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DUCK TRACKS By ELBERT HAWKINS, Co-Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald Springtime brings some really hilarious times up at McArthur court around the Oregon athletic training headquarters. The base bailers seem to touch it off with their perennially screwy antics, auti the coaches even join in the horseplay. Take Colonel Bill Hayward, for instance. You’d think a man - any man would run out of funny sto ries in time, but the veteran Web foot coach seems to possess an endless variety of tales. Just the other day Bill was telling about an ancient Stutz roadster he once owned . . . the tale must have been original for Bill liad his ace half-miler and captain. Kirm Stor li, in stitches and guffaws, and the Wcbfoot veteran has spent many an hour with his coach during four years in Eugene. He couldn't have heard it before. Colonel Bill's Stutz roadster was one of Eugene’s first real limou sines. he claims . . . his gas mon ster had a cut-out and used to really scare the natives with its racket when the youthful Mr. Hay ward went on a jaunt around the countryside. Bill got pinched foi speeding with it one day and guess who was his passenger. Yessir, it was his mother-in-law. His speed was about 70 or 80 but the con scientious lady told the inquiring copper it was only 35. ''That ticket cost me §50," says Bill. . Beil's Stutz Was Thirsty And the old Stutz was such a glutton for gasoline Colonel Bill bad to use a special tank to get to .Portland . . . there were few gas pumps in between. Bill solved the problem by purchasing a 35-gallon tank for the Stutz. You see the old bus only got eight miles to the gallon, “five on a windy day,” so Colonel Bill needed his 35-gallon tank when he hitched up the Stutz and headed for Portland. A northern division champion ship possibility is Oregon's varsity tennis team, according to Coach Russ Cutler,- and he's the kind of a guy you can believe. An instructoi in the physical education depart ment. Russ stepped into coaching for' the first time in his .life last winter when he handled the Web foot swimming team. Before swimming season evei st ilted. Russ promised a winnei and “a possible northern division championship.” How close was he? Oregon lost the swim title tc Washington by only one point: Right now he's working with tht University's top netmen daily giv ing 'em the encouragement and authoritative instruction they've sadly lacked in the past. From a Coach's Notebook Russ' tennis team will select it self by positions through a tourna ment but it's safe to name a few of his best men. Leonard Clark Larry Key, and Les Werschkul are a trio of top-notchers. Other potential first-stringers are Jack MuCliment. Dick Williams, Paul liivesay, and Carl Robbins. Here's about the way they are rated in a coach's notebook: Clark . . . has an effective and consistent service . . . very strong in general court play. Key . . . has a fair flat service and a good twist . . . good court pi »y. Werschkul . . . aggressive, fast at oug ... a very durable player Williams . . . his general court play is good. Robbins . . . his play is effec tive and consistent, etc. That's about how the boys ap pear as netmen and gosh knows wtiat'll happen when they start backing through eliminations foi racking positions on Cutler's var sity team. They open against Lin field on the home courts April 15 Os Mud and Sawdust it'll be truly amazing if the var sity taaseballers can struggle through their opener today against Linfield without a flock of infield bobbles. Howe field isn't in mid season shape by far what with Eu gene’s dampish weather of late, and what's even more against the Oregons is their lack of practice. Workouts to date have been on the mud and sawdust of the lower practice field . . . and the base ball will take a much different hop off good old firm turf and dirt I . . . pity Hobby's poor infielders. Anyway, we'll find out today what two unpracticed clubs can do on a strange diamond— unless it rains. This boy Lloyd Hoich, the 163 pound halfback from California’s junior college football circuit, who was mentioned as one of Tex Oli ver’s new transfer finds by the Oregonian’s L. H. Gregory ... he did appear on the Oregon campus for a few days but never regis tered . . . he’s gone now. George Van Pelt, the big and rangy 190 pound tackle, IS in Webfoot togs . . . and how! ... he got his expe rience with City College of Los Angeles. Hobby Hobson, back from Kan sas City where he saw Oregon’s national basketball title of 1939 pass into new hands, saw his var sity baseball team yesterday for the first time. He faces a lot of I experimenting and juggling before | Oregon's conference nine is ready. I the pitching staff isn't ready, and j there are about eight infielders I now battling for positions . . . i all of 'em potential first stringers. Volleyball Play Gets Underway SAE, Delt, Super Charger, Theta Chi Teams Win By DON GIBBON'S Four smoth-working sextets yes terday moved into the win column j of intramural volleyball circles yes- I terday as the Theta Chis took the | Yeomen in two out of three games, j and the SAEs, Delts, and the: Super-Chargers won straight games. Featuring smooth ball handling the Theta Chis rolled through the 1 first game 15 to 7. The next en counter the Yeomen led by Harold Fox put on a final spurt to eke out a close 10 to 14 win. In the deciding game Boyd Brown, taking time off from his javelin throwing, led the Theta Chis to a hard fought win, ending iii a 15 to 12 count. The sparkling kills of Willie Reynolds with back court help from Paul Cushing were the highlights of the games, SAEs Good The SAEs met with little compe | tition from the hall boys as they! waltzed thro u g h two straight j games 15 to 0 and 15 to 4. The. ■ SAEs showed one of the best look-j ing outfits to appear on the courts' .and capitalized on the deadly kills j j of Vic Townsend to a good ad-; | vantage. Court 42 found the Delts staving off the Sigma Nu outfit in two j straight games ending 15 to IT and \ 15 to 13. Never headed in either contest the hilltop lads headed by Bob Hansen and Roy Metzler j played steady ball with a good front court game. In the second encounter the Sup- ] er-Chargers led by Dick Dulaney • and Len Gat'd were always ahead j of the Fiji lads, pulling through i two fairly easy contests by 15 to ' 10 aud 15 to 13 counts. BASKETBALLERS! Coach Hobby Hobson requests all basketball players intending to turn out for the 1940-41 sea son to meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 101 PE building Thursday. With arrangements made for another eastern trip. Hobson will put forth plans for light spring workouts. The purpose is to arrange the squad. Five Netmen Bead Oregon rennis Squad Tourney Planned To Determine Number One Man Varsity tennis material looks /ery good to Coach Russ Cutler! .his spring as four lettermen and i junior college transfer head near y 20 enthusiastic aspirants for the ream. The coveted number one spot vill not be determined until next veek, when a tournament will be reld and the top man will ascend I /ia the elimination process. Leonard Clark, a fast, hard driv ing lad, who packs a wind-wither ng serve and plays a phenomenal court game is sure to be one of the top racketeers, according to Coach Cutler. Les Werschkul has not been able to work out due to an injured elbow, but once in stride will be battling for the top posi tion with Clark, Larry Key, Dick Williams, and Dick Phillippi. Key Is Transfer Williams and Phillippi are letter men. and Key is a transfer from junior college. Key was outstand ing in southern California tourna ments last summer, and is regard ed an excellent prospect. Paul Livesay, Jack McCliment, showed its effects upon the scores of the other players, and Carl Robbins are outstanding sophomores whose merits have not been fully determined as yet. Mc Climent has shown good form in recent workouts, but due to the weather his workouts have been few and far between. The tourna ment will decide his fate, along with other sophomores of unknown ability. According to Coach Cutler, dou bles combinations will not be hard to find. Key and Clark look very good together, and Werschkul will Dick Hanen Tops Freshman Golfers “With the wind and the rain in their hair” the frosh golfers fin ished their qualifying rounds for team positions last week at Lau relwood and ended with Dick Han ?n topping' the club swingers. Hanen shot a 291 for the 72 roles and was eight strokes ahead rf the second high man. Bob Du :len carded a 299 to secure the sec ond berth. The third position was taken by Francis Jordan who turned in a 309. One stroke behind Iordan with a 310 was Bill Mc Mahon who took title to the fourth position. Clay Jones followed with x 312 and Niel Huckleberry with i 313 to secure the last position on the playing squad. John Schaefers with a 314 quali fied for the seventh place and John Busterud with a 338 was ?ighth. Tom Frei was ninth with x 353 and Benny Van Dusen was tenth and last man with a 364. Stormy weather was partly re sponsible for the high scores of che last four men and it also Duck Trackmen Vie For Positions Today Today at 3:30 time trials will be run off to determine University of Oregon entrants in the meet with Portland university Saturday. Two men in each event will be selected to make the trip and from all indica* tions, the competition in most events will be wide open. Several of the ace runners who have shown their old form will be x___in tho trial® Parham Kirm StOl’li. half-miler; Rea Kleinfeldt, two-miler; Bob Mitchell, miler; and Jim Buck, hurdler, are several not competing this afternoon. The hurdlers went through a stiff drill yesterday afternoon un der the watchful eye of Coach Bill Hayward as the Duck squad pre pared for its weekend clash with the Pilots. Four Hurdlers Jim Buck, Kernal Buhler, and Martin Luther, all veterans from last season's team, and Ray Dick son, promising sophomore, were MANAGERS NOTICE! Freshman managers are need ed for frosh track. Applicants are asked to call 318, Dean Vin cent. be teamed with someone—as yet unknown, for the second team— unless a team of dark horses upsets the more experienced combinations. Smith Ineligible Kermit Smith looks very good, but is a transfer from Portland university and, therefore, ineligible until next year. Last night Phillippi and Smith played against Clark and Key, j while McCliment and Williams worked out with Robbins and Live say. Coach Cutler was pleased with the ability shown thus far, and commented especially on the team work, versatility and generalship displayed by Clark and Key. the hurdlers receiving the instruc tion. Kirm Storli, star in the 880 run, showed a world of power and drive in his whirl around the cinders. Storli is in great shape at present and shows himself capable of being tops again this year when the nor thern division meet rolls around. 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