Duck
! Tracks
B.v KEN CHRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports
Pick the outstanding graduating Oregon athlete. Who is it?
For the first time in the history of the school, such an honor
will be bestowed upon a Webfoot this year. Never before has
another school on the coast other than Southern California
selected its top athlete of the year.
E. A. Babb of Babb’s Hardware of Eugene is donating
a large and expensive plaque which will be kept in the
Oregon trophy case in the Igloo. The name of the out
standing Oregon graduating athlete will be engraved oh
this plaque—on Oregon's all-time honor roll.
Invitations are being sent to Orlando J. Hollis, Dean of
Mon Virgil D. Earl, President Donald M. Erb, Lair H. Gregory,
George Bertz, Dick Strite, Dave Sanderson, Bruce Hamby,
Gerald A. Oliver, Hobby Hobson, Bill Hayward, Mike Iloy
man, A use Cornell, and George Turnbull to serve on the com
mittee to select the graduating athlete. The Emerald sports
editors, Bob Flavelle and Ken Christianson will also serve.
Students Will Cast Votes
These committeemen will make their selection from a group
of five or six finalists'" which will be selected by the University
students at large. Student Body President Tiger Payne has
given his permission to use the executive committee ballot early
in May for this selection by the students at the time they vote
for executive committee members. This device may be used, or
the Emerald sports page may carry on a poll of its own to
determine the finalists.
In selecting the winner each year, the committeemen will con
sider these points in making a choice. He must:
1. Be within one term, of graduation.
2. Have been an inspiration to his teammates.
3. Have excelled athletically in his sports field or fields.
4. Have a cumulative grade point average of a 2. or a
C average. Any grade point superiority among the candi
dates will be ignored,
5. Have self-reliance. If a player has earned his way
through school, he shall be considered above another can
didate of otherwise equal ability.
Athletes of all .sports, major and minor, shall he eligible for
consideration. A football, basketball, baseball, tennis, or golf
player may win it. Trackmen, .swimmers, boxers, and wrestlers
will also be considered The only requirements for election to
the Babb Memorial Plaque are the five points listed above.
Possible Plaque Winners
Considering that the candidate must be near graduation,
some of last year’,-. Oregon athletes would be eligible. Jay
dray heal, Boyd Brown, Kirin Storli, or John Dick might he
chosen. Oregon seniors who finished their competition this
year and who would he eligible for election pending gradua
tion are:
Football—Marsh Stenstrom, Chet Haliski, Len Isberg,
Don Mabee, Buck Berry, Jim Stuart, Jim Harris, Erling
Jacobsen, and Dick Horne; basketball—Vic Townsend,
Evert McNeeley, Hank Anderson, and Bill Borcher; wrest
ling—Hal Kaschko; swimming—Jack Dallas, Sherm Wet
more, A1 Sandner, and Jim Mamie; baseball—Pete Igoe,
Bill Calvert, Buck Berry, and Jack Sliimshak; track—
Ehle Reber, Bob Keen, and Bob Hendershott; tennis—Len
Clark; golf — Bob Engelke, Shelby Golden, and Chet
Keller.
A list of those nea>'ug graduation will be compiled aiul pre
pored for tl e students. Ballots will be collected and the com
mit mm* \\;!1 pick the out.st aiding athlete a week or two follow
ing -Junior Weekend. It is unfortunate that this could not be
done so that the pr 'sent it ion of the plaque could be a part
of the program of the Order of the ‘ O’’ at its annual dance
Saturday night. The letiennen have other attractions, however,
in tin finals of the interfraternity sing and the Order of the
“O’ chorus.
Short Shots
N ‘Ws from here a- t the’1e-—St enstrom walks up the aisle
»>■ Seattle Saturday April IT Tin- lucky girl—Viola llabielson.
’i t \ ve known each nth xr sine-' way hack in high school.
f 1 ippy 1 (y- r ts NOT -mt of the Oregon football pic
ture with an unsucv xss*T.l hr • operation, lie’s enrolled in
school now and wd! ready for Oliver next fall, barring
r slight limp. Oy-w will no' engage in spring practice. He will,
bowever. plug up the tight halfback position or the full
l> <ck spot.
Frosh Trip Lebanon
Warren’s Ball Club
Wins Close Tilt, 7-6
By DOC HENRY
Making their 1941 debut, the University of Oregon frosh baseball
squad took a win from Lebanon high school at Lebanon yesterday, by
the close margin of 7 to 6.
The frosh had a four-run lead in the first inning and held the
Strawberry Pickers scoreless for six innings, until Lebanon sluggers
found Dick Rathbun’s fireball and pounded out five hits scoring four
I-M Swim
Nears End
They’re clearing the runways
for water polo on the intramu
ral schedule.
Following the finale of the
swimming, which is Thursday,
the rugged men who indulge in
water polo will get the spot
light.
Intramural swimming went
to the semi-finals yesterday, as
the Sigma Nus whipped the
Kappa Sign, 27 to 14, the Phi
Delts clipped Campbell co-op,
37 to 10, the Sigma Chis beat
the Sig Eps, 25 to 32, and the
Phi Sigs dropped by the way
side under the onslaughts of
Delta Tau Delta, 16 to 31.
Two meets will be held today
and the finals are scheduled for
Thursday.
Elmer Olson, of the intramural
sports office announced that
rules for water polo are to be
posted in the men's gym, and at
the men’s pool tomorrow'.
Net Team
Books Tiffs
It’s heavy duty for the men
who swing the tennis racquets
for the University of Oregon
Friday and Saturday.
Friday, on the University
courts, the Oregon men play host
to the Oregon College of Educa
tion tennis men at 2:30. Then
Saturday at 2:30 the Irvington
club from Portland will cross
serves on the Oregon court.
The Oregon Ducks were
forced to cancel their first en
gagement with the Multnomah
athletic club of Portland be
cause of rain last Saturday.
The first six men of the Ore
gon team have been picked and
this list will stand until challen
gers are able to best them. As it
now' stands the team is: Len
Clark, captain, Kerm Smith,
Frank Baker, John Williams, and
Norm Weiner. Johnny Kahananui
is the sixth ranking man.
ADPi, Hen Hall
Bounce I-M Coeds
With Beverly Goetz sending
balls over the plate hot and fast,
Hendricks downed the Tri Delt
softball team, 20 to 2, at the
Gerlinger field yesterday.
Victory sent the Hendricks’
team toward bigger competition
in the intramurals. If they defeat
Alpha Phi when the teams meet
April 17 they will promise stiff
competition to other opponents.
Crippled by the loss of their
best pitchers, the Tri Delts were
at Hendricks’ mercy. ADPi won
its game from AOPi, 22 to 2.
William E. Jackson, son of the
attorney general, recently won a
$100 award at Yale university for
‘superiority in English compo
sition and declamation."
runs. Bill Gissberg, Duckling first
sacker, took over the mound
duties and ran into trouble in the
eighth.
With three men on, he
w alked in a Lebanon score and
scored Rures Picker, outfielder,
on a wild pitch. The Ducklings
found themselves only one run
in the lead and tightened up
their defense. With Gissberg’s
fireball working, he struck out
two batters retiring the side.
Bill Gissberg, relief pitcher and
first sacker, took slugging hon
ors with four bingles in five trips
to the plate. Ace Crane, frosh
third sacker, playing a wonderful
fielding and slugging game, wal
lopped out two triples, one single
in four times at bat.
Thomas and Simpson, Leb
anon battery mates, led the
Pickers with two hits apiece.
H K E
Frosh .15 7 0
Lebanon .12 6 1
Oregon — Rathburn, Gissberg
and Peterson; Lebanon—Thomas
and Simpson.
Women students at Wayne uni
versity are just a bit more con
servative than men students, ac
cording to recent tests.
An agriculture college fresh
man at the University of Ne
braska is getting by on a budget
of $1 a week.
Ducklings
DrillHaid
Coach Ned Johns continued
to drill his frosh track outfit
on fundamentals in an attempt
to clear up weaknesses prior
to the Oregon State relays at
Corvallis April 19. No increase
in turnout left the yearlings
greatly short-handed as some
events have only two or three
aspirants.
The Duckling mentor concen
trated yesterday on potential
weight men who can fling the
discuss and shotput. Morris Ri
back, Bill Deller, and Phil Jack
son all took a try at twirling the
platter with the former showing
up quite well. Riback is also ex
pected to shoulder the majority
of the burden in the shotput.
Three top-flight milers can be
fielded by the Baby Webfoots, all
of whom looked good in action
Friday. This crack long-distance
trio is composed of Don Wilson,
Marion Hufford, and Stan Skilli
:orn.
Jim Briggs, who appears to
have clinched the starting call
in the 880-yard run, will find
a capable opponent in Wilson,
who is also going to enter the
half-mile competition in addi
tion to his regular mile.
High jump aspirants have nar
rowed down to two—Bob New
land and Phil Jackson. Six-foot
seven-inch Lloyd Jackson, of
frosh basketball fame, recently
forsook track—and a probable
high jump berth—for yearling
baseball.
University of New' Mexico stu
dent employment director recent
ly sent out a call for an experi
enced egg candler.
After a stiff bout
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