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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1949)
Webfoots Topple Idaho, 11-4 'O' Harriers Set to Run Saturday Coach Bill Bowerman sent his Webfoot harriers through their regular mid-week timings as he primed them for their dual meet this Saturday with the Idaho Van dals on Hayward field. Although hampered by a North wind which swept down Hayward field all afternoon, the Duck track men were consistently slicing off split seconds from their previous dockings. THE DUCKS will be at full strength for the Vandal meet, Bow erman said. However Jack Coun tryman, distance man who knock ed the skin off his left knee in a fall at Corvallis last Staurday, is still wearing a patch. Also Pete Murer, one of Bowerman's top hurdlers, complained of a sore leg and didn't participate in yester day's timings. Highlight of yesterday’s action eume in the 830-yard run, when Phil Jones, Countryman, and Jack Hutchins roared around the oval and finished in that order with only a stride separating the first and third man. Time for the event was 37.8 sec onds, which is good considering they were running against the wind the majority of the distance. THIS IS the first time this sea son that Hutchins has been out of the top spot, which shows quite an improvement by Jones and Coun tryman. Another stride finish was chalk ed up in the 75-yard dash, when Davey Henthorne, A1 Bullier, and Bob Weber fought the wind all the way with Henthorne edging his teammates in 8.2 seconds. Don Pickens and Lloyd Hickok. depth men in the pole vault behind George Rasmussen, looked particu larly good during their warmup practices as they crossed the bar easily at 13 feet. THERE WAS no set competition ic: this event, but a regular practice session was held. in other timings of the afternoon, Pete Mundle covered the three quarter mile in 3 minutes 25.2 sec onds, while Jack Doyle skipped ov er the high hurdles in 11.2 seconds. Fijis Beat Pi K Phi In l-M Net Play Phi Gamma Delta whitewashed l-n Kappa Phi's racketeers 2-0 in i t intramural tennis duel yester day afternoon. The Fijis annexed singles play by a default when the Pi Kaps failed to have an entrant. They copped the first doubles when Bob Mensor and Chuck Corgan whipped Joe Cartesagna and BUI Adams 0-2 in both sets. tn the second doubles, Bonnie Vannata and Russell Waddel tucked away the first set easily at 0 1, but Pi ICapp Bill Higgins and Doug Hayes came back in the final ^ . go to force the score 7-5 before ving up. Minneapolis Wins Title ST. PAUL. Minn., April 14 Tn icted wrist and all, George Mikan P ished in 20 points last night to lark Minneapolis to a 77-50 vic tory over Washington for the lampionship of the Basketball a isocistion of America. AL COHEN, slugging: Webfoot shortstop, came through with a grounil-rule triple into the centeri'ield bleachers yesterday to bolster Oregon’s 13-liit attack. The Ducks smothered Idaho, 11-4. Joe DiMaggio Leaves Hospital, But Heel Treatments to Continue BALTIMORE, April 14—(API— Joe DiMaggio will probably be dis charged from Johns Hopkins Hos pital today, but the New York Yan kee centerfielder will continue treatments for his sore heel as an out-patient. The big slugger arrived at the hospital shortly before 2 a. m. Wed nesday. His right heel, from which a bony growth, or “spur,” had been removed between seasons, was paining. He was examined by Dr. George A. Bennett, who had treated him several times before. Afterwards, the hospital issued a bulletin stating that the “length of the disability will be determined by the results of the treatment.” Doc tors declined to speculate on just how long that would be, DiMaggio has been plagued by injuries and other physical ailments during most of his career. He has made five trips to Johns Hopkins in the last two years. Apparently he will not be on hand American Loop Discusses Suits CHICAGO, April 14 — (AP) — American League officials yester day conferred with Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler on player suits against organized baseball, but the discussions were kept sec ret. Chandler and his counsel met for nearly three hours with 13 Ameri can loop officials at the commis sioner's suite in the Blackstone Hotel. Afterwards, the group posed wil lingly for the news pictures, but were mum on what had been said about current litigation against the major leagues. A similar meeting had been held last Friday among National League representative at Cincinnati. Chandler, however, said there would be no joint meeting between the two leagues on the same sub ject. Such a meeting had been ex pected. Organized baseball must file an swer in New York on April 23 to a suit by Max Lanier and Fred Mar tin, former St. Louis Cardinal pit chers, for $2,500,000 damages. Tire two ex-Cardinals were suspended for five years because they jumped to the Mexican League in 1940. Oregon plays an exhibition game with the Salem Senators Saturday on Howe Field. for the opening of the season next Tuesday. This would make the eigh th different year that ailments have kept him out of opening games with the Yankees. PCL Baseball PORTLAND, April .14—(AP)— San Diego’s Max West rapped out a homer to drive in three runs in the first inning last night and the Pad res went on from there to defeat Portland,. 6-2, in their Pacific Cop.st League baseball game.' SAN DIEGO 300 101 100—6 11 1 PORTLAND 000 002 000—2 4 1 Flores and Stockhausen; Helser and Fernandes. OAKLAND, April 14 (AP)—Les Scarsella’s two-run homer in the last half of the ninth last night gave the Oakland Acorns a 4-3 vic tory over Los Angeles to square the Pacific Coast baseball series at a game apiece. Los Angeles 100 002 000—3 13 1 Oakland 000 200 002—4 6 0 Anthony and Malone; Nelson and Padgett. Locke Leads in Tourney FORT BRAGG, N. C., April 14 —(AP)-—Bobby Locke of South Africa added a 74 yesterday to his previous record-breaking 66 to lead individual scoring in the Fort Bragg pro-amateur golf tourna ment. Mel Krause Limits Vandals To Five Blows in Opener;• Squads Vie Again Today By DICK CRAMER Starting in the first inning and letting up only slightly as the game progressed, Don Kirsch’s Oregon baseballers came through with a convincing 11-4 win over an apathetic Idaho nine yesterday on Howe field. The win also eased the pitching situation when Sophomore Mel Krause, making his first Northern Division start, held the Vandals to five hits and three earned runs. KRAUSE yielded only one base knock in the first five in nings, a towering home run in to the right field bushes by Nick Stallworth. He then gave up three runs in the next two frames, and blanked the visitors the rest of the way. Tops in hitting for the Ducks was left fielder Johnny Kovenz, who had two singles in as many trips and tallied three runs. Webfoot sluggers reached two Idaho pitch ers for 13 hits. CATCHER Gene Rose had two for three including a double, Walt Kirsch and Hal Zurcher had two for four, and Dick Bartle, coming out of a long slump, blasted a dou ble and a single in five trips. Oregon opened fast on Idaho starter Arnold Beebe, garnering three runs in the first inning. Ko venz walked and took third bn Zur cher’s single. They both tallied on Today's Game at 3 Oregon and Idaho will play the second opening series baseball game this afternoon at 3 on Howe Field. Webfoot chances to sweep the series depend on righthander Homer Brobst, scheduled to take the mound for Oregon. A1 Cohen’s ground-rule triple into the left-centerfield bleachers, and Cohen came in on Don Kimball’s one-baser. STALLWORTH connected for his homer in the second. He hit a. towering fly to right field that went over Pat Wohlers’ head and into the hedge, and romped all the way around when Wohlers couldn’t find the ball. The Webfoots came back with two tallies of their own in the bot tom of the second. Rose singled and reached second when Stallworth blobbed a double-play toss on Krause’s hard grounder. BOTH MOVED up when Kovenz sacrificed and Vandal catcher Joe Whitcomb, after faking to third, held the ball and let Kovenz reach first to load the bases. Rose scor ed the fourth Duck run and Krause took third on Zurcher’s long fly to centerfield, and Krause came in a moment later on Cohen’s fly to left. IN THE FOURTH, the Kirsch men rolled in three more runs to sew the game up. Kovenz singled, as did Zurcher, and they took sec ond and third on a fielders’ choice. The former tallied on Captain Co hen’s fly and Zurcher came in on Bartle’s towering triple to right. The Webfoot first-sacker crossed the plate on a wild pitch by Beebe. OREGON CLOSED their scoring in the fifth with three more runs. Walt Kirsch walked and scored on a double by Rose. Krause walked and Kovenz singled, scoring Rose. Idaho pulled a comedy Of errors that finally wound up with Krause out at third and Kovenz perched at second on Zurcher’s infield roller. Bob Mays threw ove^lftob Pritch ett’s head, allowing Kovenz to score and Zurch to take second. The Vandals came back with a single run in the sixth on Harley Williams double, a single by Rod Grider, and an infield out on Dex ter Linck. THEY PICKED up two in the seventh on Cohen’s error, a double , by Hal Hunter, and a single by re lief pitcher Don Fodrea, who had replaced Beebe with nobody down in the fifth. Idaho didn’t seem fired up during the game, and though making only two errors in the field, they played a loose defensive game and were unimpressive. Dexter Linck, in cen ter field, chalked up eight putouts, a good days work for any outfield er. Box R H E IDAHO 010 001 200 4 5 2 OREGON . 320 330 000—11 13 2 Beebe, Fodrea, (5) and Whit comb; Krause and Rose, Warberg (7). Hear! DR. VERNON NASH • Rhodes Scholar • National Vice Pres, of United World Federalists Tell how world peace may he achieved through amendment of the United Nations Charter Dr. Nash will deliver a logical, colorful explanation of world peace. Both intellectual and informative. You can’t afford to miss this talk. Sponsored bv Eugene Council on World Af fairs, United World Federalists of Eugene, Students Federal ists of University of Oregon, International Relations Club. UNIVERSITY MUSIC HALL AUDITORIUM Thursday, April 14, 8:30 P.M.