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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1942)
This young, blond southpaw. A1 Wimer. who threw the superb 1.1 to 2 win for the Ducks Monday over Linfield, might be just what tlie doctor ordered to cure the Webfoot pitch ing ills. Except for the hurling corps, prospects at the season’s outset looked pretty rosy. But there was a dearth in experi enced flingers. Hobby had just Bob Rieder and Nick Reg imes, neither of whom grabbed off more than a couple of conference victories last year. From there on the pitching sort of dropped out from under him. Well, as the season began to roll, Hobby started casting around, trying to ferret out a couple more dependable el bowers. He could always beckon Johnny Bubalo, the jack of-all-trades, in from first base, but Boob was pretty valuable to have around the initial sack. Nelson Sandgren, the trans fer from Linfield who has the nice motion, and Warren Taylor, the basketball scrapper, both showed some promise. But still none of his tossers showed anything exceptional. That was. anyway, till Monday, when Hobson decided to give young Wimer a break. He started the kid on the hillock and what he did to the Wildcats is old stuff by now. -Wimer Handcuffs Linfieid Laboring eight rounds, Sophomore Wimer proceeded to liogtie, truss, and confound the Cats with the ease of a veteran. Only three blows were judiciously doled out by the slim port sider, and although both Linfieid runs came across during his time of service, neither was charged as earned. Though Wimer fanned just six batters, he had marvelous control and dishesd out but one free ticket to first. Linfieid's hitters were having a time of it, connecting solidly. They would get the wood on the ball,, but most 'were easy bloop ers and “sure outs.” Hill McKcvitt, who handled Wimer’s slants when he was bowing in against' the Cats, said that lie has “good control, and has a slow curve which breaks down low.” Wimer's throws, coming off his left hand, break in, twisting counter clockwise,. and seem to “catch the hatter off balance.” Mc Kevitt limited Wimer to a minimum of curve-bailing during the tilt, but the Linfieid sluggers still couldn't seem to get hold of the pellet squarely. If the young Medford southpaw, who by the way was a one man hurling corps last year for the frosli, can make a carbon copy of this three-liit job. llohhy can consider some of his mound worries as a thing of the past. Hayward Relays Due Friday Colonel Bill Hayward’s sixtli annual high school relays are on tap this weekend, Friday. Since Colonel Bill inaugurat ed the relays in 1937, when only six schools entered, the event lias flourished until over 24 prep teams are expected to com pete this year. Always held in Eugene previously, due to a new confer ence ruling the Hayward relays will be transferred in name to Corvallis, under the auspices of Oregon State. From then on the relays will be tossed back and forth between Cor vallis and Eugene on alternate years. Another good “tradition” has gone wrong. Full Sports Weekend Ahead If you’re a sports fan, you'd better forget about trying to do anything else this weekend. For the week is crammed brim full with baseball, track, golf, tennis, and softball, and you will have to hop. to take in all of them. Hobby’s varsity diamonders after two tilts already this week meet Portland F.. who they trounced once already, Fri day. and then clash with Willamette in a double header Wat VHaday afternoon. All take place on the green velvet of Howe field! Moving to frosh baseball, Honest John warren sends his yearlings against Franklin high of Portland here Fri day and Albany high here Saturday. Golf gets under way for the 1941 Duck champions when they run up against Washington at Seattle in a dual match. Beth varsity and frosh net teams see action, with the Irving ton club of Portland providing the opposition. Final Oregon doings center in Portland where the Duck thinclads go to meet u strong and favored Portland 1 . track outfit. Brief bits from here and there: Oregon s own Joe Gordon is still shattering out base blows for the 1 anks, having smashed a pair of doubles in the Yankees 10 to 1 victory over the Nash ville Volunteers, Southern Association team, in a grapefruit ) game. Plenty of action is taking place in the men's pool these days ifTth the intramural swimming teams engrossed in an elim ination tourney. Several outstanding swimmers have shown themselves, including Tom Whitmore of the Fijis and Warren l-iukc of the Betas, both of whom have recorded near-record times. Sigma Nus, Fijis Win In Ml/I Swim Rounds Weight Lads Dip Campbell By JOE MILLER A keg-like gang of Sigma Nu aquacaders drowned an outclassed Campbell club, 42 to 8, to near the final round of intramural swim competition, while in an other playoff meet the Fijis were equally impressive in torpe doing a high-flying Sig Ep ship, 27 to 21. The Sigma Nu natators led off with a victory in the 40-yard breast stroke with Roy Wake field touching home in 28.4. Teammate Johnny Rafetto was right behind him and Campbell man Lee Ghormley took third to give his team a point. Club Takes One The clubmen splashed back to take their only first of the aft ernoon in the 40-yard backstroke. Dana Lance made a second lap comeback to spurt past Snake men Don Malarkey and Roy Tern pie. The time was 28.1. Those two Sigma Nu hon or roll men, Jim Carney and Dick Ashcom, battled it out in th 40-yard freestyle with Car ney nosing out “The Whale” by a half-stroke in 23.1, better than-average time. Bob Kitson of Campbell was far to the rear, out of the race. Malarkey came back in the 60 yard individual medley to grab his victory over his ever-trying teammate, John Rafetto. Lee Ghormley again made his one point for the Campbell club in third place. Relays No Trouble The Nu natators had no trouble in the relays either. George Green, Ashcom, and Carney copped the 120-yard medley with out any apparent* trouble in 1:19.2, splashing in about a half length up. The 120-yard freestyle was the same old story, too. Roy Wakefield joined the Carney Ashcom duo to rack up a fast 1:04.8 triumph to finish the meet and rout with the final compu tation of the score being Sig ma Nus, 42; Campbell club, 8. The Fijis looked even better than the Nus did in downing a very tough SPE club. The score was 27 to 21, but the Phi Gams forfeited the final event as they were mathemat ically “in.” Tom Whitmore narrowly edged out Sig Ep’s A1 Conyne and Maury Salomon in fast time, 26.0, to capture the 40-yard breast stroke, giving the Phi Gams an early lead. Jake Risley added to the FeeGees’ early lead by outstroking teammate Tom Range and A1 Conyne in the 40 yard freestyle. The time was 21.9. “50 Per Cent” Harris Hal Harris, 50 per cent of the SPE’s swim team, took over in the 40-yard backstroke although the Fiji’s John Emerson gave him some tough competition. George Otten trailed in the three slot to add another point for the Phi Gams. The winning time was 25.1. Hal kept his undefeated IM record intact in the 60-yard in dividual medley by splashing to the line far ahead of Tom Whit more and Otten. His time was 38.5. With the score narrowly fa voring the Fijis at 17 to 15, their 120-yard medley relay team proved their ability in the clutch by overtaking and beating the SIGNED BY UNCLE SAM . . . . . .Bob Feller (left), Cleveland’s fireball liurler, and Sam Chapman, top slugger and speed boy of the Philadelphia Athletics, are in the u rmy now. Baker Grabs First In Tennis Tourney The kins' has been crowned. Frankie Baker, playing a smooth stroking, offensive game, downed long Johnny Williams, 6-6, 5-7, 6-4 yesterday afternoon to claim the No. 1 post on the 1942 Oregon tennis team. John McCliment scored a triple victory in his matches, winning first from Lloyd Manning 6-1, 6-3, next from Joe Rooney, 6-2, 6-2, and winding up with a 9-7, 6-5 triumph over Jim Ricksecker. In other matches played yester day Joe Rooney beat Allen Gard Fairway Club Heads North Oregon’s northern division de fending golf champions leave here tomorrow for Seattle and their matches with the Univer sity of Washington links team. Led by Dick Hanen, Marshfield junior, in the No. 1 position, and Don Cawley, the team’s manager, No. 2, the six-man team will meet a stronger-than-last-year Wash ington club Saturday afternoon at the Puget Sound metropolis. Washington's team has Toss Gjolme No. 1, Bart Taro No. 2, and Jack Hazlett, state junior champion, No. 3. Here is the six man Webfoot golf team which will meet Wash ington : No. 1--Dick Hanen. No. 2 Don Cawley. No. 3 Bob Duden. No. 4 Dick Maier. No. 5—Bill Barash. No. 6 - Kermit Smith. SPE relay team in sparkling time, 1:14.8. The three winning Phi Gams were Emerson, Whitmore, and Kisley. With the meet now in their hip-pockets they forfeited the last event to the SPEs and the score was Phi Gamma Del ta 27, Sigma Phi Epsilon, 21. in three sets, 6-2, 2-6, and 6-4, and Jim Ricksecker took Gard, 6-4, 6-1. McCliment meets Williams to day at 3 o’clock to battle for the No. 2 berth. In the only freshman elimina tion played yesterday Nick Reed beat Bob Rowan, 6-2, 6-0. 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