DUCK TRACKS
By Phil Johnson
Emerald Sportswriter
With New Year’s resolutions as prevalent as Communists in
Senator McCarthy’s oratorical demonstrations, the athletic
world welcomed the initial week of a new year and a new half
century with an unprecedented barrage of promises, threats,
wiinurawciis, aim i esigiiauuns.
The Rose Bowl game touched
off one of the loudest explosions
of the new year as Pacific Coast
representatives, six-time losers
in six years, suggested that Pa
cific Coast Conference teams
might not appear in future Tour
nament of Roses activities.
This ill-timed announcement fol
lowed the latest of the innumer
able humiliations which have cost
PCC members the loss of more face
than a plastic surgeon ever saw.
These Pasadena punishments
are as old as the history of that
predecessor of all bowl games,
the Bose Bowl battle of 1902.
That fray, incidentally, was a
classic example of Rose Bowl
horror. Michigan routed Stanford
49-0 in a “battle” that didn’t even
last for the full four quarters—
the argument was stopped when
Stanford’s last substitute suc
cumbed.
-^That incident was equalled if not
surpassed by the 1934 game, which
featured a highly-rated, highly fa
vored Stanford aggregation again
st Coach Lou Little’s lowly Colum
bia squad. According to Western
scribes, little Columbia would be
lucky to survive the afternoon’s
terrifying developments. Columbia
won 7-0.
However, the wbrst was yet to
come, although some people con
sidered that California’s 0-0 tie
with “hopeless” Washington and
Jefferson was worse than any
thing that the future could save
for the much-abused Westerners.
Alabama routed USC 34-14 in the
1946 example of Rose Bowl frus
tration.
A new angle was added for the
1947 demonstration. Mighty UCLA,
undefeated, untied, and mentored
by Coach of the Year Burt LaBru
cherie (subsequently eradicated),
was highly favored over the Illini,
who ranked only second in the Big
Nine.
Bruin backers stated that Illi
nois wasn’t good enough to play
UCLA—they should have sche
duled mighty Army instead. Nev
ertheless, developments (mainly
UCLA’s 45-14 loss to the Illini)
indicated that there were falla
cies in this argument.
The following year featured
Michigan’s 49-0 slaughter of the
once-great Trojans from USC. This
was the worst loss of Southern Cal
ifornia gridiron history, although
the 1950 edition of El Trojan dis
played potentialities of exceeding
that noteworthy feat.
The California-Northwestern
battle of 1949 opened a new era
—the age of How Unlucky Can
3^>u Get? Northwestern, another
second-place Big Nine squad,
edgged out the California Bears
20-14. Although movies of the
game show that Officials called
an innacurate decision that cost
the Bears a touchdown and also
awarded a touchdown to North
western despite a Wildcat fum
ble outside of the end zone, there
are those who maintain that a
good team “makes its breaks,”
so perhaps Northwestern “made”
those breaks.
The 1950 nightmare was equally
grotesque. An Ohio State eleven,
which had absorbed a 27-0 setback
at the hands of Minnesota’s Gold
en Gophers, defeated California 17
charging Bears miraculously man
aged to avoid blocking with their
six outstretched arms. The latest
Pasadent tilt, with the long Cal
touchdown that nullified, apparent
ly was the final straw. The old
“wait till next year” spirit seems to
be declining on the Pacific Coast.
If the game is abandoned, all
of the PCC schools will lose
money unless a suitable substi
tute is found. Oregon’s income
from the 1951 contest is approxi
mately $7000, a sizable sum, con
sidering that Duck profits from
the 1950 season are estimated at
£10,000. Such financial consider
f ations might force continuance of
the Rose Bowl arrangement.
LEO HARRIS
Another new development also
affects the Duck gridiron picture.
St. Mary’s College announced that
it intends to abandon the circles of
intercollegiate football competition.
The Gaels lost a significant $150,
000 during the past season.
This alters the situation on the
local character-building athletic
fields. Oregon-St. Mary’s games
were scheduled for 1951, 1952,
and 1953. However, no mortal
blow has been delivered to Duck
gridiron hopes—the 1950 Gael
freshman football squad had been
rated as the strongest in the
school’s history. Furthermore,
Oregon gained only an estimated
$4000 (about one-thirty-fifth of
1950 Duck income) by playing St.
Mary’s at Eugene.
This is insignificant when com
pared to the $16,500 which Boston
University guaranteed to Idaho,
never a drawing card attraction,
for the Boston-Vandal clash. Of
course, Idaho was forced to meet
expenses for the trip to Massachus
etts, but this amounted to little, ac
cording to Vandal authorities.
While athletic directors jug
gled financial statements arid
stared unhappily at the future,
the nation’s coaches considered
the abolition of spring football
training. This has become a new
issue since the outbreak of se
lective service activities, since
many athletes will be lost to the
military fields, many of the grid
ders who normally turn out for
spring football will be needed for
other sports, which theoretically
will be drained of talent. Such ac
tivities include golf, baseball,
track, and tennis.
Utner arguments opposing spring
gridiron activities include the be
lief that football players are kept
from their studies and also that
they lose opportunities to work.
The latter is important because
most players cannot work during
pigskin season.
Duck Athletic Director Leo
Harris stated last night that he
favors spring training abolition
if the ruling is universally adopt
ed. He added that spring work
outs for interested nbn-lettermen
might be substituted for the pres
ent arrangement.
Harris also proposed that both
teams be allowed to advance fum
bled spheroids, thus adding excite
ment to the game. Harris added
that teams should be allowed less
time in huddles. This would speed
up the game and add place pres
sure on the quarterback. Harris
also would like to see the college
adoption of the professional rule
that allows a gridder to keep run
ning until he is effectively stop
ped—if he merely falls down, he
can get up and continue. This also
should enliven the game.
At one time, ball carriers gal
loped freely with the advantages
of this rule, but it was abolished
because it was feared that the
rilling would be responsible for
numerous injuries. Nevertheless,
professional results have not sub
stantiated this fear.
Ominous Foreboding of the
Week USC's 41-19 halftime basket
ball lead over the California Bears.'
Johnson Hall
To Receive
Renovation
By Marjory Bush
Johnson Hall, behind its pillaed
exterior, is receiving: a near-com
plete first-floor renovation, includ
ing revamping of the president’s
office and construction of a new
conference room.
While work is being done on the
administrative building by the phy
sical plant, President H. K. New
burn, Assistant to the President
Howard Lemons, and Director of
Public Services Lyle M. Nelson are
sharing the former conference
room as a mutual office. Secre
taries have been crowded into of
fices on the north of the building
during the change-over.
One of the major changes of the
administrative building is the re
modeling of the old stage of the
Guild Theater into a new confer
ence room. Panelled in black wal
nut, the room now has a lowered
ceiling of acoustical tiling. It will
be finished with an asphalt tile
floor and furnished with a new
table and chairs.
Partitions of the president’s of
fice have been changed and the
ceilings lowered. Redecoration of
all offices and panelling of the
north wall of the president’s office
is included in the completed plan.
The assistant to the president
will have a new office next to the
south entrance of the building,
while the public services director
will occupy the former office of the
assistant. The waiting room for the
president’s office will be consider
ably enlarged, I. I. Wright, super
intendent of the physical plant,
said.
Administrative work will be car
ried on in offices in the northwest
section of the building.
Appearance and efficiency have
been considered in the remodeling
program, Wright pointed out.
Date of completion of the entire
project is indefinite, Wright stat
ed, due to difficulty in obtaining
materials. However, work on the
president’s office is being rushed.
Another recent change in John
son was the moving of the photo
graphic bureau into enlarged base
ment quarters. The bureau took
over the offices vacated by the
division of information for the
Chancellor’s office, which was
moved into the third floor.
Cost of Sewage
Plant May Fall
To Lot of U of O
The University of Oregon,
through the State Board of Con
trol, may pay part of the cost of
the City of Eugene’s proposed
sewage plant and outfall line.
Acting on a proposal adopted at
the City Council meeting Mon
day night, Eugene City Manager
Oren L. King, and City Attorney
John W. Pennington, will prepare
a bill for the state legislature re
questing the state to pay 14.53
per cent of the project.
The figure is based on the ratio
of the University’s student enroll
ment of 5,102 to that of the city
of Eugene which is 35,602. Out of
the estimated cost of $1,050,500,
the state would pay $152,637.53
according to figures given by King.
Lack of funds has held up con
struction of the plant, said King.
In an interview Thursday King
said that the money the state
would be asked to contribute
should enable the city to go ahead
with construction plans.
King told the council that the
state presently has arrangements
for reimbursing the cities of Sa
lem and Pendleton as its part in
the operation of state institutions
in those two cities.
An Illinois man said he turned
robber because he lost his health. I
He now is confined to his room for j
eight years.
SU to Feature
Basnet's Island
Pictures Tonight
H. G. Barnett, professor of an
thropology, will show his colored
motion pictures on “Life In The
Palau Islands" tonight from 7:30
to 9:30 p.m. in the Adelaide Church
Memorial Browsing Room in the
Student Union.
A discussion led by Dr. John
James, assistant professor of
sociology, will follow the film.
Barnett went to the Palau Is
lands in 1947 to do research and
work with the navy department.
He stayed two years studying the
native culture, industries, and veg
etation of the Palaus. In 1949 his
book, Palauan Society, was pub
lished. Barnett plans to return
someday to the Palaus to continue
his research.
* The Palaus are a small group of
islands which were occupied by
Japan during the last war. The
Japanese were finally driven from
them after intense fighting on
Peleliev, which island is now under
control of the Navy Department.
This lecture is the first in the
winter term series. It is open to
members of the association, facul
ty members and students of the
university
WAA Carnival
Petition Deadline
Set for Today
Today is the last day to sub
mit petitions for the Women’s
Athletic Association carnival, ac
cording to WAA President Bonnie
Gienger.
She said' that she will accept
petitions until 5 p.m. at Hendricks
Hall. They will be accepted by
Vice-president Phyllis Rich at
Rebec House. Petitioners do not
have to be members of WAA.
The carnival will follow the
Washington State-Oregon basket
ball game Feb. 16.
Positions open are for co-chair
men and chairmen of committees
on decoration, finance, food, pub
licity and promotion, cleanup, and
booths.
Co-chairmen of the entire carni
val will be chosen tonight by the
executive committee of the WAA
council.
Infirmary Inmates
Run to AAen Only
The infirmary was strictly a
man’s world Tuesday with six fel
lows taking an enforced vacation
from their studies. The men were
Jack Sullis, Joseph St. Martin,
A1 Wiebe, Les Collier, Dave Chap
man, and Oswald Plath.
The flowers they refer to that
bloom in the spring must be water
lilies.
Station Airs
University Class
A new experiment in radio,
bringing the classroom to the air,
is being conducted by the com
bined forces of the philosophy and
radio departments this term.
Alburey Castell, head of the
philosophy department, is having
his ethical and political theory
class tape-recorded. The class,
which deals with man and society
since the French Revolution, meet*
at 11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday
in the audio-visual section of the
library.
The first broadcast was conduct
ed last Thursday with the techni
cal arrangements being handled by
the radio division under the sup
ervision of Glenn Starlin, assist
ant professor of speech.
The thirty-minute programs will
continue throughout the term. The
tape-recordings will be shipped t®
KOAC at Corvallis and will be
broadcast Wednesday and Friday
of the following week from 1:30 t®
2 p.m.
Co-op Manager
States Reasons
For Book Sales
G. L. Henson, manager of the
Co-op, has announced that Satur
day will be the last day for stu
dents to receive full credit oa
books bought this term.
Henson stated that there ha*
been much dissatisfaction on the
part of the students because the
Co-op does not buy back all books.
The principal reason for this pol
icy is that some of the books will
not be used winter term.
War conditions and the drop in
enrollment have fostered the un
certainty as to whether the same
instructors will direct the classes
and the same books will be used
the following terms, Henson con
tinued.
Spring term a questionnaire will
be sent to all professors to clarify
the problem of books to be used
next fall. Most of the books pur
chased can be returned to the Co
op at this time.
However, books that will not be
used next fall cannot be bought
back by the Co-op, Henson stated.
Action ^uch as this would only
tend to raise the price of other
books to alleviate the loss of money
inflicted by the piling up of a sur
plus of useless books.
Wickham Schedules
Students to Meet
All girls on probation, those who
have a G.P.A. below 2.00, are to
meet at 4 p.m. today in the Stu
dent Union, according to Golda
P. Wickham, director of women’s
affairs. Meeting place will be post
ed in the SU lobby.
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