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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1946)
Around The Clock With Duke By Duke Dennison Amateur-pro clash or no, Gunder Haegg's record for the mile is in the revised records of the Inter national Amateur Athletic federa tion as accepted in December, 1945. The Swedish Comet, as you know, has been setting records for the past couple of years and has been giving all the milers a run for their money, not to mention top performance for the paying public. According to all the reports, Haegg has been under investi gation by the Swedish Athletic association for supposedly having operated at Swedish athletic clubs and accepting fees for appearing. Gad, ail of our boys receive expenses in one form or another when par ticipating in events, and there isn’t any reason why they —-.•should clamp down on such a top performer at this time. It smells from this corner. St. Louis Cards Chances For some unknown reason I’d like the Cards to finish on top of the roost in the National League. Now mind you, I am not a native St. Louisian but I can’t help putting my do-re-mi atop the nose of Bill Dyer and his squad. They happen to have the most rounded out squad in both leagues, and the potentiality displayed on paper is enough to give the rival managers a fat case of the jitters. I am not the only fan with that opinion. Slugger Stan Musial of the Cards expects to be out of the Navy and back into uniform be fore the season gets under way, and tha.t reasons out as being suf ffiient security for the prediction, not to mention the finest hurling staff in the league. Courts-Trainers Argument We Were speaking the other day about the bum kick the trainers and the jockeys got from the courts in handing down life sus pensions. Now in an appeal by trainers and the American Train ers’ association through the Mary land circuit court a reversal of a former verdict in behalf of the game by Maryland courts was handed down. In it the declaration of the invalidity and uncqnstitu tionality of the rule of the Mary land racing commission which holds trainers solely responsible when evidence of stimulation is found in horses under their care. Judgment on Case (This is where the Law school can offer competition to the sports department, and here only). Judge Niles issued a declaratory judg ment in ruling on a demurrer by the racing commission to petitions for such a judgment and an in junction sought in suits question ing the validity of the stimulation regulation. Nctre Dame Gridders According to Frank Leahy the fighting Irish of Notre Dame will not have a national championship football team next fall but that the 1946 Ramblers wouldn’t suffer any 48-0 defeats to Army or any other team. That’s the same old dribble that emanates from the front office every year and it makes good copy. I read it. I read anything. What do you think? I’ll tell you what is going to probably happen. The Irish are going to have one of their best years since 1940. You will be reading a lot of copy about the late starters front South Bend and you will also be reading about their up-and coming squad without a blemish on their slate, and the ^•^told-you-sos, but they will be there riding the crest. I look for an almost complete re versal of tactics and action from them. BACKSTROKING CHAMPION Co-captain Cub Callis, of the University of Oregon tank crew is shown crossing the finish line of the 150-yard back stroke in first place position. The veteran merman took honors in this event at the championship meet held in Corvallis Satur day for swimming teams in the northern division. Frosh Face Lebanon Tonight As Hoop Stretch Drive Starts Back in full offensive power, Coach John Warren's high flying and precocious Ducklings sail into their final week of hoop play to night in Lebanon for a return game with the preppers there. Wednes day night in McArthur court the Frosh tangle with the Washing ton high school Colonials of Port land. Washington high, winners of last year’s Oregon prep finals, has been the class of the Portland city league this season, recently clinch ing the city title. With no time out for rest and recovery, the Duckling’s play host to the Oregon State college Rooks Thursday night in McArthur court for the season finale. Series Runs Hot Last meeting of the Frosh and Lebanon fives, the high school Braves almost tossed a monkey wrench into Warren’s reserve team strategy and “Honest John” had to call on some of his regulars to pull the game out of the fire in an overtime period. Led by the lithe, sharp-eyed Lynn Hamilton, the Lebanon quintet tied the count with seconds to go. The Ducklings sneaked through a one-point mar gin to win in the 3-minute over time period. Oregon’s first year men will be shooting for their 14th win in the game tonight. They have lost four. Wednesday’s ti«r here with tho Washington Colonials is the first meeting for the two teams, but the Portland school has racked up an impressive record during the past two seasons. The final tilt of the 1946 season matches the Ducklings against the greatly improved Rooks from Corvallis. Alter winning two from the. John Mandic coached hoopers, Warrens crew dropped the third go in OSC's men’s gymnasium last week. BASKETBALL LAST LAP Oregon closes out the hoop season this week with a series closer tonight against' Idaho and a climax game with Oregon State Saturday in Corvallis. League-leading Vandals also close out Saturday in a tilt with Washington State. Idaho Topples Visiting Ducks Disastrous Inland Travels Blot Local Crown Hopes The steady playing and close guarding Idaho Vandals proved another block on the Inland Empire road trip of the Oregon Webfoots last night in Moscow, with the final count of 50 to 46 in favor of the host team. Wilkins topped the Duck scoring attack with 15 points, but the league-leading Vandals were not to be denied a super-bid for the northern division championship crown. Swimers End Splash Season At OSC Tank A well-balanced University of Oregon swimming team emerged from the northern division cham pionship meet last Saturday at Corvallis in second place, amass ing a total of 46 points with a series of place positions. Washing ton Huskies walked away with first place honors as their star studded team chalked up 71 points. Co-captain Cub Callis rang up the only first place of the after noon for the Ducks as he lead paddlers in the 150-yard back stroke race. Other Webfoot tank men steadily increased the point total by splashing in with second, third and fourth place positions. Season Finale Coach Vaughn Corley’s mermen closed the 1946 season with the championship races Saturday. The regular season against northern division competition saw the Web foots paddle away with four vic tories and one loss. Coach Jack Torney’s Hus kies stroked into an early lead in their bid for the crown Saturday and were never headed. The Seattle men swept the first three places in the 50 and 100-yard free-style events, grabbed the first two places in diving competition, and ended the afternoon’s pro ceedings with a first in the 400-yard relay. Cougars of Washington State edged by the Idaho Vandals for third place honors. A few Beaver entrants from Oregon State failed to place in any of the events. Summary: 300-yard medley relay—Won by Washington State (Kilmer, Fuller, Rohrs; second, Oregon (Prowell, Robbins, Moorhead); third, Wash ington; fourth, Idaho. Time— 3:24.2. 220-yard free-style—Won by Shultz, Idaho; second, Kopta, Washington; third, Washington; fourth, Hiatt, Oregon; fifth Sund lie, Oegon. Time—2:32. 50-yard free-style Won by Camp bell, Washington; second, Sher wood, Washington; third, Stange land, Washington; fourth, Callis, Oregon; fifth, Dobson, WSC. Time — :24.2. Diving—Won by Henderson, Washington; second, Hoff, Wash ington; third, Dobson, WSC; fourth, Robbins, Oregon; fifth, Mc Cullough, Oregon. 100-yard free-style — Won by Campbell, Washington; second, Laffaw, Washington; third, Kopta, Washington; fourth, Moorhead, Oregon; fifth, Sundlie, Oregon. Time—57.4. 150-yard back-stroke—Won by Callis, Oregon; second, Sherwood, Washington; third, Large, Idaho; fourth, McNulty, Washington; The win strengthened Idaho’s grip on the northern division lead, with only Oregon State still a threat for the crown. Idaho has two games left, another with Ore gon tomorrow night and one with Washington State Saturday, while Oregon State plays its final game against Oregon Saturday. The Vandals took the lead in the first five minutes and were never headed, although Oregon knotted the count late in the first half and again early in the second. The anxious Webfoots fouled out three of their top scorers midway in the second half. Idaho’s Fred Quinn dropped an unorthodox shot with six minutes to go and Oregon’s Ken Hays fol lowed with a basket to leave the score at 48-46 for Idaho for six scoreless minutes until Phoenix got in the clear and put the game on ice with 30 seconds to go. Tossing baskets as numerous as the spikes in the Indian fakir’s torture bed, Washington State’s Gale Bishop twice again proved that he was the nemisis of the visiting men from Oregon as he led his Cougar teammates to a double weekend victory surge £y the cellar dwellers, 67-61, and 70 to 63. Jumping to the lead in the race for scoring honors in the northern division, the all American Bishop looped in 30 points Friday night and loosed another barrage Saturday night for 27 counters. Against the Ducks in McArthur court the indomintable ace racked up 32 tallies on one night and 20 the next, for an average per game of 27 1-4—does any series record beat that? Gradual Win Slowly rolling Cougars gradually boosted an average of bucket hitting Friday night, and midway of the final canto boomed into the lead. A shift in tactics by Coach Jack Friel from matching the zone defense of the Webfoots to a man to-man style paid off with the win. The first game was played with making and breaking ties in the score, until the disas trous surge by the Cougars midway of the second half. Bishop scored most of his 30 points in tip-ins and lay-ins. Cougars cinched the breakdown of a Duck bid for the champion ship honors by the proteges of _(Please turn to. page six) fifth, Prowell, Oregon. Time_ 1:48.3. 200-yard breast-stroke—Won by Fuller, WSC; second, Robbins, Oregon; third, Brooks, Oregon; fourth, Schappacher, Washington fifth, Karpinec, Washington. Time —2:45. 440-yard free-style — Won by Schultz, Idaho; second, Hiatt, Oregon; third, Margerum, Wash ington; fourth, Kopta, Washing ton; fifth, Tretheway, Oregon Time—5:35.8. 400-yard free-style relay—Won by Washington (Lakore, Stange land, Laffaw, Campbell); second, Oiegon (Mayer, Sundlie, Moorhead, Callis); third, WSC; fourth, Idaho. Time—4:04.5.