It’s been a good sports year for University of Oregon ath-,
letes, a year filled with outstanding performances by indi
viduals and some fine team jobs as well. Hut the one sport
that everyone is still talking about around these parts is track
—and the records that have fallen by the wayside this season, i
Of course the three big guns of Coach Bill Bowerman's
Northern Division track team have been the Distance
Dynasty of Jim Bailey, Bill Dellinger and Ken Reiser. Those
three have been getting their names in the record books
practically every time they ran this season. Their perform
ances last weekend were hardly short of fabulous.
Howerman undoubtedly was blessed with the best trio of
distance runners in the country this season. Kach one of
them could, and frequently did. double up in two out of the
three big races—the 880. mile and two mile. Altogether. Reiser.
Dellinger and Bailey broke 12 meet records and tied two more,
as well as setting new school and Hayward field records, in
four conference dual meets plus the XI) and l’CC meets. Take
a look at these performances. '
Three Records Set
In the Idaho meet, the first conference dual for the Ducks,
a wet track and wind couldn’t stop record-breaking in the
long runs. Hailey set a new half-mile meet mark with a clock
ing of 1 :56.1. Dellinger got a new mark with 4:22.5 and Reiser
ran his first two-mile of the season in a record 9:20.4.
Next came the Washington meet at Seattle, where the
competition was easy in the mile and two-mile and Del
linger. doubling up for the flu-bitten Reiser, was more than
10 seconds off the meet records with runs of 4:23.8 and
9:35.4. But Bailey, the Australian sophomore, got his second
new mark in two tries with a 1:53.7 in which he was pressed
by Husky Gary Gayton.
Against Washington State both Dellinger and Bailey again
got their names put in the record books for new meet marks in
the half mile and mile. Dellinger took 1.6 seconds off the meet
mark in running the mile in 4:17 and then coasted to a win in!
the two-mile while Reiser began getting in shape again by
running in the mile, finishing third. Bailey got his third
straight 880 mark wth another 1 :53.7 time.
Dellinger, Bailey Tie
Rack on Hayward field against Oregon State, fans saw one;
of the great races of the season as Bailey and Dellinger ran j
neck and neck in the mile to tie at 4:18.6, a new meet mark.
Reiser got back in form by breaking his own two-mile record
with a clocking of 9:28.6 on the sloppy track.
Thus the stage was all set for the big Northern Division
meet and Bowerman’s Modest Mercuries didn’t let anyone
dov/n. Reiser broke his own school mark as well as the ND
mark with a two-mile time of 9:11.3, and then he went on
to pick up a third in the mile. Dellinger took the four-lap
event with a record-tying 4:12.2 and Bailey also tied the
meet’s half-mile mark with his finest run of the year—1:51.5
also a new Oregon school record.
Last week at the PCC meet here, the three great stars of a^
well-balanced Oregon team ran perhaps the greatest races of
their lives. All three were facing most of the top distance run
ners in the country. What they did got them headlines across;
the nation.
Reiser's Run Fabulous
Reiser ran the best two-mile of any college athlete in the na
tion this season when he beat oil' a challenge from UCLA’s1
little Bobby Hunt to set a new record for the meet, the school
and Hayward field with a tremendous 9:02.6, which also tied
the 16-year-old NCAA meet record. Dellinger also set new
marks in all three categories as he won over a very strong
field in 4:09. Bailey set a new Hayward field mark with a half
mile of 1 :52, but he had less trouble winning at a distance
where he is by far the greatest competitor West of the Missis
sipii.
This weekend comes the AAU tournament. Next is the
big NCAA meet, where all three runners will be facing
practically the same field as in the PCC, at Los Angeles
June 17-18. Tuesday, June 21, is the PCC-Big Ten meet at
Berkeley. Oregon’s Big Three ought to do quite well in all
of them.
Jay Dean Paces
Hitters With .545
Towering Jay Dean. Oregon
State's four year regular and
All-American firstbaseman, led
Northern Division hitters in 1955
with an astronimical average of
.545, Dean's average surpasses
the previous ND record of .508
set by Frankie Koelandt, also of
OSC, in 1949.
Oregon's Norm Forbes slam
med the ball at a .556 clip, but
failed to appear at bat enough
times. Forbes won the title in
1954 with a mark of .476.
The husky Dean, who batted
.439 in 1954 and .367 in 1953. also
led in runs-batted-in with 22, be
lieved to be another new league
record.
Northern Division averages (in
complete nms-batted-in from
Washington
Player
Forlie*. Oregon
I Iran. OSC
lluob. OSC
Janl/c. CISC
Frederick. OSC'
iCraden. Idaho
Ballard, Wa*h.
l.ovejoy. OSC
Shaw. Oregon
Stark*. WSC
Kerrey, WSC
Campbell. WSC
ScoU. \Va,h.
Koisy, WSC
Bratly, Wash.
Wal-on, Wash.
States
AB
.26
44
29
$4
33
26
4J
43
48
.38
42
39
37
41
52
50
H RBI BA
15 9 .556
24 22 .545
13 7 .448
23 9 .436
14 4 424
11 3 .423
17 7 .395
16 11 .372
17 10 .354
13 .... .342
14 . .333
13 .333
12 2 .324
12 .3ir‘
lo 13 .308 1
15 7 .300
Athletes Receive
Varsity Letters
A total of 48 athletes, includ
ing five four-year men, will re
ceive letters for varsity spring
sports competition, according to
the athletic department.
Back for their fourth numer
als are Norm Forbes, George
Shaw and Pete Williams, main
stays of Don Kirsch’s Northern
Division baseball champs, and
track stalwarts Ken Reiser and
Doug Clement.
Three-year baseball letter
winners are Bernie Averill, Bill
Blodgett, Jim Johnson, Neal
Marlett and Bob Wagner. Bill
Garner, John Keller, Jerry Ross
and Dick Schlosstein will pick
up their second diamond awards.
Terry Maddox will take home his
first varsity numeral. Roger
Martin was manager for the
squad.
Track three-year lettermen in
clude Walt Badorek, Ken Hick
enbottom, Ben Lloyd and Bruce;
Springbett. Two-year men are
Leroy Campbell, Gordy -Dahl
quist, Bill Dellinger, Russ Man
nex. Bob Reid, Bill Sorsby, Donn
Sullivan and Dave Talbot. Jim
Bailey, Doug Basham, Ed Bing
ham, Arden Christensen, Hank
Laumena, Jack Moad, Martin
Pedigo, Chuck Phillips and Bob
Sullivan round out the ND cham
pions with their first awards.
Dave Goode will get the man
ager’s award.
Captain Neil Dwyer is the lone
three-time letter winner for Sid
Milligans golfers. Bob Takano
and Howard Zenger get their
second letters and Don Bick, Bob
Norquist, Barry Ott and Justin
Smith will take their first.
Bob Baker, Dick Gray, Don
Bonime and Dick Hamilton
earned their second tennis nu
merals, while transfer Ron Carl
son won his first.
lost?
:ound?
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in the
EMERALD
IM Title Wen
Bv Phi Belts
By Jerry Claussen
Emerald Co-Spor»» Editor
Phi Delta Theta, an annual big
power in intramural sports, won
its second IM championship in
a row this year after this year's
sports were added up this week.
The Phi Delt a, the leader after
both fall and winter term in
point standings, took home their
second consecutive intramural
crown despite not winning a
sport title for the second term
in a row. The winners didn't even
make the tournament in softball
and were eliminated early In ten
nis. But they were semi-finalists
in track and got to the finals in
golf.
Hale Kane, second last year
and the Intramural champion
two years ago, retained their
second spot of both fall and
winter terms to finish second
to the Phi Belt's in the final
standings. Hale Kane won the
golf tournament this spring
Frosh Numerals
Presented to 31
Athletic numerals were award
ed to 31 freshmen Wednesday by
the athletic department for par
ticipation in baseball and track
and field. Fifteen baseball plac
ers and 16 tracksters were
named.
Those receiving tho diamond
awards are Bob Cellars, lion
Creps, Don Delbon, Dale Dickey,
Ron Dodge, Gene Hastings, Vic
Jarvis. Don Lane. Jim Pifher,
George Simpson, Jerry Urness.
Gerry Waldrop, Dave Wanaka,
Jim White and Ron Whittaker.
Gene Weeks will receive a man
ager's award.
Named for track numerals
were Bill Cromwell, Bob Drynan,
Kerry Livingston. Don Meski
men, Jack Morris, Bob Rogers,
Don Steen, Ted Tenney, Bob
Thornton, Sain Whitney, Burt
Williams. Tom Midgley, Bill Al
varado. Norm Chapman, Jerry
Kershner and Paul Tuchardt.*
iiml tvuN HiTimil In teiml*
pick up 273 points, second onl>
to Sigma Chi'* spring high of
294.
Sigma Chin high wan com
piled mostly on the softball
championship. In which the win
ning Slg's went undefeated
through the season to pick up
150 points. Their other points
came from track, 81; tennis, 48.
and golf. 35.
j The four spring sports cham
pionships were won by four dif
ferent living groups. Sigma Chi's
softhall title was preceded by
Alpha Tail Omega's champion
ship in track, the Dorm Coun
selors' win In tennis and Hale
Kane's golf victory.
The final 908 points for the
year run up by the l»hl Ilelt's
was the lowest winning totul
since 1950-51, when the Phi
Delt's got 90S for an easy win.
Their 281 points for spring
term was the fourth highest
total by any group after highs
of 550 and 295 for the first two
terms.
Final standings:
Fall
I Phi t>rlla Thru .150
2. !l*le Kane 125
3 Stic mu Chi 210
4. Smtu Alpha £p»i 242
5. Alpha law (Jmrg* 231
6 Surma Phi Fp*il*.n 245
7. Beta Then P» 220
8 Thela Chi 19V
V Phi kappa P*i 201
10. Phi kappa Sigma 18’
11. Campbell Chib 175
12 I Jell u Tut* Delta 174
13 Sigma Xu 175
14 Phi Camma Delia 220
15. Della I'iniktii 185
16. Chi P*i 157
17. Ilorm Counselor# 187
18. French hall ..159
19 Straub Ffe*b .... 95
20. llunlrr hall 1*2
21. Tau kappa Fp«ilon 100
22. Chcrocy ball 259
23. 1-rgal Fugle* 0
24 kappa Sigma 150
25. Xcetor ball 75
26. Pi Kappa Alpha 50
27. Philadelphia H*e. 146
28 Alpha hall 62
29 Sigma Alplta Mu 0
JO. I,4ml4.i Chi Alplta 125
31 SeHer*tr*»m Hall 67
J2 bamnu hall 103
J J. Phi Sigma kappa 87
34. HatfMter Inn 0
35. Vrumen o
'36. P* kappa Phi ...... 50
Win Spr Tot.
295 261 9o„
231 273 829
240 294 7*4
261 170 77!
269 258 7U
222 222 68J
200 242 66.’
219 2*1 *49
165 :
195 232 *09
195 231 64)1
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163 196 534
122 151 49t
144 |4 5 482
133 IH! 471
140 133 460
120 147 426
?93 121 4!!
1*5 110 407
110 196 406
95 48 402
151 246 397
125 122 397
175 100 350
145 122 317
62 8 1 289
112 76 25 )
150 94 244
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