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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1941)
Bob Irvin Cracks Northwest Swim Record Duck Tracks By BOB FLAVEIAE, Co-Sports Editor With the recent selection of Boyd Brown and Los Steers to the all-American track and field team, Oregon and Colonel Bill Hayward once again cracked into the national sports lime light. Boyd Brown completed his three years of javelin throw ing for the Ducks last year by taking the northern division, Pacific coast and Big Ten-Pacific coast dual meets. He never held the national javelin record but in one work out last spring he cast off and heaved the stick some 239 feet, about five feet over the record set by Bob Peoples of Southern California the year before. Brown is now completing his work in architecture and altlio’ he is ineligible for further collegiate competition, he hopes to join 1 lie Olmpic club of Sail Francisco for further athletic activtiy. Steers After World's Record Leo Steers, a newcomer to the Iniversity, is being groomed by Colonel Bill, and before the present year is out, he will in all probability hold the word's record in the high jump event. Steers is now possessor of llie national title. One cold rainy day not long ago he was taking Ids warm-up jumps and friends were pushing the bat up higher every time he cleared it. With out knowing the exact height he sailed to a ceiling of six feet, nine inches before lie muffed. The thought of what he will do when the season starts and the track is fast, weather warm, etc., has Hayward gleefully rubbing his hands in anticipation of another world-record holder at Oregon. Buck Berry Takes the Jump Can’t understand how some people can keep secrets for so long . . . especially important ones. For instance there is Johnny “Buck” Berry. Went down into Southern California for his Christmas vacation, married the girl that he’s gone with for years, and has been quite successful in keeping it a secret around the campus. Johnny’s wife is Norma Stonebraker, sister of the Southern California football player of a year or so ago. They were married in Yuma, Arizona, New Year’s Eve, but a few hours after Curt Mechain jumped into the sea of matrimony. 'Honest' John Is Worried Gloomy John Warren is running true to form these days, lie was busy yesterday trying to find people with money who would like to place some coin on the nose of his once-defeated freshman basketball quintet when they engage the OSC Books. The one defeat against them was at the hands of the experienced llelliwcll clothiers of Cottdjge Grove, and it has apparently convinced Honest .John that his lDll team isn't too slump. Warren likes to win about 16 or 17 games in a row. To have a defeat, plastered on the record books so early in the season ruins his chances of a long winning streak . . . Poor John, he can't win 2 in a row this year, and on top of that he can’t find anyone that takes him seriously when he offers to bet against his squad. Oregon-OSC Athletic Carnival With Oregon's swimming, boxing and wrestling teams all traveling to Corvallis this Saturday to take on the Beavers, it looks as though Oregon Staters will not be lacking in ex citement for a day. The freshman swim’ teams of the two schools are meeting at 10 a. m., the boxers at 2 and the wrestlers and varsity swimmers start festivities at 3 p. m. Best bets of the athletic meets are the Oregon varsity and freshman swim teams to take the Staters. Stan Watt, Ray Foster, and Hal Kaschko to take their events in the 155, 165, nd 175 pound classics. Pete Riley, Merle Hanscom, Jack Fruit, and Jim Shephard to walk off with their fights in the boxing matches. If they come through with victories, it will the first time in the history of Oregon-OSC boxing that the Webfoots have been victorious. By Hie way . . . watch for an inspired Oregon basketball team to give the over-rated Washington husky quintet: a going over when they meet in two games Monday and Tuesday. 804 Willamette and 017 Willamette London Lane Pipes English Made—Fine Quality— Enhances and Mellows the Smoke 1 Found Gold Coast Tobacco Free — A Western I hr if t Revelation — Saturday Only 500 Sheets I QC Cleansing Tissues I u The TotvnL Leading Tiia>ue Value! HOOSIER Robert Dro, Indiana guard, is one of the reasons for the showing of the Hoosiers in Big Ten hoop circles. Dro has been tabbed for all-American along with Kenny Davidson of Stanford. Webfoot Spirits Remain High For Huskg Clash Hobson Maintains Duck Five Equal To Best in Division Before Oregon Basketball Coach Hobby Hobson herded his Web foots into Corvallis for the Oregon State encounter, the Duck Chief announced to all Oregon that he wouldn’t put any team of his on the floor if he honestly thought it didn't have a chance. Oregon, dragging an 8-ball then after two WSC defeats, tied it around the Beavers before backtracking to Eugene. The Ducks swarmed out of that hole every indication that they can pull the same deal when tho Huskies come to town. Hobby certainly will have a team that’ll run anywhere and at any speed the Huskies care to or don’t care to. Excellent Morale “Our team morale is always good!’’ Hobson swears by that, and we swear right along with him. And as far as ability is con cerned, the Ducks need take no rumble seat to any outfit in the league. Vic Townsend, recently (Please turn to page jour) Frosh Cage Five Swings North Astoria, Hood River Preppers Booked By Ducklings The freshman basketball travel ing squad, Coach John Warren, and eight players, will trek north this afternoon to tangle with As- j toria and Hood River. The year lings play at Astoria tonight and i move over to Hood River Satur- : day night. The frosh arc riding on tho crest of a winning streak with seven wins in eight conlcsts. Their sole blemish was suffered at the hands of the independent team from Hcl liwell’s Toggery. Reports from the high school basketball circles claim that As toria has a good team and should give the yearlings a busy night. Uncertain Starting Five “Honest John's'1 starting lineup is yet. uncertain. A certain starter will be Lloyd Jackson, six-foot- ■ seven renter. The guard positions will probably be filled by Bill Giss- > berg and Bob Newland at the j starting gun. Three Ducklings have been putting on a hard tus sle for the forward positions— j Rog Dick, Bob Wren, and Bob j Sheridan. Making the *rip are: Bob New-' land. Warren Chrlatenson, Krn Si nionsen, Llovd Jackson, Bob Starr id;;,". Reg DLL, iVsb VVita, and lull Gjiiberg. Frosh Star Paces Ducklings To 26-21 Victory Over Varsity Pent-up steam, which has been collecting- for the past two meets, was expelled forcibly when the freshmen mermen bowled over the varsity swimmers Thursday, 26 to 21, in the third of their intra-squad clashes. Previous varsity wins over the Ducklings wrere 38 to 27, and 50 to 15. Highlight of the meet was the record-breaking time turned in by Bob Irvin, crack frosh sprint man. The California yearling covered the 50-yard freestyle distance in :23.9 which unofficially eclipses the northwest record of :24. Irvin also won the 100-yard freestyle in :53.7. Sigma Nu, SAM, Awful’, Phi Delt, Beta, Chi Psi l-M Quints Cop B’ Wins The big splash in Thursday's “B" league intramural hoop pud dle was made when Sigma Nu, de spite the wrong-basket Corrigan stunt pulled by George Fulton in the first minute of play, defeated the Campbell co-op quintet, 21 to 14. With the score tied at 12-all, and three minutes left to play, Merle Walhy of the Awful Aw fuls tossed the basket which de feated Kappa Sigma, 14 to 12. Tight checking by both clubs kept the score down, only three field goals being thrown in the last half. The Phi Delta Theta team beat the Phi Kappa Psi quintet, 21 to 9, in a one-sided ball game. The Phi Delts took the lead early in the first half and kept it throughout the remainder of the game. Bud Wimberly, Phi Delt, claimed high point honors with seven points. Campbell Co-op, 14 21, Sigma Nu Bilyeu.F. 2, Bailey Putnam, 1.F. 5, Campbell Denno, 4.C.2, Ashcom Robinson, 2.G.2, Fulton Weber, 2.G. 4, Driver Substitutes: Campbell—Cook 5; Sigma Nu —Lingle 2, Will 4, Gray 3, Crommelin. Kappa Sigma, 12 14, Vwfuls Moore, 8.F. Saunders Lansing.F. 3, Walby Higgins, 4.C. 2, Jensen Kelley.G. 4, Luoto Earl.G. 5, Craig Substitutes: Kappa Sigma—Cor bett, Gertson, Barish. Phi Kappa Psi, 9 21, Phi Delts Olsen, 1.F. 5, Olson Domreis.F. 7, Wimberly Elliot.C. 3, Johnson Essclstrom, 4....G. 5, Bennison Stendal, 4.G. 1, Church Substitutes: Phi Kappa Psi— Brokaw; Phi Delts—Hunt, Ar buckle, Holmes. Two “B” league donut casaba squads eased into decisive victor ies over their opponents while a third tilt conducted on court 43 yesterday, ended in a photo finish with just one point separating the clubs. Chi Psi's hoop five ran into se rious contention from Alpha hall before pulling out, 3 3 to 12. In re taliation for their "A” team’s de bacle of Wednesday, the Sigma Alpha Mu “B" quintet had a field day at the expense of Canard club to heap up a prodigious 47 to 8 triumph. Beta Theta Pi’s “big three' Tony Crish, Dick Rathbun, and Dean Crowell— accounted for all their team’s points as the Beta “Bs” pummelled Delta Upsilon, 19 to 7. Never were the DUs in the running and trailed forlornly, 12 to 2, at halftime. Beta, 19 7, DU Crowell, 7.F. Sorenson Rathbun, 6.F. 4, Scott Crish, 6.C. Jones Farmer.G. Wagner Nelson.G. Graft Substitutes: Beta, Moller, Macy, J. Skibinski, Jones, W. Skibinski; DU—McKinney, Wall 3, Hodges, Haywood, Stuhr. SAM, 47 5, Canard Bardc, 12.F.. McClellan Shimshak, 10 ..F. 4, Vernier Harris, 6.C. Williams Stein, 9.G. Butzin Senders, 9.G. 2, Hirsch Substitutes: SAM Lukower; Canard Kruger, Baker 2. Chi Psi, 13 12, Alpha Murphy, 4.F. 2, Steers Christensen, 3..F. 5, Jackson Cramer, 4.C. 2, Jones Ambrose.G. 2, Lang Taylor, 2.G. 1, Powers Substitutes: Chi Psi—B. Johns, Van Metre, Starbuck, Smart; Al pha—Richardson. Climaxing a highly successful day of conquests was a furious sprint in the 400-yard relay by Irvin who came in just a stroke ahead of Stew Randall, varsity man. The outcome of the whole meet was balanced in the result of this relay with the race neck and-neck down the last lap of the pool. The expected dog fight between Jack Robinson of the frosh and Sherm Wetmore of the varsity nev er materialized. Robinson injured his hand, co Wetmore swam the 400-yard freestyle by himself. Two Meets Saturday Saturday, Mike Hoyman packs up his two outfits and bundles them off to Corvallis for a pair of meets with the Oregon State varsity and frosh. Varsity swim mers making the trip are Stew Randall, Cub Callis, Gerald Hucs tis, Sherm Wetmore, Jack Dallas, Dick Allen, Harold Chung-Hoon, A1 Sandner and Jim Marnie. Frosh mermen include Irvin, Chuck Nelson, Bob Iliatt, AI Conyne, Tom Houston, and Jack Robinson. Results of Thursday’s meet: 300-yard relay—Won by Varsity Callis, Huestis, Allen). Time, 3:16. 200-yard freestyle — Wetmore, Varsity: second, Houston, Frosh. Time, 2:10. 50-yard freestyle—Won by Ir vin, Frosh; second, Randall, Var sity; third, Lyon, Frosh. Time, :23.9. 100-yard freestyle Won by Ir vin, Frosh; second, Randall, Var sity; third, Lyon, Frosh. Time, :53.7. 200-yard breaststroke Won by Huestis, Varsity; second, Hiatt, Frosh; third, Conyne, Frosh. Time, 2:24. 400-yard relay Won by Frosh (Lyon, Huestis, Hiatt, Irvin). Time, 3:50. Pledges Announced Sigma Alpha Epsilon, social fraternity, pledged two men re cently, according to the dean of men’s office. Fledged were Carl Kelly Jr., Mill City, and Frank Middelburg, Roseburg. Myers Out; Matmen Glum Old man Sunshine took another kick in the head that sent him down for the 10 count in the Ore gon wrestling camp, when it was announced that Mort Myers was finally declared ineligible. Myers, one of the smoother ] members of the Duck wrestling squad, transferred from Oregon State and has used up his eligi bility as a webfoot wrestler. He grappled at 155 pounds and was. one reason for the smiles on the faces of Oregon coaches. Out the window with Myers went hopes of fulfilling the “we’ll try to win I-M Plaq Enters Second Round Intramural basketball and hand ball is well underway with the second rounds in both elimination tournaments coming up. The results for handball so far are: Gamma hall over the Yeo men, default; SAE over Phi Del ta Theta, 2 to 1; Phi Gamma Delta over Zeta hall, 2 to I; Pi Kappa Alpha over Sigma hall, 8 to 0; Sigma t'lii over Canard club, 3 to l): Sigma Phi Epsilon oxer Sigma Nu, 3 to 0; Phi Sig ma Kappa oxer Della Tau Del ta. 2 lo 0; Alpha Tau Omega oxer Theta Chi, 'A to 0; Delta I p silon oxer Chi Psi, 2 fo 1. The winner of the handball championship will be announced February 28. Tuesday, January 28. saw the start of the ping pong tournament with the following scores so far Eeta Theta Pi over Omega ball default, Sigma Alpha Mu over Al pha hall. 3 to 0, Gamma ball over :r-‘ z ett 3 to o ct: Fat «v«r] Phi Kappa Psi, default. more matches” prediction of As sistant Lloyd Koehler. Said Koehler, “Myers has been declared ineligible and we have no 121-pounder so I’m not very op timistic tonight.” Koehler also made some reference to Hal Kaschko's bad knee. Despite all of the Oregon tears shed the match with Oregon State is still Saturday after noon. The matches are scheduled for 3 p.m. at Corvallis. An eight-man squad has been named to make the trip, along with Coaches Koeh ler and Tex Oliver. This squad as released by Koehler yesterday in cludes: Joe Wong, A1 Still, HhI Sehlu ter, Stan Watt, Ray Foster, Hal Kaschko, Henri D'Elba, and Floyd Rhea. Get Your MIXERS at TED’S 958 Oak St. i ■ I w :hh!B . ■ '■iiiiW 1 <■> m1 : Drive \ In... 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When Hank Anderson pulled Vic Townst-nil, Oregon forward. a tendon in his knee the second night against Washington State, Townsend went into action in the key-hole area and pushed in 22 points against Idaho to grab the conference individual scoring leadership. Vic doesn’t mind leaving his old guard position. "It’s more fun playing forward anyway,” lie says. Vic likes fast running plays— the harder the going, the happier he is. Clever set-up shots and solo dashes have given him a bright spot under the McArthur court glimmers. Named on the starting lineup early last season after mi grating from Compton junior col lege, Townsend scored 223 points, the second highest total on the Ore gon team He still holds the Southern California jaysee scoring record, and has turned his hand in baseball and track. Townsend, the name, is even lietter known around the campus as the one who could “wring the dishrag” to an extent that he won the all-campus jitterbug contest last year. 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