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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1949)
Breaks Another Record ANOTHER DUAL MEET mark was set last Saturday by George Rasmussen, who now holds all dual meet records in the pole vault between Oregon and other Northern Division schools except Wash ington. The lust is held by George Varoff. Webfoots Lose to Cougars But Turn in Good Times Although defeated decisively 8 L 2/3 to 49 1/3 by the powerful Washington State Cougars last Saturday, Oregon thinclads turned outstanding marks in their win ning events. Besides the troublesome Palouse organization, Coach Bill Bower o all's charges had to battle an icy tain that fell throughout the en tice Northern Division dual meet. Led by the record-shattering per formance of Pole Vaulter George Rasmussen who set a new Oregon V, SC mark, the Ducks were able to salvage 5 of 15 first places from the touted Cougars. Rasmussen vaulted 14 feet to up his old record set in 1947 of 13 feet 9 7/8 inches. Little Davey Henthorne, North ern Division sprinter king, turned in. excellent times while winning the 100 and 220-yard dash in :09.8 seconds and :21.3 respectively. By capturing both events, Henthorne tied for top scoring honors with WSC Hurdler Fran Polsfoot who won both the high and low' hurdles. Woodley Lewis, Webfoot broad jumper, annexed his event for the invaders with a leap of 22 feet 10 inches. This not only is Lewis’ best jump so far this season, but aiso the best ND mark posted thus far. Bob Laidlaw, defending ND champion, chalked up a 22 foot 1 inch leap to take first for OSC in their Moscow dumping. Ray Heidenrich and Bob Ander son took first and second for the Ducks in the discus with Heiden rich outdistancing his teammate’s toss by over a foot. His winning throw was 144 feet 6 inches. Injured Lou Robinson, PCC javelin champion, threw the spear 173 feet 5 inches to take second while Earl Stelle grabbed third for the Ducks. A1 Bullier, fleet-footed sprinter, also turned in a fine performance by coming in second in both the 100 and 220-yard dash just behind the flying heels of Henthorne. Feller Warms Up CLEVELAND, April 25 — (AP) Bob Feller, Cleveland hurler suffer ing' from a pulled shoulder muscle, threw for 10 minutes in practice to day and later reported the muscle felt “all right.” , “I was quite pleased,” he said, “Of course, I wasn’t throwing very hard, but I had the feeling that if I did throw hard my shoulder would feel pretty good.” Cohen Paces Oregon Hitters, Andring Tops ND Batsmen Golfers Face Bevos Today Oregon’s smooth-working links men tee off this morning against a sharp Oregon State sextet at the Corvallis country club in the sec ond Northern Division test for the Webfoots. TEAM CAPTAIN Dom Provost defeated John Eckstrom Monday morning at the Eugene country club, 2 and 1, thus moving up to the number one position on the squad. Eckstrom is 'the number two player, with Red Omlid holding down third, John Prince, fourth, Fred Zolezzi, fifth, and Jim Dona hue sixth. COACH SYDNEY Milligan is practically exhuberant about his Webfoots’ chances in the Northern Division golf race this season. Early spring workouts left Milligan on the glum side, but after the complete trouncings meted out to Victoria College and Idaho, things are looking up. “At Corvallis we’ll have a very close match,” Milligan said. A Bea ver ace named Dick Yost is the hot test golfer on Corvallis links, Coach Milligan indicated. The Ducks square off against Washington State in another conference match at Eugene country club Friday. OCE Beats PU PORTLAND, April 25—(AP) — Oregon College of Education de feated the University of Portland, 9 to 6, on the baseball diamond to j day. Captain Al conen is pacing me Webfoot baseballers in the 1919 Northern Division with a fat .500 mark, good for second place in the loop. The smooth fielding short stop is also the league-leader in the important runs batted in col lurnn. TOP HITTER in the Northern 'Cats Taken Into Camp Oregon’s varsity tennis squad got back in the win column Saturday as it handed the visiting Willamette Bearcats a 7-0 defeat. Coach Saal Lesser used a slight ly revamped line-up in the contest, following the loss to the Washing ton Huskies, and the Ducks repond ed with their one-sided triumph. Dave Van Zandt, elevated to the number one position, came through with a 6-1, 7-5 decision over Cece Connors; Bob Carey notched a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Dave Bristow; Les ser blasted Bill Bonnington by a 6-1, 6-1 count; Bud Carpenter, up a notch to the number four slot, out stroked Tom Warren, 6-1, 6-3; and Bob Mensor and Bob Baum engag ed in a hard-fought three-set match, with Mensor finally pulling out a 6-1, 8-10, 6-4 win. The doubles combinations were also juggled. The Webfoots’ top duo of Lesser and Carey downed Bris tow and Bonnington, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, while Bill Williams and Carpenter came from behind to pin a 1-6 6-3, 6-3 loss on the Bearcat combo of Connors and Warren. As a result of the victory, the Ducks’ season record now stands at three wins and one defeat. uivision is suumpaw-awiuging run Andring of Washington. The youthful Husky first-sacker has a .579 batting average. Third in bat ting is Webfoot Johnny Kovenz, just under the .500 mark with .471. He leads the Northern Division in runs with 11. Sid Mills is one of three hurlers to record a 2-0 record on the mound so far. The other two are from Washington State, Ward Rockey and Dick Stiles. Mills’ earned run average of 2.57 is sec ond in the league. OREGON RESTS in Eugene un til Wednesday, when they play Portland university in Portland. ' Following that game, they start the rugged Inland Empire inva sion, meeting Washington State Friday and Saturday, Idaho Mon day and Tuesday and then swing < over to Seattle to meet Washing ton in a two-game set. The long trip will be hard on the shaky Webfoot mound staff, which was battered brutally by Washing ton in their last outing. However, Duck Mentor Don Kirsch says that if the Webfoots break even on the swing they will have a good chance for the pennant. FOLLOWING THE 6 - games - ' in - 8 - days trip, Oregon will have only four games with Oregon State left on the slate. Individual leaders among the Ducks are Johnny Kovenz with five stolen bases; A1 Cohen and Kovenz, one home run each; Cohen, Kovenz, Dick Battle, Don Kimball and Hal Torkelson, one triple each; and Cohen with five doubles. Mills and Mel Krause, sopho more righthander, have taken all the pitching decisions so far in Northern Division action. Mills has a 2-0 record, Krause 2-1. 'Lamilian. JlameA, v Grove, Henley Take Hayward Titles Cottage Grove Lions, coached by Bob Dusenberry, won five of ten events to capture the class B cham pionship in the 12th annual Hay ward relays run last Saturday. The rampaging Lions compiled 60 points for their triumph, 9 better than deefnding titlist Ashland could garner. IN' CLASS C competition, Coach Max Marvin’s Henley aggregation retired the trophy with their third consecutive crown. The Hornets racked up 30 points to top their closest competitor, Gold Hill, by 6 points. In their five-first avalanche, the "THE TELEPHONE" "THERE AND BACK" "THE MAID AS MISTRESS" 3 SHORT COMIC OPERAS • WHERE—Music School Auditorium • WHEN—May 3,4,5; Performances begin at 8:15 p. m. • WHO—Presented by University Music Students. chamber Tickets: concert series Co-op from 9—1:00 Millers from 11—2:00 $1.20 TICKETS EXCHANGED Cottage Grovers broke records in 440-yard relay, the sprint medley, and the shuttle hurdle relay. They also copped the high jump relay and the individual broad jump match with Wes Thompson leaping 20 feet 9 inches for the win. HENLEY TOOK first in the 440 yard relay, the high jump relay, and second in the sprint medley for its victory, but failed to establish any new marks. George Greer, Banks broad jump er, was the only class C competitor to break a record when he leaped 19 feet 6 inches to best the old mark of 19 feet 51/2 inches set in 1946 by Arnold Huntley of Sheridan. CLASS B RESULTS Cottage Grove 60, Ashland 51, Redmond 34, Molalla 18, Hood Riv er 15 Vg, Forest Grove 13, Myrtle Point 12, Newport 10, University High 10, Prineville 8, North Bend 5 Oakridge 4, Marshfield 3, Columbia Prep 2, Taft y2. 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