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.
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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
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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.
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