[DUCK TRACKS
By DON FAIR
Emerald Sports Writer
Dink '1 empleton, self-appointed Bay area sports authority
and Stanford track coach from 1921-39, has come up with another
startling prediction. Last week, Templeton told Pappy Waldorf,
California grid coach, that the Palo Alto second eleven could beat
the Golden Bears even if they had Jackie Jensen. He also prophe
sied that the Stanford third string would lick California without
Jensen.
1 hose are pretty strong words even when they come from
such a man as 1 empleton. Apparently he is out drum-beating for
the Indians, as have most of the Frisco sports writers in the past
two years. Such statements certainly put the Indian football
coach, Marchie Schwartz, on the spot, aside from the tact that
he reportedly had to have a title-contender next fall or go job
hunting.
Jensen, former fair-haired boy of the Berkely campus and
now playing the outfield with Oakland of the Pacific Coast
league, is having some tough hurdles to overcome in the pro
fessional sport. Last Friday night, for instance, he ran in about
10 yards for a fly ball only to watch it sail over the fence for a
home run.
I he following day, Jensen galloped in after another outfield
drive, and suddenly stopped only to have the ball fall in front of
him for a single. Later in the game he was picked off third base.
In the following contest he was charged with an error.
Got Big Bonus Despite .258 Average
The Oaks played a healthy bo
nus to the “Golden Boy” when he
signed despite Jensen’s meager
.258 batting average in CIBA
league play. The mistakes he’s
already made in the hopped-up
competition proves that the jump
to triple-A ball is a big one for
any college player, although he’ll
undoubtedly iron out the kinks
with more experience.
The Oregon baseball nine lost
its first player to the professional
ranks last week when outfielder
Johnnyl Kovenz signed with the
Cleveland Indians. He is slated to
be shipped to Bakersfield, Cal., a
class Cloop. Kovenz’s speed and
good batting, .464 for the ND
campaign, should stand in him in
good stead in his new venture. At
the time of his signing, he had
one year of collegiate eligibility
remaining.
Ai Cohen, Webfoot shortstop, is
almost certain to turn to the
play-for-pay sport. He is suppos
ed to have had offers from the
Boston Braves, New York Giants,
and San Francisco Seals, among
others. Chances are that the
hard-hitting shortpatcher will
draw a nifty bonus from the team
which he finally deeides to sign
with.
Other Duck Baseballers May Go Pro
Other Oregon diamond warriors who might turn to the pro
style include Hal Zurcher, Dick Bartle, Walt Kirsch, Pat Wohl
ers. and Don Dibble. Of this group, only Kirsch and Dibble are
seniors, which raises the question of baseball clubs moving into
the college campuses to snag prospective candidates despite
their year in school.
Professional football has been given a strict hands-off rul
ing on college athletes, unless the player has completed his
eligibility. But the monied baseball sport still has free-will to
come in at any time to grab off a ripe plum, as in the cases of
Kovenz and Jensen. Seems that the two sports should get
together and strike up some uniformity in the procedures, at
least.
The Portland alumni group has advised that the Webfoots
“unofficially have” three-fourths of the Compton J. C. football
backfield—namely Billy Fell, Jack Gibilisco, and Bobby Moore.
The fourth member of the backfield for the national junior col
lege champs, Hugh McElhenny, is now at Washington.
Bay area sports columnists have also acknowledged this fact,
despite reputed attempts to get Fell to USC. Tommy Harmon,
the Michigan All-American, was also said to have been thwarted
in his attempt to get Gibilisco to go to the Ann Arbor institution.
Rasmussen Views Intrasquad Game
Marv Rasmussen, former Oregon basketball player who was
seriously injured in an auto collision during spring vacation, was
in Eugene Saturday to view the intra-squad football game. Ras
mussen is still on crutches, but definitely in good spirits and
plans to come back to his schooling at Oregon next fall.
No more word has been heard recently about the reported
return of Ted Meland to the University for summer session
and next fall to play for the Duck gridders. Latest rumor is
that the rock-ribbed guard is in Peru, South America, working
at his father-in-law’s fish cannery.
L. H. Gregory, sporting editor of THE OREGONIAN, paid
Jim Aiken a fine tribute in his, the major address at the football
clinic banquet last Friday night. Greg, in briefing the highlights
of Northwest football from 1920 to the present, cited Aiken as one
of the “men” in the conference as distinct from the “boys” in his
rating of the coaches to come out of this area.
Sigma Chi Garners IM Cup
With 762 Points; ATO Next
Sigma Chi amassed a total of 762 intramural points to win the
IM cup for 1949.
Winning the class A volley hall championship Fall term and
the class B basketball Winter term sent the winners over the
top. The Sigma Chis were high for Winter term with 326 points.
Alpha Tau Omega, winner for the past two years, finished
second this year with /2b points.
The Tans were high for Fall
term, after taking the class B
volleyball championship.
Third place winner was Phi
Delta Theta, with 705 points,
mainly by virtue of their Spring
term softball championship.
Kappa Sigma, with 226 points,
was high for Spring term among
the organizations. The Kappa Sigs
didn't take first place in any event,
but finished high in many.
The complete list for the year:
Sigma Chi.762
Alpha Tau Omega.728
Phi Delta Theta.705
Kappa Sigma.642
Theta Chi .636
Sigma Alpha Mu.631
Delta Tau Delta .623
Beta Theta Pi . 602
Sigma Nu .602
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.571
Delta Upsilon . 558
Chi Psi.543
Lambda Chi Alpha .539
Sigma Phi Epsilon .526
Campbell club .491
McChesney hall .480
Phi Kappa Sigma .474
Minturn hall.482
Phi Gamma Delta.470
Rebec Downs
Uni in Playoff
Rebec house downed a spirited
University softball squad 5-2 yes
terday to give each team one loss
in this final double elimination
tournament. Rebec had previously
lost to Uni house 5-0. This after
at 5 o’clock the two teams will
meet in the championship game.
Pitcher Jean Neely of Rebec
house struck out seven batters.
Janice Neely held down the catch
ing spot. Pitching for Uni house
was Helen Williamson with Betty
Wambaugh as catcher.
Esther Abraham, on the Univer
sity team, made the only run in
the initial inning. Jean Neely, Belle
Russell, and Alvena Montgomery
each made one for Rebec in the
second inning with Ruth Watts and
Belle Russell also contributing in
the third.
Harriet Minot’s hit to right field
in the fourth and final inning gave
Uni house the only home run for
the afternoon.
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