Bill Hayward’s grand gang of track-and-field troopsters
turned the trick on the University of Washington Saturday
when they dumped the Husky squad on its own stamping
grounds at Seattle, 68-63. The last event of the day, the mile
telay. decided the entire affair. The two colleges were dead
locked 60-60, at the end of 14 events. And after three laps of
the relay, it was still closer than this. In the last 20 yards of
^ie anchor lap, Chuck Beckner put on the last minute steam
to nip his rival at the tape and bring home the bacon for old
OREGON.
A Clean Sweep
J leasant surprise of the day was the clean sweep the Ducks
garnered in the broad jump. Senior Ray Dickson leaped some
22 feet, seven inches to capture the event, and then yearlings
Skiles Hoffman and Don Shanahan followed through with a
second and third place, respectively. And here’s the yarn be
hind the event, with the trio of participants figuring in the
human interest angle.
Little did Dickson realize that when he was to return
to Eugene, his orders from the Marine Corps would be
waiting for him. By the same time next week, Band-leader
Dickson will be on his way to Paris Island where he will
learn the art of becoming a paratrooper.
« Hoffman, not familiar with the Seattle timer’s system of
un cracking, was left in his blocks in both the century and
furlong. He came through to snag a second in the broad jump
and if he can garner at least a second place against the Wash
ington State Cougars this coming Saturday afternoon, he will
be sure of a letter. Pretty nice going for a freshman, we think.
He was the hard luck boy on the frosh football team, so if
he has some good luck now, it will really be greatly deserved.
Radio Rambler
Shanahan, the boy that came up with that important third
place point, had to dicker at length with station KORE be
fore he was permitted to make the Seattle trip. He works as
an announcer for that radio station during his off-school hours.
Don’t laugh at that third place, because when you stop to
think about it, it was mighty important.
Other than that, ebony flash Browning Allen scored
a “double” winning both the 100 yard dash and 220 scam
per.
• Still on the track trend, we viewed with an amazed coun
tenance the result of the USC-UCLA dual meet last Satur
day. Considered to be the greatest track and field aggrega
tion in the country for the past seven years, the Trojans en
countered great difficulty in trimming the Bruins, eight events
to six. The men-of-Troy victory was in itself, not amazing.
But the times, heights, and distances recorded by both teams
was appalling to say the least.
High School Performance
The pole vault was captured at the low level of 11 feet,
six inches. Cliff Bourland, one of the fastest quarter milers in
the business, took the 100-yard dash in 10.1, and Jack Trout
usually consistent at 9.7, grabbed a cheap third. The high
hurdle time was well above 15 flat, the shotput went out a
little better than 46 feet, the javelin throw didn’t hit 190 feet,
and the 440 was annexed by a Trojan in the comparatively slow
time of 50.6.
A Some of these times and distances may not seem so poor
to you, until you stop and consider the performances of the
men on the USC track squad in past years. A freshman would
lose his job if he couldn’t clear 11 feet, six inches in the pole
vault. They would court martial a sprinter who couldn't crack
10 flat, and a quarter miles chugging along at 50.6, phew!
Dean Cromwell would be looking,around for a new job. But
that's the dope in black and white. This is 1943, and we're at
war. It might be possible that the most of the Outstanding
Southern California spikesters have been called to the service.
We thought of the possibility of bad weather, but then Crom
well usually cancels a meet, if there is the slightest threat of
unfavorable climatic conditions.
Bake the Cake
£ In closing this morning, a few salvos of praise for the league
reading University of Oregon baseball team. It's a great gang
of performers. Still a wee bit soon to call any hunks of cham
pionship cake for serving, but please flavor the three layer job
with emerald and green sauce!
Pilots Dump Ducks;
Oregon Heads North
By FRED TREADGOLD
Overlooking things at hand for what was sure to bob up in the future. Oregon's league
reading Ducks, tripped and fell flat on their noses Saturday as the surprising Portland Pilots
rang up the victory banner in a stunning 9 to 6 upset.
The Catholic clouters from the city of roses were taken pretty lightly by the Devastat
ing Ducks, and evndently Webfoot thoughts were more on that impending swing north
ward through the Inland Empire where loop champs are created or dashed earthward
Oregon buried' the Pilots under -—_
a run avalanche at the season's
birth in a double killing with
such finality that the Portlanders
were scarcely given another sec
on’s thought.
But the men of Matty Mathews
had revenge in their hearts and
power in their bats. The combina
tion swept away Oregon’s best
efforts, including the valiant
hurling try of Nick Begleries, top
Webfoot chucker.
In all 16 safeties were bashed
out during the gloomy nine
frames by the invaders, as Hob
by Hobson, UO diamond director,
flipped in twirler after twirler
in a vain attempt to quiet those
harsh, boisterous bats.
Whitey Lokan took over in tlio
fifth for Begleries and was lifted
in the eighth for a pinch slugger.
Suds Sutherland then tossed
to three Portlanders and had a
miserable time of it before being
pulled. He dished up a double,
single, socked one batter, and
Fred Kuhl was rushed in to throw
a damper on such Portland gaie
ties before any more damage was
done.
A tri-pronged attack, with
Bub O'Toole, Jim Smith, and A1
Uhle doing the dirty work, was
the Portland strong point.
O'Toole smacked out four safe
ties, drove in four runs, while
Smith also pumped out hits on
four occasions. Third bailsman
Uhle socked' out three-for-five.
and pushed across a trio of
scores.
On the sad, sorrowful Oregon
side, the widely-acclaimed Duck
hitting attack batter, Andy Pien
ovi, chunky righthander, for no
less than 10 blows, but lacked
the ingenuity to dovetail them
in any one inning.
Art Murphy with a triple and
single in five appearances at the
dish, and Bill Hamel and Roy
Carlson, also with two safeties
were the main threats for the
losers. Johnny (“Hit ’em often’’)
Bubalo got his stick on one. that
for two bases.
Main Oregon difficulty was in
ability to push men across after
maneuvering them into scoring
position. Ten Ducks quacked
their last on the sacks as mates
failed to deliver in the pinch.
With the morbit memories of
this fiasco behind them the
Ducks now must turn to the
treacherous six game venture in
which Washington State, Idaho,
and Washington all will be out to
trip up the current pace-setters.
It’ll have to be “on your toes”
for the Ducks from here on out
if they expect to wind up as Mr.
Big again fcr the fourth year in
five starts.
Box score:
Portland
Cullen, 2 .
Smith, cf .
Schroer, ss ..
Uhle, 3 .
O'Toole, 1 .
Churieh, c ....
McConnell, If
Harman, If ....
Whalen, rf ....
Deague, rf ....
Pinovi, p .
AB R
.5 1
MPO A
2
1
4
0
14
TOTALS ...42 9 16 27 15 3
Oregon AB R H PO A E
Hamel, 3 .4 2 2 0 4 1
Burns, cf .4 0 0 0 0 0
GREGG RICE, former Notre
Dame distance man, is still win
ning- the two mile events by the
bushel, and hasn't lost a major
race in years.
Kirsch, 2 .3
Bubalo, 1 .3
Carlson, c .4
Farrow, ss .5
Murphy, If .5
Koch, rf .1
Caviness, fr .4
Begleries, p .1
Lokan, p . 2
Aiken* . 1
Sutherland, p ..0
Kuhl, p . ()
TOTALS ...37
113 6 0
1 1 15 0 0
0 2 3 1 0
0 114 1
1 2 0 0 0
0 0 3 0 1
110 0 0
0 0 111
0 0 13 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
6 10 27 19 4
(* ) Batted for Lokan in 8th.
Portland .102 040 011 9
Oregon .200 010 111- 6
Runs batted in by -Smith,
Uhle 3, O'Toole 4, Deagle, Ham
el, Kirsch, Bubalo, Carlson, Far
row. Tripples Murphy. Doubles
—Whale, Uhle, O’Toole 2, Buba
lo. Sacrifices—Pienovi. Stolen
bases—Smith 2, Hamel 2, Buba
lo. Double plays - Schroer (unas
sisted), Hamel - to - Kirsch - to
Bubalo, Farrow - to - Bubalo.
Left on bases—Portland 8, Ore
gon 1. Earned runs Portland 6,
Oregon 5. Struck out by Pienovi
3, Begleries 2, Kuhl 1. Walks off
-Pienovi 6. Hit by pitcher -
Kirsch by Pienovi, Church by
Sutherland. Passed balls Carl
son 2. Nine hits, 7 runs off Beg
leries in 4 plus; five hits, one run
off Lokan in 4, two hits, cne fun
off Sutherland in no inning; no
hits, no runs off Kuhl in one. Los
ing pitcher Begleries. Umpire -
Stan Summers. Time 2:12.
Allen Gains
(Continued from f’Cii/e four)
182 feet 4% inches; second, Kydd
(W) 182 feet 3 inches.
High jump—Won by Newland,
(0), 5 feet 11 inches; second Dren
gle, (O) 5 feet 10 inches.
Pole vault Won by Thomas
(0) 13 feet; second', Hail (W) and
Way (O), tied, 12 feet 6 inches.
Discus throw Won by Russell
(W>, 136 feet 11 inches; second,
Yantis (W) 136 feet 8 inches.
Broad jump—Won by Dickson
(0), 22 feet 7 inches; second, Hoff
man (0), 21 feet 9to inches.
Golf, Tennis
Matches Set
All over the campus golf clubs
and tennis rackets are being re
moved from hibernation. In prep
aration for the oncoming intra
mural windups, long forgotten
equipment is being removed from,
its winter-long hiding places,
dusted off, inspected closely, and
given a few practice swings at
space.
With blue skies all day long,
the men’s houses are doing every
thing possible to figure a way to
get out of that three-hour lab
and head for the links or tennis
courts.
Golf gets under way this week,
and although there has been con
siderable talk of the shortage of
the little white pellets so badly
battered by unwieldy irons and
woods, most of the hopeful con
testants have been able to dig
enough to last through the pres
ent season, and after that, who
cares.
' The question of tenenis equip
ment is considerably more seri
ous. Although rackets (tennis)
are still fairly plentiful, the little
round rubber ai‘e fast coming
worth their weight in steak. For
those who are able to muster the
tennis balls, the court competition
gets under way next week, while
golf is scheduled to start this
week.
To add to the worries of the
Various athletic managers of the
living organizations, the Sigma
Delta Psi track meet is scheduled
for this coming Saturday. Com
petition will be keen, with SAE
currently favored to win.
Fijis, Canard Nab
(Continued from pae/e jour)
Canard club showed too much
power for the Alpha-Sigma crew
and easily came out on the long
end of a 7 to 3 count. They got
to Kogers the Alpha Sigma hurler
for five runs in the second inning
and proceeded to coast in as Nel
son chucked steady ball. They
got the winning five tallies on a
brace of walks, an error and time
ly blows by Bristol and Savelich.
Backstrom with two runs to his
credit, Ward, Davis, Duke and
Nelson paced the winners attack
while Bradbury, a two run man,
Paris, Rogers and Hevel played
stellar ball for the losers.
Bunny Potts, intramural direc
tor, urges all teams to be prompt
in playing scheduled contests. Al
so will the person who picked up
bat number 14 please return it
to the intramural office.
The intramural ping-pong tour
nament has been quietly but
steadily moving along. Final
matches are to be played this
week. Featured in this week’s
contests are Chuck Larson vieing
with Hugh Crawford, Stan Bach
man faces Hank Steers, and Dick
Riengold goes up against brother
Howdy Steers.
Who’s Who for 1942-43 lists
31,692 men and women noted in
American life. Of these, 22,302
are college graduates and 5,622
are members of Phi Beta Kappa.