Ducks Open Season Today
Webfoot Nine Salembound
To Meet Willamette Bearcats
By DON FAIR
Howard Hobson's rain-plagued baseball team opens its pre
season slate this afternoon against the \\ illamette university
nine at Salem in a pair of 7-inning contests. The Duck squad
had what can be considered its first outdoor workout yester
day in preparation for the battles, as Hobson and Berney
Koch. TV mentor, divided the candidates into four groups and
drilled them. The aspirants spent
most of the chilly session in bat
ting practice and chasing flies.
With most of the returning let
termen slated to make the week
end jaunt, which includes a
doubleheader against the Portland
Pilots in the big city Saturday
afternoon, Hobson, still very much
in the dark about his material,
plans to use Hal Saltzman as the
Duck starter in the first Bearcat
tilt.
Hurlers Named
Also slated for action tomorrow
• afternoon on the mound for the
Webfoots are John Day and Harry
Walker. Oregon will be faced with
a pitching problem on the four
game swing, as none of the hurl
ers has had a decent chance to
limber up the pay-arm, and Hob
son doesn’t want anyone to go
the full route.
In addition to batting and
fielding practice, the baseballers
spent part of llie session with
some wind sprints. This was
the first real' workout for the
diamond team this season, but
even it was hampered by the
cool weather.
The Oregon squad, still without
•even an intra-squad game under
its belt, will have to use the first
pre-season frays as practice bouts.
The rain has kept the field in
isuch shape that infield sessions
are impossible.
Slippery footing also works a
handicap on the outfielders with
the tricky grass. By dividing the
60-odd men into four groups,'Koch
and Hobson haVe been working
two of them at a time in an effort
to evaluate the material as soon
as possible.
Following the weekend quartet
of skirmishes, the Ducks will re
turn to Eugene where they meet
Pilots in a return twin-bill Monday
April 7, and then face the invad
ing Montana Grizzlies April 10.
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Koch Views
Jayvee Team
Coach Barney Koch saw his
Oregon jayvee baseball squad for
the first time Thursday afternoon
when 65 men turned out for a
brief workout between rain show
ers.
Saturday afternoon, weather
permitting, the junior varsity will
play host to the Lewis and Clark
Pioneers. Stiff competition is ex
pected from the Pioneers because
of their victory over the Portland
Pilots in an early season game.
Koch, having only seen his
squad in one workout, has no defi
nite ideas yet about his starting
lineup. An intrasquad game is
planned for this afternoon.
Prince Hal
BIG HAL SALTZMAN ... a seven-game winner in the north division
last year, is expected to bear the brunt of the Webfoot pitching chores
again this year. The starting lineup is still unannounced, but the big
righthander is a logical choice for opening the Oregon baseball season
today.
Cougars Win Pair
LEWISTON, April 3—(AP) —
The Washington State Cougars
took both ends of a baseball double
header from the Northern Idaho
College of Education Loggers base
ball team 2 to 0 and 6 to 2 today.
Trackmen Hold Final Practice
It was the final workout before
the Oregon-OSC relays Saturday
for Colonel Bill Hayward's track
men yesterday afternoon. For the
first time since final examination
week the squad was on the field
in complete strength.
Wooden batons were brought
out of storage and issued to the
relay team runners who were
given the word to start getting
used to the baton exchange and to
get it, down to perfection before
t He clash with the Beavers. More
than one meet has been lost by
poor exchanges, and Colonel Hay
ward was making" sure that his
runners knew what and how to
make a correct and fast pass.
First oil the line to practice
Hie passing was the sprint re
lay team of Have llentliorne,
.take Leicht, Carl Maxey, and
\\yn Wright. Wally Still, let
lermart sprinter, is out with a
Itad cold. Maxey and Leicht had
worked on the exchange last
y ear and knew the Colonel's sys
tem of passing for sprinters.
Lime marks had been run across
the straightaways, and the sprint
ers set themselves for the first
trial after Hayward had given
them p r e 1 i m i nary instructions.
~**e*)i little Henthorne taking the
lead and passing to speedy Jake
Leicht, the practice session got
underway. Surprisingly enough,
the passes were good, and little
time was needed in getting the
correct distances marked off for
each runner.
Next team to get the go-ahead
single from Hayward was the two
mile foursome of Stu Norene,
George Watkins, John Joachims
and Jerry Hunter.
Copying tne sprinters style,
these runners didn’t have diffi
culty getting the style and tim
ing down. After the baton ex
change the lialf-milers put in a
good afternoon of running and
limbering up.
Still lacking a man to replace
quarter-miler Dick Shelton, who
was declared ineligible earlier this
week, Hayward had the other
quarter-milers work out individu
ally. Oregon usually has a strong
mile relay team, but this year it
is in the questionable stage with
no fourth man.
OSC's Grant Swan claims he is
strong in quarter-milers and with
Olden Hughes, last year’s division
champ back, lie may be right.
Milers Jon Mundle, Dwight Zua
lauf, A1 Pietscliman and Bob
Dreisner ignored the baton prac
tice since their relay event will
be a flat race, every runner start
ing at the same time, and the first
team having three men across the
finish line being declared the win
ner of the four-mile relay.
A strong' spot on the Oregon
team will be the high jump.
Veteran Bill Beit'uss heads the
list of jumpers with Wyn
Wright, Mere Brown and George
Kasmusscn backing him up.
Beifuss is the traekster who
jumped with Leg Steers before the
war and helped set a relay record
in the high jump event. Last sea
son Bill hit form early and cleared
the 6-5 mark in the triangle meet
among Oregon, Willamette and
Portland university.
In the northern division finals
it was Beifuss with his springy
legs that came out first. He hasn’t
worked too hard on height thus
far this year but has been spend
ing time on form for his belly roll.
Wright Versatile
Wyn Wright will be clearing
the high hurdles, running on one
of the sprint teams, and high
Jumping as well. Wright has
looked good in the sprints and
hurdles and shoudln’t have much
difficulty keeping in stride with
the jumping event.
Merc Brown, a lanky six foot
two inch trackman, is slated to
carry part of the load' for the"
team. This is his first year of
track at Oregon and has been
showing well.
Another rubber-legged man,
George Rasmussen, in scheduled
for the leap and roll event.
George has abandoned his fa
mous pole vaulting efforts until
next week, when the Ducks face
Idaho in a regular meet. Instead
of having the familiar bamboo
pole in his hand, George will
clear the high hurdles and high
jump.
Colonel Hayward announced the
traveling squad for the meet would
be Chuck Eliot, Howard Frary,
Bob Koch, Lou Robinson, Jake
Leiclit, Carl Maxey, Dave Hen
thorne, Wyn Wright, Stu Norene,
Bill Purcell, John Joachims, George
Watkins, Jack Doyle, Art Milne,
George Rasmussen, Dwight, Zau
lauf, Jon Mundle, Bob Dreisner,
A1 Pietschman, Jerry Hunter, Hal
White, Bill Beifuss and Merc
Brown.
Ever Attempt to Fit
700 Into 5 Times 11?
Dr. A. E. Caswell of the phys
ics repartment is regretfully find
ing it impossible.
Originally scheduled for only
five sections of eleven students
#ach, the new photography class
was overwhelmed by an onrush
of 100 hopeful registrants at the
beginning of this term. Dr. Cas
well increased the class to five
sections, but that’s the best he
can do.
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BASEBALL
RESULTS _
At Los Angeles:
Portland' .. .040 010 011— 7 8 1
Los Angls. 114 210 021—11 19 0
Moore, Houtz (2), Mosser (3),
Sierra (6), Gunnarson (8) and
Ballinger; Dobernic, Osborn (2)
and Pawalek.
Winning pitcher—Osborn.
Losing pitcher—Houtz.
Home runs—Ostrowski 2, String
er 2, Escobar.
At San Francisco: *
Seattle .000 001 010—2 8 I
San Francisco 111 310 lOx—8 12 1
Jakucki, Hopper (5) and Hillj
Werle and Leonard.
At San Diego:
Oakland.004 020 000—6 9 4
San Diego 220 010 llx—7 12 2
Palica, Faria (2) and Raimondi;
Olsen, Kennedy (6) and Rice.
At Sacramento:
Hollywood.011 100 000—3 9 0
Sacramento ....100 000 000—1 3 2
Smith and Unser; Freitas, Bar*
thelson (9) and Fitzgeralds
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