DUCK TRACKS
By DON FAIR
Co-Sports Editor
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It s seldom that hockey news creeps into the pages of the
Emerald but tbe ice team, called the Oregon Quacks and cooked
up by a bunch of University students, certainly merits the at
tention.
- - The idea for a hockey team in Eugene sprang up from the
weekly broomball sessions that weer held by different living or
ganizations winter term. From this meager beginning, some
of the participants, aided by Geary Worth, owner of the Eugene
ice arena, decided to form a regulation hockey team.
- * March 31, the 13-man team held its first game against the
Oregon State All-Stars in Corvallis, with the Quacks coming
. .out ahead 12-3. Tonight the Oregon sextette plays the OSC
team in a return match here in a game which should deserve
the University students’ backing.
Hockey Not Recognized at the University
. .. As the situation stands now, hocky is not a recognized
sport at the University, nor does it appear it will be in the
very near future. In other words, the sport does not have -the
‘backing of the Athletic Department, for financial difficulties.
Nor are numerals awarded to the participants, or other minor
. .details which a recognized sport is accorded.
At the University, the case is one of football bringing in
all the money. While track, baseball, golf, tennis, and bas
‘ ‘ ketball drain this reserve, since the latter sports are for the
most part, non-profit ventures. Therefore the hockey team
. . is on its own, in taking the initiative.
The Quacks have to buy the necessary hockey equipment
themselves, or use what is available at the ice arena. Worth,
'meanwhile, lets the students use the arena free and keeps their
skates in condition. Special admission prices will also be
. xharged for tonight’s game, with University members admitted
for 30 cents instead of the prevailing 50.
- Quacks Have Scheduled Cal, UBC
There is the possibility of one more game for the team before
. .the end of this season, but next year big plans are underway.
. The Quacks have already tentatively lined up games wiht
^California and University of British Columbia, to be played
. here.
Should the Quacks make a good showing against the
Golden. Bear aggregation, the pucksters may hold a return
contest in Berkely. There is also the possibility of a four
team league for these amatuer hockiests, with Portland,
Willamette, Oregon State, and Oregon participating.
* * Thus it can be seen that these hockey enthusiasts are earnest
in their endeavors to, at some time, have the sport on an inter
* collegiate competitive basis on the Pacific Coast, with the rec
- ognized. backing of the respective universities. What better
* purpose could this plan have?
Portland high schools were faced with a similar problem of
*■ initiating hockey into the sports curriculum three years ago.
‘Jimmy Ward, manager of the professional Portland Eagles
ice team, got the idea of interesting the different schools to the
sport.
Ward Created Hockey Interest in Schools
«. This he accomplished by having the sports editors of the high
school papers awake the respective student bodies to the pos
sibility of the sport. The result was that in ’47 a skeleton league
* was formed among Portland schools. This blossomed into full
’prominence this year, with the final game featuring an all-star
..team against the prep city champions. So the plan of in
- novating hockey into Coast universities isn't just another weird,
—fantastic plan. It can work!
Right now, a few schools in the West recognize hockey
_ and give it the necessary backing. California is the prime
_ „ example, as the Southern Division team has been able to
draw good crowds, desiring to witness college ice games.
Of course these universities have easier access to the nec
cessary funds. But the point is—if Oregon students will get
out and support a hockey team, which isn’t even University
* I ’sponsored, the hope that the sport will catch on, can be
- - come a reality
' "At present, the Quacks are composed of 13 players—Winnie
"Carl, Art Stillwell, Ed Worth, John Olsen. Don Severson, Dick
Lanyard, Bud Leonard. Rog Newton, Bud Smith, Wayne Roe
ker, Tom Dryden, Clarence Haase, and Bill Wall. In addition
\ to Worth as coach, Dalon Husband is the team manager. He
is_a former Portland Eagle goalie.
Outstanding performer for the Quacks is Newton. The skate
_ stylist, who also plays for the Eugene city team, once this
- year performed a double hat-trick in a game. 1 he hat-trick is
the remarkable feat of scoring three goals in one contest, and
Newton topped this with six markers.
- Hockey today is reputed as the fastest sport in the na
.!_ tion, and provides good attraction for spectators who want
their athletics dished up in a rough, tough and knock-down
drag-out fashion. As a sport, it is regarded by many experts
' p more rugged than football.
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Four Softball Teams Register Second
Win Against No Losses in IM Play
By BOB COUGHLIN
SAE, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu, and
Delta Tau Delta each rolled up a
second win in intramural softball
yesterday. All games were marked
by heavy hitting and fine pitching
by the winning squads as SAE
downed Sherry Ross Hall 9-1, Lelta
Tau Delta decisioned the YMCA j
team 6-0, Sigma Nu overwhelmed
Sigma Phi Epsilon 12-0, while Sig
ma Chi broke into the win column
by downing Phi Kappa Sigma, 15-2.
Golfers Ready
For Loop Play
By KEN JOHNSON
Varsity golf tees off with a fair
way bang this weekend when the
University of Oregon divoteers, de
fending northern division cham
pions, play Washington State at
Pullman Friday and Idaho at Mos
cow Saturday. The matches, first
of the, year for the Ducks, should
show to some extent the potentialW
ties of Oregon’s relatively inexpe
rience squad under actual competi
tive conditions.
Two of last year’s winners, Lou
Stafford and Dom Provost, will be
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in the line-up with A1 Crosbie, who
pulled a surprise upset by defeat
ing Stafford in qualifying rounds,
John Princp, another heretofore un
heralded player, and Chuck Taylor,
intramural star last year. Rod Tay
lor, regular sixth man and letter
man in ’46 and ’47, will be unable
to make the trip and will be re
placed by A1 Reible who qualified
five strokes behind Taylor.
Number One Man Indefinite
Coach Sid Milligan announced
that he is undecided whether to
start Stafford or Crosbie in the
number one tee-off spot but will
start Provost, Prince, Chuck Tay
lor, and Reible in that order.
Optimism was expressed over
this year’s team and from the per
formances turned in during qualify
ing, his confidence in the team
should be well grounded. One let
terman fro mlast year did not make
the squad, which is an indication
that this year’s team may be even
better.
The match with Washington
State will be played on Pullman’s
9-hole course and the match with
Idaho will be on the 9-hole course
in Moscow, which is shorter.
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Theta Chi won by forfeit when
Omega hall failed to appear.
Sigma Mu 12, Sig Eps 0
Sigma Nu’s fine pitcher Johnny
McBee got good support from his
teammates in shutting out the Sig
Eps 12-0 on the upper field in the
first game yesterday. Ed Dick
slammed out a triple with the bases
loaded in the first inning a short
stop Jake Leicht went him one bet
ter in the next inning by knocking
a home run ball onto the roof of
the PE building with the base3
loaded. McBee gave up only three
hits.
Delts 6, YMCA 0
Delta Tau Delta’s pitcher San
ford turned in the day’s best mound
performance in the Delts’ 6-0 win
over the YMCA. He gave up only
one hit to a good YMCA team that
turned in a sound defensive game
but just wasn’t able to hit and
yielded twelve walks to their op
ponents.
Doug Donahue of the Delts did
some fine base running, managing
to steal three times.
SAE 9, Sherry Ross 1
SAE romped over Sherry Ross
hall 9-1 behind the one-hit pitching
of Jim Popp. Popp was his own
best support, getting two hits in
his two times at bat. The hallmen
were hampered by seven errors.
SX 15, Phi Sigs 2
Sigma Chi’s band of sluggers
smashed out six runs in the first
Varsity Wins
(Continued from page four)
seconds. In the quarter, lanky John
Portis bested Bob Webber of the
varsity in the fair time of 53.5.
Coach John Warren's varsitj
team showed power in the field
events, as pole vaulter George
Rasmussen tried a hand at high
jumping and soared over the bar
at an even six feet. In the discus,
defending Northern Division ace
Ray Heindenrich tossed the plat
er 130 feet as he edged by Hert
Nill of the Frosh with a heave of
124 feet.
In the pole vault, Don Pickens
and Rasmussen were unapposed,
John Joachims, who last week did
an ironman’s share in the OSC re
lays, had an off clay, and Warren
instructed him to coast in his
events. This coming Thursday, the
Frosh. travel to Corvallis where
they will meet the Oregon State
Rooks in their initial competitive
schoil meet of the year.
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inning and duplicated the feat
again in the third to snow under a
game bunch of Phi Sigs 15-2. Little
Leroy Coleman and Johnny Neely
who alternated with one another at
second base and in right field
sparked the Sigma Chis by getting
three hits apiece. Standout for the
Phi Sigs was third baseman Willie
McCullough.
There will be no intramural soft
ball until Frids^. Intramural head,
Jim Vitti, asked that those who
are playing Friday will not use the
activity court dressing rooms
which will be reserved for the high
school track meet.
By AL PIETSCHMAN
Once in a while a person be
comes curious as to just wha't is
going on at other campuses
throughout the country. With this
in mind we’re going to idle through
some of the college papers and note
the more impressive activities that
catch the eye.
At Indiana university they are
anticipating the 1948 Junior Prom,
and they are not content with just
one band. No sir! They have Ted
Weems and Tony Pastor. Price of
the tickets is $6.00 however, with
two ballrooms featured and danc
ing from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. And for
the early morning birds they are
planning a Prom Breakfast at 1:45
a.m.
Students planning Sunday en
joyment at UCLA had the oppor
tunity to join the junior class in a
Catalina island outing. A water
taxi took the students out to the
island where tennis, riding, and
swimming topped the list of ac
tivities in the afternoon and danc
ing at the Casino highlighted the
evening'.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Su
preme Court Justice William O.
Douglas were unanimously en
dorsed as Democratic presidential
candidates by Students for Demo
cratic Action at the University of
Colorado last week.
Li’l Abner appears in the Texas
A. & M. paper so students can keep
up on the progress of the termites
even in class. Students there are
planning a big “Maid of Cotton’'
festival April 16.
The University of Washington
frosh became big guns last Friday
when they took over the campus.
The frosh rallied around the theme
“Frosh, B’Gosh,” took over stu
dent offices, edited the paper, spon
sored a “Walking Man” contest,
and gave an all-University mixer in
the evening.
An early term dance at Texas
Christian was a girl-date-boy
Adam’s Eve Day Dance. Inter
mission entertainmhent was put on
by men featuring a “big time” style
show showing the new look crea
tions of the women.
Elections are on the agenda at
many of the schools. At Washing
ton baseball pitcher Max Soriano
filed petition for student body pres
ident and at the same time a stu
dent issued an appeal that elec
tioneering stop at midnight. One
party beating tin cans at 3 a.m. to
create interest in its candidates.
Mother’s Day at Oregon is May
8 and now is the time to invite
Mother down here to see all the
junior weekend events that are the
top event at Oregon all year long.
. . . and of course, we will men
tion the fact "that for the finest in
jewelry for yourself and for others
Carl Greve, Broadway and Morri
son in Portland has the finest.