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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1947)
Sports Head BGasts Impressive Record Leo Harris, new athletic director and professor at the University' of Oregon, represents an outstanding choice from both educational and athletic points-of-view President Harry K. Newburn said as he announced the appointment yesterday. Harris brings with him a record of 20 years outstanding serv ice as coach, professor, principal, school superintendent, and Pacific Coast conference football official. Harris was graduated from Stanford in 1927 after earning two letters in football under Pop \\ arner, three letters in basketball, and experience on the swimming team as well. He was a lineman on the 1926 Stanford team that played a 7-7 tie with Alabama in the 1927 Rose Bowl game. In high school at Santa Cruz, California he lettered in four sports—football, basketball, base ball, and track. Following graduation from col lege he assumed the role of di rector of athletics at Fresno high school. Harris remained there for five years, handling football, bas ketball, baseball, and some social studies. Head Coach at Fresno In 1932 he moved to Fresno State as head football coach, and associate professor of physical euucation. During his four-year stay Harris won one conference football championship and tied for another. He then assumed the position of vice-principal at Edison technical high school in Fresno for one year. In 1937 he accepted the principalship of Fresno h i g h school. He remained there for five years when he was granted leave in 1942 to accept a com mission in the navy. Harris was given a mecucal ais-, charge eight months later, and then accepted a captaincy in the National guard, serving for two years as field director for the California high school cadets. Upon returning to civilian stains lie became the district superintendent of schools at Carmel, California, his present position. He will complete the school year at his Carmel of fice, hut is expected to spend sufficient time on the Oregon campus this spring to play an important part in drawing the 1947-48 athletic budget. In June Harris will represent the University of Oregon, along with Dean Orlando Hollis at the semi-annual meeting of the Pacific Coast conference. __ Harris has remained active ui athletic circles the last seven years by officiating PCC football games, and included in his 1946 officiating schedule was the Ore gon-Washington game in Seattle. He is married; has one son Keith, 11; and one daughter, Lorraine, 18. He was born in August, 1901. He continued his college studies at Stanford following his graduation, and earned an M. A. degree in 1930. He also has additional study at Stanford beyond his Master’s degree. LYNN WALDORF . . . newly ap pointed head football mentor at the University of California, succeeding Frank Wickhorst, is the 19th coach to serve there since the Golden Bears abandoned Rugby football for the American variety in 1883. Wal dorf, 44, resigned as football coach at Northwestern where he has been the past 12 years to sign a three year contract at an undisclosed sal ary. The Bears won but two games of their schedule last year. Listless Ducks Clout Idaho Vandals 60-49 A listless AYebfoot cage team staggered to a 60-49 win over the winless Idaho quintet last Saturday night at Mc Arthur court, pushing the Vandals deeper into the Northern Division cellar. As Washington measured AY SC 59-40 the same evening, the victory kept the Ducks still a half-game behind the third place Huskies. In planting the 13th consecutive league loss on the Inland Empire invaders, Coach Howard Hobson s team was far be* low its performance of the previous night. This, combined with some extremely close calling by the referees, slowed the game at times almost to a walk. The Vandals, contrary to their opening night's play, refused* to run with the Webfoots, and from the start, they took the opening tip, going into a de liberate, set-play offensive. After a minute had elapsed, Idaho fi nally cracked the scoring ledger as Norm Fredekind dropped a free throw. Vandals Take Lead The visitors held on to the lead for the first seven minutes until Bob Lavey knotted the score 8-8 with a charity toss. At this Oregon Paddlers Submerge Cougars in Final Home Clash NI) CONFERENCE STANDINGS W L Pet. Washington .— 5 0 1.000 Oregon . 4 1 -800 W. S. C. 3 2 .600 Oregon State . 1 4 .200 Idaho . 0 5 .000 By ELWIN I*ANSON Oregon’s paddlers clinched runner-up honors in the 1947 Northern Division title race Saturday afternoon as they edged out a potent Washington State squad, 44-31, before a ca pacity crowd in the final home meet of the year. The outcome of the crucial meet was not decided until the last event on the program, the 400 yard free-style relay. With the score 31-37 in Oregon's favor and a fat seven points to be awarded to the victor in the four heat con test, Oregon battled desperately to preserve her slim margin, and the Cougars fought to annex the meet by a one point advantage. Wash ington- State crept into the lead in first three heats, but the final State contestant became excited and dived into the pool before his teammate had completed his re quired number of laps. The boys collided, touched the bottom of the pool, and were disqualified with victory virtually within their grasp. Relay Team Gets Lead The first race of the afternoon saw the Oregon medley relayers, Earl Walters, Ralph Huestis, and Alden Sundlie enable the Ducks to forge into an early lead. Big Bob Hiatt pushed Oregon still further ahead in the 220 free-style. as he staged a thrilling duel with Cou gar Byron Canning in the home stretch, after trailing the field for a large part of the race. Hiatt was less than a stroke ahead of the small but powerful Canning when he touched the end of the tank. Another nip-and-tuck affair was the 60 yard sprint with George Moorhead, Duck ace, nosing out Washington Stater Don CampUell, after the pair stroked shoulder-to-shoulder the entire three lengths. Diving was entirely Oregon dominated as veteran Tom Corbett squeezed ahead of Benny Hol comb by a fraction of a point to grab first-spot laurels. The northern squad finally Duckling Cagers Rack Up 23rd Win Against University High Five, 52-23 Experience and maturity came in handy for the Duckling basketball squad in McArthur court last Sat urday when they ran into difficulty in subduing the well-coached Uni versity high Golden Tide 52-33 for their 23rd victory. In the first two quarters, the vis itors. playing without substitutions, displayed a well-balanced ball club. They checked close and followed plays, which nettled the Frosh no end. On top of that they could shoot. In the final two periods, the more experienced Frosh had things their own way by finally wearing the younger team down with their speed and stamina. The Ducklings led 38 28 at the end of the third quarter. University high nabbed tin* lead at the beginning, with two free throws by Howie Burks, and , u one-handed push shot by Jerry Mclnroe. Center Elton Lantz countered for the Frosh with a jump shot from the key. Back came Burks with a basket and Lantz, not to he outdone, drib bled the length of the floor for a lay-in with the Frosh still trail ing 6-4. Roger Pitchford plopped in a gift shot for the Golden Tide and he was followed by Duckling Don Kimball with a field goal. Pitchford was fouled again and made the toss good. Tom Patton set the Frosh ahead briefly 9-8 with a lay-in, after Lantz had canned a foul shot. University high, hawking the backboards, captured the lead again 12-9 with a basket by Burks and two free throws by Lloyd Brown as the first quarter ended. The Frosh finally got under way with two foul shots by Pat Woh lers, a lay-in by Rod Downey, and a basket on a hook shot by Ken Johnson to put the Ducklings ahead 15-12. Pitchford narrowed the lead with a hook shot but the frosh were never behind again. The half ended 21-19 for the Ducklings, the margin provided by Chuck Rufner with a lay-in from a pass by Ed Gudgel. Lineups: Frosh (52) (33) Uni High Green, 5 .F.6, Mclnroe Kimball, 5.F.7, Burks Lantz, 10.C.3, Brown Gudgel, 5 .G..8, Pitchford Rufner. 11 .G.6, Dwyer Substitutions: Frosh — Downey 6, Wohlers 5, Johnson 3, Patton 2, Sherwood. University — Chapmar^ Gould, Torrey, Newburn, Lynch, Williams, Countryman 1, Anawalt o broke into the win column in the 100 yard free-style as Bob De Vlemming and Chuck Rohrs slipped past George Moorhead to push their club back into the run ning. Earl Walters and Johnny Miller bounced back and finished in their usual one-two order, to aid the Webfoot cause. Their aqua-op ponents wasted no time in nulli fying this gain, however, as Doc Fuller and Jim Nelson outdis (Plcase turn to paye six) juncture, Oregon’s backboard ace Ken Hays went on a one-man scoring spree. First Hays broke the deadlock by smacking in a rebound, and followed this up with two gift shots. He caged another tip-in for six consecutive points in less than two minutes to put the Ducks safely in front 14-8. Although Oregon never trailed from that point, the Vandals per sisted' and several times inched to within a few points of tieing the count. Late in the period, the Lemon and Green spurted to a 30-18 margin, only to have tha Idaho squad close the gap to 34 26 at intermission. Guy Wick’s team came back strong at the start of the second half and with 10 minutes remain ing had cut Oregon’s lead to two points, 43-41. The Vandals dumped shots from all parts of the floor and ran a hot streak at the free throw line. j For Oregon, the win kept^ them in the running for third place in the final standings. They travel to Seattle this weekend to meet the Huskies in the final two games between the teams which will in all probability decide the coveted third slot. FOR YOUR HOUSE DANCE Rent A P A System Record Player SMEED SOUND SERVICE G. H. Smeed Phone 4402-M GIVE THE INSIDE OF YOUR CAR A LIFT Your car will look fresh and new even if it's run ning on its last cylinder with a a new set of Seat Covers From CORNER OF PEARL AND 11TH Phone 44S 11th & Pearl