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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1942)
Paul Washke, director of intramurals on the Oregon cam pus, is back from a trip east, and has many interesting obser vations to make on the future of sports. file reason for Washke’s trip east was to receive recogni tion, along with seven other people from throughout the coun try, for 'his “distinguished leadership and meritorious service to*4he profession of.physical education-, health education, and recreation.” Among, the many changes that are needling their way into the present sport setup, Washke said the most noticeable was rthe change in emphasis placed on partisanship. Emphasis on Participation Said Washke, “The future sports program will emphasize more active participation by people and will de-emphasize spectators.” Washke said that the army officials have told the mem bers of the American Association for Health, Physical Edu cation -and Recreation fellowship that they do not wish to place-a-errrtailment on college sports. Numerous rumors circulating when the shift was made to “ ph.ysiwaivTitness” indicated that calisthenics, vigorous exer Sysc -would displace college athletics. The -army now wants college sports to continue, and spe cifically the highly competitive ones because they develop the “urge for victory.” Looking at Baseball The sports page yesterday spieled out with the batting per centages of the baseball team after their first three games. We took one quick glance at the standings and then made a bee-line for the files to try and dig up some more figures. You see, percentages look darn nice on paper and may arouse the “awes” of the sport fan but the column labeled RBI (runs batted in) usually tells the real story. The fan may look at and admire the percentages but the good coach follows the RBI column. ^ Our hurried search through the files yielded up results that brought a slight grin to the corners our mouth. Figures Add Up Right Bill Carney is leading the heavy stickers with a near .429. And he also leads in the RBI department with five. Next in line was Pilip with a comfortable .357 and also next in line at pushing ’em over the plate with four to his credit. Following were Dick Burns and Bob Farrow and they came in that order also in the run-producing' column. And it went tliusly' down the line. Which all goes to prove one thing. The boys that are hitting are hitting in the pinches and when it counts. That’s what makes a hitter. "rake Mr. Gordon, Oregon’s gift to the Yankees. lie hasn’t It it over .300 for a season since he’s been with the Bronx Bomb ers and yet there isn’t a pitcher in the league who doesn’t kick nervously at the rubber when the ex-Oregon star steps up. Take a look at the runs lie pounds in and you know why. Gordon Slugged for Oregon And speaking of Gordon, a humorous tiling happened to the column during the Idaho game. For weeks we’ve been keeping box scores on loose sheets of paper till Buck Buch wach, sport publicity head, gave us an old score book. During one of the slow innings we peered back in some of the front pages and found that darn thing went back to 1934-35. There was Gordon's name in the clean-up spot. There was a. game against WSC when he clouted a home run and a double in three trips to aid the Ducks in rolling up 11 ?uns. Someone, out of pity for the Cougars, had -torn their box score out. Then there was a game against the Vandals at Moscow when lie clouted four for six. The first was a home run, the second a single, the third a double, and the fourth a double. Here an' There Sorry, but we can't help mentioning the name Durdan. Not satisfied with getting in our hair in football and basketball, he comes back in baseball and is now hitting at a .500 clip. That worries us, yes, but the payoff is that we hear he’s out for golf and we would gather from the Barometer that left-handed and all, he’s a pretty fair golfer. There must bs some way to get rid of that guy. Oregon athletes now with the services felt their first pang yesterday. Coining on the wake of the good news of Ah Wil son's nice work came word of the death of Ernie Robertson. His exploits on the football field were just a little be fore our time, but we had heard of them. We asked several people who have been in the athletic department at the Uni versity a long time about Ernie and what kind of a fellow he was. The replies were short and all the same. “A darn swell guy.” Duck Trackmen Prime For Washington Meet FirstNDMeet For Webfoots Oregon’s trackmen continued their workouts yesterday in prep ation for the University of Washington dual meet, scheduled for Saturday on Hayward field. This will be Oregon’s first con ference meet of the 1942 season. The two previous meets do not count towards the northern divi sion crown. The Ducks have split thus far in the season, running wild against Portland U. to amass 89 points to their 42, and losing to Oregon State in the sixteenth annual relays. Turnout Large It could have been because their picture was supposed to have been taken, or they may have been suddenly inspired, but the turnout was unusually large Tuesday even though the sched uled photograph was not taken. One new man has been added to the weight department, Bob Koch, football star. This makes the weight roster add up to six, all huskies w'ho can sling the metal ball over 40 feet. It has proven one of the strongest Webfoct events this season. Most of them are entered in the discus too. Distance men continued their pacing work, few as they are. Ross will have to run a solo flight in the two mile for Oregon unless Wilson enters, and Skillicorn, Maxey, and Wilson are the only mile entrants. Distance Men Pace Middle distance men and sprinters are still practicing their regular routine, running their events and practicing their starts. Pole vaulter Homer Thomas has not been striving for height, keeping the bar around 12 feet 6 inches, and working on his form. Bob Newland has been working out regularly, trying to top his consistent G feet 2 or 3 inches. Tennis Squad Drills for OSC Coach Russ Cutler yesterday continued direction of the efforts of the varsity and freshman teams toward Saturday’s match es with the Beavers of Oregon State. In challenge matches yesterday Philip Putnam downed Bud Steele in two sets, 10-8, 8-6 for the No. 7 ranking. A1 Gard set back Hank Larson, 6-3, 7-5, to retain the No. 5 spot. Coming up is a challenge match between Gard and Putnam. Teams Even Oregon State and Oregon are rated' on even terms for the Sat urday varsity matches. Both teams beat Washington State 4 matches to 3 and the Idaho net team, 5 to 2. Varsity matches begin at 1:30 p.m. with the Oregan rankings: Frank Baker, No. 1; Johnny Wil liams, No. 2; Jim Ricksecker, No. 3; Joe Rooney, No. 4; and A1 Gard, No. 5. Baker and Williams will play the No. 1 doubles with Ricksecker and Rooney in the No. 2 spot. Freshman matches begin at 9:30 in the morning with Fred Howard ranked No. 1, Art Damsehen, No. 2, John Jensen, No. 3; Nick Reed, TVo. 4; and Hugh Crawford, No. 5. AC Coed Tennis Play \ Moves Into Semi-finals \ Gertrude Kay battles Clair Renn, and Dorothy Hermann meets last year’s champion “Babs” DuPuy this afternoon in the semi-final round of the all campus tennis singles tourney. Both matches should be closely contested. Claire Renn lost to “Babs” DuPuy in last year’s finals. Gertrude Kay and Dot Hermann are new on the campus, having transferred from St. Helens hall in Highland Beats Kappas to Earn Play-off Spot By MARY ALDERMAN Highland house won the right to meet Orides for the “A” league title when they won their league crown by trouncing Kappa Kappa Gamma, 24-8, in girls’ intramural softball. Highland had a slugfest in the last two innings scoring most of their runs then. But the Kap pas came back and had a little fun of their own in their last time to bat when they scored G runs. Gertrude Kay, June Paddock, and Elaine Dahl of Highland’s ten all hit four-bag gers. In “B” competition, Pitcher Sig Eps Continue Win (Continued from page four) kind of basehit was blasted over the field with Hank ‘All-star Chairman” Burns getting- three long ones to top the parade. Ev ery Phi fattened his average off the feeble offerings of Schmick. Sigma Chi ... 002 000 0— 2 5 4 Phi Delts .. .223 305 3—-18 20 2 Schmick and Davis, Bradshaw; Cozzens, Taylor and Skade, Ar buckle. Betas Win The Betas took an easy 6 to 1 victory over the Phi Sigs behind the tight hurling of Quent Side singer. Hal Fredericks, Glenn Macy, and Dick Rathbun were the mnrin guns in the Beta of fense, -driving across tfiree in the first and two in the fifth. Parsons threw for the Phi Sigs. Betas .301 020—6 7 2 Phi Sigs .001 000—1 4 3 Sidesinger and B. Macy; Par sons and Smith. In another scheduled game Sigma hall forfeited to Sherry Ross. An Exciting Thriller! 'THE SPOILERS' with Marlene Dietrich, Randclf Scott snriiikniu ROMANTIC COMEDY! TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI1 with John Payne Maureen O’Hara; also 'SECRET AGENT OF JAPAN' with Preston Foster Lynn Barri i-oruana. tsotn nave played out standing tennis in their matches this spring. Kay backs up a strong drive with strategy, and should give Renn plenty of trouble. Claire Renn entered the semi finals by edging out a 6-4, 6-8, 6-4 triumph over Helen McKeen in one of the most closely con tested matches of the year. Hard, spectacular drives by both players featured the first set as Henn came through on the long end of a 6-4 score. McKeen came back in the second to win an 8-6 victory. With the game count at 4-all in the third set, Renn used a very effective cut in winning the last two games, thus giving her the match. In interhouse singles, Virginia Wells of Delta Delta Delta beat Jean Morrison, Theta, 6-3, 6-0. Beverly Goetz led Hendricks hall to a 18-2 triumph over Zeta Tau Alpha to cinch second place in their league. Evelyn Collins of Hendricks socked the only home run of the game. s • For Hors d’Ouvres • For Cocktails • For Salads • Entree For Tops in Your Spring Rushing Dinners Phone 2309 Newman's Fish Market 39 East Broadway GEB3 DON’T MISS! 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