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DUCK TRACKS ■lUiiiiiii'iiniiiimniiiiiiiiiniiniwiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiwniimiiniiiiiiiiiniimiinigiD By ELBEKT HAWKINS Co-Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald Writer Gene Coughlin, in his column The Sunshine Corner for a tabloid size , newspaper named Sports Weekly, came out last ■Wednesday with a flock of charges about the way Coast Conference moguls handled the G-Man Ather ton report on football proselyting and subsidization. In short, he figures Edwin N. Atherton's 2,000,000-word report on 504 coast gridiron stalwarts, which cost a mere $40,000 to complete, should have been made public. He compares the situation with 1919 when professional base ball was blackened by several Chicago White Sox players who “sold out” a world series to the Cincinnati Reds. Baseball role those crooks out on their ears at a cost to its reputation and they never got into organized ball again. So Mr. Coughlin draws a paral lel between blackened baseball of 1919 and the coast football confer ence of 1940 saying: “Baseball did the finest thing, at terrific dam age to itself, that any sport, or any nation, has ever witnessed. Baseball brought out the facts and, more important, saw that the FACTS WERE MADE PUBLIC! Gene Blasts Them “Rough, tough baseball stuck it out and baseball won, after a long struggle. Gentle, amateur colle giate amateurism looked at the first two pitches and said, “That’s enough. It has started to hurt.” Frankly, we’re sorry such bla tant charges as Writer Gene Coughlin pens are allowed to ever see print. His remarks about the report that “apparently it smelled so badly it wouldn’t keep for a decent funeral” brings to mind the sadly untrue things “Pardon the Yawn” Connolly wrote last fall about northern football. The very reason why the Ather ton report couldn’t be made public comes from the principal upon which it started three years ago. G-Man Atherton traveled around the conference, interviewing ath letes to determine their earnings, etc., on the understanding they would be confidential. He gave the Emerald a little typewritten sheet which gave the conference's rules of order and one promise was “it is our principles that the results of this survey will never be used publicly to embarrass any ath letes or schools.” How else could the conference have got the boys to talk freely?' A Uock-eyed Parallel The coast conference couldn’t get facts on which to improve its set-up in the same manner baseball did back in 1919, namely, by digging 'em out. It had to get them from the participants them selves, so you can see how cock eyed a parallel Mr. Coughlin drew. Conference rules that coaches now can't talk to prospective ath letes unless introduced on the street, or visit the boys’ parents, do bring to mind questions. Howr much wide-open proselyting will it stop? What’s to prevent alums from dishing out money on the side. Why can’t a coach “arrange" to meet a prospective athlete so cially on the street where he'll talk business. We pinned the G-Man down on a question about those things when he dropped through Eugene on his first trip, and Mr. Atherton’s an swer was straight from the shoul der. “Of course the conference has no jurisdiction over alumni . . . but that’s beside the point. Crime would work the same ^Vay. We don't expect 100 per cent enforce PINS Jewelry for any fraternity or sorority can be quickly obtained. A large assortment or re fmished pins to be sold at attractive prices. BRISTOW’S 8 JEWELRY 620 Willamette Hobson Seeks Winning Five Regulars Defend Positions Against Fast Seconds; New Webfoot Team May Face Huskies Friday and Saturday By Friday night Coach Howard "Hobby" Hobson hopes to field "the best five men of the squad regardless of who they are” onto Seattle's university pavilion against the Washington Husky basketball team. After last Friday night's 35 to 31 loss to Oregon State. Hobson promised a shakeup of the team members. Only Center John Dick and Guard Vic Townsend will be partly sure of their jobs. Matt Pavalunas, Ted Sarpola, and Evert “Red" McNeeley, Oregon regulars, may be Pete Riley Drops Moyer Match Freshman Boxer Loses Decision To Coast Champ Pete Riley, Oregon freshman, lost a close decision to the present Pacific coast AAU welterweight champion, Tommy Moyer of Port land, in the four round main event of an amateur program at the Sa lem armory Friday night. Riley, who holds decisions over several of the best amateur fight ers in the Northwest, showed well in his first battle this year, and fought well enough to receive one of the three judges’ votes. The spectators praised the Oregon fighter. * Moyer, whom Riley says is “the most polished fighter I've ever seen in amateur ranks,” has the ' distinction of twice fighting his way to the finals of the National AAU tournament, held in Boston, I only to lose by decisions. His fol-1 lowers say the national champion-1 ship is “in the bag” this year. A transfer from Oregon State, ' Riley cannot represent the Univer sity in any team matches this year, but will appear in an exhibition bout on the program of the smoker . that will be held January 24, at' McArthur court. His opponent has not been selected as yet. Riley will return to Salem Jan uary 26 to meet Sammy Shoulder-1 blade in the feature bout of a pro-' gram planned at the Salem armory. | Shoulderblade is considered the second best welterweight in the Northwest, losing to Moyer in the finals last year. COEDS notice: Nearly 150 girls have signed up for coed basketball this sea son. Each house is represented with 20 separate teams entered. Today is your last day to practice before coed intramural basketball starts Wednesday. Sign up on the Gerlinger bulle tin board. This week’s schedule will ap pear in the paper tomorrow. Watch for it. But while you are waiting, push those last heart checks through at the infirmary—and bring okayed slips to your first game. ment, but it should be an improve ment.” One of the many things the coast conference bosses did in their meeting at Palm Springs recent ly was to set up a rule against any team using gold jerseys. That rule smacked Tex Oliver between the eyes as the Webfoots have been using such with their uni forms. Other teams in the confer ence use the same color so it does n’t hit Oregon alone. The reason . . . gold jerseys are almost the color of pigskin and gridmen gel confused when they see a wall of gold charging at them . . . they can’t be sure where the ball is. Pop W’arner and some other wise men tors used to have symbols resem bling footballs painted on the jer seys of their teams. Opponents used to go crazy trying to locate the pigskin, so the rule makers had a powow and made stripes on the sleeves a requirement. Coach Oliver has a little leisure time now so he's going to learn bowling from the Register-Guard's Dick Strite. |^®I5IB1S1313ISI®3I3I3®3JS!31 Believe it or not DON'T GUESS CALL JLSS Godiove the Plumber 31 Ed-l 7th f’h, 517 replaced uy nara-ngnung re serves. Over the weekend Oregon fell into a tie with Washington State for second place when the Cougars downed Idaho. So next Friday and Northern Division W. L. Pet. Oregon State .3 0 1.000 Oregon .2 1 .667 W.S.C....2 1 .667 Washington .1 1 .500 Idaho .0 5 .000 Games This Week Tuesday—Oregon State vs. WSC at Pullman. Wednesday—Oregon State vs. WSC at Pullman. Friday—Oregon vs. Washington at Seattle; OSC vs. Idaho at Mos cow. Saturday—Oregon vs. Washing ton at Seattle; OSC vs. Idaho at Moscow. Saturday Oregon meets Washing ton in their annual series in which they run, run, and run. New Combination Hobson must find that magic and so far elusive combination which is unbeatable by Thursday. For either Thursday morning or noon, Oregon’s coach will entrain for Seattle. Arrangements have been made for the team to stay at the Edmond Meany hotel adjacent to the Husky campus. The Webfoots have been driving in intensive practice sessions Sat urday, Sunday, and last night. Bill Borcher, Hank Anderson, and George “Porky” Andrews have been pressing the aforementioned Sarpola, McNeeley, and Pavalunas for their berths on the first squad. Borcher was the six foot five giant who helped to even the dif ference between the Beavers and the Ducks in the game. Archie Marshik and Paul Jackson leave little to choose between them selves and the regulars. Hobson tried several combina tions last night in order to find that hoped-for five in scrimmaging with the once-defeated freshman team. The varsity won by a KM to 48 count. Washington, like Oregon, lost four starters from their last year’s lineup which finished second in the northern division race. Coach Hec Edmundson built his team around Bill McDonald, but two sophomores, Bob Lindh and Harry Nelson, have stolen all the glory thus far in the Husky campaign. The Husky pre-season record includes one win in three tries from Minnesota, one loss to Ru benstein’s Oregonians, and two losses to an alumni team. They de feated Bellingham normal. In northern division play, Wash ington split with Washington ■State and won two from Montana. Oregon Skiers Schedule Meet Ducks, OSC, Reed To Compete in Three-Way Duel Oregon snow fans will get their first chance to see the Webfoot ski team in action this weekend at Mt. Hood when the University of Oregon vies with Oregon State and Iteed college for top honors in Oregon intercollegiate skiing. The Ducks will enter a six-man team in both slalom and downhill events. Rollie Dickie, Oregon coach, an nounced today that three of the six men on the first team had al ready been chosen and that the remaining three would be picked by Friday. Top positions on the team, according to Dickie, will go to Hank Evans, Dert Hagen, and Ed Aeigler Torn Terry, standout of this year's skiers, will be out of the lineup due to fraternity initia tion. The Duck snowmen spent last •Saturday at Hand lake in prepa dation for this weekend's meet. Twelve of the twenty men turning out were at the lake for practice. “The fellows are still a little slow on their runs,'' said Dickie, “but. 1 expect them to .-bow a lot of i,, _ _ Let--. .- t!*s __ ls cser. ! After the Ball Both Columbia and California basketball players are jumping for ; possession of that precious ball in an action shot snapped in Phila i dciphia. Sigma Nu, Gamma, Kappa Sig Seconds Win Donut Games By BEKNIE ENGEL With a couple of the squads displaying as much class as many of their “A” brethren, six “B” intramural cage teams went out to battle yesterday. Coming off with their maple laurels untarnished were the Sigma Nu five, which beat Sigma hall 17 to 11, Gamma hall, which edged the Campbell co-op team 10 to 7, and the Kappa Sigs, tallying a 27 to 10 deteat ot Sherry Ross nan. Sigma Nu had rolled up a ten to two margin at the half and went on to win in a breeze. The victors fielded a cagey (no pun intended) five with plenty of the necessary smoothness, considering their “B” | status. i Lineups: j Sigma Nu (17) (11) Sigma Hall | Gray, 4 .F . Libke Schiller, 4.F . 4, Newman Bailey .C .Shackleford Will, 3 .G . Phillips Campbell, 2.G .Neustadtcr j Fancher, 4.S .Green Sorenson.S . 4, Miller Nestor.S.Chaney S . 3, Moore Gamma Wins Gamma hall was trailing until ; the last quarter, but finally man aged to get the lid off the basket i and win after both squads had been j unable to sink anything for the major part of the game, the score | being 6 to 5 for Gamma at the start j of the fourth frame. Lineups: Campbell (7) (10) Gamma I Froude.F . Levcrette | Grant.F . Younger Allen .C . Brownhill i Cook.G . Brady ; Newton.G.F. Stearns Thurston.S . Dueffler 1 Daugherty .S . J. Stearns Denno . S Watt . S Kappa Sigs Win 'the Kappa Sigs used 19 men in downing the Sherry Ross team, which tried an iron-man act with six men. Attired in fraternity polo shirts, the Kappa Sigs dashed back and forth and scored often. Lineups: McAuliffe.F.Lyman Robertson, 2.F . 7, Penfield Ek, 2 .C. Lewis Slade, 6.G Sullivan Moore, 8 .G . 2, Green Substitutions: Sherry Ross—Me Makin, 1; Kappa Sigma—-Coffey, Engelke, Ray, Shepherd, Caufield 4, Giustina, Latourette 2, Stein, Dickey, Heard 3, Corbett 2, flap son, Cawley. Co-op Hoop Team Swings Coastward Oregon's varsity hoopmen may travel to the stormy Atlantic but the Campbell co-op five isn’t going to be outdone. They're go ing to the Facific. Friday night the co-opers meet a strong town team in the Newport Pilots. Saturday night the. men square off against the Waldport high school five, fav ored contenders for the Lincoln county championship. The Campbell version of the “Flying Finns’’ will see the fol lowing players in action: Ed Daugherty, Ken Rolfe, Rat Ray burn, Earl Bucknam, Bob Prod inger, Elmer Olsen, Ray "Mush’’ Grant, Don Froude, Jack New ton, Lee Allen, Stan Watt, Bud Edwards, or Dave Campbell. The co-op "A’’ squad holds a 12-10 win over the Sigma Alpha Mu five; the “B" team took it on the chin, 10-7, from the Gamma hall outfit. Notice! To All Course 'Changers’ and All Course 'Droppers’ It you bought the wrong hook or have dropped a course, the “GO-OP” will refund rash in full for all books returned todav or tomorrow if they are in perfectly NEW CONDITION. This applies only to books bought this term. TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17, LAST DAY Unicersitij ?C O - O P’ Frosh Bow To Varsity In Scrimmage Yearlings Back After Losing Longview Clash By DON C AWLKV With the two starting guards, Don Kirsch and John Tuttle, still out of action with injured ankles, the frosh were sent against the varsity yesterday in a strenuous two-hour scrimmage. The.yearlings came out on the short end of a very large score, but received a world of experience against their older and more experienced oppo nents. Coach John Warren started the game using Baker and Reynolds at the guard posts, Wally Borrevik at center, and Quentin Sidesinger and Warren Taylor at the forward slots. Taylor and Sidesinger were especially impressive for the frosh, with Sidesinger getting more than his share of the rebounds off the backboard. John Bubalo and Jake Wersch kul were also used extensively and the two big boys gave an exhibi tion that stamped them as possible starters in the Wednesday game with Dallas high. The road trip proved to be a none-too-successful one for the Ducklings as they nosed out Astoria high and lost to the Longview Lumberjacks. Longview proved to be much stifl’er competition than any of the five high schools that the frosh had played previously. The Lumberjacks took a com manding lead at the outset of the contest and the first year men were never quite able to catch up. Summaries of the two road games: Oregon Frosh (30) (31) Astoria Ta>'lor <2) .F. (2) Seeborg Bubalo (0) .F. (4) Koski Borrevik (4) .C.... (4) Simonson Kirsch (4) .G. (8) Lovvold Reynolds (5) . n (3) Peterson Werschkul (13) ..'J. (0) Link Sidesinger (2) . . Oliver (Oi . Oregon Frosh (20) Taylor (0) Werschkul (8) Borrevik (9) Kirsch (1) . Tuttle (0) . Sidesinger (7) Reynolds (0) . (28) Long vice ■ •■F (3) Brusci -F (2) Dcs Jardim ...C„ ...G. ...G.. ...BY ... • (3) Wit (9) Andrew . (5) Gobi . (2) Grahan ... (4) Keene; Oregon Swimmers Rated in Division Tank Competition Washington, Washington State, Oregon State Listed as Strong Competition for Title By PAUL McCARTY University of Oregon's swimming team seems destined for a cellar position in the coast conference northern division, if reports from other schools may be used as a judging basis. Coach Jack Torney’s University of Washington squad, defending title-holder whom Oregon meets in Seattle January 20, is favored to again capture the championship. Leading the Husky mermen are Cap tain Fred Kroeppen and Brockman, powerful freestylists who were Slavs ox mo noruiern uivisiou championships in 1939. Oregon State, according to Coach Vic Smith, has a team that has the makings of a varsity squad which may come near taking the title lost in 1938 to Washington after a win in 1938. The three vet erans of the Beaver splashing out fit are Gene Hofsted, Gordon Hart ly, and Dick Ebling. Smith plans to put sophomores, led by Jack Stark and Steve Elwau, in the remaining varsity positions. Inland Empire Jaunt Washington State and Idaho, whom Oregon meets on a road trip February 16 and 17, also have their usual strong competitive squads, according to reports from Pullman and Moscow. But Oregon—the Webfoot mer men have two of the coast's top swimmers, Jack Dallas, breast stroker, and Sherman Wetmore, breaststroker, both juniors who have yet to lose a race in their re spective events. A sophomore, “rook of the var sity," who will receive his initiation into conference competition this Saturday at Seattle is Jerry Mac Donald, speedy freestyler whom many believe has no equal in the conference. Other swimmers Coach Russ Cutler will probably use against Washington will include Dick Smith, Pierce Mallory, Harold Chung-Hoon, and Mel Anderson, freestylers; Ralph Laffert.y, breast stioke; and Gerald Huestis, back stroke. Two Divers Webfoot divers arc Ralph Cath ey, senior, and AI feandner, who is pushing Cathey for the team's top i diving position. j Despite Oregon's potential cham pions, athletic critics still can't vision a championship for the Web foots this season. Team strength is necessary for a meet win, and al though Oregon has some swim mers capable of backing up the “first place" men, the second and third position swimmers are lack ing, swim followers say. The varsity-frosh meet Saturday finished last week’s practice ses sions, and the results, like those of the time trials held Wednesday, “were not up to par,” said Coach Cutler. Dallas, Wetmore, and MacDonald won their events quite easily, al though competition from frosh and other varsity swimmers in the early laps of the events was keener than expected. Dick Smith won the 60 yard freestyle event and Ralph Cathey, the diving in a close battle with big A1 Sandner. Russ Cutler Named New Tennis Coach Russ Cutler, assistant professor of physical education, was named yesterday as Oregon’s tennis coach for . the spring season of 1940, in charge of the tennis team and all tennis competition. Mr. Cutler has taught physical education at Oregon for the last ten years, coming here directly upon his graduation in 1930 from UCLA. DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DURHAM, N. C. Tour terms of eleven weeks are given each | year. These may be taken consecutively (graduation in three and one'quartcr years) or three terms may be taken each year (graduation in four years). The en trance requirements are intelligence, char acter and three years of college work, in cluding the subjects specified for Class A medical schools. Catalogues and applica tion forms may he obtained from the Ad mission Committee. 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