By ART LITCHMAN
CO-SPORTS EDITOR
Politics this morning, men.
Gil Roberts and Tom Kay missed a bet yesterday morn
ing at the Igloo.
Greatest campaign issue in the world went unthumped as
the campus politicos cut loose with the first official blast of
the 1946 set-to. Ever hear “taxation without represetnation is
tyranny?” . . ,
The campaigners of 1776 did quite well with it. And were
going to have it right here in Eugene. And neither party picked
up the challenge.
If the five percent tax on athletic events goes into effect
in Eugene who is going to pay the freight? Sure, the local
citizenry chunks in part of it, but where is the big revenue
source ? Right the first time—up at the Igloo and Hayward field.
Whose dough is it? It belongs to the ASUO. You’re
the ASUO, men,, and you don’t have a thing to say about
what happens to your dough when the city treasurer gets
his hands on the greenbacks.
Taxation without representation was tyranny in 17/6 and
in 1946 it looks like it still ought to be classed the same. Come
on, Kay and Roberts, what are you going to do about it—one
of you will officially represent the student body and its fi
naricial welfare next Wednesday meaning.
OUT OF THE SMOKE-FILLED ROOMS
Rack to the simple things now, men—let the thinkers work
it out. .
When Idaho was down here on the road trip, they had a
snappy little scorckeeper who spent most of both days running
back and forth to the press box to argue about the calls on the
hits and errors.
At one point he became quite disgruntled and tossed up
the threat, “Wait’till these guys come to Moscow.
Guess he wasn't kidding. Hal Saltzman tossed four innings
of the first game at Moscow and retired when Oregon ran up
a shoo-in lead.
Looks like he should have been credited with the win.
The rules state that the scorekeeper may credit a pitcher
with a win even though he doesn’t pitch the required four
and two-thirds innings—IF he has a commanding or win
ning lead when he leaves the game.
Saltzman certainly had the lead, but our Idaho friend saw
fit to send the official winning pitcher to the league statistician
as Dick Leld. Not that Lehl didn’t do a good job, but probably
he will admit that Saltzman could have had the win had he
stayed in the.game.
Call it revenge if you can. but the point escapes this feeble
mind. Saltzman is the leading pitcher in the loop and nothing
short of a major upset can take it away from him. Idaho lost
the game—nothing was gained there.
People are confusing.
SOMEBODY NICKED OUR BOY
Emerald A1 Pietschman, the track and field expert, is un
lmpp\ with the management at Bell field. A1 went over to the
meet"yesterday between the Ducks and the Beavers and was (1)
forced to pav his way in—no press ticket honored and (2)
couldn't get on the field and had to cover the meet from the
two-bit seats.
j’ercev |A)cev must be running out of ready cash when he
lias to knock over the press, even though it is from Eugene,
f,,r the price of a ticket. That conies under the heading of poor
public relations.
Don't like to say it. men. but the Oregon state high
school district meets produced better performances in five
out of the nine events it was possible to compare, to the
marks of the Oregon-Oregon State meet yesterday.
The prepsters had the edge in the 100. pole vault, mile, high
hurdles and hroadj'ump. Everything was tied up in the 880 and
the collegians grabbed the 220. 440. high jump and javelin.
Have to throw out the shot, discuss, two-mile, low hurdles
: nd relay because either different distances or standards are
setup.
Which should have most of the track coaches over at Cor
vallis todav to watch these high school laddies go through their
paces as the first day of the 1046 state meet hits the spotlight.
Small prediction from here—tab Ashland as a good bet to
take home the cup. Not the favorite, but Frank O'Neil has a lot
of strength in a lot of events.
BITS OF DRIFTWOOD
FOR THE BIRDS . . . Duck Tracks must have the same
jinx as the SatEvePost. Wednesday's Emerald had a small
plug for lack Graham of the New York Giants. Wednesday
Oght he dropped a fly ball in the 10th inning and lost a 2 to 1
ball game . . .
IM Race Continues as SAE,
Omegans, Fijis, Sammies Win
Omega hall, SAE, and the Fijis
continued on their championship
quest yesterday scoring victories
in intra-mural softball play. Sigma
Alpha Mu also scored a victory
boosting their season’s mark to
.500.
The SAE nine exploded on the
offerings of Phi Delt Hurler Ken
Hays for 20 hits as they walked
off with the long end of a 14-4
count. Included in the barrage was
a homer by Hurtzig in the third
inning. The Winning chucker was
Popp.
The Fijis gained their victory at
the expense of the Delts by a 15-5
score when they combed the Delt
hurlers for 13 blows, two of which
were home runs. Aiding in the
scoring were two Delt errors. An
gus, rightfielder of the Fijis, grab
bed top honors when he teed off
for a pair of fourply swats, one on
the third and another in the fourth.
The Sigma Alpha Mu nine broke
the .500 mark when they came from
behind to down the Campbell club
8-5. The Campbell team collected
five runs in the first two innings
but were edged out when the Sam
mies picked off a pair in the fifth
and again in the sixth after scor
ing four runs earlier in the game.
Omega hall racked up its third
victory via a forfeiture when the
Sigma Nu nine failed to arrive.
SAE . 14 20 0
Phi Delta Theta . 4 10 0
Popp and Scott; Hays and Met
sker.
Fijis . 15 13 0
Delts . 5 4 2
Baccelleri and Anderson; Eckel
man.
Sigma Alpha Mu . 8 8 0
Campbell Club . 5 9 3
Lesser and Popick; Haskell and
Krause.
Ducks In the Big Time
Joe Gordon (New York Yankees)
AB RBI H Pet. PO A E Pet
77 9 22 .286 51 67 4 .967
Dick Whitman (Brooklyn Dodgers)
ABKBIH Pet. PO A E Pet
66 7 17 .258 35 1 0 1.000
Elmer Mallory (Los Angeles)
ABKBIH Pet. PO A E Pet
98 3 20 .204 65 74 9 .939
Wimpy Quinn (Los Angeles)
AB RBI H Pet. PO A E Pet
32 8 8 .250 87 11 1 .990
League One
W L Pet.
A.TO . 4 0 1.000
Bums . 3 0 1.000
Chi Psi. 2 2 .500
Zeta Hall . 1 2 .333
Sigma Phi Ep . 1 3 .250
Pi Kappa Alpha .... 0 4 .000
League Two
W L Pet.
Campbell Club. 3 1 .750
SAE. 3 1 .750
Phi Delta Theta .... 2 2 .500
Sigma Alpha Mu .... 2 2 .500
Theta Chi . 2 3 .400
Sigma Hall. 0 3 .000
League Three ''r
\V L Pet.
Phi Gamma Delt .... 4 1 .800
Omega Hall. 3 1 .750
Kappa Sigs. 2 2 .500
Yeomen. 1 1 .500
Delta Tau Delt. 1 3 .250
Sigma Nu . 1 4 .200
League Four
W L Pet.
Sigma Chi . 4 0 1.000
Beta Theta Pi . 3 0 1.000
Delta Upsilon . 2 1 .667,
Phi Kappa Psi . 1 2 . .333
Villard Hall . 0 3 .000
Sherry Ross. 0 4 .000
Four Teams Boast Perfect
Marks in Donut Leagues
The ATOs, Bums, Sigma Chi, and
the Betas all boast perfect records
in intra-mural softball play this
season according to figures re
leased by intra-mural director Le
roy Ericson yesterday.
The ATOs top League One with
a perfect record of four and zero
but are closely followed by the
Bums who have only three wins
against no losses. The champion
ship in this league may be de
cided when the two teams lock
horns later in the season. •
Campbell Club and SAE are tied
for the lead in League Two with
three wins and a single loss apiece.
Each team still has one game to
play.
In League Three the Fijis lead
the pack with a record of four and
one but are closely followed by
Omega Hall with three and one.
Inasmuch as the Fijis have com
pleted their season the outcome is
up to the Omega nine which still
has one game remaining. A win
for the Omegans would put the
two teams in a tie.
A perfect mark of four and zero
puts the Sigma Chi on top in
League Four, but here again the
lead is bitterly contested with the
Betas also boasting a perfect
record but only three wins. A third
possibility is the Delta Ups who
could possibly tie for the lead if
they won their remaining contests
while the two top teams each lost
one.
League Leader’s Averages
Batting
Morris .
Dyer .
Smith..
Crish ..
Ivirsch .
Santee .
Johnson ...
Xorvell .
Saltzman .
LozOski .
Bropst .
Cohen .
Rodiger.
Pettyjohn .
Dibble .
Long .
Lehl.
Greene .
Wilkins.
Totals .
Pitching
Saltzman
Lehl .
Pettyjohn
Bropst.
G AB R
. 1 1 0
.2 2 0
.10 30 8
.12 53 10
.12 44 7
.11 53 16
.12 48 11
.11 42 11
. 7 25 4
.11 47 8
.5 9 1
. 7 16 6
.12 41 12
.3 6 1
. 6 14 1
.6 4 1
.3 5 0
. 1 1 0
. 1 1 0
.12
G W L Pet.
442
IP
H
0
1
11
19
15
17
14
12
7
11
/
1
1
0
0
0
0
Pet. RBI
1.000
.500
.367
.358
.341
.321
.292
.286
.280
.234
.222
.187
.171
.167
.071
.000
.000
.000
.000
0
0
8
10
9
10
19
4
0
7
0
2
10
3
3
1
0
0
0
97 122 .276 85
R H SOBBERERA
7 6 0 1.000 49 2-3 13 36 41 16 4 .72
4 2 0 1.000 17 2-3 8 21 6
3 2 1 .667 12 S 14 4
5 0 1 .000 23 2-3 16 22 11
Long. 2 0 0 .000 3
1
4 6 3.04
3 5 3.75
8 9 3.41
5 3 13.54
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Baseball
Results
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(10 Innings)
St. Louis .. 202 001 300 1—9 10 4
Boston .... 000 113 021 0—8 11 1
Martin, Dickson (6), Brazle (8)
Donnelly (9) Burkhart (10) and
O’Dea, Rice (10);Cooper, Single
ton (7) Johnson (9) Konstanty
(10) and Hofferth.
All other National League
games rained out.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston . 000 000 000—0 3 1
St. Louis.. 112 001 300 1—9 10 ^
Dobson, Dreisewerd (8) ana
Wagner; Kramer and Half.
All other American League
games rained out.
Kappa Sigs in
Net Semi-finals
The Kappa Sigma tennis team
yesterday found themselves in the
semi-finals of the intramural ten
nis matches as a result of their
victory over the Delta Upsilon,
two matches to one.
There are now two teams that
have reached the semi-finals: Phi
Gamma Delta and Kappa Sigma.
Delano playing singles for the
Kappa Sigs allowed his opponent,
Tainer, only one game in their two
sets.
Other results: First doubles:
Berg and Stamper, Kappa Sigma,
defeated Weisel and Nelson, 6-2,
6-3; second doubles: Ackley and
Bump, DU, defeated Wingate and
Fox, 612, 1-6, 6-3.
The Alpha Tau Omega tennis
team is scheduled to meet Omega
hall on May 20, at 3:40 in the aft
ernoon.
POWDER BURNS “
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parasitic growth feeding upon
plant vines. When the aphlebiae
gluts itself, it becomes overnour
ished and overheated in the sali
vary glands. This accounts for the
red-hot teeth.”
“But,” interposed a reporter,
“why did he bite the dog instead
of the arm of the overstuffeef chair
in which he was sitting. The chair
arm was closest.”
“Simple,” came the reply, “it
shows that no matter how honest
a politician attempts to be, he wilW
go to the dogs in the end.”
And the beagle hound glanced
once more at its rear haunch, in
dignant as ever. ,