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(Author’s note: Beginning today,
I offer my readers what is probab
-ly one of the strangest, most
unique, tale ever to come out of the
annals of racing. Because of its
length, it will be necessary to con
tinue it from day to day.)
- Horse racing, age-old sport of
kings, much maligned by a feeble
witted public (who eagerly invest
in bingo games, phoney relief bene
fits, wrestling matches and crap
games) has a history as thrilling
as that of any other sport. In rac
ing, as in any speculative enter
prise (such as war, politics or mar
riage), mny strange, often unex
plainable things interrupt the more
natural turn of events.
The -following excerpt may be
found in the Racing Guide for 1943,
p. 532: “Novf. 16, ’43—Hippodromo
de Tijuana, Mex—3-year-old Ali
“Ben-Gay, L. B. Nayer entry in the
International Handicap, fell in
stretch. Both horse and jockey R.
Flatchest were killed.” The purpose
of this story is to give the casual
reader a more complete picture of
the extraordinary circumstances.
Ali-Ben-Gay’s sire, Ali-Oop, be
longed first to a wealthy, if some
what eccentric Persian prince nam
ed Raz-Ma-Taz. His father, Raz
Beri, had been slain in 1937 in an
argument on how to play chuck
a-luck) by a Hot-en-tot missionary.
The unfortunate development left
Raz-Ma-Taz the sole ruler of a
vast Persian empire which included
400 thoroughbred stallions, a 97
girl harem, five one-arm bandits,
a Goodwill Ambassador from the
United States (who had the coun
try ready to join the Axis) 16 ner
6us mares, one bathtub and nine
old women, all of whom claimed
to be his mother.
Raz-Ma-Taz was a quiet, studi
ous young pervert whose only pas
times were gambling, seduction and
the collecting of Quaker Oat box
tops. His only real claim to actual
licentiousness however, was his in
cessant reading of the Los Angeles
Examiner.
In 1940 he became so firmly con
vinced that Wilkie would win the
election that he bet Ah-Poo-Poo (a
wily Indian Maharajah who had
contributed heavily to the Demo
cratic campaign fund) his entire
kingdom on the outcome. When
Wilkie lost, Raz-Ma-Taz flew first
into a mad rage and then (stop
ping only to pack an overnight bag
with diamonds and Mum) to New
York, where he announced his in
tention of assasinating President
Roosevelt. While generally ap
—fMrOved of by the Republicans, his
right to commit such an act was
challenged by Bob Hannegan, and
the controversy was taken to the
Supreme Court. After due delibera
tion, that profound body rendered
a close (5-4) decision denying per
mission on the grounds that he
wasn’t a citizen.
In the meanwhile, ever-watch
f u 1, democracy guarding Mr.
Hearst (always on the lookout for
sterling talent) wired the prince
an offer to write for his newspap
ers. Raz-Ma-Taz accepted instantly
and (writing under the nom-de
plume of Hed Tallock) is today one
of the country’s leading columnists,
writing on such world-shaking sub
jects as “Should We Allow Women
to Frequent Cocktail Bars?” and
“The Modern Approach to Birth
Control.”
(Chapter two of The Interna
tional Handicap will appear in to
morrow’s Emerald).
OREGON WEATHER
Partly cloudy Saturday and
Sunday with occasional light rains
in northwest portion. Slightly
warmer Saturday and in east por
tion Sunday.
DAILY EMERALD Saturday, April 27, 1946 Page ?
Webfoot Trackmen Favored Over Portland
Willamette Squads In Triangular Meet Here
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pfiows
Duck Netters
Blast Vandals
Vandals Shutout, 7-0, As Oregon Wins
First ND Match; Cougars Here Today
By John Jones
The Oregon Ducks varsity rac
quetmen in their second match of
the season today soundly trounced
the Idaho Vandals, winning seven
out of seven matches.
The Ducks will face an invasion
today at 1:30 p.m. by the Cougars
of Washington State.
The Vandals, playing their initi
al match of the season, though
completely outclassed by the Ducks
showed much spirit and aggres
siveness .
Jim Zeiger, the No. 1 netman
of the Oregon aggregation, defeat
ed his opponent in two hard, fast
sets. Goodman, a very steady play
er, gave Zeiger only one bad score,
coming from behind in the second
set to tie the score, but Zeiger
settled down and bested his man,
7-5.
The No. 2 man Stan Anderson
had an easy time of it beating his
man with little effort.
The number three, four and five
men also defeated their men with
comparative ease. The only close
match was the one played by
Vince McBride of the Ducks
against Don Seaberg of the Van
dals. Hard-hitting McBride finally
bested' his opponent 6-, and 6-3.
The first doubles team of Zeiger
and Anderson, playing before a
crowded gallery, put on a fine ex
hibition of tennis skill. With An
derson’s superb net game and
smashing serve and Zeiger’s bril
liant chop serve and all-around ac
curate shooting, the Vandals had
but little chance of winning many
games.
The Oregon State Beavers are
meeting the Vandals today at Cor
vallis.
Results of today’s matches:
Singles: J. Zeiger, Oregon, defeat
ed R. Goodman, 6-4, 7-5; S. Ander
son, Oregon, defeated L. Thome,
6-2, 6-1; H. Philan, Oregon, de
feated E. Bulla, 6-0, 6-2; McBride,
Oregon, defeated D. Seaberg, 6-4,
6-3; Carey, Oregon, defeated A.
Woog, 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles: J. Zeiger and S. Ander
son, Oregon, defeated R. Goodman,
and L. Thome 6-1, 6-2; H. Philan
and D. VanZandt, Oregon, defeated
J. Vento and E. Bulla, 6-1, 6-3.
Grid Squad Takes Day Off;
Mikulak Has 14 Quarterbacks
By Bernie Hgmmerbeck
Yesterday was a holiday for Tex
Oliver’s spring football squad, and
welcome it was too, according to
the count of grid aspirants pres
ent at the Webfoot-Husky base
ball tilt.
With nine workouts already un
der the gridders’ belts and four
intra-squad tilts still on the sched
ule, only 17 practice sessions re
main. According to Oliver’s plans,
these workouts will be spread out
over the next four weeks ending
with the final intra-squad scrim
mage Saturday night, May 25.
Thus far this season little men
tion has been made of the possibil
ties of the Webfoot blocking backs.
As a matter of fact, Backfield
Coach Mike Mikulak isn’t too cer
tain himself.
Number one hope is, of
course, big Duke Iverson at
the quarterback slot. The Big
Duke will not be enrolled in
school until fall, but has work
ed out several times already
this spring in an effort to re
gain his football legs.
Number one quarterback at
present is Bill Abbey, 180-pound
1945 letterman. Abbey played a lot
of ball last fall and fills the block
ing role well, but it is doubtful if
he can display enough class to beat
out Iverson when game time roles
around next fall.
Showing up well under Ab
bey have been Don Shaffer of
Long Beach, California, and
Andy Bodner of Eugene. Shaf
fer has a year’s pigskin experi
ence to his credit at Long
Beach City College, and show
ed plenty of possibilities up
until the time he was sidelined
with a broken hand.
Little Andy Bodner, on the other
hand, is a holdover from last year’s
lemon and green eleven. He hits
the scales at only 170 pounds, but
his play on the gridiron would nev
er reveal the fact. He turned in
one of the best defensive jobs of
the evening in the first intra-squad
scrimmage and has looked good
during practice sessions earlier
this week.
Joe Hall, 195-pounder from Port
land, has also shown up fairly
well this spring and may see a lot
of duty, but has had no previous
college grid experience. Wayne
Biehn of Klamath Falls and Char
lie Geswein have also shown prom
ise this season but lack experience.
The right half berth is def
initely wide open, although
200-pound Sam Kamey of Ash
land has had top billing thus
far this spring. Behind Kamey
First Regular Meet of Season
On Tap at Hayward Today at 2
By AL PIETSCHMAN
Colonel Bill Hayward and the Oregon track team welcome
the cindermen from Portland and Willamette universities today
when the first regular track meet of the season starts at 1:39
on Hayward field. The Duck harriers are primed for the three
way meet against the two smaller schools and are favorites to
win.
Neither the Pilots nor the Bear
cats showed outstanding strength
in their last week’s tri-angular
clash with Oregon State. State
soundly trounced the Webfoot
trackmen two weeks ago, but the
Oregon runners have worn off the
rough edges and are set for the
invading Pilots and Bearcats.
Considering the tremendous
amount of use in the past two
weeks, the Hayward oval is in fair
shape as Colonel Bill finally reser
rected the much-needed cinders.
The track now has a coating of the
cinders but the track still isn’t up
to pre-war quality since the
cinders aren't top quality.
Not too much is known
about Oregon’s guests and
their potentialities, and pre
dictions can only be made from
their individual performances
at Corvallis last Saturday.
The Pilots and Bearcats have
several promising runners and
field men, and though out
classed by the powerful State
squad some of their track
team picked up points in
various events.
Among the leading contenders
for top honors at Portland are
Wilks, speedy 220 yard sprinter;
Skelly, Portland’s top low hurdler;
and pole vaulter Steele. Steele won
the pole vault event at Corvallis
with a vault of 10 feet 6 inches,
a height lower than that of the
high school prepsters, but never
theless noteworthy in a field of
college veterans who have not per
fected their previous form.
Willamette’s outstanding men in
clude two-miler Mulkey, miler
Lucas, high jumper Hardy, and
javelin tosser Cookingham.
Speedy Jake Leicht leads Ore
gon’s sprinters. Leicht is expected
to capture his events as his times
University of Illinois
Leads In Penn Relays
PHILADELPHIA, April 26 —
(UP)—The University of Illinois,
indoor track champions of the big
ten, romped off with two of three
major relay titles at stake today
as 3400 athletes pranced through
the opening program of the 52nd
annual Penn relay carnival on a
cold misty day.
are George Bell of Oakland,
Cal., and Aubrey (Corky) Van
Loo of Hillsboro. Ramey has
showed up well and packs
plenty of size for the berth
but lacks experience.
Bell is admittedly one of the
fastest men on the squad but, like
Ramey, lacks experience. Van Loo,
is also very fast but is rather small
weighing in at a mere 175. He
has looked very good in several
workouts, however, and must be
labeled a definite possibility. He
i sthe only one of the top three
that can boast any college experi
ence, having had one year at Pa
cific university in 1942.
Also working hard at the right
half post are Joe Matthews of
San Diego, Cal.;Bill Goldsmith of
Portland; Oscar Churchman of
Corvallis; and Johnny Olliver of
Vancouver, B.C. None of these men
have played any previous college
ball.
Baseball
Results
San Diego 102 000 000 3 10 2
Portland 000 000 002 2 3 1
Seats and aBllinger; Laska and
Holm.
Sacramento 030 001 000 4 7 1
San Fr’isco 000 241 OOx 7 10 2
Jarlett, Turpin (5), McCarthy,
(6) and Conroy; Jansen and Ogro
dowski.
Hollywood 000 012 600 0 9 14 O
Seattle .. .000 000 000 0 0 4 1
Oakland . 010 000 010 2 5 0
Los Angeles 000 001 000 1 6 4.
Ardozia and B. Raimondi; Lynn
and Williams.
are faster than those posted by
either the Portland or Willamette
runners. Hot on Jake’s heels is Carl
Maxey, one of the newer finds of
this year's track squad. Colonel
Hayward has had Maxey practicing
fast starts and running wide open
for short distances during the past
week. Jack McCracken, sophomore
from Coquille and another new
comer to the Duck cinders has just
tailed Maxey in all the sprints thus
far this season and might make it
one, two, three in the sprints for,
Oregon.
Hayward has a speedy lot
of quarter-milers in Ernie
Schauer, Bob Swan, Evans
Cantrell and Walt Donovan.
Swan surprised onlookers
Wednesday when he breezed
to the finish ahead of Schauer
and Cantrell in the fast 330
yard time of 33.1 seconds.
Swan turned out for Colonel
Bill’s team just three weeks
ago, and is now prepared to
match strides with any other
of the top quarter-milers in
the conference.
Dependable Walt McClure is
Oregon’s leading half-miler and
should have no difficulty in loping
to a first in tomorrow’s meet. The
winning time in the tri-angulac
meet at Corvallis last Saturday
was 2:09. McClure has already hit
2:03 and he posted that mark two
weeks ago. Oregon’s other top
half-miler is Paul Smith who has
followed McClure in all the races
this year as number two man.
The Ducks milers will have to
carry the load in the distances, as
Oregon doesn’t have any two
milers in shape for running. Led
by never-tiring Hugh Stapleton,
the other members of the mile
squad are George Hammick and
Harold Wright.
Star runner Johnny Joachim’s
return to the fold Thursday may
give Colonel Bill one more top
miler. Previously struck out as in-*
eligible, Johnny straightened mat*
ters out, and is again able to run
for the Lemon and the Green.
Oregon’s strength in the field
events has improved in the past
week with the addition of Lott
Robinson, novice javelin tosser,
Robinson heaved the javelin 18®
feet in practice Wednesday, and
coupled with Bill Beifuss, high
jumper, is expected to grab tog;
honors in the field competition.