Haywardmen Downed by OSC
Ranny Smith, Webfoot infielder, will be at the shortstop
position when Oregon tangles with Ralph Coleman’s Oregon
State college Beavers on Howe field Saturday afternoon. Smith
is setting the pace for Duck hitters in the Northern Division
conference race with a .367 average.
Howe Field Defense Set
for Orangemen Invasion
Coach Howard Hobson inspected
his defense yesterday and further
ed plans for a counter-offensive in
preparation for the scheduled in
vasion of Howe field Saturday by
the Oregon State college Beavers.
The Duck mentor galloped his
league leading nine through a
brisk drill Thursday after a day’s
layoff. Practice included an inter
squad game and hitting drill, with
John Day, left-handed hurler, who
earned his letter here in 1943, of
fering up the pitches against Hob
son’s first line unit.
Anticipating Orangeman Coach
Ralph Coleman’s choice of Chuck
Sauvain as starting moundsman
for the Saturday tilt, Hobby pitch
ed Day against the starting lineup
to give them an opportunity to get
—arstant at southpaw hurling. Sau
vain, a freshman, has been Oregon
State’s most effective hurler this
season.
Saltzman Given Nod
At 3 p.m. Saturday when the
Northern Division title series be
gins, the Webfoot nine will bank
its hopes on Hal Saltzman to turn
back the Orange invaders. Saltz
man has pitched in seven of Ore
gon’s twelve league games. He has
won six without a loss, while main
taining an earned run average of
.72. His victories have come at the
expense of the three Northern Di
vision clubs the Webfoots have
tangled with so far this season.
He won two games from each ol
the three clubs.
Coach Hobson plans one more
sharpening up session this after
noon to put his team in the best
possible shape for the first Beaver
clash.
Bleachers have been erected
along the right side of Howe field
in preparation of the overflowing
crowd which is expected to witness
the first tilt of the season between
the top-spot Ducks and the chal
lenging Staters.
Some Lineup Changes
Oregon’s starting lineup for the
Saturday tilt other than Saltzman,
will have a couple of changes from
previous league games. Dick Rod
iger has received in every league
game this season and will open be
hind the plate Saturday. Spike
Johnson, who has 15 runs batted
in to his credit in conference play,
is slated for the starting berth at
first base.
Leadoff man for the Hobsonmen
and playing second base will be
Walt Kirsch. Bass Dyer will prob
ably get the starting nod over
Walt Lozoski at third. Ranny
Smith, currently leading Duck hit
ters with a .367 average, is sched
uled to open the series at short
stop. Bob Santee, Tony Crish and
Jim Norvell, who was shifted to
outfield in the Portland Pilot game
Tuesday night, will compose the
outfield.
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Beavers Win Field Events,
Distances in Dual Meet
By AL PIETSCHMAN
Coach Doc Swan s Oregon State track team showed power
in the distance runs and field events yesterday to overwhelm
Oregon 80-51 in the 37th annual running of the Oregon-Oregon
State track meet at Corvallis.
The Beavers started the meet in fine style with their heavy
weights completely outclassing the Oregon weight men in the
ine snotput. Their milers grabbed
all places in the long run, and at
the end of the first two events the
Aggies led 18-0!
Double Win for Leicht
Speedboy Jake Leicht was Ore
gon’s individual star in the disas
trous meet. Jake continued his un
defeated record in the sprints by
winning both the hundred and 220
yard dash. Showing nervous
anxiety, Leicht jumped the gun
once in the century, calmed down,
hit the gun on the nose and bar
reled in to the tape with a :10.2.
Carl Maxey, close on Jake’s heels,
garnered a second and Bob Laidlow,
State runner, took the other place
in the race.
None of the times on the track
were spectacular—all the runners
were affected by the hard surface
of the oval and times, from the
100 yard dash up, showed it in the
results.
tu jrirsi in roie vault
Coach Bill Hayward, and Ore
gon track fans crowded in the
finish corner of the Bell field
bleachers, received the shock of
their life when they heard the re
sult of th pole vault. Oregon had
taken first place! Yes, Oregon had
actually taken first place in the
event that was the outstanding sore
spot all season! Thanks to the per
sistent efforts of Frank Dinges,
newly recruited vaulter, the Web
foots can ring up “extra” headlines
proclaiming their salvation from
an unsavory reputation in the pole
vault.. Frank bested his OSC op
ponent and won the high soaring
event with a 11 foot 6 inch vault.
Eyebrows were lifted too, when
the OSC announcer reported the
results of the javelin. Hitting par
excellence form, Oregon's Bill
Kydd threw the spear 193 feet 3
inches! This tremendous heave is
by far the best posted in the con
ference this season, and it looks as
if Kydd is a cinch for a first in
the conference meet next Saturday.
Duck Lou Robinson, bested Web
foot Dick Shelton by four inches
to chalk up a third in the event.
1st, 3rd in 220
Oregon fans raised a mighty
roar at the end of the 220, for
Leicht had breezed across the
finish first and Maxey had just
lost second by a hair and was
credited with third. The six points
collected in this event boosted Ore
gon’s total and the loudspeaker
announced the standings—Oregon
46; Oregon State 44! This was the
only time in the meet that Oregon
had a lead. With the results of the
discus coming in on the heels of
the 220 the lead changed hands.
The Staters had swept the orbit
throwing event, shooting their
score to 48 and leaving Oregon with
the same 46. From that time on,
the Beavers weren’t headed and
went on in the two mile, broad
jump, low hurdles and relay adding
to their score.
In these last five events Hay
ward’s men were able to rack up
only five points compared to
twenty-seven for the Orange
squad!
Edwards Injured
Hurdler Dave Edwards suffered
the only injury of the day when
he hit the ninth hurdle in the low
hurdle event. An OSC man was
just a step ahead of Wyn Wright
and Edwards was only a fraction
behind Wright when he hit the
hurdle, sumersaulted thrrough the
air, and hit the track. Down but
not out, Dave got to his feet and
in a true trackman’s style, finished
the race even though he was out
as far as places went.
Wyn Wright copped first in the
high hurdles to bring his total
point garnering for the day to
eight points. Wyn showed remark
able form and speed as he cleared
the uprights, and with Oregon fans
cheering him on, beat State’s
Eaton to the tape in a neck and
neck race. Wright is one of the
boys worth watching in the North
west meet next week, too.
Summary:
Shotput: 1st, Reiman, 2nd,
Stevens; 3rd Blackledge (all OSC).
Distance—48 feet.
Mile: 1st, Petterson; 2nd, Cowen;
3rd, Cherry (all OSC). Time—4.33.
440 yard: 1st, Hughes, OSC; 2nd,
Swan, Oregon; 3rd Dagget, OSC.
Time—:50.4.
High Jump: Beifuss, Oregon;
Barber, OSC, tie for first; 3rd,
Garrity, Oregon. Height—6 feet 3
inches.
Javelin: 1st, Kydd, Oregon; 2nd,
Martinson, OSC; 3rd, Robinson,
Oregon. Distance -—193 feet 3
inches.
Pole vault: 1st, Dinges, Oregon;
2nd, Moore, OSC; 3rd, Hamel, OSC.
Height—11 feet 6 inches.
100 yard dash: 1st, Leicht, Ore
gon; 2nd, Maxey, Oregon; 3rd,
Laidlow, OSC. Time—:10.2.
High hurdles: 1st, Wright, Ore
gon; 2nd, Eaton, OSC; 3rd, Sear
ing, OSC. Time—:15.5.
880 yard run: 1st, McClure, Ore
gon; 2nd, Joachims, Oregon; 3rd,
Cherry, OSC. Time—2:01.
220 yard dash: 1st, Leicht, Ore
gon; 2nd, Humphrey, OSC; 3rd,
Maxey, Oregon. Time—:21.9.
Two mile: 1st, Petterson, OSC;
2nd, Cowan, OSC; 3rd, Hammock,
Oregon. Time—10.20.4.
Discuss: 1st, Blackledge, 2nd,
Duck Netters
Take Road For
Salem, Seattle
Today, enroute to Seattle for a
meet with the Huskies who lead
the Northern Division Dual confer
ence, the Oregon Duck varsity,
racquetmen will stop over in Salem
for a return nonconference match,
with the Willamette Bearcats. The
Ducks defeated the Bearcats in
their first encounter six matches
to one. The game will be played
at 11 o’clock.
Saturday’s meet, the feature
and last match of the Northern
Division, will find the second
place Ducks striving to upset
the star-studded Huskies. Last
Saturday in Seattle the Hus
kies trounced the Oregon State
Beavers 7 to 0.
If the Ducks lose to the Huskies
they will be tied for second place
with the Beavers.
The men who will travel to Seat
tle with Coach Waske will be Zei
ger, Anderson, Philan, McBride,
Carey, and Davis.
Coach Washke has stated
that the Huskies always have
a fine team and usually take
the title but that the Ducks
will be in there trying for an
unforecasted upset.
In pullman, Washington on May
24 and 25, there will be played an
all-schools conference match with
six schools competing. The six will
be the five of the Northern Divi
sion and Montana. This meet will
be an elimination contest in which
will be determined the actual sin
gles and doubles champs of the
Northern Division Dual conference.
Sports Staff
This Issue
Bernie Hammerbeck
A1 Pietschman
John Smith
Reiman; 3rd, Stevens (all OSC).
Distance 143 feet.
Broadjump: 1st, Laidlow, OSC;
2nd, Thompson, OSC; 3rd, Johnson,
Oregon. Distance—22 feet 1 1-4,
inches.
Low hurdles: 1st, Searing, OSC;'
2nd, Wright, Oregon; 3rd, Eaton,
OSC. Time—:25.9.
Relay—OSC.
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