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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1947)
' DUCKTRACKS By WALLY HUNTER Assistant Sports Editor — I Ever wonder why you never see a left hander as a catch er in baseball? According to Oregon baseball Coach How ard Hobson, the reason southpaws don’t take up backstop ping chores is simply that they can’t throw properly. Hobby says that he has never seen a “crooked arm’’ that could con s i s t e n 11 y and successfully make the catcher’s snap throw to second base. There are many theories as to why portsiders don't make catchers—the most popular be ing the idea that most batters are right handed thus making it an impossibility for a left handed catcher to make a peg to a base without taking an extra step to get clear of the batter. This, however, is a problem that an orthodox catcher faces when the batter is a left-handed hitter, and it doesn’t seem to bother them. This theory of Ho b b y's LOU STAFFORD touches a sore spot in most left-handed throwers who insist that they can heave that old apple as well as the next man— but.Hobby has seen a lot of ball players come and go,'and has a few years behind him as a major league scout, so his ideas can’t be too bad. Norvel Is Publicity Man Jim Norvel, who last year held down the third base spot on the Webfoots pennant-winning diamond crew, is at present a publicity man for Western Illinois State Teachers college. Norvel recently wrote to Hobson asking for Hobby’s views on a baseball rule interpretation that he couldn’t find in the rule book. The question, incidentally, was, “When a base-runner standing on a bag is hit with a batted ball, is he automatically out as is a base-runner who is hit with # batted ball while traveling between bases?” Hobby, also unable to find the ruling, is of the opinion that the base^runner would be out. His reason being that were lve not automatically called out that it would be possible for him to interfere with the batted ball and not be called out for interference. Webfoot Golf Hopes High Webfoot golf enthusiasts are bubbling this season over the prospects of the 1947 divot squad. This spring the team has both depth and class and is rated head and shoulders above anything that has been produced here for years. Leading the list of "name" golfers is Lou Stafford who has a strangle-hold on the No. 1 position. Last year in the National Public Links Tournament Staf ford went to the finals before he was defeated by Smiley Quick. In the 72-hole qualifying rounds held for the Duck squad Stafford carded a 290 on the Eugene Country club course. This, in spite of the sometimes soggy condition of the fairways and greens. No. 2 place on the squad is at present occupied by youthful Dom Provost, a Grants Pass product. In the No. 3 position is Glenn Spivey, who led in the early qualifying rounds but slumped in the home stretch. Spivey last year won the Gearhart Open tournament, and is tabbed by railbirds as having a fine chance to move into the No. 2 spot later in the year should Provost weaken. Top-Flighters Battle for Positions An indication of the relative strength of the team can be gained from a look at the tooth-and-nail battle for No. 6 po sition. Bruce Fischer, a freshman with promise; George Kikes, who was No. 1 man on the Duck squad last spring-term; and Pod Taylor, who has consistently been one of Eugene’s top golfers, all ended the qualifying rounds with a pair of other . top-flighters for the 6th position, it must be some indication of quality. The season is yet young, but there is a possibility that the team which is coached by Sid Milligan and managed by Tom Corbett will make a trip to the National Inter-Col legiate Golf playoffs. EL PRONTO Drive In Restaurant Car Service 17th & Willamette L Ph. 5916-J PRONTO PUPS, Weiner Dun in a bun Full Fountain Service Any orders to take out I "ORDER PRONTO—SERVED PRONTO" Delta Upsilon, Sig Eps, Phi Psi, Delts, Win IM Softball Games INTRAMURAL RESULTS DUs 10, Stitzer hall 2 Delts 6, Sigma Alpha Epsilon 3 Sig Eps 14, Hunter hail 6 Phi Psi 14, Omega hall 3 By BOB WALLACE Continuing the early-season trend of high scoring, four hard slugging softball squads chalked up. one-sided wins in intramural play yesterday. The long-hitting DU batsmen pounded three Stitzer hall pitchers from the mound.in a 10 to 2 victory, while a smooth-working Del't out fit outlasted the SAEs, 6 to 3, and a consistent Sig Ep team sent Hunter hall to a 14 to 6 defeat. The Phis blasted Omega hall from the base paths, 14 to 3. In the DU-Stitzer tilt the dorm j dwellers jumped to a first-inning lead when Hollis doubled to score Thompson and later raced home on a fielder’s choice. The DUs dis played excellent teamwork through ount the remainder of the contest, however, and the hall lads were un able to get a man past second base. Schmeiding started the DU scoring in the second inning with a booming home run over the left-fielder’s head. DU pitcher, Jim Hillar, conrtibuted another marker in this canto. The next period proved to be the “stretch inning” as the DUs poured sevqn runs across the plate on five hits, three walks, and a costly Stitzer error. In the first half of the fifth DU counted five more runs which did not count in the final score be cause time ran out before the inn ing could be completed. The SAE-Delt match proved to be the tightest contest of the day. The Delts built up an early lead with Woodruff and Larsen scoring in the first inning and Clinch in the second. The SAEs counted one in the third with Helm crossing the plate but the Delts matched it with two runs. Strolhick homered. in the fourth for SAE and tripled in the fifth to drive in another run but the Delt lead was too large to over come. The Phi Psis contributed the most fireworks of the day by jumping on the Omega hall for ten tallies in the first inning. They garnered eleven hits in this period including a cir cuit blow by Hixson, two triples by Dascomb, and one by Kockos. Ome ga tried to come back in their half of the inning but could only man age two runs on a like number of hits by Van Vactor and Christian sen. The Phi Psis continued their Angell Hits Greek Aid WASHINGTON, April 11 (AP) —Representative Angell of Ore gon declared today that the pro posed $400,000,000 aid to Greece and Turkey would be only an “in itial payment.” Angell said that other nations would be asking such help later, and that Congress must be certain what will eventually be required. “This advance to Greece and Tur key is not alone for food but in a major part for military activity, which may lead down the path of war,” Angell said. “Uncle Sam is reaching the bottom of his fi nancial barrel and he cannot fi nance the world.” MONDAY’S IM SKED 4:00—ATO vs. Phi Kaps 4:00—SAM vs. Sherry Itoss 5:00—Phi Sig vs. Minturn 5:00—SAE vs. Hunter hitting ways in the next inning collecting four more runs, and the hall team was able to chalk up a lone tally on Paris’ triple. Omega also tallied six runs in the last inning but time ran but before Phi Psi came to bat and the scores were nullified. The Sig Ep-Hunter game started out as a hitter's dream with both teams scoring six runs in the first inning. Doubles by Marshall, North am, ..Christiansen, ..and ..Chaney ..boosted the Sig Ep total. A four bagger by Azuma, with the bases loaded, substantially aided the Hunter cause. The Sig Eps came roaring back with eight runs in the second by capitalizing on three walks and five errors. The hall out fit was held hitless the remainder >"• — ■ i —— of the contest and the final count stood at 14 to 6. Line scores: Delta Upsilon .0 2 7 1—10 > Stitzer Hall.2 0 0 0—2 Hillar and Bump; Springer, Hol lis, Thompson and Fowler. Sigma Phi Epsilon .6 8 0—14> Hunter Hall .6 0 0— O Hannam arid Carlson; Blaine and Hogan. Phi Kappa Psi.10 4—10 ’ Omega Hall . 2 1— 3 Esselstrom and Allen; Ward and Cluff. SAE .0 0 110 1—3 Delta Tau Delta.2 12 0 1 x—G Popp and Hartzig; Larsen and Czaikaski. WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION 1414 Kincaid St. 9:30-10:30 A. M. UNIVERSITY CLASS Subject: WERE YOU THERE? 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