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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1927)
Rain Prevents Varsity From Outside Work Baker to Pitch Opener Against Linfield Nine This Week-end Experienced Flingers Few; Four Catchers Report April showers kept the Oregon varsity baseball squad indoors yes terday afternoon so a workout was BUI Ashby held in the Mc Arthur court. Ev ery man was out in a suit and gen eral limbering up and bunting prac tice occupied the minds of the horsehide artists for the greater portion of the period. The bat terymen are not rounding into form very fast j. uam^ weather of late. With the aid of several good hot days Oregon’s varsity nine will be in readiness for the invading Lin fiold College nine which performs on Reinhart field Friday and Satur day afternoons. Ashby Not in School The pitching assignment will, without a doubt, go to Bill Baker, only letterman flingcr in the Uni versity. Three victories and only one de feat was tho pitching record of Bill Baker last year. It was this re liable right hander who set the Ore gon Aggies down, for two of Ore gon’s wins in last year’s series. In the Beaver contest in Corvallis, Baker came near to pitching a no liit, no-run game. After having things his own way for the first six innings of tho seven inning tilt, Baker faced big Wes Schulmerich at the plate after two Orangemen had been retired. Schulmorioh /hit a high one into right field which would havo ordinarily boon an easy out, but Edwards, Wobfoot right fielder, had shifted for tho right handed hitter, so tho blow wont for a hit. Sigrist, next Aggie batter, hit the first pitch for a home run. Baker’s outstanding win was from the University of Washington Hus kies on Reinhart field. Fred West to Pitch Fred West, the banjo playing shortpatcher and pitcher, will draw his share of pitching assignments. West filled in for the relief job in several contests last year but did his main work on the mound when a member of the freshman nine three years ago. Fred has good con trol of the ball and should break into the win column. Kenneth De Lassus, the big six foot two flingor from Springfield, has been making a good showing thus far. De Lassus is new to the greater portion of fans but was a member of the freshman nine three years ago. De Lassus has a good cross fire but is wilder than a March hare with his control. Another quartet of right handers are making a strong bid for pitch ing honors, “Scotty” Kretzer, Roy Herndon, “Bat” Nelson and Bob Jones. Kretzer and Nelson are both capable chuckers having gained fame, in the intramural league for the past two seasons. Herndon and Jones are sophomores turning out ! for baseball for the first time. May Have Left Hander If Coach Reinhart is to have any j southpaw flinging, the burden rest | upon the shoulders of two young i flingers, graduates from last year’s j yearling team. Lefty McDonald and ■Lefty Art Schocni are the two gen tlemen who eat with their left hand. Neither have had a world of exper ience but are rapidly picking up the fine points of the flinging game. George Mimnaugh, catcher and outfielder for the past two seasons, will probably get first call for the receiving position. Reinhart will miss Jack Bliss, a capable strate gist, from behind the plate but in Mimnaugh ho has steady receiver. Mimnaugh does not wield the wil low to the advantage that Bliss did, however. Ira Woodie, the diminutive back stopper of last year’s freshman team, is giving a good race. Woodie will probably be Reinhart’s second choice. Mervyn Chastain is another windpad performer. Big Lynn Jones, who does everything but pitch, is also doing some catching. Jonos played this position when a fresh man but will probably be seen at his old position at third or in the outfield. Track Men Fail To Show Stuff in Saturday Meet Wetzel Heaves Shot Well; Extra Troubled With Stiff Legs The inter-squad track meet held Saturday afternoon on Hayward field failed to bring out any unex Vic Wetzel pecieu nines or distances although the 51 feet 11 inches that Vie Wetzel tossed the 12 pound shot made Coach Hay ward smile in an ticipation of what may be done in \ that event after \ another month’s \ practice. i Ed Crowley, varsity pole vaul ter, was bothered by a side wind and didn't come | within seven inches of his usual 11 feet 6 inches. In this event lit tied with Allan Bracher at 10 feet 10 inches. Extra Has Sore Legs Jerry Extra, veteran sprinter, who has recently re-entered school, worked too hard liis first day out and is having trouble getting the soreness out of his legs. Extra should be a sure point gatherer in the century and furlong event. He is now working for the third stripe on his sweater. I’roc Flanagan, star broad jump er, has been practicing a little in the sprints and may work with Ex tra. If such turns out to be the case, Oregon will be much stronger in these events than in the longer gallops. Ilobie Sanderson, weight man from last season’s frosli squad, who has been taking second place both in the shot and discus, will not be in school this term, according to llayward. Results Given Results: Mile, varsity—Niedemeyer, first; Hill, seqond; Jensen, third; Syvana, fourth. Time, 4:45. 220-yard dash, varsity, first heat —J. Price, first; Standard, second; Overstreet, third; Scott, fourth. Time, :24. Second heat, Jefferies, first; Pearson, second; Gunther, third; Bauman, fourth. Time, 1:28. High hurdles, varsity—Crawford, first; Hall, second. Shot put, 12 pound, varsity—Wet zel, first; Stager, second. Distance, 51 feet, 11 inches. Pole vault, varsity—Crowley and Bracher, tied for first. Height, 10 feet 10 inches. High jump, varsity—McCulloch and Crawford, tied for first; Wet zel, third. Height, 5 feet 9 inches. Discus, varsity—Stager, first; Wetzel, second; Gunther, third: Eberhart, fourth. Distance, 127 feet 8 inches. 220-yard dash, frosh—first heat, McKennon, first; Browne, second; Peflev, third. Time, :24. Second heat, Atkinson, first; Hemmill, sec ond; Kelley, third. Time, :26. 660-yard run, frosh—Kuykendall, first; Wiley, second; Woods, third. High hurdles—Kelley, first; Mc Kennon, second. Shot put, frosh—Hollister, first; Hildreth, second; Eogers, third. Distance, 42 feet 7 inches. Discus, frosh — Hildreth, first; Rogers, second. Distance, 113 feet 9 inches. Six Groups Entered In Water-Polo Fray “Wit splesli, wit roar,” as Milt Gross would say, the donut water polo teams can turn out for prac tice any day from now on. Sigma Pi Tau, Delta Tau Delta, Chi Psi, Friendly hall, Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Ku have signified their desire to enter five men in the tournament which is to start April 18, Teams should sign up in the office of the men’s gymnasium for prac tice days. The men’s pool will be available from 4 to 5 daily for this purpose. Each team will play every other team in the coming tourney and the winner will be decided by the per centage system, declares Ed Aber crombie, who will be in charge. Mass Meeting Called For Women’s League Nominations Today Nominations for officers of the Women’s League will be made at one of the most important mass meetings of the year tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 o’clock in Alumni hall. , “A large attendance is impera tive at this meeting to approve the nominations made by' the committee and in order that nominations may be made from the floor if desired,” according to Kathryn Ulrich, pres ident of the Women’s League. Plans will also be discussed on the possibility of changing back to the old custom of having the dif ferent living organizations furnish stunts for April Frolic. The nominating committee is as follows: Anne Runes, chairman, Es ther Setters, Frances Morgan, Glen na Fisher, and Beatrice Peters. G/rZs’ Baseball Season ■To Commence Today The girls ’ baseball season opens today' with practices from 4:15 to 5 and 5 to 5:45. There will be two practices a day today, Wednesday and Friday, and three a week will be necessary in order to be eligible for the teams. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF RETAILING Experience is (secured in the largest department stores of New York, Newark, and Brooklyn. Store service is linked with class room instruction. M.S. in Retailing is granted on the completion of one year of graduate work 3 Graduate Fellowships 5 Scholarships Service Fellowships Summer School, July 5 to August 12, 1927 Fall Term Opens September 15 Illustrated booklet on application. 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