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.
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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
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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.
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'Slick’ Vic Townsend High
Scorer, Campus Jitterbug
By TOMMY MAYES
Grab that ball! Hey, watch that gtiy! Oh, y-o-o-u! Vic Townsend
has faded back into the backcourt and anything can happen now. Vic
may run you ragged, pass you dizzy, or kick you into a coffin corner.
He’ll do anything and do it better than most of his contemporaries.
Basketball grandstand juries are pointing a mean finger at Vic
Townsend as .a prospective contri
bution to Hobson's dynasty of all
Americans. This week the highly
burnished fly-wheel of the Oregon
offense takes his stand at the top
of a star cluttered array of North
ern division scorers.
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. Vic majors
in physical education and has
coaching ambitions. He spends
his summers either playing with
the Army Engineers in the Eu
gene baseball circuit or lying in
the sands at Long cBach.
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