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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1938)
Ford Mullen Lands Backstop Position; Beard, Quin n Moved Webfoots to Tangle With Willamette Outfit Here Friday, Salem Game on Saturday; Outfield Positions Still Unsettled By BILL NORENE - Coach Howard Hobson took his baseballers outside for their first practice since his return from the East yesterday, following a lengthy talk in the locker room. Coach Hobson met the team in Salem Saturday. With games on Monday and Tuesday, he had no chance to -work with his boys in prep aration for the two games. Friday, however, will be an important day in the life of the Ducks jwith the third game in their ex tended series with Willamette uni versity scheduled for that day. In edition to this they play Willam ette again on Saturday in Salem. Yesterday Coach Hobson said that the lineup for the Willamette games will probably remain the name as the one used in the last few games. This lineup is consider ably changed from the one used at the start of the season, or any one ,tbat sideline observers had pre dicted he would use in order to work Wimpy Quinn in at the best HpOt. The new starting nine lists Cap tain Ford Mullen as a catcher, where he has had some experierl e. Last year he was all-star third baseman but there will be no va cancy at third with Wimpy Quinn moved in from the outfield to his natural position, Quinn is an old hand at holding down third base, and prefers that positiofi to right field where Hobby had him stationed before the shakeup. Bob Beard, who caught before the new deal, was shifted to right field, Quinn’s former hangout, and seemed to find himself in the new Palm Beach Suits Featured by DeMeffe’s Choose PALM BEACH SUITS For Good Looks For Comfort For Economy The ideal suit for campus weekends. In double and single breasted models. Sizes 35 to 44. Regulars, shorts and longs. Better select yours now. McDonald Theater Bldg. Alpha Phi Win, 13-8 In Softball Opener Alpha Phi defeated Chi Omega in the first game of the coed base ball tourment played this year, 13 to 8. The Alpha Phis were behind for the first two innings, but suddenly gained a lead and kept it through out the game. The Chi Omega in field was very good. However, both teams showed need of practice. Lineup: Chi Omega Alpha Phi Ash .c. Berni Young.p.Howard Root .lb.Baker Jenness .2b. Peil Kurtz .3b.Miller Palmer.ss.Wolfenden Farrell .If....... Shepard ' Hutchins .rf.Theobald Kane .cf. Delta Gamma will play Sigma Kappa at 4 o’clock today. Pi Beta Phi will play Kappa Gamma at 5. position with some nifty stickwork. Against ONS’ Wolves he hit three for four. Two Jobs Uncertain The other two outfield positions are still largely the question marks. Matt Pavalunas, Ken Battleson, and Masa Kato are the three out fielders out for starting jobs, while John Linde, heavy-hitting south paw pitcher, has been used in the outer garden frequently. To date no partiality has been shown any of the quartet, although Linde has seen considerable service as he adds batting strength to the port side of the plate. Yesterday the squad brushed up on the finer points of infield defen sive play under the watchful eye of Coach Hobson, a former second baseman himself. At the same time he gave the lads some pointers on base running and offensive maneuvers. STOP! LOOK! LISTEN Coed softball has started. Walk out to Gerlinger field and watch. Theta Chi, Phi Delts Enter Semi-Finals in Waterpolo; Delts Eke Win from SPEs Semi-final matches in intramural vvaterpolo this afternon will pit Theta Chi against SAE, and Phi Delta Theta against Delta Tau Del ta. These .teams stayed in the race by winning games yesterday, when Theta Chi defeated Phi Gamma Delta 5-0; Phi Delta Theta stopped Beta Theta Pi, 5-3; and Delta Tau Delta edged out Sigma Phi Epsilon, 3-2. The Delt-SPE match, the closest and roughest of the day, with the personal foul rule irivoked many times, saw two or three players out of the game at a time. The rules provide that in event of a foul, the player must leave the game until a score is made, the team thus playing with one less man. For the Delts, Larsen, Reg nart, and Tomasi each scored one, while Sinclair and Harris tallied the SPE’s two points. The Theta Chis held the Fijis in check throughout their encounter, running up five points. Pease hit the net twice, Bryant once, and Cooley twice. In an overtime period, the Phi Delts took the Betas in a speedy, stormy game. Tied at 3-3 at the THE MAN’S SHOP BYROM & KNEELAND 82 E. 10th St. end of the second half, they went into a thi’ee-minute overtime, the barn boys netting two. All five of the Phi Delt’s points were made by Holmes. Dallas made two and Mc Neeley one for Beta. Another Iowan I Don Gutter . . . he’s with the Cleveland Indians, a native from the corn state, Iowa. Frosh Cinder Squad Shows Improvement firoadjump is Strong; Morey in 4:36 Mile; Plan Meets With High Schools Ken Miller’s 1938 Duckling track squad is slowly rounding in shape with several good times turned in in recent trials. Galloping Galen Morley turned in the best time for the mile so far this year with a 4 minute and 36 second run, along with Ward Wilson’s 2 minute and 2.4 second half. The broadjump is exceptionally strong with Leland Lewis, Dwight Nott, and Ehle Reber going well over 22 feet. Ken is planning on the idea of having tryouts every day in certain events, in that way keeping the boys interested and also giving them good training in competition. Andrews Turns Out The most recent addition to the track squad is George Andrews, Warren’s basketball protege, who throws the javelin. Andrews threw the javelin 175 feet recently. Miller has a quartet of good sprinters in Bob Diez, Bob Keen, Dwight Nott and Leland Lewis. Each man runs the 100-yard dash, in a little over ten seconds. The outlook for a good 440-yard relay team is good. The frosh cinder sweepers meet the Oregon State Rooks in a relay meet May 7. They will meet such outstanding stars as Andrew Land force and Henry Hoffman, javelin throwers; Jim Hayes, shot; Nor man King, broad jumper; and Roy Rahala, an ace pole vaulter from Portland. Norman King is also Coach Grant Swan’s hopes in the 100 and 220-yard dashes. DUCK TRACKS By ELBERT HAWKINS Coach Hobby Hobson has appar ently solved the perplexing prob lem of where to use his five im pressive infielders, and he’s doing it without following the alternative of using Wimpy Quinn in the out field as everyone guessed. The answer? Versatile Ford Mullen solves it. Ford took over catching duties in a recent game against Willamette at Salem, and has stuck. That leaves slugger Quinn at his third base position — where rail birds claim Wimp’s professional baseball future lies—and where his ground-covering ability and sling shot arm come in so handy. ....Jack Gordon at short, Jack Cole man, second, and Gale “Busher” Smith, at first, complete one of the best infields in college base ball. All three got seasoning in the state league last summer, Gordon playing with Reedsport, and Cole man aiding Woodburn. Smith and Mullen played with the Toledo Lions. * * * Although a couple of the boys didn’t hit too well for Oregon last .spring, all were in the top five with .400 averages or better at some time during the season. They all dropped some near the end. Hobby’s switch of Mullen from third to catcher was apparently .jake with the Duck captain who seems to like any position. Ford* looked like a million at third last spring where he rated all-conference honors, but it’s said he showed even more talent in several games at second base for Toledo during the summer. Now he turns up as a very capable receiver. Larry Crane’s 6-1, 6-3 win over iWillamette’s Talbot Bennett here Tuesday afternoon in a varsity ten nis match was truly worthy of praise. * * * Captain Larry, Oregon’s number one, either ignored or didn’t know the record of Mr. Bennett, who has beaten practically every college player of note in Oregon and the northwest. Crane beat out ;'a man who for twp consecutive years held the lit tle northwest conference singles crown, lost but two *br three mat ches a season, and split in two scraps with Oregon’s Tom Moun tain, ’35, who captured the nor thern division singles title. Like Dave Silver, Bennett is a law student, and was out of circu lation last spring to devote his time to studies. Possibly Captain Crane hit him on a terribly poor day, but it takes real tennis to turn the trick against a man of Bennett’s caliber, even then with (the loss of only four games in two sets. . Tuesday’s Duck Tracks, refer ring to Oregon’s minor sports pro gram said, “ice hockey is at pres ent out of sight (here) though, and conditions aren’t favorable (Oregon State is ahead of us on that) blah, blah . . . Of course Oregon State doesn’t have an ice hockey team,. . . just chalk it up as a typographical (error ... it was intended to read, “and conditions aren’t favorable for CREW’’ ... a University of Oregon crew is about as far out of sight as an ice hockey team on the Oregon State campus. Coach Hobson took five of his players to Portland Tuesday night following the Oregon Normal base ball game at Monmouth . . . they looked over uniforms, balls, gloves, etc. ... if experience counts, John Warren's still ragged frosh nine j will soon be seasoned . . . they’re playing a game a day this week.