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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1946)
Paddling Ducks Meet Huskies GIANT HOPE Walker. Cooper, the great St. Louis Cardinal catcher was re cently peddled to the New York Giants for a record sum of money. Story on the deal follows below the picture. Giant Cash Deal Record Major Price By Bob Reed Dazzling baseball fans through out the country by paying out one of the largest sums of money re corded in baseball in recent times, the New York Giants laid a cool $175,000 in the lap of Sam Brea don, Card owner, for the services of Walker Cooper, regarded by most experts as the top-ranking catcher in the major leagues. This transaction was a straight cash payment with no other play ers involved. The only question that has not been answered in this deal is, “When will Cooper be available to the Giants.’’ Horace C. Stoneham, president of the New York Club, is hoping that Cooper will be able to join the Giants by the start of ’46 baseball feud, but the matter is entirely up to the navy department as to whether or no Cooper will be out or not. At present Cooper is still in the jiavy, stationed at Lambert field, but-the rumor is that he expects his discharge sometime in April. This news the Giants will anxious ly await. Brilliant Work Cooper, in his three years in the : majors, has turned in brilliant work behind the bat, and he also vields a powerful stick. He sparked the Cardinals to three straight pennants from 1942 to 1944, and was instrumental in bringing the Cards two world titles. The only reason this writer has for the Cards releasing Cooper to the Giaiits regards a bitter salary dispute he and his pitching brother, Mort Cooper, had with Sam Brea don. Both Coopers had signed their 19-16 contracts but shortly after the season opened they went on strike because they learned that Marty Marion, Card shortstop, was to receive more money than they were getting. Shortly, Mort Cooper was traded to the Boston Braves for pitcher Red Barrett, and with; the sale of Walker early this year the Cards were able to dispose of two trouble makers and also break up one of the famous brother bat- i ter combinations in the majors. The $175,000 involved in this j A Duck Sez ~ - Sez He By Lynn Smith This isn’t the usual type sports story, nor is it intended to be. What’s more, this is more than just a brief summary of the “likes and dislikes” of a player on the Duck’s varsity team, because this story is about a boy that any cam pus would be proud to claim; namely, Reedy, Berg-. , South Dakota really has “first claim” on Reedy,- because it was there that he was born, twenty one years ago. It’s always been said that “All good things come in threes,” and with Reedy, young est of three sons, it’s all too true. This *6’ 2” guard on Oregon’s team .could easily be called the typical “fightin’ Irish,” judging from the way he handles himself during every game he plays. Reedy’s really “all out” for sports, and unlike most boys, doesn’t care a lot about girls. “I just don’t have time” Reedy sez, “and I haven’t had a single date this whole term!” Naturally this announcement will be met with sighs of woe and amazement all the way around, because Reddy is truly the kind of boy that all girls like. Although quite the opposite from teammate Dick Wilkins, and not being a Charles Boyer either, Reedy has that “Van Johnson” ef fect on girls that is definitely not easy to overlook. jno Basketball Reedy is again quite the opposite from most of the other boys on Oregon’s team, in the respect that during his high school days he never played basketball. This fact alone helps denote the “fighting” spirit of Reedy, if all the preced ing facts are known. Because of an injury to his leg during grammar school days, he was never able to go out for sports until the year that he entered col lege. Since then he has truly made a brilliant record in the sports field here at Oregon, and his next two years promise to be even bet ter. Although he is a law major and intends to one day go into prac tice, his main interest just at pres ent is like that of the other ‘Ducks’ just in seeing that our team wins the conference. Reedy is a sopho more this term, and has, besides this year’s basketball standing on the varsity, his freshman year on this same team. Although he came to the Univer sity of Oregon only because he “happened to be out this way” when he decided to go to college, he sez now that he could never have made a better choice. Base ball days will again see Reedy’s name in the limelight because he is going out for the team. Perhaps the major event in Reedy’s twenty-one years of life is the time fhat he again let his transaction stands near the top in j baseball’s all-time highs in cash transactions, in addition to being the highest price ever paid for a player by the Giants. This deal also topped the days of the late Charles, A. Stoneham and John J. McGra^v who frequently spent money with a lavish hand when; they set out to get a player. iimnmminHnnuiMiiiiuiiiiimr.'niimmiwmmimmmimmiumiHiiiimHiimiiiiiiiUillllil “fighting” spirit shine forth,“and recovered from a very serious op eration on his leg. Fighting against a possible leg amputation Reedy pulled through .despite all odds, and now shows what can be ac complished by a strong will, and a stronger spirit. Reedy sez, in answer to what he thinks of the team that: “It’s sure a.fine team, and a fine group of players.” He thinks too that the students should stand behind their team “in actions as well as vocal ly.” When someone told Reedy that he was “sure a swell player” he only laughed aloud and replied: “Listen, if a guy on the team ever gets to where he can be called a good player it’s only because the other members of that team make him good.” Husky Casaba Ace Tops Net Swishers Le Don Henson, University of Washington forward1, has taken the lead in the northern division scor ing race to date. The 18-year-old freshman has pumped 77 points through the hoop, and this feat gives him a four point bulge over Vince Hanson of Washington State. Leonard Pyne, the flashy Idaho Vandal guard, holds down third place honors with 70 digits. Ore gon’s leader, little Stan William son, has bagged 44 points to date, but this only rates him in eleventh place in the scoring ladder. Following is the chart on the leading twelve scorers in the nor thern division: G FG FT PFPTS Henson, Wash. 6 30 17 10 77 Hanson, WSC. 4 29 15 5 ' 73 Pyne, Idaho 7 30 10 22 70 Quinn, Idaho 7 23 22 17 68 Mortenson, Ida. 7 20 22 18 62 Dalthorp, Wash. 6 24 12 11 60 Rocha, OSC. '5 18 14 17 50 Carbaugh, Ida. 7 17 16 17 50 Phoenix, Ida. 7 18 12 14 48 Crandall, OSC. 5 15 15 13 45 Williamson, Or. 5 14 16 15 44 Oregon and Washington State have not played as many games as the other three teams in the loop, and in all probability, some of the top scoring leaders will find their positions sadly shuffl ed around next week. BETAS', TAUS' SPLIT Completing the first round of the single elimination handball tournament. Beta Theta Pi elimin atetd the Alpha Tau Omega team from competition by grabbing a two to one victory over the ATO team in last night’s play at the men’s gymnasium. Drougas won two straight from Pickett by identical scores of 21 to 13. The other Beta victory came when the doubles team composed of Holmes and Reed handily de feated Powell and Wilson 21 to 5 and 21 to 7. Alpha Tau Omega salvaged one game as Bocci measured Munroe’s best efforts 21 to 10 in the first contest and 21 to 19 in the finale. Northerners Favored To Whip Locals In Swimfest Soft paddling Ducks will flurry into water-splashing take offs tonight in the men’s pool against the visiting mermen from the University of Washington at 7:30 p.m., in a nine-event program open to the public. Webfoot natators will be in good condition for the meet with their traditionally tough rivals in the conference com petitive field. Coach Vaughn Corley has stepped up the trairi mg gnna mis week in an effort to bring times down from the un impressive events with Beavers from Oregon State last week Husky water - splitters of Coach Jack Torney will rule as favorites in the dual meet ■ due to the presence of several returned lettermen. The Seattle men have always been placed as perennial Northern division title contenders. Topping the list of speedy sprinters on-the visiting aquamen is Woody Hoogs, free-styler. Un tried Webfoots on the diving board will also face stiff competition with Ernie Hoff, fancy 10-foot spring-board expert. Backstroker Gordon Sherwood is considered a strong entry in the national NCAA championships at Yale next March. Impressive Times Competition for the Huskies this year has been limited to intra squad tryout meets. Times for the competition have been impressive, and the northerners show a lot of form. Lettermen Cub Callis and Bob Prowell, both free-stylers and backstrokers, are counted on for heavy duty tonight by Coach Corley. CaUis Jed the field of point gatherers last week against the Beavers with two first places, and also swam in the medley and free-style relays. Freshman Alden Sundlie and dash specialist Bob Hiatt, also rate as strong competition for the visi tors in the free-style events. Val Robbins and Willis McCullough will match form with Husky divers off the three-meter board. Full Strength Both the squads are at full strength for the meet. No admis sion charge will be made. The 11-man traveling squad of the Huskies will travel over to Corvallis tomorrow for a regular meet with the Beavers. Competi tors will be selected from the fol lowing : Freestylers — Jack Laffaw, Dick Campbell, Hermie Mc Bride, Bob York, Dick Mar gerum, Bob Kopta, Tony Breindenback, Jim Lunke, Guy Poorman, Ted Lee, Mickey Autin, Paul Boyle, Ross Tay lor, and Jack Kinney. Backstroke — Sherwood and COURT CLOWN Footballer Ab Wilson was one of a group of clowns that kept the basketball fans in stitches at last Saturday night’s Dregon-Oregon State game. Jim McNulty. Breast-stroke — Harry Rice and Jim Humphrey. Diving—Hoff and Jack Hen derson. Probable Oregon competi- - tors: Freestyle — Callis, Sundlie, George Moorehead, Bob Hiatt and Dick Tretheway. Backstroke—Prowell. Breast-stroke—Val Robbins and Cliff Brooks. Diving—Robbins and Willis McCullough. Sherry Ross, Phi Delts’ Tip IM Rivals By Carl' Cluff Polishing off his best perform ance of the season, Eddie Salstrom took the scoring situation in his own hands last night as the Phi Delta Theta casaba squad! thumped the Campbell Club quintet 33 to 15 in the first game of yesterday’s intramural play at the men’s gym nasium. Sherry Ross proved the nemesis of Theta Chi by the tune of 25 to 20 in a contest that was torrid up until the final whistle. Salstrom’s performance against the Clubbers was the outstanding individual effort of the current sea son as the cool headed, former all stater from Salem fed 28 points through the hoop. Eddie’s domina tion of the scoring department was so complete that only three of his team mates managed to score five points among themselves. The Phi Delts held a halftime margin of 13 to 5, holding the Campbell Club to a single field goal in each half. Mosby paced the losers with eight counters. With “Hollywood” Einzig back in the lineup again after a brief illness the Sherry Ross boys bound ed back into the win column. Hold ing a halftime advantage of 11 to 5, the dorm boys played a steady game and split scoring honors with nine men tossing in points. Cramer flipped in half the points for Theta Chi to take the point total crown for the game with 10 markers. LINEUPS: Phi Delta Theta “A” (33) Eriekscn (2) F Dyer F Edwards (2) C Salstrom (28) G Congleton (1) G Griswald S Official: Ladd. Theta Chi “A” (20) Martin F Spaulding (3) F Woods (2) C Gallagher (3) G Zenger G Cramer (10) S Dinges S Biehn (1) S Lobeck (1) S Warliek S S S S Official.’ Ladd. Campbell Club “A” (15) (2) Pugh (8) Mosby (2) Robson Wingate (2) Dwiggans (1) Houghton Sherry Ross “A” (25) (3) Roberts (5) Beebe (3) Anderson (5) Skinner Mast (2) Reynolds (2) Fredericks (1) Perkins Haws (2) Blair (2) Wardwell Einzig Gowan