DAILY EMERALD Thursday, November 27, 1941 Page 5
Steers Tops
In National
Competition
University of Oregon for
the third consecutive year
grabbed the National Sigma
Delta Psi championship, ac
cording to reports received by
the Oregon PE department
following complete tabulation
of results turned in last spring
by colleges all over the nation.
Led by Les Steers, Ray
Dickson, and Warren Finke
who wound up one, two, and
three among the thousands of
*fcfchletes competing throughout
the country, the 10-man Webfoot
team garnered 6,523.30 points to
win going away from Springfield
college with 5,834.70.
Steers Top Man
Steers scored 839.30 out of a
possible 1,000, copping national
top spots in the high jump and
Sigma Delta Psi members
will meet in the PE building
Tuesday night, December 2,
7:30, according to President
Homer Thomas. At that
time gold, silver, and bronze
^medals will be awarded to
first, second, and third place
individual winners in the
national meet, and the tro
phy won by the team will
be displayed.
the javelin toss. The world high
jump champion leaped 6 feet 9
inches in his Sigma Delta Psi ef
fort and hurled the spear 205
feet.
Dickson skipped over the
120-yard low hurdle course in
:13.1 seconds to edge out Dick
Findlay of Oregon State col
lege, who turned in a time of
:18.2, for first in the nation.
Dickson also leaped 22 feet 10
inches in the broadjump to fin
ish second in the nation, nine
inches behind the same Find
lay’s first-place jump.
Curt Mecham, All-American
grid candidate from Oregon, boot
ed the football 216 feet (72 yards)
to register the longest punt in the
country. Wes Dollarhide of the
Webfoot team finished third in
the country with a 22-feet-8-inch
leap.
Steers Again
Steers came in for additional
honors in the shot put and the
"Ifeseball throw, shoving the iron
44 feet 7 inches for second place,
1% inches shorter than Oregon
State’s Stevens’ first place put,
and flinging the horsehide 343
feet for third place.
Art Borten of Oregon State
won the bar vault with a 7-foot,
1-inch effort, while Steers, Finke,
Mecham, and Jim Marnie furn
ished a four-way deadlock for
second place one inch behind.
Other Duck Winners
Other Webfoots who placed
first, second, or third in individ
ual events throughout the coun
try but who weren’t included in
the Duck 10-man team were Bill
Regner, baseball throw, 344 feet
for second place; Gerald Huestis,
|^-yard freestyle swim, :57 sec
onds for third spot; Bill Beifuss,
high jump, 6 feet, 2 inches for
third place; “Inky” Boe, rope
climb, :5.8 seconds for first place;
I TOP MAN
§ Les Steers, former Ore
| Kon student and world
j§ champion high juniper,
was top Sigma Delta l’si
jSj athlete in the nation, ac
§ cording to results received
by the PE department.
Hobson’s Hoopsters
‘Homestate’ Lads
It’s a definitely “Oregon” bas
*ketball team that cavorts daily
under the tutelage of Howard
Hobson. For of the thirteen var
sity players doing duty for the
Webfoots, twelve of. them are
from Oregon towns, a fact to
which Hobson proudly points.
Only “alien” to crash the home
state ranks of the Ducks is
George “Porky” Andrews, two
year veteran. Captain “Porky”
commutes a long distance to
school from his home in Victoria,
British Columbia. All others are
strictly from the Webfoot state.
Eugene, Portland, and As
toria all have contributed two
of the Webfoot hoopsters, while
the rest come from towns scat
tered throughout the state.
Archie Marshik, veteran cen*
ter, and Paul Jackson, former
ly from California, both now re
side in Eugene. Don Kirsch,
who prepped at Jefferson high,
and Bob Wren, former Wash
ington high star, hail from
Portland. Astoria, hotbed for
such other Oregon basketball
aces as Wally Johansen, Earl
Sandness, Ted Sarpola, and
Bobby A net, send down John
Erickson and Cliff Anet, Bob
Boe, Jerry Battles, and Francis
Tuckwiler, 100-yard dash, :10.0
seconds, three-fifths of a five
way tie for second place.
Members of Oregon’s 10-man
team and the points they scored
were: Steers, 839.30; Dickson,
770.10; Finke, 705.90; Mecham,
700.90; Dollarhide, 623.70; Mar
nie, 622.30; Philip Jackson,
590.90; Stan Ray, 585.60; Bob
Newland, 574:10; and Cam Col
lier, 510.60.
Ned Johns, frosh track coach
and director of the Sigma Delta
Psi program last spring, was
praised by Kuss Cutler, who us
ually directed the procedure,
but who was at the University
of Washington last year.
“Ned did a wonderful job last
spring,’’ said Cutler, “and the
school should be proud of his ef
forts and of the team that beat
every other one in the United
States.”
by’s brother, to carry on for
the Ducks.
Bob Newland, stellar sopho
more guard, recei^pd his high
school training at Medford and
Warren Taylor, 6 foot five inch
forward, comes from Banks.
Lloyd Jackson, lanky center,
calls Dallas home; while another
sophomore, Warren Christiansen,
w'ent to Tillamook high. Letter
man Rolph Fuhrman lives at
Sixes and Willson Maynard, re
maining squad member, comes
from the Oregon capital city of
Salem.
Rubes Scrimmaged
Intrasquad scrimmages contin
ued to be nightly affairs at the
Igloo. Tonight, a slight variation
will be provided, when the Ore
gon varsity tangles with Ruben
stein’s Oregonians in another of
their informal practice scrim
mages. December 3, the Ducks
will meet the Rubes again, in all
seriousness, though, in a regular
ly scheduled tilt.
Defense Stressed
Defensive weaknesses which be
came apparent against Signal Oil
last Friday were being ironed
out this week. Offensive drill was
concerned mostly with keeping
possession of the ball. Kicking
away the ball was one of the
most glaring faults which plagued
the Ducks despite their victory.
A cheery note was sounded by
Mentor Hobson this week when
he said that the team “looked
quite a bit better than they did
at this time last year.”
City Shows Signs
Street banners portraying the
Homecoming spirit on Willam
ette and other main Eugene
streets will be displayed Friday,
November 28, according to Russ
Hudson, general chairman. These
banners will be put up by the
city of Eugene. Windows of local
merchants will be decorated by
Friday also. Homecoming stencils
will be displayed on merchants’
windows today.
A son, W’illiam A., was born
June 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
A. Howard, M.A. ’36, of Portland.
Fijis, Canard Clubbers
Register IM 'A' Wins
By TOM HI EBNER
Mathematical - minded sports
fans who have a mania for jot
ting down high and low scores,
brushed off their dusty old ledg
ers yesterday to record the 15 to
0—12 to 2 victory of a brawny
Fiji club over Zeta hall in Wed
nesday’s “A” league volleyball
action. Although the independ
ents fought a terrific battle they
were unable to withstand the
husky advances of the Fijis and
the final outcome represents an
all-time low score for this year’s
tilts.
Canard club, represented by an
exceptionally determined ball
club, trounced a persevering
Omega hall aggregation, 16 to
14 and 15 to 5 in two out of
three tilts to take win honors.
The first tilt showed Omega hall
to be almost comparable to Can
ard as far as power was con
cerned.
But in the second bout, despite
the powerful serving couplet
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Phi Delts Win
A plucky Phi Delt team added
another game to their credit
when they defeated Sigma Nu,
15 to 5 and 15 to 10 in two rough
and-tumble contests that really
kept the onlooker interested.
The only other “A” league
game was forfeited to Theta
Chi by SAM, who failed to show
at the appointed time.
“B” league action featured
only two games, both of which
were defaulted. One by Sigma
hall, in favor of the Fijis and the
other by SAM in favor of the
Yeomen.
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