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By Bob Robinson
Emirtld Sport* Editor
If statistics thus far arc any indication of tilings to come,
tlicn all Northern Division track and fiedd teams had better
be on the lookout for Hill Bowerman’s Oregon Ducks. With
the X1) championship meet just a little more than two weeks
away, Oregon men hold the best marks in five of 15 events
which have been held in dual meets to date.
Washington seems to he the biggest threat to the Ducks in
their quest for the league crown. The Huskies also have five
top marks. The other five top performances are distributed
among the other three XI) schools. Washington State holds
three of these, < )regon State one and Idaho one.
At the present time the five ()regon trackmen who are at the
top of the 1 i-1 in their respective events are Cordon Dahhpiist
in the 110 yard dash, Ken I lickenbottom in the pole vault, Hob
Faucet t in the high jump, Doyle Higdon in the javelin and Hill
Sorsby in the 220-yard low hurdles. Of these Hickenbottom and
Higdoj> especially have been head and shoulders above any!
other competitors and unless something drastic changes in
the next couple of weeks they seem destined for first places
in the XD meet.
Washington Strong
Faucett, Sorsby and DahhpiHt will all have their work cut
out for them if they are to maintain their first place standings!
in the big meet.
W ashington’s five top performer- arc Duane Wardlow in the
shot put, Denny Meyer in the two-mile run, Terry Strom in the
di-cus, Darrold Skarvcdt in the broad jump and the Husky
mile relay team.
From the looks of this it appears as if the Washingtonians
and the Webfoots are due for a close fight for the league toga.
The Huskies will have one slight advantage in that this year’s
meet is to be held in Seattle on Washington’s home track.
Washington State's Bob Gary holds the best times in both
the 100 and 220-yard dashes and Cougar Hill Link looms as I
the best man in the KXO-yard run.
OSC's only top mark is held by Don Chambers in the 120
yard hjgh hurdles while Idaho’s fir-t is in the person of Hmcr
8on Cliwk in the mile run.
Of course all these estimations are from statistics alone and
have not taken into account upsets, inspired performances and
surprise showings which year after year continue to make the
form chart look bad.
Big Sports Day Coming
Sport* fun* around the Eugene area arc going to he treated
to another l»ig clay of athletic events Saturday, May 22. The
athletic department is sponsoring their second annual “Spring
Spots Day" and on this year’s slate are four prominent features.
The Northern Division golf championships will get under
way at 10 o’clock in the morning and will continue for most
of the day at the Eugene Country Club. At the same time on
the Oregon tennis courts will be held the XI) tennis champion
ships featuring some of the outstanding netters in the Pacific
Northwest.
At 11 o’clock Ten Casanova’s Oregon football team will take
to Hayward field for their annual spring practice game between
the “greens” and the “whites.”
To cap the day Don Kirsch's Oregon baseball team will host
Oregon State at Howe field in the final ND diamond fracas of
the,season for both teams. From the looks of things at this
time, this game could prove to be very important.in determin
ing the league championship. Oregon State and Oregon are cur
rently fighting it out for first place in the conference.
Play-offs in North This Year
Whoever wins the ND baseball title this year will get a good
break in the PCC play-offs. This year's two-of-three series with
the Southern Division winner will be held on the home diamond
of the winning northern team. If OSC comes out on top, the
play-offs will be at Coleman field in Corvallis and if Oregon’s
Ducks get the nod the series will be held on Oregon’s Ilowc
field.
As many people recall, last year Oregon had to travel all the
way to Palo Alto for the conference championship play-off
with Stanford university. The Ducks were beaten decisively in
two straight games.
Delving back into the past records we found that in past
PCC play-offs the Southern Division has pretty well domin
ated the titles. Only twice in the seven seasons which the play
offs have been held have the Nl) teams come out on top. In
1950 Washington State downed Stanford at Pullman and went
on to gain a second place finish in the NCAA championships.
In 1952 Oregon State upset Southern California at Corvallis
and went on to a sixth place finish in the NCAA. The southern
schools have taken the title in every other series.
Duck Nine Moves to Pullman
For Washington State Tilts
still hot on the trail of front
running Oregon State, the Oregon
Duck bane ball team will roll into
Pullman this weekend for a two
game aeries with the fast-improv
ing and dangerous Washington
State Cougars.
The Webfoots, who split two
games with W8C at Howe field a
few weeks back, are expecting the
Cougars of robust Buck Bailey to
offer some stiff competition. Wash
ington State, after a very slow
start in which they dropped five
of their first six games, has rallied
back to triumph in three of their
last four outings to serve notice
Ducks Stage Rally
To Crush Idaho,
Don Kirsch’s Oregon Ducks 1
broke loos** with nine big nans in
the eighth inning of their North
ern Division game with Idaho'
Thursday afternoon at Moscow to!
swamp the Vandals by a 13-4
score.
Clem Barberry's Vandals had
taken an early lead with two runs
in the second but the Ducks fought'
back to tie the count in the fifth.
Then in the eighth Oregon let
loos*; with both barrels to snow
their opponents under.
Norm Forbes pitched eight in
nings for the Webfoots and re
ceived credit for the pitching win
He was nicked for five hits during
his stint. Pete Williams went in
for the Ducks in the ninth to put
the final hurling slants past the
Idaho batters.
The victory for Oregon pushed
the Ducks up to within one game
of league leading Oregon State.
The Ducks now move oft to Pull
man for a two game aeries with
Washington State college.
I”
that they are finally beginning to.
play the kind of ball that wax pre-!
dieted that they would before the
season began.
The Cougars split a series with
league-leading OSC early this week
and in the second game gave the
Beavers a good drubbing, 10-2.
Bailey, who has been quite
pleased with his team in their last
couple of outings, will probably use
the same starting line-up that
downed Oregon State last Tuesday
afternoon. If he does the starters
will be: Golden, catcher; McIntosh,
first base; Herschy, second base;
Foisy, shortstop; Hardman, third
base; Poppe, left field; Sparks!
center field; Overby, right field.
A likely pitching choice for the |
Cougars would be Lee Dolquiat, the
fast-ball flinger who has had such
fine success in games thus far.
Wednesday's Box
Oregon (8) AB
Ron, If 4
Keller, ft* . 5
Shaw, cf . 5
Marlett. c ....... 4
Sch!o**tein. lb . 3
Wagner, rf .... .4
Williams, 3b . 3
Johnson, 2b. 3
Bull, p
Blodgett, p. 2
35
Idaho (4) AR
Falash, cf ._. 3
Haines. Jb ... 5
Cygler, 2b . 5
Kleffner, 3b .. 3
Frazier, If . 4
Morrison, 9* . 2
Qtiane, c .2
Teverbaugb, rf . 2
HaJlrtt. p. 0
Barton, p . 4
Nelson, rf . 1
32
H O A |
2 1 0
2 1 3 !
1 3 01
2 7- 0 I
2 8 0 ;
0 1 0
1 4 2
0 2 2 1
0 0 0 I
1 0 1
11 27 8
H O A
0 3 0
0 9 0 |
I U 0
1 1 3 i
0 7 1
0 2 0
0 0 0
1 0 2
0 0 0
4 27 10!
Error* - Williams, Falash. Cyglrr.
21! Km», Williams, Blodgett, Barton.
3 B M orrison.
Oregon _. ... 420 000 011—8 1
Idaho .... 000 310 000—4
Duek coach, Don Kirsch, will
probably stick with the same line
up that played for him in the Idaho
series, just completed. This would
mean that the opening men would
be: Neal Marlett, catcher; Dick
Schlosstein, first base; Jim John
son, second base; John Keller, short
stop; Pete Williams, third base;
Jerry Ross, left field; George
Shaw, center field; and Bob Wag
ner, right field.
On the mound for the Webfoote
in the first game of the set will be
either Trenton Huts or Bill Blod
gett. Both flingers saw action in
the first Idaho game and neither
one was worked hard enough tp
have to rest more than two or threp
daye.
Question of the day
Can ducks tell time by looking
at the stars? A noted authority
on this subject, Silva Z. Torch
leg, says that the only time
ducks need to tell is closing time.
You can always tell closing
time by the flashing lights over
the college girl’s doorways.
For the most enjoyable pre
closing hour rush, try rushing all
the way back from Rod Taylor’s
at 3 minutes till closing time.
It’s exciting.
ROD
TAYLOR'S
On The Glenwood Strip
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