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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1950)
DUCK TRACKS By DAVE TAYLOR Emerald Track Writer i lie old man would nave been proud ot you and your team ! That's what they were telling Coach Bill Bowerman after his thinclacls had surpassed the wildest of expectations by handing Oregon State an overwhelming 10-to-2 setback in the annual Oregon-Oregon State relays. The “old man” referred to was Col. Bill Hayward, Bowerman’s former coach and teacher. Judging from the results of his labors, it looks like the pupil learned his lessons well. Bowerman Brings Ducks Up The Webfoot boss trained under Hayward and was one of Oregon’s steadiest distance men before he was graduated in 1935. During his high school coaching career Bowerman was a devout believer in Hayward’s methods, and they paid off in vic tories. He finds time to give everybody an equal amount of coach ing, and absolutely does not believe in overwork. He continually remembers that Hayward said best performances cannot be ex pected if the sport becomes work. Ever since Bowerman took over the reins of the Oregon cin der crew last year the Webfoots have been on the way up. As an example of this, just take the Oregon state rivalry and examine it. Last year the Ducks went up to Corvallis for the relays and lost 5-3 when a couple of bad breaks like an illegal baton pass and a hurdler falling into a hurdle while leading during the anchor lap of the race kept them from winning. Then came the dual meet last year. Bowerman pulled nothing short of sleight-of-hand magic by juggling his entries to gain points and win the meet be fore the relay. Oregon won 66-65. Saturday’s results were just a continuation of that upward climb. Bowerman seems to have exceptional judgment in anything he does. He knows the capabilities of his men so well that if one of them starts faltering, the Duck mentor knows immediately something is wrong and starts looking for the cause. As an ex ample of his judgment, a little anecdote which happened last week is in order. Pretty Good Judgment Last Thursday Bower man had to lay off the track for the re lays. The main problem facing him was determining where baton passing zones for the 440-yard relay were supposed to be. Start ing from the finish line in front of the east grandstand, the Web foot boss stepped off the distance to the first zone, marked it by scratching a spot in the cinders, then moved on to next, marking it, and so on until he had completed the course. Then he took the tape to check his calculations. No, he hadn’t hit it on the head, but his strides were only two inches off, possibly from wearing oversized shoes, over the 440-yard course. Pretty good judgment, eh ? The Ducks officially open Northern Division track warfare next Saturday when they fly to Moscow to meet the Idaho Van dals. Flying will be something new for the track team, but Bow erinan has practically insisted on it. He believes that a long bus or train ride ties up the legs of his performers, while the shorter flying time will not prove so strenuous. His argument is certainly logical. However, the planes used in this area hold only 21 pas sengers, while Northern Division regulations permit a 22-man traveling squad, plus a manager and a coach. Bowerman has such a wealth of material that he'll take the full complement everytime the Ducks hit.the road, but the manager and two team members will have to go by bus or train if the team is to stay within its budget. This makes a rough time of it for managers, who, accord ing to Bowerman, “will probably be fighting over the right to stav home instead of accompanying the team.” The only other answer is for West Coast Airlines to buy bigger planes. Oregon Gets Schedule Break Washington State is the big obstacle in the way .of Oregon’s Northern Division title hopes. The Cougars have won 17 con secutive dual meets since Jack Mooberry took over at Pullman. However, the Ducks have an excellent schedule break since the Cougars must venture out of the Palouse hills down to Eugene for the meet on April 12. Besides this, Washington must come to Hayward Field this year, too. That means Oregon’s two tough est meets will lie at home, while the Ducks’ long road trip will be this weekend up to Moscow. Incidentally, you can just yell “Timber” when the Vandal meet comes off since more records probably will fall than will remain intact. The dual rivalry is only three years and when Bill Fell. Dave Henthorne, George Rasmussen. Walt McClure, Woodley Lewis, and the rest start limbering up against these marks, it will be like a modern logging operation on O & C lands. Aiken to Boise Thursday; Drills Today Oregon’s Head Football Coach Jim Aiken, will leave Eugene Wed nesday night by plane to attend e convention of the American Associ ation of Physical Education, to b« held in Boise, Ida., Thursday. In the meanwliile, Aiken plans tc run off four more practice sessions during the week, starting with a full drill this afternoon at the var sity practice lot. Besides today’s practice, the Webfoot varsity blossoms will be watered down with scrimmages and calesthentics Tuesday, Wed nesday, and either Friday or Satur day. The Oregon grid chief said Sun day night that after four scrim mages last week, he was pretty sure of what he had. He described the team he “envisioned” for next fall as being ‘(not great” but a well rounded one. Strong Forward Wall He expects strength in the line, but greenness in the backfield, al though there is a wealth of speed. Quarterback possibilities receiv ed' an additional boost with the ad dition of Leo Gilnet, former all stater from Longview, Wash., who is reputed to be a passer and a kick er.Aiken pointed out, however, that Earl Stelle has shown well in the early drills. Frosh Butcher Albany (Continued from page four) The Saturday game found the Yearlin play in direct contrast to their late season form of the pre vious day. They could neither hit nor field and Coach Rasmussen sent a continuous parade of pitch ers into he fray after starter Curt Barclay was relieved in the fifth. The Eugene Axemen have prac tically the same team which cap tured runner-up honors in last year’s high school tourney. They looked good all the way, posting one run in the fourth, two in the six th, two in the seventh, three in the eighth, and one in the ninth. Monday's IM Slate 3:50 No. Fid.—Phi Psi vs McChesney 3:50 So. Fid.—Yeomen vs Fiji 3:50 Up. Fid.—Phi Kap vs Sherry Boss 4:55 No. Fid.—Sigma Chi vs. Campbell 4:55 So. Fid.—Westminster vs SAM 4:55 Up. Fid.—THE vs Gamma Aiken plans to leave Eugene Wednesday night by plane, anc then take off for Boise from Port land. 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