DUCK
TRACKS
By ELBERT HAWKINS
John Warren, Oregon’s frosh
couch, who wishes to gosh he
wasn’t so fat, issues a challenge
to the world.
Detective-like appearing Mr.
Warren thinks he’s the hest hand
ball player this side of the . . .
well . . . this side of Willamette
street, and lie wants to prove it.
Here’s the way he would say it,
“I’m undefeated in three years of
competition. Of course I lose a
point now and then, but would like
to meet any and all comers.”
Whether Honest John is very
honest about his claim of any un
'blemished record is known only by
his opponents. But surely he’s got
a tittle careless against some one
Biimee 193.5 and lost a match.
Probably just a whisper about
' this challenge will put the whole
coaching staff on John’s neck.
Maybe the fat one doesn’t include
such performers as Russ Cutler,
Mike Mikulak, and Tex Oliver in
his challenge.
We (the press) have cruelly
■used such monickers as ‘‘Honest
John,” ‘‘John the Horse,” ‘‘We
coat win” Warren, but TIME
MARCHES ON and now he’ll have
to be called John “I’m unbeatable”
Warren.
A year ago he would have said
“lousy!” about the present frosh
baseball team, but today it’s
“plenty good”—so good in fact
tb it Eddie Thomas and the ath
letic managers have nailed John
to his work and challenged the
at pper, and his merry lads to a
grudge ball game.
Time: Saturday morning.
Who: Frosh vs. Managers.
/Where: Warren mud-flats.
Pitchers: “Zipper” Warren and
(nay of the nine men who think
t.h«y can out-last him).
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Gordy Williamson, the smooth
little infielder who cavorted for
Willamette last season, was re
leased from Yakima of the West
ern International the other day.
His papers were waiting in the
dc.gout during the final game, but
Gordy meanwhile laid out a boni
er,. triple, double, and a single
While ignorant of the situation.
Said Gordy when lie got his re
lease after the game, “What do
yea have to do to stay in this
league?”
Ilfs like the basketball player
who invariably shoots a howitzer
Held goal just as his substitute re
ports at the scorer’s bench.
What a set-up Coach Hobby
Hobson would have had in base
bad for 1939 if Gene Spiker and J
B< 1 Sayles had stayed in school. '
Sayles, you know, as a sophomore I
lai t year pitched Oregon to a
northern division championship.
He signed with the Boston Red
S <. but developed a sore arm !
tk s spring and was farmed out
at Little Rock.
Spiker. who played right field,
fi st base, and pitched for Toledo
in the state league last summer,
was one of the circuit’s leading
hi levs. He would have played
v ch the freshmen this spring, and
the varsity in '39.
But Spiker only lasted a few
\\ eks in Eugene and heeded the
o i l of nature to play ball quit
ting school. So Hobby's dream |
team of '39 will have to struggle ,
along without Sophomore Gene
Si iker and Senior Bill Sayles,
* * *
Colonel Bill llayward is at- j
tempting to schedule a track meet
liith Portland university for Fri
day . . . Oregon's varsity base-j
bailers play Oregon normal here
to a.\ , , . Bill Spaulding will drop !
Rowe to Be
On Sidelines
Seven Days
Leg Injury May Keep
Fullback Out for
Month; F. Emmons
Steps Up
By DOUG PARKER
Fullback Paul Rowe is on the
casualty list for at least a week.
The barrel-chested line plunger
sprained his ankle in Monday
night’s practice session when he
tripped over a teammate.
According to Trainer Bob Offi
cer, the sprained ligaments may
heal within a week, but if they
fail to respond to treatment, the
injury may keep Rowe out for a
month.
Absence of Rowe in the gird line
up will keep Oliver’s first team
line-up in the dark indefinitely.
Rowe, regular fullback on last
fall’s eleven, was battling out the
first string position with Frank
Emmons, letterman, Duke Hankin
son and Marshall Stenstcom, the
latter two frosh.
With Rowe out of the picture
temporarily Frank Emmons will be
in line for the first team berth with
Hankinson alternating between
half and full.
No Veterans
Lack of veterans in line posts
have been Oliver’s chief worries.
Jim Cadenasso looks the best bet
at center, while Cece Walden, Nel
lo Giovanini and Ron Husk aided
by Ernie Robertson, Gordon Olsen
and Gene Schultz will handle the
guard positions with ease.
Many End Men
*
It is lack of tackles that bothers
Coach Oliver most. Ellroy Jensen.
Merle Peters and Russ Inskeep are
competent players who may de
velop. Promise has been shown by
Jim Stuart, freshman, and Jim Ea
cutt, transfer.
Wing positions seem wrell filled
with five lettermen in line for the
two1 posts. Len Robertson, Vic
Reginato, John Yerby, Rod Speet
zen, and Larry Lance are all let
termen. Promising frosh prospects
include Norm Connoway, Bill
Hawke, and Don Mabee.
Although Coach Oliver has not
picked a starting backfield, he has
intimated what he expects in his
running crew. His outstanding
backfield combination at present !
consists of Frank Emmons, full, 1
Ted Gebliardt and Steve Anderson,
halves, and Hank Nilsen, quarter.
Gebliardt is the most consistent
punter of the squad and will be
sure to see action next fall. Nil
sen, a two-year letterman, filled
the blocking back position last fall
and is expected to maintain the
position during the 1938 football
campaign.
Anderson is a slippery triple- j
threat man. while Frank Emmons i
seems to have regained the “punch”
that, made him outstanding along '
with Rowe on the freshman team 1
a year ago last autumn. Emmons
was sick during the early part of
last season and didn’t get started
until near the end.
Heavy scrimmage is billed later
in the week. Better weather brings
promise of an “air-circus” spon
sored by Oliver for the entertain
ment of spectator-critics.
coaching duties at I (’LA in 1988 |
where he has coached football for
over a decade . . . Joe Gordon
played errorless ball in his Amer
ican league debut with the New
York Yankees Monday, but went
hitless in four trips up.
Send the Emerald to the folks.
They want the campus news. i
Willamette Defeats
Oregon Baseballers
At Salem Park, 9-5
Willamette’s Bearcats gained a small measure of revenge yesterday
when they jumped on three Duck pitchers for eight hits and nine runs
to win 9 to 5.
The defeat was the second administered to the Ducks during their
pre-season campaign which they wind up this afternoon on Howe field
against Oregon Normal.
The Bearcats made the most of a walk, stolen base, and an error
by Jack Gordon to score in the
opening inning on starting Pitcher
LeRoy Mattingly. They added an
other tally in the second and were
never headed.
Ducks Threaten
The Ducks threatened 5n the
eighth when they shelled Walt
Weaver, Willamette’s starting hur
ler, from the mound when they
scored three of their five runs. Bob
.White, EONS transfer, was called
in by Coach Spec Keene, and he
effectively quelled the Duck up
rising.
Eleven bases on balls issued by
the three Oregon pitchers, Matt
ingly, John Linde, and Bob Hardy
aided the Willamette cause. Four
miscues in the infield by the Ducks
also contributed materially to the
Bearcat run makers.
Mattingly started on the mound
for the Ducks and allowed two
■runs in the three innings he
pitched. In the second inning Watts
led off with a single, went to sec
ond on a walk, stole third, and with
Buzzy Hagedorn worked a squeeze
play to score.
Three Walked
A streak of wildness hit John
Linde, second Oregon hurler, in the
fourth inning when he walked
three of the first five men. An er
or by Coleman, Oregon second
.baseman and a long double to right
field by Shinn accounted for four
more of Willamette’s runs.
Willamette tallied two more runs
in the sixth when Kolb cleared the
bases with another rousing double.
Their lone tally in the seventh end
ed the Bearcat scoring.
Wimpy Quinn singled in 1(he
.fourth as leadoff man, stole sec
ond and third, and scored when
Jimmy Nicholson doubled the cen
ter field. Oregon’s other run was
scored in the seventh when Nichol- '
son led off with a single over third,
went to third on Linde’s double
NOT SO GOOD
Oregon
B R H O A E
Mullen, c. 4 0 0 9 2 0
Coleman, 2 .... 4 0 0 3 0 2
Gordon, s . 2 0 1 2 2 2
Quinn, 3 . 3 2 1 0 2 0
G. Smith, 1.. 310710
R. Smith, 1 .... 4 0 0 1 2 0
Yerby, r . 3 110 0 0
Nicholson, c.. 4 1 3 1 0 0
Mattingly, p.. 10 0110
Linde, p . 2 0 10 10
Hardy, p
1 0 0 0 0 0
5 7 24 10 4
Totals . 31
Willamette
Hagedorne, r 3 0 0
Ragsdale, 1.... 4
Oravec, m.4
Shinn, s . 3 0
Kolb, 3 . 4 0
Pierce, 1 . 4 0
Watts, 2 . 5
Moe, c . 0
Weaver, p.2
White, p . 0 0 0 0
Catherwood, r 2 1 1 1
1
3
1
2
1
3 0 0
0 0 0 0
0
3
3
1
1
0
0
0 0
3 0
1 0
8 0 0
2 2 0
6 2
2 1
2
0
Totals . 32 9 7 27 11 0
Winning pitcher, Weaver.
Losing pitcher, Mattingly. Inn
lings pitched, Mattingly 3, Linde
3, Hardy 2, Weaver 7 2-3, White
1 1-3. Hits off Mattingly 2,
Linde 6, Hardy 1, Weaver 5.
Struck out by Linde 4, Hardy 3,
Weaver 5, White 1. Bases on
balls off Mattingly 4, Linde 5,
Hardy 2, Weaver 6, White 1.
Doubles, Gordon, Yerby, Nichol
son, Linde, Shinn, Kolb. Double
play, White to Watts to Pierce.
into the right field stands, and
scored on Mullen’s fly to Oravec in
middle,
Jimmy Nicholson in center field
for the Ducks garnered three of
Dregon’s seven hits. Gordon, Quinn,
John Yerby, and Linde got the
)ther hits.
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Varsity Golfers
Leave for North
To Play Huskies
Near, Cline, Watson
Eldridge, Hughes,
Golden Going
Oregon’s six-man varsity golf
squad is making last-minute pre
parations for its trip north tomor
row into the land of the Loggers
and Huskies.
The Webfoots match shots with.
College of Puget Sound Friday,
then move over to Seattle Saturday
for a return match with University
of Washington.
Those' fighting for Oregon will
be Doc Near, No. 1; Walt Cline,
No. 2; Bill Watson, No. 3; Shelby
Golden, No. 4; Ben Hughes, No. 5;
and Kirk Eldridge, No. 6.
Manager Fayette Thompson and
Junior Manager Bob Cutler will
also make the trip.
All six golfers have been scoring
well in practice rounds at home,
but what they will do on the nor
thern courses—untested by all but
,Veterans Cline and Watson — is
problematical.
College of Puget Sound is ex
pected to offer little opposition, but
the Huskies, bent on avenging their
defeat here two weeks ago, are
always hard to beat on their own
flat 9-hole University club layout.
So the Oregon men leave first
thing tomorrow morning, with the
intention of getting in an 18-hole
practice round on the Fircrest
Country club course tomorrow
evening before the CPS match Fri
day.
Then, if they finish early enough
Friday evening they plan to dash
over to Seattle and warm up on the
University club course for Satur
day’s match.
Send the Emerald to the folks.
They want the campus news.
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