DUCK TRACKS
By FRED TAYLOR
► Co-Sports Editor
The wonderful Oregon weather has been responsible for
some kind of record in causing so many consecutive postpon
'ments of spring sports events. The Duck baseball team can
I celled six straight games be
- cause of the moisture, and if
today’s double-header is lost,
f which is probable, that in
creases the count. And the
! track squad has had its share
•of misfortune in this respect,
also, and the tennis and golf
teams are suffering too. Must
be very inspiring to a new
coach like Don Kirsch to have
’a team, and yet not play any
i games.
I . The irate letter to the editor
recently on the subject of
I Dean Hollis’ timing of his in
i 'eligibility rulings brings to
) mind another case of his pecu
.liar actions last fall during the jack FRIEL
grid season. When Nevada and
San Francisco University signed to play the Ducks they auto
'maicatlly agreed to govern themselves by Pacific coast confer
ence eligibility rules. Jim Aiken requested Hollis to check these
.two squads’ rosters for any deviations. But Hollis demurred,
saying in effect that such a move wouldn’t be cricket for the
host school. And so, as. was uncovered by the Ed McKeever
* row at S. F. U. several players were later found to be inelig
ible. And it is known that several Nevada men were definitely
-ineligible by both N.C.A.A. and P.C.C. rulings.
Crisler Running for President?
The sports columnist of the Michigan Daily claims to know
the facts behind the recent rumors at Ann Arbor that Fritz
! Crisler is going to leave the university. This writer says that
I Crisler is not leaving for private business, but is a secret can
I * didate for president, on both the Republican and Democratic
f tickets. Jeff Craveth of Southern California was mentioned
' as possible vice-president candidate on the same platform. As
* a matter of fact, however, Crisler is keeping mum about his
!»real plans. Several reports, all claiming to be true, have him
. going into private business in Chicago. Fritz is supposed to
, have a $50,000 a year job lined up, in place of his $14,500 job
as athletic director. The reason for his change, if he does move,
s has been given as discouragement over the opposition to his
I pet million-dollar improvement program of Michigan athletic
f facilities.
* California authorities have found a way to get a gridder
; - out for spring practice, although his grades, under PCC
f rules may be too low to participate. Jack Jensen, ace Calif
* ornia fullback, signed up for a PE course, Theory of Foot
* ball Coaching/under Lynn Waldorf, which requires him
to suit up and go through the same workouts as the foot
ball team. Which solves the problem neatly.
Another school besides Oregon State went through the
* shakes recently over speculation about losing its basketball
i .coach. Jack Friel of Washington State appeared on a political
v platform in behalf of the Wallace for President campaign,
* and soon after a wave of rumors that the veteran mentor was
Agoing to resign and stump for his candidate swept the Pa
1 louse country. But the coach reassured his public that he is
not quitting, and he has decided to refrain from political state
‘ments in the future,
i
*Odell Making Changes in Husky System
University of Washington’s Howie Odell is currently hold
'inghis spring grid practice, and is making a number of changes
' in the Husky system of play. Emphasis is being placed by the
»new young mentor on short-gain line plays this spring. Last
year Yale, under Odell’s direction, led the nation in total first
.downs, and evidently he is going to concentrate on first downs.
- The halfbacks are doing the line-bucking in this early work
. out, and the end sweeps are being made only by the fullbacks,
which is somewhat of a change. Alf Hemstad, veteran Husky
*gridder, is being shifed back to the quarterback post. Hem
* stacl was all-coast at guard in 1945, switched to quarterback in
*1946, and last season was back at guard. He has been tabbed
, as starting quarter on the eleven so far this spring.
Oregon opens its baseball season next Wednesday, sup
posedly, weather permitting, with the defending champion
Washington State Cougars. Last season the Ducks finish
_ ed just behind the Cougars, and so the opener should be
a corker, with many of the same players back on both
squads. The game is bound to be colorful, with the loud
- mouthed Buck Baily, Cougar coach, on the sidelines pro
testing every decision by the umpires.
Oregon ^ Emerald
SPORTS
Don Fair, Fred Taylor, Co-Sports Editors
IM Nines Perform
Despite Wet Fields
Monday’s Schedule
3:50 North Field - Campbell Club
3:50 South Field - McChesney hall
3:50 Upper Field - Tau Kappa Ep.
4:55 North Field - -Sederstrom
4:55 South Field - Stitzer hall
4:55 Upper Field - Pi Kappa Phi
vs Pi Kappa Alpha
vs Phi Delta Theta
vs Kappa Sigma
vs Legal Eagles
vs Beta Theta Pi
vs Nestor hall
By DAVE TAYLOR
Results of the afternoon com
petition were: ATO squeezed by
the Sammies 2-1; Chi Psi applied
the white-wash to the Fijis 8-0;
Minturn hall blasted Westminster
house 20-4; and Phi Kappa Psi
dubbed Merrick hall 9-1. Delta Up
silon was handed a forfeit win
when the Yeomen failed to field a
team at game time.
Lambda Chi’s Jack Puffinbarger
and French’s Gene Hilifiker pitted
their mound talents against each
other to turn in the finest pitched
game of the season thus far as
Lambda Chi downed the Hallmen
2-1. However Puffinbarger’s team
mates gave him the necesary field
ing support to gain the victory.
The two pitchers struck out a
total of 14 men, eight for Hilifiker
while Puffinbarger wiffed six.
Walt Wade, French center fielder,
stole the show from the two pitch
ing aces with a sensational catch
in the third inning.
Alpha Tau Omega, although out
hit, edged out Sigma Alpha Mu
2-1. SAM pitcher Jerry Barde
forced in the winning run when he
walked Lynn Hamilton in the
fourth inning. The Sammies out
hit the ATO squad three to one,
but committed three costly errors.
Chi Psi, behind the Maxwell
brothers battery, romped over Phi
Gamma Delta 8-0. Pitcher Bob
Maxwell handcuffed the Fiji’s bat
men all afternoon allowing them
only one base hit while his Chi
Psi buddies pounded Tag McFad
den’s offerings for eight blows,
four of which went for extra
bases.
Minturn hall unleashed a bar
rage of base hits to smother West
minster house 20-4. Two homers
by Tom Nekota and Marv Timms
led the Minturn assault.
Phi Kappa Psi thumped Merrick
hall 9-1 after Merrick hall went
into an early lead, but was hinder
ed' by six infield errors.
Frosh Slate
Ten Frays
Apparently well-pleased with
the showing of his freshman horse
hide aggregation in their Wednes
day scrimmage with the Webfoot
varsity, Coach Barney Koch will
begin concentrating on individual
men and positions today, and step
up drills as much as the leaky
weather will permit.
First injury of the season re
sulted in the Varsity-Frosh tilt
when catcher Eddie Artzt suffered
two broken fingers on his right
hand. A foul tip during fifth
inning activity did the dirty work.
Koch plans to run his 22man
collection through an intra-squad
scuffle Saturday afternoon, again
depending on the attitude of the
weather. He also cancelled rumors
that the Ducklings would meet one
of the Eugene-area high school
nines before the regularly sched
uled opener April 17. Following
is the Frosh season slate to date;
high and University of Portland
arrangements for the Jefferson
Frosh encounters have not been
definitely completed:
April 17—(doubleheader) Hills
boro high, Howe Field, 1 p.m.;
St. Helens high, Howe Field, 3 p.m.
April 23—Oregon State College
Rooks, at Corvallis.
April 30—Oregon State College
Rooks, Howe Field, 3 p. m.
May 1—University of Portland
frosh, Howe Field, 2:30 p. m.
May 8—Oregon State College
Rooks, at Corvallis.
May 14—Oregon State College
Rooks, Howe Field, 3 p. m.
May 15—Washington high,
Howe Field, 10 a. m.
May 21—Jefferson high, Port
land.
May 22—University of Portland
frosh, Portland.
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Trojan Hurler
Earns Honor
LOS ANGELES, April 8—(UP)
—University of Southern Califor
nia Pitcher Wally Hood, Jr., today
was selected Southern California
athlete for the month for March,
1948, by the Helms athletic founda
tion’s board of local sports writers.
Young Hood, son of the former
major-league and PCL outfielder,
had won seven games without a ■
loss for the Trojan baseball squad. ’
His wins included a five-hit per
formance against the Cleveland '
“B” team and an 8 to 7 win over
the Chicago White Sox.
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