Saturday Evening, Fetrn
Page Six
THE EUGENE GUARD
nry 11
GOLFERS FEELING
TOUGH OF SPR1NI
IE LIST
THIN-CLADS SET NEW RECORDS IN TRIO OF EVENTS
CAN ROGERS HORNSBY EQUAL
BIG RECORD OF TYRUS COBB?
Nina Batting Championship! In Row Is Feat Which Famous
Georgia Peach Performed.
220-Yard Low Hurdles, High Jump and Broad Jump Records all go Glimmer
ing Under Performances of 1924 . '
AT
BE WORST
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4
OREGON WHSSIT
GOES INTO FIRST
PLAGE ON COAST
The popularity of the new Kugene
Country club links in steadily Increas
Ing as spring draws near, according
to Todd Centner, club professional.
Many persona have braved the recent
heavy rains to enjoy the game. Un
usually fine drainage due to an old riv
er bed under the fairways quickly car
ries off excess- water, thus making
the course accessible the year round.
This is 0110 of the unusually flno fea
tures of the new grounds he ex
plains. lty converting a farm into a links,
the Kugene Country club today is in
possession of a course embracing
practically every situation favorable
lo first class gedf.
New Site Sought
About two years ago the members
of the club, Ifocnming dissatisfied at
the mountain climbing variety of the
gamo they were playing ot the links
south of town, began a search for a
new site. A pioneer farm a scant half
milo from the Willamette, bridge on
the Coburg road was selected as a
suitable location. When negotiations
wero complete, the members found
themselves in possession of 1(H) acres
of land and' farm equipment bb fol
lows: One orchard containing cherry,
peach, pear, prune and apple trees;
one three story farm house; one large
hop house; 20 acres of cultivated
land; one picnic grounds; one creek;
portions of a buttej and the only
large Btand of virgin timber in the
near vicinity of Kugene.
All of the land is gently rolling in
topography, and overlays a former
river bed providing thereby excellent
drainage facilities.
Nino Holes Complete
Today with nine of the holca com
plete and work progressing steadily
on the second nine, the ex-farm 're
sembles but slightly its former Bclf.
Three fairways have been cut through
the orchard. Running through the
tall virgin timber are emerald fair
ways kept evergreen through the year
by sprinkling. The creek has been
cleaned out making an ideal water
hazard to worry the unwary player.
Instead of hop houses and stray
farm buildings dotted on ' small
'patches of cleared ground, the golf
er is greeted by a great green play
ground. A few trees have ben trans
plantd at points of vantage which in
time will provide foliage over the en
tire course .
- Members of the club have succeed
ed in establishing a state game pre
serve on the course, insuring protec
tion for all animal and bird life.
The possibility of damming the
creek on the links and planting trout
therein is being dlscuBsed seriously
by a number of the members. When
the trout have become aufficiently
great in numbers and with a limit
per member, all might partake of the
rod and line pastime by stepping but
a few feet from the beaten fairways.
This plan, if followed, would be car
ried out in the summer upon comple
tion of the second nine holes.
Nurmi Going up
Against Big Test
In Race Tonight
NEW YORK, Feb. 14. Paavo
Nurmi will receive his greatest test
tonight when he runs two miles in the
Mew York Athletic club games here.
Nurmi will enter his fourth race in
Ix days with the record for the dis
tance out almost to nine minutes by
Willie Rltola. Kitola's accomplhrhnient
In racing to victory in nine minutes,
8 8-5 soconda almost overshadowed
the breaking ot three records by Nur
mi himself. Last night Nurmi ran sec
one to Uottlich of ryractiBe univer
sity in a mile race, in wjilch the col
legian was given a 63 yard advantage.
However, Nurmi caught Gottlieb with
plenty of distance to go, but either
could not or would not extend himself
when his opponent staged hii final
dash to the tape,
Nurml'a race tonight will be a spe
cial event against Verne Hooth, and
Harry Helms and possibly the great
Yale runner, McAulay Bmlth. TUtula,
riant, Frigerlo, Schola and a host ot
college athletes will compete in these
lames.
Multnomah Quint
Loses to Cougars
POrtTJANn, Ore., Feb. 1-1. The
Multnomah club basketball tenm lost
' lo Washington Slate hern last night,
83 to 1!7, largely as the result of
superior team work by the Washing
ton teasers. Washington Stato took
an early lead and held it throughout
the game.
Aggies Cop One
From Bulldogs
CORVAI.MS, Ore., Fell. II. The
Oregon Aggie bssketball team added
another victory to their string here
!at night bv defeating the (ionsngu
nniverslty quintet. -J(I to IS, The Ag
gies led at the end of the tin If, 10 to
nine.
Brief Sketches
JOE W. SEWELL
Shortstop, Cleveland Indians
Horn Titus, Ala., Oct. It, isiis.
Major I.ragip Career Joined
Cleveland Inle ill lift) season, follow
ing tragic end of liay Chapman,
lame from New Orlr.ui of Southern
Association, lirndiiato AUibama ('Di
versity. Outstanding Kenls Halted ..1.Y1 In
10J.1. lias played in over games
nrh season for the past four campaigns.
MEDF0RO TEAMS WIN
nOSKIUMtU, Ore., Feb. I I. Med
io rd high school won two hnskcthall
games from Hnsehiirg, Inst night, the
girls team defeating the ltosebtrg
girls, 15 to 17, and the boya winuing
25 to 10.
' , , HIGH
. ' oom. -N-
BOB
LEGENDPE
ecoD
JUMP
, THREE WORLD'S R ECORDS, SHATTERED
Year Name Event Stood New Old
1923 . Brooking 220-Yd. Low Hurdles 25 Yeara 32.2 a ' 23.6 a.
1924 Oaborne High Jump 10 yeara 6 ft 84 In. 6 ft 7 5-16 in.
1924 Legendre Broad Jump 1 3 Yeara 25 ft. 6 In. 25 ft. 3 in.
1925 7 7 ? 77? 7 7 7 . 7 7 7. 7 7 7
By ART CARLSON
J7VEUY year usuully finds at least
one outstanding performance by
an American athloto in track and field
competition; nn effort do luxe whore
in a new world's record Is created.
As the ecu sous speed along old
marks fall. Hero and there they arc
shattered on the cinders and turf
alike. It makes little difference. One
tumbles after another until It would
seem thnt just about the maximum
of accomplishment bad been reached.
And then bang! and more marke
are blotted out under the bombard
ment of 'the thinclads.
Real Performances Given
Taking into consideration only the
15 fitHndard events such as go to
mnkoMip a collegiate meet, one finds
that during the past ' two seasons
thero have been three what might he
termed extraordinary performances
on track and field.
One of these, of course, was the
aensntlonnl mark ining up by Char
ley 11 rook line while competing for the
University of Iowa in 1023. llrook
llne negotiated the 220-yard low hur
dles in the remarkable time of 23 1-j
seconds, brenkiug the furmer figure
by two-fifths of a second.
And not only that but in establish
ing the feat, Brook ling smashed a re
lord that had withstood the tent of
time for a quarter of a century. For
It was buck in 18U8 that Alvin Kraes
lein of the University of Pennsylvania
hung up the former mark.
Broad Jump Record Beaten
At the Olympic games last summer,
Robert Legendre. one-time luminary .
at Georgetown University, leaped 25
feet 6 inches in the running brvad
jump. And in bo doing, shattered
the old record set by Ned Oourdin
of Harvard, in 1021, by a full three
inches.
The third record-breaking effort
was made by Harold Osborne, one of
the greatest athletes ever turned out
at Illinois. Osborne, last May, clear
ed the bar In the high jump at 0 feet
84 inches, almost an inch higher
than the best previous performance
made 10 yearn before.
There we have the three outstand
ing feats of the past couple scions
tirooklins, in the low hurdles; Os
borne, high jump, ami Lege od re,
broad jump. And they were made by
a 'trio of remarkable' athletes. ,
Each la Versatile Athlete
For lirooklins, besides being a timber-topper
par excellence, cun alsj
run the 220 and 4-10-yard dash events
in close to record time. Osborne Hud
Legendre rate as crack all-round per
formers. Osborne won the decathlon
at the Paris games Inst year, setting
a new world's mark, and Legendre
pluced third in the pentathlon gainst
a great field of Kurupeans.
Who will he the next to bre.ik
through the jamboree to a new rec
ord? Jn what event will it be? And
will it be accomplished this season V
Those are a few interesting questions
as the coming campaign approaches.
SPORTLAFFS
Fighter Surprises Fans by Making Short Speech
That Almost Stops the Show
By BILLY EVANS
OME years ago
Scotty Mimtallli,
who used to man
ni;e Johnny Dim
tiro and who now
pilots Iouls Kill
Kaplan, feather
wrlght champion,
lmtl a boy in his
srablu named Sam
my Mnrino.
Marino tt
the original sphinx. Either native
dumhnosa or a natural disinclination
to talk, Marino would go days with
out uttering an unnecessary word.
Marino fought In the, ainsll clubs
on the coast and became quite popu
lat with the fans.
Whenever lio was at tha rlngsldo
aa a spectator tha fans would de
mand that he be introduced, and then
they would clamoT loudly for a speech
knowing his reputation for lack ot
chatter.
Always Mnrino would crawl through
Iho ropes, how this way and th.it
way, and then go back to hia sent
without even parting his lips in a
amile.'
Hut tho" fans never gnra up. They
kept right afteir him and one night
Mnrino gave them the shock of their
lives.
As usual he crawled through the
ropea and took hia bows, and, while
demands for "apeech" hroljo In
din about his head, Marino lifted
hia hand fr ailenre, oloared IvU
throat and spoke na fxdlows:
"Ladiea and peepull I fight any
body my heavy, winner take 'em ev
entiling.'' It is laid thnt it was this apeech
that Inspired the lordlier School of
Knglisb iu Ainoricn.
NUT
am
BY-
JOE. V I LLIAM S
VOU enn always spot an average
ball player; he's always out then
playing for his average.
The Nebraeku
Mule legislature
gave Illg Munn n
rising vote, , , .
This proves it is
not hard to get a
rise out of Neb
raska legislatures.
In practically every respect the
ecllirae was a grand sun-ess hut it
did not succeed in eclipsing tha won
derful Nurmi.
Mr. X.iegfcld profits tlit average
show girl hss hollow legs, or Ihnl,
as we any at the bridge club. , . .
What he probably menus Is hollow
minds.
The horrible (art uf Muui. Cnr-
I 1 J.r a.
pcntler'a announced Intention to Co mo
to America again la that a lot ot
snps will probably walk right up tc
the box office aud pay good lnouey to
lea him.
t
Kngland'a women tennla plny.irs
have decided not to compete here
for the Wightman cup this year. .
That mcana the wholo auiutucr ta shot
for us.
In New York stnte bribery of bull
players Is a felony. , . In the llaint'i
clubhouse, accordug to published tei
timony, it is merely a lot of good
Datum! torn foolery.
I'layers rame out of the Chlcagi
polo tourney with broken jaw,
beads and arms. ... In fact every
thing was brokru except the attend
ance record.
a a
Lew Tendler claims he did not se)
tha punch wilh which Jack Zivic
knocked him out. . , .It may be safo.
ly presumed, however, thst he felt
it. (
a e
Nick All rock Is on the tvad touring
with a cage team. , . We can remem
ber the time when Alt rock waa will
eonugh to be caged.
Mr. lUidotph Valentino of the mov
ies la taking Icmous from Deuipi-v,
and we suppose Mr. Dempsey, in turn
is taking loving lessons from him.
Mr. Rudolph
Valentino of the
films is taking
boxing lessons
from . Dempsey,
and we BtippoHc
.Mr. Dempsey, in
turn, is taking
loving lessons
from him.
Willie Hoppe fell and cut his nil
linrd hand. . . . The boys who have
to play him hope the - accident is
nothing trlvisl.
President Follows
Waiting Policy in
Armament Problem
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Presi
dent L'oolidge is following a waiting
policy toward the problem of furthet
armament limitation, but he is watch
ing developments abroad carefully inn
will be prepared to act whenever he
considers a move toward a new arms
conference would bo opportune. Thus
far he haa not departed from his an
nounced intention of permitting the
European powers to develop what
cao be accomplished toward disarma
ment through the project launched
Inst year t Geneva under the league
of nations. He announced in his mes
sage to congress in December that he
would do nothing until tjint project
ha-i reached a point indicative ot suc
cera or failure.
If Great llritaln should Lake (ho
view that mora could be accomplish jo
through a conference called by the
I nited States, that development
doubtless would have weight in any
re-assessment of the situation which
might be undertaken here.
Three Deaths are
Recorded as Toll
Of Eastern Flood
HUSTON. Keb. U. Three deaths,
the destruction of bridges and dams
and the disruption of rail, telephone,
telegraph and highway communication
in various sections were listed to
day among the results of the flood
and ico jams that have occurred
throughout New Kugland during the
last two days.
Pete SHrcr lost his lire, while help,
lug to strengthen a railroad bridge
in New Hampshire, I'nrl Hooper, a
lumberman, was drowned Jnle trsing
to prevent logs from being carried
away in Alaiuo, and AUIrn I,nring, H
yeara old, waa drowued in a brook at
Stcnrham, Mass,
MIKE DUNDEE WINS
VOKTLANI), Ore., Feb. 14 Mike
Dundee, Hock Island, 111., feather
weight, won the decision from George
Mollis, Salt !.ake. In the main event
here Isst night. Dundee had a shade
in nearly eveny round.
Psolilr Cw Conference
W. Pot.
Oregon . . .
O. A. V. ..
Washington
Idaho
Montana .
.Mont. Opp.
W. S. (.'. ..
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Ak Montana docs not pluy the
name iiuniin-i of Xante wiin eurh
leu in iu the I'ac.tic I'odiU cjii.urcrjcc,
na Hcurt'D d 1101 -uum iu tauuiaiiti!,'
the 8 and ii yd ui it h uppuueuttt. I In
ttwu tftuijduifci., huwuver, arc tubulut
ed. liy SAM WILDKKMAX .
Oregon Agricultural i olluge will
play Luiverttiiy uf Oregon here next
r'r.day iu a bjuketbuil game that may
help to decide the Pacific coast con
fen'Qce race. Oregon now ii ut the
head uf the percentage, column, with
itie Aggies second and Washington
th.rd.
'ilie. game with Oregon will be the
.hsi lot Hie Agg..i and should they
will, ihey will jiot only gain the lead,
uui will lie in a position where they
can't lose and have every chance to
win the cliumpiouahip. rihou.d they
iriiu Oregon, tneu the Weuiootern
iiiiiHt win their thrcC-roud games in
c.ud.ng that uguinst Wasii-ugtun, to
i.e the Aggies.
Wash.bg. on, un the other hand, to
remain a iuj running, must wjd
.ioiu Oregon ut Seatue, and then in
turn win both its games uu the loud,
ugumst idano ut .Misituum and Wash
Uigion stue ut Moscow.
The advantage is nil with the Ag
gicH, although it tsbou.d be w.th Ore
gon.
i-.ach team is supposed to be ut its
oi'.sl ou the home tioor, but while the
game agamst the Aggies will be here,
xei.uii.ie of the auiu utiow, wtut-ii will
be ut the urmory, the WJebfooters will
have tu forsake practice ut the ar
mory for tlirea days. Consequently,
.hey will have uo udvautage over the
Aggies us i he school gym in which
(hey will have lu praet.ee no more
resembles the urmory, tlmn lluywuru
I tied resembles the CalilorutU stud
i 'Uin.
The remaining gehedule in the coast
oinerenctt of the three leaders fol
ows: -
Kebrunry 0 Oregon Aggies ver
sus Oregon at Kugene; Washington
versus Washington State at Pullman.
February liL W'ushiugion versus
Idaho-at Moscow. (
February IM Oregon versus Wash
ington State ut Pullman.
February Jl Oregon versus Idaho
ut Moscow.
Febryary 28 Oregon versus Wash
ington at Seattle.
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IV BIIjLY EVANS Cobb 13 points. Ty being the
.... I nn.
BY BILLY EVANS
Can Hogers llornshy equa!, better
yet. beat Ty Cobb's greatest feat?
When Hans Wagner led the Na
tional League for four consecutive
years the baseball world marveled.
Then along came Ty Cobb.
lu his second full sennon in the
majors, .1H07, Cobb showed the way
to the rest of the American League
butKinen.
For nine years he performed the
remarkable feat of leading the swat
ters in the league pres'ded over by
Byron Bancroft Johnson. ,
Cobb had set his goal as 10 years
in a row but Tris Speaker spoiled
his fond hopes in 1910 by topping
Cobb 15 points. Ty being the runner-
up.
However, the Tyger star was only
temporarily halted, for he resumed
his batting ways in 11)17 and for
three years led the American League
iu batting.
Twelve firsts and one second, nine
firxts in a row, is some batting
achievement. ,
It seemed that Cobb had set one
record that would stand for years if
not all time. Perhaps, it will.
But n,ow wo have Hogers llomsby
of the St. Louis Cardinals flashing
c cross the horizon.
L'irt ht-'iis n llornshy butted? .424.
University of 0r(.S(m
step more in the eh. "
- iv,f. e.::':
conferences, when it J,., '""
versify of I,l10, 4S . "" l
tall last night i the ," b"k"
gamo was the fastest and 1 n
Oonal play,.,, her, ,h " ! " "
when it piled ,lp 17 . " . iii0
first jO minutes n T'1
were working mnon Moot,,,
and broke through til , " '.
for a basket. ' "" mk
The Vandals, however ; ,
gon a speetai-ular rallr J
one of their own nn.l U ' ,t,n't
point, before thei' lU
ed from ts tranee Th. w,k'
that stage f tho
17, Idaho 14.
That, hott-erer, was th. ,
Idnho came to trior ,t,. ""'W
Although the margin
teams often was ,i J C"
ays was in the lead u , f,"
the score was: nreB ',i , , '"'
margin to lit pi,;,8. '"S'J "
10 points aud Westergre. IV'
topped the scorers. S, '"'
Oregon (4K ""f"?-
Hobson (ltl).. t- y'" W'U
(iownns (5... y "" 1 "'
Okerherg (... "(
Westergren (15)1(J nt'r
J"t (-') u. ; ."
Gunther s
cfcrce.Jth Coliaii"
Jack Delaney is
Halted by Youth
NEW YO!tK.lrn.j1(.k ,
laney of Hridget.rt. Conn., Ini
aspirant to the miii,tiu.;.i,.
. . . CUB-
i pionalnp now held hy Harry (irrt 4
,iiuuin, agaiu.nas been slnjipri,
tits upward rlimh hy tile 'Ju-yesr
ixiKuiii irum i .in into, Jimmy jSj.
tery.
Ilelnney lots r-i,iiiniprn,t o..i
lenbach and Tiger Flowers throu;)
""","""i -vrl "ISI nignt in Madison
Sqimrc Harden the dungprimi ruii
whs powerless nj:iniist nn all-Wfi
ing attack und Slattery won tlu k-:
siou on points.
NORMAL FIVE BEATEN
roltTI.AXD, Ore., Feb. 14-Non
Pacific Dental college baskethall tnn
i of Portland defeated the Mnnmont!;
j Oregon, stnte noi'inul school five hot
I Inst night oo to ID.
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