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DUCK TRACKS
By BERNIE HAMMERBECK
Sports Editor
Yesterdays meeting of the Oregon club at the Eugene
hotel proved to be one of the more interesting of the year
with a wide variety of “names” on hand to share the spot
light. i he weekly sessions of the club offer an excellent
opportunity for the boys to let
their hair down, all of which
they succeeded in doing yes
terday. On the speaking end
of festivities were Dr. Harry
K. Newburn, president of the
University; Hobby Hobson;
Jim Aiken; and Washington
hoop coach, Hec Edmundson.
Also on hand for a brief
bow were Dick Miller, recent
ly appointed line coach;
George Varnell of the Seattle
Times; Phil Taylor of the
Seattle Star; Lawrence Chap
JIM AIKEN
man ot the beattle P.-I.; Wendell Broyles, publicity director
at Washington; Ray Eckman, former manager of athletics at
Washington; and “Click Clark,” Washington trainer.
Aiken Comes Through
Aiken kept the boys on the edges of their seats with his
talk and lived up to all advance reports as to being a fine
after-dinner speaker. He gave a fine impression to those who
saw him for the first time. To all evidences Jim has a g'ood
sized library of jokes on hand, and he puts them over with
more than a little finesse.
Most convincing were his attitudes toward Oregon’s
football future. Aiken is known as a fighter and a hustler
and demands the same from his players. And by the sound
of his grid plans, earlier stories on him being a brute for
conditioning and training are very true. Oregon fans can
expect no pampered or favored ballplayers from Aiken. He
has been known to use some material only in very special
■y. cases with the idea of preventing injury, but nevertheless
they are all just ballplayers to him.
An outstanding example of Aiken’s positive attitude was
that of Ill's Nevada team. Pie had one of the nation’s outstand
ing ends in Max Dodge. Yet the celebrated Mr. Dodge failed
to hustle to Aiken’s satisfaction and suddenly he was on the
second string. Still he failed to show and was finally dropped
to the third string. Not only was he demoted; he failed to
make two of the road trips. All of which doesn’t prove that
Aiken is cold-blooded or brutal. It does mean, however, that
his Oregon teams will show a lot of fight and hustle.
Staff Will Be Young
Another encouraging point is the age of his staff. Dick
Miller, his line coach, is just across the 30 mark and will re
port to football practice daily with his pads. The same will
be true of the backfield coach, though his name has not as yet
been announced. There is a good chance that Aiken will
draw from the. East for this selection.
Hobson and Edmundson both took the opportunity for
a mild bit of drum beating, all in a good-natured sort of
way. The Husky-Webfoot series has long been known as
the “runningest” in the business, and the rivalry is among
the better-enjoyed even though bitterly contested. Enter
ing this series, Edmundson and Hobson each boasted 22
wins against each other as proof of the bitter struggle.
Edmundson in good form promised to weigh-in this morn
ing' so that the fans would know how much weight he lost
while worrying away the game on the bench. Hec came up
with an interesting item when he revealed that his mother
was an Oregon student the first year the University was in
existence—that puts it back about 1S72.
5600 Students But No Band!
The Sunday evening rally and campus show at McArthur
court which was none too encouraging in attendance, never
theless drew the praises of the Oregon coaches. Such ac
tivities can do much to foster school spirit on the campus,
and future events if well-planned should be worthy of a much
larger attendance.
One feature which definitely should be added is a band
of some size, shape, and description. A band, more than
any other one single item, could really make such rallies.
When asked about the absence of such a musical organiza
tion at the Sunday evening session, one of the “powers”
put it very aptly when he said “I understand we have a
school of music, but . . .”
il_- Yes we have a school of music, we have a band, we also
have just a few other students around who can blow, beat,
or otherwise maneuver a variety of musical instruments. How
about a little help here, musicians?
Frosh Bounce Billies,
Pelicans In Twin Bill
SPOKTS CALENDAR
Football Coach Jimmy Aiken
has issued a call for all football
players to be present at a meeting
in the football dressing room of
McArthur court at 4 p.m. today.
Aiken invites all prospective grid
ders as well as present squad
members to be on hand.
There will be a meeting of all
men interested in varsity tennis
today at 4 p.m. in Johnson hall.
Husky Natators
Sink Webfoots
Three Pacific Coast conference
swimming records were shattered
Saturday night, as the Washington
Huskies overwhelmed the visiting
Ducks, 57-18.
The Huskies, boasting one of the
most powerful teams in the school’s
history, grabbed first place in every
event except diving. In that event,
Tom Corbett displayed the form
that made him ND champ in 1942,
as he won the top position, by
trouncing two highly-rated Wash
ington divers.
In the backstroke, George Ha
ney churned his way to distinc
tion by establishing a new PCC
and ND record in that race. Earl
Walters clocked his best effort of
the season to notch up second
place for Oregon with a time that
was also close to cracking the ex
isting conference record.
The Husky 400-yard freestyle re
lay squad clicked off a time better
than the one that earned first place
in the intercollegiate national finals
last year to set a new mark.
The 300-yard medley relay saw
a great combination from Washing
ton, shave the Pacific record set by
USC in 1940. Pete Powlison, free
style speed demon, sparked both re
lay combinations, since he did not
compete in the other free-style con
tests.
Summary:
300-yard medley relay: 1—
Washington (Heaney-Hill-Powil
son) 2:59.3 220-freestyle: 1—Mc
Arthur (W); 2—Hiatt (0); 3—
Kopta (W); 2:26.3. 50-yard free
style; Lee (W); 2—Folirich (W)
3—Moorhead (0); :23.7. Diving: 1
—Corbett (0); 2—Sawhill (W);
3—Newton (WT); 86.43 points.
100-yard free-style: 1—Trager
(W); 2—Moorhead (0); 3—Mc
Arthur (W); :55.1.150-yard back
stroke: 1—Heaney (W);2—Wal
ters (O); 3—Miller (O); 1:39.1.
200-yard breaststroke:' 1—Hill
(W); 2—Cahill (W); 3—Huestis
(0); 2:36.9. 440-yard free-style:
1—Bookman (W); 2—Zema (W);
3—Hiatt (0); 5:19.6. 400-yard
free-style relay: 1—Washington
(Trager-Follrich-Lee—Powlison)
3:36.
Music Group to Meet
Members of Phi Beta, women’s
national fraternity of music and
speech, will be entertained Wed
nesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Harry Titus, 214 East Thir
teenth street, at a Tong tea.
Pouring will be Miss Maude
Garnett. In charge of program
are Patricia Metcalf Chase, Nancy
Kirkpatrick, and Sylvia Killman.
Alumnae assisting are Mrs. Earl
Pallett, Mrs. James Rodman, Jr.,
and Mrs. W. J. Cloyes.
Excuses in physical ed courses
are a “must."
By GEORGE SKORNEY
Ted Schopf’s Ducklings ticked
off their 16th and 17th wins yester
day by defeating Pleasant Hill high
school 49-35 and the Klamath Falls
Pelicans 60-50 in McArthur court.
In the contest against the Pleas
ant Hill Hillbillies, the Frosh blazed
away with a fast break to lead 26-15
at the half; The undersized Hillbil
lies, finding difficulty breaking into
the key, shot over the Duck defense
with sharp accuracy.
The Hillbillies started the third'
quarter with a bang on two bas
kets by Forward Johnny Dowdy.
But the Frosh countered with two
of their own as both teams start
ed to run. The pace speeded up
with both teams shooting basket
for basket. In the final period
Pleasant Hill had to slow its at
tack against the faster Ducks,
losing 49-35.
The Ducks nabbed the lead in the
first period against Klamath Falls,
who lost their first game in 19
starts, on a lay-in by Chuck Rufner.
The Pelicans countered with a foul
shot by LeRoy Coleman and a
swisher by Joe Zarosinski. Knotting
the score with a foul shot, the Duck
lings pulled into the lead on a hook
shot by Rod Downey. Klamath Falls’
Jerry Thorn tied the score again at
five all on a lay-in.
Trailing 15-10 at the start of
the second quarter, Ed Gudgel
dribbled straight into the key for
a basket followed by a field goal
by Pat Wohlers to make the score
15-14. Keeping up with the pace,
Don Kimball, Oregon forward,
dribbled the length of the floor for
a counter and was fouled in mak
ing his shot. Kimball dropped in
the free-throw to put the Duck
lings ahead 17-15, a lead they
never relinquished.
Starting the third quarter with
a narrow 26-23 lead the Frosh set
a rugged pace with a stepped-up
fast break on baskets by Downey
and Rufner. The Pelicans followed
on the heels of the Ducklings with
a lay-in by Coleman, their spark
plug, who tallied 13 points during
the game. Gene Hover flipped an
other one in for the Pelicans to
make the score 30-27.
Rog Mock ford and Rufner
teamed together for the Frosh by
sinking a basket apiece to keep
the Ducks ahead 34-27. Kimball
added another one to stretch the
lead to nine points.
Attempting to cut the lead the
Pelicans led again by the fast-drib
bling Coleman pho potter two more
field goals, and Clarence Bussmaa,
lobbing one in from the right of the
key, closed the gap to 36-34.
Downey shifted the Duckling at
tack into high gear once more with,
a one-handed push shot from out
side the key and another basket on.
a fast break. From there the Frosh
maintained a steady lead dropping
slightly at the end of the third
quarter to a 44-40 margin.
■Lineups:
Frosh (49) (35) Pleasant Hill.
Johnson, 11 .F. 11, Lindley
Sherwood, 3.F.9, Dowdy
Lantz, 10.C.3, Lantz
Brayton, 2 .G.5, Graham
Downey, 2 .G.7, Casey
Substitutes: Frosh, Gudgel 5,
Rufner 6, Wohlers 6, Green 4.
Frosh (60) (50) Klamath Falls
Kimball, 7.F.3, Bussman
Green, 5 .F.4, Zarosinski
Mockford, 8 .C.9, Thom
Rufner, 13 .G.13, Coleman
Downey, 8.G.13, Hover
Substitutions: Frosh, Lantz 2„
Wohlers 9, Gudgel 8. Klamath Falls,
Redkey 2, Heilronner 2, Cussnun 3t
D. Zarosinski 1.
Sports Staff:
Wally Hunter
Bernie Hammerbeck
Don Fair
Bob Reed
George Skorney
“Peerless” Peachmon
Elwin Paxson
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