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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1941)
Page Fiv January 1, 1941 Game Birds and Waterfowl Show Increase THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON Interest Seen In New Dams By ARTHUR HENDERSHOTT A survey of conditions in Lane county indicate that 1940 has pro ven a banner year for migratory waterfowl and upland game birds. Hunters have had one of the best seasons of duck and goose hunting In recent years and the China pheasant and other game birds, protected by law for the past two years, have shown a steady in crease within the year. Up until two years ago the up land game birds have been hunted vigorously and after a closed sea son in 1939 the increase was not sufficient to again open the sea- However, with a second Ducklings Have Banner Year closed season under most favor able hatching conditions it is re markable how the birds, especi ally China pheasants, have staged a comeback. Quite a large percentage of our local sportsmen were disappointed that the state game commission declared a closed season in the Willamette valley. The commis sion gave as its excuse that in some parts of Linn county and Marion county the pheasants were still scarce and the closing of the entire Willamette valley seemed to be the smart thing to do. I claim to belong to the conserva tionists and agree that the com mission acted wisely. 20,M Birds Released The state has three splendid hatcheries, two in the Willamette valley and one in eastern Oregon and hatched and liberated better than 20,000 birds this year a miehtv eood record. The China pheasant lends itself admirably to parts of central and instjrn Oregon and really does better over in that higher, dryer climate. Generally speaking the past five years, ducks and geese have in creased by leaps and bounds. That's easy to understand if one takes Into consideration the time and money spent and new reguia tions that have been put into ef fert durine the past five years. I will mention some things done that materially effect our water fowl. First, the open hunting seasons have been shortened; less hours in the days; no shooting be fore sunup and no shooting after 4 p. m.; no baiting of ponds; no live decoys allowed. The U. S. government exacts a $1 toll from every duck shooter. Ttiixka Unlimited' HelDS This fee, known as the Federal Duck Stamp, goes toward the ren tal nr nnrehase of larae areas used as hatching grounds. A scientific study has been made of summer resting and hatching conditions in the northern parts ol worm nmcr ica. An organization known as "Ducks Unlimited", has been In strumental in this work and has collected and spent thousands of rinllnr In tmnroving waterfowl conditions during the past five By DON A. PLATH ' Athletic teams representing the 1940 University of Oregon fresh men turned in one of the most successful years in history. Competing in a total of 56 con tests, the Ducklings won 48 and lost a small total of eight Baseball gained the highest av erage. Coach John Warren's base ball nine went through the seas on undefeated Basketball was next in line. The Frosh hoopsters winning 16 games and losing one gained a percentage of .941. The track team, coached by Ned Johns, won two and lost two for a .500 percentage. Against their traditional rivals, the Oregon State Rooks, the Duck lings won 16 out of 18 meetings. A clean sweep was made by the Oregon teams in football, base- bal, basketball, swimming, ana golf. And they split in track and tennis. The Frosh victories in basket ball were won by two point mar gins. A sketch of Frosh sports fol lows: BASKETBALL Coach Warren's hoop squad was made to order for Webfoot stvle. The first string line-up was composed of three tall front- court men, and two speedy guaras. In winning 16 games out ei 17, the freshmen scored a total of 703 points against their op ponents' 493. The Frosh aver aged 41.3 points to their oppon ents' 29. Three of the Frosh Wally Borrevik, Warren Taylor, and Quentin Sidesrager who are now on the varsity team were the high scorers of the 1040 Duckling hoop squad. Borrevik scored 50 field goals and 13 freethrows to lead the squad with 113 points. The single Frosh defeat was administered by Longview high. The Ducklings later topped this team 47-27. BASEBALL Fifteen wins and no defeats was the record made by the Duckling baseball nine. The hit ters on the Frosh team were pac ed by Johnny Bubalo, Chuck Clifford, Tony Crish, and Don Kirsch. Bubalo cracked out 26 hits in 60 times at the plate for 433 average. Don Kirsch and Johnny Bubalo were the shining lights in the Frosh's defensive P'W. Dean Van Lydegral ana nowara Robertson, catcher and outfield er from Springfield and Eugene high, respectively, were next in line in the batting. Coach Warren's main pitching staff was composed of Stew Fred ericks, Nick Begteries, and Bob Reber. Begleries pitched a no- hit no-run against Gresham high, and pitched a four-hit shut-out game against the Oregon State Rooks. TRACK , Coach Ned Johns' cinder squad wasn't considered an outstanding team but clever handling enabled the Ducklings to gain a split in their four meets. The Frosh were defeated 5-0 in the annual relay meet with the Rooks. Thsy de feated th two Eugene high schools in a three-way meet, but lost to Diamond 'A' Sof tballers Lose Out in Oregon Tourney It'a going to be interesting to n,iat Tar Mir new Willamette valley dams play on ducks and geese. The past few years the Willamette valley has been so ter ribly dry in the fall birds in mak ing ttioir winter flight south, took two distinct routes one along the coast to Mexico and southern states white the other was by way if aaotorn fWtrnn. making Klam ath and Tule lakes their first big stop. UJ. T ana .niintt IIMirtsmen in hopes the completion of th Fern Ridge dam will provide a rest haven lor waterfowl and win eventually bring to the Willamette valley a much greater wnabar ef By BUCK BUCHWACH Baseball's fast growing compet itor, the spectacular game of softball, continued to be an ath letic success in 1940 in Eugene, although the financial returns were not too gratifying. The Diamond "A" softball team tumbled the 1939 champions .nerlini! Furniture from the throne in 1940. but only after a touch battle that saw Sterling drop a 3-2 overtime championship tilt that meant the Due. Although the Diamond A ciud showed Dlentr of batting and fielding power throughout me summer months, evidently H was off form in the state tournament in Salem, for the first game or the tourney was dropped to Bn neville by a 1- score. The game took but 55 minutes as Bin faor geson fanned numerous ef the heavy Diamond hitters. However, in city eompeuuon the Diamond team proved It had what it takes. After it had beat en both of its closest conspetitors in the double eliminattoa play, it sat back and watched Sterling win from Fenn's Tire Shop by a 11-2 count Then in the Shaughnessy sys tem playoff, Diamond "A" its game from the Knights of Columbus 8-0, while Sterling did away with the champions of the minor loop, the Army Engineers to the tune of a 7-1 win. Gordon Bailey of Fenn's won the major league batting cham pionship, with an average or. .soa which topped the last year's champion's mark by a cool .055. Taylor of Sterling was second with .490. Russell of Diamond "A" was third with .474, Wilson of Diamond "A" bad .471 and Hamer of Sterling finished with .412. In the minor league batting standings, Christensen of Cottage Grove was at the top with an average of .476. He was closely followed by Bujan of the En gineers with .448, Brunton of the S. P. shops with .444 and Pav alunas of the Engineers with .409. a strong Medford track team that won the state championship in the spring. In the final meet of the season tilt Frosh turned the tables and downed the Baby Beavers, 67 to 55. TENNIS A six-man tennis squad made up of Manning, Kahannnui, Hill, Westfnll, Baker, and Mclnnis had a great chance to go through the entire season without a defeat. but lost the final match to the Rooks, 4 to 3. The Duckling squad had defeated these same Rooks by the same score earlier in the season. GOLF Freshmen golfers, paced by Dick Hanen, topped the Oregon State Rooks twice. The fresh men tost to the strong University high five-man team, state high school champions. SWIMMING Russ Cutler's swimming team won four out of their five meets. The squad, composed of Dick Al len, Tom Corbett, Warren Finite, Lee Ghormley, Bob Wagner, and Ralph Huestis and Earl Walrath, Eugene boys, defeated the Rooks and Salem Y twice. Their loss was to the Portland Aero club. FOOTBALL Coach John Warren's football team did twe outstanding things this season. First they avenged two defeats handed them by the Rooks last season, and second, their victories over the Rooks en abled the teams coached by War ren to make a complete sweep over the Rooks in all contests for the year erf 1940. The loss suffered by the Duck lings was handed to them by the University of Washington Babes, S to 0. A sweet pair of halfbacks in Jimmy Newquist and Inky Boe were the main offensive threats on the 40 Frosh eleven. New quist was the leading ground gain er, and Boe had the best per try average. Outstanding line men who will have the best chance to crack into the varsity line-up neat year are Chuck El liot, guard from Eugene; Brad Ecklund, center from Milwau- kie, and Bert Gianelli, end from Longview. Wrestling and boxing under the tutelage of Eric Waldorf and Vaughn Corley respectively was quite prominent, but very few contests were scheduled. . Trap Shooters Active Here The boys who shoot to kill and don't bring back any live game the trapshooters have just finished one of their most successful years, as far as Lane county and Eugene are con cerned. Top event of the year was the opening of the new Eugene gun club grounds, six miles west of the city. At the innaugural shoot, Troch won all-around high hon ors, with Ray Glass second. In the Pacific International Trapshooters Association shoot at Salem, Glass and Troch tied for first place. Other teams showing well in various meets throughout the year were Cottage Grove, Mt-Kenzie-Gatewny of Springfield, Siuslaw of Florence, Noti, and Upper Willamette of Dexter with Florence representatives, led by George Nelson and L. R. Swart- hout, particularly impressive. The Eugene club, already with the largest membership ever en rolled and possessing one of the best grounds in the state, hopes to hold one or two major tourna ments in 1941, and further in tends to have registered shoots regularly, alternating with Port land and Salem in this respect Sportsmen , . . We maintain export Cleaning Service tor oil your outdoor toga. Special Attention giv en to W trier Repellent Garments. HONS 100 GOOD THINGS TO EAT FOR THE SPORTSMAN PERLICH'S FOOD MARKET McDeoaU Theater Phone 54 ft White Stag Ski Clothes ot Men Eugene's Ski Headquarters At Henderehotfs you -will find the very iinest ski equipment ... not only line skis but bindings, waxes, poles and other accessories. HENDERSHOTT'S 77t WUkimeUe Fhe 151 duck as
