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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1946)
DUCKS AWAIT from papc nine) bunts, a^wanr"andH"firee Orefon errors accounted for the tallies.^ Oregon rallied in the ninth with three runs on a triple by Bill Long and doubles by Tony Crish and "^Santee coupled with an Oregon State error. The rally died with a runner on third when Johnson rolled out and Jim Norvell struck out. Oregon 000 200 003— 5 7 5 OSC . 020 210 4Ox— 9 13 2 Lehl, Paulson (6), Pettyjohn (7) and Crish; Don Cecil and Wegner. HAYWARD MUSES (Continued (vow pac/c jiinc) days.” He won’t reveal the exact dope on his birthdate, but did re veal that he was born in Detroit, Michigan, a few years back, and moved to Canada when a youngster. He participated in track, ice hoc key, skating, rowing, and lacrosse to mention just a few of the sports that he entered. Lacrosse is a wicked game for anyone and Hay ward still has some of the scars Keived in the “blood and thunder” re.' Busy Day You might call one of his days in his early years a fairly active 24-hour period. Bill only entered 22 athletic events that day! He won most of them too! Among the events that kept him fairly busy were the 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 300-yard dash, 400- and 500 RIDE! DON'T WALK Rent Bikes by Day—Week—Hour F Bicycles Repaired Reserve bicycles to be used on Saturday or Sunday. CAMPUS CYCLERY llth and Alder Ph. 4789 yard rung, standing and running broad jump, standing and running high jump, hop, step, and jump, pole vault for height and pole vault for distance, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 21 pound shot-put, and low and high hurdles. Climaxing this strenuous day for the young athlete was a three-mile boat race in one of the speedy one-man shells! If that isn’t some kind of an individual record for performance, give us a new World Almanac! Nearly every individual coach has his own pet reason why ath letes are better nowadays than several decades ago, and Hayward opines that the scientifically con structed ovals and tighter compe tition in the high school's have been the main reasons for the improve ment in track and field sports. “The athletes at the turn of the century and for several years aft erwards, were faced with poor fields and lack of interest in sports.’’ Bill stated. “The Oregon track used to be located in back of where Johnson hall is now. When it rain ed the runners were slopping around in mud and goo. One ad vantage the boys did have though; their legs were stronger than the men at college now. They didn’t have cars to carry them around and they had the walking habit. Many of our best runners then lived on farms and walked miles follow ing the horse in spring and fall plowing. Many of them, had to walk miles every day to attend school and naturally built strong legs,” continued Colonel Hayward. o i ape Runners in the past weren’t taped and pampered individuals, either, according to Bill. Today’s prima donnas are practically strung together with tape and are perpetual dressing room club men. Bill singled out the common mal ady among runners, shinsplints, as an example. In the olden days the runners seldom had the aggravat ing leg trouble as their legs were in good condition. Just to prove that he wasn’t in bad shape Bill showed us his leg muscles today, and they make most modern ath letes’ strong legs look a bit soft. Bill has endeared himself to thousands of young men who have trained under him—men who are now successes in their fields and men who are coaching youths as Hayward coached them. We asked Bill’s permission to print a little notation that he had inscribed on an autographed picture of himself VETERANS AND BEGINNING FLYERS Get your pilots license now. Fly the new, late, safe, and up-to-date Piper Cub COMPLETE INSTRUCTION For Student, Private, Commercial and Instruct or's licenses. Refresher courses for those who have flown before. Flight schedules arranged to fit your study classes. Here is an opportunity, for the be ginning student and those who flew in the service, to obtain a pilots license. CONTACT W. A. COOK CAMPUS REP. at the School of Education, mornings or call Springfield 6S3 or 5157-W. The new instruction methods, approved by both Armv and C.A.A., trains you quickly and safely. Charter trips, planes to rent for business or pleasure. Eugene Flying Service Phone 5157-W PIPER CUB SALES • INSTRUCTION • SERVICE up Bill’s philosophy of life-one that everyone could ponder over and use. “I expect to pass through this world but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing that I can do to any fellow human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect* for I shall not pass this way again."