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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1945)
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of eight writeups about softball and sports in general to be written by the athletic managers of the eight clubs in the American and National league circuit. Dave Van Zandt is manager of the Omega club and although he doesn’t mention anything about himself in his article Dave is the standout pitcher for the Omega ten.) By DAVE VAN ZANDT This term Omega hall will field a well-balanced team of softball enthusiasts. Although we are sadly lacking in experi ence, a little practice should develop our club into a smooth working outfit. Louis "The Lump” Hlapsich, fireball artist; Herman Mills, infielder; and Ray Beeson, infielder; are defi nitely slated for first string- positions. Fred Young and Ed Zumwalt, two first termers from Portland, will undoubtedly 1>e mainstays on the team this season. Add these fellows to men like Ivan Steinke, joe Chiaramonte, Bill Buckles, Johnny Radar, Mickey Davies. Sieve “The Greek” Gann, and Floyd Hinton. There you have a gang of swell fellows who are read}- to com pete with anyone—w in, lose or draw. Our hitting power is as yet untried and therefore undetermined. But enough for Omega’s softball. It’s only one of our activ it’es. We have several ping pong players who have great possi bilities, but competition is lacking. Omega also has a host of .very potent tennis players who feel capable of giving any organ isation a bad time. (This applied particularly to women’s or ganizations.) Undoubtedly our best activity is race horse pinochle. At all hours of the day and night fellows may be found absorbed >ii- this game in the living room. Don Cooper, card shark from Medford, has a reputation for pulling amazing hands out of the bag. Floyd Hinton. Louis Hlapsich, Phi Dana, Herman Mills, and Joe Chiaramonte are no match for “Coop” but they can hold their own in any game—well almost. Lost and Found Reports lcst and found department, a. h. A suitcase, a briefcase contain- i Tyson, freight and mail clerk at taig music, and several pairs of | the University post office, has an glasses have been turned in at the I nounced. Today's World HARRY S. TRUMAN was sworn in as the 33nd president of the United States, succeeding Franklin Delano Roosevelt whose wartime and domestic policies he vowed to carry on. AMERICAN 9th army tank forces crashed over the Elbe river and were reported ap proaching the suburban area of Berlin. One semiofficial report placed the Yanks within 49 miles of the reieh capital. THE JAPANESE threw hun dreds of planes into desperate suicidal attacks against U. S. forces in the Okinawa area and 118 of them were destroyed. Harry Truman (Continued from page one) As the 1944 election loomed up, the Democratic party began looking for a man with the right political background, a man to satisfy labor and the South, and found a suc cessful candidate for the vice presi dency in Truman. Truman comes from the heart of the “front-porch” country and still retains a friendly, modest, small town attitude. Of his wife he says, “Bess is the only girl with whom I ever kept company. We went to Sunday school together.” The Tru mans have one daughter, Margaret. Faculty Sets Goal (Continued from page one) J. C. Stovall, assistant professor of geology and geography; H .C. Franchere, assistant professor of English; Mrs. Genevieve Turnip seed, director of dormitories; S. E. Williamson, instructor of educa tion; Louis Jensen, assistant to superintendent of physical plant; and Miss M. A. Wood, head of the home economics department. Ik long the Union Pacific main line— between stations—a signal flashes red. The train slackens speed and stops. The engineer grabs the whistle cord . . . one long and three short blasts. That's a sig nal to the flagman, it is • ‘ v -c adequate warning to any t ’ -e-ing. To do so, he walks a sufficient distance to the rear to insure full protection. This is one of the many precautionary measures taken by Union Pacific—and other railroads — to protect passengers and freight shipments. Safe transportation becomes increasingly important in wartime. Trainloads of troops and essential materials are con stantly on the move over Union Pacific's Strategic Middle Route uniting the East with the Pacific Coo X X X Just as the flagman protects his train, so is it the job of all Americans to provide for future security by buying bonds and saving them. Thus we can help stabilize industry and encourage the American, trait of individual enterprise and initiative. if Liston to "YOUR AMERICA" radio program on Mutual nationwide network every Sunday afternoon. Consult your local newspaper tor the time and station. UNSQ rut pstoe&essfvs A PACIFIC RJUir.OAD GET YOUR ARROW SHIRTS at HART LARSEN'S 1088 Willamette Phone 833 COLLEGE FADS AND FANCIES, CLASS OF 1850 Fads and fancies in college costumes are by no means modern phenomena. Here is a gay undergraduate of the Class of 1850. Observe his flowing collar and tie, his super expanse of Panama brim, and his studied air of nonchalance. This was in 1850, when America was basking in peace. The Golden West was opening up, and Express Service was keep ing pace. Today, thdre are few fads and fan cies on the college campus. They have given place to the uniformity and efficiencies of war time. Thousands of students are con centrated on the needs of the nation in arms.. Railway Express is devoting its nation wide services, both rail and air, primarily to speeding war materiel. To help all con cerned, you can do three simple things with your 1945. home packages and baggage: Pack securely — address clearly and ade quately—avoid abbreviating state names. NATION -W i D E This tiny dot in the Pacific••• SAIPAN Majftctenne Bay Nafutan Pt„ SCALE OF MILES Garapan tAnchorage .Agingan Pt. has more communications equipment than a city of 190,000 people! The little island of Saipan today has communications facilities greater than those of Hartford, Connecticut.1 Without this* vast array of telephone, teletype and radio apparatus—much of it made by Western Electric— Saipan could not play its key part as an army, navy and air base in the great drive our fighting forces are making toward Tokyo. When you realize that Saipan is only one small island —and that many more bases must be taken and similarly developed—you get some idea of the job still ahead.1 Today the manpower and manufacturing facilities of Western Electric are devoted to meeting our fighters’ increased needs. That’s why there is not enough tele phone equipment for all civilian requirements. Buy all the 11 dr Bonds you can—and keep them! Western Electric IN PEACE...SOURCE QF SUPPLY FOR THE EELL SYSTEM. IN WAR . ARSENAL OF COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.
