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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1949)
[DUCK TRACKS By Tom King Emerald Sports Editor If the Cabots and the Lowells lived in Eugene instead of Bos ton today■, they indeed would be having a merry time of it. Over in Beantown the Cabots speak only to the Lowell’s and the latter speak only to God. However, if they were collecting their mail here today, the Cabots would be speaking to God. the Lowells to the McGinnity’s and everyone in general would be engaged in a lively fanfare. For today Don Kirsch unveils his Varsity baseball team DON KIRSCH against a Linfield College nine, signalling the opening of the exhibition season in these hin terlands. And we can think of nothing better to serve for an excuse for letting the bars down than seeing the first batter go up to the plate, take a few ferocious practice swings, and then settles down to the task of making life miserable for the opposing pit cher. Right now the -Webfoots look .prettty much like dark horses. The question is whether a good infield and outfield can offset uncertain pitching and inexperi enced catching. If some of the boys suddenly catch fire and de liver at the right moments, the •Ducks could take it all and, in :so‘ doing, unseat Washington State, Northern Division cham pions for the past two years. It will be quite a spell before this matter is cleared up, and be fore then final judgment must be reserved. Alter all, all is well only it it ends well, as the saying goes. And only if it ends well would the Cabots and the Lowells become gregarious with the outside world again ... if they lived in Eugene. Since this publication last went to press Big Bob McClure has joined the coaching staff for spring football practice. Bob, an All America nominee in his college days at Nevada, is going to direct the tackles and ends and will be arriving here within the next feu- days. Colleges Depending More on Pros Now The number of pros (McClure performed for the Boston Yanks last year) who are returning to the colleges to coach dur ing spring practice is increasing yearly. Southern Cal is employ ing the services of Jim Hardy, and, in the past, called on Bob Snyder, ex-mentor of the Los Angeles Rams. UCLA has been using Bob Waterfield and Burr Baldwin. Other schools are fol lowing the same trend, and the day is coming when colleges will turn to the pros to hire their head coaches. There is a vast difference between the brand of ball played by a group of fellows who are playing for $75 a month (plus other conveniences) and because they like the game, and by a group of fellows who are gambling everything on their ability to stay in the pro leagues. Pro coaches have been and still are ahead of their college counterparts—even if you take into cinsideration the fact that college kids can’t absorb as much football know-how as the pros. And so the amateur ranks are more and more turning to their big brothers for help. Alumni Scared Off Evashevski In many quarters it was a shock that Forest Evashevski, as sistant coach at Michigan State, nixed the job offered him at Ore \ gon State. Word coming out of Corvallis is that the former Uni ' Yersitv of Michigan blocking back was offered only a $1,000 in crease over his stipend at MSC. The alumni figured to kick through^with a few more sawbucks, but if Evashevski accepted it would mean he would be subjected to the same kind of pressure from that body as that which ran Lon Stiner out of town. They even dangled a five year contract in front of him, but he wouldn’t budge. If he had accepted, it would have made hime one of the young est head coaches of a major school in the country. He graduated from Ann Arbor eight years ago after a glorious career as path paver for the incomparable Tommy Harmon. No Big Name Coach for OSC The Beavers, still on the search, will have to content them selves with someone other than a big name coach for next fall. They’ve all been grabbed up. And we are wondering who is going to take over the reins for spring drills. What’s this about the Stanford proselyting system hitting a snag ? Seems as how quite a flock of prospective Indians who were planning to make the jump from the junior college ranks didn’t, make the grade, scholastically speaking. IN AGREEMENT NOW — Ez zard Charles (I.) and Jersey Joe son for winning its title by leading tract that will send them against each other June 22 for tlie world heavyweight crown. Middle man above is Joe Triner, chairman of the Illinois Athletic Commission. Interested onlookers in the rear are (1. to r.) Eou Radzienda, Joe Louis, Art Wirtz, and Ralph Met calfe. Wiley Captures Another Honor Another accolade came Rog Wil ey’s way today when figures dis closed that he topped the Northern Division in field goal percentage for the past season. “Hot Dog” was one point shy of the coveted .400 circle, and had a 15 point bulge over second place Eddie Gayda of Washington State. He al so bettered Bill Sharman’s SD aver age of .337, made for USC. John Neeley was second among the Web foOts with .377 good enough to third in the division. Students! Writers! Housewives! EASY PAYMENTS on the / s + \ \ ROYAL PORTABLE! Convenient payment plan! Lots of time to pay! Get the new Royal Portable now ... pay for it as you use it! Loads of exclusive features: FINGER-FLOW KEYS, “MAGIC” MARGIN, SPEED SPACER, “TOUCH CONTROL,” RAPID RIBBON CHANGER! IPIus many others! Sturdy! No. 1 choice with stu dents! See it! 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