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It seems that in our column last week, we neglected to men
tion Kmcry Barnes when we were discussing the relative
merits of a number of Oregon two-sport athletes. A person who
calls himSelf “A sincere and interested reader” called this fact
to our attention the other day by means of a neatly penned
letter addressed to the sports staff.
Not wishing to incur the wrath of this individual upon the
whole sports staff, I feel that it is my duty to take the respon
sibilitv for this oversight upon myself. 1 would like to offer a
reason for my failure to mention Kmcry in the column, not by
way of excuse, but merely for the purpose of explanation.
When I compiled this list of multiple sport athletes, I took
the material from the 1951-52 Oregon Dope Books. It happens
that Kmcry was enrolled at Portland State (Vanport) for the
first part of the year, and consequently his name was not
jnenti'oned in the Dope Books.
Barnes Lettered in 1950
Xow to right the wrong. Kmcry Barnes is a 6-foot, 6-inch
football, basketball, and track athlete from Jefferson high
school in Portland. As a sophomore here at the University,
Barnes lettered in football, playing defensive end on Jim
Aiken's 1950 Duck eleven.
Just recently, Emery exhibited his versatility in the sports
field when he cleared 6’ 4” in the high jump against Washing
ton State to gain a tie for first place in that event with Eric
Roberts of the Inland Empire school, who also is a two-sport
athlete.
Tappin Brings Back Memories
On the same day, Buck Bailey, stout guardian of the WSC
baseball fortunes was going through his antics on Howe field.
Just last Monday and Tuesday, we were reminded again of
Buck when we saw Warren Tappin, coach of the Washington
Huskies, making the same sort of trek onto the field with anger
in his eye.
The similarity between the two mentors, as far as appearance
goes, ends with the fact that both make the trip onto the field.
Bailey is a big, heavy-set man with a mean scowl on his face at
all 'times* except when laughing at one of his own jokes or
those directed at him by the crowd sitting behind the bench.
Tappin, however, is a small, actually slight-looking fellow,
who sallies forth to issue his protestations with a queer little
hopping sort of run, as contrasted with the measured tread of
old Buck, or his bull-like charge when anger overcomes him.
Husky Mentor Was MusiaTs Roommate
According to the 1952 Washington Spring Sports press book,
the Husky coach has spent several years in professional base
ball, and during the summer of 1941 he roomed with Stan
Musial while playing with the Rochester, New York baseball
outfit.
While looking through some statistics released by the PCC,
w.e noticed that tlie 9.7 one-hundred yard dash posted by Bill
Fell is as good as any yet recorded on the Pacific Coast this
year.
Ted Anderson’s best 440 time, 49.5 seconds, is the best
chalked up so far this year in the Northern Division. Another
Oregon athlete whose 1952 record is the best in the ND is
Chuck Missfeldt, who has hurled the javelin 209-feet, 6-inches
in his best toss this year.
Southern Cal Strong Again
It looks as if USC will continue its perennial domination of
PCC track and field competition again this year. Southern
Cal’s three high jumpers, Dick Brombach, Manuel Ronquillo
and Jerry Kincheloe have all cleared 6’ 4j4” so far this year,
while the next best leaps on the Coast were the two 6’ 4” efforts
of Eric Roberts and Emery Barnes mentioned above.
USC also has the coast’s best distance man in the person of
Art Garcia. Garcia has turned in a 4:15.7 mile and a 9:22.5 two
mile so far this year. Both times are the best recorded so far
this year in the PCC.
The University has one more cinderman whose record in his
event tops the Northern Division performances this season.
Ray Packwood of Oregon and Lyle Dickey of OSC have each
marked up heights of 13’ 6V2” in meets this year. Again, how
ever, Southern California leads the PCC in this event, with two
vaultgrs who have cleared 13’ 9”.
Oregon to Host
PCC Tracksfers;
Records in Peril
By Ron Ricketts
There will be plenty of talent on j
hand when the PCC track meet,
comes to Eugene on May 23 and
24. In fact, there should be some
performances which go into both
the field and PCC record books.
From Stanford will be Maury
Parsons, a :09.7 yard dashman
and a :21.3 220 man in Will Tay
lor. Also representing the Indians
will be Drew Terramorse, 1:56.5
in the 880, Bob Simon, 4:21.2 and
9:19 in the mile and two-mile, and
Chuck Hokanson, 52 feet 1% inch
es in the shotput.
Mathias Will Compete
Bob Mathias, the one-man track
team, is scheduled to compete for
the “Big Red” and might enter in
several events. He has done :14.5
over the high sticks and :23.4 in
the 220-lows. Mathias has tossed
the shot 51 feet 2*4 inches, is
credited with a 173 foot, 4 inch
discus throw, and has high jumped
6 feet 2»4 inches.
The University of California has
several top competitors which
should be here for the big meet.
George Roseme, with a 1950 javel
in throw of 229 feet 11% inches,
should be tough in that event if
the back injury which held him
out last year doesn’t give him
any trouble.
Another top man who didn’t
compete last year is miler Paul
Mello who- has a 1950 time of
4:13.7. He also won the 880 in the
1950 Cal-Stanford meet with a
time of 1:54.5.
California Cindermen
Other Golden Bear tracksters
are Guy Blackburn, a sophomore
who ran a :09.5 century last year;
Jim Hutchinson, :48.6 in the quar
ter mile; Steve Turner, a sopho
more with marks of :14.7 in the
high hurdles and 23 feet 4*4 inches
in the broad jump; and Sam
Adams who has put the shot 50
feet 8 V& inches and thrown the
javelin 208 feet 4 inches.
George Brown will be UCLA’s
top attraction when the Bruins
come to the Eugene meet. Brown
was undefeated in the broad jump
last year, and had a record of
27 consecutive firsts.
He won every big meet on the
coast, the NCAA and AAU as
well, and climaxed his season by
jumping 26 feet 1 inch in Tokyo
last summer while on tour. He
also placed fifth in the NCAA
220-yard dash and won that event
in the 1951 Big Ten-PCC meet
with a time of :22.0.
Richards Good Dash Man
Rod Richards, junior sprinter
who holds the school record in the
100 at :09.5 and Don Hangen, an
other school record holder, in the
mile at 4:20 are other Uclans
worthy of note.
The 1951 PCC meet winners who
will be back to defend their titles
are UCLA’s Brown who tied for
first in the 220 at :21.6; Jack
Davis of Southern California, win
ner of the high hurdles in :14.4
and the lows in :23.4 and the
Washington Huskies’ George Wid
enfelt who tied for the number one
spot in the high jump at 6 feet
5 inches; Brown in the broad
jump at 24 feet 3Ys inches; Lyle
Dickey of Oregon State, top pole
vaulter at 14 feet; Perry O’Brien
of USC who won the shotput with
a toss of 54 feet 914 inches; and
Mathias in the discus with a heave
of 160 feet 4% inches.
SPORTS STAFF
Desk Editor: John Whitty.
Staff: Doug White, Bill Gurney,
Ron Ricketts, Bob Zwald.
CHUCK MISSFELDT will be a favorite to win the javelin in the
PCC meet on May 28-24.
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