DUCK TRACKS
By ELBERT HAWKINS, Co-Sports Editor
Oregon Daily Emerald
For a guy who not long ago
Fiddingly predicted a bad base
lra!l season for himself, the 11
hits in 15 trips to bat slugged out
h> Dick Whiteman last week is
ah expert bit of work.
The sophomore varsity out
fielder is good enough for pro
fosaional ball right now ami he
proved that last summer by mak
ing the semi-pro all-American
with Silverton’s perennially
fit rung Red Sox. Besides that he's
fleet of foot out in centeffield
aud has a nice arm. Even for a
lad of pro ability in college ball
you'll have to mark down 11 for
15 or a batting average of .733
an a bit phenomenal. It's bound
to go down as the season pro
gresses but we ll be surprised if
it’s much below .400 in northern
division play . . . he's a baseball
player.
Unfortunately there aren't
enough Dick Whitman batters on
the W'ebfoot team and Oregon
victories this season are apt to
lie close ones, with pitching and
infield work settling it Some
one was asking Coach Hobby
Hobson the other day why
lie started out with double steals
in Oregon’s first game . . . on a
rainy day at that? Said Hobby:
“We have to ... to compensate
for lack of power.”
Ifc Paid for Iron Mike
Why said professional football
doesn’t pay? At least it did for
all-American Fullback .Mike Mik
ulak in liis first season after
leaving Oregon. Iron Mike made
exactly $3500 from the month ot
duly through his first pro season.
Obviously, Mike's accumulation
was far above average, but it’s
3ji indication of what an out
wfanding tvack can get paid.
Atter confessing' about his
$ r>00. the popular Oregon back
field coach grinned: “I thought
I had all of the money in the
v.< arid cornered then.” He actu
al;)' owned two automobiles in
the space of six months. Most of
Mike's early days were sort of in
n have not” atmosphere so who
could blame the big fullback for
treating himself?
Basketball Coach Hobby Hob
son returned to Eugene from his
eastern trip with the conviction
that AAU basketball in the coun
try is on the decline. He watched
the annual national tourney in
Denver on the way back . . .
players in it this year averaged
2(1 years of age and that average
correspondingly above last
year's total. “New ones aren't
coming up.” he reports, “because
there are not so many new jobs.”
The result has been a gradual
si nving down of play in the tour
ney . . . the athletes can't drive
as fast as back in the college days
Mil. and MRS. NEWT
five years before when they
trained regularly.
Why Eastern Ball Is Slow
The Seattle Savidges and Bob
by Anet’s Rubenstein Oregon
ians were two of the speediest
clubs in the tourney . . . they’re
both composed of players one
year out of the northern division.
In fact they’re almost the same
clubs which represented Oregon
and Washington in those hectic
games at the Igloo a year ago
when 21 points trickled through
the hoop in about four minutes.
Hobson offers a good reason why
eastern college teams use the
slow break more. A large num
ber of their coaches played pro
ball, thus being in a slow break
ing environment.
Nomination for America’s No.
I college athlete . . . Jackie Rob
inson, the UCLA negro dynamo
who does everything and does it
well. You've probably read of
Jackie's exploits individually but
take a glance at ’em collectively.
He's just over 21 years of age
(was born in Atlanta, Georgia,
on January 31. 1919):
Football . . . Jackie averaged
II yards per try during his first
football season with the UCLA
Bruins last fall and helped an un
der-rated club get second in the
coast conference. He scored
twice on Oregon and UCLA didn't
put the ball in play in Webfoot
territory either time.
Basketball ... an all-confer
ence man. He went from football
right into the hoop sport and for
weeks led the southern division
scoring while playing with a cel
lar team.
Jackie Stole Em Wild
Baseball ... an infielder of
note. Ask Buck Berry and Jim
Harris and a few of Oregon’s
California athletes about his
speed. In two state amateur
championship games last summer
he batted an even .400 and stole
seven bases! Unfortunately for
Jackie, negro baseball players
are taboo in the big leagues.
Track . . . probably his
top accomplishment here is a
broad jump record of 25 feet 6t2
inches.
Tennis . . . Jack Robinson went
to the quarter finals of the na
tional negro tournament a year
ago.
Golf . . . the first and sup
posedly the only time he ever
swung clubs on a course—and it
was a difficult one, too—he
cracked 100. Ask some of the
campus golfers if they got under
100 for 18 holes first time out!
It was almost but not quite for
Burt Barr, campus intramural
golfer, in a match on the Laurel
wood course Saturday afternoon
... he came within a whisker of
getting a hole in one. With a No.
3 iron on the uphill par three 18th
hole he hit a ball that stopped
just three or four inches short
of the cup.
Duck Skiers Leave
For Reno Thursday
The University of Oregon ski
team will leave Thursday morn
ing to compete in the University
of California Vanderbilt cup ski
meet to be held this weekend at
Donner's Summit in the Sugar
Bowl, located in northern Cali
fornia 50 miles from Reno,
Nevada.
All colleges On the Pacific coast
have been invited, but it is not
definitely known how many will
compete. Those making the trip
are Hank Evans, Bert Hagen. Ed
Wallis, Fred Ziegler, and Ralph
Lafferty. They will be accom
panied by Coach Rollie Dickie.
Frosh Slam Jeff Men
In Batting Spree, 14-4
Robertson's Hit
Empties Bases
By TOM WRIGHT
John Warren's yearling dia
mondeers maintained the blister
ing scoring pace they set in the
season opener against Grant high,
as they trampled Jefferson high
school 14-4 at Howe field Satur
day.
Howard Robertson climaxed a
four-inning scoring spree for the
freshmen as he smashed a long
home run into left center field
with the bases loaded in the
fourth inning.
Nine Errors
Jefferson had a ragged day in
the field with nine errors charged
against them. This, coupled with
seven bases on balls issued by
Warer and Decker, gave the
Ducklings a decided advantage.
The frosh bounced into a two
run lead in the first on a walk to
Lee, a sacrifice by Burns, who
was safe on the pitcher's error, a
single by Kirsch, and an error by
catcher Amacher.
They tallied once in the second
stanza without a bingle. Two hits
in the third chased four runs
across. In the fourth frame
Kirsch singled, and later scored
on Bubalo’s long fly. Clifford
singled. Taylor walked, and Rob
inson drew a pass to fill the
bases, then Robertson brought
them all home with his four
sacker.
Fredricks Pitches
Stew Fredricks went on the
mound for the frosh in the fourth
and held the Jeffmen to three hits
Oliver Mixes up
Gold Team Line
Ashcom Placed at
Tackle; Johnson
Backs Up Stuart
Two hours of football practice
caused Coach Tex Oliver to alter
the lineup on his Gold team line.
Big1 232-pound Dick Ashcom has
moved up to right tackle with
the injured Roger Johnson back
ing up. Jim Stuart at left tackle.
Ashcom charged through to block
two punts during the fray.
Red Davis has been moved to
left guard on the Gold team,
while Val Colwell is at right, and
Ray Segale on the Red team is a
right guard. Duke Iverson made
his bid Saturday as a line-backer
and has been moved to center on
the Gold squad.
Shepard Shines
One of the outstanding' new
men in the backfield Saturday
was Curley Mecham at haifback.
His running and passing made
him a contender for a first-string
position. A converted fullback.
Jim Shepard, made his debut as
an end and did a remarkable job,
tackling men from all parts of
the field.
Steve Fowler got off some good
kicks from his fullback position
one traveling all the way from
the 20 down to the 15 roll. The
Red team successfully held back
the Gold during most of the
game.
Only 14 practice days remain
on the spring calendar, with an
all-star game to terminate the
season, either this or next Satur
day.
COED TENNIS
All girls who signed up for
tennis will find the list of
their opponents on the bulletin
board by the cage in Gerlinger.
The deadline for the first
matches is Tuesday, April 15,
at 5:30. If the matches are not
played by then, the match
must be defaulted.
For information, contact
Phyllis Sanders, 2340. or Miss
Garrison, campus 305.
Huskies Topple
Duck Golfers
Former Champs
Humbled, 16 to 11;
Beavers Next
The University of Oregon var
sity golf team was defeated in
Seattle, Saturday by the Univer
sity of Washington squad, 16 to
11, in the first northern division
conference match for the Ducks.
In the morning pingles, the
Ducks’ most impressive scoring
was done. Both Benny Hughes
and Rich Werschkul won their
three points and Captain-coach
Doc Near and Don Cawley took
one point each.
Washington won 10 points to
Oregon eight in the morning
singles and took all but three
points in the afternoon doubles.
(Please turn to page six)
and one run for the five innings
he worked.
Jefferson counted their first
run in the fourth on a walk, an
error, and a single to right.
The Ducklings ended their
scoring in the seventh with two
runs off three singles and a base
on balls.
The Jeffmen rallied in the
ninth, scoring three runs on a
pair of doubles and two singles
off Smith, who had relieved Fred
ricks at the beginning of the
inning.
Jefferson B
Walker, 2 . 4
Richards J., lf-p 4
Johnson, r. 3
Amacher, c.4
Martenson, . 3
Spencer, 1 . 3
Williams, m .... 4
H. Richards, ss 4
Warer, p . 1
Decker, p.2
Erickson, If.1
D'Orrigan, 3 .... 1
Totals .34
Frosh B
Lee, 2. 3
Burns, m . 4
Kirsch, ss-2.4
Bubalo, 3.4
Clifford, 1 . 4
Taylor, If.2
Robinson, s-f .... 2
Robertson, c .... 4
Karterman, p .. 1
Fredricks, p .... 4
Tuttle, ss-2 .2
Simpson, m.0
Selleck, 2. 1
Yancy, ss.0
Wimbely, 1 . 0
VanLydegraf, rf 1
McKibben, c .... 1
McKevitt, c.0
Smith, p . 0
R H O A E
0 0 2 2 0
0 12 11
112 0 1
1 2 5 0 1
0 110 1
0 0 7 1 2
114 0 1
1115 0
0 10 0 2
0 0 0 0 0
0 10 0 0
0 0 0 1 0
4 9 24 10 9
R H O A E
12 111
3 10 0 0
3 3 3 2 0
0 0 14 0
2 19 0 0
2 0 0 0 0
2 0 3 0 0
12 4 10
0 0 0 1 0
0 0 110
0 0 10 0
0 0 0 1 0
0 1110
0 0 0 2 0
0 0 2 0 0
0 110 0
0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Totals .38 14 11 27 15 1
Jefferson . 000 100 003— 4
Hits . 101 102 004— 9
Frosh . 214 500 20x—14
Hits . 102 400 31x—11
Friday Deadline
Set By Dickie
Last warning is being given by
Intramural Head Rollie Dickie to
those who wish to enter the all
campus competition in golf and
tennis Friday will be the last day
to sign up.
The only team entered in the
golf doubles is last fall's cham
pions, Elbert Hawkins and George
Pasero. Paul Engelke, fall term’s
singles champion, has advanced
to the varsity, but there are plen
ty of potential champs signed up.
Not one team is signed up for the
tennis doubles, but a goodly num
ber are signed up for the singles.
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