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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1951)
latest reports from the Cow Country, Aggie with rage in connection with the Duck-Bea um last Saturday night, protests were issued by Oregon State Daily Editor Jack Saling, who dipped his partisan of calumniation and came up with some in comments about the Oregon Squad. Tuesday’s pared to an amoeba. .iff that me — more like a big-league Pthan did their opponents , tactics left much to be I In the way of playing leavers, who at no time Sing the game of basket .aniuse the crowd with fltics or to resort to var Jtended tricks in an at Win the game at any -adless of the spectators’ fjhould be highly corn er the type of ball play *.face of the terrific odds J forced to contend with. m ♦' ♦ ethat the Beavers look ^ [ay night—but per fthere is too much em r put on winning a ball _.4he sacrifice of spirit operation and the ethics or [codes of an institution and aid sport of basketball. And Itime either Friday or Satur Iglit, did the Beavers conduct jelves in any manner, either e court or off, which would i bring disrepute on either |coach, their school, or their lates. They conducted them I as gentlemen at all times, lnd this, perhaps nearly as li as winning ball games, is | Coach Slats Gill is striv lor. And they didn’t let him we feel 4iat even thougl ost two games in a row t< I arch-rivals, the Beaver; I be congratulated individual | the fine manner in whicl [held themselves in contro the terrific temptation; bust have had to subdue t< | to what they did withou themselves to the leve bancery and buffoonery thei bits employed.” thousand congratulations to tallant plow-jockeys! How I they possibly overcome the lowering temptation to stoop |eh low depths of mean, | trickery and “buffoonery” | perform brilliantly, toss in "Mis, at a spectacular .323 Iss their opponents dizzy, i more than their share f rebounds? ' tactics would be positive 'raceful! The Aggies woult “re to return to the publi< ■no doubt, they would wrinj lands in agony and flee t< searching for caves ir I ° hide their abominable fcation. ♦ « a. , in^ ^r* Saling’s imag h. " *os*'" *"° " those - evil o!1, roically-av°ided-their ,a ysis' does not seem t * cJear how he obtained "rmation that the Ducks e !lately attempting “to K’afn f au any costs-” The °t phenomenally close. ,also difficult to under > the Aggies looked did bl^",eague team a„, *heir opponents.” Do mJr? Plummet mete C°,the Cel,ars of their teaJea8rUeS? Do big >«Sg?Uttmlt 29 fouls “BigTe^6'!,t0 discuss this ' tenSf® Js a relative _'s hig when com Mr. Saling’9 complaints about the humorous antics of the Ducks are unequivocally ridiculous. He can’t understand why the Web foots would “quit playing the game of basketball to amuse the crowd.” Is It unethical to entertain our fellow men who have placed their hard-earned ducats on the counter so that they could en joy an evening’s (ugh!) enter tainment? If the game is so one i sided that it Regenerates into % rout, why not give the fans something to laugh about ? After thousands of dollars are spent to train, equip, feed, and transport a college basketball squad, is the game to be played merely for the enjoyment of the participants, or do the interests of the paying spectators also merit some consideration? Humor should not be frowned upon, whether it is in the open on the basketball floor or unconscious ly hidden in Barometer columns. Remember those glowing lines: “Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep and you weep alone, For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.” The Ducks should be commend ed for their successful attempts to enliven the proceedings. Humor adds color, and colorful teams are remembered long after the dull names of poker-faced champions are all but forgotten. Dizzy Dean, Casey Stengel, Yogi Berra—those are the names that the fans love to recall. Although Mr. Saling insinuates that Oregon sacrificed spirit, co operation, ethics, and moral codes in order to win, he fails to provide a single example. His opinions flow forth lavishly; his evidence is restricted to the point of non existence. And finally, Mr. Saling bitterly adds, the Beavers at least conduct ed themselves as gentlemen, which they were striving for “nearly as much” as they were striving for victory. Incidentally, the Aggie “gentlemen” committed 29 fouls, a new season’s record for OSC. Actually, Oregon State’s sud den emphasis upon the new practice of impersonating gentle men is likely to lead to compli cations. For example, the Beavers un doubtedly will be forced to abolish their football program because the gridirort is not the most desirable place for the display of higher de portment. Obviously, it is impolite to chase a man 80 yards and then lunge at his fleeing figure, dash ing him to the ground with bar barian violence. In addition, it must be a gross insult to thwart the plans of an opposing place-kicker. After the kicker carefully considers the dis tance to the crossbars, studies the wind velocity, and conscientiously places a piece of tape behind the pigskin, a boorish opponent, with malice aforethought, rushed at him and hurls his body into the path of the oval, deliberately blocking the kick. The Cad! After you, my dear Alphonso. |chuef<2hursday B°wlsng Results Chl def phi Kappa Psi n tied Phi Delta Theta Minturn- was ‘standing bowler, rol ling high series of 512 and high game of 202. Also looking good were Stu Rich ardson, Sigma Chi; Lloyd Sutton, Stitzer; Warner Gregg, Theta Chi; and Brad Fullerton, Phi Delta The ta. UO Swimmers Favored Over OSC S«t..r<lnv Oregon’s varsity swimming team will seeks its 20th consecutive vic tory over the Beavers in the sea son s first dual meet at 2 p.m. to morrow at the men’s pool. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. and no admis sion will be charged. Coach Borchardt’s mermen are heavily favored to out-splash the inexperienced swimmers from Cor vallis. The blue nooon event will be the century crawl. The dual meet rec ord of 54.4 will be threatened when Oregon’s Van Dijk and Santos square off against Coach Reg Floods protege, big Herm Clark. Herm, who did a lot of swimming in Hawaii, is expected to be the Beav er s strongest contribution to the northern division race this year Joe Nishimoto will attempt to lower the meet record of 2:12.2 for the 180-yard individual medley. He has already done 2:04.3 in a prac tice earlier this week. Another time likely to be erased from the record book is the varsity and meet record of 2:16 in the 220 freestyle. Pete Van Dijk will try to lower the existing record. The foursome of Van Dijk, Nish imoto, Allan, and Santos, who set the varsity 400-yard freestyle relay record in the intra-squad meet last week, will again swim this event. Oregon’s entries for the meet are: 300-yard medley relay—Ruck aeschel, Hargrave, Allan. 220-yd freestyle — Edwards, Van Dijk. 60-yd freestyle — Popovich, Santos. 180-yd individual medley _ Nishimoto, Allan. Diving—ho entry. 100-yd freestyle — Van Dijk, Santos. 200-yd breast — Ruckdeschel, Paget. 200-yd back—Hargrave. 440-yd freestyle — Edwards, Popovich. 400-yd freestyle relay — Van Dijk, Nishimoto, Allan, Santos. IM Schedule 3:50 Court 40—Sigma Alpha Mu B vs Cherney Hall B 3:50 Court 43-—Lambda Chi Alpha B vs Alpha Tau. Omega B 4:85 Court 40—Lambda Chi Al pha A vs Phi Kappa Psi A 4:35 Court 43 — Philadelphia House A vs Delta Upsilon A 5:15 Court 40—Alpha Hall A vs Gamma Hall A 5.15 Court 43—Phi Delta The ta A vs Phi Gamma Delta A We Have... • COMPLETE STOCK OF TIRES • ANTIFREEZE 1. After the accident—after it, what motorist would not give his every worldly possession to undo the damage that he has done? 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