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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1943)
The Sports Round-up: Oregon in Brief Bill Hayward’s track and field gang is working out every day ex cept Sunday in preparation for the Oregon State Relays April 24 at Corvallis. (George Skorney covers the detailes on this yarn ) The Alpha-Sigma haliers roll ed* over the mighty Sigma Nu men, 14-5 behind the stout hurl ing of Jim Oswald. (Bill Dyer, the red-headed intramural re porter gives you the lowdovvn.) And other highlights: (1) Former Oregonians work for Uncle Sam. (2) High school lad chucks dis cus 146 feet (See Duck Tracks). (3) Women’s tennis rolls along as first rounds in singles and doubles are to he played off by Saturday, April 17. Girls playing in singles are: Marian Johnston and Helen Moore; Jean Morrison and Betty Sturgeon; Elaine Mc Farlane and Stephanie Heustis; Marianne Blenkensop and Bever ly Padgham; Dorothy Herman and Betty Stockvvell. Girls are urged to turn in their results at the cage in Gerlinger. And that's the sport picture for today. ISy BILE DVF.K Powering their way over Chi (“si, the Delta Cpsilon softball ists led the team* in the opening day of intramural softball. With “Buriy” Boh Wren hurling no hit hall the DCs came through with a l<> to 0 victory. The other at traction* of the day saw Sigma Chi Epsilon squeeze out a nar row 1 to 3 win over I’hi Gamma Delta, and Alpha Sigma hall smother the highly touted Sigma Nu defending champs l>y a 13 to a score in the big upset of the day. Delta Cpsilon served notice that they are going to be tough customers as they walked over the Phi Psi ball club with a show of powerful hitting and air tight fielding. With Wien in near mid season shape, the DUs look like the team to beat. Although the game lasted only five innings and the Dll squad was at bat only four times they climbed on the Chi Psi cliucker for 16 runs and •an average of four runs per inn ing. Alvin Christenson with 3 for 4 and Connie Grab with 2 for 4 led the winners’ attack. Chi Psi was helpless before Wren’s slants and were fanning the ozone all afternoon. They managed to hit the pill but a few times, let alone getting a solid blow. Showing de fensive strength along with a po tent offense, the DU club was charged with only one error for the contest. Eiggest surprise of the day was the downfall of the defending' ti tle holders. Sigma Nu. Rated as early season favorites, the Sigma Nu club showed little of the form that carried them to the top last year, and played poor ball. On the other hand, the boys from Alpha Sigma were definitely “hot" and they handed their op ponents a terrific waxing. Jim Oswald, as hurler hand-cuffed tlie Sigma Nu squad and let them down with a half a dozen bingles. Stan Skillicorn of the Sigma Nu defenders opened the game with a home run as the fir st man to face Oswald and it looked as if the champs were at it again. Then Oswald settled down and. from there on in was never threatened. In their half of the first, the dorm boys got the range and clubbed out four runs. Each inning saw them add to this lead while Sigma Nu could garner but four more tal lies the rest of the contest. Ed Dick, Sigma Nu left fielder came up with the fielding gems of the contest with two catches of hard line drives and robbing oppon ents of almost sure hits. Skilli corn at short and on the mound also shewed fine form. Others Star For Alpha Sigma, Bradbury, catcher: Hevel and Haga also flashed power at the plate and on the field. For an early season performance, the Alpha Sig club looked potent. In the tightest and fiero W-w.'" Ill: \\ VS DKAFTED . . . . . . Dick Vslioom, 3 year veteran on tiie varsity football team, was recently “drafted" by the Detroit I.ions, profession football team. Dick i, not expected to show up for play, however, as there is a little tiling like the war going on at present. ly fought contest of the day, the Fiji tossers were rinsed out by the Sig Eps, iast year’s runner up, 4 to 3. Going into the last of the seventh the score was tied at 3 to 3. With Sig Eps at hat Kelly, first man up managed a walk. Then Benny Di Benedetto with a 2 for 2 average was served a fast ball by Glen Lay, Fiji el bower, and he smashed it deep into right field for a triple that scored the winning tally. The game was loosely played with each squad committing five errors. A bright sun, caused out fielders no end of trouble and many an easy fly ball was lost in the sun. Paul Folquet was the big hitter for the Fijis with a 3 for 3, including a home run. Mer vin Borthwick of the Sig Eps showed plenty of stuff on the mound and should develop into a top flight hurler. Ex-Oregonians Work for Sam A track and field star while attending Stanford university and the University of Oregon. Cadet Henry S. Hears, Jr., of Ti gard, Oregon, is training at El lington field to become an Army Air Forces navigator. Following a nine-week course here, he goes to another field for advanced training. There he will receive his silver wings and second lieu tenant’s commission in the Army Air Forces. While in college, Cadet Hears also was on the skiing squad. He is the son of Hr. and Mrs. Henry S. Hears, Route 1, Tigard. As a member of the wrestling team during his college days, Aviation Cadet Bombardier Louis R. Salinardo, 21, 119 Roosevelt St.. Roselle Park, N. J„ learned the art of throwing his oppon ent. Now as a cadet in bombardier preflight school at Ellington school at Ellington field. Texas, lie is learning the art of tossing bombs at the Axis. He atteended University of Oregon and Union Jr. College, Cranford, N. J. After nine weeks at this huge for bombardiers and navigators. Army Air Forces preflight school Cadet Salinardo will go to an ad vanced field where he will re ceive his silver wings and second lieutenant’s commission in the Army Air Forces. His parents, Mr. and Hrs. Jo seph Salinardo, reside at 119 Roosevelt St., Roselle Park. OUR BOVS I WITH THE COIORS] WITH THE GRACE OF A BIRD . . . . . . Cornelius Warmerdam clears, the pole vault bar. In the picture above, Warmy skims over the 15.4 mark. Actually, he has bettered 13 feet, 8 inches. Football Men Add Power To Trackmen A bit of good news has finally hit Colonel Bill Hayward's cinder ramp, after a dismal month of training. With Tommy Iioblin, Chuck Elliott, Steve Bodner, and Merritt Kufferman finally out to complete his weight squad, Col onel Bill can say that conditions are better than they formerly were. Fred Foster, lone letterman, has been stbadily developing his form. “Tailspin" Tommy throwing- the discus for the first time, tried to depend upon brute strength be fore Hayward took him in hand. Colonel Bill stressed form above all else. “First the form and then the distance," claims Coach Hay ward. The shot put event will proba bly feature Elliott and Bodner. These two boys were a one-two combination during high school. The tryouts Saturday afternoon struck a happy cord in the ven erable old gentleman. The official word from the track head is that the Ducks gave a very good per formance. In the 350-yard event, Stan Ray and Chuck Becltner ran with in inches of each other and finish ed in the same fashion—Beckner first and the barrel-chested Ray six inches behind. Colored Brown ie Allen swept from a quick st^T and nosed out the veteran Ralph Kramer by a step in the 100-yard dash. The tireless Don Wilson trot ted through the three-quarter mile with the ease of a two-miler, barely beginning his long grind. Dickson Versatile Broad jumping has captured an other Webfoot, Ray Dickson, a versatile letterman of two years back. Dickson was a versatile man at one time for the Ducks. He vaulted 13 feet, 6 inches dur ing George Varoff's last year un der Hayward. Dickson was of I'Jm tie use in the pole vault event cause Colonel Bill had another pole vaulter who could better 14 feet. Dickson .has run the dash es, hurdles, high jump, broad jump, and middle distance events.
