.19-H NORTHERN' DIVISION BASEBALL, CHAMPIONS . . .
. . . seven lettermen missing from this year’s squad, eight hack for more service.
Duck Basehallers Still Minus
Head Coach; Wind Cools Arms
Cornell To
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No coach, raw, chilling- winds, and a lorn-up practice field kept
the Duck l)asl)al!ers marking time in workouts yesterday and it ap
peared no alleviation tor -at least two of their troubles would be
forthcoming at present.
(loach Howard Hobson has been in New Orleans attending- the
annual National Basketball Coaches association meeting- and his
trt'lurn isn’t expected till the latter part of the week. Meanwhile the
Ducks, defending • ■northern divi
sion champions, have been ca
vorting under the pinch-hititng1
supervision of Captain Bill Car
ney and Johnny Bubalo.
Additional aid is promised
When Anse Cornell. Oregon grad
uate manager and ex-Webfoot
diamond star, takes charge to
morrow. Cornell has been in
Portland for the past few days
attending the Pacific Coast In
tercollegiate conference. Last year
Cornell substituted for Hobson
when the latter was on his trans
pacific basketball trig*t^> Ha
waii and hence is fully qualified
to send the Ducks through their
paces till Hobson's return.
Ducks Need Sun
A break in the weather >yiH
be the biggest “break” lor the
Webfoots. The numbing wind
lias made it impossible for the
players to loosen up their
throwing arms, and a ball
player witli a "tight” arm is
about as useful as a near-sight
ed airplane spotter.
What the Ducks need now i :
a week or two of good, invig
orating, golden “California"
sunshine — some really hot
weather.
Howe field is still in dilapidated
condition. The tulf resembles
more a hay crop than diamond
grass, reaching six inches in
height in some spots. Fielders
have an easy time of it as hard
grass-cutting drives are reduced
to “cinch outs” thanks to the
shaggy turf.
Base paths still have to be
scraped and leveled, but this op
eration is likewise waiting on Old
Sol to put in an appearance.
Meet Pacific
. Batting practice, conditioning
TENNIS SLATE
Here is the practice time
schedule for the varsity and
freshman tennis teams as an
nounced by Coach Russ Cut
ler: , ,
■t-5 p.m. varsity. '
5-6 p.m. frosh.
laps, and tossing- the ball around
provided the main source of ex
orcise for the Webfoots who re
ceive their initial test of tlje sea
son April 2 against Pacific at
Forest Grove.
Ten warm-up games are listed
for Oregon before they go into
the regular division schedule of
16 games. TJhe complete 1942
schedule is as folows:
April 2—Pacific at Forest
Grove.
April 3 Portland at Portland
(tentative).
April 4 —Willamette at Salem
(double-header i.
April 6 Linfield at McMinn
ville.
April 10 Portland at Eugene.
April 11 Willamette at Eu
gene (double header).
April IS Oregon State at
Corvallis.
April 22 Washington State at
Eugene.
April 23 Washington State at
Eugene.
April 27 Idaho at Eugene.
April 23 Idaho at Eugene.
May 1 Washington at Eugene.
May 2 Washington at Eugene.
May S Idaho at Moscow.
May 9—Idaho at Moscow.
May 11—Washington State at
Pullman.
May 12 Washington State at
Pullman.
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Hard Work Starts for Duck
Gridmen; 24 Practices Left
Spring' football has begun in
earnest for the Webfoot squad.
Tommy Roblin, honorable men
tion all-America halfback, and
Val Culwell, first string' guard,
reported for action at yesterday’s
practice session. This, along with
Duke Iverson’s return to school,
brings Oregon’s fighting forces
to almost full strength.
Head Coach Oliver is still at
tending the conference meeting in
Portland and is probably due
back Thursday. Line Coach
Vaughn Corley continued to di
rect the turnout in his absence.
24 Practices Remain
There are 24 practices left
for the Lemon and Green squad.
So far conditioning and block
ing and tackling drill has been
carried on extensively, with spe
cial attention given the new
comers. From now on practice
will be six days a week with
scrimmage starting soon.
Yesterday Newquist, Red
field. Davis, and other backs
were whipping the bail out to
receivers in passing drill.
May 13 Washington at Seat
tle.
May 14 Washington at Seat
tle.
May 23- Oregon State at Eu
gene.
May 24—Oregon State at Cor
vallis.
MANAGERS WANTED
All men interested in work
ing as football athletic man
agers are asked to report to
Don Shreve at the equipment
cage in the Igloo between 3
and 3:30 today.
Frosh Track
Outfit Drive
Mingled among the varsity
sprinters and distance men are
numerous freshman hopefuls,
most of them with their high
school record as an experience
chart.
Hayward seems to have con
fidence in Wally Still, who has
been working out since fall.
Colonel Bill branded him as a
good boy and is counting on
him for a number of points.
Another sprinter, Herb Law
rence from Vancouver high
school, has taken Hayward’s
eye. Selwin Wisdom, a 440
man, shows “quite a bit of pos
sibilities,” Hayward remarked.
The rest of the potentials
have had high school or no ex
perience at all. Reporting Mon
day were: Bill Huggins, high
jump; Chuck Barrows and Willis
Elliot, sprints; Gordon Parr,
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Moguls Slice
Time Period
Of Residence
Freshmen athletes will be ex
cluded from all varsity competi
tion, the Pacific Coast Intercol
legiate conference decided yes
terday at their meeting in Port
land. Sentiment regarding the de
cision which affects all confer
ence teams was about equally di
vided.
A speed-up program for
shortening the period of resi
dence for freshmen prior to
varsity eligibility was insti
tuted at the conference. Previ
ous requirements stated that
the freshman must pass 24
semester or 36 quarter hoij.rs
and spend a full calendar year
in residence from the date of
the first registration.
Streamlined Plan
The new plan requires the same
academic work, but it may be
crowded into any two consec
utive semesters or terms. This
shaves down the time for elig
ibility from a full year to S
months in the schools with sem
esters and six months in schools
with terms.
Both freshmen and junior col
lege transfers will be affected
by the revision.
Overtime sessions were held
Tuesday night, while faculty and
graduate managers meet again
today.
Alpha Takes
Inter-Dorm
Ball Tussle
By JOE MILLER
The interdorm softball leagutJ*''
swung into stride early Saturday
morning as Alpha hall scored
three runs in the 12th inning to
down an outlucked Sherry Rosa
nine, 9 to 6, in the opening game
of the league.
Thursday Omega tangles with
Sherry Ross at 3:3b, Friday Gam
ma meets Sigma at 3:30, and Sat
urday Alpha and Sherry Ross
meet in a return ‘‘grudge’ battle.
Alpha got off to a fast start
with five runs in the first frame
on several Sherry Ross errors,
but they didn't score again un
til the eighth. Chucker Joe Mil
ler (Any relation to the writer
of this crud is quite intentional)
had the Aiphamen swinging on
his “nothin’ ” ball, and they did
did not get a bingie until the
sixth when Roy Hensley
dropped a Texas leaguer into
right center.
Krause Triples
Sherry Ross steadily pecked
away at the offerings of Fire
ball George Holloman finally go
ing ahead on Dick Warren’s line
single and a two-run triple by
Billy Krause in a seventh inning
uprising. But Alpha tied it in the
eighth stanza on some brilliant
base-running by Shu Yasui. They
loaded the bases in the 10th, and
it was only Doc Dodson’s catch
of a screaming liner from the bat
of Jim Rasmussen that saved the
day. ^
In the SR half of the inning
Herb Lawrence pushed a single
to right, stole second, and came
all the way to the plate on a wild
throw. But Umpire Nick Beg
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