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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1949)
|duck tracks) By GLENN GILLESPIE Emerald Sports Writer Though you could never tell it from the obscure pictures which appeared in the. Sunday papers, it was Oregon's own pole vaulter deluxe, George Rasmussen, who made the big sport head lines over the weekend, and he did it in a big way. Rasmussen, exprep great from Bend, Oregon, and now a cornerstone on Bill Bowerman’s Webfoot track squad, attract ed nation-wide attention last Saturday by soaring 14 feet 2x/2 inches into the Texas stratosphere to set a new Texas relay pole vault record. BILL. BOWERMAN i he new mark shattered a vaulting record that had stood since 1942. The old mark of 14 feet 3/8 inch was held by Har old Hunt of Nebraska. Those who had seen Rasmus sen in action shouldn’t be sur prised, since he cleared 14 feet 2 inches last year in competi tion. His Texas showing was remarkable for this early in the season. Bowerfnan dispatched h i s crack vaulter to Texas with 'blessings and c o n fi d e n c e in Rasmussen’s ability, and the co-NCAA champion came through in a big way. If Bowerman’s Ducks can muster added strength in the distances, they should be hard to beat m Northern Division cir cles. The pole vault, javelin, discus, sprints, and bfoacljump events seem to be well-supplied with talent, but a traditional lack of performers in the 880, mile, and two-mile will mean a big- cut in point totals. First scheduled meet for the Webfoots comes this Satur day, wtih the Oregon State relays set at Corvallis. f Another encouraging weekend development was noted, and on the baseball scene this time. Even though Don Kirsch's Ducks managed to lose their first ball game, 4-3 to the Portland Pilots, the Oregon pitching staff did seem to be impressive. The two preseason problems, pitching and catching, have solved themselves so far, and the Kirschmen could be on their way to a successful ND season. Homer Brobst and Dick DeBernardi have secured the first two notches on the pitching staff, and with strong-armers like Sid Mills, Mel Krause, Jim Harms, and Rube Besacla firing ef fectively, prospects look good. Wanted: A Good Southpaw Pitcher The only big deficit Kirsch must face is the lack, of a good southpaw cluicker to bolster his righthanders. Lyle Rogers, the lefty who looked good for the frosh last year, is nursing a sore arm. but may shape up later on. And big DeWayne Johnson, letterman holdover from last year who was to be Oregon’s number one pitcher this season, is out on an eligibility mixup. The Ducks could really use a lefthander with Johnson’s speed and experience. As for catchers, Kirsch seems to have a surplus of handy re ceivers around, and the big problem is finding one who can hit. Dale Warberg, Gene Rose, Bob Sims, and Hal Torkelson have all had their chance behind the plate, and if one of the four can be gin hitting, he could step into the number one spot. Ducks Have Five More Exhibitions Five more preseason exhibitions, including this afternoon's contest with Lewis and Clark, are booked for the Webfoots be fore XD play starts against Idaho. Pacific university plays Oregon here tomorrow, the Ducks travel to McMinnville for a return game with Linfield Thursday, and two games with the Salem Senators are scheduled here Fri day and Saturday. It should be interesting to see how Oregon’s collegiate brand of baseball stacks up with Salem’s professional W-I lea gue talents. A third Salem game will be played here April 16. The fortunate students with no afternoon classes this term shouldn’t have any trouble passing the spare time, what with | baseball and softball games, track meets, and spring football practices to claim their attentions. The first home conference track meet for the \\ ebfoots comes April 16, with Idaho. IM Softball Season Opens With High-Scoring Contests TODAY’S SCHEDULE 3:50 North field—Chi Psi vs. Phi Gamma Delta South field—Merrick hall vs. Sigma Chi Upper field—Tau Kappa Epsilon vs. Nestor hall 4:55 North field—Alpha Tau Omega vs. Delta Upsilon South field—Cherney hall vs. Beta Theta Pi Upper field—Legal Eagles vs. Stitzer hall By John Barton Oregon’s spring intramural soft ball games got off to a slow start yesterday afternoon on the PE diamonds, with two forfeits dur ing the day’s play. Kappa Sigma rolled over Sigma Phi Epsilon by a 9-4 count, Phi Delta Theta tromped Sigma Alpha Mu with an 11-2 score, French hall beat out Phi Sigma Kappa 9-6, and the Pi Kappa Phi-Minturn hall game was called because of the time at the end of the fourth inn ing with the score knotted at 6-6. SigmaNu and Lambda Chi Alpha won on forfeits from the Fizzeds and Omega hall. IN THE ONLY game played during the first round of the af ternoon, Kappa Sigma trounced on the trying Sig Eps by a 9-4 count. Both teams showed good field play, with the Kappa Sigs having the edge in the infield. The difference in the two teams was found in the pitchers. Jim Wasch, pitching for the Kappa Sigs showed lax control in the first few innings, but hung onto the ball in later innings to prove the dividend in score. Gordon Albright, tossing for the Sig Eps, had trou ble mixing control with speed, with the result that he either walked men or got hit. ON THE HITTING side, Kappa Kappa Sigma's Dick Brown boomed out a triple in the first inning, and Abe Johnson did his team-mate one better by banging a homer into gate four of Hayward field in fourth frame. Phi Delta Theta showed bettei stuff in both the pitching anc fielding departments to ride ovei the Sammies by an 11-2 count. ON THE MOUND for the tw< teams were Phi Delt Bob Tagge sell and Sammie Ed Artz. Arts was hit eight times in the fom innings and walked several men while Taggeseli allowed but tw< hits and deviated but slightly from his usual control. Several costly errors in the Sam mie infield help account for the Phi Delt edge. French hall .took advantage of i Phi Sigma Kappa pitching weak ness in the first inning of theii game to run np a 9-2 run margii and hang on to win, 9-6. Phi Sig Bob Langley had a sac afternoon on the mound in the firs 25 minutes of the first inning and was finally relieved by Rus Hawks, who turned in a fine, scoreless pitching job for the remainder of the game. AFTER THE 30-mlnute-lottg first inning in which a steady pro cession of French hall men waltzed around the bases on walks, the boys settled down and played bail. French pitcher Milo Emal threw a steady ball, allowing few hits. Pi Kappa Phi got off to an early start in their game with Mintura hall, running up a 4-2 lead at the end of the second inning and a 6-2 bulge at the end of the third, but failed to turn back a Mintum rally in the final inning and had to settle for a 6-6 tie game. Time was called by the officials and the two clubs walked home into the setting sun, promising to play the tie off at a later date. IM Tennis Results Intramural tennis opened yester day with SAM, the defending champs, downing Sigma Phi Epsi lon, 2-1. The Sammies took both doubles matches but dropped the lone singles. Mort Bonime and Hal Light 1 started the winners off right by downing Sig Eps Bob Chaney and l Bud Smith 6-2 and 8-6. The second match saw A1 Lipman and Joel , Krane winning over Paul Daven , port and Leigh Eden 6-2 and 6-2. The lone win for the Sig Eps came when Dom Provost came out on top over Itz Horenstein. 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