ST BASEBALL MAN
im Livesay, Oregon Outfielder,
warded Emerald Snorts Tronhv
£11 Livesay, Oregon outfielder,
presented Saturday night
4 Emerald Athletic Award,
;e*i annually to the eenior ath
who has shown the most ath
abllity, scholarship and cam
PJB citizenship.
;Livesay, one of the baseball
tfam's co-captains, is the first
.baseball player to receive the hon
c^Lsincc it was started two years
ajo. Previously .it has been pre
sented to Jack Keller, basketball
g^ard, and Jack Hutchins, tra£k
sfcr.
• Committee of Eight
<VA committee of eight students,
faculty members and local citizens
pjpked the outstanding athlete
from a list of seven seniors who
1m not been eliminated from the
original thirty.
The trophy, sponsored jointly
Al the Dally Emerald and the
athletic department, bears the
Inscription "awarded annually to
ft. University of Oregon student
on the basis of outstanding
- achievement in the fields of
sAhletlcs, scholarship and cltl
-’-•A-nship.”
,£eo Harris, director of athle
Ji«s. at the university, made the
presentation of the trophy, and
awarded Livesay with a small
'O" lapel button,
our Year Baseball Man
esay first played for Ore
baseball team as a catcher,
lis sophomore year he was
hed to an outfield post where
it at a steady .362 percentage,
.next year, 1902, he followed
with a .333.
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JIM EIVESAY
Wins Emerald Sports Award
At the beginning of this season,
he returned to his spot behind the
plate for a few games, but has
since moved back to his regular
position in center field.
Livesay is currently leading the
Webfoot batters, who are tied for
first in the Northern Division with
the OSC Beavers.
Ducks End Ten Day Road Trip
By Sweeping Husky Twin Bill
By Bob Colo
Emerald Sportawriter
Oregon’s travel weary baseball
nine ended a ten day road trip last
Friday by dropping the University
of Washington twice In a double
header 3-0 in a ten inning opener
and 4-0 in the nightcap.
Norm Forbes outlasted Husky
hurler Bill Reams in the firs* con
test, as the Ducks capitalized on
three walks and two singles for
two runs in the first extra inning,
rhe win was Forbe's third against
two losses in the Northern Division
olay. *
Oregon made a clean sweep of
the doubleheader as Stan Dmo
showakys threw his second three
NO BASEBALL STANDINGS
W L Pet CB
Oregon State .6 2 ,750 V.
OREGON .g 3 .727 .
Washington State .5 6 .455 3
Idaho .4 6 .400 314
Washington ..1 7 .125 5'/4
FRIDAY RESULTS
Oregon State. 13, at Idaho, 9.
OREGON. 3-4, at Washington, 0*0.
SATURDAY RESULTS
Oregon State, 3 at Idaho, 2.
hitter of the season. He collected
his third conference win. The Web
foots collected seven hits, includ
ing a two run double by Earl Av
erill in the sixth frame.
The Oregon nine ran their con
ference record to 8 wins and 3
losses in the Seattle series. By
virtue of won-lost records the
Ducks hold the Division lead over
Oregon State by one half a game,
but the Beavers lead the league
percentage-wise, with a 6 and 2
record.
Four games remain on the Web
Cougars Capture Dual Meet Title
Washington State Cougars fin
«8h(«I their Northern Division dual
season undefeated and cap
tired the dual meet crown by beat
ing the strong Washington Huskies
79l--5112 at Seattle, Saturday. The
t»crtnnial champions from the Pa
louse hills captured 10 of the 15
•vests and swept the javelin as
they completely dominated the
Held events.
Denny Meyer ran the second
best two mile in the nation this
year in downing WSCs A1 Fisher.
Although the Huskies' Fred Guen
ther took both the high and low
hurdles, the WSC depth smashed
Washington’s hopes of a ckam
pionship. Washington had been un
defeated in conference competition
until Saturday.
Meanwhile, at Moscow, OSC
beat the Idaho Vandals 14 to 57.
Men Brock proved that he was
still one of the top sprinters in
the northwest as he won the 100
yard dash in :9.7 and then came
back to take the 220 with a time
of :23.9. A strong, chilly wind
kept most of the times down.
The only new record of the day
came when Ralph Sutton tossed
the javelin 207 feet 6 Inches to
break the record of 20L feet 8
Inches which he set last year..
Southern Division competition
was suspended while all of the
California schools participated in
the Fresno relays. Parry O’Brien
of Southern Cal turned in the best
performance of the relays as he
finally broke the world’s shot put
record with a toss of 59 feet %
inches. The old record, held by Jim
Fuechs of Yale, was 58 feet, lOVfe
inches.
Oregon's Webfoots took last
weekend off and prepared for next
Saturday’s big meet with the OSC
Beavers at Eugene which will end
the 1953 dual meet season. The
Ducks will be grinning for their
ninth victory in the last eleven
meetings with the Beavers and will
be heavily favored to beat the im
potent Aggies.
Campus capers call for Coke
Commencement's a big day
... so get off to the right start.
Pause for a frosty bottle of delicious Coca-Cola
—and be refreshed.
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foots' conference schedule, and
all of them are slated against the
cross state rivals from Corvallis.
The home and home series between
the two schools will probably de
termine the Northern Division flag
winner.
Tuesday the Ducks will travel
to Salem to meet Willamette’s
Bearcats in the final nonconfer
Golfers, Netters
Fro sh Win Tilts
Over the weekend, Oregon’s golf
team kept its undefeated record
unblemished; the tennis squad split
a pair of matches; and the Frosh
baseball team won a “Civil War”
battle from the OSC Rooks.
Sid Milligan's golfers won their
first match at Idaho, Friday, and
were victorious the next day
against the WSC Cougars, 19-18,
at Pullman. Oregon’s tennis team
swept its meet from the Vandals,
5-2, but was edged out by the WSC
Cougars, 4-3.
The Duckling baseballers
knocked out nine hits and took ad
vantage of four Rook miscues
afield, to fashion out a 6-2 verdict
over OSC. Duane Reeves was the
winning pitcher, giving up seven
hits.
Lloyd Lewis, playing left field,
led Oregon’s batters with three for
five.
Frosh .003 010 101— 6 9 1
Rooks .000 000 110— 2 7 4
Reeves and Montgomery; Wil
son, Duff (9), and Reitbenstein,
Foggia (9).
SPORTS FARE
MONDAY. MAY 11
SOFTBALL
4:00 North Field:
Sigma Chi vs Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
(Makeup of quarter-finals game that was
rained out.)
ence contest scheduled for this
season. The first contest with Ore
gon State will he played Saturday,
May 16, on Howe field, in Eugene.
Lineups: First game
OREGON-'
AB ti
Shaw, S3 3 0
Livesay, cf ■ ♦ • I
Siegmund, lb 4 1
Averill, c SO
Phillips, If 4 1
Williams, 3b 4 0
Johnson, 2b 3 0
Marlett, r 4 1
Forbes, p 4 2
Totals
35 6
* Hart popped out
WASHINGTON
AB H
Absher. e 5 0
HaHe, 2b 4 -1
Mitchell, c 4 1
Mullen, If 3 1
Garner, lb 4 1
-Ekin, r-lf . . 4 0
Stuht, 3b 4 1
Vaughn, ss ' * 3 0
Reams, p 3 1
Watson, rf 10
Hart* 1 0
Totals . 36 6
for Beams in 10th.
Oregon
Washington
Second game:
00O 000 000 3—*3 6* t
000 000 000 0—0 6 2
ORECON WASHINGTON
AB- H AB H
Shaw, ss 4 V Halle, cf 3 0
Livesay, cf 4 1 Richards, ss 3 0
Archer, cf' 0 0 Mitchell, c 3 2
Sicgmund, lb 3 0 Mullen, If 2 0
E- Averill, c 4 1 Absher, If 10
Phillips, If 3 1 Garner, lb 2 0
Williams, 3b 3 1 Watson, rf 2 0
Johnson, 2b 3 1 Stuht, 3b 2 0
Maflett. rf 2 0 Jarvis, 2b 3 1
Wagner* 1 1 Veiling, p 1 0
B. Averill, rf 0 0. . Hart**. 1 0
Dmoshowsky, p 2 0 _ _.
— — Totals 23 3
Totals 29 7
* Wagner singled for Marlett in 6th.
** Hart struck out for Veiling in 7th.
Oregon 300 004 0—4 7 0
Washington 000 000 0—0 3 5
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