and doesn't follow the team around its circuit in the American league. This humble soul was bothered by a rather simple problem two years ago. It Is still unanswered. And time still marches on. Twrt years ago: “Why should Willamette university, a Methodist church school, a school that lias only within the last eight years approved of campus dancing, have two drum majorettes while this progressive University has none? Now: Ditto. Why? Mi lit :|i Remember that .string o£ years from 1928 through 1933 when Uni versity of Washington's Huskies never crossed the Oregon goal line, or even score by field goal or safe ty! During that stretch of six years iron several times distinct favor ites to beat Oregon. But by 1933 ■ it had become a Washington jinx, as bad as Oregon’s against South ern California, and people were wondering if the Huskies would ever score on Oregon. Since that time, Oregon has won only one out of four, but a tradi tion lingers. It's identical with the Oregon-Oregon State tradition, i that the teams always walk on the; field at an even bet. Oregon teams i always play ball against Washing- I ton. This season neither club has played championship ball, the Ducks being an unpredictable dark j horse and the Huskies a dopester's I fizzle. Saturday the Huskies got I hot and dumped Southern Califor nia’s Rose Bowl bound Trojans, 7 to 6. Rut it all belongs in the past now. Oregon's injury-riddled Web foots play the uncertain Washing tons in Portland Saturday, and they'll start from scratch in an other of those famous classics. * * * Oregon and Washington v\ ill have more than mere' winnings alone in their Portland lilt . . . the triumphant will go ahead in a long score of 32 games that is at pres ent tied . . . they’ve each won II and lost ||, four being tied ... in those 82 games, Oregon has scored I .308 points to 271 for Washington, here's the way Oregon won in that streak from 1928 to 1033; 27 to 0, M to 0, 7 to 0, 1.3 to 0, ll to II, and t> to 0. Joe Cordon says the comeback of Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics in the America.i league dejK-tids maini.v upon the class of young players llie veteran pilot is able to corral . . . Philadelphia was «in top of the league and won the world series several times not many years ago . . . the aging mentor then sold his older players anil some of his most valuable, and went to Ihe lower part of the see ond division to do some building . . . he spent almost two decades building up one championship club after being in the driver's seat around 1920. ' i Home Run Turning Point In Gordon’s Career; Joe Finds ’Cousins’ Scarce By GEORGE PASERO In the early part of last summer, the American league basebal picture was a muddle. Cleveland was making a runaway of the race. The mighty Yankees were floundering around the lower extrem ities of the first division. And Oregon’s Joe Gordon was warming that Yankee bench, al because he couldn’t hit. In his place at second was Billy Knicker Betas, Canard Volley Victors In A League Tiffs Betas Down SAEs; Sigma Chi, Phi Psi, ATOs Earn B Wins Beta Theta Pi and Canard club won their last A league games yesterday as volleyball play in that league draws to an end. The Betas went by Gamma hall’s squad in two straight games, 15 to 12, and 15 to 7. Canard turned back an eager team of Yeomen, 15 to 10 in a close first match, and 15 to 0 for an easy victory in the second. These two were the only A league games played. In B league competition the Betas .singed the wings of an un beaten squad of SAEs by gaining a quick 15 to 2 victory in the first game, and fighting for a 15 to 13 win in the second. SAE valiants came from behind to tie the score three times in the last game, but the Beta boys tightened each time and won 15 to 13. i I I’hi I’sis Will Phi Kappa Psi kept up with the Betas by trouncing a winless group of Omega hall players, 15 to 3, and 15 to 9. Alpha Tail Omega won twice easily, 15 to 5, arid 15 to 0. Sigma Chi was given a default victory over Sigma hall when the dorm team failed to appear. Lineups: Beta Theta Pi “A": Adams, Koch, Eastman, Bowman, Cathey, and Harrow. Gamma hall “A”: C. Wilson, L. Wilson, Stearns, Loeffler, Azu nrnno, and Greenberg. Canard club “A”: Sanders, Me Faddin, Leonard, Jacobsen, Smith, and Baker. Yeomen “A”: Morris, Luvaas, Carkin, Anderson, McCoy, Wil liams, and Hatch. Beta Theta Pi “B”: Clabaugh, Linden, Wershkul, Leonard, Smith, Wintemute, Bradford, and Kll bern. Sigma Alpha Epsilon “B": Card inal, Lowe, Jelliclt, Conger, Butler, and Heilig. Phi Kappa Psi "B": Cole, I lich ens, Wideman, Simmons, Camp, ind Hamer. Omega hall: Anderson, Sherman, ftico, Kurtz, Jandrall, Nickachiou, uul Heitz. Alpha Tail Omega "B": Weston, Karstens, Weiner, La Bontc, Ad rian. and Saunders. (Phase turn to fat/c four) Horn am UlSUUSAII [HPlOms iNUINAIlilNAl AluakCI QjANTEMtfiS iNTflJNATIONAL IfACuf ai AMERICA * -o »o SI udcutx : Spi'iid your money iu I nioo Houses where' em ployee ami employer co operate. Help t,.' create more jobs for your fellow studeuts. LOOK FOR THE UNION BUTTON ON THOSE WHO SERVE YOU RtU.iltKLO Bartenders SFG!£TE&KD Culinary bocker, a veteran major leaguer Gordon wasn’t THE Joe Gordor then. He wasn’t the prize rookii find of the year. He was just Jo< Gordon, a kid trying to break ir with the long-hitting Yankees. And Then One Day And then one day he got hi: chance. Marse Joe McCarthy, th< Yanks manager, called on him tc pinch hit. Joe stepped to the plate, anc crashed a long homo run which won the game for the Yanks. That home run was the turning point not only for the Yanks oi 1938, but for Mr. Joe Gordon. And Joe Gordon himself will tell you that that trip to the plate was the turning point of the sea son. Now, after hitting around .270 for the year, .400 in the world series, and crashing 26 home runs during the regular season and one in the world’s series, he’s still just Joe Gordon, a Joe Gordon who’3 going to finish college next term, a Joe Gordon who is easy to talk to, who is just another Eugenean for the winter. They’re All Tough All the pitchers in the American league were tough, Joe told Em erald scribes yesterday. “Cousin ?” I haven't any. They're all tough for me to hit. Some fellows have pitchers they can hit consistently, but I didn’t,’’ Joe Gordon laughed. “Why, if I ever find a pitcher like that, I’ll pay his salary to stay in the league.” Mel Harder, the Cleveland curve bailer, was the hardest pitcher for Gordon to hit. Eight behind Hard er comes Johnny Allen, also of Cleveland, and Eldon Auker of the Detroit Tigers. In fact, grins Joe, none of those pitchers were soft touches, not by a long ways. But, Gordon did hit 26 home runs, and the well-built Webfoot explains his reactions this way: "Home runs make you feel good. Yes, one day you hit one, and you think you will hit them every day the rest of the season. And next day. well, you may get none for five.” Gordon, like most ball players, hit better in certain parks. De troit and Boston were his favorites. And the toughest ball clubs for the Yankees to beat. Gordon picked Boston and Cleveland, adding that Boston had quite a slugging crew. 1 he largest crowds to watch the Yankees play this season, world’s series excepted, crowded tho stands at Cleveland, SO,000, and at New York, 86,000. MANAGERS NOTICE! Attention, intramural athletic house managers! Paul Washke, intramural sports director, has called a meeting. All managers are urged to be present as the meeting is important. Time— 4:15 today, place—room 116, school of physical education. Frosh Gridmen ! Continue Drill Against Varsity Bill Brenner Is Top Man in Minutes for 1938 Grid Season Honest John Warren’s football squad ended its regular season last weekend with a 13 to 7 win over the Oregon State looks but will continue practice all this week and will scrimmage with the varsity next week prior to the annual clash between the Beavers and the Ducks on Multnomah field, November 26. Big Bill Brenner, triple-threater from Washington, was iron man of the season. He played 264/z min utes of the five-game schedule. Elliott Wilson, tall center, was a close second with 253 minutes to his credit. Wilson played every minute of the three-game “little civil war’’ series with the rooks. Itegner Is Third I Bill Regner was third with 252 minutes followed by Ray Segale J with 243/, Bernie McCudden with 206, and Steve Fowler with 205' Warren seemed very well pleased witli the final showing made by the frosh in coming from behind to beat the rooks in the game which evened the series at one game apiece. The frosh battled the rooks to a scoreless tie in the first game at Portland. In the second the rooks came out on top in a very close game, 7 to 6. . Players and number of minutes played follow: Arnold Atcheson 40: Duane Anderson, 52; Jack Beav er*; Bob Beckner, 117;/,; Bill Bren ner, 264' .; Jack Bromley, 15; Doug Caven, 150; Donn Clickard, 31'/; Val Culwell,* ISO/; Bob Davis, 179; Hoy Dyer, 157; Steve Fowler 205]2; Dominic Giovanini*. 51/,; Hymie Harris, 76/; Bill Jensen 165; Monte Klepper, 46; Walt Lid stronr", 24/,; Jack Massie, 47/,; Bernie McCudden, 206; Art Miller, 3; Ed Moshofsky*. 13; Bill Regner, 152; Ray Scgale, 243'.; Jack Sickel, 9: Pat Smith, 140./ ; James Stevenson, 69; Len Surles, 101; Les Thompson, 35/; Laverne Van Mar ter, 75; and Elliott Wilson, 253. * Injured during the season. The public works administration has constructed 500 new buildings on campuses of United State col leges and universities. More than 20,000 balloons were released at the opening kick-off of the Minnesota - Michigan football fracas. YOU WILL BE TYPING YOU{1 PAPERS AND GLEANING BETTER GRADES. WHY NOT START NOW.' $3.00 DOWN $3.00 PER MONTH BUY THEM OR RENT THEM University 'CO-OP’ Women Schedule Vollegball Semi-final Two Co-op Teams, Kappas, Susies in Round of Four Four undefeated teams in wo men's volleyball will play in semi final games tonight when Susan Campbell hall meets the Univer sity cooperative house and Kappa Kappa Gamma is matched against the Hilyard cooperative house. Lineups will include: Kappa— Marjorie Bates, Dorothy Bates, Betty Plankington, Betty Morfitt, Pat Parker, Mariana Von Loben Sels, Mary Thatcher, Jeanne Sher rard, June Brown, Johene Wood ruff, and Louise Moore. Hilyard house—Dorothy Retz laff, Flo Miller, Betz Chambers, Bonnie Mangum, Kay DeLapp, Claudia Dixon, Betty Wilson, Vi vienne Fraser, Mae Morrison, and Florence Swango. University house—Eileen Don aldson, Mildred Snyder, June Tel ford, Rusfv Tomlinson, Ardis Dil lon, Jean Cramer, Betty Brown, Betty Hole, Betty Doughty, and Georgianna Davis. Susan Campbell—Lucille Brauns, Pat Parker, Mariana Van Loben vira Brookman, Dorothy Kries, Mary Montag, Beverle Shumate, Ruthann Laltin, Jean Caterall, and Paulino Johnson. Dorothy Hutchins, volleyball managers, announces that there is no charge for spectators and a large attendance is desired. The final game will be played Tuesday. Men of ’42 - iitiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii By Ken Christianson LA VERNE VAN MARTER Contrary to all usual forms of policy concerning the matter, the 1938 Duckling grid team fielded a man who didn't come to this cam pus on an athletic scholarship. Ab- i solutely not. La Verne Van Marter made the i Lemon and Green university on a scholastic scholarship. Despite the handicap of being a four sport letterman, Van Marter main tained a straight “A” average in Heppner high school. . As a wearer of the “H,” “Van,” is he is termed, played two sea sons at the fullback berth and then shifted over to the right half Kirman Storli Wins Cross Country Test; Beats Don Barker Jim Schriver, Bob Mitchell, Galen Morey, And Don Tower Also Wi nTeam Places; Fast Times Posted by Leaders Finishing with a display of the same speed which gained him the northwest half-mile championship last spring, Kirman Storli, ace of the Hayward running stable, stepped away from Don Barker in the I last few yards of yesterday’s cross-country trials to cop first place. And it was more than just an inter-squad victory for the powerful ; Storli. It marked his first cross-country victory over Barker in two ' years or competition. Last year, Barker defeated Stor 1 li by over 100 yards in the intra mural turkey run. Small Margin But last night it was a different story. It was a battle of two finely trained runners testing en durance, speed, and pluck. For nearly the full four miles, Coach Hayward’s crack duo battled it out 1 with first the La Grande boy and then Storli taking the lead. Coming into the last quarter mile of the long grind, they were matching stride for stride. On they came to the last 50 yards when Storli zoomed ahead by a few feet to win in the fast time of 21 min utes, 20 seconds. Barker’s time was less than ly, seconds slower. The time was considered good by Coach Hayward because most of the course around the mausoleum flats was muddy and water-soaked, spot in his last year. He was named on the Upper Co lumbia Athletic league all-star one year at full and another at half. Last year Van Marter had the greatest thrill of his high school life when he turned in a 65-yard run from scrimmage against Ar lington for the championship of the UCA league. The red-headed right half crossed the goal line with the final score to make it 14-0. Van Marter was also an all-star in basketball at the center spot. “Red’’ ran in the relay team in the state track meet the year be fore last and filled the job at the first sack on the Heppner baseball squad. The Duckling right half tips the scales at 187, and he is a physical ed major. Expert Typing at Reasonable Rates The Typing Service 768 East 11th Ph. 1085 Football Special TO PORTLAND! OREGON vs. WASHINGTON 'V vrrsrii No need to worry about crow d e d or slippery highways. No traffic struggles or parking troubles. Let the en gineer drive you safely and comfortably t o Portland in our own special train. ( SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES EUCENE STATION FRIDAY, NOV. 18, AT 3:30 P. M. Or you con leave on regular trains departing Friday at 12:25 and 4:45 in the afternoon. RETURNING: SPECIAL LEAVES PORTLAND DEPOT SUNDAY, NOV. 20, AT 6:30 P. M. Buy tickets early at A.S.U.O. Ticket booth between Commerce and Oregon on 13th Sponsored by A.S.U.O. RALLY COMMITTEE and the - chilly afternoon air was an added handicap to the thin clads. Six Make Team The six top finishers — Barker, Storli, Jim Schriver, Bob Mitchell, Galen Morey, and Don Tower—will compose the Oregon team which will take part in the Pacific coast intercollegiate championships at Portland next Wednesday. Schriver, himself a half-miler, finished third, all by himself, in 22:14. The second duel of the race was staged by Morey and Mitchell who j paced each other most of the race. I Mitchell drove ahead in the last 25 j yards to take fourth. Don Tower finished sixth, 75 yards in arrears of Morey. Hugh Simpson was seventh, Phil Gam bee, sixth, and Ken Leatherman failed to finish. Jensen, Passolt Definitely Out Of Husky Contest Nilsen, Reginato In Doubtful Group As Game Nears Prescribing a complete day of rest as the best cure for his squad of crippled Webfoot gridders, Coach Tex Oliver posted the “no practice” sign yesterday. And the Webfoots didn't disobey the Webfoot mentor. No varsity gridders, except the injured, so much as stepped inside the dress ing rooms. Only two Webfoot gridders ap peared definitely out of Saturday'3 tilt with the University of Wash ington Huskies on the Multnomah stadium sand i and sawdust. They are Elroy Jensen and Mel Passolt. Tackle Jensen is favor ing a pulled lateral cartilage in his knee, and Passolt has an injured side. Four Doubtfuls Of the other cripples, four come under the doubtful classification. Hank Nilsen and Bill Rach have knee ailments that may keep them out of action. Vic Reginato's ankle is in no playing condition as yet, and Jackrabbit Jay Graybeal is more or less of a doubtful quan tity himself. However, Coach Oliver expects to show Graybeal to Portland fans for the first time this season, if his knee “comes around" by game time Saturday. Marsh Stenstrom and Frank Em mons, fullbacks; Dennis Donovan, quarterback; Larry Lance, end; and A1 Samuelson, center; are other Webfoots suffering from an assortment of varied ailments. (Please turn to page four) YOUR ARROW SHIRT STORE DUDLEY FIELD SHOP On tlie Campus POMEROY BROTHERS In a Class by Itself! The Arrow Now Trump takes all campus honors for smartness and durability. The long-wearing collar, as tough as it is, is always gentle to your neck, and keeps smooth and fresh all day long. New Trump, like its Arrow brothers, is Sanforized-Shrunk , . . and Mitoga tailored to fit. It’s one of Arrow’s outstanding values at $2. ARROW SHIRTS See These Shirts at The Man’s Shop EfICWERRELI CLBTJfKi FOR MOM AMD