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Around The
Clock
With Duke
By Duke Dennison
Leslie MacMitchell (the Bronx
Express), who has been running
pretty much on schedule after his
wartime lay-off, won his fourth
straight victory of the season and
third triumph of the Baxter
Cup race last Saturday in the Gar
den. Participation of the Ameri
can eight-furlong king was threa
tened ’by the pressure of duties as
assistant to the register at N.Y.U.
He won the Winged Foot classic
in ’41 in his fastest time of 4:07.4,
equaling what was then the indoor '
record, and repeated again in '42,
but has laid off until this year
due to active participation in the
war.
Skate Record Set
Tatjana Karelina, Russian speed
skater, set a new world record of
2:36.3 for the women’s 1500 met
ers last week in the international
skating match between Soviet
Russia and Norway at Oslo, Nor
way, before 20,000 spectators.
This feature climaxed the first
international contest between any
two countries at the outset of the '
-sjvar.
While we are on the interna
tional situation, a new develop
ment has come up on the situation.
as to whether Guilder Haegg and
Arne Andersson, the Swedish
milers, are to retain their respec
tive amateur status. If not, there
is action afoot to work out a deal
whereby they will retain their
amateur records, and operate from
there. At this stage of the game,
I don’t think that it will affect
those boys very much to have the
change over forced on them.
Fighters vs. Managers
After years of playing around
with a very ticklish situation, a
decision has been handed down
by the New York State Supreme
Court upholding the State Athlet
ic Commission’s power to super
vise and control contracts be
tween fighters and managers
whence the situation was such
that managers were taking advan
tage of all effective agencies to
undermine the caliber of the game,
and to deprive their charges of
their due. This affair was brought
to a head' by Joe Baksi, current
heavyweight battler, who ran afoul
of his managers, Hymie Wallman
and Nate Wolfson, who were pur
ported giving Joe the wrong end
of the stick, and Joe wasn’t going
to be caught napping.
The litigation began when Wa’.l
man and Wolfson split and Baksi
signed a contract with Wolfson
atone. Wallman sued Wolfson for
a portion of the latter’s “cut” of
Baksi and a lower court approved
the agreement in a decision which
said that a man could be a boxer’s
manager even if he is not licensed.
In order to find out exactly
where he stood, Baksi then brought
an action against both men, and
the State Athletic Commission
consented' to become a co-defend
ant in the action. According to
Commissioner Eagen, this was
done in order to find out how the
commission’s rules would stand up
in court, inasmuch as its authority
has at times been questioned.
Around the Grapefruit League
The Yankees seem to have ev
erything pretty much in hand these
days with the boys going great
guns; in fact, Manager McCaithy
has been scheduling six inning tilts
between two make-up squads to
iron out some of the pre-season
flubs that are constantly in evi
dence. Of course all of the boys
haven’t shown yet, predominant
among them being second-base
man, Snuffy Sternweiss. There is
an overabundance of material at
this writing but all of this will be
taken care of within the ensuing
month. Joe DiMaggio and Jake
Wade are on the bench at the
present with minor ailments, but
will be up and' around before the
week is out.
The situation, according to the
scribes, looks pretty good for the
Yanks. Joe Gordon and Phil Riz
zuto, the middle combination, have
shown mid-season smoothness, and
Charlie Keller is hitting in rare
form, having overcome his weak
ness of the latter portion of last
season. The Canal Zone must re
ally be bursting over with an over
abundance of good will, and the
way I hear it, the boys w'ouid like
to spend a little more of their
spare time in Balboa.
Around Sanford, Florida, the
home of good sunshine and deli
cious fruit, also my home, the
Dodgers are giving it all that they
have to try to taring the team back
into fervor that was theirs a cou
ple of years back, when they spent
a lot of their time in the lirst
division. At present, they would be
a lot happier if there were just a
couple more able and capable
pitchers to give the rest of the
team the support they have been
looking for. President Branch
Rickey is willing to spend good
Dodger money to get the results
that he desires, and fortified with
the news that Kirby Higbe would
be back into the fold shortly and
that their retired pitcher, Clay
Smith, who they got from St. Paul
in ’43, he is resting much easier
these days.
PICTURES NEEDED
Action shots of the Oregon grid
machine in action against Idaho,
Washington State, and Oregon
State on the home field are needecf
to add variety and appearance to
the Sports section of this year’s
Oregana. Shots of the Washington
game in Portland and the Idaho
basketball series are also needed.
Anyone having such material is re
quested to contact Bob Chapman
or Jim Beyer in the Oregana of
fice. Glossies of interest to sports
followers and intramural action
prints are also desired for this
year’s enlarged sports section.
Sports Staff
This Issue
Co-Editors:
Leonard Turnbull
Fred Beckwith
Staff Writers:
Tommy Wright
Larry Lau
Marty Pond
Duke Dennison
Carl Cluff
Chuck Taylor
Bill McLennan
Bob Reed
Kenny Hume
Walt Yoder
Warrenmen
Drop Third
Melon Tilt
By Tommy Wright
Oregon’s Duckling basketball
team tripped on a 13-game jinx
last night in Corvallis and dropped
a close 48-45 decision to Frank
Mandic’s Oregon State Kook».
The Frosh, striving for their four
teenth win of the season, were un
able to stop the hot-scoring com
bination of Gibbs and Savvin. Book
Forward Gibbs laced the basket
for an 18-point total and top scor
ing honors, while his running
mate Savvin accounted for ten.
It was a slow, very tight ball
game all the way and the score at
the half-time mark was 22-21 for
the State colege freshmen.
Huggins Stars
Duckling guard George Huggins
led the Oregon point makers with
a total of 12. Wally Mold, Frosh
center, and Forward Art Milne
scored nine and ten points respec
tively. DeWayne Johnson, who was
a doubtful starter earlier in the
week because of a bad cold, saw
action but failed to tally. Johnson
left the game in the second half on
personal fouls.
It was the first loss of the year
to the Rooks, for the Warren crew
men. They smothered the OSC first
year men in the opening game at
McArthur court and drew a 47-45
edge on Milne's last second howit
zer in the second.
Beavers Are Hosts
For ND Splashers
By Chuck Taylor .
Oregon State’s swimming team
will play host this Saturday to the
other four Northern division tanle
squad for the first division swim
ming championship since 1943.
Washington, undefeated in duail
meet competition, will be heavily
favored. Stiffest opposition is ex
pected' to come from Oregon, who
has an impressive record as yet to
date.
The meet will get under way a*
2 p.m. and will extend into ths
evening if necessary. Oregoit
State’s pool, largest in the confer
ence, has 10 lanes and it probably
will be possible to hold only one
final race in each of the nine
events.
Don Durdan, star of Oregon
State’s 20-16 victory over Duke
in the 1942 Rose Bowl game, and
one of the school’s greatest all
around athletes, was a visitor on
his old home campus over the
weekend. He seemed fully impress
ed by the Beavers’ twin victory
over Washington State in the cur
rent race for the Northern Divi
sion basketball title.
The former Orange ace was re
cently honorably discharged after
serving in the South Pacific as
chief specialist in the navy. Dur
dan plans to study for his mas
ter’s degree at the University of
California and will play profes
sional football next fall for Buck
Shaw’s San Francisco club in the
new All-American league.
Emerald