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WSC Favored to Cop Finals
Scheduled on Montana Oval
By ELWIN PAXSON
Almost a hundred of the finest track-men in the Northwest
are scheduled to participate in the annual running of the North
ern Division finals today, on the University of Montana oval.
Colleges represented are Washington, Washington State,
Oregon, Oregon State, Idaho, and Montana.
With defending champions and record smashers on hand in
every event, this year’s meet promises to he one of the best
exhibitions of cinder talent ever
assembled in the ND. Rated a
slight favorite to annex top honors
is Washington State, with Wash
ington a close second. Although
Oiegon and OSC both claim their
share of 1947 laurel winners, they
lack the all-round team strength,
on the basis of past performances
this season, necessary to garner a
victor’s share of the points.
Comparative meet scores reveal
that WSC over-whelmed the Ore
gon squad 90-41, while the Huskies
were pressed all the way by the
Webfoots while winning 73-58.
Cougars Start
Outstanding Cougar performers
include Joe Nebolon, third place
winner in the NCAA 440 last year,
hurdler Frank Polsfoot, who broke
the meet high hurdle record against
the Ducks, and Clem Eischen, an
880 strider who equaled the Hay
ward field mark in the same con
test.
More important, the Cougars are
WSC Blasts
Idaho, 12-0
PULLMAN, Wash., May 21—
(UP). The hard-hitting Washing
ton State Cougars shut-out the
University of Idaho 12-0 here to
day to practically cinch the North
ern Divisiion baseball title.
Cougar hurler Dick Stiles went
all the way giving up only three
hits to the Vandals.
Washington State plays its final
game with Odaho in Moscow, Ida ,
tomorrow.
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SOPH. CLASS
NO. 1
HERB NILL
Pd. Adv.
blessed with depth in most events,
and by also collecting plenty of
second and third place points to
day, the Palouse Hills aggregation
will probably be crowned the 1948
conference champs.
DarUhorse
Oregon's ten-man squal, paced by
last year’s title winners George
Rasmussen, pole vault, Lou Robin
son, javelin, Dave Henthorne, 100
and 220, and Ray Heidenrich, dis
cus, may prove a darkhorse in the
six-way battle. However, their very
lack of numbers and subsequent
weakness in many events, will
probably prevent the Lemon and
Green from emerging on top of the
thinclad heap.
Nobody needs a seeing-eye dog to
find his way out of a moral obliga
tion.
Webfoot Net Team
Open Play-off Try
In Pullman Today
Oregon’s tennis hopes for 1948
will be tried today when the Dick
netmen open in the Northern Di
vision play-offs at Pullman.
Making the trip with Coach Ker
mit Smith ai<e Bert Bowman, Saal
Lesser, Rick Trommlitz, Dave Van
Zandt, and Bud Carpenter. Smith
has not revealed what positions his
men will open in today.
The Webfoots traveled by car and
arrived in Pullman late yesterday
afternoon.
Most of the matches in the play
offs will be served today. Wash
ington State’s large number of
courts make this mass play possi
ble.
Washington’s Huskies are still
favored as the team to come out on
top, with Oregon State following
in second spot. If the Ducks can
down Washington State, they have
a good chance for the number three
spot. Otherwise, they will be up
against winless Idaho for slot num
ber four.
Sports Staff:
Fred Taylor
Glenn Gillespie
Dean DeLap
Ken Johnson
SAE Edges A TO, 6-5;
Chi Psis Win IM Tilt
Sigma Alpha Epsilon turned
the tables on Alpha Tau Omega’s
softball nine yesterday afternoon,
as timely singles by Shortstop Bob
Shultens and first baseman Merle
Helm enabled the SAE squad to
edge out a 6-5 win. It was victory
number one in the playoff sched
ule for SAE’s undefeated team.
The ATO’s garnered three tall
ies in a second inning scoring spree
as they combined an error, a
fielder’s choice and singles by Ed
Chrobot and Don Eastburn to over
come a one run handicap scored
in first canto. SAE tallied another
in the seconnd inning, but the los
ing club annexed two more runs
in the sixth stanza on four suc
cessive singles. However the SAE
nine exploded in their half of the
sixth for four well-earned tallies
and the ball game.
With the bases loaded and one
down Shultens slammed a single
through the box driving across two
counters. Pitcher Jim Popp, who
had previously beat out an infieild
hit, took third on Bob’s smash and
immediately the shortstop stc^s
second. Chucker Ed Chrobot lost
control and walked the next batter,
which set the stage for Helm to
become yesterday’s hero. Merle
connected for a solid line drive
single into center field which re
sulted in two more runs Jim Popp
pitched the entire seven innings,
giving up seven safeties while AT
O's Ed Chrobot allowed only six
hits.
Chi Psi 14, Merrick 6
Chi Psi gaineed revenge for a
previous defeat at the hands of
Merrick hall by shellacking the
latter nine 14-6, in a tilt that last
ed ninety minutes. Preston Holt led
the attack by singling four times
in five trips to the plate. Chi Psi
scored three tallies in the efirst,
seven in the third, three in the
sixth and an additional counter in
the final stanza.
Unable to cope with the heavy
stickwork, the Hallmen accounted
for only single tallies in the first,
third, sixth, and three in the sev
enth. Singles by Gene Smith, Bill
Woods, and Eob Gibson accounted
for the seventh inning scoring
spree.
This contest gave the Chi Psi
squad an opportunity to enter the
playoffs, after winning their league
championship with six wins against
two setbacks.
Two contests are scheduled for
Monday as the playoffs continue.
Phi Delta Theta is billed to face
Kappa Sigma at 4 o’clock on the
south field, and Sigma Alpha Ep
silon meets Chi Psi at four on the
north field.
ELECT
ASUO
NO. 2
JEAN SWIFT
Pd. Adv.
Walk Gives Ducks
10th Inning,9-8Win
By BOB REED
The Ducks climbed a high moun
tain last night and were successful
conquerors of the Oregon State
Beavers, eking out a narrow tenth
inning victory by one run, 9 to 8.
The Ducks loaded the bases in
the last of the tenth with only one
man out. Hal Zurcher popped out
to third, and then Fred Gallagher,
the Beaver chucker, with the full
count on A1 Cohen threw one wide
of the plate, and Walt Kirsch trot
ted over with the winning marker.
The three-hour contest featured
everything in the book. The Ducks
took revenge on their jinx pitcher,
knocking Chuck Sauvain from the
box in tha seventh inning. The Ore
gon swatters garnered id case
knocks off two Beaver hurlers,
while three Oregon chuckers held
the OSC boys to six scattered hits.
For the Ducks, the victory cli
maxed a long uphill battle against
the run scoring spree of the Bea
vers. Oregon State got two in the
first, four in the third, one in the
fifth, and one in the eighth. In the
early innings, Oregon had plenty of
chances to score, but were able only
to push a lone run over in each of
the first four frames.
DeWayne Johnson started for
the Ducks. He was removed in the
third in favor of Homer Brobst.
Brobst cooled the Beavers for five
innings, while the Ducks were
picking away at the lead. Whitey
Lokan came in in the ninth and re
maitied to the end to receive credit
for the victory.
The Ducks travel to Corvallis to
day for the final game in the Ore
gon-OSC series. Dick DeBernardi
will probably draw the starting as-'
signment for Oregon.
Trojans Win Third
Over Gael Team
MORAGA, Cal., May 21—(UP).
Led by the heavy hitting of short-,
stop Jim Brideweser, the Univer
sity of Southern California Tro
jans today scored a one-sided 13-‘
in a California Intercollegiate
7 victory over the St. Mary’s Gaels.
baseball association game here.
Bridsewleser paced the Trojan
attack on three Gael pitchers hitt
ing a triple and three singles in
five attempts.
The game was the third and
final meeting of the two schools
for the 1948 season and gave the,"
Trojans a clean sweep to the in
terschool series.
The Black Hills area of South
Dakota is said to be the oldest
mountain area on the North Amer
ican continent. >■
The spirit of nationalism is what
makes a home-grown rascal seem
less objectionable than a foreign
one.
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