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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1957)
*DcceA bracks By BOB MULLIN F.meruUI Asst. Sports Kditor ■■ Oregon's greatest track team in the school's history" looked better and more powerful than ever in their second place finish in the Pacific Coast Conference track meet l'ri day and Saturday. After winning all their dual meets and the Northern Div ision clash by greater scores than ever be fore. Hill Rowerman's superb athletes had their finest hour, scoring 39b: points in the west's finest track competition. The Webfoots not only finished higher in team standings than in any year since 1(>24. but actually bettered the 37 point total they made that year. But of greater significance than their high score were the peak performances made by each athlete on the squad. Eleven Webfoot entrants gained the finals in Friday’s pre liminaries. next best following UCLA’s and Southern Cali fornia’s 13. In addition, Oregon had five other entrants in the four events which did not require qualifying rounds. Saturday came. What a sight! A collection of many of the greatest track and fie^l men in the country on the floor of Havward Field. The S.OOO or T000 fans on hand waited tensely for the opening race —- the mile run. The gun sound ed and the large field, including Rob Seaman. UCLA; Sid Wing. CSC.; Jim C.relle, Oregon, and Ray Hatton. Idaho, began the four lap ordeal. A slow start ruined chances of a record-breaking performance, but the race was close with Seaman and Wing fighting for the victory. The Rruin miler ltd most of the way, but his cross-town rival made hi> bid on the final turn. They broke the tape in almost a dead heat. An unfortunate bumping cost Seaman at least a second place in the race and the victory was awarded to Wing. C.relle finished a strong second in his best time of 4:0l,.4. Tobacco Comes from Behind Then came the 440-yard dash. UCLA’s Russ l*" 11 is and Washington's Terry Tobacco clashed for the fir-t time. These two highly-touted quartermilers were rated co-favor ites before the race with their 47.2 and 47.5 best clockings respectively. Kills appeared to take the lead at the half way point, but Tobacco, who was on the outer lane, unleashed a tremendous burst of speed and headed the field coming into the final 100-yard straightaway winning easily in 44>.(>. Possibly the greatest field in American college compe tition assembled for the 880 — Oregon’s Jim Bailey. Cal s Don Bowden, and UCLA’s Seaman were favorites. The long-striding Bowden took the early lead and never gave it up. With about 200 yards to go Bailey, who had been running fourth, made his move, sprinted to second place, and then disappeared behind the stands in hot pursuit of his California foe. But when they reappeared on the other side, the Bear half-miler was pulling away and finished the race in the third best time in the history of track and field — 1:47.8. Bailey finished a strong second in 1:49.4. The two mile run resulted in two races — one between the fabulous Max Truex of USC and Cal’s Bob House and the other a battle for third place between Oregon’s Mark Robbins, Idaho’s Ray Hatton and USC’s Mai Robertson. Truex and House matched strides until the final of eight laps when the diminutive Southern Californian won going away in 8:57.5. But Oregon fans centered their attention on the other race. Robbins wasn’t given a chance to place be fore the race. His best time ranked tenth in the 11 tnayi field. But the game Web foot never wilted under the tremen dous pace, finishing a close fourth to Hatton and beating Robertson, vvho‘s best time had been 20 seconds better than Robbins’. 'With One Event Remaining .. / All hut one of the events had heen completed. Southern Cal was awarded the championship trophy, but on the oppo site side of the field three athletes were still competing in the pole vault. The point total was announced over the i’uh lic Address system, “With one event remaining: CSC, 60 points, UCLA, 38, Oregon 32 hi . . But the Ducks had clinched second place with Sam Whittle)’ and Jack Burg among the three remaining vaulters. Both had cleared 14’4”, then both narrowly missed the 14’8” mark, but it didn’t matter. The seven points gained for the second place tie in the event gave them their 39hs point total and second place. The other entrant? USC's Kon Morris, who finally managed to wriggle his narrow frame over the pole set at 15’ 3/8”. Yes, it was quite an afternoon at Hayward Field. Webfoot Nine Plays Seattle., Oregon State Oregon's strong bid for the 19.')" Northern Division baseball crown climaxes this weekend with a final home-and-home series against Oregon State's second place Beavers. The Ducks, who are way out in front in the ND race with a 10-2 record, face Ralph Cole man's Aggies here Fiiday after noon. and travel to Corvallis for their last test on Saturday. After a three-win, one-loss road trip through Washington anil lduho last week, the Web foots of l>un Klrseh are within a gnat's antenna of their fourth Division crown in fixe years. They’re 2'. games ahead of DSC, who has sets with Wash ington and the Ducks remain ing. Oregon coach Don Kirsch hail this to say about it: "We're not in yet. although we're pretty close. W’e can win the title if OSC DON LANK Sparks Wrhfoot Itimtl Trip is rained out of both (fame-* at Seattle this week, or if they split with them But if the Beavers win both games from Washington. Voting Saves UCLA From PCC Expulsion SPOKANE. Wash >V UCLA missed expulsion from the Pa cific Coast Conference by a sin gle vote Monday. Last August, the presidents of the nine member schools ordered the four institutions which were on probation to pie.sent proof at this spring meet that their ath letic houses were in order. If this proof was not satis factory, they were to be "expel led from the conference as of August 1. 1957." The conference accepted the reports of Washington. South ern California anti California on unanimous votes of nine to nothing. On the report of the Univer sity of California at Los Angeie3 the vote was five to four, with Oregon. Washington State. Stan ford and Idaho opposing accept ance of the UCLA report. The presidential order said: “Any member institution now on probation which fails to pre sent to the conference on or be fore the regular spring meeting of the conference in 1957 evi dence satisfactory to a majority of the faculty athletic represen tatives indicating that the ath letic program of the institution then is and will continue to be operated upon a sound basis on strict accordance with all con ference rules and policies and by personnel in whose integrity the conference may have confidence, shall be expelled from the con ference as of August 1. 1957.” 1J. (ilenn Sealn>rg. ronfer enc*> spokesman, said at a press t'onrrivnrp the reports of tin* four Hi houU Hire pre *ent e«l oralis. Kach described the method of operating its athletic department at the present. Dr. Scaborg said he could not disclose the t e a sons of the minority for disapproving the UCLA report. He said that, an of California's faculty repre sentative. he was satisfied that the UCLA athletic staff is pre pared to adhere to conference ru les." The probations stemmed from illegal unauthorized payments, to athletes Washington and USC were placed on probation foi two years and UCLA for three year*. California has nearly completed its one year probation. Washington and CSC each have one year to go and UCLA is on probation for two more years. All except California a’-e denied the right to paiticlpale in the Rose Bowl football game even if they should finish atop the conference football stand ings. Order off the O Meets Wednesday The Order of the O will meet Wednesday noon at Beta Theta Pi. according to letterman presi dent Bob Decker. Members are asleei to disregard the earlier notice they received in the mail. NOW OPEN TIL 1:00 A.M. Monday thru Thursday 2:00 A.M. Friday and Saturday Pit Barbecue 957 Pearl South of Eugene Hotel und take both from us. then they will get the trophy." The Ducks' trip North hint week was mostly a success. . cording to Kitsch his gioup was ruined out of a pair with Idaho, they flattened Washington State twice and stubbed their toe for only the second time this season against Washington, hut re. deemed themselves In the second battle. “The team as a whole hit well against tVSC. hut they definite ly tn|MTr«d oft in Seattle—Terry Maddux wan the only man to gel more than one hit—I think we hud wirn Kills Olson and Don L*>ne both continued |0 hit will throughout their trip." ( ouch Kirsrh also praised the Mebloots defensive play lor the four games. •'Our pitching was good most of the time," the Oregon coach continued." I thought that Dntochowitky threw effectively in the second Washington game particularly because it drizzled most of the time.” This afternoon, the pennant* driving Ducks face their final non-conference trd. with Seattle University's Chieftains due at Howe Field at 3. 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