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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1937)
THE CHATTER BOX uiimiimiiunnnimiiiiitniniinnmmmniHumnmmnimtmicmininBinmniDf nimuiinnntiiuuiiM^uiiitimiiiiiiuiiHmiuiuuioiinniiiianiiiiiuMimiHiiinmiimii By ELBERT HAWKINS A team batting- average of .396 sounds rather phenomenal, and it is. But that is just what Hobby Hobson's Webfoots hit against Oregon State last weekend. They whacked out 28 hits in 71 official trips to the plate, and be fore the merry - go - round ended turned three fourths of them into runs. You can’t expect any team to hold a gait like that, especially in the northern division, but it shows what these Oregon boys can really do. Friday’s opener at Corvallis was won in a very orthodox manner— 11 out of 33—but before 2800 fans on Howe field Saturday they ran amuck in three big innings, scoring all 14 runs, and whaling out 17 hits off three Beaver pitchers. Frizes Galore It was a field day for the bread winners. Eight athletes capitalized ; on prizes for firsts offered by Eu gene merchants besides Hobby who gets two dinners at McCrady’s for being the winning coach. Here they are: First hit: Jack Gordon, tie from Paul D. Green, and three golf balls from Babb’s Hardware. First run scored: Bill Courtney— Hat from DeNeffe’s. First walk: Ford Mullen — Two free dinners from College Side Inn. First two-case hit: Gale Smith Six passes to McDonald theater. First homerun: Chief McLean— Manhattan sports shirt from Joe Richards. First assist: Smith — Two pairs silk sox from Montgomery Ward. First putout: Jack Coleman — Razor from Claypool and Van Atta. Amato Takes Two First strikeout: Ralph Amato— Tie from Dudley Field shop and an 8 by 10 enlargement of favor ite picture from Carl Baker's film store. First stolen base: Courtney — “Swank” initialed tie chain from Byron and Knelland. First man hit by pitched ball: j Johnny Lewis—Box of stationery from University Pharmacy. First run batted in: Chief Mc Lean—Six passes to Heilig theater. Winning pitchers: Bill Sayles— Picture from Kennell-Ellis. Four Really Capitalize Four of the boys -— Courtney, Mullen, Smith, and McLean—were double winners, and at that three prizes weren’t collected. None of the Ducks would commit an error, so thereby a nice haircut at Char ley Elliott's was lost. Nary a tripple was pounded out despite Oregon's heavy stick work, and some lad passed up a cowhide billfold. A box of candy for the first sacrifice hit also went un touched. Makes Anse Happy Besides being a glorious diamond I triumph for Oregon, Saturday’s1 gala opener also meant something for Anse Cornell, dynamic athletic j manager. A record crowd of 2800 fans ■ jammed Howe field, compared with \ approximately 2000 at Corvallis j the day before. Oregon's net yield ; was about $70 more than Oregon ; State’s, according to unofficial re- i ports. Hunter Smacks It If pre-game ceremonies mean anything, Chancellor Hunter might find himself signed with the New York Yankees. He calmly watched President Boyer toss two wild ones j to President Peavcy, and then stepped to the plate and smashed a beauty over second base. Baseball and track didn’t occupy all of Saturday afternoon either, ' for Prink Callison’s football squad divided two ways, and showed a i large group of spectators some gridiron tactics. Oridders Show Wares Gene Shield's “Yellows” downed; Mike Mikulaks “Greens" 12 to 0 in the first intra-squad clash of spring practice. They scored once , on a nifty 35-yard dash off tackle by Bob Smith, frosh halfback, and did it again behind some line plung ing by husky Frank Emmons, full back recruit. Several newcomers and freshmen from Honest John Warren's 1936 Duckling eleven provided the most sparkling performances. Ted Geb hart, transfer from Marin junior college, had a big day on punt re turns and end runs for the “Yel lows”. The previously mentioned Smith and Emmons were particu larly outstanding. No Profs at Taylor’s Send the Emerald to your friends. Subscription only $3.00 per year. ^ Oregon and Washington State Roost on Baseball Top Comets Beat SAEs With Two Circuit Clouts Yeomen Near Loop Flag With Win; Sammies, Sweethearts, Chi Psis, Pi Kaps Also Win Putting over four runs in a last inning rally, Don Casciato’s Com ets yesterday beat the SAEs 10 to 8 with Casciato himself batting in 5 of the runs with two long home runs to left field. The first came in the second in ning with Bob Albi and Howard Overbade on base. The second came in the sixth and last inning with Overbade again on base. Another Home Run In the last inning, Rowan open ed with a single to left. Albi fol lowed with a single through the infield. They both scored on Over back's triple over third base. This set the stage for Casciato’s second home run. During the first inning the SAEs started out as though to blast the Comets off the face of the earth. Jack Hodgen tripled down the right field foul line, and Bother Gil followed with a walk. Both scored on Art Ebright’s double to left. Eddie Hearn walked, and Eb right scored on O’Reilly’s single over second base. Hearn, who was on third, scored on Earl Repp’s MANAGERS, LOOK House Managers, here’s your opportunity to chalk up more points on the intramural score board—enter your athletes in the coming intramural track and field meet next month, May 12th and 13th. Your house is allowed two entries in each event; each con testant must have worked out six times before the meet. Entry lists are due on ore before May 5th—Positively no entry lists will be accepted after the above date. single, while O'Reilly scored on Ben Graves’ hit. The Comets’ win sent League E into a three way tie with the Theta Chis, SAEs, and Comets all boast ing two wins and one defeat. All three have one game to play. A1 Conger was responsible for the best fielding play of the day when he made a brilliant, one handed catch of Kreitz’s long fly. Yeomen 5, SPEs 2 The Yeomen softball team ^es terday moved a step nearer the championship of League A when then beat the SPEs 5 to 2 as Ford Thornber bested Willie Williams in the only pitching duel of the day. Jack Mitchell counted first for the SPEs on George Jackson’s triple to center field, which Harry Hodes misjudged. Jackson scored later, when Del Bjork beat out an infield hit. The Yeomen came back in the fourth inning when Hodes and Hol land singled and scored on Platt’s single which went between Rex Cooper's legs. Platts then scored on Irwin Elder’s single. In the fifth the Yeomen scored twice. Sammies 8, Fijis 5 Running wild in the first inning and scoring seven of their eight runs, the Sammies yesterday de feated the Fijis 8 to 5. Nathan Cohen, Vic Pmsenfold, Willie Frager, Louis Rottenberg, Dave Silver, Mel Shevach, Abe Weiner, and Cohen again, all hit before Hal Adams settled down in the first inning to win the game for the Sammies. After that Adams, Fiji pitcher, assumed control and set the Sam mies down runless for the rest of the game except in the third, when they scored once more. In the meantime the Fijis rose up in the third and fourth innings to score their five runs with Dick Hutchinson, Bud Reider, Dooley, and John Lockridge leading the of fensive. In a game which may have to be replayed, the Pi Kaps defeated the Phi Sigs 7 to 4. The dispute is over the fact that at the end of the fifth inning the Phi Sigs were ahead 4 to 3. The Pi Kaps scored four runs in their half of the sixth to put them ahead 7 to 4. Then with men on base, and the head of their batting order coming up the game was called because of time. The Phi Sigs contend that either the score at the end of the fifth inning should have been the final score, or that they should have Duckling, Rook Teams to Meet Hayward Field Scene of Annual Relay Carnival Friday Afternoon Oregon’s Ducklings and Oregon State’s Rooks will resume their feuding this Friday afternoon on Hayward field in their annual re lay carnival. The first year performers will compete in only half the number of events that their big brothers do. Listed for competition are the 440-yard relay, half-mile relay, mile relay, three mile relay, and medley relay. Last Friday in a five-way meet with Corvallis, Albany, Eugene and University high schools, the Duckling performers completely outclassed the field to run a total of 108 3-5 points. Bill Hayward’s runners are ex pected to face stiff competition j from the Orange first-year men! who perennially torn out top rate squads. Last year the Beaver yearlings took four of the five events. Three 1936 state high school j champions are expected to lead the Frosh assault. They are Jim Buck, sprinter who took three first places in Friday’s five-way meet; Dean Ellis, hurdler, who also runs both sprint events; Kir man Storli, mile and half miler. Other freshman prospects who showed well in the meet were Ed Buxton, half miler; Bob Neese, mile and half miler; Bob Samuels, broad jumper; Lyle Reider, sprint er and Wayne Mackin, miler. Time trials for team positions will probably be held on Wednes day under the direction of George Scharpf, last year’s varsity track captain, who has been assisting Hayward with the freshmen this spring. Saturday's Box iscore Oregon State B Pleasant, m . 2 Mason, 2 . 3 Wintermute, If .. 2 Conkling, r . 4 Iiappel, 3 . 4 Meyers, s . 3 Dooley, 1 . 3 Morey, c . 3 Cramer, p . 0 Urban, p . 1 Houdek, p . 2 Chatterton, m .. . 2 Gwynn, If . 1 Total . 30 Oregon B Mullen, 3 . 3 Courtney, If.4 R H O A E 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 1 11 1 0 0 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 24 17 2 R H O A E 0 0 13 0 3 2 2 0 0 McLean, c . 5 Gordon, s . 4 Hurney, r . 4 Smith, 1 . 5 Sayles, p . 5 Amato, m . 3 Coleman, 3 . 4 Nicholson, m .... 0 Yerby * . 1 Lewis & . 0 Crosbic, r . 0 13 5 0 0 113 5 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 1 0 3 3 13 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals . 38 14 17 37 13 0 * Batted for Amato ill 7th. & Batted for Hurney in 8th. Oregon State.... 000 000 000—0 Oregon . 705 000 03x—14 : Summary—5 hits 6 runs off' Cramer in 1-3; 7 and G off Urban' in 2 1-3; 4 and 2 off Houdek in 5 1-3. Winning pitcher, Sayles. Losing pitcher, Cramer. Runs res ponsible for—Cramer 7, Urban 5. Struck out—Urban 1, Houdek 4, Sayles 5. Bases on balls— Cramer 1, Urban 1, Houdek 2. Sayles 1. Stolen base - Courtney 3, McLean. Home run—McLean, Gordon, Say les. 2-base hit—Smith 2, Amato, Dooley. Sacrifice—Mason. Runs 1 batted in—McLean 4, Gordon, Say les 5, Coleman, Smith 2. Double 1 plays—Mullen to Coleman to Smith, Gordon to Coleman to; Smith, Sayles to Gordon to Smith. Hit by pitcher—by Sayles 3, Hou dek 1. Wild pitch—Sayles 2, Hou-.j dek 1. Passed ball—Morey. Um pire—Spec Burke, Portland. Time' —2:05. been allowed to finish their bats in the sixth. Chi Psis 12, Sigma Hall G The Chi Psis outclassed Sigma hall 12 to 6 to win with their first game of the current donut season. The Chi Psis scored twice in the first, six times in the second, and twice in both the third and fifth innings. In the meantime Keith Osborne, Chi Psi chuckcr, was holding the ball boys to one run in the second and four runs in the fourth. Canard club forfeited their soft ball game to the Sigma Chis yes terday failing to show up at the scheduled time. I Still Up There Heinie Mtinush, former American league hatting champion who starred for 14 years with the Detroit Tigers is in a Brooklyn uniform this year. He played with the Boston Red Sox before going to the Dodgers. Hayward Men Prepare For UW Dual Meet Seattle Scene of Annual Track Battle May 1; Webfools and OSC Tie In Relay Carnival Well satisfied with his squad’s performance in tieing with Oregon State in the annual relay carnival Saturday, Coach Bill Hayward yes terday began pointing his men to wards their opening conference dual meet with University of Washington at Seattle on Satur day afternoon, May 1. Time trials will be held tomor row to pick the traveling squad of 18 men that Hayward expects 'to take with him to Seattle. The team is expected to leave sometime Fri day in order to get a good night’s rest before the meet. Make Comeback The Webfoots relay squad made a brilliant uphill comeback to tie five events apiece with the Or angemen last Saturday in their 10th annual running of the carni val. At the end of the eight events the Beavers were leading 5 firsts to 3 but the Duck runners came COED SOFTBALL, SCHED— Tuesday, April 27 4:00—Alpha Phi vs. Chi Omega. 6:16—Theta vs. Alpha Omlcrou Pi. Wednesday, April 28 5:00 — Pi Beta Phi vs. Alpha Gamma Delta. 6:15 —Alpha Delta Pi vs. Tri Delta. Thursday, April 29 4:00—Gamma Phi Bela vs. Al pha Gamma De.lta. 6:15—Hendricks Hall vs. Alpha Phi. through in the distance medley and the mile relays to grab the tie. Oregon’s shot put team of Stan Smith, Chan Berry, Dutch Holland and Bill Foskett heaved the lead ball 183 feet 2 inches to add more than 12 feet to the old mark of 171 feet 8 inches set by Oregon in 1036. Break 880 Murk Oregon State eclipsed the 880 yard mark when they covered the distance in 1:28.2 compared to the old mark of 1:28.0 set by Oregon in 1932. Jim Schriver, fast-moving Duck sophomore, gave the crowd the biggest thrill in the mile relay, the last event on the slate, when he beat off a desperate home stretch sprint by Hay Woodman to give Oregon its tic. High Jump Defaulted Oregon did not compete in the high jump relay as Hayward could only muster three jumpers, giving Duck Linksmen Grab 2 Matches FromNorth Foes — Puget Sound Jaunt Sees Loggers, Huskies Bow In 36-Hole Rounds to Oregon Golfers Oregon's varsity golfers return-1 ed from their invasion of north- j west Washington country Friday, and Saturday with two victories in two matches. Friday the 6-man golf team overwhelmed College of Puget Sound, 25-2, on the Fircrest coun try club in Tacoma, then squeez ed out a 14-13 win over a tough University of Washington squad on the University golf course in | Seattle. Oregon Wins I3th The weekend triumph shows Oregon golfers with a record of 13 | consecutive victories in two years of dual meet play. The last match lost, by a Duck crew was in 1935, when the Washington Huskies dropped them 18-9 in Seattle. The Ducks have won five straight this season. Oregon has beaten the Huskies two times this year, defeating them 18-9 on the Eugene course April 9. Playing Coach Sid Milligan, No. 1, played the best golf of the trip, scoring a 73 in the Huskies singles to tie with Jonson, a 72 in the doubles, and a 74 in the Puget Sound singles. the Beavers the event automatic ally. This was the second time in the 10 years of competition that the two teams have tied, the first time being in 1934. Summary of Saturday's meet: 440-yard relay—Won by Oregon ! (Forbes, Schultz, Carlson, Lloyd). Time, :43.8. Two-mile relay—Won by Oregon 1 State (Larson, Mackin, Sheppard, j Louis). Time 8:07.6. Shot put relay—Won by Oregon ! (Foskett, Smith, Holland, Berry). Distance, 183 feet 2 inches (new ' meet record). Old record set by Oregon in 1936. 880-yard relay—Won by Oregon State (Leslie, Teats, Funk, Hoyer). Time, 1:28.2 (new meet record). Old record set by Oregon in 1932. Shuttle hurdle—Won by Oregon (Lacy, Weston, Goodfellow, Schultz). Time, 1:07.6. High jump relay—Won by Ore gon State (Ackerson, Conkling, Hessig, Beaner). Height, 23 feet. Sprint medley—Won by Oregon State (Leslie, Funk, Hoyer, Teats). Time, 1:35.2. Distance medley—Won by Ore gon (Schultz, Harrow, Lyle, Mc Caughey). Time, 7:55. Four-mile relay—Won by Ore gon (Mann, Hands, McCormack, Larson). Time 18:52.7. Mile relay — Won by Oregon (Miller, Burkett, Carlson, Schriv er). Time, 3:30. 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Today’s Gumes Softball: 4:00 Field 1 Beta Theta Pi vs. Yeomen. 4:00 Field 2 Delta Upsilon vs. Kappu Sigma. 4:00 Field 8 Theta Chi vs. Chi Psi. 6:00 Field 1 Delta Tau Delta vs. Sigma Nu. 5:00 Field 2 Gamma hall vs. Sigma Alpha Mu. 5:00 Field S Sigma hall vs. Casciato’s Comets. Golf: Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Theta Chi. Phi Sigma Kappu vs. Yeomen. Tennis: Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Beta Theta Pi. Yeomen vs. Omega hall. Baby Docks Beat Bible College, 7-5 Duckling baseballers went through a lengthy workout yester day preparing for their tilt with Junction City on Thursday. In their only appearance last week, Warren’s charges chalked up their their third straight vic tory against the boys of the Eu gene Bible college Friday, 7 to 5, in a tight game on the varsity practice field. The Bible college aggregation, playing without uniforms, display ed a fine brand of ball which near ly upset the first year men. The Babes' scrappy spirit and delivery in the pinches decided the game against the strong Bible College nine. (Please turn to page foutj Oregon Meets Vandals Here This Weekend Webfoots Batter Beavers In Saturday’s Opener; Regulars, Yannigans In Practice Tilt Northern Division Standings W L Pet. Oregon . 2 0 1.000 Washington State .2 0 1.000 Washington .2 0 .000 Oregon State .0 2 .000 Idaho . 0 2 .000 Off to a fiying start in this year's northern division pennant chase, Oregon's baseball team is pointing all artillery for a week end series against the Idaho Van dals. While Oregon was blasting out 7 to 1 and 14 to 0 victories over Oregon State last Friday and Sat 1 urday, the favored Washington State Cougars had an easy time of it against Idaho. They downed Forrest Twogood’s outfit by scores of 13 to 3, and 16 to 3, leaving little doubt as to their present strength, Ed God dard, Washington State’s star quarterback, lashed out for four hits in five trips up, to contribute to to a 19-hit barrage in the second encounter. Starts Attack Early Washington wasted little time in pounding State Gill’s opening hurler out of Saturday's game, I Fred Cramer, Oregon's veteran was in the box exactly two-thirds of an inning before he retired. A seven run attack finished him. In came Fred Urban, but in two raked him for five more tallies, and he left the game with Oregon (Please turn to page Jour) • Pull-over Sweaters $3*95 • All Wool • Variety of Colors College men everywhere find that sweaters are a very important part of their wardrobe! These all-wool, long sleeved pull-over sweaters will answer that problem—Blue, white, wine, yellow, grey, navy. fSizes 3t> to 44. 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