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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1942)
CHIEF VANDAL . . . . . . Francis X. Schmidt, veteran coach, brings Idaho here Satur day. (3 Coeds Qualify For Amphibians Thirteen coeds successfully completed the requirements foi lin' Amphibian chib Tuesday. 'The following- girls are to report to Gerlinger at 7:30 tonight: El mira Craig, Betty Lou Cramer, Maureen Staub, Bobbie Edwards, Lynn Ortman, Anne Graham, Jean Fitzgerald, Lois Winsley. Olivie Podmore, Dorothy Wieder hold, Norma Van Matre, Betty Crabb, and Mary Riley. To become an Amphibian mem ber the girls must swim two lengths of the pool in 32 seconds, demonstrate three different strokes, excluding the crawl; demonstrate three types of dives; swim 22 lengths of the pool, us ing any stroke. Canard Bowlers Issue Challenge The Canard club bowling team issued a challenge to meet any five-man team from any campus living organization to a three game competition on the U-Bowl alleys Wednesday night (tonight). 'The Canard team of Art Murphy, Carl Backs!rum, Duane Wieden, Bob Simpson, and Warren Braun will meet any team on any Wed nesday night. Any team interest ed may contact the Canard team by phoning 854. By BILL STRATTON News that Dick Ashcom and Vul Culwell will be in the lineup lor the Idaho fray Saturday was good, but it would be much bet ter if someone would dig up a physically able right halfback out of the night. Indeed, it is a sad state of af fairs. Roy Dyer was stricken with a shoulder injury in the Washing ton game, and if the plunging wingback is ready for the Cal game next week he will be lucky. Ken Question Mark Kenny Oliphant has been strick en with something. What it is, nobody seems to know, but he will probably be second choice for the right half position. Sophomore Scotty Deeds is the only man in near decent shape to start in the right half back spot. Scotty has been banged around plenty already this season, partly on account of his light frame, but he is the most likely candidate for the starting role. Aside from the right half po sition, the team is fairly well in tact—unless Bill Davis gets .hurt. He has been a 60-minute man in the last two games at the full back spot, and rated one of the top sophomore backs 'in the na tion. Bill is a swell guy, most any one will testify when he is not in a football suit, but when he gets ahold of a pigskin he is a holy terror. Even in scrimmage, he tears through his teammates as though they were Japs or the like. Davis 60-Minuter Even though he is a tough cookie, and has been playing' “iron-man” ball for the last two games, there is always a possi bility that Davis might get hurt. That would be nothing short of a tragedy. Who would replace him? You give the answer. Tom Oxman’s leg injury kepi him out for the first three games, and he hanged it up again in practice last week. That keeps him out for the rest of the season. That leaves two potentialities to replace Davis in the event he is hurt. Mayther at Full Bill Mayther has been working out at fullback, but has mainly concentrated on the center po sition. He could replace the Grants Pass powerhouse, but it wouldn’t be the best choice. The other possibility is Bud Cote, who hasn’t seen any action this year. Bud has been shifted Basketball Conditions Campus Males; 300 Active in Program Anywhere from one-third to one-half of the men brought be fore selective boards in the past have been turned down because of physical defects. Men, who should know, say that active par ticipation in competitive sports is the best way of bringing the physically-deficient up to par. Basketball, because of its sim plicity and economy, has taken the leading spot in the vital role of putting men into shape for the services. At present Coach Howard Hobson has working un der his supervision almost 300 young athletes in his PE basket ball courses. Although 300 may seem a largo number, with the coming of intramural, varsity, and freshman basketball, combined with his PE classes, “Hobby” hopes to have 500 students, one third of the male enrollment in Oregon, playing competitive basketball. Assisting' Coach Hobson in this massive program are PE majors Ralph Fuhrman, Warren Taylor, Wally Borrevik, and Don Kirsch, all prospective members of the ’43 varsity club, Earl Sandness, forward on the '39 na tional champs, and Roy Dyer, erstwhile halfback on the current football squad, ,.,±4^ Order 'O' Meeting The Order of the “O” meets at the Chi Psi ledge Wednes day |today). An important meeting is planned. All mem bers are urged to attend. Emerald Scribes To Pick Cream of Crop for All-Stars This year s intramural tootnan competition is rapidly drawing' to a close, and the Emerald sports staff, as its annual custom, will take time out from its usual work, to select an all-star intra mural outfit. Something new has been added, however. Besides picking the “cream of the crop” in the grunt and groaners on the greensward, our sports experts will select a squad of the best fraternity gricl ders and an aggreation of the best independent fotball men. Presto! Before you can say backfield - in - motion we’ve dreamed up the idea of a game of-gaines, in short a gridiron cmsn Detween me i\\u units, the fraternity men, anti the in dependent lads. Rivalry should be at a fever pitch. To insure reserves, we’ll name squads of 14 men so that both the Greeks and the Inde pendents will be able to field two different starting lineups. All these plans, of course, are at present in the tentative stage. But you can put a check after the month of November or the latter part of this month for this athletic event-of-events. _ posted on all the developments of this intramural “bowl game.” These pages will keep THROWS STRIKES . . . . . . to his receivers, Howard Manson, ace Idaho passer. Con stitutes threat to Ducks. to left half, and if he had to go in for Davis, it wouldn’t be the best replacement—far from the best replacement. Have no fear, though. Warren will have 11 men on the field against the Vandals, and the odds will favor Oregon—but defi nitely. Ducks Face Tough Foe In Rookt, OSC Coach Prepares Charges By SI SIDESINGER With the Oregon frosh taper ing off their workouts in prepa ration for this Friday night's clash at Corvallis with the Ore gon State Rooks, comes news from the northern branch that Coach Jim Starr is drilling his enormous squad intensively for the “Little Civil War.” Carr started the term with a turnout of 106 prospective play ers and has whittled the squad down to 81 boys. As yet there has been no mention of a start ing lineup and all 81 of the aspi rants are still gunning for start ing positions in the big test this weekend. Last week the Rooks ran San ta Clara plays against the OSC varsity, using 220-pound Larry Beil, a tackle, as the lead man in interference. Linemen Rate A notice of two great defensive linemen was sent out by Coach Carr for he has nothing but praise for Jack Usher, of Modes to, Calif., and Rollie Haag, of Salem, tackle and end respective ly. A quantity of ends are bat tling fiercely for the wing posi tions with Haag, Sheldon Weisen feld, Dick Lorenz, Dave Ander son, Denny Miller, Bill Wall, and Bob Grove showing their heels to the rest of the squad. Two left-handed backs in the Babes ranks are giving Coach Carr visions of another Dethman Durdan combination. Don Samuel and Les Peters are the two south paws who along with tough Bill Powell are dividing the right halfback position among them selves. Left Half Open At the left half spot are four very tough and determined gen tlemen who are stepping jupt short of murder to cinch ^ starting position Friday night. Johnny Parino, Vic Malen, Roy Cole, and Walla Scales are the aforementioned lads and if their determination continues Carr will have a tough job picking a start ing lefthalf. At the fullback spot is a form idable gentleman, one John Kar amanos, one of the strongest line-crushers ever to hail from, the city of Portland. Even with out Roy Lindstrom, Bob Reiman, or Eugene Hermansen to fill in, Karamanos should play one of the most spectacular games of the evening. Students Get 2nd Wind’ in PE Course Uncle Sam needs highly co ordinated men for his growing' army and with that thought in mind, Bill Hayward, track and field coach, has installed a new type of physical education for his runners, jumpers, hurdlers, and weight men. In current physical education classes in track and field, heavy emphasis is being’placed on the military aspect of this athletic training. As a result, students are now engaged in cross-country run ning, still calisthenic workouts, and long sessions of endurance running and spriting. Hayward, entering his forty-first season of coaching, states that the present. sign-up for track and field class es far exceeds the enrollment of the past few years. Varsity trackmen ate assisting Hayward in instruction capaci ties at present. Although Ore gon’s record in track and field last year was one of the most dis mal to be witnessed on the Eu gene campus for a number of years, Webfoot sports enthusiasts can be cheered by the size of the athletic applicants that are now circling the track in scantily clad uniforms. And that’s not all. There is more than a handful of veteran performers returning to the 1941 outfit to serve as a nu cleus for productive efforts. Among others, stand-outs in clude Homer Thomas, pole-vault er, Don Wilson, half-miler, Ralph Kramer, hurdler, and Bob New land, high jumper. Bob McKinney, half-miler, did not participate in track and field competition last year and he \nn be a member of next spring’s running contingent. Street Running Students enrolled in these mil itary-athletic classes are not con fined to the premises of the ath letic plant. Although the major ity of their running is done on Hayward field, students lately have been running down the streets of Eugene, in and around the-block fashion. Coach Hayward and his assist ants are endeavoring to prepare the youth of today for special army tactics which will no doubt come to our freshmen and soph*' moies very shortiy. The ne® time some trackman runs over your rose-bed in the garden, don't bawl him out, housewife! It’s all part of the day’s action in track and field!