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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1946)
By ART LITCHMAN CO-SPORTS EDITOR Good morning, men. The master of the hounds bellowed ‘‘tally-ho and we weie off on our pogo sticks in pursuit of the quick brown fox. But the course of the chase passed the Side and for all I know the little critter is still running. Brad Ecklund, one of Tex’s boys, was spinning a yarn about a very rugged gent who played tackle for Miami uni versity. Ecklund watched this little drama from his vantage • point in the center of the Jacksonville Naval Air Station line. Jacksonville had two tackles who had grown up to be very big judo instructors for the marines. Both went over 6-4, both weighed in at better than 230. One of them started the game against the collegians strong man. Jn the first minutes of play he traded a couple of stiff belts to the jaw with his buddy across the line. Then the medics came out and dragged him off. REINFORCEMENTS ON THE WAY His replacement, the other judo expert, passed him on the way to the scene of battle and received this warning from his groggy sidekick, “Watch that guy, lies rough. On the first play the eager new cannon fodder planted a large fist square in the puss of the rugged gent. No results. Then a well placed elbow. Still no results. He began to wonder. The third time should do the job. The third at tempt is made. Nary a blink does he get for his troubles. Then it happened. As he pickedhimself u p from the un productive third try at mayhem the roof fell in. the laige gent .from Miami, his good temper ruffled by this upstart, landed with what felt like a sledge, but was only his paw, on the hack of the marine’s helmet. One more step aYid' then a blackout. 1 he medics raced out and again hauled him off to talk things over with his ill-fated predecessor. Jacksonville ran its plays over the other side of the line the rest of the afternoon. Mr. Ecklund is very happy he grew up to he a center. GOLDEN EGGS MIGHT TURN TO LEAD It’s still raining-, so more football. Los Angeles promoters have long eved the profits made by USC and UCLA at the Coliseum. Next year they get their first crack at the big bowl. And it may he the first step in killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. CSC and UCLA will still play all home games there. The Rams, formerly of Cleveland, will defend their world title using the same field for home games. The new Los Angeles Dons of the All-America loop have home dates there. All ot wmcn gives gna ians a uiuitc ui a week; Friday night, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Add to that the minor league operations of the coast foot ball league at Wrigley and Gilmore fields. Add to that the six-team small college conference. Add to that the games : played by the tough eight-team city college loop. Add to that the 40 or 50 high school games played every week. That's a lot of ways to try and cut the melon. The peons are liable to have the smart boys scrambling for the bed ink. IDLE CHATTER FROM NOWHERE FOR THE BIRDS . . . Monte Stratton, the White Sox 1,drier who lost a leg in an hunting accident about eight years ago, is making a comeback in a minor league in Texas. His manager expects him to win 20 games . . . Cockv Bobln Riggs is making his predictions good on the pro tennis tour with Don Budge. At this writing he has 12 wins in Id tries. Riggs is supposed to have laid $10,000 that he could win the series with Budge ... Watch little Pepperdine college. Five years after open ing for business they have become one of the top small ' college basketball powers in the country. This year they start football. They don’t believe in having a loser . . . West Point reallv sponsors a COMPLETE athletic pro gram. The other night thc\ won the INDOOR polo champion ship of the Eastern Collegiate league. Wonder if the Igloo AVoilld draw a polo loop . . . Hobby Hobson’s ball shaggers might have a busy after : noon here Friday. Portland university comes down for a double bill. Last week they sent the professional Salem » Senators home a badly beaten crew . . . I Vince Pesky, brother of Boston's Johnny, is supposed to be the big gun. lie had a great season playing service baseball in the islands . . . ; Quoting Dewey Ray of the R-G sports staff—‘Tf many more of the boys leave the Salem pen by way of the fence, there won't be enough left to have their baseball team.” Duck Harriers Sharpen Spikes For Beaver Meet Here Saturday Coach Hayward Ignores Rain to Give Webfoot Trackmen Extensive Workout By AL PIETSCHMAN Undaunted by weather which called football and baseball outdoor practice off, Coach Hayward’s track men went through extensive workouts yesterday as Colonel Bill noted prospective squad members for the Oregon-Oregon State clash here Satur day. One of the most complete friendly races was held with 100-yard dash men, hurdlers, half milers, quarter milers, and milers competing with each other. Team members for each of the relay races have not been officially announced, but Coach Hayward marked down the places the runners made in the trials and has a rough draft of the boys who will compete against State. Walt McClure, smooth striding freshman, turned in the day’s top performance as he tore around the track in the 660 yard run. Timed at one minute and twenty-five Coach Bill Hayward an nounces that the position of track manager for the track team is wide open for any as pirants. Only qualification is that the applicant have at least a 2.0 GPA. Any student interested in handling this po sition should contact Coach Hayward at McArthur Court as soon as possible. seconds, McClure breezed across the finish, yards ahead of the next runner. Walt shows promise of be coming one of the outstanding half-milers with his effortless stride as a distinct asset. Joachims Second in 660 Despite a strained ankle, Johnny Joacliiftis pulled up in second place in the speedy 660 yard run. Joachims has been troubled with this trick ankle all spring and hopes it won’t hinder him in the coming meet. Third place went to Paul Smith, one of the more ex perienced trackmen on the team. Smith has yet to hit his stride as he has had difficulty shaping up with only a couple of weeks of condi tioning behind him. Hasseth strided across the finish as fourth place winner and will probably join Mc Clure, Joachims and Smith in Ore gon's two mile relay team. Just nosing out fast travel ing Jake Leicht, Carl Maxey sped to the 100 yard finish ahead of the other dashmen. Leicht was second, Dave Ed wards third and Paid Mc Cracken fourth. Oregon’s sprint team should fare well as all four men lias speed to burn when‘pushed. Again running only 300 yards, our quarter-milers showed their speed with Ernie Schauer, booming down tlie final hundred yards, easily coping first place. Most dra matic moment of the day was Dick Shelton’s terrific spurt in the last hundred yards, just nosing out Evans Cantrell. Almost left at the post when starting, Dick vainly tried to catch his competitors on the backstretch but they were traveling too fast. Hitting the curve, Shelton started gaining on Cantrell and drew up with fifty yards to go. Striving to best each other, both runners battled it out until Shelton’s extra stamina -paid off. Milers Set Fast Pace Hugh Stapleton, tireless red haired distance runner, led the milers in their 1320 yard run. Clicking off a 71 second first quarter, Hugh continued his strong pace, finishing the race in two minutes and thirty-four seconds. George Hammock and Harold Wright finished second and third in the grueling race. Hurdlers had their first fling at clearing the wooden ob stacles today with Dave Ed "THE FLASH" Joe Gordon, former University of Oregon baseballer, returned to his second base position for the New York Yankees yesterday, after being on the sidelines as the result of a spike wound in his left hand. Six Meets on Thinclad Slate Four conference meets, cham pionship competition, and two extra meets are scheduled for Duck trackmen for the coming months according to the schedule of spring sports. Coming weeks will see Ore gon tangle with Portland univer sity, Willamette university, and with three of the other four main Conference members. The complete schedule for all Northern Conference schools is listed below: April 13. OSC vs Oregon (Relay) at Oregon. April 19. Hayward Relays. Port land university, Willamette univer sity and Oregon at Oregon. April 27. OSC vs Washington at Washington. May 4. Oregon vs Washington at Oregon. May 4. Idaho vs WSC at Idaho. May 11. WSC vs Oregon at WSC. OSC vs Idaho at OSC. May 16. Oregon vs OSC at OSC. May 18. Washington vs WSC at WSC. Montana vs Idaho at Idaho. May 25. Northern Division Championship at Seattle. wards showing outstanding ability and speed. Dave Ed wards, Portland prep city record holder, has enviable form as lie sails over the hurdles. Apex of all hurdlers is to clear them with as little head bobble as possible and Edwards is close to a master of this. Other men who will probably represent Oregon against OSC are Frank Hassell, Allbright and Cramer. Top high jumpers at present are Carl Maxey, Bill Schneider and Carraty. They have been practicing their rolls over the cross bar daily ind are gradually raising their jumps. Team members will stress ac curate and well coordinated baton passing during the rest of the .veek, with each relay team work ng as a unit. NOTICE Any men who left personal ef» fects in their baskets in the men’s gym at the end of winter term and are not signed up for spring term physical education courses may claim their belongings in the basket room of the men’s gym. Huskies First Opposition for Duck Divotmen By Marty Pond Heading this weekend for the University of Washington and what is tentatively their most dif ficult match play of the coming’ Pacific Northwest Conference Golf season, the six-man fairway team from the University of Oregon will initiate new men and cluSa"' Saturday in Seattle. Travel is on the schedule of six finalists of the recent qual ification golf matches when the sextet leaves Friday morn ing by train or car for the “Husky” stronghoi'd to the north. Oregon scheduled a re portedly “very skillful” group of golfers when they signed to meet the Washington team. Although the Webfoot squad hasn’t had any official competi tion this spring, they can boast of having several medalists among their six. This includes Captain and number one man on the squad, George Kikes, who won top honors in 1940 as the California Junior College inter-collegiate champion. Bill Barash, acting team manager, Ralph Huestis, Jack NicholsSt*., — Ozzie Seida, and Wayne Leigh make up the rest of the team. The Huskies have in their number one man, Harold “Toss” Gjolme, the runner-up in the National Inter-collegi ate Golf Tournament a few years ago while playing for the Washington aggregation. Also two more of the Seattle team have won honors for their golf artistry, and these are the second and third men on the squad, Chester Gordon, and Jack Haslett. Another low counting score might be added in the Huskies’ favor because the Ducks, with the< exception of one, have never performed on Unis-ersity Country-Club course. During the rest of the season, the Ducks, coached by Wendell Wood of the Eugene Country Club, will face Oregon State heraxerfT * April 20. They travel to the In land Empire on the weekend of 3rd and 4th of May, when they match strokes with Washington State and Idaho. Then they meet Oregon State at Corvallis on May 11. The finale will be the Pacific Northwest Conference playoff here in Eugene on May 25. Campus Clean-Up Prizes Arranged In preparation for Junior Week end, an all-campus clean-up has been scheduled and a prize will be awarded to the living organization judged to have done the neatest job of outdoor janitorial work. A schedule of sections of the campus is being prepared by the chairman of the campus clean-up committee, Anne Scripter, and will be assigned to various groups. This will be printed in the Emerald at some future date. —■*■ For doing the best job of clean up last year, Gamma hall and Chi Omega were awarded prizes.