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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1941)
Duck Tracks By KEN CHRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports Her© is mv conception of the northern division base* » ball all-star team. If there should be a predominance of Oregon players listed, it’s because they seem the best ! qualified for the positions. With half of the 16 games played by all teams, except Washington State and Idaho, it seems an opportune time to list the ‘ best men foi each position. Catcher—Bill Calvert, Oregon. Calvert hits .286 at present. His hits in the clutch are a great helping factor for Oregon. fCe is the smartest catcher in the league—handles his pitchers well. His throws are accurate and fast to any base to cut off A. runner. Pitchers — Henry Bushman, Washington state, uienn Elliott, Oregon State; and Clayt Shaw, Oregon State. Bushman pitches with his body, his arm is loose. He is undoubtedly the best pitcher in the northern division at the present time. Elliott and Shaw are barely better than Dick Snyder of Idaho, Warren Sierer of Washington, Bill Sewell of WSC, and Nick Begleries of Oregon. Oregon Players Grab Top Places First Basemen—Chuck Clifford, Oregon. Clifford is head and shoulders ahead of Sewell ol WSC and Walter Milro,\ of .Washington. All three are good hitters. Clifford is the best, bats above .300, and fields the ball well from his position. Ilis fielding prowess keeps Buck Berry s and Bill Ilamel s fielding Average near, 1.000. He reminds fans of Bale Bushel Smith jof a few years ago. Second Baseman—Don Kirsch, Oregon. Kirsch is light ning fast in the field. He robs batters of hits through the second base position and first base time and again. He also steals bases with his speed. He leads his team in runs scored and hits well above .300. Cy Stephens of Washing ton rates a close second, Third Baseman—Buck Berry, Oregon. Berry was unanimous choice lust year with an average of .429. His fielding is above that of last year—close to 1,000. lie leads the northern division at the present time with runs batted in. No infielder in the northern division possesses Berry s whip-like arm. He is hit - tin^- below his 1940 mark, but its still above .300. Leo Pierson of Washington State is close behind. Hamel Gets Edge Over Butts Shortstop-Bill Hamel, Oregon. Very close decision over Vern Butts of Washington State. Hamel won the nod be cause of his speed afield and on the bases. He steals bases and roams all the ground between Berry’s niche at third and behind second base. Hamel hits above .300 from his team’s second cleanup position. These are the only two who rate mention. Utility Infielder—Butts, Washington State. He is given the position because of his fielding and hitting. He is really the power hitter on the Cougar squad. All-Oregon Outfield* Too Left Fielder -Bill Carney, Oregon. Carney possesses one oi the best batting eyes in the league, lie seldom if ever strikes out. lie hits near to .400. Carney was a elioice last year for the all star team. Don Durdan, Oregon State’s, all-around player merits the No. 2 position. Center Fielder—Dick Whitman, Oregon. He was a unani mous choice last year, He leads liis team at hat at piesent with an average in excess of .400. He is exceedingly fast afield and on bases. He often steals bases. He is the captain of his team and is looked at with envious eyes by major league scouts. This last, however, could also apply to most of the Oregon team and Butts of WSC. Norm Dalthorp of Washington rates second place here. Right Fielder John Bubalo, Oregon. He is the eighth Ore gon player to make the all-star squad. Bubalo possesses very strong wrists and a very strong arm. lie was winner of the Sigma Delta Psi baseball throw last year, llis power at the plate exeeeds .1100. Bubalo is surprisingly fast afield, too. Unfortunately for the other sehools, Tony Crish, Oregon, rates in second place. Utility Outfielder—Norm Dalthorp, Washington. Dal thorp is fast afield. He hits very well, too—getting three hits in three times at bat off Elliott of OSC. Short Shots Tidbits — Mike Iloyman, Oregon’s much-liked swimming coach, received a trophy from his freshman and varsity swim mers this week in token of their respect and affection. Tiie trophy was an onyx base, five inches by nine, with two inkwells and two black pens. Arising from the middle of the gift P a gold-encircled foundation, topped with a swimmer poised in a racing start. Hoyman's first name, “Mike” was engraved on the foundation with “Oregon Swimmers” Deluge Stymies 'Bill’s5 Trackmen Transfer Palmrose Shows Promise in Javelin; Zenas Butler Adds Century, Broad Jump to High, Low Hurdle Events Another rain deluge struck the Duck track camp Wednesday to put a damper on cinder workouts and curtail all action in the high jump ing, broad jumping, and pole vaulting pits. Despite the inclement weather, running for positions was held in the distance events. Latest addition to Bill Hayward’s track union was Ed Palmrose, ex-Oregon State rook numeral winner, who showed up well Wednes day in- his first javelin turnout. Palmrose is strictly on the “okeh” list regarding eligibility as he has gone to school here two years since transferring from Corval lis. Javelin Strong Palmrose plus three other new comers—Porky Andrews, Butch Nelson, and Warren Finke, great ly strengthens the javelin de partment. Versatile Les Steers has been doing it all alone up to now’. Hayward has extended Zenas Butler’s duties to include two additional events, besides his regular high and low hurdles assignments. The flashy colored transfer’s newest fields are the broad jump and the 100-yard dash. The remaining two days prior to the meet will see just light workouts in order for the Ducks, who definitely will be gunning for the Beaver pelt with the thoughts of an earlier 5 to 3 re versal still lingering in their minds. Oregon State again will be favored to repeat their con quest. Dual meet score last year fa vored the Beavers, 70 to 61, for the first Beaver win in six years. Freshmen Eye Beavers The University of Oregon frosh and Oregon State’s Beav er Babes will renew their tiack rivalry on Hayward field this Saturday when the varsity and freshman track squads clash. The Orange and Black flat tails hold one victory over the men of Oregon this season. This when they turned back the invad ers in the Oregon State relays at Corvallis. Not so soft a touch at this date will be the Ducklings. At the time of the first encounter seven men upon whom Coach Ned Johns was depending were removed from festivities just before meet time. In the mean time the Ducklings have de cisively applied the cooler punch to three prep school squads. Outstanding men for the frosh have been Bob Newland and Phil Jackson who clear six feet in the high jump. Jackson also has done 12 feet in the pole vault. VOTE! BOB CALKINS . . JEAN SPEAROW . . They believe in Student Unionism Activity Board SENIOR • BECKY ANDERSON . . 1 JUNIOR • STEVE WORTH.1 SOPH • CHUCK WOODRUFF . . ± Look Fresh and Well-Groomed for the JUNIOR PROM! Look your best for tlie Junior Prom. Have your clothes c 1 e a n e d and pressed by our experienced staff. EUGENE LAUNDRY Phone 123 BANDBOX CLEANERS Phone 398 Rain Hits Duckling Practice Rain kept the freshman base ball team out of playing togs again Wednesday and gave John Warren the unpleasant task of getting his boys into shape in just one day before they face the bombarding bats of the Oregon State rooks Fri day. Warren was able to send his batteries into McArthur court to work the knots out of their arms, but the remainder of the squad was idle. Rooks Hit Hard The Ducklings will have a nice task cut out for themselves Fri day when they meet up with the rook gang on Coleman field in Corvallis. Bud Forrester’s club is made up of a bunch of playei'3 who get a delight out of clouting them far and wide and have shown ability to do just that in waxing high school teams throughout the state. To date the Oregon State rook team has won 16 out of 18 games against many of the same teams the frosh have played. Nor is the Corvallis team short-handed in the pitching department. Dick Johnson, rook twirler had a one-hitter to his credit over Molalla. “Billie” Rivers, janitor of the School of Archi tecture and Allied Arts, who lost all his house hold goods by fire a short time ago, wishes, on behalf of himself and family, to take this op portunity to thank all those on the Campus, faculty members, stu dents, physical plant em ployees, and Dr. Miller and nurses, who came to his assistance at that time. Without the aid so generously given the sit uation would have been much more trying than it was. lie is deeply grate ful to everyone. “Second Chorus” with Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire — plus — “Border Vigilantes” with Bill Boyd Two Big- Features! ‘Scattergood Baines’ with Guy Kibbee — plus — “Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie” with Johnnie Mack Brown and Fuzzy Knight E RVFLOUJ I Li VJLHTM AT Al MOVED OVER! “Penny Serenade” with IRENE DUNNE and ® • CARY GRANT
