Oregon Netmen Win
Over Bearcats ,7 toO
Team Hangs Up Third Consecutive Sweep
Victory; Larry Crane Drubs Two-Time
Champ in Northwest Conference
By CHUCK VAN SCOYOC
For the third consecutive time this season, Oregon’s varsity tennis
team turned in a 7 to 0 victory for the record books, by sweeping to
a whitewash victory over Willamette university Bearcats here yester
day afternoon.
A small but enthusiastic gallery watched the Duck team exhibit
their best tennis form since the surprising upset of the University
of Washington team here last year. The invaders from Salem con
tributed the hottest competition of
any of the teams played this sea
son, but the Webfoot racqueteers
were not to be denied.
, Crane Is Superb
Larry Crane, captain of the
Duck squad and No. 1 singles play
er, turned in a spectacular brand of
tennis when he defeated Talbot
Bennett, Willamette star, 6-1, 6-3.
Bennett seemed to be clearly off
his, game in the first set, but the
second canto proved to be the
thriller of the day, marked by net
rallies, hard smashes, and excel
lent placements. As Bennett
seemed to improve, Crane matched
his shots with some of the best
tennis seen on the University
courts in many a day. Both men
played an offensive game, with
Crane coming out with the neces
sary counters.
A gangly freshman player from
Willamette named Bud Gilmore
nearly upset Oregon’s chance for
a clean sweep when he forced Les
Werschkul, sophomore No. 2
singles player, to three sets and
held the match-point advantage
over Werschkul four times before
he was overwhelmed in the third
set, 8-6. The scores on the first
two sets were 6-2 and 4-6.
Ellis Wins Easily
In the No. 3 singles match, Ells
worth (Vines) Ellis settled down
to serious play to completely out
class his opopnent, George Gude
kunst, 6-1, 6-2. Ellis played a good,
steady game, and at no time was in
danger of being overtaken.
Bill Zimmerman played one of
the best matches of his career on
the Duck team when he defeated
Bud Estes of the Bearcats, 6-1,
6-2. Zimmerman played a steady
and careful game, letting Estes j
make the errors. The Webfoot i
veteran’s recovery shots left his'
his opponent baffled throughput.
the match, and his shots for place-!
ment were much too tough for
Estes to touch.
Karl Mann turned in a good
match in beating Warren Bertie-;
son, 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 5 singles
contest, although he ran into
trouble in the second set. Mann,
who plays a “human backboard”
type of game, succeeded in wearing
down Bertleson in both sets.
Opponents Err
In the doubles competition, Ellis
and Jack Crawford opened the
battles by soundly beating Estes
and Gudekunst, 6-3, 6-3. Crawford
had some trouble in controlling his
shots, but the Duck combination
succeeded in forcing their oppo
nents to err enough times to gain
the winning margin.
In the feature doubles attrac
tion of the afternoon, Crane and
Zimmerman trounced Bennett and
Gilmore 6-4, 6-1 in a blistering
match that had the gallery loudly
applauding both duets. Bill Zim
merman turned in a spectacular
game, smashing lobs and placing
shots that completely fooled Gil
more and Bennet.
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Oscar Tells Johnny
Manager Oscar Vitt, new Cleveland manager, up from the Coast
league, confers with Pitcher Johnny Allen.
Headman Oliver
To Choose First
Team Next Week
Veterans, Yearlings
Work Separately;
20 Lettermen Out
Weather permitting, Coach Tex
Oliver predicts a hard scrimmage
sometime this week, probably
Thursday. Oliver expects to pick
his first team sometime next week.
Gridiron aspirants will be given
their chance at open field compe
tition.
Coach Oliver will need the rest
of spring practice to drill his first
eleven since the opening game next
season is with Washington State
just two weeks after fall practice
begins.
20 Lettermen
So far Oliver has been drilling
his veterans and yearlings separ
ately. Oliver has 20 lettermen on
two of his three squads. The most
outstanding team on the field is a
veteran aggregation including Ted
Gebhardt, Hank Nilsen, Paul
Rowe, and Steve Anderson, backs;
Rod Speetzen, John Yerby, Len
Robertson, Merle Peters, Ellroy
Jensen, Nello Giovaninini, Cece
Walden, and Jim Cadenasso, line
men.
All but Cadenasso are lettermen,
and Cadenasso is the most exper
ienced center prospect on the foot
ball roster.
Last Friday’s practice told Oli
ver little of what to expect from
his players. “We did discover five
or six men who knew the signals,”
he admitted, “but outside of that
it was just another scrimmage.”
Deadline Set for
Seniors to Order
Announcements
Four more days until the dead
line for seniors to get in their
cap, gown and announcement or
ders and only 100 out of some
five hundred seniors have their
orders in, reported Manager
Marion McClain of the Univer
sity Co-op, today. Orders abso
lutely must be in by next Satur
day.
Orders have been put in for
about one thousand announce
ments, individual orders ranging
from one to 50.
Calendar
Wednesday—Frosh and Jeffer
son high baseball on Howe field at
2 o’clock.
Thursday—Frosh and Jefferson
high . . . ditto.
Friday—Oregon and Willamette
baseball, 3:30 o’clock on Howe
field.
Varsity Baseballers
Tip Oregon Normal
At Monmouth, 7to4
Beard, Coleman/ and Mullen Lead Batting
Assault on Three Pitchers; Ducks Come
From Behind; Hardy Gets Win
With Bob Hardy holding Oregon Normal school’s Wolves hitless
for the last three innings, Oregon’s Ducks came from behind to score
two runs and overcome a 3 to 4 deficit, and then score two more runs
in the ninth frame to put the game on ice.
LeRoy Mattingly chucked the first six innings for the Ducks, and
he allowed the Normalites all of their five hits and four runs. Bob
Hardy, veteran southpaw holdover from last year’s champs, took
over in the seventh inning and held
the Wolves hitless, while the Ducks
were manufacturing four runs to
win the game and give Hardy
credit for the win.
Bob Beard paced the hitters with
three hits in four times up.
Wolves Start Early
The Wolves started in the second
inning, getting two runs off Matt
ingly. Brandon, left fielder, singled
and advanced to second on Syed
luk’s walk. Both scored on Cody’s
triple, the longest hit of the game.
The Wolves collected another
tally in the third inning when
Parks, shortstop, got life on
Quinn’s error, went to second on a
Oregon at Monmouth
Oregon AB R
Mullen, c .. 5 2
Coleman, 2 . 5 0
Gordon, s. 3 1
Quinn, 3.4 0
Smith, 1 . 3 0
Linde, m . 4 0
Beard, r. 4 2
Battleson, 1 . 3 2
Mattingly, p . 2 0
Hardy, p . 2 0
H E
2 0
2 0
0 0
0 1
0 0
0 0
3 0
1 0
0 0
1 0
Totals . 35 7
ONS AB R
McGarre, 3 . 2 0
Seyverson, 3 . 0 0
Parks, s . 5 1
Ellingsworth, r . 5 0
Eyestone, 1 . 4 0
Brandon, 1 ..4 1
Syedler, m . 4 2
Piert, m . 0 0
Cody, 2. 4 0
Lewis, c . 3 0
Morris, c . 1 0
Erikson, p. 1 0
Mohler, p.2 0
Miller, p.0 0
9 1
H E
0 0
0 0
1 o|
0 1!
0 o
2 0
0 0
0 0
1 2
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Totals. 35 4 5 3
Score by innings:
Oregon . 00003002 2—7
ONS . 02100100 0—4
Triples, Morris and Brandon.
Doubles, Beard. Winning pitcher,
Hardy. Losing pitcher, Mohler.
Strikeouts, by Mattingly 3, by
Hardy 5, Erickson 1, Mohler 1.
Walks, by Mattingly 4, Hardy 3,
Mohler 3. Hits off Mattingly 5,
Erikson 2, Mohler 5, Miller 2.
'Chuck' Tripp,
Ex-Grant Star,
Tops Toppers
Charles “Chuck” Tripp, for
mer Grant high trackster, is
chief aspirant for a low hurdle
berth on the frosh cinder squad.
He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, and
weighs 157 pounds.
Chuck made his letter his last
two years in high school compet
ing against such high school
stars as Bob Diez and Bob Keen
in the Portland league. Last year
Chuck ran on the half mile relay
team and also the 110-yard dash.
His best time for the century
is 10.3 seconds.
This year he has changed to
the mile relay team and is now
also working on the low hurdles.
At present he is practicing hard
to be in top condition for the
relays with the rooks May 7.
1 passed ball, and to third on a
fielder’s choice.
He stayed on third for 25 min
l utes—the game was called that
long because of excessive precipi
tation*— and then scored on the
first pitched ball after the inter
lude. It was a long fly hoisted to
center field by Eyestone.
Start Slowly
The Ducks started slowly on the
other hand, and finished with a
rush. In a fifth inning three-run
splurge they tied the score at
three all. John Linde, heavy-hit
ting pitcher, sojourning in center
field for the day, reached first on
an error, and went to second on a
passed ball. Ken Battleson walked,
and both runners advanced on
Mattingly’s infield out. then scored
oh Captain Ford Mullen’s single
over shortstop.
“Fliv” stole second, reached
third on a wild throw, and scored
on a passed ball.
Mullen’s was the only hit of the
eighth inning when the Ducks
scored twice to go into the lead
for the frist time. In the ninth,
hits by Bob Beard and Bob Hardy
were mainly responsible for Ore
gon’s two tallies.
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