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DUCK TRACKS By GEORGE PASERO, Co-Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald Now that Honest John Warren’s mighty frosh basketball aggrega tion has discarded its “war” togs after winning 16 games in 17 starts, it’s time we pay our re spects to the coaching ability of the portly Duckling mentor. Sixty-six wins and only 12 de feats in five years as frosh cage headman at the Igloo—that's Hon est John’s record, and it’s some record, even if Warren says it isn’t. Included in this total of 66 vic tories are 13 triumphs over the Oregon State rooks in 20 games between the two teams. What’s more, four of those seven black marks were written on the books last year when Warren was robbed, by ineligibility, of his premier stars. This year the frosh lost only one game . . . and that, gentlemen, is just a good frosh season! . . . Whenever one of Warren’s clubs loses more than two games, it is virtually a major catastrophe! Here’s Warren’s five year mark: Year W L 1936 .19 1937 . 8 1938 .17 1939 . 6 1940 . 16 Total .66 12 Bobby and Wally 1936 was the year Bobby Anet and Wally Johansen, John’s two high school proteges from Astoria; Laddie Gale, then a green kid from Oakridge; and Busher Smith HEiLiG << The Marshal of Mesa City” with GEORGE O’BRIEN VIRGINIA BALES — plus — “Jeepers Creepers” with ROY ROGERS Three swell guys to have on your side ... in a fight. • James Cagney • Pat O’Brien • George Brent in “The Fighting 69th” Iff IIOIIAI. I Roar with Blustering Beery as “The Man From Dakota” Starring Wallace Beery, John Howard — plus — “Miracle on Main Street” with Margo - Walter Able with ERROL FLYNN, OLIVIA DeHAVILLAND — plus — the JONES FAMILY in “Too Busy to Work” formed the nucleus of the frosh club. Archie Marshik, Earl Sand ness, and Red McNeeley, present varsity stars, were John’s aces in his most successful year as year ling coach, 1938, when his club won 17 games without suffering a single setback. Here's John's totals against the rooks: Year W 1936 . 3 1937 . 2 1938 . 4 1939 . 0 1940 . 4 L 1 2 0 4 0 Total .13 7 John’s frosh record is darned im pressive any way you look at it, but his 12-year coaching mark is nothing short of remarkable. . . . Some coach in the United States might possibly have a better one, but you’d have to prove it to me before I’d believe it. In seven years as Astoria high mentor, Warren and his Fishermen won 325 games while losing just a mere 23. Now that really is something, „ when you consider his clubs played about 50 contests a year, against the state’s best teams. Never Worse Than Third Four times in seven years, the Fishermen invaded Salem and re turned home with the state hoop (Please turn to page six) Swimmers Leave For Seattle Meet Cutler Takes 12 Men to Battle for Conference Crown Twelve University of Oregon swimmers, Coach Russ Cutler, and Manager Jimmy Selders, departed at 7 this morning for Seattle in quest of the northern division championship meet, held at the University of Washington pool, Saturday, March 2. Cutler took every available var sity man to use against the cream ot the northern division crop, the Huskies, Washington State, Idaho, and Oregon State. The Oregon mentor said he planned to use dif ferent men in each event as much as possible. The Ducks, winners of the nor thern division dual meet champion ship, have, with the exception of the Huskies, swamped most com petition this season. Oregon barely edged out Washington 43 to 32 in an early season dual meet. Swim fans have the champion ship meet predicted as an Oregon Washington dual affair, with the Webfoot mermen slight favorites. Oregon swimmers have traveled many miles this season, and if the present trend of surprising support of the “march of dimes” continues, Jack Dallas, Sherm Wetmore, and Jerry Macdonald will add more miles to their travels with a trip Grabow’s ''CO-OP’ j L AH Ace, With OLIN DUTRA FOR PERFECT ENJOYMENT—THE ONLY DrGRABOW • OR. GRABOW'S PATENTED CLEANER M. 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On this team are Stan Watt, Doug Walwyn, Hal Oman, Bob Still, and Bill Holst, freshmen, and Waldo Caufield, var sity, Manager Art Griffith, and Waldorf. In the Seattle meet, weighing in time is 8 a.m. Saturday. First round matches are at 11 a.m., sec ond round at 4 p.m., and the finals start at 8 o’clock. to the national meet at Yale uni versity, March 29 and 30. Students, alumni, businessmen, and even just interested townspeople have been giving so freely of dimes, some times more, that the possibility of an eastern trip is rapidly becoming a reality. Betas Capture Ping Pong Title Theta Chi Loses 2 to 1; Werschkul Grabs Win Beta Theta Pi beat Theta Chi two games to one yesterday to win the intramural ping-pong cham pionship. In the first singles, Les Wersch kul of the Betas won the first three sets 21-19, 21-12, 21-19 in his game with Stafford. The Beta doubles team of Quinn and Dent defeated Silva and An derson 21-16, 21-15, 21-19. 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