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J) John Whltty
hist big Chet Noe has been given the recognition
so obviously has deserved since the end of the recent bas
ketball season, with the releasing of the Helms Athletic Foim
o itiun All America teams. Noe was chosen on the All-America
second team by the foundation, and was one of four Pacific
coast athletes selected on the first three teams.
Johnny O’Hrun of Seattle University and Bob Houbregs,
S,ar ctnkr of 4 he Washington Huskies made the first squad,
a"d Ken Flowers of Southern California was placed on the
tinrd five. For some time, basketball observers in the Eugene
area have been talking over the possibility of Noe being se
leceted on an All-America squad and it finally happened.
Big Chet Had Some Notice
However, ( diet has not been going entirely unnoticed in the j
b a v he thrill world this year. He was a unanimous choice for the I
Northern Division team, and also made the AAU All-America |
live after the National tournament at Denver. He was the!
center on the fourth place Everybody's Drugs team which de
feated the strong Phillips Oilers in the tourney at Denver.
Noe, along wah another Oregon student, Doug Talbot,
was a mainstay on the team, and the Druggists did a very
creditable job in Denver, even though they lost out in the
semi-finals. Significantly, Chet Noe missed this game due to
an attack of the flu which kept him in bed during the semi
final tilt.
It some students are wonderng why professional tennis j
slaiJack Kramer and Prank Sedgeman are not visiting Eu
g nc and McArthur Court this year, the answer is that the
admission charges set by the touring netmen were too high, ac- 1
cording to Art Pitchman, Director of the Athletic News bu
reau here at the Universitv.
The pros would have charged $1.20 for student admission,
a- compared with the fXJ cents charged by the Globetrotters!
and other similar groups that have visited'the University this
year. The feeling was that the price for the tennis exhibition
v. a> comparatvely too high for such a group of visiting enter
tainers.
Oregon Runners Strong
I Iiis weekend’s track meet with Oregon State at Corvallis
should prove quite interesting, although it may be somewhat
dull to the fans watching it. All facts seem to indicate that the
meeting will be close, as far as total points are concerned, Jyit
that the only contests in most of the individual events will
be between members of each team.
In the field events, Oregon State has a decided advantage.
Most of the Beaver lettermen are weight men, jumpers, and
th like. On the other hand ,the Webfoots are almost equally
strong in the running events, with such seasoned performers
as Ted Anderson, Doug Clement, Wayne Reiser, A1 Martin,
and Fred Turner, to name just a few, and the final results will
probably show OSC winning the field events, while the
Ducks should win most of the running events.
Baseball is also getting up a full head of steam here at the
university, with the Northern Division season opener onlv a
week away. 1 he Ducks start the XD trek right here in Eugene
on April 15, when they will play host to the visiting Idaho
Vandals in the first of a two-game series. Coach Don Kirsch
end lus men also stay at home for the two following series,
with Washington State and the Huskies of the University of
Washington.
Schedule May Hurt Webfoot Nine
An extended schedule of games away from home then con
fronts the Webfoot nine, with no home games on the slate
until the May 16th tilt with OSC, except for one non-league
contest with the University of Portland on April 28. This puts
the Oregon diamondmen in the disadvantageous position of
playing six consecutive games in a row away from home just
v. hen the Nl) flag race should be getting hot. The Webfoots
will have to chalk up a creditable record in this first round of
home games if they hope to finish near the top in the XD race.
While checking overf the track schedule for this year vve
noticed that the Northern Division cinder meet this year is
to be held on Hayward field here in Eugene, which should
be of some help to Webfoot track hopefuls, although it is
doubtful if the fact that the meet is to be held on familiar
territory will greatly increase the chances of the Ducks win
ing the meet. To all appearances, the Ducks will have to be
satisfield with second or third place, or perhaps even lower.
MERCENARY MOPPETS
New Twist on Shagging
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Emerald Sporta Editor
The University of Oregon ath
letic business office, lacking noth
ing in the art of child psychology,
has hit upon a strictly ingenious
method of cutting high costs in
these inflated times.
It seems the department had
been losing quite a bit of money,
during baseball season, on high
foul balls that popped over the
backstop and out on to University
street. With an average of five
balls going astray at each home
game, ar.d with each ball costing
somewhere in the neighborhood of
$2.00, this ball-losing business was
running into money.
Ten Cents a Ball
So, several years back, the bus
iness office decided to offer ten
cents and free admission into the
ball game for every spheroid that
was turned in by a finder at the
admission gate.
This system has, and is, working
satisfactorily; but this year the
kids, who retrieve the balls, have
added a new twist to the situa
tion.
No longer do they wait outside
Howe field, strictly for thp pur
pose of recovering a foul ball and
thi n getting irto the game free.
N'o; far from it. Baseball games
are old stuff for them.
1 hc:r latest fad has been to turn
in any recovered balls, but then,
instead of giving up the horsehide
and walking into the game, they
turn right around and head back
out on the street again in the
hopes of capturing another ball
and getting an additional dime—a
strictly mercenary practice.
Three Prizes
The business office, not failing
to notice the enthusiasm with
which the kids return the balls,
had added three prizes to further
incite, and reward, the “retreiv
ers." At the end of the season, the
Western Author
To Visit Campus
Visiting the campus next week
will be the author of the “Ox Bow
Incident," Walter Van Tilburg
Clark. Clark will meet with classes
and other student groups during
the week, and give a public lecture
April 15, on “The Place, The Pur
pose and The Story” at 7:30 p.m.
in the Student Union browsing
loom.
Clark, a comparatively young
writer, rose to nation wide acclaim
on the merit of his first novel, the
“Ox Bow Incident” published in
1940. The book was later produc
ed as a movie by 20th Century
Fox. In the past-ten years he has
written several other works of
note and in 1945 was awarded the
O Henry Short Story award.
Although born in the East, Clark
is considered a Westerner because
his novels have their locales in the
state of Nevada, and he has lived
for many years in and around the
city of Reno. He attended the Uni
versity of Nevada, and first came
West when his father became pres
ident of the school.
Men's Spring Rush
To Open Monday
Spring term open rush for men
begins Monday, according to the
office of student affairs. All men
who have a 2 point accumulative
or better and who made a 2 point
or higher on 12 hours winter term
are eligible.
Men planning to go through
rushing should fill out a rushing
card at the student affairs office
as scon as possible, according to
the announcement.
person with the most number of
“returns” to his credit will get
$4.00 in cash, and, strange as it
may seem, another baseball, which
by the way, he can keep. This one [
will also be autographed by the ;
baseball team. Second prize is $2.00
and a ball, and third award is just
a signed baseball.
There is no question as to the
success of this program. Of nine- \
teen foul balls that have been loft
ed over the screen and out onto the
street, every one has found its way
back to the diamond via the hands
of the junior baseball enthusiasts. 1
As .. Athletic Manager Ted
Bouek pointed out, this has al
ready resulted in a savings of
about $38. This sum, although
representing only four games,
has already paid for the prizes
at the end of the season, and has 1
grossly offset the $1.90 that the
office has handed out through
the “Retrievers Fund.”
According to observant bystand
ers, the kids spare nothing to get!
back the ball, even if it means
throwing a cross body block into a
rival pursuer. The most effective
method of getting the baseball, it
seems, is to stand on the bank of
the cemetery across University j
street and wait until a ball pops
over the fence, and bounces off the
road into the cemetery. From then
on, it's a wild scramble among the
kids to see who can hang onto the
ball long enough to get it back to
the admission gate.
WSSF Chairman
Names Committee
Committee workers for World
Student Service Fund drive
solicitation have been an
nounced by Lon Perkins, assist
ant solicitations chairman. The
committee includes Ancy Vincent,
house; Jane Slocum, faculty; Tina
Fisk, employee; Gloria Jameson,
off-campus; Jackie Steuart, spe
cial gifts, and Dorothy Carlson,
church contracts.
Solicitor training meetings are
scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday,
April 16, in the Student Union.
Off-campus solicitors and house
representatives are urged to at
tend these meetings, and anyone
else interested in the World Stu- :
dent Service Fund is invited to
hear the instruction and discus
sion, Miss Perkins said.
Journalism Professors
To Attend ON PA Meet \
Carl C. Webb, assistant profes- j
sor of journalism and secretary of
the Oregon Newspaper Publishers
association, and W. L. Thompson,
assistant professor of journalism,
will attend the ONPA meeting
Saturday in Portland.
Girl Top Shagger
Strangely enough, it's a girl
that’s leading the pack in the race
'or the most baseballs. Fourteen
year-old Kaye Peterson has
Joubled the amount of returns of
ier nearest rival and has person
ally accounted for six of the nine
teen horsehides. When asked why
*he did it, she shrugged off the
money angle, stating that she only
did it because her brother “dared
me to.”
Following Kaye are two future
big leaguers, Barky Slocum and
Ty Campbell, (notice the names),
who have each brought back three.
Several others have returned a
singleton, but the three aforemen
tioned retrievers are v/ell out into
the lead.
Civil Service Lists
lob Examinations
An archivist examination for
filling positions paying $34}0
yearly has been announced by the
Lnited States civil service com
mission.
Most of the positions are in the
National Archives and Records
service of the General Services ad
ministration in Washington, D. C.
A written test will be given. The
maximum age limit is 35 (waived
for persons entitled to veteran
preference).
Full information and applica
tion forms may be obtained from
the U.S. civil service commission,
Washington 25, D.C. Applications
must be filed not later than April
21 with the executive secretary,
board of U.S. civil examiners, gen
eral services administration,
Washington 25, D.C.
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39 East Broadway
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Good Service
Fine Food
SKY CAFE
and
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On that night out be sure to stop in early and stay late for
refreshments.