Webfoot-Pilot Beef Appears •
Doubtful as Hours Progress
l-’AKMJIANDS GET CHANCE . . .
. . . With Hit' loss of their stellar stars, the New York Yankees have
to depend upon farmhands such as eatehers, Aaron Kobinson, left,
and Kollie Henisley, riffht.
Highland, Orides, Hilyard
Teams Strong Favorites
v.wru myituciii lwwiy • t tjn. vvl vit
oouragement yesterday, when the
■weather brightened a little. The
strong- entrants so far only by
the fact that they have 'had more
practice than their sister teams
are Highland Orides and Hilyard.
In the finals last spring, Ori
des, co-champion, entered the
matches as _a heavy favorite.
/They had previously downed
Highland house, 7-5 for the “A”
league championship. Hilyard had
an easy time overwhelming1 Uni
versity house, 25-10, to win the
“B” crown.
In the final round, Orides their
way to a 20-11 victory over llil
yard house for their second eon
f-eeutivo. The winners were led
l>y i\Iar\ Lawson and l’ele Law
son, and Mason kept tile losers
:it a distance.
Opening Day ( lose
With opening day but two
weeks off, the teams hardly
know the meaning of the term
softball. Should the necessity
arise that the girls fail to get a
goodly number of practices a pos
sible postponement of the games
may be in the offing, according
to Josephine Reginato.
Houses Sign I p
Bach house will receive an en
try blank by Monday at the lat
est. These blanks should be
turned in to Miss Petroskey, the
If the house managers haven’t
signed up for their team's prac
tices yet they are urged to do so
immediately.
1’HILI.IKS I'KOBLK.M . . .
. . . The National loop is in an up
roar lieeauso Kil Levy, trailed to
Philadelphia Phillies for first
tSaeker ,\irk Klten, rofuses to re
port.
Begleries to Start
If Weather Permits
By FRED TREADGOLD
Chances for Oregon’s impatient baseball Ducks to finally
show their wares today before a Portland crowd in the Rose
City against the Portland U Pilots appeared about as remote
as a Jap citizen being elected to Congress. Because of unde
sirable conditions (about which we must remain mum) it
seemed that the Duck-Pilot beef would have to be written
down in the record books along
side the Willamette and Linfield
games, under the heading “unfin
ished business.”
Anson B. Cornell, university
athletic graduate manager, said
yesterday that “we would have
to wait until 7 o’clock Saturday
morning (today) before we will
know if the game will be held.”
If the “all-clear” sounds from the
metropolis to the north. Pinch
coach Dick Whitman and his tiny
band of horsehiders will plunk
themselves into autos and by S
o'clock will be on their way to
the city on the banks of the Wil
lamette.
UIKKS IjIIUV .’iUllUU
However, if the game, which
is due for a 2 o’clock hilling this
afternoon, falls in line behind
the rest of the postponed en
gagements, it’ll be just another
day of rest for the action-seek
ing Webfoot gang. For yester
day practice was suspended
again because of unfavorable
conditions, much to the conster
nation of Acting-mentor Rich
ard, who had hoped to have the
local apple-knockers in some
semblance of shape by the time
his bossman, Howard Hobson,
returns to the campus April 4.
As it is the game-less Oregons
have been able to sneak in about
three good workouts during the
past two weeks. The defending
champs, our darling Ducks, are
in the same scow as the rest of
the northwest collegiate clubs,
kissing off important practice
games with reckless abandon as
Old Man Winter continues to lin
ger in these parts.
Assuming that today will be
suitable for baseball participa
tion, the Ducks will probably tear
the cover off the '43 campaign
with a powerful, mainly-veteran
unit, which sparkled so brilliant
ly over the abbreviated practice
season.
Infield Solid
The infield seems to be solidi
fied with Johnny Bubalo, Don
Kirseh, Bob Farrow, and Bill
Hamel answering "here” to the
starting roll call.
Not as lucid as the inner de
fensive quartet, the outfield could
Cougars Loom as Title Contender
Optimism covers the Washing
ton State campus as the Cougar
baseball crew looms as a potent
contender for Northwest honors.
Several important letterman are
back to bolster Coach .1 aek
Uriel's pennant chances.
Unlike many of the othei
league nines, the manpower
shortage has not yet dipped into
State’s athletic reservoir. If
Uriel so inclined, he can field an
entire veteran squad without us
ing any of the promising frosh
and transfers. With a large sup
ply of steady veterans, the Cou
gars will depend on defensive
strength to i':irry them through
the season.
Mound Staff Green
The mound staff is promising'
tint green. Only returning e>bow
er is Hoy Olson. However several
strong armed freshmen are up to
holster that department. The new
hinders include Wally Kramer,
varsity gridder, dark Kadke,
and Boh Seal/o. t atehing is ably
filled by vets Diek Dodge and
Hoy Cranston.
Turning to the infield, we find
letterman Don Aries at first.
Like Oregon’s John Bubalo,
Aries also doubles as pitcher and
in the outfield. Another vet,
George Davison covers the key
stone sack while two freshmen,
John McCallum and Bob Rennick
are fighting it out for the short
patch position. Bob Dan, senior
letterman at the ’‘hot corner”
rounds out the infield.
Akins on Squad
Two first string outfield berths
have already been nailed down by
Toni lirar.nigan and \1 Akins,
the speedy basketball guard. The
third spot is open to several
promising rookies. The Cougars
will have several practice games
with the Seattle Kainiers who are
training at nearby Lewiston to
give them needed warning.
Sports Staff:
Fred Beckwith,
Fred Treadgold,
Co-Sports Editors |
Rollie Gabel
Don Lonie
Bill Dyer
George Skorney
Doug Donahue
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GOLFER LOSES . . .
. . . Byron Nelson, former Open
Golf champion, was handed an
army reject. The portly Nelson
still tops the nation’s best golf
ers.
be any one of several possible
choices. Dick Burns, the ground
covering junior, is a shoo-in at
center field, but the other two
spots will be fiercely contested by
Bob Caviness, Tom Oxman, Art
Murphy, and several others.
Battery selections seem all
but definite. Little Nick Beg
leries, again Mr. No. 1 on the
Duck pitching list, will swing
into his first game action with
Freshman Roy Carlson handling
his offerings. Relief twirling,
if needed or wanted, can be kept
well in hand by Bubalo, Cavi
ness, Whitey Lokan, or Hal
Saltzman.
If today’s Pilot scuffle is wash
ed down the drain, the Ducks will
bound into the northern division
ring April 9 stone-cold, with not
one regulation tilt under their
belts.
Opening Day Close
Less than one week from today,
next Friday, the gun will sound
to speed the five loop members
on their way in the mad, ruthless
scramble that is humorously call
ed the conference race.
Starting things out in the right
vein, our Duck timber-wielders
meet up with Oregon State in a
tough pair of warmer-uppers. Fri
day they open in Corvallis and
then return to home surroundings,
nnin i..Mi imnj..n.im., 11 r\..,mih.
and Howe field, for Saturday's big
local curtain raiser.
That begins a three-week home
stand Which pits the Hobsonrnen
against all four league oppon
ents. Idaho comes on the bill of
fare next April 16-17, Washing
ton State April 21-22, and then a
brace of skirmishes with Wasi^
ington's potent outfit April 28-i^P’
Then it’s farewell to familiar
surroundings for the treacherous
seven-day Inland Empire mara
thon. The games pile together in
ominous fashion—six over a per
iod of a week!
- Inland Trip Tough
The Inland Empire trip is one
full of pitfalls and ambushes
Many a fond hope for league pen
nants were torn asunder when a
team collapsed from the strain of
it ail. Contrary to the rule, Ore
gon’s Ducks provided the excep
tion last year in taking, five of
the six toughies on the jaunt. The
loop rag was won on that trip.
Following the Washington-Ida
ho state tours, it's home again
May 17 after one more crack at
Oregon State in Corvallis the
previous day. ■!
Curriculum requirements for
history majors at Hunter college
have been revised to give train
ing in independent research.
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