By TOMMY WRIGHT
CO-SPORTS EDITOR
Should an outsider happen to drop around the campus to
morrow or Saturday he might decide the average age of the
University of Oregon student had taken a violent drop, but
the youngsters cavorting around the campus and especially
around Hayward field will be representatives of over 50 high
schools in the 9th Annual running of the now famous Hay
ward Relays.
The relays, which were inaugurated by Colonel Bill
nine years ago, has grown from a handful of entrants to its
*' present colossal demensions. Last year individual entries
surpassed the 500 mark and for the 1946 running of the
relays over 700 prep school athletes are registered.
The two-day affair will be divided into three divisions.
Class “A” schools or those with over 500 enrollment are to
be represented by 270 prep thinclads from 15 schools. 287 are
registered in the Class “B” division representing schools of
between 150 and 500. Class “C” which takes in all those schools
below 150 enrollment has 149 registered.
BEAVER'S CLAIM DIAMOND TITLE
In our mail from Oregon State college’s athletic news
bureau we ran across an interesting little item which from where
we sit needs amite bit of straightening out. According to the
latest release direct from the Beaver capital “This Friday and
Saturday Coach Ralph Coleman’s Beavers will start the defense
of the title won in 1943 against Washington State in a two
game series here." If our information is correct, and we believe
it is. the only truth in that matter is that the Beavers play \YSC
Friday and Saturday. For the part about winning the title in
1943, we’ll take issue for we’ve been traveling under the impres
sion that at the end of the 1943 season our own University of
Oregon Ducks annexed the Northern Division title.
Oregon and the Beavers from Corvallis wound up the
season that year in a dead heat. So to keep the records
■ straight, Webfoot Coach Howard “Hobby” Hobson con
tacted the OSC team to arrange for a play-off. The Beavers
turned down the play-off opportunity, so Hobson and Ore
gon rather naturally accepted the fact that the Ducks were
the 1943 champs. We don’t know how the record books
• show the deal, but until they show us we’ll keep right on
calling this year’s Oregon club the defending champions.
Of course from the publicity angle this could develop into
quite a deal. Imagine the headlines when the two diamond
teams cross bats later in the season—Defending champs face
Defending champs. But Oregon State had better come up with
some pretty conclusive evidence before we admit that the
Beavers have a right to anv part of the pennant.
DUCKS IMPRESSIVE IN OPENER
Oregon s Northern Division pennant defenders weren t im
pressed apparently by the veteran roster of the Washington
State College Cougars W ednesday. With that 8-5 dunking of
the Baileymen. the Ducks gave plenty of notice that they
shouldn’t he sold short this year. Despite the fact that Hal
Saltzman is the only lettennan on the club. Coach Hobson has
v, elded a group of young and old freshmen into a definite con
tender for the league title.
I’p to date Washington State has been the top threat, and
with only one game gone it's no time to drop the Cougars as
a threat. Hut the liaileynien can be beaten and the Ducks will
In- out today to repeat the Wednesday win. Oregon's hitting
has improved rapidly and if Hobson can develop another
hinder to back up Saltv.man we’ll give the Webfoots an even
chance of hanging on to the title for another year.
Buck Bailey, the colorful Cougar coach, apparently
hasn’t lost any of his temperament. We were a little disap
pointed when “The Buck” didn’t cut loose on the water
bucket yesterday, but evidently the team managers have
become a little tired of running down to the hardware store
after a new supply. Because, if you were out to the opening
game, you probably noticed that they kept the old water
bucket out of Bailey’s sight and safely behind the bat rack.
Maybe “The Bull of the Palouse country" is losing some of
his fire but we doubt it. With the present setup Bailey can
get to the water bucket and scatter the bats all at the same
time.
A word about OSC’s baseball team—Coach Ralph Coleman
i . plagued with the same malady as Hobson. The Beavers
dropped the diamond sport, too. in 1943 and as a result have
etilv three letlermen on the team. Fortunately, two of the
ve terans are hinders, though, and in 6-foot 3-inch Don Cecil.
Coleman has at least one first class pitcher. Chuck Sauvain, a
big freshman southpaw with stuff, will probably be the Beaver’s
number two hinder this season. To date he has turned in some
good performances in the pre-conference games.
Ducks Dump WSC,8-5
Saltzman Pitches Win As
Conference Race Opens
By Art Litchman, Co-Sports Editor
Hal Saltzman, backed by an 11-hit attack, pitched the Uni
versity of Oregon baseball team to an 8 to 5 win over Wash
ington State yesterday on Howe field to open the 1946 Northern
Division pennant fight.
The victory, witnessed by a crowd of more than 2,000,
successfully opened Oregon’s fight to defend the title it has
held for the last three years.
At 3 p.m. today the two teams
play the second and last game of
the series here. Coach Hobson of
the Ducks has not nominated a
pitcher for the contest today.
Five chuckers, Dick Lehl, Homer
Bropst, Bob Warner, Lyle Petty
john and Del Smith are ready to
go to the hill and one of them will
be the hurler this afternoon.
Oregon started a revamped
lineup yesterday and it paid
off with a convincing win.
Walt Kirscli, who has played
most of the season at second
base moved into center field.
Bob Santee replaced Runny
Smith at shortstop and Tony
Crish, a letterman from the
championship 194 L team,
started his first game in right
field.
Crish topped the attack on two
Cougar hurlers with three hits and
Kirsch, Saltzman and Santee all
collected two apiece.
The Ducks jumped off to a three
run lead in the second inning on n
walk, Saltzman’s smash to center,
an infield out, A1 Cohen’s smash
off the pitcher’s leg and Kirsch’s
drive to left.
Buck Bailey’s men came right
back with two in the third, Chuck
Brayton drew a pass and Adrian
Parrison, a real hitting pitcher,
drove him home with a long triple
over Kirsch’s head in center. Carl
Perry followed with a drive to
left and Jarrison scored with the
second run.
Coach Hobson’s crew came back
with another trio in the fourth.
Two walks, Santee’s pop single to
center and Crish's single over
second drove the runs home.
The final pair of VVebfoot
runs scored in the fifth. Dick
Kodiger was s'afe on Jarrison’s
error and Cohen walked. Both
men moved up a base when
the Cougars threw the ball
away trying to make a play
on Kodiger as he went to
second after the fourth ball to
Cohen.
Rodiger scored on Don Dibble’s
fly and Kirsch’s single brought
Cohen home. Oregon threatened in
the sixth with two hits, but the
rally died without producing any
runs.
Saltzman hit Joe Hemel to open
the sixth and he scored on Butch
Faller’s double to left. Faller
tallied when the Ducks made three
errors on Brayton’s ground ball.
The Cougars tallied again in the
ninth on Brayton’s single, Santee’s
boot and an infield out.
Dibble in left field and
Cohen at second gave the local
rooters an exhibition of fancy
fielding. Dibble came up with
a foul fly after a long run in
the second and made a fine
running' catch of a long drive
over his head in the fourth.
Cohen handled nine chances at
second without an error.
Bailey, long a favorite with
Oregon fans, was in fine form yes
terday. He accidentally went into
his punting act in the first inning i
when he stumbled over the Cougar j
ball box.
Later in the game he charged
Umpire Duke Dennison, much to
the delight of the fans. Even the:
Cougar players did not escape his:
lashing tongue. After Catcher!
John Wilburn made a useless throw
on Rodiger in the fifth, he heard:
all about it from Bailey.
Rain—Maybe
Oregon weather: Cloudy
Thursday and Friday with
rain west portion Thursday
and intermittent rain over
state Friday.
I.M. League
Ump System
Announced
Each competing organization in
the intramural softball league
should furnish one man to offi
ciate at each game, it was suggest
ed today by Leroy Erickson, head
of intramural sports.
There will be a total of six
umpires appointed for the season,
Erickson said. These men will
handle the game from behind the
plate. The officials from partici
pating organizations will handle
the field.
Official softball rules shall gov
ern playing of the games, Erick
son announced. He expressed his
wish that each organization co
operate in an effort to aid the
league by being on time. A sched
ule of each day’s games will be run
in the Emerald.
Sweet young coed: Do-you have
to drive with one arm?
BTO: You don’t think the car
can steer itself, do you ?
No Tickee
No Ball Game
All students who expect to
attend the Oregon baseball
games without paying full
admission prices must have
their student body cards with
them, it was announced last
night by the athletic office.
BOX SCORE
” Wash. State (5) ABRHPOA
Perry, cf . 5 0 2 2 0
Blonski, 2b . 5 0 0 2 1
Anderson, rf. 4 0 0 2 0
Hemel, lb . 3 10 7 0
Wilburn, c . 2 0 0 7 2
Faller, ss . 4 1112
Eggers, If . 4 0 0 1 0
Brayton, 3b . 3 2 12 2
Jorrinson, p . 3 12 0 1
Foster, p. 0 0 0 0 0
Miller, a. 1 0 0 0 0
Totals .34 5 6 24 8
Oregon 8 AB R H PO A
Kirsch, cf . 4 0 2 0 0
Jones, cf . 0 0 0 0 0—
Norvell, 3b . 4 10 12
Santee, ss . 5 12 11
Crish, rf . 5 0 3 0 0
Johnson, lb. 3 1 1 11 0
Saltzman, p . 4 1 2 0 2 #
Rodiger, c . 4 10 5 0
Cohen, 2b . 2 3 13 6
Dibble, If. 4 0 0 6 0
Totals. 35 8 11 27 11
Errors—Norvell 2, Santee, Crish,
Blonski, Faller, Jerrison. Runs
batted in—Kirsch 2, Santee 2,
Crish, Cohen, Dibble 2, Perry 2,
Faller, Jorrinson. Doubles—Faller.
Triples—Jorrinson. Left on bases
—Washington State 6, Oregon 6.
Bases on balls off Saltzman 2, Jor
rinson 4. Struck out by Saltzman
5, Jorrinson 4, Foster 3. Earned
runs off Jorrinson 5, Saltzman 3.
Wild pitches—Saltzman. Hit by
pitcher—Hemel by Saltzman. Hi4^
off Jorrinson, 9 in 5 innings, Foster
2 in 3 innings. Sacrifice hit—Wil
burn. Stolen bases — Norvell,
Santee, Cohen, Dibble. Losing
pitcher—Jorrinson. Umpires—Den
nison and Libby. Time—2h 20m.
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NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS
The-Annual meeting of members of the
X- niversity of Oregon Co-operative Store
will be held in room 207 Chapman Hall on
Thursday April 25, 1946 at 4:00 p.m.
The Agenda includes: Reading of the
Manager's Annual report and the nomina
tion of candidates for positions on the Board
of Directors.
All students are eligible to attend and
vote.
Joan Halsted. President