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DUCK TRACKS By ELBERT HAWKINS, Co-Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald One of Colonel Bill Hayward’s University of Oregon athletes yesterday threw the javelin far ther than any ex isting record held by an American. It wa3 just one of those days when everything is right and Boyd Brown, h u s k y Webfoot senior, knew it. He flexed that strong right arm Jiiioert .ot ins a lew times Hawkins and tossed the ppear three or four times to dis tances between 215 and 225 feet i . . which top3 his best throws in conference dual meet compe tition for the season, And then with one herculean toss, the thumbless w onder lieaved that javelin to a distance Colonel Bill Hayward measured As 238 feet 3 inches. Unless the record books lie and unless some yvhtz like Southern California's Hob Peoples yesterday cut loose With a similar world beater, Boyd's record toss beats all American tosses in history. Of course the throw won’t go into the records because the \Vebfoot picked only a practice day to do it, but he had witness es. Some of Boyd's teammates were nearby and it's entirely fit ting that the master coach of •cm all, Colonel Bill Hayward, happened to see the long throw. The Thumbless Wonder It’s even more of a teat when you consider that Boyd Brown lacks the thumb of his pitching •utnd. Such a performance defies mil laws of javelin throwing and Colonel Bill has often muttered. <fI can’t understand it ... 1 just can’t figure it out,” when Boyd ■lias cut loose with his long ones. •The Hubbard athlete has only |wvn throwing the javelin for four years, too. He never knew the stick from a pitch-fork until ■tie turned out to see Hayward as f*. freshman. And then he picked the javelin because Colonel Bill couldn't seem to figure out an ■event where Boyd had a track future. The existing American colle giate javelin record is just about an even 234 feet, according to Hayward and that was set by {Southern Cal's Bob Peoples last summer—lie’s the same boy Brown nosed out by less than an inch for the coast championship. Record tossing form has been gather a come and go proposi tion with Boyd Brown as it is With top notchers in other sports. Hist spring one day he first “felt it.”—that extra little pull in the Will Your Car Stand Our Test? A factory tost for good driving condition is what we give it. If it doesn’t pass, then let ns £0 to work to insure carefree motoring. Clark Battery & Electric Co. 1042 Oak Phone 80 S' x Something New Under the Sun LEM-OLA at • TAYLOR’S i I,. ^ shoulders and body that comes when everything is right. And at different times during the rest of the season there were times when it came and Boyd! knew long tosses were coming. He Had That Something ! This spring, however, the big Webfoot seemed to be just a lit tle off and up to yesterday hadn't again felt that extra little some thing in his throwing form. It may seem a little ironical as “off" for Boyd has still been tops in the northern division blit that’s what he calls it. Canny Bill Hayward may have been responsible for yesterday's big 238 feet 3 inch toss, for he was working on Brown’s form. “I've been working on what they call the back leg drive,” said Bill last night, “and it looks like he has it again.” Said Boyd Brown about his record toss: “I really felt it as it went out.” Said Colonel Bill: “I knew it the minute it left his hand. I was off down the field and it came directly towards me . . . some throw!” Speaking of what Hayward can do in changing a man's form that extra little bit . . . we hap pen to know that he was worried about High Jumper Jim Harris’ work before the Webfoots trav eled north for their dual meet with Washington State. The lan ky footballer was tipping the bar at only about 5 feet 8 inches be fore the meet and couldn't get higher. It worried Bill. So he talked with Harris and told him just what was wrong with his form and what could be done to improve it. Jim Harris leaped over 6 foot 3 at the meet to win a first place for Oregon. And the Frosh Ran Wild This frosh track team of Ned Johns’ has been taking a terrific ribbing from the press recently for its apparent lack of material and you should have seen how the boys performed in Saturday’s dual affair with the Oregon State rooks. Colonel Bill has been moaning about next year’s pros pects and this column has been quoting him on it, but the way the Ducklings sailed to first places against the Beaver Babes must make even Hayward won der. The Oregon babes had lost a relay meet to their rivals, 5 to 0, and were beaten out in a cinder meet by Medford high besides. But against the rooks it was 67 to 55 for the frosh. And several of the lads, including Bill Bei fuss, turned in performances worthy of a spot on the varsity. Beifuss gave Oregon an early lead in the meet by high jumping 6 feet 2 3-8 inches to beat a meet record of 6 feet 1 7-8 inches set by Benny DuFresne of the rooks in 1935. A salute to the frosh trackmen and Coach Ned Johns! Members of Oregon’s previous ly undefeated varsity tennis team which took a 6 to 1 waxing at the hands of the University of Washington in Seattle Saturday came back with no alibis but ve hemently saying. "Wait until the conference meet." That'll be a two-day affair on the University of Idaho courts with all schools participating and will be a tes: of strength of the top men of each team in both singles and doubles. With Len Clark. Larry Key. and Les Werschkul being an especially potent top three, Oregon's chances for a title are still good. A new four-unit greenhouse has allowed Rutgers university to ex pand its work in plant biology. UO Netmen Rout OSC, 6-1 Ducks Recover From UW Loss Oregon State college’s tennis team felt the wrath of Coach Russ Cutler’s one-defeated gang of racqueteers here yesterday as th Ducks drove home a 6 to 1 victory. Today, Coach Cutler leads his proteges against Willamette at 2:30 on the Oregon courtes. Len Clark had little trouble downing the Beaver’s Strong, 6-1, 6-4, but Les Werschkul en countered an Orangeman who just wouldn't be licked. With Werschkul leading in the second set 6-1, 5-0 point match, he was unable to put across the winning point, and Oregon State’s Cope gradually overcame the lead. He won the second set, 8-6, and went on to take the Beaver’s only vic tory of the day as he won the third set 6-2. Easy Net Wins Larry Key and Bob Horning had little trouble downing Cope and Strong, respectively, in straight sets, but Bob Potwin had to throw all of the tennis he knew at OSC’s No. 5 man, Sher wood, to eke out a 7-5, 6-8, 6-4 victory'. Clark and Werschkul teamed up to form a new doubles tandem and take Strong and Cope, 7-5, 4-6. 6-0, after an uncertain first set. Key and Dick Williams won the second doubles match from Velardi and Hedberg without much trouble, 7-5, 6-3. Six Teams Take Softball Games As Finals Near ATOs Win Fourth Straight; Lopsided Scores Featured By DON GIBOXS Six more teams remained in the running for their league championships yesterday as in tramural softball entered the closing round of play. In the three afternoon contest the SAEs took one on the chin from the Campbell Co-op by an 8 to 6 score. Zeta hall ran rough shod over the Sammies, 16 to 1. The other contest found the ATOs take their fourth straight win, this one over Sigma hall, 20 to 7. Three more games were played in twilight ball. The Kappa Sigs pulled through with a 5 to 4 win over Gamma hall; the Canard club fell before the Phi Psis, 8 to 3, and the Delts pounded Al pha hall, 13 to 2. Campbell Bulls Surprise The surprise win of the day was posted by Campbell Co-op as they capitalized on the SAEs' loose play to win 8 to 6. The win ners drove across four runs in the second, one in the third, and three in the sixth for their win. Heavy stick work for the Co-op team was done by Elmer Olsen with two triples and Paul Thurs ton with a pair of singles. With everybody connecting for at least one blow the Zeta hall team found little competition from the Sammies, to take a 16 to 1 win. ATOs Triumph The other 4 o'clock contest found the ATOs blasting the ball (Please turn to page seven) Power and the Director T Henry Armstrong Eddie Mead Henry Armstrong, colored welterweight champion, perhaps is speculating on the glory that was his when he held three world box ing crowns—the only man to ever rule three divisions. Henry was king in the featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight classes. Pictured also is Eddie Mead, manager of “Hammerin’ Henry.” Frosh Wax SHS Netters Oregon’s freshman tennis team swamped Salem high school 7 to 0 yesterday on the University courts, as the five fighting Duck lings failed to lose a single set in all seven matches, for some sort of a record. Frank Baker walloped Carkin, Salem, 6-3. 6-2, and Lloyd Man ning defeated Downs by an ident ical score. John Mclnnis went a step farther to whip Sanders 6-2, 6-1. Johnny Kahananui breezed through a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Ross man, and Norm Hill strengthened his hold on the No. 5 spot he acquired last week as he took Bressler, 6-2, 7-5. Top-man Baker and No. 2 man Manning won the top doubles match from Carkin and Downs, 6-4, 6-1, and Kahananui and Mc lnnis took Rossman and Bressler 6-1, 6-2. Ducklings Trip Toledo Oregon's frosh baseball team continued its unbeaten ways yes terday as it backed up Pitcher Nick Begleries to bounce the To ledo American Legion team 8 to 0. Howard “Hooks” Robertson caught for the yearlings. Kappas Win, 11-10, Over Orides Coeds Kz ppa Kappa Gamma beat the Orides, 11 to 10, yesterday, in the second of the semi-final coed softball games. At the end of the first inning, the Orides led the Kappas, 2 to 1, but the Kappa team soon caught up, and in the third inn ing the score was tied at 6-all. In the fourth, the Kappas got a one-run lead and then lengthened it to a margin of three when in the fifth the score stood at 10 to 7. In the final inning, the Ori des couldn’t quite catch up. In taking this game, the Kap pas earn the right to play the ADPis for the championship. Summary: Kappas, 11: Fry, c; Roberts, p; Bates, 3b, 3; Thatcher, lb, 2; Pettit, Is, 3; Rieg, 2b, 2; Sand ner, rf; Sawyer, cf, 1; Plankin ton, If; Thompson, rs; Moore, rf. Orides, 10—Gustafson, rf, 1; Jonsrud, Is; L. Smith, c, 2; Pen land, rs, 1; J. Smith, sf; M. An derson, lb, 2; Pengra, rf, 1; B. Anderson, 2b, 1; Urquiri, p. p, 1; F. 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