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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.
<ii\eii half a break, f dlonel Kill
tvould produce a winner hut two
factors are working' against him.
t. Ho-has a budget ol only *i.>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.
Of the two contending teams,
Sigma Chi and Kappa Sigma,
the “sweetheart” team probably
the better balanced squad, but
Kappa Sigma's Jerry MacDonald,
who is usually good for victories
in two events and perhaps three,
may prove the downfall of Sigma
Chi.
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