IDUCK TRACKS
Emerald Sports Editor
By DICK CRAMER
Ever notice how few top-notch high jumpers the Northern
Division has had around in the past few years? The only fairly
good one in the loop is Ken Elliott of Oregon State who has
never gone over 6 feet 4, and then only sparodically. The last
man in the area, and the only one since the war who might have
placed in any national meet was Oregon’s Bill Beifuss who hit
his peak when he went 6 feet 6.
No one since Les Steers has gone any higher than 6-3, the
height Beifuss and Elliott tied at in 1947, in a Northern Division
outing. Last year George Rasmussen took a little practice at it
and went 6-2, copping the championship despite the heavy weight
of Elliott’s press clippings.
Of course no one is expected to come close to Steers’ marks,
but when high jumpers in other parts of the country are going
two and three inches higher than anyone in the Northern Divi
sion it seems odd.
Webfoot Thinclads Dominate Pole Vault, Javelin
(some schools seem to gain over
one event and dominate in it
down through the years. Oregon
fans can look back to some very
good days in two events, the pole
vault and javelin.
In the former event, Webfoot
vaulters have won the title out
right seven times, tied six other
times, in the 2.0 Northern Divi
sion track meets. Jenne of Wash
ington set the first meet record
in 1920, but since 1930 the mark
has been owned by some Web
foot.
In 1930 Robinson just broke
the mark, but a year later he
broke his own record, going 13
feet 7 inches. That stood until the
great George Varoff broke it in
1938 by four inches. The next
year Varoff went 14 feet 1 inch,
which stood until George Ras
mussen cleared 14 feet 2 '/2 inch
es last spring.
Javelin History Has Interesting Aspects
The javelin has an unusual history in the Northern Division
meet, on which all Northern Division marks are based. Between
1933 and 1941 the winning distance was always greater than 200
feet. Yet, outside of those eight years no one has thrown the
spear that far.
Oregon boasts nine individual leaders in the javelin, includ
ing the record holder and the next best distance. Six of the nine
champions threw the spear over 200 feet in winning the event.
Boyd Brown holds the Northern Division mark, set in 1940,
with 223 feet 2 7/8 inches. Brown was the boy who used to have
fecord-shattering duels with big Bob Peoples of USCrHe also
learned to throw the javelin despite the loss of his thumb on his
throwing hand.
Bob Parke Set College Mark in 1934
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who also holds the Oregon record
at 234 feet, iy2 inches, is Bob
Parke who set both Northern Di
vision and American Collegiate
marks in 1934, tossing the shaft
over 220 feet.
Another interesting aspect is
the record of Bill Kydd, who won
the last title before the war
knocked out track, and also the
first championship after the war.
His two tosses were only two in
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esting thing is that in 1943 he was
competing for Washington and
in 1946 he was under the tutelage
of Bill Hayward here at Oregon.
In some events some schools
have dominated with equal ease.
In the low hurdles, Washington
won eight championships in a
row, but they have to share hon
ors with Washington State, the
latter having won eight out of the
last eleven.
Buck Bailey's Gamble Might Lose Pennant
Arthur Buckner (Buck) Bailey’s gamble against Oregon
didn’t work out so well. The wily Cougar mentor apparently felt
that his second line of hurlers could stop the Webfoots, because
he used them in all but one game, the last. Then, after losing
three straight to the Webfoots, he sent Dick Stiles to the mound
and the ace righthander bagged the only win of the series.
It may well have been a mistake on Bailey’s part. His Coug
ars have lost only those three games to the Ducks and may well
be in first place today, depending on how yesterday’s double
header between Idaho and Oregon came out. If the Baileymen
do lose the championship to Oregon, those three defeats the
Ducks handed them will be very instrumental.
Stiles has been the Washington State ace this year, winning
all three of his starts. Ward Rockey, who pulled down most of
the pre-season publicity, has won twice in as many starts, but
has been bothered by a sore arm. Otherwise he would have been
on the hill Friday instead of missing the series completely.
Durocher Reinstated
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ager, promised the situation would
be rectified immediately at the
Polo grounds.
Durocher, having paid what
he earnestly hopes is the last of
numerous trips to Chandler’s of
fice here, just sat and relaxed
and drank milk after the ordeal
had ended.
“Just say that I’m happy,” he
replied to questions. “The only
statement that amounts to any
thing is the one the commissioner
just made.”
In New York, Benjamin H. Cha
sin, attorney for Boysen, upon be
ing informed that Durocher had
been cleared, said: “That’s good.”
He declared, however, that he
will proceed with the prosecution
of Durocher on a simple assault
charge. The reinstatement, he con
tinued, will have no legal bearing
on the law case.
Fi/is, Minturn, DU, Phi Psi,
Lambda Chi Win l-M Finales
By Martin Meadows
The last regularly scheduled contests of the Intramural soft
ball league were played yesterday as skies finally cleared after
nearly a week of rain.
In the day’s games, Phi Gamma Delta downed Nestor Hall,
9-1; Lambda Chi Alpha trounced Sigma Phi Epsilon, 11-3; Delta
Upsilon took an 8-3 decision from Stitzer Hall; Minturn Hall
outscored Sigma Alpha Mu, 10-8; and Phi Kappa Psi handed
Sederstrom Hall a 16-3 setback.
Sigma Hall failed to appear and
forfeited to Theta Chi.
Fijis 9, Nestor 1
Pitcher Don Lindstedt was the
diference as his Fiji mates found
the range in the third and fourth
innings to notch their 9-1 win. Ber
nie Haliski slammed a two-run trip
le in a big four-run fourth. Lind
stedt allowed Nestor only two saf
eties while outpitching Norm
Bleakman.
Lambda Chi 11, Sig Ep 3
One big inning meant the ball
game for Lambda Chi Alpha. They
poured across eight runs in the
third stanza off Ramah Allbright
of the SPEs to clinch the victory for
DeSantos.
DU 8, Stitzer 3
Delta Upsilon received another
fine hurling performance as they
dropped Stitzer. Lee Bamber was
nicked for only three bingles, while
DU dented the plate four times in
the initial canto and kept adding to
their lead.
Minturn 8, SAM 6
Minturn came from behind twice
to nip the Sammies in a thriller.
SAM scored four tallies in the first
and held an 8-6 margin in the final
frame, thanks to Pitcher Eddit Art
zt’s three-run homer. The Vets Dor
mers surged back with four count
ers, highlighted by Ted Hammer’s
game-winning two-bagger.
Phi Psi 16, Sederstrom 3
Phi Kappa Psi turned on their
heavy artillery in their rout of Sed
erstrom. Bob Carey not only pitch
ed a good game but slammed out a
home run as well. Russ Ward also
cracked a three-run round-tripper,
and added a triple and a single to
pace his mates. The Hallmen used
three flingers in a vain attempt to
halt their opponents.
Frosh Nefters Meet
Corvallis Here
The Oregon frosh tennis team
will be at home for the first time
this season when they meet the
Corvallis high school Spartans on
the Emerald street courts at 3
o’clock this afternoon.
The match will be a return en
gagement, the Spartans having de
feated the Ducklings, 4-2, in Cor
vallis two weeks ago. However,
the frosh have improved since then
and are expected to do/better.
Playing singles for the yearlings
will be Joe Vielbig, John Kerns,
Gerald Berreman, and Martin
Meadows. Vielbig and Kerns are
slated to form one doubles team,
while Berreman and Meadows will
combine in the other duo.
This Weekend’s Sport Slate: track
meet at Washington, golf match
against OSC here, tennis matches
at Idaho and WSC.
Cohen Second
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Cohen, Ore.28 13 .464
Roelandt, OSC .26 12 .462
Kovenz, Ore.27 12 .444
Stallworth, Idaho ..29 12 .414
Tate, Wash.25 10 .400
Williams, Idaho .20 8 .400
Kirsch, Ore._.26 10 .385
Mack, OSC ..24 9 .375
Choriton, Wash.35 13 .871
Dixon Resigns
As Ag Coach
CORVALLIS, Ore., May 3— (AP)
Jim Dixon, Oregon State football
line coach since 1933, officially
handed in his expected resignation
as coach Tuesday. He will remain
at Oregon State as a physical edu
cation instructor.
Dixon said he had decided to
quit coaching some time back,
and insisted the change in head
coaches recently had nothing to
do with it.
Lon Stiner, who took over as
head coach in Dixon's first year,
resigned recently. Kip Taylor, end
coach at Michigan State, succeeded
Stiner.
Friends said Dixon had been anx
ious to get away from the strain of
coaching.
Taylor commented the “resig
nation is a serious loss to football
at Oregon State. I only wish he
could see his way clear to stay.”
Orides, Rebec
Win Girl's l-M
Orides and Rebec house were on
the victory train in yesterday's
girls intramural softball games.
The Orides edged Gamma hall 9-7,
while the Rebec girls took Susie
6-2.
After running up a score of 8-7
in the first inning, with the Orides
leading all the way, Gamma hall
was shut out. Pitching for winners
was Donna Wells Maxine Currin
was on the mound for Gamma halU
The only two home runs of the
day were chalked up by Kathy
Dobson and Norma Tribett, both
Orides.
At the other end of Gerlinger
field, it was much the same story,
with Rebec taking a first inning:
lead over Susan Campbell, 3-0.
Twins Jean and Jan Neely, pitcV
ing and catching for Rebec, proved!
a winning combination. Pitch
ing for Susie was Coralie Thomp
son.
Both games were called at the
end of three innings due to the 50>
minute time limit.
Today at 5 p.m. Chi Omega and
Zeta hall and Hendricks hall and
the Tri Delts will meet.
Come to Mac Court
Give her a whirl
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