DUCK TRACKS
By SAM FIDMAN
Emerald Sports Editor
Now that everybody has won an award of some sort for the
first fifty years of this century, the athletic camera can face the
next fifty with confidence that the best is yet to come. Or is it,
During the first half the United States managed to lay off the
Lifebuoy long enough to climb into a pair of bloody world wars,
Both of these were designed as wars to end wars, but somehow,
sike Uld Man Kiver — inter
national politics keeps right on
rolling along.
About all that the last major
skirmish accomplished — other
than depriving the nation of the
best young men she could send
in as cannqn fodder—was to
knock a host of once big name
athletic schools down to where
the only hot article in their
# sports agenda is the peanuts at
spine-tingling penny-ante
matches.
On the Pacific Coast, there
hasn’t been too much havoc
wrought—we can still remem
ber when the whole show was
between Stanford and USC. It
has been a long, long time since
the pale Palo Alto Injuns rang
the bell at the top of the PCC
heap.
It rvas in 1940 when the Clark
Shaughnessy madel ‘T* chugged through an undefeated season.
The Snow Got Deep
and on Jan. 1, 1941, added the finishing touches by detassling the
Nebraska Cornhuskers, 21-13 in a well-remembered Rose Bowl
game.
It was in that game that Nebraska was the goat of one of the
most ironic series of plays in tire history of the Pasedena annual
Rose classic. The cleverness of Frankie Albert and the power oi
Norm Standlee combined with the wizardry of the T-formation
couldn’t crack the Cornhusker forward wall when they had foul
downs inside the one yard line.
The Midlanders took over on downs and immediately sent
big Vike Francis into his own end zone to punt out on first
down. The Vike got off a respectable 40-yard boot, but Pete
Kmetovich swallowed up the hoghide, reversed his field, and
galloped into the end zone without so much as a grimy finger
touching him.
Back in the hinterlands, Nebraskans, who had just finished
clearing two feet of snow off their walks, went out and shoveled
the snow back onto the walks again. The Better Business Bureau
shrewdly ignored the unruly incident.
All That Glitters—Gophers
Like Stanford, Nebraska has never recovered its once sturdy
set of gridiron legs—and as the coaches come and go, some
’Husker fans have even considered switching their affections tc
the Chicago Cubs.
How about those great old Pittsburgh outfits that used to roar
out of the Dneiperpetrovsk of the United States; and the Big
Red from the beautiful Cornell campus at Ithaca, N.Y., both ol
which seem to be on the road back—but neither of which has y-et
regained a full measure of lost glory.
Then there used to be Fordham, Tennessee, and Boston
College—great football teams year in and year out—all kaput.
Even Minnesota, once the most dreaded land power next to a
battalion of Sherman Tanks, has been content with pretzels
ond beer while Michigan, Ohio State and Illinois drank im
ported vodka from the sacred cup of the Big Ten champion.
Texas A&M and Georgetown went with the wind of wartime
depletions, and as yet remain among the obscure—as does the
once lusty Golden Hurricane of Tulsa.
The Year 2000
If sports continue uninterrupted during the next fifty years—
the world will see a four minute mile—and Cornelius Warmer
dam will be just the first of many who soared over the cross-bar
at fifteen feet. The Babe’s big sixty will be sure to have a number
of close shaves—if the Pirates’ Ralph Kiner doesn’t shatter it in
this decade—and Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak should be
eclipsed by a later clipper.
But—chances are that sports will not only be interrupted
during the next half century—between now and 2000—but
they might well be destroyed—. The human race won’t be so
set on physical fitness as on physical survival.
The world of sports serves as a good indicator—as long as that
world remains intact; as long s there are Olympic games and
international ski meets, the “other world” will be okay.
Father and Son
Attend College
In New Switch
A family named Tillotson has
come up with a new switch on the
many brother and sister combina-'
tions now attending' Oregon. Ken
neth E. Tillotson and Lee R. Tillot
son, father and son, both pursuing
studies here.
The Tillotsons are possibly the
first father-son combo ever to ap
pear on the campus.
There are also other firsts in the
Tillotson family.
Tillotson, the father, was men
tioned in the first issue of the Em
erald, published September, 1909_
the first year he attended! the Uni
versity.
He later continued his studies at
the South Dakota School of Mines
and the University of Nevada,
emerging with a degree in mining
engineering. Now returned to cam
pus life, he is taking graduate
courses in economic geology and
rocks and minerals,
Tillotson, the son, will be the first
student ever to receive a degree in
interior design, when he graduates
from the art school in June. A mar
ried veteran, the junior Tillotson
lives in Susan Campbell Hall. He is
head of one of the first student fam
ilies to live in University housing.
The Tillotson clan includes three
other sons, two of whom are still
in the service.
Yell Duke Appointed
Bob Brown, freshman in liberal
arts, was recently named yell duke
on the rally squad by Yell King
Jim Crismon.
Brown was formerly yell kii
Grant High School in Portia
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Prop Club to Hear Kleinsorae Toniaht
Dr. P. L. Kleinsorge, professor
of economics, will speak to mem
bers of the University Propeller
Club, foreign trade organization,
tonight at 7 in Gerlinger Hall.
Dr. Kleinsorge will discuss mari
time labor problems.
The Propeller Club is a student
“port” of the International Pro
peller Club, organization of ship
ping men. The club is sponsored
by the Portland “port” of the or
ganization.
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