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J By LARRY LAU
Picking my way carefully over
the roughly plowed field that
served as a diamond, I thought
how nice it was that softball was
Such a democratic game; that
everyone could participate. I
watched a stout gentleman (whose
family had been banned from
Boston) named Noble Bartch
pursue, with trembling legs, a slow
roller.
“I haven’t played ball in years,”
he explained apologetically. I
watched him stuff layer after
layer of abdomen back into his
trunks and silently accepted his
statement as fact.
The umpire, a tall, black-haired
rake (who constantly blabbled
about coming from the town that
■•Schlitz made famous) blew the
whistle for thirteen minutes (he
was longwinded) and urged the
motley collection of “has beens"
and “never-will-be’s" to “plaj
tiall!”
The second string varsity team
pitted against Cub Scout Troop
No. 14 . . . what a titantic
struggle! The spirit of fair play
abounded. I gave a friendly smile
to the lad who was busy doping
the Cub’s water bucket and
settled back to watch.
A short, bespecktacled fellow
named Max Amcrotch (who sport
eed three letterman stripes from
Feachfuzz High school in Holly
wood) stepped up to the plate,
swung the bat lustily through the
air and chanted in a sing-song
voice (he was one third Can
Jj»nese) “I’ll murder it . . . I’ll
murder it!” ... At the first pitched
ball, he swung so hard the suction
toppled him back into the arc of
his bat, neatly severing his head
(which had been lopsided anyhow).
The umpire, who had been busy
making doilies of old Schlitz labels,
looked up just in time to see Am
crotch's head rolling bumpily down
the third base line. “Fair ball,” he
roared.
The Cub Scout pitcher, a strik
ing 235 lb. lad of eight named
Hardpan Fagin (his mother, a
sentamentalist, so named'him be
cause she had been courted in a
hardware store in Mobile) twisted
his arm in a series of bewildering
moves and let go with a sizzling
heave that threatened to dismem
ber the batter. The man at the
plate, in ducking the blow, tipped
the pitch with his bat, causing it
to sail high into the air.
—^The catcher, a rotund, ex-boot
legger from Kansas City, got up
off his knees (where he had been
teaching the Cub coach how to
shoot dice) and rumbled, tank-like
over to where the ball was sched
uled to come down. Unfortunately
his attention was diverted by a
giggling co-ed named Maryann
Mole, who teased him by yanking
huge patches of hair from his legs.
He looked down to reprimand her
and the ball hit him squarely atop
the head, driving him seven feet
into the ground.
The umpire dramatically shout
ed “You’re out!” reached down and
patted the catcher on the head,
covered him up and stalked back
to his position behind the pitcher
(where he couldn’t see a thing).
Being a man of little patience,
I arose, brushed the mud off my
cheezecloth slacks and slogged
my way off the field. The move
turned out to be a timely one. I
made it in time to watch a good
game at the girls gym.
Prof: How are you this morn
ing, son?
Stood: All right.
Prof: Well, you ought to notify
your face.
Wingmen Top Oregon Line Turnout
I.M. League
Opens Race
Amid Dust
By Dewey Roberts
Chi Psi lodge downed the soft
ball club of the boys from Pi Kap
pa Alpha, 12-9, and Sigma Alpha
Mu took the measure of Theta
Chi, 10-5, Wednesday afternoon at
the intramural field before a hand
ful of spectators.
Midst a cloud of dust, aided by
11 hits from his teammates, Reim
pitched the Chi Psi club to a four
hit victory. Ellison, second sacker
for the winners, made three hits
and garnered a home run for three
times at bat.
Lesser, pitcher for Sigma Alpha
Mu, gave up 12 hits to the Theta
Chi boys, but went on to win be
hind 12 hits from his team. Fried
man, first baseman for the vic
tors, hit a triple to give him three
for five. Berreniste, center fielder
for the same club, went the circuit
on a drive to left field, bringing in
two runs.
Late score: Campbell Club
7, Sigma Hall 2.
The field looked like a movie ver
sion of a Kansas dust bowl, due
to the unfinished condition of the
playing area, and to the recent few
days of sun.
Although white skins bespoke
early season lack of conditioning,
most of the lads gave promise of
being good ball clubbers before
long.
Batteries for the games were:
Chi Psi—Maxwell, p; Metcalf, c.
Pi Kappa Alpha—McFadgen, p;
Mass, c.
Sigma Alpha Mu—Lesser, p;
Buchwach, c.
Theta Chi—Wright, Luback, p;
Warberg, c.
Thursday’s Schedule
Field No. 1: 4—Sigma Nu vs.
Phi Gamma Delta; 5—Sigma Chi
Beta Theta Pi.
Field No. 2: 4—Omega Hall-Del
ta Tau Delta; 5 — Sherry Ross
Delta Upsilon.
Danny Litwhiler
To Rejoin Cards
FORT LEWIS, Wash., April 24
— (UP*)—Sgt. Danny Litwhiler, St.
Louis Cardinal outfielder, report
ed to the Fort Lewis separation
center today and will return soon
to his job with the Cards.
Litwhiler has been player-coach
of the Warrior club, hitting .340.
He said he would first return home
to Ringtown, Pa., after being- dis
charged and would report to the
Cardinals May 1.
Sports Staff
This Issue
Bernie Hammerbeck
Dewey Roberts
A1 Pietchman
Larry Lau
Rookie Tosser
With Javelin
Amazes Coach
Lou Robinson, flipping- the thin
javelin for the first time, amazed
onlookers yesterday as he tossed
the arrow approximately 186 feet,
the best distance recorded thus far
this season on Hayward Field.
Robinson has never thrown the
javelin before and unwinded a non
professional heave yesterday, but
the javelin stuck in the ground
around the 186 mark. No measure
ment was made, but the distance
was paced off.
Colonel Bill Hayward had his
men compete against each other
in the day’s time trials. Pulling
away from the dashers in the last
thirty yards, Jake Leicht whizzed
by the finish line first, followed by
Carl Maxey and Jack McCracken.
Unofficial time for the dash was
10 flat.
Breezing to the finish yards
ahead of his nearest competitor,
half-miler Walt McClure again
continued his list of impressive
wins. The only other runner to fin
ish the 660-yard run was Paul
Smith. Smith showed drive at the
finish, but didn’t have the speed
on the backstretch to catch speed
McClure.
Colonel Bill set his milers off to
a half-mile race which saw the dis
tance men click off the 880-yard
run in 2:07. Hugh Stapleton copped
first, George Hammick and John
ny Joachims third.
Light workouts are scheduled
for today and tomorrow, allowing
the thinclads to rest strained mus
cles for the meet on Hayward
Field Saturday against Portland
university and Willamette univer
sity.
Baseball
Results
NATIONAL
R H E
St. Louis .. 102 000 000— 3 6 3
Cincinnati . 000 200 000— 2 9 0
Pollet and Rice.
Blackwell, Fox (5) Lambert (6)
Hetki (8) and Mueller.
New York.. 010 403 040—12 15 0
Boston 020 201 000— 5 10 4
Gumpert, Marshall (4) Wade (7)
and Robinson.
Hughson, Bagby (5) Butland (7)
Brown (8) Ryba (9) and H. Wag
ner, Partee.
Boston . 000 021 340—10 14 3
New York.. 000 202 030— 7 10 2
Wright, Hendrickson (8) Posedel
(9) and Masi.
Koslo, Carpenter (7) Adams (8)
Bodnick (8) and W. Cooper.
Chicago .... 000 002 100— 3 9 1
Pittsburgh 110 100 Olx— 4 11 1
Bithorn, Chipman (3) Schmitz (5)
and Livingston.
Sewell and Camelli.
AMERICAN
R H E
Philadelphia 000 000 011—2 6 0
Washington 000 000 04x—4 7 1
Besse, Christopher (8) and De
sautels.
Scarborough, Haefner and Evans.
Cleveland .... 000 000 050—5 1 0
St. Louis .... 000 000 001—1 5 1
Embree and Lollar.
Galehouse, Kramer (8) Ferens
(9) and Mancuso.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
First game R H E
Oakland . 000 000 025—7 6 1
Los Angeles 100 100 000—2 4 2
Stephens, Bearden (8) Speer (9)
and Raimondi.
Conger and Williams.
Hollywood 001 000 001—2 11 2
Seattle 301 000 lOx—5 11 0
Kimball, Escalante (1), Cuccur
ulo (7) and Unser; Elliott and
Sueme.
End of 6th, San Diego 3, Port
land 1.
San Diego 000 021 001—4 10 0
Portland 000 001 000—1 6 1
Vitalich and Ballinger, Rice (9).
Mooty, Wyatt (8) and Holm,
Adams (8).
Sac’mento 100 000 000—1 4 0
San Fr’isco 000 001 02x—3 7 1
Staley and Conroy; Melton and
1 Sprinz.
It Was 7"wo Other Guys - -
Lippy Leo DurocherSays
NEW YORK, April 24.—(UP)
—Leo Durocher, manager of the
Brooklyn Dodgers, denied Wednes
day that he struck John Christian,
a baseball fan, and his attorney
asked a Brooklyn county court to
find the Dodger pilot not guilty
because he was, in effect, “on trial
for his life.”
Attorney Hyman Barshay asked
the jury of 11 fans and a non
baseball addict, to find Durocher
not guilty because “he has stood
on the truth and wanted you to
know only the truth.” v
“This indictment charging sec
ond degree, assault might just as
well have been murder in the first
degree,” Barshay said in summing
up the case for the fiery Dodger
skipper. “He knows only baseball.
His entire future is at stake here.
If Mr. Durocher is unjustly con
victed, his means of livelihood is
taken from him, for there is no
place in baseball for a convicted
felon.”
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GKAISfD OLD MAN. Amos Alonzo
Stage’s COP team opens here
September 28.
Two Varsity,
Seven Frosh
Veterans Out
Largest spring turnout for any
two positions on the Webfoot grid
team this year is at the ends, with
better than twenty aspirants ia
action at present.
Heading the list is Tony "Crash”
Crish, veteran of two years of
PCC football experience prior to
his entry into the merchant ma
rine. Crish should be one of tha
toughest wingmen on the coast
this year. He was originally a
right end but in his junior year
Coach Tex Oliver shifted him over
to the left side of the line where
his defensive prowess was of more
value in stopping opponents’ run
ning attacks.
Wayne Bartholemy and Art
Milne have been sharing the
number one right wing spot
thus far this season. Bartho
lemy is big and husky, but is
at present sidelined with a
broken nose. He is expected
back in uniform before the
week is up. Milne is labeled
the number one pass receiver
on this year’s squad and has
been impressive in his all
around play. Both Milne and
Bartholemy are from Portland.
Backing up this top trio are
three six foot three, two hundred
pound wingmen—Pug Mayer, Pete
Miller, and Roger Mockford. Mil
ler played frosh ball at Oregon be
fore the war and this spring has
been dividing his time between
tsftikle and end. Neither Mayer nor
Mockford has played college ball
before, but look promising. Mayer
is from Emmett, Idaho, while
Mockford, who is coming up fast,
hails from Oregon City.
Not to be overlooked is another
veteran, Pete Torchia, who also
had varsity grid experience in the
early forties. Torchia tips the beam
at 190 pounds and can be expected
to put in a stiff bid for an end
berth.
Line Coach Vaughn Corl'ey
still hopes he has an ace up
his sleeve in Wingman Hymie
Harris. Hymie is not out at
present, but grid followers are
expressing hopes Qf seeing
him in the familiar Lemon and
Green this coming fall. Harris
was one of Oregon’s top ends
in ’41 and teamed with
“Crash” Crish would give the
Webfoot eleven a powerful
wing combination.
Another possibility at an end
slot is Tony Klobas, a 190 pounder
from Bend. Klobas also saw duty
on an Oregon frosh eleven before
the war.
Others with college experience
of one kind or another include
Reed Grasle of Portland who saw
some duty on the Webfoot eleven
last year; Joe Marion of Oakland,
Cal., also from the 1945 team; and
a pair with time on frosh grid
elevens—Duane Potter of The
Dalles and Phil George of Eugene.
Among other end aspirants who
may show up well but who have
had no previous college experience
are Bob Hicks of Eugene; Jerry
O’Leary of Hood River; Bob Wal
lace of Sacramento, Cal.; Johnny
Olliver of Vancouver, B.C., also try
ing out for a backfield post; Don
Whereat of Coquille; Bill Leider
of Hillsboro; and Lou Robinson of
Willows, Oregon, who has also
caught the eye of Colonel Bill Hay
ward as a prospect for the Web
foot track squad.
Bob Hamilton: Hello.
Pretty coed;
Bob Hamilton: Oh well.
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