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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1951)
Duck Gridders To Scrimmage The Oregon football team will perform Saturday for high school seniors on the campus for the an nual Duck Preview. Coach Jim Aiken says he will dress one squad in green and one in white for the game-type scrim mage. The starting lineups will ap pear in Friday's Emerald. Practices Monday and Tuesday have seen the squad work hard on passing drills, and Aiken said the line was beginning to round into shape. Line Coach is former Idaho line mentor Gene Harlow. Aiken mentioned the tackle spot as one where next yeai's Ducks Wfll lie especially deep. They have six big, rough men at that post. Tues day night right tackles Bill Bates and 250 pound Jerry Shaw did po tent work. Hal Simmons hiU.lnv-r fromJasL year's squad, also shone on defense. Other tackles in there fighting for regular berths are Mike Sikorra. Jerry Moshofsky and Len Deiderichs of last season’^ Duck team. At the right end post two men were looking sharp according to Aiken. They were transfer Leroy Campbell, and tall holdover Wayne Johnson. The Duck team is allowed thirty practice workouts under Pacific Coast Conference rules. Norm Van Brocklin. quarterback of the 194S Cotton Bowl team, this year’s leading passer in the Na tional Professional football league, is helping Aiken. Also augment ing the Duck staff is towheaded Brad Ecklund, center on the-1943 team who now plays professional football. SHAND DIPPED Chocolates & Fudge Made in Eugene J SUGAR PLUM 63 E. Broadway I COMMMQUe ? j| -’“S&wr' i Trackmen To A/leef Huskies On Saturday Oregon's Cinder Ducks went through running event time trials a day early yesterday in prepara-' tion for the Washington Huskies in Seattle Saturday. Trials for field events will be run off today on Hayward field. The Washington dual meet will be the first Northern Division competi tion for both squads this spring. The Webfoots are fresh from tak ing honors in last weekend's Wil lamette Relays in Salem. A strong, chilling wind swept the length of Hayward field yesterday to impede runners, but results, all at “three-quarter" distance, were generally satisfying. Oregon appears especially strong in the distance events. With \\ alt McClure in the SSO-yard run. Jack Hutchins in the mile, and Art Back lund in the two-mile event . the DucksMand a fair chance of sweep ing these events. The Huskies, how ever. are also powerful in these di visions. Washington two-miler George Abbey is devoting all his time to the long event this year, according to Seattle news sources. Other Hus ky eight-lapper is Fred Bock. In the sprint events, the Ducks are loaded with depth. This in cludes the 100, 220. and 440 events. The serious Oregon weakness comes in the high hurdles and pole vault divisions. In weights. Bob Anderson and Chuck Missfeldt are expected to hold up their end of the deal with the discus and javelin, while the shot appears slightly weaker. Mixed Doubles Bow ling League Action Continues Play continued in mixed doubles bowling leagues at the Student Un ion alleys Tuesday night. Results were as follows: In League One, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Darlington topped Nancy Huddles ton and Jack Reading, 4-1; Muts' Wada and Ned Takasumi won over Jean Cave and Cameron Thom by a 3-1 margin; Connie Lowery and Bob Hanberg took a 3-1 decision over Zoe Hager and Vein Thomp son; Nancy O'Conner and Clarence Naapi defeated Nelda Vogel and Warren Woodruff, 3-1. Bob Hanberg led the league with a 569 series and a 205 game, fol lowed by Ned Takasumi with a 516 series, and Pete Darlington with a 539. In League Two contests, Molly Bliefernich and Ken Ireland shut out Joan DeBenedetti and Jack Smith, 4-0; Bev Hart and John Mc Aloon fashioned a 4-0 win over Bar bara Williams and Don Thompson; Maggie Powne and Don Collin won 3-1 over Kaydo Striker and Dick Thompson; and Marilyn Schultz and Dave Sarazen earned a 3-1 de cision over Carol Broeren and Mert Meeker. Ken Ireland was high with a 525 series and 208 game. s-ss’l FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY -^haUy • SPECIALS • Coffee $.05 cup- Ice Cream $.49 pt. • Bear Claws and Jelly Twists $.05 • Deluxe Hamburgers and Sandwiches Eat them here or take them with you! EUGENE BAKING COMPANY 13th & PATTKKSOX Knute Rockne Is Named All-time Greatest Mentor: By Associated Press Poll SOUTH HUM). 1ml., April 12—(AIM -Notre Haim's Knute Rockne. acclaimed yesterday as tnuthall's (,'reatcsi coach ot all time, was 10 years ahead ot the tfatne in his era. And it he were living today, his scheming still would he 10 years in ad\ance ot coaching rivals. . ltoth claims canu* today trom lormer plavers whohelpiU Ivors ne reach the pinnacle ot coacliiuj; success in the ll,20 s the fah ulotts Four Horsemen, canny Frank 1 arideo and the present l'iirhtin’ Irish coach, hrank I.eahy. Tennis Team Wins From Bearcats, 9-1 A string of defeats that included losses to Oregon Stale, Eugene Tennis Club, and Irvington Tennis Club was halted Tuesday when Ore gon's tennis team trounced Wil lamette University 9-1 on the Ore gon C'OUItS. Tom Macdonald started the match with an easy 6-1. 6-3 tri umph over C. Conners, and most of the other Ducks won handily. Jim Morgali was the only Bear cat to emerge victorious. He and his Oregon opponent. Martin Mea dows, let the weather take over their match when they started loft ing the balls into the wind. Mor gan's stretegy proved to be a win ning one. f<*r he defeated Meadows 7-5, 6-4. Little Bob Friend staggered to a 6-3, 11-9 victory iu an elongated match with Willamette's John Am bler. The going wasn’t so tough for other Oregon singles-men. Neil George breezed over Bob Petzoldt 6-3, Don Neraas trounced A1 Miles 6-2, 6-2, George Boyd outlasted Ph'il Hammond 7-5, 6-2, and Berrernan eased his way to a 6-2, tt-1 triumph over Don Drake. In three winning doubles sets the Webfoots dropped only five games. Macdonald and George beat Petz holdt and Conneis 6-3, 6-2, Don Griffin -and Bob Friend walloped Ambler and Hammond 6-0, 6-1, and Neraas and Merv Englund trounced Miles and Bell 6-1, 6-0. The Ducks will get another op portunity to pad their record Fri day when they travel to Salem to meet these same Bearcats. SPORTS STAFF Phil Johnson Bill Gurney Jim Mendenhall th»n Dewey John Barton A baseball takes some odd boun ces. A Baltimore rookie, chasing fly balls during a practice session, was knocked down by a line d<ive. Then the fly ball which he had been waiting for came down and knocked him unconscious. r g\|UII£ >> 1111 UM un-iimv, America eleven named in a nation wide poll by the Associated Press, Rockne, became a ranking candi date for the National Football Hall of Fame planned at Rutgers Uni versity. Also nominated in the poll for the hall were second and third teams and coaches Pop Warner, Stanford,Carlisle, and Alonzo Stagg, Chicago, runners-up to Rockne. The first-team selections were: Knds Don Hutson, Alabama, and Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan. Tackles Bronko Nagurski, Min nesota, and Wilbur (Fatal Henry. Washington and Jefferson. Guards W. W. (Pudge) Heffel finger, Yale, and Robert Suffridge, Tennessee. Center - Adolph (Germany) Schultz. Michigan. Quarterback Walter Eckersall, Chicago. Halfbacks Harold ( Red i Grange, Illionois, and Jim Thorpe, Carlisle. Fullback Ernie Nevers, Stan ford. UO Ski Team To Sponsor Santiam Trip Oregon’s varsity ski team, estab lished as an official Duck inter-col legiate representative by the action of the ASUO Executive Council Monday night, will sponsor an invi tational ski meet early in May at Santiam Pass, according to Duck Captain. Saul Zaik. Oregon State, Lewis and Clark, and other Oregon colleges will be invited to send teams to the meet. The Webfoota won fourth place in the Warren Vanderbilt Meet at Norden, California, during the past weekend. George McMath captured first place in the Jumping event, and the Ducks also placed first in the slalom. The members of the Oregon team include Captain Zaik, Stu McCol lom, George McMath, Larry Black, Dick Portwood, and Neil Mathison. Athletic Director Leo Harris is the squad’s adviser. According to an announcement made during Monday's Executive Council meeting, Gene Harlow will coach the skiers next winter. He will be assisted by Les Anderson. Two No Hit Games In IM Action A pair of no-hit gnmoii high lighted intramural .softball action Tuesday. I’hl Dolt Boh Taggoscll pitched his team to a 5-0 win over Phi Kap pa Pal and Gone Hllflker hurled Nestor to a 4-0 nod over Sigma Nit Neither pitcher allowed a safe blow. Led by the hitting of Brad Fuller ton and Jack Keller, the Phi Delta reached the slants of Demon, Phi Psi pitcher for five rutin. A pitching duel between McBeo of Sigma Nu and Hilfiker of Nes tor was terminated in the third In ning when the Nestorttes push' d three runs across the plate to Ice up the contest. Alpha Tau Omega batted around in the first inning of their battle with Philadelphia house and scored five runs. The final score was 7-1. Bob Ward allowed only three hits for the winners. One of these blows came in the last Inning when Jim Cummings of Philadelphia house smashed a liner over the left fielj^ fence for a home run. In the first inning Gay Krahn lashed out a cit , cult w allop to deep right-center. Jim Calderwood allowed one hit in chucking Sigma Chi to a 10-0 win over Lambda Chi Alphu. At thn start of the fourth inning the score was 5-0 but in the fifth Sigma Chi : found the pitching of Laughton to their taste and crossed the plate four more times. Sigma Alpha Epsilon chalked up a 7-1 victory over a winless Sherry Boss team behind the pitching of Dick Bloom. SAK played a fairly tight fielding game and canto , through with some timely hitting m chalking up their lopsided win. Chentey almost battered homo plate into the ground in romping to a 18-4 victory over Phi Sigma Kap I pa. Most of Cheraey's counters i came in the first two innings as they led 15-1 at the end of tho second stanza. Gene Beck scattered the Phi Sig hits and held them to four runs. i Over250 Schools Get Entry Blanks For Relays April 9 - — More than 2!>0 high schools in Oregon, Washing i ton and California have received ! entry blanks for the 11th annual Hayward Relays to be held at the j University of Oregon April 20-21. April 16 is the deadline for filing ; entries, Ray Hendrickson, general chairman, said. All defending champions are ex pected to be on hand. They are Med? ford, Class A; Ashland, Class B; and Pleasant Hill, Class C. More than 750 competed in the two-day event last year. Ballantyne Named Rsoeburg Mentor ROSKBURG, Apr. 10 </1>i - Dick Ballantyne, former Oregon State College basketball star, will be the new basketball coach at Roseburg High School, announced Superintendent Paul Elliott. Ballantyne ,a Baker High School product played three years of var sity basketball under "Slats” Gill at OSC, was hired by the Rose burg District Board to replace Jack Newby who resigned. He will also serve as an assistant football coach. "—it ATTENTION STUDENTS! Tuesday, May 1st is the Last Day for purchasing memberships in the U of O Co-op Store for the current school year ending June 30th. i