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March 21, 1943
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CLIMBER
Bj PICK ST.RITE
THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
Pag Fifteen
Warmerdam Clears 15'BV2"for New Worlds Vault Record
r -i-times.
Za i toward mora nig-
V f competition under the
FMeTpUn for all civil
J'lransform the usual
-Shall league into a base-
T-it during the coming
I- -AnlhS?
f" , a game supposed to
ihm men in returning to
SbTbStt lacks the punch
in their late 30's away
flireplace, an easy chair
"Sdbook- We know of any
sip". . -tivelv young
i 01 .ttracted by a
K, n ia T baseball of, the
litffW P1,.... IW- Hit.
BUI Greene. John
lBU '. im Arne Strom-
t? Bertsch, 'Howard Sten-
! . Rrauner, (rani. u-ii-i",
S. SBen Weber, Tub.
. Green"' -,,- vr it.
SH-bby Hobson, and many
Siuromar months present a
P? '..nrt,mltv for the city
commission to carry on
Program started last win
,f$Z V basketball circuit
M some of the -nas-oeens
"".?,..m.nt Florence Alden,
reau-n director, is recep
P??.,.l idea and is
tto attempt to "take a.flier."
Lebld reason the older young
I1 -'u h.iltata to null on
B mikes and I loves again
r v. h.ir fear of going
Eih season with a batting
K":s67to-.oT5:we
r . ttin nur .538 batting
C (in our senior year, in
IT .j.,n for 20 vears and
Ed hate like the very Dickens
Ihet Cocky Brewer, coo ui-
Bun Kelsay and their likes.
I the other "oia-urner. wuuiu
the me way about it. -
Therefore, we would suggest
le of the Basic principles oi
..-- ritv ha-ehall league
tSbsto prohibit fellow with
trad experience to worn on me
Edt-iet 'em play first or the
tad! . . . Another difficulty
kid be the organization oi a oai-Eedleague.
k. l-mln-ltnn of one or two
Lm ha, ilwavit ruined tha eom-
ESvt value of Softball here in
rhri -rtain snonsors
nnide a habit of campaigning
rtht beat talent. We have long
ratted the "draft" system of
Ball players, and hope that a
tolas could be adopted for City
Liall.
Itml-ht rpnufra a hit of rjromot-
Linil m-lra nwpsKflrv the desifi'-
on of several centrally-located
Mm whnra h nlavpra rould
fan up," but we'll wager there
It enough "young" men In this
ki to fill a six-team roster. Say
rrewers iuu men wining to pi-y.
i plan would call for a league
ting and the selection of four,
lormore "managers" who would
v through the list and select
a teams on a rotating draft
rt tnilial nnHnn wnnH - hp
ping for selecion 1, 2, 3, 4, 9.
tic ana ine managers wuuia
players from the master list
that order. , . . After each
aiger makes his Initial selec
i the pilot picking last would
l But choice on the next "set."
-r all players on the list had
n Jwt.J ,1 .1
Fu.oi.cu, men uie man-gci-ilart
negotiating on trades.
i. . une squaa may nave two
lid tttrW anA iraA annthi.
t-ler for a much.nepHecl Iri-
fler, etc.
Qminatlon of th .r-.rin,-
Mm would also be in line with
Mrsical fitness trend . . .
r-l the batters more exercise
a just swinging at thin air;
1 the lnfielders and outfleld
' Ptaty of work in chasing
d and fly balls. . . .
Riant It be fun? Wo nn al.
CJ'eel that sore right arm now.
re may be a financial nrnh.
3 eonlronting the recreation
camion In promoUng such a
- baseball Is much more
ave to conduct that soft
; ; ,But if every player was
red to Dav on- a, turn IaII-
the privilege of playing
IH the season (that will be
iwnge thing for the prima-
who have been accustom
' Plymg for pay) "the com--wb
could probably rake up
."91 cash for the payment of
Huii-i.ae oi scoreDootcs
Other necessarv niilnmnt
The use of the city-owned
c Stadium
r bats, every player likes
hlS HU'n MnL..
"wough he uses it only for
;..,,the top of home plate
f Of hnrehirlo- A
UoortintT BrtB LtMU
,V wnlcient supply on hand
""Jsh baseballs for a six-
tf ? circuit-
IJiat "old rocking chair" to
rBi 's recreatlon room
:r', fellows; it hasn't got
mm Z n Pni'eal fitness. It's
LJ2,h kMe the Une coun-
u i , ' 1 '"wreaiea in k-
-"aB invitational boxing
K nign icnooi mltt-
5, "I," ',Ve. ""tt sport Is one
U 'ne nsi or atn-
h "apetition for the armed
; "Iton, who staged
"Si '"""laments at Pleas-
.-onl, dr,w enough cash
Fi in, ,, p,y "vel'ng ex
I .C compeUng schools.
a to la. J. " ""u" the schools
rLi.rZ. 0n 0 line, the shot
hjj!? Provided by the event
Ft llseir in aumuiaung
lw the Port. ...
t 'rSr,g ,e,"r ,rom u-
l.. 'meil. former n.r. .mrh
h-TerTi' n the ,ir orc head
l, ep,rtment in England,
ljd rauictin etu-
Indoor, Outdoor
Marks Shattered
Dodds Cops Mile Race;
Dixon Finishes Third
By TOMMY DEVINE
CHICAGO, March 20. (U.B
Ensign Cornelius Warmerdam of
the Navy pre-flight school at Cha
pel Hill, N.C., Saturday night set a
new world's indoor Pole Vault
when he cleared 15 feet eight and
one-half Inches in the Chicago re
lays. Warmerdam made his record
breaking mark on his first try with
the bar at that level. The bar
quivered only slightly as the thin,
27-year-old former Piedmont, Cal.,
school teacher went up and over
to pull 14,000 fans to their feet.
The vault was the greatest of
Warmerdam's spectacular career.
It not only broke his own indoor
mark of 15 feet 76 inches set in
February, 1942 at the Boston, A.A.
games, but also smashed his out
door mark of 15 feet 7 Inches es
tablished at Modesto, Cal., on May
23, 1942.
Warmerdam started leaping with
the bar at 14 feet and then elim
inated the remainder of the field
when the bar was pushed to 14
feet 8 inches. Warmerdam missed
one try at 15 feet 1 inches and
then easily cleared that height on
his next try.
Misses at 16 Feet
After five minutes rest "Corny"
came back to go over at 15 feet
3H inches for a new meet record.
The cross bar then was raised to
the record level of 15 feet tVt
inches.
Warmerdam went back to the
very tip of the 140 foot pine run
way. He came down the straight
away with the speed of a sprinter,
hit the take off pit perfectly, arch
ed his lithe body at the peak of his
swing and then barely nicked the
bar as he went up and over. As he
settled Into the deep sawdust pit,
he looked up quickly and grinned
as the bar stayed on.
The record breaking Jump mark
ed the 25th consecutive meet
Warmerdam has won and in every
one he's cleared 15 feet, a mark
unreached by any other vaulter in
track history. He has cleared IS
feet 33 times.
After setting his new world's
record, Warmerdam failed three
times In an efofrt to clear 18 feet.
Gil Dodds, the bespectacled Bos
ton divinity student, won his sec
ond major mile race of the indoor
season, when he won the classic
Bankers mile In 4:08.5.
Wright Takes Sprlnte
Earl Mitchell of Indiana univer
sity finished second and Frank
Dixon, New York University fresh
man, was third.
One of the major upsets of the
Indoor season occurred in the 1,000
yard run when Les Elsenhart, for
mer Ohio State niversity star now
running unattached from Port
Clinton, Ohio, defeated Gene Ven-
zke of the New York Athletic club'
In a driving finish In 2:13.8.
Bob Wright of Ohio State,
swept the hurdle series by taking
the 40, 50 and 60 yard events.
Herbert Thompson of Jersey
dashes but was beaten by Charles
City, N. J., won the 40 and 55 yard
Beaudry of Marquette in the 55
yard dash. It was the first sprint
event Thompson lost in four years
of competition in the Chicago re
lays. Greg Rice, former Notre Dame
star now running for the New
York Athletic club, won his 63rd
straight race when he copped the
two mile event in 8:55.9. Oliver
Hunter of Notre Dame was second
and Tony Maloney of Notre Dame
third.
Delayed Country Club
Golf Tourney Opens
Saturday Afternoon
Qualifying for the Eugene Coun
try club's spring handicap golf
tournament, delayed last week
end because of unfavorable weath
er conditions, opened Saturday
afternoon with the first contin
gent of divoters posting the re
quired 18-hole scores. Qualifying
will continue until the evening of
March 28, according to Profes
sional Wendell Wood. .
Harvey Rue is the defending
champion of the "President's"
trophy. ,
A field of some 80 golfers is
expected to compete with the low
32 qualifiers entering the champ
ionship flight and the others placed
In flight of eight.
BOCCHI RATES AT BAKER -
BAKER, March 20. OW Bak
er's Bulldogs Saturday named
Captain Jim Bocchi of Klamath
Falls' state- basketball champions
on their all-opponent team. Bocchi
didn't rate the official all-state
first team, although his team de
feated Baker for the title.
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Phillips Oilers
AAU Champions
Denver Beaten, 57-40;
Wyoming Takes Third
DENVER, March 20 (U.PJ The
ancient tradition that champions
don't repeat in the national A.A.U.
basketball toumamet held good
agai Saturday night and the Phil
lips 66 Oilers from Bartlesville,
Okla., are America's new amateur
cage champions.
The mighty oiler won the crown
57 to 40, over the defending cham
pion Denver Legions, a team which
couldn't beat both the Phillips
team and tha jinx that has kept
all but four A.A.U. cage champions
in history fro mwinning the title
twice in a row.
It was the fourth time In five
years that the Oilers had met a
Denver team in the finals and this
Is the second national title for-the
tall boys from Oklahoma who rul
ed the cage world back in 1940,
Lack of Practice Shown
Some 8,000 fans saw little Jim
my McNatt, former Oklahoma Uni
versity star, spark- the Phillips
team to the championship and
avenge their defeat in the finals
last year by the Legions,
The losers had never played a
game together until this week,
REDS' CHIEFS WATCH BATTING PRACTICE Each expresslne a different reaction, these Ctnein
nati Reds mentors watched batting practice behind an indoor cage at the club's sprlnr training camp at
Estel Crabtree. Vice President General Manager Warren C. Giles and Manager William McKechnle I were hstlly assembled two
looked on Intently. . wks ago arounu Aii-American
title, and they showed their lack
of practice by allowing their de
fense to break up on numerous
occasions and by falling to capital
ire on several opportunities for
setups.
In the consolation round, the nationally-ranked
University of Wy
oming team won third place in the
Red Manager Likes Northern
Sites; All White Sox Signed
I McKechnle said the team had
I accomplished fully 25 per cent
, more toward getting ' into top
physical condition "than any
team I ever trained In the south."
(By tht United Prrai)
LAKEWOOD, N. J., March 20.
(U.P.1 A leading candidate to
replace Johnny Mlze if the big
first baseman is drafted, Joe Or
engo made his debut on first for
the New York Giants Saturday j CHICAGO, March 20. VI.R
when the club held its fourth The Chicago Cubs today sold one
outdoor workout In six days, i baseball player- to Los Angeles
A lively battle for third base and waived another to the armed
developed between the veteran service.
Dick Bartell and Sid Gordon, i Manager Jim Gallagher said the
up from Jersey City. Gordon uos naa soia uien -nip-, nus-
Spring Sports
Open at Eugene
Hardy Among
Signed Beavers
PORTLAND, Ore., March 20
0J.R) Sixteen members of the 1943
Portland Beaver baseball squad
of the Pacific coast league signed
their new contracts and were en
route to the club's San Jose, Cel.,
training camp, William H. Klep
per, vice president and business
manager of the club, disclosed Sat
urday night.
Unsigned were Ad Llska, Byron
Speece, and Joe Orell, pitchers:
and Ted Norbert, outfielder, and
Lee Stine outfielder and pitcher.
O'Dell Hale, second baseman
bought from the Milwaukee club
of the American Association, had
not been heard from, Klepper said.
Bob Hardy, former Oregon base
ball and basketball star, is Includ
ed in the 18 signed members,
Cascade Baseball '
Meeting Friday
Fate of the 1943 Cascade base
ball league will be decided next
Friday night when league man
cult.
Present prospects appear good
for a league Involving teams with
in 15-mile radius of Eugene.
Present travel restrictions will
prevent long trips, league officials
believe.
Managers of teams entered In
the circuit last year are expected
Spring sports got their formal
Initiation at Eugene high during
the past week, with baseball and
track getting under-way and golf i national meet with a 58 to 45 vie.
has been one of the International
League's few .300 hitters the
past two years. Bartell,. al
though participating in the work
outs, has not yet come to terms
for 1943.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., March
20. U.R Alex Carrasquel, big
Venezuelan right . hander, was
pronounced the most advanced
of 16 pitchers on the Washing
ton Senator squad by Manager
Ossie Bluege following two brisk
workouts. The club shifted out
doors after previous drills In the
University of Maryland field
house.
FRENCH LICK. Ind.. March
20. (U.R) Wally Moses, last of ton Del
Ml- llll-KU VV11MC I1U1UUU19,
agreed to terms late Saturday
and is expected to report for
training Monday.
Moses had previously said he
would not play In Chicago but
wanted to be traded to his home
town, Philadelphia.
sell, first baseman, to the Angels,
from which the Cubs obtained
him in 1939.
BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y.,
March 20. (u.R) Field conditions
forced the Brooklyn Dodgers to
work out In the West Point field
house Saturday and Manager
Leo Durocher said his squad
might not get outdoors again un
til Monday.
PHILADELPHIA, March 20.
(U.PJ Connie Mack, 80 -year -old
dean of baseball managers, will
start his 56th training campaign as
player or manager Sunday when
his Philadelphia Athletics leave
for their spring camp at Wilmlng-
LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 20.'
(U.R) The Cleveland Indians
were held inside the Purdue field I
house for their fifth consecu-1
tive day of practice. Manager
Lou Boudreau. declared however
that the squad was working It
self into such good condition
that he dispenses with the cus
tomary infield drill on the dirt
diamond. Roy Cullenbine, out
fielder acquired from the New
York Yankees, reported late Sat
urday, leaving Jeff Heath the
lone absentee.
EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 20.
(U.R) Manager Steve O'Neil
lengthened the Detroit Tiger
workout to three hours today as
weather conditions improved.
O'Neil listed among the season's
starting pitchers John Gorsica,
former relief hurler, and . said
that outfielder Rudy York would
continue to play first base.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March
20. (U.R) Powell Crosley, Jr.,
President and controlling owner
of the Cincinnati Reds, paid his
first visit to his club's 1943 train
ing camp Saturday and watched
the squad workout in Indiana
University's field house. This
workout, the tenth ths week for
the Reds, ended their training
until Monday morning, manager
Bill McKechnle declaring a full
holiday for Sunday.
Mack pointed out that training
in the north is not a new exper
ience for either the Athletics or
himself. In 1890 the Buffalo team
of which he was a member trained
at home and In 1919 the Athletics
trained at Shlbe park, missing only
one day of practice due to weather
conditions.
and tennis players unloosening
their muscles for the spring fling
against nearby opponents.
Coach Ford Mullen was greeted
by some 35 baseball enthusiasts
at the opening practice Thursday
night,, and prospects are bright
for a winning diamond squad. The
turnout was led by Captain Jack
Fassett, second-baseman, while
other lettermen included were
Ranny Smith, shortstop, Herb Gil
bert, third-baseman, Charley
Mlckleson and Don McCune, out
tlelders, and several lettermen
transfers Including Pitcher Ernie
Danner, former University high
star. ,
Fritz Kramer's trackmen have
been working out for the ' past
couple of weeks, but the tempo
was increased the last few days.
The Axemen suffered a big blow
when Dick McClintlc, co-captain
and star weightman enlisted in
the navy,
Eugene should possess one of
the best golf teams In the state,
and has virtually the same team
that carried the Purple and White
banner last season.
Captain Van Purdy, Bruce Fis
cher, Dave Sutton, Jim Donahue
are back from last season's squad.
- The tennis outlook should also
be bright, with several members
from the '42 squad back In the
fold. Headed by Captain Gordon
Sprecher, they include Jim Bal
four, Jerry Morgan and Bob Ford.
tory over Its ancient mountain area
rival, the University of Denver.
Never Behind
Wyoming, a favorite to win the
title and an entrant In next week's
NCAA playoffs at Kansas City.
was defeated In the semi-finals by
me defending champion Legions.
Kenny Sailors, 1943 All-Amerl-can
sensation, led Wyoming with
21 points.
The new champions of the na
tion, the Phillips team took an
early lead, scoring seven points
before the Denver Legions finally
dumped In a free throw. Phillips
was never behind holding a 23
to 12 lead at the half and going on
10 win weir second title.
Bay Meadows To End
Season Next Thursday
SAN MATEO, Cal., March 20,
(U.PJ The Bay Meadows horse
racing season will end next
Thursday and there will be no
extension, Jerry Giesler. chair
man of the California horse rac
ing commission, announced Sat
urday In a statement received
here.
The board's decision was an
nounced following application of
Bay Meadows for an additional
25-day meeting which was to
have followed the current 25-day
program.
door athletic crowds to 75.000 ...
and to think they placed a 5000
limit on crowds here on the coast
last summer. ...
Orchids to the University of
Oregon's stand on the split of the
Pscific coast conference for foot
ball next fall. . . . The Webfoot.
"Jolly John" Hollis and Anse
"Little General" Cornell, were the
only ones that had the courage to
buck the USC proposal, even
though It was the obvious stand to
take. . . . Other northwest
schools took the proposal as a forc
goa cecxlt-uou for a--
Yanks Get New Second
Sacker Just In Case!
ASBURY PARK, N.J.. March 20
(U.R) Rookie infielder George
Sllrnweiss reported to the New
York Yankees training camp Sat
urday and immediately increased
manager Joe McCarthy's worries.
McCarthy Is planning to use
Stirnweiss. who swiped 73 bases
while playing with Newark of the
International league last year, at
either shortstop or third base dur
ing the coming campaign. But Joe.
Gordon, regular Yank second
baseman, is a holdout and so Mc
Carthy Indicated the would use the
rookie at the keystone in early
drills.
Red Sox Star Dies
NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y, March
20. -nj Pi Charles "Heinle" Wag
ner, 62, shortstop of the world
champion Boston Red Sox of
1912 and Manager of the club In
1930. died at his horns Saturday
ii beat ailment!
Absence of Eugene's Dominance in State Sport Circles
Shown in Lack of Local Grade, Junior High Athletics
By BILL LOVE
Once again, a Eugene high bas.
ketball team with state champion
ship possibilities fell through at
Salem. Before we ' analyze the
above statement, here are a few
facts to remember about any
single elimination playoff.
The team that wins a tourna
ment Is not necessarily the one
that would come out on top If the
same schools played a regular
league schedule. One team may
have a bad night and be thrown
out of the running, while another
squad just can't miss. The same
is true of all-stars. Some boys fall
to display their real ability with
fortune oftentimes playing a ma
jor part, while others overlooked
in regular schedules, shine at the
capital tournament.
Eugene had played much bet
ter basketball than It showed to
tournament fans, but a true cham
pionship team Is one that can come
out on top when pressure is on,
snd a real all-star is a boy who
plays consistently throughout the
season and doesn't happen to have
three lucky days In a row In a
playoff at the end of the season.
And a second point in all-star
Judging:
1. That play during the final
round of the tournament does not
count, which led to some hot dis
cussions this year after Jim Boc
chi, state high jump champion
from Klamath Falls, was left off
the first string, but turned in the
best Individual performance of the
three-days in the 'big' game.
2. That coaches, scribes and
plsyers are wstctiing th teams
that win or th boys that score th
points, and nearly always the all
stars are picked from the winning
teams. This year, only tht schools
that won their first games land
ed first string all-stars.
Wolf Would Get Choice -
All of which might clesr up a
couple of questions for our read
ers who were dltsppointed that the
Axemen didn't bring' back the,
Wolf didn't make the first team
all-stars.
Wolf did make the second squad.
Just missing the first five. And Al
made the stars on one night's per
formance. He was forced to play
under wraps much of the first
game before fouling out, and we
understand that everyone on the
Eugene team couldn't hit against
St. Helens.
But we still feel that if Coach
Ford Mullen (and most others for
that matter) could take his pick
of any one player seen this season,
Wolf would get first call.
Now back to the original state
ment. Why, you ask, can't a city
the size of Eugene produce bas
ketball players over a period of
years that compare with those of
Klamath Falls, Salem, Astoria,
etc? This is no takeoff against any
Eugene or University high team
or players, especially this year's
Axemen quintet which we feel
can hold its own In any company.
Before this season, however, there
was little glory in a Eugene high
team going to the tournament, as
the . westside school is far bigger
than the other league members.
The answer to the above ques
tion goes back to the facts that
have been stressed time and again
by this paper and other athletic
notables of Lane county that
competitive sports In the grade
and junior high schools are far b
low par, snd that when Eugene
gets Its new high school and Uni
versity and Eugene highs are con
solidated, local stock will sky
rocket on the athletic front.
Learn Fundamentals
While spending a few Idle mom
ents at the state tournament re
cently we had an Interesting chat
with an Astoria citizen who ac
companied the team, and a letter
man from theTiigh school. Much f
th conversation was taken up dis
cussing Astoria's athletic prowess
on the maple court.
In Astoria, for instance, th boys
are taught basketball from the
time they enter grade school. They
don't just choose up sides and
Xrt-fiac Irophy, and thai Al j 'hors around' ail th tuns, but
are coached In fundamentals. The
Junior high carries on an exten
sive competitive athletic program
(or did prior to the war) against
smaller high schools and Indepen
dent teams of that area. As the
gentleman put It, basketball is sec
ond only to fishing In Astoria.
While he didn't mention the
YMCA, it is known to play a ma
jor part in producing top ball
players and teams In that and oth
er communities. And it is also
known that Eugene high rated
much higher in state sports circles
when the -'Y" was functioning ath
letically here.
Astoria's results the Fisher
men have won the sLato title six
times In tha last 13 years, and
nearly always place high In the
running. Twenty boys have made
the tournament all-stars In that
time. The only school which comes
close to matching Astoria in eith
er department is Salem, and the
Vikings have the advantage of
automatically entering the tourna
ploytng in their home town, and
ment as a host team each season
and also have a "Y" and Junior
high competition.
Individuals Make Grade
Individually, look how many ball
players from that fishing commun
ity have made good in local col
legiate circles In recent years. Re
member Wally Johnson, Bobby
of that championship quintet at
Anet, Ted Sarpola, Earl Sandness
Oregon In 1939, and Stan Wil
liamson and Roy Seeborg of 'Hob
by' Hobson's 1943 Webfoots. At
the ssme time, Oregon State and
other schools have also received
their shar of Astoria talent
It's a shame that something can't
be done In Eugene to promote
competitive athletics In grade and
junior high schools snd that a city
th size of Eugene cannot proper
ly support a YMCA building and
organization.
One of th big objections op
ponents of eompetltiva athletics
use Is that boys of grade and jun
ior high age cannot stand the fast
pact Without injuring their health.
Oregon Football
Starts Monday
Day Lost To Baseball;
Track Team Loses Still
Varsity baseball and track opens
the second week of training and
spring football starts a 30-session
practice schedule here Monday as
University of Oregon spring sports
move into full swing.
The full list of "casualties" un
der the enlisted reserve corps pro
gram has not been fully tabulated,
but two promising candidates from
both the baseball and track and,
field forces have already been
lost. John Day, the giant south
paw pitcher from Silverton, and,
Wally Still, the Macl-Hl sprinter
and Jumper, will both kit "vic
tims" of the ERC.
Coach Howard Hobsor Vas been
working between 35 and 40 base
ball candidates since Tuesday and
apparently has the "makings" of
a creditable defending tnrthern
division championship fgr ga
llon. Six members of last year's
title team are on hand, namely.
agers hold a meeting at the Reg- innn, B"bal- Pitcher aod first;.
lster-Guard offices, starting at 7:30 Don Kirsch, secord; B07 Tarrow,'
o'clock. The meeting has been short: 8111 Hamel, third; Dick,
scheduled by Glenn Younger, I Burns, outfielder and firs': Nick
Dresident of the bush-lea.ua cir- I Beglerles, pitcher. "Whizzer"
wnne, a memoer or tne I34t team,
has returned as a muiv.-needed
outfielder.
Hobson hns several frt"hmen of
varsity calibre, including Roy
Carlson, catcher; Bob Cuviness,
pitcher; Harold Saltzman, pitcher;
Barney Koch, infielder. Sopho
mores from. last year's freshman
to attend, namely, Vencta, Vaughn, I stiuai w"o show promise Include
,iiui.y LuMii, pnener; jviur
phy, infielder. Other likely play
ers are Bob Aklns, Tom Oxman,
am rticKovitt and BUI Skade.
The Oregons are scheduled to
open against LInfield here March
30 and will play Willamette at,
Salem April 2, Portland U. in
Portland April 3, and Willamette
here April 6 before opening the
conference season against Oregon
State in Corvallls April 9.
Colonel Bill Hayward has only
five lettermen from which to
build a track and field aggrega
tion, namely, Don Wilson, distance
runner; Fred Foster, weights;
Homor Thomas, pole vault; Stan
Ray, quarter mile, and Bob New
land, high Jump. Other returning
members of last year's squad in
clude Roy Dickson, hurdler and
broad-jumper, and Stan Skilli
corn, half-mller. Up from last
year's Frosh squad is Tom Boy
Ian, half-miler. Outstanding fresh
man Is Browning Allen, a sprint
er from Portland. Other fresh
men who are given a chance for
the varsity are Skyles Hoffman,
sprinter from California, and Don
Martin, a distance man from
Grants Pass.
The number of lettermen ex
pected to report for football Mon
day will be incidental In view of
Coach John Warren's program
that calls for emphasis on condi
tioning and "fun." The spring grid
schedule calls for two-hour ses
sions every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday during sprjng term.
Top Bowlers Vie
In Tourney Sunday
One of the top-flight bowling
events of the local kegling season
will be held at the U-Bowl alleys
Sunday night when Eugene's lead
ing ebony tossers vie In a 12-game
scratch event for a top cash prize
of nt least $50.
The tournament, sponsored an
nually by Roy Northam, who will
not be a competitor, will be staged
as a one-night affair Instead of
the usual split 16-game test. Th
rolling Is scheduled to start at 7
o'clock.
Virgil Jones won the 16-game
affair last year with an average
of better than 190. He will defend
his title against a field of some
15 or 20 keglers. Others who have
already registered are Oscar Mc
Pherson, Bob Wiltshire, Charley
Harvey, Oscar Qulnn, Norman
Neuman, Chet Goodman, and Ed
Johnson.
The field Is expected to be added
lo before the opening strike. Post
entries will be accepted, Northam
said.
.
Rams Meet Champions
In Semi-Final Monday
The River Road Rams, coached
Sutherlin, Springfield CIO, Lewis
Lumber, Springfield Cardinals,
and ctusuna Reds ot Eugene. For
feit fees, retained from last year,
will be returned to managers who
do not plan to enter competition
this season, Younger said. .
Huskies Draw Texas
In NCAA Opener Friday
KANSAS CITY, March 20. W)
The first round of the N.C.A.A.
western basketball play-offs pits
the University of Oklahoma
against Wyoming and Washington
against Texas Friday night to de
termine who shall battle it out In
the finals the next night.
Washington Is expected to arrive
here Wednesday for workouts and
the other three combinations on
Thursday, Reeves Peters, mana
ger of the tournament, said,
.
Merki Triumphs In
Portland Swim Feature
rORTtAND, Ore., March 20.
(U.R)Nancy Merki of the Multno
mah athletic club won an easy
three-length victory In the fea
tured junior national women's 100
yard breaststroke of the annual
Oregon State Indoor champion
ships here tills afternoon. f
Her time of 1:21 flat was only
2.6 seconds off the Junior national
record held by Doris Brennan of
Rhode Island.
However, any coach or health au
thority would rather have his boys
playing on an organized team with
supervision, than playing by them
selves in a neighborhood alley,
Astoria Is not the only city that
places emphasis on competitive
atnietics from grade school up,
Klamath Falls, Medford, and sev
eral other cities follow a similar
program, not only with basketball,
but football, baseball and other
sports as well. And the results of
such planning can be clearly seen
in me record 01 these schools ov
er a period of years.
Worth Gels Results
It is too bad that mora grade
school principals in or near Eu
gene don't follow Geary Worth of
Kiver Road. Worth has put sports,
particularly basketball, on the up
swing since he took over the reins
as principal several years ago, and
has produced topflight teams snd
individuals almost every year. His
boys learn the fundamentals cor
rectly snd get the taste of tourna
ment play and Inter-scholastic
competition at an early age. For
the past three years th Rams have
gained the finals In their division
!'tntn(?oden!,a!1,0hUrn,,menl!by e Worth- Princll of the
In Portland, losing twice by a scant I River Road grade school, will be
finA-flnlnt I h Jfe u m si as raa. V.n.- lm .1 .
one-point. The Rams are back up
again this year determined to com
in first.
Benefits of such a program can
be clearly pointed out at Eugene
high this season. Four sophomores
managed to earn their letters on
th maple court, and all four were
former Worth proteges.
Consolidation of University and
Eugene highs would greatly In
crease th calibr of athletics.
Eugene Is decidedly In th back
wood stag athletically, and can
never hope to win many cham-
seeking their fourth straight
finalist berth In the Goldcnball'
basketball tournament in Port
land Monday night.
The Rams have disposed of two
opponents with comparative ease,
defeating th Aloha Juniors 57-7
and the Mllwaukie Maroons 43-16.
Leading scorers to date have
been Ernest Wilde with 27 points
In the two games, followed by
Rsy Tone with 25 and Ken Gib
son with 22.
In on of two semi-final games
Monday, the Rams will meet
pionships over schools that start- Shumway of Vancouver, the quin-
ed building years before tha boys . tet that defeated the local quintet
reach high school. Despite the
coaching ability ot Fritz Kramer,
Hank Kuchera, or Ford Mullen,
and th possibilities displayed by
sports enthusiasts, the cards ar
stacked against th local schools.
It Is hsrdly loglcsl to expect these
coaches to do In two years what
LUtif opponent ar doing la tsu,
for tha championship last year.
Saint Seconds to Play .
The St. Mary's Catholic high
school's second team will travel
to Monroe Monday night for a
gam against th Monro higtl
school quintet.
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