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By KEN’ CHRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports
(T;cn Clark, No. 1 Pacific northwest singles tennis player,
sent me this letter following my last column. In that column 1
picked "Washington to cop the northern division tennis crown
tlii:, year. Clark feels that Oregon stands a chance to win, so
J am printing his letter.)
Pear Ken:
I have just read your column in Tuesday’s Emerald and
naturally felt sympathy for your luck in prognosticating.
Jo reading on to your new predictions, I noticed that
Washington is given the tennis championship—just like
that.
Now', Ken, I’m not arguing the fact that the prog
nostication is a sound one considering they have won
the title for the past three years or so, and as you say,
they are likely to repeat this year; hut here is my
point;
Last year "Washington edged us out to win the northern
division 32 points to our 10. I think that is right; it might
have been 11 to 10. At any rate I remember that after
winning my singles match, if lies Werschkul and I had
won our doubles match, we would have walked away with
the championship.
Oregon Nearly Won
Y>'e came close. Mighty close. You see. my point is that
while our team was not as strong (all of our players being
knocked out of the tournament in the first or second round
except for one) we could have won the title by taking
singles and doubles events in the tournament. Oh, we
should have had a strong team—and we did, but something
happened to Larry Key and to Les up there and we had to
hank our chances of taking the division by winning singles
and doubles. Two men could do it.
That is what we are banking on this year. When I say
“banking,” I mean it is what we consider our slim
outside chance of winning the championship, and I
think you will agree with me that an Oregon athlete,
whatever the odds, is going to shoot for the champion
ship.
So, Ken, don’t consider this a criticism—it is just a plea
to qualify your prognostication with what “could’’ hap
pen. Give tlie students and the team some hope—don’t just
say, “well, "Washington gets the cup." For take it from
me, they are going to have one swell fight on their hands
when they try to collect the hardware!
Sincerely yours,
LEONARD CLARK
Werschkul Is Gone
Well put, Len.
) agree that Oregon has an £ioutside” chance. Washington
still look.' like the team to win. For last year Oregon had
Clark, Werschkul, and Key who were nearly on a par. This
year Clark is head and shoulders above the rest of the team.
11 c beats every squad opponent by scores of 6-0. 6-1, or the like.
Kern Smith, Frank Baker,, or John Williams have a
chance to take Werschkul's job as partner with Clark in
the doubles, but it’s a man-sized job and hard to live up to.
Clark and Werschkul couldn’t grab the crown last year,
Washington is stronger this year, but Oregon still has a
chance.
Coach Paul Washke rates his team’s chances even with
Washington State and Oregon State for second place, with
Washington a favorite for first place.
Washke’s frosh team is nearly on a par with the varsity,
ftix men are so nearly on a par that the No. 1 position is
. uncertaii from day to ua\ doe Hooney holds down the spot
now , with Len Lonigan, Hill Farrell, Bill Johnson, Chuck Lar
son, and Jim Kielwieker rat-'d in graduated order on the
present ladder.
Order of the 'O' Dance
The Order of the “O" t<tk over tic social spotlight next
l hook. Friday, the annual Hayward relays, founded by Colonel
1 Bill Hayward, take place at Oregon. Order of the ‘0” men
entertain their track ami football rushees with the finals of
(lie inter-fraternity simr and the Order of the “0” chorus
td a dance Saturday. April l'J
Lettermen take the initiate ■ in showing these high school
athletes from all over the state a good time at Oregon. I’n
doubtedly. the rest of tire campus will unite with the Order of
the t;0” in showing these prospective Webfoots a slide of
typical Oregon life.
Spring Noise,
Silent Machine
Won 'i Blend
The age of mechanical won
ders must be slipping back
ward.
Ruth Travis, secretary and
right-hand woman of the en
tire athletic department, is get
ting rid of her 4-year-old silent
typewriter.
The hubbub of spring activi
ties — football, baseball, track,
golf, tennis, and what have
you—caused the decision.
“I'm going to trade it, in for
a ‘noisy’,” Miss Travis vehe
mently affirmed. “It just does
n’t fit into the present scheme
of things!”
Netters Belt
Freshmen
Oregon’s varsity tennis team
romped over the frosh squad in
a match concluded yesterday on
the Duck courts. Seven to 0 was
the final count, the varsity men
sweeping all five singles matches
and both doubles tilts.
Results:
Clark defeated Rooney. 6-0, 6-3:
Smith defeated Linigan, 6-4, 6-2;
Baker defeated Farrell, 6-3, 6-1;
J. Williams defeated Johnson, 6-4,
6-3; Weiner defeated Larson, 6-3,
6-4.
Clark and Smith teamed to
down Rooney and Lonigan. 6-1,
6- 1. Williams and Baker joined
to beat Farrell and Johnson, 7-5,
7- 5.
Riley Beaten
In AAU Fight
Pete Riley, MAC and Uni
versity of Oregon welter
weight, dropped a three-round
decision to a Hartman. Arkan
sas. battler, Windy Morris in
a preliminary heat Monday
evening at the National AAU
boxing championships in Bos
ton.
While Riley was falling by
the wayside, stablemate Tom
my Moyer was clinching a
semi-final berth, as a Denver
fighter defaulted to the Port
land featherweight.
Seniors are urged to reserve
caps and gowns at the co-op im
mediately.
Slightly less than a year ago.
two owls were spotted in the Ig
loo and shot down with .22 rifles.
Ninety-three keys let Jack
Cossman, night watchman, into
every building on the University
campus.
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Hayward ‘Doojig’
Fixes Steers’ Foot
For Hill Meet Leap
Bill Hayward once hammered out a metal brace to prop up Ore
gon's all-American fullback, Mike Mikulak. From then on Mikulak
was tagged “Iron Mike." Now the venerable Webfoot track coach
has perfected an aluminum brace for the heel of his phenomenal
high jump protege, Le.s Steers. No longer will Steers' take-off heel
bruise as he bounds off the floor and kicks toward the world high
jump mark.
Tomorrow night Steers and
stablemate Bill Beifus jump at
the Hill Military academy meet
atop Rockyi Butte in Portland.
Steers will be out to write “The
End’’ to some unfinished business
he started in Seattle last week,
when the sore foot hampered his
record attempt.
Wind, Rain Bother
Tuesday rain slopped up the
track; yesterday head-winds
swirled across Hayward field
to buck VVebfoot trackmen in
time trials prior to their open
ing meet here Saturday against
the University of Portland
Pilots.
Two-miler Earl Ross strug
gled against the anti-breeze in
a mile workout, turning in the
best performance of any dis
tance man out there. However,
the clock halted at nothing
spectacular . . . the wind.
....Captain Ehle Reber took off
the broad jump runway crosswind
and burrowed his spikes in the
sand pit a shade more than 22
feet away. Reber hopped more
than 23 feet last year to grab sec
ond in the northern division, one
half inch behind the winner.
Steers and Beifus will be back
from the Hill meet in time to
jack up Oregon’s point-getting
potentialities Saturday.
Students placed by the Uni
versity of Minnesota employ
ment bureau in the last bienni
um earned a total of $410,
542.99.
Columbia university’s libra
ries report an increase of 4.5
per cent last year in use of their
books.
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