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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1949)
|DUCK TRACKS v By Tom King Emerald Sports Editor Four clown and twelve to go. That's how things stand with Don Kirsch and his crest-riding Ducks insofar as the North - ern Division diamond race is concerned. And, just to fill out things, they are standing right at the top of the heap. Of course, there is many a slip ‘twixt, etc., etc., and so it's too early to begin discussing the possibilities of the boys out on Howe Field sweeping to the championship. But, after duly considering 1 the performance of the club to - date, it is cpiite apparent that no one need run out and lower the _ dag to half mast re the most re cent turn of events. Probably the most encourag ing thing is the way the boys have begun to spray base hits around the lot. 45 safeties in four contests is a right smart ■» clip, but even more astounding is the fact that they have regis „ tered more runs than hits—47 to be exact. Oregon followed this same rather weird tenden cy during its pre-season tour, I and no one has as yet been mov-1| * ed to tears by the fact. I The recent games turned in DON KIRSCH '■ by the hurling corps liave inspired a few ear-to-ear smiles, too. Mel Krause gave up eight runs to Buck Bailey’s favored (and .. subsequently flattened) WSC Cougars, and he was wild. Pitching Staff Perks Up But the fact remains that he staggered through that one and lasted the whole route, while Sid Mills did likewise, though with ~ a great deal less stress and sweat. So a pitching staff that sup posedly was on the rocks, particularly after Dewayne Johnson „ was ruled ineligible, has more than held its own. As for the fielding, Kirsch has been confident that it would come around eventually. And perhaps it has. Tuesday’s game produced no boots on Oregon’s part, and the day previous four WSC infield smashes were whipped into a like number of double * plays. All of which would gladden any pitcher's heart, and even perhaps stir him on to a few handsprings. Baileys failure to work Ward Kockey, mainspring of the staff, against the Ducks has been questioned—but also, in some re * spects, justified. Presumably, Bailey was saving him to face ...Oregon State, which opponent was considered more worthy than k the Lemon-and-Green. The latter, however, threw something of a monkey wfench into the scheme of the things. ^ After dropping the opener of the Duck series, Bailey might have been expected to save face by sending Rockey out to do the chunking. However, Mr. Rockey remained on the bench and warmed his posterior while Vince Foster went out for a three inning stint. It is to be recalled that Foster handled the Web " foots like so many lame ducks in 1948, so Bailey’s strategem in prefering him over Rockey needs no second-guessing. Bailey Shows Up Because of Mourning for Pals Some onlookers felt they were short-changed, figuratively '' speaking by the fact that Bailey didn’t showboat as advertised. , The reason, says our informant, was that he happened to be a pal of some of the men who were both '' slayed and injured when a Pull man merchant went beserk Sun v day night. Naturally, “Buck” was considerably shaken by the whole affair and didn’t feel up to his us -* ual whirlwind self. We understand that back in his - early years at Washington State Bailey had the terrifying habit of taking a hat, flinging it to the ground, and wiping his feet there on whenever the Fates frowned. “Buck” had been doing this for quite a spell but there came a day when he had to think twice be fore making with the hat and the feet. It seems that virtually every woman’s organization West of the Rockies, including a complete chain of afternoon bridge and tea clubs, decided to bombard “Buck” with hats. Within a matter of days Bailey was snowed under with chapeaus of all shapes, sizes and styles—much less colors. Needless to say, “Buck” Bailey has never gone bare-headed since. - More Help From JC Ranks On the football front, word is that Oregon'may land three of _ the four starting backs from Compton College’s National JC title outfit. Quarterback Bob Moore, 200 pounder and then some, is said to be on the way up. He is quite a kicker. Too, while previously the only assurance that teammate Bill Fell would turn Webfoot was through a Southland report, the ' situation has taken a change for the better, Jim Aiken can pretty well count on him now, without much reservation. , Of course, such expectations can fall through practically over night. Witness the case of John Finney and Ollie Matsen. Cherney Pulls Major Upset In IM by Taking ATO, 7-6 TODAY’S SCHEDULE 3:50 North field—Fizzeds vs. Lamb da Chi Alpha South field—Sigma Nu vs. Ome ga hall Upper field—French hall vs. Pi Kappa Phi 4:55 North field—Phi Sigma Kappa vs. Minturn hall South field—Merrick hall vs. Tail Kappa Epsilon Upper field—Sigma Chi vs. Nes ter hall Cherney hall, whose team hasn’t won an intramural event this year, pulled one out of the hat yesterday to beat Alpha Tau Omega, present leaders in the all-year intramural race, by a count of 7-6. In the other games of the day, Beta Theta Pi beat Delta Upsilon, 4-0; Sigma Alpha Epsilon defeat ed McChesney hall by a 4-1 count; Delta Tau Delta swamped Sherry Ross hall with an 11-0 win, Phi Kappa Psi beat out Pi Kappa Al pha, 6-4, and Theta Chi defeated Phi Kappa Sigma, 7-2. IN THE big upset of the day, Cherney hall went wild in the first inning of their game with ATO to run up a six-run margin, and then stayed out in front to come out on top with a 7-6 win. The Hallmen bunched their hits, took a few walks, and capitalized on some ATO errors to get the six runs across, and then picked up one more in the second frame. Alpha Tau Omega went score less for three innings, but found their bats in the fourth to punch in one run, then followed with one in the fifth and four more in the last frame to account for their total of six runs. ATO Dick Gehr banged out a home run to make the one run in the fifth inning, and John Brooke created a four-bagger in the sec ond for Cherney. SIGMA ALPHA Epsilon grabbed two runs in both the first and third innings, and limited McChes ney hall to one run in the fifth frame to come out on top with a 4-1 score. Lloyd Fox and Sam Bergstrom did the chucking chores for the hallmen, while Jim Popp went the route for the SAEs. Both teams looked fairly equal on the mound and in the field, but a few costly McChesney errors proved the dif ference in the score. A1 Mann of Beta Theta Pi lim ited Delta Upsilon to one hit in their game of the afternoon and saw his teammates come out on top by a 4-0 count. The contest is unique in that it is the only game that has gone seven innings yef this year. DELTA TAU. DELTA grabbed An Amazing Offer by HOLIDAY Pipe Mixture The pipe chat every smoker wants—DANA, the modern pipe, with brightly polished alum|f igjium shank and genuine imported briar bow/lj with inside wrappers from 12 pocket tins of HOLIDAY PIPE MIXTURE Sin 12 HOLIDAY wrappers (M your DANA PIPE Send to OOUDAY, Dipl. CN, RIchmoBd, Ylrplib Offer Limited to USA—Expires June 30. 1949 An Adventure in Good Smoking two runs in the second inning, two in the third, and topped it off with seven in the big fourth inning to swamp Sherry Ross hall, 11-0, in the most one-sided score of the afternoon. Delta Ed Sanford struck out eight men and gave up one hit, that to the first Sherry Ross man who came to bat. To date Sanford has given up two hits, and has walked no one this season. Hall Pitcher Dick Reiner showed plenty of speed, but was hit sev eral times, and failed to get the needed support from his infield. EHI KAPPA PSI George Wirt ges gave up but one hit in his game with Pi Kappa Alpha, but the Phi Psis had to hustle with six quick runs in the last two innings to pull through with a 6-4 win. Theta Chi, under the leadership of a new pitcher, ran over Phi Kap pa Sigma with a 7-2 score in the last game of the day. Phil Singler, taking over from Paul Sowers, pitched a very steady game. The Theta #Chis grabbed their runs in bunches, with three in the second frame and four in the fifth inning. Cougars Down Beavers ,*1 1-1, As Rockey Cops Ward Rockey turned in a mas terful six-hit performance yester day against Oregon State to put Washington State back in the win ning path by twirling an 11-1 vic tory. 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