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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1949)
[DUCK TRACKS ! By DICK CRAMER Emerald Sports Writer Golf prospects iook brighter and brighter for next year, with almost everyone back from Sid Milligan’s current crew. One im portant addition will be Ron Clark, a stocky freshman from The Dalles, who has been a top-flight golfer for quite awhile. Clark, currently playing in intramurals, is the guy who fired a 69 while playing with Benny Hogan, only to lose by one stroke. Hogan wanted to take him on a trip but was turned down. Clark won the Mid-Columbia amateur tournament in 1947 and placed second to Lou Stafford, former Oregon ace who holds the North ern Division for 36 holes in championship play, in 1948. The 5-foot 8-inch powerhouse shot a 71 Monday, in leading his Theta Chi team against the Betas.-showing he is still in pret ty good form. One of his teammates, Wes Nicholson also fired a 71 and Dick Schultz chipped in with a 75. Eight Records Could Be Broken in Saturday's Meet Running through the records tor an Oregon-Oregon State duel meet, it looks possible for as many as eight records to be brok en this Saturday. Dave Hen thorne has run a 9.6 century, com pared to the 9.7 mark set by Mack Robinson in 1938. He has equaled Robinson’s mark this year. In the 220, Paul Starr’s 1933 time of 20.9 is better than Hen thorne has ever done, but the Klamath Falls speedster has come close enough to put it in danger. He has stepped off the distance in 21.3. Walt McClure has a very good chance of coming through in the 880, especially after his fine 1.56 effort set by Kirm Storli in 1940. Beaver Distance men can Threaten Marks Oregon State enters the record breaking picture in the mile and two mile. Dick Pettersovi has run the mile in better time than the 4:19.6 mark set by fellow Beaver in 1940. And sophomore George Fullerton has run the two miles in 9:40, which is close to Robert Wegner’s 9:38.2,. set in 1933. Bill Bowerman’s new combination in the mile relay of A1 Bul lier, Jack Countryman, Walt McClure and Dave Henthorne step ped off the distance in a little over 3:21, compared to the 3:22.4 record. They could well set a new mark for the duel meet and might well be the first Duck team to travel the mile in less than 3:20. Two broad jumpers will be out to crack that mark of 23 feet <8J4 inches, set by Ehle Reber in 1939.. Bob Laidlaw, Oregon State’s defending titlist in the Northern Division, has gone over 24 feet, but not this season. Woodley Lewis has gone 23 feet 5 inches this year and looms as a little better bet to crack the mark The eighth and last record that seems endangered is the pole vault, and that will depend solely on how high George Rasmus sen goes. He holds the record at 14 feet 2 inches but could well go over that. He has done 14-6, and Bill Bowerman predicts that he will go 15 feet before he is through. Duck Vaulters Only Ones to Clear 14 Feet Incidentally, Rass is the third man in the Northern Division to go over 14 feet and all three were from Oregon. Tops is George Varoff with 14 feet 7 5/8 inches. Rass, with 14-6, comes next in line, and third is Rod Hensen, who, along with Varoff, holds the Hayward Field mark at 14-4. Oregon has a complete domi nation of the pole vault in Nor thern Division competition. Not only do they have the best vaults on record, the only ones above 14 feet, but they also have far and away the top men this year. The best three heights we have seen this year have been turned in by the three Webfoots April 30 in Klamath Falls. That was the night Rassmus sen soared 14-6. Don Pickens, number two YVebfoot vaulter cleared 13-8 and Lloyd Hickok went 13-4. Those heights may not sound too impressive, unless compared with other schools in the league. The best school record in the Northern Division outside of Ore gon is at Washington State, 13-9. All the rest were under Pickens’ 13-8. Another interesting point is that of those remaining school records, excluding Oregon and Washington State, Hickok’s vault of 13-4 would top the best of Ida ho and Washington, though Fred Winter of Oregon State, at 13-6 would top him. Idaho and Wash ington are all even at the bot tom with 13-3 each as the best. Trojans Boast Plenty Potent Shot Putters Looking over the Daily Trojan, we found how far advanced the Southern Division is over the Northern, in one event espec iallv. In the USC-UCLA meet, where Mel Patton ran wild in the 100 and 220, the shot put marks were much better than any thing in this area. The event was won with a 51-7 put (the Ore gon record is 49-11), second was 50-7 and third 48-7. The best Oregon put this year was 46-6 by Bob Anderson, though Lou Robinson got away a 48-foot heave last Monday in practice. But these don't compare with either the Trojan varsity or Frosh times. On the same day Troy blasted the Bruins, the Trobabes were doing the same to the UCLA Frosh. And in that meet the shot was won with a 50-10 effort, better than the all-time Oregon mark. Second was taken with a 49-9 put and third with 46-11. It sounds like USC is very well stocked with shot-putters, at least until 1952. Phi Delts Reach IM Softball Finals; SAEs Edge Delts, 2-0 Golf Matches Set In intramural golf action to day the Phi Delts and Sigma Nus will play off their 6-6 tie match for the right to meet Sigma Al pha Mu in the quarterfinals. The ATOs and' Sigma Chis will com plete their match today, with the winner going into the champion ship round. The other semifinal ists are the Theta Chis. ioday s schedule 4:00 . . . Kappa Sigma vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Phi Delta Theta reached the final round in the intramural softball race yesterday, with a 5-0 victory over Beta Theta Pi. Sigma Alpha Epsilon took advantage of two errors in the fourth inning to beat Delta Tau Delta 2-0. The SAE’s must now play the Kappa Sigs to determine who will play the Phi Delts in the championship game. In the Phi Delt-Beta contest, winning pitcher Bob Taggesell Out For Meet Record GEORGE RASMUSSEN, Oregon’s claim to pole vault fame, will be after a new meet record Saturday, when the Webfoots and Ore gon State tangle on Hayward field. Rasmussen’s mark of 14 feet, 2 inches stands now as the O-OSC vault record. Harriers Hold Light Workout for Ag Meet Oregon’s Webfoot cindermen went through a light workout yes terday instead of their usual mid week time and distance trial as they prepared for their dual track meet with the Oregon State Bea vers this Saturday on Hayward field. Hayward field was the scene of the district high school track meet yesterday so the timings were postponed. BOWERMAN’S DUCKS, smart ing from their 5-3 setback in the annual rerlays last month, will be out for sweet revenge and will be cast as favorites in what looms close and spectacular duel. The Webfoots have more individual stars and boast a greater all arorund strength in the field events. Led by George Rasmussen and Lou Robinson, the Ducks should be practically unbeatable in the pole vault and javelin. Rass has an excellent chance to break the meet record of 14 feet % inch in the vault. Oregon State’s two long-strid ing distance runners. Dick Pat terson and George Fullerton, should dominate the long distanc es, but Oregon has her two-star sprinters, Davey Henthorne and A1 Bullier, to offset this. SINCE THE TWO schools are so close together, there will be no limit on the number of entrants each team can enter. In all other meets this season, the Ducks have been limited to a 22-man entry list. Jerry Cole, veteran OSC sprinter and low hurdler who missed the Washington State meet because of a pulled leg musccle, will bring the Beavers up to full strength for the contest. 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In the SAE-Delt contest, two errors in the fourth inning gave the winners their two runs, and quick play on the part of the SAE infield kept any Delt runners from getting past third base. The first score in the big inning came when an SAE batter made first base on a dropped third strike, and then stole home on an error at second base. Jim Popp was then walked and made his way over the plate on another error. The game was marred by errors from both sides, but the Delts com mitted their share at the wrong time, allowing runners to score. ON THE PITCHING side, the contest assumed the look of a pit chers’ duel at times, with Warren Groshong striking out nine batters for SAE and Delt Ed Sanford fan ning 16 for the losers. The losers had what looked like a tie game in the sixth inning, w hen catcher Tony Geremia put an apparant home run over the left-field fence with a man bn base, only to have it ruled foul by the umpire. In the fifth frame and again in the sixth, Delta Tau Del ta got two men ctn the bases, on ly to see them die there. The fast fielding of the SAE in field stood out throughout the game, with the men behind Gros hong catching several runners off the bags and making some good pegs to first. Those Greek guerrillas wouldn’t make so much progress if they’d only have the goodness to take the government communiques se riously. IT A Corsage From WAYNE'S FLOWERS Will Make That House Dance A Little More Than Extra Special Ph. 7172 = 849 13th