DUCK TRACKS
By BOB REED
Co-Sports Editor
^ Oregon rooters will have to wait another week before the
- Duck grid eleven makes an appearance close to home. This
•coming Saturday, Jim Aiken takes his boys into the Inland
Empire for what should be a comparatively easy battle against
ythe University of Idaho.
, Then the Saturday following the Idaho tilt, Oregon will
be host to Southern California in Portland, in one of *he
. crucial conference tilts for the Webfoots this season.
,* The football team has been away for the last three con
secutive weekends. First Stanford, where a small number of
students were able to see the game, then the Michigan tussle,
^a long, long way from Eugene making it almost impossible for
any student to witness the affair, and now the Moscow invasion
this Saturday.
* Blowout Scheduled for Portland
The Oregon-Southern Cal. game in Portland, then, should
'"be a complete blowout. The stage, in fact, is all set. A crucial
’ game, a strong California team, an ideal stadium, a good chance
vfori perfect weather, and a student body which has waited im
- patiently for this big test. Jim Aiken’s gridders should notice
^piite a change from the dull, almost a whisper, cheering sec
tions that have given vocal support during the last weeks.
^\nyway, there is nothing like saying how it should be, and
Kve hope it will be loud. *
* Some days it is even hard to write your name at the head of
a column, and this just so happens to be one of them. Whenever
we have little to say, and need copy to fill the column, we always
* turn to baseball, our favorite sport. (Not to be offensive to
1 football, basketball, and the like, you understand.)
* Williams Solves Famed Shift
Ted Williams, said by many experts to be the greatest hitter
fcin baseball, took a long time to absorb the idea but it looks as
though finally he has made the grade of learning to hit to left
« field.
1 One result of his current efforts to cross the fielding de
ll fense is the reducing of the exaggerated infield defense when
he is batting. That line-up came to be known as the Boudreau
* defense because the Cleveland manager-Shortstop first used it.
Williams was dismayed the first time he saw' the Boudreau
• defense, ©nly the first baseman was in his customary stance.
The second baseman was playing in the spot where many a
-Williams single whistled into right field, between the second
and the first baseman. The Boudreau shift put the second
« sacker in a position to be in front of hits like that. The shortstop
t moved close to the spot usually occupied by the second base
^man. The third baseman played third and short from a shallow
Iphortfield position.
*pasy After He Learned r/ow
All Williajns had to do to beat that shift was to bunt toward
third or learn to hit that way on a full swing. At first, however,
*he was too obstinate to outwit the opposition. He gritted his
‘ teeth and tried to hit the ball through the massed infield de
' fense. Sometimes he did it. More often lie didn’t. In the 1946
world series the Cardinals adopted the Boudreau shift and
»onlv once did Williams cross the defense with a dribble to the
third base side. Williams was still disinclined to follow Joe
* Cronin’s advice that he should learn to hit to left field.
But now he seemes to be doing that very thing. lit one
game this year, Ted knocked two doubles to left field. Perhaps
we should have pointed out that when the infield moved
towards first the outfield also shifted many yards that way
so the left-fielder played almost a center field position. So
the outfield was as easy for a blow in that direction as the in
’ field. All the more reason why Ted should have been training
his artillery that way.
‘ And now that he seems to be doing that very thing the de
fense no longer has an edge over him. But even being the great
• hitter that he is, and also being able to hit to left this year, the
American League batting champion was unable to bring a pen
.nant and a chance at the Braves in the world series to the junior
circuit’s representative in Boston.
Discussion Held
‘On Zoo Designs
Designs for the landscaping of
the small city zoo will he dis
cussed at an open meetting to
* night at 7 p.m. in the architecture
building.
1 Discussion will be based on the
exhibit of Landscape Exchange
, Problems now on the walls of the
upper division drafting room in the
architecture building. On display
„are drawings of students of Ohio
State university, University of
Pairings Planned
Pairings for the noise parade,
held annually in conjunction with
Homecoming weekend, will be
made Thursday at 4 p.m. in the
game room of the YMCA. Noise
parade chairman Joe Warren has
asked that a representative from
each living organization be pres
ent at that time.
Illinois, University of Georgia,
University of Massachusetts, Iowa
State college, and Michigan State
college.
'Only One Play'
Says Boudreau
Boston, Oct. 6—(AP)—“It’s a
shame to ruin such a masterful
pitching performance by one de
cision.”
That was the only complaint
voiced by Cleveland Manager Lou
Boudreau after the Indians, beaten
1-0 in the opening world Series
pitching duel between Johnny Sain
and Bob Feller, trooped silently
into their dressing room.
Decision Close
The decision he referred to was
on a close play at second base in
the eighth inning when Phil Masi,
apparently trapped off base, slid
back safely under Boudreau.
“I thought I had him. I tagged
him on his shoulder. But that’s
just my opinion. Stewart (umpire
Bill Stewart) had his. It isn’t a
complaint,” Boudreau said evenly.
Feller Terse
Feller, who allowed only two
hits in his first world series game
but lost 1-0, was even more terse
in his comments on that particular
play. “Take a look at the pictures
of it,” he remarked grimly. We
thought we had him on the trap.”
Except on that one decision at
second, the Indians had no com
plaint about the umpiring.
The Braves’ victorious pitcher,
Sain, shared in the tribute Boud
reau paid to Feller.
Boudreau Gives Credit
“He pitched a great game and
deserves a lot of credit. They both
pitched a great game,” Lou went
on.
On the other side of the room
Feller was explaining that he “had
pretty good stuff and felt good.”
It was a fast ball he threw to
Tommy Holmes in the eighth when
the Braves right fielder belted a
hit to drive in the game’s only run.
“It was a one and one pitch and I
had to get it in there. If it had
been just a little higher or lower
he might have gone out—but he
didn’t and we didn’t get a run.”
“Was it the toughest game I’ve
lost?” Bob broke into a grin as he
repeated the question. “I wouldn’t
say it was. I once struck out 18
men and lost the game.”
Tune KASH for the Idaho game
next Saturday.
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Close Scores Predominate
Between Intramural Teams
TODAYS GAMES
Tau Kappa Epsilon vs. Legal.
Eagles.
Kappa Sigma vs. Minturn Hall.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Yeo
men.
Phi Gamma Delta vs. Cherney
Hall.
Sigma Alpha Mu vs. McChesney
Hall.
Chi Psi vs. Sherry Ross.
by DAVE BUFFAM
Another day of intra-mural play
rolled by yesterday as Sigma Nu
defeated Pi Kappa Phi, 25-0, Phi
Kappa Psi downed a hard fight
ing Delta Upsilon squad 7-0, and
Wesley house took a nothing to
nothing ball game from Stitzer
hall by one first down.
Earlier in the afternoon the
Fizzeds squeezed out an 8-6 vic
tory over Beta Theta Pi, Lambda
Chi Alpha defeated Merrick hall
7-0, and Campbell Club won a 7-0
tilt from Westminster house.
Sigma Nus Beat Pi Phis
Defeating Pi Kappa Phi 25-0,
Sigma Nu kept passer Rog Dick
busy passing at his best and scor
ing all four touchdowns from the
air. Dick’s first successful TD
pass was completed to John Ko
venz in the second quarter. He
connected with Bill Flemming in
the third quarter, and added two
more in the last stanza, one to Jim
Bartelt and the other to brother
Ed Dick.
Phi Psis Fade DUs
The Phi Psis and DUs fought
for yardage and in the second
Quarter Rich Hopper intercepted
a DU pass and ran 95 yards to
r
score the only touchdown of the
ball game.
A rough and tough Wesley house
seven and a determined Stitzer hall
squad rampaged in a long tedious
tilt that ended in a 0-0 score.
Since there was no score in the
game the referees gave Wesley
house the nod, two first downs to
one. The Fizzeds sneaked an 8-6
victory over Beta Theta Pi yes
terday.
The Fizzeds John Chiapuzio
scored their only TD in the second
quarter after receiving a toss from
Bob Chiapuzio. Bob Thompson
racked up two points for the team
by scoring a safety in the same
period.
A peg from Jerry O’Leary to
Ken Ball accounted for the Betas
only score.
Lambda Chi's Bill Davis was
the hero of the day for his team
when he intercepted a Merrick hall
pass and ran forty yards to a
touchdown to win the game 7-0.
Merrick hall held Lambda Chi to
one TD with an active defense.
Mel Krause again starred for the
Campbell Club by completing a
pass to Hank Planian for the
games only score.
The University of Oregon has
only gone unbeaten and untied
once, in 1894, when they won all
four games they played.
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