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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1952)
*Duc& 07%eid^' _________ ^ 2>V// KoMraklMpMu / nu Always it is refreshing to see a baseball manager who lias the proper conception of tin* opportunities his job offers for show manship. Art Mcl.arney, who brought his well-coached I'ort land university baseball team to F'ugene Saturday, livened up the balmy afternoon with a fir4 rate performance. The tall, silver-haired McLarney kept up a running fire of comment from the bench, and on one occasion burst forth and vented rightous indignation in the manner of a true Thespian. In the sisth inning of the first game it was, and the Pilot team had three men on base with Duck Hurler Norm Forbes pitching. Forbes threw to third base in what seemed to Mc I.arney to be an arrant/balk. And when the umpire did not call it tluisly, it became at once to Mcl.arney a gross violation of the rules, a flagrant case of discrimination pure and simple, and an insult, sir, to the sacred honor of a gentleman. McLarney Makes With Histronics So lie issued forth in the manner of ;i true Defender of The I'aith, and dashed to home plate. There he thrust forth his jaw v at the properly pugnacious angle, and delivered himself of several forceful words to the umpire, no doubt in regard to the weather. Then lie dashed out to the mound, pointed dramatic ally with a long forefinger at third base, and clapped his hands to his head in utter frustration and uttered low cries No! No!, < ill. No!!!, when the umpire remained obdurate in his mis begotten decision. Having done these tilings, lie trudged, a beaten man, back to the bench and a sip of cold water. "I need something,” quoth he, “after that decision.” And then a fan in the stands cleared his throat and bellowed loud enough for the centerfielder to hear: ".Art,” said he, "Art, you are getting more and more like Buck Bailey every year.” At this McLarney turned with a benign smile wreathed on his patrician features and answered: “I wish I had his power.” And later when George Shaw bla-ted a Johnny Becic pitch for a homer down the bank in left center field, someone in the bleachers queried McLarney a-, to what in the world could have happened. “Oh, Don (Kirsch) just slipped in a rabbit ball,” he replied. Somewhat later when Shaw returned to bat again, he fouled off a pitch or two, and McLarney chortled with glee: “We've found your weakness, George, we've found your weakness.” It was all more than passing funny, and besides that, Ore gon won the ball games. They looked pretty good in the pro cess, also. Trackmen Face Crucial Husky Meet Meanwhile, Coach Hill Howcrman took his track team over to the Willamette relays at Salem. It seems that Hill was not kidding when he said he thought Oregon had a high-class track team. Bill Fell, who must have been a question mark in Bower man’s after a one-season layoff, broke the relay 100 yard dash mark of 9.8 with a 9.7 effort, and at the same time defeated Arch-Rival Brock of the Beavers, who held the previous record. Next weekend, on Saturday April 12, Bowerman’s men will get the big test, the do-or-dic contest with the University of Washington at Kugcne. Revenge, we would say is in order. Painfully, there comes to mind a 63-6 football heating last October at the hands of the Huskies, and then during the basketball season, .Coach Rill Borcher’s Ducks couldn’t manage to win a contest either, out of a four-game series with the talent-loaded Northerners. So how about a little of the old college try, trackmen. Gridders to Start Sans Chief Just a week from today, on April 14, the local fumble found cry starts to grind out the preliminary castings for the 1952 Oregon football team. Head Coach Len Casanova lies in a San Jose, California hospital, recovering from a major back operation performed Friday, for the removal of a spinal disc. He is reportedly doing well, hut must stay in the hospital for about 10 days, and after that wear a cast on his back for several weeks. All of which should throw a rather marked crimp in his personal activity during Webfoot spring drills. Line Coach Gene Harlow, Backfield Mentor John McKay, and Assistant Coach Jack Roche, are however, capable men, and should be able to keep the young men sweating constantly under the spring term sun during the 20 scheduled sessions. The sports picture will be busy this spring at Oregon; intra mural action is slated to start today, with full schedules on tap in softball, tennis, and golf. Intramural Director Kverett Perrv says he still needs softball officials. 'Phis is not such a bad job, providing you don’t mind being threatened with loss of life and limb. You do get paid, however. IM SCHEDULE SOFTBALL. 8:50 North Field Phi Delta Theta vh. Delta Upsllon 8:51) Houth Field Sigma Alpha Mu vs. I'hl Kappa PhI 8:50 Upper MeUI Sigma Chi vh. I'i Kappa i'hl 4:55 North Field Delta Tau Delta vs. Catriplieil Club *4:55 South Field Tau Kappa ~,p r.llon vh. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 4:55 Upper ^leld PI Kappa Alpha vh. Alpha Tau Omega TENNIS Chi I’hI vh. I’I Kappa Phi GOLF Delta Tau Delta vh. Tau Kappa Epsilon Intramural Director Everett Peery stated that official golf and j tennis scorecards are available at ! the IM office. UO Sweeps Pilot Doubleheader (Continued from page four) Joe Sugura rekindled the fire with a single into left-center, and Earl Averill, the next man up was safe at first on an error by Pilot I second baseman Bob Glennon. With men on first and second, Oregon's capable freshman re ceiver, Ron Bottler, stepped to the plate and singled into right field, scoring Sugura. Averill was caught at home plate a few min utes later on an attempted double steal by the Webfoots. The score stayed at 2-2 until the last half of the fifth stanza, when Jim Livesay, the first man up for Oregon, pulled the ball over the hedge in right field, and Oregon took the lead 3-2. Portland was unable to get back into the ball game after that, al though they threw' a scare into the Webfoot supporters when they filled the bases in the sixth frame. With a Pilot on every sack, For bes threw to third base, trying to hold the runner there to the base. In making the play, he com mitted what seemed to be a balk. Although the Portland mentor Art McLarney protested vehemently, the umpire held by their decision that there had been no balk. In the nightcap, both coaches made several changes in their line ups. For Oregon, Coach Don Kirsch started Lee Alvord on the mound and Norval Ritchey be hind the plate, as well as making some changes in the infield. Oregon jumped away to an early lead In the first inning as lead-off man George Shaw sent a sizzling line drive down the third base line for a single. On the next pitch, Shaw beat the throw to second base. Jim Llvesay drove him across the plate with a single to Ief field, and the Ducks held a one-run lead. In the fourth frame, the Pilots pulled into the lead, as Jim Tor son reached first base on first baseman Phil Settecase's error. Highberger singled on a line drive down the right field foul line, and Torson went to second. Pitcher Dick Marshall went out on an infield grounder, but Tor son raced across the plate, and Portland led 2-1. The sixth inning opened with an error on the part of Pilot short stop Pete Lullch which left George Sliaw bn first base. Shaw, always a dangerous base-runner, streaked for second on the next pitch and slid in ahead of the throw. Daryle Nelson reached first on a sizzler between first and second, and Jim Livesay, the next man at bat, drew a walk. Joe Sugura sent a fly ball to deep left field, and the f’eet Shaw raced across the plate after the catch to tie the score at 2-2. A moment later, Daryle Nelson at tempted to steal third base, and the throw by catcher Ted High berggr was wild. As left fielder Julie Fajer was chasing the ball down, the Duck second baseman scored what proved to be tl»e winning run. First game: R II E Portland . 002 000 0—2 5 2 Oregon .. 002 010 x—3 7 2 Second game: Portland . 010 100 0—2 5 2 Oregon . 100 002 x—3 4 2 Leading Duck Tennis Veteran isENiOK iu.ti iiLivi>O.NAi>iJ is the most experienced pertormer on the Duck tennis team. First meet is April 1!. There’s no fun in driving a sluggish, unresponsive car. 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