DUCK TRACKS
By WALLY HUNTER
Assistant Sports Editor
Along with the fine effort being made to stamp out the
influence of gambling interests in college athletics, there is
also considerable drum-beating by persons wishing to rid all
schools ot the so-called “taint
oE professionalism.” At regu
lar intervals some writer takes
pen in hand and proceeds to
tell the sports world that many
heinous crimes are being com
mitted in the name of college
athletics.
Exposes are made of the
fabulous sums paid to full
—'"backs who can hit a little
harder, to milers who can run
a little faster, to basketballers
who can sink more than aver
age, and to baseballers who
can hit ’em a mile. In short,
the way the story goes, if a
lad is fairly adept at hashing
brains, sinking baskets or
pounding out basehits he's set
EDWIN ATHERTON
for life. 1 lie college or university supposedly hauls out the
treasure and this buffoon with the strong back hauls off
enough loot to last a lifetime.
Well, that may he the story some places—but for every
place where, that situation is true there is an even-dozen
where it is a far cry from what takes place. According to the
Coast Conference “purity" code an athlete is allowed to work
and earn $75 a month.
In earning this $75 a month he is by regulation supposed
to put in 75 hours of work that is assigned to him by the
school. In other words he gets paid strictly for a job. There
is no rule or regulation that allows him to get paid for the
hours spent on the practice floor, field, or track. That is
done gratis.
Won't Guess As to Interpretations
Making no attempt to go into the field of guessing just
how strictly conference schools interpret these regulations,
we can say that it is foolish to expect a man to play any
kind of ball for a school and receive nothing more for it
than the privilege of being allowed to work 75 hours to
earn $75.
It is not at all unheard of for a football player to put in
a total of 15 hours on the practice field preparing for a game.
Nor is it unusual for a basketball player to put in approxi
mately 13 hours a week in his sport. And so it goes with the
others.
High-test competition such as is found in college circles
today requires a tremendous amount of preparation and the
output of endless energy. And the athlete is expected by some
to do this for the “privilege" of sweeping out a gym or caring
for a practice field.
On Saturday when a spectator sits high in the grand
stand wrapped warmly in a camel’s hair coat with a jug
between his knees it’s pretty easy to say that those guys
down there should do it just for the glory of it all. But it
isn’t all glory. There’s a lot of hard work connected with
any contest of athletic skill.
Glory l$n't Worth Much
And you can’t pay a man off in glory. That isn’t worth
much to the biggest share of them. Witness last fall when an
ambitious rally squad made sure that a representation of
Oregon students was on hand to welcome the returning foot
ball team. Their big complaint was, that, “they (the football
team) might at least stick around a few minutes and say a
word or two to the people that had enough enthusiasm to
come down to meet them.
Well—maybe. But then most athletic teams don’t go too
much for this rah rah business. They, as does anyone, like to
receive praise for a job well-done. But it wouldn't go much
further than that. Most ball players wouldn't fight for a front
row seat at an assembly so that they could make a speech.
Do Away With" Purity Co des"
So, we say, recognize the work and energy that a man
puts out on the athletic field. That may sound too much
like professionalism—but that isn’t so hard to take when
you consider that, for example, in 1946 Notre Dame’s foot
ball team, “after carrying a deficit from other sports netted
$240,000” which went to the school. The schools make
^money on athletic contests. Why shouldn’t an athlete? In
stead of making this an underground “Joe sent me” pay
ment_why not drop the pretense of the PCC “purity code”
which was first enforced by the late Edwin Atherton.
Vandals Dumped, 10-1
LEWISTON, April 3—(API —
The Bremerton Bluejackets
swamped the University of Idaho
Vandals 10 to 1 today in the third
straight victory of the training
season for the Western Interna
tional league club.
The line score:
Bremerton . 210 201 220 -10 15 0
Idaho .001 000 000— 1 1 0
Kettle, Prosser and Clemts;
Johnson, Auer, Simpson and Smith.
Spivey Tops Squad
By Carding 74
Glen Spivey turned in the best
card to date in the first qualify
ing round of the varsity golf
team. Spivey carded a 74 for the
first 18 holes of the 36-hole
round.
He was two under par on the
first nine, but had trouble on
the wet greens during the second
nine as he recorded the 2 over
par 74.
Lou Stafford was a stroke
over Spivey at 75 for his first
18.
Recording identical scores of
76 were Don Provost, Red Om
lid, George Kikes, Bill Barash,
and Rod Taylor.
Donut Softball Starts Tuesday;
Golf, Tennis Underway Later
Four IM clubs swing into first
round softball action next Tues
day afternoon with a pair of con
tests slated for four and five o'
clock. The games will be played
on the intramural field where two
diamonds have been laid out.
Golf and tennis schedules will
be listed early next week.
The first week’s pairings are as
follows:
Tuesday—4:00—SAE vs. Delts,
DU vs. Stitzer hall; 5:00—Sig Eps
vs. Hunter hall, Omega hall vs.
Phi Psis.
Wednesday—4:00—S i g m a Chi
tm
vs. Merrick hall, Kappa Sigs vs.
Sederstrom hall, 5:00—Betas vs.
Campbell club, Fijis vs. Nestoe
hall.
Thursday — 4:00—Chi Psis vs.
Yeoman, Awfuls vs. Sigma Nu;
5:00—Theta Chi vs. Stan Ray hall;;
Phi Delts vs. Sigma hall.
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