By ART LITCHMAN
CO-SPORTS EDITOR
Predictions today, men.
Saturday afternoon at Seattle the Oregon
either win the Northern Division or come home
track team will
with the second
spot.
Sounds crazy, doesn t it? Oregon
in conference competition this season,
a threat in the final round. But they
hasn’t won a dual meet
That hardly makes them
will be, and don’t think
tfie other master minds aren t worried.
There will be four places in each event. 1 he total points
available will be 163. Oregon, if the lads who supply the figures
aren’t on the weed, will have 47 markers when they close up
shop for the day.
That should be enough to bring home a ribbon.
Here is the way they do the job. _
In the 100-yard dash Jake Leicht grabs a first and Carl
Maxey comes up with a third. Eight points for the Ducks.
Take repeats in the 220-vard dash and Maxey, at the worst,
throws in a fourth for the Webfoots. Another six points
Andy Swan, and this is selling him short, should have a
“second in the quarter. If Ernie Schauer gets in the money Ore
gon is so much the better off. Three points for the Webfoots.
BUM BEEF IN THE HALF
Walt McClure has been beaten twice this season in the half.
One time was a bum beef. Give Washington's Don Wold the
first place and McClure still has three points for second. And
Johnnv Joachims is running, too.
Then'comes the power. Bill Kydd. Lou Robinson and Dick
Shelton are odds-on to take first, second and fourth in the jave
lin. Shelton is troubled with a bad arm at the moment, but he
is counting on making his toss Saturday, k halk up eight points.
In the pole vault Oregon will be counting on the performance
of Frank Deities. A winner in his only time out, against (Aegon
State, he is being sold short with a fourth place. One point for
the Ducks.
Wynn Wright’s ankle is supposed to be in good shape
after a long seige of aches and pains. Sell him short and give
Lyle Clark firsts in both timber events. Still gives Oregon
six more points.
Bill Beifuss and Tom C.arrity are the best two-man high
jump team in the league and when they tally up the pit points
Oregon should be able to add another six points to the total.
The broad jump is a problem, but the Ducks should be able
to get a third in the event and put away another pair of precious
points.
The relav team is rated behind the Oregon State Beavers
and three points is all they can be credited with in advance of
the meet. ( .
With the aid of both hands and feet, Tommy Wrights
20 digit and seven of A1 Pietschman’s fingers, Oregon has 47
points.
Washington, Washington State. Oregon State, Idaho
and Montana will fight it out for the other 116. And nobody
knows what Montana has to throw into the meet.
In the mile, two-mile, shot-put and discuss—Oregon s weak
< vents which cost the Ducks dual meet victories all season, the
other clubs c;yi scramble to split the totals.
Colonel Bill's points are all good ones and that is what
counts in a meet with a half a dozen teams entered.
Si) come Saturdav. don't sell the win-less Ducks short in
the fight for the P>4(> Xorthern Division title.
If not, tear up the pari-mutuel tickets and wait for Assault
tvi run again so you can recoup the losses.
BACK TO THE DIAMOND
Now to baseball.
Coach Hobbv Hobson made a number of trips out to
“confer" with Empire Archie Campbell at Corvallis Monday
afternoon on the method of delivery used by Hon Cecil with
men on bases.
Hobson claimed that Cecil was moving- his front foot (left)
•:ftor he came to a stop before pitching. The ump claims it is
part of his regular delivery.
The book states in section one of the balk rule that a
pitcher can’t make any moves to the plate after he has
stopped his motion. Section eight says that any move that
is part of the regular motion is legal.
\dw Cecil doesn't use this foot movement except with men
< i. bases. The question is—is that part of his regnlar delivery.
Head the rules, watch Cecil and then try to give an answer.
It' things like this that make the life of an umpire an unhappy
one.
Sig Eps, Pi Kaps,
Sammy’s Also Win
The high-flying Bums took over
undisputed possession of first place
in softball intra-mural League One
yesterday when they trounced the
undefeated ATO nine 10-4.
The feature contest of the League
One schedule found the ATOs in
an early lead. In the third’, how
ever, with the ATOs leading 3-2,
the Bums went to work and pound
ed the losing hurler Vic Mueller
for four funs to bring the count
to 6-3. From there on the winners
were never headed as they built
up their lead to a final 10-4 score.
Elmer Olson started on the'
mound for the winners, but was re
lieved later in the contest by Duke
Dennison.
The Sigma Phi Epsilon softbaii
ers also garnered a victory in a
League One tilt when they downed
the Chi Psis by a 6-2 score. The
loss knocked the losers back to the
.500 mark; it was the second win
UO Continues Workouts
For ND Finals in Seattle
for the Sig Eps in the current
schedule.
The winners went to work in the
first three frames of the five-inn
ing contest to ice the contest as
they connected with the offerings
of losing hurler Maxwell for six
runs.
A third League One contest
found the Pi Kappa Alpha nine
ekeing out a close 6-5 win over
Zeta Hall. It was the first win of
the season for the Pi Kaps.
The payoff came in the third
inning when the winners cinched
the tilt.
In a League Two contest, the
Sigma Alpha Mu diamond squad
scored a victory by default from
the Sigma Hall nine. The Sam
mies were given the win when the
losers were unable to muster
enough men to fill the lineup.
Scribes Announce Lineup
For Mav 25 Tilt With ADS
While the University of Oregon’s
baseball team is crossing bats with
Oregon State college in Corvallis
Saturday, local fans will have the
opportunity to see two other fine
diamond aggregations in action
here.
The publicity director and head
of the Psychological diamond war
fare division of Sigma Delta Chi,
National Men's Journalism frater
nity, Fred Beckwith jumped the
gun on Alpha Delta Sigma by an
nouncing the starting lineup for
his team when the two organiza
tions tangle in their first post-war
tilt.
Two Lettermen Return
Boasting two returning letter
men, Ted Bush and PSWD Fred
Beckwith, the journalists promise
to repeat their performance of 1943
when they out-beered the ADS 3
to 2.
The Ads have kept their poten
tialities behind dark curtains to
date, but it is expected that they
will open up their publicity of
fensive soon.
Sigma Delta Chi’s squad has
been getting in condition rapidly
and it was noticed particularly that
the scribes’ elbows were very loose,
probably acquired from bending
them so often* at the local pubs.
The degree of training of the ADS
is of course still a secret, but au
thoritative sources say that they
have kept their arms in shape by
wielding paste brushes in the busi
ness office.
The Honeydripper
Leonard “you-all” Turnbull has
been given the nod for the start
ing berth behind the mask for the
SDX nine. He was well known in
the Carolinas for his ability to
keep the pitcher under control with
his candied yam drawl.
“I am willing, but not able," was
the inspired quote from By Mayo
when he was informed that he
would be at the second base spot
for the Scribes. It is expected that
Mayo will recover sufficiently from
the results of the Tuesday elections
to get in shape for the encounter.
Bernie Engel, SDX secretary, is
ticketed to open at third base. En
gel will be remembered for his stel
lar performances in his last year
of competition (1935) in the Port
land grade school league. He is
confident that he has lost none of |
his ability because of the lay-off
from the diamond game.
The Stars Are Out
It was the unanimous decision of
the SDX coach, who has chosen
to remain unnamed until the re
sult of the Saturday tilt is offi
cial, to start Johnny Matthews at
the short field.
A fleet-footed, strong-armed,1
heavy-hitting, base-stealing, um
pire-baiting, rule - book - carrying
trio composed of Ted Bush, Fred
Beckwith, and Scotty Mendolovich
will patrol the outfield for the
journalists. All three are in top
physical condition and should be
good for at least two innings of
play.
Erling Erlandson, who doesn’t
play the position like Dorwood Ce
cil of Oregon State, is slated to
open the encounter at the first
base spot.
Tommy Wright, who has had a
brilliant earned-run average of
11.56 for intra-mural play this
season, will at least start on the
mound for SDX.
Phi Delta Phi Holds
Initiation Banquet
The Oregon chapter of Phi Delta
Phi, international legal fraternity,
reactivated under tlfe leadership
of President Herman H. Hahner,
celebrated its first post-war initia
tion banquet May 18. Principal
speaker was Dr. Milton Green, pro
fessor of law from the University
of Washington.
The following students were se
lected on the basis of legal schol
arship for initiation into the local
chapter of Phi Delta Phi: Jonathan
Edwards, John F. Cramer, William
J. Masters, Robert Davis, Joseph
Grimm, John W. Hathaway, Jr.,
Robert Rue, Gene B. Conklin, Don
ald Coulter.
Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: William
Bernard, magistrar; Kermit Smith,
exchequer; Alvin Gray, chief clerk;
and Jonathan Edwards, historian.
Sports Staff
This Issue
Bernie Hammerbeck
A1 Pietschman
John Smith
Colonel Bill Hayward put his
men through their paces yester
day with light workouts scheduled
for all the track and field event
men.
Hayward plans on sending the
top twelve Oregon trackmen up to
Seattle Friday for the final meet
of the season, the conference meet
slated for Saturday on University
of Washington’s fast track. The
men picked by Bill as men most
likely to garner points in Oregon’s
effort to win the championship are
Jake Leicht, Carl Maxey, Andy
Swan, Ernie Schauer, Walt Mc
Clure, Johnny Joachims, Wynn
Wright, Frank Deinz, Bill Kyd^
Lou Robinson, Dick Shelton, Bill
Beifuss and Tom Garrity.
Leicht and Maxey have been
consistent winners in the sprints
this season.
Hayward has his hopes that Jake
will come through in expected
fashion Saturday against the
cream of northwest athletes and
win both the 100 and 220 yard
dash events. Jake has the best
times in the conference in both
these speedy runs and should pick
up two firsts for the Ducks.
Maxey has been tailing Jake by
just scant feet all season long, and
Washington’s Schloesser and OSC’s
Dan Humphrey are the only ones
to best him in either of the events.
Maxey lost to Humphrey in a neck
and neck 220 race Thursday but
had crossed the finish ahead of
the OSC runner in the hundred.
Swan and Schauer will carry
Oregon’s colors in the exciting
quarter-mile race. Swan has show
ed the most marked improvement
on the team this year. Andy turned
out several weeks after all the
other runners were in fair shape,
took it easy for a while, and started
opening up and astounding every
one by his smooth and fast run
ning of the 440 several weeks ago.
He has improved, and conditioned
himself so fast, that he is now
Oregon's number one quarter-miler.
His fastest time of the season is
close to 50 seconds even, fast
enough to assure him of a good
Diace.
Schauer hasn’t been able to take
Swan in late races, but his time
is close enough to count him in
for a possible place in the big meet.
Along with all the other ra^es _
billed for the grand finale of the
track season, the quarter mile is
going to be a top notch affair
since at least five runners in the
conference have times of :51 or
under! There’s only four places in
the meet so someone is going to
be out.
Hayward is sending Walt Mc
Clure and Johnny Joachims to
Seattle as the Duck’s halfmilers.
McClure has been beaten twice
this year, and one a definite fluke
thanks to nearsighted judges. The
only other runner that can beat
Mac for sure is Washington's di
minutive Don Wold. Wold has hit
the 880 yard run in slightly less
than 1:58 and Mac’s best time,
when he is forced is a plus 1:58.
Teammate Johnny Joachims will
be forcing McClure too, as Joach
ims has buzzed his time down from
a 2:07 to the 2:00 flat mark. -
Joachims would probably be lower
than this if the school officials
hadn’t declared him ineligible for
several weeks, then make an about
face of their decision, declaring
the wondering half-miler eligible .
again. John lost two valuable
weeks of training, worked hard to
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