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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1951)
Afissfeldt's Toss Beats ND Record Cluick Missfeldt. Oregon's greatest javelin expert, hurled his favorite projectile 225 feet, 11 and three-fourths inches to take an ea>v first place in the \\ illaniette Relays Saturday at Salem. Missfeldt’s toss bettered the Northern Division record estab lished bv Web foot Boyd Brown in 1940. Brown unleashed a 223 foot. 6-inch throw for the record. During his prep career, Mtss feldt tossed the javelin 211 feet for Milwaukie High, gaining a po sition on the All-American prep souad. Although no team scores were | kept during the Willamette Relays, the Ducks led the field with 11 first places. Oregon State collected sev-1 on, Willamette 3, and the Univer sity of Portland 2. Oregon took first-place honors in the 440-yard sprint relay (Jack Smith, Jerry Mock. Bob Cleary, and •Dennis Sullivan), senior discus (Bob Anderson), novice shot put (Chet Noe), senior high jump (Jack Smith), two-mile relay (Art! Backhand, Phil Turner. Jack Hutch-j ins. and Walt McClure). 880-yard ■relay (Jack Countryman, Dennis (Sullivan, Jack Smith, and Jerry JUock), and novice pole vault (Ray Pack wood t. Other Duck championships in cluded the 480-yard shuttle hurdle relay (Bill Sorsby, Larry Blunt,1 Sterling Swalm. and George Gul dager), mile relay (Jack Country-' • man. Elvin Riddle. Walt McClure, and A1 Bullier), novice broad jump (Don McClure), and senior javelin (Missfeldt t. Other Oregon places included the following: High hurdles: Larry Blunt fifth, Jerry Zimmerman sixth. I Distance medley: Oregon third. 100-yard dash: Jack Smith second. Senior discus: Herb Nil! second. Senior shot put: Bob Ander- ' son second. Novice shot put: Bob C’raig fourth. i 480-yard shuttle hurdle relay Oregon Frosh second. Novice discus: Chet Noe third. Frosh Win 15-3 Over Pelicans The Oregon frosh baseball team opened its season on Howe field Fri day with a 15-3 win over Klamath Falls High School. The Ducklings got 11 hits and capitalized on cost ly Pelican etrors as they ran up a 15-0 fburth inning lead and coasted to victory in the eight inning game. The winners had effective four hit pitching from righthanders Bill Bottler, Don Hull, and Jim Bagby. Bottler started the game and al lowed only one hit in three innings while striking out five. Hull limited the Pelicans to one single in the next two frames. All three Klamath runs were scored in the final three innings with Bagby on the mound. Offensively, frosh first sacker Bob Brittain unloaded a triple over the left fielders head to drive in the three first inning runs. The second inning saw the frosh fashion an eight run outburst off Fred Friedel from a combination of two doubles, two singles, and four Klamath errors. Dick Stearns and Ron Phillips drove in two runs each with a double and a single respec tively. In the third inning lanky outfield er Phillips teed off on a F'riedel pitch and parked it on the lower, diamond for a homer, driving two runs in ahead of him. \M Boll Games Feature Slugging Powerful hitting anti a pair of top pitching performances high lighted intramural softball league action Friday. Nestor unleashed the most pow erful hitting display as they ham mered out a 19-0 victory over Min turn. Almost eclipsing the slugging prowess of the Nestorites was the one hit pitching of a pair of Nestor moundsnV'n. Ted Martin allowed one hit and Gene Hilfiker allowed none in hurling the winners to their lopsided victory. Campbell Club also had an easy time with the Yeomen. They scor ed 16 runs while the losers crossed the plate once by virtue of an in- 1 field hit and a flock of errors in the | last inning. Ed Hieno of Campbell Club' went into the last inning with a no-hit game almost in his grasp, i Tan Kappa Epsilon put on a last ditch rally to score five runs in the final inning and eke out a 10-9 vic tory over Lambda Chi Alpha.1 Lambda Chi led 9-5 going into the final inning. Sigma Phi Epsilon was forced to stave off a lasL minute rally be fore they could rack up a 12-10 win over Pi Kappa Phi. The Sig Kps led 12-5 at the start of the final frame. Pi Kappa Phi was finally re tired with.a man on every base. Delta Upsilon rambled to a lop sided victory over Omega, 11-0 in another slugfest. Blair led the hit ting attack for the winners with a homer and a triple. Frank Johnson pitched a two hitter for Delta Upsi lon. Sigma Chi encountered a tough. Sigma Nu team and was forced to | go all out to collect a 3-1 victory. Both teams collected more hits than the score indicates but were unable to bunch them together. Who demanded the longest pen alty in sports history? A pork-bur-• rel Congressman from South Caro lina he asked for 20 naval yards. Ducks Win Two Tilts Against Portland Foes The Oregon Ducks combined a powerful batting assault with an improved pitching stall to defeat Lew is and Clark X 3 Friday afternoon in Portland and the University of Portland Id 3 Satur day afternoon at the Pilot home diamond. Coach Don Kirsch’s Webfoots collected 25 hit'- during the two skirmishes as they raised their 1951 win-loss percentage to an even .500—three wins, three losses. Eugene Netmen Edge Oregon 6-5 The Eugene Tennis Club evened the store ugainst the Oregon net ted Saturday with a 6-5 victory over the Webfoots. Oregon trounc ed the "townies” 7-1 on Mach 21 Cameron Thom, Oregon coach, teamed with Hunk Eaton, an ex Harvard star, in a drawn-out 7-5. 8-0 triumph over Hob Friend and Don Griffin. Tom Macdonald, number one for the Ducks, was Oregon’s only dou ble winner. He topped Bob Guit teau 6-3, 6-3 In singles and teamed with Neil George to defeat Guit teau and Vince McBride 6-4, 6-4 In doubles. Friend and Don Neraas were the only other Oregon netters to win in singles action. Neraas beat Dr John Boozer 6-1. 6-3, and Friend, a diminuitive Kiverside Jr. College transfer, trounced Dorlon Hlmber by a 6-2, 6-1 score. In doubles play Eldon Chowning and Jeiry Berreman won Oregon's fifth point when they edged John Peterson and John McKinnon 6-4, 7-5. In other matches Eaton beat George, Ron Lowell (ETC) beat George Boyd, Peterson beat Berre man, McKinnon beat Griffin, and Roger Sands and A1 Carley (ETC) teamed to defeat Boyd and Neraas. Big-league philosophy: "A base ball on hand is worth two in the bush leagues.” 1059 Willamette Plione 4-1401 Mens Newest Tropic Print Shirts COOL SHORT SLEEVED RAYONS IN SOUTH-SEA COLORS AND PATTERNS 3.59 All the color of the tropic* in these cool and good-looking shirts. Choose from a big assortment of florals and south sea scenes in bright and subdued shades every man likes. Every shirt of light-weight rayon with a smooth, frosty finish. Cut full for comfort and smart appearance. Hand-washable. Sizes to fit all men and young men. I M - I? ! ; • ! •fif-i ii.'' * < iVI t I rviaunr niu wui; uviiwiiwui i provided the outstanding Oregon mound performance of the season as they held the Pilots to three runs and four base hits in Saturday's clash. Schoonover hurled two hit less Innings after Krause completed his seven-inning task in which he .•Art-rendered four hits and three runs. One Error The Ducks committed only one error while the Pilots were chalk ing up a total of five mlacues. Five YVcbfoot runs were unearned. Left Fielder Earl Averllt, Jr IcTl the Ducks with four singles in five trips to the plate. Third Sacker Joe Tom collected two triples and a single in five attempts. The Oregon-Lewis and Clark clash was a scoreless duel until th# last of tin- fourth, when tin- Pio neers grabbed a short-lived 1-0 ad vantage. John Gordon opened tie scoring threat by reaching first when Webfoot Third Baseman Nick Schnier committed one of Oregon's three eirors of the game. A Kurd Homers Gordon stole second and later scored when Bob Misley connected for a base hit. Oregon Bight Fielder Lee A1 void opened the following in ning with a long home run. hirst Baseman Phil Settecase pushed two more runs across the plate as he pounded a Pioneer pitch over the short right field wall for a ground-rule double. Pitcher Stan Anne singled to score Settecase. The Ducks scored another tun in the eighth and three more in the ninth Alvord collected three hits In five attempts during the game. Oregon’s next game will be a Tuesday skirmish with Pacific Uni versity at Forest Grove. Oregon 000 (MO 013—8 10 3 LAC 000 110 010—3 0 2 Aune, Mays (7) and Ritchey; Martin, Paul (6) and Misley. Oregon 503 001 310—18 15 1 Portland 011 100 000 3 5 5 Krause, Schoonover (8) and Smith; Dooher, Lewis (8) and Klein, Lee (8). Ken Eaton Is Third In Billiard Tourney Ken Eaton, Oregon sophomore In law, placed third in the Intercol legiate Three-cushion Billiard*^ Championships at Chicago, Eaton finished behind Larry Gray of Michigan State and Iton Goldberg of Illinois. The four top men will compete in the National Intercollegiate Individual Three cushion Championships at Ann Ar bor, Mich., Apr. 20-21. Duck Coeds Enter Billiard Tournament The University of Oregon coed pocket billiard squad will partici pate in the national intercollegiate telephonic billiard championship meet Tuesday afternoon. The Duck coeds include Donna Wilcox, Zoe Hager, Alma Dopson, Joan Williams, and Gerry MarSh. The alternate members of the team include Lola Strong, Anne Graham, and Bobby Howard. IM Schedule 3:50 North field - McC’hesney vs Chi Phi South field Delts vs. Merrick. Upper field Legal Eagles vs, *" Westminster. 4:55 North field—Phi Kappa Sigs vs. Pi K A South field Betas vs SAM Upper field--Kappa Sigma VS. Gamma