DUCK TRACKS
BySAMFIDMAN
Emerald Sports Editor
A\ e are about as helpless as a fat woman in a two-way stretch
that would only stretch one way. And that, if we are to believe a
decent percentage of what we are told, is bad. All sports at the
dear old U have ended—and none have begun. We will hereby
conduct a final funeral for the basketball season bv tossing a rose
to the graduating seniors who will never again dribble a basket
ball down the floor, of McArthur Court as participants in a varsity
game. I
Gone from the fold are Pauli
Sowers, Dale Warberg, Bob J
Lavey, Bob Amacher, Lynn Ham-|
ilton, Paul Cooper, and Dick Unis J
. . . and with that the services fori
the 1949-50 season are over.
The last big breath of varsity!
competition before the lid blows|
off on the spring sports will be tin
swimming competition this week
end at Pullman, Wash., as tin
Northern Division swimmers try.;
to drown each other out to atkel
heme the conference bacon. ®
H figures to be a two-team affair, with Washington and host
_^Washington State scrapping for the white meat while Oregon,
Oregon State, Idaho, and Montana pull in the crumbs.
The Webfoots are not expected to finish worse than third
place—and a hot day here and a cold da)’ there could well jug'gle
them upward and onward a notch or two.
Hung on a Meat-Hook
Register-Guard Sports Editor Dick Strite almost climbed
out of his swivel chair in Highclimber, his sports editor’s column,
when he pulled the cat out of a bag that was supposed to be
mysterious in nature.
He tells us that John Warren has officially announced that
he plans to remain as commander-in-chief of Oregon varsity
basketball for the next season.
The Emerald has never doubted that Honest John would
return to the helm; hence this department has never approached
him on the subject.
It figures that if a man has coached basketball for almost a
quarter of a century, he would not be ready to hang himself on
the meat-hook at the drop of a hat.
This department did, howevere, approach the hiring and
firing mechanism of the athletic structure some time ago—.
The question was not one of whether John wanted to leave—
but whether anyone else wanted him to. Apparently no one
has pushed that opinion, in spit of plenty of behind-the-scenes
snickering.
Watchful Waiting
Through the mouth of Sports Editor Strife, Warren has
given himself an honor-clad ultimatum. He says that he will talk
about retirement if next year’s Oregon squad does not finish
among the top two or three places in the conference. That cer
tainly is fair enough—.
We like to judge a coach on what he can do with the mater
ial he has on hand. Next year’s squad will receive considerable
'•’bolstering from the Frosh and also through possible hot-shot
transfers—there will be material—we will await the produc
tion results—and until that time, John Warren has the stamp
of approval of the Oregon press—and that includes the Ore
gonian, the Journal, and the Daily Emerald—.
But We Thought . . .
For a fleeting moment our equilibrium was unbalanced
when we noted in another Lane County publication that Jim
Aiken was Oregon’s wrestling coach.
Not that we doubt Jim’s ability to guide massive grur.ters
through their paces on the mat—but we have been under the
impression that there is no such sport at UO.
Although Jim is presently eating good banquet food some
where in the state, we are certain that his better half would be
informed if her hubby had taken on additional coaching chores.
She assured us last night that Jim is still Mr. Football—and
no more; some gullible chap might have been taken in by the fact
that a number of the Oregon gridders are unlimbering winter
rust on the mats—and Jim has dropped around to see that the
unlimbering went according to schedule—.
The Hot Stove
(Continued from page four)
took his fence clearing bats along
to that circuit. Now he gets a
chance to ring the bell in the short
foul-line confines of the Polo
Grounds.
Battling Harshman and Joe La
Fata for the right to replace
Johnny Mize, is Tookie Gilbert,
youngest of the ball playing Gil
berts from Nashville, Tennessee.
Pa Larry practically raised the
Nashville team of the Southern
Association, and Brother Charlie
was an outfielder for the Brooklyn
and Chicago National League
clubs.
Tookie is about a year away ac
cording to those who saw him in
the Southern Association, but a big
bat may earn him a chance to get
his education among the big boys.
Western Personnel Fellowships
Offer Study, Travel Abroad
Opportunities for travel and
study abroad have been announced
by the Western Personnel Insti
tue of Pasadena, Calif.
Twenty-five fellowships cover
ing round-trip transportation only
between Pan-American air termin
als in the United States and the
foreign country of study are of
fered by Pan-American World Air
ways system. Applications and
information may be obtained from
the Institute of International Edu
cation, 2 West 45th St., New York
19, N. Y. Filing dates are Mar.
15 to Oct. 31.
Five fellowships offering room,
board, and tuition for work, ob
servation, and study in France dur
ing 1950-51 are available to exper
ienced American social workers.
Inquiries should be directed to the
Division of Specialized Personnel
of the Institute.
Mar. 15 is the closing date for
application for scholarships in Brit
ish summer schools.
Ten scholarships covering room,
board, and tuition and twelve
grants to cover trans-Atlantic
passage are offered for six week’s
study in British universities this
summer.
Courses are as follows:
“British Economic Thought and
Problems,’’ University of Leeds,
two scholarships; “The Arts in
Britain Today,” Londan Univer
sity, three scholarships; “Educa
tion in England,” Nottingham Uni
versity, two scholarships; “West
ern Europe Since 1870,” Oxford
University, three scholarships.
These courses are also recogn
ized by the Veterans Administra
tion under the GI Bill of Rights,
The International Education Insti
tute will furnish further informa
tion.
Leopard Dies
After Eating
Drugged Meat
OKLAHOMA CITY—(UP)—The
wild leopard which terrorized a J
suburban area here for three days
died early last night of an overdose
of narcotics which led to its cap
ture.
The 175-pound spotted ' beast
quietly breathed its last about 5:45
p. m., Mayor Allen Street said. The
animal had literally collapsed into
captivity about 15 hourse earlier,
after eating a chunk of horsemeat
containing an ounce of chloral hy
drate.
The leopard’s deep sleep had wor
ried zoo officials throughout the
day, and twice he was given in
jections of a heart stimulant in an
attempt to counteract the dope.
Zoo Director Julian Frazier said
he had no idea of the cause of the
leopard’s death, but Street was ex
plicit:
“He ate too much of that drugged
meat. Just a glutton, I guess.”
Street and Park Supt. R. R.
Murphy suggested that the ani
mal be stuffed, mounted and dis
played in the lobby of the Oklaho
ma capitol building where a wild
life exhibit is maintained.
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Band Sets Concert
For Thursday Night
The University of Oregon Band
under the direction of John H.
Stehn will present a concert at
8 p. m. Thursday in the Music
School Auditorium.
Soloists for the evening will be
Shirley Gay Williams, clarinet;
Glen Garrett, French horn; and
Philip Green, baritone.
Mr. Garrett will present Beeth
oven’s “Egmont Overture,” and
Mozart's “Concert No. 2 in E flat.”
Miss Williams’ program includes
“Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier”
by Strauss, and “Recitative and
Polacca” by Weber.
Bizet’s “Toreador Song” from
“Carmen” will be presented by Mr.
Green.
On the program for the complete
band will be Pucini's "Exerpts from
La Boheme,” George McKays
“Burlesque March,” Kabalevski’s
“Comedians Galop,” and “Finale
from Symphony No. 4” by Tschai
kowski.
Vandals Soap
Windows, Tear
Down Posts
Windows of several east 11th
Ave. business establishments were
soaped and parking meter posts
torn down in the area Monday night
after the Eugene City Council
meeting.
The vandalism came after the
council had refused a student-signed
petition asking for a reversal of the
policy regarding 11th Ave. parking
meters.
Fred Haley, who is in charge of
meter maintenance said that some
20 meter posts were knocked down
on both Alder St. and Kincaid St.
between 11th and 13th Ave.
Prexy's Radio Lost;
Reward Offered
Missing—one portable radio
from ASUO President Art John
son’s office.
Loss of the radio, which had
been sitting on Johnson’s desk
in his Emerald Hall office, was
discovered Sunday night.
Johnson is offering a reward
for the return of the portable.
The Emerald has one parting
word of advice for the bereaved
bigwig—try the classifieds.
Frosh Groups
Set Party Today
Members of all YWCA freshman,
commissions will gather for a joint
meeting today at 4 p. m. in YWCA,
Gerlinger Hall.
Commissions will discuss last
term's accomplishments and eval
uate their program, Marguerite
Johns, second vice-president, said
Tuesday.
Entertainment will include a
play by the YWCA drama com
mission, a ballet by Jane Bowen,
and refreshments.
Anyone interested may attend
the meeting, Miss Johns added.
Chiang Resumes
Top China Spot
TAIPEI, Formosa—(UP)—Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek re
sumed the presidency of the hard
pressed Chinese Nationalist gov
ernment Tuesday, declaring that
“at this critical moment I cannot
shirk my responsibility.”
“I have decided to resume the
presidency as from Mar. 1 of the
present year,” Chiang declared.
Chiang ended 13 months of re
tirement to return to the active
leadership of the Nationalist re
gime in a simple ceremony Tues
day morning.
Wearing the uniform of a five
star general with a lone decora
tion—the white 12-pointed star of
the Republic of China—on his
breast, Chiang charged the Chinese
Communists have placed China
under Soviet servitude.
Delegates to Attend
City Officials Meet
Three representatives from the
Bureau of Municipal Research on
the campus will attend the second
regional meeting for city officials
in Albany tonight.
Those going will be Herman
Kelirli, director of the bureau; A.
M. Westling, consultant; and Deane
Seeger, consultant for the League
of Oregon Cities.
Experienced: Shall we sit in the
parlor.
Coed: No I’m too tired, lets’s go
roller skating.
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