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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1947)
New Coach Surveys Campus He didn’t wear a white shirt, or speak like a bum, or brag of last year’s team, or boast of the next or lecture on the fine points of the game. ‘'We'll have a hard fighting team; one that’s well conditioned; one that we all can be proud of”— those were the words of Jim Aiken. Oregon’s new grid coach was just another man when he stepped on the campus Thursday. Neither pretentious nor uncouth, Jim wants to meet his ball play ers, and he wants to meet his sup porters. The husgy-throated ex-Nevada mentor will remain on the Oregon campus until sometime tomorrow when he will return to the Univer sity of Nevada to wrap up affairs at the Wolfpack institution. He will reeturn to Eugene about February X to get to work immediately on spring training problems. The ’47 grid season is still far 1rippi to Sign With Chicago For 4 Seasons NEW YORK, Jan. 1G (API — Charley Trippi slipped past the clutching arms of the over-confi dent football Yankees today, stiff armed their baseball secondary and wound up with the Chicago Car dinals for what is known in the gridiron parlance as ‘‘pay dirt”— great, big gobs of it. The All-America halfback from Georgia, the year’s most sought after athlete, was heading for Chi cago when last seen, where he will sign a contract for just under 5100,000 to play with the Cardinals of the. National Professional League ,for the next four seasons. The contract will leave Trlppl free to deal for Ills baseball serv ices. Charley Bldwell, owner of the Cardinals, said he would recommend to Charley that he accept an offer to hook up with the Chicago Cubs organization, passing up other urgent and lucrative bids from the Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Atlanta and Birmingham of the South ern Association, and perhaps other clubs. The Cubs, Bldwell disclosed, would give Trippi a $10,000 bonus to play with their Los Angeles team of the Pacific Coast League next season, and then, if he proved himself a big leaguer and went up to the Cubs the folowing year, would dig down for another $20, 000. They thus would match the $30,000 cash bonus dangled before the Georgia flash by the Red Sox. SAM Wins Handball Tilt Sigma Alpha Mu defeated Sigma Alpha Epsilon in Thursday’s intra mural handball contest. The Sam mies completely dominated every column on the score sheet in win ning the two singles matches, 21-0, 11-5; and copping the doubles 21-3, 11-6. A. W. S. ELECT TREASURER Ann Burgess, junior in liberal j i ts, was elected treasurer of AWS ; t the last cabinet meeting. "TWO SMART PEOPLE" LUCILLE BALL JOHN HODIAK 'LAST CHANCE' E. G. MORRISON JOHN HAY i off and Jim would make no pre dictions. “Always fighting, al ways in shape, always a team to be proud of”—that was his con stant reply. Completely unawed by the name Texas, Jim Aiken’s only comment on the September 27 opener with Mermen Elect Heustis 1947 Swim Captain Time trials under the watchful eyes of John Warren, varsity mentor, wound up the Oregon paddle squad’s daily workouts yesterday afternoon, as the nata tors await the season’s opener with OSC tomorrow in the Beaver tank. Ralph Huestis, Pacific coast breast stroke champ, was chosen team captain in a short meeting held prior to the clocking races. The two year lettermen will lead the squad in all the meets this year. During a brief pep talk before the election, Warren told the fel lows that Oregon State’s athletic staff had refused his request to allow the Ducks more than two entrants In each event, even though no credit would be al lowed for any place won by the third Oregon man. He would be participating only for the experience of actual competition, not points. This means that the travelling squad of less than a dozen mem bers, including utilities will make the northern trek. A list of those on the cut-down team will be post ed today, Warren said. The head coach also disclosed that the swimmers’ tentative trip to California would probably be canceled by the atheltic de partment because the San Fran cisco athletic club cannot organ ize a competitive club by the last of this month. San Jose col lege replied to Warren’s request for a meet favorably. Warren said that the department would not give Its approval on a single contest involving a journey of that distance. The mermen will take things easy until the meet tomorrow, re porting today only for a few laps, and a rubdown to loosen and relax their muscles. the Longhorns in Portland was “eight or nine other teams will be in the same spot we’re in sometime during the season, and we’ll field just as many men as the Longhorns do.” No boasting, no crying—anxious to get to work—that’s Jim Aiken. Starting Lineups -> Ht. Oregon Pos. Oregon State Ht. 6-3 Ed Dick.F.Alex Peterson 6-5 6-7 Ken Hays.F.Cliff Crandall 6-2 6-8 Roger Wiley.;..C.Red Rocha 6-8 5-7 Stan Williamson... G.Lew Beck 5-10 5-9 Al Popick.G.Morrie Silver 5-7 Your Contribution Will Be Appreciated Tonight is the night! Get on the March-of-Dimes band wagon and contribute your dimes (and dollars) at the Oregon-Oregon State basketball game tonight that will enable some polio-stricken child to walk again. SX, Theta Chi, Fiji, DU, SAM Post IM Hoop Wins The Sigma Chi “A” team, show ing phenomenal accuracy at hit ting the basket, racked up their second consecutive triumph in intramural competition yesterday by downing a punchless Minturn hall squad 38-6. In other “A” league games yes terday, the fast Theta Chi quin tet dropped McChesney hall 31-11, the Fiji squad drubbed Phi Psi 29 12, and Sigma Alpha Mu defeated the Sig Eps 13-12 in an overtime contest. DU and Kappa Slg won the . season’s Inaugural “B” league tilts. DU defeated Stan Kay hall 22-16 and Kappa Slg won a slow game from the Pi Kaps 17-10. With almost every man on the Sigma Chi team dropping them in from every place on the floor, they jumped into an early first half lead and led 17-4 at the half. Lim iting their opponents to one field goal in the second half, the Sigma Chis poured in another 21 points before the game ended. Theta Chi Wins Easily Theta Chi subdued a McChesney hall bid in the first half and led throughout the second half to win a game which saw the Theta Chi team break through the defense of their opponents time and again for easy set ups. The Fijls smashed a punchless, disorganized Phi Psi team In a game which saw the Fijis jump into an early 4-1 lead and never give it up. The Phi Phis scored • Prompt Service • • .Quality Foods • • Savings Maple Bars Donuts Cinnamon Rolls Butterhorns —at— ELLIOTTS 1298 Patterson one field goal during the first period to trail 19 to 3 at the half. The big first half advantage of the Fijis was too much to over come by the P3ii Psls and they trailed by 17 points when the game ended. In a slow, nip and tuck battle, which ended in a ten all tie at the end of the regular period, the Sam mies won in an overtime period 13 to 12. WSC Signs Penn State PULLMAN, Wash., Jan 16.— (AP)—Washington State College announced today the Congar foot ball team would meet Pennsyl vania State College at Hershey, Pa., next September 20. A return game between the two schools will be played in the west in 1948. »■ -L'L- - J 1 ■ ■ -J 11 Portland Pros Tip Spokane, 60-50 SPOKANE, Jan. 16 — (AP) — Player Coach Slim Wintermute and John Mandic tonight led the league leading Portland Indians to n.nnt.bry easy 60 to 50 conquest of the Spo kane Orphans in a Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League game. Wintermute and Mandic took turns in the pivot position and dropped in a total of 43 points while the Orphans made futile attempts to stop their shots. The towering Wintermute got 26 points and Man die 17. IM Hoop Squad Replaced It was announced yesterday that the Stan Ray hall (B) team of the “A” basketball league has been re placed by Phi Sigma Kappa. BASKETBALL Syracuse 65, Manhattan 53 Wake Forest 67, Clemson 51 Duke 52, George Washington 46. Connecticut 73, Massachusetts State 87. Maryland 65, Washington and Lee 60. Virginia 52, William and Mary 46- r Toledo 69, Valparaiso 45. Bradley 69, Marquette 59. 1 H ' «■ FOR YOUR HOUSE DANCE Rent A P A System Record Player SMEED SOUND SERVICE G. H. Smeed Phone 4402-M GOOD LUCK TO THE DUCKS IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S OREGON O. S. C. FRACAS yuSaerteCojic^r Municipal Electric and Water Utilities