' 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.”