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By Sam Vahey
Emerald Sports Editor
Here's a note of interest to any tennis fans who might want
to see a top notch match next week. The world's top tennis at
tractions, Jack Kramer, Frank Sedgman, Pancho Segura, and
Ken McGrego£will be in Corvallis next Tuesday night for their
only Willamette valley stop.
I he exhibitions will be held in Hill coliseum, starting at 8:00
p in. Prank O'Gara, advance man for the show, was in Corvallis
this week to make preparation for the event. According to the
Philadelphia man, the'Coliseum is “ideally constructed for in
door tennis.” A canvas cover will be laid on the floor.
Three games are scheduled. First Segura and McGregor
play in singles. Then Kramer, the professional ace, will meet
amateur king, Sedgman. The last show will be a contest be
tween the four experts.
Kramer has been recognized as the outstanding tennis player
in the world, and is ahead of Sedgman in the nation-wide tour.
On previous trips around the country, he has come out on top
over Hobby Riggs and Pancho Ganzales.
Reserve tickets to the affair are still on sale, and any mail
orders should be sent to Gill Coliseum 103, Corvallis. Price of the
1 eserved ducats is $2.40. General admission is $1.80; and the
matches will cost $1.20 to (JSC students and high schoolers.
(This high price, incident!)-, is why the stars will not appear in
l.ugene this year. $1.20 is an awful steep fee to pay to see the 1
event, especially since the college folk can see the Globe Trotters |
for onlv 60 cents.)
Barnes Now a Papa
Emory P.arnos, elongated end on Coach Den Casanova’s
>]irin”- grid squad, recently became tlie proud papa-of a babv
girl. !ler name is Pamela Ann. The day she was born, Emery’s
football mates were kidding with the likeable end. As an answer
to one of their question.--, Emery jokingly replied, “No, I'm
not passing around cigars; I'm passing around the hat.”
It’s interesting to note the batting averages of the last
place Washington university Huskies in comparison to the
percentages of Oregon’s own Ducks. Coach Warren Tappin
was lamenting the other day on the sad state of his hitters.
Only three of them are above the .300 mark; Bill Stuht at
.389, Sam Mitchell at .325, and John Garner at .308.
Well, this is two more than the first place Webfoots have
in the .300 circle. Centerfielder Jim Livesay is the lone Duck!
regular to be hatting above .300. Now how can vott explain
the difference between the Ducks’ league status and the Hus
kies’ conference record when the last place nine is hitting’
harrier than Oregon?
One reason is the pitching. Oregon's Stan Dmochowsky is
the stingiest pitcher in the Northern Division with earned runs.
Another factor could be that the Ducks hit in the clutch. An
other could be that the locals take advantage of the brr^iks while
playing a tight defensive game themselves. We can’t forget
either, that the Oregon nine has won many of its games by a
slim one point margin. Out of the first five contests that the
1 tucks played in the conference, they had to come from behind
to win in four of them.
PCC Meet at Stanford
It's a little early to start worrying about the PCC track meet
at Stanford, next weekend—what with the ND meet in Eu
gene tomorrow—but one thing seems pretty sure. The South
ern California Trojans are just about sure of their thirteenth
PCC championship in a row. They've got Parry O’Brien, new
holder of the world’s shot put record, Sim Iness, last year’s
coast discus champ, along with several other oval stars.
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Webfoots Must Win Twice
This Weekend to Nab Title<
By Bob Cole
Emerald SportswriUr
Entering the home stretch in
Northern Division baseball play,
Oregon’s Webfoots hold a slim
half game lead over Oregon State
and need two wins in the final
three games to cop the champion
ship flag.
Kainy weather forced a post
ponement of last Monday’s game
in Corvallis, and the tilt will be
made up in a doubleheader at Ore
gon State on Saturday.
First Game Friday
Friday afternoon the two clubs
meet at Howe Field in the first
of the three games left on the
schedule. With the weather still
threatening it is questionable
whether the contest will be played
or not.
Assuming the skies clear up
a good pitchers duel is on tap as
two of the top righthanders in
the conference are scheduled to
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BI D SHKITCLIFF, Beaver out
fielder and captain.
open for their respective teams.
For Oregon, sophomore Norm
Forbes, sporting a 4-2 record in
division play, will draw the as
signment, and the Beavers are
expected to retaliate with Bailey
Brem, a veteran who has won 4
against a single loss.
Saturday afternoon the two clubs
wind up regular season play, and
decide the winner of this year’s
i championship. Possessing the top
| earned run percentage in the
league, Stan Dmochowsky, a right
ND BASEBALL STANDINGS
OREGON
Oregon State
; Idaho
| WSC
| Washington
W L Pet. GB
9 3 .750 .
9 3 .727 i/2
6 7 .462 3V2
6 8 .428 4
1 9 .100 7
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Oregon State at OREGON.
Washington at WSC.
SATURDAY’S GAMES
OREGON at Oregon State.
Washington at WSC.
hander, is expected to open on the
mound for the Webfoots in the
first contest. “Dmoch” owns a 3-1
mark and his ERA is 2.08. His op
position will probably be Norb
Wellman, second man on the OSC
staff.
Hulls or Blodgett
The second game of the twin bill
will be a seven inning affair and
Coach Don Kirsch will probably
call on lefthander Trent Huls or
Bill Blodgett. If the Fridal contest
is rained out Forbes will get the
nod along with Dmochowsky.
The sophomore studded Duck
team has relied heavily on its
pitchers throughout the season,
and at the present time only
one batsman, Co-Captain Jim
Livesay is hitting over the .300
mark. During practice Livesay
was hit by a hatted bail on the
elbow, and although he will be
ready for action he may not be
up on his top performance.
Oregon State, on the contrary, ,
, has been finishing fast, and if their
hitting is on they could be a real i
threat to the Webfoots’ title hopes.
Last Saturday they were held well
in check by Forbes and went down i
2 to 1 in a tight pitchers duel.
The weather may yet play an i
important part in deciding the di
vision champion. Weather reports
predict rain for all day Saturday
and most of Friday. If all the con
tests are rained out the Webfoots
earn the right to meet the South
ern Division champ.
♦ ♦ ♦
OREGON STATE catcher,
veteran John Thomas.
U. of Washington
Hosts ND Golf,
Tennis Hatches
SEATTLE, May 22 (Special) —
University of Washington hosts
two Northern Division meets this
weekend in Seattle. The league’s
tennis squads meet on the UW
courts Friday and Saturday, and
the circuit's golfers get together
on the Olympic Golf Club course
on Saturday morning.
The home town Huskies are pro
hibitive favorites to win their 14th
consecutive division tennis title.
They already have wrapped up the
conference dual meet crown in
their usual undefeated style, and
with the league's two top perform
ers—Bill Quillian and Don Flye—
on their side of the fence, figure
to corral both the singles and
doubles titles as well as the team
count.
Oregon won the league’s match
play title for the fifth straight
time this year, but the Ducks will
have to reverse a trend if they are
to win the medal play champion
ship, too. In 1951 and 1952, the
Huskies upset them in the annual
tournament. With the meet sched
uled for Seattle, Coach Bill Jeffer
son’s golfers are given a good
chance to do it again this year.
University of Oregon’s entry in
the golf tournament will be Neil
George, Ron Lowell, Bob Baker,
and Martin Magi. Coach Sid Mil
ligan’s Webfoot golf team will be
composed of Captain Bob Atkinson,
Don Krieger, All Mundle, a!id
Fred Strebel.
Frosh Squad Ends
Year With 8 for 9
University of Oregon’s Frosh
baseball team has just finished one
of its best seasons on record, win
ning eight out of nine diamond en
gagements. The Ducklings’ only
loss was to the OSC Rooks, whom
Oregon beat in three other games.
Keller Led Batsmen
Versatile Johnny Keller finished
out an active year of freshman par
ticipation, after playing on the
football and basketball squads, by
capturing the batting crown. The
infielder blasted out 12 hits in 32
trips to the plate for a .375 mark.
Close behind was Lloyd Lewis,
outfielder and pitcher, with a
.352 percentage on 12 safeties in
34 batting appearances. Ron Le
land was the only other batter
with 15 attempts at the plate to
hit over the .300 mark. He col
leceted five out of 15, for .333.
The leading runs-batted-in man
for Coach John Londahl’s nine was
Jerry Ross, who pounded 10 run
ners across the plate.
Lewis High Winner
Although Lewis won the most
games, he had the lowest won-lost
percentage, because the other three
winning hurlers went undefeated.
He won three and lost one, for .750.
Tied for the top pitching percent
age were Duane Reeves and Dick
Proctor, with double wins, and Max
Order of 'O'Picnic
The annual ordre of the “O”
picnic will be held at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday afternoon, May 24, at the
Elks Country Club, Swimmers’
Delight.
Anderson with a single triumph to
his credit.
Lewis gave up the most bases
on balls, 16, and struck the most
men out, 15. Second in the strike
out clumn was Reeves, with 12.
The final averages:
cBatter AB H pet. rbl.
Keller .32 12 .375 4
Lewis .34 12 .352 7
Leland.15 5 .333 5
Reeves .14 4 .285 2
Ross. 35 10 .285 10
James .32 8 .250 5
Schlosstein .37 9 .243 4
Higdon .14 3 .214 1
Adams .25 3 .120 3
Adams .25 3 .120 3
Pitcher BB SO W L Pet.
Reeves .7 12 2 0 1.000
Proctor .4 7 2 0 1.000
Anderson .5 4 1 0 1.000
Lewis .16 15 3 1 .750
Dirwin .7 1 0 0 .000
Everst .1 3 0 0 .000
Rain Threatens
Baseball Game
Unless there is a drastic change
in the weather todan, it is quite
likely that the baseball game be
tween the Oregon State Beavers
and the University of Oregon Web
foots will not be played as sched
uled.
The weather report is as follows.
Partly cloudy with widely scattered
light showers all day.