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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1952)
Intramural Softball Play Resumes After Layoff By Doug White Intramural softball action resumed \\ ednesda after a lay-off period of seven days, and it was a s field that greeted the contesting athletes. In spite playing conditions, though, some good games were two teams won the right to compete in the cl bracket which will he played in two weeks. v afternoon lippery, wet of the pooi played, and Kimpionship The score showed that Sigma Chi downed Sigma Alpha Mu 6 to 1: Minturn hall defeated Stan Hay Ball 14 to 0; Hunter hall beat French hall 6 to 3; Sigma Nu Bowed to Phi Kappa Sigma 3 to 2: Pi Kappa Alpha swamped Tau Kappa Epsilon 10 to 3; and Pi Kappa Phi took Phi Kappa Psi 9 to 6. Calderwood "Leads Sigs It was Jim Calderwood again leading the show for Sigma Chi as the Sigs took their fifth and final game in the regular season. Big Jim fanned ten men in four innings and had a shutout game in the bag until the final stanza when the Sammies managed to posh across their lone tally. The Sigs started out with one ran in each of the first two in wings, added three more in the third and finished up with one (store counter in the top half of the fourth. Don Olds did the piteh tag for the Sammies and was hun^ with the loss. Minturn hall, behind shutout ji tching of Gene Hilfiker, took its fourth game of the year and in jured a berth for itself in the championship playoffs. The game could hardly be called a contest n j the losers, from Stan Ray hall, started out with only six men. -Three of Minturn's subs were used t3 fill in the vacancies. Minturn Starts Fast The winners scored five times v*: the first inning, and, after pick -4ng up another tally in each of the next two stanzas, scored seven *<Rore in the fourth and final canto. French hail went into the last f anning of its games with Hunter •trail with a three run lead, but by the time the -smoke had cleared af ter that fateful canto, they were tm the short end of a 6 to 3 score. -4$ob Lindsay, French hurler, gave tkp seven walks, which, coupled With a well-timed base hit, spelled iris doom. Gordon Porter got credit Fir the Hunter win. Honors for the closest and by far the most hotly contested game Wednesday afternoon went to the fhgma Nus and Phi Sigs. The game was a pitching duel between .Tack McBee and Gene Beck with the latter coming out trimuphant. Berg Hits Well Art Berg wielded the big bat iu Beck's assistance, banging out two sharp triples. His first blow came in the first inning with one ran on base. This gave the Phi Sigs a one run lead, a lead which they lost 4Bter on, but regained in time to Haim the win. Berg’s second three ttagger came in the last inning with two men out and two on ■4*ase. It was a high drive over the center fielder’s head and brought the tying and winning runs home. Besides McBee's fine pitching, -the Sigma Nus had the heads up flaying of Irwin Schoonover, but wasn’t quite enough to stop Beck, Berg and Co. PiKA’s Hit Well Pi Kappa Alpha put on a show of real hitting power in their game against Tau Kappa Epsilon. The PiKA’s racked up five tallies the first inning, Phil Liberty’s triple climaxing things, and five more scattered throughout the rest of the game. Bob Reeder got cred it for the win and Bob Lacy took the loss in this contest. The final game played on Wed nesday afternoon was a wild and wooly one between Pi Kappa Phi #*,nd Phi Kappa Psi. Hal Lemon «tarted on the mtoiind for the los ing Phi Psis, but met with little success as the Pi Iiaps pushed across six runs in the first in ning, mostly via the base on balls road. Gene Beauchamps then took over the hurling chores for the Phi Psis, but he too was received with little cordiality, the Phi Kap9 gar nering three runs off him. The winners’ Wooden broke up | the game in the second inning j with a home run in deep right cen i ter field. Paul Surprenent handled the pitching for the Phi Kaps and got credit for the win, while Lemon took the loss. Wednesday's intramural golf ac tion saw Phi Gamma Delta beat Beta Theta Pi 10 L, to 1M>. Bob Goodwin took Dick Morton 3-0; Bob Zener beat George McMath 2-1; Mac Little defeated Jack Southworth and Byron Tarr took A1 Mann by default. Ducks Schedule Linfield Contest Under Lights Oregon’s league-leading base ball team takes time off from their Northern Division title quest to tangle with the Linfield Wildcats at 8:00 tonight in McMinnville. This will be the third time the! Ducks and Linfield have met this season. Oregon won a doublehead er from the Linfield nine on April 4 by scores of 3-1 and 8-0. The Wildcats, sporting a 3 won, 3 lost record in Northwest Con ference play, should provide Ore gon with a difficult test in prepar ation for the Ducks’ Inland Em pire trip starting Monday. Linfield Coach Roy Helser’s probable choice for mound duty against the Webfoots will be left hander Stan Blanck, mainstay of his pitching staff. The chunky southpaw allowed only six hits the last time he faced the Ducks, but shaky support cost him a 3-1 loss. Blanck's battery mate will be Chuck Bafaro, former all-city backstop for Cleveland high in Portland and one of the standouts of the Linfield squad. The Wild cats will depend heavily on the hitting ability of Bob Martin, an outfielder, and Norm Welch who holds down the initial sack for Linfield. Oregon will probably start their outstanding freshman curve-ball artist, Norm Forbes. The rest of the W’ebfoot lineup round out with Ron Bottler catching, Phil Sette case or Ron Phillips on first, Daryle Nelson at second, Pete Williams at shortstop, Earl Aver ill at third and Jim Livesay, George Shaw and Joe Sugura in the outfield. Bov/erman Is Host At Faculty Fireside Track Coach Bill Bowerman will be host to the first YM-YWCA sponsored faculty fireside Tues day evening. He will discuss “The Place of Athletics in College.” The first eight who sign-up will be able to attend, YW Social Chairman Harriet Vahey announc ed. Those attending will meet at the Y in Gerlinger Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The YM will furnish trans portation. Football Squad To Scrimmage This Saturday The Oregon football team had a light workout Wednesday, as the coaching staff allowed the grid ders a respite in preparation for the second game-type scrimmage of the year Saturday at 10 a.m. The Ducks stressed defensive technique, tackling, and penetra tion in what was the 13th of the 20 spring dulls allowed by the NCAA. What conclusions have been drawn by the coaching staff from the two and one half weeks of workouts ? Line Coach Gene Harlow ex pressed this opinion: “I’d analyze the squad as short on experience, but they are work ing hard, and improving every I day.” Dunham Looks Cioocl j Outstanding individual of the I sessions to date has been Hal Dun j ham, junior quarterback. "We think,” stated Harlow, ‘‘that he is the best quarterback on the coast.” Dunham stepped into the first string quarterback job last season as a junior, and after early season difficulties, played masterly foot ball against such teams as Califor nia and Oregon State. A deadly passer and fine field general, Dunham seems to be de veloping admirable coolness and poise in his role as key man of the Len Casanova variety of T formation. Brethauer Will Be Back A passer needs receivers, and Dunham has such capable pass snaggers as Monte Brethauer, who now holds the Oregon career rec ord for receptions with a total of 60. Brethauer specializes in short, passes, and repeatedly breaks in to the open to receive them. At this stage, it looks like his running - mate at the offensive end position may be Ron Lyman, 190 pound junior from Carson City, Nevada. Lyman was a full back last season, operating chief ly as a defensive back, and was hampered by a leg injury. His conversion to the end spot seems to have been an inspired stroke, as the husky red-head is doing everything well as a wing man. He is fast enough to make a good pass receiver, and blocks in a capable manner. Prospective Wingman Following is a rundown of the cuirent situation at every position not in any order as regards to ability. Starting at end, Lyman and Brethauer 16hd the candidates, along with Don Holt, a 190 pound freshman. Neil Mueller, anotner yeaning, big Emery Barnes, who lettered in 1950 for Coach Jim Aiken, Wayne Johnson, a rugged junior, and Jim Jones, a 185 pound per former up from the junior varsity are also prospective wingmen. At the tackle spot, sophomore Don Hedgpeth and freshman Hal Reeve make-up one Combination. Reeve was one of the top fresh men on the frosh-loaded 1951 var sity. Another pair consists of Len Berrie, ex-Grant high star and transfer from a California school; and Chuck Laird, a 212 pound junior. Big Jerry Shaw at 250 pounds, and sophomore Pat O’Brien round out the tackle roster. Centers Numerous At the vital center spot, Dick Stoutt, Ron Phiester, John Adams, and Jim Slover are the candidates, with Stoutt shifting to end on de fense. Stoutt played considerably at defensive wingman in 1951, while the 190 pound Phiester per formed for the junior varsity. Adams is a Kelso, Washington native who was not out fqr foot HARRY MONDALE, 5-foot, 6-inch Webfoot guard has been looking good in spring drills. Changes Position RON LYMAN, Duck fullback last season, has been shifted to the end position in spring practice. ball last season, anil Slover was the scrappy center for Bill Bow erman's undefeated JV squad. One pair of guards is Ken Sweit zer and John Reed, the former a reconverted end, and the latter a defensive stalwart for the “Casa nova Kids” as a fiosh last fall. Emmett Williams and Harry Mondale consitute another unit of guards; both of these men are lettermen. Mondale is the “little giant” of the squad, at five-feet, six-inches, and 200 pounds. Freshman Tackle Hopefuls Letterman Jack Patera, and ex JV end Chuck Greenley make up another pair of guards; both of these are freshmen. Finally there are Len Deiderichs, a letterman, and Russ Sara, a husky 185 pound transfer from Ripon college in Wisconsin. Turning to the backfield, the quarterback spot is brilliantly fill ed by Dunham, with sophomore Barney Holland jn reserve. Wally Russell, a promising freshman quarterbaek, enlisted in the U.S. Army this week, which elimi nates him from the picture. At the present, George Shaw is playing baseball, but can operate either at this position or halfback, and is brilliant defensively. Halfback Position Strong Left halfbacks are Merritt Bar ber of the Barber freshman twins, Lloyd Powell, a hard-running 175 pounder from Triangle Lake, and Ted Anderson, who is normally first string but is now engaged in track. Right halfbacks are Tom El liott, a 195-pound speedster just < out of the Marines, freshman Far rell Albright, and sophomore Cecil Hodges, a letterman. At fullback, veteran Tom Novi koff is running well, and is backed up by Dean Van Leuven, a fresh man up from the JV’s.
