Trackmen Nip Huskies;
Relay Decides Result
By Ron Ricketts
A record-breaking performance
i \ the mile relay staved off a late
Washington rally and gave the
University of Oregon track team
t> 69’- - 6’j victory in a Northern
division dual meet at Hayward
field Saturday.
The Huskies, behind 57'..'- 321
at the end of 10 events, swept both
the discus and the 220-yard low
hurtles and took first in the broad
jump to narrow the Duck lead to
three points with only the mile
relay left It looked as if Oregon’s
cause might be lost when Jack
Hutchins, running the third leg of
the relay for the Ducks, was pass
ed and' fell four yards behind the
Huskies’ Ken Morgan in the back
stretch.
Anderson Comes Through
But the crowd came to its feet
with a roar when Hutchins came
■out of the south turn, which is
obscured by a grandstand, leading
Morgan by four yards. Ted Ander
son. Webfoot anchorman was chal
tenged by Pete Dufour for the first
300 yards but Anderson met the
test and broke the tape three yards
ahead of his rival.
, The time was 3:13.6 which is a
■new meet record, breaking the ohi
mark of 3:19.7 set by Washington
in 1937, and also a new Oregon
record, topping the time of 3:20.6
jset by Burr, Marr. Bower man. and
Molrr.an in 1933.
Oregon's freshman Wayne Reis
er made a major contribution to
-another record as he pressed
Husky Denny Myer to a 9:26.8 In
ttie two-mile run. This was a new j
_»neet record, surpassing the old
standard of 9:34.4 set by Clarence
*431 of Oregon in 1930. Reiser made
a race of it for the first six laps
^fcut tired under the strain of the j
^ace set by the more-experienced i
Hyer and finished 40 yards back.
Both. P-iy Packwood and Ed
Robison broke their personal rec
ords as they finished one-two for
the Ducks in the pole vault. Pack
wood vaulted 13 feet 6'j inches
while Robison cleared the bar at
13 feet.
Fell Takes Point Honors
The high honors of the meet
were Bill Fell of Oregon with 11
points and Washington's George
Widenfelt with 11 points. Fell j
grabbed firsts in the 100 and 220- j
yard dashes and ran a leg on the ,
relay team while the versatile
Widenfelt took firsts in the high
jump and broad jump and nabbed
a third in the javelin.
In the high jump Widenfelt and
Emery Barnes had quite a con
test. Widenfelt, an exponent of an j
unorthodox scissors style, finally
edged Barnes, who uses the west
ern roll, clearing the bar at 6 feet ,
3% inches on his second try.
Broad junipers Tommy Edwards
and Jack Smith tied at ‘21 feet
11 inches but the effort couldn’t
match Widenfelt’s leap of '22 feet
6ii inches. On Ids second to last
try, Edwards made a jump of well
over 22 feet but a scratch nullified
the distance.
The pro-Oregon crowd emitted a
groan when the Ducks Larry
Blunt, who was running second
at the time, tripped over me mi
omi to last hurdle in the 220-yard
lows. Blunt had previously finished
second in the 120-yard high hur
dles. Tile Huskies' Frank Morris.
ex-Oregon prep hurdles champ at
Medford high, won both events.
Hutchins Spurts for Win
Hutchins had to come from be
hind to win lus 830-yard speciality
Boxed in on the lace for the pole,
he fell to fourth place in the first
lap. He advanced to second place
in front of the finish-line grand
stand. started his finishing kick
With 300 yards to go. passed Mor
gan in the backstretch, and won
by three yards. Hutchins' time was
1:56.3.
Summary:
High jump George W idenfelt
l\V); Barnes (On Kerry l\\).
Height, 6 feet 37* inches.
Pole vault—Kay Packwood (()):
Robison (O); Bale (W) and Man
nex (O), tied for third. Height,
13 fee 6'2 Inches.
Javelin—Chuck Missfeldt (O):
Tulin <W); \\ idenfelt (W ). Dis
tance, 200 feet 6 Inches.
Shot put—Chet Noe (O): Par
sons (\V); Craig Distance,
46 feet 9',, inches.
Mile run—A1 Martin (On Turn
er (O); Ryan tW>. Time, 4:24.7.
440-yard dash Ted Anderson
(Oi; Dufour (W); Clement (O).
Time, :49.5.
100-yard dash Bill Fell (O);
Hutchinson i\V>; Mock (O). Time,
:10.0.
120-yard high hurdles — Frank
Morris (Wi; Blunt (Ot; Risley
(O). Time. :15.5,
Broad jump — George Widen
felt <\V); Edwards tO) and Smith
(O) tied for second. Distance, 22
feet 6'b inches.
Discus — Loran Perry (W);
Langer (W): Parsons (Wt. Dis
tance, 135) feet. 1 inch.
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Grid Drills Start
Today; Cas Absent
Spring football practice begins
today at Oregon, and the coach
Ing staff requests that all men
Who plan to partlelpute be dress
ed and ready for practice by
3:00 p.nt.
Twenty sessions are allowed
l,y the NCAA, and at Oregon
the drills will be distributed over
a period ending May 0.
Head Coach Len Casanova will
not be present ut the opening
drill today.
I.lne Coach Oene Harlow said
Sunday Casanova may return
Wednesday with bis family, or
may wult until later In the week.
He Is resting In San Jose, Calif.,
following a back operation.
Golfers Down PU
As Slate Opens
Sid Milligan's Oregon golfers ex
perienced little trouble in their
first meet of the season Saturday,
as they garnered a 22-5 decision
from the University of Portland
team at the Eugene Country Club.
The Ducks hit their way to a
S ilead in the morning best
bull play, and won 1212-4 'a in the
afternoon Nassau-scored matches.
Pacing the match play was l>uck
Captain Kon Clark, who shot a
three-undcr-par (19 with a 35 on tin
front nine und a 31 on the hack
nine.
Clark also was below par in the
best-ball action, as he posted a 70
and combined with teammate Hud
Cross to earn 2>_. points from the
combination of Portlanders Frey
and Chuck Metcalfe.
Plagued by an erratic putter,
Oregon's Bob Atkinson faded to a
70 in the afternoon round und lost
all three points to Bruce Cudd. In
the morning, Atkinson had paced
the best-ball performers with a siz
zling 09 effort.
Best Ball: Bob Atkinson-Al
Netmen Lose 9-0
In Opening Match
Oregon's varsity tennis team
run into trouble In Portland Sat
urday, being blanked 9-0 by the
Multnomah and Irvington (dubs’
ueltrrs at the Irvington Club
courts.
In Saturday's mutch the Ducks
were bested in ull six singles
mutches and also In the three
doubles events. In the number one
singles match, Emery Neale de
feated Tom .MucDonuld H-ll and
6-4, and In second singles dim
Itrlnk downed Jack Near, H-B and
fl-4. In the number one doubles
match, Neale and Sam l.ee topped
MacDonald and Neer, 0-0 and (1-8.
However, Coach Bob lamrenco
was well satisfied with Ins charges,
stating, "Even though we were de
feated we performed better than
expected against such outstanding
competition. Each MAC player has
either a Northwest or National
ranking." The two teams w<m
scheduled to play again Sunday. ^
Hurting the Oregon cause con
siderably was the loss of Paul
Willey, who Friday was declared
ineligible for play by the Univer
sity until complete transfer rec
ords are obtained, and of fresh
man Bill Rose, who was not used
due to scholastic difficultu
Return matched are scheduled
for April 19 and 20 at the Univer
sity courts.
Other Scores:
Sam Di* defeated Don Neruas,
6-1, (}-•»; ilill Babson defeated Ron
Dowell, 6-4 and 6-8; Stan \nder
non defeated Nell George. 6-4, 6-1;
Klltolt Brown defeated Bruce
Dingier, 7-8, 6-3; Brink and l-eon
ard ('lark defeated I.owell and
George, 8-6, 7-5; Claude Hockley
and Dud Starr defeated Neruas
and Dingier, 6-2, 6-3.
SPORTS STAFF
Desk Editor: Bill Gurney.
Staff: Ron Ricketts, Kick Tarr,
Bill Norval, Norm Webb.
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