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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1950)
DUCKTRACKS By JOHN BARTON 5 Emerald Sports Editor A good joke came off the football practice field the other night. As \ou probably know, Coach Jim Aiken has about 15 or 16 transfers in his fold this spring. Most of the men are new to Aik en, and new to his system. Most of them naturally want to land a position on the squad, and are trying to show well in spring practice to do it. YY ell, the brief laugh went like this: One of the coaches was setting up a punt-formation play, designed to have good defense lor the punter, giving him plen ty of time to get the kick off. The defense was set, the ball was snapped, and the punter got ready to get the kick off. At that point, a burly little man burst through the line and spill ed the punter, before he got the kick off. This, it goes without say ing, caused' no little surprise to the coach who had the play set up. As the burly little tackier picked himself up proudly, • the coach said, “Where in the heck did you come from?” The tackier stopped, stood respectfully, and said, “a . . . from California!” According to the story, practice with those particular 22 men stopped cold for a few seconds. Whether the LEO HARRIS coach ever found out what position the man was playing wasn’t told. Won't They Be Warm? Wonder if any college teams will take up the short pants and “T” shirt baseball uniforms which the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League have adopted. The new outfit has definite advantages, no doubt, but there’s just one cpiestion in our mind .. . how cool are those shorts if the baserunner doesn’t slide just right ? According to Athletic Department circles, the varsity base ball team stilP needs assistant managers. Present head manager Jim Snow is a senior, and probably won’t be around next year. So there’s a good job for some ambitious underclassman. Prob ably get to go on two or three good trips this year . . . and earn a manager’s letter next season for sure. With Oregon in possession of the hot (prospectively speak ing) track team which it has, there’s a chance that admission will be charged at track meets this year. That won’t include students, of course. But non-University cinder fans may be knicked a few cents at the gate. After all, why not? bo, You Want a box bcore There’s certainly no reason why Leo Harris shouldn’t charge a few sheckels for fans to pass through the gates at this and other local meets. Since the old horseshoe grandstand at the end of the field has been torn down, there may be a few far-sighted people with their noses pressed to the fence, but they won’t be many. A few baseball fans have expressed themselves in letters and cards to the effect that they want box scores in the stories of Oregon baseball games. Tell you a secret fellows . . . we do too. But, it’s like this : A box score just about has to be set in agate type. (That’s the little stuff that they put classified ads in.) Well, at the Univer sity Press, where the Emerald is printed, the staff cannot be supplied with agate type. This is just so; it is not questioned. Now. if we write a box score, and have it set in regular 8-point type, like the rest of the page, it comes out just about 4 or 5 col umn inches long. When you're operating a sports page on just one page, that cuts into the room left for other stories. That’s not good. BUT. insomuch as the readers have expressed themselves (and we like for readers to express themselves), a box score will be run. Fell in the Game for height Something new is being shown on the spring football practice field. Bill Fell is running through the line. And. he’s really run ning' through it. too. Fell almost unconsciously (or so it looks) cuts back when the play calls for it. He may bring back memories of old Jake Leight, who used to go through a quick opening just like his nickname—Leightning. Fell can run . . . there’s no doubt about that. He's faster than Leight ever was, it appears. But can he carry a football while run ning? Apparently, the answer is—yes, he can. Look for Fell, eventually, to do the things Leight used to do . V Varied Topics Slated For Business Confab Speakers representing- a cross section of various fields for wo men in business will be guests at the women’s business confer ence here April 11. The conference is sponsored by Phi Chi Theta, national wo men’s business honorary. Speaking on “Buying as a Profession,” will be Betty Robb, buyer for the dress department of Charles F. Berp- Portland liberal arts from the University of Washington and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and Mortar Board. Ex-House Mother She was house mother for Kap pa Alpha Theta at Oregon for three years, and was a buyer for Russell’s in Eugene. She spoke at the first Women’s Business Con ference on the campus three years ago. “Opportunities for Women in Accounting and Related Fields” will be the topic of a talk by Hilda W. Freed of the Price, Waterhouse Company, Portland. Miss Freed transferred from OSC to Oregon as a senior in business administra tion and graduated in 1942. She was a member of Phi Kappa Phi at OSC and was president-elect of the educational honorary at OSC when she transferred to Oregon. Third Topic The third topic will be “Women in Personnel Work” by Vera W. Berney, women’s presonnel super visor for Crown Zellerbach Corpor ation, Camas, Washington. Mrs. Berney, women’s personnel super the past eight years. Formerly she was a high school teacher and a dean of girls. A graduate of West ern Washington College, Mrs. Ber ney is the author of many magazine articles on personnel work and a frequent speaker for school and industrial groups. Reservations for the dinner in the Anchorage Cafe may be ob tained at 108 Commerce. Dinner tickets may also be purchased from members of Phi Chi Theta. 0 Wesley Group To Present Play ‘‘The Terrible Meek," a play by Charles Rann Kennedy, will be presented by Wesley Foundation on Friday at 8 p. m. in the chapel of the First Methodist Church, 1185 Willamette. Cast in the lead of Mary, mother of Jesus, will be Mrs. Ottilie Sey bolt, professor of speech. Her sup porting cast will incfude Ken Neal and John Ogle. Music will be sup plied by Janis Evans, soprano solo ist and Charles Wright, violinist. What could be better than a thick creamy Shake? Your place to get your Shake and Favorite fountain dishes Try the DUCK INN DUCK INN 11 St. Ph. 5-9357 Campus to Get 15 Street Lights Fifteen modern, 10,000-lumen street lamps similar to those now going up on 11th Ave. are to be installed on the University campus soon. Four lamps will be placed along Kincaid from Ilth to 13th Ave., and 11 along University between 13th and 18th Ave. The University will furnish the lights and the City of Eugene will operate and install them. The University has just com pleted installation of a new net work of fire protection lines throughout the campus. New red fireplugs have appeared around McArthur Court, at the Vet’s Dorm heating plant, across the old camp us, and along University from 13th to Gerlinger Hall. The area around the University Theater and the Dad’s Gates is being planted to grass and the gates are being painted dark green. Latches have been installed on the gates to keep them from swinging shut. Delta Theta Phi Elects Election of officers for Delta Theta Phi, legal fraternity, was held at a recent meeting. New officers are Bob Hollis, dean; Bill Jayne, vice-dean; Bob Belloni, tribune; Bob Abrams, treasurer; Lester Pedersen, secre tary; William Anderson, bailiff; and Bob Corbett, master of the ritual. HEILIflS STARTS SUNDAY THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BEST PICTURE l BEST ACTOR BEST Supporting Actress Broderick CRAWFORD Joanne Dru * John Ireland * John Derek A COLUMBIA ticrutc Also Robt. Young, Barbara Hale “AND BABY MAKES THREE” WSSF is governed by the prin ciple of NEED and NEED alone. Starts Sunday, April 9th Academy Award1 Winner of The Best Pitcure, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. “ALL THE KING’S MEN” Broderic Crawford, Mercedes MeCambridge MAYFLOWER IT! lluMLWR DIAL 5-1022 Now through Tuesday, April 11 Robert Taylor, Lana Turner “ JOHNNY EAGER” also Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon “BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST” Wed-Thurs., April 12-13 Returned by popular demand Laurence Oliver in “HENRY V” Students 60c. Adults afternoon 85c; evening $1.00 Starts Friday, April 14 “ON THE TOWN” with Gene Kelley, Frank Sinatra M 11 Mi Sun-Mon., April 9-10 ‘PORTRAIT OF JENNIE’ with Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton also “THE DOCTOR AND THE GIRL” Glenn Ford, Janet Leigh Tues-Wed., April 11-12 “THE GREAT SINNER” with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner also “THIEVES HIGHWAY” with Richard Conte Starts Thursday, April 13 “THE LADY TAKES A SAILOR” and “BUFFALO BILL RIDES AGAIN” MCKENZIE SW I’l SPRiNGFIELD 7-2201 Starts Sunday, April 9 Humphrey Bogart in “CHAIN LIGHTNING” Starts Wednesday, April 12 “CHALLENGE TO LASSIE” with Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp also “FREE FOR ALL” QLal 7-3403 Starts Sunday, April 9 “MADAME BOVARY” with Jennifer Jones, James Mason also “MR. BLANDING BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE” Cary Grant, Myrna Loy Starts Wednesday, April 12 “REIGN OF TERROR” with Robert Cummings also “HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET” with Wayne Morris Starts Friday, April 14 ‘RIDERS OF THE DUSK’ with Whip Wilson also “SINISTER JOURNEY” with William Boyd