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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.
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