Late Monday night the teletype at the News pounded
out the story that Lon Stiner had signed a new four-year
contract. Later a warning came over the wire that it was a
“dud" and to kill it. Mr. Stiner signing up reminds us of
a gent who isn’t quite so lucky—Mr. -Timmy Phelan of Wash
ington. Of course, the news of his dismissal is old now but
we’re still wondering about it.
Phelan’s record since he came to Washington in 1930
isn’t bad. He kept his team in the upper division most of
the time. He never had a really bad year—never ending up
with less than three wins in any season. Many coaches in
this league have done worse than that and they’re still
hanging around.
It Appears to Us
Of course, the column has its idea on his dismissal, just as
it has ideas on everything else, but it doesn’t want to expound
them because someone will accuse us of blasting some adminis
tration. But just a little subtle hint wouldn’t hurt. We saw a
short article in a paper—the name of the paper and the writer
escapes us—but we remember the quote. It was a couple of
hours after Pest Welch had been appointed head coach and
Jbegirtiele went thuslv, “You mean Welch is still head coach—
lie’s been in for two hours and hasn't won a game yet.”
Jackson Gets a Reprieve
We had this tidbit for you two weeks ago but at the request
of interested persons, and specifically Paul Jackson, we held
it out. We ran across Jackson at that time over in the Anchor
age with a dour look on his face, as he stared mournfully at an
ice cream cone he was (-hawing (Hobby says they’re ok.) Jut
ting out of his pocket was one of those envelopes which bear
tin1 frightful and so familiar heading, “Draft Board such and
Such." Jackson explained it was his induction papers and that
he was to report the following Monday—last Monday to you.
For a happy ending to this bit, Jackson was granted, a
sixty-day postponement. Little Paul, it seems, graduates
at the end of this term and therefore is allowed to finish. It
looks like he ’ll have some more chances to enlarge on those
G6 points he now has.
Last Saturday we committed the unpardonable sin for a
newspaper man—we overwrote for the space we had. The make
up man stuffed as much of it as he could into the space and
threw the rest of it away. As a matter of completing it, here’s
the rest. At the time the column was running out of space it
was speaking of baseball and saying that the left side of the
infield this year would be weak with the loss of Buck Berry
and Billy Hamel. The column suggested Bob Farrow for one
of these spots but replacement for the other one is still ji
mystery.
Varsity Lacks Pitchers
Xfhe frosh didn’t send much up in the way of pitchers, some
thing that Hobby would like to see a lot of. Kik Simonsen,
Duckling" last year, was coming around as a pitcher and might
have shown well this year but financial trouble kept him out
of school this year. A1 “Lefty” Winter was probably the out
standing frosh pitcher. Winter‘is not in school this quarter. He
returned home to have an operation on a bad knee. His plans
when he went home were to lay out for a quarter and then
return for baseball. These are doubtful however. Winter was
an “in and out” pitcher last year. He had lots of hard luck
because of faulty support. He has shown that he has the stuff
however. In a night game against the Eugene Athletic club
he held the home town team hitless in three innings of work.
He has nice control, a good curve, and most important, plenty
of baseball savvy and a cool head.
The bunch of chicken netting- and framework pipes
that they used as a backstop behind heme plate last year
is being removed. It will be replaced by a more substantial
affair. This should be a relief to those who like to see their
ball games from behind home plate without continual fear
for life and limb from foul balls that, in the past, would
filter through the very porous wire on the old backstop.
Lost and Found Department
This small item should go in the lost and found department
but the business office is closed. Lost, one Oregon State basket
ball warmup, supposedly belonging to Jack Mulder. Some
Oregon State supporter lifted the garment literally from under
the feet of the Oregon State manager in the Oregon State
Oregon game. Now the guy who hooked it may think it's a nice
souvenir but couldn’t you pick another school.
I^ete Lamb, varsity manager, is plenty worried. The
manager from Corvallis is a friend of his. One of these
warmup outfits costs some fifteen iron men and the man
-4r ager catches the blame for losing one of them. I doubt
if the guy who swiped it will return it but if Oregon comes
back from Corvallis next Saturday night without any
warmups at all, don’t say we didn’t warn you.
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Frosh Head
Triple-Deck
Hoop Card
By HARRY GLICKMAN
Another effort to bolster the
infantile paralysis fund will be
made at McArthur court tonight,
when members of Oregon service
organizations collect money be
tween games of a triple-header
basketball program.
Feature game on the slate pits
John Warren’s Oregon Duck
lings against the strong Spring
field Plywood team. Opening the
evening’s fireworks will be the
Rubenstein Juniors and Mohawk
high, who take the floor at 7:30
p.m. The Frosh and Springfield
follow at 8:30. Hart Larsen’s and
the Register-Guard tangle in the
nightcap.
Admission f^ree
Admission to the games is
free, but spectators can contrib
ute to the infantile paralysis
fund while there.
The Junior Rubes are hailed
as one of the finest young bas
ketball teams in the state, and
boast a near spotless record to
date. Mohawk is holder of the
county “B” league champion
ship. Hart Larsen’s and the
Register-Guard are two of the
strongest quintets in Eugene
Coed Swim OpewA
Susan Campbell mermaids led by Margaret Lesher prepare
to defend their intramural swimming crown tonight in Ger
linger poGl at 7:30.
Last year’s champions enter the first third of intramural
competition against new and unknown potentialities. Gamma
Phis, Kappas, and the Lame Ducks appear to be threats
for the cup this year.
Officials
Officials for the meet are: Miss Eastburn, announcer;
Miss Baum, starter; Miss Harvey, clerk of the course; and
the judges have not yet been selected, announced Pat Carson,
chairman of intramural swimming competition.
Events of tonight’s competition: 20 and 40-yard freestyle;
20 and 40-yard backstroke; 20 and 40-yard breaststroke;
80-yard freestyle relay; 60-yard medley relay; diving.
The other two meets are scheduled for February 11 and
18. The officials decided that one swimmer may swim only
in two individual races an evening, the WAA committee dis
closed.
independent circles, and will
be vying for city supremacy in
tonight’s contest.
Oregon’s freshman team, de
feated in its last two engagements
against McKee’s Bakers and the
Oregon State Rooks, will be out
to hit the win column again.
Mentor Johrt Warren sent his
charges through a final workout
last night and pronounced his
team ready for the strong Spring
field five.
Warren Mum
Warren did not announce a
starting lineup for the contest.
In Monday’s practice he gave all
members of the squad a chance
to display their ability. It is prob
able that one of two quintets
will open in tonight’s game.
One team includes the lineup
that has started in most games
this season of Hill Erlandson
and Itoy Seeborg, forwards;
Royal Denton, center; and Ai
Popick and Sammy Crowell,
guards.
Another five which received
much attention was composed of
Bob Reynolds and Bill Bloom
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