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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1939)
Baseball Time Here; UO Turnout Today It’s baseball time again. The old familiar crack of hickory meeting horsehide, the thud of ball into glove, the continual chant of the shortstop or fiery catcher, the loud and raucous “Play ball,” they're all with us. For today, Ore- : gon’s 1939 diamond hopefuls begin their own “spring training.” Thp/Virrlirtiif 4-Ua 1 „ „ _ * _l , breadth of the old USA, the base ball fever has been, smouldering, and growing in spite of the fact that basketball, hockey, et al, have kept the spotlight. Hits Oregon Now And now it grips Oregon and the other northern division col leges as spring term gets under way. The order has gone out for all Webfoot aspirants to report to Bill Cole, football line coach, at 3 o'clock today. Cole, who has had considerable experience with base ball in California, will pinch hit for Coach Howard Hobson while the Duck coach is guiding his basket ball team along the national title trail. Frosh heavers and stickers are also to turn out. They are to report to the headman of frosh athletics, Honest John Warren, at the same time. Ten lettermen will form the nu cleus for this year's contender, but only seven will be on hand for opening workouts. The seven are: Bob Creighton, pitcher; GalC| (Busher) Smith, first baseman; Wellington (Wimpy) Quinn, third baseman; and Jimmy Nicholson, Bob Smith, Tommy Cox, and John Yerby, outfielders. Regulars Back The Other three lettermen— Pitcher Bob Hardy, Infielder Ford Mullen, and Infielder Matt Pava lunas—are members of the bas ketball team and will join the squad next week. Oregon’s chances of regaining the northern division crown were hit earlier this spring when two lettermen quit college for the pro fessional ranks. John Linde, south paw moundsman, signed with Se attle of the Pacific coast league, and Jack Gordon, brother of the Yankee’s Joe, penned a Wenatchee (Western International league) contract. Prize prospect up from last year’s frosh squad is Elmer Mal lory. The diminutive shortstop is expected to step into Jack Gor don's shoes. Jack Jaspar, big southpaw from the San Francisco bay region, is I counted on to plug the gap in the I pitching department left by the “signing" of Linde. Reserves with a good chance of; copping first string berths are Mike Kelly, catcher; Cece WaldenJ ■catcher; Lloyd Beggs, infieilder. ; Sophomore “rookies” who will be on hand are Jack Shimshak, in- ■ fielder; Jim Rathbun, catcher; Herb Hamer, first baseman; and i Tini Smith, infielder. Washke Speaks on Crime Prevention “Organized Recreation and the Prevention of Crime” was the title of a speech presented by Paul R. Washke, professor of physical edu cation, before^ the recreation sec tion of the Oregon Commonwealth convention held on the Oregon [ campus last week. Professor Washke stressed the need for supervised recreation as a method of crime prevention. He insisted that it is necessary to have a more complete recreation program due to the increase in leisure time caused by modern in dustrial methods. Operators of the Oregon State college telephone exchange say “number please” on an average of 2,045 times a day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Congratulations to a winning team and Welcome to returning students —-o CONES MILK SHAKES SUNDAES —at— POPE’S SUPER CREAM SHOP Next to Mayflower Theatre 780 E. 11th and 712 Willamette Delivery Service—Phone 1456 or 3714 Oregon's No. 1 Hoop Fan Oregon’s basketball champions of the northern division and the coast conference may not have an official No. 1 follower but Paul Jackson, student of last year, probably worked hardest of any to get a peek at the Webfoots last week against California. He traveled by bicycle the BOO miles from Oakland, California, in eight days to watch Oregon defeat the Golden Bears. The return trip? That by bicycle, too!. Oregon Mermen Defeat Staters [n Twin Affair Varsity Avenges Previous Defeat; Fresh Gain Tie University of Oregon’s varsity and frosh swimming teams re leased some pent up fury in the form of an amazing upset March 4 in the campus pool against the Oregon State college mermen. Ned Johns’ varsity Webfoots avenged a previous 33 to 37 defeat with a startling 54 to 21 rout of Jack Hewitt’s Orangemen. Oregon’s frosh paddlers emulat ed their bigger brothers by tieing ^t 37 to 37 with an Oregon State yearling team that had previously easily defeated them in Corvallis, In its flashy upset of the statei varsity, the Oregon team won six and tied another out of nine events. Two tank marks and a coast rec ord fell before the happy-go-lucky Lemon-Yellow mermen. Sherman Wetmore, speedy sophomore from Long Beach, California, paced the Webfoots with firsts in the back stroke, and the 440-yard free-style, Jack Dallas, Oregon’s othei Long Beach sophomore sensation, bettered the coast record in the 200-yard breast stroke for the fourth time this year with a 2:27.3 race. The previous mark was 2:36.7. (Please turn to page seven) /swell! I’M SUP.E getting plenty OF < MILO, TASTY SMOK'NG OUT OF MY **^4 NOW FILL up with Prince Albert, men — fill up with real pipe-joy! Here is choice tobacco — backed up by a “no-bite” process that assures plenty of COOLNESS and MELLOWNESS to point up good, rich taste. And P. A. wins a cheer for its slow burning, easy drawing too. No clogging. No sogginess. P. A.’s choice tobaccos are “crimp cut” to pack easier and pack EIGHT. Around 50 pipefuls of extra-mild, fragrant smoking in every big red pocket tin of Prince Albert. Climb aboard! 50 PIPEFULS of fragrant tobacco in every handy pocket tin of Prince Albert Coprriirht, 1939, R. J. Pw«ynolds Tobacco Corr.pany SO MlLD SO TASTY SO FRAGRANT Smoke 20 fragrant pipefuls of Prince Albert. If you don't find it the mellowest, tastiest pipe tobacco you ever smoked, return the pocket tin with the rest of the tobacco in it to us at any time within a month from this date, and we will refund full purchase price, plus postage. (Signet/) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Winston - Salem, North Carolina ^ACC^J THE NATIONAL i JOY ~ '' : •, > # y : SMOKE Bobby's and Wally's Dads Don't Worry There was never any doubt about the outcome of the playoffs. Not in Mr. Arthur Johansen’s mind, at any rate. Why? Because Mr. Charles Anet was on hand. And Mr. Anet never has seen Oregon lose a game. In the past, whenever Anet Sr. has come to see son Bobby, captain of the Oregon coast champions, play, Oregon has won. Mr. Johansen Sr., father of Wal ly, places much stock in this “near tradition.” Talking to Coach Hob by and Mrs. Hobby, and Mr. and Mrs. Anet, after the final game and the crowning .ceremonies were over, he laughed and said, “I wasn’t even skeptical.” He’s Proud, Too Mr. Charles Anet is proud of his record, too. “I didn’t see War ren's frosh lose when Bobby played football, either. I came down for j one game, and they won tljat one.” | “Hmm,” said Coach Hobson, “I | think we’d better take both Mr. and Mrs. Anet along with us to Frisco.” But Charles Anet, who incident ally saw only two Oregon foot ball games last fall, two which Oregon won, the UCLA and the Idaho tilts, was thinking more of the game than his record. No Foolin’ “Boy, talk about a ball player,” he said. "Did you see John Dick to night?” “And Wintermute, too,” chimed in Arthur Johansen. “What a ball club.” But the big laugh came at men tion of Wally Jo’s howitzer shot which hit the basket, bounced high into the air, and then dropped through the hoop. Said Wally, in the dressing ' room after the game. “That t proves I’ve been living right.” Said Johansen Sr., who has that same geniality as son Wally, “Boy, it had horseshoes, all right." During the past season, the Duck hoopers have spent the regu lar vacations playing ball, so Mr. Anet was anxious to talk to Bob. "I see very little of him,” he ex plained. Mr«r+ When Passing Through to Port land and Way Points Stop at the SPA for a ‘Juicy Jumbo’ Hamburger Double Milk Shakes Also — ONLY A DIME — SPA j. SALEM LAX4.J..I..1..I.J..1.I1..IH1, .1. il< J Ducks Pack ’em in For 1938-39 Season Team Plays Before Top Crowd of 16,300 at Madison Square Garden; Basketball Popular in Northwest Spent fans are still sport fans—they love to see a winner. Oregon’s Duck hoop five, as the University's athletic manage’’, Anse Cornell, can well testify, stands as a classic monument to this old sports adage. Champions of the north, champions of the coast, and prospective all-west and national titlists of 1939 casaba play, the tall fir Oregon’s have “packed ’em in’’ all year. And as the fans flocked to see these great Webfoot cagers perform, the Oregon basketball coffers have been rapidly filling, and the old "mortgage” on the Igloo has been falling away. Seek New Conquests In addition to playing a full northern division schedule and tak ing part in the two coast playoff games, the Ducks have barn stormed across the continent to New York City and back, stopping in. nine different cities for tilts. Each time they were received by “fair-to-middlin' ” crowds. All in all, Coach Howard Hob son’s Webfoots have played before better than 140,000 fans this sea son, and will cavort before thous ands more at Treasure Island, San Francisco, tonight and tomorrow nights. If they win at the fair, they will hit the trail for Evans ton, Illinois, for a playoff with the eastern champion for the national title. They Cheer and Hoot With the completion of the cur rent court season, four Oregon seniors—Laddie Gale, Slim Winter mute, Wally Johansen, and Bobby Anet—will have played before an estimated 350,000 people (and that is a conservative estimate). Imagine 350,000 pairs of eyes watching every move you make, picking out faults, noticing the way you part your hair, and the mole on your shoulder. Imagine 350,000 voices hooting and cheer ing you, calling you by name, and you have a conception of what Gale, Wintermute, Anet, and Jo hansen have gone through in the past three years. What price a bas ketball player’s glory? Biggest Crowd The largest crowd the Ducks have played before gathered in spacious Madison Square Garden to see the Ducks meet City College of New York, and Northwestern tangle with St. Johns. Official count was 16,300. At Chicago, the Webfoots were greeted by the smallest turnout of their cross-country tour. Only 1000 were on hand to watch the Ducks whip the Western Illinois Teach ers’ college. The turnstiles clicked slowly at San Francisco also when Oregon played Stanford, only 2000 attend ing. Sport Is Popular While not nearly as populated as some of the eastern sectors, the Pacific northwest is fast becoming one of the “hotbeds” of the cage sport. Crowds at the Oregon games throughout the circuit have ranged from 2500 (Idaho at Eugene) to 10,000 (Oregon at Seattle). At Seattle, in the first game of the “championship” Washington series, 10,000 jammed the pavilion and about 2000 more casaba fol lowers milled around outside the gates, unable to obtain entrance as the sold out sign went up early in the evening. The Ducks, so far this season, have appeared in 14 cities. They have played before sell-out houses 16 times, counting houses of 6,000 at Eugene capacity. Crowds of 6500 attended the coast title series of last weekend at Eugene. Opponent Portland university ......... Multnomah club . Signal Oil (Portland) .... Pacific Packards (Port.) City College of New York St. Josephs . Miami university . Canisius college. Wayne university . Bradley Tech . Western 111. Teach. Col. Drake university. Stanford . Washington State. Washington State. Oregon State . Washington State. Washington State. Idaho . Idaho . Oregon State . Washington . Washington . Idaho . Idaho . Oregon State . Oregon State . Washington . Washington . California . California . Attendance . 2000 . 1600 . 1500 1100 (sellout) Where played Eugene . Eugene . Eugene . Portland . Madison Square Garden, N. Y. C.16,300 Convention hall, Philadelphia . 5400 Cleveland, Ohio . 4500 Buffalo, New York . 4000 Detroit, Michigan . 4500 (capacity) Peoria, Illinois . 5000 (capacity) Chicago, Illinois . iq00 Des Moines, Iowa. 4500 (capacity) San Francisco.,. 2000 EuSene . 4000 EuSene . 4500 Corvallis . Pullman. Pullman . Moscow . Moscow . Eugene . Eugene . Eugene . Eugene . . 4000 (capacity) . 5000 (capacity) . 5000 (capacity) . 3500 (capacity) . 3500 (capacity) .. 5500 . 6000 (capacity) . 6300 (capacity) . 3500 Eugene . 2500 Corvallis . 4000 (capacity) Eugene. 6000 (capacity) Seattle .10,000 (capacity) Seattle . 6000 Eugene . 6,500 (capacity) Eugene . 6,500 (capacity) Webfoots Slate (Continued fron. paqe two) Varsity Baseball April 21—Oregon State at Cor vallis. April 22—Oregon State at Eu gene. April 28—Idaho at Eugene. April 29—Idaho at Eugene. May 1 — Washington State at Eugene. May 2 — Washington State at Eugene. May 8—Washington at Eugene. May 9—Washington at Eugene. May 12—Washington at Seattle. May 13—Washington at Seattle. May 15—Idaho at Moscow. May 15—Idaho at Moscow. May 17 — Washington State at Pullman. May 18 — Washington State at Pullman. May 26—Oregon State at Eu gene. May 27—Oregon State at Cor vallis. When recording brain waves for study, University of Southern California’s Dr. L. E. Travis am plifies them 300,000 times. Congratulations to the PACIFIC COAST CHAMPIONS Let’s make it three Championships this week. Newman’s If it’s Sea Food you want We have the best Records Mean Nothing to Them v. Oregon’s sophomore swimming sensations from Long Beach, Cal. fornia, Sherman Wetmore (left) and Jack Dallas aided in the astound • i'ng conquest of Oregon State earlier this month. Arrow Merchandise on the Campus Campus Shop Clay Pomeroy Vern Pomeroy Creepers Jtf J Are You A Jitterbug Perforce? 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