' DUCKTRACKS
By BERNIE HAMMERBECK
• Sports Editor
i he northern division baseball opener was unfolded today at
Corvallis. On hand were not more than 2500 rabid Beaver
looters to aid the Orangemen as they soundly trounced the
Idaho Vandals 14-7.
Luc wm put me weavers
firmly in first place as the
season opened, but the exhibi
tion left something- to be de
sired.
Coach Ralph Coleman’s
squad showed power aplenty,
but also weaknesses in a place
_i>i' two. Harry Richards has
moved to first base in an at
tempt to plug one hole, and
though Harry is a great in
fielder he scarcely fills the bill
at the first sack.
Chuck Sauvain went the
entire route on the mound and
showed just about as much
stuff as he did in 1946. Much to
the consternation of Beaver
rooters, however, he did not
show the same control as last
year.
The non-plussed lefthander
GUY WICKS
tossed what pressbox experts estimated at 185 pitches in down
mg the \ andals. The invaders were none too potent at the
plate and Sauvain constantly put them in trouble. The 1946
lefthander was constantly in trouble on the final pitches, how
ever, and ran the count out to unbearable lengths.
Oregon State’s diamond is in fine shape and dwarfs the
Webfoot field in comparison. The Beaver hill is accurately
constructed, being high with a long gradual slope to the
first and third bases. The Lemon and green Ducks would
be mighty fortunate indeed to have such a diamond.
Opening crowd for Oregon State was somewhere around
the 2500 mark. With all due credit to Oregon’s publicity man,
Art Litclnnan, the crowd much resembled a church gathering.
They “came late and they left early.” A good audience was
on hand as Coach Ralph Coleman delivered the first pitch to
the mayor, but otherwise opening ceremonies were nothing to
write home about.
Northern Division’s Basketball Commissioner, Ralph Cole
man, evidently forgot all his basketball etiquette as he pro
tested loudly and longly on an umpire's decision. And believe
it or not, the ump actually changed his decision.
A man was on third and two were Out. Beaver pitcher
Chuck Sauvain was at the plate. He dribbled a slow one down
the third base line. The Vandal third sacker came in fast, saw
he could not make a play, and let the ball roll. It slithered
down the baseline and then went foul, just aside the No. 3
sack. The ump called it a foul ball.
The High Commissioner, however, only eight runs ahead,
charged the ump and protested loud and clear. The Com
missioner also called in the aid of the base umpire. In the
end the decision was reversed and Sauvain was given a base
hit and a run batted in.
The Idaho coach, Guy Wicks, protested weakly, then
shrugged his shoulders and walked off without further com
ment.
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Fi|is, Betas, Merrick Hallers,
Chi Psi Chalk Up IM Victories
j.m.1 cLiuuidi aetiuu yesueiua-y saw
the Fljis run wild in their contest
to rout the Campbell Clobbers, 20
to 5, Beta Theta Pi won by forfeit
over Yeomen, Merrick hall upset the
Kappa Sigs, 10 to 7, and the Chi
Psis defeated Nestor hall, 10 to 6.
The Fijis went hit-happy in their
affair with Campbell club as they
pounded out 18 hits and an even 20
runs in only four innings. A trio of
Campbell hurlers passed in rapid
succession, but none of them were
able to effectively silence the Fiji
sticks. The alley boys clouted four
muuers, two oi mem in a Dig second
inning splurge.
A five tally second inning paved
the way for Merrick's surprise vic
tory over the K-Sigs, although the
losers pushed across four counters
in the same stanza. Merrick catch
er Don Martin connected for a cir
cuit blow in the initial inning plus
a two-bagger by Bobby Reynolds
enabled the dormers to grab an
early lead. The scorebook showed
that the ten Merrick markers were
made on only six hits, errors and
walks accounting for several.
rne uni fsis continued their win
ning ways at the expense of Nestor
hall, but the dorm men were in the
game all the way. The Chi Psis were
held scoreless for three innings af
ter amassing a pair of runs in the
first while Nestor collected three in
the first, one in the second, and
added two more in the fourth for a
6-2 advantage. However, the Chi
Psi half of the fifth saw half a doz
en tallies and the victory margin
across the plate, and for good meas
ure they picked up two more in the
last frame.
Officials Needed For Prep Relays
A special call was issued last
night by Colonel Bill Hayward for
officials and assistants in the Hay
ward Relays Friday and Saturday.
The large relay spectacle is draw
ing a big field of prep cindermen
and there is a need for men to act
as officials in the tworday event.
All members or the varsity track
team are slated for jobs the
Colonel announced and all other
students interested in assisting
who have some knowledge of how
track meets are run are requested
to report to Hayward at 4 p.m. to
day on the track. Hayward also
wants the varsity tracfk men to be
present for this meeting as a trial
run of the jobs will be held.
Local track fans are going to
get a big treat in this tenth run
ning of the relays. Besides seeing
the top teams in the state compet
ing and a special contingent of
fifty-one athletes from Portland,
spectators will get a chance to
watch George Fullerton, Ashland’s
sensational miler step off the four
laps.
Fullerton is the lad who posted
the terrific time of 4:20.5 in the
AAU run in Portland last summer,
the fastest time a high school stu
dent has ever run the mile in the
United States. This record is not
considered as a national record,
however, as all high school rec
ords must be set in state meets.
Fullerton hit 4.24 in his run at Cor
vallis last year, just off the na
tional mark.
The 4:20.5 mark eclipses Louis
Zamperini’s national prep mark
by two seconds and the 4.25 time
is just a second and a half off.
Zamperini set his record in
Southern California and later
went on to become one of Uni
versity of Southern California’s
top milers under the coaching of
Dean Cromwell.
Forty-one entries are now in for
the meet with more entries still
coming in via telegram and special
delivery. The total number of
teams expected is sixty.
Medford’s championship team in
the “A” class of last year will be
here to defend its title as will
Beaverton and Sheridan, winners
of the “B” and “C” divisions.
Fifty-one Portland runners will
arrive in Eugene Friday morning
for the running of the “A” relays
Friday afternoon. Eldon Jenne,
Portland’s prep athletic director,
is bringing the first and second
WANTED
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Typist, Full
Time or Part
Time.
the "CO-OP"
place winners in last Friday’s city
relays, instead of having each
school send a separate team.
Last year, Medford just barely
nosed out Grant, high school for
the title, but with the split in
teams, Portland schools will prob
ably be left at the blocks when the
title quest gets underway.
Several teams from the met
ropolitan area have a good
chance of knocking over several
relay records according to ad
vance notices. Jefferson high
school’s two mile team of At
wood Jones, Dick Lutton, Mel
Goetz and Bob Blount are her
alded as sure winners in the two
mile relay. The four man team
broke the city record last week
with a 8:42.2 and is expected to
smash the present record of
8:50.8.
George Rasmussen, Oregon’s
high flying pole vaulter, will be
watching the vaulting perform
ances of Lincoln’s Lyle Dickey.
The Portland youth has already
cleared 12 feet this spring and
might knock over the 11 foot 11%
inch mark set by Rasmussen last
year.
Another record likely to draw
fire from the Portland runners
is the 880 yard relay mark of
1:35.2 posted by Grant's team
last year. Washington high
school has a bunch of sophomore
and junior sprinters who have
already been clocked in 1:35.6.
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Presents Monday
HELD OVER FOR ANOTHER WEEK
IVIE ANDERSON
Gracious Lady of Song
and delineator of Jazz Ballads in dignified dress
Fresh from triumphs in Chicago and New York, Miss Anderson
returns to tiie Pacific Northwest for the first time in two years.
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