With the near completion of spring work. Oregon athletics!
for 1954-55 is almost a matter of history, and sports followers
begin to review a year's accomplishments and look to what
may be in store for the future.
The reviewers will find an interesting and colorful year
when they check over the action at Oregon. Although track
and baseball produced the only clear-cut official team
championships for the Webfoots, there will be many other
bright spots in the Duck record.
Of course all accounts for the past year will be sprinkled
liberally with mention of the “bigs” of Oregon sport in
1954-55 the much-honored C.eorge Shaw in both football and
baseball. Jolly Jim Loscutoft in basketball, Kmerald athletic
trophy winner l*ete Williams in baseball anti the track trio j
of Ken Reiser, Bill Dellinger and Jim Bailey.
"Little Men" Count, Too
The year would have been much less colorful, however, if it
were not for the ‘‘little men,” the unmentioned, consistent
guvs who did the blocking, or hacking up or pacing. Also
contributing w ere the players who didn't always make letters,
the kind the coaches depend on to keep the top men on their
toes.
In football it was men like small but solid Walt Gaffney,
who got to score once in a while, but did a lot of backfield
blocking and defensive halfback work, with bang-up jobs in
both places. It'll be some time before Oregon athletics gets
another ‘“character” like crowd-leading, freshman-dunking
Walt.
Lloyd Powell and Dean Van Leuven were two other senior
backs who Len Casanova will find hard to replace. Van
Leuven will probably be remembered for his tremendous
run against Idaho as a junior, and Powell for his great game
against Washington this year, but both were highly-depend
able cogs in the Green machine every Saturday.
Campbell Great Clutch Performer
We can’t leave football w ithout mentioning the line play of
seniors Keith Tucker, Dave Lowe, Dick Mobley, Chuck
Greenley and LeRoy Campbell. Those in-and-out touchdow n
pass plays to LeRoy made him one of the greatest clutch ,
players Oregon has had. Although most of the quarterback- j
ing action he saw was against the varsity on the scrimmage
field. Don Holt was another reliable senior.
In basketball it may be easy for most people to forget
Loscutoff’s co-captain, Howard Page, but for Coach Bill
Borcher it’s another story. Borcher will be glad to tell
anybody how “Lefty” built himself into a varsity regular
and standout through his hustle and drive.
Campbell should come in for his share of attention in track
also. Rig LeRoy’s second and third place sprint points were
plenty valuable, and his two firsts against Oregon State will
be remembered by his teammates even if everyone else can
remember only the rain and sloppy track of that day.
Lloyd, Badorek Unsung Tracksters
Other graduating track men include Ben Lloyd, who im
proved greatly during his collegiate years, and Walt Badofek,
the unsung discus man. Russ Mannex and Ken ITicken
bottom broke into print, but never the headlines, despite their
13-foot-plus performances over the pole vault standards.
Jim Johnson is receiving more credit now at second base
for the Northern Division baseball champs, but like Page,
he is another player who came up the hard way. Don |
Kirsch has some outstanding young prospects, but he
likely won’t forget Bernie Averill, Jim Archer and Bob
Wagner, although they didp’t often draw starting assign
ments.
The minor sports had their share of hard-working seniors,
In golf it was Bob Takano, though usually overshadowed by
his teammate Neil Dwyer, who also is a senior. Swimming
had Phil Lewis, who maintained an outstanding activity
record, and Harry Fuller. Captan Bob Williams and Darryle
Klampe were two wrestlers that Bill Hammer will miss—
the kind that show up every afternoon for practice.
Such an outstanding crop of consistent regulars and bench
men, practically all in non-starring roles, is a reflection of the
hard work of both the players themselves and Oregon’s fine
coaching staff.
Oregon Hosts PCC Meet;
Trojans Get Favorite Role
By Jerry Claussen
Emerald Co-jpotli Editor '
The 25th annual Pacific Coast ]
conference track meet gets its i
running this weekend on Hay
ward field when Oregon hosts I
the event for the second time i
in four years.
The rec meet hns a long and I
twice-interrupted history that i
goes back to 1919, when there I
was real competition for first i
place. Four different schools won :
the meet in its first 10 years <
from 1919-28.
After eight years of discon- 1
tinued competition in a coast
meet, the annual event was re- I
Walker Cuppers
Look for Sweep
By STERLING SLAPPEY
ST. ANDREWS. Scotland (API <
— The Walker Cup-winning Am- ]
ericans moved base Sunday from i
St. Andrews, where they made |
the British look like dubs, to St.
Annes. where they will try to i
finish off a grand slam by win- 1
nfng the amateur champion- i
ship.
The British Amateur w'ill be
played over Lytham and St. An- (
nes' 66f>7 yard links along the
Irish Sea May 30-June 4. If one
of the Americans does not win
the big title a 29-year-old record
will be broken.
Every year since 1926 that
Walker Cup matches were
played in Britain, an American
followed them up by winning
the British Amateur title.
Harvie Ward of San Francis
co—considered the best ama
teur in the world by most British
golf writers—is the only Amer
ican Walker Cupper who will not
compete at St. Annes. With Ward
returning home for business, the
favorite to win the 60th British
title is Billy Joe Patton of Mor
gantown. N.C.
Patton did his part in winning
two of the 10 American victories
on The Old Course Friday and
Saturday in the I5th Walker Cup
matches. Britain won just two
matches.
Bill Campbell made himself a
non-playing captain for the cup
matches but he will compete in
the amateur and try to go one
3tep farther than last year, w’hen
he was runner-up to Doub Bach
lie, of Australia.
The extremely easy American
victory at St. Andrews last week
was accomplished because of
many things, not the least of
which was the British habit of
either blowing up on the home
nine or just suffering a relapse.
Another big factor was
Campbell, a golfer who did
not hit a shot.
The 6-foot 4 inch West Vir
ginian burned his hands severely
last Christmas but he is mostly
recovered. Because of his hands
and the desire to let the others
play, Campbell left himself out
of Walker Cup pairings.
His contribution to the vic
tory, however, was tremendous.
Campbell had played St. An
drews before as well as many
other Scottish courses and his
advice was sound. He sent de
tailed maps of The Old Course
and outlines of every hole. He
told the players now to clear
“Hell Bunker” both in the
wind and when the wind was
not blowing.
When the team teed up Fri
day every member actually knew
more about The Old Course than
many Britons who have played
there hundreds of times.
Young Bruce Cudd said, “When
I went on that first tee the first
time I was right at home. I
knew the course in front of me,
thanks to Bill Campbell.”
sumed In 1930, a year that open
ed a string in track that will
probably never be equaled If it
is ever broken.
In that year, Southern Cali
fornia started on a streak of tak
ing first in track and field on the
Pacific Coast that has never been
broken by a PCC team. Then
from 1942-48, meets were discon
tinued again. But when they re
sumed, USC was back In the
saddle again and has won easily
each year since then.
Despite USC's expected dom
inance in the big meet for the
15th straight year, Oregon is and
has been a big factor in past
coast meets. Past Oregon teams
have brought home 25 individual
wins in 24 meets, including seven
blue ribbons since Coach Bill
Bowerman came to Oregon.
Dellinger Latest I/O Champ
i Last year Oregon had a coast
champion when Sophomore Miler
Bill Dellinger, later the NCAA
winner, took the event over high
ly-touted southern runners. In
1952, when the PCC meet was
first held under Bowerman. Jack
Hutchins won the 880 yard run
and Emery Barnes took the high
jump.
The three coast records which
could likely come in for a beat
| iiiK Saturday In the finals all art*
i threatened by a distance dynasty
from Oregon’s Northern Division
champions.
The 880-yard tun record of
1:61.6, set by Hugh Mltchel of
| UCLA in 1951, Is in danger from
| Australian Sophomore Jim Bail
ey's talented strides that casrifed
him to an undefeated season,
which included a new school
mark in the half-mile.
In the mile. Dellinger Is a
good bet to top the 14>year>old
record of 4:09.3 of Idaho's I’hll
i Liebowitz, whose ND record the
Springfield galloper tied Satur
day at Scuttle. Ken Reiser of
the Ducks also has beaten the
! two-mile coast record of 9:12.5
set by WSC's Dixon Garner way
back in 1940.
Track fans will get to see some
of the nation's best performers
of the year at the meet, since
USC and other southern per
formers have recorded many top
marks of the nation. Ernie Shel
ton. the top high jumper in the
nation: Bob Seaman. UCLA's
great distance runner; Stanford's
! trio of 225-foot-plus javelin
throwers and Oregon's distance
men plus broad-jumper Martin
Pedigo should put on a great
show.
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