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
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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
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