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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1943)
Gala Festivities Set for Duck-Beaver Clash Saturday, Corvallis might be planning a gala opening day for their north ern division curtain-raiser today between Oregon and Oregon State, but University baseball moguls have a few ideas up their own sleeves for the Eugene open er tomorrow on Howe field. Saturday the Beavers and Ducks change locales for the sec ond phase cf their two-game se ries. Game time at Howe field tomorrow will bo 3 o’clock. Included on the progi am for the first conference tilt of the year will be the usual “opening battery’’ composed of University and journalistic celebrities. Donald M. Erb, Oregon presi dent, is slated to take the mound for the first pitch of the year. Completing the intellectual bat tery will be Virgil E. Earl, dean of men, who will handle Presi dent Erb's smoking “hot ones." Sandwiched between these two will be Laird H. Gregory, sports editor extraordinary of The Ore gonian. who will endeavor to rap one of Prexy Erb’s tosses out of the lot. Supplementing this tradition al festivity will be prizes do nated by Eugene merchants to the players who “get the first hit, first walk, first error, etc.’’ Feature attraction, of course, is the Duck-Beaver duel, pitting the two clubs together for the second time this year. Pre-season records for the two ■ clubs contain only victories, but 'very few victories at that. Poor playing conditions have slashed the Oregon and Oregon State schedules to' bits. The Beavers won their only start against Camp Adair, 3 to 1. Oregon clanked out three tri umphs, all by quite convincing margins. Portland U was biffed twice, 13 to 0 and 13 to 1, and then Willamette befell the same fate, G to 4. Last year the Walloping Web foots, en route to their second straight conference titler, bashed the Orangemen twice cn three occasions. They dropped the open er, 2 to 1, in one of the tightest contests ever seen at Coi’vallis. But bounding back with re siliency, the ’42 champs pounded the Staters ruthlessly in the re maining two contests. A fourth game—unneeded to determine the league ruler—was rained out and cancelled. Hobby's Champs Favored Over lark Horse' Bevos at Corvallis By FRED TREADGOLD Another northern division diamond conference chase—1943 model rolls off the assem bly line today up Corvallis way with those timeworn enemies, Oregon and Oregon State, again slated to try and out-maul the other guy with their war clubs. Our darling Ducks, long the ruling dynasty in this clubby little five-team circuit, will go into the scuffle—set for a 4 o’clock showing — as favorites, heavy or slight, depending on which side of the fence you may stand. Supplementing' today's opener, the arch-enemies pack their wares move and pitch their tents on Eugene's own Howe field to morrow for the Oregon inaugural lilt. The sports-writing brotherhood in the Northwest, after apprais ing team rosters, rent as they have been by draft and enlist ments, seem to come to an al OREGON VS. OREGON' STATE Game: Corvallis, Ore. Time: 4 o’clock Probable starling lineups: Oregon Kamel, Sl> Kurus, of Kirscli, 2 1> Kuhaio, lb Carlson, <• Carrow, ss Murphy, It' Koch, rf Hosieries, p Oregon State Churchill, 3b McClusUey, ss Johnson, lb Brown, ct Ourdnn, If Koelandt, e Bower, 2b Ivaramanos, vf Cecil, p /most unanimous conclusion: that Oregon is again the club to beat for this year’s pennant. , Oregon State comes under the mysterious “dark-horse” head ing. With only three veterans putting in an appearance at the season's outset, Beaver Boss Ralph Coleman has been forced to place his money on untried .newcomers. The curtain-raiser this after noon could prove a number of jthings: (1) that Oregon's might has been overrated, and that they will miss the outspoken bats of sluggers Bill Carney and Dick Whitman, and peppery, baseball vise Ted Filip, fiery catcher, more than anticipated: i“) that in spite of Oregon State's green group, the Beavers are tougher than a fleeting glance shows. Winner Gets Break At any rate the club to come out on the happy end of the score today will hold a definite bulge over the loser in this merry, made ND race, where every slip is pinned against you. Neither club lias yet attained top playing condition. Inclement weather saw to that. Oregon has just gone through three tilts (winning all), while the Beaver boys have been able to sneak in only one game (winning it > to date. Those few warm-up contests can’t lie classified as real test ers, all being with clubs decid edly inferior to the classy northern loop teams. Oregon bopped Portland’s Pi L. THE “PNEUMONIA KID” . . . . . . Don Dui'ijun, Oregon State’s great outfielder, will not l>e in the Beaver lineup today, Uorvallis reports say, when the Ducks meet the OSC outfit. He has a touch of pneumonia. ’43 Coed Softball Schedule Given Week Postponement Entry slips for the WA V softball tournament are due by 4:30 o'clock on April tltli. As specified on the entry blanks, the paper with the names of the team members, should be in the hands of Josephine Ueginato or Miss Petroskey by that time. Manager Josie announced today, “Miss Petroskey and myself, have definitely derided to postpone the softball tournament until April 20, lots twice in a double bill and nicked Willamette U, whereas Oregon State clipped Camp Adair. That has been the extent of their doings at this writing. Pitching for both sides is good. Just who will rate the opening assignments is a little secret which Coaches Coleman and Hob son will share with no one and won’t let out till game time. Cecil OSC Bet Problematically, however, Don Cecil, top flinger of the OSC group, will got Coleman's vote. Cecil, a California J. C. transfer, comes with a lengthy string ot recommendations along the pitch ing way. His older brother sev eral seasons back threw balls and strikes for the Portland Beavers, coast pro club. In the event Oregon's powerful hitting organization finds the range on Mr. Cecil's slants, Cole man has in reserve several tal ented tossers, Lloyd Frazier, (rii'dsc turn to /v;,v jive) when the first game will be played. I hope more house teams will organize and begin practices immediately.” There has been an alteration in the regulations as first an nounced. As some of the teams were finding it difficult to get enough girls for a team, the rules were changed and in the official tournament games it is neces sary for only nine members to be present and on the field. Just across the street from the ADPi house there is a handy field for the more energetic members of the house to around on. With out scheduled practices the girls have gone across the street and turned that let into a coed soft ball field. Barbara Bentlv has a mighty swing and when the bat in her hands connects with the ball screens are suggested for the windows of the music build ing. One of their best fielders is Jean Villaire who runs doggedly after those grounders and seems able to spot a fly and get to it almost every time. Intramural Seftfeallers c Get ‘Go Ahead’ Que Intramural softball gets iis start for this season Monday when six house teams toddle up to the well-pounded donut diamonds to knock hat on ball. All Monday games come at 4:30. Sigma Nu's powerhouse, de fending champs, start off the new season against the merged Alpha Sigma hall club on field one, the newly-constructed softball dia mond on the north. DlTs-Chi Psis Meet Delta Upsilon and Chi Psi lodge clash on field number two, which is the middle softball diamond. Phi Gamma Delta’s heavy hit ting Fiji gang and Sigma Phi Epsilon provide the remainder of the action on field three at the south end. Three games will be played ev ery Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, it was announced by Bob Newlard. intramural athletics di rector. On Tuesdays and Thurs days six games will be held. New land said. ’’BUMS’ ” BIG HURLER . . . . . . Whit Wyatt, brilliant right hander, is readying himself in Brooklyn’s spring training camp at Bear Mountain, N. Y., to chalk up another 20 wins. SPRING TERM At the "U" And even though times are uncertain and changed there is always the peace fulness of the mill race and with it The Anchorage — good food in a restful at mosphere will do much to create a gay, informal mood. The 9F7 Franklin I_ Phone 30