Duck Nine Slates
Washington State
In Division Starter
Don Kirschs Oregon baseballers
Will open defense of their 1953
Northern Division crown Friday
afternoon when they play the
Washington State Cougars in a
3 o’clock tussle scheduled for the
Duck's Howe field.
Kirsch was not available for
comment Tliursday on who his
starting pitcher would be against
the visiting nine of Buck Bailey
but it seems likely that either Bill
Blodgett. Norm Forbes, or Trenton
Huls will get the call. All are let
termen and are used to the N. D.
style of play.
The Ducks will go into the open
ing series with much less experi
ence than the Washington Staters.
The Webfoots were rained out of
so many of their pre-conference
tilts that they were only able
to get in four games. Of these the
Ducks won over Oregon State.
Lewis and Clark, and Willamette
while losing a single contest to the
Pioneers.
Washington State on the other
hand played eight non-conference
encounters of which they won five.
In their Division opener the Cou
gars fell to Oregon State 7-1 at
Corvallis, Wednesday afternoon.
Kirsch will more than likely
stick with the same starting line
up that he used against Willam
ette last Saturday afternoon. In
this game the Ducks put on their
best hitting display of the current
reason.
After this weekend's series, the
Webfoots will wait until next
Wednesday' and- Thursday when
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Without a quack of doubt, Ken
Sweitzer has the position cooled
(with the Emerald Business
Manager a close second) as the
ugliest man on campus.
Come see for yourself.
Ken can be found most every'
evening serving hard-boiled eggs
and popcorn, and contributing
to everyone’s well being at
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another two game set.
The probable starting line-ups
follow.
Oregon WSC
Shaw, cf .. Pom**. If
Keller. 11 cruelty, 2b
Wagner, If . ... Foisv. s*
Phillips, rf .. ... . Sjiarks, cf
Schlosstein. lb . .Overby, rf
Williams, 3b .... . Mashburn. 3b
Johnson. 2b . .McIntosh, lb
Marlett, c . .. ..Ceeaci, c
Ducklings Smash
Eugene High, 8-3
John Ramos and Jim Lehl pitched
the Oregon Ducklings nine to a de
cisive 8-3 victory over the Eugene
high Axemen Thursday afternoon.
The Frosh hurlers limited the Axe
men to four hits, while the Eugene
pitchers gave up fourteen hits.
Leading the Ducklings in hitting
were Terry Maddox and Jim Pin
gree. Maddox collected two singles
! and a triple, while Pingree banged
i out two singles and a four bagger.
: Ken Bond. Fred Bell, and Tommy
Bowen (former Eugene ace) col
lected two for three to also pace the
Frosh.
The fifth inning was the biggest
for the Duck nine. First-baseman
Jim Davis walked. Bowen singled to
left field, and Ramos hit a blooper
to right, scoring Davis. Costi flied
out to score Bowen. Then Jim Pin
gree stepped up and smashed a
home run far over the left fielder’s
head. Bond grounded out to end the
inning.
Ramos pitched the first five in
nings for the Frosh and Lehl fin
ished the sixth and seventh. Ramos
allowed four hits in five innings,
and Lehl allowed none in two
frames. Both collected three strike
outs.
The Ducklings next game is
against the Central Catholic team
Saturday morning.
Oregon .022 040 0—8
Eugene.003 000 0—3
Shooting for a First
When the Minneapolis Lakers,
professional basketball champions,
downed the Syracuse Nationals re
cently, it marked the fifth time in
the last six years that the Lakers
have won the pro title.
This season they were forced to
the limit by the fighting Nationals
who pushed them all the way into
a final show-down tussle in a seven
•game series. The Lakers proved
their ability by winning the finale,
87-80.
'Big Em Practices for Huskies
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EMERY BARNES, Oregon high jumper, will be one of ihe I)uek trackmen who conch BUI Bouerman
will be counting on to pck some needed points against the Washington Huskies. Barnes is regardrd
as one of the top jumpers in the nation this year.
Oregon Opposes Huskies
In Division Track Inaugural
The University of Oregon
will compete in their first Nor
thern Division dual track meet
of the current season Saturday
afternoon at 1 :30 p. m. at Hay
ward field when they host the
dangerous Washington Hus
kies.
Although the Ducks will go
into the meet as a slight favor
ite, the visiting Washingtonians
are exepeeted to make it very
tough for the Ducks to come out
on top.
The Huskies entertained their
Seattle fans last Saturday with a
110-21 win over the Olympic club
of Vancouver, B. C., winning all
15 first places.
Record in Danger
Two meet records will be In dan
ger Saturday, in each case the
pressure being applied by the
Huskies. Denny Meyer, the crack
Washington two-miier, set the cur
rent mark of 9:26.8 in that event
two years ago in Eugene, but has
bettered the time several times
since and is almost an even bet
to lower the standard Saturday.
Meyer ran the two mile in 9:27.6
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against Vancouver Olympic Club
| but didn't have to exert himself,
finishing nearly a full lap ahead of
the field. If Wayne Reiser pushes
him as expected, the Washtngton
Oregon dual meet mark almost
certainly will fall.
Duane Wardlow, Northern Di
vision champion shot putter Last
year, tossed the shot 49'2” against
Olympic Club, Just two inches off
the Oregon-Washington mark set
I by Washington's Paul Jessup in
! 1930.
Skartvedt Favored
In addition to these two events,
the Huskies will be favored to win
the broad jump, discus, and Jave
lin. Datrold Skartvedt won the
broad jump and javelin events
from the Ducks last season and
should repeat on the strength of
his showing last Saturday. He may
get some stiff competition in the
latter event from the Ducks' out
standing newcomer, Doyle Higdon.
In the discus the Huskies' Jerry
Danger and Terry Strom figure to
finish one-two ahead of Oregon's
Ben Lloyd.
Other than these events the
Ducks rate the edge, not only In
first places but in all-important
second and third place points.
Oregon Net Team
Downs Willamette
Dick Gray and Don Bonime came
through with a 9-7 and 6-4 win over
Willamette's Charles Carter and
Tan Mclver in the last doubles
match to give University of Ore
gon tennis team a hard-earned 4-3
triumph over the Bearcats on the
Oregon courts Thursday afternoon.
Going into their match with the
two teams tied 3-3 and the outcome
of the game hanging on their shoul
ders, Gray and Bonime, both
sophomores, came through with all
the finesse of champions. In the
first set they trailed most of the
way before finally pulling ahead to
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win 9-7. Then with at! the chips on
the table they came right back to
down their opponents again and
sew up the game for Oregon.
In the other doubles match,
which the Ducks were figured to
win, Ron Dowell and Dick Hamilton
were beaten by the Bearcats' Butler
twins, Ron and Rich. This Willam
ette win tied the series at 3-all and
put all the pressure on Bonime and
Gray.
In the number one singles match
Lowell of the Ducks outlasted Ron
Butler 6-3 and 6-1. Butler showed
lots of class at times with a light
ning fast serve but the all around
experience and prowess of Lowell
proved to be too much for him.
The other Butler twin, Rich, had
much better luck in the number two
match as he downed Hamilton 6-1,
6-0.
The results follow:
Singles: Ron Lowell (O) defeated
Ron Itutler (W), 6-3, 6-1; Rich But
ler (W) defeated Dick Hamilton
(O), 6-1, 6-0; Dick Gray (O) de
feated Charles Carter (YV), 10-8,
0-1; Tan Melver (W) defeated Mar
tin Magi (O), C-2, 6-4; Bob Baker
(O) defeated George Chambers
(W), 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles: Ron and Rich Butler de
feated Lowell and Hamilton, 9-7,
3-6, 6-2; Gray and Bonime defeated
Carter and Melver, 9-7, 6-4.