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THE CHATTER BOX ... iimn «M««n ....a.. By ELBERT HAWKINS Color will fairly ooze from the portals of Howe field this after noon when Massive Buck Bailey, the northern division’s funny man, sends his clouting Cougars against Oregon's high-minded Webfoots. Ladies and gents, it's forgivable to pass up a good ball game once in a while, but you’ll rue the day this one ever got by. It’s got every thing money can buy. First of all, they will be scrap ping for first place in the north ern division, and it may eventually mean a championship. Both of these clubs, along with Washington, are figured as the league's best. What more could you ask in a pitching duel than to watch Bill Sayles, Webfoot ace, hook up with Washington State’s Mel Marlowe, veteran southpaw, who last week struck out 16 Washington batters while shutting them out, 5 to 0, in a beautiful one-hit performance 7 * * * .. .They say 240-pound Buck Bailey, coach of Washington State’s de fending champions, is unquestion ably the funniest, most entertain ing clown from these parts. What’s more, he does it all quite natural ly. Quoting L. H. Gregory, the Oregonian's kaschall-minded sports editor, we get a little line on what to expect. “In one game last year, and quite unconscious of the spasms he was putting folks into, Buck did these things: “Blitted his head in despair on the dugout wall, cracking a hoard and giving himself a hen's egg bump on the noggin; broke a bat in two by beating it cn the ground; seized a deg and shoved its head in the water bucket; then drank from the same bucket a moment later. And that’s olny a few of his specialties, a very few.” How could you resist a show like that? A flock of customers are going to that ball game, and we’ll be in the thick of 'em. None other than Justin Fitz gerald, ex-major leaguer and vet eran Santa Clara baseball coach, was in town for a while Monday afteroon. He was giving Hobby’s boys the once over. Coach. Fitzgerald is a scout for the Detroit Tigers in his odd mo ments, and was on his way to Seat tle to have a look at the new West ern International league. He had driven, up ffm Redding, Califor nia, in the morning. The genial Santa Clara mentor was slightly perturbed over the showing of his inexperieced Bron co nine v/hich won but two games all season, but was filleli with praise over Southern California's co-championship who divided hon ors with California in the CIBA race this spring.* The cx-Ncw York Yankee out fielder also made a few* pleasing remarks about some of Coach Hob son’s clubbers. Smooth-fielding Ford Mullen, Webfoot third base man, was singled out as a possible prospect. During the course of a little chat in the third liuse bleachers, he also saw fit to remark how poised and experienced a certain Duck in fielder looked following a slide in to second base. It was sophomore Jack Gordon. While keenly surveying tiie pitchers, he remarked that south paw Bob Hardy was apt to dev elop a pretty fair curve-ball before leaving Oregon. Mr. Fitzgerald in answer to a query regarding the comparative strength of the north ern and southern teams, said our hall clubs were every bit as good as theirs. Lee Gonzales, Southern Califor nia's southpaw phenom, drew a lot of praise as probably the C’l B.Vs outstanding contribution to professional ranks. The Trojan ace, a senior, was unbeaten in college competition, and piled up a win ning streak of 30 consecutive games. “We had him this year and should cave beaten them,” was Mr. Fitzgerald’s regretful comment. Santa Clara led Southern Cal, 7 to 6, with two down in the ninth inning early this season, when fate cast its lot. Two overthrows lost the game alter ten innings. Incidentally, Gonzales is joining the Boston Ited Sox as soon a school is out. Teams down in California start ed their season on February 15. and wound up play on April 1 -■ According to Coach Fitzgeiald, they don't put too much emphasis on baseball, and wind up the sea c"u eariv to ailo'v of tii*. bo”. Webfoots Face Washington State Today in Crucial Tilt Squeak Lloyd Probably Out Of WSC Meet Star Broad-Jumper, Dash Man Suffers Sprained Ankle; Webf oot Hopes Sink Into Oblivion Oregon’s chances of winning the i dual meet with Washington State at Pullman this Saturday went deeper into oblivion yesterday with the announcement that Squeak Lloyd, holder of the north west best mark in the broad jump the Webfoot’s fastest dash man and most capable high jumper, would probably be out of the meet with a sprained ankle. Lloyd hurt his ankle broad jump ing last weekend at Seattle in the Husky meet, and yesterday the hurt was diagnosed as a sprain which, though it is responding rapidly to treatment, in all prob ability will not be mended in time for the Cougar fray. Counted On Lloyd’s loss is a great one be cause the slender1 speedster has been rounding rapidly into from and was counted on to defeat Bill Benke, Cougar ace, in the broad jump. More salt in the wounds of Col onel Bill Hayward is the sore arm developed by Elmer Koskello, sec ond place winner in the javelin at Seattle, who is regarded as a sure winner in that event at Pullman. Whether or not his arm will be sufficietiy recovered by Saturday is not known, but he will be miss ing some valuable practice during his lay up. Time Trials Held With the exception of Lloyd and Koskello the remainder of the squad is in good shape and more determined than ever to click agaist the Cougars. The warm sun yesterday gave Hayward a chance to drill his runners on some sorely needqd speed work. Time trials were held in some events with the 18 man traveling squad being pro bably picked tomorrow. Cougars Swamp State Again, 13-0 Ten Miscues by Orange Defense Helps Lusty Hitting Show Buck Bailey’s traveling Wash ington State Cougars took advant age of a deluge of errors and heavy hitting to swamp Oregon State at Corvallis yesterday, 13 to 0. The victory left Washington State right on the heels of Oregon's league leading Webfoots, and drove Slats Gill’s lowly Orangemen far there into fourth place. The title-contending Cougars pounded three Beaver chuckers for 11 hits, taking advantage of ten errors to push over the win. Bailey's men played errorless ball in the field. Oregon State failed to get a man past second base. Washington State assumed an early third inning lead of 4 to 0. and gradually lengthened the mar gin. Two lusty hits and five errors spotted more Cougar runs in the i sixth inning. Summary: R H E WSC. 13 11 0 OSC .0 3 10 a chance to break into spring foot ball. His explanation of Santa Clara's tough luck this season was simply a lack of replacements. Their 18 man squad was picked from a stu dent body of only 500, and only cne lad with much of a baseball future was developed. That was a fellow named Campbell who may go places as a moundsman. Justin Fitzgerald has been inti mately connected with baseball for 'i~ years as a player ard coach, and is well versed with the dia mond sports. He spends most ol his summers scouting for the De troit club, as the Califoria collegi ate conference usually finishes pla\ about six weeks Ih lore school is out. He graduated from Santa Clara in 1910 where base Ira 11 ami rugby weru bis main fortilicatios, and immediately joined the New York Yankees, then the Americans. Fitz gerald vt as rated a number one outfielder, and stole bis share of the bases. (r/iJjt turn lj i’iji !-jur) Charlie Pulls a Ripley Against Astonished Foe Paging Robert Ripley! It was one of those things that happens usually in story books, but "Poor Old Sick Charlie" Eaton pulled one at Washington State during the tennis match that nearly knocked the spectators off their respective seats. It seems that Charlie, playing the last doubles match of the day with Johnny "The Gasping Greek" Economus (so dubbed by his admiring teammates), had their opponents at match point, and Charlie, impatient to get the tiresome thing over, smashed a tremendous overhand drive to the Cougars, only to hear his prized racquet splinter to bits with the blow. But alas! Mr. Kaiser of the Cougars returned it in good style to Johnny, while Charlie stood wondering whether to play with his bare hands or quit. Sudden ly, he decided he was not licked, so calling to Johnny to keep the game going, he ran to the side lines and picked up an extra rac quet laying on the bench. Econ kept up an intensive battle with his opponents until Eaton trotted back to the festivities and pro ceeded to lay a beautiful drive j where even Tilden couldn't have | touched it, winning the match— j believe it or not! It is reported that the radio announcer--they even broadcast tennis matches up there—choked on his gum three time in trying to relate the event to his amazed audience. Susies Bottle Chi 0’s; Kappas Whack Pi Phis Susies 22 and Chi Os 17, Moshberger Pitches; Roberts Grabs 11-9 Tilt From Weston By LUCILLE STEVENS Two of the peppiest games of the season were played off yesterday with the Susies defeating the Chi Os, and the Kappas knocking off the Pi Phis. Batteries for the Susie-Chi O game were Moshberg er and Cattrell, and Shaw and Bol ter for the Chi Os. Moshberger held the Chi Omegas to two runs in the first, and her teammates gathered in thirteen scores for themselves in a merry slugfest, with LeFors batting .100, knocking a homer with three men on base, and catching the first caught-fly of the game in the sec ond inning. In the second, the Chi Omegas got five singles in a row, and then Foster was put out on first after Slattery missed a beautiful fly out to right field. Nichols followed with a strikeout, and Booth flied out to j LeFors. The score stood 13 to 9. The Susies finished the second with j two doubles, and a homer by Mosh berger, who also pitches a sure-fire j speedball; Suit also got a homer on an overthrow at second. Five Singles The third inning was shorter, but the score climbed to 19 to 13, in favor of Susan Campbell. The Chi Omegas relaxed in the feurth, with the Susan Campbell girls adding four to their score. Then the Chi Os staged a fine comeback in the fifth by trying to tie the score. Kurtz got a single; Nichols flied out to center, and Booth popped a fly right to the pitcher, who missed it. Foster, Ash, Bolter, Shaw, Kurtz, and Nichols all got singles in a i have vet to get a mis fit at — BYROM & KNEELAND THE MAN b SHOP Tenth; just off Willmt. IBIS 19 ! S ! 1 ! I Murderous Andy Andy Hurney, veetran Webfoot rightfielper, one oi the team's lead ing hitters for two years, will be out there’ today attempting to hold his early season pace. Ducklings Beat Junction City,4-1 Paul Thunemann Holds Pppositiou lo T li r e e Scattered Blows The Oregon freshman baseball team won their eighth consecutive game yeseterday, beating Junction City 4 to 1. Paul Thunemann, left hander, held Junction City to only three hits. Uttinger, of Junction City, al lowed only six hits, but two er rors and two walks let in three frosh runs after Maurice Kelly singled. Thunemann and Jimmy Jones banged out triples for the frosh, with Kelly, John Linde, and Lyle Goods all getting singles. Tlrune mann was the hitting star of the day, getting a single in addition to his triple. Barker, of Junction City, got two hits off Thunemann, and Allen, catcher, got the other. Junction City's only run came in when Barker hit a double, stole third, and came in on an infield out. Score: R H E Oregon Frosh . 4 6 0 Junction City . 13 2 Frosh — Thunemann and Kelly; Junction City—Uttinger and Allen. row, but Ash was put out at home in a force-out. Booth finished it with an out at first, and the score ended at 22 to 3 7. Kappas II, 1’i l’his 9 The Kappas are now out in front with the Susies, having beat the Pi Phis, 11 to 9, in a typical after dinner game with an absolutely huge audience of masculine rooters Batteries for the Kappas were Rob erts and Brown; for the Pi Phis, A. Shields and Weston. The first inning was short, with (Please turn to par/c jour) Duck Golfers Prepare for WSC’s Champs Sid Milligan's Sextet Wiil Play Cougar Team on Home Course Friday; • Meet Pilots Saturday ! With a home match looming Fri day for Oregon’s undefeated var sity divoteers against the Wash ingto State Cougars, 1936 north west conference golf champions, challenges on the Duck varsity i squad for team positions marked play on the Eugene, country club course this week. Two regulars were dropped fro/n the G-man Webfoot squad for Fri day’s 36-hole match, as Washing ton State fs sending only four golfers to Eugene, Lung Streak The four Webfooters who will try to keep intact Oregon’s 14 game winning stretch are Sid Mil ligan, Walt Cline, Dave Harnley, and Bill Watson. Two stiff matches saw Bill Wat son beat Doug Ramsey twice in as many days to climb from No. 5 position into Ramsey’s previous No. 4 spot. Watson shot a 74 in iiis first clasli with Ramsey, to win one-up on the 18th hole. Ram sey returned the challenge, but lost after carrying Watson to the 21st hole. Cline Slops Humlcy In the only other match thus far, Dave Hamiey, No. .3, challenged Walt Cline’s No. 2 position, but was turned back when Cline shot a 71 to win, 5 and 3. .Satin day Oregon plays Port land university here in the second of a two-way meet. Out 'Gunning’ for an'A’? 1 Any pj'ol >\ill tell you that .1 typed paper lias more “ readability " than I on jr liaiul. . . . Hi- - liouiul to mi^N the full value, of your paper if lie !m 1o spend It is time deciphering jour writing. Coronas — Remingtons — Underwoods Rovuls $3 per. month will “Vniy ’em or rant 'em ” University fCQ»QP? Hurling Duel Anticipated in Clash for Top Defending C li a in p ions And Ducks Expect to \N age F i e r c e B attic Before Large Crowd Northern Division Standings A crowd threatening to smash all mid-season records is expected to respond to Spec Burke’s cry of “Play ball!” this afternoon at 3 o'clock on Howe field. The occasion will match Ore gon's undefeated Webfoot baseball team against Washington State’s pennant defending Cougars in a pitch battle for first place in the northern division race. Bill Sayles, ace Duck righthand er, and Mel Marlowe, Cougar southpaw, are slated to lock in a mound duel that may go down in conference history. Both Spot Records It will be Sophomore Sayles against Senior Marlowe. The Duck hurler sports a record of four wins, and only one unearned run against him, and Marlowe is fresh from a one-hit victory over Washington. Whereas Oregon will field a team predominant with sophomores, Washington State has the same ball team, with the exception of one veteran, that captured last year's gonfalon. Colorful Buck Bailey's nine rates an edge over Oregon on the basis of early season play, but Coach Hobson is pinning his hopes on the ability of speedball Bill Sayles to set the visitors down. Cougars Play More Oregon’s four victories were over Oregon State and Idaho, the league’s two cellar teams, while Bailey's clubbers have faced both teams and Washington besides. They chalked up easy wins in all of their games but one Washing ton tilt which was dropped. Coach Hobson will start his sophomore infield composed of Gale Smith, first base; Jack Cole man, second; Jack Gordon, short, and Ford Mullen, third base. Oregon's outfield includes Andy Hurney in right, Ralph Amato in center, and Bill Courtney is left. Picture, Framing, Oriental Art Shop Oregon Washington State Washington Oregon State .. Idaho. W L Pet. I (I 1.000 5 1 .833 3 1 .750 1 5 .166 1 7 .125 Varsity Netmen Defeat Bearcats Score Second \ ictorv Over \Y illametlc Team by 6-1 Count Coach Paul Washke’s varsity netmen invaded the courts of Wil lamette University yesterday, and returned with their eighth straight victory by a 6-1 count over the Bearcats. Despite the fact that the team was minus the services of Bill Zim merman. who had to work in Eu gene, the team easily gained their second victory over the Salem Learn. A1 Finke apparently had a bad day, and dropped his match to Bill Clemes, who formerly played No. 1 position for the Bearcats, 6-3, 0-6, 7-f>, for the only Webfoot loss of the match. Complete scores for the match were as follows: Singles: Econo mus defeated Harvey, 6-1, 6-1; Crane defeated Saunders, 6-2, 6-0; Eaton defeated Estes, 3-6, 6-0, 6-1; Clemes defeated Finke, 6-3, 0-6, 7-5, and Applegate defeated Sher wood, 7-', 7-5. Doubles: Economus and Eaton defeated Estes and Harvey, 6-2, 6-2, and Crane and Finke defeated Sherwood and Clemes, 6-1. Huskies Nose Out Idaho Nine, 3 - 2 Washington’s third-place Husk ies were thrown a terrible scare by Idaho’s stubborn Vandals at Seat tle yesterday, but finally nosed out a 3 to 2 victory. The Huskies were outhit by Idaho, and going into the last of tlje ninth after a game of errorless ball, found themselves on the short end of a 2 to I score. Idaho’s Earl Gregory, after pitching a beautiful game, cut loose with a wild heave that gave Washington two runs and the game. Idaho out-hit Washington, nine to four, during the contest, but failed to bunch the blows. Summary: R H E Idaho . 2 9 0 Washington . 3 4 0 Batteries: Gregory and Baldwin. Budnick, Johnson, and Marlowe. Veteran Cliff McLean will work behind the bat. Washington's lineup is dotted with a virtual ‘murderers row Clyde (Corky i Carlson, first base man, whacked the horsehide for a .383 average last season, and he (Please turn to page four) Theta Chis Win Pair of Tough Donut Battles Face Plii Dolts in Finals Today at 4 o'clock; Theta Cliis Down ATOs And Sammies By BILL NORENE Thet? Chi yesterday battled their way through two tough teams, downing the ATOs, 7 to 5, and the Sammies, 16 to 5, to go into the finals of the intramural softball piayoff with the Phi Delts this afternoon at 4 p. m. The ATO upset was accomplish ed as tne result of a fifth inning uprising which netted seven runs, all scored with two down. Willie Fry opened the inning with a single to left. Howard Parks contributed a single to right center with both runners advanc ing a base on Clyde Walker's over throw at third. Bob Street walked on four pitched balls, but Karl Mann popped to Norm Danielson at third, and Paul Cushing struck out. Minger Hits Henry Minger hit a high fly to left field, which was lost in the sun, scoring Parks and Fry. Fred Loback singled scoring Minger and Street. Herb Clark doubled scoring Loback, and Vern Hanscam was safe on Jack Berry's error. Hancam stole second and both run ners scored on Fry’s single. The ATOs pounded over four runs in the first inning and one more in the fifth, but that was the best they could do as Bob Street caused them to pop up or strike out. The Theta Chis, evidently un mindful of their seven inning bat tle with ihe ATOs, went to work on Vic Rosonfeld in the second in ning of their game to score 14 runs sending Rosenfeld to the showers. Never in Doubt After the big second, the issue was never in doubt as Street used the same tactics on the Sammies, that were successful in the ATO game. In the outfield Vein Hanscam and Herb Clark pulled down every thing within range, with Clark playing the difficult sun field. ( Willie Fry at shortstop was eas ily the outstanding man in the in field, handling difficult chances with ease and only making one bad throw. Mother’s weekend Slay 7, 8, and tt No hair in the Soup at Tayler’s Uf