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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1952)
"Duc£ Btf, JoUn Wkitty I lie rule permitting freshmen to compete in varsity sports l|,is proved to lie of special benefit to (trefoil’s springtime athletic squads, for first year men comprise a good part of the \\ ehfoots varsity hasehall, tennis, and track teams, and aj majority of the men on the golf roster are either freshmen or sophomores. I his predominance of underclassmen on onr spring sport I teams indicates the position that (tregon may he expected to maintain in Northern Division competition in the next few years. Frosh Star on Diamond t <>ach Don Kirsch s varsity hasehall nine is fairly loaded " ''h first and second year men. hirst string catcher Ron I'Ottler, a freshman, is an outstanding prospect for the future,1 as well as for the present. At the present time, Hottlcr holds down the third spot in the Duck hitting percentages, and In'-; throwing arm is one of best, if not the best, in the Northern J >ivision. George Shaw, leadoff man in the batting order, is another freshman who should see a lot more action on the diamond in years To come. Shaw, with a hot .400 percentage at the plate, is second in the hitting averages for the varsity squad, and he covers center field like a veteran ballplayer. I\"ii Phillips, a sophomore who acts as a M.rt of utility man for the Webfoots, is currently working out at third base. Al though Phillips has not yet cracked the starting lineup, he 'ports a ..157 batting average in 14 tripx to the plate, and lie hould spend a lot of time on the field for the next two years. In the pitching department, underclassmen are as thick as flies, with sophomores Bill Bottler and Don Siegmund and freshmen Norm Forbes and Farrell Albright all having seen action so far this year. hr ex liman Pete Williams, an all state selection last year at shortstop for Grant high school, also shows promise of de veloping into an excellent iufielder. * Tennis Strong in Future Years On the tennis scene, first-year man Jack Neer from Grant has worked his way up to the position of second man on the squad, and according to all reports should make quite a name for himself in Northern Division net circles. Bruce Dingier from Klamath Falls and Bill Rose, who hails from Jefferson of Portland, have both displayed promise of becoming reliable nctmen after they get a little experience behind them. Rose has been having scholastic difficulties, how ever. Ron Lowell, the only sophomore on the net squad, played in the fourth spot against the Multnomah and Irvington Clubs last weekend. Sophs Bolster Links Squad Oregon’s golf squad, which lias seized the match play team championship in tlie ND for the past three years lists five sophomores and two freshmen on the 13 man roster. Bud Cross and A1 Mundle, both sophomores from Eugene, and King Shanks from Lincoln high in Portland have been looking good in qualifying play. Both Cross and Mundle won - their match play rounds Saturday against Portland university. Don Krieger of Redmond, who was medalist in the 1951 ■ Junior Chamber of Commerce regionals, carded a 73 against - Portland and should improve even more. Boh Gasper, a sopho • more, and Gary Campbell, a freshman from Salem, round out the list of underclassmen on the golf roster. Skip Nagler, a sophomore, who was listed on the roster for this season, has since become ineligible. Underclass Track Meti Promising • Coach Bill Mowcrman has a number of very promising frosh ' men on his varsity track unit, and several of them show real promise of developing into great Irackstcrs. , Wayne Reiser, who ran a 4:24 mile as a high school distance runner, made a good showing in the two-mile race against • Myer of Washington last Saturday, although he tired in the last two laps. In the 440, Bowerman has freshman Doug Clement from . Vancouver, B. C. and Merlyn Samples from Springfield, both of whom have already picked tip points this year. Clement ' placed third in the 440 in Saturday’s meet. Samples scored in _ the Willamette Relays. Bruce Springbett, a dash man from Springfield, and Walt • Badorek of Klamath Falls, a high-jumper, also should provide " points for the Webfoots during the coming years. Ray Packwood, who won the pole vault in Saturdays meet, • A1 Martin, who finished first in the mile with a time of 4:24.7, ' and Ted Anderson, who set a new meetyecord in the 440 Sat uf’day, have already proven their merit, and since all three are sophomores, they can be planned on in future years. Anthony Tells C/eo Billiards Will Round Off Evening By Jim Mahoney Billiards is the generic name of a variety of games played on a flat surfaced table approximately twice as long as it is wide. No one knows exactly when the game was thought up. Henry VIII played billiards when he had nothing bet- 1 ter to do, so did Louis XIV. Shakespeare has Anthony tell-; ing Cleo that a quick game of | billiards will be just the thing to | round off the evening after a long, hot day on the barge. Cathaire Mor, a minor Irish king of the second century, may ! have played with brass billiard : balls as he claims, but I doubt it. 1 It was the rule that Irish kings of that time were to be assassi nated by their successors; the physician of Henry VIII recom mended billiards as a digestive ex- ' crcise after dinner. Mr. Charles Cotton in his Corn pleat Gamester of 1874 calls billi- I ards a recreation of the mind and an exercise of the body. He also gives a few hints on how to im prove your game, some are as ; follows: 1 Always play at a true table for ... at a false table it is im- | possible for an expert to show his ait and skill, whereby bunglers many times by knowing the wind ings and tricks of the table have Ducks Face WSC In HD Opener Things were relatively quiet on the Oregon baseball scene Wed- i nesday afternopon, as Coach Don Kirsch took the day off to journey to Corvallis and a look at the Washington State-Oregon State j baseball game. The Ducks meet WSC in the Oregon Northern Division opening series Friday and Saturday in Eu- l gene. The Cougars made an inauspic- j ious debut at Corvallis Wednesday ' as they lost to Coach Ralph Cole- j man's Beavers by a 9-2 count. The two teams meet again today. The Cougars are coached by ■ crowd-pleasing Buck Bailey, and J are always potent in Eugene. How ever, if comparative scores mean anything, Oregon should rate the edge. Last week a hit-happy band of Webfoots downed the Beavers 12 5 at Corvallis. This score coupled over WSC would seem to indicate that the Ducks may get off to a running start in the 1952 North ern Division chase. * While Kirsch was in Corvallis, Junior Varsity Coach John Lon dahl supervised the Webfoots in hitting and infield drills. BOWLING... I In League III, Perkett and Per kett received three points, while their opponents, Moore and Graham got one. Bill Perkett had the high series for the evening with 598 and a 226 game. Other League III scores: Allen and Naapi 3, Goddard and Reek man 1; Troeh and Troeh 4, Pasley and Koppe 0; Butz and Ireland 3, Rilea and Ekstrom 1. Leo Naapi had a 536 series, and George Troeh rolled a 209 game in chalking up a 532 series. League IV scores: Donahue and Theriault 3, Oswald and Englund 1; Hande and Hamilton 3, Bryan and Baumohl 1; Williams and Thompson 4. Cosart and Heestand 0; Hoppins and Shaw 3, Cannon and Cannon 1. shamefully beaten a very good gamester.” 2. Make sure that the ivory tip of your Lignum vitae stick is fastened solidly for, ", .. if the heads happen to be loose, you will never strike a smart stroke. You will easily preceive that defect by the hollow deadness of your stroke md the faint running of your ball.” 3. “Beware when you jobb your ball through the port with the great end of the stick that you throw it not down, if you do it is i loas.” 4. “There is a great art in lying abscond, fa technical term) that is, to lie at bo-peep with your ad versary, either to gain a pass or a hazzard.” 5. “If you smoak and let the ashes of your pipe fall on the table, whereby oftentimes the sloth is burned, it is a forfeiture, but that should not so much deter you from it as the hindrance piping is to your play.” Cotton also says that in breed ing race horses, one should take them up from grass about Bar tholomew-tide otherwise you will “. . . straighten his guts, heat his liver, and hurt his blood,” so as far as billiards go you can take him or leave him. have YOU been to Brighter Homes Hobby p 858 Pearl St. IM SCHEDULE SOFTBALL, 3:50 North Field Net*tor Hall vs. French Hall 3:50 South Field Alpha Hall vs. Stan Kay Hall 3:50 Upper Field Sederstrom Hall vs. Mlnturo Hall 4:55 North Field Phi Delta Theta vs. Sigma Chi 4:55 South Field Delta Upsilon vs* Pi Kappa Phi 4:55 Upper Field Delta Tau Delta, vs. PI Kappa Alpha TENNIS 4:00 Delta Tau Delta vs. Theta, Chi GOLF Barrister Inn vs. Phi Gamma Delta There will be a meeting of the varsity swimming team at the men’s pool on Friday, April 18, at 3 p.m. All swimming team members are requested to be present. For the Best in fish and seafoods Cell 4-2371 NEWMAN'S FISH MARKET Fresh, frozen and canned fish and seafoods 39 East Broadway ANNUAL MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CO-OPERATIVE STORE 4:00 p.m. — Thursday, April 17, 1952 Room 207 Chapman Hall .T(/e CAMPUS-854 fc-H?..
