Duck
Tracks
By BOB FL WELLE, Co-Sports Editor
The Oregon State-Oregon baseball games last Friday and
Saturday did nothing to shove either the Ducks or Beavers
into a flying start in the 1941 pennant chase but they did
reveal several facts of interest.
I i tiie first place, the Oregon pitching looked far from bad.
In. fact it looked darned good. Bob Rieder, starting hurler in
tlifirst game, was the only twirler who failed to show any
thing effective enough to silence tlie Beaver bats, lie was
clipped for five hits and as many runs in the two and two
tbieds innings that he worked. His successor, Pete Igoe, two
ye r veteran, then took over and stopped the Staters with one
ru. and six scattered hits in the remaining six and one-third
frames.
Pitth- Nick Begleries sauntered onto the hill Saturday after
noon and after a groggy first inning, in which Oregon State
scored a total of four runs, but two of which were earned, he
shut the Staters out for the remainder of the contest with
sis: hits.
The officiating of both games by the supposedly capable
Spot- Burke, all but convinced backers of both schools that
collegiate baseball games are not tea parties and at least two
officials are necessary if the plays are to be called with any
degree of accuracy.
Officiating Far From Satisfactory
Take the first game for example. Burke did a fair job as
long as there wasn't a man on base and lie could call the
pitches from directly behind the plate. But when a man reached
find, and Burke had to move out in hack of the pitcher’s mound
in order to be nearer the plays on the bases, a ball six inches
from the plate had a fifty-fifty chance of being called either
way—ball or strike.
Spec was apparently not biased toward either squad.
JBportswriters from both schools were keeping a running
cocount of the bad decisions the umpire was making and
c.t the end of the game, the score was even up—Burke
lead called a like number of bad ones on both teams.
In Saturday’s game. Burke did much better, probably be
cause comparatively few men were successful in reaching first
wifely and he could call the heaves from behind the plate.
Everything went quite smoothly until two were out in tho last
half of the ninth, with the Ducks at hat. Dick Whitman rapped
ti, grounder down to l’aul Johnston. Beaver shortstop, who
tossed a few feet wide of first base, drawing Lyle Speelit oil’
1 lie b;n» toward home idnte.
Questionable Decision Starts Battle
As Whitman sped past him, Speeht received the throw and
made the usual backhanded stab in an effort to tag- the Duck
captain. From the pressbox it was difficult to determine
whether Speeht had made a putout. Fans in the stands were
pretty well agreed that he had missed by at least a foot. Burke,
who was situated 90 feet from the play back of the batter’s
Ii0'\ and in a poor position to clearly see whether contact be
tween ball and runner had been completed, saw the pla\ dif
ferently and called 'Whitman out. ending the game.
The usually mild-mannered Duck center fielder blew up
completely at what he thought was a “raw" decision and
be chased Burke halfway off the diamond, protesting
vehemently. Chuck Clifford met Burke at the third base
line in front of the Duck bench and gave the harassed
umpire his version of the play. Hobby Hobson was near at
band by that time and he let Burke know that lie not only
thought the decision was raw, but that Burke's language
was becoming slightly on the raw side also. Violent com
lications soon ensued.
The lamentable part of the whole affair is that the play was
not a serious one. Ik id Whitman been called safe, it is doubt
fid that Oregon could have found the offerings of Clayt
Ft aw, who was twirling masterfully for the Beavers, for the
saIV blow,n necessary to score Whitman. Doubly lamentable is
|! t the presen ■ ' of a second umpire on the diamond to call
pi y> (ai the base paths would have left no room for argument.
Base Umpire Would Help Situation
1‘uttiag the entire burden upon the shoulders of one man
i . definite mistake. For a fairly reasonable sum. a local offi
('.'I con'd be hind to handle the bases. lr may draw another
1 \c iv.- ten dollars away from the gate receipts, but it would
do away with a lot of the “hammy" decisions that detract
so from a closely played ball game.
IS*- ' S'
Kivi'" Ernio Lombardi going' strong.
Bevos Clip Duck Runners
In Annual Relays, 5 to 3
KappaSig,
Beta Win
Polo Tiffs
Chi Psi and Sig Ep
To Face Favorites
In I-M Semi-Finals
By ART LITCHMAN
The Kappa Sig juggernaut
rolled into the semi-finals of
the intramural water polo yes
terday by swamping the ATO
team, 5 to 1. Led by Cub Cal
lis and Dick Horne, the “beef
trust” led all the way and were
never threatened.' Dick Allen
scored the lone tally for the
ATOs. Gene Brown played a
nice game in the net for the
losers. Callis scored three and
Horne two to top the scorers.
In other games the Betas, Chi
Psis, and Sig Eps also won.
The Beta machine swept to an
easy victory over the hapless Fi-’
iis, 7 to 0. The Beta paddlers ran
up five goals in the first half and
then loafed through a dull sec
ond period.
Chi Psis Win
Chi Psi lodge edged out the
Phi Delts in a hard fought game,
2 to 1. Tom Starbuck bagged both
Lodge tallies to lead the team to
victory. L. D. Courtright, Chi Psi
goalie, played a brilliant game
in the cage, saving the game for
Lodge lads many times.
Hal Harris scored three times
to lead the Sig Eps to a 4 to 2
victory over the DC paddlers.
Maurice Soloman baggen the
other Sig Ep tally.
In today’s semi-finals the Kap
pa Sig powerhouse clashes with
the Chi Psis and the Beta boys
tangle with the Sig Eps. Finals
will be played Wednesday at 4
o’clock.
Emerald Announces
Personnel Shifts
Marilyn Marshall, freshman in
science, has been appointed Fri
day advertising manager of the
Oregon Daily Emerald for the re
mainder of spring term, succeed
ing Jean Adams who has been
transferred to the layout depart
ment.
Jean Routt will have charge of
the Emerald scrapbook this term.
Last term she worked on the
Wednesday advertising staff.
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Oregon Men Shine in Field Events
As Les Steers Paces High lump Quartet
To Smash Last Year's Record
Oregon State’s power-laden track team out-sped the game but
sparsely-manned Oregon club to carry off a 5 to 3 victory in the
fourteenth running of the annual relays Saturday at Corvallis. The
Beaver triumph knotted the series at six wins each, discounting two
ties.
The result was what Coach Bill Hayward had expected, though
he had played for a tie. Reversal
in the four-mile relay, an event
on which Hayward placed some
faint hope, removed the last
chance for a stalemate with the
Beavers.
Duck fans received some con
solation when the Oregon high
jumping foursome broke the meet
record set last year by Oregon
State. A total of 24 feet 9 inches
was accrued by the Duck team of
Les Steers, Jim Harris, Bill Bei
fuss, and Harvey McKee. Sopho
more Steers paced the quartet
with a leap of 6 feet 7 inches. Fol
lowing with another laudable
height was Harris who reached
6 feet 4.
Next booking on the Webfoot
track schedule is the strong
Washington Huskies Saturday at
Seattle.
Tri-Way
Meet Billed
The University of Oregon
freshman track squad, fresh
from a 4 to 1 clubbing at the
hands of the Oregon State
rooks, today will attempt to re
pulse the combined efforts of
Eugene and University high
track teams, in a three-way
meet starting at 3:30 on Hay
ward field.
Coach Ned Johns seemingly un
worried at the downfall of the
frosh in the Oregon State relays
announced that his squad will be
ready to go, but will leave seven
squad members on the side lines
fighting that bug-a-boo of all
athletes—-ineligibility.
Eugene’s Axemen classed as
“powerful” in prep track circles
are expected to offer the keen
est competition to the Duck frosh.
The latest achievement of the
Axemen is the polishing off of
the Albany and Corvallis track
squads in a high school track
test. The Eugene men scored
points in every event other than
the discus and javelin against
the two valley teams.
The University high squad is
not overly powerful having just
been trimmed by Springfield high
school.
440-yard relay—Won by Ore
gon State (Gray, Truax, Findlay,
Graves); Oregon second. Time,
:42.9.
One-mile relay—Won by Ore
gon State (Waterman, Vaillan
court, Nelson, Graff); Oregon
second. Time, 8:09.4.
Shotput relay- Won by Oregon
(Regner, 44 feet 2% inches;
Steers, 42 feet 5 inches; Foster,
42 feet 10 inches; Mecham, 38
feet 1 inch) 167 feet 614 inches;
Oregon State second, 163 feet 1\2
inches.
High jump relay—Won by Ore
gon (Steers, 6 feet 7 inches;
Harris, 6 feet 4 inches; Beifuss,
6 feet; McKee, 5 feet 10 inches),
24 feet 9 inches; (New meet rec
ord, former made in 1940 by OSC,
23 feet 8 inches). Oregon State
second.
880-yard relay—Won by Ore
gon State (Gray, Smith, Blair,
Graves); Oregon second. Time,
1:30.5.
Shuttle hurdle relay—Won by
Oregon State (Findlay, Phelps,
Abbott, Holloway); Oregon sec
ond. Time, 1:06.
Four-mile relay—Won by Ore
gon State (Waterman, Graff,
Nelson, Vaillancourt); Oregon
second. Time, 4:36.1. (Ran as
single mile run, order of finish,
Vaillancourt and Nelson, tied for
first; Watterman, third; Graff,
fourth).
Mile relay — Won by Oregon
(Reiner, Lee, McKinney, Tuck
wiler); Oregon State second.
Time, 3:26.8.
Editing Seniors
Complete Surveys
The survey of Eugene public
opinion on current questions and
controversial matters was com
pleted by the senior editing class
last week. The first of the tabu
lations was published Sunday in
the Eugene Register Guard and
the figures will run for several
weeks.
One of the questions asked the
local citizens was whether they
believe that University students
are good drivers. The result of
this inquiry will appear in the
Register-Guard, along with other
pertinent answers.
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