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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1942)
W'Exr Splabh&L &k . . . Clutch ; By KRLtNG KRLANDSON PANAMA C’lTV, PANAMA, J,uly 4, 1923—An overflow crowd wood mentally lost today as 2'j i ear-old Charles YVeitzel splashed over the 10-foot course to victory -mu this city’s annual baby swim. • Time marches on! CORVALLIS. ORE., Feb. 7. 3 ?42—Chuck Weitzel, Lemon and Green swim star, Won the back stroke and 50-yard freestyle ♦vents at today’s swim meet be tween Oregon and Oregon State. *. What Happened What happened to C. S. Weitzel fcn those a-thrill-a-minute years between 1923 and 1942? Well, during those years this lad, now popularly referred to as “The Face,” competed in swim meets in China, in the Philippines, in Honolulu, in New York, in California, and in Texas. Before coming to Ore gon this year he attended Compton junior college in Cal ifornia and the University of Texas. During those years he gath ered up the southern California interscholastic individual medley and 50-yard freestyle records. And last year he was awarded the 50-yard all-Texas freestyle championship. Best Spirit Here Quote from this world traveler: “Of all the places I've swam, they have the most swimming spirit here at the University of Oregon.” It was with his father, a grad uate of West Point and now a naval commander, that Chuck wandered about the globe. Last summer “The Face” was a life guard at one of Honolu lu’s palm-bedecked beaches . . . Hobby: jitterbugging, et cetera. Chuck wants to swim the 50 in 23 seconds flat. He’s said to get 12 hours of sleep a night. “C.S.” hasn’t smoked yet but will light up a cigar when he be comes 21 (March 7). Figures show' that Chuck, whose physical measurements are 6 feet and 190 pounds, has taken part in 33 auto mishaps during the past two years. Time and Chuck Weitzel march on! Hobson Yanks Four Starters From Lineup Drastic steps were taken in the Duck camp this week when Coach Howard Hobson in an effort to find a winning combination, benched four first stringers and indicated he would continue to shift men till he found a successful unit. The shakeup followed on the heels of the Oregon State victory over the Ducks, 50 to 39, in which Oregon failed to measure up to its potentialities. Only diminutive Paul Jackson, capable guard, remained as a regular with the other four who opened against the Beavers being relegated to the seconds. This means that demotions were in or Second-Half Duckling Explosion Blasts Springfield Cagers, 52-30 Frosh Attack Paced By HARRY GLICKMAN It took the Oregon Frosh a long time to start hitting the lie op, but when they found the range in the second half, they skirted pouring in buckets from all angles and rolled up a &2 to 30 casaba win over the Springfield Millers on the latter’s floor last night. The Ducklings held but a 21 to 17 halftime lead, finding it difficult to get their offense roll in..: on tht' small Springfield high S . >or. Popick Sparks A1 Popick kept the Frosh in t’.r ball game in the first quarter, tanking two field goals and a free throw which, together with a bas ekt by Bob Erlandson, accounted f r Oregon's 7 to 5 lead at the end of the period. Oregon stretched its lead to 15) to 1) in the second quarter, ami then Springfield got hot to dwindle the lead to four points at halftime. Roy Seeborg started things • tiling in the second half with a Xteld goal and freethrovv, while "•ram Williams sank a bucket for «he Millers to make the score 24 to 19. Ducklings (let Hot At this point Oregon really got b 4. and held Springfield without ORANGEMEN SVn Hall is one of the OSC’ )' topnien Slats dill will throw i gainst Oregon Saturday night. Oregon Emerald Sports Staff Fred Treadgold Wally Hunter Erling Erlandson Tommy Mayes Nancy Lewis Bill Stratton Virginia Wells June Hitchcock Jean Frideger Harry Glickman Joe Miller a point until midway in the fourth quarter, going into a 40 to 19 lead. Sammy Crowell paced the Frosh attack. Crowell scored 13 points to lead the scorers, followed by A1 Popick with 12. Seaman was high for Springfield with nine. Summary: Frosh (52) (30) Springfield Seeborg, 7.F . 9, Seaman Erlandson, 6 .... F . G, Dowell Hannam, 6.C.5, Williams Crowell, 13 .G .4, Todd A. Popick, 12 .. . G.3, Luckey Substitutions: For Frosh, Reyn olds (2), Floquet (3), Gearhart (3): for Springfield, Stratton (2), Cowan (1). Referee: Pete Taylor. Mumps, Measles Hang on at Palace In spite of rumors that measles have vanished from the infirmary, another case has been reported. Two cases of the mumps are also stubbornly hanging on. The lucky thirteen boarding at the infirmary are: Helen Luvaas, Margaret Turner, Dorothy Rosen berg, Vivian McNew, Walter Krause, Gladys Samel, Fred Lloyd, Harry Fukuda, Wilfred Reynolds, Dick Turner, Vernon Kisabeth, Mary Morgan Riley, and Cornelia Walter. i BENCHED Warren Taylor, Webt'oot forward, was benched last night by Coach Hobby Hobson along with three other regular starters—Porky An drews, Archie Marshik, and Bob Wren—as the Ducks prepared for Oregon State’s second Igloo invasion this Saturday. Paul Jackson, guard, is the only regular starter left in the lineup. der for Captain George Andrews. Bob Wren, Warren Taylor, and Archie Marshik. No Lineup Named No combinations have definite ly been named by the Webfoot mentor as things were still in the experimental stage. Taylor was showing up quite well Tuesday, looking more like he did earlier in the season. The Igloo was closed tighter than a “drum,” as the Ducks ran through their secret prac tice. Determinatisn was not lacking in any way, as the Ducks show more fight now than at the start of the season. That the pennant race is far from over is one fact of which the Oregon varsity is certain. Though the Webfoots have five losses against three wins, that is only one more de feat than the other teams have. Ducks Drop Three Conquering of the jinx which has administered three straight reversals will also be the aim of the Ducks who will be lowering their sights on their old rivals, the Beavers this weekend. It will be the final Oregon State series of the year for Oregon and opens at Corvallis Friday. The follow**-* ing night the two outfits clash again at the Igloo in the Dads’ day feature. Alpha, Zeta, Gamma Win Hoop Battles The McArthur court shook Saturday to the tread of six dorm teams opening- their own basketball league. In the curtain raiser Alpha hall was not troubled with last second baskets, as they ran up a commanding lead early to outdistance Sherry Ross, 26 to 16. Uke Paris potted 10 for the winners and Bob Faw hit eight for the defeated Rossmen. The second tilt gave Gamma hall a 30 to 10 win over a com bination Sigma-Alpha club. In the finale, Omega succumbed to too much Reynolds with a little Olts thrown in. They lost to Zeta hall, 34 to 22. Walt Reynolds and (Please turn to page six) limilinmitimillBBiiiimi'iiMmiiHHmtiMmiiMimiaHiimMHniHri m Idaho Thumps Washington, 39-32, 1 2 Dumps Husky Cagers in Third Spot I Washington’s one-day of roost ing atop the Northern division basketball pile with Washington State ended in Moscow last night, as Idaho's Vandals, reeking of the cellar, rose up to club the Huskies, 39 to 32. Idaho’s win dragged the Hus kies down into a technical third place, behind Washington State and Oregon State, with idle Ore gon sandwiched between Hec Ed mundson’s quintet and the cellar dwelling Vandals. Idaho dusted off its old “slow lown” attack and avenged the S tan dings Team Washington State Oregon State . Washington . Oregon . Idaho . W L Pet. .7 4 .636 .6 4 .600 .7 5 .583 .3 5 .375 .2 7 .222 44-to-37 beating administered by the Huskies Monday night. With Steele operating the main Vandal battery, the Mos cow five retired at halftime with an 11-point lead over their adversaries, 24 to 13. Washington managed to bore into that advantage as the sec ond half got underway, but fal tered and was dealt a crushing blow, when Chuck Gilmur, high scoring center, was benched mid way in*that period with four per sonal fouls posted against him. From then cn in, the Van dals had things their own way and the Huskies waltzing along with them. Steele of Idaho marched off with scoring honors, grabbing 11 of the Vandals' 39 points.