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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1951)
Northern Division Baseball Standings VV L Pit Oregon State.6 OREGON .4 Washington .5 WSC .3 Idaho .0 0 l.OOt 2 .««' 3 .62; 5 .37; 7 ,00t Second-Place Ducks Travel to Pullman for Two WSC Tilts The Oregon varsitv baseball squad will meet the W ashington State Cougars Friday and Saturday at Pullman. The Ducks moved up into second place in the Northern Divi sion standings Tuesday afternoon -ns the undefeated Oregon State Beavers dropped \\ ashington r-2 for the l(>th straight OSC victory. While the Huskies were trading Oregon for third place in the ND standings, the Washington State Cougars strengthened their hold on fourth place by dropping Idaho 7-5 for the seventh .consecutive \ andal ND setback. Hurler Don White of the Beavers was pitching a shutout game until Huskv Bob Houbregs singled with two out in the fifth, hat ting iil»both Washington runs. White surrendered seven hits, and his mound opponent, Bobby Moen, gave up tlie-same number, including a home run by Bea\ er Third Baseman Cub Houck. Mel Krause is scheduled to start on the mound for Coach Don Kirsch’s Ducks in the Friday \\ SC encounter. Stan Anne will handle Oregon's hurling chores in Saturday s game. The rest of the starting lineups will be Jack Smith, catcher; Phil Settecase. first base; Daryle Nelson, second base; Joe 1 om. shortstop; Nick Sclnner. third base; Norval Ritchey, left field; Jim Livesay, center field; and Karl Averill. Jr., right field. Oregon has met the Cougars 72 times, winning 3S and losing 34. SPORTS STAFF KudKiT Kdily Phil Johnson Nestor vs Phi Delt In Softball Finals; Beta's, Delts Lose By Jim Mendenhall Nestor vs. Phi Delta Theta—that’s the way tlu-y line up for the championship name to be played this hnday. In Wednesday’s semi-final tussles, the Phi I >elts singed Delta 'Pan I )tdta into submission. 13-4 while Nestor won a thrilling eon test from Beta Theta Pi’s defending champs. 4-7. Heavy Schedule Faces Frosh—lf Rain Goes; OCE Here Today By Bill Gurney Coach Hal Zurcher’s 1-Wh Basel .all 'IVam will meet the Ore fron College of Kducatiou varsiW Thursday at 3:00 p.m. cm Howe 'l'he game was rained out on both 'I uesday and Wednesday. Also rained out was last Friday’s doubleheader with the (>rcgon State Rooks. .... /•• „■ » c , The two Rook tilts will he made up l rtdav at l orvalbs. A Sat urdav game with Corvallis High School at ,2:30 p.m. on Howe I,i .nn.lefes the Ducklings' activitic- thi> week. Zurcher’s men are the possessors | of a 3-2 won and lost record. They ] began the season with a convincing 15-3 rout of Klamath Falls High. | Then they topped Oregon College of Education 9-7 in an 11 inning | game played at Monmouth. A pow- • erful OSC Kook squad was their ' downfall as they copped both ends j of a double-header playeil at Cor vallis, 8-2 and 9-3. __— "-71 For your Formal AND Leisure wear! WE HAVE * ^WG.. Slu/lfa. .<&et..PG4ii6>. AT 8(0 EAST 13th AVE. =don:xmissth[s sale A wild 16-15 decision in 10 in-: nings ove* the State Penitentiary Club completed the Ducklings' fiv tilts. Right games are scheduled with the OSC Rook.!, of which only two have been played. Top Performers An outstanding performer for the frosh has been chunky shortstop Dick Stearns who has 10 hits in 22 times nt but, including two doubles, for a team-leading .455 mark; and has performed well in the field. Ex-Roosevelt High star Ron Phil lips is next among the regulars with 9 for 23 and .391. The lanky out fielder hit a home run to tie for leadership in that department, and leads the team in the Runs-Batted In column with eight. As for the hurlers, righthander; Gene Lewis got Zurcher's nod as j most effective moundsman to date i with h.s 0 000 Earned Run Average in eight innings pitched, and a 1-0 record. New Men With the end of spring football j Saturday, two promising men turn ed out for frosh baseball. They are Pitcher Jim Gunnell, who played prep basebail at Boy's Town, Ne braska, and Catcher Cecil Hodges of Eugene. Two men are out with Injuries. Shortstop Lee Jackson is recover ing from his appendectomy and1 may see action this weekend. Third Baseman Dick Kesson is out with an infected ear. For Thursday's game, Zurcher will probably start the following men: Pitcher Gene Lewis; Catcher Don Hedgepeth; Eirst Base, Bob Brit tain: Second Base Vince Tadei; Third Base, Chuck Stolsig; Short stop, Dick Stearns; Left Field, Ron Phillips; Right Field, Don Sieg nuiud; Center Field, Dick Miller. Batting Records Following are batting and pitch ing records for the first five games. Pitcher’s batting marks are not in cluded. Player AG Dick Stearns, s.10 Jay Fournier, 2. Doug Clayton, c _ Ron Phillips, 1 . Dick Miller, m Don Siegmund, r ... Vince Tadei, 2 . Bob Brittain, lb . Don Hedgepeth, c .... Ron Keil, r. Dick Kesson, 3 . Stolsig, 3 . Wise, cf .. Hankinson . Benedict . Hollingsworth . Leading pitcher is Lewis with a 1-0 record and a 0.0 earned run av •rage in 8 innings. Bill Bottler has i 1-1 record and a 6.48 ERA for 11 linings. Don Delaney has a 1-0 nark and a 9.0 ERA in 7 innings. Don Siegmund, the only southpaw, las an 0-1 record and a 3.78 ERA 'or 7 innings. The following chuckers have 0-0 H 22 7 5 23 20 10 12 21 16 9 11 6 2 3 2 1 Pet. .455 .429 .400 .391 .300 .300 .250 .192 .125 .111 .091 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 The Beta s had a commanding lead over Nestor going Into the *>ist of the fifth Inning Wednesday, hut a seven run outburst put the Vet's Dormers into a 7-6 lead. The score was 6-0 with two out when the up rising started. The Inning looked like repetition of the fourth when Nestor had the bases Jammed and one out. A brilliant double-play by the. sharp-fielding Beta's stifled the rally. In the fifth, the Nestorites filled the bases with one out when Beta pitcher A1 Mann gave way on - the mound to fast-bailer Harlan Mickey. Mickey succeeded in forc ing one runner out at the plate be-^ fore the roof caved in. One Nestor-ite after another crossed the plate in a rally that was spearheaded by J. D. Mc<'owun's triple and a long homerun by Walt Hawthorne. Bela's dying gasp came in the Start of the sixth inning when they tied up the contest. In the last of the sixth, Nestor bunched several singles together to garner the winning runs. Dolts Drubbed Phi Della Theta had a fairly easy time with the Delts. The winners big outburst came in the third in ning when they scored seven runs. After the third canto both clubs spread out their scoring over the remainder of the fray. Bob Taggeseli got the longest hit of the day, on a deep smash to left field. Second base was as fur as he traveled, however, as the ball hit a bank in left and rolled into the hands of a fielder. Batteries were Taggeseli and Urban for the Phi Delts and Redd ing and Kerns for Delta Tail Delta. Track Team Trip Troupe Told Today Duck Track Coach Bill Bower man released a tentative travelling list Wednesday night, of those men who will probably compete against the Washington State Cougars Sat urday at Pullman, ■* Bowerman’s sprinters will bor Jerry Mock, Mitch Cleary, and Jack Smith. The quarter-milers partici pating in the dual meet are Al Bul !ier and Jack Countryman. Miler Jack Hutchins and Half Vtilers Walt McClure and Jack Lot us also will travel to Pullman. Jther members of the squad will in dude Elvin Riddle and Bill Sorsby. -elay; Lloyd Hutchinson and Fred rurner, two-mile; and Dennis Sulli van. Larry Blunt, and Tom Swalm, lurdles. The travelling team also will in dude Chet Noe, shot put; Bob An lerson and Herb Nill, discus; Earl Jtelle and Chuck Missfeldt, jave in; Don McClure, broad jump; and fim Jolly and Eddie Robinson, pole vault. .arks Eye Far Vest Loop Lead f/Pi Eugene’s Larks opened a hree-game series Tuesday night vith a strong warning they’re out o dislodge Redding’s Jittery grasp m the Far West Baseball League's op spot. The L&rks, collecting eight runs a the first inning, submerged the eaguc-pacing Browns 12 to 4. The^ ictory shot them into second place. /on-lost marks: Don Hull with a .0 for 7 innings; John Beal with a .52 in 2;. and Jim Ragby with ltd i 2.