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By FRED TAILOR
5 Co-Sports Editor
t
Order of the O, the lettermen’s organization, ignored the
petition against Dean Hollis at its meeting yesterday with the
brusque statement that “This organization will have nothing to
-do with such a move.” Unofficially, the athletes' attitude seems
to be that Hollis has been aboveboard in his dealings with
^eligibility questions, and that
his untimely rulings on play
ers just before events have not
"been his fault. And the admin
istration seems to back the
dean solidly, because of the
.manner in which he stands up
.for Oregon and Northern div
ision rights in the conference
meetings. It is a fact that the
southern schools feel that most
•of the Northern institutions
-are intruders in the Pacific
coast conference, and, there
fore, do their utmost to keep
GENE GlLLiS
tneir rivals in an unimportant position. Dean Jrlolhs is the
leading voice of the ND, his supporters claim.
The University ski club, along with the Obsidians of Eugene,
are putting on a three-day Olympic festival here May 21
through 23, honoring Gretchen Fraser, the first American skier
to win an Olympic event, and Gene Gillis, former Oregon
gridman and member of the U. S. Olympic ski team. Gillis may
return to the campus next fall, but probably won't be eligible
for football because of some movie shorts he recently made,
which cost him his amateur status. Also honored on the pro
gram will be Jack Meissner, who recently completed the first
ski trip from Mt. Hood to Crater Lake.
Speaking of skiing, the University of California has a ski
lodge owned and operated by the school, which is open to
Cal students during the snow season. Provides good quar
ters for skiers at a low cost over the weekends, and yet
supports itself.
Huskies Pick All-Opponents
The University of Washington basketball squad' recently
picked its all-opponent team. The Huskies met not only the ND
teams, but also the Southern division conference champ, Cal
ifornia, and Baylor University and Ohio State, in regional
playoff and pre-season games. Cal's All-American guard Andy
► Wolfe got 26 out of 28 possible votes for one position. Chuck
Hangar of Cal and Cliff Crandall of OSC received 25 votes for
‘positions. Jackie Robinson of Baylor and Dick Schnittker of
Ohio State were the other two men on the first team. Stan
Williamson, Ed Gayda of WSC, and Vince Hanson were named
„on the second team. At the same time Bill “Moose” Vanden
burgh was elected captain of the 1949 five.
At California’s first spring football practice scrimmage ses
sion Monday Lynn Waldorf had 11 full teams performing, in
cluding three elevens of varsity and junior varsity experience,
three scpiads of last season's freshmen, three squads of trans
fers, and two of newcomers to college ball . . . Southern Cal -
has at least one top-notch golfer on its links squad this year.
In a recent match with Loyola, which the Trojans won 41-13,
Paul Carter scored four birdies for a 69 . 1**. Three members
of OSC’s undefeated wrestling team are trying out for Olympic
team berths this weekend . . . Washington’s ace tennis player,
6 foot-3 inch left-hander Jim Brink, finished fourth in the
■ Australian amateur championships last summer, and won the
South Australian toga.
Cal Schools Have Top Tennis Teams
' These California schools really turn out the tennis teams, be
cause of their year-around playing seasons, and the wonderful
■ backing they receive. The top players from the southern schools
are ready to step into big-time competition upon graduation
because of their high caliber of play. An allstar outfit, which
included Ted Schroeder, Pancho Gonzales, and the Falkenburg
brothers, both top netters, played the UCLA squad recently
and won only 8-4. But Schroeder, a national singles star, and
. Gonzales, a perenial contender for the title, were both beaten
by the collegians.
Today’s and Saturday’s baseball games with the Wash
ington Huskies will show up the real power of the Oregon
squad. The Huskies were recently blasted by WSC, 16 to 8,
and Whitey Lokan, who will probably draw the starting
mound job, held the Cougars to only four earned runs in
his first appearence. With some good hitting the Ducks
could put themselves in a very advantageous position for
^ the rest of the season, by winning a pair now.
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Ducklings Hit Rooks
By SAM KIDMAN
Sixteen choice Oregon Ducklings
will embark this afternoon for an
invasion of the Oregon State
freshman baseball empire, where
they will pit their base path know
ledge against the Aggie Rooks.
Coach Barney Koch reported that
the squad will depart the campus
for Corvallis via bus at 1 p. m., and
the Rook encounter is slated to
get under way at 3 p. m.
The 16-man traveling crew is
composed of: Jim Hanns, Lyle
Sacs Finally
Beat Seals
By United Press
Sacramento and jack Salveson
finally tasted sweet revenge last
night as the Solons defeated San
Francisco, 4 to 3, for the first time
in five Pacific Coast league tries.
Salveson, who was knocked from
the box by rambunctious Seal bat
ters on opening day, hurled nine
hit ball tonight, while Timmy Fine,
who hurled a two-hit shutout
against the Solons during the first
series, was driven to the showers.
The Solons picked up three runs
in the first inning on five hits and
a walk. A hot grounder by Rip
Russell ended Fine’s short stay on
the mound when it caromed off his
shins. Dewey Soriano replaced him.
The other Solon score came in the
fifth when Joe Grace hit his second
double of the game and Russell sin
gled him home.
San Diego Starting Hurler Jess
Flores retired only one Los An
geles batter tonight as the Angels
pumped out a five-run outburst in
the first inning to takea 5 to 0
Pacific Coast league baseball win
from San Diego.
The Padres outhit the victors, 9
to 6, but smooth performances by
the Los Angeles infield snuffed ev
ery San Diego threat. Three times
the Angels came through with dou
ble plays when San Diego threat
ened. Winning Hurler Hal Kleine
walked six Padres and struck oift
four.
Other games in the Pacific Coast
conference were rained out.
Parker Paces
Net Tourney
HOUSTON, Tex., April 22, (UP)
-^Frankie Pprker of Los Angeles,
the nation’s leading amateur and
the favorite to win the men’s sin
gles crown in tfc*z 14th annual
River Oaks tennis tourney, led the
top favorites today into the semi
final round.
Parker, a River Oaks titlist of
15 years ago who has been in
tournament competition for 19
years, won over Bobby Curtis of
Rice Institute, 6-3, 6-2. Curtis is
No. 1 player at Rice.
A hard-fought contest between
Eddie Moylan of San Francisco
and Francis X. Shields of New
York was left in doubt because of
darkness.
Darkness Stops
Young Moylan overcame a three
game lead to take the frist set 8-6,
while the 37-year-old star of the
middle of the last decade checked
Moylan’s Irish determination by
winning the next set 6-4. The
match will be decided tomorrow.
Billy Talbert, seeded second at
River Oaks, won easily over Sam
Match of San Francisco, 6-1, 6-2.
Earl Cochell, also of San Fran
cisco, defeated Tom Mollloy of
New Orleans, 6-2, 6-1. Cochell
meets Talbert in the semifinals on
Saturday.
Rogers. Ken Bennett, Eddie Artzt,
Bob Palmer, Ray Elkins. Don Pet
erson, Brad Fullerton, Fred Welch,
Chuck Humble, Mel Krouse, Clyde
Ellison, Bob Bonebrake, Will Ur
ban. Jack O’Connor, and John
McGinnis.
Tentative Starters
Tentative starters are as follows:
Hanns or Rogers, pitcher; Artzt
or Bennett, catcher; Peterson, first
base; Welch, second base; Mel
Krouse, shortstop, Bonebrake,
third base; Ellison, left field;
Humble, center, and Elkins, right
field.
Koch noted that the Rooks
have been able to get a few games
under their belts, whereas the
Ducklings have had nothing more
than Frosh-Varsity competition;
he stressed the fact that actual
game experience is the difference
between a good season start and a
weak one. The constantly bad
weather in the Eugene area has
hampered the Frosh, not to men
tion all other spring sports, to the
point where they were fortunate to
squeeze in several intrasquad tilts.
The original Frosh diamond
opener was slated for last Satur
day, when they were to have
squared off in a double header
against Hillsboro and St. Helens
high schools, but first St. Helens,
then the Hillsboroans cancelled
their engagements, and the Frosh
Varsity game that was substituted
fell victim to a Saturday afternoon
rain siege.
Try to Clobber Ags
As the rains continued to drench
the Oregon campus yesterday af
ternoon, Coach Koch assembled his
diamond dusters in their dressing
room, delivered a brief lecture, and
sent his batteries to the ROTC
shed where the hurlers warmed up
their pay-off limbs.
In the realm of prognostication,
Koch said that the Ducklings’ fate
was uncertain, but that they would
certainly “do their best” to clobber
the Aggie contingent. The Oregons
will return to their homestead im
mediately after the game, Koch
added.
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