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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1948)
BartleTells How to Boost Hit Average by DICK MASK Advice to the baseball novice on tiow to raise your batting average 292 percentage points: Don’t try to pull the ball, get that hitch out of your swing, and have confidence in yourself. In the opinion of Dick Bartle, Oregon first baseman, liis cor rection of those three faults con verted him into a .400 hitter this year from a .108 baiter last sea son. “Last year when I got up there, I thought I had to pull the ball,” said Bartle. “This year I've quit that, and just try to hit.” Kirsch’s surprise package now not only leads the team in hitting percentage, but is also tops in hits, runs scored, and runs batted in. “Last season I also had a hitch in my swing that I couldn’t get rid of,” declared the big, bespect acled first sacker. “Then when I didn’t hit at first I lost my con fidence.” Bartle started off the first few games hitting at above the .700 mark, but cooled off perceptibly during the recent road trip. “I’d gotten so many hits that I was pressing when we played Id aho. Their pitchers wer slowing up on me and I was fouling them off. After my disastrous road trip I don’t know if I’ve improved my batting or not,” grinned Bartle. The Portlander first noticed his change for the better last summer when he played for Hills Creek of the Cascade league and batted a healthy .290. He also played on the semi-pro Rialto team of Portland in 1946 which placed fifth nation ally at Wichita. Rates Huskies Bartle, a sophomore member of Sigma Nu, thinks Washington is about the toughest team the Ducks have faced and considers the Cougars a very close second. “Washington is the best ball club in the conference,” Bartle said. “They have good hitting and all of them run the bases well. When they get on first, they go all the way to third on a single almost every time.” Bartle rates WSC's first base man, Gordy Brunswick, as about the top hitter in the league and also has a high regard for the pitching abilities of Max Soriano, Washington hurler, whom he terms a “very smart pitcher.” Between 9nnin<fl. . . Webfoots Must Capture Four Tilts for Title Bid By BOB HEED Despite the unsympathetic at titude of the weather man. who dropped more showers on Eugene yesterday, the Oregon baseball team put up with the wet field long enough to go through some inside baseball and tricks of the trade in an attempt to sharpen the Duck attack. Nursing a mitt full of sore arm pitchers, Don Kirsch ordered only a short period of throwing for the mound corps. Those pitchers who have been out Lokan, DcBernar di, and Brobst—are expected to be ready by the first Oregon State contest Saturday. Until Saturday then, the Duck schedule will be filled with lengthy and hard practice sessions com posed of plenty of time in the hit ting cage plus defensive work. Looking over the remaining games to be played by Northern Division teams within the confer ence, every team in the league has four games left. Oregon and Ore gon State finish their conference play in a four game series against each other. Washington tangles with WSC in two, and Idaho in two; WSC in addition to the two Washington tilts has two with Idaho; and Idaho catches both Washington and WSC. Who has the inside chance to the championship? WSC would re ceive the nod because they at present lead the league with six victories and only two defeats and it would take two set-backs before any other club could over take them. The only combination of future victories and defeats which would give Oregon the title would be a complete sweep of all the remain ing games by Oregon and a .f>00, EUGENE’S NEWEST | SELF SERVICE LAUNDRY [ R&R WASHATERIA I __ Tumbler Dryer 8 A. M. until J) 1*. M. MONDAYS - WEDNESDAYS FRIDA VS 8 A. M. until (i 1*. M. TUESDAYS - THURSDAYS SATURDVYS Other Hours by Appointment j DO YOUR LAUNDRY THE CONVENIENT, "Washateria Way" 2470 Vidor Phone 5543-R I * ; . .I or split in the four games left for WSC. Mathematically, that is the solu tion for bringing the title back to Oregon. What actually happens remains to be seen. Turning atention to major league baseball for a moment, an interesting rumor has been making the circuit to the effect that the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals are taking up a trade, which if completed would send Walker Cooper back to the Cards in exchange for two pitch ers. Whether or not this is true will have to be solved later. But the Cards do need catching badly, and Cooper would fit the bill perfectly. But New York in exchanve for Cooper has asked the Cards for Murray Dickson and Howie Pollet. The Cards reportedly consented to giving up Dickson, but balked at turning over Pollet. Cooper was originally with the Cards but went to the Giants be cause of what St. Louis sport writers suggested as a grudge held by Cooper against Dyer. If the rumors are true, then possibly Cooper has patched up his differ ences with the Card manager. And of course Sam Breadon is out the pitcher. Bob Hannegan, the new club owner, may be behind the deal. Portland Boy Leaves Reds CINCINNATI, O., May 12—(UP) —The Cincinnati Reds tonight op tioned right-handed pitcher Ed Erautt to the Syracuse Chiefs of the International league. The 29-year-old hurler from Portland, Ore., was with the Reds all last year, winning four games and losing nine. He formerely played for Los Angeles. Oregon W Emerald SPORTS Don Fair, Fred Taylor, Co-Sports Editors 75 Gridiron Mentors Expected To Visit Coaching Clinic Here Forty high school football coach es have already returned registra tion cards to the University of Oregon athletic department for the second annual coaches’ clinic to be held May 21 and 22. The coaches Stockton Wins Jaycee Meet SANTA ROSA, Calif., May 12 —(UP)—Stockton won the 24th annual Northern California junior college track and field meet to night on double victories by hurd ler Don Brooks and sprinter Don Hardy. Stockton scored 52 points to top San Francisco City college, with 43, Modesto with 27 and San Mateo with 21. ' Brooks won both hurdle events and placed second in the 100 yard dash to his teammate, Hardy. He raced the high hurdles in 15.5 sec onds and the lows in 25 seconds flat. Hardy turned in a 10 flat hundred and a 22.3 second 220 yard dash. Two new meet records were set, both by San Francisco. The Rams’ Seward Champman slashed 17 sceonds off the two mile mark by turning eight laps in 9:59.5. The San Francisco mile relay team won in 3:23.3, clipping .2 second off the record. Sports Staff: Elwin Paxson Dick Mase Dean DeLap Fred Taylor Don Fair Bob Reed John Barton THE BEST IN PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES PLUS EXPERT ADVICE ON YOUR CAMERA PROBLEMS PLUS PERFECT 7-HOUR DEVELOPING AND PRINTIN SERVICE EQUALS 7th and Willamette Phone 535 received the cards only last mon day. At least 75 mentors are expected to be on hand for the two-day ses sion. Last year 60 coaches attended the clinic. The program, which will feature instruction in T formation tactics, by Head Coach Jim Aiken, Line Coach Dick Miller, and Backfield Coach Frank Zazula, will be con cluded with an intrasquad battle presented by the Oregon grid team. The fray will be performed under regular game conditions on Hay ward field. Students will be admit ted on their student body cards, and tickets will be for sale for the gen eral public. * Net Vets ** Fall Behind InTourney Dave Van Zandt, previously num ber seven man on the Oregon ten nis team, is leading in the round robin tournament to determine po sitions for the coming OSC match, Coach Kermit Smith revealed yes terday. Van Zandt has won four matches, while losing to none. Bert Bowman and Saal Lesser, former number one and two men, respectively, are lagging in the play-offs. Each has won two matches, while dropping the same number. The round-robin tournament, Coach Smith explained, will not be completed until all men on the squad have played each other in a regulation match. In the match Saturday, the Bea vers will present a slightly differ ent squad from that which beat the Ducks earlier in the season. Beaver Hugh Findlay will be playing the number one position for the Aggies, while Erwin Dou glas will rest in the number two spot. Jack Carrothers, Wes Brigham, and Bill Huested, make up the rest of the Beaver ladder. Giant Wins Ring Debdt Against Normal Rival NEW YORK, May 12— (UP) — Jimmy Cully, seven-foot, two-incti giant from Tipperary, Ireland, made his American boxing debut tonight by knocking out Wally Baden, six.feet tall, of Scranton, Pa,, in 2:13 of the first round at the Jamaica arena. A crowd of 2,500 booed the un« even contest as Baden went to the floor a total of five times in the brief battling. 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