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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1940)
DUCK TRACKS By GEORGE PASERO, Co-Sports Editor, Oregon Daily Emerald --— Yesterday’s Oregon - Washing ton baseball game really was a corker. ... It had everything . . . good pitching, alert playing, and even a storybook finish. Washington's southpaw pitch er, Sam Baker, had far and away more sturr man any pitcher to ap pear at Ho w e field this year . . . so it’s no wonder Oregon’s hitting fell from a two game average of 20 hits to a total of five. Every hall Pit cher Baker threw had something on tjeorge Pasero it. . . . His fast one hopped; his curve broke sharp and fast; and his change-of-pace Was baffling. ... Yes, and he even threw a few knuckle balls. For »‘:even innings, he blanked tffte iWebfoots, only to tire a bit in the final two frames. . . . His higgest mistake was to throw little Billy Calvert a down-the luiddle fast ball. Calvert was set for the pitch, and he really pow dered the ball for the triple that r.cored Pitcher Pete Igoe in the last half of the ninth and broke up the contest. After this heart-breaking de feat, Baker must certainly feel that Howe field and Oregon hold a. jinx over him. Last year, he worked most of a game which Oregon gon, 16 to 0. He wasn’t the losing pitcher, however, for teammate, Whitman, started and was shelled from the mound. Bak er was not treated very respect fully, himself, as the big bats of iVVimpy Quinn, Busher Smith, Ford Mullen, Elmer Mallory, et al, boomed. It's “Sad Sam” Now Baker's nickname before game (line was “Lefty Sam,” but it’s almost a cinch that it will be “Sad 8am” henceforth. Oregon’s winning' pitcher, Pete JTgoe, gave up four more hits than Baker, nine all told, and walked five men, but he was tougher than the Brooklyn Dodgers when llie chips were down. Smiling Pete was in trouble most of the time as Washington left 13 men stranded on the bases. Because of this, fans witnessed a virtual doubleheader, with Bob Rieder working almost a full contest in the bull-pen. Tubby Graves has had a lot of personal hard luck as Washing ton’s coach. Four years ago. he was pitching in batting practice, and a hitter smashed a liner Which struck him on the side of the face, breaking his jaw and knocking out a few teeth. This f.pring. he was injured again, this time by a foul tip which all but tore a kneecap off. Curiously enough. Tubby was standing 30 or 40 feet back of home plate in what would ordinarily be safe territory when he was struck down by a ball which caromed off a cement foundation. Love Thy Neighbor Washington Players have a lot of respect for their easy-going' luentor. They all say he can "real ly take it and come up smiling.” Here’s the way one of his boys pays tribute to him: “Heck, you can’t keep him down. The day after his leg was put Into a cast, he came out to practice on crutches. The second day he throw the crutches away and used a cane, and the third day lie even discarded the cane in favor of a fungo hat . . . now he just hobbles around, though he still wears a long brace oa his 1^0' ” Spec Burke, veteran northern division umpire, and Jack Shim shak. Oregon’s sparkling second sacker, are neighbors in Port land ... in fact, Spec taught “Shadrak" just about everything he knows about the game. This is the explanation of those smiles and “injured” glances Spec and Shimshak exchange at times during a ball game. Spec thinks a lot of Shimshak, but, as an um pire should be, Burke is impar tial to the letter in decisions which involve the Oregon infield er. “You know,” says Spec, “I’ve had to call more close plays around that fellow (Shimshak) this year than any player in the northern division.” Who Holds the Aces? The Oregon track team and the Oregon State cindermen traveled from Portland to Corvallis on the same train. They had quite a time, too, discussing the Oregon OSC meet of this weekend. Bill Hayward and Grant Swan, opposing coaches, got together in a dual effort to predict the meet, but both were very conservative, according to Oregon trackmen who were within hearing dis tance. What’s more, both were sure that the other mentor was holding some ace up his sleeve. Hayward and Swan have had a time trying to out-guess and out fox each other in past years, and the scoreboard reads in Hay ward's favor, if past meets are any indication. Last year, it was easy, but two years ago it took Mack Robinson’s best to beat Swan’s team. Three members of the Wash ington infield- First Sacker Walt (Please turn to page seven) Kappa Sigma, Theta Chi Win Campbell Co-op, Canard Club Lose In Softball Play Theta Chi defeated Campbell co-op in a tight pitchers’ battle, 2 to 0, and Kappa Sigma pound ed out an 8 to 5 victory over Canard club yesterday in the only two intramural softball games scheduled on Rollie Dickie’s cal endar. Big Mike Dariotis wrapped his bat around one of Pitcher Elmer Olsen’s offerings in the seventh inning of the Theta Chi-Camp bell game and hoisted it over the center fielder’s head for a home run. to break up a brilliant no hit game Olsen had pitched up to that point. John Loback, who had previously walked to first base, scored ahead of big Mike to make the final count Theta Chi 2, Campbell 0. Two-Hitter Loback held the Co-op to two bingles throughout the contest, and struck out six men, while Olsen whiffed 14 Theta Chis. Kappa Sigma greeted Canard pitcher Bob Herndon with an out burst of five runs in the first frame to procure a lead that was never approached by the Canard team. Bob Lansdon and Ralph Moore collected solid bingles to knock in all five Kappa Sig bingles in the first inning. Pitcher Herndon smashed out a circuit clout in the third inning for Canard, and Ivan Carr hit a double to score three runs ahead of him. The Kappa Sigs tight ened up. however, and finished the game on top. Sig Eps Win Track That Boyd Brown Grip_ Wonder of coast track circles is the grip used by Oregon’s Boyd Brown in throwing the javelin. Because he has no right thumb, the Webfoot red-head grips the spear with his first two fore-fingers. This has proven no handicap to Brown, however, as the Oregon senior is Pacific coast and national AAU champion. Webfoot Cinder men Gird For OSC Meet By BOB FLAVELLE Saturday will be the making or breaking of a successful track season as far as the University of Oregon is concerned when they meet Grant Swan’s Oregon State cinder team in a northern division dual meet at Corvallis. The two teams met several weeks ago in a relay meet, and the Beavers trounced the Ducks by a 5 to 3 count, winning their events by convincing margins. Both teams have had two dual meets since that time, however, and the situation has changed somewhat. Pulled muscles and ineligibility stepped in to take two ace sprinters from each team. Bob Deiz of Oregon and Rogers and Cross of the Beavers have all been out for several weeks with injuries, and their condition is still such that it is uncertain whether they will be serious threats in the coming meet. “Dutch” Schultz, Webfoot sopho more sprinter, was declared in eligible and removed from com petition for the season. Toss Up The University of Washington squad has met both teams in dual meets and beaten them by almost identical scores. Oregon suc cumbed, 77 to 54, and the Beavers were downed last Saturday at Seattle, 73 to 58*. As indicated by the compara tive scores, the meet this Satur day wil lbe a toss-up with the vic tory in all probability going to the team garnering the majority of second and third positions. The firsts seem to be evenly divided between the rivals. IS YOUR CAR FIT FOR SUMMER DRIVING? Summer driving1 is hard on your ear—more lieat. more dust, more mileage, lietter have its ignition cheeked now. Clark Battery & Electric Co. 1042 Oak Phone 80 At any rate, this meet with Oregon State is the one that Coach Bill Hayward and his men have pointed toward the whole season and Oregon rooters will see their favorites go all out in an effort to clinch top honors. Les Werschkul defeated Larry Key yesterday to retain his No. 1 position on the varsity tennis team. Carnival Beta Athletes Take Second Sigma Delta Psi Meet Champions; Tally 301 Points By BERNIE ENGEL Sigma Phi Epsilon reigns as Sigma Delta Psi champion of the year with 301 points earned in the annual meet, held Monday. In the haze of an all-night fig uring spree, intramural officials at first calculated Beta Theta Pi as the winner, but a final check cleared the Sig Eps’ title. The Betas pulled down second with 298 points while Phi Delta Theta finished with 274 counters to take third. Summary of point standings: Sigma Phi Epsilon 301, Beta Theta Pi 298, Phi Delta Theta 274, Sigma Alpha Epsilon 254, Theta Chi 252, Zeta hall 250, Al pha Tau Omega 247, Kappa Sig ma, 233, Phi Kappa Psi 209, Sig ma Chi 208, Delta Upsilon 200, Gamma hall 192, Phi Sigma Kap pa 172, Campbell co-op 155, Chi Psi 125, Pi Kappa Alpha 119, Phi Gamma Delta 118, Alpha hall 100, Delta Tau Delta 92, Sherry Ross hall 90, Sigma Nu 88, Yeo men 82, Canard club 81, Sigma hall 27, Kirkwood co-op 19, Sig ma Alpha Mu 17, Earl Jeans (in dependent) 10, Omega hall 9. Best Marks Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Beta Theta Pi entrants posted three of the best marks apiece. Follow ing are the best performances in each event: 100-yard dash — Fish burn, Delts; Toole, Kappa Sigs; Loner gan; Phi Delts; Schultz and Mar nie, SAE; Horner, Sherry Ross; Greene, Zeta, tied at :10.5. 120-yard low hurdles — Brad ford, Beta, and Horner, Sherry Ross, tied at ;14.5. Shot put—William, Yeomen, 38 feet 11 inches. Broad jump — Schultz, SAE, 21 feet 6 inches. Football punt—Gebhardt, Beta, 68 yards. (Please turn to page seven) SPECIAL! Varsity Town Sport Coats • at Reduced Prices • $10.00 $12.50 $13.95 Look Your Best for Junior Weekend and Mothers Day Get SLACKS to match. All colors. Large assortment of Sport Shirts in two models—the Rogue and the Ruggers.