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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1943)
Oregon Women Splas!; To Win Final tabulations received yes terday indicated that the Univer sity ol' Oregon women’s Swim ming team had captured first jilaee honors in the western sec tional telegraphic swimming meet held in Pacific coast pools February 24. Oregon’s 69’2 points led the •field, Washington State finishing second with 38 digits. Coached try Miss Nancy Har vey, the local mermaids defeated four other entrants in the con test. Record Holder Olivia Podmore gained the high point honors. She also es tablished records in the yestern sectional 50 yard free style and western sectional 100 yard free style. Other Oregon representatives included the following: Pat Car son, June Hitchcock, .Maurine Slaub, Eileen Rice, Joyce Pod more, Lois Winsley, Stephanie mueslis, Polly Gordon, Betty Nal den, and Catherine Stewart. UCLA placed third in the meet, registering 26':_. points. College of Pacific with 14 points, and Utah State with 13 digits, con cluded the field placement. Always High The victory was significant be cause in recent years, the Oregon women have always placed high in the standings. Only last year did the local mermaids fail to make an impressive showing. And, by odd contrast, last 1NTR VMCRAL SWIMMING Men's Pool—l o'clock Theta Chi vs. Sigma Hall Sherry Ross Hall vs. Canard Club Sigma Chi vs. Campbell Club year’s championship men’s var sity squad, was content to take second place in northern division splashing' this year:. You can’t win all the time. New Trend There has been some indica tion that women's competition in sports will be increased in future months, due to the waning man power In colleges throughout the country. The services have sum moned to duty a majority of ath letes. Many more are shortly scheduled to follow. Some institutions throughout the country are already institut ing new physical education pro grams for women, and it seems likely that individual and group competition will become a regu lar feature of the new program. PIGSKIN POTENTATE . . . . . . John Warren is giving' a watchful eye to liis spring' prac tice aspirants. THE GOOFY ONE.. . . . . “Lefty” Gomez will perform for the Washington Senators this year, as lie was traded to that American League club by the New York Yankees. run! mi nun ■. mi immii;iiii:iii!:!!i!!:n!’:::::,::!i!ir!i!m:tmiHii:,iii:!m!f!ii:!ii'^ There will he an Order off O meeting Wednesday noon | at the Sigma Chi house. Since initiation of new Jettemien g will take place, all old mem- | hers are urged to attend, f: i:i;.;;i:;n.:m uu'i:iiiiii:iiiiii:i;::;:iuiiiiiHi!ttimi>iii;i;ii:iiniiiiiu! YellLeader Stages Exit Chief general of tae yell lead ing corps, Earle Kussall, bowed out of collegiate activity in Ore gon't final 1948 basketball game recently against Washington State. It was the farewell to the noise arousing business performed so capably by I. Earle. The diminutive sandy-haired lad who spent two years before the Duck student body, has com pleted his last term as under graduate student. He’s an Announcer Currently he is working as an announcer for radio station KORE, carrying a small load of studies. Russell will be remembered for his original yells, cleveT rallies, and witty tongue. The Sacramento youth plans to follow a radio career, hoping to capitalize on his vocal cords. SPORTS STAFF Fred Beckwith Fred Treadgold, Co-Sports Editors Doug Donahue Rollie Gable Bill Dyer Don Lonie BASEBAIX l'KIO ENDED .... . . . Ono of Hie greatest brother nets in the horsehide business were the DiMaggio brothers — Vince, Joe and Dom. Now Joe is in the army and Dom is in the navj .... Such is war. By FRED TREADGOLD Hobby Hobson paraded out his 30-odd baseball warriors in their first regulation nine-inning dress rehearsal of the season on Howe field last Saturday under beam ing summer-time skies and watch ed his experienced regulars pound out a 5 to 1 victory over the green “yannigans.” The contest was conducted aft er only one week of practice and considering the limited time for preparation, went off as well as can be expected. Hitting eyes were still dulled from a winter of inactivity, but now and then a batsman would come up with a screaming liner, indicating that the old touch was coming along. Infield Clicks The regulars featured that* old air-tight infield combination — pride and joy of the Duck clientele —and it seemed just as durable as ever. Wiry Johnny Bubalo, the ’baccy-chawing man of all positions, was just as dependable as ever at the initial sack — and carried a new line of wise-cracks. Donnie Kirsch, the scampering bit o’ lightning, wras digging into the turf, coming up with the hard ones as always, and still ringing out base blows. Bob (Flaps) Far row", the loose-jointed shortstop jewel, was also spiking the horse hide as it winged by, making those long cut-offs from deep short. At third Hobby did a little bit of alternating with “Wild Bill” Hamel, crack holdover from the 1942 champs, and Freshman Bar ney Koch, each cavorting at the hot corner for 4 >4 frames. As his starting regular out field, Hobby nominated Art Murphy, equally effective as an infielder, in left; Lefty Dick Burns, ground-covering junior, in center, and Bill (Whizzer White, varsity man a year ago, in right. Claude (Whitey) Lokan, com pact little blond chucker from As toria, toiled the first half of the tilt on the rubber, handcuffing the rookie nine effectively. At the mid-way mark Harold Saltzman, a freshman from Lincoln of Port land, took over and displayed a smoking fast one. Completing the battery was F,oy Carlson, crack frosh receiver from Jeff high. Begleries, Day Hurl On the yannigan side of the fence, “Coach” Dick Whitman, ex-Duck slugger and now proper ty of the Brooklyn Dodgers, had little Nick Begleries and big southpaw John Day, dividing the hurling chores. Little Nick look ed as effective as ever, with his curve still breaking clean and sharp. Big Day would really be man na from above if he could stay around till June, hut with the EKO already tugging at his siiirt-tail for an April ' induc tion, John’s days (no pun) are numbered. Whitman’s starting infield four some saw Southpaw Bob Caviness showing at first, Johnny Gitzen and Bob Santee working the key stone, and Don Adelburg on third. Inexperienced, but talented, this combine. The outfield consisted of Tom Oxman, varsity full since recover ed from the knee injury that plagued him last fall; Bill Skade, varsity reserve, and Bob Aiken, up from frosh ranks. McKevitt Out Handling the offerings of Beg leries and Day was “Baldy Bill” McKevitt, two-year reserve vet, who was expected to step into the number one backstop spot. But ill luck befell the Newport receiv er when he caught a foul tip on his left wrist in the fourth in ning. Despite the hurt McKevitt finished the game, and two days later after an infirmary check, found the wrist fractured. That means at least a month on the shelf for McKevitt, which bangs a deeper dent into HqF* by’s already battered arid no., y too-well-fortified catching de partment. The Duck boss will have to rely almost entirely on a couple of green yearlings, Carlson and Frank Peterson, from Lincoln high. Last night’s workout was both instructive and constructive with the Yankee “Flash,” JJoe Gordon, sitting in on the session. Joe gave the infielders a few handy tips in the way of fielding aids, picked up during his years of pro servi tude with the New York Bronx Bombers. The American League's most valuable player demonstrat ed the “touch and throw” pivot at second in handling a double-play ball, while all concerned ate up the technique ravenously. Following this • came infield fielding practice with the inrctr defensive men gobbling up bod ); ing balls for better than an hour. After the varsity had frolicked through the better part of the afternoon and then turned to the inevitable “laps” before retire ment, “Jolting Joe,” clad in sweat clothes and sneakers, took his turn at the bat. Gordon came through with several of his long swats off the elbowings of “John ny the Boob.” The supple wrists of the “Flash” really have power. Q. .Can Stamps of various de nominations be placed itljl one album?, ^ A. More than one denomi nation in an album greatly increases the work and cost of re demption. Please, therefore, don’t mix denominations, Q. May a minor designate a cof owner or beneficiary? A, Yes, if the purchase is made by the minor from his own wages or earnings, Q. Do I lose my investment if my War Savings Bond is lost, stolen, or destroyed?. By Gib Crocke A. No; upon satisfactory proof of loss or destruc tion, the Treasury De partment will issue a duplicate, usually with out requiring a bond of indemnity. * Q. May I register the name of a beneficiary on a Bond with out his knowledge? A. Yes. Records of War Savings Bonds are con fidential. It is not n#c essary for file Treasury to contact the bene ficiary during the own er's lifetime. Only indi viduals may be named as beneficiaries. No as sociations, churches, or clubs may be so named. Remember—the longer you keep War Bonds, up to 10 years, the more valuable they become.