|DUCK TRACKS
By DICK CRAMER
Emerald Sports Writer
After his brilliant performance in the 880 last Saturday Walt
McClure seems in line to break an Oregon track record in that
event. The last Oregon record to be set was in 1941 when Les
Steers went 6 feet 11 inches in the high jump, and no record has
been set on the cinders since 1938.
McCluie stepped off the half-mile in 1:55.7, no tremendous
time but much better than average. And he is only a sophomore,
with two more years of eligibility left. He has imnroved ranidlv
this year and should crack the
1:54.8 standard set by George
Scharpf in 1935 before he is
through.
The only other Oregon mark
that seems endangered at the
present time is the pole vault.
George Rasmussen may beat
George Varoff’s mark either
this year or next. Varoff went
14 feet 7 inches in 1937, only one
inch over the best of the thin
man from Bend.
Bill Bowerman should really
have a potent outfit next year.
He loses only Lou Robinson,
defending Northern Division
champ in the javelin, from this
season’s thinclads, and Frosh
CHUCK MISSFELDT
Hash Lhuck Misfeldt hgures to step into Robinson’s place. There
will be added strength all over, especially in some' weak spots,
from the Frosh thinclads.
Also, other Northern Division schools are losing some of
their top stars through graduation, which will help the Web
foots towards the Northern Division title and possibly the PCt
championship.
In the sprints the Ducks will have their one-two punch of
Dave Henthorne and A1 Bullier around, and those two are just
about the cream of the crop right now. Added to that is a clean
sweep, via the diploma, of most of the other top dashmen in the
league.
Washington State says goodbye to Eddie Fillings and Dick
I Keniston, their top men in the century and Joe Nebolon, better
known as a quarter-miler but also a fine 220 man. Washington
loses their only good man in Phil Brewer and Oregon State’s
Jerry Cole is slated to leave Corvallis in June.
880, Mile and Two-Mile Should Be Stronqer
The 440 will still be a weak link
next season, though some of the
Frosh have shown ability and may
pick up some points, along with
the varsity holdovers. The 880
will be strong, though McClure
will be up against the same boys
who will cause him trouble this
year. Washington’s fine star Jack
Hensey, though ill most of this
year, has another year of eligi
bility, as do W;SC’s Bill Parneil
and Clem Eischen.
In the mile Frosh Jack Hutch
ins looks the best. He could give
any one in the league a tight race
right now and should come out on
top in 1950. The Huskies lose
their top distance man, Bill Steed,
VVSC’s Dick Paeth finishes his
competition in 1949, and Beaver
Dick Petterson graduates.
Parnell, Eichen, Hal Deck and
Dick Selfridge will still keep WSC
strong in these events, and Ore
gon State will have their trio of
George Fullerton, Joe Fisher and
Jim Spetz. Pete Mundle and Art
Backlund will be around to help
Bowerman out.
Lewis to Be a Key Man for Thinclads
Jack Doyle and Jack Smith look the best in the hurdles but
the top two men in the sticks, Husky Jack Burke and Cougar
Fran Polsfoot, are slated to be around in 1950.
Everybody in the pole vault returns so that should be one
of the strongest vents next year as it has this season.
The high jump will depend on Woodley Lewis. He can fin
ish at least second with a repeat of last Saturday’s 6-2 effort, and
if he improves he may win it. Ken Elliott is at Corvallis ofr an
other r ear and occasionally does 6-4.
Lewis will probably be the top man in the broad jump. He
has been consistently bettering the efforts of Bob Laidlaw, de
fending champ, who graduates in June. No one else has been
colse to these two.
With Beaver Leu Rinearson ready for the 1950 season, the
Ducks probably won’t take that event despite having four good
discus men in Bob Anderson, Ray Heidenreich, Herb Kill and
Dave Earle.
Cougar Frank Mataya has been leading the pack this year in
the shot and looks ready to do it for another year. Anderson has
been the top Duck here, along with graduating Lou Robinson.
Robinson will be missed, but in Chuck Missfeldt, Bowerman
has a top-notch replacement for the javelin king. The burly
freshman has flung the spear 214 feet, topping Robinson’s best,
and could improve on that if he runs into competition. His dis
tances have been low this year because he has no one that has
been able to force him to throw his best.
Sanford Rated Top Chucker
On IM Softball Dream Team
By John Barton
With the end of the intramural
softball season, the time has come
again to risk life and limb and
pick an all-star team.
This year, with so many out
standing players on the various
teams, the picking of a stellar nine
is a difficult task. Some teams will
undoubtedly feel that their best
player has been left out, and per
haps he has, but we pick them “as
we see ’em.”
IN THE PITCHING division.
Delta Tau Delta’s Ed Sanford is i
once again in the top spot. San
ford, as far as pur pitching abil
ity and good ball playing goes, is
clear out of reach of any other
son’s play, Sanford had run only
pitcher on the campus. In the sea
two runs scored on him, gave up
only eight hits, and walked three
men.
Other star pitchers this year
have been Phi Delta Theta’s Bob
Taggessel, and Sigma Alpha Ep
Racketmen Top
Montana U 4-3
By Martin Meadows
By coming- from behind to win
the day’s final contest, Oregon’s
second doubles team of Coach Saal
Lesser and Bob Carey enabled the
Ducks to capture a narrow 4-3 vic
tory over the visiting Montana
university Grizzlies in a match
played yesterday on the local
courts.
Six tilts had been completed,
and the count was all even at 3-3,
when Lesser and Carey rallied to
whip Bill Jardine and Bob Holm
strom by scores of 5-7; 7-5, and
6-1.
Clouting Kovenz
(Continued from page Jour)
Sam’s navy, Johnny finally got his
walking papers in the summer of
’46. He immediately reported to the
Oregon campus to begin his col
legiate baseball career.
THE HERO OF last Friday’s 10
inning thriller with Oregon State
alternated between third base and
left field last season while smack
ing the horsehide at a neat .344
clip. Now he is Don Kirsch’s regu
lar left gardener.
A two-year letterman, Kovenz is
a junior majoring in history with
P. E. as his minor. Johnny performs
for the Guistina Reds of the Cas
cade loop during the summer
months to keep sharp his batting
eye. His plans for the future include
professional ball.
When asked about his throwing
right-handed then hitting from the
portside, which is a little unusual,
Johnny smilingly replied, “My
three older brothers, who all bat
right-handed, decided there should
be a southpaw swinger in the fam
ily, so you guessed it—here I am.”
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i
silon’s Warren Groshong. Besides
Sanford, Xaggesell and Groshong
were the only chuckers on the
campus who exhibited anything
“on the ball.”
OUTSTANDING behind the
plate this year was Dick Brown of
Kappa Sigma. Brown showed a
terrific peg to the bases and was
a constant threat at bat. Behind
Brown at catching, we liked Tony
Geremia and Will Urban. Gere
mia, catching for Delt Sanford,
showed skill in simply being able
to stop his mates’ fast ball. Urban
looked particularly good at stop
ping Taggesell’s wild pitches
with his bare right hand.
In the infield, the intramural
staff was confronted with a very
difficult job. We wound up with
a combination that may make some
people unhappy, but we can only
say that we had the professional
advice of the IM department.
ARCHIE GACEK of Kappa Sig
ma turned in a very good perfor
mance at first base, as well as be
ing an outstanding hitter all sea
son. The first basemen who looked
good are too numerous to list here,
but we can say that the choice of
Gacek was a hard one to make.
Merle Helm had to be shifted to
second base in order to fill the
spot adequately. Several second
sackers looked good during the
jear, but Helm looked good enough
at first to make a competent mid
dle man. Helm, who put in his sea
son for the SAEs was a consistent
hitter.
OUTSTANDING at shortstop
was Phi Delta Theta’s Bob Lavey.
Lavey was as quick as anyone with
the ball and a tetrrdr when steal
ing bases.
Frank Bocci of Alpha Tau Ome
ga fills the third base spot on our
dream team, with his sizzling
drives to first and his steady hit
in"1
ting.
THE OUTFIELD of the 1949
all-star team is composed of Chuck
Ruffner of Chi Psi, Jerry Switzer
of Phi Delta Theta, and Ed Dick
of Sigma Nu. These three men
could no doubt be substituted by
others, but their steady fielding
and all-season hard hitting, the
best feature of a good outfielder,
placed them at the head of our
list.
That's it fans, be you happy or
unhappy. That’s the team we pick
to head the campus for 1949.
Huskies Liked
For Divot Title
MOSCOW, Idaho, May 17—(API
The University of Washington wan
installed as favorite yesterday for
the Northern Division champion
ship golf tournament here Satur
day.
However, observers said all of
the teams are closely matched;
Four-man teams from Washington,
Oregon State, Washington State,
Oregon, Montana and Idaho will
compete.
Frank James, University of Ida
ho, said the host golf course is in
the best condition in several years.
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