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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1952)
*D(ic6 *7*0066 ■n ^ 2>(U tyuKHCtf RmoraM Sports WMtm I'or only GO cent s you lucky undegraduates get to see the finals of the l'CC track meet at Hayward field in Saturday, Ma\ 24. Anil on the fir t day, Friday the 2.3rd, you get in free. How does Oregon rate such a track extravaganza? Well, for one thing, both the Big Ten and the PCC were lavish in their praise of the clocklike efficiency with which the PCC-Big Ten meet wen off her last summer. Also, the track is excellent, and the crowd of about 6,000; w as, surprisingly enough, larger than the meet had drawn in I California. i Longines To Furnish Stop Watches All this is (fowl. When you are a successful host to a big time sports event, people' tend to think of your institution in terms of respect. And it helps you get the really top Oregon track stars from the high schools, although still is no substi tute for money. Athletic News Bureau Director Art Litchman was telling us that the timing should be extremely accurate at the PCC meet, because the Longines watch company is furnishing its $1000 set of stop watches which it sends to big meets all over the country as advertisement for its products. As to how Duck athletes will do in the PCC meet. Litchman thinks maybe it will he pretty well. He cites Mich men ns Bill hell. Chuck Missfeldt. Sophomore Miler A! Martin (“nobody knows how fast that guy can run") ami Jack 'Hutchins, as potential point-winners, also gives 440 man Ted Anderson and poles aulter Ray Packwood outside chances. They'll Have to Open Up He stated that several of these men, including Fell, Martin, and Hutchins, have never really opened up in a race this season It is Powerman's policy that the important thing is to win races, and if this can be done without cracking any records, fine. But these men will have to unwrap all their ability come the PCC contest. Is Chuck Missfeldt coming around into championship javelin form? A big question, for as last year’s NCAA champ a lot is expected of him. Part of the answer may come out when he competes, along with Fell, in the West Coast relays this week end at Fresno, Calif. Reportedly he tossed the spear 210 feet in practice this week without extending himself fully. Last season Chuck's best mark was 225 feet-plus at the Willamette relays early in the campaign, and he won the NCAA title on “only" 219 feet plus. There will be another interesting track meet Saturday when the Ducks meet Oregon State at Corvallis. If Powerman's ♦nen win they will have a sweep of all the XI) dual contests, a good omen for the XI) championship meet at Seattle, May 17. Little Things, But Vital Mow ever, they are not a cinch to win the crown, as they tupped dark-horse Washington in Kugcne by the metaphorical hair of their chinny-chiu-chins, plus a rapid relay team which provided the crucial ten points. And Washington State made it a close battle at Kugenc, although not quite that close. So a lot will depend on several seemingly minor factors. For instance, the US Army may decide the result. If they elect to draft big Emery Barnes, and such seems to be the situation, then Bowerman must forget about a potention Duck second in the high jump. (>r if broadjumper Don McClure has trouble with an ailing leg, his possible second place points will be lost. Things like these seem small, but when you subtract the points for two seconds off Oregon’s total, and add them to Washington or Washington State these little things loom much larger. Fell Ran 9.5 Century vs. OSC If we were a sentimentalist, we would say it is a shame Bill Fell is competing in the Fresno event Saturday instead of going to Corvallis. Because it was at Corvallis in 1950 that Fell, pushed to the limit by teammate Dave Henthornc, clicked off his 9.5 hundred yard dash, his career’s best. The Oregon medley relay team of Fell, Doug Clement, Hutchins, Anderson and Martin were also invited to the West Coast event in Fresno, but Bowerman felt the Ducks couldn’t win without the other four. He had it calculated that the Ducks would go into the final relay event with 58 points, and with all liis talent gone the vital 10 points would probably be lost to OSC. Tennis Outfit To Meet Huskies In Seattle Clash Coach Bob Laurence’s varsity tennis team hits the road today, destined for Seattle and a decisive match with the University of Washington to be played on Satur day. At the present time, the Ducks own an Impressive 4-0 record in Northern Division, having taken two decisions from Oregon State and one each from Idaho and Washington State. However, the Huskies also boast an unbeaten record, so the conference dual meet championship will hinge on the outcome of Saturday's contest, which will be the last dual meet of the season for both squads. If the Ducks turn the t | k Saturday and grab off first place, It will mark their first N'D t-nnis championship. In fact, with the exception of OSC, which took first in 1937, the Huskies have won the dual meet crown each year since the league started. Laurence, largely because he had no information on how the Washington players will be rank ed, stated Thursday that he was undecided on how he would play his men. »ix men will make the trip, in cluding Macdonald, Neer, Roue, George, Neraas, and Lowell,'- stat ed Laurence, "'and Neer and Rose will be one of the doubles teams.” Following Saturday's match, the Webfoots will have a lay-off until the Northern Division tournament, which takes place at Washington State on May 17. Jayvees to Close Season With Pair Against Orange The Oregon Junior varsity base ball team will still be looking for its first win against OSC when it meets the Beavers this weekend. So far they have suffered four straight defeats from the Aggie junior varsity. The first game of the two sched uled for this weekend will be play ed on the Duckling field at 3 p.m. The second game will be played at 10 a m. Saturday morning in Cor vallis. Farrell Albright is scheduled to start the first game and Bill Blod gett will get the nod in the second tilt. Don Hedgepeth will carry out the catching chores. Coach Londahl has juggled his power In the batting order to some extent. Another major change will be the shifting of his key stone cornermen. Jim Johnson will now play second base Instead of short stop and second baseman Paul Byhre will change from sec ond to short. So it is the same key stone corner, except the two play ers have reversed positions. Bob Wagner, at first base, and Bill Loch, at third, will complete the infield. Gene Lewis will start in left field and Jim Tennyson will start in right. Kither Gene Dun can or Jim Spiekerman will start in the center field position. 'J’liu.nii sajs m:u ino ream iooks better and that there is a chance that they might beat the baby Beavers. In previous games it has been a case of costly errors that have turned near dream gam es into nightmares for the Duck lings. These two games will conclude the season for Oregon. Their rec ord so far is four wins against four losses. They captured wins from Springfield high, Medford high, and two from Eugene high. All four of their losses have been in the hands of Oregon State col lege. Order of 0 Meeting Set at Kappa Sigma There will be an Order of the O meeting at noon today at the Kap pa Sigma houfie. Secretary Ted Anderson aaka all members to at tend at they will enforce tradi tions as a body during the noon hour. TKE Takes Tennis Tiff With Sammies Tau Kappa Epsilon's tennis squad white-washed the Sigma Al pha Mu team, 3-0 Thursday after noon and advanced into the semi finals of the Intra-mural league playoffs. Results of the matches are as follows : Singles Jerry Berreman (TKE) defeated A1 Goldenberg (SAM), 6-0, 6-0. Doubles-—Eldon Chowning and Bliss Stanley (TKE) defeated Merle Davis and Ken Goodman (SAM), 6-0, 6-1; Jerry Bailey and Jack Merritt (TKE) defeated Ron Sherman and Don Olds (SAM), 6-1, 2-6, 6-2. BOWLING... Hanes and Hanes 3, Case and Case 1; Masson and Hopkins 3, Mahailov and Mahailov 1; Greiner and Greiner 3, Yevtich and Hun ter 1; I'ngerleider and Ungleider 4, Kish and Fish 0. Joe I’ngerleider had high ser ies with 512, followed by Howard Case with a 502. SPORTS STAFF besk editor: B. GurneyT”””"""^ Staff: Bill Norval, Bill Brands ness, Jack Dennon, Larry Lavelle, Norm Webb, Kick Tarr. Harris Named To NCAA Group For Slate Study Leo Harris, Oregon athletic di rector, has been appointed to the National Collegiate Athletic As sociation’s committee for the study of the length of playing and practice seasons in intercollegiate sports, it was announced in Chi cago Thursday by Walter Byers, executive director of the NCAA. The committee, headed by Paul Blommers of the University of Iowa, will coduct a survey of the length of time spent in each inter collegiate sport, both from the standpoint of the actual playing season and any off-season practice schedules. The first step in tKia field was taken this spring when the NCAA cut the spring football sessions to 20 days in any 30 day period. The report and recommenda tions of the committee will be pre sented to the NCAA convention next January at Washington, DC. Other members of the five-man group are Tom Hamilton, athletic director at Pittsburgh; Wallace Wade of the Southern Conference and Ray Oosting of Trinity Col : lege in Hartford, Conn. Newest Webfoot Coed George and Lillian Fisher are the parents of a 9 pound, 2 ounce baby girl, Georgia Louise, born at 10:30 p.m. Thursday night. George is a Linotype operator at the University press, and came j back from the hospital in time to finish setting type for this page. Ailing Auto? You need the campus Doctor of Motors • tune-ups • complete overhauls • guaranteed service C. & W. auto repair 947 FRANKLIN BLVD. DIAL 5-6246 LIQUID CREAM SHAMPOO More than just a liquid, more than just a cream . . . new VC'ildroot Liquid Cream Shampoo is a combination of the best of both. iven in the hardest water Wildroot Shampoo /ashes hair gleaming clean, manageable, curl iviting without robbing hair of its natural oils. Soapless Sudsy ... Lanolin Lovelyl THREE SIZESl 29* 59* 98* . S. 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