|duck tracks) By DON FAIR These preseason baseball games which the Webfoots are play ing now are quite a novelty to Coach Don Kirsch. In '48, his first year at the diamond helm. Kirsch had 11 such contests rained off the slate, and worked in only one practice game before Northern Division shooting started. The Ducks will play 10 preseason games between now and their conference opener against Idaho here April 13. Included are a pair of skirmishes with the professional Salem Senators April 8 and 9 on the Webfoot diamond. Incidentally, the Oregon nine will use Howe field this cam paign. Reason for the games now being held on the .practice field is because the infield of the new diamond still has to be turfed, but the point is that it will be ready for use. Oregon Spring Sports in Full Swing It's really spring term in athletics at the U, with 23 sports events slated in Eugene. This includes 15 baseball games, 3 golf and 3 track meets, 2 tennis matches, and a lone spring football game. The actions will carry from now through May 28. That ought to be enough to keep most students busy. The baseball race this year promises to be as close as last season when Oregon and Washington State tied for the first in games won and lost, but the Cougars had the edge in per centage. If the Webfoots’ comparatively green mound and catching staffs hold up, the Ducks will be nobody’s pushovers. Slugging first baseman Dick Bartle seems to have taken up where he left off last campaign when he batted a very respect able .390. A1 Cohen and Walt Kirsch, at short and second respect ively, are a steady, double play combination, and both men can handle the bat. At third, a newcomer Don Kimball rates the nod, another dangerous batter. Kirsch Has No Outfield Worries Kirsch’s outfield troubles are practically nil, with such men as Johnny Kovenz, Hal Zurcher, Pat Wohlers, Ray Stratton, and Don Dibble around, Kovenz is the fastest man on the squad and a solid .30Q hitter, while Zurcher covers the ceuterfield area with a fine-tooth comb. Last year, Kirsch alternated Wohlers and Dibble in the outer garden, depending upon the pitcher used by the opposi tion—Wohlers against right handers, and Dibble against southpaws. Wohlers has been in the .300 batting circle at the University, landing in the .340 bracket in the ’48 season. Right now the hurling staff seems capable to fit the bill with all of the pitchers exhibited displaying the stuff to go nine in nings and win. What is very important is the fact that the control of the tossers has been good for this early. Webfoot Catching Spot Still Open The race for starting catcher is wide open with Gene Rose, Bob Sims, Dale Warberg, and Don Peterson battling for the hon ors, athough yesterday’s injury to Peterson may set him back. Rose originally hailed from the hot baseball town of Payette, Idaho and played on the Idaho frosh team, while Sims is a trans fer from Grays Harbor (Washington) J. C. Warberg was an all around handyman for Vanport, playing first and the outfield as well. The brochure which the Athletic News Bureau turned out after the recent state high school basketball tournament in Eu gene is another feather in the cap for hard workers Art Litch man and his crew of Bill Stratton and Fred Taylor. The booklet is the soup-to-nuts of the tourney, including in dividual scorers, box score, team rosters, and game scores. Be tween putting out the tournament guide and the spring sports dope book, the men used up the better share of the spring vaca tion. Prep Cagers Forget Defensive Play Speaking of the tournament, wha has happened to defensive play in high school basketball? The record of points totaled in four games was broken by four teams—champion Roosevelt, Salem, Marshfield, and Junction City. With the exception of about three of the 26 games, the emphasis was placed on run and-shoot basketball. When you realize that these high school teams were averaging such high totals in only 32 minutes of basketball, compared to the 40 minutes in college, the marks are more phenomenal. In line with the break-neck pace basketball also came more fouling in the games, which was not caused by close tooting officials. College student bodies could take a wise tip from the high school rooting sections at the tournament. The team-backers themselves, not including the adults, were boo-less. In fact the whole atmosphere was different than that of a college cage crowd —mighty unusual after some of those torrid Mac court sessions last winter. Duel Continues Today In Sprints, Distances By DAVE TAYLOR Although Oregon’s varsity weight and field men pushed to a commanding 44-10 victory over their Duckling opponents in the first half of a varsity-frosh track meet yesterday afternoon, all lesults weren t good news for Coach Bill Bowerman's main stringers. The meet will be completed this afternoon, with distance, sprint, and hurdle events scheduled. Competition begins at 3 45 at Hayward field. Yearling star Chuck Missfeldt supplied the biggest surprise by beating out Lou Robinson in the javelin throw. Missfeldt’s toss was more than three feet better than the Pacific Coast confer ence champion could do. Exhibiting the form that brought him the state high school crown, Missfeldt tossed the wooden needle 193 feet 9 inches, while Robinson's best mark was 190 feet 1 inch. Eddie Robison, diminutive first year man, also helped the Duckling cause along by annexing second place in the high jump and third in the pole vault. Robinson Shows Robison’s 5-foot, 10-inch jump in the highs was topped by big Bob Kehrli at 5-feet, 11% inches, while both Don Pickens and Lloyd Hick ok went 12 feet 6 inches, six inches I better than Robison’s right of twelve feet even. Jack Smith was the only other freshman to enter the score col umn, placing third in the broad jump behind Woodley Lewis and Bob Weber. Lewis won this event with a 22-foot 2-inch leap. Varsity Strong The varsity squad swept all the points in the discus and shot put. Ray Heidenrich won the discus with a 140-foot throw, two feet better than Bob Anderson’s 138. Herb Nill copped third with a 122-foot toss. Best frosh mark was 102 feet by Bob Craig and Lou Langer. Lou Robinson returned to the top rung in the shot put, with a mighty heave of 44 feet, 6 inches to take un disputed first. He was closely fol lowed by teammates Bob Anderson and Hale Paxson, who putted 43 and 42 feet respectively. Results: Shot put—Won by Lou Robinson (V) 44’ 6”; 2—Bob Anderson (V); 3—Hale Paxson (V). Javelin—Won by Chuck Mis feldt (F) 193’ 9”; 2—Lou Robin son (V); 3—Earl Stelle (V); 4— Bus Newcomer (V). Pole vault—Tie for first between Lloyd Hickok and Don Pickens (V) at 12’ 6” 3—Ed Robison (F). Discus—Won by Ray Heidenrich (V) 140’; 2—Bob Anderson (V); 3 SPRING HAS SPRUNG An' the time has come !! • GOLF • Laurelwood Golf Club 19th to Agate to 24th to Columbia Herb Nill (V). ' ' .. High jump—Won by Bob Kehrli I (V) 5’.11%”; 2—Ed Robison; (F); 3—E. Patte, Dan Cudahy; L. Mitch ell (V). Broad jump—Won by Woodley Lewis (V) 22' 2”; 2—Bob Weber (V); 3—Jack Smith (F). Squeeze Bunt Works (Continued from page four) that the sophomore catcher will be lost to the Ducks for the re mainder of the season. Box score: Willamette Pointer, 2b .... Osuna, 2b . Matile, ss . Bowe, rf . Markoskie, If Brouwer, if .... Lenz, 3b . Barker, lb .... Douglas, cf .... Roth, c. Scrivens, p ... Stocks, p . AB R H PO A 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 .4 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .1 .4 .2 .2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 .4 4 .4 8 1 1 0 7 2 3 0 10 10 0 0 Totals... Oregon Kovenz, If ... Kirsch, 2b ... Zurcher, cf . Stratton, cf Bartle, lb ... Cohen, ss . Wohlers, rf . Dibble, rf .... Kimball, 3b . Sims, c. Peterson, c . Rose, c. Mills, p . * War berg, ... Besada, p ... Krause, p .... 36 4 8 24 17 .4 .4 .3 .1 .4 4 .1 .1 1 4 0 0 0 .0 0 3 10 10 2 10 0 0 10 2 10 0 12 1 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals.33 5 10 27 1( * Matted for Mills in the third. Willamette 000 200 020—4 8 J Oregon 001 010 011—5 10 4 Topped Robinson CHUCK MISSFELOT Handballers to Resume Action The all-campus handball tourney sponsored by Jim Vitti, IM sports manager, will resume action this week after numerous slowdowns caused by winter term final exam inations and spring vacation. Another factor hampering play has been the inability of opponents to ifnd a convenient time for the matches. 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