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Page 4 DAILY EMERALD Thursday, April 16, 1942 :!•! Hi 5x4 ■i I •j DUs, SAMs Continue * Win Streak; Canard, Fijis, Chi Psis Get First VAL CULWELL. . . . . . takes a vacation as spring' football is called off till the coach ing situation is straightened out. Varsity Clubs Hobson’s Slants In Practise Tussle, Win 7-4 Open With OSC Friday A fancy win-loss average be hind llieni in pre-season play, lull ■ rocky road lying in front of them. That’s the way things ( tack up as Oregon's defending champs go into their final day of practice today prior to the con ference curtain-raiser Friday against- Oregon State, pet hate. Ten contests have gone by the hoards since the season’s outset and the Hobsonmen can lay claim to nine of these. Only blotch to defile this snowy-white record was inconsiderately slapped on by Portland, April 10. by a C to 4 count, with Vince Pesky in the driver’s seat. Since then the Webfoots have recov ered their former composure, run ning up a string' of three straight victories. Ducks ilil Hobson Hobby didn't fare so well against the vowing varsity yes terday when he put on the frosh hurling cloak to hook up with the Ducks in another of their “grudge" frosh-varsitv tilts. In the first of these contests, Hob had thing's his own way but the big varsity bats held small re spect for his slants this time. Toiling' five frames Hobby was clipped for four blows, retiring behind 3 to 0. From there on in the regular freshman hurlers took over. When the final nine innings were concluded and the score was totaled up. it stood 7 to 4 for the senior group. Taylor Twirls Warren Taylor, the long-and drawn-out basketball p 1 a y e r, stood the yearlings on their ears for four rounds, dishing out nary a safety. Tiny Earl Russell, the submariner, next took over the mound duties. He blanked the frosh in the fifth and then things began to pop. Two fence nails were served to Rob Aikin and Art Murphy, which broke the ice for John Warren's boys. Bob Rieder, veteran right liander, finished out the hurling chore, working the last period. Oregon ^Emerald Sports Staff Fred Treadgold Si Sidesinger Erling Erlandson Tommy Mayes Nancy Lewis Bill Stratton Virginia Wells June Hitchcock Jean Frideger Harry Glickman Joe Miller Tennis Team Takes Off For Seattle Tomorrow morning; Coach Russ Cutler anil li is varsity tennis team leave for Seattle and the I’niversity of Washington confer ence opening matches there on the following afternoon. Bud Steele, tanned Californian, challenged A1 Gard yesterday for the No. 5 ranking' but was set down in three sets by the Eugene player, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. When the Oregon club meets the Washing ton club blond Frankie Baker will be batting in No. 1 spot. Johnny Williams has the No. 2 job and Jim Ricksecker is holding down fourth place. Joe Rooney goes onto the courts as No. 4 man and Gard is in No. 5. Kelly llohart, the team’s manager, will accompany the team on the northward jaunt along witli Coach Cutler. Oilman Leads Huskies Washington, division cham pions for the past four seasons, will be represented by a well-bal anced team of veterans. Bob Oil man, tall southern product, will play No. 1. Oilman is noted for his smashing type of play. Also on Washington are the Udell twins, “Highly" anil “Lef ty." “Highty” ranks No. 2 with brother “Lefty" trailing in the No. 4 post. No. 3 on the Hus U\ net team wilt lie Lefevre. (Please turn te page free) RUSS CUTLEIi . . . . . . takes liis racquet wielders to Seattle to meet Huskies. Orides Club Theta, 10-3 In IM Softball Oriiles scored a 10-3 victory over the Theta ten in girls’ in tramural softball play yesterday afternoon, leaving' the victors still undefeated in league play. Orides started the fireworks by scoring 7 runs in the first inning to get a lead which the Thetas never threatened. The rest of the game was evenly played. The Thetas were beginning to hit their stride in the latter innings but the dam age was done. •14" League In “B" league play. Univer sity house scored a 17-3 victory over the Delta Gammas. Uni versity house took a good lead in the first inning with a 9-run (Please turn to page five) Intramurals Today 4:00—Field 1: Kappa Sigs vs. Alpha hall. Field 2: Pi Kaps vs. Sigma Chis. Old field: Phi Delts vs. Phi Psi. 5:00—Field 1: Gamma hall vs. Awful Awfuls; ATOs vs. Sig Eps. Old field: Kirkwood vs. SAEs. Frosh Await OSC Relays The first meet for the Duckling track squad this season, will be the Oregon State relays. The frosh will run the same day as the varsity, but will have fewer events. Coach Bob McKinney has a problem in segregating the year ling aspirants. The majority of the squad have signed as either sprinters or 880 men, and there is a definite scarcity of middle distance and long distance run ners. One of the most promising is Tom Boylen, one of the numerous half milers. In the previous time trials, Boylen has consistently placed with the varsity. Herb Lawrence, who signed as a sprinter, will probably be converted to a 440 man. When Hayward was watching him work out Wednesday he pre dicted him to be a top-notch quarter-miler. The remaining frosh sprinters are Wally Still, Chuck Barrows, and Leroy Weinstein. Probably one of the weakest events, is the hurdles. The only one out is Dave Smith who has had little experi ence and has been hampered' by sore ankles. Popick Hurls Shutout Over Kappa Sigs The DUs and the Sammies con tinued undefeated in the softball league while the Fijis, Canard club, and Chi Psis racked up their initial wins. DUs Win Close One The defending DUs ran into some of the toughest opposition in the Theta Chis, but they held on behind Bob Wren and won their game, 6 to 4. Bunny Potts opened the game by hitting a home run to deep right field, but Wren steadied and held the Rat tlers to scattered runs the rest of the way. His mates, led by George Du gan and Ed Niklas, clubbed Johnny Lobaclt for 10 hits and six runs. Theta Chi 200 101 0—4 6 1 Delta Us 100 302 *—6 10 4 Loback and Potts; Wren and Dugan. SAMs Take Shutout Sammie Len Popick hurled his second shutout in three days, but this one was far different from the 18 to 0 massacre of the Kap pa Sigs. They beat the Delts 1 to 0 in a tight pitching fray that saw only four hits during the whole game. i ne ».-ViU noys scored tneir lone run in the fifth on a dou ble by LeKoy Weinstein, a sac rifice fly, and Tiger Fulop’s in field out. SAM .000 010 0—1 2 0 Deltas .000 000 0—0 2 0 Popick and' Glickman; Lars(|R and Wolf. Fijis Cop First Sherry Ross fell apart in the fourth inning to let a rejuvenated Fiji “ten” score five runs which was enough to give them the fray, 7 to 4. The Rossmen scored two in the first, but Long John Bergman settled to keep them in check the rest of the game. Walt Reynolds hurled air tight ball until the fatal fourth, when a combination of hits and loose infield play gave the l’hi Gams the hall game. Fijis ....000 520 0—7 9 1 Sherry .200 010 0—4 5 3 Bergman and Jones; Reynolds^, and Blair. (Please turn to page five) * Kirsch Leads Sluggers I * With .420 Percentage j Oregon s Ducks h-'d into the northern division flag' chase this weekend with a record behind them of nine wins in ten starts. Pac ing the Wehtoot sluggers is Donnie Kirsch, chunky second sacker with a .4JO percentage. Second place is held down by Dick Whitman, last year’s leader, with .378. Brown, if. Kirsch, if. Whitman, of .. Begleries, p .. D. Burns, of .. Taylor, p-if .... Carney, of . Bubalo, of-p .. AB R H Pet. 4 12 .500 50 15 21 .420 45 10 17 .378 8 2 3 .375 21 3 7 .333 3 2 1 .333 46 6 15 .326 37 3 11 .297 G ...4 .10 .10 ...2 ...7 ..4 10 10 Farrow, il Peterson, McKevitt. Pilip, c .... Hamel, if Sandgren, Rieder, p H. Burns, Wimer, p : .10 35 4 c .2 4 0 c .1 4 1 .8 30 4 .10 39 8 p .3 10 2 .3 10 1 of .6 20 1 .2 5 0 9 .257 1 .250 1 .250 7 .233 > 8 .205 2 .200 1 .100 1 .050 0 .000