Oregon daily emerald., May 23, 1950, Page 4, Image 4

Record Track Squad Eyes Berkeley;
Charter Plane to Carry 17 Friday
UW Grid Whites Win;
McElhenney, Sprague
Shine; Line Impressive
In a bruising, rugged game highlighted by crisp defensive
play and brilliant offensive running by fullbacks High McEl
henny and Dick Sprague, Coach Howard Odell s varsity closed
out the spring practice session as the \\ hites scored a 19-14 in
tra-squad victory over the Purple team.
“Hurricane Hugh,” taking up
where he left off last year in the
Washington State game, virtually
was unstoppable. He racked up a
total of 175 yards from scrimmage,
threw one pass for a touchdown
a id scored the second Purple tee
dee himself on a nine-yard smash
off tackle. He contributed runs of
Ed, 21, 17, 15, and 14 yards in his
onslaught of 18 carries and gener
ally performed as though he in
tended to firmly establish his po
tential as the Coast’s finest run
ning back.
Defensive Star Too
McElhenny had to step, however,
to stay ahead of sophomore full
back Dick Sprague of Spokane.
Ticketed for the defensive platoon
because of his great pass defending
talent, Sprague nonetheless turned
on a thrilling running performance
on the offense, picking up 135
yards in 19 carries for a seven-plus
yards-per-try average. He scored
one Of the three White touchdowns
and rambled 27 yards on the last
play before the end of the game to
put the Whites in scoring position
again. H'W ij.
IM Softball
Crown Battle
Set Today
Lambda Chi Alpha and Phi Del
ta Theta will battle for the IM
softball crown today at 4 o’clock.
The game was originally scheduled
for Monday, but both teams peti
tioned to play it today instead,
because of conflicting activities.
The golf championship was de
cided over the weekend as Theta
Chi topped Phi Delta Theta 7-0.
The w i n n e r of today's tennis
match between Phi Gamma Delta
and Sigma Mu will play Stan Ray
Hall for the championship on
Thursday.
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Particularly pleasing to Coach
Odell and his staff was the im
proved line play and some savage
tackling by line-backers on both
squads. Secondary defense, too,
was vastly improved over 1949,
which makes the Huskies appear a
great deal tougher than last sea
son’s varsity.
Earley, Short, Run
Elsewhere in the backfield, soph
omore halfbacks Bill Earley and
Bob Short displayed fine offensive
running both the Purple quarter
back Anse McCullough and Don
O’Leary, who was calling signals
for the Whites, directed their
teams with finesse and turned in
fine passing exhibitions. McCul
lough hit nine aerials in 1G at
tempts.
Regular quarterback Don Hein
rich wras out of the game with a
sprained ankle.
Along the line, the Huskies ap
peared to have plugged up some of
the 1949 holes. Sophomore tackle
Jim Mangan was particularly out
standing and J. R. Savage and Er
ling Johnson, both of whom have
been moved from end to guard,
have given considerable more mo
bility to that position. Under the
direction of backfield coacli Neil
“Skip” Stahley, the line-backers
have shown a distinct improve
ment in tackling and should make
the Huskies much tougher to crack
on the ground during the upcoming
year.
WSC To Meet
Stanford Nine In
PCC Title Games
PULLMAN, WASH., (UP) —
Washington State College will not
meet Southern California for the
Pacific Coast Conference champ
ionship here this weekend, Robert
Brumblay, WSC director of inter
collegiate athletics, announced to
day.
Instead WSC will meet Stanford
here in a two out of three series
for the right to go to the National
Collegiate Association National
playoffs at Omaha June 15-22.
Brumblay explained the switch
this way:
Stanford and USC tied for the
Southern Division championship.
But because USC won more games
from Stanford, USC was declared
the champion.
“However. Stanford won the
California Intercollegiate Baseball
Association championship. This
means that even if we beat USC,
we’d have to play Stanford for the
right to go to the National to rep
resent District Nine.”
Brumblay said Bill Hunter, ath
letic director at USC. telephoned
him and said USC would waive its
right to play WSC to speed things
up. The change was confirmed by
Victor O. Schmidt, Pacific Coast
Conference commissioner. Brum
blay said.
All Saturday Scorers Go.
Rass Guns for Second Title.
Coach Bill Bowerman and 17 members of the 1950 Northern
Division championship track squad will fly by chartered plane
to the Pacific Coast Conference meet this Friday at Berkeley, it
was announced bv leo Harris, athletic director.
Frosh Golfers
Stage Rally;
Defeat UHS
Oregon Freshman golfers came
from behind to stop the Univer
sity high team by a 12 y2 to 6y2
count in Saturday. Medalists were
Rod Heestand for the Frosh, and
A1 Mundle for University, both of
whom covered the Laurelwood
course in better than respectable
73’s.
High Team Tough
The Yearlings squeezed out the
best ball affair, when Rod Hees
tand and John Lynch shut out the
high school duo Bill Schultz and
Ed Hohnstein, 3-0. A1 Mundle and
Pete Nagler had previously put
their side out in front with a 2 Va
to V2 drubbing of Fred Mueller and
Ken Torgerson.
In the individual matches, fresh
man Fred Mueller and Fete Nagler
of UHS tied at 1% apiece. Mundle
(UHS) topped Torgerson (O) 2%
to %, and Heesland and Lynch of
Oregon stopped Schultz and Hohn
stein, by 3-0 scores.
The Ducks are scheduled to leave
Eugene Friday morning and arrive
in time for the preliminaries in the
sprints and the hurdles. The squad
will fly back immediately after the
meet and arrive in Eugene Satur
day evening.
Record Entry List
The entry list is the largest in
history for the Ducks in a PCC meet
and the division champions are ex
pected to have their best year since
finishing fourth in 1936. In announ
cing the plans for the meet, Har
ris said, “We are happy to be able
to send such a large group to the
PCC meet. Coach Bowerman and
his squad have done a tremendous
job during the last two years in re
viving Oregon track and we are
certain that we will be ably repre
sented by this team. They have cer
tainly earned’ the trip.”
Bowerman said Monday the
squad would include the following
men: Bill Fell, Dave Henthorne,
and Mitch Cleary in the sprints; A1
Bullier and Jack Countryman in the
440; Walt McClure in the 880; Jack
Hutchins and Art Bacltlund in the
mile; Pete Muridle in the two-mile;
Jack Doyle, Dennis Sullivan and
Jack Smith in the hurdles; Bob
Anderson in the discus; Chuck
Missfeldt in the javelin; Rasmussen
and Don Pickens in the pole vault,
and Woodley Lewis in the broad
jump.
Nelson Heads Hitters,
Dolquist Tops Pitchers,
Sugura Leader in RBIs
Daryle Nelson, Oregon’s second sacker, is the leading hitter
in the Northern Division baseball standings for games through
May 13, according to figures compiled here today. Nelson is past
ing the hall at a .417 pace some 27 points in front of Bob McGuire,
Washington State, who has .390.
Despite these heavy hitters there arc a pair of batters who
have driven more runs across the plate. In this department, Joe
Sugura, Oregon catcher is, the leader with a batting average of
.348 and has knocked in 11 counters. One behind Sugura is Ida
ho's Joe Zavesky with a swat average of .343 but with 10 runs
batted in.
Dolquist Top Hurler
In the pitching department Lee Dolqitist, of the league-lead
ing Washington Staters, is the top gun. He has gone to the
mound seven times and returned with six victories without a
loss. Second in the pitching department is Bob Moen. W ashing
lon. with four wins against a pair of defeats.
The leading hitters, who have been to bat at least 1/ times :
Name
Daryle Nelson, O .
Bob McGuire, YYSC . 55
Gene Tanselli, OSC . 41
Gordon Rodland, Wash. 44
Lee Dolquist, WSC . 22
Tobe Masingill, Idaho. 42..
Boh Moan, Wash. . 1‘
Bill Andring, Wash. 54
Joe Sugura, O. 4!)
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25
21
15
16
8
15
6
19
17
Ave.
.417
.390
.366
.364
.364
.357
.353
.352
.348
KBI
6
9
4
3
3
5
0
8
11
C.ordv Brunswick. Washington State, tops the heavy hitters
with five home runs to his credit. Second to Brunswick comes
Rav Snyder of Oregon State with three.
Clayton Carr, Washington State, has three triples to lead
Kddv Coleman, a team mate, and C.ene Tanselli, Oregon State,
with two each.
In the two baggers, Daryle Xelson, Oregon, is far in front
with six. twice as many as six other hitters, Bill Andring and
C.ordv Rodland, both of Washington; Bob Christianson and
Tanselli. both of Oregon State; Tobe Masingill of Idaho; and
Kddv Coleman, Washington State.
V
Neelys Win
Intra Team
Cage Tilt
Despite a sixteen point bar
rage by center Chet Noe, John
ny’s “Neelys” topped Chet's
‘‘Noes" in the first intra squad
basketball tilt of the season by
a 41-38 count. The second game
is listed for Wednesday at 4
o'clock.
In a sometimes good, sometimes
ragged game, the “Neeleys” drove
in repeatedly to score against their
favored foe. Both teams, playing a
fast breaking game for the first
time since last season, showed lack
of timing, but Coach John Warren
said that only time would improve
that defect.
Generally, Warren expressed
satisfaction with the showing o fhis
charges. He was especially impres
sed with the poise shown by his
sophomores, Chet Noe, Chet Hoy,
Curt Barclay, and Ken Torgerson.
“They seemed poised, and shot' —
well,” Warren said.
The second game will be played
between these two teams on Wed
nesay, and if a rubber game is
needed, it will be played some night
soon. Visitors are permitted, War
ren said.
The scoring figures.
NEELEYS
Vranlzan . 5
Gilbert ... 5
Hoy . 6
Neeley . 6
Peterson.3
Calderwood . 5
Barclay . 5
Torgerson . 6
41
5
16
0
6
. 5
6
Total.a.38
Total.
NOES
Urban .
NOe.
Streeter ....
Hunt .
Webb.
Keller .
League Results
Show Brooklyn,
Yanks, Winning
In last night’s big league base
ball games, the New York Yankees
beat Cleveland, 5-2, the Chicago
White Sox upset the Boston Red
Sox, 10-9, and the Brooklyn Dod
gers topped Cincinnati, 5-1, the
United Press reported.
At Cleveland, Vic Raschi got the
Yanks their third straight over
Cleveland. Chicago’s Bob Cain ad
ded a victory over Boston to a pre
vious shutout over the Yankees.
At Ebbets field, big Don Newcombe
won his second straight since re
turning to action after an arm
ailment.
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(10 Innings)
BOSTON . 000-050-002-2 9-16-1
CHICAGO 401-000-200-3 10-16-1
McDermott, Papai (5) Schanz.
(7) Masterson (8) and Tebbets;
Kuzava, Holcombe (5) Cain (6)
and Masi.
Winning pitcher, Cain (2-2).
Losing pitcher, Masterson (1-2).
Home runs—Stephens (2-7tli &
8th) Zernal (3rd).
NEW YORK 000-001-024 7-10-1
CLEVELAND 000-000-101 2- 5-2
Kasehi (4-2) and Berra; Garcia,
Gromek, (9) Benton (9)
Pieretti (9) and Murray, Hegan
(8) . Losing pitcher, Garcia (1-2)
Cincinnati .000-000-010 1-8-1
Brooklyn .100-400-00x 5-8-1
Fox, Perkowski (7) and Pramesa;
Newcombe (3-1) and Campanclia.
Losing pitcher, Fox (1-3)