- DUCK TRACKS
By DON FAIR
: Co-Sports Editor
The. first intrasquad football game for the Webfoots may
be one of those no-notice contests. Reason for the suddenness
of such a game probably would be because the coaches want
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charges play, before unveiling
them to the public.
With the raining out of yes
. terday’s WSC-Oregon baseball
game at Pullman, the Cougar
fans are certainly in for the
hard luck award of this wet
spring term. It was the fifth
time this season that loyal
Washington State fans had
gathered to watch their team
perform at home—and the fifth
time that weather forced a
Cornelius Warmerdam
Order of the O president, Roger Wiley, announced that
a move is underway to have all freshman athletes wear their
Frosh numerals about the campus. The numerals should be
attached to green sweaters, and will be worn in the same man
ner as the varsity men sport their yellow ‘Os’ around.
Receiving Frosh Numerals Good Idea
The idea of reviving this old custom is a good idea. Only
hitch to the plans as they now stand is that the athletes will
have to purchase the sweaters themselves. Reason for this is
the extremely close budget which the Athletic Department is
working on now.
Leo Harris has stated that “sometime in the future, we
hope to be able to furnish the freshmen with sweaters along
with their numerals.” However, if the first year candidates
can afford to buy the necessary sweater for the numerals,
the initial step will be taken toward the desired end.
At Oregon State, the freshman sports participants wear
their orange numbers on white sweaters, and they look good.
Certainly Frosh athletes need more recognition than they
receive by participating in the various sports, and wearing
their numerals will help out.
Rasmussen Yet to Hit Peak
Webfoot pole vaulter Georg'e Rasmussen apparently hasn't
reached his last year’s peak, if the Washington dual meet is any
indication. The ex-Bend jump artist failed on his three tries to
clear 13 feet 10 inches, which is far below the 14 foot 2 inch
jump which earned him a tie for first in the ’47 NCAA finals.
Cornelius Warmerdam has bright hopes for Rasmussen
even to the extent that the Oregon vaulter might someday
clear 15 feet. The only other man to clear that height was
Warmerdam himself, and the master is now coaching at
Fresno State.
The fact that Rasmussen can usually clear 14 feet without
mastering all the techniques of the pole vault is the reason for
Warmerdam’s optimism. What the Fresno State mentor feels
would help the Oregon star greatly is perfecting the jack knife
trick of clearing the bar.
This little device calls for the jumper bending his body
around the bar when going over. In other words, the vaulter’s
hands and chest at the beginning of the jump, are actually lower
than the bar to be cleared. By bending the body in an almost
semicircle, the jumper is enabled to roll over the obstacle and
attain more height.
baseball Kace Hot in bouth
The CIBA baseball race is a hot one between Southern Cal
ifornia.and California, last year’s national collegiate champs.
But all of the teams in the loop are tough. When UCLA edged
the Trojans 2-0 a week ago, it marked the end of an 11 game
losing streak for the Bruins. Perhaps the presence of Joe E.
Brown in the dugout helped the Uclans toward victory.
Michigan has three well known men playing on their
baseball team—Jack Weisenberger, Bump Elliott, and Bob
Chappius. All three were offensive whirlwinds for the Wol
verine Rose Bowl powerhouse, with Chappius a unanimous
All-American choice. In their new roles, Weisenberger
plays first and bats in the clean up spot, while Elliott and
Chappius are starting outfielders.
The Idaho intrasquad football game, Saturday, which
closes spring practice for the Vandals, has another interest
ing angle. A new Idaho fight song will be introduced by a
choral group. The song was made possible through the as
sistance of Bing Crosby. The Crooner wrote the words, had
Hollywood arrangers prepare the music, and made a re
cording which will be played at the time the tune is intro
duced.
Jack Hensey’s half mile time of 1:53.3 recorded during the
W ashington-California dual match last month, is the fastest
880 turned in by any university runner in the nation thus fan
according to NCAA’s 'AN ho s W ho in American Collegiate
Track and Field.”
Rain Cools Hurlers
In IM Softball Tilts
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
3:50 North field—Delta Tau Delta vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon
3:50 South Field—Sherry Ross vs. Y.M.C.A.
3:50 Upper Field—Stan Ray Hall vs. Omega Hall
4:55 North Field—Theta Chi vs. Phi Kappa Sigma
4:55 South Field - Alpha Tau Omega vs. Lambda Chi Alpha
4:55 Upper Field Sigma Alpha Mu vs. Cherney-French
By Bob Coughlin
It was a bad day for pitchers as
intramural softball resumed yes
terday. A constant drizzle on fields
that already looked more like
marshes than softball diamonds
made the ball slippery and pro
duced some unusual base running
and defensive play. In the day’s
games Sederstrom hall edged Mc
Chesney hall 15-14, Phi Gamma
Delta slipped and sloshed to an 11-9
win over Minturn hall, Chi Psi
blanked Westminster house 9-0, Phi
Delta Theta whitewashed the Le
gal Eagles 9-0, Stitzer hall trimmed
Pi Kappa Phi 8-1, and Beta Theta
Pi posted an 11-9 decision over
Nestor hall.
Sederstrom Wins 15-14
Sederstrom hall continued Mc
Chesney hall’s streak of bad luck
by scoring 11 runs in the last two
innings of a five inning game to
win 15-14 McChesney scored 12
runs in the first inning. Bill Grieve,
McChesney’s good first baseman,
played an outstanding defensive
game.
Fijis Score 11-9 Win
The Fijis held on to a two-run
lead throughout their five inning
11-9 game with Minturn hall. Sev
eral Hawaiian hallmen were run
ning bases barefoot to make up for
the slippery condition of the field.
The Fijis were paced by Jim Snow,
a heads-up second baseman.
Bob and Dick Maxwell, the Chi
Psi Battery, held Westminster to
four hits, all of them in the last
inning, as the Chi Psis registered
their 9-0 win. Led by Chuck Stra
der, who got a triple and a home
run in two official times at bat the
Chi Psis collected a total of 13 hits.
Stitzer Wins Easily
Sttzer hall found that Pi Kappa
Phi was its own worst enemy as
the hallmen took an 8-1 decision
from the Greeks who lost the game
by a succession of errors. The ca
pable shortstopping of Andy Dighm
helped Stitzer a good deal.
Beta Theta Pi was hard pressed
to slide past a game bunch from
Nestor hall that actually outhit the
Betas but couldn’t capitalize on
their hits, in a close 11-9 contest.
Nestor got nine hits to the eBtas’
seven and gave up only five walks
while the Betas allowed six free
passes. Both teams had two errors
registered against them. A pair of
third basemen, Art Milne of the
Betas and Joe Lt *z of Nestor,
were the bright lights of their re
spective teams.
Taggesell Torrid
The only pitcher who didn't seem
to suffer from over-moist game
conditions was Phi Delt’s big Bob
Taggesell, who gave up only two
hits while his team was outscoring
the Legal Eagles 9-0. An air-tight
infield of Bob Lavey, Don Crouch,
Don Farnam, and John Schick
gave Taggesell first class support.
For Junior Weekend
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with delicious food,
good service, and
friendly atmosphere
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your mother out to dine, or be- J
fore the Prom, take your date V
to dinner.
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banquet hall for guests over
Junior Weekend.
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By AL PIETSCHMAN
A few more notes from various
humor magazines:
“Women, generally speaking, are
generally speaking.”
—Ohio State Sundial
“So you want to marry my
daughter, eh, young man ? That’s
ridiculous. Preposterous! Why, you
couldn’t even keep her in under
wear!
"You haven't been doing too well
yourself, sir.”
—Gargoyle.
A long skirt is like prohibition—■
the joints are still there, but
they’re harder to find.
—Froth
I was charmed by the look in her
eye.
By her nightingale voice I was
smitten,
And her beautiful figure, oh my!
By her glorious hair I was bitten.
She’s really the charmingest girl,
sir.
But what struck me most about her
Was her hand when I started to
kiss her.
—Sundial
Prof (taking up quiz paper) —
Why the quotation marks on this
paper ?
Student—Courtesy to the man on
my left.
Medley
Definition of a pink elephant: A.
beast of bourbon.
—Voodoo
She: Are you playing Santa
Claus ?
He: No, why?
She: Then leave my stocking
alone.
—Wampus
Some of the Tri Delts have com
plained that we never mention
them in this column, so for their
amusement: Sister Diane Meech
um is still leery about the new
looks, seems she has a wet skirt
too often when it rains. Mary Sta
delman and Jan Kent are still re
cuperating from their exciting
model “T” ride last Saturday. Pat
Joloff and Beth Shoulderbrand
want it announced that they will
serve as hashers for any house on
the campus. They won’t do it for
our house.
Switching to the masculine: Or
der of “O” President Rog Wiley
suggests that all freshman ath
letes start thinking about getting
green sweaters to wear their nu
merals on—as was done before the
war. The “O” hopes to make it a
tradition one of these days, but is
suggesting it for the time being to
see what action is taken.
Seriously: We have a suggestion
on the serious side and that is con
cerning a course. In the present
atomic period of civilization a
course explaining in layman’s lan
guage atomic power, its implica
tion and use would probably draw
many students who do not know
much about it. Considering that
atoms are going to affect all of our
lives, would it not be a good thing
to have an elementary course so
that BA, psych, PE and all other
students could understand it a bit
better? The bomb, the atoms and
ihe scientific stuff can be explained
easily because it has even been ex
plained to senators and representa
tives.
Only one month to June and all
those engaged people hopping
through the Tri-Delt pansy ring
Sunday morning will soon be an
nouncing wedding dates. And for
presents, it is Carl Greve, jeweler,
Broadway and Morrison, almost, in
Portland.
— (Pd. Adv.)
The doctrine of state’s rights is
; the handiest excuse yet found for
the perpetuation of injustices.