By Bob Robinson
Emerald Sportt Editor
Main sporting fan along tlic Pacific ( oast arc beginning to
wonder ii any XI) chool will ever unseat the University of
\\ a hington a tenni champions of the league. The Huskies
have hccoiue itch a con tain fir I place finisher that everyone
i- beginning to take them more-or-less for granted when it
comes time for the XI) tenni champion-hip play-offs.
Since the first Northern Division meet began way back in
r».Vl, Washington has failed to win the affair on only one oc
ca ion. In the late 1930X Oregon managed to take the crown
but that is the only time that the Huskies have finished out of
the money,
1 his year veins to be no exception to the prevailing situation,
'flu- Huskies have defeated every other XD school in dual match
action and there is no reason to believe that they won’t continue
their domination of the big meet for at least one more year.
Incidentally, for interested net fans, this year’s XI) tennis
meet i- going to be held on the University of Oregon courts,
May 21 and 22.
Evonuk Starting a Good Thing
(«cnc Evonuk of the Physical Education department should he
commended for the fine job he is doing in reviving Sigma Delta
P*si. athletic honorary fraternity, on the Oregon campus.
Many years ago the fraternity was very popular on the Duck
campus and many out standing‘athletes .were members of the
organization which is well-known all over the United States.
With pretty stiff requirements necessary for membership,
only the best athletes at Oregon will be able to qualify for the
fraternity. Evonuk has stated that he hopes that within the next
couple of years the organization will be able to get enough mem
bers to he aide to enter national track competition with chapters
of Sigma Delta Psi from other colleges.
Exhibition Mile Run Proposed
'1 lie t anadian Exhibition Association is trying to arrange one
<d the most phenomena! athletic events ever dreamed up. If
their plans work out, in early September they will have on hand
for an exhibition mile race the four greatest miters in the world
today. * c
I'he association has sent invitations*to Roger Bannister of
England, John Dandy of Australia, Murray Halburg of New
Zealand and W es Santee of the United States. If a mythical
run such a- this can be worked out it will go down in the record
books as one of classic athletic events in sports history.
Bannister only last week became the first man in history to
better the four minute mile when he galloped the 1760 yards
grind in the world record time of 3:59.4. Dandy has a best time
of 4:02 and Halburg’s top mark is 4:04.4. Santee, the Kansas
university flash, has a 4:02.4 clocking under his belt which is
his best performance.
Springbett Keeps Improving
Bruce Springbett, Duck sprinter, has shown noticeable im
provement during the present season and his time for the 100
yard dash has become good enough lately that he is once again
a threat to Bob Gary, ND sprint king, in the coming conference
meet.
Last Saturday at Vancouver, BC, Springbett ran the 100 in
the sparkling time of 9.8 seconds. On the same afternoon Gary
ran the same race in 9.7 seconds in Washington State’s dual
meet with Oregon State.
For two years now Springbett has been playing second best
tc^Gary in ND action. Bruce has come close many times but he
has never been able to defeat the Cougar speeder. Wre rather
imagine that Springbett is looking forward to ND meet in hopes
that he can accomplish this unconquered feat.
Schlosstein Going Great
A budding sophomore who should prove to be one of Oregon's
best baseball finds is Dick Schlosstein, the light-haired first
baseman from Tacoma. Schlosstein, who is playing his first
season of varsity ball, has become one of the most feared hitters
in the Northern Division.
As of the last tabulations, Schlosstein had passed teammate
George Shaw to become the leading Oregon batter in ND action.
Not counting the Washington games early this week, Schlos
stein was rapping the ball at a .368 clip.
Likeable Dick doesn’t limit his abilities to the hitting depart
ment ether, lie is also one of the best fielders on the Webfoot
team. On many different occasions this year he has come tip with
sparkling plays which have cut opponents’ rallies off before
they were well started.
If Dick shows the improvement during his junior and senior
years which he is expected to, he should become one of the most
sought after players by professional baseball scouts.
Ducks Take on OSC
In Crucial ND Game
Oregon Needs Win
To Stay in Running
!n Pennant Chase
Oregon's Ducks will have
the pressure on them Saturday
afternoon at Corvallis when
they take on the Oregon State
Heavers in the first game of
their “Civil War” baseball se
ries which will decide the
Northern Division champion
ship.
The present league standings
have the Beavers oiarHop of the
heap with a nine won and three
lost mark and Oregon a close
second with an eight and four rec
ord. Thus, if Ralph Coleman’s
Orangemen can come up with two
NORTHERN DIVISION
W L Pet.
Oregon State . 9 3 .750
OREGON . 8 4 .867
Washington . 7 5 .583
Washington State . 5 7 .417
Idaho . Ill .083
wins in their four games with the
Ducks, they will clinch the ND
title and earn the right to meet
the Southern Division winner for
the Pacific Coast crown.
On the other hand, if Oregon
is to win their second straight
title they will have to take three
of the four games with the Bea
j vers. An even split of the four
games would be of no benefit to
Don Kirsch’s warriors.
Huskies Have Chance
Washington's Huskies still have
a mathematical chance to win the
| championship. But they will have
to win all of their last four games
from Washington State and Idaho
if they are to stay in the running.
Bill Marx's Huskies currently
■sport a seven and five league
record.
Although Kirsch hadn’t decided
for sure just who he would start
on the pitching mound in the first
Beaver fray, it is expected that
righthander Norm Forbes will get
the call. Forbes has a four won
and one lost mark against ND foes
and last year be was very success
ful in his pitching tries against
OSC. Trent Huls, Bill Blodgett and
Bill Garner will all stand ready
to take to the firing line in case
Forbes gets in trouble. Huls and
Gamer are both “lefties” while
Blodgett throws from the right
side.
Wellman to Start
Opposing the Oregon hurlers on
the hill for Oregon State will more
than likely be big Norb Wellman,
Cougars Favored
Over Washington
Hec Edmundson’s University of
Washington track squad will have
to better most of their 1954 per
formances Saturday if they are
to upset Washington State in their
final Northern Division dual meet
at Pullman.
The form chart gives the Cou
gars at least a nine-point advan
tage, an edge which likely will
be increased by WSC’s home ad
vantage.
One Husky, though, looks like
money in the bank—that being
Denny Meyer, of course. Unde
feated this year by Northern Di
vision two-milers, Meyer was
clocked in the fast time of 9:17.5
last Saturday against Idaho. He
had to be at his best because the
Vandals' plucky Lou Gourley
stayed w'ith him right down to the
last half lap and trailed him
across the finish line by less than
15 yards.
NORM FORBES and BILL BLODGETT, Oregon pitchers, may both
wee action this Saturday afternoon as the Ducks take on Oregon
.State in the first tilt of their four game series at Corvallis. Both
men have looked good In games to date.
Coleman's reliable red-headed.
flinger. Wellman has been the
workhorse of the OSC mound corps i
and at this time he is the posses
sor of a 4-2 won-loss mark.
With Forbes and Wellman on1
the mound against each other it
is very possible that the game
could develop into a superb pitch
ing dual. Both hurlers have had
their shaky moments this season
but in most games they have been j
very stingy with the base-hits.
To go along with Forbes, Kirsch I
will likely start the following men: j
Neal Marlett, catcher; Dick
Schlosstein, first base; Jim John
son, second base; John Keller, I
shortstop; Pete W'illiam3, third;
base; Jerry P.oss, left field; George I
Shaw, center field; and Ron Phil
lips, right field.
Phillips Shows Well
Phillips, who earned back his
starting position in the six game j
invasion of the Inland Empire by |
the Ducks, is expected to help the)
Webfoots considerably with hisj
return to hitting form.
Coleman will probably start
the same team he has been using
most of the season in addition to
Wellman. If he does he will open
Oregon Frosh
Finish Season
The Oregon Frosh baseball team
will finish up their season this
Friday and Saturday afternoons
as they play the final two tussles
of a 12 game schedule.
Friday afternoon the Ducklings
of Ray Coley will host the Med
ford high school Black Tornado
on the Frosh diamond and on Sat
urday they will travel to Spring
field high for a game with the
Millers.
In their last two outings the
Frosh split a series with the Ore
gon State Rooks. The Ducklings
won the first game at Corvallis by
a 15-8 count but dropped the sec
ond fray at Eugene by a 12-7
tally.
Coley's nine is expecting some
rough competition from both
teams, especially Medford. The
Tornado has always been noted
for its outstandi g baseball “teams
and this one is thought to be no
exception to the rule.
All-Campus Sing
Mac Court
8 p. m.
Admission 85c
with Jack Stephenson, catcher;
•Jay Dean, first base; Bob Buob,
second base; Chuck Fisk, short
stop; Irv Heinrich, third base;
Jim Ruggles, left field; Jerry Ex
ley, center field; and Dick l3bell,
right field.
After their Saturday encounter
the two teams will play their sec
ond encounter at Eugene Monday
afternoon. The final two tussles of
the series will be played Friday
and Saturday, May 21 and 22.
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