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- DUCK TRACKS By DON FAIR Co-Sports Editor | As pi oof that it isn t always the pitcher with the best won lost record who actually turns in the best hurling job, take the case of Oregon s Whitey Lokan. In winning one and losing luu. me vveuioot rigntnanaer lias allowed only two honest tallies in 29 and one third in nings for an earned run aver- t age per game of .612. 1 hat kind of pitching would normally win nine games of 10, hut for the most part this season, the breaks haven’t been ^ kind to Lokan. Dick DeBer nardi, with two victories and one defeat, has an ERA of 1.76, and UeWayne Johnson, boast- ^ ing a perfect three and nothing I record, has given up 2.05 earn- S ed runs per contest. SLATS GILL /\n oiiicial check on the baseball team batting averages shows that first baseman Dick Bartle’s pace-setting mark is currently .425, with 17 hits in 40 tries. Bartle has batted in nine runs, in cluding two homers, to lead in these departments too. Four Tied in Three-Base Hits Bartle, Don Dibble, Johnny Kovenz, and Hal Zurcher are all tied in triples with one each. Bill Burgher and A1 Cohen lead in two base blows with three, and Cohen and Kovenz have stolen two bases. Team batting has dropped from the early season mark of .303 to .267. Pole vaulter George Rasmussen will leave today on his trip to compete in the Fresno relays Saturday night: Ac companying him will be Dr. George Guldager, the team physician, and Leo Harris, athletic director. , The rumor from California a few weeks ago that Ray Snyder and Herb Jotter, members of Marin’s national championship junior college basketball team, would come to Oregon next fall may have boomeranged. Latest word is that Snyder is planning to enroll at Oregon State. However there has been no word as to the plans of Jotter. What! Greg Writes About Football It was extremely unusual to read Mondayls column by L. H. Gregory, sporting editor of The Oregonian. For Greg devoted the entire space to football news. This is out of the ordinary for him even during basketball or football season, as Gregory is a died-in-the-wool baseball enthusiast from way back. Perhaps the fact that Portland’s Lucky (?) Beavers have lost 17 of their last 21 games may have something to do with the sudden switch to the grid sport for gossip news. When Greg was down for the Oregon-WSC cage series in February, he was unlimbering his arm in McArthur court, using baseball coach Don Kirsch as his batterymate. Each year the sporting editor takes his turn on the mound for the Oregonian Orioles, which is only part of his deep seated baseball enthusiasm. Following one of the Webfoot Cougar cage games, the sports writers, coaches, broadcasters, , and officials held a gathering at the home of Leo Harris, and it wasn’t long before Gregory was unwinding some of his fab _ ulous baseball yarns. Maybe If Portland Starts Winning ... With Kirsch and Frosh mentor Carl Heldt as his audience, ■ Greg proceeded to illustrate his stories with numerous vigorous movements of his arms and head. To be sure his diamond tales , were rare, amusing, and factual, and covered from the days of j Ty Cobb to the present. If the Portland Beavers can pull out | ^ of their nose dive against San Diego this week, maybe Greg * ory will get back in form and give forth with a steady diet of baseball news, especially since this is the diamond season! The place for the Northern Division track championships ' apparently has definitely been settled at the original site— Missoula, Montana. There was some criticism earlier of • holding the meet there, because of the long distances to be traveled by most of the loop squads. ' Montana university is going all out to provide good instruc tion for that state’s high school coaches this summer. I he , Grizzly school has procured Slats Gill, cage coach at OSC, and Lynn Waldorf, football head at California, to instruct during the summer session. Iventucky s basketball teacher, Adolph " Rupp was first signed to the summer school, but when he was forced to cancel his committments, Gdl agieed to substitute. Ducklings Drop Meet To Staters By ELiYVIN PAXSON The OSC frosh track squad av avenged an earlier defeat yester day afternoon, as they outpointed Oregon yearlings 73;/,to 56]/,. in a dual meet on Hayward field. The Duckling cindermen had pre viously edged out their Beaver foe three events to two in a relay bat tle staged on the Bell field oval. The Oregon frosh captured seven firsts, but were forced to forfeit the two-mile, and failed to score in the javelin, shot-put, and the mile events, a total of 36 points, which more than accounted for the Rook victory margin. The Webfoots were only able to salvage a single point in the first two races on the program, the mile and' the 440, and although the Oregon sprinters accounted for first, second, and third in the 100, widened their lead in later events. The only double winner of the day was Duckling Bob Mocabee, who annexed top spot in both the high hurdles and the broad jump. Summary: Mile—George Fullerton, and Joe Fisher, both of OSC (dead heat); Spefz, OSC. Time, 4:52.6. 440-yard dash—Charles Dickie, OSC; Hoxie. OSC, Coughlin, Ore gon. Time, 53.6. 100-yard dash—Hal Brainerd, Oregon; Bullier, Oregon; Smith, Oregon. Time, 10 flat. Shot put—Duane Eby, OSC; Dixon, OSC, Johnson, OSC. Dis tance, 41’ 5/”. Pole vault—Lyle Dickey, OSC; Reeves, Oregon; no third. Height, 12’ 6”. Cudahy Wins High jump—Dan Cudahy, Ore gon. tie between Keller, Oregon, and Crem, OSC; Height, 5’ 9”. 120-yard high hurdles—Bob Mo cabee, Oregon; Bunnege, OSC; Smith, Oregon, and Wikender, OSC (dead heat). Time, 15.9. Javelin—Royal DeLaney, OSC Wyrick OSC; Hoxie, OSC; Dis tance, 154’ 2”. 880-yard run—Joe Fisher, OSC; Kraxberger, Oregon, Blount, OSC. Time, 2:03.6. Bullier Grabs 220 220-yard dash—A1 Bullier, Ore gon; Brainerd, Oregon; Sullivan, Oregon. Time, 22.1. 2-mile—Won by OSC (forfeit). Discus-Herb Nill, Oregon; John son, OSC; Eby, OSC. Distance,; 111’ 10”. Broad jump—Mocabee, Oregon; Keller, Oregon; Brownell, Oregon. Distance, 19’ 3”. 220-yard low hurdles — Jack Smith, Oregon; Bergstrom, OSC; Widender, OSC. Time, 25.2. Mile relay—Won by OSC (John son, Fisher, Dickie, Hoxie). Time, 3:37.8. It gets colder in some sections of Nebraska than it does in some parts of Alaska. HOLIDAY An Adventure in ^ Good Smoking Atomat'c lfl thePack"; Aio^ltt the]?M?e- . HOLIDAY ALSO COMES IN A 16 OZ. HUMIDOR Larus & Brother Company Richmond, Virginia / M Battle Scheduled Today’s Schedule 3:50 North Field—Phi Sigma Kappa vs Sigma Phi Epsilon 3:50 South Field—Sigma Nu vs Y.M.C.A. 3:50 Upper Field—Sigma Chi vs Omega hall 4:55 North Field—Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs Phi Kappa Sigma 4:55 South Field—Yeomen vs Lambda Chi Alpha 4:55 Upper Field—Delta Upsilon vs Cherney-French Wind and rain interrupted intramural softball games yes terday afternoon, but, weather permitting, makeup tilts will be continued today. The exact date for making up yesterday’s cancelled contests is unknown. However, the schedule will ap pear in the Emerald one day before playing time. '0' Meeting Scheduled There will be an Order of the O meeting today at noon at the Delta Upsilon house. All members are urged to attend by Robert Wiley, president of the organization. Javelin Victim Buried With Military Honors ANNAPOLIS, Md„ May 12— (UP)—Midshipman George J. Eli opulos, Rawlins, Wyo., who was killed Monday when struck in the neck by a javelin tossed by a class mate was buried with full military honors today. A battalion of midshipmen, the largest escort ever to take part in the funeral of a naval academy un dergraduate, marched by the flag draped casket during the hour-long services. Ad Staff: Day Manager: AL RUEDY Assistant Day Manager VIRGINIA MAHON Layout Manager: GEORGE MELVIN Solicitors: JACK WARD CORK MOBLEY SAM PLUNKETT BILL PLUMMER Outfielder Sold Again CHICAGO, May 12 — (UP) — Danny Litwhiler, 31-year-old out fielder, was sold to the Cincinnati Reds today by the Boston Braves as part of a three-way deal which' also involved the Washington Sen ators. The Braves obtained Marving Rickert, 27-year-old flychaser, for their Milwaukee farm club in the American association. At Milwau kee, Rickert will replace Carden. Gillenwater, who was purchased from the Brewers by Washington for an estimated $25,000. Litwhiler, who formerly played with the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals, batted .261 in 91 games for the Braves in 1947 and had an average of .273 so far this season. He will join the Reds here on Friday. The branches of the cannon-ball tree of South America start out normally, but turn around and twine around the base of the tree, The large round fruit often grows on the ground. Day's L COLLEGE ’ CORDS JL. «fn i » ---- Styled Right For Young Men of All Ages 5.95 & 6.95 Open Friday Nites * /S /?o' SOtiSf/fOK *0# POtK/M " 8th and Willamette Phone 2854