tDuc&t7*ac6& • was lucky. 1 hose arc the words which were employed hy Sophomore Ken Eaton as he described last week’s Intercollegi ale Three Cushion Milliard Championship Meet, in which he cap tuied the I’acific Coast Conference crown and placed third in the nation. 11 was a telephonic tournament—results were phoned to Chi (■i^o Mom colleges in all parts of the nation. Since Eaton was one 01 t,u' >"l' scorers in the nation, he has been selected to com I” l^(‘ National Intercollegiate Individual Three-Cushion Championships at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 20 and 21. Eaton was “very surprised” by his sudden rise to national prominence in the sphere of billards. However, his custo mary nonchalance was not affected. Evidently, there are not very many good three-cushion bil h.ud players in college, he stated modestly. Nevertheless, lie admitted that he was "playing a little better than usual." BelMsimo Optimistic * iiKicni i mon .Athletic Director Dome BeJii.simo believes that F'.aton has a good chance" to take the national title during the Aim Arhor meet. "He knows his three-cushion billiards," l’ellis r»tno stated. Incidentally, Director liellisimo, u ho is the organizer of Ore joni s billiard teams, did not have the opportunity to watch the outstanding performance of his squad. which took the I’CC team championship, and did not see Eaton in action. liellisimo planned to watch his team compete, but he decided to eat supper before the meet began. "I went upstairs,” he later stated, ‘ grabbed a sandwich, came back down, and they were through. Evidently, college billiard performers are not subject to the e\ ils of procrastination. Eaton played his first game of billiards last fall. However, he has played pool, which is similar to billiards, for some time. He has been roaming around pool tables since the age of six, when his father purchased a small pool table for him. He is eagerly anticipating the trip to Ann Arbor, because he 11 *ls never been east of Haker, (Oregon. He also hopes to see some major league baseball teams in action. In addition, the national meet attracts his interest. ‘‘Oh, I should do all right,’ he nonchalantly remarked when question ed concerning the possible outcome of the Ann Arbor clash, liellisimo holds a similar opinion, and he has reserved a Stu dent Union pool table for Eaton, ‘‘lie can practice anv time he w ants to," liellisimo stated. The incentive to practice will not be lacking. Only three other individuals stand between the skillful sophomore pre-law student and a national championship. Possible Playoffs i'-aton is the captain of the Pi K Phi intramural championship howlin','- xpiad. Incidently, there is a possibility that the Pi Phis will meet the faculty champions, the powerful !•'!vin«»- Saucers, in a supreme championship tilt. Arrangements have not been completed. Coach I >on K irsch's ()regon 1 )ucks apparently are ready to up hold the great Webfoot tradition in Xorthern Division. Demon strating great strength at the plate during their six games last week, the Ducks finally provided some outstanding mound per formances during the l-'riday-Saturday clashes. Local baseball fans were beginning to doubt the ability of the Oregon hurlers. Then Stan Aune and Bill Mays combined to stop Lewis and Clark with six hits and three runs, and Mel Krause and Bob Schoonover held the Portland Pilots to four hits and three runs. Schoonover pitched the final two frames and surrendered no hits and no runs. Oregon has taken eight Xorthern Division horsehide titles during the nineteen years of league ynnpetition. Washington State claims five, W ashington three, Oregon State three, and Idaho none. Cougars Lack Luck C )regoit ad WSC are the only teams which have not finished in the XI) cellar. Washington State, incidentally, coached by the humorous Buck Bailey, is not rated as a lucky team. 'I'lie Concurs gained three consecutive Northern Division championships and then dropped three extremely close series decisions to the California representatives. WSC met the California (iolden Bears for the 1947 Pacific Coast Conference crown. A two-out-of-three playoff was sche duled, hut weather conditions interfered. The first game was halted by rain with Cal leading 6-1. The second clash was rained out in the fifth inning with the two teams deadlocked 4-4. Cal was declared the “winner" of the playoff. The Bears then took the national championship. In the following spring, USC dropped the Cougars 7-5 (rained ^ut) and 6-3. The Trojans captured the national crown. 'I'lie Cougars met USC for another PCC title duel in 1949. Washington State took a one-sided 15-2 decision in the opener, lost the next one 2 1 in 10 innings, and fell apart for a 9-2 loss in the third. Skull and Dagger To Present Award Skull and Dagger, sophomore men’s service honorary, will award Its annual William Frager scholar ship during intermission of the All-Campus Sing, May 11, accord ing to President Jack Beyers. Ap plications are due by 5 p.m. Thurs day in the Office of Student Af fairs. The scholarship, amounting to $150 has been given each year since 1919 to an outstanding sophomore man. Winner is selected from among eligible petitioners. 7o be eligible, the candidate must be a male member of the Class of '53 who has been connect ed with campus activities and who has outstanding grades. Financial need will also be a basis of select ing the recipient. Application should be made on regular scholarship petitions avail able in the Office of Student Af fairs. Completed petitions are due back in that office by 5 p.m. Thurs day. The scholarship is awarded in honor of William Frager, who was killed In France during World War IX. While on the campus he was a member of Skull and Dagger, Al pha Delta Sigma, advertising fra ternity, and president of Sigma Alpha Mu. The $150 is given jointly by Skull and Dagger and Samuel Frager, William’s father and an Albany hardware store owner. A special board of judges, including Beyers and Director of Men's Af fairs Hay Hawk, will meet this week to decide the winner. Variety of Birds Now Being Reclassified Bird specimens ranging from shining sunbeams to cowbirds are contained in the bird collection in the Condon Museum of Natural History, which is currently being reclassified under the University system of classification. Most of the specimens were con tained in the A. G. Prill collec tion, which used a private classifi cation system. Marilyn Holcomb, sophomore in biology, is refiling the birds under the University system. There are a few specimens which were collected in the late 1890's, and many date back to the early 1900's. Miss Holcomb said age ap parently hasn't affected the birds except to make their skin so thin that it crackles when it is touched. Sophomore Cabinet Of YW Meets Today A meeting; of the new YWCA sophomore commission cabinet will be held at noon today in Gerlinger. The cabinet will outline its spring program, according to Ancy Vin cent, president. All freshman women are invited to a meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday sponsored by the cabinet. Five committees to be formed at the meeting, said Miss Vincent. The committees are: Picnic (which will include all freshman YWCA members), kiddie carnival (to raise funds for the Y-sponsored nursery), membership drive post ers, Duckling counselor program, and Red Cross. Social Dance Sign-up To End Wednesday Sign-up for the proposed social dance classes will be continued to day and Wednesday, the recreation committee of the Student Union announced Monday. Interested students may regist er in 301 SU, at the check stand, or at the basement recreation desk. The classes would be sponsored jointly by the recreation and dance committees of the SU. 'Lower Depths' Slated “Lower Depths,” a Russian film by Maxin Gorki, will be shown at 9 a.m. today in the audio-visual department of the Library. The movie, sponsored by the depart ment of foreign languages, has English subtitles. History of Hand Press Surrounded by Mystery »y Howard LindlMTk I A shroud of mystery and rumor surrounds the history of the Wash-' ington Hand Press, now a museum piece located in the basement of I the Journalism Building. The early part of the press' his tory is clear and well documented. It was brought to Oregon City in 1845, by way of Cape Horn. It was | used for printing the Oregon Spec tator, the earliest newspaper west of the Rockies. In 1855 the press ; was moved to Salem and used to print the Argus. But from that time until 1864 68, its history is lost in a fog of rumor and speculation. The most popular story states that it was bought by H. R. Kincaid and ship ped by boat up the Willamette \ River to Eugene. Boilers Blow Up Somewhere between Eugene and Salem, the ship’s boilers blew up, and the ship sank, carrying with it the press. After two years, the press was brought up from the river and the trip to Eugene was completed. Kincaid, in his "Reminiscences,” contradicts this story with an ac count of how he acquired the press. He states, "My brother, John, trad ed the EdmiJfcd Press to "Bud" Thompson at Roseburg for the Spectator (Washington* Press in 1868.” This would seem to show that the Edmund Press, rather than the Washington Hand Press, was used to print the first four years of the Oregon State Journal. Kincaid's paper, which began publication in 1864. Donated Press Kincaid and his son, Webster, donated the press to the University in 1915. It was used to print col lege publications until 1922. In July of that year, a fire de stroyed the Journalism Building. The press was not seriously dam aged, the brayer fthe part that spreads the ink i being the only part that was destroyed. This part was replaced in 1936, when H. Brandes donated a regulation si*e brayer with the compliments of the California Ink Company of Portland. Nevertheless, it looks as if the press has finished its life of active duty. An attempt was made a short while ago to rehabilitate the pres3, but it was discovered that the press had a bent plate, and it would not be worth the cost to make it us able. So unless the machine can find another benefactor, it will remain a curio—a fountainhead of rumor and speculation. Phi Epsilon Kappa Elects New Head Phi Epsilon Kappa, physical ed ucation fraternity, elected new of ficers last week. Officers are Dale Daugherty, president; Everett Irish, vice pre sident; Howard Smith, secretary; and Don Schmidt, treasurer. A Founder's Day Banquet will be held by the fraternity at 7 pun. Saturday in the Veterans’ Memor ial building. 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