By LEE FLATBERG
-sports Editor, the Emerali
. . . And to all my friends from California who spent the
last two weeks telling me how good the Trojans were, and how
badly they were going to beat the poor Huskies, I say . . .
“Bow down to gton.”
“Babe” Holiingijery
And wane we re sun in me
far Northwest, let's look at
the changes made in the \\ SC
coaching staff to cover up for
the departure of likeable Buck
Bailey, baseball coach, and
Bill Ellington, track coach.
Orin E. “Babe” Hollingbery
will direct the thinclacls. Hol
lingbery is no novice at the
track game, having had ex
perience both in high school
and at the Olympic Club in
San Francisco.
Has a Simple Formula
“Babe” has a very simple
formula for the making of a
good trackman. Says “Babe,”
“Just get out there and run
like hell.”
i\or is Jack Kriel, who will handle the baseball team,
wet behind the ears when it comes to baseball. At Wash
ington State, from where he graduated in 1923, Friel was a
four-year letterman in the diamond sport. He coached the
• sport in Colville and North Central, Spokane, high schools
and was rated tops as a pitcher in Spokane semi-pro circles.
He has acted as freshman baseball coach at the Pullman
school since 1928. Incidentally, the freshman baseballers at
^ SC will be combined with the varsity. Oregon and Oregon
State will also follow that course.
Our Complaint Department
I doubt if we’ve ever written a column where there hasn’t
been at least one good gripe. We haven’t run out of them as
yet either.
The intramural program for this term has been drawn
up and will include swimming, softball, tennis, golf, and a
newly devised competitive time race on the obstacle course.
In ordinary times tnat would be fine. But the emphasis
these days seems to be in physical fitness sports. The
athletic board has recognized that fact and golf and tennis
were tossed out of the athletic program, an act which drew
some ire from other conference members.
\ et the intramural program as drawn up included tennis
^Rid golf. Golf and tennis are good sports and we admit that
tennis i.-- no panty-waist game. But for years this campus has
forgotten about boxing and wrestling, and if there are two
sports with which inductees into the armed forces will be in
doctrinated with, it is these two sports.
Athletic Board Is excused
The athletic board can be excused from putting these two
sports on their docket because what with transportation and
financial difficulties they’ll have a hard enough time complet
ing their present program. But the intramural board could
easily have included the sports in their program.
It’s discouraging to know that they don’t do it and yet
to hear from fellows like Bill McArthur, P.E. major from
last year who is now a physical director at Randolph Field,
that the ability of the fellows to defend themselves is
pitiful.
With basketball, as far as the University is concerned, se
Arely tucked away in the record book, the sport's eyes look
hopefully to baseball, track, and to spring practice. They can
look for some radical changes too.
Frosh and Varsity Together
Hobbv Hobson, sorting out equipment in the locker room
vesterdav afternoon, pointed out that freshmen will be incor
porated with the varsity, and suggested Big John Day, ex
frosh eager, as a good example of one who might see some
action from the mound.
In football the classes in the P.E. school will be held
along with spring practice under the tutelage of Head Man
John Warren.
Colonel Bill Hayward will go into his umpty-umpth sea
son as track coach with a fair sprinkling of talent. A press re
vise just came in from U. S. Navy Pre-flight school at St. Ma
w's telling of their track team.
One of the Airdevils in the six-man 880-relay team is
Cadet Walter Girdlestone who did a bit of running under
Colonel Bill here last year.
Spring F-ootball to Start
Next Week, Says John
PE Classes
Combined
With Varsity
As an Old Gold ad would say,
“Something New Has Been Add
ed.”
At least, that’s how things will
be when Head Football Coach
John Warren issues the call for
grid aspirants next week. For ur*
der the new physical fitness pro
gram the men signing up for foot
ball classes in the P. E. school
will spend part of their time
working out with the varsity.
Large Turnout
These “novices” from the class
room will swell the turnout to an
impressive number. But with the
Navy and Marine corps opening
lip and letting their reserve com
pete in varsity sports Warren
would have a half respectable
bunch out anyway.
A fairly safe bet would say
that some 20 to 25 experienced
gridders will answer the call
when it is issued next week.
The material available in the
line is rather good. Cliff Gif fin,
Merritt Kufferman, Vic Atieh,
Hal Lloy'd, the Steers twins, Bill
Mather, Chuck Elliott, Steward,
Dick Brown, Halkins, and Bar
ties are a few of those who were
in school last term and who will
probably be around for the spring
session.
isacKiieui scam
The backfield is, as usual, short
in numbers. Bob Koch, who did
a bit of full-backing for Oregon
season before last, is back from
the Pre-flight school. Bobby Rey
nolds seems to have a reprieve
from the army. Bill Davis, who
was considered one of the best
sophomores on the coast last year
till a bum knee caught up with
him mid-way in the season, is
available.
Tommy Oxman, who spent
nearly .all last year collecting
splinters, thanks to a lame leg,
will be back in a harness and
gear again.
Up from the frosh are an array
of potentialities headed by Ben
ny Holcomb. A speed merchant
who litterly burns the grass to
a drab brown according to reports
is Skiles Hoffman.
Warren offers the invitation,
“Come on out. We’ll have a lot
of fun.” The uncertainty of the
fate of many of the reservists
will make it nearly impossible
for Warren to formulate any
teams or many plays and the
session will probably be spent
in getting in condition and in
working off excess blubber, and
having a lot of fun.
Participation in .women’s intra
mural sports at the University of
Texas has jumped' 42 per cent
above 1941 levels.
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
AND STAMPS
DON BUKD.VN . . .
. . . having; given up the hoop game for a while, will be back to
plague the Ducks with a baseball bat.
’43 Hoop Season Placed
In Ancient Record Rook
The antics and actions of the
’43 basketba.il team have been
relegated to a few pages in the
record book, to be safe-guarded
by a couple of mothballs.
Those few pages in the record
book are rather impressive how
ever. For early in the season the
critic and ever present, ever pre
dicting scribes generously slipped
Oregon into the fourth place po
sition. Oregon politely but firm
ly double-crossed these experts
and landed in second place, with
10 wins, 6 losses, a notch short
of the now coast champs, Wash
ington.
Freshmen Played
But if the '43 season is to be
remembered distinctly, it will be
for the fact that it was the first
Oregon basketball team in the
history of the coast conference
to let freshmen paly.
And of course lots of people
who saw the team play will re
member a dumpy little kid who
had none of the physical re
quirements for a basketball
player and who yet was one of
the finest. They'll remember
him being captain and they’ll
remember his late field goal
that beat Oregon State.
But that’s just a couple of pag
es in a record book now.
It’s doubtful whether more
than three or four of this year’s
squad will be back next year.
If they did, says Hobson, they’d
be champs . . . and maybe they
will after the war.
In the last meeting Hobby had
with the fellows he summed up
pretty well what the season had
really meant. He told them that
he hoped the just spent basket
ball season had helped them in
preparing for war duties.
Picked All-Conference
Before the Duck hoopstera
broke up for the last time they
chose their Northern Division
squad.
Here it is:
FIRST STRING
Bishop, WSC
Morris, Wash. .
Gilmur, Wash.
Kirsch, Ore. ....
Beck, OSC
Forward
Forward
... Center
Guard
. Guard1
SECOND STRING
Ford, Wash. ....
Fuhrman, Ore
Quinn, Idaho
Durdan, QSC .
Taylor, Ore. ..
Forward
Forward
Center
Guard1
Guard
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