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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1941)
Duck Tracks By KEN CHRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports In a few short days, two to be exact, Oregon's 1941 Duck baseball team will travel to Corvallis to open the official northern division season, and according to the Oregon /State Barometer, the lads from Beavertown, led by the Varsity 0 club, are 'working hard to make the opening day ceremonies the biggest in the history of the northern branch, Plans are under way fo have Governor Charles Sprague toss the first ball. rihen the Governor will retire from the mound in favor oi one Glen lillioft, bespectacled lefthanded ace of the Heaver pitching staff, who will see for himself whether the J'ii- k murderers row" i.-> as tough as the preseason reports have indicated-. Brill Carney Wants a Statement Bill Carney, veteran leftfielder of the "Webfoot nine, has been mighty eager to have me stick out my neck ami offer a pre diction on Friday’s game at Corvallis, Saturday’s game with Of'C here when the Eugene opening takes place, and the north ern division season in general. So as to not disappoint Carney, I will offer what I think shapes up in the coming games and also what the team standings will look like at the end ol the year. Oregon has the stuff to win both games with the Beavers but I doubt if they will, Elliott appears to be in good form raid far enough advanced to stifle the heavy slugging Web foots in the first game Friday, Jf Oregon had been given a better break by the weather man and allowed to squeeze in a few more practice games, they would be heavily favored to knock over Oregon State no matter who was pitching. But the Ducks didn’t show too well against "Willamette last Saturday. Although they got a total of nine hits off the pitches of Toolson, the bingles were at times vc n shaky and it was apparent that the Oregon bows were in need of a few more games to sharpen up their batting eyes. Mieder May Cross Us Up Dob Kieder will probably take the mound for Oregon in the fii t game and should pitch good ball. lie appears at this writing to be the best chueker on the staff and if he happens id be hot ior this game, Duck Tracks’ prognostications will take one on the chin. On Saturday, the story should be different. It will be Pete Igoe against Clayton Shaw on the pitchers’ hill and the heavy artillery of the Webfoots should start to boom. Cgoe showed enough for seven innings against Willamette to indicate that he is ready to pitch conference ball, and with little Nick Begleries ready to be thrown in to shut off any Beaver uprisings that might occur against Igoe, the Webfoots should take the contest. On the field, Oregon is far superior to the Beavers. On the mound, they are inferior. At bat, they can easily outslug the Orange. But it is my opinion that slugging will play second Oddi • to pitching in the first game and we will have to wait iniii1 Saturday before the Oregon bats begin to boom. W ebfoots to Win Pennant As t >r the season as a whole. Oregon will win handily, once they get into the swing of the campaign. Oregon State will be their clo.sest competitor on the strength of two of the division’s licet pitchers—Elliott and Shaw. Washington State should be a pood third with Gentry and Butts greatly helping their C"Um'. V, adiingtou and Idaho will trail at the bottom of the heap. So there you are. Bill, and I hope you cross me up on that (i|icu, ;g day game Friday. ROIC Officers May Step Into Service The war department is contem P'siing- calling all graduating ot f' -ra into active duty for one year immediately upon comple tion of their school work, accord ing to Captain F. I. Agide, mik science instructor. la connection with the in cre tsed number of reserve offi cers being called into service and t) • move extensive training while in school. Colonel R. jM. Lyon, lu* id of the military department e t that Captain Harvey Blythe ia instructing a small group of I>! ysicni education majors in v iss calisthenics. These men will t* it dined in military ‘‘setting up c .ercises" and ready for service t lining recruits. Colonel Lyon st.ued. BA Hour to Feature Heal Estate Topic Speaking on the first part of this week's business hour is Prof. C. L. Kelly, school of busi ness faculty. His subject is “Ur ban Real Estate as an Invest ment." The program is on KOAC at 7:30 tonight. Also on the program is T. M. Holt, conductor of the weekly “Business Observer" feature of the half-hour program, which re views recent trends in the busi ness world. A South American expedition headed by Dr. Elvin C. Stakman. professor of plant pathology at tiie University of Minnesota, has uncovered what might be a cource of a vast new supply of rubber. HEY BUD, GRAB YER PANTS! VW.V.y.WVr.iJ “Slugger” and “Socker” wind up with round houses as the spec tators howl with glee. “Slugger” had better haul up his sarong. Fresh Lead Vikings As Rains Intervene ‘•The Rains Came,” the Ducklings waddled for cover, and after but one inning of play, the frosh-Saleni high game was called off with the score standing 2 to 0 in favor of the yearlings. The frosh grabbed their pair of tallies when Bob Farrow boomed out a double, and scored on an error made on Bob Ballard’s hit ball. Bill Gissberg brought Ballard in on his single to center. Dick Maier Now No. 6 Changing positions like Ducks moving with the weather, the University of Oregon fresh man golf team has been playing challenging matches to keep their putting eyes in shape. Bud Bergstrom for merly Xo. 6 man on the team, advanced to the Xo, 5 position by defeating Dick Maier, Ore gon junior champion, one up at the end of the first eigh teen. Bergstrom shot a par 72, grab bing off an eagle and two bird ies on the back nine of the Lau relvvood course, to defeat Maier who shot a 74, two over par. Ray Farmer still retains the No. 1 position, after defeating challenger Bob Buck, 2 up. Berg strom also challenged Bill Bar rish, No. 4 man but was defeated 2 up, Bergstrom shot a 77 to Buck's 74. t I Campus Calendar Phi Beta meeting; will take place Thursday at 7:15 p.m. at Westminster house. Professor Moll's Poetry group will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in 104 Journalism. Bring- your cop ies of "Gargantua's Mouth.” Cafeteria lunch, sponsored by the Dill Pickle club, will be served today in the YWCA bun galow. Dishes will be 5 cents each. Order of the “O” will meet at noon today at the Sigma Nil house. Women’s tennis tournament deadline has been advanced to 7:30 today because of weather conditions. rseeus metiers The frosh continue to get washed out in all their attempts to play, but Warren stated they would be back for another try to day when they meet University high at 3:30 on the frosh prac tice field. The frosh coach claimed' he would start “Kik” Si monsen on the mound but would give most of the other pitching staff a whirl at things, too. Eligibility misfortunes have been cleared up so Warren will be set to start Bill Gissberg at first, Bill Bishop at second, Bob Farrow at short and Ed Crane at third. For the outfield it will be Dick Burns, Bob Ballard, and Jimmie Vitti. The frosh have a busy weekend coming up with a trip to the north where they will meet Grant, Friday, and Jefferson, Saturday. YMCA Get-together Planned for Tonight Short talks by G. Bernhard Fedde, Eugene lawyer, and Bob Lovell, YMCA retiring president, will be featured at the spring as sembly of the University “Y” in the hut tonight at 7:30. “The University YMCA in Per spective” is Mr. Fedde's topic, while Lovell will speak on “The University YMCA in Action.” Homer Townsend, YMCA rec reation chairman, will be master of ceremonies. Dr. Quirinus Breen, assistant professor of so cial science and history, is the principle speaker of the evening. Special features of the assem bly are solo numbers by Sidney Sinclair, baritone, and songs by the Alpha Chi Omega trio. Com munity singing, led by Williston Wirt, will be accompanied on the piano by Mrs. A. F. Holmer. Instabation o’.' officers for next year in the YM and informal re freshment period will complete the program. Certain students, members of the faculty, and townspeople are being specially invited, but the meeting is open to all University ' students. Duckling Trackmen Eye OSC It’s the Oregon State relays for the University of Oregon freshman track squad, April 19, in Corvallis. One look at the cinder trippers scampering about under the di rection of Coach Ned Johns would support this information. It's plenty of work on the important phases of relay work for the en tire frosh squad. Coach Johns said last night that the tryouts for the squad positions in the re lays will be held today on the Hayward oval. Thirty-Six Men The squad has now swelled to a total of 36 men—and there are no notable casualties in the entire crew. The freshman squad will en ter men in four events in the Corvallis relays. These events will be run in the order listed. Three mile, 440, one mile, and the 880 medley. With several big high school names listed on the roster of the frosh squad hopes in some quar ters are very high over the chances of the Oregon men mak ing a first class showing. HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS PLENTY SORE but he's out of the dog house non ! V J* “WHERE YA GOIN’ with my pipe?’’ wailed Henry. "To the incinerator—where oil smelly things belong," snapped his mother-in-law. ‘‘That tobacco of yours is impossible.” ONE WEEK LATER. Now Henry’s in clover. Even his mother-in-law treats him right since lie switched to Sir Walter Raleigh. Try this mild tobacco on your home hie. Filty pipe loads, 13(1. I Keep out of T»e dog House WITH SIP WALTeR Tune in UNCLE WALTER’S DOG HOUSE Every ucei—NBC ReJ Network Prizes jor your Dog Housol' experience