Duck Tracks By KEN C HRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports Oregon students will have a chance to put their fingers in the selection of the R. A. Babb trophy Thursday at the same time that the Oregon executive council is chosen. The Babb trophy is a plaque given this year for the first time to the outstanding graduating Oregon athlete who has shown athletic excellence, team inspirational qualities, a “C” average scholastically, and self reliance during his terms at school. Printed on the ballots with the names of the nominees to the executive council will also be the names of 19 graduating senior athletes. Those are: football—Bob Blenkinsop, Frank JTmnons, Filing Jacobsen, Len Isbcrg. and Marsh Stenstrom; basketball—Bob Anet and John Dick; swimming—A1 Sandner juuf Jim Marnie; wrestling—Hal Kascliko; baseball—Toni Cov, Fete Igoe, and Jack Shimshak; track—Boyd Brown, Bob Keen, and Flile Reber; tennis—Len Clark; golf—Bob Engelke and diet Keller. This list will be pared to a smaller number by the stu dents and the final list will be sent to members of the committee for the selection who will pick three names for the trophy. Points will be awarded on a 5-3-1 basis in this voting by the committeemen. In this way it is hoped that the selection will be made by fair means—fair to all the contestants, The plaque will be presented at a dinner of the Order of tlie “0” May IT or 18 if the returns are in. Mr. Babb, donor ot the trophy, will be asked to present the award at this time. Washington Less to Be Feared Washington’s baseball team nq longer looms as a big “bogey mao” to tlie other teams in the northern division. The Huskies bad been reckoned a dark horse at the start of the race. Other clubs—notably Oregon and Oregon State—trembled when the [Washington’s hacked off four wins to start tlie season, then came the revealing Oregon 8tate - Washington series. 080 smacked Washington twice, and Oregon slugged them once yesterday, Washington State players explained the opener at Seattle against the Huskies when they were here Wed nesday and Thursday. Washington won that first game, 14 to 6 or some such score, The Cougars made 11 errors— nearly all of them accounted for Husky runs. Now Wash ington is shown in a more nearly true light. It lacks Ore gon’s power at the plate and hasn’t a much stronger pitching staff. Sierer and Jorgensen seem the most effec tive on the mound in games thus far. Oregon will see one O', both perform, today. Leiicht Moves I roii "my weakest team in 39 years,’’ Colonel Bill Hay ward’s track team lias come to he an element to be reckoned with in the northern division. Jack Leielit, football halfback tumod sprinter, has helped immeasurably in strengthening the squad. Leielit turned in a time of :09.7 in the 100 which Wi>i just slightly poorer than Pat llaley’s record-setting :09.G. Hcii'ht ha^ been out about three weeks, give him another two weeks and he will make it. interesting for Messrs. Haley, Smith, and Qvale in the northwest. Bill Regner, football end, lias improved vastly in the discus. In the Washington meet he threw the discus platter some 122 feet. His mark against WSC was 134 feet 7*4 inches. He tossed it 142 the other day and may work the kink out of his arm soon so that he will be flipping it 152 feet as he did when a freshman. Ray Dickson has improved Oregon's strength in the hurdles and the broad jump. Ke jumped 23 feet 6 inches the first time he came out a week ago, since then he hasn't fared so well. Saturday he v on the event at 22 feet 8 inches. Short Shots Tidbits 1 »u**k Berry i- .-.till the power hitter on Oregon’s nine hast rear he hit a oool .429, which dropped this year to .‘2% until yesterday. Today he liit> .322 with 10 hits in 31 tii ie- at hat. .Seven of those hits are extra-base clouts which mean- run- hatted in. Pick John Bubalo on your pitching staff for the Inland Empire trip. Bubalo is the most versatile man on the team. Chuck Clifford suffered a cleat cut last week, and Bubalo f ts in at first base for a few innings. In high school he played every position on the team except pitcher, now' it aoems that he’ll get his chance on the mound, t >oh Keen, Oregon’> senior sprinter and senior class prexy, ti t nod in a :09.9 Century Saturday against WSC. That was mu of h s best 10Ck In the 220 he came through with a :21.8— I best dust a flyer on tie* run—pick Oregon over Oregon *S, .le i,« the track m**et Saturday. If the l>ueks do win, it’ll lu k a \ cry slim margin. NINE THIRTY-SECONDS OF AN INCH SHORT L.es Steers is shown soaring to a new world high jump mark of 6 feet 1025/ inches in Seattle April 27. Steers was shy of equaling that mark on Hayward field Saturday, as he climbed over 6 feet 10>,2 inches in a Duck-Cougar dual. WSC Trackmen Faster; r Ducks Surprise in Losing By FRED TREADGOLD Saturday morning a biting cold wind blew in from the west, shooing away all Les Steers’ chances of further raising his world’s high jump mark past his “ceiling” of 6 feet 10-3/ , inches. Muscles don’t relax and loosen properly in damp weather, nor is such a day an incentive for championship performances. Yet Les came within a fraction—0/ inches in fact—of equalling his week old mark. Undoubtedly with more cooperative weather the sopho more stratospherist would have cracked the mark. Three times he failed, by just a shade, of clearing the bar at 6 feet 11, hav ing to be content this time with only 6 feet 10 ^ inches. Pulling down another first in his only other event—the javelin —Les hurled the harpoon 185 feet 6 inches. Meanwhile, his teammates were coming through with un-thought-of performances to let the strong Washington Staters know that they had been through a busy afternoon. All told 58 1-8 points were surprisingly punched out on the adding machine for Oregon, while the Cougars led the way with 72 2-3. It was a much closer squeeze for WSC than anyone predicted, and if the Ducks had come through with a first place in the high hurdles (which they lost by a nose) just two points would have been the margin of victory for the Cougars. Pat Haley, WSC flash, stepped off two new meet records in the 100 and 220-yard dashes. The new century mark is :09.6, with Ore gon’s Jake Leicht breezing in just a moment later. The 220 mark was lowered to :21 flat. Summary: Mile — Tie between Williams and Dale, WSC; Russel, Oregon, third. Time, 4:36.7. 440-yard dash—Won by Lang, WSC; Tuckwiler, Oregon, second; Lee, Oregon, third. Time, :50.2. Shot put — Won by Londos, WSC, 46 feet 10 3-8 inches; Nie mi, WSC, second, 45 feet 31-;. inches; Regner, Oregon, third, 43 feet 9 1-8 inches. High jump — Won by Steers, Oregon, 6 feet 10inches; Me SOME MIX-UP HERE? Perhaps they’re trying out some new equipment. Or still, some grid hero may have sneaked away from spring praetiee. Oh well, your guess is as good as ours. Cain, WSC, second, 6 feet 1 inch; Beifuss, Oregon, third, 5 feet 10 inches. (Winning height new dual meet and Hayward field record. Former dual meet record 6 feet 3 3-8 inches set by Harris, Ore gon, 1940; former field record 6 feet 3 7-8 inches, set by Vander man, Washington, 1936.) Pole vault—Won by Thomas, Oregon, 13 feet; Pirie and Ramos, WSC, and Hendershott, Oregon, tied for second, 12 feet 6 inches. 100-yard dash—Won by Haley, WSC; Leicht, Oregon, second; Bowsher, WSC, third. Time, :09.6. (Winning time new dual meet record. Former record :09.8, set by Shoemake, Oregon, 1936. Also ties Hayward field record set by Shoemake, in 1934.) 120-yard high hurdles—Won by Schade, WSC; Butler, Oregon, second; Dickson, Oregon, third. Time, :15.4. 880-yard run—Won by Dang, WTSC; McKinney, Oregon, second; Russel, Oregon, third. Time, 1.58. Javelin—Won by Steers, Ore gon, 185 feet 6 inches; Niemi, WSC, second, 168 feet 10 inches; Londos, WSC, third, 140 feet 10 U inches. Discus—Won by Stone, WSC, 141 feet 10^2 inches; Regner, Ore gon, second, 134 feet 7Y3 inches; Londos, WrSC. third, 122 feet 6 inches. 220-yard dash—Won by Haley. WrSC; Leicht, Oregon, second; Keen, Oregon, third. Time, :21. (Winning time new dual tracK meet record. Former set by Orr, WSC, :21.1, in 1938.) Broad jump—Won by Dickson, Oregon, 22 feet 8 inches; Bow sher, WSC, second, 22 feet 6U inches; Reber, Oregon, third, 22 feet 4 inches. Two-mile run—Won by Lehn, WrSC; Williams, WSC, second; Ross, Oregon, third. Time. 10:01.4. 220-yard low hurdles—Won by Butler, Oregon; Schade, WSC, second; Parry, WSC, third. Time, :24.7. Mile relay — Won by Oregon (McKinney, Reiner, Lee, Tuck wiler). Time, 3:26.7. Watch tlie Oregon*# Emerald CLASSIFIEDS