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U-t ill uncover the true facts! Let's keep this a secret no
longer! Although few individual are aware of this noteworthy
development, it is true that Oregon won a Northern Division
championship last Saturday.
Coach Sid Milligan's golf squad wrapped up the XI) dual
meet title by routing the WSC Cougars 20 7 Saturday at I’uil
mau. The Ducks have one more dual meet, a Saturday clash at
l or vail is with the Oregon State Heavers, hut a loss in that en
counter would not drop Oregon out of first place.
I lie \\ eh foots also plan to enter the annual .Northern I )ivision
Meet Saturday, May 10, at Seattle. Marring unforseen develop
ments, w hich have a habit of developing in golf circles, the I tucks
"'ll " in the X.I). meet championship on May 10.
Seven Wins in Eight Tries
C oat h Milligan has been associated with eight Oregon golf
teams. Seven of them won championships. A member of the Duck
hob squad in 1035, 1936, and 1937, he plaved a major role in the
winning of two Northern Division Meet titles (1035 and 1037)
and two X.I). dual meet crowns (1036 and 1937).
He acquired the coaching reins in 1047 and guided the Ducks
through a fairly successful season—undefeated with seven tri
umphs and no losses, X.I). dual meet champions, X.I). Meet
champions, fired the be t score in X.I). Meet history, and placed
seventeenth in the XCAA tournament.
I he Ducks were led by Lou Stafford, ace Portland divoter who
set a new Northern Division Meet record after completing an
undefeated season in X.I). competition.
Surprisingly enough, some of Stafford's outstanding perform
ances occurred very early in the season. In the first Duck match
of the year, he fired a brilliant seven-under-par 04 to tie the Ku
gene Country Club course record.
The following season, 1948, was Milligan's unspeakable “Year
i f Horrible I ragedy” that was the sad season in which Milli
gan was not associated with an X.I). championship team.
Uh, Horrible Tragedy
However, the 1948 campaign does not compare too unfavor
ably w ith tliose seven seasons in which Milligan contributed to
\\ ebfout champions. < )regon n on four dual meets and lost
two, the Ducks placed second in the X.l >. Meet, and Stafford re
tained his N'.l). individual crown.
Second place . . . this was discouraging. Consequently, Milli
gan tutored his golfers to the X.l). dual meet crown in 194'). Ore
gon won the championship again in 1950 and repeated last Sat
urday for a respectable record of three titles in three years.
It i.-. hoped that the present 1 )uck g<>lf squad will not be drown
ed in a tropical downpour of unfortunate luck similar to the flood
of ill fortune which deposited the 1950 Webfoots upon the deso
late sands of depressing, lugubrious tribulation.
They did win the dual meet title, but they couldn’t overcome
the chance advantages received by their opponents*after the dual
meet crown was settled.
The season began fairly satisfactorily. The Ducks dropped
Oregon State 16l/f> to lCflg. smashed Idaho 22-5, routed W ashing
ton State 19-8, ended a 10-meet College of l’uget Sound winning
• streak b\ drubbing C.l’.S. 20-10, blasted W ashington 211/f> to 5*4,
and slipped by the University of British Columbia 15*4 to 2V4.
Then the troubles began. Only one meet stood between the
Duck golfers and a perfect season. Their opponents were the
Oregon State Beavers, who had lost to the Ducks earlier in the
season, had also lost.to W’SC,.and had been tied by a weak Van
port squad.
Oregon should have won quite easily, but the Ducks had an
“off day.” The entire meet was an exceptionally unusual affair.
Oregon’s No. 6 man, Jim Donahue, carded a 71, which was bet
ter than the score of any of the five Ducks ranked ahead of him
except that of Ron Clark, Xo. 1, who also shot a 71.
Ridiculous
Nevertheless, Donahue, although he fired an amazing score for
a Xo. 6 performer, lost to his Beaver opponent, 1 )ick Zeigler. The
Xo, <) Aggie walked away with a five-under-par 67, providing
the margin for a shake 14-15 OSC victory which ruined an unde
. featecl season for the Ducks.
Oregon immediately initiated preparations for the annual XI)
Meet. They were highly favored, of course, but several factors
intervened to relieve them.of the burden of an X.l). Meet champi
onship.
'The meet unfortunately occurred on the Oregon State prac
tice course, a lavout in w hich practice was almost essential. 1 he
Beaver golfers were well-acquainted with the course, which the
, 1950 OSC Spring Sports Pressbook termed the “rolling and
trickv nine-hole Corvallis Country t lub course.
Kach team entered four men and each man played .46 holes. The
total score was used as the team score. 1 he Beavers, well-ac
quainted with the course, gained a seven-stroke advantage on
the first 18 holes.
Although they were seven strokes behind, the Ducks staged a
d< tcnnined rally on the second 1H and slowly closed the gap to
the margin of one stroke. Oregon gained six but failed, by the
one-stroke margin, to tie the Staters.
A one-stroke margin is insignificant. In a meet in which each
team fires over 290 strokes, the margin of one stroke is smaller
than an electron in an electron-compression chamber.
Saturday s Duck-Heaver clash will end the regular season for
the Wcbfoots. An undefeated season is again at stake. The
fugh\) Corvallis Country Club course is the scene. A repeat per
formance by the underdog Beavers is not likely.
Two Vanport Men Head OCC Again
PORTLAND (/P) The Oregon |
Collegiate Conference will be head
ed again by Stephen Epler of Van
port. Joe Holland, Vanport’s athlet-:
ic director, will continue as secre
tary.
The conference, which has just
completed its first year, reported
the elections Tuesday and also
listed these actions:
Schools will not schedule games
against freshman teams, but Ore
gon College of Education may com
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pete against Oregon and Oregon
State freshman teams in basket
ball and baseball; Oregon Tech and
Eastern Oregon were authorized 30
basketball games for next season;
the one-quarter residence require
ment was waived for one year.
In a soccer game at Wolverhamp
ton, England, a bolt of lightning
knocked the referee's whistle out of
his mouth. The bolt landed and the
landlubber bolted.
Cinder Sidelight’s
(C onlinued from page jour)
closey. Neither the Ducks nor the
Eeavers boast terrific putters, tout
they are all above average. Ctalg,
Noe, and Anderson will represent
old Oregon, and any one of the three
could win or be beaten by Duane
Eby from Com Valley.
Ttop billing in the strong am
field goes »o Cjhuck Mlwfdlt
Did you know that his plus'325
feet is the best in the nation for
the 1951 season?
Russians To Spar
MILAN, ITALY—(JP)—S o viet
Russia has entered her 10 ~4>est
amateur boxers in the European
championships here next week,
sending her p eked athletes Into
Western competition for the'Ctfth
: time since the war.
It is the first pre-Olympic' test
of Soviet boxing strength.
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