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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1940)
Oregon Nine Defeats Bearcats, 4 to 2 Baseball Ace Pitcher Hurls Three Hit Game; Paces Team at Bat Dick Whitman Lashes Out Double For Ducks’ Only Extra Baser; Tilts -• Slated Today on Road By ELBEKT HAWKINS Go-Sports Editor, Oregon Emerald Slender Pete Igoe was a big man on the mound for Oregon yesterday afternoon on Howe field and the veteran righthander set down Willamette university by a 4 to 2 score with only three hits. The victory made it seven wins in nine pre-season starts for -Hobby' Hobson’s varsity baseballers. Throwing a-lively hook and a zippy fastball, Igoe had the Bearcats pretty consistently under his thumb and didn’t even allow a hit until the sixth inning. He whiffed seven Willamette bat ters during the full nine innings and was-so steady in finding the plate with hooks and speed that only one man got a base on balls. Seven Base Hits Oregon’s batting was none too heavy off the offerings of Har old “Gabby” McAbee, the Ducks getting only seven hits—six of them singles. Three of Hobson’s stickers got two hits apiece. The rest of the Webfoots just couldn’t touch the Bearcat righthander. Oregon will face the offerings of Willamette’s toughest pitcher, Bob White, at the new George Waters Western International league ball park in Salem this af ternoon at 3:30. Lefty Jack Jasp er is the probable Webfoot pitch er. Coach Hobson plans to send A1 Linn against Linfield in a morning game on the McMinnville diamond. Only three Bearcat batters reached first base off Igoe in the first five innings yesterday and they went down one, two, three from the second to the sixth. Centerfielder Longergan got life as a lead-off hitter in the first inning on an error by Tini Smith All-Around George Lacey, catcher, Boston Red Sox. He was bought from Minneapolis, where he hit .288 in 108 games, and was an all star in the University of Rich mond, winning 18 letters before graduation. He is a right-handed batter and hails from Cleveland, Tenn. Summary: Willamette B Lonergan, m ....4 Catherwood, r ..4 Kolb, 3 .4 Walden, s .4 Murray, lb .3 Robertson, c.3 Daggett, 2.3 Williams, 1 .3 McAbee, p .3 R H O A E 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1113 0 0 1111 1 0 9 0 0 0 16 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total .31 Oregon B Cox, 3 .3 Smith, s .4 Whitman, m ....4 Carney, r .4 Walden, c .3 Beggs, lb .1 Shimshak, 2 .4 Austin, 1 .3 Igoe, p .3 Hamer, lb .0 *B. Walker .1 2 3 24 9 1 R H O A E 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 1 0 2 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 12 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total .30 4 7 27 12 2 ^Batted for Beggs in 5tn. Willamette .010 001 000—2 Hits .000 D02 100—3 Oregon .010 300 OOx—4 Hits .120 310 OOx—7 Runs responsible for, Igoe 1, McAbee 3. Struck out, by Igoe 7, McAbee 5. Bases on balls, off Igoe 1, McAbee 4. 3 base hit, A1 Walden. 2 base hit, Kolb, Whit man. Sacrifices, Robertson, Cox. Runs batted in, Igoe 2, C. Wal den, Austin, A1 Walden, McAbee. Wild pitch, Igoe. Umpires, Harry Cloninger and Eric Waldorf. Time. 1:55. at shortstop but he died at second base. Only One Walk Pitcher Pete walked his only man of the game, First Sacker Murray, at the start of the second inning and the Willamette infield er went around the bases on an error and an out-to-first play. Oregon tied the score in the last of the second inning on a single by Catcher Cece Walden, a walk by Lloyd Beggs, a single by Jack Shimshak, and an out field fly by Whitey Austin. Big inning for the Webfoots was the fourth when Hobby's gang made use of three hits and an error to trot over three runs. The Ducks never scored after that, in fact they were handcuffed by McAbee from then on, but the three tallies were enough to clinch the game. The Big Fourth The big fourth inning for Ore gon opened with Bill “Kiki” Car ney, outfielder, reaching second on shortstop's two-base error. (Please turn to page six) A Pair of 4F1 ounder Feet* Paul Wolf, Southern California national collegiate free-style sprint champ, displays his “flounder feet.” South Sea island natives created this strange footgear to increase swimming speed. Baseball Daze By KEN CHRISTIANSON Warm days, vendors threading their way through a fair-sized crowd selling coney islands, ice cream, and pop, two umpires, and eighteen ball players furnishing entertainment marked yesterday’s baseball gapae between Oregon and Willamette. For a good delivery and one of the best fast bails we’ve seen this year, we nominate Pete Igoe. He still has one more year of eligibil ity and should improve on his stuff. One of those viewing the game was Fritz Kramer, Eugene high’s coach who had Herb Hamer, Pete Igoe, and Burke Austin under his wing. Under Kramer, Austin was given second all-state basketball team mention. “Tommy Cox made a nice stop at third base—had to or it might have hurt him,’’ declared one fan. “Pepper” Cox is filling in at the hot corner while Arba Ager nurs es an injured leg on the bench. Cox is the most versatile man on the team. He can play second, short, third, or in the field. For all of that, maybe he can pitch and catch, too. Benny Goodman may be the “King of Swing,” but considering Dick Whitman's terrific clip of around .650—“Bird Dog” Whit man is Oregon’s “King of Swat.” The pitcher-batter duel predict ed yesterday failed to material ize. Whitman and Willamette’s pitcher Bob White were team mates of Silverton’s Red Sox who won the state title. More will be known about the civil war after this afternoon in Salem for the Oregons and Bearcats test each other again. The Ducks play Lin field in McMinnville this mornihg Rifle Meet To Be Aired In the first rifle match ever broadcast over the radio in the West, the undefeated Oregon wo men’s rifle team will meet the Lane county men’s team Monday evening at the ROTC rifle range. The event will be an eight-man, 20-shot, prone position shoot, and will be broadcast over KORE at 8:45 p.m. The Duck women's team has just completed a victorious sea son in which it fired matches with every other important col lege team in the country, making it unofficial national champion of the women’s intercollegiate divi i^lclfSJSMSlSfSMSJSMSEElB/SJS/SlSISISME Spikes Tear Oval Again Varsity Trackmen Working Towards Annual OSC Relays Oregon's varsity track squad returns to Hayward field and a cinder track today to pick up training for the Oregon State re lays where they left off two days ago while the varsity oval was taken over by the Hayward re lays. Coach Bill Hayward has not allowed his men to remain com pletely idle, however, and light workouts have been taken on the field back of McArthur court. Concentrates on Speed Today Hayward will concen trate on speed as he sends his men through a tough drill. Yesterday afternoon after the high school relays, all varsity men threw off their officials uniforms and donned track suits for a light brisk workout on the cinders. Time trials for the Oregon State relays next Saturday will ba run off Wednesday afternoon, Hayward stated yesterday. Th? meet with the Beavers promises to be a tough battle for the Ducks, as the Staters are reported to have one of their strongest teams in years. GOLFERS NOTICE! All score cards for intra mural golf must be turned ;n to the physical education build ing by Monday noon ... or else! sion. Sergeant Harvey Blythe, ROTC instructor, is coach of the team. The Lane county rifle club, though a newly-organized group, is already the largest organiza tion of its kind in Oregon, with members drawn from all over Lane county. The county team is coached by Jerry Upshaw, internationally famed rifleman, who has fired on several national rifle teams. Now on a disability retirement from the Pasadena police force of California, Upshaw has made his home in Eugene. @iaia®siaiajaiiiSiB/cuajajsiaiE!sisfs®ici!®!2i The PIT now featuring Barbecued Steaks | E from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. c e E In addition to our 0 barbecued Beef, j Pork and Ham SANDWICHES j | E E FROM OUR OWN OVENS On the Campus I
