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OREGON WINS TWIN BILL Montana State Loses to Ducks 6-0, 8-1; Oregon Pitchers Give-up Lone Bingle By DON FAIR Oregon’s 1947 baseball club whipped both the rain and the Montana State University Grizzlies yesterday afternoon on Howe field. Five Duck pitchers combined their talents to pitch first a one hitter and then a no-hitter in the two seven inning struggles. It was 6 to 0 in the first and 8 to 1 in the second. This was the first time this season that the Ducks have been able to get in a full game. Tonight Coach Howard Hob son’s crew will tangle with the Salem Senators in a night game at Medford. Tomorrow the same two teams mix in a pair of games. The next two home contests are scheduled for Monday against Portland University. Prince Hal Saltzman and Fred Kuhl handled the mound chores in the first tilt and it was Saltz man who was touched for the lone Montana hit of the day. It came in the fourth when Don .lerman bounced a grounder off Walt Kirsch’s glove on a tougli chance back of second base. That was it for the Grizzlies at the dish. Lefty John Day, Homer Davis and Jerry Switzer shared the no hitter. Day, using a sweeping side arm curve with his straight de livery, struck out seven in his foul inning stint. Davis, a freshman find from Forest Grove, kept up the string and Switzer, the second lefty to see action, filled the bases with walks and then pitched him self out to wind up the game. It was not all pitching for the Ducks. The game, played on a makeshift diamond in centerfield, to get away from the swamp that was Howe Field before 14 days of rain made it a mud puddle, might have produced the long distance smasher the Ducks have been look ing for this year. Santee Slugs Bob Santee was at the dish seven times in the two games and came away with five hits. The bat tering was of the long distance variety. In the first game he had n double and a triple in three trips and then came back to pick up two more triples and a single in the second game. Oregon opened the afternoon’s scoring with a single tally in the first. Walt Kirsch worked Jim Lucas for a walk and after Dick Burns lined to left, Santee lined a double to deep left-center, sending Kirsch lo third. Tony Irish rolled a dribbler down to second and Kirsch scampered borne with the tally. The Ducks broke loose in the third with four tallies. Saltzman started the festivities with a sin gle to left and then stole second. Kirsch drew his second pass, but Burns popped up trying to move the runners along. Then it was Santee again this time with a smash to right center that went for two runs and a three base knock. I rish wlilffed on four pitches, but Dick Hurtle drove Santee home with a blast into right field that was good for three bags. Swede Carlson also picked up three bases when his line drive to center fell off the glove of Claude Honey. That was all the scoring for the Ducks until the sixth. A walk to Carlson, a wild pitch and a single to right by Johnny Kovenz ac counted for the final Oregon tally. For Montana it was a walk to Roney to open the ball game. Saltzman set down the next 11 Grizzlies in order and then Jar man became the second man to reach first when lie picked up his bleeder single. Kuhl gave up a walk in the fifth, to the second batter, then settled down and ran through the last eight men to tace him. Saltzman was credited with the win. Montana Leads It was a trifle different in the second pame. On the strength of two miscues by Dick Rodiger, the Grizzlies had a short lived lead in the second inning. Both sides went down in order in the first, but Jerman worked Day for a walk to open the second. Bunny Radakovieh dumped a bunt in front of the plate and Rodiger couldn’t pick the ball up and all hands were safe. Pierre Roberts tried the same play and Day whipped the ball to A1 Cohen at third to nullify the attempted sacrifice. Then the double steal was put on and Rodi ger’s throw for Radakovieh at third was in the dirt and past Co hen, allowing the run to come home. The lead lasted until the Ore gon third. Day skied to Arnold Odegard at second to open the in ning and the Grizzlie second sack er let the ball bounce off his glove for an error. Kirsch moved him along with a perfect bunt. Harold Zurcher popped up to short and then Santee stepped in. The second pitch was good and he sent it on its way into deep center field for a ringing triple, Day scoring easily. Roy Malcolm, Montana's hurler in the nightcap, then lost control and walked Bartle and Pat Wohlers. Then Santee set sail for the plate and the move rattled Malcolm into committing a balk and the runners all moved up. Cohen Connects Cohen stepped in with the run ners on second and third and two men out. With the count two balls and a strike he lashed a single into right and runs three and four for the inning rolled home. Two more Oregon tallies were chalked up in the fifth and it was Santee again leading the way. Zurcher opened with a blow to left center and Santee followed with a line drive that carried well over the Montana outfielders and in loft center ended up as his third triple of the day. It also ran his RBI total to four. Santee again bedeviled the Montana tosser, Malcolm, into committing a balk and lie trotted home with the second run of the frame. Bartle then drew his second pass of the game and after two were out Bass Dyer and Rodiger collect ed free tickets. With the bags jammed, Davis took a third strike to end the inning. Three sharp blows accounted for the final two tallies in the sixth. Kirsch started it with a frozen rope double to left. Santee dumped a single into short left and Kirsch held up at third. Bartle stepped into a fast first pitch and drove it into right field for a double and two more runs. That was it for the Ducks in the run department. Switzer took over for Davis in the seventh and retired Radaco vich before getting into trouble. His outside pitch began to miss OLD RELIABLE . . . Tony Crish, regular outfielder on Coach How ard Hobson’s 1947 diamond crew. A pre-war letternian, Crish hit .333 in 1941 and .319 last season. Aiken Speeds Pace in Spring Workouts By FRED TAYLOR Yesterday, the fourth day of the spring football workouts, saw Coach Jim Aiken send his charges through a rough and tumble workout calculated to not only toughen the candi dates but also show up the men with the greatest possibilities for the 1947 grid machine. Aiken expressed satisfaction in the way the squad as a * whole has shaped in only four days of work, and said that if it continued to respond as well the coming week the team would be in good condition. Biggest problem facing the coaches at present is the selec tion of the best material in order to give more individual coaching. The practices for the next week are slated to bring out the more outstanding players so that the mentors can start selecting a Larrupin’ Lou Stafford took over the No. 1 spot on the University of Oregon golf team yesterday as the Wetafoot linksmen finished the 72 hole qualifying round. Stafford’s 290 was two strokes better than his nearest competitor Dom Provost who hold out with a 69 today. Only disputed positions left on the squad are the No. 6, 7, and 8 spots where a red-hot battle is ex pected to develop today. George Kikes, Bruce Fischer and Rod Tay lor are scheduled to stage an 18-hole battle for the top position. Manager Tom Corbett said last night that Coach Sid Milligan will keep the squad at 14 because three men, Bill Pengra, Dick Maier, and Thinclads Gird For Vandals Colonel Bill Hayward sent his track and field men through a stiff workout yesterday in final prepara tions for Saturday’s test against Idaho in Hayward field. Many of the men are still sore from the Oregon-OSC relays of Tuesday, but Colonel Bill pre scribed hard work as the remedy to work out the soreness. For the first time in more than a week the cin dermen didn’t have to made through water and rain in their workouts. The Webfoot team will not be at full strength for the meet because several of the men will be benched with injuries. Among those not ex pected to participate in the first home test are Chuck Beckner, Wal ly Still and Carl Maxey. Beckner injured his leg during spring vacation and has been get ting it in shape with the whirlpool baths and heat treatments. Hayward’s sprint squad isn’t go ing to be at full strength either as Wally Still, speed mechant from Milton-Freewater is out with in juries. Also injured is carl Maxey who took a spill in the OSC relays. At first it looked as if Maxey might be lost for some time, but skillful treatment has relieved the injured (Please turn to page free) and he passed three straight Grizz lies. Then he settled down and forced Malcolm to pop up and then whiffed Ted Tabrracchi to end the ball game. Ray Farmer finished the 72 holes in a three way tie with 318 strokes. Listed as final standing yester day by Milligan were the following: No. 1—Lou Stafford—290 No. 2—Dom Provost—292 No. 3—Glenn Spivey—302 No. 4—Bob Sederstrom No. 5—Jim Dunahoo—312 No. 6, 7, and 8. To be played off today at the Eugene country club. (Kikes, Taylor and Fischer—314) No. 9—Bill Barash—315 No. 10—John Ekstrom—315 No. 11—Red Omlid—316 No. 12—Dick Maier—318 No. 13—Ray Farmer—318 No. 14—Bill Pengra—318 First meet of the season sched uled for the Duck Divoteers is with the University of Washington Hus ky squad this Saturday on the Eu gene country club course. team. However, Aiken has de cided to carry all the men who have turned out for the whole spring session, and not cut until next fall. He expects that many men will be benefited by this action, as numerous players do not get the feel of football until after a rather lengthy practice period. Thursday’s practice was de voted to easy scrimmaging, with one eleven on defense while Ai ken worked various offensive combinations against it. Back George Bell was singled out for mention by Aiken as showing drive and spirit. Quarterback Bill Abbey and Norm Van Brocklin were also named as looking good in the pilssing de partment. Blocking fundamentals were be ing stressed for linemen who had proved to be weak in this by Ray < Segale. He said that the guard? were exhibiting plenty of desire to do the right thing, and were ex pected to show well. Practice was run off in fair weather for the first time since it started. Although the field was still plenty soggy the sun was out with a fair semblance of spring warth, and the turf is expected to give a more firm foundation with a few more days of sun. Aiken was pleased with the amount of hustle and enthusiasm that was being shown by the candidates. Stafford Grabs Top Spot As Duck Divoteers Qualify