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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1950)
Ducks Drop WSC Tilts Washington State’s veteran nine took two big steps toward the Cougars’ fourth straight Northern Division baseball flag during the weekend with a pair of victories over Oregon's plate-weak Web foots. The Cougars clobbered out 16 hits Friday to win the first one, 9-5, and took advantage of a weak moment in the Duck infield to cop the Saturday fray, 5-4. Coach Buck Bailey appeared as ready for the 1950 campaign as did his power-packed crew. The roar ing admonition given his men on frequent occasions proved that Buck still has a lung or two. No old ladies were kicked, no dogs were drowned in the water bucket, but Bailey did manage to pick an argument with two large dogs shortly before the game Friday. McQulre Homers Centerfielder Bob McQuire laced the second pitch of Friday’s opener for a grounder down the left field line that went for a homer. After that it was just a matter of how loud the Cougar bats would rattle. Oregon picked up four runs in the fifth to knot the score and drive Gene Conley fron^ the mound, but it was little more than a dying effort. Reliefer Lee Dolquist quick ly ended the uprising and took care of the Ducks for the rest of the way. Washington State made it two irt a row Saturday when Clayton Carr followed Gordon Brunswick’s triple with a run producing hit in (Please turn to page six) Netmen Punish Portland Pilots Oregon’s varsity tennis squad chalked up its second straight win of the season Friday afternoon as it swept the six singles and three doubles matches from the visiting Portland U. Pilots. Coach Robeson Bailey’s netmen lest only one set and notched four shutout sets in the rout, which saw the following results: MacDonald (O) defeated Mor gan, 6-1, 6-1; Thom (O) defeated Gerber, 6-0, 6-3; Mensor (O) de feated Tool, 6-3, 6-2; Williams (O) defeated Kawashima, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2; Cudahy (O) defeated Hayes, 6-0, 6-0; and Boyd (O) defeated Lude man, 6-1, 6-3. in doubles play Cudahy and Mac Donald (O) defeated Gerber and Tool, 6-3, 6-1; Thom and Williams (O) defeated Morgan and Kawa shima, 8-6, 9-7; and Mensor and Boyd (O) defeated Hayes and Ludeman, 6-2, 0-4. DENMARK’S BEST gymnasts will stage an acrobatic spectacle at McArthur Court tonight at 8. Here six of the troupe, directed by Eric Flensted-Jensen, display some of the unique coordination that won them the right to make the tour. ■ 29 Danish gymnasts blate laloo Performance Tonight By FRED TAYLOK The Danish Gym Team, the finest organization of its kind in the world, will put on an eight part program at McArthur Court Monday night,starting at 8 p.m. Xlieir appearance is under the sponsorship of the Eugene Active Club through cooperation of the University of Oregon. Admission for students is 60 cents. Organized and directed by Erik Flensted-Jensen, the group is now making its third tour of American cities. In its opening cross-country trip in 1939 the troupe was com posed of 20 Danish boys. In 1946 the troupe returned, boys and girls this time, and covered 44 states Gamma Hall Boosts Lead Over Merrick in Dorm Bowling Loop Standings < iamuui Won Lost 60 16 Merrick .42 38 Omega.41 85 Stan Hay Bees . 30 46 In last week’s Inter-Dorm bowl ing league results at the U-Bowl. Gamma Hall widened its lead over second place by forfeiting four to tire Vets Dormers 3-to-l, and Omega lost a chance to retake secondplace by forfeiting four to ti e Stan Kay Bees. The Stan Kay Aces shut out Mtnturn four s tr a i g h t. while Sherry Ross won four by forfeit from Sigma Hall. Clarence Naapi of Sherry Ross won high single game for the week Man Kay Aces Sherry Koss 40 36 40 36 IHinturn Sigma with a 198 score, and Dave Krueger of the Stan Ray Bees carried off high series with 563. Gamma had high team single with 516, and the Stan Ray Bees had high team series with 15S8. Leading Scorers G. Ave. Moekley, Merrick .30 176 Darlington, Gamma 54 169 Krueger, Stan Ray Bees 15 167 ; Kngl'd, Stan Kay Aces 51 166 Allen, Stan Kay Aces . 36 163 Gardiner, Merrick .39 159 Naapi, Sherry Koss ... 57 158 Thomas, Stan Kay Bees 15 158 W ood, Merrick 18 157 Morrison, Sherry Koss 33 154 Kent, Omega 54 153 Anderson, Gamma '14 153 Lawrence, Omega .45 151 S'r’g’n, Stan Kay Bees 15 151 TakastinU, Gamma .54 150 and 225 cities, playing to over half a million people. Sixteen boys and 13 girls com pose the group now. Their program is divided into eight parts, featur ing rhythmical gymnastics, funda mental gymnastics, balances, acro batics, apparatus work and tumb ling, and Danish folk dances. Started in Midwest The present tour began in the Middle West last November. From there the group went to the east coast and covered the southern states. After a tour of the Pacific coast this spring the Danes will spend the summer in two eastern summer camps, before returning to their jobs in Denmark. The group is making the tour in a fleet of autos, carrying its equip ment in an accompanying truck. Main aim of the members of the team is to present the best in Dan ish physical education to the Amer icans. Members of the troupe were selected from the most outstanding gymnasts in Denmark. Competi tion for berths on the team is se vere. Most of the members are in their early twenties, products of folk high schools and of gymnastic organizations located throughout the country. Gymnastics is their hobby. Monday's IM Slate 3:50—No.—Fiji vs. Stan Kay 3:50—So.—Sigma Chi vs. TKE 3:50—l:p.—Westminster vs. Gamma 4:55—No.—SAM vs. Campbell 4:55—So.—Dolts vs Theta Chi 4:35—I’p.—Eagles vs. Alpha Cinderfoots Top Own Record in Idaho Rout By DAVE TAYLOR Taking- 12 out of 15 first place events and completely sweeping all three placings in 4 of these events the Oregon track and field team opened the li)50 Northern Division dual meet season by drubbing the Idaho Vandals 88-43 in Moscow Saturday. The 88-point total was a record high score for the Ducks since the formation of the Pacific Coast Con ference in 1916. Largest previous margin of victory run up by Ore gon was 87 1/3 to 43 1 /3, compiled against Oregon State College in 1935. New Individual records were set by Dave Henthorne in the 100-yard dash and Bob Anderson in the dis cus. Henthorne clipped' the cen tum record of 9.9 seconds that he set last year down to 9.7 seconds. This is an excellent performance considering this is the opening dual meet of the season and that Hen thorne was also competing against a 30-mile-per-hour ground wind. Anderson also broke his own mark set last season. He added over three feet to his record as he spun the discus 147 feet 8 inches Satur days as against 144 feet 3 inches a vear aeo. ‘Has’ Ties Record Four events which the Ducks swept were the pole vault, the shot put, 200-yard low hurdles, and the broad jump, George Rasmussen, Oregon’s peerless vaulter, tied the dual meet record at 14 feet but the wind was too strong for him to ad vance the mark. Don Pickens and Lloyd Hickok tied for second and divided the re maining points. In the shot the Oregon trio of Bob Anderson, Hale Paxton, and Dave Earl, a talented sophomore, won handily. Anderson took first place with a thrust of 44 feet ■% in ches. Jack Smith, blond haired speed ster from Florence, was the sur prise first-place winner of the meet as he beat out Duck veteran Jack Doyle and teammate Dennis Sulli van in the 200-yard low hurdles. Woodley Lewis started out the defense of his Northern Division broad jumping title by winning his (favorite event with a leap of 22 feet 4 inches. He was followed by Smith and Sullivan in the Duck sweep. Other blue ribbon winners for the Webfoots were Chuck Missfeldt, javelin (189 feet 10 inches), Jack Hutchins, mile (4:40.1), Dave Kol den, high jump (5 feet 8 inches), Walt McClure, 880 (2:03), and Pete Mundle, two-mile, (10:25.8). Depth Pointmakers Depth pointmakers for the Ducks were Art Backlund, third in the mile, Jack Countryman, third in the 440, Lewis and Smith, tied for second in the high jump, Doyle, second in 120 high hurdles, Sulli van, third in both hurdles and the broad jump, and Earl Stelle, third in the javelin. The Vandals won the mile relay when Duck Coach Bill Bowerman elected to save his top men for the important Washington State meet April 22 in Eugene. Bill Fell, sensational sophomore sprinter, missed the meet because of bruised ankles and feet suffered in spring football practice last Fri day. He was replaced on the travel ing squad by Dave Holden who won the high jump for the Ducks. Fell’s injuries are not serious enough to keep him out of vital Washington State meet, however. UO Links Crew Whips Beavers Coach Sid Milligan’s University of Oregon varsity golfers routed the Oregon State Beavers 16% 10 ]/2 at Corvallis Saturday after noon. The Ducks easily won their opening meet of the 1950 season as they captured five out of six singles matches from the hapless Beavers. Duck Captain Dom Provost re corded a 32-37—69 to take low score honors for the afternoon. Ron Clark, John Prince, Dave Frey, and Riebel also posted victories for Oregon. Best Ball: Provost - Donahue (O) 1 y2; Yost-Macomber (OSC) 1*4 Clark-Riebel (O) 214; Zeigler Lindquist (OSC) 14 Paul-Osborne (OSC) 2j/2 ; Frey Prince (O) 14 "Man! Are they Mellow!" 100% *ORS«C «»*» *001 FENNELL’S ■\c CAMPUS SHOP Drop in and “PUTTER” around