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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1952)
By Doug White Intra mural games are going into the fourth week of the third and final term of the H51 52 season, and it looks from here like Minturn Hall has an excellent chance of copping the annual IM trophy. Each year this award is given to the living organization which amasses the greatest number of points in athletic com petition. At the present time the M inturns have accumulated some 0K7 points, over 100 more than Alpha Tau Omega which is in the second slot with 577. If Minturn does manage to gain the championship, it will he the second time in the history of Oregon intramural sports that a dormitorv has come out on top of the pile. Omega hall turned the trick in 194b, but before and since then fraternities have ruled the roost. First This Time? It is curious to note that the front-running Minturns are virtually the same outfit that finished in the runner-up spot last \ car. Joe Tom, Koko Santos, and I Sob hast are names that have rung a familiar bell in both la~t years and the present year's intramural score cards. Hitting the 1M jackpot would be a fitting end to their college careers. The softball situation this year is a hodge-podge of confusion. Whereas several of the six leagues are virtually decided as to who will gain the championship playoffs, the others have barely started. Sigma Chi, behind the stellar pitching of Jim Calderwood, is out in front of league one. 'I he Sigs have come through with four wins and no losses, and so far have but one opponent to worry about, l*hi Delta Theta. The I ’hi Delts have a seasons record of three wins and one loss. In league two, I’i Kappa Alpha is ahead of the pack with a three and one record. Kight behind the I’i Kaps are Campbell Club and Alpha Tau Omega with identical two anti one records. And in League Three ... Ileta 'Theta I’i is in the number one position of league three, a . * 'The llytas have taken three contc-w to their opponents none. I and are followed in second place by Kappa Sigma, which has a two ami one record. Ken Hall of the Betas hit one of the longest balls ever recorded in intramural play last week when his team beat Kappa Sigma. Having on the lower intramural field, Hall picked out a pitch to his liking and proceeded to put it up on top of the roof of Hayward field. Leagues four and five haven’t progressed far enough to find a team clearly in the lead, but in league six, Minturn hall is again out in front with three wins against no losses. Behind our desk here at the Kmerald "shack," we feel fairly safe in predicting that the final cont' -t for the softball cham pionship v\i!l be played between Sigma Chi and Minturn hall. Both teams have displayed good pitching, strong hitting, and good defensive play in their initial contests, and we believe that they will continue in their winning ways. W ho the winner of that game will be is hard to figure, but we are inclined to think that when the coin falls, it will show Sigma Chi as champs. Get Those Results! In the tennis and golf brackets it is still tn<> early to see pros pective finalists. The matter is complicated even more so by the fact that many of the competing houses do not turn in the score cards of their matches to either the main office of the Physical Education Pudding or to Mr. Kverett I’eery, the intra-mural director. Mr. Perry said Monday morning’ that until the score cards are reported, the standings are unofficial and carry no weight whatsoever in the 1M standings. The question of eligibility also arose while we were talking to Mr. I’ecry. During part of this year freshman pledges of ('.reek fraternities have been playing for their houses in the IM games. Mr. Peery stressed that this is illegal according to the rules and regulations of intra-mural sports as ammended in 1951. He quoted from the rule book, "No freshman are eligible to repre sent a fraternity. All freshmen may play for freshman dormi tory or independent teams." ... article I, section 7. The only way this rule can be enforced is by the offending house to he reported within 24 hours of the game. If it can be proved that the team did have a freshman on its team, the game will he forfeited. So far the forfeit rule has been used very sparingly, but it can be envoked at any time. IM SHORTS: Several of the intra-mural track participants who ran and jumped this winter are making a good show for themselves in varsity track. Of the more outstanding of these is Ray I’ackwood, pole vaultcr for the Duck track squad . .. There will he no mt-r-aMmtraP softball action from April 23 to 29, be cause of conflicting varsity baseball games here at lvugene. Play will he resumed on Wednesday, April 30. During the time lapse, tennis and golf action w ill still proceed. Webfoots Over Hump; Battle VandalsSaturday With their two toughest final meets already on the records, the I'niversity of Oregon thinclads are looking forward to a | comparatively easy win when they go down to Moscow Satur day for a meet with the Idaho Vandals. j In the past there have been four meets with Idaho, the Ducks coming out on top in every one. | Last year the score was 77 2-3 to | 53 1-3. The Oregon-Tdaho meet records are: 100-yard dash, :09.7, set by Dave Henthome of Oregon in 1950; 220-yard dash, :21.7 set by Jerry Mock of Oregon in 1951; 140-yard dash, :50.0 set by Don Miller of Idaho in 1951; 880-yard run, 1:59.8 set by Walt McClure i of Oregon in 1919; mile run, 4:28.4 1 set by Art Humphrey of Idaho in 1917; two-mile run, 9:50.7 set by i Fred Turner of Oregon in 1951; i 120-yard high hurdles, :15.1 set by ] Keith Bean of Idaho in 1949; 220 j yard low hurdles, :24.4 set by Den nis Sullivan of Oregon in 1951. | High Jump, 6 feet four Inches set by Bill Beifuss of Oregon in 1917; broad jump, 22 feet 9 inches set by Woodley Lewis of Oregon in 1949; pole vault, 14 feet set by George Rasmussen of Oregon In 1949 and tied In 1950; shot put, 46 feet 4 7-8 Inches set by Bob Anderson of Ore gon in 1951; discus, 153 feet 7 Inches set by Duane Taylor of Ida ho In 1951; javelin, 201 feet 6 1-2 inehes set by Lou Robinson of Ore gon In 1947; and the mile relay, 3:26.6 set by tbe Idaho team of IjiFore, Hartman, Nowak, and Miller in 1951. In a recent compilation of track [ performances for the first part of the season, three Oregon track 1 steis stand in the top ten in the , nation. Ray Packwood is among ! the ten best pole vaulters with his mark of 13 feet 6 inches. Chuck Missfeldt is ranked fourth nation ally for his 209 foot 6 inch javelin 1 toss which was recorded in the Washington meet. Bill Fell is tied for sixth in the 100-yard dash with a time of :09.7. The Duck distance med'.ey team, which has only run in the Will amette Relays, is placed third na tionally with its time of 10:15.4. Cherney Tops Lambda's Cherney hall topped Lambda Chi j Alpha in intra-mural tennis ac : tion Monday afternoon. The win ners took both doubles matches i with the teams of Scovill and Bur dick. and Christensen and Flocker. 1 Lambda Chi Ed Peterson won the singles match from Hamilton of | Cherney'. Raschi Hurls Yanks To 5-1 Win OverA's (Ry the Associated Press) Two games were played in the major leagues Monday night -both in the National league. In the only contests played Monday afternoon, the New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 5 to 1 and Washington edged the Boston Red Sox, 3 to 2. None of the other clubs was scheduled. Husky Vic Rashi met his cousins today . . . and up went number three in the New York Yankees' win column. Like Raschi and the Athletics, Cuban Julio Moreno apears to be casting a spell over the Red Sox. The chunky Washington right hander went the distance in the Senators’ victory today. The Red Sox have lost two games in eight starts this season. Moreno has been the winner both times. Cubs Whip Redlegs The Chicago Cubs moved into a tie with Cincinnati for second place in the National league last night by whipping the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7 to 1, behind the three-hit pitching of Paul Minner. Today's IM Schedule BASEBALL 3:50 North Field Phi Delta Theta vs. Sigma Alpha Mu 3:50 South Field Delta Upsilon vs. Phi Kappa Psl 3:50 Upper Field Delta Tau Delta vs. Tau Kappa Epsilon 4:55 North Field Campbell Club vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 4:55 South Field Beta Theta Pi vs. Theta Chi 4:55 Upper Field Philadelphia House vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon TENNIS Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Sigma Chi GOLF Phi Kappa Psi vs. Hunter Hall Sigma, Cherney Tie (Continued from page four) of twenty runs. Lambda Chi hit ters iced the game in the third inning when they slapped out six hits that were good for eight runs. The I’hi Sigs came back with four runs in the last inning but never theless wound up on the short end of an 11-9 score. Summer employment at Crater Lake for college men and wom en. June 15 to September 15. Apply at Student Employment Office for further information and application forms. CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK CO. Women Bowlers Please Audience A large crowd of bowling en thusiastics watched the "Ray Rand's Round-up” team roll up an amazing tally of 2964 in a three game exhibition Monday evening in the Student Union. Alyce Mrak rolled a series of 625 which was high for the night. Esther Woods turned in a 251 game and a 608 series; and Hattie Wooster bettered that with a 267 game and a 618 series. The gali’ high game was 1020. Recreation director Louis Belli simo said that he and “the gala were pleased with the turnout and the reception.” He said that the Los Angeles team will probably return next year. They leave this morning for Portland. Rental Typewriters "Better Machines Within Your Means" OFFICE MACHINERY AND SUPPLY CO. 30 11th Ave., E. Ph. 4-8035 best undressed men on the veldt ;.. spark their pelt with a Snappy set of boar’s teeth. Shrink-proof... but they rattle at night on a date. best dressed men on your campus .. .wear Van Heusen button-flown oxford shirts. 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