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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1939)
DUCK TRACKS niaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiii By PAT FRIZZELL Football prognosticators in these parts are making themselves ex tremely scarce until after Satur day. Reason is that all the money is on Southern California and local “egg-sports” are loathe to start the season by picking Oregon to lose. Practically no one, no matter how hopeful, has been bold enough to place Oregon on even terms with those touted Trojans. [ And that very fatalism may be the sign of an upset. Probably it isn’t in the cards, but this year is as gdod a time as any for Oregon to break in there and bowl over the Jones boys. Don’t forget that the day of 33-to-0 and 25-to-0 whitewashings is over. Webfoot teams have managed to score, at least, against U.S.C. for the past two seasons. You can be doubly certain of one thing. Each Webfoot player will be out there doing the best he can. With a few breaks, for instance a good first quarter, anything might happen. Some grid bugs have made the suggestion that Southern Califor nia is usually at its weakest in its first game. They recall the time the Trojans were tipped over by St. Mary’s in their opening appear ance a few years ago, after which they went on to win ’em all. They also remember last season, when Alabama bumped Mr. Jones’ heart ies, 19 to 7, the first afternoon out. There are two possibilities along this line, psychologically speaking ■—and psychology means qui£e a bit in football. A strong possibility is that the Trojans are still burning over the Alabama debacle that wrecked their ’38 season and will therefore be determined to annihilate their opening opponent this time, Ore gon being that opening opponent. Most of the present Trojans are veterans who were around a year ago to see the Rose Bowl cham pionship not mean a national championship mainly because of that opening loss to Alabama. On the other side of the possi bility ledger, past failures on open ing day may hinder the Trojans psychologically. They may get the jitters and actually be more vul nerable than later in the campaign. * * * Oregon’s football season has been almost phenomenally devoid of serious injuries thus far. The only major mishap to date was suffered on the first day of practice by Prank Boyd, sopho more halfback. Boyd wrenched his leg "and has undergone#an opera tion. Even this wasn’t exactly a bona fide injury, for Boyd hurt the leg in spring practice and this was merely a recurrence. Maybe a knock or two on wood is the advisable procedure. All of Oregon's national basket ball champs will be back in school again. Bob Anet, Wally Johansen, Slim Wintermute, and Laddie Gale all ; have finished their collegiate eli- ' gibility, but have a term or two of school work to complete. John 1 Dick, of course, has another year ‘ of varsity competition. 1 Anet, Wintermute and Gale worked in Eugene during the sum mer and Johansen was at home in £ Astoria. I * * » I New faces in the Webfoot foot- t ball turnout: Ted Jaross, a trans- t fer end whose home is in LaSalle, t 111., and Mel Olsen, a transfer half- v Eugene Hills 'Pretty Large' Says Iowan The hills surrounding Eugene are mountains as far as Dr. Wayne Massey, new instructor in the physical education depart ment, is concerned. At least the quiet Iowan intimated as much yesterday in a short interview in his office in the physical edu cation building. “The Pacific is a pretty big body of water,” Dr. Massey re plied when questioned as to his impressions of this section of the country. He had already seen the Atlantic. Dr. Massey is well qualified to take over his new duties since he was a three-year letterman at the University of Iowa in discus, shot and weight events. He re ceived his BA, master and doc tor’s degrees at the university. back from Eastern Oregon normal. Missing from the Oregon grid camp: Frank (Jack) Spratt, 186 pound quarterbacq from Pasadena J. C., who made a good showing in spring practice but found him self a job and decided to forget about college and football. Who's the heaviest hefty on the Webfoot grid entourage ? Seems to be some debate on the subject, for the weights vary a bit, and several of the big ones are close. Latest scalings list Elliott Wil son, sophomore center, at 217 pounds, and Cece Walden, veteran guard, at 214. Jim Stuart, hulking tackle, has hit up around 220 but is now tabbed at 211. Then we have Marshall Stenstrom and Merle Pet ers at about 208 and Len Surles, sophomore tackle, at 207. Hank Nilsen, Oregon’s “old re liable” quarterback of ’36, ’37, and ’38, is now assistant coach at Lin field college. . . . John Yerby, the end, gave professional football a fling, but latest reports are that he has been released by the Cleve land Rams. Bud Robertson, who played the end opposite Yerby, is coaching at Milwaukie. . . . Nello Giovanini is the new Toledo high coach . . . and i coaching at Waldport is Stu Mar see, the red-headed basketball demon who made the intramural maple court all-star team four years in a row. * P * Elmer Mallory, whom some folks 11 think is another Joe Gordon in the ] making, hit .397 with Payette in M an Idaho semi-pro league during 1 the summer . . . he’ll be at short- 1 stop for Howard Hobson again 1 next spring. . . . Pitcher Pete Igoe ! turned outfielder and clouted well above .400 in the State league. . . . 1 Sophomore Bill Carney hit .385 1 and Sophomore Whitey Austin .324 l for Eugene in the State league . . . but Sophomore Dick Whitman went them all better by gaining little all-American honors as an autfielder for the crack Silverton ' team which placed third in the j lational semi-pro tournament. They say the reason the Boston ited Sox sent Bill Sayles back to :he minors after Bill was called up rom Little Rock is that Sayles vas too wild. . . . The former Web ’oot righthander was shipped to scranton of the Eastern league so hat he’d be close to Boston and :ould be recalled at any moment. . . Bill will get another chance lext year. Probably the most surprising howing made by any Oregon foot lallist thus far is that of Hymie j larris, sophomore end. . . . Not do much was expected of.Hymie, ut he’s been putting up a great j attle for regular duty at the left ring spot. PAINT YOUR ROOMS NOW We have Poster colors, House Paints, Artist's Materials and Dance Wax. Also floor polish ers for rent. WE DO PICTURE FRAMING LUDFORD’S 713 Willamette Phone 749 As It Used to Be A group of Oregon coeds during rush week in 1937. This year’s system was designed to eliminate considerable of the confusion which existed then. Freshmen Hear Erb Welcome Speech Built on Theme 'This Is Not a Country Club' A cosmopolitan life built on his pet theme of “This is no country club” was the welcome gift that President Donald M. Erb placed in the hands of Oregon's class of 1943 last night at the annual frosh assembly. Introduced by Dean of Personnel Karl W. Onthank, the University bead was greeted by a standing iheer from the more than a thou sand freshmen who stayed to hear aim long after there was standing room only. That the University is a work place, that because it is a state in stitution it owes service to the state, and that new students are expected to keep intact U. of O. :raditions, were named as the three principles of campus life which lew freshmen “ought to know.” “We have outgrown the green id days here at Oregon,” President Srb declared, “and in place of haz ng we ask you to take the indi ’idual responsibility to so conduct •ourselves that you will think al vays of the effects on those per ions around you.” Oregon’s purpose Is definitely lot ?to turn out a..crop :of ■play >oys.»f the. Western-world,’’-'he ex plained, “for that is not why the people of Oregon give us a million dollars a year.” Because that mon ey is a gift, he suggested that the University owes the state a great deal of service in return. As the keynote for the year he reminded students that the Oregon song is “Mighty Oregon,” not “An Apple for the Teacher.” , John Dick, ASUO prexy, spoke briefly to the new additions to the student body, and invited them to tonight's ASUO meeting in their honor. Ninety-Three (Continued from page one) L. Shirey, Margaret Mae Spicer, Joy Louise S. Thunemann, Gordon Vern Bailey, James Martin Bailey, Wentworth Alfred Bowman, Rob ert Burnett Chilcote, Leonard Parker Clark, Harold Ellicott, Mona Faye Faus, Charles Thomas Frazee, Philip R. Gould, Hugh O. Hoffman, Martin John Hoffman, Norma Johnson, Rudolph Jerry Ka lina, William R. Knight, Ruth L. Marguth, Gerald Jack Norville, Freeman K. Patton, Donald Henry Rockwell, William B. Rosson, Ches ter Shan, Jack Harry Shimshak, Paul Eugene Stivers, Wallace Ar thur White, Lloyd A. Wilson, Al vera Elaine Brookman, Barbara Jean Campbell, M. Blanche Gus tavson, Elwina Meacham, Nanette Schmuki, Ciladys Mary Shelley, Zola Boyd, Phoebe F. 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McKee, William R. McMurray Jr., Ray mond Oldfield, Mary Kathryn Tay ler, Herbert Ewing Harper, Mary Marjorie Montag, Marjorie Mont gomery, Joanne Patricia Riesch, Norman W. Sims. Some 70 college and university presidents are graduates of Indiana university. The federal government spends $14,000 for every student graduated from the U. S. naval academy. Each Hunter college (in New Irork) student spends an average of 1,650 hours riding subways dur ing their four years in college. ‘Doughboy of West’ Award Won By ROTC Oregon Unit Outshoots Eleven Schools to Cop Honors in Contest Held at Camp Bonneville Range The high-riding- University of Oregon ROTC unit "went out and did it” again, it was learned this week, when it was announced the Uni versity upper division military students had won the “Doughboy of the West” trophy in summer camp shooting. The University unit won possession of the trophy for a year for scoring the highest in a 12-school competition, covering nine western states. The competition round was fired three weeks ago at the Camp Bonneville range, 1 miles out of Vancouver, Wash. This trophy is competed for an nually by all the ROTC units in the ninth corps area at the sev eral summer camps held through out the west for upper division military students. Have High Average The 44 men competing from the University fired the high average of 391 out of a possible 450 to take first place. At Camp Bonne ville direct competition was sup plied by Oregon State college and the University of Washington, which took fourth and sixth places, respectively. Second and third places went to Montana State col leges. Seventh went to Washington State; eighth, Idaho; ninth, UCLA; tenth, California; eleventh, Nevada, and twelfth, Pomona. The three high scores for Oregon were made by Big Bill Rosson, Gerry Childers, and Dean Warren. Their score was 418. Addition of the “Doughboy” tro phy brings another scalp to the belt of Sergeant Harvey Blythe, coach of the Oregon trigger squeezers, who in April saw his 5-man small-bore team capture the national championship. The doughboy award is the eighth unit in the local ROTC tro phy case. It is no stranger to the campus, having made its home here in 1929, 1930, and 1936. Too big for the already bulging case, it is now on display in ROTC headquar ters at the “barracks.” The trophy becomes the property of any institution winning it three consecutive years. To date, how ever, none has been able to get over the three-year mark, the Uni versity of Oregon having failed to win the third time after 1929 and 1930. Next aim of Coach Blythe is a new trophy, not yet announced, for national outdoor ROTC shooting corps, sponsored by the national reserve officers’ association. Already holding down spots in the local trophy case are the huge silver cup for the national indoor five-man championship; Hearst trophies for placing first in the ninth corps area in 1935, 1937, and 1939; second-place trophy for the national competition in 1934. two Hotchkiss trophies for cham pionships at Vancouver barracks summer camps, and the Governor’s trophy, an award for high score in military competition between the University and the State college. Arrangements can be made for Elementary and Advanced Instruction in • Classes arranged 1o meet student academic schedules. • Clubs furnished students in elementary courses. • Coif sels rented by the term. • Bus stops within two blocks of course. Phone 414 , Larelwood Golf Course 2700 COLUMBIA STREET For Your Perfume Wardrobe Lucien Le Long “Opening Night” For formal wear “Mon Image” An aristocratic perfume “Whisper” A haunting romantic fragrance “Florals” Everlastingly feminine V J A-V, . 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