Rain Halts
Workout of
Cindermen
The atmosphere was as gloomy
in the varsity track locker room as
the weather was outside yester
day, as the cindermen were told
•toy Mentor John Warren that there
was little use in suiting up for prac
tice.
Despite the cloudbursts and a
soggy track that had been badly
churned in a high school meet yes
terday morning, a few hardy run
ners ventured out. But the majority
contented themselves with limber
ing up briefly, and relaxing in the
training-room whirlpool.
Warren Declines Prediction
Warren wisely declined to make
any optimistic predictions on the
•outcome of Saturday’s contest with
■WSC on 'the Hayward oval. He de
clared that although Oregon should
.annex several firsts, a lack of sec
•ond and third place point-makers
will weigh heavily against a
chance for victory in the opening
meet of the ND race.
He said that Washington State
possesses a strong, well-balanced
squad. They are especially well
supplied with distance runners, a
Webfoot weakness that was es
pecially noticeable in the OSC re
lays.
Oregon y% Emerald
SPORTS
Don Fair, Fred Taylor, Co-Sports Editors
Netters Slate Whitman
On Duck Courts Today
Weather permitting, the Oregon
tennis team, winless in two con
tests, will take on the Whitman
college squad today at 2 p. m„ in
the first home match of the season
for the Webfoots.
The match, a non-conference af
fair, will give the Ducks an oppor
tunity to warmup their guns for
this weekend against WSC and
Idaho.
Bowman Number One
Bert Bowman has taken over
the number one spot on the Duck
tennis team, Coach Kermit Smith
announced yesterday, and Saal
Lesser has been moved down one
notch on the roster.
Smith said that the change in
position was determined by a
challenge match, in which Bowman
defeated Lesser.
Another change in the lineup is
Philadelphia Teams Rest Atop
Of Leagues in Major Baseball
NEW YORK, April 24 — (UP) —
That occasional spring phenome
non of two Philadelphia teams
leading their respective major
league races developed again to
day and if Ben Chapman can find
enough castoffs to do his pitching,
the Phils may stick around in the
vicinity of the top.
Chapman trotted out 39-year-old
Emil Leonard to win his opening
day game for him, and today he
brought forth three more unwant
ed flingers Schoolboy Rowe, Ken
Hentzelman and Ed Heusser—who
collaborated in a 13-inning 4 to 3
triumph over the Boston Braves.
Meanwhile, the A’s, still gloating
over the opening day double victory
over the Red Sox, rested atop the
American league after being rained
out of their final game at Boston.
The St. Louis Cardinals, scored a
.1 to 2 triumph over the visiting
Cincinnati Reds, their second in a
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row. George Munger held the Reds
to five hits.
Andy Pafko’s two-run homer in
the eighth broke up a pitching duel
between Hank Borowy of the Cubs
and Ernie Bonham of the Pirates
and gave Chicago a (3 to 3 victory
at Pittsburgh.
It took the Giants three hours
to top the Dodgers, 9 to 5, at the
Polo Grounds as Leo Durocher,
back in old form as Brooklyn man
ager, set a new major league rec
ord for a nine inning game by pour
ing 24 players into the lineup.
The Senators made it two out of
three over the world champion
Yankees at Washington, winning
G to 3 on the basis of Gil Coan’s
three-run homer in the third.
The Tigers shared top rung in
the American league with the Ath
letics, knocking over the White
Sox at Chicago, 4 to 3
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in the number five position on tne
team, where letterman Will Reed
has taken over from Rick Trom
mlitz. This change was also
brought about by a challenge tour
nament.
Aiken, Warren
Go to Oswego
For Speeches
Spring football practice was
called off yesterday because of
the wet weather, but the gridmen
will be set to work again tijay.
Coach Jim Aiken, along with
John Warren, head basketball and
track mentor, traveled to Oswego
last night to tell members of the
Oswego Lake country club about
the athletic set-up at the Univer
sity. The movie “Oregon High
lights of 1947,” showing the stand
out performances of the football
team, was shown to the group
also.
The intra-squad football game
scheduled this weekend was post
poned by the grid coach until Fri
day, April 30. This will give the
new players more time to learn the
plays, and also enable the injured
men a chance tp get back into
action.
A regular, full-scale game is still
planned to climax the spring grid
campaign May 22, at the annual
Order of 0 to Meet
There will be an Order of the O
meeting this noon at the Kappa
Sig house instead of the Phi Delt
house, as originally scheduled,
President Ed Dick announced.
Studesiti to- JleG/ui Scote . . .
It Weighs 475 Pounds
And Keeps Time, Too
Oregon basketball fans will
know what the score is next sea
son! Athletic Director Leo Harris
announced that a new scoreboard
has been purchased, and will be in
stalled at McArthur court.
The scoreboard, weighing 475
pounds, will be anchored by a steel
cable, and will hang from the cen
ter of the basketball floor. The
score tabulator will have four
faces, one visible to spectators on
each side of the court.
12-Inch Numbers
The lettering is twice as high as
those used last year. The 12-inch
numerals will be electrically oper
ated from the scorer’s bench, based
upon a push-button mechanism.
In addition, above each face of
the scoreboard will be a time clock.
The scoreboard and clocks will be
placed at an angle so they can be
seen by both fans and players
alike.
Backboard Lights
Harris also announced that red
lights will be installed behind each
backboard. When a period ends, a
buzzer will sound, and the red
lights will flash on simultaneously
at the ends of the court. This will
act as an aid to the officials in de
ciding whether a shot was actually
in the air when the period ended.
The round numerals on the score
board are formed by a series of
raised red bulbs, clearly visible to
onlookers. The scoreboard will also
keep an account of the quarter be
ing played.
Harris said that a scoreboard
similar to the new one is used in
the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
Cage Coach John Warren remarked
that the one used in the California
court was one of the best he had
seen.
All-American Is Coach
BURLINGAME, Cal., April 21—
—Bob Herwig, former university
of California All-American and ex
husband of Kathleen (Forever
Amber) Windsor, today became
football coach at Burlingame high
school.
The former grid star, was
chosen as center on the All-Am
erican team in 1936.
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