DUCK TRACKS
By DON FAIR
Co-Sports Editor
The newly uncovered statement aimed at ousting Dean Or
-lando Hollis, Oregon’s representative to the Pacific Coast con
ference, bluntly evades the facts as they exist. Listed on the
.so-called petition are eight “cases” against Hollis’s action of
declaring Webfoot athletes ineligible just prior to a scheduled
event. Three of the examples are of recent enough happening
to warrant some added information.
Case I—“The temporary ineligibility ruling Friday
3 morning, April 2, 1948 of seven trackmen, one day before
. the Oregon-Oregon State relays. This action caused the
postponement of the meet because Oregon could not field
a team.”
In this instance, all seven of the tracksters could not reg
ister until the week of the meet because of pegged grades,
courses being full, or the neglect of some professors to turn
in the athletes’ grades. These men did finish the sign-up for
-courses by Wednesday, and that same day Hollis left for Cal
ifornia to attend a Pacific Coast conference gathering. Was this
■films his fault for not being able to declare the track men elig
ible? Furthermore, the meet was NOT canceled because of this
factor, but because of the weather. And when the relay run was
'held, these seven participated as their registration had been
^'cleared.
- Baseball Eligibility Ruling Questioned
< ~ Case II—“The temporary ineligibility ruling Thursday after
^Dipon, April 1, 1948 of three baseball players, one day before
>-the Oregon-Willamette game.”
p- Baseball skipper Don Kirsch said that “this was not
.... Hollis’s fault, since the men completed registration too late
to have the necessary material cleared from the registrar’s
office to Hollis:” Upon what grounds is Oregon’s PCC rep
; resentative to blame for this?
i " Case III—“Dean Hollis’s uncooperativeness with football
I Coach Jim Aiken in the eligibility question with Nevada and
‘NSan Francisco university last fall. It was later found that sev
4 -eral players of both of these teams were definitely found in
—.eligible under NCAA and conference rulings.”
Aiken Makes No Complaint
' To this, Aiken made this statement, “As far as I am con
‘-cerned Hollis has always been strict, but fair in his dealings
. with me. Whenever I have asked him to chceck on rule inter
pretations. Hollis has shown willingness to accommodate me.”
.Again, is Hollis at fault?
Whoever cooked up this petition certainly didn’t go be
neath the surface to uncover any real facts. A closer look
- shows that the injustice shouldn’t be attributed to Hollis
but the blame lies with the conference rules as they exist.
The Dean’s record speaks for itself. He has allowed no man
‘'to participate in sports who was ineligible at the time. After all.
isn’t that his duty, in addition to law school, at the University?
* Hollis Has Defended University
* * What a lot of students don’t know is the work that Hollis
.4 does to defend Oregon in the conference meeting's. For instance,
■ plainly through his efforts a league ruling was passed last .year
making it binding that a Southern school play at least three
I Northern football teams. Prior to that, the California institu
tions could schedule any squad which they desired.
Athletic Director Leo Harris has taken a firm stand behind
Hollis’s actions, and he should know the facts, since both he
—and Hollis have been through the ropes at the conference meet
I ings. Therefore the petition turns out to be nothing more then
hot-air being peddaled about the campus, which instead of
j pulling the athletic department closer together, actually could
tend to undo well-knit, and well-carried-out plans.
I . Now for odds and ends of sports news—Don Kirsch is angling
’.for a game with Portland University next Tuesday. If it goes
through, the contest will be played in the Kose city, this will be
a non-conference warmup tilt for the baseballers, who leave
“-April 29 on'a six-game road swing against Idaho, Washington
| State, and Washington in order.
Anse McCullough, member of the national junior college
‘ ’ grid champs from Chaffey, registered at Washington un
' iversity then dropped out of school. McCullough led Chaf
-„ fey to a win in the “Little Rose Bowl” and was named
; Little All-American quarterback in ’47. With him gone, it
looks like Dick Ottele will again handle the field general
role for the T-formation Huskies.
Stanford University has uncovered a pair of strong track
men for this season. Gay Bryan, a sophomore, is a three-event
-Outstanding performer—24 feet, three and one-half inches in
'the broad jump, six feet four inches in the high jump, and
23.5 in the high hurdles. Stanford pole vaulter Bill Larson is
•listed at clearing 14 feet already this spring.
Webfoot Nine
Prepares For
Husky Series
Oregon’s baseball team, tried for
first slot in the Division, held a
short breather workout yesterday,
with the rain dispelling any hopes
for a lengthy practice.
Coach Don Kirsch was very sat
isfied with the showing of his
question mark pitching staff in the
recent Idaho series declaring that
DeWayne Johnson, Homer Brobst,
and Whitey Lokan each showed
Division Standings
W I. ItS H A Pet.
Washington .2 1 26 22 .667
OREGON . 2 1 16 10 .667
WSC . 2 1 26 19 .667
Idaho . 0 3 6 23 .000
OSC . 0 0 0 0 .000
RS — runs scored; RA-runs
against.
plenty of stuff. The Webfoots face
another strong foe Friday and
Saturday at the Civic Stadium,
when they clash with the Wash
ington Huskies.
Webfoots Hitting
Oregon bats have been beating
out a steady tattoo of base hits in
the first three conference games.
In contrast last year, the Ducks
lost many of their league frays
because of weak sticking.
The Oregon mentor also announ
ced that Idaho was filing a pro
test over the second game, which
the Webfoots won 7-3. Chuck Fin
ley, Vandal mentor, was basing his
protest on the grounds that Duck
catcher Bill Burgher was interfer
ing with the batters’ swing.
Leading batter on the Oregon
team is first baseman Dick Bartle
with 7 hits in 11 tries for .637 av
erage. Captain ana second base
man Walt Kirsch has a .545 aver
age with 6 blows in 11 trips.
Bartle also tops the team in
runs scored with six, and' in doubles
with two. Fleet outfielder Don Dib
ble has been the long ball artist of
the team with a triple and a home
run to his credit.
Shortstop Suspended
NEW YORK, — (UP) — New
York, Giant shortstop Buddy Kerr,
who was hit on the head by a ball
thrown by Cleveland' Indian out
fielder Allie Clark in an exhibi
tion game April 14, was suspended
indefinitely today for refusing to
play.
Specialists had said that there
was nothing wrong with Kerr and
Giant Manager Mel Ott, angered
when the shortstop showed up
yesterday dressed i n civilian
clothes for the opener against
Brooklyn told him to be ready
to play today. When Kerr failed to
appear, the suspension was an
Two 30-Day
Educational Tours
JUNE 29 - JULY 28
AUG. 24 - SEPT. 22
For information write to
Prof. Juan B. Rael
574 Lasuen St.
Stanford University, Cal.
Intramurals Rained Out
3 :?0 North Field—Delta Tan Delta vs Sigma Nu -
3 :50 South Field—Sherry Ross vs Sigma Phi Epsilon ”
3:50 Upper Field—Phi Sigma Kappa vs Y.M.C.A.
4:55 North Field—Theta Chi vs Sigma Chi
4:55 South Field—Stan Ray hall vs Phi Kappa Sigma
4:55 Upper Field—Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs Omega Hall
Intramural softball games are scheduled today, but will be
called off again if the weather is bad. Wednesday’s games,
which were postponed, will be made up Monday, May 10.
No intramural games will be played Friday because of the
varsity baseball game.
* ° 4
Webfoot Golfers Hit Husky Six
Over Country Club Fairway
Oregon s league-leading band of
golfers meet the Northern div
ision’s other top contender, the
Washington Huskies, Friday on
the country club course.
Making a strong showing
against Washington State and
Idaho in spite of adverse weather
conditions, Coach Sid Milligans
will be gunning for a clean-cut
victory over the Huskies.
Milligan has not named his num
ber one tee-off man for the Wash
ington matches yet. Dom Provost,
the number three stroker is med
alist for the Oregon squad after
the Inland Empire invasion, with
142, while defending Northern div
ision medalist Lou Stafford is
right behind him, with 143. A1
Crosbie, the darkhorse contender
who surprised Stafford in early
practice rounds, dropped back to
sixth place, with 154.
Bob Sederstrom and A1 Reible
are tied for third place in the
team standings with 150, and
John Prince has 153, for fifth.
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