(DUCK TRACKS
By GLENN GILLESPIE
Emerald Sports Writer
Sports activity around the campus has finally caught up with
itself for another spring session, and it's just about time to start
winding up the records for a summer lull.
It’s been a lively and interesting time for Duck fans, with
meets and games scheduled one after another, and the .boys
who worked for an “O” represented their school in top style.
This seemed to be a Webfoot year for "seconds." Don Kirsch's
baseballers Avere nosed out by
WSC for the second straight
year, and Bill Bowerman’s track
squad was also pushed down to
the runner-up ledge by the
Cougar pack.
Washington State, in turn,
dropped the ball in both
sports to the title-rich USC
Trojans, pushing ND sports
further into the mire. It looks
like the Northwest will have
to wait until football season
to even things up.
In Northern Division golf
play, Coach Sid Milligan’s par
shooters managed to win the
dual match crown, and Saal
Lesser and his tennis team fin
ished in a third-place tie with
Washington State.
JIM AIKEN
Grid Predicts Give Everybody a Break
As for football, there’s no accounting to be clone until next
winter, but grid writers have been filling columns with words of
wisdom as to 1949 PCC action right along. These too-early pre
dictions and summaries really carry little weight, but they’re in
teresting to read anyway.
How has Oregon been doing in these form charts? Jim
Aiken’s Ducks haven’t been delegated to the PCC celler by
any means, but most reports, especially by the Southern elite,
have spotted the Webfoots for something lower than first spot
next year.
Stanford has it one day, and then it's one of the ‘‘C” schools,
USC, UCLA, or California. And they're not overlooking Howie
Odell and all his bright new material up there in Seattle, either.
Kip Taylor and his revamped OSC machine has come in for a
few knocks here and there, but he claims his Beavers will be a
breather for no one.
Most Oregon ratings carry that “quarterback IF” as the
big problem, and you don’t hear or won’t be hearing much of
the bowl talk which flooded Eugene about this time last year.
Aiken really isn’t saying much about anything, but you can
bet he’s doing plenty of hoping, right along with the rest of us.
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Oregon Quarterback Problem Solved
As we see it, the intra-squad
game answered the passing quar
terback question. All three QB
candidates did well for them
selves, with Earl Stelle, especial
ly, looking like an Oregon passer
should look. Of 27 passes thrown,
Stelle, who tosses the javelin in
track, completed 17, for 171
yards.
Jim Calderwood hit 10 of 20 for
90 yards, and little Joe Tom, man
behind the man, connected on
tour of six for 18 yards.
Aiken lias few worries in the
rest of his backfield. His quartet
of ground - gainers — George
Bell, Bob Sanders, Woodley Lew
is, and John McKay—rank with
any on the coast, and Oregon
backfield reserves are plentiful.
Strike Happy Medium for Duck Fortunes
Despite the loss of key men in the line, next year's string
should rank on a par with 1949 starters, and the reserve picture
even seems a little brighter.
But there’s one big item which can be questioned, and it’s
mighty important if you want to win ball games. Can the Ore
gon defense stand up against the hot-rod offensive football it is
sure to meet in the 1949 campaign?
It's really too early to tell, but we would really like to see
other defensive specialists come through with Oregon s terriffic
crew of line-backers.
Total the score, if you will, and inspect the results. Anybody’s
guess could be the right one this time, but please, Mr. Forecaster,
go a little easy on the two extremes. Perhaps it won't be the top
for Oregon football fortunes in 1949, but it won’t be too far in
the depths, either.
Webfoot Nine of '49
(Continued from page Jour)
pitching, Oregon divided a pair
with WSC, clipped Idaho twice be
hind Mills and Brobst, and then did
another divvy with Washington.
FOB THE WINDUP, the Ducks
took OSC in camp two out of three,
but a heavy schedule advantage
helped Washington State to sneak
through to the title.
Outfielder John Kovenz led the
Duck hitters for the year, batting
.434, while Shortstop A1 Cohen reg
istered a .393 mark. Cohen paced
the ND in RBIs. On the hill, Brobst
with a 3-0 record, Krause (4-3) and
Mills (3-3) twirled winning ball.
Review
Many Different Teams
Take IM Championships
By JOHN BARTON
Intran\urals have drawn to a dose on the campus for the 1948
49 season, with Sigma Chi winning the IM cup by amassing the
most points in the various sports. With the close of the season,
the time has come to briefly retell the different stories and see
who won what.
At the close of the Fall term. Alpha Tau Omega was leading
the IM point race, making a try at winning the cup for the third
straight year. The Taus garnered
326 points during the term, mainly
by virtue of winning the class B
volleyball championship.
The championship match in vol
leyball pitted the ATOs against the
Sigma Chis in both the class A and
B circles. Sigma Chi took the class
A match, while losing in the next
court in the class B event.
Sigma Nu came through to win in
IM football.
Winter term saw Sigma Chi gath
er the most points for the term—a
total of 233. Delta Tau Delta beat
Phi Delta Theta to play McChesney
in the finals of the class A basket
ball race. McChesney had beaten
Lambda Chi Alpha. After a tight
contest all the way, the Delts won
by a five point margin.
Sigma Chi came through in beat
ing Theta Chi for the class B bas
ketball crown, after winning over
Beta Theta Pi in the semi-finals.
Theta Chi downed Sigma Epsilon
in the other semi-final.
HANDBALL, the other winter
term sport, saw Sigma Alpha Mu
retire the champion’s cup with a
third year of straight wins.
Spring term, featuring three
sports, found Kappa Sigma coming
out on top with a total of 266 points.
The Kappa Sigs didn’t finish first
in any sport, but placed high in all
three.
The softball race featured Phi
Delta Theta versus Kappa Sigma
in the final game, with the Phi
Delts coming out on top. The win
ners beat Beta Theta Pi in the semi
finals and the Kappa Sigs (defeated
Sigma Alpha Epsilon in their semi
final battle.
THETA CHI copped the intra
mural golf cup, with a win over
Sigma Chi, with whom they played
final matches in three different
sports throughout the year.
The 1949 tennis crown went to
Phi Gamma Delta, when the Fijis
beat out Kappa Sigma, two to one.
LET'S GO
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THE LEMON
“O”
Cor. 13th & Alder
Woodcock Tips
Mills in 14th
LONDON, June 2—(AP)— Bruce
Woodcock socked his way hack
into the world heavyweight title
picture tonight with a 14-round
knockout of Freddie Mills, the
world’s light heavyweight cham
pion.
Kramer, Riggs
In Final Round
LONDON, June 2—</P>—Jack
Kramer and Bobby Riggs, both of
Los Angeles, gained the final
round tonight in world profession
al indoor tennis championship at
Wembly arena.
Kramer was forced five sets by
I’aneho Segura of Ecuador before
he prevailed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Riggs won over Don Budge of
Los Angeles, 4-6, 6-2 6-2, 7-5.
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CONGRATULATIONS
AND
GOOD LUCK
CLASS OF 1949!
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