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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1958)
tDuc&*7fiac6& By BOB MIILUN Knwfglil SjMirtn (alitor ■■■ I Iip lic.iillinc ;Jinvc tlic lead ton in the (an. 15 edition of tm- 11 tmilioldt 1 lines, hureka, t alii , daily newspaper, read: 5C0 Persons Pay Honor To Len Casanova Here Man \Mu> Toted I'lgskln From Fermlale High To liom* lion I Feted I Iirekn was laying out the welcome mat to Oregon’s head football coach, the man who led the Ducks to national fame in the Pasadena Hose Howl. Casanova and his wife Dixie u »tc the guests of honor at a testimonial dinner there, .15 years after the now famous mentor was a star halfback on th<- I'CM IYrndalc High School team. Here’s Times Sports 1‘ditor \! Tostado’s report of that testimonial dinner: Old Blues’ from virtually every college and university on the West Coast forgot their own school’s hues and were all old Humboldtcrs for a few hours as they gathered to pay tribute to one of their own here last night. More than five hundred persons were on hand for the testimonial dinner honoring Leonard J. Casanova, head football coach at the University of Oregon, who reached the pinnacle of gridiron success just 15 days ago. “The large dining room of the new exhibit building at Redwood Acres was filled to capacitx with gentlemen and their ladies eager to spend a moment or two with the Kel River Valley farm boy who is currently the talk of the; football world. And it was a humble and sincere *Cas’ who climaxed the three-hour affair with a highly entertaining resume of his life from In- birth on a Drizzly creek farm, through !■ erndale High school and up to the Rose Bowl j Dame of January 1, 1958 at Pasadena, Calif. Cas Happy With Old Friends “It went without saying that all of those present last ii'ght we re well aware of what he and his team of#'>57 ha<l •lone in that gamt-—-refusing to he underdogs to anyone and) going against all expert pre-game predictions. Casanova! told of how it has been his privilege in the past few days to meet with'dignitaries from all walks of life, including high government officials, but how none of these occasions have given him the warmth and inner good feeling that being hack among old friends and neighbors has done. “lie cited the lessons he had learned in the day of his youth in Humboldt as the things which most stood him pi good stead as he prepared himself and his team for the now famous game of two weeks ago. “ ‘Cas’ told of his birth on a farm where he was the sec ond youngest of six and attributed this fact as one which made him most aware very early in life of what it means to be an ‘underdog.’ While retraveling the road from Ferndale to Pasadena, Casanova occasionally took time i out to interject an anecdote or two about former team and , classmates in the audience as well as to voice a note of gratitude to persons who have given him a helping hand along his way. “Casanova credited his sisters. Katherine Casanova and Mrs. Sumner Damon, as the driving forces behind his entry into the Cniversity of Santa Clara where he played his col lege ball and later coached. ‘Cas’ explained that as the sec ond youngest of six, ‘at that time, m\ sister- were older than me but now they’re vounger than 1 am.’ Bad Moments Recalled “Casanova lias been at Oregon for the past seven years and despite the threat success of tliis past season, he remembers the lean times early in his career at I'.ugene. He told of re turning home after an unsuccessful Saturday afternoon to be greeted by his daughter with the remark—‘you lost again, huh. You ain’t much of a coach, are you?’ And how his only recourse was to tell her not to say ’ain’t.' ‘‘Casanova revealed that Oregon had been very good to him and he likened the people there to the people of his native Humboldt. ‘They are loyal to me, to the school, their community and their state just as you are,’ he said. ‘Cas’ admitted that he has not been a full-time resident of Humboldt county for some 35 years but added that one of these days he and his charming wife, Dixie, hope to be come full-time residents.” Comment: Who ever said, “Nice guvs finish last.” A man with the sincere, humble character of Len Casanova will al ways finish first whether his teams do or not. The editorial page of the Times carried a three-column, life-like sketch of Cas and we repeat its overline as an expression of our feel ings here in Oregon as well as in Eureka and everywhere else for that matter: “We Salute You—Len Casanova.” Phi Delts, Betas Win B Opening Round Action The second week of 1958 in tramural basketball league open ed yesterday with three games; one in A division and two in the B category. Emerging victorious were Amazon Village A and the B teams from Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Theta. Phi Delts got off on the right foot in Monday's action by de feating Sigma Chi 22-15. The Phi Delta are the defending cham pions in B division. Beta Theta Pi B defeated Sig ma Phi Epsilon yesterday and appear to be one of the stronger teams in B competition. Final score favored the Betas by 28-15. Amazon Village opened their' season yesterday by downing once victorious Northwest Chris tian College by a 33-26 count NCC now has a record of 1-1 and Amazon Village has a per fect 1-0. Amazon Triumphs Amazon Village, hitting well ' from the outside, got off to a big lead, and then staved off a last half threat to edge Northwest Christian College 33-26 in the opening game of Monday's in tramural action. Forward Jim Carlile of Ama zon Village was individual high scorer with 10 important count- j ers. 6’5" Glenn McKerrow and Bob Bray, both with eight points, i led the losers. Box Score: Amazon (S3) Carlile (10) Humph. (8) Reeves (6) Johnson (4) Barret (2) Scoring subs (26) NCC F (8) Bray F (4) Dobbins C (8) McKerrow « rS) Snell G (2) Johns Amazon—Mar tinson (2). Moore (1); NCC— Moore (1), Skoogland (1). Betas Win Again Sigma Phi Kpsilon's B team ' bowed to the tall and rugged Beta Theta Pi B’s, 28-15 in a game that saw the Betas domi- | nate the boards and the scoring all the way. Gene Estes. Larry Sellers and 1 Ron Sogge paced the Betas with six points apiece. The Beta B team has several players who played high school basketball and one member who saw action on last year's unbeaten Oregon frosh team. Betas appear to be in the thick of the race for the championship in both A and B competition. Box Score; Betas (28) Estes (fj) Sellers (fl) Sogge (fl) TwidweU (4) Mills (2) F F C F G (15) Sig Eps (5) (’base (4) Helling. (2) Fratzke (2) Squires (2) Oummer Betas—Allen Scoring subs: <2),'.McOeight (2). Sig E none. Phi Delts Gain Phi Delta Theta's smooth oper ating quintet outgunned Sigma Chi 22-15 in intramural B league basketball yesterday. Phi Delts are defending B league cham pions as they won the title last year Pacing the Phi Delt attack were Fred Lennard with seven points and Tom Johnson with six. Darrel Ashbacher led Sigma I Chi attack with six. Box Score: Phi Delta (22) (15) Sigma Chi Ij-nnard (7) F (6) Ashbacher Johnson (6) F (4) Wand Walp (3) C (3) dens**,n Callaway (2) O (2) Grottkau Fraser (4) G Morris Scoring subs: Phi Delta— i none; Sigma Chi—none. IM Schedule Tuesday, Jan. 21 Basketball 3:50 Young B vs. Smith B, Court 40; Stafford B vs, Sweetzer B, Court 43. 4:35 University Arms B vs, Shel don B, Court 40; Alpha B vs. Douglas B, Court 43. I 5:15 Alpha Tau Omega B vs. Phi Kappa B, Court 40; Delta Tau Delta B vs. Theta Chi B. Handball 4:00 Young vs. Tau Kappa Ep silon. CIVIC LEADER? Some day, little Betty’s tal ents will be an asset to the community — if we see to it that Betty gets the educa tion every child deserves. Let’s all join to solve the school problems that inevit ably arise when our popula tion grows. For a helpful, free booklet, write: Better Schools, 9 E. 40th St., New York 16, N. Y. Daily lEMERALD * PRE-ELECTRIC SHAVE LOTION to get a better shave! 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