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4 DUCK TRACKS | By DON FAIR I Co-Sports Editor The athletic department is going all out to boost spring sports in prominence at the University. First step taken was the reduction in admission charges to track meets and baseball games. Oregon students, as usual, will get in on their student body cards, while adult charges have* I iSLBT"’" ^ been cut from 90 to 75 cents 'Students of high school level or lower will be able to witness these events at the extremely reasonable rate of 25 cents. The second step, which is. still in the contemplation stage, would be holding pos-' sibly two night baseball games in May at the Civic stadium These would be regular North ern Division contests, most likely pitting Oregon against Oregon State. Athletic Director Leo Harris I LEO HARRIS me instigator ot the move for the night diamond games. By doing so, he believes that the baseball team will draw the crowds which the sport merits. Always in the past, spring sports are the forgotten activities of the athletic system at most universities and colleges. And rightly so, Harris feels that these events should deserve more cooperation from the student body. Although Oregon students have for the most part boosted baseball as well as any Northern Division school, there is still lots of room for improvement. Perhaps these two moves will be the key to a permanent solution to build ing up spring sports. Harris also announced that the final intra-squad game of spring grid practice, May 22, is going to be a "big” affair. Dur ing that same weekend, the annual football clinic, open to all high school coaches, will be held here, and the contest will be for their benefit. Game Has Earmarks of Midseason Fray Regular admission, excluding Oregon students, will be charged for the grid battle, as Aiken will unveil the ’48 model of \'V ebfoot football toggery. It will be a regulation 60 minute contest, standard officials will take care of the penalty-calling, and all the glamour and color of a regular season fracas is to be presented. The shutout suffered by the Oregon tracksters in their re lay meet with OSC yesterday emphasizes the necessity of adequate track material and good weather to get the can didates into tip-top condition. This spring, both have been lacking as far as the cindermen have been concerned, with the result being the decisive win posted by the Beavers. Event which the Duck thinclads stood the best chance of winning was the 880-yard relay, but they lost this on the all important baton pass. Skiles Hoffman, trailing his OSC op ponent by only 10 feet, stumbled and fell just before handing the baton to ace sprinter and anchor man Dave Hentorne. By the time Henthorne had retrieved the precious bar, he had an impossible 30 yard deficit to make up. This illustrates that in a close lelay race, its always that baton pass which decides the final outcome. Petition Evidently Sways Gill The 3000 student-signed petition which Oregon staters handed basketball coach Slats Gill last week must have been the card which kept the wily Gill at the Beaver school. From rumors circulating about, the Aggie mentor had quite a juicy offer dished up by UCLA. The salary he was to receive hover ed in the v-12,000 range. In addition he was to have an assistant in both varsity and frosh basketball. These plus the promise that the Bruins would go out and get Gill the material desired at any cost, would be pretty enticing to any cage mentor in this conference. Also the Uclans are planning the construction of a new 20,000 seat ing capacity basketball pavilion, another pretty nice setup from the coaching angle. Baseball coach Don Kirsch is still contemplating the use of Howe field for some baseball games this season. It’s a case of running a risk of tearing up the present work done, before the diamond is actually in shape. Otherwise the Webfoot field will be seeded, leveling finished, and readied for plent}^ of baseball action next spring. Advertising Staff: Day Manager: AL RUEDY Assistant Day Manager: [VIRGINIA MAHON Layout Manager: GEORGE MELVIN I* Night Staff Ann Gilenwaters Lorraine Gueulette Cornelia Hoppe Shirley Fossen Solicitros: SAM PLUNKETT JACK WARD IM Softball Makes Its Debut With Five High-Scoring Tilts Alpha Tau Omega vs Sigma Alpha Mu Yeomen vs Delta Upsilon Lambda Chi Alpha vs Cherney-French Phi Kappa Psi vs Merrick Hall Chi Psi vs Phi Gamma Delta Westminister vs Minturn Hall By DAVE TAYLOR Softball, king of spring term intramural sports, made its de but in regal fashion Wednesday afternoon. Slam-bang, runaway games ruled the fields as four of six scheduled events resulted in lopsided marathons. Result of the diamond action: Sigma Nu whitewashed Phi Sig ma Kappa 14-0; DTD flatened Sherry Ross hall 12-0; Phi Kappa I Three-Lettermen Tennis Team To Face Veteran Aggie Netters It will be a case of three Oregon lettermen against seven O.S.C. veterans in Saturday’s tennis match at Corvallis. Coach Kermit Smith said yesterday. Smith, when asked what he ex pected from the Beavers, replied, ‘‘Seven lettermen.” Oregon has but three letter-winners held over from last season. Positions Unsetled None of the positions on the net team are nailed down yet, Smith asserted, because of the past week’s bad weather, with the ex ception of yesterday, hampering complete practice sessions. The ooach said that the tournament to determine who will play against the Beavers is still under way. A full workout was held on the Order of 0 to Meet There will be an Order of the O meeting at noon today at the ATO house, President Ed Dick an nounced. At the meeting, new bas ketball and swimming lettermen will be initiated. Diamond Dust Coast League Results SAN DIEGO, April 7—(UP)— The San Diego Padres evened' their series with the Portland Beavers with a 4 to 2 win before a crowd of 3,152. Winning Pitcher A1 Olsen had a shutout until the ninth inning when he walked Ford Mullen and Dick Wenner homered for the Beaver’s only score. Portland 000 000 002-2-5-1 San Diego 110 000 02 -4-4-0 Sierra, Kowalski (3) and Beard; Olsen and Rice. Los Angeles 001 000 011-3-5-1 Oakland 001 000 003-4-6-0 Schmidt and Malone; Jones and Raimondi. Seattle 000 000 101-2- 6-0 Sacramento 201 001 41 -9-16-1 Fletcher, Hedgecock (7) and Hemsley; Cecil and Pesut, Cas ting (8). Bums Win 21st in a Row TULSA, Okla., April 7—(UP) -—Piling up 10 runs in the last two innings, the Brooklyn Dodgers breezed to a 12 to 1 victory over the Tulsa Oilers, their 21st exhib ition triumph in a row before a crowd of 7,921. This was believed an all time record for the Tulsa park. Sports Staff: Don Fair Fred Taylor Bob Reed Elwin Paxson John Barton Dave Taylor Dick Mase Among the leading errors of the age is the belief that nobody else will ever see what’s written in one’s diary. courts yesterday under a sunny sky, and Smith reported that all hands are improving steadily. The Saturday match with the Beavers will be held on the Aggies' home courts. Sigma rolled over Omega hall 27 1; SAE downed Sigma Chi 14-4; Theta Chi finally came out on the long end of a 12-8 count over Stdh Ray hall; and Sigma Phi Epsiibh won a forfeit victory when the YMCA team failed to appear at game time. Phi Kaps 27, Omega 1 Phi Kappa Sigma linked 18 big hits with nine Omega hall errors to glide to an easy 27-1 victory over the Straubmen. Phi K&p' pitchers, Bob Pierce and George Waliser, combined their mouhA talents to hold the Omega team hitless, but two errors committed in the first inning cost the ma nO run game. 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