DUCK TRACKS ■HHDiiDiiDmniiiniuimuuiunmiiiiiiiiiiiiiuniinimiiiiummiiiiiniimmuun By GEORGE PASERO Oregonians as a whole and Iheir sports editors in particular have considered this “California con sciousness” as a lot of pitty-pat ter. They’ve just refused, in this matter of sport, to grab at the halt. Yes, sectionalism in Oregon has never been a very live issue. As a result, California scribes have heaped insults on the heads of Oregon teams, and lo, the poor Oregonians, lacking in man power and money, have had to take it, muttering “you just wait, you big bully. There’ll come a day." What else could they say when the snob bish Cal boys ran up 33 to 0 and 53 to 0 scores. Maybe this has been a virtue, this rather meekness of Oregon ians. Maybe "all things do come i to him that waits.” One thing is sure, the California : brass or razz section has spouted more than Hitler's von Goering. And Oregon’s answer, measured in ■ sound unit, meters, calibers, or what have you, has been about a strong as the Boston Bee’s hit-pro ' ducing ability last year for the 'Bees, as John Lardner puts it, a base on balls was a savage rally. could it he that tnings are changing now? Could it he that these Oregonians are turning around and becoming tough fellas. It must be . . . otherwise, how count y<|u account lor Oregon's ■ stand in the playoff issue, and Ore gon’s “basket” answer to Ken jPricstly. And how could you account for ,'Tox Oliver's towering ambition— - io knock over Southern Cal’s • mighty Trojans? The answer to "this Iasi is easy. East year, Cal ■ scribes very loudly classified Ore agon’s Webfoots with their native “state's “bloomer girls.” Now Tex Oliver doesn’t like to -have his boys termed “bloomer ■"girls.” Tex is a West Point man, me, firm believer in discipline, and as "such, he feels these Californians -ought to be put in their places. " That may be why Smilin Tex —has been working his boys so hard —in spring practice . . . that may **bo why nearly a dozen junior col lege transfers are fighting for ■"team places this spring. Surely, -Californians would never call some ’"of their "own,” “Oregon Sissies." ■« Oregon's opener with Southern "Cal at the Los Angeles Coliseum -is a long way off . . . it’s spring Z. . . baseball and track . . . golf -and tennis hold the eye . . . and -maybe the writer is just a martyr "to a cause. - But, the basketball team showed -the way. Oliver has quite a squad . . yes ... it could be ? The Webfoot Imselmllor the fans -are cheering now is none other -than Bush Smith, the classy first -baseman. The big boy lias a sense -of humor . . . he laughs and the "fans laugh with him. And how they ■Jove those antics and spectacular "plays. - At the start of the pre-eonfer "enoe season, Smith pulled the elsis •"Sic of flic year. One day lie hooted .mi easy roller, and his mates lit on "liim with the old razr.herries. Smith laughed and said: “Fellows, "I’m a hitter now. not a fielder.” - The witticism caught with the ^lan.s. Now they're calling him —Bush (I'm a hitter now) Smith. " What makes this such a natural -is the fact that Smith has been "hitting harder this spring than at any time in his semi-pro and col lege career. Bush gives the credit for his im provement to Herb Saunders, the manager of the Lewiston, Idaho, -elub on which Smith played last 'hummer. Saunders, it seems, worked on the Busher's halting stance, changing it so that lie (Smith) faced the pitcher to a greater degree. The results were iiot slow in coming. ( olofiH Itill Hay ward, Oregon's famous track head, will tell you that he has his poorest track sipiad So many a moon this year. tm. track stars ea nool compete lie tr.V'lt stars cannot compete ih Isttiso of spring football. The effect of the first is obviou. fiiloOO will nut take tare of man\' tiaekaien. An example or two will clear tip the second one Out for football ill present is one I-iU Regner, a flush end. Regner cracked all kinds of records us a shot put and discus man in high tseliool and only lost week, walked Webfoot Tossers Rally to Whip Oregon Normal, 10-8 Wolves Score Seven Runs in First Inning Curly A1 Linn Goes Route for Oregon; Wimpy Quinn, Bush Smith, Cece Walden Top Base-Hit Parade By GEORGE PASERO Overcoming a five-run deficit, Oregon’s varsity baseballers whipped the Oregon Normal nine at Monmouth yesterday, 10 to 8. Coach Hohliy Hobson’s tossers counted two runs in the first half of the first inning, and then watched seven Normal boys cross home plate in the second half of the frame. The Ducks kept blasting away, however, as the innings rolled by and won with a two-run splurge in the ninth inning. , Oregon Normal's Wolves lit on the offerings of A1 Linn, Duck righthander, for eight hits in the wild first frame, but Coach Hob son left the transfer from San Mateo in to sink or swim on his own merits. Linn Gets Bearings And after the first inning Linn settled down, allowing only one run and four hits in the final eight cantos. The Ducks pushed across their third run in the second inning, then added four more in the third to tie the score at 7-all. Another run in the fourth frame sent the Ducks out in front, but the Normal stick ers squared the count in their half of the seventh. Both clubs went scoreless in the eighth, and in their half of the ninth, the Duck batters provided the necessary margin for Linn who retired the Normal side in short order. Hitting stars for the Ducks were Wimpy Quinn and Cece Walden with three apiece. Tuthill of Nor mal also hit safely three times. Three home runs were posted, one by Oregon’s Jimmy Nicholson, and one each for Normals Ellings worth and O’Connell. Following the game, Coach Hob son and the Ducks left for Port land where they play Portland university this afternoon. out to the track, and easily tossed the platter 152 feet. Now 152 feet is some toss. It would have won every northern division discus event last spring. Only Stanford's great Pete Zagat on the coast can consistently bet ter it. Stan Anderson, also of Stan ford is another who might (Ander son is a Portland boy who was coming to Oregon, insiders say, if lie could have gone out for track too. Finding out he couldn’t he ended up as Stanford’s star tack le.) Another footballer, Jim Harris, a transfer from Cal, can high jump six feet four inches. He would cer tainly be a help, as would a few more. * * * Rodney Hansen, star Webi'oot pole vaulter and a boy who is pressing Captain George Varoff for "ceiling” honors, is the only Webfoot competing against Idaho, Washington, Montana, Washington State, and Oregon State athletes at Saturday’s indoor meet, at Seat tle. Hansen is competing unat tached and paying his own way, as no budget provision was made for this meet. For eating money, Hayward dug down into his own pocket and gave Hansen $5.00. Thirty-six countries on the six continents arc represented on the roster of University of Michigan graduates who have entered one of the church professions. BOX SCORE Summary: Oregon Normal B R H Lane, lb . 5 0 1 Szcdlock, 1 .311 Ellingsworth, r 5 2 2 O'Connell, 3.5 1 1 Tuthill, s . 5 1 3 Riney, 2 . .2 1 1 Brandon, 2 . 3 0 0 Charles, p . 2 11 Warner, m . 3 0 0 Lewis, c. 3 1 2 Farthing, p 2 0 0 Campbell, m . 10 0 0 11 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 6 2 0 A E 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Totals . 39 OREGON B Cox, 1 4 Shimshak, r 4 Mullen, 2 . 5 Smith, lb 4 Quinn, 3.4 Mallory, s .3 Nicholson, m .5 Walden, c 5 Linn, p . 5 8 12 27 11 3 R H O A E 10 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 4 0 2 2 12 1 1 2 3 13 0 0 13 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 10 3 0 Totals 39 10 14 27 16 3 Score by innings: Oregon 214 100 002 10 Hits 123 101 123—14 Oregon Normal 700 COO 100— 8 Hits 810 011 100 12 Home runs, Nicholson, Ellings worth, and O’Connell. Struck out by Linn, 3, Charles 4, Farthing 1. Top Netters Retain Varsity Tennis Spots Werschkul Defeats Clark and Phillippi Bests Applegate Les Werschkul and Dick Phil lippi beat off challenges of team mates yesterday in the competition for top spots on the varsity tennis ladder. Werschkul held tight to his number one position by winning from Leonard Clark, 2-ii, 6-1, 0-4. Dick Phillippi barely nosed out Hex Rex Applegate who challenged him for the number three position, 7-5 and 10-8. Spectators developed sore necks watching the Werschkul-Clark match. The ball crossed Abe net a good many times in lots of cases before a point was s c o r e d. Werschkul had difficulty in find ing himself in the first set, as Clark kept him running by neatly placing shots in the back corners of the court. Werschkul won the second set easily, 6-1, but the third set was featured by some hard playing before he won, 6-4. Phillippi and Applegate are both adept at placing backcourt and corner drives. Both men possess powerful serves and very often made the first one good. (I'lease titiu to I’d no four) Up 'n Over Koy Sluio.v, Southern Cal hurdler, shatter^ till-yard hij-h hurdles " oilds record tlute tuuca at .Uudisou fijijuare Oarditi. Tunc—;07.3. Duck Goiters Beat Huskies Athletic Directors, Coaches Hold Confah Northern division athletic direc tors and basketball coaches will convene in Portland Monday for their annual spring meeting, it was announced here by Anson B. Cornell, Oregon athletic director. Main items of business before the northern conference officials will be drawing up of 1940 basket ball and baseball schedules, Cor nell said. Cornell and Howard Hobson Webfoot basketball and baseball coach, will represent Oregon. Northwest Champs Lose by Four Poin ts By MILTON LEVY The University of Oregon golf team started the season rolling by taking the University of Washington squad, last year’s Northwest conference champions, by four points in a six-man match at the Eugene country club yesterday. Oregon collected 1511 points to Wash ington’s ll’Ai. Bill Watson and Doc Near put the match on ice for the Ducks by sinking their putts on the 18th hole to take three points apiece from their Husky opponents. The Ducks were trailing 9'2 to 11 / until Near and Watson came in to give the Webfoots added points. Shelby Golden, Duck No. 1 man, Olivermen Do Battle In Scrimmage Today Thi.s afternoon at 3:15 Tex Oliver's sophomores and transfers will be pitted in the third regular weekend of intersquad scrimmage with the skirmish open to all football followers. Practically all the regular veterans have been dismissed by Oliver to give the new recruits a chance to show what they can do. Bill Regner, sophomore end from Portland, is the only first year turnout for the varsity who will have the afternoon off. Oliver's promising new brickfield aspirant, Doug Caven, will be out of practice for nearly two weeks. Caven suffered a knee injury in a scrimmage earlier this week. The two teams will be composed mostly of sophomores and trans fers with a few second and third year men sprinkled through each of the lineups. Lineups Listed The number one team will be made up of Jim and Hymie Harris, ends; Art Winetrout and Len Surles,. tackles; Ray Segale and Bud Nestor, guards; Erling Jacob sen, center; Frank Spratt, quarter back; Frank Boyd and Don Mabee, halfbacks; and Red Irwin at full back. The second eleven will be Pat Smith and Dick Horne, ends; Ed Moshofsky and Jack Sickel, I tackles; Chet Haliski and Bernie I McCudden, guards; Elliott Wilson, center; Jack Hudson, quarterback; Steve Anderson and Ron Alpaugh, halfbacks; and Steve Fowler at fullback. Jay Graybeal and A1 Samuelson of the regulars will alternate with the number one team, while Bob Hendershot, Jack Bromley, Bob Creager, tackles; Hugh Wilscn, Bob Beckner, guards; John Biller, center; and Dwain Anderson and Dominic Giovanini, quarterbacks will alternate for the “whites,” the other outfit. Gridders Take Rest Yesterday was lay-off-day for the whole squad with only a few energetic gridmen romping around on the field. Today’s scrimmage will be one of the major tangles for the sophomores and transfers this season. Frank Boyd, transfer from Riverside, California, has cast his lot for backfield honors with the starters as has Frank Spratt, who will call signals tomorrow on the number one team. The chief sophomores to see ac tion tomorrow, up from John War ren’s last year’s yearling crew, are: Hymie Harris and Pat Smith, ends; Len Surles, Ed Moshofslty, and Jack Bromley, tackles; Ray Segale, Bernie McCudden, and Bob Backner, guards; Elliott Wilson, center; Steve Fowler, Dwain An derson, and Dominic Giovanini, at the backfield posts. was able to collect only one-halt point from Ernie Jonson, the Husky No. 1 man and captain. Both Jonson and Golden shot 75s in the afternoon singles and card ed 69 in the morning’s best ball doubles. Jonson Sinks Eagles Three times Golden found that birdies were not good enough to take the hole. Jonson sank three eagles, two in the morning and one in the afternoon. On all three holes, par fives, Golden followed with birdies. Jonson got his eagles on the third, on the ninth to win the round, and on the ninth in the afternoon to take that round. Freddie Davis, Oregon No. 2 man, lost 2 'A points to Washing ton’s Palmer Smith. Both Davis and Smith carded 76s. Doc Near and Bill Watson were the only men to make clean sweeps of their singles. Watson, No. 3 man, shot a 75 to nose out Ward Wortman’s 77 and Doc Near shot a 75 to beat Bobby Phillips' 77. Hughes Singles Medalist Benny Hughes, No. 5 man for the Ducks, was the day’s singles medalist with a 73, one over par. Hughes collected two points from Bobby Myers who shot a 75. Cliff Smith shot a 76 to collect two points from Washington’s Er win Slade. In the morning doubles Hughes and Golden got 4'A points, Near and Whatson one point, and Smith and Davis one point. Jonson, Gold en and, Hughes all shot 69s in the best ball doubles. The Golden Hughes team scored a best ball of 65. The Ducks will spend the next two weeks practicing and playing challenge rounds. They will go to Washington April 21 to play the College of Puget Sound and to play a return match with the Huskies April 22. Washington plays the strong Oregon State squad today at Cor vallis. Track Squads Hold Trials Hayward's Men Compete for Relay Berths Trials Are Estimate Of Chances in OSC Meet Saturday Coach Bill Hayward, veteran of many a track siege, bands his stragglers together this afternoon at 2 pan., runs them through their paces, and, when the smoke and dust have cleared, will know how slim his chances are ;n garnering a win from Oregon State at the annual relays to be held next week end. It will be the first complete try outs for the varsity cindermen and Hayward is frankly pessimistic. While competition is strong in most of the track events, the field events will find only one or two men entered. Not a single entry has been made in the shot put t vent. Featherweights Throw Shot Coach Hayward has tentatively named his relay shot-putters as George Varoff, Rodney Hansen, .'im Buck, and Harold Weston. All are lightweights, with Weston, heaviest of the quartet, at around ISO pounds Only members of the varsity squad who will not compete this afternoon are Ward Wilson. 110 man who is out with a bad leg. and Rodney Hansen, pole vaulter who I i competing at Seattle in tne University of Washington invita tional meet. Try-outs w ill be run off in regu lar track order with the mile event j leaning oft. followed by the 110 j sprints, high hurdles, -1 to. half j mile 220 sprint.- bSO and the field I events sandwiched in along with the track events. Track Entries Listed Entries listed by Hayward are: 110 sprints—Ehle Reber, Jim Buck, Bob Keene, Bob Diez; 220 sprints — Frank Van Vliet, Keene, Diez; 410 Jim Buck, Jim Schriver, Kir man Storli, and Dean Ellis; 8S0— Don Tower and Verlin Wolfe; mile Bob Kleinfeldt (a frosh capable of giving the varsity a run), Don Barker, Bob Mitchell, Phil Gam bee, and Galen Morley; broad jump Reber and Keene; javelin Boyd Brown and Fred Hyde; high jump Ken Shipley; pole vault George Varoff; and discus—Wally White. 1 While these entries have been picked from the squad, outsiders will not be barred from competi tion. and anyone eligible for var sity athletics will be wc| omed with outstretched arms, Hayward avers. Gamma, Omega Win In Dorm Softball Sherry Ross and Alpha Are Losers By Large Scores Gamma hall, defending cham pions in the dorm league softball, blasted out an easy 10 to 5 win over Sherry Ross hall Thursday. Steady pitching by Niklas and powerful hitting accounted for the Gamma victory. Metzler led the batting attack for the. winners, getting two hits in two times at bat. No Sherry Ross player got more than one hit. For two innings Sherry Ross played good ball, but in the third Gamma over [lowered the loser > with five straight hits. Gamma hall garnered lb hits in the game, including home runs by C. Wilson, and B. Wright. - . . ' . Frosh Cindermen WillPuton'Babg Brother Show' Coach Stovel Has Broad Jump Find In Harve McKee Harvc McKee, freshman track man and boxer, will fill one of the weak spots in Coach George Sto vers frosh cinder squad with height in the high jump. McKee received his jumping- in struction under Captain Burnam of Pacific Military academy in California. In practice he has near ly leached his last year's peak of six feet one and one-half inches. George Stovel. freshman track coach, has listed time trials for the main event for this afternoon in all events. Hay Dickson, second high scorer in the 1!>38 state meet, will not be out in suit. The ex-Bend speed ster has pulled a leg muscle and may not see action for some weeks. Star Trackmen Noted Hay Klcinfeldt and Bill Ross have the edge in the mile event; while in the 880-yd. run, Ed Stor li and Ed Riner are outstanding. Wes Stele, Boyd Lee. and A1 Toole will battle for the nod in the f tO-yd. sprint. Dutch Schultz, Car lo Apa, and Nate Coleman are fa vored in the sprints. In the high and low hurdles Jack Loving and Martin Luther will I compete. Dutch Schultz in the I broad jump and Bob Olsen in the j pole vault are favored. The high jump is strong with j Harve McKee, Loyal Lang, and j Clair Adams. Bill Hickman. Elmer Olsen, and Ed Radigan. in the jav- ! din. discus, and the shot, respec- ! tively are eutstaading. Honest John Warren Sends Ducklings Against Eugene High By JACK LEE Oregon's frosh baseball nine will meet Eugene high in a return game this afternoon at 1 o’eloek on Howe field. Breaking even in two starts, the Ducklings will attempt to get over the .500 mark today in the win and loss column. Coach John Warren stated that Bill Musselman, strong-armed pitcher from Great Falls, Montana, would open on the mound against the Axemen. Musselman is a speed hall thrower, and also has a nice change of pace ball. Leland Dragoo and Walter Gale will he held in reserve, with both men ready to step on the mound in a moment’s notice. Backstop duties will be taken over by the capable hands of Bob Adrian, peppery receiver from On tario. Infield Remains Intact The infield combination of Jim Goodhew, Whitey Austin, “Leo" Carrilho, and Kenny King which has started both games will re main intact. Austin has been troubled with a pulled muscle in his leg but will be in shape by game time. Ineligibility, the bugaboo that confronted John Warren through out the basketball season has cropped out again. Nick Zannos, slugging outfielder, has been hav ing scholastic difficulties and may not be able to start against Eu gene. Dick Whitman and Bill Carney, sure-hitting outfielders, will start the Eugene game in their respec tive positions. These two lads pro vide the main batting punch for the Frosh nine, being dangerous with the stick at all times. Either Nick Zannos or Bill Skade will open at the rightfield spot. Following the Eugene game the Ducklings will be on the road for two weeks. The next home game will be with Milwaukie April 29, unless there is a change in the schedule. Donut Swim Crown Sought by Kappa Sigs, Sigma Chi Mermen Champion Will Gamer 75 Points; Both Outfits High in Intramural Point System; Kappa Sigs Depend on MacDonald By PAUL MeCARTY Winners in competition with 23 teams, finalists in the University of Oregon’s intramural swimming program, Sigma Chi, defending cham pion, and' Kappa Sigma fight it out Monday for the 1939 intramural swimming crown. Sigma Chi swimmers have defeated Pi Kappa. Alpha, Chi Psi, Beta Theta Pi, and Phi Kappa Psi. Carrying the honors for Sigma Chi in intramural swimming are Winstan Bradshaw, Elmer Hanson, and Art Hannifin. Victims of the strong Kappa Sigma swimming team were Phi Delta inera, ™ uamma ueita, and the Yeomen. Leading the Kappa Sig ‘ water splashers,” Howard Jenks, Johnny Lansing, and Leonard An drus, is Jerry MacDonald, the out standing individual swimmer in this spring’s swimming campaign. MacDonald who breaks records with monotonous regularity, coast records at that, holds four intra mural titles. Champs Get 75 Points Sigma Chi and Kappa Sigma, one of whom will add 75 points to its present intramural total for a championship in swimming, arc only two points apart in campus standings, with the former boast ing 466 tallies and the latter 454. A Sigma Chi title would boost its total to 541 points, well within reaching distance of Phi Delta Theta's 547 points, Beta Theta Pi's 575, and Alpha Tau Omega's 591. However, since the "big three” in the 500 circle will also add swim ming points to their present score, the margin separating the trio of leaders, and also Pi Kappa Alpha, which has 469 points, will be great er than the present totals indicate. Should Kappa Sigma or Sigma Chi take another win in either water polo, Sigma Delta Psi track, or softball, or even finish in the up per brackets of these sports, the campus interhouse championship will find itself within grasp of six title contenders. 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