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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1943)
. . •• *■■■ •)■•iliiaii. Ducks Load Artillery For Bearcat Today By FRED TREADGOLD With nothing more than just a quick glimpse at his Duck baseball goliaths since he returned to Eugene Monday, How ard Hobson, veteran Oregon coach, will send the undefeated Webfoct clouters against Willamette U today at 3 o'clock on the grassy levels of Howe field. It will be the home opener after a long series of postponements due to inclement weather 5 & § l rf 11 i I * 3 fs %a 8 a May 7 is the date that has been set for the annual state high school track meet to be con ducted in Eugene this year, spon sored by the University, it was announced by Tom Piggotl, sec retary of the Oregon State High School Activities association. Streamlinizatiou of tiie meet is expected for 1913 because of the wartime conditions. Only win ners in the eight districts will qualify in order to run the meet off in a single day, as only eight lanes can be set up in the Hay ward field oval. Campus fraternities have agreed to furnish housing for (tie proppers while they are in Eugene, il was announced, but the boys will have to provide their own meals because of ra tioning restrictions. District meets are expected to be completed by Saturday, May 1, and a list of the qualifying1 athletes must be in tlie hands of A use Cornell, Oregon graduate manager, on the following Tues day. Portland schools will not par ticipate in the meet as they are not members of the state asso ciation. The annual Hayward Relays were cancelled by University of ficials because of the war, it was declared. Sports Staff: Fred Treadgohl, Fred Beckwith. Co-Sports Kditors Rollie Gabel Don Louie Bill Dyer George Skorney Phyllis Lloyd LITTLE GIANT OF THE DI CK INFIELD . . . . . . Don Kirscli, booming little second sucker, is one of the strong points of the verj powerful Oregon infield. Besides being a remark able fielder (no errors last season!) Donnie can crack the ball with the best of ’em. :n:i last week. The Devastating Ducks, who captured their second consecutive ND pennant last year, cashed in with victories in their only two previous starts, spanking the Portland Pilots in a twin bill last Saturday, 13 to 0, and 13 to 3. Their hitting punch is still there," or so the 24 blows during the two tilts seem to indicate. But the Duck baseball machine isn’t fashioned solely around the ruth less, lethal swatting attack of the Oregon seige guns. Coach Hobby has kicking around a hand ful of good—real good—clinch ers, who know how to handcuff the opponents while their team mates swing out their own heavy artillery. Willamette’s strength is un known in the Duck camp, hut the local pilot said that he im agined the Bearcats from Salem possessed a “good” club. There is a chance that the 'Cats will field a professional battery as they have been granted permis sion to use the twosome. If Wil lamette Boss Roy S. (“Spec”) Keene does so, campus fans will see Duke Hanuska, ex-Willamette hurler since turned pro with Brooklyn Dodger connections, toeing the rubber, while Clint Cameron, a Salem and Spokane “play-for-pay” boy, donning the big mitt and nabbing Hanuska’s offerings. Whether the visitors will use a third pro athlete, Earl Toolson, is not known. Toolson, a big per former with the Bearcats a year back, can be used either at first or on the hillock. With the exception of pitcher, Hobson has pretty well in niind just who will fill each of the eight other positions this after noon, ’ The sparkling, “Million Dollar Track Talk about . . . Homer Thomas By <ii:OK(ii; SROHXEV The Duck eindermen have a captain now. With this simple statement. Colonel Bill lla.vwanl released the good news that Ho mer Thomas, senior and star pole vaulter, was tin* choice of the hoys themselves. The stocky Thomas has mixed sweat with the sod of Hayward field for three seasons now once as a track freshman,'and the other two times as a regular on the varsity. Thomas hails from Madras, Oregon, where track is unheard of and where baseball, football, and basketball are the only spcrts played. As Colonel Bill puts it, Thom as, who never saw a track meet when in high school, came as close to pole vaulting when he handled a pitchfork. Homer claims that, although he didn’t have any experience when he en tered the University he had an inkling' that he could pole vault. His first year here in frosh track under Ned Johns, he vault ed 11 feet 6 inches in a dual meet with the Rooks of Oregon State without any previous trial. In his initial start on the varsity, Tho mas was an understudy for Bob Hendershott. This was the year i Please turn to /'aye seven) Ho Hum! Durdan Sick Again, OSC Scribes Moan Ever hear the one about the boy who cried. ‘‘Wolf! Wolf!"? Oregon's baseball Ducks have loo. so they aren't taking much stock in the barrage of propaganda be ing laid down by ambitious Ore gon State press correspondents. From the Corvallis baseball ritadel comes word that Don (Rose Bowl! Durdan, great tri sportman, has contracted a case of bronchial pneumonia a n d will be out of the Orange lineup for an indefinite period of time. Mr. Durdan is confined to a clean white cot in the infirmary, so the press releases say, and so won't be in left field when the OSCers face Oregon Friday in Corvallis. An almost identical situation existed last basketball season. fans will remember. Brother Dur dan, spark-plug- of the Beaver hoop five, was declared to be flat on his back with a case of chicken pox and would not see action for over a month. But what happened ? The Beav ers came to town and firmly en sconced in the lineup was none other than the ailing Durdan, far from in a sickly condition. And he played most of the game. So, flecking- the latest woeful words coming- from Corvallis about fragile Don off their shoul ders like a speck of dust, the Duck varsity horsehiders fully expect Mr. Durdan to again rise from his bed. and be shagging flies all over the lot when game time comes Friday. CAIID CATCHER . . . . . . Walker Cooper, one-half of St. Louis’ famed brother battery, will again be handling the Car dinal pitchers’ hot ones this sea son. Infield” combination of John Bu balo at first, Don Kirsch at sec ond, Bob Farrow at shortstop, and Bill Hamel at third, is a foursome Hobson will probably do business with all season long. This unit^( 1 tops in the northwest circuit, un touchable on defense and unhal terable at bat. Four Outfielders Even Things are not quite as clean cut in the outfield. Nevertheless the picture is comparatively sim ple. Four men race neck and neck for the starting spots, with the three lucky ones not being known till game time. Among Dick Burns, Bob Caviness, Art Murphy and Barney Koch the choice must lie. Even with the return of Bill Peterson, last year’s reserve backstop, to the fold, Freshman Roy Carlson seems to hold the jump as starting catcher. Carl son was one of the prize pack ages which came Qregon-ward from Portland prep schools. Opening pitching assignmei^ was not dealt out to any individ ual, and Hobby figured that he would give all the chuckers a few brief rounds on the hill, being careful not to overwork anyone. Then too, with the Oregon State conference opener just around the corner—two days away—no par ticular benefit would come from trying to work any single man too long. From this list of twirlers Hob by can name his selection: Nick Begleries, diminutive curve bail er; John Bubalo, reliable first sacker with the knuckler mysti fier; Hal Saltzman, stellar frosh prospect; Bob Caviness, outfield regular, who can be pulled in to throw left hooks; Whitey Lokan, second-year man from Astoria; Art Murphy, another versat'.-C outfielder, and Arvis (Suds) Sutfl^ erland, basketball man. Today’s brawl will serve as a testing pot for the Ducks before the regular league action com mences and will also give absent Coach Hobson a chance to ap praise his charges and draw con clusions. <§ET THE URGE v TO HELP PURGE /A JIM6LE HI I UtK; J'<e