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Duck Tracks By KEN CHRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports Folks will say Dr. Albert Einstein is a leader in the field of mathematics, all of which is true. Assistant Pro fessor Mike Hoyman, Oregon swimming- coach, is also a leader, but in an entirely different field. Hoyman—with a few of his choice athletes—has experimented with differ ent ideas which would cut down a sprinter’s and breast siroker’s time immeasureably. Coach Hoyman, Jack Dallas, Gerald Huestis. and Cub Callis have been working with three thoughts in mind: 1. To develop a faster turn for sprinters in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle races. 2. To master a new type breathing method for breast strokers with an eye to breaking the national AAU next year via the Dallas medium. 2. To perfect a different coordination between the breast stroker’s arm pull and leg kick, with the object of obtaining a longer glide. Attempt to Further Swimming “We are always trying to add to the knowledge of the sport,” said Coach Hoyman,. while one of his sprinters was demonstrating the new sprint turn, Huestis, in the absence of Bob Irvin and Cub Callis, was showing off the new technique, As Huestis approached the turn, he simply did a duck dive, flipped over under water, and shoved off from the edge of the pool. In con trast to the old-style flip turn, Hoyman's new-type turn setnns smoother and may clip off one or two tenths of a second on each turn. Naturally, this turn consumes much of a swimmer’s energy, so it will be used only in the shorter races. Coach Ed Mann of Michigan, producer of the consistently best swimming teams in the nation, has a special turn for the sprints. No one around the pool knows what it is, though. It Ls probably similar, however, to Coach Hoyman’s brain child. Ne w Breathing in Breast Stroke /Since precious energy is expounded and time is lost in the butterfly stroke when the swimmer must raise his head way above water for air, Coach Hoyman has labored to instill a new type breathing for Dallas, Huestis, and B'.ck Smith. The new method would simply be to keep the head down in the water and suck air into the lungs as a sprinter would do, li i> simply using crawl breathing with the butterfly stroke. Thru' keeps the head down in the water and the swimmer can take advantage of the glide better in this way. There is nothing in i e rule book, according to Coach Hoyman, to forbid the its ' of crawl breathing. The only stipulation is that the should ers of the .swimmer remain parallel with the water—that there is o.o rolling. In sprinting the last couple of laps, Dallas will be able i to take a breath every other stroke. This keeps the head j isv.il better in the position to glide, but the breathing is hard on the swimmer and the method cannot be kept up for any great length of time, Simultaneous Action Dallas, being a very unusual man in that lie holds the na tio ; il intercollegiate 300-yard individual medley record, is also unusual in that his timing of arm pull and leg kiek is mtieli different from other users of the butterfly stroke. It would be hard to say that Dallas' use of the timing is a new vr kl ■ to an old form of swimming, for the butterfly is a vcy new stroke in itself. It remains, however, that Dallas comes through with his awn pull and leg kick at the same time. Whether this simultaneous action on Dallas' part is peculiar to him alone is not known. But if it should be that Huestis and Smith can adapt themselves to this different timing, the advantages of it are great and at the same time obvious. Combining the new type breathing with the simultaneous arm pull and leg kick would give the swinuner one single powerful effort coupled with a perfect form for gliding, O.lur users of the butterfly lise the leg kick to boost them on' of the water to gasp their break of air and at the same time to thrust their arms forward, beginning the arm pull. It is ;; tting the anus forw ard which is hard on the breast stroker. rl’i c pull does not sap a man’s energy nearly so much. No other breast stroker in the United States, or in the V- id, uses the type of breast stroke breathing or the : s uultaneous arm and leg action which Coach Hoyman and i fS dent Dallas are now propounding. It is something en : t ely new in the realm of swimming. It is a product of • art a tribute to the inventive genius of Coach Hoyman I !' • I the learning capacity of Dallas. OSC, UO Race Today Hayward Warns Orange Miscues May Be Costly Les Steers Will Try for New Record As Oregon Thinclads Yearn for Revenge Jake Liecht Threatens Old Sprint Mark Oregon’s impatient tracksters who have been looking forward to this day for a long while, get a yearned-for crack at Grant Swan’s Oregon State cinder juggernaut at 2 o’clock today on Hayward field. After last year’s 70 to 61 defeat in dual competition and a 5 to 3 rebuff in the relays earlier this year, the Webfoots hold no love for the Orangemen. More confidence was expressed by Oregon’s Bill Hayward over 4-1-V- ~ time before. “Oregon State had better make no mistakes,” warned the Web foot mentor, “because if they do, we have a chance for an upset, if there is an upset it will be a bad one,” he added. Records Endangered Three records appear endan gered and several others are likely to go by the boards when the athletes start assailing them today. The old high jump mark of 6 feet 4 inches is almost a “cinch” to be supplanted by a better height when Champion Ees Steers begins to function. Hayward’s scintillating sopho more has a “celling” height of € feet 10 2o-82 inches to shoot at today. Les is also scheduled to enter in the discus, javelin, and shot put dividing his time up among the four events. Don Findlay, ace Oregon State broadjumper, who has travelled some 24 feet distance in the broad jump pit, should be able to crack the old field mark of 23 feet 8% inches, set by Ehle Reber, Duck captain. Pushing Findlay in this event will be the surprising Ray Dickson, Zenos Butler, and Reber. Beaver thiuclads have a recog nized advantage in the distance events. They are led by Captain Don Vaillancourt and backed up well by Graff, "Waterman, and Nelson. Vaillancourt may be due to eclipse the existing two mile record of 9:33.2. Oregon’s hope in the 100 yard dash will lie with Jake Leicht, Kenny Oliphant, and Bob Keen, while Oregon State will depend on Gray, Graves, and Smith. The meet record is :09.7, set by dusky Mack Rob inson in 1938, which Leicht equalled in placing second against Washington State last week. After the sterling showing of the Webfoot mile relay crew’ against the Cougars they are con sidered to have an excellent chance to put over a fast one on the Staters. Frosh vs. Rooks A once plucked Oregon Duck ling will hit the Hayward field cinders, aioug with their varsity brothers, today in hopes of dunking a rather confident Ore gon State Baby Beaver. The long arm of Ed Atherton late last night depleted the ranks of the frosh dash men when he declared Inky Boe ineligible for athletics at Oregon. Coach Ned Johns had this to say about Atherton's finding, *T figured the meet to be 69 to 53, and this is just a few points, and this might be the difference.” He also said that further conferences with Orlaudo Hollis will be the final word on whether Boe wdll compete tomorrow. With an eye ou their mothers, aad wins from several top-flight WSC Blanked By OSC, 4-0 Spectacled Glenn Elliott pitched Oregon State’s Beaver baseball nine to within one-half game of the league leading Webfoots, when he set down the Washing ton State Cougars with only one hit, in a game played in Pullman Friday. Tom Brannigan’s double in the third inning was the only hit the Cougars could muster off the left handed Beaver star. Capka led the Orangeman 10 hit attack on Hank Bushman, col lecting a triple and three singles, lecting a triple and a single. Score: R H E WSC.000 000 000—0 1 4 OSC .120 000 100—1 10 1 Batteries: Bushman and Sluke; Elliott and Capka. squads to bolster them, the frosh will be out to crush the Beavers. A 26-man Beaver squad was re leased to Frosh Coach Ned Johns which contains the names of some of the state’s finest trackmen. The University of Oregon freshman baseball team will meet the rooks on Howe field this morning at 10 o’clock. Oregon,UW Clash 2 p.m. In Net Tilt With a promise of a preview of what can be expected in the championship playoffs later this month, Oregon’s varsity racquet wielders will swing into action with the invading Wash ington tennis squad this after noon at 2 o’clock on the Univer sity tennis courts. The Husky squad is rated the top aggregation in northwest col lege tennis circles but can expect some torrid competition this af ternoon before they make any pretense of wrapping up a win in today’s matches. Clark No. 1 Len Clark will hold the No. 1 spot for the team match with Kerm Smith, Frank Baker, John Williams, and Norm Wie ner taking over the other as signments to back up the left handed netster. The Duck netmen have two vic tories against one setback in match play this year. They split on their Inland Empire trip, dropping Idaho 4 to 3, and then losing one to Washington State by the same score. Last week they drubbed the Oregon State squad by a 6 to 1 count. FRED’S CAMPUS SHOP Men’s Haberdashery by Wilson Brothers Across from Sigma Chi Cleaning Ph.3141 Leave Your Car at DANNERS BROTHERS ASSOCIATED STATION FOR ALL SERVICES “Call and Delivery” 10th and Olive Phone 2614 Welcome Mothers and Junior Weekend Guests W E OFFER: Whole Roasted Chicken, Chicken Pies, Fried Chicken, Salads, Pre pared Lunches, and a host of other fine foods and meats from our delicatessen and grocery. Come in today and try our delicatessen service. 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