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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1940)
Ducks to Face Idaho Nine Vandals Bring 'Best’ Monday, Tuesday Oregon will have to face a better-than-average and maybe the best-in-years team of Idaho baseball players next Monday and Tues day afternoons on Howe field. Both games begin at 3 o’clock. For rumor has it that from out of the Inland Empire, Coach For rest Twogood or ‘‘Twogie’’ will lead one of his best teams—a team which features tight pitching plus good, heavy hitting, and an infield which sparkles at times with iKood plays. Che Vandals have a fair out •field. Twogie claims, however, that his outfit is woefully lacking in the fine points of the game which Abner Doubleday fathered. But that isn’t bad competition for o, team like Oregon which lost seven of nine regulars and has been knocked around a bit in the beginning of conference play. One in Four 'The Ducks lost both ends of a two-game series to Oregon State •last weekend and split with Wash ington State Wednesday and ‘Thursday. This gives.Oregon one win in four attempts with a team composed of a good outfield, nhaky infield, and pitching which •has shown little as yet. Virg Hayne, Sacramento jaysee transfer, is credited with the lone Victory, Coach Hobby Hob3on • has been worried about his team. ;.uice iie lost his regulars last .year. But now he is doubly wor ried. Arba Ager is recovering from, an injury, but Tini Smith, Lloyd Biggs, and Biil Calvert ■have taken to the sidelines, leav ing a ishakv infield somewhat more so. The entrance of Johnny Berry at the shortstop position makes matters better, although the foot b ill halfback is somewhat “tied up.1' List night Berry slammed oht a triple and a double against the freshmen in a practice game. 'The frosh won the game 7 to 6. Whitman Slams Longest Dick Whitman, center fielder, allowed signs of regaining a slice of that .600 plus batting average die held in preseason play. Last blight, he, too, got hits off Stew Fredericks, fireball hurler. Whit iman socked out the longest home run to be hit in a practice game or for that matter on Howe field, unless one wants to go back 20 years. The ball went over the right field fence on the fly—not on the 'bounce—hitting in the road and rolling into the garage belonging tx> the house across from the 'JI,TQs, Bob Hardy hit a couple ! WE'RE WAITING to serve you Stop in on hot af ternoons and try our fountain ser vice. Robinson’s Cafe 0 Thin couth St. last year, but neither had the dis tance of that of Whitman. However, Whitman and com pany will run into some stiff pitching from Idaho. Twogie still has Right-hander Merle Stoddard. Stoddard bothered the Ducks last year and is reinforced by Merle Lloyd, DicK Snyder, and John Sum mers. The Vandals recently took four of six games from Whitman college in Walla Walla. Ducks Court Idaho Today Idaho will furnish Oregon net men with their second successive day of northern division compe tion this morning at 10 when the two teams meet on the University courts. Len Clark and Idaho's James will renew a feud that started last year when James eked out a victory over Clark in the division tournament. Both men will be playing the number one positions on their respective teams. Larry Key will play number two for Oregon, Les Werschkul number three, Bob Horning num ber four, and Bob Potwin number five. ' I MAJORS CAU.IM& t ?,a!£W tec , pi-rcMiAie eecRv/ir ^ ftewfyinr Games amp lost OAl'j Four AT kAMSASCifV > it USr^EAR * * vv/W 'Pepper' Cox Sparks Oregon Ball Club By HEX CHRISTIANSON They call him “Pepper” because they like his line of chatter. Tommy Cox, who is the most versatile player Coach Hobby Hobson has, will only show on Howe field in five more home games. This is his last year on the varsity, but from all indications it will be his biggest. “Pepper" is outliving his nickname of “Whiff, Whiff," which was his constant reminder of a poor hitting season in his junior year. This yecll lit* i^> piumig, t*i*»-* in the conference opener with Oregon State, slammed a home run off Glenn Elliott. Just to prove this is no fluke. Tommy batted a .51 ) in the Cas cade league last summer. He played only three or four games, but it was enough to find the range and the power. Hol>h\ Lilies Morale One reason Hobby likes “Pep per'1 is because he keeps the mo rale of the team at a constant high pitch. Dyed - in - the - wool baseball fans single him out as their favorite because of that line of chatter which encourages the pitcher and also his teammates. Cox maintained an average of .275 as a sophomore on the team of Bob Hardy, .Bob Creighton. Jack Gordon. Gale tBushen Smith. Wimpy Quinn, and some of the other boys. As a freshman Tommy played first base, short stop, third, and in the outfield. He played third about half of the time and played short often while Quinn was using that arm on the mound. Married Three Years “Pepper" was graduated from high school in Cottage Grove where he played some ball at sec ond base. Oh yes. he has a wife in Cottage Grove now. He goes down there over the weekends when he isn't playing ball. He's a veteran now—been married married three years. Tommy only played second base in high school during his fresh man year. That was in 1930 and the Cottage Grove Lions haven’t had a baseball team since that year until the present season. They have joined the league that Eugene and University high school plays in now. He's a junior, academically, in journalism and has two varsity letters to his credit. DUCK TRACKS By KEN CHRISTIANSON, Assistant Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald It'll be a close meet today be tween Washington and Oregon track teams in the only home engagement for the Web foots. Colonel Bill Hayward and his board of strategy pick Oregon to take first places in six events, Washington to take six firsts, and three events are figured as toss-ups. Hayward picks the Huskies to knock off five points each in the 100, 220, and 440-yard sprints. In the 100 Washington has a sophomore speedster in Kjell Qvale who ran a :09.9 race against Portland university last Saturday. Oregon’s chances are greatly hampered with Dusky Bob Deiz sitting this one out with a pulled leg muscle. Deiz received the injury after about 70 yards of a 100 when he wasn’t warmed up. Qvale shouldn’t do badly in the 220, also. He stands five feet nine inches and weighs 155 pounds. There is also Tom Murphy who has been clocked in :09.8 in the 100. Coach Hec Edmundson's No. 1 man in the quarter-mile sprint is Jim Todd who is a University of California transfer. He is a curly-haired lad who reminds one faintly of Oregon’s Kirm Storli. According to comparative marks, Oregon looks good for three firsts in each of the 880, one-mile and two-mile races. Storli, one of the best half-milers on the coast, should win the 880. Bob Mitchell and Rea Kleinfeldt are figured as winners in the mile and two-mile. More Oregon Points Rod Hansen and Boyd Brown, nationally known trackmen, should meet little opposition in their chosen events, the pole vault and the javelin, respective ly. Frank Emmons, Oregon's full hack of last year, is expected to take the shotput event. Emmons is aiming for at least 48 feet this season. .. .Washington should have the best of it in the mile relay, how ever. The huskies have another sophomore sensation in Paul Johns, diminutive broad jumper, who turned in a mark of 23 feet 1 y2 inches against Portland Sat urday. Johns comes from Stadium high school in Tacoma and was a factor in the Washington state meet two year's ago. This mark bests the one which won the northern division championship for Oregon’s Ehle Reber last year. “Rebe” jumped 22 feet 10 inches. Consistent and reliable — for points—is the handle applied to Jim McGoldrick who runs the high and low hurdles for the Huskies. He has yet to miss com peting in a meet for Washington. This is his last year and he is fig ured to take a first in the highs. Three Are Tossups The Oregon hoard of strategy puts the low hurdles, high jump, and the discus in the hands of fate and refuses to be committed. Jim Harris, football end, who has been noted for jumping six feet four inches should give any Hus ky a battle in the high jump. Oregon’s Bill Regner, another end, sent the discus to the 152 foot marker last year while he was a freshman. That try was a practice one, and he has not done that in a meet yet. Chuck Bech tol. Washington football star, will be Regner’s chief opponent. Dick Horne is also a discus thrower of note. If Jim Buck is fit to run today he will probably give Qvale and Murphy a stiff race in the 100. Colonel Hayward has done well in predicting meets up to now. Two years ago when Washington and Washington State were both showing on Hayward field, Bill called each one just one point off. That was the year of Mack Rob inson when Oregon was dual meet champion and dropped both the Huskies and the Cougars by a 67 to 64 score. Last Home Appearance Today’s appearance will mark the last home stand of six of Oregon’s trackmen who com plete their eligibility this year and who have won their share of points. These are: Captain Kirin Storli who took second in the coast half mile, Rod Hansen, un derstudy to George Varoff last year, Mitchell, Buck, Brown who was winner of the AAU spear throw last summer, and Emmons. These six have worked togeth er as a group since their sopho more days. Emmons was busy with football during most of the year but took time out to put the shot. And now, after today Ore gon’s coach will no longer be able to count on these sure point win ners on Hayward field. Meet Records Oregon - Washington all-time meet records are available with the exceptions of the 880 and the two-mile run. Three of these rec ords have stood the onslaught of athlete and time since 1928. Steve Anderson set enduring marks in the low and high sticks and Her man Brix heaved the shot for a new record in Eugene in the spring of 1928. Only two of the marks may possibly be broken today, no one seems in sight to shatter any of the other “bests.” Brown and Hansen have the potentialities to break the existing marks in the javelin and pole vault. Here are the all-time records: 100-yard dash—Set by Bud Shoemake in 1935 and Mack Rob inson in 1938, both of Oregon. Time, :09.6. 220-yard dash—Set by Shoe make of Oregon in 1935. Time, :20.8. 440-yard sprint—Set by Talbot Hartley of Washington in 1931. Time, :48. Mile run—Set by Ralph Hill of Oregon in 1930. Time, 4:12. 120-yard high hurdles—Set by Anderson of Washington in 1928. 220-yard low hurdles—Set by Anderson of Washington in 1928. Time, :23.2. High jump—Set by Bill Van dermay of Washington in 1936. Height, 6 feet 3 7-8 inches. Broad jump—Set by Frank Lloyd of Oregon in 1936. Mark, 24 feet 4 3-8 inches. Pole Vault—Set by Varoff of Oregon in 1938. Height, 14 feet. Javelin throw—Set by Brown of Oregon in 1939. Mark, 216 feet 1 inch. Shot put—Set by Brix of Wash ington in 1928. Mark, 51 feet 8 inches. Discus throw—Set by Ed Moel ler of Oregon in 1929. Mark, 160 feet 1 7-10 inches. Mile relay—Set by Washington in 1938. Time, 3:19.7. Frosh Earn Net Victory Four freshmen completed their matches against University high yesterday and won them all. leaving two doubles and one singles matches to be completed Friday, weather permitting. Frank Baker is leading Bob Buck, Uni No. 1 man. 6-1, 6-2, while neither of the scheduled doubles matches got under way before a slight drizzle forced postponement of play.