Cindermen Meet OSC
Saturday in Eugene
By EI-.WIN PAXSON
John Warren’s varsity tracKmen win open ineir j.y'io nuuuem
Division campaign Saturday when they hit the cinders against Oregon
State in a dual relay njeet set for 2 p.m. on Hayward field.
Warren will assume head coach duties this year with strength in
the sprints and field events and noticeable weaknesses in the middle
distance and distance races.
Frosh sensation Dave Henthorne will bear the brunt of the burden
for the Ducks in the 100 and 220
dashes, assisted by Leo Rubstello,
a promising speedster who was un
able to compete in 1947 because of
injuries, and several newcomers.
Henthorne Undefeated
Undefeated in ND competition
last year, Henthorne is expected to
better his times this season. The
Klamath Falls churner climaxed
bis successful showing in his first
year of college track by copping
first in both the 100 and 220 in the
conference meet at Seattle.
Another first-year standout,
George Rasmussen, is expected to
continue his meteoric career in the
pole-vault this year. The slim soph
omore broke two dual-meet rec
ords in conference battles last sea
son, and went on to tie the first in
the NCAA nationals in Salt Lake
City. He is considered a strong
prospect for a berth on the Ameri
can 1948 Olympic squad.
Added strength in the pole vault
is furnished by another sophomore
letterman, Don Pickens, who
picked up his share of points in
both that event and the broad
jump.
Good Javelin Men
The Webfoots will also be strong
in the javelin with four veteran
spearmen on hand for the current
season. Heading the list are Jim
Porter and Lou Robinson, who both
heaved the stick better than 200
feet last year. Also strong contend
ers are 1948 letter winner■ Dick
Shelton and varsity halfback Keith
DeCourcey, who has yet to face col
lege competition.
Lettermen in the broad jump in
clude Skiles Hoffman, Mercer
Brown, and Don Pickens, in addi
tion to Leo Rubstello, newcomer
Lloyd Mitchell, and Bob Weber, a
member of last year’s var sity team.
Heidenrieh in Discus
Top man in the weight contests
will probably be Ray Heidenrieh,
defending ND champ in the discus..
Completing the weight squad will
be non-letterman shot-putter Dick
McClintic and DeCourcey, who
competes in both?
Hurdlers include two-year letter
winner Wen Wright, Jack Doyle,
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Duck Nine
Slates Cats
by DICK CRAMER
Coach Don Kirsch sent his Ore
gon horsehiders through an intra
squad game yesterday afternoon in
preparation for the opening game
of the season next Friday against
Willamette university in Salem.
The frosh held their first prac
tice yesterday under the mentor
ship of Barney Koch who guided
the Jayvee diamond squad last
year.
The intra-squad game was the
first good workout the varsity has
had so far this year. Although the
catchers and pitchers worked out
inside Monday, the hitters were
farther along and looked more
ready for the opening games.
Workouts Depend on Weather
If the good weather holds out,
Kirsch will continue to workout
outside the rest of this week. He
plans Thursday to name the travel
ing team for the trip to Salem and
Portland. The Ducks will play a
double-header against Willamette
Friday and a double-header a
gainst Portland university Satur
day.
The rest of the preseason sched
ule with home games to be played
at the Civic stadium, includes:
April 5 and 6— Salem Senators
here.
April 9—Willamette, two games,
here.
April 10.Portland university.
two games, here.
Herb Lawrence, and Wally Moore,
while Brown, Wright, and Jim Boc
chi appear to be the top three high
jumpers.
Warren’s greatest problem this
year will be plugging the gaps in
the 4-tO, 880, mile, and two-mile
events. The Webfoots were weak
in these departments last season
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Aiken Clarifies Statements
Oregon to the Rose Bowl, Jan
uary 1, 1949?
Webfoot football coach Jim
Aiken has been getting much pub
licity in the Pacific Coast papers
lately about his alleged statements
to the fact that the Ducks would
play in the Rose Bowl game, come
next New Year’s Day. The rumor
all started brewing in Seattle
when the Washington newspaper
men put the question bluntly to
Aiken.
He answered, “Sure we’re in
terested in the Rose Bowl. Ore
gon’s one of the 10 teams in the
Pacific Coast conference, isn’t it?”
But Aiken denied ever saying that
the Webfoots were all but playing
on the Pasadena turf.
The whole story had its begin
ning during basketball season,
when Oregon and Washington
were playing at McArthur court.
At half-time of one of the games,
George Bell and Norm Van Brock
lin, a pair of backfield top-notch
ers for Oregon, were interviewed
during the radio broadcast of .the
contests.
Bell, Vail Brocklin Talk
At that time Bell and Van Brock
lin stated that the Webfoots had a
good chance of playing in the Pas
adena classic next January 1.
When Aiken went to Seattle re
cently, he was immediately cor
nered by the pressmen about Ore
gon’s playing in the Rose Bowl.
But Aiken made it clear that he
had made no promises to the ef
fect that his team would be a post
season participant.
Genial Jim also disclosed to the
reporters that perhaps a Northern
team could do beter in the Rose
JIM AIKEN
Bowl, since the Southern football
squads hadn’t been showing up
well. He had reference to Illinois’
45-14 lacing of UCLA in 1947, and
Michigan’s 49-0 shellacking of USC
in 1948.
Oregon will be Trying
“I would be crazy to predict
Oregon in the Rose Bowl, even if
I figured that I had the best team
in the nation. We may lose every
game; no promises however about
Golf Team Faces Qualifying;
Stafford Cards Six Birdies
Sid Milligan, Webfoot golf coach,
said that anyone interested in
turning out for the divot team
should phone him at Eugene num
ber 227, or Lou Stafford, team
captain, at the Sigma Nu house.
The qualifying round will be 72
holes at the Eugene Country Club,
and this must be completed by
April 11. Returning lettermen for
the defending Northern Division
titiist Oregon team are Stafford,
Rod Taylor, Dom Provost, and
Bob Sederstrom. A darkhorse per
former for the golfers is A1 Cros
bie.
In qualifying rounds yesterday,
Stafford posted a scorching 65,
including six consecutive birdies on
the first nine. Crosbie totaled a 71.
First match for the Oregon
golfers is April 16 at Pullman
against Washington State. April
17 at Moscow, the niblickers draw
Idaho. The Northern Division play
offs will be held in Eugene later
this spring.
Milligan stated that plans for
Frosh golfers will be announced
later.
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any Pasadena game,” Aiken em- _
phasized.
With spring grid practice to
start April 5, Aiken expects an
initial turnout of around 100 can
didates. Seven letermen are gone
frqjn last year’s second-place
squad—Jake Leicht, Bob Koch, _
Jim Newquist, Larry Stoven,
Wayne Bartholomey, Pete Torchia,
and John Kauffman.
Newcomers, Transfers to Help *
The Webfoot mentor, however,
said that the remainder of the ’47
squad would be back, along with
promising newcomers up from the
Frosh ranks. In addition, Aiken an
nounced that he expected approx
imately 20 transfers to report for 4
the spring workouts.
With this as a backbone for
next fall’s eleven, Aiken, along
with assistants Dick Miller, Frank
Zazula, and John Warren will
mould the '48 version of the Web
foot football machine.
Oregon to the Rose Bowl in '49?
Only time will tell.
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Frosh Ball Meeting
Frosli baseball coach Barney
Koch announced that any fresh
man wishing to turn out for the
Frosh diamond sport should come
to McArthur court this afternoon
to draw equipment and work out. 1
The Yearlings will play several
games, including the traditional
series with Oregon State’s Kooks.
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