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DUCK TRACKS By ELBERT HAWKINS, Co-Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald *The age of miracles is gone, tfiStys Colonel Bill Hayward. He %neans the age of track miracles f fjjwmjmmm at Oregon when this school can get winning winning squads with only medio cre material . . . for he says pros pects for next year are less than poor. Putting it quite bluntly the other day, the Elbert ..veteran tracit Hawkins mentor said, "This is Oregon’s last good track 16am.” •Shrewd Colonel Bill seems to about right in his calculations —he usually is. The very heart <>t this year’s varsity cinder squad <75 built around first place win %ihrs. Few' points have come from The second and, third spots. And ■when next spring rolls around <riost of these top notchers will he gone. There won’t be any Boyd thrown to w'in javelin firsts. Cap tain Kirm Storli, the crack half Under, will be gone. Pole Vaulter ftod- Hansen goes and Jim Buck, the sprinter and hurdler par ex cellence, finishes his eligibility. -In all, more than a half dozen of Colonel Bill Hayward’s best var sity trackmen will be absent. A few' days ago we heard Bill r.lyly tell Anse Cornell, the ath letic manager, he could coach iiext year’s team. But the canny Hayward has never been known to pass up a tough battle before mui it’s pretty safe to predict lie’ll be on hand next spring pass ing out tips to prospective Web tfoot cindermen if he’s still hale and hearty—and if any cinder men are in school. Bill's Budgets Shrink Oregon used to have track bud gets over three times as large as at present and Colonel Bill turned out some great teams then. But even after his budget was pared to the bone, the track skipper continued to turn out prize win ders. Most of his materia! since April 18, 1904 when lie officially started coaching here has been tcmly average but BiU’n record during: that time has been decid edly superior. He has that knack of producing winners and long has been successful in outwitting Oregon State cinder heads. And it’s the truth that he'd rather de feat a Beaver squad than any other school in the world. Probably Colonel Bill’s strong est Oregon track ci-eation of re cent years was the 1931 squad composed of such stars as Ralph Hill, miler; Bobby Robinson, pole vaulter; Ed Moeller, discuss; Ty rell Lower, sprinter; Clarence Hill, two-miler, and Clare Mc Kennon, quarter-miler. Those names are still discussed around the Webfoot training quarters. Miler Ralph Hill is perhaps the best remembered as he broke the national intercollegiate record in ’31. Ralph sped the distance in 4:12.4. in a dual meet on Hayward field against Washington. Bade in 1924 the Oregon cindermen won a Coast conference champion ship for Bill Hayward. His win ning influence took hold, how ever, at almost the very begin ning. Bill’s 1906 team swept through the season undefeated and won the Northwest title. Saturday is possibly Colonel Bill Hayward’s last chance to turn in a track and field victory over Oregon State and you can bet he has heart and soul set to do it. The Webfoots hold an ap parent edge in firsts but Hay ward is dubious about whether he’ll be able to sneak out with enough seconds and thirds to swing it. Oregon can be expected to win as many as nine of the 15 possible firsts—figuring it on paper. It Should Be Close On comparative scores the Bea vers and the Webfoots rate al most a dead heat. Oregon State was beaten in Seattle Saturday by Hec Edmundson’s Washington Huskies, 79 to 51. But Oregon lost to the same squad in Eugene a week lMjfore, 77 to 54. So let’s just cross our fingers for Colonel Bill Hayward and hope his Web foot cindermen can present the grand old veteran of 36 seasons with a sweet victory over Oregon State. They swamped the Beavers ■- ■ *~» Remember Her If your mother is coming: down over the weekend, send flowers oil Mother’s Day . . . site’ll appreciate your thoughtfulness . . . or if your mother must stay home . . . you can still send her flowers by wire! Prom Flowers Roses and Stephanotis Gardenia Necklaces and Bracelets Orchids . . . Lily-of-the-Valley Phone 1 950 58 E. Broadway Phone 1930 Zetas Continue Winning March On League Title Alpha, Delt, SAE Teams Post Wins In 'A' Volleyball By LEE FLATBERG The Zeta Kail boys continued their march on the “A” volleyball title yesterday as they registered their fourth win. Other games saw the Alpha hall, Delts, and SAEs post victories. The match between the Delts and Yeomen set some sort of rec ord for lengthiness, as they played a three-game match with the Delts pulling out a 17 to 15, 7 to 15, and 11 to 2 victory. The SAE trio of Harold Hart zell, Vic Townsend, and Jim Mar nie was too much for the Fijis as SAEs posted their fourth vic tory with an easy two-game win, 15 to 1, 15 to 4. The Zeta haliers took a step nearer the play-off position as they easily downed the Sigma hall boys, 15 to 3. 15 to 1. The Zeta hall team has four wins against no blemishes, and needs only a win over the Super Charg ers to cinch the title. Alpha hall took its third win with a default by the Sigma Nu. Today's games (all “A”). 4:00—Chi Psi vs. Supercharg ers, Phi Sigs vs. Gamma hall, Be tas vs. Canard Club, Pi Kaps vs. Sherry Ross hall. on Hayward field last spring in a meet which was figured by dopesters to be about a toss up. Oregon State got partial revenge this spring by trimming Colonel Bill’s varsity relay team, 5 to 3. Everyone in the Oregon base ball camp has his fingers crossed this week because it looks like the two Monday and Tuesday wins put the Webfoots right back in the middle of championship contention, especially so if Wash ington can leave Beaverville with no worse than a split with Ralph Coleman’s league leaders. One reason for the new opti mism is the slugging of Hobby’s regulars. Up until the very day of the opener with Oregon State, they rated on the whole as puny hitters. A team batting average of .298 ... 87 for 291 .. . is nothing to sneeze at. Leaders are Buck Berry at .480, Bill Calvert at .455, Bill Carney at .406, Dick Whitman at .344, and Jack Shim shak at .300. MOTHERS DAY May 12th Enclose one of oiir love lier handkerchiefs with one of our Mother’s Day Greeting Cards. If you haven’t seen our selec tion you have missed a real treat. They are pre eious. Other suggestions: * Hob Nail Pitchers * Venetian Glass Vases * Eau de Cologne * Pottery Flower Bowl * Genuine Dresden Figures * Hummel Prints * Four Stem Copper Vase * Piece of Wedgewood * Hand Hammered. Tray The Gift Shop Next door to Rex Theater "We give s. & H. Green Trading Stamps. We'll wrap your gift attrac tively, free of charge. Donut Softballers In Third Round Play With two lopsiders and one close contest, three more games were run off in twilight intra mural ball last night. The Pan thers pulled through with a close 3 to 2 win over the Fighting Finns, the Sluggers ran rough shod over the Super-Scribes by 22 to 6, and the Betas walked away with a 12 to 3 win over Sigma Chi. f In the tightest game of the evening the Panthers shoved across a run in the first, fifth, and sixth innings, and put down a last inning rally by the Finns to pull out with their close win. Batteries: Panthers—H. Jones and B. Jones, Nichols; Fighting Finns—Shepard and Sorensen. Betas Slug The Betas ran six runs across the platter in the opening inning of their encounter with Sigma Chi to practically sew the game up. They continued their scoring rampage in the second to bring in two more runs and wound it up with four more runs in the fourth. The Sigma Chis made one run each in the second, fifth and sev enth for their scores. Batteries: Betas — Pavalunas and Beard; Sigma Chis — Seder strom and Hughes. Sluggers Win In the third contest of the eve ning the Sluggers pounded the ball all over the lot to complete ly outclass the Super-Scribes, 22 to 6. They ran eight runs across in the first, nine in the second, three in the third, and wound it up with two more in the fourth. Batteries: Sluggers — Johnson and Caldwell; Super-Scribes— Phelps and Duleney. Beavers Tip Huskies, 2-1 Northern Division Standings W L Pet. Oregon State ..6 1 .857 Oregon.5 3 .625 Washington .3 3 .500 WSC . 2 5 .285 Idaho .2 6 .250 Yesterday’s Game At Oregon State 2, Washing ton 1. B 1 JUNIOR PROM MAY 10 i MOTHERS 1 DAY MAY 12 Remember these occasions with flowers. Place your orders early. And remember, you can always telegraph Mother flowers at home through our authorized florist telegraph delivery shop. ’ Eugene’s Flower Home (UNIVERSITY FLORIST) 13th and Patterson Phone 654 For Mickey Rooney Fans! “Judge Hardy” with Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone — plus — “Hidden Gold” with Bill Boyd “Dark Command” with Claire Trevor and John Wayne — plus — “King of the Lumberjacks” with John Payne Another First-Run Picture! “Too Many Husbands” starring JEAN ARTHUR and MELVYN DOUGLAS m IMMIAI.lt 2 MAJOR FEATURES! “Over the Moon” with Merle Oberon and Rex Harrison — plus — “House Across the Bay” with George Raft and Joan Bennett