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Five records sef • • • (Continued from page 1) Husky miler was his eleventh straight victory over his northern foe. * Burg set his record in the equally-close pole vault con test by soaring 14*8'2”. erasing the old mark of 14*2” set by Cliff LaBounty of Washington, who finished third Saturday. Burg’s teammate Phil Paquin finished second with 14*. The third Duck record breaker was Dick Miller who ran a»9:08 8 two mile in breaking the old rec ord by nearly 10 seconds. Mark Robbins of the Ducks, the old record holder with 9:18.4. fin ished second to Miller by run ning the distance in 9:20. just one-half second better than Ernie Brannon of Washington. The lone Husky record breaker was Anacker in the discus. The burly Husky heaved the wooden plate 161T0”. His throw erased the old record distance of 160'1\" set by Ed Moeller of Oregon way back in 1929. One of the most exciting races of the day produced no record breaking results. This race was one which will long be remembered in the minds of Duck cinder fans because it produced the first 440-yard dash defeat of Terry Tobacco, defending PCC champion in that event. The victor in this race was the Ducks' Otis Davis who came to Oregon to play basketball but ended up as a track staj\ The slender 26-year-old veteran from Los. Angeles entered the race with a tightly taped thigh as a Tesult of a pulled muscle suffered in the Northern Division Relays a week earlier. Davis started the race in a most peculiar fashion by using no starting blocks (because of his leg» and got off to a slow start. Tobacco, who drew lane Burleson paces Frosh victory By LEE KASEBERG Emerald Sports Writer Dyrol Burleson wrote his name in the National Collegiate Track and Field record book Saturday, winning the mile in the time 4.07.6. the fastest freshman mile ever run. Burleson set the pace as the Ducklings walloped their freshman rivals from OSC 84-47, In addition to Burleson, Coach Martin Pedigo received outstand ing performances from Jim Puck ett, who turned out to be the afternoon’s only triple winner, winning the 100 yd. dash in 9.8, the 220 in 21.9 and the broad jump, leaping 21'1 V'- The speedy redhead finished his afternoon on the winning relay team. Jerry Stubblefield walked away with discus honors as his heave traveled 162T0” a foot farther than the varsity meet record of 161T0". He also placed Second in the shot put and the 100 with the time of 9.9. The only double winner was Don Milligan, who swept both the high and low hurdles in the time of 15.1 and 24.3 respec-: tively. Other winners for the Frosh were Dick Brown, who threw the shot 51*7 tfc”; Fred Thomas, who tied for high jumping honors at 6’1”; Bob Thrush and Dave Wil liamson who deadlocked in the pole vault at 12’6’’ and the relay team consisting of Stan Miller, Lewis Powell, Burleson and Puck ett. Miller, the versatile Portland star, placed second in the 440 and broad jump and third in the high jump and ran on the relay team. Pedigo summed up the day by saying, “We came through better than I expected and I was well satisfied by the results.” one, and Davis in the second lane, were oven coming oi t of the south turn and battled neck-and neck up the backstretch. Tobac co gained a stiide on the Duck 440 ace going into the final turn but Davis pulled even with the defending champion in the final 100 yards and won the race dramatically by making a power ful lunge at the finish line. Davis' final lunge for the tape was so spectacular that he ended up sprawled flat on the cinders. The race was so close that the times for both runners were identical :48.6 Close behind but unnoticed by many because of the exciting Davis-Tobaoco finish was Rick Harder of the Huskies in 48.7. Two Webfoots were double winners in the sweep over the Puget Sound squad. Steve An derson won the low hurdles in 23.7 and was also victorious in the broadjump, leaping 23‘3”. The other double winner for the home town squad was Ros coe Cook the sophomore sprinter from San Diego. Cook did not participate in the Ddcks first two meets of the year but was right in the thick of things Sat urday as he streaked to victories in the 100 and 220-yard dashes. His winning times were 9.7 and 21.7 for the two respective events. Other Oregon victors were Dave Edstrom in the high hurdles and Ken Grant in the high jump. Two Oregon gridiron football stars made their first home cin der appearance. Dave Grayson collected two third place finishes in the 100-yard dash and in the broadjump. Len Burnett, another of Len Casanova's gridders. gar nered a second place in the high hurdles and third in the lows. The amazing Duck cinder men will next face the peren nial NCAA champions the CSC Trojans and the Stanford In dians in a triangular meet Sat urday at Palo Alto. USC has the greatest record ever compiled by a United States collegiate track squad, winning 82 straight dual meets over the past years. Stanford is expected to field one of their strongest teams in history. The Indians have already downed UCLA this year and are expected to be all primed for this meet. UO fakes second The University of Oregon cap tured second place in the Wo men's Northwest Regional Bowl ing Tournament held in the Stu dent Union Friday and Saturday. The Oregon bowlers were de feated by Central Washington College of Education. The win ners won the team event held Fi iday night by gaining 2245 total pins to Oregon's 2090. In doubles competition held Saturday Margaret DuPuts and Marie Longfellow of Oregon also finished second. The Oregon bowlers were defeated by Carolyn Hildreth and Diana Houston of Clark College. Misses Dupuis and Longfellow combined for a 982 series while the winners scored 1004. Miss Dupuis was edged in singles com Willamette trips Webfoot netmen The Oregon varsity tennis1 squad tasted defeat for the first time this year as they lost a 5-2 decision to unbeaten Willamette in Salem Saturday. The number one men of both squads Jjattled to a two and one half hour marathon match before Willamette’s Tim Campbell de feated Oregon's Bruce Dingier 6-2. 4-6. 10-8. Other results are as follows: Singles Larry OttiSs O. def. Bob Ben net. W, 6-2, 6-2; Phil Northcote. O. def. Gary Winter. W, 1-6. 6-3.: 6-1; Dale Baniel. W, def. Larry Cowen. O, 6-3. 6-1; Dave Do brinan, W, def. Dick U’ren, O, 6-3, 6-3. Doubles Bennett-Daniel, W. def. Ding ler-Ottis, 4-6. 6-3, 6-2; Glen Dur-; ham-Bill Richter, W, def. Jim | Knight-Cowen. O, 6-3, 6-3. Ducks defeat OSC in soccer match Oregon scored its first soccer victory of the term Saturday by whipping Oregon State College i 5-2. Gaining goals for the Web ! foots were George Handlery, 1 Trevor Swangard, Emmanuel ' Asuako and Paul Cheng. Piper Slacks These extra-slim trousers epitomize the campus-oriented styles you’ll find in ALL sportswear that bears the HIS label. Get yours at k DALE SIMS MEN’S WEAR j Sunshine Corner, downtown Eugene. $5.95 in suntan and copper. J&ikSimA MENS WEAR in tournament petition by Mins Hildreth 540 to 490. The all-events competition was won by CWCK's Pat Lacey with a total of 1507. Mias Lacey edged out Miss Dupuis who tallied 1504 in the all-events competition. Next year's tournament will be held at Washington State Col lege. <’'>**»■» ************ >■»*»;*»*»> ? */***• • a aSilk 'Screen Supplies i ] KAYE IQOilS j 1341 PATTERSON ANNUAL MEETING UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CO-OPERATIVE STORE April 16th. 4:00 P.M. 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