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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1947)
DUCK TRACKS By BERNIE HAMMERBECK Sports Editor Jim Aiken gave a crowd of 1500 to 2000 fans quite a pre view of 1947 football possibilities at Saturday afternoon’s intra squad game. The gridders showed very definitely that thus far j at least Aiken has lived up to his mid-winter assertions - “Oregon may not have the best team, but the Webfoots will he a fighting team for sixtv min utes every Saturday." The line looked rough and mean with Brad Ecklund at center and a half - dozen guards showing up well. The tackles looked big and solid —several showed tremend ous improvement over the 1946 season. It is difficult to observe the play of 22 men when standing] on the sidelines, and as a result the boys who handled the ball get most of the attention. Waving this advantage aside, however, Norm Van Brocklin j and Bill Abbey at the quarter back post both looked encour GUY WICKS aging. Abbey showed good ball handling and passing, and on several occasions his jump passes while on the run drew “ahs" from the crowd. Van Brocklin has been long recognized as a fine passer. His greatest improvement was in the poise displayed while going back to pass. Several times he was rushed hard, vet held the ball as he faked, ran, and faked again till he spotted his receiver and finally let fly. Aiken has accomplished much in five short weeks of prac tice. The gridders showed hustle and fight—not for 30 min ^ utes, but for the entire game. The spirit displayed Saturday transplanted upon the football fields of 1946 might easily have changed the outcome of both the Oregon .States and UCLA games. ■ Bill Bayless Improves Eight Feet The potentialities of an athlete are seldom realized by the average fan, and the work of coaches is often overlooked. 1 er haps in no .sport can this be as definitely measured as in track The ac66tnplishments*Of Colonel Bill Hayward here at Oiegon are bv now legend. Mediocre trackmen have become outstand ing. and giood trackmen have become great. Down at USC this year Coach Dean Cromwell has come up with another man that very well illustrates the work of a coach. Bill Bayless at 6 feet 5 inches and 215 pounds was just another shot putter, when suddenly he rocketed to fame—he edged Illinois’ favored Norm Wasser with a heave of 51 feet 4 inches in the dual meet a week ago. Prior to this year Bayless’ best mark was 43-6. During the winter he tossed the 16-pound shot 46-9 and in the first week of March exceeded 47 feet when throwing against Occidental. Finally on April 5 he broke the 50-foot mark in a meet with Riverside J. C. He's been outstanding ever since. Schools Take Advantage of War Surplus The possibilities of surplus war goods are being realized Jiv some colleges. Northwestern university has obtained two large armv buildings and has had them moved to the campus. The result—a field house. "Honest John" W arren last winter speculated on such a plan here at Oregon, but the idea was never developed. Perhaps desirable army buildings are not available within a reasonable distance. Idaho, however, has gone ahead with a project which Ore gxm could follow suit. Baseball C oach f»n\ W lcks rev ealed that the Vandals have submitted requests to the Tillamook blimp base for two blimp skins to be used as covers for the baseball diamonds. With 1947 spring adventures well in mind, an infield cover is certainly needed at Howe field. The infield is in very poor shape, even when at its best, and an infield cover would certainlv do wonders during the "unsettled weather" season. Among the Local "Sport s' . . . The law school-BA school softball struggle will be minor league stuff after next Saturday’s Alpha Delta Sigma - Sigma Delta Chi diamond brawl. ... At least so say the rival team managers. Mound staff for the hunt and-peck boys includes Organa Editor Glassarm Nelson and T. Wright, the Nineteenth Stret slush ball artist. The huckster brigade has "no comment” thus far. . . . Seen on the links dept.—Anyface hooking badly on No. 8 at Oakway. No lousy politician he, Anyface finished the round on the Country club. WSC Spikemen Ding Ducks To Retain Conference Lead BILL BEIFUSS . . . Northern Divi sion defending champion high juniper who added another blue rib bon to his collection at Pullman last Saturday with a leap of 6 feet 8 inches. Theta Chis Win Playoff Berth The Theta Chi softball squad as sured itself a spot in the IM soft ball playoff by dumping the Phi Delts 9 to 2 yesterday. Other intra mural results showed Nestor hall over the Yeomen 18 to 6, SAM downing PhPSigs 14 to 6, and Sig ma hall putting down Stan Ray 13 to 4. In the Phi Delt-Theta Chi clash, the Phi Delts pushed across two markers in the first inning with two out but were unable to advance a runner past first the remainder of the contest. Theta Chi pulled ahead with three runs in their half of the first and added four more in the fifth including a two-run homer by Vannet. The Phi Delts threatened with a rally in this inning but it was cut down by a smooth double play, Hays to Lavey to Crouch. Nestor Builds Lead Nestor hall grabbed a seven-run lead over the Yeomen in the first inning and scored in every other pe riod but the first for an 18 to 6 win. Holm banged out two home runs for Nestor and Thompson got one. Schmichl whiffed seven Yeomen batters to keep his team out of dan ger most of the game. The SAM-Phi Sigma Kappa con test was a toss up the first two inn ings with the Sammies trailing by one rup until Popick and Mink scored in the bottom half of the third for the winning counters. The Sammies pounded out seven more runs in the next period to put the game on ice. Nine Run Barrage In the Stan Ray-Sigma hall go, Sigma hall tallied three markers in the first as Kays, lead-off man, connected for a circuit blow. Stan Ray tied the score in the third but Sigma put the game away with a nine run barrage in their half of that inning including a three-run homer by Himmesbach. Only 5 of the original cherubims ir. the New York cast of “The Creen Pastures” remained small enough to last the first five years of pro The University library was es tablished in 1892. Seventeen Indian reservations and 14 different tribes are scat tered throughout Arizona. Rasmussen Breaks Pole Vault Record Northern Division Standings W. L. Pet. WSC ..... 4 0 1.000 Washington . 3 0 1.000 OREGON . 1 2 .333 Idaho . 1 3 .250 Montana . 0 1 .000 OSC . 0 3 .000 A powerful Washington State track and field team posted an im pressive 8014 to 50^2 victory over Oregon Saturday on the Cougar track. Although the Ducks lost the dual meet, star pole vaulter George Rasmussen broke the only record of the day. The lithe vault er cleared the bar at 13 feet 9 7-8 inches, the best leap of his career. The former Washington State rec ord of 13 feet 2V4 inches was set by Ben Herron, WSC, in 1930. The stratosphiric jump is three and one-eighth inches short of the Northern Division pole vaulting record. George Varoff, Oregon’s world-famous - vaulter, set this mark in 1939. Dave Henthorne remained un defeated in the sprints, posting wins in the 100 and 220-yard dash es. Freshman Henthorne clipped a :10 flat in the century and ran his fastest 220 of the year, a :21.7. Washington State showed pow er in the middle-distance and dis tance runs, collecting 27 out of a possible 36 points in those events. Summary: Pole vault—Won by Rasmussen (O); second, Klemz, (WSC); third, Doming, (WSC). Height, 13 feet 9 7-8 inches. High jump—Won by Beifuss (O); second, Brouhard (WSC); third, Ronald, (WSC). Height 6 feet 3 inches. Javelin — Won by Metzger (WSC); second, Porter (O); third, Bacoka (WSC). Distance, 196 feet 1% inches. Discus — Won by Metzger,' (WSC); second, Heidenrich (O)'; third, Spooner, (WSC). Distance 141 feet >4 inches. Shot put Won by Matayk, ‘ (WSC); second, Wright, (WSC); third, Heidenrich (O). Distance, 45 feet. 100-yard dash—Won by Hen thorne, (O); second, Nebolon, (WSC); third, Pillings (WSC). Time. :10 flat. 220-yard dash—Won by Hert thorne (O); second, Nebokin (WSC); third, Pillings, (WSC). Time, :21.7. 440-yard dash—Won by Ken* iston (WSC); second, Christensen (WSC); third, White, (O). Time; :49.4. 880-yard run—Won by Parnell (WSC); second, Norene(Q); third, Purcell, (O). Time, 1:57.4. Mile run — Won by Paeth' (WSC); second, Lawson (WSC); third, Joachims (O). Time, 4:29,1. Two-mile run—Won by OhW* (WSC); second, Mundle (O); third) Lehn (WSC). Time, 10:05.5. High hurdles—Won by Polsfoot (WSC); second, Wright (O); third' Doyle (O). Time, :15.-2. ■ Broad jump—Won by Brown (O); second, Brouhard (WSC); third, Pickens, (O). Distance, 21 feet 8 inches. Mile relay—Oregon forfeited tO; Washington State. National forests in Oregon sup< port 123,000 mule deer, 43,000' blacktail deer, and 31,000 elk. 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