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
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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.
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'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.