DUCK TRACKS|
By Tom King
Emerald Sports Editor
It s time to hitch onto a spinning sports top and again go
wheeling around the Pacific slopes and elsewhere.
One of the first turning points of the current baseball season
will stare Don Kirsch's Ducks in the face almost before they are
going to be able to gather their collective breaths . . . That will
come next week when Washington State’s veteran outfit, de
fending Northern Division champions, puts in an appearance I
here Monday and Tuesday . . .
Before the end of the month the
Ducks will have faced the Buck
Bailey and his Cougars four
times, and after that they won’t
be disturbed with them again.
Word from the Southland is
that Jeff Cravath, gridiron chief
at El Troy, may ink Monk Sim
ons as an assistant . . . Monk is
presently engaged in a similar
capacity at Tulane ... His fath
er used to be something of an
institution on the Green Wave
campus down ol’ Bayou way.
JEFF CRAVATH
isia\ain, wno nas never ducked an argument yet, shocked
some old timers around his tradition steeped school the other dav
when he went on record as predicting that a big 200 lb. sopho
more would become one of the greatest ends in Troy’s rather il
lustrious history . .. This was startling enough, but even moreso
was the fact that this new “find” has never played end before in
life . . . He centered in high school and carried out the same roll
last year on the Frosh squad . . . The name is A1 Baldock, and
you might put it down in your future book.
Beavers Land 'Player of Year' From California
Although little or no publicity attended his arrival, when Bud
TV oodward enrolled at Oregon State and showed up for spring
practice, the Beavers were really getting a jewel.. . Bud is a full
back. and a good one ... As a senior in high school he was named
“Player of the Year” in Southern California (CIF), and he has
been tabbed as the boy who hits a line in the best Standlee tradi
tion . . . Supposedly one of the finest fb’s the southland has pro
duced in several spins of the sun dial, Woodward transferred to
OSC from Long Beach City College.
A hefty 51 ft. push of the shot is good for only about fifth or
sixth place in some southland track meets ... After the boys get a
mite further along in their spring football practicing, Coach Jim
Aiken plans to have them go at it on Saturdays ... Expected in
clement weather has something to do with this . . . Dutch Feh
ring, ex-UCLA line coach who, it was rumored, might wind up at
Oregon, signed recently with Marchy Schwartz at Stanford . . .
And Dutch’s ol’ boss, Bert LaBrucherie, is now working for a
car dealer.
Iron Mike Dimitro, with whom Bert had a tiff last fall, turned
up for spring practice, but insiders say that, despite what you
hear and read, he won't be eligible.
The Water, Siftin', and Helmet Story
Aiken’s penchant for not
having a water-bucket on the
field is only one of many simi
lar restrictions that are used
by coaches across the nation
. . . Paul Brown of Cleveland
doesn’t permit any of his men
to sit down once they hit the
practice field ... It doesn’t
matter whether they are just
standing to the side watch
ing, or whether they’re mere
ly out for an afternoon sun
tan — they still gotta stand
. . . Red Sanders has a simi
lar provision at UCLA con
cerning helmets . . . Players
must wear them all the time.
.. At Washington State, Phil
Sarboe has ’em running a
mile in seven minutes with
full gear after the first day.
Only Cliff Crandall and
Alex Peterson will be absent
from the crack Beaver cage
squad that went to the NC
AA Regional Finals when
next season comes around .
•
They’ll be moving into a new
two-million dollar pavilion ...
Elliott, OSC’s new backfield
coach, never had been in Ore
gon before . . . He’s quite a
baseball player, too.
Put Clamp on Wooden and His Worrysome Words
Some fellow-coaches have tried to put the skids under John
Wooden’s cat-calling- tactics that helped him and his Bruin team
to a SD basketball title this past season . . . Wooden's saucy,
penetrating voice, which echoed protests almost incessantlv,
came in for some sharp criticism . . . Too, they ridiculed his prac
tice of having his players wave their arms when an opponent
was shooting at; the free throw line . . . Comm. Vie Schmidt has
taken the matter under his wing and in the future 'tis said, these
annoying little habits will be pretty much curtailed.
George Yardley, the Stanford fly-by-night whom thev were
comparing to Hank Luisetti, wound up in the same graveyard
which has buried so many other over-publicized cagemen . . .
He failed to make the All-SD five, and teammate Dave Davidson
was voted by the squad as the most valuable player.
Two Halls, Vets and Stan Ray, Win
1UUAV VS Sl HKUliLE
3:50
North Field: Kappa Sigma vs
Fizzeds
South Field: Sigma Phi Epsilon
vs. Sigma Nu
Upper Field: Phi Delta vs. French
Hall
4:55
North Field: Sigma Alpha Mu vs.
Phi Sigma Kappa
South Field: Chi Psi vs. Merrick
Upper Field: Phi Gamma Delta
vs. Sigma Chi.
Yesterday was a short after
noon insofar as Intramural soft
ball competition was concern
ed, only two games being play
ed. Hunter Hall squared off
against Vets Housing in a rath
er wild contest, and came out a
14-2 loser. In the other contest,
Stan Ray hall squeezed by the 13th
Street Athletic club, 7-6.
SUPERIOR pitching and more
power at the plate proved the pay
off in the Vets hall win. It was a
pretty loosely played affair, one
which was marred by frequent dis
putes with the umpire. At one time
the ump threatened to eject a play
er and call a forfeit.
The colorful, T-shirted boys of
the I3th St. AC went down to de
feat despite the fine performance
turned in by Chuck Rufner.
The free-swinging outfielder cut
off one man at second and stopped
at third another who might have
scored with a couple of bee-line
throws from the outfield.
HE ALSO chipped in with the
lone four-master of the afternoon.
Stan Ray won in the final inning
when Bob Sike drilled in McMilan
from third.
Varsity Netmen
Prep For Match
With Pioneers
Lewis and Clark College will pro
vide the opposition for the Oregon
varsity tennis squad tomorrow af
ternoon on the Emerald street
courts.
The Ducks are fresh from a sur
prising 4-3 victory over the strong
Eugene Tennis Club Saturday, hav
ing captured four of the five singles
matches but dropping both double
tests.
Coach Clyde Knox of the Pio
neers will present a potent aggre
gation, spearheaded by Bill Preble,
his number one man. The Pioneers
already have several warmup con
tests under their belts.
Although the eliminations have
continued all week, Coach Saal Les
ser as yet is certain only of his top
three men, who are Bob Carey,
Dave Van Zandt, and himself,
It's a STRIKE!
For an Evening (
of fun Bowl at
DORSEY'S
U-BOWL
29 W. 11th Ph. 4716
COMPLETE EASTER DINNERS
WILL RE SERVED IN THE
RUSTIC ROOM
AT THE
ANCHORAGE CAFE
WHERE WEST 11th MEETS FRANKLIN Blvd.
-FEATURING
BAKED SUGAR CURED HAM—FRUIT SAUCE
ROAST TURKEY—DRESSING—CRANBERRY
SAUCE—SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN
FOR RESERVATIONS IF DESIRED PHONE 30
2 EASTER SERVICES
9 a. m. and 11a. m.
"AS IT BEGAN TO DAWN"
Baptismal services at 9 a. m. KASH broadcast at 11
Young People’s Easter Breakfast at 7:30 a. m.
University Bible Class at 10 a. m.
University Fellowship at 6:30 p. m.
7:30 p.m. “THE MAN WHO MISSED EASTER’’
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Broadway at High Dr. Vance Webster, Pastor
What makes it worth having?
BY ITSELF, a Bell telephone is useless. What
makes it so valuable to you is that it brings
the world within easy speaking distance when coo*
nected to the Bell System network.
This network has billions of parts. All had to he
designed and manufactured to work together for
good telephone service.
To assure a dependable source of good equip
ment that will work together with all other parts of
the nation-wide telephone network,Western Electric
long ago was made the manufacturing unit of the
Bell System.
• As members of the Bell System, Wes tern Electric
people can work most closely with Bell research people
who design equipment and Bell Telephone company
people who operate it. Result: You get the most de
pendable, most valuable telephone service on earth.
Western Electric
A UNIT OF THE BELL
SYSTEM SINCE 1882