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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1941)
Duck Tracks >y KENT CHRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports Bob Anet, all-American hoop guard; Boyd Brown, all American trackman; Len Clark, northwest tennis champ; John Dick, all-American hoop forward; Len Isberg, Ore gon's great “mudder” gridman; and Ehle Reber, Oregon track captain, have been picked as finalists for selection as the 1941 outstanding graduating senior athlete at Oregon. These .six athletes have survived the student poll and now will be placed at the disposal of the committee to select the athlete. Len Isberg\s name was omitted from student ballot Friday morning through the fault of. a proof reader, but be cause of,bis superior record on the gridiron last fall, his name lJ.be included. President Donald M. Erb, Dean Virgil D. Earl, Orlando J Hollis, Professor George Turnbull, Anson B. Cornell, Gerald A. Oliver, Howard Hobson, Bill Itayward, Mike Koyman, Bruce Hamby, R. A. Babb, L. Gregory, George Bertz, Dick Strite, Dave Sanderson,. Bob Flavelle ami Ken Christianson comprise the large committee which will vote o j. the list. The winning athlete will be presented the trophy, donated by It. A. and Beldon Babb, at the earliest possible moment. A beautiful trophy—one which will last for some years to come—has been ordered at an expense approaching $100. Six Given "Unkindest Cut" laky Boe, Larrv Casper, Bert Gianelli, Bill Gissberg, Bob Olson, and Bob Sheridan reeeiced the “unkindest cut” Friday when Edwin N. Atherton. Pacific coast conference athletic commissioner, severed their athletic affiliations with Oregon. All of the six who were sliced felt that Atherton should have delivered his report at an earlier time. It will be hard for them to break ties and affiliations which they have formed here and matriculate at another college, for they will have to do that if they wish to compete in intercol legiate athletics. Most of the kids have joined fraternities, hive made friendships both on the campus and among ewmnutes. It is indeed too bad for them to be ruled ineligible at this time. It is a different story with the school. Although the loss of these men opens gaps in the coaches' plans, they brought it on themselves. Nearly all of the six players feel that they will transfer out of die Pacific coast conference. Gianelli, Olson, and possibly Casper have leanings toward Florida or some other school in that part of the country. Casper might shift to ’Washington State. Boe, on the other hand, favors moving out of the con ference. lie was reticent concerning a possible choice of schools. Sheridan might go back to the Big Six league (he came from Kansas City originally), or he might go to Washing tua, Gissberg, too, would like to leave the Pacific slope well enough alone. His secondary choice would probably be Washington, Many Athletes Missed Ailierton hit "ill athletes in his rulings (it took 2to hours to read aloud the lengthy statement of evidence, data, and rul ing 0, but at the same time it hardly seems logical that he got ill of them. There are surely as many, if not more, who were not caught by the Atherton-izing process as who were clipped. tSurely, others were not entirely pure. Ct would seem that Oregon was hit heavily because of the petty jealousy of some of the other schools in the con ference (Oregon caught many of the “prizes” in the northwest). Had Oregon raised a “stink” over some of the other schools’ athletes, then Oregon would not have been the only one to be hard hit. Good Road Trip in Prospect ( onel Hobson feels that “if our pitching holds up at all thru v * should have a fairly good road trip.” llobson takes IT bal: players tomorrow on the Inland Empire trip—first opponent is Washington State. The toughest competitor will inuiouMedly come from lYSP's strong pitching and hitting Cougars. By a “fairly good trip,” Hobson meant at least four games won against two games lost. This will be no easy feat if the Ducks take to their old ways of spotting the opponent some five or seven runs in the first two innings a t they did against Washington State and Idaho here. If was only by the grace of God and Minerva that the Webfoots ever beat WSC here twice. '111.- Web foot batsmen are not content to take six games <-i i" seven days—no they must schedule Portland Vniversity ( i i ho l. uue trip, making seven games in eight days. This slim hi blow Oregon's pitching staff someplace into next year’s Mv-ou. unless John Bubalo's strong arm is sufficient to bolster tin liuriers. Oue Kiiro-h v. ill rover the games for the Emerald. UO Wins OSC Dual Meet; Yearlings Lose to Rooks Orangemen Beaten By 77-54 Score Deductions from Saturday’s track meet: (1) Oregon is by no means cursed with its “worst team in track history,” and (2) Oregon State appears to have been great ly overrated by the experts. Termed a “lemon” earlier In the year, Colonel BUI Hay ward's cinder squad has de veloped Into a fruitful winner as the 77 to 54 conquest of Ore gon State Saturday will testify. Nine of fifteen possible firsts fell into Oregon hands as the Ducks reclaimed their dual meet title which they < lost last year to the Orangemen. The Beavers had no trouble in annexing the distance events, but failed to live up to advance notice in several others, namely the high jump, mile relay, the dashes, and the 880-yard run. Jake Leicht Stars v Top flash for Oregon in the rout of the Staters, excluding the ever-shining Les Steers, was speedy Jake Leicht. The lithe football transfer who romped over the 100-yard distance in a :09.8 time, and chalked up a 22-second 220 to become the sec ond double Oregon winner. Blond Les, the bounding kangaroo, failed to further em bellish his world’s high jump record, but set a new dual meet mark of 6 feet 8»s inches. Be sides that he drew down a win ning place in the javelin with a toss of 187 feet 10VZ inches, and a pair of thirds in the shot put and discus to round out a busy afternoon. With only a couple days’ prac tice behind him, Ed Palmrose, an Oregon State numeral winner two years ago, cast the harpoon some 182 feet to rate a second for Colonel Bill in the javelin. Palm rose’s best toss came on his first try and he then retired in order to avoid a sore arm. First Place Winners Other Webfoot winners were Bob Hendersliott, letterman pole vaulter, with a leap of 13 feet; Bill Regner, with a discus throw of 134 feet plus, and the shot with a toss of 44 feet 3% inches; Bob McKinney, 880-yard man who churned over the half-mile course in 1:57; and the Duck mile relay squad of McKinney, Boyd Lee, Ed Reiner, and Francis Tuckwiler, who completed their tour in 3:25.2. Varsity summary: Mile — Won by Vaillancourt (OSC); Waterman (OSC), sec ond: Graff I.OSC) third. Time, 4:31.2. Shot put Won by Regner (0> and Foster (O) tied at 44 feet 35s inches; Steers (O) 44 feet inch, third. High jump — Won by Steers (Ot 6 feet S5s inches: Beifuss (O' 6 feet 2 inches, second; Olson and Mandic (OSC) 6 feet, tied for third. (New meet record, break ing old mark set by Woodcock of OSC at 6 feet 4 inches in 1940). Javelin Won by Steers (O) 187 feet 10G inches; Palmrose (O) 182 feet 2 inches, second; Kilbuck (OSC) 165 feet 4 inches, third. Pale vault — Won by Hender shott (O) 13 feet; Thomas (O) l_' feet 6 inches, second; Dudrey (OSC) 12 feet, third. 440-yard dash Won by Blair lupe Pluvius Here; No Games; Too Bad All except one of the intramu ral softball games yesterday were postponed due to the untimely appearance of Jupe Pluvious. These games will be played on a date to be announced later. Camp bell co-op won by default from the Superchargers. (OSC); Tuckwiler (O) second; Reiner (O) third. Time, 50.3. 100-yard dash—Won by Leicht (O); Gray, (OSC) second; Graves (OSC) third. Time, :09.8. 120-yard high hurdles—Won by Holloway (OSC); Dickson (O) second; Butler (O) third. Time, 15.2. 880-yard—Won by McKinney (O); Graff (OSC) second; Dag gett (OSC) third. Time, 1:57. Discus—Won by Regner (O) 134 feet 2 inches; Mason (OSC) 126 feet 10 inches, second; Steers (O) 125 feet 5*4 inches, third. Broad jump—-Won by Findlay (OSC) 23 feet 1 inch; Dickson (O) 22 feet 9 inches; Reber (O) 22 feet 5*4 inches, third. 220-yard dash—Won by Leicht (O); Gray (OSC) second; Graves (OSC) third. Time, 22. Two-mile run—-Won by Vail lancourt (OSC); Ross (O) sec ond; Waterman (OSC) third. Time, 10:11.2. Mile relay — Won by Oregon (McKinney, Lee, Reiner, Tuck wiler). Time, 3:25.2. 220-yard low hurdles—Won by Holloway (OSC); Butler (O) second; Findlay (OSC) third. Time, :25. Freshmen Break Four Records A strengthy and canny Oregon State baby Beaver, unlike its older varsity brother, escaped a dive bombing by Oregon’s frosh trackmen, and while escaping, pinned a 72 1-3 to 49 2-3 loss on the Ducklings in the annual dual meet Saturday. While overpowering the frosh, the rooks were pushed to three meet records, in the mile, 880, and 320-yard low hurdles, and , in turn trailed the Ducklings while they were molding a relay record. Some kind of an alibi could be worked up for the frosh in the fact that Inky Boe who was to run in the 100, and 220, was de clared ineligible by Pacific Coast Athletic Commissioner Atherton. If Boe could have slipped under the wire the winner in these two events the totals would have come out with about three points dif ference. Weather Near Perfect Weather conditions for the meet were nearly perfect and the times marked up were really on the glittering side. Bob Fischer, rook miler, pushed all the way by Duck Don Wilson, traveled the distance in 4:24.2. Bill Shinn, rook, took 1:59 to traverse the half-mile for (Please turn 1o page seven) 71 ELECT TORGESON YOUR NEXT A.S.U.O. PRESIDENT He Stands for an Unified University TORGESOVS RECORD IS HIS BID FOR YOUR VOTE • 3-Point Student • Scabbard and Blade 0 Junior Class President 0 Skull and Dagger • A Student Leader Vote Torgeson No. 1 Paid Adv. by Friends of Lou Torgeson