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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1938)
; DUCK TRACKS By ELBERT HAWKINS It'll he “Play Ball!” for the Ore g«>:i baseball clubbers today. To baseball fans the opener is al ways a thrill. And with Portland University as the opposition, to day's no exception. For two years One of the state’s top three oolle gixte nines, the Pilots beat Hobby’s |»oys last season, and promise to repeat. •Tint Carlin, veteran moundsman Who chucked a no-hitter two years AgU, is Portland’s feature attrac tion. Oregon’s best display is prob ably the “million dollar infield.” ISlx letternien, and six lettermen ®aiy, are Coach Hobson’s sole pos *ei'Sion, but he’s got enough other material to limp along. Si Si sf. I With powerhouse Wimpy Quinn At third, Jack Gordon at short, Pord Mullen at second, and Gale “‘Eusher” Smith at first you’ve got «oue of the northwest’s best college infields—yes even on the coast. Experienced outfielders are at a premium, however, and Hobby may Vise Quinn in the outfield, Mullen At third, and Jack Coleman at sec ond. Either way you use it Oregon’s 'interchangeable infield is good. Pat Frizzell, sports editor of the Morn ling News, claims the boys would lute in professional company as a unit. We’ll waegr they’re of West on:'. International league caliber. Wimpy Quinn is a third sucker l»y nature, and that’s where base- \ l*a.!l-wise bleaeher-ites claim his fa in re lies. But Hobby has only one Jeitfennan outfielder — Nicholson, xviho is concentrating- on spring football practice—and he’ll have to! 1'ifiil that outer garden. Quinn, strongest hitter on the fWfiad, has been poking them all, «4 >r Keinhart field in practice, and Sw'll pass in college company as an A-l right fielder, For a pitching staff to handle, flips season’s 2(5 games (1(3 confer-} cue egamcs) Coach Hobson has six! jnoen. Four of them—Boh Creigli- ; ♦on, Hob Hardy, John Linde, and JLedtoy Mattingyl—are virtual cer tainties to work in northern divi-j (Sion games. Sole ietterman of the group is (southpaw Boh Hardy, who is Hob fry s starting nominee for today. , <* # Manager Bill Sweeney of the Portland Beavers has had a ter *U.'le time rounding up left-hand ers, but Oregon has ’em aplenty. Hardy* and Linde, both experienced, work from the portside as does Paul Thunemann who won five consecutive games ffor John War ren’s frosh at the end of last sea son. Three of Oregon’s outfield can didates are football-baseball play* ers, and it’s questionable whether they’re going to be much help. *3' ’ey're Bob Smith, John Yerby, atui Nicholson. Xf the gridders don’t make it Oregon’s starting outfield today iw 1 probably include Masa Kato <i\d Ken Battleson, reserves from last season, and either Matt Pava luaas or Wimpy* Quinn. For the “forgotten half”—catch ct—choose either Bob Beard or. Maury Kelly. eBard has had var dity experience, while Kelly is up from the frosh. Send the Emerald to your par dots and let them read UO news. THE MAN’S SHOP BYROM & KNEELAND 81 E. 10th St. Duck Baseballers Meet Pilots Today Coach Hobson to Choose Bob Hardy or Creighton For Hurling Assignment By BILL NORENE Starting game preparations for their northern division title defense, Oregon' Ducks with either Bob Hardy or Bob Creighton on the mound, face Portland’s Pilots this afternoon on Howe field at 3:30 p.m. Oregon’s 1938 contenders have several question marks due to the loss of seven lettermen from the 1937 pennant winners. Although.either Hardy of Creighton will start, Coach Hobson stated I yesterday that he intends to use Courageous »YV.V. fr grriYi-i-. mwrtvrf rti>mrir*w*y i nwitt^r■«■. j j | Jim Light boy suffered a broken back while wrestling, but refused to let it ruin his athletic career. He’s now a star quarter-mtler at Harvard where lie’s a sophomore. Eddie Thomas Gets Grid Manager Job Eddie Thomas of Madras, frosh football manager of last fall, was najned head football manager by i the executive council of the Asso ciated Students of the University of Oregon recently. Along with the appointment of Thomas, the board also named sen ior student managers for four spring sports. Bob DeArmond was given the • baseball berth, Frank Drew, track,1 George Humphrey, tennis, and Fay ette Thompson, golf. Fraternities Name Spring Pledge List Spring term fraternity pladges | have been announced by the office! of the dean of men. They are Joel D. Thomison and Lawrence R. Langston. Phi Kappa j Psi, Robert Rieder, Sigma Nu, James B. Wilson. Theta Chi, Hay-, tvard Chaplim and James Marnie,1 Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Leonard Is-1 berg, Alpha Tail Omega, Willard Harris, Powell Loggan, and Lee j Rennolds, Sigma Phi Epsilon, I James P. Hennessy, Jr., Chi Psi, Don Turner, Beta, Leo Cary, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Marshall Sten- j strom, Kappa Sigma, i several pitchers in the first game of the season. Other mound pos sibilities include John Linde and Paul Thunemann, left-handers, and LeRoy Mattingly and Tom Robert son, right-handers. Beard to Catch Bob Beard is slated to catch, with Gale Smith on first, Jack Coleman on second, Jack Gordon at shortstop, and Captain Ford Mul len on third. Wimpy Quinn, number four hit ter of the club, is slated to start in right field, but according to “Hobby” will get a chance to per form at third. Ken Battleson and Masa Kato, reserve outfielders last year, will start at the other two outfield posts, but the three football play ers, John Yerby, Jimmy Nicholson, and Bob Smith will play part of the game in the outfield, according to Coach Hobson, Football Coach Tex Oliver permitting. Carlin Is Ace Little is known of Portland’s Pilots, except that they possess two first class hurlers in Bill O’ Donnell and Jim Carlin. Carlin is the Portland ace. He beat the Ducks once last year in Portland, but this year a sore arm has failed so far to respond to treatment. In case Carlin's arm doesn’t come around, they still have O’Donnell to fall back on. O’Donnell, during the winter the Pilot hoop star, was a member of the Bend Elks, state league titlists last summer. For relief hurlers, Father James 'Lane, Portland 12 Teams Undefeated In Donut Swim Race Intramural swimming competi tion started last Monday, with SPE, SAE, Sigma Chi, ATO, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delt, and Delta Up silon being those victorious at the halfway point. In yesterday’s acquatics, Beta Theta Pi defeated Phi Sigma Kap pa, 39 to 8, the points being based on five for a win, three for place, and one for show. Each match consists of a 40-yard free style, 40-yard backstroke, 40-yard breast stroke, 120-yard medley relay, 60 yard individual medley, and 120 yard free style medley. The Phi Delts defeated Phi Gam ma Delta, which had formerly beaten Sherry Ross hall, 39 to 5, and Delta Upsilon downed Delta Tau Delta, 29 to 19, in the other two matches of the afternoon. Matches set for tomorrow after noon, starting at 4 o’clock, are: Kappa Sigma vs. Chi Psi. i SPE vs. Gamma hall. Phi Kappa Alpha vs. SAE. Friday afternoon will find the following teams “tanked” against one another: Sigma Chi vs. Phi Kappa Psi. ATO vs. Beta Theta Pi. Theta Chi vs. Yeomen. Semi-finals of the contest will be held Tuesday afternoon, and finals Wednesday. coach, has Lewis Garfield and Fred Baker. Little is known of the rest of the Pilot aggregation except that Cur ran, shortstop, and Brick McGin nis, heavy-hitting first baseman, are back in the Pilot fold this year. The Portland club has also been bolstered by the addition of Jack Shaw, beefy catcher, who formerly caught John Linde’s slants when the two were playing for Grant high of Portland. LOST—2 tennis racquets in Ger linger gym; red and white strings. Return to equipment cage, Gerlinger. Reward. Frosh Tracksters Train for Meets; Material Needed Ward Wilson Shows Good Form in Half; Astorian Out With mostly sprinters and dis tance men turning out, Ken Miller, frosh track coach, is trying to mold a track team which will com pete in several meets with the rooks and tentative meets with Portland high schools this season, Tryouts for frosh cinder dusters have been temporarily set for Saturday, April 2. Some good times are expected providing the weather is good. Bob Diez, state sprint champ, and Bob Keen, Portland dash man, are outstanding candidates for the dashes. Both men have done 10.1 seconds in the 100-yard dash in high school. Ward Wilson is being groomed to lead Duckling half-milers to the tape this season. In varsity try outs Ward ran and came in a good fourth, beating several experienced varsity men. Storli, Mitchell, and Barker were the varsity men to come in ahead. Ward’s best time is 2:03 seconds for the half made at Hoover high school in Glendale. The latest addition to the squad is Leland Lewis from Astoria. Lewis placed fourth in the state broad jump last year with a leap of 22 feet 8 inches. Lewis is also turning out for the sprints. Any freshman track star who wants to turn out is requested to see Ken Miller for equipment. Send' the Emerald to your par ents and let them read UO news. tier CP*,-,liAito GAmS Vn.uU LoJ GCHloV "tpoo ^ 5 t ( McQUiMaJ, 7-1 icAZZOlo, Mao A MPMBFR. OP CUMS APFl^lATcro w/rlH. - •TMe aIPia/ Voi?K. YAaIRPPS• Fjii. -jA SP\/g(?AL '/PAR'S-. -> lije. i[rC33o w For. 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