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*■- By Sam Vahey _
Emerald Sporti Editor
It 8 been said that when you
can't talk about anything else, talk
about the weather. Well, we’ve got
other things to talk about, but the
weather seems to be the big topic
of discussion in the Northern Divi
sion this season. Seems it was a
pretty important factor last year,
too.
In 1952, you'll remember, a
rained out game with Idaho was
the difference between first and
second place in the final standings
for the Webfoots. It is logical to
assume that the Ducks would have
won the game, had they played it,
for Idaho was the doormat of the
conference last season.
Half Game Back
If the contest had been played
and won by the Ducks, the local
nine would have been in a three
way deadlock with Oregon State
and Washington for the division
tile, each with 10-6 records. But
as it turned out, the game couldn’t
bo, anil wasn't made up, and the
Oregon nine ended with a 9-6
murk, half a game and a few per
centage points from the top. How
far the Ducks would have gone in
getting picked as the best out of
the three teams tied, is another
* question.
This year the situation Is a
I little different, although the
weather lias again played the
deciding role. Early in the sea- j
son, the two game Washington
Oregon State series at Corvallis
was rained out. Now the North
ern Division ruling is specific
on this rained out business. The j
rule Is that if the first game of
a two game series is postponed, !
it will be made up with a double '
header the next day. If the sec
ond game is also called off, it
cannot Ire made up.
Oregon, on the other hand, had a
solitary contest, again with the'
Idaho Vandals, rained out at Howe
field the second day of ND action.
Now what result did this have? It
put the Ducks a half game away
from the Beavers in percentage |
for the rest of the season. Now that,
the pennant chase is boiling right
i down to the wire, that half game ■
will be a tough break to the Ducks '
or Beavers, whoever comes out be- <
hind in the forthcoming three j
game series.
Must Win Two
The winner of the conference will
1 be the winner of the best out of
three games. If, perchance, the
Friday game at Eugene is called
because of drizzly skies, the Ducks
would have to earn only a split
l in the Saturday doubleheader at
1 Corvallis. If, on the other hand,
the Saturday games are rained out
and the Friday battle is the only
game played, the Ducks would
have to win that game to take the
flag.
The race for third and fourth in
the division is also a pretty close
affair, with Idaho a game ahead
of the fourth place WSC Cougars.
The standings are: W L Pet.
Idaho . 6 7 .462
Washington State .6 8 .428
Washington will be the team for
each of these squads to beat, as
the Huskies have two games with
the Cougars Friday and Saturday,
and a pair with the Vandals next
Monday and Tuesday. The Huskies,
by the way, are the only team to
have just about cinched a spot on
the final standings. They could win
three of their next four games and
still stay in the cellar.
By the way, Art Litchman, Ath
letic News Bureau Director,
brought it to our attention the
other day, that Oregon students
will be charged to get into the
Northern Division track meet, Sat
urday. Reason for this is that the
meet, although held on Hayward
field, is not a university sponsored
affair. Hence the admission.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: Sam Vahey.
Staff: Jim White.
ND MEET HERE SATURDAY
Washington Title Contender
By Jim White
Emerald Sportiwrllar
(Editor's note: This Is the sec
ond In a series of four stories
that will lie presented as a pre
view of the Northern Division
track meet which will be held
this Saturday in Eugene).
The University of Washington
Huskies, rated by their coach,
Hec ErJmundson, as generally
weaker than the Purple and Gold
team that placed second in the
Northern Division meet last year,
take to the cinderpaths Saturday
as a title contender, although not
a very serious threat to either
Oregon or WSC.
Two ND Champs
The Huskies will bring two ND
champions with them, Bob Fomia
in the mile, and Denny Meyer, a
first rate two miler. Fornia will
find himself up against tougher
competition than last year and
isn’t expected to repeat last year's
win. Meyer, however, has improved
quite extensively over last year,
turning in one of the best times
in the country this spring, and
should prove a winner for the
Huskies again.
In the sprints, Washington will
be stronger than usual. Bob
Hutchinson should pick up points
for the Seattle men in both the
100 and 220 yard dashes, but he
would have to do much better
than he has to beat out WSC’s
Bob Gary.
Washington has a very well bal
anced team and should score in
almost every event. They may not
place high enough to pick up the
points they would need to win the
meet, though. The Huskies seem
to be a good solid choice for third
place.
Strong in Shot
The Huskies only strong event
is the shot put. Both Duane Ward
low and Dean Parsons have proven
themselves the outstanding shot
men in the Northwest and will
probably come through one-two.
George Widenfelt, Swedish de
cathlon star, may enter six events,
but he is not outstanding in any
one event to become a threat to
Bruce Sweeney for high point hon
ors. Darrold Skarvedt, Washing
ton's other all-around man, may
pick up third or fourth place points
in several events, but again he is
not specialized enough to be a real
first place threat in any one event.
In dual meet competition this
year, the Huskies lost only to WSC,
by a score of 79 to 51, but again,
a dual meet is far different from
the Northern Division meet.
Rain Halts Practice
For Baseball Nine
Oregon got plenty of practice
for rained out baseball games
Tuesday afternoon, as showers
dampened drills for the second
straight day. A report from the
weather bureau predicts rain for
the next two days of practice, but
the skies are scheduled to clear
for Friday and Saturday’s en
counter with Oregon State.
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RON LOWELL, one of the top
two men on Oregon’s varsity
tennis squad, travels with team
this weekend for the Northern
Division playoffs at Seattle, Fri
day and Saturday. Lowell and
Neil George are the two letter
men on Coach Captain Robert
Laurence’s squad.
Courfmen Enter
ND Tournament
The Oregon tennis team heads
into its final competition this
weekend when they enter the
Northern Division playoffs on the
University of Washington campus.
The matches will consist of
single elimination 'playoffs based
on a point system.
Despite only one conference win,
Coach Capt. Laurence expects his
team to fare better, in the division
meet. He stated the matches would
be of the individual type, thus giv
ing the better players a chance
to go farther.
Oregon's entries will be Ron
Lowell, Neil George, Bob Baker
and Martin Magi.
Thursday, the squad meets Mad
igan General hospital in a return
match at Tacoma. This army team,
which is made up of ex-collegians,
beat Oregon earlier in the season
at Eugene.
The Frosh squad will also see
its final action of the year when
they tackle the faculty later this
week.
Drills Near Close;
Injuries Not Bad
Coach Len Casanova spent the
seventeenth day of spring football
practice polishing up his offense
and defense, Tuesday, in a grid
iron session shortened by inter
mittent downpours. Three more
spring drills remain before the
Ducks hit the twenty-practice
limit.
Injuries have not been bad
during the practices and only three
men remain on the ailing list. Hal
Reeves, who saw limited action
last week because of a hip injury,
was back in the lineup Tuesday.
•Parlot’s Wrist Hurt
Dick Pavlat, freshman halfback,
waited out the practice Tuesday
with a badly sprained left wrist.
Tom Elliott was out of the scrim
mage because of a knee injury,
and Dick Jacques went through
the drills without pads, suffering
from a pulled shoulder muscle.
The tackling scrimmage Tues
day devoted almost entirely to
polishing up the passing attack.
Oregon’s two spring quarter
backs. Don Holt and Barney
Holland alternated with thee
passing chores.
Chuck Greenley, sophomore end
from Portland, had a good day
on the receiving end of the aerials.
Dick Mobley also come through
with some nice catches, one good
for thirty yards and a touchdown.
Another freshman, Halfback
Meb Buchanan, slipped behind the
blue-clad defenders to haul down
several long aerials from Holland
and Holt, one good for six points.
Hodges Looks Good
Cece Hodges looks certain to nab
one of the starting halfback roles
next fall when the gridders start
playing for keeps. The pile-driving
back from Eugene ripped large
Weather Postpones
Golf, Tennis Finals
Rainy weather has postponed
the semi-finals of the intramural
golf and tennis tournaments which
were scheduled for the first of this
week.
Four teams remain in the golf
playoffs. Alpha Tau Omega and
Hale Kane will fight it out in the
top bracket and Phi Delta Theta
and French hall are scheduled to
meet in the other semi-final match.
In the tennis finals. Alpha Tau
Omega again is slated to vie with
Hale Kane for one final spot. Phi
Gamma Delta will play the winner
of the Theta Chi-Sigma Chi match
for the other place in the final
round.
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day, picking up at least five yards
on each thrust.
Stocky Walt Gaffney, transfer
from San Bernardino junior col
lege in California, alternated at
the other halfback position and
clipped off sizable gains with his
broken field running.
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