DUCK TRACKS
GEORGE PASERO, Co-Sports Editor,
Oregon Daily Emerald
Busher Smith, Oregon’s great
10,'W fir-d baseman, an outfielder!
Absolutely amazing, that's what
v,<e say, hut it's true. Ford Mullen
tells u> so in a letter from Beau-,
*11 .nt, home of the Beaumont dub
of the Texas league.
If we didn't have it in print
fr,m the dependable Ford, we
probably wouldn’t believe it . . .
for it's darn hard to imagine the
agile Busher, peer of northwest
college first basemen, being shift
ed to the outfield because of field
ing faults. Yet, that is exactly the
case.
In three years of college baseball,
Busher had only two errors
charged against him, and one of
these was a very scratchy, score
keeper's error. What’s more, there
were a good many "eggsperts”
who said Smith could out-tfield
most Pacific coast league first
a ackers.
.Gut right or wrong, the Beau
mont officials told Busher his
fielding was fundamentally hay
wire, especially on ground balls,
and are trying him in the outfield.
According to Ford, Beaumont likes
Xrirt hitting as Bush has been
pounding the old apple in spring
training.
That Famous Stretch
Beaumont may be right about
trio fielding of ground balls, for, if
you fans who watched Busher last
year recall, the one weakness Mr.
Ci tle Smith had in handling his po
nd ion was picking up grounders.
H! nvever, he usually managed to
come up with the ball, and that's
what counts. As for the rest of his
ploy, Oregon fans still talk of
Basher’s ability, his famed stretch,
0.1'd tile way In* nabbed high, wide
pted low bails.
As for Ford, himself, lie's had a
rocky time of it in spring drill
Win' with a couple of Charley
horses in his legs and a spike
wound on his hand and arm.
Busher. Ford, and Bob Hardy,
southpaw pitcher, ail accompanied
the team to New Orleans for a
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series of practice games the first
of this week. All were slated for
duty, with Ollie Hardy set to open
on the mound in one of the con
tests.
The trip is an important one for
Ford and Busher, for, according to
the lively second baseman, their
play in these games would deter
mine whether or not they would be
kept by Beaumont or farmed out
again. We don’t know the results
as yet, but hang on to your hats,;
gents, for we’ll know in a few
days.
Bridge Experts, too
Spring training has been a tot
of fun for the boys, though, es
pecially the big bridge games be
tween Ford and Busher on the one
hand and Bob and Mrs. Jlardy on
the other. Ford elaiins he and
Busher have the edge in the duel
so far.
Coach Hobby Hobson had quite \
a laugh explaining why the Ducks j
and Linfield defied the rain to get!
in last Wednesday’s ball game. |
Says Hdb: “If you let it (the|
weather) bluff you. it’ll rain every j
day. We just decided we wouldn't!
let it get the upper hand."
What did Hobby think of South
ern Cal's touted Ralph Vaughn j
when he saw him play in the west- ]
ern NCAA regionals at Kansas
City . . . “Well, I saw several I'
thought were better basketball
players . . . Indiana had two.”
Little Ed McCrary, Indiana sub
stitute who paced his team to the
national championship, was one
boy who really caught Hobby’s
eye. . . “On one play,” marvels
Hob, “McCrary, a little fellow,
leaped high in the air to snatch a
ball which was going out of
bounds and with a flick of the
hands flipped it in.”
My Son, My Son
Indiana, a university located in
a basketball hotbed, used the fast
break . . . one of the few East
teams that did. Incidentally, the
Hoosier outfit was not the Big Ten
champ as many fans out here |
thought . . . the champion was'
Purdue, but because of difficulties,'
Purdue decided not to compete,1
and Indiana, a club which had
beaten the Boilermakers twice1
was voted the Big Ten representa
tive in the nationals.
This year, thank heaven, New;
Yorkers cannot insist that one of |
their teams was the best in the,
nation as they did last year when j
Long Island won the New York
sportswriters’ invitational tourney.<
Reason - - Colorado entered the (
New York tourney and won, beat
ing Duquesne handily in the finals.
The champion Colorado team then,
followed up its triumph by com-'
peting in the NCAA and was
bumped by Southern California,
loser to Kansas in the finals, of
the western regionals.
Everywhere Coach Hobby went
in the East, he heard comments
about the one-handed shooting' of
Western teams . . . back there,
you know, they still prefer the or
thodox two-hander on practically
all shots. Coach Hobby's answer
is this: “We teach the one-hand
ed shot out here.'' By this, the
Oregon coach means that the shot
is taught as a fundamental, just
as dribbling is.
Kansas' Coach Phog Allen's
chest must have swelled with pa
ternal pride when his son played a
leading role in downing over-con
fident Southern Cal. Young Allen
scored the basket that tied the
ball game, the free throw that put
Kansas ahead, and then, after USC
had come back with a bucket, stole
the ball from USC and passed to
a teammate who scored the win
Xineteen schools have entered
the Hayward relay which will be
held here next Friday.
Ducks Take Twin Bill
From Pacific, 3-2,11-2
Junior Star
William Umstaedter of Louisiana university is one of the United
State's favorite junior players. Here Umstaedter shows how he goes
after a hard smash.
Athletes Notice!
Due to the small number
signing up, ail-campus entry
books will be left open a few
days longer, according to an
nouncement from the intramu
ral department. Sports included
are both singles and doubles
play in tennis and golf.
Official softball schedules
were placed in the mail last
night.
Frosh Runners
Open Season
In Two Weeks
Coach Ned Johns
Well Pleased With
Present Turnout
“As for the first week, I don’t
think we'll have any tremendous
team but we have some good men,’’
stated Ned Johns, coach of the
Oregon freshman track team.
Coach Johns will not be on hand
Monday but is posting a list of
directions for workouts on the bul
letin board.
The first trials of the season
are slated for this corping Wed
nesday. The meet with the Uni
versity high and, possibly, Eugene
high, will be run off the following
Wednesday, April 17, with the
Oregon State relay meet here Sat
urday, April 20.
Two more sprinters reported
yesterday—Bill Wren and Joe
Wicks. John Crowe, freshman,
took over the managership of the
team.
So far, Johns has been working
his distance men on endurance
practice, with milers doing over
distance to the tune of a mile and
a half or so a night and half-milers
taking three or four SSO's, walking
a stretch between each one.
Sprinters are still getting their
quota of stamina drill too. with all
dash men taking sprint-laps—
sprinting the straightaways and
walking the stretches.
Miler Tony Nichachos and
Sprinter Ray “Arkansas” Bigger
are both working out again after
sieges of shin-splints. Probable
events in the OSC relay meet in
clude 440. SSO, mile, two-mile, and
distance-medley teams.
Four 'B' League
Teams Advance
In Volleyball
Sigma Nus, DUs,
Gamma- Phi Delts
Win Matches
By DON GIBOXS
With the “B” league taking over
the volleyball schedule for the day,
four more teams advanced towards
the finals. The Sigma Nus took
two easy ones from the Chi Psis
by 15 to 13 and 15 to 4 counts.
.The DUs came back in the third
game to win two out of three from
the Theta Chis. Following in the
footsteps of their “A" team the
Phi Delts took the Sigma Chis
into camp in another two out of
three session. Gamma hall won by
default as the Alpha hall team
failed to show.
Three Tilt Series
Best of the four games was the
Phi Delt-Sigma Chi encounter,
which saw the bam boys take the
first one in easy style by a 15 to
5 count, but running into stiffer
competition in the second game as
the Sigma Chis came out on top,
15 to 7. In the deciding contest the
Phi Delt crew edged out a 15 to 10
win. The winners showed a well
rounded crew that should provide
stiff opposition in future competi
tion.
In the other two out of three
contests the DUs split the first two
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Tex Books
Grid Game
Tex Oliver's Reds and Golds will
battle Vaughn Corley's and Mike
Mikulak’s Greens and Whites in a
scrimmage this afternoon at 2
o'clock on Hayward field.
The Greens surprised the Golds
in a session Thursday when Don
Mabee scored the only touchdown
of the afternoon on a pass from
Larry Monroy.
An all-veteran backfield will
start for the Golds with Chet Ha
liski at quarter, Len Isberg and
Buck Berry at halves, and Marsh
Stenstrom at full.
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Riader, Igoe
Post Wins
By TOM COX
FOREST GROVE, Ore., April
5—Special—The University of
Oregon; took both ends of a
twin bill from Pacific univer
sity here today, winning the
opener, 3 to 2, and then walk
ing away with the nightcap,
11 to 2.
The Ducks today move to
Portland where they take on
the Portland Pilots in a return
game on their home field. The
Webfoots took the first game, 7 to
2, at Howe field Thursday.
The Badgers reached Pete Igoe
for 12 hits in the opener, but it
wasn’t enough to win. The slim
Oregon hurler kept the blows well
scattered and, with near perfect
support behind him, stopped the
Badgers, although he weakened in
the ninth.
Whitman Slugs
In the second Bob Rieder al
lowed the Badgers just three hits,
while Oregon pounded three Pa
cific hurlers for 11 runs on 10 hits.
Rieder was greatly aided when the
Pacific defense fell apart, nine er
rors being chalked up to the
northerners.
Dick Whitman, Webfoot center
fielder, led the attack •with a pair
of hits in the opener and three
more ;n the nightcap. It gave him
five in seven times at bat for the
day and 11 in 15 for the season,
for the tremendous average of
.733.
Summary of first game:
Oregon B R H E
Austin, 1 .4 0 10
Calvert, s.3 10 0
Whitman, m . 3 12 1
Carney, r . 3 0 0 0
Walden, c. 3 0 0 0
Ager, 3 . 3 0 0 0
Beggs, lb . 3 0 10
Shimshak, 2.2 0 10
Igoe, p . 3 10 0
Totals .27 3 5 1
Pacific U. B R H E
Mann, m.4 110
Laughy, 2 .4 12 0
Petrasso, r. 4 0 2 0
Risk, s . 3 0 11
Mayer, 1 . 4 0 2 0
Lake, 3 . 3 0 11
Cripe, lb . 2 0 10
Anderson, 2 . 3 0 10
Dierrix, p .3 0 10
Totals.30 2 12 2
Summary of second game:
Oregon
Cox, 2 .
Smith, s .
Whitman, m
Hamer, lb ....
Carney, r.
White, 1 .
Ager, 3 .
Rieder, p .
Kelly, c.
B K H E
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 2
1 0
1 0
Totals.
Pacific U.
Petrasso, m .
Laughry, 2 .
Mayer, 1 .
Risk, s .
Lake, 3 .
Cripe, lb.
White, r.
Anderson, c .
Gilman, p.
Rankin, p, 2nd
McCurdy, p, 5th
.31 11 10 2
B R H E
.2100
0
1
0
1
1
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
Totals ...
.23 239