Baseball Today; Oregon Nine
Schedules Linfield Here at 3
Duck Netmen Humble
Eugene Tennis Club, 9-0
Although playing without the
services of three men who were
sidelined due to eligibility rules,
Oregon’s varsity tennis squad
swept all nine matches from the Eu
gene Tennis Club in a practice
contest at the Emerald street courts
Saturday af ternoon.
Tom MacDonald, holding down
the number one berth for the Web
foots, started things off with a 6-1,
6-1 conquest of ex-Harvard player
Hank Eaton.
The Ducks’ second man, Cameron
Thom, registered a 6-3, 6-1 victory
over Dave "Baron” Van Zandt, who
was the number two player on last
year’s Oregon team.
Boyd Bounces McBride
George Boyd, a transfer from
Montana, followed with a 6-3, 6-1
triumph over another ex-Oregon
letterman, Vince McBride.
In a tight struggle, Bill Williams',
one of two returning lettermen,
went three sets before subduing
Bob Carey, the top man of last
year's Oregon team, by scores of
6-3, 6-8, 6-3.
The- reserve strength mentioned
by Coach Robeson Bailey was
shown in the last two singles tilts,
as two sophomores up from last
season’s Frosh squad turned in wins
for the Ducks.
Gerald Berreman handed Mike
Adams a 6-0, 6-0 whitewashing in
the fifth game.
Meadows Rallies
The last match was another
three-set affair, in which Martin
Meadows rallied to pull out a 4-6,
6-1, 6-3 decision over Dr. John Bor
zar.
The Webfoots also swept the
three doubles matches. The top duo
of MacDonald and Boyd thumped
Eaton and McBride by a 6-3, 6-3
margin, and Thom and IVilliams
eased by Carey and Abe Baker, 4-6,
6-0, 8-6.
In the third contest, Berreman
and Meadows whipped A1 Carley
and Chuck Wilbur by a 6-2, 6-0
count.
Five State Records Smashed as
Grant Cops Laurels at UO Pool
By PHIL JOHNSON
Grant high school captured the
slate swimming crown by scoring
42 points in the third annual James
O. Heed Swimming Meet, which was
held in the Men’s Pool of the Uni
versity of Oregon, Saturday.
Five state records were smashed,
two of them were broken twice, and
another was tied by one of the most
talented groups of prepsters ever
seen in an Oregon pool. Bob Hamb
lin of Salem led the record-smash
ing parade as he set a new mark in
toe 100-yard backstroke, later bet
tered that record, and also shatter
ed the state record for the 120-yard
individual medley.
Card Record Clipped
The Lincoln Cardinals set a new
tune in the 180-yard medley relay,
but two freshmen and a sophomore
from Grant clipped six-tenths of a
second from the Cardinal record.
I’d Plncek took the only other first
place for the Generals ns he captur
ed the 100-yard breaststroke with a
time of 1:11.1. Grant also took four
seconds, a third, a fourth, and a
fifth.
The Lincoln Cardinals, who seiz
e I second place in the meet by seot -
i ig 33 points took first place in the
1 10-yard individual medley, won by
.1 ty Holland, and in the 160-yard
f eestyle relay.
Hamblin Leads Salem
The powerful Salem Vikings,
v ho placed second in 1948 and again
in 1949, scored 27 points to finish in
; urd place, comfortably ahead of
i ie fourth-place Benson splashers,
v ho scored 21. Led by Hamblin, who
v. as first in the 100-yard back
’ roke, the capital city squad placed
, ■ seven out of the nine events.
Benson's John Goode set a new
state record in the 100-yard free
style by swimming the length ot a
football field in 57 seconds and
clipping' four-tenths of a second
from the former mark of :57.4, set
in 1949 by Gordon Edwards, who is
now attending' the University of
Oregon.
Pelicans Win Diving
Don Atcheson of West Linn and
Don Pesnecker of Franklin won
state titles in the 40-yard freestyle
and the 200-yard freestyle, respec
tively, breaking old state records
in each event. Bill Goss of Klamath
Falls was first in diving, the only
event in which the Pelicans placed.
Final score: Grant, 42, Lincoln 33,
Salem 27, Benson 21, West Linn 10,
Jefferson 12, Franklin 11, Klamath
Falls 10, Washington 0.
Order of 'O'
The Order of “O" will meet at
noon today at the Sigma Alpha Ep
silon house, it was announced by
President Don Peterson.
Dick Wilkins, former Univer
sity of Oregon basketball great,
and claimant to one of the flashiest
whirlwind college football careers,
has been named head basketball
i coach at North Bend High School.
By SAM K1UMAIN
The University of Oregon’s var
sity baseball squad will swing into
action this afternoon at 3 as they
intercept Linfield College at Howe
Field.
This will mark the Webfoots’
third “opener” of the season. They
were originally to have launched
their pre-conference campaign Fri
day against Linfield, at the McMin
nville lot.
Although the weather at Eugene
was almost balmy, the sloppy dia
mond conditions at the Linfield ball
park prohibited the opener from
opening.
Head Coach Don Kirsch herded
his troops to Eugene in time for a
workout Friday afternoon.
The Weather Again
The team did not make the trip
to Salem Saturday for its scheduled
clash with Willamette University,
as weather reports again put the
skids under the time table.
The Willamette fray will be made
up Fr iday when the Ducks meet the
capital city nine in a double header
at Howe Field. The first game will
get underway at 1:30.
Kirsch named Mel Krause to start
against Linfield today, with big,
right hander Jim Hanns and leftie
DeWayne Johnson probably in line
for some mound duty.
The starting infield this after
noon for Oregon wil linclude Phil
Settecase at first, Daryle Nelson,
second, Ray Coley at short, Don
Kimball at third and Joe Segura be
hind the plate.
Outfield duty will be divided be
tween Ray Stratton in left field,
Sanford Owens in center, and John
Jones in right.
Intrasquad Tussle
Kirsch reported that in lieu of the
postponed Willamette game Satur
day, he ran the diamond-dusters
through an intrasquad game on the
home lot.
Almost everyone got a chance to
play, Kirsch explained, and “we had
a pretty good idea of what we’ve
got to do now.”
Now in his third season as head
baseball coach here, Kirsch pointed
out that his two big problems are to
sharpen up the collective Duck bat
ting eye and round the mound force
into shape before the Northern Di
vision opener here, April 14, against
Washington State College.
Monday’s Schedule .
SOFTBALL
3:50 No. Fid. Phi Delts vs. Alley
Cats
3:50 So. Fid. Pi K Phi vs. Sigma
Nu
3:50 Up. Fid. French vs. Nestor
4:55 No. Fid. Kappa Sig vs. Phils
4:55 So. Fid. ATO vs. Chi Psi
4:55 Up. Fid. Hunter vs. Omega
GOLF
Hunter vs. Sigma
TENNIS
French vs. McChesney
Frosh Tennis
All male freshmen who are inter
ested and able to compete under
Oregon colors as members of the
Frosh tennis squad are urged to
meet with Head Tennis Coach
Kobeson Bailey at the Emerald
Street courts any day after 3 p.m.
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MEL KRAUSE, who hopes he will be firing around the bats of the
Linfield College lineup this afternoon as the University of Oregon
tears the lid off the baseball season at 1 :S0 on Howe Field.
Spring Football Practice
Begins Today at 3:30;
'49 Frosh Cheer Aiken
Intramural Lid
Blasted Today;
8 Events on Tap
By CLYDE FAHLMAN
IM Sports Editor
A white, shiny sphere is thrown
on the diamond' and the umpire says
“play ball;” a smaller sphere is
thrown into the air and a cry of
“service” is heard; a long bellow—
“fore”—echos from the first tee . . .
and the fanfare is sounded for the
opening of the spring intramural
program.
Today half a dozen seven-inning
contests will officially open the in
tramural softball slate. A hundred
games, lasting until May 3 are
scheduled, plus the single-elimina
tion championship contests at the
end of the season.
Single elimination will be the
theme in intramural tennis as fifty
five gut and hickory crews battle
for the final championship meeting,
which is slated for May 18.
Thirty-seven teams are entered
in the golf tourney which will reach
the drive and putt climax on April
27.
Joe Nishimoto, Oregon’s great
breast-stroker, and Diver Jim
Stanley were selected for the 1950
Northern Division all-star team.
The all-star selections were made
through a vote of the ND tank
coaches.
Most of the muscles that will
mold next fall’s varsity Oregon
football team will begin unlimber
ing operations at 3:30 this after
noon on the varsity practice lot.
Head Coach Jim Aiken expects
to greet about 15,000 pounds of
, beeftrust and open the door on the
30-day allotment of spring prac
tice with loosening-up calisthenics.
Besides Jerry Lillie and Bob Mc
Lure, regular members of the
coaching staff, Johnny McKay,
Jim Berwick, and Dick Wilkins
will be on hand to greet more than
100 candidates for varsity grid
berths.
Aiken was especially pleased by
the number of good prospects up
from last year’s strong Frosh foot
ball machine. He reported that he
is counting on his seasoned sophfl3"*
more crop to fill gaps that couldn’t
be filled last season.
Dave Gibson, who will be con
verted from center to tackle, will
serve as co-captain of the ’50 ball
club along with Guard Ray Lung.
Aiken, who expressed confidence
in regards to his crop Of backs, will
run the herd through a light scrim
mage between 4:30 and 5, and then
call it a day. He expects to run his
charges four or five days a week
until the 30-day period is used up.
In case of rain, he plans to “save
up” the drill days for later.
The genial top man in Oregon
football wouldn’t risk any predic
tions. He pointed out that his squad
would be a little on the green side,
but that he thought he had more
depth than last year.
ATTENTION!
ALL OFF-CAMPUS MEN
Meeting for Spring Term Social Activities
Gerlinger Hall, 7 P. M.
MONDAY, APRIL 3
the Yeomen