PI 8 .■ K 18:i 8 ramV 8 8iK8ii;:8i!;!8ilii»!llilW!i»h:!H:!' 8 8 8'!:8I!I !■'!: 8!;i \3:<' BB-'EtlBKBIdi:" :B'" ;S ! SPORTS Fred Treadgold, Erling Erlandson, Co-Sports Editors BASEBALL Ducks Drop First Tou can’t win ’em all. When you're up against a tough chucker, kick the ball around a bit, and don’t have the share of breaks coming your way, you car. easily drop one. Well, the Ducks did just that. They ran into their first stone wait yesterday and bowed before the very gifted twirling arm of Vince Pesky, 6 to 4, to put a damper on an otherwise perfect baseball day for Duck fans who had turned out to absorb Old Sol's vitamized rays. It was the first reversal in seven starts for Oregon who failed to give Losing Pitcher Bob Rieder anything but ragged sup port afield, The usually dependa ble infield booted away seven plays to keep Rieder continually in hot water.” Meanwhile young Pesky, al though giving up 10 safeties, had spaced the Ducks’ blows so that not more than two were bunched in any one frame. Whitman Hits Dick Whitman provided the first Duck score in the initial round when he singled, stole sec one, and scored as Teammate Job.: ny Bu'oalo drove a pitch to right field. Portland got one back in the third when Pesky pounded out a single to left, was sacrificed to second by Chilian, took third on a fielder’s choice, and came across on Paul O’Toole's blow to left. Matty Mathews’ tenacious out fit pecked away at Rieder for another score in the fifth on sin gles by CuUan and O'Toole again. Ducks (let One The last half of the round it was Oregon's turn again. Kirsch belted a double to left, took third on an error in left field, and was pushed across by Hamel's long fly to center. Oregon had things its own way for the last time in the sixth af ter they tallied twice. Carney powdered a single to right cen ter. Shortstop Farrow got life on a fielder’s choice and both were cleaned from the sacks when Dick Burns clouted a single to left. Calm Before Storm Pesky got one back for the Pi lots in the seventh on a single, wild pitch, and an error by Rie der which was a mild forecast of what was to come. In the eighth the Pilots struck with sudden and lightning fury and when the smoke cleared away three runs — which decided the game — were across. O'Toole, smashing out the third hit of the day, tripled to left center. Uhle was passed to get at McWiggin who grounded out, O’Toole coming in with the tying marker. Friedhoff was safe on another fielder’s choice. Uhle scored on Carney’s error and Friedhoff registered the final Pi lot point a moment later when Pesky hit for the third time. An Oregon rally in the last of the ninth was frustrated although Burns and Kirsch both got life. Portland Cullan, ss . Drath, lb . Gallagher, If .. O'Toole, 2b .... TThle, 3b . Ewing, rf . Friedhoff, cf .. Carr, c . Pesky, p . *McWigg'in, rf Totals . Oregon Kirsch, 2b . Hamel, 3b . Whitman, cf .. Bubalo, lb . Carney, If . Farrow, ss . Pilip, c . D. Burns, if .... Rieder, p . *» Brown . Totals . AB R H O A ...4 110 2 ...3 0 0 11 0 ....5 0 0 3 0 ...A 13 3 4 . 2 10 2 2 ...3 0 0 2 0 3 10 2 0 ...4 0 0 4 0 ..A 2 3 0 5 ...2 0 0 0 0 .34 6 7 27 13 AB R H O A ...5 12 5 1 ...5 0 10 8 ...5 110 0 .4 0 2 15 0 .4 12 10 ...4 10 15 ...4 0 0 3 1 .4 0 2 1 0 ...3 0 0 1 5 .10000 .39 4 10 27 19 * Batted for Ewing in 8th. ** Batted for Rieder in 9th. R H E Portland . 001 010 130 6 7 3 Oregon 100 012 000 - 4 10 8 Cl KT MUCH AM . . . . . . Am«n< the missing when football r '11s around this full wi.'i be number Curt’s Mwiium, honorable mention all-American left li dfbaoK. Sports Menu 10--Baseball: Frosh-Albany, Howe field. 1— Baseball: Oregon-Willani ette (2) Howe field. 2- Track: Oregon-Portland. 1:30—Tennis: Oregon-Irv ington club. TENNIS Netsters Open The University of Oregon's var sity and freshman tennis teams open the season today with their matches with the Irvington club this afternoon beginning at 1:30 o'clock Coach Russ Cutler’s teams have been shaken up somewhat by re cent ineligibility rulings. John McCliment, who would be playing No. 1, went out because of schol arship difficulties. Out also are Fred Howard, No. 1 frosh; Ken Hamilton No. 3 frosh; “Smokey" Stover, varsity; and Lloyd Man ning, varsity. Baker No. 1 Frank Baker will lead the var sity net team against Irvington. In the No. 2 singles will be John ny Williams. Jim Ricksecker, holds down No. 3, Joe Rooney No. 4, and Allen Card is No. 5 in the singles matches. There will also be two doubles teams meet ing the Portland club. For the freshman singles Art Damschen is No. 1. John Jensen has been moved up to No. 2, “Nick" Reed is in No. 3. Hugh Crawford has No. 4,and John Williams will play the No. 5 match. The freshmen will also play two doubles matches. The Irvington club is recog nized by many as the top ama teur tennis group in Portland. Their lineup will include both senioi and junior players but has not been made known to date. illl!lll!i!l!!ill!!lllllllll!li;iii:il Co-eds Clash Lopsided scores marked this week's coed softball play. Mon day the Thetas surprised the Su san Campbell gills with a stun ning 1G to 13 upset, while Uni versity house walked over Al pha Omicron Pi 13 to 8. Highland house beat Sigma Kappa Tuesday and Hilyard house kaisomined Zeta Tail 17 to 0. The DCs pounded out a 9 to 2 victory over the Pi Phis Wednes day while Thursday’s games saw Hen hall annihilate Alpha Chi Omega 25 to 0. and Chi Omega wallop the Kappas 11 to 7. Tennis Slate Coed tennis schedule for t'ya weekend: Singles: Dorothy Richards vs. Mildred Watkins, Babs DuPuy vs. G. Kibbee, R. Nelson vs. M. Blenkinsop: M. Brinkly vs. H. McKeen, G. Kay vs. M. Ander son, D. Hermann vs. M. Walter’, Helen Smedley vs. J. Thatcher. Doubles: Dorothy Richards and A. Craven vs. J. A. Supple and Campbell, P. Root and Morrison vs. M. Alderson and M. Shipler. Schedule for Monday: Singles: A. Whitman vs. M. Mann, P. Kaarboe vs. D. Case. Doubles: B. DuPuy and C, Remi vs. C. Hardbeck and B. Valleau. Ducks Try Again Rudely jolted into the loss col umn yesterday by the inconsid erate Portland Pilots, Oregon’s Ducks get a chance to apply salve to their wounds when they take on Willamette in a double header today. Game time is 1 o’clock. The Ducks applied the scalp knife to the bearcats’ locks at Salem earlier in the season by grabbing off both ends of a dou ble header, 7 to 3 and 5 to 2. JIMMY NEWQUIST . . . . . . the Camas, Washington, hack field bomber is working out in spring football'. Jimmy flips an accurate pass, runs and kicks. ;ii:nii!!ii!!i llltl! ) FOOTBALL Gridmen Work A “rock ’em” and “sock ’em” scrimmage is planned for today’s pigskin turnout. With almost three weeks of conditioning and the learning of new plays under their belts, “Tex" Oliver, varsity football coach, plans to send his entire squad through its toughest workout. The squad teams have shown considerable improvement in the last few weeks. The white team, containing most of last year’s vet erans is beginning to look “coor dinated” as they run through new and old plays. “Rainbow" Roblin and “Omar" Newquist are work ing well together at their left and quarterback spots. The line is well balanced and is working hard at perfecting timing of blocks and the many other things a lineman has to think of in a split second. Also ready for a chance to per form, is the “Dream Green team.’’ These boys are composed of the hopeful freshman and the untried sophomores. The Green backfield is fast, shifty, and has a “com ing''' fullback, Bill Davis. Scotty Deeds a J.C. transfer and Bobby Reynolds. frosh back, are fitting into the “Oliver Twist" very well. Bob Morrison, Clyde Lee, Jack Willis, alternate between the twro teams and are showing a good brand of football. The Yellow team, coached by Vaughn Corley, has been giving the rest of the squad something to talk about. These boys, veho are learning football through the mistakes of others, have been improving rapidly and they are ready to give the other teams a good hard battle this afternoon. Frosh ‘9’ Falls They were a real, honest-to goodness high school team, hut those Franklin Quakers looked more like a bunch of pros yes terday at Howe field. In fact both Franklin and the Oregon Frosh handled themselves like veter ans, with the Portland team ek ing out a well-earned 3 to 1 vic tory over the Ducklings, in a well-played ball game. Whitey Lokan of the Frosh and big Jim Hess each pitched mas terful ball. Lokan struck out 13 men and allowed only 6 bingles. Hess fanned 8 and was touched for 7 safeties. Game Deadlocked The game was deadlocked with no runs until the eighth inning, when all runs were scored. With one out, Lokan walked Hess and Bob Tate. They moved up to sec ond and third on Murphy’s sacri fice, and scored on a single by Fontaine. The third Quaker run was added when Fontaine scored on Bowen’s base knock. ^ Gitzen Singles Oregon pushed over its lone tally when John Gitzen singled, stole second, and scored on Aden's single. Gitzen of the freshmen and Tate of Franklin each gar nered three hits to divide batting honors. Superb fielding featured the contest, with only one error, that being charged against the Duck lings. Each team had scoring chances, but fine defensive work cut these off. The game was the first of the season for John Warren’s Duck lings. They take the field again this morning when they meet Al bany high. The game starts at 10 o'clock. Short score: > R H E Franklin High .3 6 0 Oregon Frosh .„.1 7 1 Hess and Roelandt; Lokan and Cro.r.well.