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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1938)
DUCK TRACKS By ELBERT HAWKINS Maybe not for the opener ten , jd.v. s hence, but sometime this Reason, Oregon’s varsity baseball ( ■team is going to blossom out in natty new uniforms. The athletic board voted yes on that Monday night. But with the good comes bad. Athletic Mana ger Anse Cornell passes out dis heartening word that no money .was allotted for a new left field fence on Howe diamond. Six-foot board fences cost mon ey, and visionary Anse Cornell, with always an eye toward econ omy, suggested a wire one to tide them over. Coaches want a barrier out there to stop fluke home runs which come from practically any blistering ground ball to which ge'rs by an outfielder. Publicity .Director Bruce Hamby says we M»..y still have a one or two foot curb out there to stop rolling hails. Bouncers will have to go where “dame destiny deeides,” New uniforms for the Webfoots also means a Christmas present fo Coach John Warren and his Ducklings. They’ll fall heir to the present nifty - looking varsity flints. Honest John's baseballers have been dashing around resplen deat in everything from tin pants to football pants. Tex Oliver simply isn’t losing type. A glimpse at his coaching record proves that. Smiling Tex is also a golfer of some prowess, the grapevine now tells us. He toured the par 35 second nine at Laurelwood in 39 strokes, which is uo cinch for a stranger. President Donald M. Erb, on his first visit to the campus, modestly: admitted having traveled a very tough course at Palo Alto in the1 lo\v eighties, and said he plays j regularly—at least when duties aren’t as pressing as they now are. * r $ I A friendly little golf match be tween Football Coach Tex Oliver cunul University President Donald M. Erb would certainly be a natur l*f, wouldn’t it? We might have Frosh Coach Honest John War reu. who frankly admits he never played the game, caddy. But to return to Coach Oliver’s record. When his Santa Anna high iscbool teams won 27 consecutive jgsv lies from 1930 to 1932. Univer sity of Arizona officials simply j coitdn’t resist. Phi Beta Oliver w-.s in the limelight from then on. In 1933 he started, losing only three games. Since then an Oliver j coached eleven lias never lost over two times in one season. His '34 team finished on top in conference play by percentage and in ’35 and y3G took undisputed championships. In thumbnail form here’s the record of Tex and his Wildcats. W. L. T. IP i3 19 54 IP 55 Cl 9.5G a Pd 7 l 5 .S o *> 2 o 0 1 0 3 0 |Whieh totals 32 wins. 11 losses. 659 points for. and 188 against. No wonder Oregon fans are opti mistic. Playing in yesterday’s game for Lincoln high against the frosh were two very smooth infielders . . . Johnny Pesky and John Bu bato . . . they've had American Legion ball experience, and last summer played in the outfield of Bend’s state league champions . , . no wonder Honest John War ren feared them . . . the all-star football “scrimmage” between Tex Oliver’s varsity and a team of pick-ups is set for Junior Week end. Frosh Nine Defeats, Ties Lincoln i __ Honest John’s Proteges Win Opener, 7-6, in Ninth; Rain Finishes Second, 0-0 By LYLE NELSON Honest John’s frosh baseball nine, in a game transferred from the Warren “mud-flats” to Howe field, yesterday put on a ninth inning rally to beat Lincoln high school I to 6 in the first game of a double header. The second game was called because of rain in the fifth inning with the score tied at 0 to 0. The Ducklings will m§et Jefferson high of Portland today at 2 o’clock on Howe field. Jefferson is the defending title-holder of the Portland prep league. Hamer Gets Blow With one out ahd a man on sec ond and third, in the last half of the ninth, Herbert Hamer, lively Duckling first sacker, stepped to the plate and banged out a single, his first and only hit of the game, to score pitcher Pete Igoe with the winning run. The yearlings began scoring off Lolich, Lincoln pitcher, in the first, connecting for two hits. Jack Shimshak and Bill White, first up, both went out, but Hamer got on through an error by the Lincoln third baseman. Elmer Mallory then banged out a triple to score Hamer, and the latter scored on Rathbun’s single to left. Hitting Divided The Duckling hitting was very evenly divided between Bill White, Elmer Mallory, James Rathbun, Buzz Renick and Pete Igoe, each getting two safe blows. Jack Shimshak connected in the second for a long home run to center field. Both Mallory and Rathbun poled out triples for the frosh, while White got the only double, in the ninth inning rally. The Lincoln team, in spite of the defeat, showed great promise. They belted Igoe for eight safeties in cluding a double by John Bubalo. Oches, Lincoln pitcher held the frosh hitters to only two hits dur ing the 5 2-3 innings he pitched, but was lifted for a pinch hitter in the seventh. Shutout Ball In the second game “Chuck” Crosby of the Cardinals hurled shutout ball for foyr innings. He set the Ducklings down in order, not a man reaching first base. John Bubalo and John Pesky were the Vpark of the Cardinal infield. Pete Igoe, yearling hurler, had his curve ball working in top shape, fanning 13 Lincoln hitters. He also clouted out two singles in four trips to the plate, in addition to scoring the winning run in the ninth. Trio of Cindermen Accept Challenges For*Relay Positions A trio of Colonel Bill Hayward’s varsity trackmen who finished high enough in last Saturday’s time trials to warrant selection to run in the Oregon-Oregon State relays on the Hayward oval Saturday will be on the spot this afternoon,; challenged by a field of aspirants for team places which includes Letterman Crawford Lyle. Jack Davidson, winner of fourth in the varsity mile tryouts last weekend; Don Tower, third place finisher in the half mile; and Dean Ellis, winner of fourth spot in the 440; are the boys who will have to look to their laurels to retain their positions on the Oregon relay squad. Lyle. Jim Schriver, Bob Neese, Wayne Mackin, and Bill Harrow will do the challenging. Starts Monday iThe whole “challenge” business ,started Monday afternoon when Lyle, who ran in the mile trials Saturday, walked up to Hayward and asker for a change to race for a place on the two-mile relay team. Hayward, trying to field his fastest squad, thought a while, grinned, and said okay, so Lyle and Tower will race this after noon. Two other “challenges” were forthcoming shortly afterwards. Schriver, who was innoculated for tetna (lockjaw) Saturday, and was unable to run, will challenge Dean Ellis in the quarter-mile to day, while Bob Neese and Wayne Mackin race Davidson over the long mile route. As an added attraction, Ted Gary, transfer from Oregon nor mal, will challenge Jim Eacutt, fourth man Saturday, in the hur dles. Hayward may also stage a re trial in the high jump. Today’s workout will be the last hard one of the week for the Duck Hucksters who will devote Thurs day and Friday to tapering off for the relays. / AaIc? VI/JX BbSTo.M 6A5E6ALU NS vdRrreRs vcj-i^d MiAU*Ce. MOS-r VALUABLE- FlA^R OaJ "fA£ TWo (?OSfb,sl CUSPS’ JlM ToraIe SPaJSA<iO^AU 31 Y^AR'OLP FRgSA/WU PlTCACR OF 1M& eosTo/v) sees Seven Donut Teams Top Wa ter Polo Race New Junior Champ Joseph Fishback . . . lean but versatile with a racquet. PASSES DOCTOR’S EXAM C. V. Langton, professor of : physical education at Oregon State college, passed his doctor of education examination here Mon-! day evening. His thesis is entitled, “The Organization of' a College Health Program.’’ ONTHANK RETURNS Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonnel, will return today from a trip to Seattle. Dean Onthank j went north to try to locate open- j ings for graduates of the Univer sity. Seven teams remained in the unbeaten list in intramural water polo, after yesterday afternoon’s games in which Beta Theta Pi de feated Sigma hall by default, Del ta Tau Delta swamped Omega hall, 8-0, SPE won over Sigma Nu, 5-0, and SAE dropped ATO, 6-1. Three games in the quarter-fi nals are scheduled for this after noon starting at 4 o’clock, Wait ing for the gun will be these do nuteers: Theta Chi vs. Phi Gam ma Delta, Phi Delta Theta vs. Beta Theta Pi, and Delta Tau Delta vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. SAE will play the winner of the first contest, and winners of the next two will meet in the semi-finals on Thurs day. The SAE-ATO match was the most exciting of the day. SAE played a fast offensive type of game, with Lafferty scoring two, Smith three, and Marnie one. My ers hit the net for the lone ATO score. High individual scorer in the games was Regnart of the Delta, who ran up six points against Omega hall. Bockes and Tomasi i also scored one each. In the SPE-SNu game, Harris made 3, Sinclair 1, and Barry 1, for the 5 Sigma Nu points. How They Scored Lincoln B R H O A Corney, m . 4 0 110 Robinson, r . 3 0 0 1 0 Ellis, lb . 4 0 1 12 0 Pesky, s . 3 2 110 Bubalo, 3 . 4 12 0 5 Erautt, c . 5 0 0 6 0 Roberts, 1.3 112 0 Granada, 2 . 4 12 2 4 Lolich, p . 1 0 0 0 1 Oaches, p.0 10 0 0 Hoyt, p. 1 0 0 0 0 Hancom* .. 0 0 0 0 0 Ogdon, r . 2 0 10 0 Ray** . 1 0 0 0 0 Totals .. 35 6 8 25 10 Frosh . B R H O A Shimshak, 2b .... 5 1111 White, r . 5 0 2 1 0 Hamer, lb.5 118 0 Mallory, s . 4 2 2 0 2 Rathbun, c . 4 0 2 14 1 Earl, m.3 0 110 Renick, 1 . 4 12 2 0 Smith, 3b. 2 0 0 0 2 Igoe, p . 4 2 2 0 1 Yoshitomi, 3b .... 1 0 0 0 0 Totals . 37 7 13 27 7 E 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 0 4 E 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 *Batted for Lolich in 7th. **Batted for Roberts in 9th. Score by innings: Lincoln. 00100320 0— 6 Hits. 01110230 0—8 Frosh . 23001000 1—7 Hits. 24001111 3—13 (One out when winning run scored.) * Home run, Shimshak. Three base hits, Mallory, Rathbun. Two base hits, Bubalo, White. Losing pitcher, Hoyt. Innings pitched by Lolich, 1 1-3. At bat off Lolich, 10. Hits off Lolich, 5. Runs off Lolich, 5. Iinnings pitched by Oakes, 5 2-3. At bat off Oakes, 18. Hits off Oakes, 2. Runs off Oakes, 1. Double plays, Pesky to Granada to Ellis, Mallory to Shimshak to Hamer. Second game: R H E Lincoln . 000 00 0 3 0 Frosh . 000 0* 0 0 3 ^Called at first half of 5th be cause of rain. Batteries: Crosby and Erautt* Anderson and Hufford. Send the Emerald home. Your folks will enjoy reading it.
