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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1948)
' DUCK TRACKS By FRED TAYLOR j Co-Sports Editor Oregon's baseball team, which as yet hasn't had an official practice, opens the 1948 season against the Willamette Univer - sity nine April 2 at Salem, and fleets Portland University’s uiaiiiuuu squau rne next ciay in Portland. Return engagements with the two teams are sched uled for the 9th and 10th here in Eugene, although the exact - site is still unsettled. But with . Howe field still torn up, and nothing being done about' it. it seems certain that at least the first part of theschedule will be performed on the Civic Stadium diamond. One of the disadvantages of JACK FRIEL navmg me baseball coacn assist in basketball is the late start the horsehiders get as a'result. The Oregon trackmen face the _ same situation, as they have to practice without coaching until John Warren completes his hoop duties, and can devote full attention to the thinclads. It doesn't help the standing of the spring sports to get such a late start, and the situation should be changed before another year rolls around. Just when the - tracksters would get started if Oregon would win the bashket . ball pennant and perform in a few tournaments is a question. .. About the middle of April, probably. But, of course, the Web foots do not face that problem this year, and by next a regular track coach will be appointed, we hope. Official baseball practice will start March 8, although a number of the hopefuls have been working out for several weeks on their own initiative. Don Kirsch faces a big task in molding a strong nine this year, because the mound staff especially has been depleted. California Nines Already Playing The diamond outfits of the California schools are already playing games, many of them with big league pro outfits. - Southern Cal’s Trojans especially have the advantage on the Northern Division teams in that respect, as many of the pro , teams have spring training camps in that region, and are al . ways willing to play with the college boys, giving both sides some good experience. Washington State, defending ND base ball champ, is practicing in the fieldhouse at Pullman until the weather clears enough for outdoor work. Buck Bailey, the ' clown coach of ND baseball, will have another pennant conten der this year. ' When the state prep basketball tourney opens at McArthur " court March 16 fans will see the cream of the high school hoop **j~xrop, But one outstanding prepper who won’t perform because ■ - his cjuint didn’t make the grade is Bob Ball, Ranier high’s high scoring hooper. Ball has a 21.67 points per game average for 28 games this winter, a pretty good season's work. And the teams his quint have played have been no pushover, either. Ball, who stands six feet tall, and weighs 174 pounds, set new state scoring record for a total points scored in competition, hitting 1272 in three years. His first season he dunked 129 points, shot up to 536 the second, and this winter dropped through 607. He Was Hot Against Good Teams The fewest number of points Ball scored this season has_been ten, in three different games. He scored 26 against Jefferson, Portland’s candidate in the state championships, 31 against * both Astoria and Central Catholic of Portland, and 45 against Vancouver high. He also canned 25 points against the OSC * Rooks. A senior at Ranier, he will be a nice prize for some col lege coach. One of the nation’s top gridiron aggregations last year, Michigan, has also turned out a top-notch hoop quintet this season. The Michigan team clinched the Big Nine confer ence pennant by knocking over Iowa 51-35 . . . Notre Dame, - the other top grid eleven last fall, also grabbed a bit of glory. The Irish broke New York University’s 19 game .. winning streak Monday night by turning back the last re maining unbeaten team in the nation, 64-59. Washington State’s Jack Friel believes that whert a player commits deliberate foul he should be expelled from the game for the rest of the contest. The only trouble here is in deciding which is a delierate foul, and which is unintentional. We doubt . if the officials will want anything to do with such an idea. Thev take beating enough from fans and coaches now, without adding any more burden to their job. Friel also said while in ■ ■ town that crowd conduct is more responsible for the fire of -criticism of hoop officiating than anything else this season. He admitted the WSC crowds are as bad as anyr which bears out the Emerald's contention that the officiating of Oregon s games with WSC at Pullman was strongly influenced by the partisan crowd. The WSC Evergreen rose in wrath when the idea 'was mentioned on this page, but their own coach has now ver - - 'iried it. 'OId Men'Abandon Rockers In Attempt to Regain Youth Tonight at 7:30 at McArthur 30urt, action will be hot and heavy when the Theta Chi intramural ‘A” basketball titlists tackle the potential powerhouse Faculty All- j Stars. In a secret session with the press last night. Jim Aiken and lohn Warren, co-coaches for the I All-Stars’ hinted at the strategy :hey will employ'tonight. Aiken said that “we expect to have an easy time with the intra mural team because we have such i great gathering of all-around men playing for us. We’ll just go 3ut there and out-finesse ’em.” Warren’s idea of stopping the Theta Chi quint was to have the All-Stars depend on “speed en tirely, and we’ll fake the other team out under the backboards.” But since he is only second in com mand for the faculty team, War ren explained that his strategy was subject to Aiken’s okey. Kirsch a Threat Biggest threat for the All-Stars seem to be Don Kirsch, ex-Web foot cage captain and now the baseball coach. However, Aiken hinted that he was going to bank heavily on Dick “Elbowe” Miller, a varsity basketball man at both Nevada and Akron university, and now football line coach. No starting lineup was revealed by either faculty mentor, but Aik en stated that in case of a short age of reserves, Warren would likely have to see action. “We may recruit some ringers for the con test,” Aiken announced, “and if possible, we will try to bring in some San Francisco ineligibles to fill out our roster.” Other potential point-makers Aged Leo Harris, Oregon athlet ic director, may see action for the faculty tonight, if his lum bago is better. whom the All-Stars are counting on tonight include Carl “Hefty” Heldt, Frosh mentor and reputedly a demon under the board's. Frank “Hipper” Zazula is being counted on to shag the lion’s share of the rebounds fo» the Faculty team, along with Leo Harris. Ray Kireil is and Vernon Sprague, PE instr uctor, are slated for heavy duty service also by the All-Stars. Possibly the most dangerous weapon which the Faculty will spring on the Theta Chi team is a sort of zone-for-man defense since Warren is advocating playing man -to-man and Aiken a zone, with the final decision being a compro mise between these two varying opinions. The Theta Chi cagers are un beaten in two seasons of “A” league intramural basketball, and coach Bill Hutchinson announced his starting lineup of Roy Baugh - lie and Hutchinson, guards. Re man and Gene Hebrard, forwards: Glen Kelley, center; and Tom Col serves for the Hilltoppers are Bill Harber, Don Ruth, Doug Coghifl, Stan Grimberg, and Dale Boyer. Evensen Turns Pro SAN FRANCISCO, March 2— (UP)—The “Rookie” roster of the San Francisco Forty-Niners prof essional football team was boosted to 12 today with the signing of end Gail Bruce, former University of Washington star, and guard Paul Evensen, voted most valuable player on the Oregon State eleven, The life of an automobile tire 3,500 to 25,000 miles in the last 40 has been increased from about years. -- By AL PIETSCHMAN Mandy: “I can’t come to work tomorrow. My li’l boy is sick.” M’am: "Why, Mandy, I thought you said you were an old maid.” Mandy: Ah is, ma’m, but Ah ain’t one of dem fussy kind.” First co-ed: “Jimmy is grand, but I think men are trying some times.” Second co-ed: "All the time, dearie, all the time!” —Ohio State Sundial . . . plaudits to Bob Amacher for his job on Vince Hansen Monday night. Bob turned in an excellent job and shows that he has picked up the defensive “know-how.” . . . it’s interesting to see what people do to idle away tht^r time’ at the games before the varsity ac tion starts. Monday night’s re view: several Alpha Phis pointing to the men’s section and counting off the boys in search of someone. Were they saying “We want you?” . . . Ann Burgess and Sally Wal ler, Thetas, weren’t interested in the frosh game. They turned their backs on it and must have been having a secret confab. Had the coats piled high too. ... a Kappa knitting something pink.” ... . . . some people are students, others aren’t. Don Pickens is one who is. He meets a girl Saturday night and studies her. This is his version of the story but buddy George Rasmussen is a bit doubt ful. . . . me uesL Lime lo wiuu your watch is in the morning. By doing this you keep the spring tight dur ing the action of the day. And the best place to make your jewelry se lection is at Carl Greve, Jeweler, Broadway and Morrison, Portland. ... ad in the University of Wis consin Daily Cardinal: “Ice boat for sale by man in poor condition lying behind Phi Delt house.” No doubt a rushee lost in September’s holocaust of rushing. . . . for the ladies who are dis creet there is a new item on the market. It is a liquid that is ap plied over lipstick and keeps “the lipstick, on you and off him” to quote an advertisement. There goes the Kleenex bills. . . . couldn’t help but correlate an ad in last week's Emerald with the news story about the Betas at USC and the dog. Here’s the ad: “Lost: 8 month old, blonde, cockerspaniel. Wearing collar . . .” Anyone inquire at Patterson street? . . . “Beware the Ides of March.”