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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1940)
DUCK TRACKS By ELBERT HAWKINS, Co Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald On** of Oregon’s top varsity tennis players is Larry Key and ho happens to In* just one of the many athletes California has con tributed to Oregon. Larry was an *oe with Chaffey jay see last aoason and is an experienced boy. V.iiss Cutler. Webfoot coach, fig wyes he’ll stack up against any thing the Northwest lias to of fer. Key has one memory he treas ures probably more than any oth ers and that is the fact that he extended a young sensation named Welby Van Horn to a tough five set match in a South ern California tournament last summer. It was a year ago when "Van Horn blossomed into the na tional tennis limelight by whip ping such greats as Wayne Sa bin and Bobby Riggs. He got a national ranking of No. 4, so you see Larry Key is one Webfoot who can feel proud to say, “I went five sets with Welby Van Horn.” A. little dog almost store me Bljiow in the fourth annual Hay v,' irJ relays yesterday afternoon. The critter entered itself in the 440-yard relay for class C high schools, and after running a ter rific race against the relays of freshmen wound up in fourth place . . . nipping at the heels of the third place team. Official Jay Graybeal clocked the dog offi cially at 50.5 seconds for the dis tance but it was disqualified . . . fqr cutting across the north cor ner of Hayward field oval. Couch Mike Is Proud Mike Mikulak, Oregon's big and popular baekfield coach, is very proud of his proteges and ho doesn’t care who knows it. And when his Green team whips Te\ Oliver’s first string in a practice tilt . . . well, big Mike is just tickled to death. Who said the Webfoots don’t have any punting? Iron Mike may be optimistic but he says it -Will do until better comes along. Tom Robliu, from Pittsburg, Cal ifornia, and Frank Boyd. River side, California, a pair of the team's left half prospects, put together a pair of terrific boots hi practice the other night which must have averaged about 65 •yards . . . and they were done in succession. Roblm kicked out of bounds on a!>out the two-yard line from near his own forty to put the enemy in a bad hole. But cool Frankie Boyd then stepped back in his end zone and kicked it right back for about TO yards. A third California boy who punts 'em nice, according' to Mikulak. irj Curtis Mecham from Bakers field. That trio will be new to the Oregon varsity although Boyd was on hand a year ago until he lm i a knee operation. Buck Ber ry and Len Isberg are holdovers from last fall who are improved kickers, according to YVebfoot coaches. Colonel Bill's Idea I wonder if Colonel Bill Hay ward anticipated the coast con ference’s Atherton regime with jt>, fandangled rules and imposi tions when he inaugurated the Wayward invitational relays for wtate high schools four years ago. Actually, the relays should be a boon to Oregon track future as they bring the athletes to the campus where they can see and hear about the school's athletic plant The annual state track meet which alternates between Oregon and Oregon State, has proven a great thing for Coaches Hayward and Grant Swan. Colo nel Bill's meet has increased in fji years from a membership iff sis. schools to yesterday’s 2$ wit - its approximate three hun dred athletes . . . maybe the day will come when it will outdraw the state meet! Eight times at bat in a double header and six walks . . . Slugger Dick Whitman got more free passes in this week's doublehead er against Pacific than will some of the varsity baseballers in a whole season. It was actually a bad day for Centerfielder Dick as he made an out in one of the two official trips—a hit in the other—and brought down his ter rifically high batting average a few points in the .600s. One for two is poor hitting for Dick. He continued the slump yesterday with only two for four including a double. Third Baseman Alba Ager will be out of the lineup until next week because of a bothersome leg. Arba is good enough to play on any college team in this sec tion although Tom ‘‘Whiff Whiff" “Pepper" Cox, the all-around in fielder. has been capably filling in at the hot corner. Tom's run ning one-handed stab of ground balls and throw to first base in the same motion made the bleachers buzz during Wednes day’s Pacific games. Umpire Harry Cloninger gets ' guffaws from the fans when he starts to call a strike and changes to a ball . . . steerawl. Volleyball Trio Win in Volley Play Sammies, Sig Eps, Betas Trimph in 4 V and 4B* Tilts With all teams taking straight games, three more teams entered the second round of intramural volleyball undefeated. In the other game neither team appeared, and it was called no contest. The Betas took two hard games from (Please turn to page six) Oregonian Vern Olson, lefthander for the Chicago Cubs . . . this big pitcher from Tulsa won 18 games and lost 11 last summer. He broke into baseball with Ponca City in 1887 after playing semi-pro ball around Portland. He is a Ger man-Norwegian and 22 years old. Medford Wins Relays Salem Cops 2nd Prize Winner Takes Home Trophy With Third Straight Victory By BOB FLAVELLE Medford’s track team extended their period of domination of the Hayward relays for a third year as they came from behind in the final race to nose out Salem 24 to 21K. Coach Bill Bowerman's gang was behind as the teams lined up for the mile relay but they pulled the necessary points out of the fire to gain the third consecutive leg on the 28-inch cup and win permanent possession of it. Grants Pass B \\ inner Grants Pass won 17 out of a possible 20 points to dominate the class B division. Next in line was Roseburg with 8 points. In win ning, the Cavemen won firsts in the 440 relay, sprint medley, and shotput; also a second in the dis tance medley. In the C class, Coquille nosed out Mohawk for top honors by an 11 to 10 score. Coquille went out of their class to enter the shotput competition in the B division and not only won first place but their distance totalled four feet more than the class C winners! Hopkins Star Performer If a star is to be picked from the swarm of brilliant high school performers, the honors should go to Wally Hopkiris of Mohawk who was anchor man for his team in the sprint and distance med leys and came from behind in both with a burning stretch drive that ran his opponents to the ground. No new records were broken in the A class but all records made in the B and C divisions yesterday will be marked down as new rec ords as this is the first year that the competition has been divided into three classes. Over 300 athletes competed n Grades Drop Five Frosli “All hands on deck" is the watchword of the track team to day as both the frosh and varsity squads are planning workouts at the regular times. Practice was at a standstill Thursday and Friday because the track had to undergo a facial in preparation for yesterday’s Hay ward relays. The ghost that haunts the am bitions of all aspiring athletes— scholastic ineligiblity—caught up with four freshmen Thursday when a check-up of Atherton blanks and grade slips showed a quartet of the yearlings to be below the standard. Sprinter George Prince was eliminated due to his having registered at an other college. Frosh Need Work With their opener slated for this Wednesday, a dual affair with University high, the frosh face a busy week, for Saturday they meet the Oregon State rooks here in the annual dual relay meet. As evidenced by try-outs held last Wednesday in which Eugene high took four of the nine races, the frosh still need plenty of work before they are in shape. No word has come down from Beaverland as to the potentialities of the birdlegs. Tennis Key, Clark Lead Ducks In Opening Net Match Coaeli Russ Cutler Picks Tentative Ladder of Six Positions; Werselikul Will Play in No. 3 Spot Coach Russ Cutler's tennis tourney came to an incomplete finish yesterday with the first six positions on the ladder tentatively picked. Leonai’d Clark and Larry Key have yet to play their match to decide the winner of the tournament because Clark sprained his anfcle Thursday. Coach Cutler has decided to play Key first singles against Linfield on Monday and Clark second singles. * Les Werschkul, last year s cap tain and first man, was ranked third to begin the year. Wersch kul has been late in getting into form due to a “tennis elbow.” The other three positions will be filled by Bob Potwin, Bob Horning, and Dick Williams, re spectively. Today at 10 a.m. Wil liams and Potwin will tangle for the first time this year for the No. 4 spot. Key, Clark Duo For doubles it is Key and Clark making up the No. 1 team and Werschkul and Williams as the second team. Thursday, Paul Livesay and Jack McCliment de feated Key and Wililams, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. Livesay and McCliment, as a doubles team, will offer plenty of competition as the tennis season moves along to the two tentative doubles teams already picked. Further down on the ladder are Paul Livesay, newcomer from California, Dick Phillippi, last year’s third singles player, and Letterman Carl Robbins and Jack McCliment, frosh star of last year. Next week's matches are Lin field on Monday, Willamette on Wednesday, and Leader Tennis shop Friday. The latter team will offer the best competition for Oregon of the three teams as the invaders are star studded with Portland high school players and veterans of summer season tour nament play. the relays from 26 different schools, far surpassing the total of 17 that competed in last year’s running. Jean Spearow Presents Members of the varsity track team at the University of Oregon acted as officials during the car nival. Jean Spearow, daughter of Ralph Spearow who held the world’s pole vault record in 1924 while at the University of Ore gon, awarded first plac% ribbons to the victors of each event. Colonel Bill Hayward, veteran coach of track at Oregon, and the man who first organized the an nual meet, awarded the cups to the Medford, Grants Pass, and Coquille coaches. Football Oliver Makes Grid Changes Ell, Monroy, Meeliam In First Backfieltl; Aslicom, Davis in Line; New faces made their appear ance on the first or Gold team this week as a result of showings of several new players and the old bugaboo—injuries. At the same time, the Gebhardt, Donnell all stars were getting into shape for their game with the varsity next week. On the first team as of April 12 are Hymie Harris and Dick Horne at left end and Jim Harris and Louie Butkovich at right ends. Butkovich is the only first year man. Tackles are Jim Stu art, backed up by Roger Johnson, and Dick Ashcom. Guards are Red Davis and Val Culwell. Duke Iverson is the present center on the Gold team. The backfield is made up of Roy Ell, a frosh, at quarter, Buck Berry and Larry Monroy at left half, Curley Mecham and Len Isberg at right half, and Marsh Sten strom at full. Red Team Listed On the Red, or second team, are Jim Shepard at left end, Tom Terry at left tackle, both frosh, Bill Ross at left guard, and Erling Jacobsen and Elliott Wilson at center. On the right side are Ray Segale at guard, Ed Moshofsky at tackle, and Bill Regner at end. Chet Haliski and Duane Ander son share the quarter post; Frankie Boyd and Hal Johnson are at left half; and Don Mabee is the right half. Butch Nelson and Bob Taylor handle the full back job on the second team. The third, or Green team, has Bob Hendershott at left end. Bob Olson and John Bjork at left tackle. Left guard is Morris Jack son, and Hersch Patton is the (Please turn to page si.v) Sunday Dinner & By the Millrace! Dinners Served All Day l'2-8 o’clock The Anchorage
