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Duck Tracks By KEN CHRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports Track could pay for itself this year if Graduate Man ager Anse Cornell would charge reserved seat admission price for the north curve of Hayward field. In Seattle as Les Steers began to wiggle over hitherto unconquerable heights, Washington folk flocked to the high jump pit. The same thing will happen Saturday when Washington State's Bot-so-strong cinder squad comes to Eugene. •Should Steers feed ‘’right” Saturday, lie will try for the fieven-foot “ceiling” \n addition to entering the hurdles, javelin, and shot put. Steers is invited to the first annual I>o;. Angeles Coliseum relays May 24 where lie will meet the best high jump competition in the nation. Three other top-flight jumpers will show in the meet. H. J. Boydston of Oklahoma A. and M., Johnny Wilson of Xl'SC, and Bill Stewart of the SC athletic association are entered. These three with Steers have been head and shoulders above the other jumpers in America this year. Four' Jumpers Here i.s a list of their-best marks: Steers and Wilson cleared 6 feet 9% inches last year when Jumping against each other in the Southern California-Olympie club-UOLA track meet in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Three ‘weeks later the duo tied at G feet 8:’>8 inches and barely missed € feet 10. Steers set the AAU record last year at G feet .Wilson .set a new mark of G feet- 8U two weeks ago. At the Hill relays, Steers tied the indoor world record at 6 feet 9*4 inches April 4. Earlier in the year in McArthur court he went over 6 feet 10 and 7 feet, unofficially. As aoon as the officials meet who recognize new marks, Steers’ indoor mark and also his latest outdoor mark of 6 feet 10-yr, will be considered for acceptance. This body has not met since two years ago. Stewart held the world record Saturday for about an hoar when lie soared over G feet 10 hs in a meet against Utah. Steers phenomenal mark shattered Stewart \s best attempt later in the nfiernoon. Boydston’s best was a G foot 9U mark set earlier in the season. Put these four jumpers in one jumping pit and records vail drop by the wayside—providing conditions are right for one of the jumpers, for there is competition plus. JLeicht Leads kjvale ♦lake Leicht \s showing in the sprints Saturday against Wash ington was encouraging. Leielit lias been bothered by an in jured foot and ‘‘football muscles,” yet lie led Ivjell Qvale, northern division champ last year, and Bob Smith, Washing ton sprint sensation, at the 70-yard mark. He was about four yards ahead, when Qvale pulled ahead at the tape, followed l>y Smith. All three were nip-and-tuck. Leicht has only been out for track two weeks. The rest of spring term he owed bis allegiance to Football Coach Tex Oliver. Naturally, be has •been somewhat tied up, but with warm spring sunshine, be will blossom out. He should give WSC's sophomore sensation, Pat Haley, some competition Saturday. Mo-Hitters Prevalent ♦Shades of Bob' Feller and Tex Carleton! John Mead of Sigma bin and llarve McKee of Pi Kappa Alpha threw a pair of wo bitters yesterday against Bamma hall and Beta Theta Pi. respectively. McKee struck nut 12 men and only had three ludis hit out of the infield. Mead found himself in a hole in the fifth with the basis full, but he struck out the next batter and forced the !a>t batter to pop up to the infield, lie struck out seven men. Leicht contributed a one-hitter to the day's collection of good games. He pledged Alpha Tau Omega in time td f t ip a one-run game against Sigma ball. Bangtails parade to open eastern track season. v.wwvy.ww w twwsw; >V» ' .. .v Kookie Cinoi muiti UetLs line up for the cameraman. Looking up Take off The kick. Steers Sets World Mark With Near 7-Foot Leap % Webfoot Star Gains Nation-Wide Acclaim (Continued from page one) take 15 points from the strong Washington team, capturing a tie for first in the high hurdles, first in the javelin, and third in the shot put. But it was his phenomenal high jumping, more like pole vaulting without a pole, that captured the imagination of the wild Seattle spectators and (as quick as teletype operators could spread the news) cinder fans throughout the nation knew of the record leap. Steers’ next appearance is at Hayward field Saturday, against Washington State college tracksters, in the first dual northern division meet of the season here. In perfect condition and aiming for the “impossible” 7. foot mark, Les is expected to attract the largest throng ever to witness a University of Oregon track meet at Eugene. The Webfoots aren't conceded much chance against the Cougars who once again sport a strong array of veterans. How ever, Duck fans are hoping for a few more surprises such as the ones pulled against Washington by Zenas Butler, Bob McKinney, Homer Thomas, Bob Ilendershott, and Steers in Saturday’s tussle. All told llee Edmundsou’s Huskies accounted for firsts in eleven of the 15 events. Butler ran a dead heat with Steers in the 120-yard high hurdles at 15.6, while Thomas, Hender shott and Nail, Washington, ended up in a three-way draw in the pole vault. McKinney ran a good 880, coming in just ejgh yards behind the pacesetter, Swazev. • llie summary: 100-yard dash—Won by Qvnle (AY) ; second, R. Smith (W) ; third, Leiclit (0). Time, 10 seconds, flat. Mile run—Won by Lynn (W); second, Giles, (W); third, Russell (0). Time, 4:34.7. 440-yard dash—Won by Long (AT); second, Tuckwiler (0) ; third, Reiner (0). Time. 49.7. 120-yard high hurdles—Won by Butler and Steers (0), dead heat; third. Rancher (AT). Time. 15;6. 220-yard dash—Won by Qvale (AT) ; second. Smith (AT) ; third, Leiclit (0). Time. 21.4. Two-mile run—AYon by Brinkley (AT); second, ATatson (AY) ; third. Ross (0). Time, 9:52.0, 880-yard run—Won by Swazey (W) ; second, McKinney (0) ; third. AT. Smith (AT). Time, 1:55.6. 220-yard low hurdles—AYon by McLaughlin (AT); second, Butler (O) ; third, Garretson (\\r). Time, 24.9. Mile relay—TV on by ATashington (R. Smith, Qvale Swazev Long). Time, 3:23.6. Discus—Won by Barr (AT). 145 feet 11 inches; second, A antis (AT), 135 feet 5:;.1 inches; third, Regner (0), 127 feet 5\s inches. Pole vault—AYon by Thomas and Ilendershott (0) and Nail (AT •, three-way tie at 12 feet 6 inches. Ila a gen (AT), 178 feet 8 inches; feet 3 inches. feet ltd., inches. (O', tied at ti feet 1 inch. I'liman (W), 46 feet '>s inches. NOTICE There will be an important meeting of all varsity and po tential varsity basketball play ers in room 101 PE at 7 o’clock tonight. Orides Nine, Thetas Win I-M Softball Orides’ softball team slashed out a 7 to 1 victory over the Sig ma Kappas Monday evening to put them among the top team3, Newton, Oride catcher, made the only circuit hit of the game while her teammates garnered nine hits. Grides Jonsrud Urquiri Oldfield Higgens Anderson Newton Anderson Marlin B. Jonsrud Smith Sigma Kappa Reed Howard Schnieder Wilson Jordon Older Wirtenberger Runey Hemprecht Tripp In the second game of the day the Theta girls scored a land slide win over the Alpha Gams 16 to 7. Helen Jane Kerr, Theta twirler, turned in a good pitch ing exhibition, striking out 10 Alpha Gam batters. Lineup: Theta Scott Sawyer Latourette Martin Gordon L. Gordon Supple B rugger Kerr Alpha Gam Ganong Christlieb Walworth Rockwell Rundell Philips Elwood Brownell Hegstrom Games today: Kappa vs. Alpha Phi; Pi Phi vs. AOPi. Correct May Time With the coming of warm lazy days, your watch may be get ting lazy too. 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