By Sam Vahey
I hat s quite an interesting array of athletes that are enrolled
.'n the University of Oregon this term from various junior col
leges and high schools up and down the Pacific coast.
Topping the list are six recruits from various JC schools, in
cluding four from California. Another is from Kverett junior col
h-ge and the sixth comes to the campus via North Idaho JC.
l ive of the six will he turning out for Len Casanova’s football
squad next fall and will undoubtedly give a boost to Webfoot
gridiron power.
Baseball and Football
Searching for a backfield slot will be 170 pound Walt Gaff
ney, an All-Southern California JC halfback from San Ber
nardino. Walt probably won’t have much time for spring foot
ball, though, if he keeps playing for Don Kirsch’s varsity base
ball nine. Another back, quarterback to be exact, is Stan
Dmochowski, who seems to hold equal prowess throwing a
football or pitching a baseball. He. like Gaffney, has been see
ing plenty of action on the baseball diamond.
'I hree linemen, averaging close to 190 pounds each, have
chosen Oregon for their new school, and also could give Casa
nova plenty of assistance come next year’s football season.
Topping the linemen, (in weight, that is,) is Keith Turner, 190
pounds, and an all-Northern California JC guard from Fresno.
Everetts contribution to the 195.5 gridiron group is 185
pounder, Don Gransberg. The final addition is Tim Flaherty,
185-pound guard who saw a lot of football while playing for
Muir JC in Pasadena.
Ed Keegan, North Idaho junior college, is the lone basket
ball aspirant. Standing an even 6 feet tall, Keegan is a good
prospect for the guard position. He’s quite a softballer, too,
by the way. While playing for the Sgma Nu intramural nine
Wednesday afternoon, he enjoyed a perfect 3 for 3 at the
plate.
Another welcome addition to the football picture will be
Finery Barnes, elongated end who -till has another year of I’CC
eligibility left in the football ranks. After attending Portland
State Extension Center in Portland for a term, he came back to
the campus with an extension CPA of 2.8, high enough to
make him eligible for plenty of football action next fall.
9 Right from High School
l ive more good prospects have just enrolled at Eugene,
peculiar in that they come straight from the prep circles. In
cluded among these mid-term freshmen are: Charles Clark,
tackle from Eos Angeles; Morris Adams, all-city end for Bell
high in I..A. and also a top-notch sprinter and baseball out
f.elder; Nick Marculis, all-league wingman from San I’edro
high; J.es Wolfe, another guard from Los Angeles; and Don
'J ruitt, baseball catcher and all-league halfback from Bell high
in L.A.
My, isn't it an interesting hubbub that the major leagues
have got into over whether or not President Eisenhower should
throw out the first ball of the major league pennant races. It
seems to us that this little difference has gone a little too far.
Personally, we think that the baseball industry has about as
much claim on the services of President Eisenhower for open
ing day baseball ceremonies as the Russians have for the in
vention of the auto, the telephone and electricity.
Perhaps the baseball people would like to present a lav/ to
the government stating that the president’s duty, among
other things, would be to “Throw out the first baseball for
each baseball season. After all, it is the favorite national
sport.”
This is a bit exaggerated, but it appears from -where we sit,
during these times, that the chief executive of the most power
ful country in the world has a few somewhat more important
responsibilities than tossing a horsehide unto the playing field
at Cirrifth stadium in Washington, 1).C. the first day of base
ball season.
As far as the claims that this will hurt the game and the gate
receipts, the baseball business has survived worse crises than
this in its lengthy history. Besides, we hold to the axiom that
more people see baseball games for the nine innings of play,
than for the enjoyment of watching a solitary horsehide get
lofted out to the diamond on the first day by the country's
president.
Peanut Vendors Strike. Too
Here’s an interesting note from the wires of the Associated
Press a few nights back. “Chicago—Peanut vendors may go on
strike at Wrigley field in Chicago, I'j'iday.” Now wouldn’t this
be a blow to baseball? First the president refuses to throw out
the first ball, and now the diamond owners get in bad with the
labor unions.
We don’t think it’s as bad as it all sounds, though. Fans al
ways hear this kind of “crying towel" and “Think what it will
do to baseball” stuff before every summer of baseball, but when
the dust clears at the end of the season, the clubs don't appear
to be in such a bad fix after all.
Condon Museum Features ■
Rare Three Toed Horse Fossif
By Ann Ritchey
Emerald Reporter
The pioneer geologist of Oregon,
Thomas Condon, has left his mark
upon the University and the state
in a number of ways, among them
the Condon collection of fossils,
which is housed in another of his
namesakes -Condon hall.
One of the original five members
of the University faculty, Condon
was, according to J. C. Stovall,
assistant professor of geography,
a “god of the university." He
was actually the first person in
this region who was trained in
geology, and he taught the sub
ject here at the university for a
number of years.
Condor’s main field of concen
tration in his collections was ver
tebrate paleontology, according to
L. S. Cressman, head of the an
thropology department. He also
collected invertebrates, and has
such things as turtles in the col
lection.
Materials of Interest
Indian materials of great in
terest, such as projectile points,
scrapers and knives comprise a
large percentage of the group of
objects. The most valuable article
of the collection is a fossil of a
three-toed horse, and it stands in
a separate showcase outside the
museum of anthropology, botany, ;
geology, paleontology and zoology
which is the present home of the
Condon collection.
Condon's real interest in geology
began in his childhood days in
Ireland, and continued as he came
to America and studied wild-life
and growing things in the state of
New York, where his family set
tled.
After spending several years
teaching, Condon attended Auburn
Theological Seminary and became,
with his wife, a missionary to the
Oregon country. After holding sev
eral posts as Congregational min
ister throughout the state, Con
don settled at The Dalles, where
he conducted an interdenomina
tional type of religious service.
Condon's beginning as a geolo
gist in this area came when the
trappers and teamsters brought,
fossils they had noticed and col
lected while in the John Day area
to him, since he was the best
educated person in the area. Be
coming excited about the value
and interest of these samples, Coir
don himself began accompanying
the groups and soon was making
regular contributions to the
Smithsonian institute.
Significant Results
Perhaps the most significant re
sult of Condon'8 early interest and
discovery of the untouched de
posits of fossil remains and oth
Oratorical Contest
Open to Seniors
Seniors who expect to enter the
annual Failing-Beekman Senior
Oratorical contest in June should
see W. A. Dahlberg, associate pro
fessor of speech, for details and
help as soon as possible.
The contest, which will be held
on June 12, is open to all seniors, ■
regardless of majors, Dahlberg
said.
Cash awards ranging from $125
to $50 will be given to the three
best speakers. Each student will
give a talk from 12 to 15 min
utes in length on a topic of his
own choosing.
er remnants of civilizations mil?
lions of years old, was that he op
ened the area for interested ob
servers who were to follow him.
Other co-inhabitants of the Conr
don hall museum, located on the
second floor of the building, are
examples and reconstructions of
early life on the Pacific coast.
There are Indian articles, suoh as
tools, weapons, jewelry and clothr
ing. There are also musical in
struments, eating utensils, real
canoes, and samples of early ani
mal life in this region. The evolur
tion of man is shown dramatically
in a series of skulls showing man’s
development from the gorilla and
related animals.
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