"Dcicfe By Rodney Morrison I ni\ersity of Oregon Indent can well he proud of the ■ achievements of their -pring sport athletic teams, lit till four field- of spring term sport . the W’cbfoots have shown that < the\ tire to he feared as contenders for the Northern Division championships. The baseball team is presently leading the race for the ND crown, due to their showing on the current road trip through the Inland Empire. The Ducks now have a one-half game margin over their nearest rivals, the Beavers of Oregon State, who were picked to walk away with the ND crc^wn in the . diamond sport. ( (regent's biggest wcakne to date has been the lack of depth in the pitching staff, but the hitting of the team as a whole has more than made up for any possible deficiency in the hurling department. The Webfoot ba-eballers should prove themselves a threat for several years to come, as they have a number of fre-.hmen and sophomores on their roster. Tracksters Come Through The baseball siptad has shown that it has not only ability, but also the fighting spirit so necessary to a championship team, as Coach Don Kir ch's men have freqnentlv come from behind in the last few inning- to snatch victory from apparent defeat. Coach Bill Bowernian’s varsity track squad cinched the ND dual ipeet championship Saturday, when the cindermen seized a 73 2 3 to 56 1/3 victory over the Beavers of Oregon State, coached by Hal Moe, who has taken the reins of the OSC cinder squad after the resignation of Grant “Doc ' Swan at the end of the track season last year. The Northern Division meet this weekend will reveal the true mettle of the Webfoot harriers. Predictions have been made bv a number of sports authorities, some of which rate the Ducks as 1952 Northern Division track champions, while I others rate WSC or Washington as the number .one contend ers for the 'crown. ND Favorites? In view of the showing made by Oregon this past weekend, we feel that Coach Bowcrman's squad is as logical a choice as am team in the XI). While competing without the services of two of it- -tar ribbon winner . Bill Fell and Chuck Missfehlt. the cinder unit decisively downed the Beavers in what was to be a see-saw battle between the two schools. Incidentally Missfeldt made his longest javelin throw of the year while at the West Coast relays Saturday, but third place was the best he could do. His 219' 11 heave was topped by Cy Young's 236’ SVi”. and Bill Miller's 232’ Sy2”. The tennis team has also chalked lip a good record in Nor thern Division plav this -ea-on. The Ducks have lost only one Northern Division dual match this season, and that was to the perennial ND champions, the I’Diversity of Washington. Key Men of Tennis Squad The racketmen have shown steady improvement since the , season opened, and they are given an outside chance of winning . the ND net crown in Pullman this Friday and Saturday, al though the favorite's position goes to the powerful Husky team. Key men on this year’s squad have been Tom Macdonald, a , senior and a two-year letterman, Hill Rose, a freshman from r Jefferson in Portland, freshman Jack Neer of Grant high ^ school in Portland, Neil George, a junior, and sophomore Ron . Lowell, who hails from Klamath Falls. Coach Sid Milligan’s golf squad has proven itself to be the ^ best in recent years at the University of Oregon. The linksters ) are undefeated in this season’s play and will consequently be favored to win the four-man, 36-hole competition at Moscow, Idaho this weekend. The tournament •will be decided on the basis of medal play, with the winner gaining Northern Divis ion Championship honors. « Golfers Win Dual Title The Webfoots finished their Northern Division dual meet 1 . slate over the weekend by downing the University of Washing - ton golfers on their home course. By virtue of this win they will receive the ND dual match championship. All that is left for them now is the medal play title which will be put on the block this Friday and Saturday. The competitors for the U of O in the Washington match were Ron Clark, a two-year letterman, Bob Atkinson, a one . year letter winner, Fred Mueller, another one-year letterman, - and sophomores A1 Mundle, Don Krieger, and Allan Cross. These six have been the regular members of the golf squad j . for the past season. Jack Hutchins, Track Star, Awarded Emerald Athletic Trophy at Jr. Prom Harris Presents Senior With Cup Jack Hutchins, senior in busi ness, was awarded the second an nual Emerald athletic trophy Fri day night at the Junior Prom. The presentation was made by Leo Harris, director of athletics. The award was given on the basis of athletic ability, citizen ship, and scholarship. Ij»st year’s award was given to Jack Keller, basketball guard. Hutchins is a track star who has a brilliant record as a half rmler, and is the newly elected president of the Inteifraternity council. Members of the committee which decided the award winner were Dean Orlando J. Hollis of the Oregon law school, Bill Carey, ASUO president; Ray Hawk, di rector of men's affairs; Jim Live say, Order of the O president; Art Litchman, athletic news bureau j director; Dick Strite, Eugene Reg-! ister-Ouard sports editor; Bill JACK HUTCHINS Gurney, Emerald sports editor; and Leo Harris, director of ath letics. A sketch of award-winner Hut chins is found in the next column. Green Gridders Smear Whites, 54-30 In Wild Finale of Spring Drills r-asses cnoKeci me air lanes at Hayward field Saturday afternoon and nearly every one had touch down enseribed on it as a team of Greens waxed a favored White eleven, 54-30 in University of Ore- i gon's annual spring football extra vaganza. A slim .crowd of approximately ; 200 left the stadium wondering what, if anything, the results in dicate. On the surface it looked as if Head Coach Len Casanova and his assistants had created a Field ing Yost point-a-minute outfit a point for the Ducks and a point for the opposition. When They're Together— Actually, it takes an astute judge to interpret the success or failure of an intra-squad scrim mage. Casanova was concerned mainly with the porous defense j the Whites threw up. “>Ve should look bettor next fall when they’re all on one side," Cas anova explained. “I certainly hope that a defensive backficld of Monte Brethauer, Iton Lyman and George Shaw and maybe, Farrell Albright, can stop the passes.” Junior Quarterback Barney Hol land and his right halfback Al bright. profited most by the re curring White mistakes. Holland and Albright teamed up for four touchdown tosses, one on the sec ond play of the game. After the initial score, Cece Hodges, White halfback, took a pitcholit from Holland and skirted right end, then cut back for an 11-yard tally. Green Quarterback Hal Dunham threw' a 47-yard touchdown pass to End Lyman and the Whites rebounded on Man ning Barber's one-yard plunge. Johnson Scores Holland’s pass to Wayne John son opened the fireworks in the second period and gave the Whites a 24-6 edge. Fullback Dean Van Lueven accepted a pitchout from Dunham, raced around the Green right flank for a 48-yard gallop. Three plays later, Holland singled out Albright from twro defenders for a 35-yard gain and a 30-12 advantage. Dunham's jump pass to Lyman completed the first half scoring. The play was good for five yards. Much of the Greens’ offensive troubles were caused by backfield mix-ups, crossed singles and fum bles. The second half, which was ab breviated to 15 minutes because of Inc time element, was punctu ated by six goal-crossings. A 14 yard Holland-Albright throw re sulted in the Greens’ sixth touch down and a 36-18 lead. Lyman caught his third Dunham pass for a 25-yard touchdown play to nar row the gap to 12 points. Holland flicked a six-yard pass to Albright, who streaked along the stadium’s west sidelines for 50 yards and another six points. A pass by Holland, intended for Johnson was deflected to Bret hauer, who ran 30 yards to length en the Whites' margin to 48-30. Albright Injured Dunham hit Lyman -with an other jump toss to cover 12 yards and Holland passed 14 yards to Brethauer on the final play for the final touchdown. Albright, the Milwaukie sopho more, suffered a twisted ankle in the last stages of the game and Tom Novikoff, the first string fullback, was sidelined by an ankle bone bruise in Thursday after noon’s workout, and hence, did not play. Standouts were Holland, Al bright, Dunham. Lyman, Emmitt Williams, the Greens' right guard and linebacker Bob Leter. With the completion of the 20 day spring practice the Webfoot footballers will idle until Monday, Sept. 1, Labor Day when they will begin to drill in earnest for the fall opener. Sept. 20 against UCLA iu Los Angeles. SPORTS STAFF Staff: Bill Norbal, Norm Webb, Larry Lavelle, Rodney Morrison, Ron Rickets. Hutchins Lists Varied Career By Ron Ricketts Did you know that our ace mid dle-distance runner, who is pacing the University of Oregon track team to a Northern division cham pionship, almost didn't come to school at Oregon ? That's right - in fact, Jack Hutchins was all set for the Uni versity of Washington until a friend of his set him on the right track. And so, as a result of his friend's persuasive efforts, Jack made the trip from his Vancouver, B. C., home to Eugene where he entered the school of business ad ministration and went out for the Duck track team. A Senior Jack Hutchins is now in his fourth year at Oregon, and it is very certain that no one at the University regrets his choice of schools. Jack has become one of the top 880-yard runners on the Pacific coast and has consistently been number one in that event in the Northern division. Certainly he is the top half-miler among the Webfoots, for he holds the school record of 1:52.1 for the two lap event. “Hutch,” who is 25 years old, started running- in high school and has been a trackman ever since. This puts him in the veteran class. However, he didn't get much com petition in high school because there was only one meet a year— an all-city affair. During this time he got most of his experience competing in the summer for Major Kinley’s Owls Club. This club is AAU affiliated and it entered the major Canadian meets. The Owls Club is unique in that there are only about five members in the club. They have a good coach in Major Kinley, but each man must pay his own ex penses. Jack will compete for the Owls Club in the Canadian Olym pic trials this summer. Runs Other Distances Although Hutchins has always been a middle-distance man, he has not run the half-mile exclu sively. In 1950 he won the North ern division mile run in 4:18.3 and in the 1948 Olympic Games he placed tenth in the 1500 meters. He also competed in the 800 meter run in 1948, but next summer he will confine his efforts to one event—his favorite S00 meters. Last year Jack finished fifth in the NCAA 880-yard run. Also in 1950 he ran in the British Empire Gaines in New Zealand. Jack has also been active out side of track, being president of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and presi dent of the Inter-Fraternity Coun cil. Although he finishes his ath letic eligibility this spring, Hutch ins needs 13 hours to graduate. He’d like to go to.summer school, but the Olympics prevent this, so he'll be back to wind up his edu cation next fall. CO-OP MEMBERS All cash-register receipts must be turned in at the office of the Co-op by May 21st. for Patron age Refund. Be sure to have all tickets added and the total placed on the envelope before leaving at the office. U OF 0 CO-OP STORE