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By Bob Robinson
Emerald Sports Editor
W'fll, believe it or not, for the third -traij^ht year the Northern
Division baseball race ha^ narrowed down to a two wav fight
for fir t place between the two Oregon rivals, Oregon’s Ducks
and Oregon State's Heavers.
It is really quite a coincidence and is a feather in the hat of
both coaches, Don Kir.sch of the NVebfoot and Ralph Coleman
of the Orangemen. One thing that we hope doesn’t happen,
which occurred in both 1952 and 1953, is that the pennant chase
doesn’t end on the sour note that it did for the losing team in
both of these seasons. In 1952 Oregon State edged the Ducks
by one-half game and the only thing that kept the Oregons from
a tie for the crown was the fact that they had had one more
game rained out than the Stater .
In 1953 the situation wa- just reversed, Oregon State had a
one-half game lead Over < )regon going into the final four game
series between the two schools. When the Ducks won the first
encounter by a close margin it cave them a -slight lead. Ordi
narily OSC would have had three more chances to get back
the lead but the men of Ralph Coleman had the misfortune of
seeing the final three games of the series bow to the weather.
With these washouts went their 1 a‘t hopes of nailing down the
»ND crow n.
At any rate we would like to see a much more satisfying finish
to the league race this year. In our opinion the best way to find
out just which nine is the best is to hav c all four games completed
and then sec who is on top.
A Very Busy Man
Dean Van Leuven, Oregon’s football fullback, who has been
showing well in spring practice sessions to date, is what we
would call a very busy man. As nearly everyone realizes, most
of the gridders cut down on their hours somewhat during spring
term because of the extra time that spring grid practice takes.
The average player carries between 12 and 16 hours, normally.
Hut not \ an Leuven. Dean, who is just as good scholastically
a- he is athletically, is carrying the unheard amount of 29 hours.
Most people who have absolutely no activities at all seldom
take more than 20 or 21 hours during a single term and that
k< eps them pretty busy. We were just plain flabber-gasted
"hen we heard about \ an Leuven’s schedule. We wonder how
in the world Ue can possibly keep caught up in all his courses
but wc certainly admire him for it. Good luck, Dean!
Higdon Still Undefeated
Doyle Higdon, Oregon’s sophomore javelin throwing sensa
tion. is still tu taste defeat in his specialty this season. Higdon
has brought home the blue-ribbon in every/meet so far and at
the present time looks to be the favorite in the coming ND meet
at Seattle next weekend.,
Higdon’s biggest a-set is no doubt his consistency. Doyle has
a best throw of 205’ 8" and a worst mark of 1K1' 4". The rest of
his meet marks have been distributed between these two throws.
Higdon’s biggest threat of the year will be on him this Satur
day afternoon in the Ducks’ dual meet with OSC. Doyle will be
competing against the Heavers’ Jerry Church who is another
fine spear tosser. Higdon edged Church in a four-way meet in
Portland earlier this season but since that time the OSC {linger
has Ijccu constantly improving. In the OSC-WSC meet last
Saturday Church got off a winning throw of 200’ II" which is
Only p. little -hy of Higdon’s best effort.
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sity of Oregon will have a very
hnny schedule ahead of them thin
Saturday. All four spring teams
will see action in competition
against their cross-state rivals, the
Oregon State Beavers.
Don Kirseh’s Oregon baseball
j team will travel to Corvallis for
the first game in an important
four tilt series which will deter
mine the Northern Division cham
pionship. The Ducks are trailing
the Beavers by one full game and
are hoping to get off to a good
start in their quest for their sec
: ond ND crown in a row.
Oregon will have to win three
of the four games to come out
on top. A split in the four games
■would leave the Beavers with the
one game lead and the champion
ship.
Forbes vs. Wellman
Norm Forbes will probably get
the starting j,itching assignment
against OSC. His mound foe for
the Orangemen of Ralph Coleman
will more than likely be big Norb
Wellman, the strong-armed vet
eran.
Bill Bowerman's Duck and field
team will also move to Corvallis
for their annual dual track meet
with the runners of Hal Moe. If
| the Ducks can come out on top
they will sew up the ND dual meet
title and will be given the favor
ite's role in the coming Northern
| Division championship meet at Se
attle next weekend.
The Beavers have only won one
dual meet this far from a confer
ence foe, that being Idaho. The
Staters have lost to both Wash
ington and Washington State. On
the other hand, Oregon holds vic
tories over both the Cougars and
Huskies and has recorded a much
more decisive win over Idaho than
j did the Beavers.
Beavers Dark Depth
Oregon State is expected to put
up a good fight in many events but
the all-around depth of the Ducks
i is supposed to offer much too
much of an obstacle for the Cor
vallis ovalmen to overcome.
While the baseball and track
Sid Mulligan
teams are competing in Corval
lis the other two spring sport
teams, golf and tennis, will be
hosting Beaver teams in matches
at Eugene.
Sid Milligan’s Oregon golfers,
who remain undefeated in North
! ern Division action. The Webfodts
| had a tough time in downing OSC,
14 t^-12>2. in the two teams' first
meet at Corvallis but the Ducks
hope to win by a more convinc
ing score on their home course, the
Eugene Country ciub.
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