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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1947)
Athletic Board Formed in 1936; Coach Candidate Field Reduced Cornell Assumes Post Of Business Manager The University of Oregon athlet ic board, which Monday night vot ed to resign thereby paving the way for the appointment of a director of athletics, was originally formed in 1936. Administrator during the entire life of the organization has been Anse Cornell as athletic manager. Under the new directorship he is ex pected to assume the post of busi ness manager. The athletic board was formed in the spring of 1936 when the ASUO v/as badly in debt and reorganiza tion thought necessary. Under the program in existence Until that time Hugh Rosson had been in charge of athletics as grad uate manager, and serving under him had been Tom Stoddard as stu dent manager. Both men played prominent roles in drawing up the reorganization plans. The original board contained only ten members, but was later changed to eleven when student representa tion was increased from two to three. Crated Davis Cup Comes Back to US OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 8—(AP) —The Davis cup, symbol of world tennis supremacy, came back to the United States today but nobody could get more than a tempting peek at it. “It's too heavy” to be uncrated for exhibition, Walter Pate, non playing U. S. Davis Cup team cap tain, told newsmen on his arrival from Australia with the ti’ophy. The silver bowl weighs 50 pounds and the base about 500 pounds. Pate said the cup will be uncrated in Los Angeles and recrated for shipment to New York, where it will be stored in a vault. Newsmen asked John Kramer to describe the cup. Kramer, who with Ted Schroeder trounced the Aus tralian defenders to capture the trophy, replied: “I’m just as anxious as you to get a look. I’ve had a couple of hurried glances at it and I had the impres sion of a huge silver cherry bowl. I'd like to look at it again.” Asked about his protest against not being- chosen to play against Australia, Frank Parker said he had beaten "Schroeder “eight or ten times straight in practice.” Later Schroeder told reporters, “Sure Frankie beat me in practice. Everybody else did too. You don't win cups in practice matches.” Tom Brown, Billy Talbert and Gardner Mulloy, other team mem bers remained in Australia for tour nament play. Mauriello KOs Foe In First Round CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (API—Tami Mauriello, New York heavyweight whose chin Joe Louis loved to touch, picked up a if 10,000 pay cheek in one minute and three seconds tonight by knocking out James (Shamus) O’Brien. Phila delphia Negro, in the International Amphi-theater. Night Staff: Roger T. Tetlow. night editor Donna Gribbin Pat Stevens Maxine Landon LaRene Rasmussen Arlene Larson Helen Lilju Barbara Murphy Dean Hollis Kemains As PCC Representative (Continued from page one) umni Secretary Les Anderson, Ath letic Manager Anse Cornell, and University Business Manager J. O. Lindstrom, who also served as board secretary-treasurer. Hollis Still Representative Dr. Newburn pointed out that the board’s resignation in no way af fected Dean Hollis’ post as faculty athletic representative to the Pa cific Coast conference even though he was a member of the board. The athletic board had been nar rowing the field of candidates for the position of football coach and had reduced the number to about ten at the time of its resignation. President Newburn indicated that the possibility of one man fill ing both the position of director of athletics and of football coach was very remote. Clean-up Program Okayed by NCAA NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (AP) — To the accompaniment of occasional verbal fireworks, the National Col legiate AA today accepted a set of principles to govern the con duct of intercollegiate athletics, in cluding prohibiting off-campus re cruiting of athletes, and deferred action on a surprise proposal to outlaw all “Bowl” and post-season football games. Before this set of general rules can become binding on the 252 col leges that compose the NCAA, they must be written into the consti tution, which cannot be done before the next annual meeting. Prof. Karl E. Leib, newly-elected presi dent of the association, explained that in the meantime the accep tance of these principles gives them the effect of a moral obligation upon the membership. In effect the constitution delay gives col leges which do not observe the code a year in -fc-hich to “get cleaned up and get in line,” Leib said. Aquaducks Slate Intrasquad Meet Saturday at Two The Oregon varsity swimming team will open the 1947 season with an intra-squad meet Saturday afternoon to determine starting berths in all events, according to Mentor John Warren. The Initial gun will sound at 2 p. m. at the men’s pool and the public is in vited. A pressing need for speed pad dlers in the free-styles still exists, Warren emphasized, and it is still not too late for sprinters to turn out for the club. The breast and back-stroke combination of title holder Ralph Huestis and Cal prep ace Earl Walters appears strong however, with plenty of competi tion from the other candidates. First Team Contenders Aqua-men thus far in the run ning for first-string honors who will compete in the contest, and their respective events are as fol lows : Medley relay: Walters, Huestis, Rush. 220 free-style: Hiatt, Sundlie. 60 yard free-style: Moorehead, Hazzard, Thompson, Ferris. Diving: Corbett, Holcomb, Mc Cullough. 100 free-style: Moorehead, Haz zard, Thompson, Ferris, Back-stroke: Walters, Kessler, Miller. Breast-stroke: Huestis, Andersen, Seal. 440 free-style: Rush, Sundlie. 400 relay; Moorehead, Hiatt, Thompson, Ferris, Walters, Haz zard. Sports Staff: Bill Stratton Bernie Hammerbeck Fred Taylor Elwin Paxon “Peerless" Pietschman REINFORCEMENT.... A welcome addition to the Webfoot squad this week was 6-foot 5-inch Forward George Bray, a one-year letterman, who is slated to see his first action of the season against the Beavers this weekend. JVs Catch Double Duty In AAU Games Tonight Sporting' a record of ten wins against no defeats, Oregon’s junior varsity basketball team does double duty tonight as they play two games in the city AAU league, commencing at 8 p. m. First op ponent is the Coos Bay Pirate entry and in the closing session the Jay vees meet the Richfield Oiler squad. Having already knocked over all opposition in the league at least once, the college youngsters are fa vored to end first half hostilities with a clean record. Eight vic tories were registered against league teams, and two more were chalked up during the holidays Oiler outfit, who, with a revamped lineup have copped their last two against an Astoria outfit. The cMaoji deuieui.Stan WitliamAon By AL PIETSCHMAN Diminutive Stan Williamson, Oregon’s fireball guard is a hard gent to find in a loeker room when surrounded by some of Coach Hob son’s tali Ducks. You can try to look over the tall men’s heads, hut that is almost impossible; you can I try to look around them for Wil liamson, but that too is difficult. ! The best thing is to catch “Bambi” by himself—unless you are an op ponent on the courts—then just give up the idea of getting him. Stan was getting ready for yes terday's workout in the Duck lock er room when questions were shot ins way. Fortunately, the big boys hadn't herded themselves around him, and there was plenty of room for conversation. He has had a lot of basketball experience, both for Oregon and | for his high school team, the As i toria Fishermen. Stan played for the Wally Palmberg coached Fish ermen and was an all-state player before -coming to Oregon. Since then his fame has grown throughout the state, conference, and even nation for he is considered one of the top guards on the coast and one of the best in the country. Praises Beck Oregon State is booming their Lew Beck as one of the nation's top flight guards, and Williamson : had nothing but praise for the ; Beaver who he saw in action | Monday night against Washington State. “Beck is a very good play er and we will have to watch him,” commented the Oregon guard. His opinion of the entire Beaver team was in the same vein—he thinks they are very good and will be hard to beat, but he believes Oregon is the club that can give them their first setback in confer ence play. Before the Cougars journeyed ; to Corvallis, Stan told them he : hoped they wouldn’t pull their “el | folio” act they were in the habit | of doing every tune they face OSC at Corvallis. Stan said, “Washington State is a fighting ball club, but they j choked against the Beavers again. They always do. Regular jinx to j them now.” “Oregon’s got a good club and will be tougher than before,” ac cording to Salmon. He admits that you can't tell who will win games this year as the conference is so rough and teams are not ironed out yet. Won’t Predict Although he hopes for an Oregon win against OSC, he wouldn’t make | an actual statement that we would win. One of the things missing in the league this year, Stan mentioned, was Emil Piluso, the great referee of the conference who was just about the tops in his profession. Piluso quit this year and is now working pro games. The long, tough journey into the Inland Empire is staring the Ducks in the face and though the trip lias often proved fatal to other teams, Williamson thinks Oregon will come through this year. A physical education major, he expects to graduate in 1948, but has no definite plans for the fu ture. He mentioned that he might become a coach. Served with Marines As a Marine, he served twenty five months in the states at an of ficer's school. He received his dis charge on October 5, 1945, and promptly headed for Oregon and helped spark last year’s club. Stan fits perfectly into Hobson’s type of play as he likes to drive hard, fast, and continuously. One of his specialties is driving all the way through a team for a layup shot and two points. He was ef fective in this against NYU and showed the Cougars that he wasn’t to be stopped when he decided he was heading toward the basket. contests, are slated to make ffle most trouble for the local squad. Coach Ted Schopf of the col legians has worked two complete teams in the tilts thus far, giving each lineup the same amount of starting honors. This plan has worked successfully, keeping the pace of the game hot all the way through as fresh men are constant ly ready for the fj'ay. Scoring About Even The two lineups have been scor ing fairly closely together, al though the team which sports Jim Bocchi and Ken Seeborg at guards, Jerry Switzer at center, and Lynn Hamilton and Ed Devaney at for wards has a lead over the other squad. Hamilton led all scorers in the last contest with 15 counters, closely followed by Bocchi with 13 and Devaney with 12. The alter nate quintet has Walt Kirsch and Luke Baccelleri at guards, lanky Dick Howell at the pivot spot, and Perry Holloman and Bob Hender son at forwards. Three games that are likely to prove as tough as any played’' so far for the Juniors will be the ones-against the Oregon State Jay vee outfit, the first of which is scheduled for January 14 at Cor vallis. Although the Aggie hoop sters have had only one tilt this season, which was a victory against a strong Willamette team, they are plenty potent, carrying such players as Dick Ballantine, former all-stater from Baker, and Keu Storey, a first class pivot man. Seattle Pros Edge Salem Quintet, 50-46 SEATTLE, Jan. 8 (API Blanked for 36 minutes of play, For ward Wally Leask sank two quick baskets in the closing minutes to night to save a 50 to 46 victory for the Seattle Blue Devils over the Salem Trailblazers in a Pacific Coast pro basketball league clash. The final quarter was packed with most thrills with a basket by Ernie Maskovich, Salem, closing the gap to 41-39 with four minutes to go. Leask got his baskets, how ever, to clinch the contest. Hd scored only five points all night. - S « I: - - •••-'**