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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1951)
Rose Bowl Games Highlight History Of Duck Athletics Oregon ha* played a lot of foot ball all varletlea of football in the 57 year* which have elapsed be tween the time of first Coach Cal M Young and pre*ent mentor Len Casanova. Several thouaand player* and 24 coaches have represented the Lem on and Green to date. The all-time games won and lost record to the start of the 1951 season was 229 wins, 157 losses, and 32 ties. Ducks Win Howl Game The intersectional game record stacks up at 13 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tic. The Ducks played two Rose Bowl games, both in the far dis tant past of the Pasadena classic. They took the first from the Uni versity of Pennsylvanit, 14-0, In 1917; but lost a heartbreak* r to Harvard in 1919 by a 7-6 count. The only other Bowl appearance for the Ducks was the famous 1949 Cotton Bowl tilt with Southern Methodist at Dallas, Texas. Coach Jim Aiken's men. led by All-Ameri can quarter Norm Van Brocklin, were edged 21-13 by the Mustangs of Doak Walker and Kyle Rote. That was after Oregon's fine 1948 season, when Aiken's men were unbeaten and untied in the Pacific Coast conference. (Inci dentally, although California went to the Rose Bowl, the World Al manac for that year has bated Ore gon as PCC champion.) Had 24 Grid Coaches There is not much security In the job of Oregon grid coach, since the 24 coaches have averaged a fraction over two years here. None of the first ten mentors lasted longer than two years, even though alumni pressure must have been considerably less in the days be fore athletic scholarships and spring practice. The four most durable Webfoot coaches lasted six years Hugo Bezdek, who learned the game from Amos Alonzo Stagg at the University of Chicago in the early 1900s; Charles A (Shyi Hunting ton, a Bez.dek product; Prink Cal lison, Gerald A. [Texi Oliver, also a Phi Beta Kappa, who received his gridiron education at Southern California and West Point. Bezdek and Huntington take the laurels as being most successful over more than one season. Bez dek's athletes took 28 contests, lost 12, and tied 0. The proteges of Huntington won 26, lpst 12, and also tied 6. Next to these comes the ♦•ecord of "Prink" Callison, who checked in with 33 wins, 23 de feats, and 2 ties. Early All-America The only man to be elected cap tain of the Duck team three years running was Dick Smith, who later was selected on Walter Camp’s All-American at Columbia, in the days when to be an All-American really meant something. Turning from the football scene to the current king of winter term sports, basketball, we find that the road was rocky for the sport in the early days at Oregon. For several years Duck basket ball mentors were men with little or no actual experience playing the game. However, in 1919, the Duck team, coached by Dean H. Walker and led on the floor by sharpshoot ing Forward Eddie Durno, went all the way to the Pacific Coast cham pionship. In the 1930s, with the coming of Howard Hobson as coach, the famous Oregon "Tall Fir’* teams began to make head lines all over the country, even playing at Madison Square Gar den. The peak year for Oregon bas ketball came in 1939 when Hob son's men from the West, led by such stars as Laddie Gale, Slim Wintermute, and Bob Anet, took the first recognized NCAA hoop title, winning from Ohio State in the finals in the Garden. Hobson, now a doctor in physical education, is presently head coach ut Yale, and ia recognized as one of the nation's top hoop experts. Another good year for Oregon basketball was 1945, when Coach John Warren led the Ducks, spark ed by Forward Dick Wilkins, to the NCAA tournament in Kansan City, after winning the Northern Division title. After basketball is over, the thoughts of Thicks in the spring turn to thoughts of track and base ball. It was in the cinder sport that Oregon had its grand old man of athletics, William L. Hayward, for whom Hayward field is named. Hayward was track coach at the University for 43 years, developing many champions and record hold ers despite a continual dearth of material. Many Track Stars Perhaps most turnout among his top athletes was Ues Steers, who m 1941 high jumped 6 feet, 11 inches, a world's record which still stands. Others included Dan Kelly, first man to run the hundred in 9 6 seconds; Ocorge Varoff, a 14 foot, 4-inrh polo vaulter who held a world's record before the days of the great Cornelius Warmerdam. On the death of Hayward, one of his old pupils. Bill Bowerman, took over the track job in 1948. Bow erman came to Oregon sporting a phenomenal record as Medford high ftack coach, where his teams won 64 meets in seven seasons. In the last three seasons, Bow ermari's teams have won all but three of their dual meets, taking ; the Northern Division title once and finishing second twice. Kane hall Cninri In In baseball, Oregon has always (K-cn strong, especially imdrr How ard Hobson, who led the Dunks to several Northern Division crowns in the 1930s and early 40s. Among baseball stars who played for Ore gon and later became professionals, the most famous by far is Joe "Flash” Gordon, who held down second base for the New York Yan kees during the "Bronx Bomber" period, and now is manager of the Sacramento Solnns. Gordon is rec ognized as having been one of the all-time great major league second basemen, in the same class as Rog ers Hornsby or Charles Gehringer. At present, Oregon baseball coach is Don Kirsch, who has not produced a champion team as yet. but has been winning his share of , contests. In such minor sports as tennis swimming and golf, the Ducks have produced good teams, espe cially in the latter two. Among the top golfers produced by Sid Milli gan. links coach, is Ron Clarke, presently a senior, who has won the Oregon Amateur championship I and many other crowns. ____ i At one time no tuition was charged by the University though ! there was a $10 registration fee. Board and room at that time cost $2.50 per week. First Campaign for Student Union Started More than 30 Years Ago | Nearly .TO years have elapsed ainre the sentiment for a student I union at Oregon, a more than 30 year-old dream even then, was or ganized into a tangible movement. The structure, christened the Krb Memorial Student Union, was dedi- : caed one year ago Saturday. The move for a union, which previously received only hopes and j some pushing in the Emerald, be ; gan through the efforts of John M. , MacGregor, ASUO president in J 1922-23. Also aiding in the fir^t j drive was t.he Emerald, edited that ; year by Kenneth Youel. The drive brought in $00,0000 in alumni pledges. Claude Robinson, ASUO**presi dent In 1923-24, and Arthur Rudd. Emerald editor that year, supplied added impetus to the drive, and succeeding student body presidents and editors did likewise, overcom ing the obstacles of an almost sim ultaneous University gift campaign , | and the depression of the thirties, i Site of the Union, 13th ave. and University at., was purchased in 194(5 when the fund totaled only $100,000. Haycnx Spurs Last Drl\ e | The final push to the long-term | campaign was provided in 1947 by Ernest Haycox, alumni association president until his death last year and famous western fiction writer. : who was a member of MacGregor's 1923 class. Alumni speeded up the drive, which had bogged down be i cause of World War II; a building ; fund of $5 per term was collected i from each student. , MacGregor, who had become a , veteran of his second war. a prom j inent lawyer, and head of the New 1 York university department of bus iness law, was present to see his dream finally materialize at the , ground-breaking in June 1948. ; MacGregor also inspected the com i pleted Erb Memorial Student Union at the dedication Nov. 3 ; 1950. Costing $2,100,000 and taking | two years to build, the Student I Union has become in one year the ' ! center of many campus activities, i SU facilities include a United States post office substation, a I branch telegraph office, and a bar S b*r shop, and the union is the site ; of the offices of the alumni asso ciation. i Student-Managed Activities — All activities in the SU except . the T VVCA and the Adelaide Church Memorial browsing room, ! the latter administered by the Uni versity library, is student-man j aged. These activities include the cafeteria, bowling, billiard and ping pong facilities in the basement re creation area. Offices for most stu dent organizations arc located in the SU. Student Union functions are di rected by the Student Union board, a group of students and a few fac ulty members, advised by Dick Williams, Student Union director. Williams, business manager of the Oregana three undergraduate years in succession, was named manager of the old Educational Activities committee upon his graduation. The committee later became the Student Union board, ' and Williams became director of | the SU. THE CAMPUS SHOE REPAIR Extends Its Hearty CONGRATULATIONS On the University of Oregon's 75th Anniversary CAMPAIGN FOR A STUDENT UNION began in 1922. Students M't up booth on 13th ave. where contributions were collected. Efforts such as this led to completion of the SU in 1950. n r CONGRATULATIONS. . . j to the University of Oregon on its 75th ANNIVERSARY the Milmart ' | 639 Main St. Springfield Ph. 7-7062 This dressy block tuyon crepe hos vertical tucking and a lovely plaid rayon taffeta vestee with satin stripes to focu* attention above the waist . . . a waistband insert to minimize the waist itself . . . and a wide skirt below. 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