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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1947)
Oregon Thinclads Ease-Up In Training for OSC Meet By AL PIETSCHMAN With their eyes on the Ore gon-Oregon State track meet at Hayward field Saturday af ternoon, the Duck cindermen eased up their rigid training program yesterday and will lay off workcuts completely today. John Warren took over the training Thursday in place of Coach Bill Hayward. Colonel Bill had again remained at his river re treat, brewing special plans that will trouble Grant Swan, Beaver coach, when the events are run off Saturday. Ducks Heady All the trackmen appeared to be in good shape. For the first time in three meets the thinclads will be almost at full strength and the re turn of stars Jake Leicht and Carl Maxey is likely to spell doom for the Beavos. Word from Corvallis indicates that all is not roses at the Orange track camp already they are con ditioning fans that the home team can be beaten. This is almost a com plete reversal from the stand tak en after the ill-fated Oregon jour ney to Corvallis for the Oregon OSC relays. Oregon lost the meet 7-1 and Aggieville promptly proclaimed that Hayward laid lost his touch and that Oregon didn’t have much of a team. Victory in the forth coming dual meet was freeely prophesied. Oregon State has lost three straight conference meets since their victory over the Webfoots. Oregon has won one and lost two, facing the same teams the State has, Idaho, Washington and Wash ington State. Oregon Favored On the basis of performances against these three teams, Oregon will go to the starting blocks as a slight favorite. Against Idaho the local cindermen garnered 79 points and won. OSC picked up just G1 and lost. In losing to Washington the Duck thinclads earned 50 points; OSC lost and collected just 401 i. At Washington State last week Oregon fell again but had 56*L». The Beavers lost also when they faced the Cougars but had 51 points. Figures can deceive when the chips are down. Oregon’s past per formances were with sho'tputter Chuck Elliot, now cut from the squad, and minus Leicht and Max ey. Wally Still was missing from several of the meets also. Hayward knows his team has the advantage on past performance in dual meets, but was not relaxing fft all this week. His sprint team was rounding into shape for the fiust time this year. Probably no other school in the division has Such a tal ent of speed to match the local sprint quartet of Dave Henthorne, Carl Maxey, Jake Leicht and Wally Still. State's hopes for victory will rest with flit' weight men, Boh Reiman and Lamar Wilcox. Rei man is undefeated in the shotput and discus and Wilcox is number two man in the conference shot put. Swan has been hit by ineligibility . . just like Hayward. Botli teams are even on that count. Swanlost Ross Eaton, one of the outstanding hur dlers in the conference, and a sure threat for division title honors if competing. Hayward lost Bud White, sensational freshman sprint er who showed promise of making the members of the sprint team work for their positions. \ II is ready wit It Hayward, V mph a t n • ■ Newsmen Gird for Batfest; Hallock Crashes Lineup By L. H. POOTES Free Lance Writer Sigma Delta Chi and Alpha Delta Sigma tapered off yes terday in preparation for their traditional softball feud Satur- j day. Managers of both clubs , reveal that their teams are ready to fight. The ad siders started look ing for a new center fielder Wed nesday night. It was disocvered then that George Pegg hadn’t played the great American game since he was stationed' in New Guinea, where as a junior bird man he played with coconuts be cause of a shortage of athletic equipment. During batting prac tice, he hit all of Woody Carson's “bowling balls” with a golf swing, but couldn’t see the strikes. SDX Penniless Oregon's newsmen spent their entire treasury for refreshments to be served at the annual picnic Sunday, and as a result were with out sufficient funds for mushball equipment. Potato chip boxes were issued to all squad members in lieu of gloves. ADS has not announced its starting nine, but the SDXers se lected a team yesterday that is ex pected to last at least 1-3 of an inning. The infield will tentatively include "Stretch' Applegate on the first sack, "Dirty" Don Plath at second, Johnny Kahananui (just up from the pineapple cir cuit) in the hot corner, and “Aw ful” Auggie Hammebeck at short. "Terrible" Ted Hallock pouted until he was blue in the face be John Warren anti the men who will wear the green on Hayward field Saturday afternoon. They have trained since the beginning of the season for this meet and a chance to beat the Beaver in ’47, and they want to win for “Colonel Bill" in his last appearance as track coach at Hayward field. Sports staff this issue: George Skorney Johnny Kahananui Elvvin Paxson Fred Taylor Wally Hunter A1 Pietschman cause he couldn't play second base, but Player-Manager-Coach Litch man ggye ground and tentatively listed him as a starter in left field. The balance of the outfield will include anyone who can throw to the infield. “Antiquated” Tommy Wright will be on the mound for SDX. Art Litchman will squat be hind the plate because he is a good target. Jayvee Nine Slates Game Coach Barney Koch and his JV baseball team travel to Monmouth today for a game with the Oregon College of Education starting at 2:30 p.m. A return engagement, the last game of the 1947 season for the Jayvees, is scheduled for tomorrow on Howe field. A light drill was held yesterday with A1 Smolish, Norm Henwood, Wally Scales, Don Dibble, Pat Woh lers, and Dick Rodiger playing a regular game with the varsity. Questioned concerning the mer its of the Monmouth team, Koch was unable to provide any informa tion. Either Sid Mills, Washington high school product of Portland," or Bob Walker will pitch today with Dick Rodiger catching. Koch will he minus the services of Fred Kuhl, reliable hurler, who nicked the thumb on his right hand, making him unavailable for the final two games. Starting in the infield will be Dick DeBernardi, first base; Don Dibble, second base; Don Kimball, short stop: and Pitcher Norm Henwood, third base, in place of Fred Wilson. Outfielders to see action are A1 Smolish, Wally Scales, and Lipp man. Blond Pat Wohlers will be missing because of an injury to his ■ ankle in yesterday’s game with the: varsity. ATTENTION All athletic managers of win ning softball teams are urged to attend a meeting in the PE build ing Saturday morning at 9:30. Plans will be drawn up and oppo nents picked for the playoffs the following week. -1 DANCE EVERY SATURDAY For table Reservations Call Springfield 8861 9:30 - 12:30 Wayne Ryan and His Band SWIMMER'S DELIGHT 3 Miles east of Goshen. Call Spr. S861 Sees Action Today . . . Husky Don Kimball, Jayvee baseballer, will see duty this afternoon at fhe shortstop position for Coach Barney Koch against the Oregon College of Education at Monmouth. Kimball, Frosh basketball player, played for Hillscreek last summer. • ^ >' ■■ _- -T* --— IB SEA FOOD! Crab Salmon Shrimp Sole Fish n’ Chips Halibut Lobster Oysters also Chicken and Steak Dinner^ at Phone 4527 764 Willamette FOR THAT GRADUATION GIFT we suggest: Pictures China Lamps Crystal ✓ , OCCASIONAL NOTES © AT THE GIFT COTTAGE 1394 Willamette Phone 212