[DUCK TRACKS
By DICK CRAMER
Emerald Sports Writer
Results of the Northern Division track meet were, to say the
least, disappointing. Webfoot fans had hoped for top perform
ances from their representatives, but the Ducks did not come
through when the chips were down. They will have a good chance
next Saturday in Seattle at the PCC meet, but they will have to
considerably improve their record over the week.
Of coursfc, if any team was ever jinxed by high hopes it was
Bill Bowerman’s crew. The Emer
ald sports staff went overboard.|
expecting each Duck to better on
at least equal their best efforts oh
the year with the rest of the teams'
staying even or dropping below
their top times.
One thing that makes it very
hard to predict a track meet is that
usually only the winning, time or
distance is given. This also makes
it hard to tell how well or how
poorly an individual does that
doesn't win his event.
anse McCullough
For instance, take the 880 and Walt McClure. McClure failed
to place in that event, though he had been picked for second.
According to his best winning time of 1:55.7, he should have
been runner-up to eventual winner Bill Parnell.
According to reports, Parnell won by a narrow margin, with
second and third places close behind. McClure could have topped
his best previous effort and still finished out of the money. Par
nell’s time of 1:53.9 could well allow that.
Washington State Cops Three Titles in Sports
This is certainly Washington State’s term. The Cougars have
missed capturing only tennis to have a clean sweep of spring
sports. The biggest surprise was their upset win in golf, downing
the co-favorites, Washington and Oregon. Both the Webfoots
and the Huskies had downed WSC in dual matches, but the Pull
man squad won by three strokes over second-place Washington.
It was definitely a record-breaking tournament. Eddie Drap
er, stocky Washington youth, set a nine-hole mark at 31 on the
University of Idaho course. But it was Dick Yost who really had
a good day. He and Jim Mallory from Washington broke Duck
Lou Stafford’s old course record with 65’s, one under Stafford’s
mark. The Oregon State sophomore also set a new medalist rec
ord, combining a 68 with his 65 for a 133 total, breaking Stafford’s
mark of 135, set in 1947.
White, Marked to Continue Duels Next Year
Iii Don White Ralph Coleman
has one of the top young pitchers
in the state coming up to help him
forget graduating Chuck Sau
vain. Both are “stuff” southpaws,
but White seems to have better
control and should more than
take over for Sauvain, who fell
far below his expectancies. Out
side of Max Soriano of Washing
ton, the Beaver portsider was the
biggest mound disappointment of
the year.
Don Kirsch will also get some
pitching help from first-year
ranks in the person of Dick Wai
bel. The husky right-hander has
done some very good cnuckmg
this season and would have a bet
ter won-lost record except for his
duels with White.
Kirsch will also have some
• tough rebuilding to do. The loss of
far and away the best keystone
'combination in the Northern Di
vision is a tough blow. Walt Kir
sch has been all-Northern Divi
years and could well repeat this
sion second-baseman for three
season. If AI Cohen doesn’t grab
off the shortstop berth it will
probably be because of lusty-hit
ting Nick Stallworth of Idaho.
Quarterbacks Will Decide PCC Finish in '49
This Saturday will see the unveiling of Jim Aiken’s 1949 grid
machine and it should be an interesting show. The most interest
will be centered on the quarterbacks. There is enough strength
in other areas to ensure that the team will be strong, but a cap
able man running the show is a vital necessity for a high finish.
If Earl Stelle, Jim Calderwood, or Joe Tom have good af
ternoons that will help. They all have flashed brilliantly at times
during spring training and will probably split the post between
them in the fall.
Howie Odell at Washington has decided on his backfield for
next year, unless injuries knock one of the starters out. There
are two holdovers from last year, left half Roland Kirkby who has
shifted from fullback, and Jack Seth, one of Odell’s injury trou
bles of 1948, who is open at right half.
The other pair wifi be playing PCC ball for the first time but
are actually better publicized than the holdovers. Hugh McEl
lianney. the long-legged J. C. transfer, is slated to open at full
back and is expected to be one of the top backs on the coast.
Up from a sensational season as a freshman, Don Heinrich
will take over for the gone and apparently forgotten quarterback
of last year, Anse McCullough. Heinrich, who completed better
than 80% of his passes in at least two tilts last fall, had run Mc
Cullough out of his job before he left Seattle.
Idaho’s Dixie Howell has come up with the newest formation
in the PCC, his “maybe T." The pigskin “maybe” will go to the
quarterback or “maybe" to the fullback. The Vandals are expect
ing big results from this.
Jake Leicht Visiting Campus;
No Squirmin' in Herman
By Sam Fidman
Quiet, mild-mannered Jake Lei
cht, former Oregon All-America
grid star, was back on campus Mon
day, slightly the wiser after his first
season of professional football.
Leicht, now 28, is staying with
Steve Dotur, ace YVebfoot tackle,
and is presently gathering data for
his physical education thesis.
JAKE REPORTED that the Bal
timore Colts have upped his salary
by $1600—but no one other than
Jake and the Colt front office know
the grand total earnings—at least
no one else is supposed to.
Leicht, whose wife and baby son
live in Stockton, California, is hope
ful that he will be used on offense
this fall, rather than in the strictly
defensive role he played last year.
As far as comparing collegiate
football to its professional counter
part—Jake prefers the bread and
butter game because there is oppor
tunity to learn more football, even
by simply watching the seasoned
pro vets in action.
“PROFESSIONAL BALL is by
far the harder played game, main
ly because of the heavy fining im
posed when training rules are brok
en,” Leicht said in comparing pro
fessional and college football.
Isbel and staff concentrate on
conditioning and timing — getting
complex plays down to split-second
precision. And Isbel, Leicht has
learned, is a stickler for top con
ditioning, and treats the men
’’rough.”
A FEW TIPS from Jake, who ha*
gone through the mill of making
the grade with the professionals,
are sound enough when applied to
college gridders with hopes of a
play-for-pay career.
Professional football is strictly a
WSC, Troy
Set for Duel
LOS ANGELES, May 23—(^P)—
Southern California and Washing
ton State College open a best-two
out-of-three series here Friday for
the Pacific Coast Conference base
ball title.
THE TROJANS ARE winners of
the southern division, with 12 wins
against two setbacks, three and a
half games ahead of second place
Santa Clara. The Cougars annexed
the Northern Division crown, wind
ing up a game ahead of Oregon.
A year ago the Trojans captured
the conference cup from WSC. This
season’s series wind up Saturday,
with a doubleheader if necessary.
USC was to play its final Califor
nia Intercollegiate Baseball Associ
ation game with UCLA tomorrow,
but the contest was cancelled by
mutual agreement because of final
examinations this week. The game
originally was scheduled for last
week but was rained out.
UCLA wound up in CIBA stand
ings, behind Santa Clara.
Bevens Looking for Job
SALEM, May 23—<A>)—Bill Bev
ens, Salem, former New York Yan
kee, is awaiting the highest bid for
his weakened pitching arm.
Released a few days ago by Se
attle, Bevens said he would like to
join the Salem or Portland clubs.
“But I’m afraid I’ll have to go to
the highest bidder,” he said. “I have
a wife and three kids in my fam
ily.”
He expected an offer from the
Spokane Indians last night. The bad
arm, w'hich lost him his job with
the Yankees, is “in good shape,” he
said.
business-like venture—and there is
no room for stars, Jake pointed out.
There is greater stress of team
play, hence it is better for an ath
lete to be well-adapted at all-round
football rather than basing his
hopes on one specialty.
Jake, who has hopes of gping into
coaching, is always anxious to play
against the former St. Mary’s Ail
America, Herman Wedemeyer.
Jake was assigned to check Squir
min’ Herman in two games Saet
year.
In the first game, Herman netted
a minus two yards, and in the sec
ond, a minus three—and no pass
completions in either game.
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