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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1946)
^tfiiiiiiHiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiinii A Tout’s Report By LARRY LAU ^iiuiiiiniiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiii iillllllllllllllllllllllllllllll||IIII||||!||||H||||||t||||||||||||||||||||||||||||{|||||||||||„|||||],||||||||||||j| The International Handicap j Synopsis: L. B. Nayer’s valet, P. U. Bayta, has arranged for passage from Australia to the U. S. for Ali-Ben-Gay. (Chapter five) P. U. Bayta roamed the upper regions of the ship, making fast friends with many of the 1600 officers aboard. They had, they sighed, been through some hellishly rough duty in their fourteen months in Australia, and were glad to be getting back to God’s country. (The fact that a majority were suffering with a-variety of diseases did not detract from the enjoy ment of either the Scotch or the trip.) Only one indelicate note marred the otherwise perfect voyage. A battered sergeant, speaking for the three hundred wounded Marines aboard, gave word that they were out of cigarettes. The gay group, in varying stages of inebriation, shrugged and, (true to the mili tary tradition of sharing with the men), each took a package out of one of their cartons and sent them down, with a Corpsman and some sulpha pills. “What would those enlisted men do without officers to take care of them ? ... so went the general trend of conversation at the ship’s bar. At the dock in San Diego, a great crowd of Jewish merchants and pickpockets cheered and stomped, while the band played a lukewarm version of “Anchors Aweigh” . . . home at last! P. U. Bayta and Ali-Ben-Gay jjrere vanned to luxurious quarters at Del-Mar, where Nayer met them and inspected his purchase. Bill Darwin (who had played right guard for the Green Bay packers until he discovered in rapid suc cession the existence of the draft law and a punctured ear drum), was assigned by Nayer as trainer. Day after day Ali-Ben-Gay flashed over the turf, and even the deceptive Darwin could not hide the fact from Racing Form repre sentatives and the “railbirds,” that here was a horse destined to rule the American turf! The fact that when the noon whistle of the nearby defense fac tory blew, Ali-Ben-Gay would stop dead in his tracks (thus hurling the exercise boy forty feet), and kneel to pay his respects to Allah, caused some comment, but no undo alarm. The blow fell when it was an '"‘Ttounced that there would be no more horse racing in the United States until after VE day. Pa TUNE UP that RADIO for Those Picnics Expert Service Carman’s RADIO STORE 128 11th Ave East Phone 4954 Whites Take Gridiron Tilt, 6-4 ■ ■ Keynoias scores Lone Touchdown The underrated W h it e s downed the favored Greens 6-4 on Hayward field last night as Coach Tex Oliver sent his 1946 grid squad through their second intra-squad tilt of the spring training season. The White score came with just twenty-five seconds remaining in the first half when Bobbie Rey nolds took a punt on his own forty three and picking up blockers started down the left sideline. Blocks by Howard Frary, Lou Robinson, Art Milne, and Bill Abbey cleared the way as Rey nolds went over standing up. Bill Abby’s try for point was short and wide on the extra point. The Green score was the result of a pair of safeties in the third quarter, Bill Sills being the victim both times. The Whites had taken the ball on their own seven after a beautiful punt by George Red den when Bob Hicks nailed Sills behind the goal line for two points. Following the score the Whites kicked off to the Green 46 where three plays failed and the Greens kicked deep into White territory again, this time to the six. Sills received a high pass from center on an attempted kick, and before he could get clear Chuck Kitchell and Herb Luck had him nailed for another two points, making the score Whites six and Greens four. The remainder of the ball game was scoreless, though the Whites threatened in the fourth quarter, and the Greens failed in a desperate last second aerial when the ball went through Wayne Barthol emy’s hands on the four yard line with a clear goal line in sight. The highly vaunted Webfoot passing attack failed to live up to expectations even though several tosses were completed. In the first half Bill Behrens completed a pair of passes, one to Aubrey Van Loo and another to Reynolds, good for sixteen yards. Shortly before the end of the first half, White and Art Milne made a beautiful catch of a heave by Reynolds that took the Whites to the Green 38, but there the at tack bogged down. In the final quarter the Greens completed a pair of sharp aerials, the first deep in their own territory when New quist connected to Sam Ra mey. The second toss came in the dying moments when Norm Van Brocklin hit Ramey who galloped to the White 34. An incomplete pass followed, and then the final toss of the game which slithered through the Green receiver’s arms on the four yard line. Outstanding in line play for the Whites were a pair of guards— Tony Novacic and Bill Murphy— who played havoc in the center of the line the whole evening. Encouraging for the Greens was the stellar linebacking of center Brad Ecklund and big Duke Iver sen, returning lettermen from 1941. triots through and through, horse owners held their hands over each others mouths so that their in dignant howls, thus muffled, were heard only as far as Des Moines. Chapter six: Wherein Hippo dromo de Tijuana officials an nounce the running of a $50,000 International Handicap . .• , the perparation of Ali-Ben-Gay, and various other sidelights, will be discussed in tomorrow’s Emerald. "BIG HAL' Hal Saltzman, top hurler on the Webfoots’ leading base ball team, will seek his fourth straight conference win this afternoon when he faces the batsmen of the University of Idaho in Moscow. Saltzman has one win over the Vandals already this season.—Photo by Teter Vandals Test Undefeated UO Nine in Game Today Today at Moscow, Coach How ard Hobson’s league leading Uni versity of Oregon Webfoots face the Idaho Vandals in the first fray of the grueling six-game tour of the Inland' Empire and Seattle. The undefeated Ducks boarded the train here Thursday noon and will arrive in Moscow sometime this morning. They tangle with Idaho again on Saturday, then draw a one-day rest before taking the short jaunt to Pullman, Wash ington, for games Monday and Tuesday against Buck Bailey’s Washington State Cougars. Wed nesday and Thursday, the Ducks complete their northern road games in Seattle against the sec ond1 place Washington Huskies. Hal Saltzman, three-time con ference winner, is Slate'S for the starting "berth on the mound for the University of Oregon. Dick Rodiger will do the receiving. The infield positions will probably be the same as for the Washington games, with Spike Johnson at first base, Walt Kirsch on second, Jim Norvell at third, and Ranny Smith at the shortstop position. Bob San tee, Tony Crish, and Walt Lozoski are scheduled for the outfield spots. Other Webfoots making the trip are: outfielder Don Dibble and pitchers Lyle Pettyjohn, Homer Bropst, Dick Lehl and Jim Long. "Get All Gassed Up" at VARSITY SERVICE STATION 706 E. 13th St. Division players who are batting .300 or over are Player, School Morris, Ore. Dyer, Ore. Kirsch, Ore. Schimel, OSC Crish, Ore. Santee, Ore. Jorrison, WSC Kanopka, Idaho Richards, OSC Perry, WSC Faller, WSC Saltzman, Ore. Brayton, WSC Knust, Wash. listed as follows: GAB RBI H Pet. 110 1 1.000 2 2 0 1 .500 6 20 4 9 .450 6 23 3 10 .435 6 25 7 10 .400 5 23 5 9 .391 3 8 1 3 .375 4 11 0 4 .363 6 25 6 9 .360 6 20 2 7 .350 6 21 6 7 .333 4 12 0 4 .333 6 21 4 7 .333 3 30 7 9 .300 Sig Ep Victories Halted by Delta Zeta (Note: The authenticity of the facts documented in the following: story is undeter mined. Both the Delta Zetas and the Sig Eps claim the vic tory. The Delta Zetas boasti a 7-5 win, while the Sig Eps say the final score was 7-2 in their favor. The sports staff refuses to accept any respon sibility for this story.—The Editors.) NCC Field, University of Ore gon, May 2 (by carrier pigeon)— Delta Zeta stopped the previously unbeaten Sigma Phi Epsilon soft ball team in a hard-fought, umpire baiting game here today. Delta Zeta, sparked by pitchers Sally Eaves and Shirley Crump, smashed in run after run off Sig Ep hurlers Ralph Hogan and Bob Wells. Umpire Bates barely escap ed bodily harm during the late part of the game when Sig Ep players vigorously protested a de cision. Omega Netmen Gain IM Edge The tennis team of Sherry Ross hall defeated the tennis team of Omega hall two matches to one Thursday. The feature match of the day was the singles between Doherty of Sherry Ross and Pickens of Omega. Pickens defeated Doherty six to three the first set, but Do herty applied the pressure in the second set and when Pickens fi nally won, the score had gone up to eleven games to nine. Results of other matches: Hil dreth and Federici, Sherry Ross, defeated Chin and Olts, 9-7, 8-4; Knowles and' Hamacher, Omega, defeated Chaterton and Bonaduer, 6-3, 6-2. NOTICE All members of the business ad ministration school accepting the challenge of the law school to the softball game are asked to report for pre-game practice at 2 p.m. The practice will be held on Ore gon’s intra-mural field. 2 p.m. sharp. DIETZ and his rumba kings FULL COURSE DINNERS Open every night except Monday No cover charge before 8:00—After 8:00, 35c. Phone Springfield 375 or 2144 for reservations Don Motter, Owner and Manager