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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1943)
loday Oregon is engaged in two athletic “crucials.” The do-or-dic sign flies high atop the Id ay ward Stadium flagpole and adorns a choice position on the Corvallis diamond. In ti tanic struggle number one, Colonel Bill Havward's spikesters clash with the Oregon State Beavers in a dual meet which will determine whether or not the Ducks will grab the Northern Division dual meet championship. And up north, Howard Idobson's baseball gang faces those pone Beavers in the first of a two game series that will decide which club is the top nine in the league. There’s a lot at stake in both affairs. Important Clash Because of its local importance, let’s discuss the track meet first. The publicity has been flying back and forth lately, from here to Corvallis, concerning the relative strength of the com peting squads. Both Coach Hayward and "Doc” Swan have perhaps borrowed a new note from the crying towel book edit ed by L'SC's Dean Cromwell. Northern reports indicate that the Beavers will be lucky to field a squad, much less grab more than 30 points, According to Hayward, his men will lose a close meet. Swan maintains that the mainstays on his squad will not be able to attend this meet, due to one reason or an other. And that’s the clouded picture, loaded with possible “bear stories.” Elsewhere on our pages this morning, we've endeavored to dope out the meet, in modest fashion. We sincerely believe that the emerald-and-gold thinclads will emerge victorious, (j^'he meet should be a close affair, however. A few come through performances up and down the line could throw the difference either way. Don’t be surprised at anything today. It’s a meet load ed with potential upsets. In order to annex the Northern Division baseball cham pionship, the Hobsonmen must defeat their arch rivals from the cow college twice, once today and then again next Mon day in the final fray which will be showcased on Howe Field. Horsehide Tiff Don Cecil will probably get the pitching nod for the rivals, and Nick Begleries will probably toe the rubber for the Ducks. Oregon crushed this same Beaver club, 14-1 in the initial game of the season, and they batted this same Cecil out of the box early in the clash. History may again repeat, although Cecil has been perhaps the most improved lmrler in the loop, off the efforts of recent ganles. And with the Northern Division track championships JL coming up next week at Seattle, the sports picture for ™ 1943 Spring Term, fades into oblivion. This has been an interesting year. Let’s do a little retro spect work. It wasn’t so long ago, last September to be exact, that ”Tex” Oliver brought a crew of St. Mary’s Naval Pre Flighters up to Portland to deal pigskin punches with Honest Jawn Warren’s own varsity Webfoots. You remember the score—it was a heartbreaking 10-9 loss for the Ducks, who saw a last minute field goal spin through the uprights and over the crossbar for victorv. A Review Out of a not-too victorious football season, John Warren salvaged one important victory, in fact the prime upset of the gridiron year. It was the thrill packed dynamic triumph over UCLA. 14-7, that sent the Rose Bowl entry wallowing around in the Hayward Stadium mud for four quarters. \ ours truly was on the public address system that day, and off hand we can’t recall a more damp Saturday. But that win was terrific mid greatly deserved, and John should be credited again for fighting gang of men he had. giving their "all" for Oregon through 60 smashing minutes of football. And then along came basketball. The Ducks were not con ceded much of a chance. It would probably be a cellar fight with Idaho for prominence. Sparked by veterans A arren Tai - lor, Rolph Fuhrman and Don Kirscli, and blessed with a re markable trio of yearling melon-tossers. (Rog \\ iley, Stan Williamson and Ed Dick) the varsity pinewood gents wound up in second place and were in the thick of the race up until the very last, when a veteran - loaded A\ ashington quintet staved off a closing drive to cop the crown. The final chapters of the track and baseball stories are cur rently being written, with two titles resting in the balance. A. es, Oregon haas enjoyed a great athletic year. || Long And now comes the time that we have been dreading great ly for the past week or so. This is the last edition of the Em erald for the year, and it is the last bit of collegiate writing that we’ll be doing for some time. It’s been fun covering the games, meeting the athletes and talking with the coaches. They I!1!II1IIIIIIII!!III!I!IIIII ;!!lllllllllllllll!ll!!ll etermines Winner By FRED BECKWITH Fighting their way uphill over a perilous route, Oregon’s varsity basebaliers bump bats today in the first of a final two game series with Oregon State at Corvallis this afternoon, which will serve to crown the 1943 Northern Division base ball champs. .Both clubs must win the pair of games to annex the title. And it s a tough road to hoe. None-too-fresh after a wearv Inland Empire road trip, the Hob sonmen will take the enemy field today as even money choices to capture the first of the two game “crucials”. Nick May Flip In all probability, Mastermind Hobson will send Nick Begleries, senior right hander to the hill to do the Emerald-and-Green chuck ing. He will be opposed by Don Cecil, according to Corvallis re ports. The two clubs are deadlocked in league standings, having both captured 11 games, losing three. The second and final tussle of the '43 season for both clubs will be waged on Howe Field’s green grass come Monday afternoon. There is a possibility that Beg (Please turn to payc six) HIS FINGERS ARE CROSSED . . . “Hobby” Hobson is shying away from black cats these days as bis Oregon baseball crew squares off wit a Oregon State in a pair of crucials. Amassing a total of 211 points, Beta Theta Pi walked' off with the team championship in the re cent Sigma Delta Psi competi tion. In second place came the Phi Delts with 192 points, Theta Chi was third with 188 digits, and Alpha Tau Omega placed fourth with 183 points. Leroy Eriksen, Phi Delt ath lete annexed the day’s individual honors as he scored 60 points, a feat equaled by Aaron Jones of Kirkwood Co-op. Bob “Birdie” Wren was close behind with 58 points, competing, of course, for the Delta Upsilon squad. Team totals: Betas—211 Phi Delt—192 Theta Chi—188 ATO—183 Sigma Nu—170 Fiji—167 Delts—136 Kappa Sigs—115 DU—113 SAM—112 Campbell club—97 Sherry Ross—93 Sigma Chi—89 Kirkwood—73 Canard—68 SAE—53 Gamma Hall—49 Phi Psi—32 SPE—23 Chi Psi—7 Individual records for the day went to Bob Aiken (ATO who ATTENTION TRACKMEN All University of Oregon trackmen entered in today’s track meet, meet at the An chorage at 11 a.m. for lunch. zipped off the 100-yard dash in 10.2; Larry Stoeven (Sigma Nu) who won three events, capturing the 120 low hurdles in 14.3, the javelin throw in 158 feet, 2 inch es, and the high jump at 5 feet, 9 inches; Floyd Rhea, (Kappa Sigma) who took the shot put with a heave of 39 feet, 2 inches; Marvin Lester (ATO) who jumped 20 feet, lj-2 inches to snag the broad jump; Bob Elling wood (Sigma Chi) whose time of 7.6 seconds won the rope-climb ing event; Roy Erikson (Phi Delt) who kicked the football 57 yards; Bob Koch (Beta) who chucked the baseball 337 feet, 6 inches; and Reed Gurney (ATOi who went over the obstacle course in the fine time of 1:01. Individual totals: Leroy Erikson (Phi Delt)—60 Aaron Jones (Kirkwood)—60 Bob Wren (DU)—58 Larry Stoeven (Sigma Nu) 53 Lewis Emmons (Theta Chi 45 Owen Day (Phi Delt)—44 Bob Aiken (ATO)—42 The Chinese central govern ment has appropriated $3,500,000 to reopen the famous Chiaotung university. are all a great hunch of men, and don't let anybody tell you different. In closing, we would like to throw a few orchids to some of the gang here on the sports staff. First to co-worker Fred Treadgold, v/ho has done a marvelous job, and filled in a lot of times when he didn’t have to; to Bill Dyer, George Skorney, Doug Donahue, Rollie Gabel, Don Lonie, Phyllis Lloyd; to l’il Vic Huffaker and night staffer Betsy Wootton, to the linotype men who had a lot of patience, and to Steve the foreman. It’s all been swell, and one more orchid to ex-boss Lee Flatberg whose instruction and ad vice has been keen. Hope we can all get together again some time. Graduation Gifts . . . 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