Big Dave DAVE GIBSON, two-year letterman center, will be finishing his last spring football practice this week. The big letterman will be one of the few grid lettermen performing in Saturday's clash. Gibson has biven good indication this spring that he will be hard to move in the Oregon line next fall. Phi belts, Lambda Chi, Betas Win IM Openers In Softball Playoffs By GEORGE ZUPAN Much of the mist cleared from the softball picture yesterday beneath the clear sky over the intramural fields as the betas, Lambda Chi’s, and the Phi Delts passed their quarter-final tests. and moved one step closer in their quest for the coveted softball tro phy. Lambda Chi and the Fiji’s pro v died the sparse crowds with the closest tilt of the afternoon with the lower campus boys coming out on the long end of a 5-4 scoie. The Fiji’s started the scoring in t ie first inning when Don Reed and Larry Blunt crossed the plate. They si retched the score to a 3-0 as Blunt walked home in the second, but the Fiji jubiliation was quickly calmed as Tom Patton and Ken Beers scored for Lambda Chi to close the gap. In the third, each side managed to push across a score. In the top of tue fourth Brent Robbins found his ■way around the bases for the Lambda Chi squad, and the count was knotted at 4-4. Pitcher's Duel From here on, the contest de veloped into a pitcher’s duel be tween Lambda Chi's Patton and the Fiji’s Dave Kolden, and it looked as t rough the game were slated for e ctra innings. But in the top of the seventh , with John Doolittle on hose, Patton put his own ball game e i ice with a hit which drove Doo little into the waiting arms of his fraternity brothers. The Theta Chi-Beta tussle proved the most interesting from the spec tacular standpoint, as both teams were in prime hitting form and flooded the outfield with all types and sizes of hits. The Beta battery proved too strong in the later in nings, however, and they lolled to a 14-7 victory. Betas Start Fast Scoring started early for the Betas as they pushed one run across in the first and added three more in the second with the help of Marshall Smith’s homer. Theta Chi scored in the second inning after they loaded the bases on three walks. Gene Hebrard bunted to score Dale Warberg, and Tom Collie's hit scored Jim Mor ton. The Betas tightened here and ended the inning on the long end of a 4-2 score. Ken Ball tripled and scored on an error in the third to add a run for the hilltop boys. The sorrow of the Theta Chi squad was quick ly quieted when Warberg knotted the score ^ 5-5 with a three-run homer. In the fourth, Bill Hays pound ed out a homer for the Betas with the bases loaded to wrap up the ball game. The Betas added four more tallies the rest of the way while the Big Reds could manage but two. Phi Belts Roll The final match of the day, be tween the Phi Dolts and the Chi Psi's, was decided in the first inn ing when the Phi Delta went wild to score eight runs, and from there waltzed to a 14-2 win. Bob Taggesell put on a great pitching exhibition, and with the help of an alert Phi Dolt infield, left the Chi Psi crew without a smell of home plate until the top1 of the seventh when he finally yielded two runs. EMERALD SPORTS Maggie Tops Frog Hop List ANGELS CAMP, CAL., (UP) — The 23rd renewal of the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Derby gets underway today with Maggie, who set the world's record in 1944, the odds on favorite. Maggie, owned by Louis Fisher of Stockton, jumped a record 16 feet two inches that memorable day six years ago and her hop has never been equaled. The jumping frog contest was started in 1927 in honor of a frog that failed to jump. In his story “The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” Mark Twain told how a city slicker poured buckshot down the throat of the local champion jumper to win with a frog taken at random from a swamp. If Maggie fails to come through this year, another Fisher entry is almost sure to—there are five of them. Fisher, and other members of his family, have taken home prize money all taut three times and a Fisher frog has taken first place all but seven times. Other entertainment on the three-day program includes hot rod races, an historic pageant, nre works displays, and an all-night dance. Sunday, in addition to the frog jump finals, there will be a rodeo and a parade of historic ve hicles. Sammies Win Over Phi Delts In IM Tennis Sigma Alpha Mu’s tennis squad advanced to the quarter finals of the intramural net tourney Wed nesday afternoon with a 2-1 tri umph over a stubborn Phi Delta Theta team. Othe rteams who will battle in the quarter finals are Stan Ray, Alpha, and the winner of the ATO-Merrick clash. The Sammies remained in the fight by sweping two doubles matches after dropping the only singles match to the Phi Delts. The Phi Delts' Don Nerass rolled over Ron Abrams, 6-1, 6-1, for the singles victory. A Sammie combination of Joe Crain and Mort Boneim had a big struggle before downing Jack Kel ler and Bob Feasley of the Phi Delts, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4, in the first doubles match. The other doubles victory for the Sammies came when Bud Covertz and Hal Light teamed to defeat Don Farnum and Brad Fullerton, 6-1, 6-1. "Wardboss" Schedules Campus Appearance Wallace Wardboss, national president of TNE, national men’s political honorary and world-famed pressure group, has been summon ed at great expense from his smoke-filled headquarters on the east coast to “sliape-up” the po litical chaos caused by inadequate persuasive methods ustal by the lo cal chapter. Mr. Wardboss with his boys— ooops, — his party, having clear ed up the recent Stromboli misun derstanding, will air his views from the Co-op Friday morning at 10:.10 a.m. Intersquad Backfields Announced By Aiken COACH JIM AIKEN, whose Web foot football squad winds up spring drills Saturday, will be watching his Lenvon and Green squad from the press box at Hayward Field when the Greens tangle with the Whites in the second intersquad skirmish this spring. Aiken afso was in the box Friday when the Whites, coached by ex-footballer Johnny McKay, edged out the Greens in the first meeting. The starting backfields announced by Aiken indicate a close struggle for Saturday. Starting backfield players for both squads involved in the fourth annual Oregon spring football game Saturday at Hayward Field were announced Wednesday by Head Coach Jim Aiken. Starting backs for the Whites, composed of the first and fourth elevens, will be Earl Stelle at quarterback, letterman holdover; Darwin Farnsworth at left half; Tom Lyon at right half, and Ron Lyman at fullback. Farnsworth is a transfer from Sacramento, Cal., and Lyon play ed a year for Long Beach Junior College. Lyman was a hard-hit ting fullback for the freshmen last season. Starting for the Greens, the sec ond and third elevens, will be Hal Dunham, sophomore flash from Walla Walla, Wash., at quarter back; Wayne Parsons of Seattle, at left half, Don Sloan, former Washington High of Portland star, at right, and Big Carl Ervin at fullback. All four are sophomores, , standouts on the 1949 Duckling team. A variety of halftime entertain ment will be presented spectators. Gloria Ellexsoin, baton-twirling majorette of the University of Washington band who captured the crowds’ fancy at the Portland game last fall, will perform Satur day, with the Oregon band. Ducks Liked to Win Division Track Meet SEATTLE—With near-certain champions in five events and a g'pod chance to snare the winning points in two others, Ore gon's Northern Divison dual meet champions seem headed for first place in the Northern Division1 Meet Saturday at the University of Washington stadium. Coach Hec Edmundsen’s Wash ington squad appears to have top men in the two mile, 880 and both hurdle events which should give them a comfortable hold on second place. Strong field event entries make the Washington State Coug ars—last year’s ND champions—a likely third place finisher with Ore gon State, Montana and Idaho fighting for the remaining points and resultant fourth, fifth and sixth place ratings. Fell Favored Twice Bill Fell, Oregon’s speedball sprinter-, has an excellent chance to annex victories in two events with the b'est Northern Division per formances this year in both the 100 yard dash and the 220 yard furlong. His :09.5 century against Oregon State last Saturday in his top time of the season and he has turned in a :21.5 effort in the longer sprint. Other Webfoot first place prob abilities are George Rasmussen in the pole vault, Dave Henthorne in the quarter-mile and Chuck Miss feldt in the javelin. Jack Hutchins is a co-favorite with Idaho’s War ren Johanson to lead the field in the mile and the Duck mile relay squad will be in contention for first place points. , Burke Another Double Only other double win possibility in the meet is the Huskies Jack Burke who likely will lead the pack in both hurdle races. His best time of :14.5 irr the highs is substantially better than any Northern Division competitor. He will, however face a serious challenge in the lows from Oregon’s Dennis Sullivan. Other best bets for first place points: Jack Hensey (W), 880: George Abbey (W), two mile; Frank Mataya, (WSC), shot put; Dick Doyle (Ml, discus; Ken El liott (OSC) or Eric Roberts (WSC I, high jump and Joe Luckman (Ml broad jump. Golfers Claim Match Crown; Await Meet Coach Sid' Milligan’s University of Oregon golfers, dual meet cham pions of the PCC Northern Divi sion, will enter the regular North ern Division Meet at Corvallis Sat urday. The Ducks, who have won six out of seven meets, already hold dual ' meet victories over every ND rival except Montana, which was not on the Oregon schedule for 1950. Ore gon opened the season with a 16 Vi to 1014 over Oregon State at Cor vallis. After the Beaver meet, the Ducks invaded the Inland Empire and en gineered two wins in two days, routing Idaho 22-5 and Washington State 19-8. Then Milligan’s men re turned to Eugene, where they bat tered the College of Puget Sound 20-10 in a non-conference clash and smashed a 10-meet CPS win ning streak. The Washingto Huskies came to Eugene on the following day and re ceived a surprising 21 Vi to 5 Vi set back at the hands of the Webfoots. Oregon closed the dual meet sea son with a landslide 15 Vi to 2xi tri umph over the University of Brit ish Columbia and an outstanding 14-13 upset loss to OSC. N.D. DUAL MEET GOLF STANDINGS Won Lost Pet. Oregon.4 1 .800 OSC . 3 2 .600 WSC.2 2 .500 Washington . 2 2 .500 Idaho . 0 4 .000” Results of the April 15 Idaho Montana match are not available. £