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* DUCK TRACKS ■■nnniiunnim!immimiimiminnniiin<Timmimiiiiimnn:!ti!i!niiimm!uaiii By GEORGE PASERO Co-Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald Wetmore, Dallas, and MacDon ald—those are big names in Pacific coast swimming circles . . . yes, and they’re Oregon names. For three seasons now Sherni Wetmore, the backstroke king, and Jack Dallas, “Butterfly”’ breast stroke speacialist, have shattered coast splash records right and left to hoist Webfoot swim prestige back to the heights once again. And this year, Big Jerry MacDon ald, a powerful sophomore free _4 styler, joined the cause, giving Oregon a perfect medley relay out fit. The achievements of the three, boys have been terrific already thi3 year. Oregon State, Idaho, Wash ington State, and Washington all have bowed to the Webfoot team, and Wetmore, Dallas, and MacDon ald have played no little part in the unmerciful beatings the Duck swimmers have handed opponents. Two more meets — the Oregon State and northern division shows —remain for these boys this year, and that's all. But by the time the meets have been run Oregon should have a northern division title out of this year’s campaign. Host of Webfoot Greats I In the past few years, a surpris ingly large number of Oregon ath letic stars have kept the Webfoot Lemon and Green banner waving in the national spotlight . . . just lo name a few . . . there’s Joe Gordon, the champions—Laddie Gale, Slim Wintermute, Wally Johansen, Bob by Anet, and John Dick, Pitcher Bob Hardy, Frank Emmons and Bob Smith, Boyd Brown, George Varoff, Mack Robinson, and Swim mers Jim Hurd and Jim Reed. This year Wetmore, Dallas, and MacDonald are three of the most, if not the most, outstanding Ducks in competition. And I, for one, would like to see them get their chance to represent Oregon in na tional competition, the national collegiates. Now, if memory serves me right, back in 1936 when Oregon had its last great swim team, prior to this one, Sprinter Jim Hurd, Jim Reed, and Leo Sexton, diver, were sent back to the national meet . . . money was a serious consideration then as it is now. But the problem was solved, as I understand it, by the athletic board putting up $100 and students subscribing the rest. A few business men and alumni also helped out. Return in Full It seems to me that Wetmore, Dallas, and MacDonald have cer tainly earned the right to go, and if they did get to, they would give Oregon return in full. Think of it. What a three-man team the kids would be? MacDonald in the free style races, Wetmore in I he hack stroke and 440, Dallas in the breaststroke, and all three 6f them in the medley relay. Maybe they wouldn't take any first places, and then again maybe they would. At any rate, they would pile up their share of points. Wetmore, for instance, lowered the coast 100-yard backstroke mark from 1:06.8 (held by Tcbbetts of Stanford) to 1:04. And Dallas bet tered by five seconds the 100-yard breaststroke record of 1:10.5. His time was 1:05.3. In the 300-yard medley, the trio chalked up another new mark, swimming it in 3:01.3, the old mark being 3:0S.l by Stan ford in 1937. Yes, and all marks were estab lished despite lack of real compe tition! But to get back to the financial end of this thing, I think 1 have a proposal . . . for consideration any way. March of Dimes We’ll start with the schools con tribution of say $100. Then we'll have the swimmers themselves put on it show, in which the big three tries for records. No admission to this, only the possession of a card obtained for a contribution of say a nickel or dime. With every fra ternity and sorority helping out, this should be a cinch, especially when von consider the Chinese re lief cards, pure and simple dona tions, collected seme $300. Also a few influential business men might be contacted. And I be lieve Dick Strite of the Register Guard would pitch in to help. T act is, this corner would be willing to start the ball rolling and takr charge of the "dimes campaign it enough interest is shown and the board decides in favor. A big problem right now i; TIME, This weekend comes the OSC meet, next weekend the north ern division affair, and then the nationals. Thats enk' t:c "selcr So if action ia to be taken, it should Betas Meet Phi Delts, Theta Chis vs. ATO’s In Cage Finals Friday i In 'A' League: Phi Sigs, Sigma Chis Lose; In 'B' League: ATOs, Theta Chis Beaten; Reynolds, Scott, Igoe, Beard High Scorers By BKIINIE ENGEL It's Beta Theta Pi versus Phi Delta Theta in Friday's intramu ral “B" basketball championship game. Thus reads the schedule as semi final round yesterday on court 43 saw the Betas bump the Alpha Tau Omega quintet 35 to 23, and the Phi Delts drop Theta Chi 32 to 18. Phi Delts Beat Theta Chi Jim Houck sank a foul shot to save the Theta Chi team from a scoreless first quarter; the Phi Delts spent the opening period in rolling up 10 points. Purple-pantsed Jake Feasley, Phi Delt, was all over the court as he stole the honors for ball-hawk ing. His teammate, Pete Igoc, was high scorer with 15 points. Lineups: Phi Delts, 32 .... 18, Theta C'lii Igoe, 15.F. 6, Houck Phillippi.F. 7, Ballif Dick, 6.C. Dariotis Feasley,6.G. 1, Lowry Lewman, 5.G. 2, Barrett Substitutes—Phi Delts: Johnson, Watson; Theta Chi: Walker, Silva, Patton, 2. Betas Down ATOs The Betas rolled up seven points and the first quarter was in its dying seconds as John Hay scored a basket to keep the ATO outfit from a blank score at the end of the opening quarter. Bill Harrow with 11 points and Paul Beard with 8 led the Beta attack as the millrace house pulled away from the hilltop lads. Lineups; Betas, 35 23, ATO Beard, 9.fc..P.. 4, Wyman Turner, 5.F.... 2, MacDonald Conrad, 4.C. 9. Hay L. Werschkul, 6..G. 3, Collins Harrow, 11.G. 2, Payne Substitutions — Betas: Regner, Loud; ATO: Rausseau, Bocci, 2, Zamski, 1, Cecchini. be taken immediately. Let's start the ball a-rolling, now! Triple-header! And speaking of relief funds . . . It’ll be a triple-header for the Finnish relief at McArthur court next Tuesday night. John Warren’s crack frosh team will take on a squad of Lane count y h i g fi school all-stars; the frosh second team will meet another all-star out fit ; and the John Day Valley Bang ers will play the Kubcnstein jun iors . . . the Bangers are John's third stringers. Elmer Mallory, varsity shortstop who signed a pro contract a few weeks ago, will leave for the south and the spring training camp of the Los Angeles Angels Friday. Ford Mullen, Busher Smith, and Bob Hardy leave for Beaumont, Texas, Monday . . . Bob Creighton, senior pitcher on last year’s northern di vision champions, signed with the San Francisco Seals. ill? iioiui.1 Kipling’s greatest hero . . . Ready to fight! . . . Ready to love! RONALD COLEMAN in “The Light That Failed” — plus — CHARLIE CHAN in “In Panama” I T33C3 “Espionage Agent” JOEL McCREA “Code of the Fearless” FRED SCOTT maa Mystery comes again in: “The Invisible Man Returns” with NAN GREY —. plus — “The Arizona Kid” -Mtk EOY ROGUES By JIM SCHILLER Alpha Tan Omega and Theta Chi fought their way to the finals of the intramural “A” league bas ketball playoff by ringing up re spective triumphs over the Sigma Chis, 19 to IS, and the Phi Sigma Kappas, 32 to 11, yesterday in the men’s gym. ATO 19, Sigma Chi 18 A one-handed rebound shot by Stafford, ATO center, with but a minute and twenty seconds to play in the game gave his team a thrill ing 19 to 18 victory over a smooth Sigma Chi five, who led for most of the contest. It was Wayne Scott who kept the tong within striking distance throughout. In the first three quarters he made 12 points, which gave him high scoring honors for the contest. ATO, 19 18, Sigma Chi Graybeal, 2.F.... 1, Burlingame Scott, 12.F. 10. Maynard Miller.C .Hendershott Hay, D., 1.G.... 1, Sederstrom Dunn, J., 2.G. 0, Petersen Subs: ATO—Stafford 2, and R. Dunn. Theta Chi 32, Phi Sigs 14 A 16-point first quarter scoring spree gave the fast breaking Theta Chi quintet a comfortable mar gin to coast to a 32 to 14 victory over the Phi Sigma Kappas. During this wild first period the Theta Chi front line trio of “Whiz zer” White, Willie Reynolds, and Harrison Bergtholdt stole the ball and broke down the floor to score with almost monotonous regular ity Theta Chi, 32 14, Phi Sigs Reynolds, 11.F. 1, Fetsch White, 2.F. Weills Bergtholdt, 8.C. 4, Spaugh Loback, 4.G. 2, Wyatt Phillips, 6.G. 5, Schick Subs: Theta Chi—Wicks 1, Staf ford; Phi Sigs—Thompson 2. Officials 2. Officials—Nilscn and Towers. TILMS DEVELOPED FREE FREE ENLARGE MENT WITH EACH ROLL PRINTS only 3c each ~T—_ Whiff of the Cascades — Compressed n — Tine Needles £jOC (Complete with burners) Penhy Wise Drugs 40 E. Brbadway • Corned Beef • Corned Pork MEAT CO, lib E. 11th Ph 334 We Deliver IVholtiilfc_Eetail 1 Babe Splashers Drown Eugene Oregon's swimming' teams evi dently can't help winning meets without taking first place in each event as yesterday afternoon Coach Russ Cutler's freshmen water splashers continued their usual first-place monopoly in de feating the Eugene high school mermen, 48 to 18. Again leading the frosh was Dick Allen, who took two firsts and swam on the winning freestyle relay team. Bob Wagner, free styler, took a first in the 40-yard dash, third in the 100-yard free style, and swam on the relay squad. Others representing the Ducks were Ralph Huestis, Tom Corbett, Lee Ghormley, Earl Walrath, and Jake Risley. In charge of the meet was Man ager Bob Lovell; announcer, Jim Selders; clean-up, Clifton E. Sex smith, junior manager. j summary; 40-yard freestyle—Won by Wag ner, Oregon; Deller, Eugene, sec ond; Corbett, Oregon, third. Time, :22.3. 100-yard breast stroke—Won by R. Huestis, Oregon; Bigelow, Eu gene, second; Getchell, Eugene, third. Time, 1:10.9. 100-yard freestyle—Won by Al len, Oregon; Farley, Eugene, sec ond; Wagner, Oregon, third. Time, 1:02.9. 100-yard backstroke—Won by Finke, Oregon; Bartell, Eugene, second; Walsh, Eugene, third. Tim,e 1:06.9. 220-yard freestyle—Won by Al len, Oregon; Bigelow, Eugene, second; Ghormley, Oregon, third. Time, 2:39.5. Diving—Won by Walrath, Ore gon; Corbett, Oregon, second; Nes bitt, Eugene, third. 120-yard medley relay—Won by Oregon (Finke, Huestis, Risley). Time, 1:11.3. 160-yard freestyle relay.—Won by Oregon—(Ghormley, Wagner, Huestis, Allen)—Time, 1:25.8. imiiaiiiiniiiiniiiiiBffliaiiiiaiiiiniiiiiBiiiiniiiiniiiiiaii Former Great Jim Hurd, Duck splasher of a few years back, who went to the National Collegiates along with Jim Reed. Frosh Face Preps For Finn Relief District 7 Players Meet First Team; 'B' Leaguers Play A pair of prep all-star teams will provide the opposition for two teams from John Warren’s frosh squad when they play at McAr thur court next Tuesday for the benefit of the Finnish relief fund. Pitted against the Ducklings’ first string will be an all-star team consisting of players from district 7 high schools, selected by Ray Hendrickson, coach of University high’s undefeated Golden Tide. The second string Ducklings will meet a team composed of American and National league "B" players, selected by Coach Virgil ■.. mm TRUTH BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION IS PROPAGANDA—BUT GOOD' PROPAGANDA SO THIS IS TYPEWRITER PROPAGANDA: TYPE YOUR PAPERS—IT’S GOOD TO YOUR GRADES RENT (OR BUY) A TYPEWRITER—PUT IT TO WORK OFFICE MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO 1047 Willamette St. Phone 148 Hobson Sets Trap For Beaver Quintet Only a short practice session was in store for Webfoot basket t ball players last night as Coach Hobby Hobson plotted his strategy to be used to cope with Oregon State's seemingly title bound quint. Shooting practice was given the second spot in preference to squad scrimmage with the frosh in the double bill attraction. With Hob son sitting in the maestro's chair, the second and third stringers ran with Warren’s once - defeated freshman hoopers. First Stringers Work The first line players, John Dick, Hank Anderson, Archie Marshik, Paul Jackson, and Vic Townsend | took a short workout. The Web Kingsley of Oakridge’s defending state “B” champs. A third game is tentatively scheduled, with Warren's third string "Rangers” meeting the Jun ior Rubes of Rubenstein's Oregon ians. Original plans called for the Yearlings to play Rubenstein’s Oregonians, but the local indepen dents had to withdraw when they found they would have to enter the state AAU tourney in Portland the next day. The prep all-stars will have two practice sessions between now and the date the game is to be played, with John Warren’s frosli getting all the practice they want in the final Rook game, which closes their regular season Saturday. A game between University and Eu gene high, scheduled for Tuesday night, will probably be moved to Monday. All tickets, upkeep for the Igloo, and the Igloo itself will be furn ished free of charge, according to Anse Cornell, Oregon graduate manager. Ed Siegmund, A1 Dietz, Stan Summers and Lyle Small will officiate. I foot headman will probably taper off practice today in preparation for the last of the four game se ries with the Beavers tomorrow night in Corvallis, The Ducks must win this game in order to stay in the northern division race. Should Oregon State’s Beavers take the game Friday then they automatically win the northern crown and can use those reservations they have made in Los Angeles. They would not need even one victory over Washington, their last two games. Lindh Leads Dick, former conference scoring leader, was forced to take a back seat over the weekend to Bobby Lindh. Washington's sophomore scoring sensation. In 14 games Lindh has scored 157 points—a far cry from Laddie Gale’s 1938 rec ord of 204 points. Next in line is little Bud Olson, Washington State guard, with 123 points in 13 games. Dick has marked up 120 points in 11 games to take over third place in the individual scoring race. 1 HENDERSHOTTS 770 WILLAMETTE SNOW TRAIN WE KENT SKIS! $1.00 I'er Day! WE KENT SKI BOOTS - - 75c Per Day! W'e Sell Snow Train Tickets! SALE DRASTIC ALLY REDUCED SKIS - - ROLES - - BINDINGS PINE SKIS 98c Pr. MAPLE SKIS, $2.99 Pr. MAPLE RIDGE TOP .$4.98 Pr. HICKORY RIDGE TOP 5.99 Pr. SKI POLES, Tomkin Cane, 1st grade, $1.49 SKI BINDINGS, Specially Re duced $1.49, $2.49 AOPis Sink Pi Phis 12 to 9 in Cage Game Although the half time score stood at 6 to 2 in favOr of the Pi Phis, the AOPis started sinking their baskets and came out on the long end of the score last night, 12 to 9. The game, unusual in its clean playing, was a contrast to Tues day’s games. Maryja-ne Noonan, AOPi, led in scoring with 8 points. Pi Phi, 9 12, AOPi Vincent, 4.F. Graham Daggett, 3.F. 8, Noonan Tyler, 2.F. 4, Lawson DeBolt.G. 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