Duck Tracks
By ELBERT HAWKINS
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For upwards of half a century now amateur runners, jumpers,
:.n<t weight men have been whittling away on records, and they’ve
really made same of the old marks look bad, but the sum and total
of that need bother no athletes in the future, according to Oregon’s
grand old man of the cinders.
Colonel Bill Hayward says there isn’t a record standing today
which isn't in jeopardy, not one. Some of ’em like the 220-yard dash
which negro Jesse Owens propelled in 20.3 seconds, the two mile, the
high jump, broad jump, and pole vault, are going to be tough to im
prove on but Bill predicts they'll fall just like they always have in
the past.
Take a look at the following table and see just how much some of
the marks were lowered in a 17-year period fom 1920 to 1937.
“Someday some fellow about 5 feet 8 inches or 5 feet 9 inches,”
says Bill Hayward, “with a terrific pair of legs, and a fast track, with
everything right. i3 going to lower the 100 record.” He considers it
very possible that a mythical speedster will break the tape in at least
P seconds flat.
How did some of the records look to people in 1920? Well, Colonel
Bill says the pole vault record of 13 feet, 3 9 16 inches he saw Foss
-set looked pretty high and coaches weren’t even thinking about ever
going much beyond 14 feet.
1920
1937
High jump
Broad jump
IFole vault .
100 yards
440 yards
t’,30 yards
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.. 9.6 see.
.. 47.8 see.
.. 1:52.2 min.
4:12.6 min.
.. 6 ft., 7 5/16 in.
.. 24 ft., 71/2 in.
.. 13 ft., 3D/16 in
9.4 sec.
46.4 sec.
J :49.8 min.
4:06.7 min.
6 ft., 9% in.
26 ft., 8 \\ in.
14 ft., 6'/2 in.
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Two Webfoot pole vaulters, George Varoff and Rod Hansen went'
14 feet 4 Inches on Hayward field the other day and didn’t faint from
surprise either.
The broad jump?
“I don’t see any one jumper now who has the speed of Owens who
can go out as high,” answers Bill. The negro flier, a one-man track
team, improved on the 1920 mark by o^er two feet, going 26 feet 8(4 j
inches, but his mark is apt to stand unless another sprinter comes,
along who can go out not only fast but high. Then we’ll see a new
broad jump record.
The mile? Will we ever see a 4-minute mile?
“Best chance to crack that,” said Colonel Bill, “was a man who nevei
ran the mile—Eastman.” And the Webfoot coach wasn’t joking about
that either. Blazing Ben Eastman, bespectacled California, ran the
quarter, half, and three-quarter in record times during his prime when
Hayward watched him run, but he never ran the mile.
Eastman ran a 46.4 quarter, and wheeled the 880 yards in 1:49.8.
Blazing Ben isn’t running in competition these days so he won’t be
the first to run a 4-minute mile which Bill Hayward says is apt to
come.
The Oregon coach believes the 15-foot ceiling might have been
reached even last year when George Varoff contested with Southern
California’s Sefton and Meadows in one meet. They all missed on
15 feet 1 inch, but George- almost made it on one of his jumps when
the Trojan boys were tired.
Bill sees a possible pole vault champion in the less experienced of
his Oregon pair, Rod Hansen. The dark-haired Webfoot has improved
by leaps and bounds under expert tutelage and isn’t near his peak yet.
Speaking of champs and record holders . . . Russ Cutler, intramural
instructor, insists he’s got an Olympic prospect in George F. Warner,
freshman from Springfield.
Warner recently set a national Sigma Delta Psi record (Oregon’s'
ninth! in the 20-foot rope climb by scooting up it in :05.4 seconds. He’s
what coaches call a “find.” Russ didn’t even know the frosh husky
could climb a rope until a few days ago. He started out at :06.2 and
then tapered down to :06, :05.7, and finally :05.4. By now it may be
even lower. Instructor Russ says his Olympic prospect is a cinch to
better that national record time.
Parting thought: Bill Hayward picks Washington State’s track and
field team to capture Saturday’s northern division meet at Pullman . . .
says they have too many sprinters and too much everything . . . should
get over 60 points . . . Oregon? Colonel Bill figures his Webfoots good
fcr around 40 points.
Webfoot Trackmen
Leave for Pullman
Hayward Predicts WSC Will Win With
60 Points; Oregon Second With 40;
Hansen, Buck Enter Three Events
Thirteen hopeful Webfoot trackmen will pack their spikes this af
ternoon and depart for Pullman where they will compete Saturday in
the annual northern division cinder meet.
Track Coach Bill Hayward figures Washington State will take first
place, but has hopes for his cohorts to nose out Washington and Ore
gon State.
“We just can't keep WSC from getting at least 60 points,” he de
clared. “My boys will have a hard time in getting 40 points or more."
Hayward figures the Ducks will pick up more points than Oregon
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though he lays no claim to Ore
gon's superiority over the Beavers
in a dual meet.
Hansen After Points
Rod Hansen, high point man in
the recent Washington - Oregon
dual meet, will probably be high
scorer for the Ducks tomorrow.
Hansen is assured at least a sec
ond place in the pole vault and
may pull a surprise by beating his
much publicized teammate, George
Varoff. Both Hansen and Varoff
went 14 feet, 4 inches against
Portland university, nearly two
feet more than any rival in the
conference. Hansen is also an out
standing entry in the high jump
and may compete in the broad
jump.
Jim Buck, lithe sprinter, is an
other of Hayward’s outstanding
point-getters. Buck will run both
sprints and will team with either
Lloyd Dod or Harry Weston in the
220 low hurdles.
Brown After Records
Boyd Brown, one of the coast’s
outstanding javelin throwers, is
given a first place in the javelin
without question. Brown has no
equal throughout the conference
and will be out to break both the
conference record of 220 feet, 7 5-8
inches, set by Oregon’s Bob Parke,
and the coast mark of over 234
feet, set. recently by Bob Peoples
of Southern Cal.
Kirman Storli, along with
George Varoff, returns to the con
ference meet as a title defender.
Storli took a first in the 880 last
spring and is regarded as one of
the best half milers on the coast.
Lloyd Dod, newcomer to the
Webfoot ranks this year, will meet
his big test of the year when he
matches strides with Washington
State’s famed Lee Orr in the hur
dles. Dod is a sure point-winner in
both the lows and highs.
Reber Improves
Ehle Reber, rubbery-legged soph
omore broad jumper, has been rap
idly reaching his peak in the broad
jumpevent and is a possible winner
at. Pullman. Reber went over 23
feet this week before tapering off
for the conference meet.
Definite challenger for first
place in the two-mile is Don Bar
ker, Oregon’s dark-haired, slender
senior, who has one of the North
west’s best time in the two-mile
run this spring.
Other members of the squad are
Miler Bob Mitchell, sure to cop
points in his event. Harry Weston,
hurdler; Ken Shipley, high jumper;
Bob Dietz, dusky sprinter; and
Frank Van Vliet and Jim Schriver,
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