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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1949)
Duck Pair Set To Compete at Compton Tonight Duck Pole Vaulter George Rasmussen and Yearling Distance Ace Jack Hutchins wade into one of the classiest fields they’ve met this season when they compete tonight in the Compton Re lays in Compton, California. Saturday night the same pair, who were accompanied Southward by Coach Bill Bowerman, partici pates in the Inglewood Relays. RASMUSSEN will be going up against eight of the better vauIters in the country. And he’ll get a second chance to best USC's John Montgomery whom he tied in the Pacific Coast Conference meet last Saturday. Another favorite scheduled to compete is “Bull" Richards, AAU champion last year. A brace of Olympic veterans will face each other in the mile event. Hutchins, who represented Cana da in both the 800 and 1500 meter runs, will match strides against fe:aare Vefling, who ran for Norway in the Olympics. VEFLING is now enrolled at the University of California. There will he six other participants, also. There’s a heavy schedule ahead for Webfoot clndermen. The Oregon AAU meet will be held in Portland on June 11. and the following week end there’s the NCAA champion snips in Los Angeles. June 21, at Berkeley, Rasmussen, .Don Pickens and Dave Henthorne will represent the coast in the PCC Big Ten dual meet. UNIVERSITY MAN'S SHOP Changes Hands Rill Rphlffs announced to dav that he has sold his inter est in the University Man’s Shop to Byrom and Knee land, owners of the Man’s Shop. Rohlffs said he had ’been offered an excellent op portunity in another held. Me emphasized that the ■same quality merchandise and friendlv serv ice will he continued. “’1 am certain you will join me in wishing my successors the same success that v our patronage brought me in the past." he said. When contacted. Mr. Knee land of Bvrom and Knee land’s Man’s Shop said that Will Urban a n d Palmer Smith will carry on as your campus representative in the University Man’s Shop. It's a strike for an evening of healthful fun. Slmflleboanl 1 tables also available. DORSEY'S U-BOWL i29\V. Uth Ph. 4716 ;■■■ Betty Wambaugh Leads University To Victory in WAA Softball Play As Rebec House Goes Down, 4-2 University house won the championship of the Girls’ WA A softball tournament yester day when it beat Rebec house 4-2. The score was tied 2-2 at the end of the fifth inning but it was in the last half of the sixth that Betty Wambaugh hit a hard homer to right field that ended the game. Harriet Minot scored ahead of her. Oregon If Emerald SPORTS Review Webfoot Nine of '49 Sees Same Old Story Don Kirsch’s Oregon Ducks battled right down to the wire for the third year in a row during the past ND baseball cam paign, but, also for the third year in a row. they had to be con tent with a bridesmaid’s role. After slugging their way through a generally successful exhi bition season, the Lemon-and-Green unwrapped the Northern Di vision race April 13 against Idaho. They made a clean sweep of * * * Plenty of Moxie three victories as against two defeats in helping' Oregon to land in second place in the Nl) during the past baseball season. that two game series, and things looked roseate indeed. OREGON admittedly was weak in both pitching and catching, but, with Mel Krause, Sid Mills, Homer Brobst and Dick DeBernardi hand ling most of the curving chores and' with Gene Rose behind the plate, it did manage to get off to a wing ing start. The next series, against Buck Bailey’s Washington State Cougars, developed into a pleasant surprise when the Ducks made their second series sweep. i Fans thought they could see a championship team forming out on Howe field, but they were destined to be disillusioned when those same Cougars, whom Oregon beat three times in four outings, inched in to take the ND title. AST McLARNEY brought his Washington nine southward next trip and the Ducks promptly saw stars of the wrong type as Bob Moen mowed them down in what developed into a lop-sided 19-4 nightmare. Any chance that Oregon might even things on their home field went by the boards when the second tilt of the series was washed out. Next came the long road trip, and the Ducks did pretty well by them- ' selves, winning four out of six. With Krause and Mills doing most of the (Please turn to page five) It's Mortarboard TAKE YOUR DATE OUT FOR DINNER • Delicious • Economical FIRST BATTERS up in the ini tial inning for both teams started off with home runs with Helen Lija coming in for Rebec house and Wambaugh for the Uni squad. Eunice Peterson also made a run for the winners in the first inning. Rebec house got their second marker when Ruth Watts crossed' the plate in the second inning. PLAYING for University house were Minot, Wambaugh, Helen Wil liamson, Peterson, Virginia Thomp son, Ann Thompson, Francis Dunn, Esther Abraham, and Donna Wil lingham. 'O' Winners Announced Varsity letters go to five golfers and six tennis players this spring, it has been announced by Athletic Director Leo Harris. Dom Provost, captain of Sid Milligan’s linksmen, earned his third monogram and John Prince his second. Other divoteers to win an “O” were Jim Donahue, John Ekstrom, and Red Omlid. In tennis, Player-Coach Saal Lesser and Bob Carey merited their third letters, and Dave Van Zandt came in for his second. OTHER courtmen to receive awards were Bud Carpenter, Bill Williams and Bob Mensor. No car for the big Mortar Board? Rate that date for your Big Beau - call 600 Terminal Taxi Company 450 Willamette ATTENTION SUMMER STUDENTS For the Best Meals This Summer Board at the Chi Psi Lodge 1018 Hilyard FOR INFORMATION CALL Jim Kroder Ph. 1320 PACIFIC TRAILWAYS Dear Student: May we of Pacific Trailways congratulate you on completion of vour term at the University of Oregon. A Ye realize that immediately following the end of this term, you will want to consider the fastest most eco nomical and comfortable way home, and we can pro vide that for you. For this reason we are bringing to your attention the services offered by Pacific Trail ways : SCHEDULES: There is a Trailways bus leaving Eugene at 8:40 A. M., 1 :30 P. M., and 7:00 P. M. in the evening. There is a saving of over 150 miles via Trailways' route east to the points mentioned below. FARES: Fares from Eugene over the scenic short route (the south Santiam) to Bend, Burns, Ontario. Boise, and points east ARE'LESS via Trailways. For instance, some of our low fares are as follows: EUGENE TO BEND.$3.50 EUGENE TO VALE. 9.65 EUGENE TO ONTARIO. 8.75 EUGENE TO BOISE.10:00 EUGENE TO TWIN FALLS.12.90 PLUS TAX RESERVATIONS : AYe are prepared to accept your reservation for your trip home several days in ad vance of your departure time, in order to assure you of having to purchase your ticket among all those other last-minute details. Sometime prior to the day you wish to leave Eugene, drop in at our new terminal at 959 Pearl Street and purchase your ticket, tell the agent the date and time you want to leave; then leave the rest to us. A\ e take pride in the friendliness and courtesy of our organization and would like the opportunity to prove to you our slogan, “The Friendly Line” is the whole hearted sentiment of each member of the Trailways staff. This courtesy, coupled with our modern buses and scenic route, assures you of a most enjoyable trip home, to start vour vacation off with a bang. • PACIFIC TRAILWAYS A ery truly yours, Phone 5408