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By ELBERT HAWKINS
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• There’s still :t big question mark
in the Oregon baseball camp today
as the YVebfoots cross bats on
Howe field in their second double
header of the season against Pa
cific university.
Hobby's infield quartet of Wim
py Quinn, third; Elmer Mallory,
short; Ford Mullen, second; and
Busher Smith, first, will be one of
•the northern division's smoothest
and fastest combinations, it packs
the hitting power, too, and there’re
enough baii players on tap to make
a good outfield with veteran Jim
my' Nicholson,
But the pitching staff? With
five experienced flingers in south
paws Bob Hardy and Jack Jasper,
and righthanders Bob Creighton,
A1 Linn, and Pete Igoc, it looks
good on paper. By Hobby Hobson’s
task right now is more than a mat
ter of material, it's the element of
time.
Contrast this. Ralph Coleman,
whose Oregon Staters were co
champions last spring in the con
ference, has had his hu rlers toss
ing the ball around since February.
Coach Hobson had a national bas
ketball championship to win for
Oregon so his Webfoots didn’t get
started until this term, two weeks
ago.
# * *
Southpaw Bob Hardy, who'll be
a kingpin on th Wcbfoot club this
spring, was a basketballer and
consequently did his first throw
ing only three or four days ago.
It'll take him two weeks to get
into shape. Assistant (acting)
Coach Bill Cole, who handled the
Ducks in Hobby’s absence, got the
break of some warm baseball
weather last week and whipped the
squad rapidly into shape, but. only
two of the pitchers, Creighton and
Linn, were on edge enough to
check Pacific Friday they did, 4
to 1.
The Badgers waded through
Jasper and Igoe and then picked
on two of Bill Cole's infielders,
Wimp Quinn, and Busher Smith
who tried a hand at pitching.
With five games in five days
slated this week, Hobby’s question
mark pitching staff will have a
chance to prove itself. There’s the
aforementioned pair against Pa
cific today and then single games
■on Thursday, Friday, and Satur
day.
How would you like to face a
battery like (bis: Pitcher, I,. It,
Gregory and catcher, Honest John
Warren. The Oregonian’s leading
baseball authority and sports edi
tor dropped through Eugene yes
terday after a few weeks in Cali
fornia with the Portland Beavers,
and limbered up his long-inactive
souphone on the portly Irosli catch
er who offered to warm him up.
Joker of it all . . . Honest John
couldn't hold him, one of Greg's
‘'dead” balls caught the Duckling
skipper on a finger and put him
In the place of all has-ltccn catch
ers. Pitcher Gregory then stepped
out on Howe field and fed his of
ferings to the varsity Wchfoots
who came away from the plate ad
mitting "he still has that hook."
Cheerful notes on the Oregon
camp . . . Gale Smith, the free
Wheeling first baseman, who was
all-conference as a sophomore, is
starting his stiekwork right where
he left off last season , Pitcher
Bob Hardy socked the ball over
the long right field fence on Howe
field during ins first batting prac
tice of the year (distance of over
300 feet) ... it went over on the
fly contrary to what his "jealous"
mates told him . . . they said it
went over on the hop ... a day or
two later the portable pitcher and
batter did it again, the ball landing
in tlie middle of 18th street
last night he hit the bank with
one.
George Varoffs pole vault of 1 I
ieet at the Hill meet l-'riday night
was his best performance m com
petition this season . . . he had
topped that mark several times m
pre-season jumps inside the new
gym . . . Bernard Brewer, the lad
tvlio so successfully pulled Sun
day's second Portland-,Sueramento
game out of the fire with a hone
3un and some beautiful shutout
twirling' on the mound, is an ex
University of Oregon and lingerie
boy.
Here's Hie count on lev Oliver's
turnout of varsilv footballers: r,7
pirn—18 lettermen, (i reserves. III
ltunsfcrs, and *>3 sophomores, rim
tVcbloot coach, exponent or Urn
“Oliver Twist", predicts Ids Ore
£onians will drfeat Soutliern < *li
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Webfoot Baseball Team Opens Home Season Today ,
No Titles Now But He's Still Good
(Courtesy of the Oregonian)
George Varoff . . . University of Oregon’s great pole vaulter has
lost his indoor and outdoor world records Init he vaulted 14 feet into
space at Friday’s annual Hill meet in Portland to prove himself a
worthy contender for new honors.
Webfoot Cindermen
Place at Hill Relays
Storli Stumbles as Idaho Takes Mile
Relay Events; Meadows Breaks Varoff's
Pole Vault Record; Hansen Is Third
The Ducks ushered in the 1939 track season Friday night by
placing in two out of the three events entered in the annual Hill
Military relays held at Portland.
Oregon’s Kirman Storli, running anchor man in the mile relay,
stepped on the inside rail of the track and lost his stride rhaking it
possible for Young, the Idaho sprinter, to widen his lead which Storli
couldn’t overtake.
Jim Buck, varsity sprint ace,
fought off a last-minute drive by
Bob Leslie, Oregon State runner,
to keep the lead in the first quar
ter of the relay, but the strong
Idaho runner finally breezed past
both Oregon and Oregon State to
win.
Varol'f (hies I I Feet
George Varol'f, former world’s
indoor pole vault record holder,
lost to Earl Meadows, Southern
California’s present co-holder of
the world’s outdoor record with
George Sefton of Southern Cali
fornia, by a fraction of an inch
when Varol'f barely brushed the
bar off at H feet I inches. Mea
dows made the leap to better
Varuffs' record of 11 feet 3 inches
made last year.
Kodney Hansen, Varoffs pole
vaulting male, put a feather in his
cap by clearing Hi feet (> inches.
Hansen missed II feet after three
tries. It was the highest Hansen
has gone this year. Colonel Bill
Hayward was quite pleased with
the showing made by both vuult
ers.
Mitchell Trails
lion Mtteholl, Haywards mile
runner, against u surplus of com
petition trailed four other runners
to the tape in the mile event.
(Heim Cunningham, world's record
holder in the distance. Don hash,
one of the outstanding runners in
the world, John Boriean. holder of
the world's 1,000 yard record, and
Don Yailloncourt of Oregon State,
led the field in the mile run.
With their first meet behind,
Hayward s cinder pounders yester
day turned to practicing for the
Oregon State relays to be held
April id at Corvallis.
Hayward gave indication last
night that the team would get
down to real practice within the
next two weeks in order to cop
the affair from the Beavers, hast
year, the Ducks took all but about
two of the events.
Thus year's team is handicapped
by lack of high jumpers and shot
put men. All the weight events are
at low ebb with only one or two
men turning out for these events.!
tile . . . Vauglm Corley, the new
hue coach, is pleased too with Ids
forward prospects . . . |>ut lie's
worried about the two taekle po
sitions , . . all alternoon scrim
mages are seheduled for the team
every Saturday during spring tool
tall . , . vitl'-orif are weftcujc.
Chi Omega Ten
Tips Hendricks
Softballers, 8-6
Winners Lead Early
In Five-Inning
Engagement
B,v \KIOT VOl'N'G
Chi Omega stole the lead, 4-1,
during the initial inning of their
coed intramural baseball feud with
Hendricks hall yesterday and held
il throughout the game which
stood at 8 to 0. Chi O. after five
hard-fought inni n g s in below
freezing weather.
Lucille lCnglish, Chi O inirler,
looked pretty good on the mound.
Six dorm girls struck out before
her, while Lucille walked three.
An all-around player, Lucille
worked well with her hard-hitting
catcher, Jean Foster.
\\ illiams rUelu's U i'll
Tossing for Hendricks, Barbara
Williams show oil u very fast ball,
which fanned five, and a slight
need for control, even though no
one walked.
Seven of Chi O’s eight scores
accumulated during the first two
frames, hut then Hendricks
clamped down, and third inning
chows only one hit. Lueile Knglish
came through in the fourth to set
the scoreboard, -S to 5.
In the fourth round, Hendricks
tried to rally Four hits and a walk
netted three tallies Again in the
last half of the fifth they tried,
but Flea nor Teeter's score was the
only result.
Tiny Again today
l'lspa Snyder, acting baseball
manager in Is uise Parsley's ab-;
seme announced these games for
tod.jy tit a on Gerlinger field:
Theta vs. AOPi. Kappa v
Score by innings;
n h k
Chi o t;;o it) s 12 2
Hendricks 101 HI 0 10 2
Batteries: Knglish, Nelson and
Foster Williams and Dixon.
Oregon's baseball team finished
a close second in the conference
la.t icasoa. I
Pacific University Nine
Invader for Twin Bill
Bob Creighton Is Hobson's Starting
Mound Choice; Teams Break Even in
Previous Doubleheader
By GEORGE PASERO
“Play ball" that familiar bark of the baseball umpire will echo
on Howe field this afternoon at 2 o'clock, ushering in the 1939
collegiate varsity season in Eugene.
Oregon’s Duck “Bombers” and Pacific university's Badgers will
share the honor for bringing King Baseball back into his own on the
Duck campus.
Coach Howard Hobson’s batters and pitchers have two games
already under their belts, but both
of these were played at Forest
Grove. So Eugene fans have still
to see this year's varsity in action.
A Twin Bill
A double header is on the bill for
this afternoon. The two clubs split
at Forest Grove last Friday, the
Ducks winning the opener by a 4
to 1 score, dropping the second,
15 to 13.
The first game today looms as a
pitchers’ battle with Lefty Walt
Reiss of the Badgers hooking up
with Bob Creighton of the Ducks.
Coach Howard Hobson has four
pitchers ready to go, and will prob
ably use ail four before the after
noon is over. Burly Bob Creighton
has been ahead of the other hurl
ers in workouts to date and should
get the starting nod from Coach
Hobson. Creighton pitched four
innings against the Badgers Fri
day, giving up five hits and only
one run. A1 Linn, fireball right
hander, finished up for the Ducks
and was touched for only three
hits in his three innings on the hil
lock.
Still Undecided
The Duck mentor last night was
undecided as to the starting bat
tery. Monday night was Coach
Hobby’s first official workout with
his team since returning from the
basketball wars, and he fully ex
pects to test his boys under fire
before forming any opinions.
The other two pitchers who will
"fire" are Jack Jasper and Pete
Igoe. Jasper, transfer from Marin,
is a southpaw.
Coach Pete Miller of the Badg
ers plans to start his two mound
aces, Reiss and Francis Dierick.
Reiss, southpaw veteran, will
hurl the first game with "Cooney"
Anderson, freshman backstop, be
hind the plate. Dierick will pitch
to Dave Petrasso in the second
contest.
In line for relief duty for the j
Badgers are Len Gillman, fireball
sophomore, Harlan McCrudy, and
Ray Sperling, a freshman.
At Full Strength
Monday night, for the first time
this year, Oregon’s ball squad was :
at full strength. Coach Hobby was'
back, directing practice, and four \
basketball-baseball players were!
again in the fold. Captain Ford
Mullen, Pitcher Bob Hardy, and:
Outfielders Red McNeeley, and
Matt Pavalunas are the newest1
additions to the Duck squad.
Captain Ford Mullen, all-confer
ence third baseman in his sopho
more year and catcher last year.
will start the season at second
base, Coach Hobby announced last
night. Mullen has had consider
able experience at the keystone
position in semi-pro ball.
Bob (Ollie) Hardy, rated by
scouts as a sure-fire prospect, Sat
urday hit one of the longest blows
ever seen on Howe field. Hardy’s
wallop cleared the right field fence
on the fly.
Pavvy Is Experienced
Pavalunas, an experienced out
fielder, will strengthen the situa
tion in the "outer gardens,” and
will probably start one game to
day. John Yerby, letterman two
years ago, is back with the squad,
fighting for an outfield post.
With Mullen on second, the
catching for today will be divided
between two varsity reserves,
Cece Walden and Maury Kelly; a
transfer, Dwight Moore; and a
sophomore, Jim Rathbun.
Coach Hobby’s starting infield
will consist of Gale (Busher)
Smith at first, Captain Ford Mul
len at second, Elmer Mallory at
short; and J. Wellington (Wimpy)
Quinn at third. A second infield
consists of Home Run Herb Ham
er at first, Jack Shimshak at sec
ond, Tini Smith at short, and Jack
Yoshitomi at third.
Jimmy Nicholson, the speedy
grid star, and Tommy Cox are
cinches for outfield positions. The
right field job is wide open, how
ever, with Pavalunas the best bet.
Other outfielders who may see ac
tion are Frank Lukowski, Whizzer
White, Bill Feasley, and McNeeley.
Varsity Gridsters
ShowWell inDrill
Saturday’s public scrimmage
session saw Oliver's sophomore
and junior college transfers hold
the eyes of onlookers as they
showed good prospects for the 1939
starting eleven.
Oliver is very jubilant over the
showing made thus far by his
gridsters. He has-been emphasiz
ing running plays and defensive
work.
Eugene’s own Doug Caven made
his appearance in regular varsity
fashion by his good running and
passing. John Berry, transfer, also
showed his prowess as a ball car
rier and will be a definite obstacle
John Warren's
Duckling Nine
Engages Eugene
Game Is Today;
Jefferson Wins
Saturday, 7 to 2
John Warren's Duckling nine
lost their opening game to Jeffer
son. high of Portland, 7 to 2, at
Howe field Saturday afternoon.
In their next appearance, the
frosh will meet Eugene high at
2 p.m. this afternoon. Warren in
dicated he intends to start Walter
Gale from Walla Walla on the
mound, with Leland Dragoo and
Eill Musselman ready to step in
at any moment and take over the
hurling duties.
The Jeffmen garnered eight hits
off Dragoo and Musselman, while
the frosh were held to four scat
tered blows off Fenter, Richards,
and Warner. The three Jefferson
hurlers fanned 12 frosh while 9
Democrats went down swinging.
Jeffmen Score Early
Jefferson scored in the initial
inning when Rennick singled, ad
vanced to second on Goodhew’s
error, and scored on Clifford’s hit.
In the third frame the Ducklings
evened the score as Gene Fenter,
Jeff southpaw twirler grew wild,
walking three men, allowing
Dragoo to score.
From the third inning up until
the first half of the eighth there
were no runs scored by either
team. Richards opened the eighth
inning with a W'alk, Clifford sacri
ficed, sending him to second, and
Weimer sent him scampering home
with a. long triple. Harry Amacher
singled to right field, scoring
Weimer to end the scoring for the
inning. This rally seemed to put
hew life in the Democrats and they
sent four more runs across the
plate in the final inning.
Zannos Homes
Nick Zannos opened the Duck
ling half of the ninth frame
auspiciously hitting a long home!
run. The next three batters, how
ever, were easy victims and Jeffer
son went back to Portland with
the large end of the score.
Score:
R H E
Jefferson .... 100 000 024—7 8 3
Frosh . 000 100 001—2 4 3
Fenter, Richards, Warner and
Amacher, Weimer; Dragoo, Mus
selman and Adrian, Zannos. Um
pire, Stan Summers.
to any aspirant for the right half,
back berth.
Oliver has two good prospects
for the left end berth in Hymie
Harris, sophomore pass scooper,
and Jim Harris, transfer. Bill Reg
ner also showed promising talent
at an end position.
The coaching staff of Oliver,
Corley, and Mikulak have 25 more
practice periods in which to round
their team into shape for the open
ing of the 1939 football schedule.
Practice is scheduled for every
day, with public scrimmages every
Saturday.
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Four Teams Triumph
In Donut Swimming
Betas, ATOs, Kappa Sigs, Fijis Down
Gamma, DUs, Phi Delts, and SAEs
By PAUL McCARTY
Beta Theta Pi defeated Gamma hall, 29 to 18, yesterday in intra
mural swimming while Alpha Tau Omega won from Delta Upsilon,
30 to 17.
Two meets were decided by victories in the last events as Kappa
Sigma edged out Phi Delta Theta, 25 to 24, and Phi Gamma Delta
took a win from Sigma Alpha Epsilon, also by a 25 to 24 margin.
Big Jerry McDonald, Kappa Sig "water-churner,” broke the coast
40-yard record by nine-tenths of a
second.
Scoring was as follows:
Betas 20, Gamma Hall 18
40-yd. free style—Chung-Hoon
(Gamma) first; Fortmiller and
Wolcott (Beta) second and third.
40-yd. backstroke — Fortmiller
(Beta) first; Niklas (Gamma) sec
ond; Hague (Beta) third.
40-yd. breast stroke-Chung
Hoon (Gamma) first; Craig and
Atkinson (Beta) second and third.
120-yard medley—Beta won by
default.
60-yd. individual medley—Craig
(Beta) first; Niklas (Gamma) sec
ond.
120-yd. free style relay—Won by
Beta (Wolcott, Fortmiller, and
craig).
ATO 30, DU 17
40-yd. free style — Corley (DU)
first; Crosby (DU) second; Boone
(ATO) third.
40-yd. backstroke — Steele and
Hochuli (ATO first and second;
Crosby (DU) third.
40-yd. breast stroke—Weston
and Sears (ATO) first and second;
Fischer (DU) third.
120-yd. medley—Won by ATO
(Boone, Weston, and Hochuli).
60-yd. individual medley—Corby
(DU) first; Steele (ATO) second.
120-yd. free style relay—ATO
won by default.
Kappa Sigs 25, Phi Delta 24
40-yd. free style — McDonald
(Kappa Sig) first; Lewman (Phi
Frosh Netters
Face Grant High
Here Today
Northwest Amateur
Due to Appear
For Generals
There’s a little tennis on the
menu for this afternoon when the
University of Oregon freshmen
meet the brilliant net squad from
Grant high school at the Univer
sity tennis courts. Led by Emory
Neil, Pacific northwest amateur
champ, and Ned Jungk, the Gen
erals from Portland wall again at
tempt to take the scalp of the
Ducklings. The Portlanders gave
last year’s freshmen their only de
feat.
Frosh racket slingers will in
clude Don McEachern, Don Gal
breaith, Bob Potwin, John McCli
ment, La Verne Van Marter, Bill
Browne, and Eldon Platt. Platt, a
Eugene boy, is a newcomer to the
squad and will be used as an alter
nate.
tourney Over
At the end of the elimination
tournament to determine position
holders on the varsity net squad,
Coach Paul Washke has these
men: Les Werschkul, Leonard
Clark. Dick Phillippi, Rex Apple
gate, John Sherman, Carl Robbins,
Norm W iener. Bob Horning, and
Don Good.
The freshmen fell with a thud
before the varsity last Friday
" hen the two squads engaged in
an intersquad practice contest. The
veterans overcame the youngsters
7 to 2. ’
Eleven matches have been billed
for the tentative schedule of the
varsity.
April 11-Leader tennis shop
here. '
Api il 15 Linfield, here.
April 18 Willamette, here
April 22—Willamette, Salem.
April 25-Linfield, McMinnville
April 28 Idaho, Moscow
April 29 WSC, Pullman.
May 5 -OSC, Corvallis.
May (3 —OSC, here.
May 13—Washington, here.
May 27—Northern division ton
nament, Pullman.
After competition for berths ■
the freshman squad, these m.
ended up with berths on the ton
nament ladder: Don McEacher
bob Potwiq. Don Galbreaith, Jol
.Uchment. La Verne Van Mark
b,M Brownc' BiU Moxley. Bill Em.
eou. Fred Konschot. Maurice Go]
FI -M
Delti second; Stevenson (Kappa
Sig) third.
40-yd. backstroke—Holmes (Phi
Delt) first; Andros (Kappa Sig)
second; Corbett (Phi Delt) third.
120-yd. medley — Won by Phi
Delta Theta (Hickson, Holmes, and
Lewman).
60-yd. individual medley — Mac
Donald (Kappa Sig) first; Holmes
(Phi Delt) second.
120-yd. free style relay — Won
by Kappa Sigma (MacDonald,
Jenks, and Lansing).
Fijis 25, SAE 24
40-yd. free style—Bladine (Fiji)
Cirst; Petrie (SAE) second; McGill
(Fiji) third.
40-yd. backstroke — Farnham
(Fiji) first; Hockley (SAE) sec
ond; Swink (Fiji) third.
40-yd. breast stroke—Meek and
Shearer (SAE) first and second;
Griffiths (Fiji) third.
120-yard medley—Won by Sigma
Alpha Epsilon (Hockley, Meek, and
Petrie).
60-yd. individual medley—Farn
ham (Fiji) first; Meek (SAE)
second'.
120-yard free style relay—Won
by Phi Gamma Delta (McGill, Bla
dine, and Bergan).
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