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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1940)
Oregon Meets Pacific in Twin-Bill Ducks Hold Edge Over Badgers Linfield Game Postponed Until Saturday; Dick Whitman Leads Webfoot Batters; Oregons Have Six Victories By KEN CHRISTIANSON It’s a double-header today for Coach Hobby Hobson's baseball boys as they face Pacific university for the second time this year on Howe field. Game time ia 2:30 for the first of the tilts. Oregon defeated the Badgers in Forest Grove twice last week which gives them a two-game edge in the four-game pre-season series. Hobson and the Ducks can be sure of nothing worse than a tie tor the home ana nome set-to. In Forest Grove Hobby’s boys came off best with 3 to 2 and 11 to 2 scores. The nightcap was a slugfest with the Oregon's pour ing everything out into the field that came near the plate. Game Postponed Oregon was to have played Lin field in McMinnville yesterday, but the game was postponed until Saturday. Hobby will lead his team from the McMinnville field in the morning onto the Salem field against Willamette in the afternoon. Friday the Webfoots play an always-tough Willamette team here. Dick Whitman continues to pace the Webfoots hitting power batting around the .700 mark. Pitching choices for the Oregons will probably narrow down to Bob Reider and A1 Linn by this afternoon. Jack Jasper, Pete Igoe, and Virg Hayne may possibly see action. The outfield seems set with Whitey Austin, Whitman, and Bill Carney fit to see duty in the pasture. In the infield Arba Ager may start at third, Tini Smith at shortstop, Tommy Cox or Jack Shimshack at second, and either Lloyd Beggs, or Herb Hamer at first base. Cece Walden seems a good bet at the catching position. Walden worked with the team in the capacity of coach while Hob by was back east. The Oregons have missed on one try thus far this year. That was against Portland university Saturday. They have chalked up six wins to their credit, however. Their latest victory was an 11 to 9 affair over Oregon College cf Education Monday. STUDENTS! Spring is here. Bring your white or two-tone shoes into the Campus Shine Shop. CAMPUS SHINE SHOP SOCIAL CHAIRMEN: DANCE PROGRAMS . . . Produced by Valley Printing Co. in Eugene have . . . Original style and designs guaranteed de livery on time. Prices to fit your budget. . . . Phone 470 for a rep resentative. VALLEY PRINTING CO. 76 W. Broadway Phi Delt, ATO, Kappa Sig, DU Win Donut Tiffs Volleyball Play Advances in Both Leagues By LEE FLATBERG Volleyball play continued yes terday with the “A” team of the Phi Delts,-Kappa Sigs, DUs, and the “B” aggregation of the ATO posting easy straight game vic tories. The Phi Delts, defending champs, continued their assault on the class “A” title with a crushing 15 to 0, 15 to 0 win over the much outclassed and over towered Kirkwood Co-op. Led by the deadly kill shots of Winter mute and Galbreaith, the Phi Delts took an early lead and never were stopped. The Kappa Sigs met with little He's the 'Angel' How would you like to meet this wrestler dowrn a dark alley? He’s the French importation to liven interest in wrestling circles. So far he has succeeded well. In one match his antics and facial expressions drew a gate of 12,000 paid custohiers. FROSH TRACKMEN All frosh trackmen are re quested to be on the field to day at 3:15 for time trials. opposition as they downed the Omega hall boys 15 to 0, 15 to -2. Close Fight In the closest battle of the day the DU clan beat the Sigma Chi team 15 to 9, 15 to 4. With Bill Borcher leading the DUs, they took early leads in both games, and never relinquished them. Johnny Bjork sparked the Sigma Chis with numerous kill shots. The ATO “B” team had little trouble with Campbell co-op, as they downed them in straight games, 15 to 5, 15 to 2. They took early leads of four points in each game, and went on to win easily. Today’s games (all “A”): Bill 'Kiki' Carney No Pitcher's Cousin By GEORGE PASERO Pitchers have a healthy re spect for Oregon’s easy-going Bill (Kiki) Carney. Well, they should have, too, for, in baseball parlance, he’s “cousin” to none of them. As befits an outfielder, Carney is never so happy as when he is taking a toe-hold at the plate. Batting has always been his “dish.” While a prepster playing his last season for Portland’s Lin coln high in 1938, he established a batting mark that still stands as an all-time high. Carney hit .560 that year and was chosen on the Rose City all-star team. Good Teammates At Lincoln the young outfield er was a teammate of Johnny Pesky, now a member of the Boston Red Sox farm system; Joe Erautt, Beaumont catcher; Stew Fredricks, frosh pitcher; and Johnny Bubalo, frosh third base at | TAYLOR’S J man and ex-Silverton outfielder. Erautt, incidentally, tried his best last year to eclipse Carney’s Portland batting mark but fell shy of his goal, hitting an even .500. Like so many other A-l ball players, Joe Gordon included, Carney is a graduate of Ameri can legion ranks. In 1937, he was a member of the Postoffice Phar macy team of Portland which wasn’t beaten until the Western finals at Omaha. Fredricks, Erautt, Pesky, and Bubalo all played with Carney on this club. Carney well remembers the fi nal game of this American Le gion tourney. “We lost 5 to 4 . . . Bubalo hit two home runs, but I didn’t get a hit. I was robbed.” Last year, the Oregon out fielder clubbed the ball hard, but this spring in pre-season varsity games, he had trouble with his stance and his average slumped. This worried Bill so he worked on a new stance which soon brought results. The fact remains that he collected two blows against Oregon normal and looks like the old Carney. Tall, though a bit rotund, Car ney is also a semi-pro veteran. Last year he played for Hills Creek and Eugene in the State league, hitting .385. For the Ducks this year, he is playing right field. He’s quite a fielder, too; no “tin hat” by any means. 4:00—ATO vs. Yeomen; Delts vs. Alpha hall. 4:40—Theta Chi vs. Sigma Nu; SAE vs. Super Chargers. Frosh Practice For Invasion Baseballers Face Grant and Jeffmen Over Weekend Freshman baseballers went through a brisk workout yester day in preparation for a weekend invasion of Portland for games with Grant and Jefferson high schools. Honest John Warren gave the yearlings a training menus of fast infield practice, fly-chasing, and an intersquad game, with Stew Fredricks and Nick Begleries as opposing pitch ers. Monroe Karterman and Reh berg came in for their share of pitching with Bill McKevitt and A1 Sorenson doing the receiving for all chuckers. Stan Robinson, regular right fielder for the frosh, received news Saturday evening of the death of his mother. 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