Oregon Bombards Idaho Again 13 to 2
By ART LITCHMAN
CO-SPORTS EDITOR
Four clown and 12 to go.
Washington will try to cut the high flying Oregons down
on Friday and Saturday. Then comes the grueling trip through
Washington and Idaho. The four games with Oregon State
follow in a space of 10 days and then it s all ovei foi 1946.
After leaving here with two losses, Buck ^Bailey s V ash
ington State crew isn’t helping the Ducks a hit. They dropped
two at Corvallis and lost both at Seattle. Washington is right
m the thick of the battle and that makes the two games here a
real attraction.
Idaho also leaves Howe Field with a pair of losses. Nothing
would help the Webfoots any more than to have the Vandals
get rough with the Beavers and grab a pair today .and tomorrow.
F,veu a split would take the pressure off the Ducks.
Big Lyle Pettyjohn’s relief performances at Salem and
against the Vandals yesterday boosted the stock of the Ore
gon pitching staff. If that pop-fly-in-the-sun-double had
been handled he would have been able to rack up six and
a third scoreless innings.
Oregon will need all the pitching it can get Tor those six
games in seven days on the road trip.
The final games with Oregon State, starting May IS arid
finishing May 25, may well decide the race for the 1946 crown.
A lot can happen between today and May IS, but it could be
the decider.
CECILS A PAIR
Ralph Coleman has a pair of Cecils playing for him this
season who max prove to he an awful headache lot the Chegon
nine. Don is a great hig righthander with plenty 'of speed and
Jots of savvy.
lie learned his pitching from three older brothers, Rex,
Lonnie and Bill. Coast league and Red Sox fans will remember
Rex as the curve ball clmcker who burned up the league with
the San Diego team in 1944 and finished the season with the
Boston Americans.
Don is a veteran of the rough Southern California winter
loop. The league is full of double AA ball players and he won
his share of games.
The other Cecil is Dorwood. He is a nephew of Don s
and handles the first sack. Lefty O Doul and Pepper Martin
call him the finest young prospect they’vfe seen in a long
time.
IIis onlv weakness, and it’s a big one for a first sackcr. is
at the plate. But in the field he is class personified. Last reports
had him signed with the Louisville club in the American Asso
ciation. Then he turned up in Corvallis.
Don’t miss his performance here. Many experts tab him as
the greatest fielding first baseman, pro or otherwise, to play
on the coast for 10 years.
HYMIE MAY BE BACK
Football fans who watched Tony Crish in action last Friday
night mav have a chance to see his old running mate in an
Oregon uniform again next fall.
Hymie Harris is back in school and his presence at one
of the wing spots would go a long way towaids solving the
problem of good ends—a real nut to crack for any coach.
Good ends aren't found every day.
Both Tex Oliver and Bill Hayward agree that while the
crvices mav give an athlete a lot of work and mav toughciy
ldm up. it's all wrong for sports conditioning.
The big problem is getting the pins hack in running order,
'('hat was the big reason for the cancellation of the game this
.Saturday the underpins can’t stand the gaff this early in the
season
Rodiger, Crish
Hit Homeruns
To Lead Rally
Northern Division Standings
W. L. Pet.
Oregon . 4 0 1.000
OSC . 2 0 1.000
Washington . 3 1 .750
Idaho . 1 3 .250
WSC .. 0 6 .000
Oregon’s slugging Webfoots
concentrated all their power
into the last three innings
against Idaho Tuesday on
Howe field to win their fourth
straight Northern Division
game 13 to 2.
For five innings big John Dailey,
Vandal right handed hurler turned
Duck hitters back with a string
of goose eggs, but the Oregons
blasted out of their batting leth
argy in the sixth frame to collect
six runs on five hits and put the
ball game safely into the win
column.
With the victory the Webfoots
maintained their blistering pace in
the Northern Division conference
play and kept firm hold on first
spot.
Idaho took the lead in the game
yesterday when they collected the
first of their two runs in the third
frame on a hit batsman, a pair
of fielders choices and a single to
right field. Dailey, who was
credited with the win over the Uni
versity of Washington Saturday,
apparently had the Duck hitters
baffled. He didn’t give up a single
blow in the first five stanzas. But
the bubble burst in the sixth.
Jim Norvell, first batter up
for Oregon in that inning,
blasted a single to centerfield.
Bob Santee followed with a
one base blow through third
base. Tony Crish attempted a
sacrifice and beat out Idaho
third baseman Ten Pyne’s wild
throw into the stands. Norvell
scored from second and Santee
held up at third. Spike John
son received an . intentional
walk to fill the bases. Lyle
Pettyjohn, who replaced Jim
Long on the mound for Ore
gon in the second inning, was
safe on the shortstop’s error,
Santee scoring to put the Web
foots permanently into the
lead. Walt Lozoski popped out
to second base for Oregon’s
first out of the big sixth. Dick
ltodiger next up stretched the
count to 2-2 and planted one
over the left field bank for a
liomerun and chasing three
runners ahead of him. That
ended the scoring for the Web
foots in that frame.
The Ducks continued their
Howitzer attack in the seventh
with Crish pounding one into the
shrubbery along the fence in right
field. He circled the bases while
Idaho's rightfielder searched for
the ball.
Again in the eighth inning Ore
gon had a parade to the plate.
Museum Library Hours
The library in the Oriental
art museum will no longer be
open in the forenoon, it was
announced by museum officials
Tuesday. Tbe following hours
are now in effect: Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, 2-5 p.ni.;
Thursday, 2-5 p.ni. and 7-9:30
p.ni.
Mailing Hours Set
The student mailing service,
located on the second floor of
the Co-op, lias onnounced its
hours as follows:.. 12:80-1:30
and 4-5 Monday through Fri
day, and 10 till noon Saturday.
HIS CLUB LEADS
Coach Howard “Hobby” Hobson, whose slugging baseball
team is at the top of the Northern Division Pacific Coast con
ference race with 4 wins and no losses. Hobson’s freshman
studded lineup defeated Idaho yesterday 13 to 2 on Howe field.
Lozoski was the first Duck up in
that frame. He lashed a double to
left and went to third a few mo
ments later on Linehan’s wild
pitch. Rodiger walked and stole
second. Don Dibble received a base
on balls and the Ducks were on
the way. A1 Cohen hit a long fly
to center. Lozoski scored after the
catch and Rodiger held up at third.
When Dibble started to steal
second, Vandal Catcher Viro threw
the ball into center field and
Rodiger scampered home for run
number two. Dibble continued on
to third. Santee rapped one to
right scoring Dibble. Crish walked.
Johnson and Walt Kirsch, who en
tered the ball game as a pinch
hitter for Lyle Pettyjohn, hit
singles to left field consecutively
to account for three more Oregon
runsr
Coach Hobson started Bill
Long, converted outfielder, in
the pitchers box, but lefty Bill
lacking control gave up four
bases on balls in one and two
thirds innings; Big Lyle Petty
john relieved Long with the
bases loaded and retired the
Idaho batters without a score.
Pettyjohn, except for the one
run third inning, had the Van
dals handcuffed. He scattered
four hits over the six and one
third innings he worked.
Homer Bropst pitehed the final
frame for the Ducks after
Pettyjohn left the game at the
end of the eighth with a bat
handle bruise to his pitching
hand.
The highly touted University of
Oregon Huskies will invade Howe
field Friday and Saturday for a
tvvo-game series. The Huskies have
won three and lost one in Northern
Division competition this season.
They split with Idaho and handed
Washington State college their
fifth and sixth losses 4-3 and 4-1
Monday and Tuesday.
Today in Corvallis, Idaho meets
Oregon State’s second place
Beavers in the first game of their
two-game series.
BOX SCORE
Idaho (2)
Pyne, 3b.
Sweet, cf-lf.
Carbaugh, lb-cf
Konopka, If .
Isaacson, lb .
Viro, c .
Bybee. lf-rf .
Pederson, 2b .
Kivus, ss .
Dailey, p .
Linehans, p .
Evans, lb .
Klink, * .
Totals.
Oregon (13)
Cohen, 2b .
Norvell, 3b .
Santee, ss-lf .
Johnson, lb.
Crish, rf.
Long, p .
Pettyjohn, p
Lozoski, cf .
Rodiger, c ...
Dibble, If .
Greene, c .
Smith, ss.
Bropst, p ...
AB R H PO A
.'50123
.40110
.4 0 0 4 0
.1 0 0 0 0
.2 0 0 6 0
.31150
.3 0 0 2 0
.30112
. 3 1 1 1 3
.2 0 0 0 2
.0 0 0 0 0
.0 0 0 2 0
..0 0 0 0 0
30 2 5 24 10
AB R H PO A
..50121
.. 5 1 1 3 2
.4 2 2 4 0
..42180
.4 3 2 3 1
.0 0 0 0 0
...4 i o e*-T
.51101
.32141
.21021
.0 0 0 0 0
.0 0 0 1 1
.0 0 0 0 1
Totals . 37 13 10 27 10
Idaho . 001 000 001— 2 5 4
Oregon . 000 006 16x—13 10 2
* Batted for Linehans.
Errors: Pyne 2, Kivus 2, Nor
vell, Crish. Homeruns: Rodiger,
Crish. Doubles: Pyne, Lozoski.
Runs Batted in: Viro, Rodiger 4,
Johnson 2, Cohen, Santee, Crish,
Kirsch. Double plays: Dibble to
Johnson; Santee to Cohen to John
son. Left on base: Oregon 6, Idaho
9. Passed ball: Viro, Greene. Struck
out by Pettyjohn 3, Dailey 3, Line
han 1. Bases on balls off Long 4,
Pettyjohn 2, Bropst 1, Dailey 3,
Linehan 2. Hit by pitcher: by Petty
john (Sweet). Innings pitched by
Long 1 and 2-3; Pettyjohn 6 and
1-3; Bropst 1; Dailey 7 and 1-3;
Linehan 2-3. Earned runs off Dailey
4; Pettyjohn 1. Winning pitchef5?”
Pettyjohn. Losing pitcher; Dailey.
Time of game 2h 15m. Umpires:
Dennison and Libby.