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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1947)
Jim Aiken Named DuckCoach Former All-American Has Fine Record Boasts .785 Record For 25 Seasons As a football player he was an All-American; as a football coach his teams have performed for a .785 average that s the story of Jim Aiken, newly appointed football coach for the University of Oregon. Aiken was born in Union county, West Virginia, May 26, 1899, was a veteran of World War I, and today boasts a family of two sons, James Jr., 21 and Jerry, 14, and one daughter, Carol Ann, 12. His college years were spent at ^Washington and Jefferson univer sity where he was an outstanding end, toeing named to several All American teams. The team upon which he played in 1921 was un defeated and went to the Rose Bowl where it produced a mighty upset in tieing the University of California “wonder team" 0-0. Upon completion of his college career he played professional foot ball with the Steubenville, Ohio team which won 17 games straight and tied the world champion Can ton Bulldogs 10-10. His first year of coaching was at East Washington, l*a. high school in 1922, where he had an undefeated season. The next year he moved to Steubenville, Ohio where his prep team was agaiy un defeated. Then in 1924 and 1925 he coached at Findlay, Ohio high school. In 1926 he took the coaching reigns at Scott high school, To ledo, Ohio where he remained through 1931. He won the city championship in his first year, and repeated in the three succeeding years, a feat never before accom plished. In 1932 he moved to McKinley high school, Canton, Ohio and re mained through 1935. His 1934 team swept through an eleven game schedule undefeated to win tire state championship, scoring 487 points to the opponents 18. It was while coaching in Ohio prep circles, that Aiken met and defeated Coach Paul Bro w n’s mighty Massilon high school elev en. Brown, formerly coach at Ohio State, is now general man ager of the Cleveland Browns. Aiken started a three year col legiate stint at Akron university in 1936 where his teams won 20 while losing 6 and tieing 1. While at Akron he also served as athletic director. In 1939 ho assumed command of I grid chores at Nevada where he stayed until yesterday’s appoint ment. While coaching the Wolf pack from Reno, he produced sev eral outstanding players. In 1946 big Horace Gillon was a near unanimous choice for All Coast end, while a teammate Bill Macrides was widely heralded at a halfback post. Before the war, Aiken coached Marion Motley at the Nevada school. Motley was the past sea son named to the All-American league All-Pro teams over such outstanding fullbacks as Norm Standlee. His record follows: Year School W L T 1922 E. Washington, Pa. high . 10 0 0 1923 Steubenville, Ohio ..900 1924 indlay, Ohio . 8 2 0 1925 Findlay, Ohio . 10 0 0 1926 Scott (Toledo) . 6 2 1 1927 Scott . 9 10 1928 Scott . 9 0 0 1929 Scott . 9 1 0 1930 Scott .,. 8 10 1931 Scott . 8 2 0 1932 McKinley (Canton) 9 3 0 1933 McKinley . 9 10 1933 McKinley . 9 1 0 1934 McKinley . 11 0 0 1935 McKinley . 6 3 1 121 16 2 1936 Akron . 6 2 1 1937 Akron . 8 10 1938 Akron . 6 3 0 20 6 1 1939 Nevada . 5 4 0 1940 Nevada . 4 4 1 1941 Nevada . 3 5 1 1942 Nevada . 4 3 1 1943 Nevada . 2 10 1944 Nevada . 4 4 0 1945 Nevada . 7 3 0 1946 Nevada . 7 2 0 36 26 3 Total coaching record ....177 48 7 Kappa Sigs Win Handball Opener Kappa Sig opened the intramural handball season yesterday by de feating Stitzer hall in two straight games. In the first singles game, Kappa Sig trounced their opponents in two consecutive sets, 21 to 3 and 21 to 6. Stitzer hall forfeited the doubles contest, thereby giving the match automatically to the Kappa Sigs. Because of Oregon’s high pedes trian toll, the secretary of state has cited a report reading: “Injured pe destrians lose on the average $468.” Fatal accidents averaged an immediate cost of $1830. eMaap. Review.Ma/w- Rad.mu4.ien By A I. PIETSCHMAX A hard fall to the floor, an ef fort to protect a broken hand, and Jiarv Rasmussen was out of the Oregon basketball lineup. He se riously injured his knee by tear ing all the tendons around it in one of the pre-season games and is now forced to watch his buddies f om the sidelines. This injury is not just an overnight affair, Marv sadly reports, but will keep him out of all games this year. Mary's fine backboard play and all-around outstanding play on the floor lalieled him as the fresh man of the year on last season’s team and lie was expected to boom through in fine style this year. Then t lie accident. Close follow of the sport make no bones about the effect this accident has lead on the team. Although shorter than some of the big giants who arc supposed to dominate the backboard, 6 foot 3 inch Marv has left many of the big men open-mouthed as he grabbed the ball high in the air. His tremendous spring- enabled him to match the taller men in backboard play and his tight and aggressiveness many times out shone the taller men's efforts. His shooting? Back in his prep days at Franklin high school in Portland, he was an all-city man and was known as one of the dead eyes of the league. He improved with time and last year kept dunk ing in short from his favorite spot. Before his injury this year he was showing further improvement and was one of the men counted on to add to the Duck’s score in every tiff. Oregon’s locker room Is minus the stalwart forward, but he has kept himself busy. Showing his versatility, he has changed from l*eing a top man in basketball to a man Interested in helping the student body. Right now he is en gaged in promoting the March of Dimes campaign as its leader, and in a short time he will assume the duties of publicity chairman of the Dad’s Day committee. He doesn’t conduct these activi ties in a hap-hazard fashion but in the same manner in which he played basketball. Zest, enthusi asm, and ability mark his work in both fields. Pouring over a long list of rec ords and' playing some of his fa vorites yesterday, Marv said that he had several favorite hobbies, among them picnics, dancing, and collecting and listening to records. “I hope to get a job in Public Re lations,” he said when queried about plans after graduation. “It’s a new field and has a lot of pos sibilities. I am sure that I’ll like it.” Discussion on the public rela tions field lasted for several min utes as it is seldom one meets an athlete interested in this occu pation. “Oregon Is a lot better than they showed against Washington State,” he noted. “If the boys can get rolling they will go a long way. I think they are the best team in the conference.” (Please turn to page five) Jim Aiken — newly-named 1947 football eoach, Aiken comes to Ore gon from Nevada. He was an All American while in school at Wash ington and Jefferson. Huskies Pound Vandals 56-46 MOSCOW, Jan. 14—(AP)—The Washington Huskies, led by Center Jack Nichols who tossed in 14 points, defeated the Idaho Vandals 56 to 46 here tonight for their third straight conference victory of the season over the defending North' ern Division champions. The Huskies led all the way after Sammy White scored a field goal and Bob Jorgenson a free throw in the first minute. Washington ex tended the lead to 17 to 8 after 8 minutes of playing time with Nich ols and White leading the attack. 30 -32 at Half Substitute Guard Don Dillard and Bill Carbaugh teamed to narrow the advantage to 27 to 19 and then both teams matched field goals and free throws to make it 30 to 22 for the Huskies at the intermission. White left the game on fouls mid way in the period but Nichols and Gilbertson kept the pace with the count at 51 to 36 with five minutes to go. Many Fouls Coach Hec Edmundson cleared the Washington bench at this point. A total of 48 fouls slowed up the rough contest with Washington drawing 26 and Idaho 22. Nichols got 14 to lead both teamj^. in scoring while Quinn whipped in 13 to pace Idaho. SPORTS STAFF: Wally Hunter Bill Stratton Bernie Hammerbeck Don Fair Bob Reed Mar\ Rasiwwjiseu . . . , —^x-on s protege who is oenched with in juries. Expected to be one of the outstanding members of the hoop squad Marv was hampered in early play by an arm injury. His latest injury to a knee will probably keep him from action this season.