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Huskies on Duck Nine Menu Today By ART LITCHMAN CO-SPORTS EDITOR If, by sonic strange and unforseen trick of the circulation department, bless ’em, this massacre of perfect prose gets before the eyes of the lycal city fathers, they’ll probably tell me to stick in}- nose back in a book and mind my own business. But from where chips are falling now it looks like it s every body’s business. This routine, of the five per cent tax on ad missions that will shortly start shoving nickels into the city coffers, that is. liven the laddies with the .00 ('.PAs don’t have to scratch their craniums to figure out who is paying for what when the collector comes around for his cut. I™*"' Hayward field, McArthur court, and high school and semi-pro athletic events are going to pay a lot of the freight. Doesn’t take a course in trig to figure out that 20 nickels make a buck. And a lot of nickels go through the gates at the home games of the Oregon football and baseball games. ALL GOES OUT—NONE COMES BACK And it follows that the amount of this cash that will some l ack to athletics won't get anybody in the higher income 1 racket. Fine. We pay the freight. The students here, even if the dough doesn’t come out of their pockets in hard cash are going to pay it anyway. You still get in for free—but Anse Cornell is going to cough up the nickel when they count noses on the tax sheet. Now how about having something to say about the spending of said cash. Kverytimc you pick up a paper some kid is being hauled in bv the law for getting out of line. They call it juvenile delinquency. And it's a real problem. A number of critics arc taking steps to make it easy for the kids to stay out of the klink. Building gyms, playgrounds, etc. Now this is the idea. Why not set aside part of the nickels to build a recreation center for the kids that aren’t in anyschool. Sam Hayes, the coast newscaster, kicked the idea off last year—Living War Memorials is the title. No cannon on the courthouse lawns, no battle flags hanging in the city halls, no granite soldiers in the city parks. Just a good solid contribution to civic welfare and dedicate it to the men who died to make it possible. In our hook it rates as the solid choice. What do you think? If volt like it start making certain that your home town isn’t asleep at the switch. ODDS AND ODDS For the birds ... Wonder how hrankie Hayes felt when Manager Lou Boudreau told him he was sitting out a game after being in there for 312 straight, llis mark is a new one for catchers, hut doesn’t come close to immortal Lou Gherig’s 2100 plus. But 312 is still lot of times to put on the tools and get out there and go into the squat. At the risk of incurring; the wrath of the guys and gals who tool the horns in the University hand, here is a suggestion. The response on the part of the students the other night at the foot ball game was good, \\ hv not get the hand out to liven things t p a hit. I’erhaps Director John Stehn would count it as a regu lar rehearsal and add an afternoon to the picnic schedule . . . doing to he tough to split Saturday afternoon three ways this week. The hasehallers. track squad and the local Tildens are ;'l in action. Take your choice or split your time. Norm Dalthrop, Washington's basketball ace last season, \. ill he in town toda\ with the lluskv baseball team. .One rather interesting fact about the I'niversitv of W ash ington baseball team which may prove interesting before the two-game series against the Ducks is over is that in four games the Huskies have totaled only 27 hits and 14 runs. In four games against the same opposition and the same hurlers, the W’cbfoot batsmen have collected a total of ,v runs off 47 I it W hen the two teams meet today and tomorrow we'll be r blr to see just how they measure up against each other how - c .er. LINEUPS FOR TODAY’S GAME OREGON POSITION — WASHINGTON Rodiger . Catcher . Constantino Lehl or Brobst . Pitcher. Soriano Johnson.First base.Milroy Cohen or Kirsch . Second base .Tate or Rice Smith . Shortstop .—Tran Norvell .. Third base . Ryan Dibble .. Left field . Knust Lozoski.Center field.Dalthorp Crish . Right field .Noyes Coed Sportslight. . • Women Golfers Needed For Intramural Tournament By MARY ANNE HANSEN ' Definitely wanted immediately are more golfers to turn in qualifying rounds of nine holes for the intramural golf tourney by Monday. Helen McFetridge, sport head, is in high hopes that this campus isn’t lacking in coed participation in this out door activity. Wonderful sunshine will be available making possible such gorgeous tans combined with that outdoor look. Actually these scores don’t have to be anything' sensational but just one of your average games, even as poor as they might be; The idea is not to have the field limited to exceptional players only, but to have all engaged in a fair playing of the game. These qualifying scores would only serve as a basis for comparison among the entrants; a means whereby one could compute handicaps for the players in order to somewhat secure an even basis of play. There is as good a chance for a poor player to win this individual tourney as there is the exceptional com petitor. Announced at the last WAA cabinet meeting was the proposed awarding of a swimming cup to the winter term intramural win ners, the Alpha Phis. This cup will be presented to them at the end of the term along with the award ing of other honors. Despite the sudden cloudi ness and rain, softball enthusi asts proceeded to play off their scheduled games. Under the skilled pitching ability and hitting finese of Uva Ander son, the Judson house nine de feated the coeds of Tri-Delta 11-1, and at the same time the Orides were topping the Alpha Chi Omegas squad 16-2. In an earlier game Hendricks hall came out the winners on the end of a long score against the Pi Phis la-2. Some nineteen teams are com peting this year having been di vided into four leagues. Susan Campbell is the defending cham pion and Ann Stevenson is direct ing this activity. However the weather does seem to be doing its normal share as far as tennis is concerned. Barbara "Patterfoot” Patterson, sport head, announced only the results between the Thetas and Pi Phis, with the latters winning two out of the three games. Mary Jane Harrison defeated Virginia Tapfer, 6-1, 6-3; Ann Parsons topped Jean Morri son, 6-2, 6-1, but Theta Mapdie Payne came through with their one lone win downing Peggy Zeigler. For the first time in several years, a tennis trophy will be presented intsead of the nor mal certificate of honor. Games are scheduled for Tues day and Thursday afternoons. In all intramural activity if games must be postponed, each respective manager is requested to notify Miss Catherine Jones or the sport head. It seems that too many games have been cancelled with out notifying either one, which re sults in general confusion. Thinclads Taper Training Grind Colonel Bill Hayward’s trackmen held an easy workout yesterday, slacking off from their first-of the-week strenuous training pro gram. With the first regular track meet of the season scheduled for Saturday in a tri-angular encounter with Portland university and Willamette university teams. The meet is set for two o’clock, at Hay ward field, and barring rainy weather, should see some top times posted by several runners. Hayward has his team members picked but hasn't announced the complete roster yet. Some of the Ducks will be competing for the first time in their college careers and may turn in some noteworthy performances. Kennedy Stops Beaver 2 to 0 PORTLAND, April 25.—(UP) — Rallying behind the two-hit pitch ing of ex-White Sox moundsman Vern Kennedy, the San Diego Pa dres were another game up on the Portland Beavers here tonight, winning 2 to 0 in a nine-inning contest. The Beavers were ham strung by poor fielding and Ken nedy’s speedy delivery. The Padres garnered both their runs in the fourth when Debs Garms singled to right and went to second as George McDonald gained first on a boot. Johnny Jen sen sacrificed the pair to the next base and a single poled to right by Lindy Rice scored Garms and McDonald. San Diego threatened again in the seventh, putting men on sec ond and third with only one out, but Portland’s Roy Helser, even without much fielding aid, poured it on the next two batsmen. To Graves to Start Ace* Hurler Against DO NORTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS Won Lost Pet. Oregon . 4 0 1.000 OSC . 3 1 .750 Washington . 3 1 .750 Idaho. 2 4 .333 WSC .0 6 .000 Yesterday’s Results At Corvallis, Idaho 1, OSC 2. Undefeated in four con ference starts this season, Ore gon’s multi-hit gathering Web foot baseball team will attempt to make its fifth straight win today at 3 p.m. on Howe field when they play hos€ to the invad ing second place University of Washington Huskies. Washington Coach Tub b y ■ Graves' veteran studded lineup has won three and lost one in the Northern Division competition this season. Two of the Huskies wins have been credited to Max Soriano, who is slated to open on the mound for the Washington nine. Either Dick Lehl or Homer Bropst will get the starting nod from Coach Howard Hob son today. Hal Saltzman, with two Northern Division wins already this season, is slated to handle the pitching chores in Saturday’s game against the Washington team. The Oregon diamondeers hit the playing field today in undisputed possession of top berth in the con ference. Idaho’s Vandals knocked Oregon State out of the unde feated class Wednesday with a 14 12 upset in Corvallis. ^ Idaho edged the Beavers in the free scoring encounter de spite the fact that Oregon State’s batters collected 18 hits off Vandal hurlers Klink and Auer. They rallied after the fifth inning to send OSC Coach Ralph Coleman’s ace hurler Don Cecil to the showers. Capitalizing on five Beaver errors and 11 hits of their own, they dropped the Oregon State nine into third spot below the University of Washington. Thursday, the Beavers regained a tie for second place in the Northern Division by edging the Vandals in a tight pitchers battle, 2 to 1. Freshman Sauvain held the Idaho nine to four hits to rack up his second conference win. 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