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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1947)
DUCK TRACKS By WALLY HUNTER Sports Editor Following the weekend hoorah wherin people from Nevada said, ", . .our athletic policies are as pure as the driven snow . .” and Oregon’s Jim Aiken said. ’’. . . I didn't say what they said I said. . comes a letter from Sacramento deploring the whole situation. According to I the person, or persons sending the letter under the signature “A group of Oregon Alumni’’ the affair was. a bit on the sor did side, and should not hap pen again. One and all con cerned would agree to this. But this letter goes further on a couple of points. He, or they, say, “The point is that Oregon knows nothing about Aiken. . .Alumni in this state have never figured out j how Aiken deserved ?. chance |j at Oregon when coaches ga- g bill HAYWARD ' lore and Oregon graduates | who could have been considered . . . Aiken was never meant . for the big-time and he sold the committee that hired him a bill of goods. For heaven’s sake tell the man to close his trap and either coach football or get out. . . .” "Oregon Knows Nothing About Aiken ..." Without going into details of the gambling and eligibility incident, it is safe to say that if Aiken did sell the committee a bill of goods that it must have been the McCoy. Take a check on conference standings and both Aiken and Oregon look good. Thus far he^eems to be doing a fair coaching job. So, from what source does»<this, . . close his trap and either coach football or get out. P. come ? Except That His Teams Win , New on the matter of the Oregon alumns in California not being able to understand why an Oregon graduate was not hired for the job. Well, just what makes it necessary that those alums understand? This state, and every state in the Unioin is packed full of old grads who feel it is their duty to “understand” and have a voice in the athletic affairs of the institution from which they graduated. What dread disease is this which grabs every third member of each graduating class and makes them feel that without their advice and guidance the school’s athletics would fold? First they (the alums) want a winning football team. . . . then when they do get a winning football team they moan be cause an Oregon graduate isn’t coaching it. . . you figure it out. If ever there was a group looking for an egg'in its beer this letter-writing group in Sacramento should take the No. 1 spot. From Coast Conferecne Commissioner’s office comes word that the western representative to the Rose Bowl will be , chosen Monday. Said Victor O. Schmidt, “There is no for mula by which the faculty men vote on the Rose Bowl par ' ticipant. They merely attempt to select the most representa tive team in the Conference to play the game.” That could be interpreted as a gentle slap at the people backing Oregon for the Pasadena spot. All of which is a little on the foolish side anyway. The way it stands now Oregon has a mighty good football team, but it doesn’t stand a tfery good chance of gaining many faculty representatives’ votes when the Bowl choice is made. They’ll piay it straight and pick the team with the best record. That wouldn’t be Oregon. - Honors for Colonel Bill Plans for the Homecoming game dedication to Oregon s famed Colonel Bill Hayward are rolling along in fine shape. A goodly number of University graduates who benefited from his wizardry as a trainer will undoubtedly be on hand as well as the many champions he coached. Though illness may pre vent his attendance at either the fish fry or game, plans will still go ahead on schedule. "Desperate OSC Football Squad .. ." An interesting sidelight on the Oregon State-Washington State game at Corvallis is reported by observers. It seems „ Coach Lon Stiner named right end Dick Miller, a two-year letterman, as captain for the day. That in itself isn’t unusual ... but then Miller didn’t get into the game. This is the tongue-in-the-cheek department. Publicity re . leases from OSC say that. . . a desperate Oregon State foot ball squad is preparing for the game . . .against . . . Oregon . . . Saturday . . .” And the Bevos are listing ends Bob Grove, Dick Lorenz, and Dave Anderson; center Jim Swarbrick, guard^ Pay Crane, and back Iven Carpentar as on the injured list. Chances are that list could be trimmed a bit . . . but then it would shorten another Stiner bed-time story. Intramural V-Ball Chase in Home Stretch as Season Nears Finish By BOB REINHART The 1947 intramural volleyball race roared down the home stretch yesterday afternoon on the PE ma ples as the lower division bracket took over the driver's seat in the respective pennant races. Leading the parade in the low er division were the ATOs who Gals Complete Prelim V-Ball Eliminaitons By BETH BASLER Monday’s games finished the preliminary eliminations in the wo men’s volleyball leagues. Rebed and Sigma Kappa were in. a tie in League I, Delta Gamma won League II, Highland and Univer sity of League III tied, League IV winner was the Sinner's team from Susan Campbell, and Alpha Phi had the highest standing in League V. The only semi-final game played today was between the Sinners and Alpha Phi with the Sinner’s finishing on top with the decisive 46-12 victory. Halftime score was 23-6. The smooth playing of Bar bara Richter, Coralee Thomson, and high point girl for the game, Thelma Chaney turned the game in favor of the Susan Campbell team. Maryanne Hansen was a consistently good ball handler for the Alpha Phis. The other two games were play offs of the league ties. Sigma Kap pa left Rebec house behind to the tune of 63 to 18. It was mainly the playing of Jackie Tetz in the front center position which made the Sigma Kappas outshine Rebec. Jackie was also high point man with 14 tallies, and Betsy Moffett followed her closely with 12. Dor is Matson made 4 points for Rebec. In a game played non-rotation the whole way, University house won from Highland house 23-20. At halftime, University was ahead 13-6.Harriet Minot and Mary Pros ser were outstanding for Univer sity house. knocked off their fourth consecu tive victim as they took the Sig Eps into camp, 15-1 and 15-4. The outcome was- never in doubt as the husky juniors unleashed TODAY’S SCHEDULE 3:50, Court 40—A THE vs! Sig ma Chi. 3:50, Court 43—A SAE vs. Sher ry Ross hall. 4:35, Court 40—A Sig Eps vs. Pi Kappa Alpha. 4:35, Court 43—A PI Kappa Phi vs. Legal Eagles. 5:15, Court 40—A Phi Kappa Psi vs. Lambda Chi Alpha. 5:15, Court 43—A Campbell club vs. Chi Psi. a brilliant net game early in the contest which pushed them far into the lead. In the most thrilling sets of the afternoon, Pi Kappa Alpha’s “B” squad eked out a narrow two set win over the DUs, 15-11 and 15-13 in two games. In both tilts the DUs jumped into an early advantage as a result of their tremendous set-up game, only to see it melt away as the Pi Kaps found themselves in the late stages. Assuring themselves of a spot in the looming playoff, the Theta Chi “A” team battled past an outmanned gang of Kappa Sigs by posting twin 15-3, 15-3 tri umphs over the losers to notch their fourth straight win of the current season. After faltering in the initial seconds of each set, the Theta Chis blew red hot in the waning moments to grab the laurels in each tilt. Hot on the footsteps of their big (Please turn to page seven) "MUMS" & OREGON - O.S.C Saturday PLACE ORDER NOW... DELIVERY ANYPLACE in EUGENE FLOWERS BY WIRE ANYWHERE Chase Flowers 58 E. Broadway Phone 4240 ■ By AL PIETSCHMAN "How old is you?” “Ah’s five. How old is you?” “Ah don’t know.” “You don't know how old you is?” “Nope.” “Does women botha you?” "Nope.” “You’s fo’.” ... it is hard enough to get up these dreary mornings, and if you are like us, those eight o’clocks look pretty dismal. So . . . maybe we can liven the day with a story like the one above. At least we shall try the idea for a while dur ing the gray winter months. I SPORTS: Usually you can hear big center Brad Ecklund, but the \ other day he was having an at i tack of laryngitis and he was try ing to describe the game, but all that came out was whispers. AFTER - STANFORD: Stories are still pouring in about the gay time people had down at Stanford game and around San Francisco. One of the stories is that some where in the melee Kay Schneider lost her skirt. Maybe she lost her suitcase too, we don’t know yet. SPORTS: Some of the campus dogs came back from the weekend with red faces—the result of ski ing in various places. Need we say that in Eugene for all ski equip ment, it is HENDERSHOTTS. They have good equipment. For all the info on skiing ask Gus Kikes, supposed to be a demon on the slats! AFTER-STANFORD: Here that Jane Daggett got off the beam some place down in the big city. Somebody left a note in the type writer, “What was Jane Daggett doing at Coffee Den’s Saturday night when it only opens after 11:30 p.m.?” We can’t answer it, maybe Jane can. CAMPUS: This weekend it is the big Homecoming game. OSC van dals are meandering around the quad. Virginia Fletcher and Phyllis Kohlmeier are trying to get the dope and Editor Frazier berates the policy of the Corvallis cops. And with Homecoming comes mums for the game. Place your or der now via phone with EDDIE’S FLOWERS. Their number is 265. PHILOSOPHY: "Nature gave us two ends—one to sit on and the other to think with. It is a case of heads you win and tails you lose.” How true, but why all these tests, profs ? CAMPUS: The local hangout for K Sigs and the 11th street crowd of Reedy Berg, Stan Williamson, Van Brocklin et al is the SPUD NUT shop. They are featuring ci der and supdnuts — something novel for these fall days. And of course there is always the reliable coffee and .... WOMEN: Gal with the problem this woek is Bill! Jean RiethmiUer. She heads the housing for Home coming and is looking forward to all the last minute requests for housing. Good luck, Billi. FASHIONS: Men always like to have up-to-date shirts and one of the favorites is Arrow. You’ll find the complete line of them at ROB ERTS BROS, department store downtown. A new shirt for Home coming. SOCIAL: Thfit big “yes” on this page may be confusing to most peo ple, but not to one gal. Seems she invited Rich Hopper to a house dance via a telegram and this is his answer.