Oregon Slates
Busy Schedule
ThiH week will be a very busy
one foiv Oregon athletic teams an
revealed by a look at the week's
schedule.
Don Kirsch’a baseballers will
have five gamea during the week.
The Webfoots hoat Lewla and
Clark at Howe field Tuesday aft
ernoon. travel to Corvallis for a
tussle with the Oregon State Bea
vers. Thursday, will be back at
home Friday for a game with
Portland University, and on Sat
urday will conclude their busy j
week's slate with a doubleheader I
with Willamette starting at 1:80
p. m.
Ixmell Hack
Bill Bowerman’s tr^ck and field
aquad will travel to Portland on
Saturday for a four-way meet
with Portland University, Lewis
and Clark and Oregon State
Tennis will see its first action
on Saturday, also, as the Inexperi
enced Duck miters tuke on Port-!
land U. in Portland. Fton Lowell j
is the only VVebfoot letterman!
hack for the tennis team. Never
theless, coach Robert Laurence ex- j
pects the netters to be tough to!
beat this season because of some i
outstanding non-lettermen hack
from last season.
Krleger Hot
Although they don’t have any:
matches slated for this week. Sid
Milligan's golfers will be hard at
work all week long In playfng 72
holes of qualifying competition to]
see who gets her tin; on a four-man
team which will travel to Palo]
Alto. Calif. April 15-17 for the
Northern California Intercolle
giate Meet. At the present tim<
letter winner Don Kriegcr Is the
only Duck to have broken par
over the Eugene Country Club
course. Kriegcr has a two under
par 70 to his credit for early play.
Another event which many of
the athletes are awaiting is the
beginning of spring football prac
tice. Sessions are not expected toj
get underway until late in the
month but when they do start. Len
Casanova expects to greet some 50
candidates for positions on the
team.
Webfoot Track Squad Scores
Impressive Relay Triumphs
i he University of Oregon
track and field team, despite
injuries to key men Doug Cle
ment and Bill Dellinger, roll
ed up twelve first places and
tied for another in the Willam
ette Relays, held in Salem last
Saturday afternoon, Apr. 3.
Clement and Dellinger, who
had been counted on to aid the
Webfoots in several events in the
season opener, were sidelined with
pulled ieK muscles and therefore
failed to be of help.
Getting some outstanding per
formances from some inexperi
enced Oregon Frosh performers,
the Ducks scored more first place
Rain Stops Games
The University of Oregon base
ball team had both of their week
end games washed out by an un
usual amount of rainfall on both
Friday and Saturday.
The Ducks were slat'd to play
Portland University on Friday and
the Lewis and Clark Pioneers on
Saturday.
Don Kirsch's diamondmen will
go back Into action this Tuesday
afternoon, weather permitting,
when they play Lewis and Clark
at Howe field.
SPORTS FARE
Monday, April 5, 1954
SOFTBALL
3:50, north field, Alpha Tau
Omega vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.
3:50, south field. Pi Kappa Alpha
vs. Theta Chi.
3:50, upper field. Sigma Chi vs.
Phi Kappa Psi.
•1:55, north field, Chi Psi vs. Kap
pa Sigma.
4:55, south field. Beta Theta Pi
vs. Sigma Nu.
■1:55, Phi Delta Theta vs. Lambda
Chi Alpha.
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' wins than any other college in the
| meet.
Hogge Wina
High stepping Chan Sogge
started the day off for Oregon
with a win in his heat of the col
| lege high hurdles when he skim
med over the barriers in the neat
,limf: of 15.7 seconds. This waa a
very good performance, consider
ing the wet condition of the track.
Another good time was turned
in by sprinter Bruce Springbett
who raced home the winner in the
! university invitational 100-yard
dash with a clocking of 10 seconds
flat.
Letterman Ken Hickenbottom
showed that he will be tough to
beat $n his specialty, the pole
vault, this year as he soared 12
feet, 6 and % inches to win this
field event.
■* Karnes Ties
• Emery Barnes, senior high
Oregon Victor
College high hurdles: Won by
Chan Sogge (Oregon). Time- 15.7.
Frosh high hurdles: Won by
Gary .Miller (Oregon). Time- 16.6.
College distance medley, First
Division: Won by Oregon Frosh.
Time- 11:54.4,
I'niveralty Invitational 100-yard
dash: Won by Bruce Springbett
(Oregon). Time- 10.0.
Frosh 100-yard dash: Won by
Hank I.uomcna (Oregon). Time
10.1.
440-yard spring medley, Class
B: Won by Oregon Frosh (Gary
Miller, Martin Pedigo, Arden
Christensen, Hank Euomena).
Time- 44.4.
480-yard shuttle hurdle relay,
Class B: Won by Oregon Frosh
(Gary Miller, Doug Basham, Dick
Stamm, Sam Taylor). Time- 1:05.
Javelin, novice: Won by Doyle
Higdon (Oregon); 2, Ed Bingham
! (Oregon Frosh); 5, Chan Sogge
(Oregon). Distance- 187*2”.
Shot put, novice: Won by Bud
Keck (Oregon Frosh). Distance
459”.
High jump, senior: Tie for first
among Emery Barnes (Oregon),
VI Tarpennlng (I,infield), Bob
Fawcett (Oregon), Bill Schell (O
! SC), and Darrell Skarvedt (Wash
ington). Height- 6’0”.
Broad jump, novice: Won by
Martin Pedigo (Oregon Frosh); 2,
Taylor (Oregon Frosh). Distance
22’ 2 Vi”.
Pole vault, senior: Won by Ken
Hickenbottom (Oregon ). Height
12’ 6 and one-eight inches.
Pole vault, novice: Won by Dave
Xewland (Oregon Frosh); 2, Reid
(Oregon Frosh). Height- 12’ one
eighth inch.
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ASHAWAY BRAIDED RACKET STRING
Choice of The Champions ,
jumper, who two years ago wont
owr six feet, eight inches in the
NCAA championships, could clear
only six feet on this occasion but
this was good enough to tie with
five others for first place.
For the Ducklings, many out
standing performances were also
turned in. Among the best were a
22 feet, two inch broad jump by
Martin Pedigo, a 10.1 time in the
100 yard dash by Hank Luomena,
and a record equalling time of
44 4 seconds in the 440 yard sprint
relay by a team composed of Pedi
go, Gary Miller, Arden Christen
sen, and Luomena. Their time tied
that, obtained by a Willamette
University team in the 1951 meet.
The Oregon tracksters will now
have a two week rest before their
first Northern Division dual meet
of the session. The Ducks host the
University of Washington at Hay
ward field on Saturday afternoon.
Apr. 17.
In the high school division of the
meet the Salem Vikings won the
unofficial title with a total of 56
points. They were followed by Cot
tage Grove with 38.
Officials Needed
Assistant intramural director,
Karl Ferguson, has issued a call
for ail those fellows wjjo are
interested in umpiring I..M. soft
ball gam^this season.
Ferguson said anyone inter
ested should Contadt him either
at the I.M. office or on the ball
fields at any time after 3 o’clock
on weekday afternoons.
Ken Hunt Named
Basketball Boss
Ken Hunt, former University of
Oregon basketball star and an a*
Northern Division guard his sen
ior year, was named as head bas
ketball coach at North Salem
High, Saturday.
Hunt, who was graduated from
Oregon two years ago, will teach
health and physical education and
possibly coach some track besides
his basketball duties.
Since his graduation Hunt spent
one year as assistant Oregon
Frosh court mentor and during the
past school year he has been serv
ing as hoop coach at Cottage
Grove High school.
Hunt is 24 years of age. is mar
ried, and is the father of two chil
dren, a daughter and a son. He
first became well known in Ore
gon sport circles as a star basket
ball player for Marshfield High
School of Coos Bay. In 1947 Hunt
was named all - state as the
Pirates took the casaba champion
ship.
He played for the Oregon Frosh
during the 194S season and was a
varsity Kite .-man from 1949-52.
Hunt served as team captain dur
ing his sen, or year with the
Ducks.
In taking the Salem job Hunt
will be the first basketball coach
for the school. The current Salem
High School will be divided next
year into North and South Salem
High. Hunt will be coaching at.
the school which at the present
time is Salem High.
Harold Hauk, Salem coach for
many past seasons, has stated that
he intends to get out of the coach
ing game after this season. His
.statement was what left the job
open. Coach of South Salem High
has not been named as of yet.
Loveliest way to wish a
HAPPY EASTER
No other greeting so fully ex
presses the warmth in your heart.
There's still time to make your
appointment.
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