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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1948)
Webfoot Nine Splits DoubQeheader WSC Edges 1-0, Ducks Win 2nd 3-1 Oregon’s touring baseball club managed to get a doubleheader played between showers Tuesday with Washington State collegjp, and the Ducks kept a hand on first place in Northern division stand ings by splitting with the Cougars. The WSC nine squeezed out a 1-0 victory in the nine inning first game, but the Ducks grabbed the second 3-1, in the pair played on a Lewiston, Idaho diamond. Chuck Brayden, Cougar left fielder, doubled with one out in the seventh inning, advanced to third on an infield out, and scored the only run of the hotly-fought open ing game on a long fly to right center field, which Webfoot Pat Wholers dropped. Whitey Lokan toiled the whole distance on the mound for Oregon and gave up only three hits. The Eugene squad got seven bingles off the slants of the WSC hurler. Bartle Hits Homer In the second fray Oregon start ed the scoring early, as Dick Bartle, first man up in the second inning,, blasted out a towering home run to left center field. Sec ond baseman Walt Kirsch follow ed Bartle to the plate and drew a walk, then scored on singles by Don Dibble and Norm Henwood, to give the Ducks an early 2-0 lead. Then in the sixth Inning A1 Co hen completed the Oregon scoring by racing homo on a wild pitch. WSC scored its run in their half of the sixtli when Brayden came home after two Cougar hits. DeWayne Johnson, starting his second game of the season, held the Cougars in check until the seventh inning, w h e n Homer Brobst was rushed to the mound to put out the fire. When Brobst took over theie were two Cougars on base and none out, but the strong-armed lad forced the next three Staters to go out to infield ers, and saved the game. Hliort scores: First game R II E Oregon .000 000 000 0 7 1 WSC .000 000 000 1 3 1 Lokan anil Burgher; Rockey and Jorrison. Second game R H E Oregon . 020 001 0 3 4 1 .WSC . 000 001 0 1 4 1 Johnson, Brobst (7) and Burgher; Foster, Torgerson (5) and Jorri son. EUGENE’S NEWEST SELF SERVICE LAUNDRY R & R WASHATERIA Tumbler Dryer 8 A. M. until II I*. M. , MONDAYS - WEDNESDAYS FRIDAYS 8 A. At. until (i P. M. TUESDAYS - THURSDAYS SATURDAYS Other Hours by Appointment DO YOUR LAUNDRY THE CONVENIENT. "Washateria Way" 2410 Abler Phone 5545-R (Ibekiin Emerald SPORTS Don Fair, Fred Tdylor, Co-Sports Editors ! . Coach Aiken Keynotes Stiff Defensive Action By DICK CRAMER For the first time this spring, Jim Aiken, head grid coach, kept the first string, as a unit, on de fense for the entire scrimmage ses sion yesterday afternoon. And the big boys from the varsity showed the rest of the squad a few tricks. Aiken had ace passer Norm Van Brocklin doing most of the work at the quarterback spot, though Earl Stelle and Joe T&m also saw a little duty there. A drizzling rain, which came down all afternoon, ham pered the action, and left Aiken praying for some good weather be fore the term is over. It wasn’t the rain that caused the most trouble—it was the hard charging varsity line that was con sistently smashing through to | break up plays. The reserves were [ unable to protect the passer as well Two Hurlers Yet Undefeated SAN FRANCISCO, May 5— (UP)—Earl Jones of the Oakland Acorns and Junior Thompson of the San Diego Padres, tpo Pacific Coast league pitching records with three victories and no defeats, ac cording to official statistics re leased today and including games of May 2. Kewpie Dick-Barrett of the Seat tle Raniers, who has won more than 200 games in his Pacific Coast league competition; Jack rBewer of San Francisco and Rex Cecil of Sacramento each have won five games. Red Lynn of the Los Angeles An gels tops the strikeout kings with 31, followed by Lefty A1 Olsen San Diego with 30. as the varsity, and were generally not as sharp offensively as the first string. The varsity usually lined up in a 6-2-2-1 defense. In the line were Bob Anderson and Dan Garza, end; Don Stanton and Steve Dotur, tackles; and Ed Chrobot and Ray Lung, guards. Backing up the line were two centers, Bus Newcomer and Brad Ecklund. The halfbacks were Benny Holcomb and George Bell with Bob Oas in the safety spot. Garza had a fine afternoon, stop ping most of the plays around his end, besides drifting around and making other tackles. Lung was also looking good, the chunky little guard slicing in to get Van Brock lin several times. Ecklund turned in one of the best defensive performances of the spring, looking especially good on pass defense. Big Brad knocked down passes regularly with only one or two passes being completed in his area. The husky center was equally effective on ground plays, once being well blocked by two men and still making the tackle. In the backfield, George Bell and Benny Holcomb both did a good job. Bell was outstanding on pass defense, with Holcomb coming up fast to stop ground plays. Offense Weak On the offensive side, the pass ing was ineffective and the running was little improvement. Johnny McKay, the choppy-stepping left half, turned in a good performance, getting away for several good runs. Another left half, Woodley Lewis, moved the ball well. Right half Bobby Moore, up from the Frosh, broke away several times and is showing definite signs of improvement. A fylosud To a wonderful Mom. Our fresh flowers so artistically arranged will show her who your favorite girl is. AicHambecutl tf-lowetoi 12th and Alder on the Campus DuckHarriersMeet OSC Runners Next The Oregon varsity tracksters will invade the OSC campus Satur day afternoon, in an attempt to snap their current losing streak at the Aggies’ expense. The Ducks -have lost to Oregon State, in a dual relay meet, Wash ington State, and the power-laden University of Washington, in three cinder battles thus far in the sea son, but are given at least an even chance for revenge in the meet Sat urday. Lack of Oregon reserve depth in nearly every event enabled the Orange and Black harriers to annex the traditional relay affair, but on the basis of the individual per formances turned in last week against the highly favored Hus kies, Saturday’s contest should be rated as a toss-up. Henthorne May Compete The Webfoots ran through a brief, drizzly workout yesterday, high-lighted by the appearance of ND sprint champion Dave Hen thorne, who was on the injured list and out of action last week. The little speedster limited his efforts to jogging and limbering-up, but with a break in the weather, and an opportunity to work out the kinks, he may be able to compete, against the Beavers. Pickens Out On the darker side of the ledger, it became apparent that Don Pick ens, number two Duck pole-vault er and steady point-collector, will watch the meet from the side-lines. Pickens fell heavily on his right arm while jumping in Saturday's meet, dislocating his elbow, and putting him out of action indefin itely. ND Baseball Standings W. L. Pet. OREGON .6 3 .666 Washington State .4 2 .666 Washington .4 3 .571 Oregon State .1 1 .500 Idaho.0 6 .000 Sports staff: J3ob Coughlin Dave Taylor Don Fair Dick Cramer Fred Taylor Elwin Paxson FERN RIDGE PARK TEEN-AGE DANCE - Wednesday, 7:30 to 10:30 (Xo Grownups Allowed) Teen Age band — "Rhythm Rogues" TICKETS 60c INC. TAX "OREGON'S FINEST BALLROOM" 10 miles out West 11th i ■ So snsy/fomv Gnat %€IAX \ Yes, go Greyhound and take it easy! 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