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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1950)
Baseball Today; Oregon vs.OSCat 2 _. _f f Duck Linksmen Favored in OSC Meet Todays Coach Sid Milliagn’s undefeated varsity golfers will meet the Ore gon State Beavers today at the Eu gene Country Club. Having already won six straight meets, the Ducks will be attempting to finish the sea son with an unblemished record. The Beaver-Duck clash will be the final dual meet of the season for the Ducks, who will participate in the Northern Division meet at Corvallis May 19 and 20. Oregon will be heavily favored to outscore the Corvallis golfers, who lost 16V2 to 101 h to the Ducks earlier in the season. Coach Milligan’s divoters also will be faovred to win the Northern Division Meet, since the Webfoots have already conquered every ND foe except Montana, which is not rated as a serious threat. The hap less Grizzlies have entered the Northern Division meet five times, finishing in fifth place once one in last place during their other four attempts. Sixth VVebfoot Crown? The Ducks have defeated Wash ington, Washington State, and Ida ho by heavy margins. An Oregon victory in the ND meet would mean the sixth Duck Northern Division golf title in fourteen years. The Ducks won the championship in 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, and 1947. In the latter year, Oregon set the pres ent Northern Division meet record when Eon Stafford shot a brilliant 36-hole 135, eleven under par, to lead the Webfoots to victory with a score of 566, ten under par. Washington holds claim to six Northern Division Meet crowns, WSC has taken two, and Oregon State, Idaho, and Montana hold none. The Oregon Frosh will meet the Oregon State Books tomorrow at Eugene. The undefeated Frosh have lmd only one meet this season, and it was with the Rooks, who were overwhelmed 11-7 at their home Corvallis links. 9M jb&i/ty With cMenJxtf. By V. HERBY FAHLMAN Boxing can be a big thing here! 11 nil depends upon the reaction of participants if and when boxing is listed as one of the intramural sports . . . and you know the road from there. A successful IM boxing program —one with keen enthusiasm and participation — means the tiling many students of the green and yellow have been rooting for: an intercollegiate boxing team at Ore gon. And the big pow-wow is Monday at 3 o'clock. Representatives from all living organizations (that in cludes all groups which have field ed teams in IM action this year! will meet with Dr. Paul Washke and Everett Pcery, intramural di rectors, Bill Rhoda, boxing instruc tor, and Herb Nill, student repre sentative in the intramural office. Information from other schools featuring intramural boxing will be presented at this meeting. Kill, a strong advocate for box ing at Oregon, sent away for in-1 formation on intramural boxing | at other colleges troughout the country. He received replies from the following schools: WSC, Idaho,j Penn State, University of Virgin-1 in. University of Maryland. Uni-i (Please turn to page 15) ' Webfoot Thinclads Face Beavers At CorvallisToday in Final Dual Meet Varsity Netmen Underdogs In SeattleToday Oregon’s varsity tennis squad, which left Eugene yesterday morn ing, is scheduled to meet the Uni versity of Washington’s defending Northern Division champions at Seattle this afternoon. The Webfoots' match with Col lege of Puget Sound, slated for Ta coma yesterday, was cancelled. Coach Robeson Bailey took a five-man crew to Seattle with him. It includes Tom MacDonald, Cam eron Thom, Bob Mensor, Bill Wil liams, and George Boyd. Huskies Perennial Favorites Although the Huskies lost most of their top players from last year’s team, they always come up with a winner and will be favored to hand the Ducks their fourth straight setback. Washington has won the title every year except 1938, when Ore gon State managed to cop division honors. Last year the Huskies swept all seven matches at Eugene. Oregon opened the season with four impressive victories, includ ing one conference win over Idaho. However, since then the locals have absorbed four defeats, all in con ference play. Today's contest will be the last for the Ducks before the northern division championships, to be held at Pullman next week-end. TwoForfeitsMar Softball Action Two forfeits and four closely contested games were featured in Friday's softball action. The Belts and Sigma Chi took respective forfeit victories over Westminster and Legal Eagles. Campbell Club defeated Gamma 8-3: the Sammies defeated TKE 8-3: Theta Chi defeated the DU's 7- 2; Minturn topped Alpha Hall 8- 6. Monday's IM Slate 8:50—Pi K Pill vs. Nestor 8:50—Pi liap vs. MoChesney 8:50—Kappa Sigma vs. t'hi Psi 4:55—Belts vs. Minturn 4:55—ATO vs. Omega 4:55—Betas vs. Sig Eps SPORTS STAFF Sam Kidman John Barton Marty Weitzner Martin Meadows Phil Johnson Jack Landrail Dave Taylor Clyde Eahlman Coach Bill Bowcrman s pow er laden Webfoot thincla^ls will close the Northern Division dual meet track season today when it faces the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis at 1 p.m. The Ducks will be heavily fa vored to annex their sixth consecu tive dual meet and their seventh out of eight since Bowerman took over the job as head man of Ore gon cinder wars. Oregon figures to capture twelve of the fourteen first places in the individual competition, and possi bly will sweep all three places in three of these matches. Spearheading the Ducks to their first ND championship since 1934 will be strong three-man teams in the 100, 220, and the pole vault. Bill Fell, A1 Bullier, and Mitch Cleary look like shoo-in victors in the both sprints, while incomparable George Rasmussen will lead his teammates Don Pickens and Lloyd Hiclcolc in the vault. More Duck Firsts Other blue ribbon victories for the Webfoots should come in the 440 with Davey Henthorne, 880 with Walt McClure, Mile with Jack Hutchins, two-mile with Pete Mun dle, high hurdles with Jack Doyle, low hurdles with Jack Smith, broad jump with Woodley Lewis, discus with Bob Anderson, and javelin with Chuck Missfeldt flashing to almost uncontested triumphs. The only two events which the Beavers, coached by Grant (Doc) Swan, figure to take the top prize ave the high jump and the shot put. In the high jump, Swan has Ken Elliott, ND jump king of 1949, who has'already cleared 6 feet 4 5/8 in ches this season. Dave Kolden, Ore gon’s leading high jumper, ha3 showed considerable improvement this year, but his best so far is only 0 foot 1 inch. Delay Best in Shot Don Delay, a holdover from last year’s team, seems to be the class in the shot, but this event will be hot ly contested with Oregon’s Bob An derson and Hale Paxton providing competition for the Bevo ace. Records in danger are in the 880, two-mile, pole vault, and discus. The Oregon-Oregon State dual meet competition dates back to 1916 with the Ducks on the long end of an 18-to-13 record over the years. Last year Bowerman’s crew de feated the Beavers 66-65 on Hay ward Field. Other dual meet action in the Northern Division will see Wash ington State tackle Washington in Pullman, and Idaho meeting Mon tana in Missoula. IM Conference Representatives from all living organizations which have partici pated in intramurals this year have been asked to attend an IM meet ing on Monday at 3 p.m. in the intramural office. Drawings for the championship softball play-offs and discussion of the proposed IM boxing program will be on the agenda. Barclay Twirls Four-Hit Gem, Frosh Nip Rooks The four-hit ptiching of Curt Barclay, combined with the batting of Lee Alvord and stand-cut sup port from the field enabled the Oregon Frosh Baseball team to edge the Oregon State Rooks, 3-2, Friday, before a crowd of Junior Weekend visitors on the varsity field. Barclay on the mound was prac tically perfection itself as he turned in the outstanding freshman pitch ing performance of the season. He sent 15 Rooks -back to the dugout via the strikeout route and was so tought to reach £hat neither of the OSC runs were earned. Alvord Blasts Homer Lee Alvord opened the Duckling scoring by blasting out a second inning homer with the bases empty to give his team a 1-0 lead. Again in the third Alvord poked a long fly to center which enabled Ed Cohen, who had singled earlier, to score from third. The Junior Beavers came back in the fifth with successive singles by Bill Turner and pitcher Ron Vannice. Both moved up on sacri fices, with Turner eventually cross ing the plate on a fielders choice. Vannice was forced home shortly afterwards when Dick Shirtcliff, an ex-Rook basketeer, was hit by Barclay. The winning run was tallied in the Duckling fifth when Herb Cook singled, was knocked around to third, and delighted the fans by stealing home when the OSC hur ler took too lengthy a wind-up. Frosh Coach Marv Rasipussen announced that the Frosh will meet Eugene High school this morning at 10 on the varsity diamond. Jack Pyle is slated to hurl against the Axemen. r h e OSC . 003-020-000—2-4-1 Oregon 011-010-OOx—8-7-2 Vannice and Turner; Barclay and Livesay. Bevos Kill Ducks, 20-2... By MARTY WEITZNER Oregon's baseball Ducks will attempt to stage a parade of their own today in the second round of the “Civil W ar against Oregon State. The game is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Howe field. The “War" assumed rout proportions yesterday at Corvallis, where Beaver batters teed off on Jimmy Hanns and Gene Rose. Behind the fine pitching of Don White, the Aggies blasted out a 1.0-2 triumph to send Oregon a half game into the cellar. OCIUIC <Xli CAjJCv L.CVA U.WIU Weekend crowd, Mel Krause or Dewayne Johnson will attempt to put a reverse on the diamond pro ceedings. ' Ken Carpenter or Kay Snider will be on the firing line for Oregon State. Defensively, Oregon will line up something like this. Phil Settecase at first base, Daryle Nelson at sec ond, Ray Coley, shortstop, and Don Kimball at third base, Jack Smith or Joe Sugura behind the plate. Ray Stratton is a fixture in left field, with Dick Salter and Chuck Strader as his likely outfield com panions. Three Vets Bolster OSC Three veterans carry the strength in the Beaver inner works. Acrobatic Bob Christianson is still pulling off his crowd pleasing splits at first base. Shortstop Gene Tanselli carries the loudest of the Aggie bats, and husky Bill Harper is slated to start at third base. Sophomore Don Fawcett or Ly man Akers, a Yakima, Wash., transfer will probably be the sec ond baseman. Carlos Houk or bas ketball star Bob Payne will do the receiving. Top woodsman in the Oregon State outfield is Pete Goodbrod, a sophomer speedster, who was held out last spring. Hitting well over .300, Goodbrod is one of the batt ing leaders in the Northern Divis ion. The weatherman says it will be fair and warm for today’s action. KF Racquetmen Tackle Jayvees A strong Klamath Falls High School tennis team invades Eugene today to tangle with the Oregon junior varsity squad on the Em- - erald street courts at 2 p.m. The Duck second varsity thus far has a 3-1 record for the season. This includes triumphs over Cor vallis and Eugene high schools, and a 1-1 mark with the Oregon State JV’s. Due to see action for the Web foots will be Merv Englund, Herb Chin, Gerry Berreman, Martin Meadows, and John Kerns. Doubles combinations will be chosen from the preceding players. LOOKING FOR A GOOD Place to EAT? BILL'S AND RALPH'S CAFE IS JUST THE PLACE Enjoy a good meal during your stay in Eugene OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. 33 E. 6th Phone 5-93IS