Yesterday’s game wasn’t one for the weak-hearted! It was
an old-fashioned thriller, of “meller dramar” vintage, which
had that brave handful of loyal fans, who stuck it out re
gardless of the weatherman's whims, thoroughly exhausted
at the conclusion of nine action-bursting rounds.
pitchers’ battle all the way with Tiny Nick Begleries,
who scarcely hits the Toledoes at more than 150 pounds, hook
ing up with 6 foot 4 inches and 217 pounds of Dong Ford.
Little Nick almost came out on top. too.
For the terrible condition of the “mud flats," the fielding
was nothing short of miraculous and especially scintillating
was the uncanny fly-grabbing of Captain Bill Carney. The
lean left-fielder has become notorious this year for his unerring
accuracy in pulling down those seemingly-impossible line drives.
L.arney Conducts rielding Circus
Well, yesterday flvhawk Bill, still up to his old base-hit
stealing tricks, hauled in a couple that could well have changed
the complex of the tilt in early innings. His best grab was a
beautiful running, twisting catch that he ravenously gobbled
in off the bat of Husky Catcher Frank Constantino in the
fifth 'inning. Men were on base and if the ball had slipped
past the Webfoot captain, it would have been “curtains’’ for
Oregon.
Carney wasn’t the only man to come up with a fielding
gem. Young Bill Gissberg, an Oregon satellite before Ed
Atherton’s big spring “housecleaning” last year, was the
individual that counter-checked Carney’s great playing with
a startling bit of his own. To most of the fans, it was the
break'that decided the game.
The Duck half of the eighth saw Oregon nursing, oh so
carefully, that frail little 1 to 0 advantage that they had held
since the seventh period. Men were on second and third, two
out, and Catcher Ted Filip plowed through the morass to
the plate.
Gissberg Dives for Apple
\ Carefully looking over Big Doug Ford’s smoking-hot- ones,
Filip finally spied one much to his liking and firmly met
hickory with horseliide. The ball sprang fast in a low trajec
tory between first and second, gathering height as it went.
Quick-acting Gissberg made a desperate lunging stab at the
agate, and although he piled in a heap on the soggy sawdust,
lie came up with that oh so precious ball. The out retired the
Ducks, scoreless.
If the Husky first sacker had been just a split second
slower, the ball would have been a cinch single, with both
runners being able to tally with ease. The cound would then
have been 3-0 and might have offset the scoring rally which
the Washington club sponsored in the fateful ninth frame.
Although second-guessing never brought back to life any
lost ball games, many felt that that bingle would have changed
the entire complexion of the game.
Huskies Hammer Hits
As it was, tIio.se howling Huskies, who had been nipping
at the heels of Little Nick all afternoon but were held at bay
by his trusty right wing, broke through in the ninth to ice
things over.
Those Huskies certainly lived up to all the fancy advance
publicity which the Seattle scribes were so profusely tossing
around. We’ve seen all the league’s clubs in action now, and
to Washington falls our choice as the number one contender
for the loop bunting. It's a well-rounded outfit, with plenty
of hitting, smooth infield foursome, and as for pitching—
well . . . Mr. Doug Ford, he of the blinding speed, doesn’t
have to strum second fiddle to any tosser in the circuit.
Brief Baseball Bits:
These two aggregations square off again today in another
crucial battle. For Oregon it will be vital because a win will
fan Duck pennant hopes somewhat. An Oregon defeat, how
ever. woidd really put the Webfoots in back of the proverbial
eight-ball. The Huskies, meanwhile, will be trying to stretch
their winning streak to an even more fantastic length.
The man in black, Old “Spec” Burke, turned out to be
everybody’s nemesis in yesterday’s tilt. Besides trying to
call balls and strikes and watch the bases at the same time,
this one-man umpiring agency had an over-abundance of
work at home plate.
Tubby Graves, Husky mentor, was particularly displeased
with Spec's “judicial decisions" and minced no words in in
forming Spec of that fact. For a while the bickering and argu
ing of the milling group of ball players in the seventh, hinted
mildly as being a prelude to another free-for-all, reminiscent
of Oregon-Oregon State basketball days.
Three of the Husky infielders. Gissberg at first, Gilbert
son at shortstop, and Bird at third, are all sophomores, as
well as the Washington battery of Ford and Constantino.
Uncle Sam willing. High-Llama Graves will have quite an
aggregation in another year or two.
Duck Cindermen Race
Favored UW Today
Butler Leads
Oregon Men
A 21-man Oregon track squad
will face the strong Washington
Huskies this afternoon in the
first conference dual meet of
the current season. Many of the
men will halve to double up be
cause of the shortage of men.
This is one of the smallest and
weakest squads Colonel Bill has
had in many years.
Carrying the biggest load for
the Webfoots will be “Smoke”
Zenas Butler. He will run his
legular events, the 120 yard high
hurdles and the 220 yard low
hurdles, along with the 100 yard
dash and the broad jump.
“Smoke” is a one-year letterman
and should be counted on for
many of Oregon's points.
‘Casanova’ Homer
Another dependable is “Casa
nova” Homer Thomas. He is en
tered in the pole vault, and has
cleared 13 feet 6 inches already
this season. He is also a letter
man.
The principal Duck entry in
the highjump is “Bones” Bob
Newland. He has been doing
some fancy leaping this year,
but will have a tough time
breaking the meet record set
by Les Steers in 1941 at 6 feet
10 25-32 inches. This is his
world’s record.
"Baggy Britches” Don Wilson
is one of the strongest men on
the squad, and can be counted on
to do his share in the mile. He is
also entered in the two mile and
the S80. His best time in the
mile event this season is 4:29.
Huskies Tough
The Huskies are rated high this
year, rated above Washington
State, perennial champs — and
the Webfoots enter with one of
the weakest teams in recent his
tory. This decidedly gives the
Huskies the edge, but “Yardbird”
Hayward can be counted on to
put up a fight that the Wash
ingtonians won’t forget.
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| Oregon ’s Track Entries I
Mile -Don Wilson and Wilfred
Ross; 100-yard dash—Zenas But
ler, Ralph Kramer and Ken Oli
phant; 440-yard dash—Stan Ray,
Francis Tuckwiler, Ed Reiner and
Dick Shelton; 120-yard, high hur:
dies—Butler, Kramer and' Bob
Simpson.
880-yard run—Stan Skillicorn
a^d Bill Deller; 220-yard dash—
Kramer, Simpson and Oliphant;
two mile —Ross and Bruce Max
ey; 220-yard low hurdles—Butler
Hitch KickersAttempt
New Track Activity
Splashing- around rain-soaked
Hayward field yesterday were
some 50 muscular high school
lads participating in the third
annual American Legion-fepon
sored Junior Olympics. High
school boys from all sections of
Oregon competed in the event,
a decathlon consisting of sprint
races, high jump, broad jump,
and a tendon-straining feature
called the “hitch kick.’’
Hitch kickers, who should be
tall and wiry for best results,
spend their time trying to
touch with their foot a wooden
disk suspended l>y a rope from
a stand.
The task is easy when the disk
is only a few feet from the
ground, but after each successful
kick, the disk is raised a few
inches, until finally it may be
several feet above the kicker’s
head.
Last year, a meet record was
set by one of the limbery-linibed
contestants when he kicked
nine feet.
Hitch kickers this year, how
ever, were not able to get above
the eight foot mark, but on a
not so clear day that isn’t so bad.
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UO, OSC
Tangle
May 6
Washed out in their first Eugene appear
anee, OSC and Oregon will make up the
belated opener here in Eugene Wednesday,
May 6.
The two teams were to have clashed here
Friday, April 17, but rain made both Howe
field and the “Mud Flats” unplayable.
The Beavers at the present rest atop the
heap along with Washington and hold a 2
to 1 verdict over the Ducks in the first en
counter.
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and Simpson; pole vault—Homer
Thomas and Owen Day; high
jump—Bob Newland, Simpson
and Deller; shotput—Chuck El
liott, Fred Foster and Bill Reg
ner; discus—Jim Shephard, Fos
ter, Newland and Regner; broad
jump—Butler and Newland; relay
-—Ray, Tuckwiler, Reiner and
Shelton; javelin—Warren Finke
Shelton and Deller.
Resolved: As of today, any ball
getting by Don Kirsch will go in
our book as a hit.
(Signed) SPORTS ED.
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