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I alented athletes representing high schools in all sectors of
the Northwest will meet Friday and Saturday for a track meet
honoring the memory of one of the greatest figures of (Jrcgon
athletic history.
His name, of course, was Colonel William Hayward, and the
cinder meet will be the annual Hayward Relays on Hayward
Field,
Haywards highly-succcssful coaching methods brought na
tional fame to the athletes of the i 'Diversity of Oregon. Mans of
l‘H tr.uk stars competed in the Olympic games.
Molded Moeller
Haring his 44-year tentire as Oregon track coach, Havward
developed some of the greatest athletes ever seen on the Pacific
t oast . . . Han Kelley . . . F.d Moeller . . . (ieorge Y a ruf f . . , I,cs
SteCis . . . < ieorge Rasmussen . . , the list goes on anti on.
Hayward’s third season at Eugene (1906) featured the bril
liant performances of the great Dan Kelley, who broke the
world record in the 100-yard dash and then shattered the 220
^ yard dash record during the same season.
Hayward took Kelley to the 1908 Olympics at London and
entered him in one event the broad jump. Versatile Kelley went
into action—and took second place!
Hayward journeyed to Stockholm for the next Olympic gath
ering two years before a murderer .at Sarajevo precipitated de
velopments which generally inconvenienced most of the people
of the world, including Olympic Haines directors. Oregon’s Mar
tin Haw kins placed third in the high hurdles during the 1912
affair.
Hayward rarely missed the Olympic Games, but he didn't
produce another world record-breaker until Ed Moeller set a
new mark for the discus in 1929.
Another universal record toppled in 1936. Although many peo
ple believe that (ieorge Rasmussen is the greatest pole vaulter
ever seen in Oregon colors, he never reached the heights attain
ed by Hayward’s George YarofT, who jumped 14’6l/;>” fur a new
record in 1936 and went up to fourteen feet and seven and live
eighths inches during the following season.
Steered Steers
Hayward came up with another "find” mi 1941 as Webfoot Les
Steers high-jumped 6 feet and 11 inches for a world record per
formance w hich has never been equalled.
Hayward also contributed to the development of Rasmussen,
who vaulted to the NCAA co-championship in 1947 and again
in 1948.
Another Hayward pupil, Boyd Brown, won the National
A.A.U. javelin crown in 1939, 1940, 1941, and 1942. Inciden
tally, Brown holds the Northern Division record (223 feet, 6
inches), although Oregon s Chuck Missfeldt threatens to set
a new mark during the present season.
Missfeldt unleashed a brilliant toss (225 feet, 11 and three
fourths inches) during the Willamette Relays two weeks ago.
but this performance, unusual under any conditions but addi
tionally surprising so early in the season, does not find a place
•Til the Northern Division record books.
Missfeldt Missed
Missfeldt was restricted by a strong cross-wind during’ the
Duck-Husky meeting at Seattle last Saturday, hut he managed
to hurl the spear 194 feet, 5 inches.
Even Missfeldt is profiting from Hayward's encyclopedia of
track knowledge. Missfeldt’s coach, Bill Ilowerman, acquired
natch of his cinder-savvy from his college mentor, who was none
other than old Colonel Bill himself.
Bowerman, in addition to running the. middle-distance
events for Bill Hayward’s powerful track aggregations, also
performed on the gridiron under the watchful eye of Clarence
W. “Doc” Spears. Bowerman highlighted his pigskin career
with a brilliant 87-yard touchdown gallop against the 1931
Washington Huskies as Oregon won 13-0.
The present Duck track tutor also played Prosit basketball at
Oregon, served as vice-president of the student body, and was
a member of Friars, a senior honorary.
In addition, he was a member of Alpha Kappa Psi (men’s
national commerce honorary). Phi Delta Kappa (men’s na
tional education honorary), Sigma Delta Psi, Scabbard and
Blade, and Order of the O.
Bowerman also was sports editor of the Emerald, and he
wrote a lively and interesting daily column. His ingenuity was
quite evident—he ended one of his columns with this unusual
•dibit of “poetry”:
“Well this ain’t so hot. Pardon me while I stop.
I prefer hashish
to Ogden gnashes.”
Unless we are sadly mistaken, tomorrow’s Emerald will in
clude excerpts from the Works of Bowerman,
McCall Named
Top Speaker
For Breakfast
Mr*. R, C. McCall, local club
woman and wife of the fipeech de
partment head, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the traditional
Junior-Senior Breakfast to be held
at 9:15 a.m. Sunday in the Student
Union Ballroom.
The topic of Mrs. McCall's talk
will be "Buys for the Activity
Wise.” The opportunities avail
able for women graduates in var
ious clubs and organizations, what
they are. and what they have to
offer will be discussed.
Mrs. McCall belongs to the Par
ent-Teachers Association; Ameri
can Association of University
Women; League of Women Vot
ers; and Delta Kappa Gamma,
professional teachers' fraternity.
Other speakers at the YWCA
sponsored ’’Bargain Breakfast”
will be Lois Greenwood, executive
director of the Y, and Ann Darby,
president.
YW Sets Meeting
For 51-52 Projects
The YWCA service and nursery
committees will hold a joint meet
ing, at 4 p.m. today in the YWCA
in Gerlinger, to discuss planned
projects for next year.
Workers are needed on the com
mittees, according to Janice 1-^vans,
service chairman, and Carolyn Mc
Lean, nursery chairman. Any one
interested may attend the meet
ing, they said.
Prop Club Hosts
To Portland Unit
The University Propeller Club
I was host this week to representa
tive of three Portland shipping
and marine insurance firms, who
discussed matters of interest in
the fields of shippings and foreign
trade with the club.
The Portland visitors, all mem
bers of the Portland port of the
Propeller Club, were Archie T.
Davis, Jr., manager of Trans-1
pacific Transportation Company;
Hudson Lothian, administrative as
sistant, Pope and Talbot Steam
ship Co.; and J. A. McCambridge,
Marine Insurance Brokerage firm.
The Propeller Club is a national
organization devoted to promot
ing the United States merchant I
marine.
Home Ec Confab
Gets UO Delegates
"Blueprint for Action” is the
theme of the annual meeting of
the Oregon Home Economics As
sociation which the University
home economics department staff
will attend Friday and Saturday
in Bend.
University delegates Miss Mabel
Wood, head of the home economics
department; and Faith Johnston,
Frances Van Voorhis, Mildred Wil
son, and Margaret Wiese, assist
ant professors of home economics,
will attend the meeting in Bend.
Addresses will be given by Dr.
Velma Phillips, dean of the de
partment of home economics at
Washington State college; and by
Robert Banister, of Klamath Falls.
Dean Phillips will speak on "PRE
SENT CRISIS, A CHALLENGE
to HOME ECONOMICS,” and
Banister will discuss inspiration
in the creative art field.
Architecture Topic
At SU Coffee Hour
"Contemporary Architecture”
will be the topic discussed by M.
D. Ross, associate professor of
architecture, at 7:30 p.m. Friday
in the Browsing Room of the Stu
dent Union,
The faculty-student discussion is
one in the series of the Friday
night coffee hours.
Ross will show slides with the
discussion.
ANNUAL MEETING
OF
CO-OP MEMBERS
Will be held in Room 207
Chapman Hall, April 19th
at 4:00 p.m.
Nominations for new members of the board of
directors will be held
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The National League wat founded 75 years ago
(1876)—the year that Al Spalding started the
company that has always set the pace in fine
sports equipment. The Spalding base ball has
always been the Official ball of the National
League. 1951 marks the Golden
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