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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1949)
Phi Delts Take IM Softball Crown |DUCK TRACKS By DON FAIR Emerald Sports Writer This afternoon’s track meet, pitting the Webfoots against their traditional Oregon State rivals, should draw a large crowd to the Hayward oval. Under Bill Bowerman’s tutelage, the Duck harriers now find themselves with an opportunity to finish second in Northern Division competition. Oregon has victories in dual meets with Washington and Idaho, and dropped a cinder run to the Cougars. Doc Swan’s Cor vanis team nas won trom tne Hus kies, but lost to both the Vandals and Cougars. This will be the last competition for the Lemon and Green thinclads before they head for Seattle and the ND champion ships next Saturday. IN MARCH, the Oregon track team was listed strictly as an out sider. Early predictions placed the Webfoots fifth, only ahead of Mon tana, for the season. Bowerman’s showing with his men is an indica tion of the new blood he has inject ed in the track sport at the Uni versity. Sid Milligan’s surprising golf team faces its crucial test today when the niblickers tackle Wash ington in Seattle. Despite the lack of flashy par-busters, the squad is composed of six steady strokers, which has made possible five con secutive match wins. This depth strength has been a key factor to golfer’s outstanding record. However the Husky team, al though upset by Washington State 15-12 last weekend, rates a nod ov er the locals, because of its out standing talent. Three holdovers from last year’s title team, Jim Mallory, Joe Green, and Ed Draper, are top-not'chers on the links and will provide the Oregon squad with a mittful of trouble. BASEBALL fans missed the best pitchers’ duel of the campaign Thursday, when the Frosh dropped a 1-0 decision to the OSC Rooks, “Pinky” Falgren’s Yearlings now have a 6 won, 3 lost record, with all of the defeats' coming at the hands of the Aggie first-year team. The Kooks’ top hurler, Willowy Southpaw Don White, pitched the three decisions over the Frosh by 7-4, 3-0, and 1-0 counts. White gives a batter nothing good to hit, if the swinger is in a hole, and is doubly dangerous because of his varying speeds of pitches. He’ll bear watch ing in varsity competition. Dick Waibel, who dropped that Thursday dual to White, looks al most good enough for Don Kirsch’s team now. Despite a record of one win and three defeats, Waible has speed to burn. ELSEWHERE on the Frosh base ball roster, there are many good prospects for the coming cam paigns. Catchers Joe Segura and Jack Smith will be pushing for Varsity mitt work next spring. Se gura is a tireless worker with a whiplash arm which makes throws to second base look remarkably easy. The infield of the Little Ducks has generally come up with steady playing. Phil Settecase, first base man, has seemingly found his bat ting eye, and is a flashy performer around the initial sack. On second is J. D. Wade, who can double as a pitcher where he is better than av erage. Covering the shortpatch is a small powerhouse Gene Danzer, possessor of a rifle-arm when he fires throws to any base. IN THE 1-0 Rook defeat, he gave promising batting signs, when he laced two hard hits balls, one a line drive which the third baseman speared. The other sock was tagged for extra bases until the Rook left Frosh Harriers Outclass Rooks In Cinder Meet Jack Smith copped two first and two seconds, including a 10.1 cen tury, as the Duckling harriers swept a dual meet, 81 2/3-49 1/3, from the Oregon State Rooks yes terday afternoon on Bell field. THE OUTSTANDING time in the meet was Jack Hutchins’ 4:21.3 mile. Art Backlund, who switched events with Hutchins fof the race, came through with a 2:00.2 half mile. Other top marks were made by Shot Putter Len Deterichs, with a throw of 45 feet, 5 inches, and Tom Elliot, who ran the 220-yard dash in 22.9. iiiuck itiissii'iui, jerry jutsne, and Bob Craig' teamed together to make a clean sweep of the javelin, while Elliot, Jack Smith, and Phil Jones did the same for the 220. Bill Sorsby, Bruce Blomencomp, Tom Joyce, and Elliot made up the winning relay team. Lew Lan ger annexed the discus with a toss of 118 feet, 1 y2 inches. BEST OSC marks were by Jerry McCafferty, who took the broad jump with a leap of 22 feet, 2 inches; Les Porter, who cleared 6 feet, 1 inch, in the high jump, and A1 Walker, with 15.6 in the high hurdles. Other Beaver firsts were by Pole Vaulter Jim Holmes, who cleared the bar at 11 feet, 6 inches, and Don Corkum, with an 11:08 two-mile. The yearlings’ next meet is with Willamette university on May 25 in Eugene. Quarterbacks Still Shine in Grid Drill Jim Calderwood completed 35 out of 46 passes and Earl Stelle 28 out of 39 as both continued to look impressive at the quarterback post in yesterday’s spring grid drill. In the line Nick Stevenson spar kled at end and Dick Patrick and Dielf Daugherty did likewise at the line backing positions. fielder made a running catch near the bank. Rounding out the inner garden is Nick Schrner, a Jeff high of Port land product. His fielding has been above average for the Yearlings this season. Smith and Segura al ternate between left field and cat cher because both are heavy hit ters. Duane “Mousie” Owens, a 5-ft., 7-inch fleetfoot, patrols centerfield in a creditable manner. He current ly is swatting a healthy .412 in his leadoff position. Owens hurled one win, 10-6 over Klamath Falls, in which he whiffed 13 batters in a 7 inning contest. Another pitcher who will be a definite asset to the Kirschmen is Jim Courtright. He now boasts a perfect 3-won record in Frosh com petition. One of these wins was a no-no job against Eugene. Taggesell Hurls 1-Hitter In Subduing Kappa Sigs By John Barton Phi Delta Theta swept the 1949 intramural softball crown yesterday by beating Kappa Sigma, 5-0. Pitcher Bob Taggesell held the Kappa Sig batters to one hit, a single by the first man up. Losing Pitcher Jim Wasch gave up six hits to Phi Delt batters, two in the first inning, .two in the second, and two again in the seventh. THURSDAY’S game with the SAEs was a telling factor in the Kappa Sig loss. Wasch showed signs of fatigue early in yesterday’s game, but held on while walking eight men. Taggesell walked seven and struck out the same number. Wasch failed to strike out anyone. The Kappa Sigma infield staod out strong throughout the game, and made 14 outs against Phi Delt runners, beside catching several fouls and flies for outs. The winners picked up their first two runs in the opening inning, when Don Farnum reached first on an error, went in on Jerry Switzer’s looping double, and watched Switz er come home on Will Urban’s double. It - ANOTHER run in the next in ning came when Bob Keller singled ! through shortstop and came home j on Covey’s double. In the fifth inning, Left Fielder Jerry Switzer got hold of a fast ball and sent it deep into centerfield, where the Kappa Sig fielder drop ped it. Switzer took second on the play, and came in when Urban hit what looked like a double. He got caught going back to first when he decid ed it was only a single. The last Phi Delt run came in the sixth frame. Wasch walked four men, pushing the first one, Don Crouch, over the plate. THE PHI DELT fielders had eight put outs via flies during the game, and play ended in the sev enth inning when First baseman Crouch caught Dick Brown’s bloop er. Outstanding for the winners were Catcher Urban and Switzer. 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