DUCK TRACKS
By DON FAIR
Co-Sports Editor
t Baseball coach Don Kirsch said that final selection of the
Northern Division baseball titlist will probably be decided
shortly by a vote of the conference schools. Reason for re
sorting to such a manner of selecting the winner was caused by
the fact that in games won and lost, Oregon and Washington
State are tied. But in percentages, the Cougars have the edge.
Both nines won five more contests than they dropped—
the Webfoots finishing up with a 10 and 5 record against—
Washington State’s 8 and 3. This gives the Cougars the per
cent margin .727 to .667.
1 he final game of the season between Washington State and
Idaho on the V andals’ diamond was rained out Saturday. Ac
cording to conference rules, if the final game of the season is
cancelled, it s up to the home team to decide whether the
scheduled contest will be made up.
Idaho Has No Desire for Make-Up
'1 he Idahoans have said that they do not desire to play the
game with WSC (and with that probably goes the Duck’s final
hopes for the crown. For if Washington State had lost the fray
with the V andals, the Webfoots and Cougars would have been
tied in percentages. And in games won and lost, Oregon would
have had a half game edge.
This is a tough way for the Oregon baseball team to lose
out, especially in face of the obstacles the squad overcame
in the ’48 race. With a green mound staff, supplemented
by a hard-hitting infield and outfield, Coach Kirsch and
his men turned in a fine showing in the first year for the
Duck mentor.
Saturday’s final spring intrasquad grid game turned into
pretty much an offensive show, with both Whites and Greens
moving consistently up and down the field. Mike Donohou,
sports writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligence was extremely
impressed with the play of the Oregon line.
Oregon Line Opens Big Holes
He was especially amazed at the gaping holes which the
Webfoot forward wall opened up for the backs to skitter
through. Donohue has seen Washington, Washington State,
and Stanford in intrasquad contests, but picked the Webfoots
over these teams, on the basis of Saturday’s showing.
George Bell, right half, stole the running show with a 76
yard TD romp and a 98 yard jaunt which was called back
by a penalty. Both runs were made on the same play, with
a huge hole waiting for him at the left tackle slot. Beauti
ful 10-strike downfield blocking cleared Bell’s path and he
ran away from what few remaining defenders were left
standing.
Left halfbacks Woodley Lewis and John McKay showed
themselves likely successors to Jake Leicht. Once Lewis finds
daylight, he covers the chalk lines like a run-away deer. While
McKay uses his cleaver footwork to outfinesse the opposition.
McKay made one kickoff return of 64 yards before being over
hauled.
Stafford a Likely NCAA Competitor
Although Oregon lost its Northern Division golf title to
Washington in Saturday’s Division runoff, Webfoot Lou Staf
ford is a likely: competitor for the NCAA finals to be held at
Stanford later in the year. Stafford, who captured medalist
honors with a' four-under-par 140, is a good hope for Oregon in
the individual play at Palo Alto.
Judging from the performances turned in by the Duck
golfers this year, they seem almost to be a wet weather
team. Whenever the sun came out, the fairway men had
trouble with soaring scores, as proved by the Washington
match and the finals Saturday.
George Rasmussen seems a likely representative for Ore
gon in the Pacific Coast track and field meet, to be held Friday
evening at the Los Angeles coiesium. Following his 14 foot 214
inch jump for a new Northern Division record at Missoula last
weekend, Rasmussen is back in mid-season stride, with the
warm weather undoubtedly helping his cause.
However his chances for establishing a new mark at the
Coast meet would be somewhat slim. The record now ex
isting is 14 feet 11 inches, held by Earl Meadows and Jim
Sefton, both clearing that height in 1937.
Final sports event for the spring season at the University
is scheduled at 3 p.m. this afternoon when John Deller’s Frosh
tracksters host Vanport in a dual run. The earlings have several
promising runners who will be a big aid to the varsity thin
"*ciads next season.
Record in Pole
Vault Broken
By Webfoot
The University of Oregon track
team grabbed fourth place in the
Northern Division track and field
finals at Missoula, Montana, last
Saturday, behind the pennant win
ning WSC Cougars, runner-up and
defending champion Washington
Huskies and the Montana Grizzlies.
The Ducks counted 23 points,
trailing Montana by 2y2 and Wash
ington by 5 points. The Cougars
completely outdistanced the pack
as they established a new record by
tallying 63 points to cop the meet.
Despite intermittent showers and
a slow oval, the crowd of some 500
spectators saw two Northern Divi
sion records fall and a third equaled
during the afternoon’s action.
Highlight of the meet came when
Oregon’s slim George Rasmussen
clear the bar at 14 feet 2y2 inches
in the pole vault to break the ten
year old record set in 1938 by Ore
gon’s George Varoff. It was the
first time that Rasmussen had
cleared the 14-foot mark this year.
The second record was es'tab
lished by the Washington State col
lege relay team when they toured
the mile distance in 3 minutes 17
and 2/10 seconds.
Other blue ribbon winners for
the Webfoots were Lou Robinson
in the javelin, as the husky hurler
retained his Northern Division
crown for the second consecutive
year. Rasmussen also grabbed a tie
for first in the high jump, clearing
the bar at 6 feet, 1 5/8 inches.
Skiles Hoffman leaped 23 feet, 5 1/4
inches in the broad jump to place
second in the event.
Davey Henthorne, defending
sprint king, could do no better than
second in the century and a third
in the 220. It was Henthorne’s first
race since being sidelined at the
first of the season.
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Don Fair
Dean DeLap
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Kappa Sigs, SAEs Meet
For IM Softball Crown
By DEAN DE LAP
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa
Sigma overpowered their oppon
ents yesterday afternoon to be
come finalists in the intramural
softball playoffs. Norm Van Brock
lin, of Kappa Sig, and SAE's Jim
Popp were the largest factor's in
their respective squads vctorys.
With two down in the fifth inn
ing, and teammates perched on
first and second, Van Brocklin
clouted a four bagger into deep
center field which proved the mar
gin of victory the Kappa Sigs
winning 10-7.
Pitcher Jim Popp limited Chi
Psi to two runs and nine well
Tennis Team
Takes Fourth
Oregon’ Duck tennis team fi
nished in fourth place, ahead of
Washington State and Idaho, in
the Northern Division tennis play
offs at Pullman Saturday.
The Washington Huskies and
Oregon State’s Beavers are still
fighting it out for first place on
the WSC courts, with dark-horse
Montana having grabbed third
place with three points.
Behind the Ducks, who snatched
two hard-earned points. Washing
ton State’s Cougars took fifth
place with one point and pointless
Idaho settled in last place.
Washington is still favored to
take tlie play-offs, with about 18
points, while OSC is expected to
end play with a total of about 12
points.
The Ducks took their two points
by beating out Idaho in the num
ber one and two doubles matches.
Bert Bowman and Saal Lesser beat
Vandals Bretz and Rainey two out
of three, and Dave Van Zandt and
Bud Carpenter defeated Idahoans
Barnes and Johnson two out of
three sets.
scattered safeties, while the win
ning team posted' an 8-2 triumph.
Phi Delts Grab Early Lead
The Phi Delt-Kappa Sig game
was a see-saw affair, in which the
winning nine collected only seven
hits while garnering their total of
10 runs.
Winning pitcher Don Wingate in
trouble as he took over mound du
ties in the initial stanza, when Lou
Gillis connected for a two run
homer. Two walks and a single
followed to load the bases. Win
gate then passed Lou Urban and
Hal Shick to force across an ad
ditional duo of tallies.
However, the Millrace moys com
bined two singles and an error in
the second inning to close their
three run deficit to only one count
er. In the Phi Delt half of the
third inning, Jerry Switzer doubled
driving across Ken Bargelt who
had previously singled. Kappa Sig
ma tied the encounter up in the
fourth canto, by combining two er
rors and a fielders choice for two
more run,?.
In Kappa Sig’s half of the fifth,
Art Sillwell walked as did Don
Wingate which set the stage for
Van Grocklin’s game winning blow.
Then Phi Delt’s came back with a
two run rally of their own, but fell
short of tying the score, and an
opportunity for victory. The win
ning nine tallied an additional two
runs in the last inning to insure
their win.
SAE had an easy time in copping
its semi-final victory. The winning
squad countered in the first, third,
fourth, sixth, and seventh innings.
Chi Psi took a short-lived lead in
the opening stanza as John Holt
singled, advanced to second for an
infield out, and scored as catcher
Dick Maxwell connected for a safe
ty. Following another out Jim Hay
den singled Maxwell home.
The winning squad also tallied in
the first inning when center fielder
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