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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1949)
|DUCK TRACKS| By Tom King Emerald Sports Editor From the sports grapevine we’ve learned that Bob Row prob ably has the inside track on the Oregon line coaching vacancy. Row. who has been skippering football at Wheeling, W.Va., high for so long that he has almost become a part of the fchool, knows the game from every angle and would be a decided asset. He was among the raft of candidates interviewed by Jim Aiken on the latter's recently completed roundtrip to Cleveland and back. Aiken had a pretty busy time of it attending the Cleveland Browns Football Clinic. Between giving lectures, showing Cotton Bowl movies, stuffing himself on baked quail at a Touchdown Club luncheon and Browns Banquet, as well as running down an assistant, the man with the voice that makes a fog-horn sound like a shrill tenor was kept on the go pretty much. With his return, the Lemon-and-Green varsity has returned to its former waily routine of trading bruises and bumps. They're all gunning for the annual spring practice windup game on Sat urday, May 28. All-Ohio Halfback May Enroll in Oregon Arch Ward, who crooked pre viously his finger at Norm Van Brocklin by way of inviting him to participate in the All-Star game in Chicago this year, fig ures to have the other half or Oregon’s famous passing team in the lineup at Soldier’s Field too. It seems that Dick Wilkins, to whom there is no whomer among pass receivers, is also slated to join the collegiate twinkle squad. An All-Ohio halfback is headed for Eugene, or at least he has an nounced his intentions of doing so. The name is “Boxcar” Bailey, but they say he looked more like a runaway Diesel when rambling for Hamilton, Ohio last year. Ducks Have Their Work Cut Out for Them It was a long, exhaustive, but also successful trip that Don Ivirsch and his lads made into the Inland Empire. Still, their big gest job is before them. Winning four games out of six on the road certainly had everyone smiling, but, whatever the case, the Ducks will have no time for relaxing. They have their work cut - out for them, and no one realizes it more than the boys them selves. Four, crucial games, all with Oregon State, remain. And chances are that Oregon will have to capture all four in order to win the ND title. For Washington State has a tremendous schedule advantage, and if they win only three out of their re maining five contests, the Webfoots will still have to take three out of four to pull through. If Oregon only manages to split with the Beavers, the odds against them will be heavy indeed, because the Cougars, playing ' the two weak sisters of the division—Idaho and Washington— will become champions in the event that they snare three of the - five verdicts. And it's no secret that Buck Bailey and his veterans shouldn’t be pressed to defeat the muchly belted-about Vandals . and Huskies at least six-tenths of the time. Canceled Game May Prove Difference in Race While we are not trying to sound a sour grape note, the fact remains that the game scheduled with Washington—the one that was rained out—may actually be the deciding factor in the race. Supposing that the Ducks had played, and won (Kirsch had sav ed Sid Mills especially for that tilt), then they would now be saddled with a half-game lead ov er WSC. And even if they trip ped OSC three times instead bf four, the worst they could actu - ally expect was a tie. In other words, under these circumstan ces, Washington State would be forced to sweep all five of their remaining; contests in order to in sure a third consecutive pennant for itself. It will be recalled that last sea son a postponed game left a sour taste in the respective mouths of respectable Oregonians. On the last day of the cam paign, the situation was such that a Webfoot victory plus a Cougar defeat would throw the race into a deadlock. The Kirsch men held up their end of the bar gain by downing OSC, but Wash ington State’s game was rained out. - Bailey men Sneaked in Through Back Door As a result the Baileymen sneaked in with the bauble by vir - tue of a percentage point margin, despite the fact that both schools were knotted when standings were figured on a gatnes . behind system. WSC had won 8, lost 3. For Oregon, it was 10-5. Thus it is that lightning may strike in the same place again. Only last year Oregon got the squeeze when OSC was unable to play out its schedule. This time the Ducks are shackled with an abbreviated schedule. But unlike the Cougars, they are not so happy about it all. Of course, this whole line of thought hinges on the supposition that Oregon would have taken . Washington into camp. It's a nice argument, but perhaps it won't be necessary. If the Dncks slap down the Aggies in four straight, then they should be able to thumb their nose at Jupe Pluvius and inform him that he would do well to take his mischief to other climes. Eagles Upset ATO, 13-9 Delts Capture league Crown TODAY’S SCHEDULE 3:50 Veteran’s Housing vs. Phi Del ta Theta Sigma Chi vs. Beta Theta Pi Kappa Sigma vs. Lambda Chi Alpha 4:55 Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Phi Kappa Psi uYtij wiuig xicippciifia 111 ^caici day's intramural softball games, the last of the regular season. To top the list, Alpha Tau Omega lost to a red-hot team of Legal Eagles who could do no wrong at bat or in the field, 13-9. Cherney hall socked out three home runs and four doubles to trample the team from Stitzer hall by a 12-3 count. McChesney walked over Sederstrom hall in the other first round game with an 8-0 score. Delta Tau Delta won the cham pionship of its league with a deci sive 8-0 win over the Yeomen, as Delta pitcher Ed Sanford pitched a no hit-no run game. Sigma Alpha Epsilon must meet Phi Kappa Psi today to determine the championship of league five, as a result of their 10-2 win over Campbell club. In the ATO-Legal Eagle contest, the Taus showed good ball playing until the third inning when the Fen ton hall boys found loopholes in the ATO infield to put across seven runs. Tau Pitcher Dick Gehr was doing fine in the second frame when he struck out three consecu tive men to retire the Eagles, but found trouble in the next inning, when he was tapped for four hits. Also responsible for the volley of Lawyers,crossing the plate were er rors ii^ the ATO field. /M Softball Playoff Berths Announced Jim Vitti, intramural manager, announced yesterday the schedule for the I. M. softball playoffs be tween leagues. 1 Matched today will be the Vet s Housing team against Phi Delta Theta, and Beta Theta Pi against Sigma Chi. In the other brackets, Delta Tau Delta will meet the winner of to day’s game between SAE and Phi Psi at 4:00 Wednesday. Kappa Sigma and Lambda Chi play today to determine the winner of league one. This team will draw a bye into the semi-finals. A Chi O, Alpha Gams Post Wins Today’s Schedule: 4 p. in. Kappas vs. ZTA 5 p. m. Winner vs. Suzie Pi Phis vs. Thetas With the bases loaded, Betty Pol luck hit a home rfln that brought a 10-to-8 victory for Alpha Chi Ome ga last night in the last inning of their softball game with Sigma Kappa. PAT HONK for Sigma Kappa made the only other homer during the second inning of the four-inning game. On the other side of the field be hind Gerlinger hall, a strong Alpha Gam team downed the off-campus Orides 14-to-6. Helen Michel and Irma Uhly were the pitching and catching combination for the win ners. These WAA intramural play-offs are scheduled daily at 5 p. m., Mon day through Thursday. THE EAGLES were red-hot in their field, deadly at bat, and dar ing- when stealing bases. ATO had a good inning in the fifth frame, when they plugged across four runs. Three tallies in the first and one in the second and third each rounded out their scoring. The Eag les picked up one in the first, seven in their big third, and five more in the fourth. CHERNEY HALL had a big day with their bats, beating Stitzer hall 12-3. Jack Gell, John Brooks, and Tom Panages put home runs over the Stitzer outfielder’s heads, with Cell’s coming in the third frame, and the other two coming consecu tively in the next inning. The win ners also got four doubles in their afternoon at bat. The second inning was a big one for both squads, with Cherney tak ing seven runs, and Stitzer three. The winners also took three in the third and two in the fourth. McChesney hall put in its last ap pearance of the season at it beat Sedertsrom hall, 8-0. Sam Berg strom stood out both on the mound and at the plate for McChesney, pitching hard-to-hit ball and slam ming out a home run in the fourth inning. McChesney started the walk around in the first inning when they grabbed five runs off one hit, then took five more in the fourth and three in the fifth. DELTA TAD DELTA beat the Yoemen 8-0, to finish their season without being- scored on. Delt pit cher Ed Sanford gave up his only walk of the season to the losers, and allowed no hits, to finish the year with a total of seven hits against him. A combination of Sanford, Delt hitting, and' Yeomen errors ac counted for the score. Yoeman Pit cher Bob Ecker chucked a good fast ball, but had to slow down oc casionally to get control. The Delt infield grabbed all bing les the Yoemen managed to get from Sanford, and the winning pit cher committed the only Delt er ror of the day. SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON won the right to play Phi Kappa Psi for the championship of league five yesterday when they beat the team from Campbell club by a 10-2 count. 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