Pacific University - Heart of Oak Yearbook (Forest Grove, OR)

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Under the handicap of lack of material and poor weather . Coach Strong constructed a team that made a creditable perfOrm- ance. The apphcants for places on the track squad were practi- cally all green mater1a1 but they worked with a vim and made a suclcgzsgful 1921 season that gives promise of an exceptional team 1n . ' .The track Season was officially opened on April 11, when the varlous classes competed for Field Day honors. The Sophomores won the event by their superior numbers, the Freshmen. captured second place, theJuniors third and the Seniors fourth. The. first dual track meet was a Victory for McMinnviIle, the 1- meet belng held on the Baptistis field. Hoar, Austin and Tayllor N - starred for Pacific in this meet. Hoar took first in the 50 yard and the 100 yard dashes, Austin won the pole vault and Taylor made away with first and second place in the low and high hurdles. Schneider, Devlin, Sheeley and Howell succeeded in capturing several seconds and thirds. . Injury to Devlin and a consequent lack of entry in the weights seriously hampered Pacificfs team in the Inter-Collegiate meet of i the Independent Colleges 0n Multnomah Field, Portland, onnya'y' 14. Pacific University came in for third place with 24 points. f Four first places went to Pacific in this meet, by Linklater, Austin, Taylor and Harrison. Schneider 10st by two-fifths of .a second, placing first in- the mile. a o . i This meet completed the track season for P. U., and cons1der- ifng the handicaps the squad was under, the season is very satis- actor . , Pabhific loaned her track and field to the Washington County Grammar and High Schools for the County Meet. Contestants gathered from the various schools of the county and partlclpated in a very successful meet in which Forest Grove took.first piace. Manager J ones of the track team presented a Paelflc Unlver- , sity Track Cup to the winners. TENNIS Hampered by the weather and other Sportsthe tenms team did not materialize rapidly. Despite th1s fact P.ac1f1.c tied for first in the independent college tournament at McM1nnv1lle on May 21. Dorothy Linklater won womenis singles, .Margaret Martha and Mabel Patton won the girls, doubles. Austln and M,1ss Martln lost the mixed doubles by a scant margin, and the men s dppbles Were forfeited when late trains and conflicts prevented Pamfic s entries from contesting. Good courts and good weather make tennis 3 Mneteen, i x . Wefy-to

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Martin Linklater h Patton NIOI' popular sport in the school Which Will be further developed in the '3 udvv-m coming year. ' INTRAMURAL ATHLETICS r.- awn Intramural athletics took the form of inter-class strugglesf.,,;3; ,u chiefly this year. The Sophomores won the inter-class basketball W, L'c'nn-h ' v.91, mm; V I . , . 'rgAl.'Ilv'; . l. i : u I J; .x , ' umif; it :e amt :a-v IN! Schneider 7wonfy-two