|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.
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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.
The Cougars, wlo collected eight
safeties, gathered four runs in the
first, five more in the third, and
two in the fourth to salt away the
verdict.
A walk to Ed Coleman and four
straight singles by Gordon Bruns
wick, Don Paul, Bill Mayberry and
Clayton Carr touched off things in
the big third frame.
Harry Richards tallied for the
Beavers in the fifth on Rick Erick
sons Texas leaguer.
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