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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1951)
T>uc6, Sf ‘pttf P*t*49*\ Although Oregon fans may have been surprised at the knowl (•(Ijm' that versatile Jack Smith i- an outstanding prospect in four • tack events (low hurdles, broad jump, high jump, and the sprints), they may have been additionally confused when they learned that Jack Smith is a I)uck varsitv baseball catcher who also might sec outfield duty during his spare time. A m ri-uiiiy, mere an- iwo jai:K SmithH returning' for further action tin the Duck athletic fields. Both are juniors. Both are majoring in business administration. .luck" iT’Smlth will probably hold down the catching assign ntent for f'oach Don Kirsch’s ImHclmllcrN wheft they face tin* I ..infield Wildcati. on Horn- Field. Smith, an all-staler from Eugene High, hammered the hone-hide at a ..'{00 clip while playing for the Ore gon Kroah In 19-10, and he was one of Coach Kitsch's outstanding re ceived laat Hprlng. Jack M. Smith, a Florence lad, Han the leautlng sprinter on the strong 1949 Duckling track squad and also was outstanding at the low hurdles and the hroad jump. Now- he is also trying the high jump, but another versatile ath lete, Emery Barnes, should provide strong competition in tills event. Barnes, a second team all-state prep basketball selection for Jeff'-r aon High in 1948, also performed for Coach Jim Aiken’s 1950 grid aggre gation and is now participating in spring football practice. However, when the subject of ver satile eindermen is under considera tion, the name of the great Gay Bryan inevitably enters the conver sation. Bryan reached his collegiate peuk last spring while porform ing for the Stanford Indians, who took second place In tin* NCAA Alert. Bryan personally scored 25 points in the Stunfnrd-Cf I,A dual meet us he took first In the 100, 220, l20-\ard high hurdles, broad jump, and high jump. He is also a proficient 220yard low-hurdler and 440-yard sprinter. In addition, he was a member of Stanford’s mile relay squad. Bryan holds the Stanford-UCLA Meet record for the 220-yard dash 121 secondsi and the broad jump (25 feet, 4.75 inches). Bryan graduated last spring, so he won’t be around to worry Coach Jess Hill’s mighty USC Trojans. Ineidentally, only I SC stood between the 1950 Stanford squad and an undefeated season. The In dians placed first in four meets and second in four others. I SC was first in the latter four en counters. The Trojans edged the Indians in the Pacific Const Conference Meet, the NCAA Meet, and the West Coast Relays. The undefeated Men of Troy also downed Stanford in a dual meet, scoring 95 5/6 points to Stanford’s 35 1 6. Southern California, the Notre Dame of collegiate track, has taken ten consecutive PCC titles and has captured first place in almost half of the annual NCAA championship meets. When the powerful Trojuns routed UCLA 120-11 last May, they were rolling to I heir I8lh straight triumph over the Bruins, who have never defeated their Ix>s Angeles rivals. The Trojans ascended to their present position of national cinder domination under the famous Dean Cromwell, who now coaches Amer ican Olympic performers. Since Cromwell left, Trojan track fortunes have been in the hands of Jess Hill, who recently was ap pointed to Southern Cal's vacant head football coaching position, which means that he might be busier than Jack Smith, or Emery Barnes. Hill has a steep future. Coaches lead interesting lives. Millard F. (Dixie) Howell joined Millard F. (Dixie) Howell the expanding ranks of the unem ployed football coaches last Tues day as the University of Idaho drop ped him from the payroll just be fore spring training was scheduled to begin. Dixie's four years at Idaho fea tured 13 wins, 20 setbacks, and 1 tie. Such a record might be greeted with bursts of unenthusiasm by the alumni of Notre Dame or Michigan, but the Idaho fans can hardly com plain about losing seasons. Howell was the 16th Idaho head coach The othars also met with lit tle success. Their records. COACH W L T Pet. (i. K. Higgins 2 7 0 .222 F. D. Herbohl 4 2 1 .667 J. ti. (irlffitli 28 22 2 .560 John Middleton 4 3 3 .571 John (irogan 3 4 0 .429 C'.M. Kademaeher I 4 1 .200 \V. ('. Illeamaster 8 8 1 .500 H. F. Hutchinson 2 3 0 .400 Thomas Kelly 6 5 2 .545 Bob Mat I hews 16 14 2 .533 Charles Krh 10 9 5 .526 l.co Cal land 20 30 0 .400 Ted Bank 17 33 3 .340 Francis Schmidt 7 12 0 .368 James Brown . 2 15 0 .117 Dixie Howell 13 20 1 .394 Coach Howell suffered a major setback during the 1949 season. After he stated that the team was "one of Idaho's best football squads in years,” his gridders won only three games and finished in ninth place in the Pacific Coast Confer ence. Although their smashing 79-0 rout of Willamette University in the season’s opener provided a fairly successful start, the Van dals then dropped a 41-0 decision to the Oregon Ducks, took e. 56-7 drubbing at the hands of the Texas Longhorns, and later clos ed the season with a 63-0 loss to Stanford. The Howolling of the wolves in creased. The latest season, also un satisfactory, provided the coup de grace. Coach Jim Aiken's Duck grid ders will probably flash some dazzl ing bursts of speed during the 1951 campaign. Bill Fell, a 100-yard dash champion, is back in action at right half and apparently has not been slowed down by his leg injury suf fered last fall. Ted Anderson, a prep state cham pion sprinter from Newport, is a candidate for the left half posi tion, while Leroy Campbell, play' ing at left end in the spring practice sessions, holds the national junior college 220-yard dash champion* ship. KWAK, UO FM Station, to Go on Air Wednesday Operating on a frequency of 88.1 megacycles, the new University FM radio station, KWAX, will he heard for the first time Wednesday. The initial program will broad cast from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Station Manager Jack Vauglm announced. The first broadcast will consist entirely of special programs and dedicatory messages, he said. KWAX will regularly be on the air eight hours daily except Sun day when it will be heard from 3 to 7 p.m. WSSF, YW Regional Secretary To Advise UO Groups Next Week Gladys Lawther, regional secre tary Of the YWCA and the World Student Service Fund, will be a visitor on campus Monday through Thursday conferring with campus Y groups. She will be acting in both capaci ties, working with the solicitors and committees of W8SF in pre paration for the drive beginning Apr. 9, and also meeting with the senior and sophomore Y cabinets and the advisory board. Not new to the Oregon campus, Mrs. Lawther is a graduate of the University. She took her graduate work at Syracuse University and has worked for the community YWCA here and on the personnel staff of Michigan State Teachers’ Radio Tryouts Set For 3pm. Friday Tryouts for the half-hour radio drama, "The Black Death,” will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday in Vil lard Hall's radio studios. "The Black Death,” a play writ ten by Frank Cunningham, in volves reporters and scientists. It concerns a Martian invasion of a strange disease. Any student may try for parts. Technical staff members and an announcer are also needed. The drama will be presented over KWAX Thursday. Chemists to^Gather On CampusfApr. 7 Chemists from Oregon indus tries, colleges, and universities will gather on the Oregon campus Apr. 7 for a meeting of the Oregon sec tion of the American Chemical So ciety. Speaker will be H. G. Cassidy, associate professor of chemistry at Yale University. His topic is "Some Aspects of Oxidation in Oragnic Chemistry." The meeting will open with a dinner at 6:30 pm. at the Faculty Club. The lecture and a business meeting are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union. It's worry, not work, makes work a chore. And work, not worry, will win your war. Maybe wisdom isn't so common because it's common sense. College. She wa« appointed region al secretary of the Y in the fall of 1947 and has been on the campus several times since then. Although Mrs. Lawther is not here to recruit staff members for the national Y. she would be glad to talk with interested students about that work, according to Lois Greenwood, campus YWCA execu tive director. Appointments to see Mrs. Lawther may be made by calling the Y. This weekend she will be a fea tured speaker at the senior Y cab inet retreat. Campus Sing Titles Due on Wednesday House representatives for the All-Campus Sing will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Union. Song titles must be turned in at that time, and any house not represented will not be able to participate in the Sing, Co-Chair men Jeanne Hoffman and Mari lyn Thompson announced. The rules for the A 11-Cam pas Sing will also be given at tMa time. Houses are -advised not to purchase music until the sot^a have been approved, because pos sible duplication may necessitate a change of songs. Co-Op Members For your own protection please ob serve the following: 1. Be sure you have a membership. 2. If for any reason you drop out of school during the year please leave your cash register receipts in the proper envelope at the office of the Co-op. have your envelopes turned in to the Co-op before May 20th. The deadline for these receipts is usual ly sometime in the last week of May. 4. Checks will be mailed to students who have dropped out of school. 5. Patronage Refunds will only be paid to students with memberships on record at the Co-op. 6. The refund is paid in cash during final examination week spring term. 7. Turn in only one envelope. If an other is required please staple to gether. Be sure your name, home address and membership number is on the envelope. 8. The last day for purchasing mem berships is May 1st. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CO-OP STORE AJNEW SERVICE Yes you can now phone in your CLASSIFIED AD JUST DIAL EXTENSION 219 between 2 and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and your ad will be placed in the Daily EMERALD CLASSIFIED ADS ALSO TAKEN AT THE STUDENT UNION (Main Desk) AND AT THE SHACK BETWEEN 2 and 4