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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1948)
Record Grid Turnout Expected Monday as Aiken Issues Call Over 100 gridders are expected to report for action Monday after noon, when Coach Jim Aiken be gins the 30-day spring football practice session. Already 90 uniforms have been issued to hopefuls, and more are expected to draw their equipment Monday morning. Players who have not drawn uniforms must get them before 3 p.m. Monday afternoon, however, so they will be ready to turn out. Only in case the weather is so bad that it prevents an outside practice will the opening day be postponed. Aiken is anxious to get the spring session started as soon as possible, so that he can size up the material on hand. New Men Present At least 21 new comers will be among the gridmen turning out Monday. These are junior college transfers and transfers from major colleges who have not played foot ball for a season. Some sparkling talent, if judged by their past rec ords, will be on hand for the early work. Several former all-confer-1 ence junior college men are al ready on the roster, along with notables from various other leagues. The first-stringers from Oregon’s second-place conference team will be out for practice, minus seven graduates. Aiken has promised that these holdovers will have a hard scrap on their hands keeping their posts this spring, because every po sition is wide open to all comers. Competition Due Aiken figures he will have two top-flight men fighting for every position on the forward wall, with out taking into consideration the unknown quantity—the junior col lege newcomers. And the number is even greater in the battle for backfield places, with at least sev en players trying for the left half back spot, left vacant by Jake Leicht’s graduation. Leicht, inci dentally, will help Aiken and the backfield coach Frank Zazula pick his own successor. Jake is going to work with the left halfs during the spring, and try to teach them the tricks he knew so well. Several of the gridmen who will report are participating in other sports, but will devote part of their time to training for the gridiron. Openers Flooded; Dudes Go Monday The Oregon baseball team’s open ing game of the season yesterday with Willamette, scheduled for Water’s field in Salem was rained out. The loca,l nine held a workout in McArthur court instead of trav eling to Salem. Coach Don Kirsch announced that if the weather takes a turn for the better, the Oregon diamond squad will leave for Portand this morning. The Webfoots have two games scheduled with the Portland Pilots at 1:30 p.m. at Columbia , •* park. The Willamette double header which was washed out may be made up sometime next week, Kirsch ex plained. Already the Ducks sched ule for next week includes single games with the Salem Senators Monday and Tuesday, and twin bills with Willamette Friday and Port land Saturday. All games are to be played at the Civic stadium. The Duck diamonders will stick to the same starting lineup today if the two games are played. Whitey Lokan will open the first game on the mound and Jim Kays is slated for hurling duties, in the second Grapefruit League Action Hot, Heavy By UNITED PRESS Phoenix, Ariz., April 2.—The Pittsburgh Pirates battered four Giant pitchers for 12 hits and a, 12 to 7 victory here today. It was a see-saw battle of slug ging. Ralph Kiner broke up a 7 to 7 deadlock with a homer in the eighth. And in the same inning, Ed Stevens poked a two-runner out of the park. Whitey Lockman and Clint Ha,rtung walloped circuit blows for New York. Tucson, Ariz., April 2.—The Cleveland Indians routed Joe Haynes in a seven-run fifth inning today to crush the Chicago White Sox, 12 to 4. It was the 17th beating of the spring for the hapless White Sox, who made only five hits off A1 Gettel and Edgar (Special Deliv ery) Jones, the Cleveland Browns’ halfback who is attempting a r pitching career. contest. Both tilts are for seven in nings. The Webfoot infield stacks up with Dick Bartle at first, captain Walt Kirsch at second, A1 Cohen at short and Don Kimball at the hot corner. The outfield, from left to right is Johnny Kovenz, Hal Zurch er, and Pat Wohlers. Pilots Untested The Portland nine is also reason ably untested, although Mush Tor son’s team has played some prac tice sessions with the Rose city high school squads. The Monday and Tuesday con tests pit the Webfoots against the highly regarded Salem outfit of the Western International circuit. The Senators Hre a farm team of the Portland Beavers, are stocked with much ex-Coast league talent. Managing the Salem team is Jack Wilson, who spent several seasons as pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of the American league. DeWayne Johnson and Dick Wil kins are both pitchers on the base ball club, and Lou Robinson is a javelin thrower on the track team. Wilkins, who is going to try out for the right end spot, was declared in eligible last year before the season started. Aiken compared the bas keteer as a pass-catching end to the great Don Hudson, and said that Oregonjs aerial attack would benefit greatly by his presence. Frosh Stars Out A number of good players from last season’s frosh football team are also expected to turn out for spring practice. Chet Daniels and Art Harris, guards, Dick Mobley and Doug Coghill, ends, and Dave Gibson, center, were all strong boys on the Duckling eleven last season, and are expected to provide plenty of competition for the varsity men. Bobby Locke Hints Africa Golf Golden WINSTON-SALEM, N, C., April 2—(UP)—South Africa isn’t ex actly the worst place in the world to look for gold and Bobby Locke of Johannesburg said today that the lure of big-money golf in his native land may draw him away from the 1948-49 U. S. winter cir cuit. “My country is getting golf con scious and I don’t want to miss out on it,” he said. “South Africa is my home and there’s money involved,” said Locke, who is the number two -money-winner in the United States this season despite his absence from the Charlotte and Greensboro opens. He has won nearly $8,000 during the past three months. This added to the $24,000 he won during his first swing around the U. S. circuit last year puts him ahead of Amer ica’s top professionals for the two seasons. South African golf promoters have planned an 11-tournament program starting next January, Locke said. To attract top talent, they’re offering some $44,000 in prize money. “The thing’s going to be big enough so that some of your boys may be coming to see us instead of the other way around,” said the big pro. “Come on, Johnny, mother promised us Dentyne Chewing Gum if we only sat through it once!” “Not even Frankie Swoonatra could make me miss Dentyne Chewing Gum! That nifty flavor really sends me—1 mean it really does. And the way Dentyne helps keep my teeth white, 1 wanta turn on the old smile all the time. Dentyne Gum — Made Only By Adams ^ Oregon Emerald SPORTS Don Fair, Fred Taylor, Co-Sports Editors j Prep Splashers Perform Today in Reed Meet The cream of the Oregon prep swimmers will perform today, start ing at 10 a.m., in the men’s pool, in the first annual state high school swimming meet. Preliminary heats are set to be gin at 10, and the finals will start at 3:30 this afternoon. Racing in the latter event will be the five en trants who register the top times in the early round. Spotlight of the meet falls on three squads of the 13 teams en tered. West Linn high, with a well balanced aggregation, is rated the favorite, but Grant and Lincoln of Portland will be hot contenders also. The meet, called the Jim Reed championship, after the captain of Wet Weather Halts Netters Yesterday’s rains halted tem porarily action in the varsity ten nis tryouts which have been going on this week. Weather permitting. Thursday’s quarterfinals saw two lettermen nab victories with comparative ease. Saal Lesser de feated John Trommlitz 6-2, 6-tO, while Fred Howard defeated Feas ley 6-2, 6-1. Warren Fleming defeated Dick Reed 6-4, 6-2, and Bob Corgan de feated Howard Chin 6-1, 6-0 in other quarterfinal results Thurs day. the 1937 Oregon Pacific coast con ference champion swim team who died in the service in 1942, will be come a yearly affair. Trophys have been donated by Eugene and Port land alumni from the University, and permanent possession of the cups will be awarded to the outfit capturing one three times. An admission of 60 cents for the morning round, and 90 cents for the afternoon action will be charged. Presenting... 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