DUCK TRACKS
By Marty Weitzner
The last putout has beep, made and the last bat has been stor
ed away in the racks for the winter, and now is the time for every
good Brooklyn rooter to stand up and tell why his heroes went
down in five games.
There really isn’t much telling needed in connection with this
series, because the answer sim
ply was that there was just too
much Yankees. It has gotten to
be a situation of grim realtiy on
the American baseball scene,
but for the past decade it has
always been “just too much
Yankees.” Clubs may come and
may fade away into the dust of
diamond lore, but the ability of
the New Yorkers to win the big
money games has become a leg
end around the locker rooms of
the Big Leagues and the crack
er barrels where Joe Fan goes
to discuss the baseball happen
ings.
The exploits of Casey Sten
gel’s crew may seem pale in
contrast with the Ruth. Gehrig
*a, but right down the line the
two groups had the common
bond of invincibility in the
stretch. Gone were the mighty joe DiMaggio
sluggers, and absent were the Pennocks, Hoyts, Gomezes, and
Puffings, but the ninth inning base hit and the game saving field
ing play were still part of the Yankee trademark.
Stars Aided by Unhearalded Players
Page, Henrich and peerless Joe DiMaggio shared the head
lines through the year, while Reynolds and Brown joined them
in the series. But the men just mentioned will be the first to tell
you that they could not have rung it down at Ebbets Field with
out the boys that did their toil under the shadow of the headline
receivers.
Fortunate enough to see the Bronxites during the year’s
campaign, we can remember the crises that came, and the cri
ses that were met by the Ruzzutos, Colemans, Berras, and
Johnsons. We can remember a throw by Hank Bauer that beat
Cleveland in a “big” ball game. And a win by Tommy Bryne
out in Detroit when the pitching staff was looking for someone
to lead them out of the wilderness. Go down the roster, and
you will find that almost every one of the men in the New York
uniform is a dangerous character when the blue chips are on
the table.
Dodgers Were a Good Team, Too
Jests to the contrary, the defeated Brooklyn Dodgers are a
good ball club. They had to be to get where they did. Some of
their yearly opponents were just about as good in the clutch as
the team that beat them. If you think that Slaughter, Musial, and
the rest of their ilk are soft babys, just ask the Yanks. They’ll
^ell you about 1942 and a five game series they are still trying to
live down.
The Dodgers beat that outfit, and a couple equally as rough,
but then came the Yanks. Until you can get the hurler that can
pitch a game with a minimum of mental and physical errors,
and a squad that can play baseball as close to perfect as pos
sible, the Yanks will still keep coming.
Now don’t get us wrong, the Yankees can be beat, and one of
these days Brooklyn is going to do it. The Tigers did it in 1945,
the Indians did it in 1948 and the Cardinals did it as we said in
1942. But their hurlers did throw that spotless ball in the big
games, and their hitters broke up the big ones. When you come
right down to it thats what the Yanks did in this series. Yon can
bottle Henrich, DiMag, and Berra for just so long, then they be
gin to lose a couple of baseballs for you.
Baseball Season Gone, but not Forgotten
The baseball season is over now. By rights we should go out
this Saturday and root for Oregon to score a million. But a Dod
ger rooter cannot take defeat like that and toss it off into the dim
recesses of his brain. It’s like one of these ill-fated love affairs.
The wound heals slowly and the scar remains.
Mr. Rickey, the astute Brooklyn slave-trader, has given us
some encouragement. He says that from now on he’s going to
concentrate on the series instead of league championships.
We’re not going to condemn Shotten’s strategy or Duke Snid
er’s stage fright.
We'll just take Rickey at his word, pass a low bow in the di
rection of Clipper Joe and company, go out and pull for Oregon
to make a million. Then as we’ve done for so long, wait till next
ygar.
Theta Chi Tramples
Sigma Chi;Chi Psi Wins
By Ray Alpeter
Theta Chi will meet Chi Psi at
4 p.m. today in the intramural
touch football finals of 1949 by
virtue of a 40-0 stampede win over
Sigma Chi by the big red team and
a 27-6 win over Phi Delta Theta
by the mill race seven.
Showing power in the air lanes,
Theta Chi rolled over the Sigma
Chi team with ease and grace. Bill
Hutchinson stood in the passing
roll for the victors.
Hutchinson started the ball
rolling for the victors by pitch
ing the pigskin into the waiting
arms of end Ken Seeborg for the
first points of the game. After
holding the Sigma Chi seven to
four straight downs, they then
took over for another TD, with
the honors going to Hutchinson
and Gilbert.
Late in the second quarter, Bill
Korpela, Theta Chi, intercepted a
pass and ran behind beautiful
blocking for 55 yards and another
touchdown. Bob Gilbert had glue
fingers all afternoon, catching two
passes, both for Theta Chi touch
downs. Tom Collie also caught a
point gathering pass, which built
the final score to 40 to 0 in favor
of the powerful red seven.
The Sigma Chi team never got
inside the opposing team’s fifty
yard line, and failed to gather a
first down during the game.
Student Drops
Suit of Coach
IOWA CITY—(UP 1 — Jim Law
rence, University of Iowa student,
said yesterday he would drop his
proposed suit aginst football coach
Eddie Anderson over alleged scout
ing of the Hawkeyes before the UC
LA game.
Lawrence, accused by Universi
ty officials of furnishing Iowa grid
secrets to the West Coast team,
said he decided to drop the suit on
advice of “Red” Sanders, UCLA
coach. Lawrence had announced his
intention earlier to sue Sanders for
alleged rough handling after the
Iowa coach claimed the student tel
ephoned Sanders with information.
At the time, Sanders denied re
ceiving scouting reports from Law
rence and said the call was purely
social.
Today Lawrence released a letter
from Sanders in which the Bruin
coach said: “I doubt if you can gain
anything by instituting the suit
against Dr. Anderson . . . and I
think you will be amazed at the ra
pidity with which the matter will
be forgotten.”
Lawrence said he released the let
ter so that Iowans who “have the
wrong impression of Sanders,”
could see “what a fine man he is.”
Order of 0 Meets
Order of the O will meet at noon
today at the Phi Delta Theta
house, according to President Jim
Bartelt.
Hoop Practice Set ,
Basketball practice will begin
Monday for varsity and Frosh
hoopers. Coach John Warren will
look over his varsity Ducks at 3 p.
m. and Frosh prospects will go
through preliminary paces at 4 p.
m. Regular practices will follow
during the rest of the week.
Sports Staff
John Barton
Marty Weitzner
Ray Alpeter
A strong defensive team prov
ed the better of the Phi Delt
team who dropped before Chi
Psi, 27-6. The game started out
to be a tight one, but Chi Psi
took an intercepted pass and con
verted it into a touchdown, with
the Back Chuck Rufner tossing
the pill to the waiting arms of
one of his team mates in the end
zone.
The Phi Delts moved into position
from the kickoff and scored by pas
sing through the air lanes, Mitch
Cleary to Bob Taggesell. The Phi
Delts failed to complete the con
version, and the score stood at 7-6
with Chi Psi leading.
Chi Psi rolled over two more TDs
in the 2nd quarter. Both were push
ed by the star of the Chi Psi seven
Chuck Rufner.
In the third and fourth quarter
the Chi Psi men pushed two more
scores to take the final lead and
never be threatned by the Phi Delts
again.
The Chi Psi team showed the side
line rooters color late in the third
quarter by running a TD over from
95 yards out, but it failed to mater
ialize when it was called back for a
penalty.
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The games yesterday proved
that both teams will be strong in
the air lanes, with the Chi Psi
chucker Chuck Rufner showing up
very well in yesterday's games as
well as Theta Chi Bill Hutchinson
proving he is just as capable in the
chucking spot.
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