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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1948)
Ducks Top Pioneers in First Test Oregon Slams 14 Hits As 3 Hurlers Get 9-7 Win By BOB REED Old man weather did an ab the Oregon Ducks took advan weather this season to get a 1 hide campaign. This game marked the first year. Lewis and Clark college 1 as have faced the Ducks during The score, 9 to 7, the Ducks c responsible for the smile on ti niest gratifying thing about t was the way Skipper Kirsch’f actual game conditions. I'lay Like Veterans Under the watchful eye of Men tor Kirsch, the Ducks moved like veterans in the field. They fielded flawlessly, except for two bad throws past the first baseman, those thrown by Walt Kirsch, each time In an attempt to complete a double play. At the plate, the Ducks garnered fourteen basehits. Bill Burgher, Don Dibble, Don Kimball, and' Ray Stratton led the attack with two safeties apiece. Whitey Lokan and Dick Wilkins remained on the sidelines during the game. Mentor Kirsch is prob ably saving these two for the opening conference game tomor row. Four pitchers, who have done little work so far this season were given a chance to hurl. Hemvood Hit Norm Henwood was on the mound for the three first Innings and the Lewis and Clark butters jumped on him in tiie first inning, combining a walk to Mills, a single by Bob Signer, and another base hil by Dick Nemyer for one run. Don Wright a lefthander, started for Lewis and Clark and' complete ly baffled the Ducks in the first frame. He struck out Kovcnz and Zurcher and fielded an easy grounder hit back to mound by Burgher. Kimball Doubles Lewis and Clark added another run in the second, and the Ducks came back in their half of the frame to tie up the ballgame. Bart ]<■ was on first due to an error by the third baseman, Don Dibble singled down the left field line, and Don Kimball cleared the bases with a long double over the left fielder’s head. Willard Stradley took the hill for the Ducks in the top of the fourth, shut out his opponents in that frame, gave up one run in the fifth, and held them scoreless again in the sixth. In the mean time, the Ducks pounced on Wright for' four runs. They scored one in the fourth, on a hit by Dibble, who subsequently stole second, and scored a minute later on a hit to center by Kimball. micas >eore i nree The Ducks found Wright in the sixth to score three quick runs. Cohen was on by an error, Fat Wohlers who batted for Dibble bunted and was safe, and Ray Stratton batting for Kimball put down a sacrifice bunt and beat the throw. Then At Smolish pinch tut for Stradley, punched a short tut into right field to bring two runs over. Stratton scored the -third run as Kovenz was being tossed out at first. The third Oregon pitcher, Bob Charlton, was somewhat wild and in the eighth, Lewis and Clark found the range, combining three walks with three hits for four runs. Mentor Kitsch hustled Homer Brobst to the mound to stop the rally before they could tie up the ball game. Brobst stopped Lewis and Clark cold in rupt about face, yesterday, and tage of the first good baseball telated start in the 1948 horse contest for both teams for this las suffered the same handicaps talie past two weeks, ver Lewis and Clark was partly e face of Don Kirsch. But the le whole afternoon's activities ball plavers performed under the ninth, faning two men in the process. All in all, it was a very happy afternoon for Don Kirsch and his Oregon ball players. Notes of the Game—It will be either Whitey Lokan or Dick Wilkins for the Ducks when they go against the Washington State Cougars tomorrow. Our guess is Whitey Lokan j . . A1 Cohen, shoitstop, retired all three batters for Lewis and Clark in the fourth . . . Cohen made, a tricky stop of a grounder hit back of second in the sixth to throw out Thomas by two steps ... A double by Walt Kirsch in the first was wasted as Zurcher fanned, and Burgher bounced out to the pitcher. . . Fred Wilson, former Oregon JV third baseman, led the Lewis and Clark atack with three hits. Trackmen Needed Mentor John Warren issued a call for anyone interested in try ing out for the varsity track squad to report to McArthur court today for the varsity-frosh meet, sched uled for 3 p.m. Equipment will be issued to anyone desiring to part 1 ieipate in the varsity locker-room. Golf Rsgistration Ends Today is the last day to regis ter for the women's golf tourna ment, it was announced. Women may file their names until 5 p. m. at the cage in Gerlinger. Hardly a reformer is now alive who ever saw a permanently suc cessful campaign against gambling. Freedom of speech includes the right of every citizen to open his mouth at the wrong time. r-; v—■iLEausLiilig!.-1—l* Box Score Lewis & Clark AB R H PO A Wilson, ss .5 13 11 Mills, cf .3 2 0 3 0 * Coffman .0 0 0 0 0 Pearson, cf .1 0 0 0 0 Signer, B, rf.3 0 2 1 1 Peterson, lb ..5 1 0 9 0 Nemyer, If .5 0 2 1 0 Acheson, c .4 0 15 2 Beima, c .0 0 0 0 0 Signer, D, 2b.4 0 0 2 2 Thomas, 3b ...5 112 0 Wright, p .2 110 4 Mathus, p .1 110 1 fWin'ters, .1 0 0 0 0 Totals.39 7 11 24 11 Oregon Kovenz, If .5 0 110 Kirsch, 2b .4 0 14 0 Zurcher, cf ...,t5 1110 Burgher, c .3 0 2 2 0 Rodiger, c .2 0 0 2 0 Bartle, lb .5 2 0 9 0 Cohen, ss .4 10 3 5 Dibble, rf .2 2 2 0 0 Wohlers, rf ....2 112 0 Kimball, 3b .2 0 2 3 3 Stratton, 3b ....2 2 2 0 0 Henwood, p ...1 0 1 0 1 Stradley, p .0 0 0 0 0 f Smolish .1 0 10 0 Charlton, p ...,0 0 0 0 1 Brobst, p .0 0 0 0 0 Totals .38 9 14 27 10 * Batted for Mills in the eighth, f Batted for Mathus in the ninth, f Batted for Stradley in the sixth. L & C.110 010 040—7 11 4 Oregon.020 103 21x—9 14 2 _ Indians Buy Wensloff NEW YORK, April 12—(UP) Charley Wensloff, a holdout pit cher with a sore right arm and a unique sense of values—was sold to the Cleveland Indians for $20, 000 by the New York Yankees. The Yankees had sold' Wensloff ! to the Philadelphia Phils but the National League club couldn’t come to terms with him and re turned him to New York Saturday. Sports Staff Fred Taylor Don Fair Dick Cramer Dick Mase Dean DeLap Elwin Paxson John Barton FOR SPRING TERM Buy a CARDIGAN JACKET FENNELL'S MEN'S STORE Assorted: Sizes Colors Materials BUY ONE TODAY xhoo"li3“st: Passing Emphasized In Spring Football Drills Action started again Monday on the football front, as Coach Jim Aiken hearded his 90 odd charges through another rugged practice session, beginning the second week of the scheduled 30-day spring workout. • Screen passing drew the first serious attention of the year yes terday afternoon, as Aiken had Van Brocklin loosen his throwing arm with a lengthy workout on the aerial game, to get an idea of the strength of the burly Oregon for ward wall. Ends and halfbacks all had opportunities to exhibit their pass-snagging ability, as Van’s automatic arm kept pitching strikes. Bell Injured George Bell, regular right half back, injured his hand early in the practice in a collision with Bill Abbey, and went to the showers early. Extent of the injury was not certain, but an X-ray was slat ed for this morning. It is not be Tennis Team Meets OSC The postponed tennis match with Oregon State, called off Saturday because of rain in Corvallis, will be played on the OSC courts today at 2 p.m., weather permitting, Coach Kermit Smith announced yester day. Rick Tromlitz has been placed in the number five spot on the Duck Squad, Smith said. The decid ing tournament was finished Fri day afternoon. The team is now complete, with the first four posi tions filled by Saal Lesser, Bert Bowman, Bob Corgan, and Fred Howard, in that order. Lesser and Howard are lettermen. Coach Smith said that he expect ed plenty of trouble from the Bea vers in the match today, but that his squad will play to win. ,7=y-—- 1 '■ lieved to be broken, however. A number of halfbacks took a turn at Bell’s spot in the course of the afternoon, although none looked as promising as the veteran himself. Keith De Courcey made a number of trial runs from the pos ition, and Dick Maudlin, 155 pounder from the frosh eleven, also looked very sharp. Sanders Shines Everybody got into the act as pass receivers, and a number look ed very promising. Number one in this department was Big Bob San ders, who really rolled as only he can in yesterday’s session. From his fullback spot Sanders was floating out to the sidelines, on the pitchout play, and then gathering in the short aerials tossed to him by Van Brocklin. From there the big boy turned on the speed, churn ing up hte field like a battleship on the move. And even though Sand ers is a hefty lad he is able to cut and twist like a small-sized half back. Johnny McKay continued to de light the bystanders with his change-of-pace trickery, which was,especially effective after re ceiving short passes out on the flanks. Woodley Lewis also work ed from the left half, and made some nice runs after pass catchers. Bob “Bunny” Easter, the 5 foot 6 inch half, also took a turn at running the ball, and was quite effective despite his halfpint stature. Ends Bob Anderson and Dan Garza proved equally adept at pigskin grabbing, and promised to give Oregon a powerful one-two punch at the wingman positions next fall. Linemen Shaping Linemen are rapidly shaping up, and the top men are showing themselves. First team tackles are Steve Dotur and Don Stanton, but another coming pair is the team of Sam Nevills and Bob Roberts. (Please turn to page five) ~ -~ -- April is Anniversary Sale Month At Roy Coppings! Throughout April we are offering a free quart of oil with every ten gallons of gasoline purchased. —————————————— ——————— Motor Oil Prices Are— Champion Eastern Oil .30 Qt. Conoco Oil .40 Qt. Quaker State Pure Penn Oil .40 Qt. RPM Motor Oil .40 Qt. "It's Thrifty to Buy" Vde give Green Stamps with every purchase Roy Copping "THE CHAMPION DEALER" 11th and Oak Phone 4812