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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1948)
Duck Tracksters Get The Axe' Seven Men Ineligible For Today's OSC Meet Slated for Hayward at 2 By ELWIN PAXSON Oregon's chances for victory in today’s relay meet with Ore gon State at Hayward field, set for 2 p.m., were further dimmed Friday when seven key men were declared ineligible because of late registration. PCC faculty representative Orlando J. Hollis was unable to clear the tracksters in his eligibility report issued Friday, due to the registration technicality, and the seven thinclads will view the contest from the side-lines. As a result. Coach John Warren will be forced to once more shift his oft-changed line-up and forfeit the shuttle hurdle relay. A second event, the four-mile relay is also in doubt unless another miler can he picked up today. Rasmussen, Milne Lost George Rasmussen and Art Milne were lost to the hurdle feature, leaving ony letterman Jack Doyle to compete. Rasmussen was also slated to enter the high jump. He will be replaced by Dave William son, who wil team with Mercet Erown and Jim Bocchi against the Aggie squad. Doyle will be shifted to the 880 relay, where he will fill in for Leo Rubstello, a sprintman who will be lost for the meet. Aso running in the half-mile relay will be Dave Henthorne, Bob Weber, and Skiles Hoffman. Sprint Team Weakened Replacing Rubstello in the 440 will be John McCracken, who will combine his efforts with those of Henthorne, Weber, and Hoffman. Lettermen John Joachims, also ineligible was scheduled to stride in both the mile and two-mile re lays. Clarence Biell will sub for him in the first event, and Franklin Hunter in the second'. Remaining distance men are Dick Shelton, Bob Dreisner, and Curt Butterfield in the mile, and Paul Smith, Butter field and Bob White in the two mile. Four-Mile Help Although A1 Pietschman was de clared ineligible in the four-mile relay, George Watkins, a member of last year’s team, reported for Brown Bomber Hit for 500,000 CHICAGO, April 2—(UP)—Joe Louis, the dusky brown bomber who has held the world heavy weight boxing championship long er than any other man. was clipped on the chin today with a $500,000 suit for alienation of the affections of a Negro minister's wife. The suit was filed by the Rev. Matthew Falkner, Atlanta, Ga„ a recently discharged army chap lain, in superior court. It alleged that Louis “wilfully destroyed anad alienated from the plaintiff the af fections of his wife, Mattie Carie Faulkner.” Louis’ attentions to Mrs. Faulk ner allegedly occurred during last November, December and January. Louis was in Europe, gaining an estimated $80,000 from a series of poorly-attended exhibitions at a British empire fair. But even with that money, there have been many recent reports of his poor financial condition. The suit for $500,000 was another financial headache for Louis. The hard-hitting heavyweight has re portedly been in financial straits due to his loss of revenue while he was serving in the army. practice yesterday and will fill his spot. Jim Hoag, Pete Mundle, and a fourth man to be selected today, round out the rest of the squad. With Dick McClintic watching from the stands, the shot-put relay threesome will consist of Lou Rob inson, Ray Heidenrich, and Jim Porter, all lettermen. The seventh man out of action is Don Pickens, slated for a utility role. According to Warren, the seven ineligibles w’ill be cleared be fore the Idaho meet in Moscow next Saturday. Negro Stars as Padres Wallop Los Angeles, 7-3 San Diego, April 2—(UP)—A home run rally in the fifth inning tonight gave the San Diego Padres a 7 to 3 victory over the Los An geles Angels and evened their Pa cific Coast league baseball series. San Diego scored twice in the fourth inning when Pete Coscaret singled one tally across and John Ritchey singled in Coscaret. In the fifth, Ritchey, the only Negro player in the Pacific Coast league, homered w'ith two on. Los Angeles scored in the fourth with a circuit route by Mickey Burnett and again in the fifth with two singles and a walk. A1 Olsen was given the win, giv ing the Los Angees club but six hits while Run Bauers was charged with the loss. 9 'll/a'i'iett U 2> <Acau>ia<fe& . . . Can't Find the 'Oregon Spirit' Last fall, when Jim Aiken start ed on the rampage in football, it seemed generally agreed that the “old Oregon spirit” had been re newed, and that all intercollegi ate sports at the University were definitely on the upgrade. It is a shame that all sports are not on the upgrade. When Colonel Bill Hayward passed away late last fall, he left a 44-year record for John Warren to uphold as the new track coach. John is having trouble doing this because there seems to be no interest in track. Saturday Oregon will open its 1948 season against Oregon State at Hayward field in the annual re lays with one of the most under manned track teams in Oregon history. To make matters worse, seven players did not register in time to be cleared by the faculty representative to the conference. Hurdle Forfeited As a result, it will be necessary for several men to double up and run in events definitely not in their field. We should be ashamed that four hurdlers cannot be found to run the shuttle-hurdle event. Warren will have to forfeit before he takes the rest of his 'team on the track. The lack of material is not the fault of Warren. He is probably the busiest man in the Oregon athletic department, and he needs more support from the students. Certainly there must be several talented athletes on the campus who would be willing to represent their school, but Warren has not seen them. Season Too Short What can be the matter? Ore gon has not been a strong track school, principally because of the short season in the Northwest. But Bill Hayward built a reputa- ^ tion for making the best of the material on hand in the Univer sity. In the last analysis, it is up to the students to support the track - team. John knows of several good boys who are registered and eligi ble for intercollegiate competi- • tion, but they won’t turn out. The situation could become very serious. Both Warren and the University would be dis graced if varsity track was dis- , continued; that could happen un less more interest is shown by the students. • It looks like the Ducks are in for a shellacking today because - they surely will run out of gas. Signed, Bill Stratton Koch to Cut Frosh Baseballers; First Games Set Here April 17 Coach Barney Koch announced that he would make the first cut of his frosh baseball hopefuls to day after an intra-squad scuffle slated today at 1:30, weather per mitting. Additional paring down of the squad will continue through next week, Koch stated. The Frosh opener is scheduled April 17, when the Ducklings en tertain the Hillsboro and St. Helens high school teams here in a double header. St. Helens’ coach Bill Mc Clusky was a teammate of Koch through high school and American Legion warfare, Koch reported', which should lend some extra color to that game. Frosh who seem to be showing promise in practice thus far include Bob Bonebrake and Don Peterson third baseman, Mel Krause and Clyde Ellison, shortstoppers, and second basemen Keith Welch and Chuck Humble. John McGinnis has " Carleton H. Davis* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil * Because He Flunked the Finger Nail Test ACID INDIGESTION, Brother Hippo? 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The Duckings have three mounds men who are shaping up surprising ly well in Jim Hanns, Bob Palmer, and southpaw Lyle Rogers, all of whom have been standouts in drills so far. , A trio of hustling backstoppers, Eddie Artzt, Kenneth Bennett, and Buddy Leonard have the inside track on the catching slot. New Distance Mark RIVERSIDE, Cal., April 3—(UP) —Roland Sing, University of - Southern California distance run ner, yesterday set a new American record in the mile and a quarter of * 5:33.4. The mark was set in any exhibi tion race in which Sink was paced by several other Trojan runners. It broke a 23-year-old record of 5:35 set by Paavo Nurmi in Los An geles Memorial coliseum in 1925. Bill Bayless, Trojan weightman, hurled the shot 53 feet,"4 3-8 inches ■ for the best mark of the year thus far in the West. __ 4 A LITTLE MINUTE FOR A BIG REST BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Eugene O 1940, Tha Coca-Cola Company