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
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