DUCK TRACKS
By DON FAIR
Co-Sports Editor
Athletics at the University will be humming this week. All
„of the spring sport teams face action during the five days—
both varsity and Frosh baseball, Frosh track, and golf, and
WSC has five triumphs in six
starts under its belt. K
The Frosh nine opens a 10- 2
-game slate Saturday with a
„ doubleheader against Hillsboro H
and St. Helens high schools. K
These will be the final games Bj
for Barney Koch’s Yearlings H
'before the first game of their E
- little Civil War series with the jp
-OSC Rooks, the following K
The Webfoots highly-touted 3
tennis. To boot, the annual I
' Hayward relays are slated for ■
(-Oregon cinderpaths, Friday H
and Saturday.
Don Kirsch’s baseball nine f
A. * \
kicks off the Northern Divis
ion flag race Wednesday and
-Thursday against last year’s
titlists from Washington State. :
The Cougars are co-favorites
with Washington to repeat HOD TAYLOR
" again this season, and already
•golf team takes to the road this weekend. Coach Sid Milligan
will lead his six-man team from Eugene Wednesday, and Fri
ylav the divot men open defense of their ND crown against the
Idaho Vandals. They follow this meet up on Saturday with
I another match against Washington State.
Crosbie's Win in Qualifying a Surprise
Al Crosbie’s edging of Lou Stafford in the golf qualifying
was quite an upset, especially in face of the fact that Stafford
was Northern Division medalist last year. Crosbie, on the
other hand, is a comparative unknown with no previous ex
perience to his credit. However, this proves that the competi
” tion might well be expected to be extra keen on the Duck Nib
‘ lick team for the remainder of the season.
Milligan is very pleased at the all around showing of his
candidates, particularly Crosbie and two other unheralded
*■ newcomers, John Prince and Al Reible. A-long with Staf
ford, Rod Taylor, and Dom Provost, this will give the Ore
* gon fairway squad a mighty formidable sextette with
which to defend the crown.
*■ The golf team will have an added advantage when the ND
playoffs are held late in May. The championship flight will
l’* be held in Eugene, between four-man teams of the conference.
* Frosh Harriers Travel to Corvallis
Although no competition is scheduled for the varsity track
team this week, the Frosh harriers will trek to Corvallis Thurs
day afternoon to meet the Rooks in a dual relay. A quick look
* see at the Ducklings material reveals some mighty talented
t men.
In the 100 and 220 sprints, the Frosh thinclads have three
dash men with good reputations behind them—Biff Brai
* nerd, Al Bullier, and Dick Parker. Brainerd was a member
of Grants Pass’s famed 440 and 880 relay team last year,
and in the state meet he was second in both the 100 and 220.
One of his former running mates at GP last spring, Dean
I * Reeter, is rumored coming to Oregon in the fall. Reeter reg
istered at OSC in September but dropped out after one
term.
Both Bullier and Parker are Portland prep stars. In ’46 Bul
kier of Grant placed in both the sprint events in the state meet,
r Parker of Washington won the Portland city title in the 100 in
-’44 and was third in the same event a year later.
Yearlings Strong in Hurdles, Discus
l On the Frosh track squad are also a couple of talented hurdle
.men. Bob Mocabee from Klamath Falls placed first in the
J highs in the state in '47, and Jack Smith from Grants Pass took
-a second in the lows. Another promising Southern Oregon
T trackster, Plerb Mill of Medford will be flipping the discus. He
-wound up with a second in the state last year, although one of
4. his throws, over 153 feet, was disqualified because he scratched.
It the toss had counted, it would have established a new state
‘record.
Elsewhere on the Yearling track squad, the picking is
somewhat skimpy. Ron Reeves, from Franklin of Portland,
is scheduled for competition in the 440 and polevault.
Reeves is reputed to once have cleared 12-feet 6-inches in a
• practice jump while at Franklin. Two ex-Frosh footballers,
John Brown from Forest Grove and Dick Maudlin of Bend,
Y are listed for action in the shotput and 880 respectively.
Webfoot Divot
Squad Selected
.The remainder of the candidates
for the Oregon golf team finished
their qualifying 72-hole test at the
Eugene Country club last weekend,
in order to determine the six-man
traveling squad. The Webfoot div
oters leave tomorrow noon on an
Inland Empire invasion trip again
st Washington State Friday and
Idaho Saturday.
A1 Crosbie took medalist honors
with an even par 288, while Lou
Stafford was runnerup with 289.
Coach Sid Milligan announced that
he had not decided which of these
two would be his number one tee
off man.
Letterman Dom Provost placed
third with a 292, followed by Rod
Taylor 296, John Prince 299,
Chuck Taylor 302, and A1 Reible
307.
As a result of the. scores posted
the top six who will ordinarily
comprise the traveling team are
Crosbie, Stafford, Provost, Rod
Taylor, Prince, and Chuck Taylor.
However, because Rod Taylor will
be unable to get away ot compete
in the two weekend matches, A1
Reible will substitute for him.
Bob Anderson
Star Receiver
The return to school of football
letterman Bob Anderson may be
the answer to the right end posi
tion that was such a problem last
fall. Six-foot two-inch and 202
pounds., Anderson has been han
dling the right flank during
spring practice and appears to be
one bf the better pass-catchers on
the squad.
The big blond took care of the
regular right end post for the
Webfoots in 1945 prior to seeing
service in the navy. Anderson was
stationed at Pt. Hueneme, Calif.,
where he participated in both bas
ketball and track.
In high school Anderson may
not have won state-wide recogni
tion for his football talents, but
he certainly did in track and field.
He is the Anderson from Scap
poose who set the state prep dis
cus record of 153 feet 10 inches
in his senior year. The mark still
stands. The same year he was also
a sho't-putter of some account and
placed second in the state behind
Woodburn’s Bill Austin, who now
plays a bit of football for Oregon
State.
Twenty-year-old Anderson is
single and wears a Kappa Sigma
fraternity pin.
It’s a wise child, in this hysterical
age, who learns not to drive reck
lessly and not toosupport unpopular
ideas.
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Three Softball Teams
Rack Up IM Victories
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
3:50 North Field—Delta Tau Delta vs. Y.M.C.A.
3:50 South Field—Sherry Ross vs. Phi Sigma Kappa
3:50 Upper Field—Sigma Nu vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon
4:55 North Field—Theta Chi vs. Omega Hall
4:55 South Field—Stan Ray vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
4:55 Upper Field—Sigma Ci vs. Phi %igma Kappa
By UI5AN UK LA r
Completing the first round of
softball play yesterday afternoon
Pi Kappa Alpha edged Campbell
Club five to four, Kappa Sigma
tripped Tau Kappa Epsilon 8 to 6,
Phi Delta Theta won by forfeit
over McChesney hall in opening
games, and Sed'erstrom hall drop
ped a 13 to 2 decision to the Legal
Eagles squad, Beta Theta Pi hand
ily defeated Stitzer hall 15 to 2,
Fifty Teams
Expected For
Relay Events
A host of prep tracksters will
invade the Oregon campus this
week-end for the 11th running of
the annual Hayward relays.
For the first time since its in
ception in 1947, the colorful affair
will be without the guiding hand
of the late Colonel Bill Hayward,
founder of the meet. Replacing
him as meet director will be John
Warren, newly appointed varsity
mentor.
Assisting Warren in various of
ficial positions will be members
of the Webfoot track squad, Ore
gon students, and Eugene towns
people. Honorary referee will be
University President Harry K.
Newburn.
39 entries were turned in to the
athletic department by Monday,
and the total was expected to
swell to 50 or more by the dead
line last night.
The schools will be divided into
three classes, according to enroll
ment figures. Those having 500 or
more students are placed in the
A division, less than 500 and more
than 150 in the B, and less than
150 in the C.
Thus far, 13 A schools have sent
in their application, and the re
mainder are divided between the
B and C.
The larger schools will swing
into action on Friday, while the
B and C preppers will hit the Hay
ward field cinders Saturday morn
ing.
Last year's A champions, Med
ford, will again be on hand to
compete for their fourth straight
triumph. The Black Tornado cin
dermen won permanent possession
of the meet trophy in 1947 by
copping the event for the third
time.
and Nestor hall bumped Pi Kappa
Phi 10 to 4 in the days final tilts.
Pi Kap pitcher Art Sprick
limited the Campbell club nine to
two safetys while chalking up his
initial victory of the softball sea
son. Campbell Chucker Cecil Clay
gave up four bingles, three of
which were coupled with two walks
in the first inning, that produced
three runs and a lead which the
Pi Kap squad never relinquished.
The Clubmen tallied three runs
the third canto, on five walks and
Hank Panian’s single, but the
short lived rally wasn't enough.
Archie Gacek hit and pitched
the Kappa Sig squad to a narrow
victory over TKE as he limited his
opposition to six hits and trippled
to lead the stickers. Stan Pierson,
of the TKE team, doubled driving
in two counters late in the tilt
narrowing the score, but Gacek’s
teammates tightened up defensive
ly to eke out their win.
Sederstrom hall, in losing to the
Legal Eagles, was completely out
hit and outplayed in dropping the
game by a lopsided 13 to 2 count.
Errors played havoc on the Seder
strom squad as the Eagles con
nected for only seven safety’s.
Dave Williams’ triple, driving
across two counters in the first
inning, proved to be the big blow
of the game.
A barrage of base hits and Bob
Don’s steady pitching proved too
much for Stitzer hall as the Beta
nine racked up its win.
Pitcher Dean Muckle and third
baseman Merwin Bernstein teamed
together as Nester hall whipped
an outmanned Pi Kap squad. Bern
stein rapped a timely single driv
ing across two counters in the
initial canto, which started a rally
that ended' the tilt in a route.
Portsider Muckle’s steadyness
proved a main factor in the Hall
men’s victory.
Intra-mural director, Jim Vitti,
warns all squads to be ready for
play at the time designated on the
schedules. Warm up for second
games will have to be carried on
off the field before game time, so
tilts may begin at the time desig
nated'.
Night Staff:
Betty French
Jeanne Merrion
Roger Moore
Pat Reese
Bob Brown
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14
OSC All-Stars
vs. i
Oregon Quacks
8 p. m.
EUGENE ICE ARENA
Admission
Adults 50c inc tax
With S. B. cards 30c