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
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Five Duck grapplers from Erie
Waldorf's wrestling team journey
to Seattle today to take part in the
northern division championships as
part of the Minor Sports carnival
held at the University of Washing
ton this weekend.
Paul Logan, Mort Meyers, Emil
Ek, Ray Foster, and Harold Kasch
ko will make the trip along with
the varsity swimming team which
is also entered in the carnival.
Swimming Coach Russ Cutler will
be in charge of the boys.
Waldorf will take a second group
to Portland to meet the Central
Y tonight at 7:30. 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. Len
Clark of Theta Chi won the second
singles game against Rich Wersch
kul 21-18, 27-25, 12-21, 21-19.
Theta Chi beat the Super Charg
ers, 3 to 0, and the Betas dropped
ATO, 2 to 0, in the semifinals.
(Beta-ATO game called because
the finals started.)
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