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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1947)
By BERNIE HAMMERBECK Sports Editor Treat of the week for sports fans will he the Saturday dual track meet in Los Angeles between Dean Cromwell's Univer sity of • Southern California and the Illinois thinclads from Champaign. It's booked as a . great team battle and an indiv idual battle as well with USC's Mel Patton and Illinois’ Herb McKenley in the spotlight. The Fighting Illini bump ed the Trojans from their pinnacle as perennial NCAA champs last year, the Los ~ "Angeles school being shunt ed to second, and Saturday’s meeting should be close clear through to the final relay. McKenley and Patton will stage their duel over the 220 yard course. Already this year each has a mark of 20.4. just one-tenth of a second over DEAN CROMWELL 7 Jesse Uwen s world record, and competing against each otner both might hit or excel the mark Saturday. McKenley's 20.4 was run on a curve, and this also lends support to a possible record-breaking performance. No. 1 event for Mr. McKenley, however, is the 440 where he already holds the unofficial world's record at 46.2. He'll re ceive plentv of opposition from SC's Bub Chambers but is ex pected to win handily. Patton, on the other hand, doubles in the shorter sprint— the 100-yard dash, and here also he is just one-tenth of a second off the world's mark, having hit 9.5 earlier in the season. Only Three Events Look "In the Bag" Illinois is also strong in the weights with Norm Wasser beyond 54 feet with the shot put and 160 feet with the discus, .Economy-minded sports fans might be interested in the price at the gate—two dollars for reserved seats and for high school students a special price—one dollar. Who’s the winner? That’s hard to say. SC's PRman Dick Nash peddles an interesting yard in which a pair of rabid alums from USC and Illinois got together to dope out the score. The SC man came up with 73-49 in favor of the Trojans, while the i Midwestern fan said 82-40 in favor of Illinois. They agreed on just three events'—Wasser ip the weights and McKenley in the 440. Washington Crew Team nas four Kaces The University of Washington lias a four-race season on tap for its 1947 crew team. The Huskies have long been a power in crew and this spring announced the building of a new clubhouse to augment the present program. A1 Ulbrickson's Huskies meet California at Seattle on May 24. Three weeks later they move to Madison. Wisconsin where tliev stroke the Wisconsin Badgers on Lake Mendota June 14. From there they travel to the Poughkeepsie regatta, dated for June 21. They close the season with the Lake. Washington regatta in Seattle on June 28. \ Idaho Tracksters Show Improvement Idaho’s stunning victory over the Oregon State tiack team last Saturdav at Moscow left most of the fans gasping for air. 'I'lie Vandals were truly a different team from that which fell before Oregon at Hayward field earlier this month. Dick Wilcomb tossed the javelin 183 feet for a win, and Max Lattig cleared 12-6 in the pole vault in two good per formances. Some of the greatest improvments were in the track events, however. Steve Brunson hit 49.7 in the quar ter-mile yet finished second to OSC’s Lyle Schlavin. Xorm Farnhaln turned in a 1 :58 half-mile for his third win of the season, and Johnny Taylor clipped the high hurdles in 15.1. Coach Stan Hisermau expects 1 aylor to break la flat before the year is out. At the Igloo “Honest John” Warren reminds Yours Truly that he was not an Oregon representative at the PCC session in San Francisco as stated in Tuesday’s column. Apol ogies. John. . . . The Cal Bears lead the horsehide race in the C.I.B.A. with six wins and no losses. USC is in second following a loss to Stanford with the remainder of the loop trailing far behind. . . . Latest collegiate grid star to go pro. is Fullback Bill Micklich of Idaho who signed with the New York Giants. Betas, Campbell Club, Fijis Stan Ray Win IM Contests By JIM WALLACE Two undefeated softball squads, the Betas and the Fijis, topped Nestor hall and the Yeomen to maintain their winning pace and League III. In other opening remain tied for the top spot in games of second-round intra-mural ball, the Campbell club downed a fighting Chi Psi outfit 11 to 5, and the Awful Awfuls outlasted Stan Ray hall for a 12 to 6 victory. In the Beta-Nestor clash the Betas jumped to a first inning lead as Crowell and Smith slashed out circuit blows with mates aboard for four runs. Nestor answered with three tallies in their half of the canto on a home run by Jen sen, but the hard-hitting Beta crew matched the three markers in the next inning as Ball pounded out another four base blow in a game that saw nearly as many home runs as singles. Jensen, Nestor outfielder, got his second homer in the next frame but the hall aggregation was never able to subdue the pennant-bound Betas. The Campbell-Chi Psi tussle started slowly with neither team getting a man on first in the initial period but it developed into a free scoring affair as each team chalk ed up four markers in the second inning. Wollenweber connected for a homer for Campbell in the third and Otto and Maxwell did the same for the Chi Psi cause but the early Campbell lead was too much to overcome. The Fljis continued their win ning ways by downing the Yeo men 11 to 1. The Fiji batsmen proved that they were shooting for the fences as Ward lifted a long home run for two markers in the top half of the first in ning. The Yeomen managed to push across one score in their half of the period but from there on out the game was all Fiji as its smooth-working infield kept the Yeomen from getting a man to first base the remainder of the con test. The Fijis piled up six runs in a big fourth inning on four hits and two walks. The Stan Ray-Awful Awful match also started close with both squads tallying three runs in the first inning but from then on it was strictly Stan Ray. Kalpciclc and Donnely both banged out cir cuit clouts for the Awfuls but could not match the steady hitting of the Stan Ray club. Line scores: Betas .4 3 2 2 2 13 Nestor .0 3 2 0 0 5 TODAY Cosh Paid for Books WHETHER USED HERE OR NOT LONG'S COLLEGE BOOK CO, COLUMBUS, OHIO BUYERS at the Uniuersitij ‘CO-OP’ Always be prepared for those midnight raids!! stock up on • VEGETABLES • MILK • FRUITS • ^COKES Campbell’s Grocery 1459 East 13th . — ... - - "• —• Svendson, Brugger (6) and Mil ler: Schmchle and Vaughn. Campbell ... 0 4 4 3 0 O 11 Chi Psi 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 Mosby and Wrause; Maxwell and Mannsfield. Fiji .2 0 1 6 2 11 Yeomen .1 0 0 0 0 1 Lindstedt and Hickcup; Angus (3), McHew and Taylor. Stan Ray .3 0 3 6 12 Awfuls .3 2 0 1 6 Gladen and Balch; Dash and Donnely. 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