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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1942)
Hobson Men Meet Pilots By FRED TREADGOLD Oregon's practices contin ued to blow hot and cold as the weather began acting up again. Tuesday's workout was Stymied completely due to the deluge which poured down through a hole in the sky. Try ing to make the best of the situation, Coach Howard Hobson and his boys retired to the locker room where skull practice was substituted. Thursday noon the Ducks strap on their traveling shoes and hit /or McMinnville, Linfield college, and the first test of the season. Reports from the Linfield cam pus are negligible, though the Wildcats opened their season against Oregon State last week, succumbing to a 0 to 0 count. Meet Pori land The Oregon expedition tiien moves up to Portland where they trade blows with the Pilots, and then down to Salem for a double lioadcr witli Willamette’s Bear cats. Last season Hobby's boys split vith both the Pilots and Willam ette. After capturing the opener from Portland. 6 to 5, Oregon dropped the second, 11 to 0. The Bearcat series saw Oregon smash out an 8 to 3 victory and then be blanked in the aftermath, 6 to 0. Who Hobson will start on the mound against the Wildcats is a matter of conjecture. He has seven throwers from which to pick. With four contests on tap all probably will take a fling on the rubber. The choice for start er is disputed among Bob Rieder and Nick Begleries, lettermen; A1 Wimer, Bill Thompson, Earl Rus sell, Marty Conlin, and Nelson Saiulgren. Wimer, a sophomore, is the only lefthander in the lot. Pour Backstops Tie The catching post is tossed high in the air with Ted Pilip, (Please /urn to />mje sis) Page 4 DAILY EMERALD Wednesday, April 1, 1942 Runners Fight Clock In Afternoon Trials By BILL STRATTON Colonel Bill Hayward announced Tuesday that the Port land U. dual meet, previously scheduled for April 4, has been moved up a week to April 11. Shifting of the northern division schedule to close the gap bet’.veen the P.C.C. and the N.D. meets left Oregon with this open date. The time trials scheduled for this afternoon at four o’clock still hold good, rain or shine. All events have been shortened for the meet. Shortened Distances In the sprints, the 100-yard dash will be 75 and the 220 is cut to 150. The 140 men will run 350 yards, the half-mile will be 660 yards, the milers will only run three-quarters of a mile, and the two-mile event is cut down to 1 miles. There will be no low hurdles, and there will be five high rails. The hurdles will be 10 yaids apart, with a 15-yard start and finish. Because of the open date this Saturday, the Webfoot thin-clads will have their own meet, racing ,against time. The trials are billed for two o'clock. The Hayward men will continue their time trials in preparation for the Port land meet. Sloppy Track Noi much was accomplished in (Please turn to page si.v) 0 if 0 Oregon versus Oregon State, starting tonight at 7:30 in the Gerlinger cool. OSC star girl swimmers are meeting the UO all-stars, and the event is open to anyone that would like to attend (men, too, says Jeanette Neilson, UO captains), The swimming meet will feature some of the outstanding girl swimmers in the Northwest, and after the match several spec tacular lifesaving, t tick, and comedy events are promised by tiie girls of both schools. All pre mutch predictions reveal that "it should be a riot." Swimming for the Girl-Web foots will be Margaret Lesher. bolder of two Coast records. Var sity Coach Mike Hoyman has stated that "this gal could beat most of the men swimmers ground. Maybe I'll use her on my ■varsity next year." Sherry Sheri dan is due to displace plenty of water in the 40-yard crawl and is one of the most highly touted AVobfoot swimmers. Dawn Trask and Pat Carson are other girl Aqua-Ducks that arc expected to cause trouble in their events, while Barbara "Pea nut" Taylor, without a doubt one of the tiniest swimmers to ever Pap a fin in competition, will try to prow she is a “mighty mite1’ ia the breast stroke. Henhall's Mamie Foster, another “terrif” UO natator, will paddle in the medley events, and rounding out the club, Captain Jeanette Neil son will cut her usual fancy fig ure from the high-diving board. There is still no advance dope on the swimmers from Aggie ville, but we hear via the grape vine that they are going to be big and tough (typical Cowiedge wimmen, probably). Their Am phibian club has developed no in dividual stars, but they should he very powerful in the relay events and some of their lifesav ing and comedy acts have won regional notice. As a final re minder, the meet starts sharply at 7:30 and is in the women's pool in Gerlinger hall. It should be quite a show. Warren Lists Fresh Team By HARRY GLICKMAN University of Oregon’s freshman baseball squad has been rounded into a workable unit and starters are tentative ly listed at five of the nine po sitions, it was announced Tues day by mentor “Honest John’’ W arren. This year's team shows the op site talents than most yearling teams do, according to Warren. Usually Frosh nines have plenty of hitting power but are weak de fensively. This year’s team has shown exceptional fielding abil ity but lacks punch at the plate. Regulars Listed Flayers who seem certain to hold down regular berths include Art Murphy, the only out-of-stat er on the squad, who has shown well at the shortstop position; Bass Dyer, third base; and Merle Aden, Bob Aiken and Jim Prior in the outfield. At the other positions battles are on for starting nods. At first base Si Sidesinger and LeRoy Erickson are candidates for the post, and John Gitzen and Ed Gerhard are vying for the sec ond base spot. Catching duties will be divided between Aubry Cromwell and Ted Gustafson, l.ohiin Tops Pitchers Topping a nine-man pitching staff is Claude Lokan, supported by Harold Locke, Bob Signer, Walt Mellethin, Bill Clabaugh, Howard Applegate, Fred Kuhl, John Gallagher, and Bill Reed. The freshmen open their sched ule against Franklin high of Port land on April 10 at Eugene. Oth er games included on a schedule that is not yet complete are with McMinnville high, the state peni tentiary and the annual four tilts with the Oregon State Rooks. DUKE IVERSON . . . . . . the big red-head, one of the Coast’s top backs last fall, Is leaving the University and football. Varsity Grid Squad Works Out Indoors Bv SI SIDESINGER Yesterday’s driving rain found the varsity football squad practicing in the unfinished area of the P. E. building. After running plays for an hour and a half, Tex Oliver took his charges out in the wet for an additional 45 minutes’ drill. The line received a major share of attention. The inevitable dummy practice was held to emphasize the proper form in blocking- and tackling. This was followed by a rough defensive line scrimmage which allowed no backfield defense but left the tackling to the linemen. Graduation Hits Among the weak spots left by graduation are the ends and center spot. Graduation took Cap tain Bill Regner from one end position while the Army whisked capable Tony Crish from the other. These vacancies have given freshmen Ray Blachley, Bob Wil son, Marshal Patteson, and Pete Torchia hope for a starting posi tion next fall. Brawny Russ Nowling, a sophomore reserve who saw a lot of action last fall, seems to have the jump on the newer boys and will probably hold down one of the wing positions next season. Ab Wilson Out Towering Ab Wilson has va cated the pivot spot for the Ma rines leaving Johnny Daniels, Dan O’Neil, Bill Mayther, and Cliff Giffin to scramble for that open position. Giffin played tackle last fall but has changed to cen ter without any trouble. The first three listed are freshmen. “Practices will continue straight through for the rest of spring practice no matter what the weather is, and with only 17 more days remaining there is a lot yet to be accomplished,” stated Tex Oliver at the close of last night's session. " TWO HITS! George Montgomery in 'LAST OF THE DE WAINS' Also Fibber Magee and Molly Betty Grable Mary Livingstone in ‘THIS WAY PLEASE’ EAl the BUNNY j TO ™e PUNCH® Get that Easter Outfit TODAY We have the latest styles in spring* clothing and haberdashery. Come in and look around. You're bound to find that "something’' you've been looking for. robe HTSON'S MEN’S WEAR Quality for Less 832 Willamette