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_ By Bob Robinson
Emerald Sport! Editor
Interesting coincidence which occurred in the shuffling of
Oregon high school coaches during the past few weeks was the
appointment of Ken Hunt, former University of Oregon basket
hall star, as head cage mentor at North Salem High School and
the selection of ex-Oregon Stater, Dick Ballantyne, as hoop
head man at South Salem High.
Hunt, an all-Northcrn Division choice in 1951, has played
against Balluntyne several times and we rather imagine that
the two coaches will have some interesting exchanges of strategy
w hen tilt ir hoop fives tangle in next year's cross-town series be
tween the two new schools.
l.allantv ne, for those who have forgotten, was a member of the
great OSC team of 1949 which placed fourth in the N. C. A. A.
basketball play-offs of that season. 'I hat was the team which was
led by all-American C liff Crandall and which downed U. C. I,.
A in a two out of three play-off for the Pacific Coast title in the
Beavers' tiny Men's Gymnasium.
Igloo to Rank High
Art Uitchtnan, athletic news director, reports that when the
new balcony is completely installed at McArthur court that the
University of Oregon basketball pavilion will rank twelfth in
si/e amonk college basketball floors around the country.
Litchman reported that Minnesota has the largest capacity
with a gym that will hold I8,2a0 fans. Following in order are
Iowa, Butler, \\ isconsin, Kentucky, Michigan State, Kansas
State, Northwestern, Wyoming, Washington and Oregon State.
McArthur court will be able to handle and seat 10,000 spectators
next season and the above mentioned schools are the only ones
which can boast of being able to handle any more attendance.
The Duck basketeers of next season will dedicate their new
court in a home series with the perennially powerful California
Bears.
Huls Looks Good
Bright light in the Oregon baseball opener last week against
Oregon State was the pitching of southpaw Trenton Huls. Huls
came in to hurl for the Ducks in the sixth inning with his team
leading by a 5-3 tally and he proceeded to throw four straight
frames of hitless ball at the baffled Beavers.
Huls seemed especially effective in the clutch. In three of the
four innings he walked at least one man but always retired the
side before any damage had been done. Huls struck out seven
men in his brilliant stint.
Incidentally, it is a good thing for the Webfoots that Huls was
hot because OSC coach, Ralph Coleman, also inserted a relief
chucker in the sixth frame, sophomore Dick Wilson, and he re
sponded with a pitching performance that was only slightly shy
of that of Huls
Grid Stars on Shelf
By virtue of a new Pacific Coast conference football rule, two
University of Oregon football stars will be forced to miss spring
practice this year.
According to the new rule, any player who doesn’t remain
scholastically eligible during the winter term of school cannot
take part in the spring workouts.
I'or Oregon’s supposedly potential grid machine this new law
will have a definite effect. Two of its outstanding players of last
season, Halfback Dick James and Tackle Keith Tucker, will be
forced to miss the training sessions.
Both boys can become eligible for play next fail if they can
improve their grades this term. Considering that this is the first
time that either one of them has had a serious slip, scholastically,
we think that they both probably will be right in the middle of
the action next year when the Ducks open their football cam
paign.
Bowerman Needs Field Men
Oregon track and field coach, Bill Bowerman, has a very per
turbing situation facing him this year. He has some of the best
sprinters and distance men in the history of Duck track on hand
but along with this he has a very definite weakness in the field
events.
This all ought to add up to some very interesting meets this
season with the Wcbfoots trying their best to rack up enough
points in the running events to outscore their opponents in the |
field.
About the only Oregon performers to exhibit possibilities so
far have been liigh-jumpers Emery Barnes and Bob Fawcett,
and pole-vaulter Ken Ilickenbottom.
Ducks Play Poriland Pilots
Two Games This Afternoon
Willamette U Nine
Plays Kirschmen
Saturday at 1:30
The University of Oregon
baseball team bowed to the
weather for the third time this
season when the Ducks and
Oregon State were rained out
of their scheduled tussle at
Corvallis 'l hursday afternoon.
Weather permitting, Don
Kirsch’s Webfoots will host
the Portland university Pilots
in a doubleheader at Howe
field starting at 1:30 p. m. Fri
day afternoon.
Kirsch was not too happy with
the Ducks’ performance against
Lewis and Clark in their two game
set Wednesday. The team lagged j
badly in the opener but recovered '
nicely in the nightcap to score
a decisive 10-2 win. Pitcher Far
rell Albright, who pitched the Ore
gon win, looked very impressive
on the mound despite the still
very young season and right
fielder Ron Phillips, who didn't
see action in the opening game
against OSC, slammed out four
hits in seven times at bat to gain
batting honors for the day. These
two and third-sacker Pete Wil
liams were about the only ones
who were standouts for the Ducks.
Pilot Strength Unknown
Little is known of the strength
of the Pilots. The Portland nine
has had somewhat the same
trouble as Oregon and hasn't been
able to get in any games as of
yet.
Although he hasn't decided for
Rain Halts
Mural Games
Too much rain and three fields
that were very muddy caused can
cellation of Thursday's intramural
softball games.
Alpha Tau Omega was slated to
play Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma
Chi was to oppose Delta Tau
Delta, Beta Theta Pi was sched
uled to take on Delta Upsilon,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon was to play
Campbell Club, Sherry Ross was
set to tangle with French hall,
and Alpha hall was ready to op
pose Hale Kane in the six games.
It has not been decided for
sure whether or not the games will
be made up. If they are they will
more than likely be played late
in April after the league sched
ules have been completed.
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IXJN KiftSCH, Oregon baw^ball
coach, will guide hit* Ducks In
a four game schedule this week
end. Oregon plays two games
each against Portland university
and Willamette.
sure, Kirsch will probably use
either Bill Blodgett or Trent Huls j
in the first game against the Pi- |
lots with either Gene Lewis, Bill
Gamer, or Duane Reeves a pos
sible choice for the second tilt.
Other starters for the Ore- i
gons are likely to be: Nell Mar
lett, catcher; Dick Sehlosstein,
first base; Jimmy Johnson, sec- j
ond base; John Keller, short
stop; Pete Williams, third base; ’
Bob Wagner, left field; George
Shaw, center field; and Ron
Phillips, right field.
Other players who may see ac
tion are Don Hedgepeth, Bernie
Averill, and Jim Archer.
Ross Hurt
Outfielder Jerry Ross, who was
slated to see some action in games
this week, will probably not play;
any baseball for awhile. Ross in-'
jured his wrist in a dressing room
accident the other day and at the
present time is sporting a tight
bandage around his hand.
After today’s pair of games the
Ducks will go into action again
Saturday afternoon when they
play at home in still another
All-Star Coaches Named
The coaching staff for the Col
lege All-Star football team that
will play the Detroit Lions on
Aug. 13 was completed Thursday. 1
Two Big 10 coaches. Bob Voigts
of Northwestern and Stu Holcomb
of Purdue, were chosen to assist ‘
head coach Jim Tatum of Mary
land. Other assistants previously
chosen include Bud Wilkinson of
Oklahoma, Chuck Taylor of Stan- j
ford, and Forrest Evashevski of
Iowa.
doubleheader. Their Saturday op
ponents will be the Willamette
Bearcats.
Oregon will have no easy
time with the lads from Salem
if past scores are any Indication.
Wednesday afternoon Willam
ette upset Oregon State 4-3 on
the Beavers' home diamond.
Next week’s baseball schedule
for the Webfoots includes two
more non-conference games and
the first two games of the Nor
thern Division pennant chase. On
Tuesday the Ducks play Linfield
college in a 1:30 p. m. double
header at Howe field and on Fri
day and Saturday afternoons the
Kirschmen open defense of the
N. D. crown when they entertain
the Washington State Cougars and
their incomparable coach. Buck
Bailey. Both these games will get
underway at 3 o’clock.
There were 38 knockdowns in
the fight between Joe Jeanette
and Sam McVey in Paris back in
1907. i
Jeanette was down 27 times and*
McVey eleven. Jeanette won the
fight in the 49th round when Mc
Vey quit. *
Sports Staff
Sp>orts editor—Bob Robinson
Staff—Doug May
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