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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1939)
SKI CARE By WALT WOOD Snow on the pass! In a few days those words will be heard all over the Oregon ram pus so here are a few tips on get ting your equipment ready for the season. First, yourself . . . Spend a few minutes every day doing knee bends and push-ups from the floor with your arms. You do lots of skiing with your shoulders and arms and a little time now will mean more fun later on. Next, your skis . . . They should be of hickory or maple and about , fourteen inches longer than you are tall and by all means get metal edges on them. Metal e»dges save the wood edges from wear and you can ski with more control, and that’s the thing. The Fasteners Bindings ... Or harness, if you call them that. Any good cable binding will do, and mount them at the balance point of each indi vidual ski a little to the outside of the skis. Put the downhill attach ments in the center of he sides of the skis and they won't be catch ing on the ice and spilling you. Fit your boots well back in th>e bindings, so they can work for ward and snug into the toe plates. That’s important. Poles . . . They should come right to the pit of your arm stand ing on the floor. Metal is best but a good cane or bamboo ski pole won’t make you a worse skier. Have leather grips and oil all the leather parts to the pole. Boots next . . . Put as much money into your boots as you do into your skis and you’ll be a bet ter and happier skier. Any well known lined boot with a hard toe will do. It’s best to get a metal shank and laced saddles help a lot. Wax them with boot wax or any wax shoe polish and keep them blocked when not in use and wear slippers back from skiing or your feet will be cold from per spiration. Your Clothes Trousers . . . The long downhill pants are the only thing ... a good grade wool gabardine, and have them tailored to fit . . . You look and feel better. Have zipper pockets and wear a pair of silk sox next to your skin and one pair of wool sox. The jacket ... A very light moisture, but not water proof jacket, snug at the waist, with zipper pockets and plenty large for you ... In cold weather wool shirts feel awfully good but they’re bulky . . . you can work up your own color combinations, but re (Please turn to page Jour) Ski Development at University of Oregon is Traced Varsity Overcomes Many Handicaps Webfoot Team Begins Under Limtied Conditions But Soon Attracts Coastwide Attention; Rollie Dickie in Charge By PAUL McCARTY Should old Sol suddenly duck behind a cloud and go into hibernation for the winter, no one on the campus would be more pleased than Rollie Dickie, ski team faculty adviser, and his group of skiers. “We need snow light now and lots of it," said Dickie, ski team spokesman. "The fellows are working every day with ski conditioning exercsies, but they can't practice actual skiing until some snow hits the peaks in the McKenzie area.” New Setup The ski team is under an entirely new set-up this year from that of last season, and from opinions of interested students on the campus, skiing' is definitely on the up-grade here at the University of Oregon. i Last year the ski team was al most independent of the physical education department. The skiers j.themselves arranged their meets, J transportation, and recommenda , tions for letter awards. The skiers ! had no one to really look after j them, and accordingly were rather | inconsistent in their activities. Despite their inconsistencies, the Ski team gained considerable atten tion on the Pacific coast. In fact so* much so that Oregon “wooden sal'dal” artists attracted Ariel Ed moridsen, one of the country’s best ski artists, to the campus for a visit and instruction period with the sl:i team and a talk with school officials. Visits Campus Edmcndsen’s visit was not pub licized a t that time, as his talk with school officials concerned mainly his coming to the Univer sity this fall as a student coach. Plans failed to materialize, how ever, and he continued his duties as ski instructor at Mt. Rainier and Mt. Hood where he had given in struction to over 3,000 skiers. Ed mondsen wais impressed by the progress of Oregon’s skiers who were only in their second season on the campus. But the reputation had been made. Oregon received invitations from schools up and down the Pa cific coast and in the Rocky moun tain area for meets. Then came a telegram from officials of the San Francisco World’s fair jumping tournament asking that Oregon send a representative. Walt Wood, ski team captain who pioneered the j organization of skiing as a sport on the Oregon athletic schedule, re plied that three representatives would be sent and with other meets already scheduled that worked in with the Frisco meet, Wood, Hank Evans, squad’s top jumper, and Fat Dolan left February 23 on a 27-day, 3000-mile road trip. Casualties that so often beset new teams hit the Duck squad and in a practice jump off the world's fair jumping tower, Hank Evans sprained an ankle, which was then useless for further jumping, and he returned home just in time to take his final exams. Shortly thereafter the team broke up, and the mem bers struck out on their own. Those weren't the only troubles of the ski team during the 1938-39 season. With no one to take con trol of the skiers, the student lead ers had difficulty in getting pros pects to turn out daily for work outs, and with the Pacific coast intercollegiate meet at Yosemite coming up, the Webfoots had no ski team. Interested members promptly announced that since no snow was available in the McKen zie area, closest skiing ground, tryouts would be held at Mt. Hood. Skiers selected from this test were Wood, Dolan, Evans, Scott Wright, and George Hoffman. Despite all these set-backs, the ski team still had several meets, including one at Sun Valley, Idaho, against some of the best inter collegiate skiers in the country, an other at the University of Nevada winter carnival held in Reno' and the nearby Tahoe Alps, dual meets with Oregon State and Reed Col lege, besides others scheduled and cancelled with McCall, Idaho, ski club and the University of British Columbia. Oregon's two ace skiers, Wood and Evans, placed well up among the nation’s stellar collegiate ski ers, totaling 110, at the Sun Val ley contest. The Webfoot 10-man ^ WARDS Sell T EVERYTHING for Skiing at SAVINGS up to 40%! A Maple Ridge Top Skis Carefully matched for grain and balance! 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Skiers Get Bumps By KEN CHRISTIANSON Skiing is a dangerous sport; j how could it be otherwise when one flies down a treacherous white course on two slim, long, wooden slats at a speed of GO to 65 miles i an hour and then soars into the air to glide like a bird for over 100 feet? But skiing is not as dangerous , to life and limb as football was . the consensus of many of Oregon’s ski team aspirants. A speed of 10 miles per hour is about tops on the slalom course. | A slower speed is necessary to navigate the pairs of flags or gates. About 30 gates are used in a sla lom race. Many Types Different types of skis are used j in the different events. Skis used in thg downhill, slalom, and cross country races are approximately seven feet long- and slim. They have one groove in the bottom. Jump ing skis are of a different type. They are longer, usually eight feet, and wider. Three grooves are used to guide the slats down the jumps. They are nearly an inch in the thickest part. Downhill and slalom can be taught to the average person in a year or two, according to Hank Evans, varsity skier. (Please turn to f’cti/e jive) ski team was the largest single entry in the meet. The skiing movement at Oregon was now under way, and with the physical education department recognizing its great possibilities, Rollie Dickie was appointed faculty adviser. Team members have lots of faith in the leadership of Dickie, and with only interested skiers turning out, the future of skiing as a campus sport is definitely as sured. Ski Fields Aplenty Near Eugene Four Bowls Open For Winter Ski Enthusiasts By JIM BROWNE Eugene ski enthusiasts will have little trouble finding ski bowls this year, if they ever get any snow. For early and midwinter skiing, the Hand lake area will be axailable. The White Branch,'Hoo doo Butte, and Sunshine Shelter areas will be open all winter. The Hand lake area, situated on the McKenzie highway, 77 miles from Eugene, is at an elevation of 4 700 feet, and usually has good snow on it. The skiing area has been enlarged three times its orig inal size this year and the forest1 service has constructed a new shel ter. Ed Thurston will operate his ski-tow on Sundays, and Satur days, too, if business warrants it, as long as the area is open. The Hand lake area has facilities for novices as well as more experi enced skiers. Sixty Miles Away The White Branch area, situated 60 miles east of Eugene on the Mc Kenzie highway, is suitable for skiing all through the winter. A warming hut has been built with a concession where food can be acquired. The ski-tow will be avail able here after the Hand lake area has been closed. A large building is being' con structed in the Hoodoo Butte ski ing bowl which will accommodate 75 overnight visitors. This building is expected to be finished by Janu ary 1. A ski-tow will be operated in this district also. Sunshine Shelter For the more experienced skiers there is the Sunshine Shelter area, 70 miles from Eugene at the base of the Sisters. Skiers approach the area by means of a 4 ^-mile ski trail from Frog camp. Skiing fa cilities in this district are the best in the Northwest, according to Ed Thurston, local ski enthusiast. Throughout the winter, the ski laufers and Obsidian clubs sponsor entertainment. On February 22, the ski laufers will have their win ter outing on Mount Hood. Wards Have the RIGHT Ski Suits at the Right Price | .98 Half the fun is being dressed warmly and look ing your best. Either of these suits will do both a. 70% wool Swiss Cord with a reversible jacket. b. All Wool snow fleece? 1, plaid jacket, plain pants. In „ \ sports colors. 14-22. i V MOMCiOMEUV WAitII 1059 Willamette Phone 3220 SLAT TRACKS if .i ...m!ii-:;;'.!’!!!!:iimimnii!:Hi!iiniimmi By PHIL BLAHINE Sitting down to drop a few hints on the coming ski season is no easy task these days—especially when one of the biggest howls on the campus comes not from the approach of final exams but from the apparent total disregard of old man winter to pleas for snow from slat enthusiasts. This column seems to be an an nual affair— last year the Emer ald published its first ski page a short time before the team attend ed the Pacific Coast intercollegiate ski meet, in Yosemite national park and the page received very favorable reception. Incidentally, that Yosemite meet gave the Ore gon team lots of experience which it will probably use to good ad vantage this year. In the first meet of its type that an Oregon team had competed, the lemon and green riders ended a long ways from last place—.biggest enjoy ment was ending up several places above the USC Trojan squad. Poor boys on the Oregon ski team have been working out under the skillful hand of Coach Roland Dickie for over a month. Dickie has been running their legs off in preparation for snow and especial ly the Arnold Lunn downhill race to be run at Mt. Hood in conjunc tion with the dedication of the new chair lift. It was to be run off Sunday but has been postponed again until December 31. This is the fourth time the race has been set forward and it will now be combined with the annual Portland day race and called the Frosh Pair Experienced In Ski Sport Bert Hagen and Tom Terry Hold Several Titles By RAY FOSTER You don't have to go any far ther than your own campus for champions in the ski-line. There are a couple of freshmen on the grounds this fall who will bolster ties since 1936. That year he won Arnold Lunn-Portland day race. Holding the Arnold Lunn race on December 31 may interfere with plans of several of the team members who have been looking forward' to entering the Intercol legiate meet at Sun Valley, Idaho, December 23 to 31. It is said that hearing the boys tell about danc ing with Norma Shearer at Sun Valley last year is drawing the Webfoots in that direction. This year's intercollegiate meet will be held at Paradise Inn on Mt. Rainier—the team should make a good showing so place your bets early. Skiers at Hood this winter will find lots of new tows—and a brand new trail branching out of Blossom below Timberline and ending up across the road from the ski bowl. Re routing of the bowl rope tow clear up to the rim, the new Multopor hill tow, which is ready, and Tim berline's chair lift will speed ski ing up a lot. t'ne Duck chances no end. They’re Bert Hagen, Kappa Big racing champ, and Toni Terry, Phi Delt’s jumping champ. Bert, a 19-year-old freshman from Bend, has been winning ti the state high school slalam race at Mt. Hood, and repeated a vic tor next year. During the ski sea son of 1938-39, Bert had his big gest year. Wins Slalom He won the junior Giant slalom at Mt. Hood, and both the down hill and the slalom at Baker, in the Evergreen Ski club tourna ment. The same year he finished second in both the downhill and combined at the Ski-line Ski meet. And he copped three seconds at the Pendleton meet, in downhill, slalom, and combined. Tom Terry is the man who puts the "jumping jive” on a pair of skis. This year Tom is the Ore gon junior jumping champ, win ning the title with a 103-foot jump on Multorpor hill last February. Last year he came in fourth in the Junior Silver ski tourney held at Mt. Rainier. A Champion In 1938 Tom won the junior downhill and combined champion ships at Bend. He also was the re cipient of a pair of jumping skis from the Cascade club for the out standing new star last year. Bert Hagen is the type of fel low who never gives up, for few would ever look at a pair of skis after getting a broken hack from a 20-foot fall while on a pair of skis. Bert went over a bank onto the road below him some 20 feet and spent the next ten months in casts and steel braces. That was a year and a half ago, and he is back again as spry as ever. Hagen planned to enter the Ar nold Lund tournament the last day of the year, hut since then he has learned that there is a big Port land Day race on Mt. Hood the same day. If you want to double a man's pleasure this Christmas—give him a shirt and tie. It costs so little at Wards Holiday Sale prices! SALE1 1.39 Fabric Values! Men’s Fine Gift Shirts 98c • New Colorfast Patterns! • Better-Fitting Wiltproof Collars! Imagine saving 41c on every one o£ these luxury shirts! Every yard of the fabric was made for 1.39 shirts. Every pattern is fresh, new, sparkling. Many have smart rayon figures. Full sizes. They're v/°r* I-93! \ „ speciol Gif. 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