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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1955)
Coast Loop Opens Today By The Associated Press Umpires shout "Play Hall" Tucs rlay to open the Pacific Coast league's 53r<l hast-ha 11 season. With a new huHtle program, new league president Claire Goodwin predicts the circuit will draw oVer three million fans this year. San Diego, last year's pennant Bevos Feature Five New Faces GLENDALE, Calif., (APi — Five players obtained since last season will be In Portland's start ing lineup at Los Angeles Tues day. The lineup, announced Sunday by Manager Clay Hopper, will In clude Artie Wilson, second base; Ituss Sullivan, right field; Ed Mlc kelson, first base; Sam Caldcr one, catcher; and either Dick Whitman or Bob Caselli, center field. Hopper hopes to start Whitman but the former University of Ore gon player, purchased from Mont- ] real last winter, may be sidelined with the flu. The manager announced this hatting order: Wilson, Whitman or Caselli, Sullivan, Mickelson; 1 Walt Judnich, left field; Don Eg gt-rt. third base; Frank Austin, shortstop; Calderone, and Dick Waibel, pitchers. Football Hopefuls To Meet Today All varsity football candidates an- to meet with head coach Lcn Casanova today at 4 p.m. in McArthur court. Plans will be discussed for spring practice for all player* who can participate. Spring practice will open Mon day, April 18. and last through 20 sessions, the maximum ul lowed under Paelflr Coast con ference rules. winner, hosts Han Francisco in' (Jay and night guinea. Eddie I Erautt starts for the Pardea ugalnst Lofty Steve Nagy for the Beala in the afternoon. At night it will be Padre Bob Kerrigan against Don Fraechia. < let tel Hide* Again The Oakland Oaks host Seattle and plan to use Ai “Two Gun” ; Gettel on the mound. The Seattle ; hurler wan not announced. Geor ge Metkovich, former Phil, and Jim Marshall from the Chicago White I Sox are expected to be the big hitters for the Acorns. The Heals’ 12-9 record won the Desert league title by half game over the Acorns. In Los Angeles Joe Hatten starts j against Portland's Dick Waibcl in j renovated Wrigley field. Beaver; standouts are Artie Wilson at ’ second, Walt Judnich in left field and Russ Sullivan in right. The Hollywood Stars face Sacra-1 mento’s Bud Daley in the Solons park. Red Munger is up for the Stars. Paul Pettit, who failed as a $100,000 bonus chucker, is try ing for a comeback in the Stars j outfield. Rig Cash Awards Goodwin, starting his first year : as a baseball executive, predicted • the PLC will have a new look in its 53rd season. He has installed j a hustle pi ogram backed up by j $20,000 in cash awards and thinks the system will produce dividends both on the field and at the gate. “When I took over as league president I said we would draw at least three million fans," Goodwin said. "After three months I have seen nothing to lower that estimate. In fact, if anything I’d be Inclined to boost it a little. “All clubs are strengthened over last year and there seems to be a new outlook throughout the cir cuit. It is our aim to give fans the best possible brand of baseball. "We’d like to see everyone hustle ! out to the ball parks and see the new look of the Pacific Coast league." CIGARETTES CTT/u CTr ODERN SIZE FILTER TIP TAREYTON brings you the true taste of Tareyton’s famous quality tobacco PRODUCT OF <dtn*\us<vn i/o&uaeo^vnuuinp Ducks Travel to Portland; Pioneers Here Wednesdav After a week of rainouts, the Webfoot baseball team hopes for good weather as they take on the University of Portland in a doubleheader this afternoon at Vaughn street park In Portland. Game time for the first of the two seven Inning dashes is 1.30 p.m. Four games were rained out last week an*practices were lim ited as well. The Ducks were favored with excellent weather during the California spring va cation tour but haven't had op portunities for intensive work outs since. Wednesday’s schedule calls for Lewis and Clark to play here. Willamette will be here Friday, Northwest Leogue Starts Training By The Associated Pr**<*t Eugene, Ore., joins six teams of the old Western International league in opening spring base ball training this week under the newly hoisted colors of the Northwest league. The new circuit the only one in the country with an odd num ber of members, opens its sea son April 26. Three of the teams will start limbering up Wednesday in Cali fornia. W’enatchee ' is at Peta luma, Eugene at Santa Cruz and Salem at Napa. Working the kinks out at home will be Lewiston, Tri-City and Yakima, while Spokane will train at Clarkston, Wash. A flock of new managers will be calling the signals with Hugh Luby at Salem the only returnee from the defunct WIL. Cliff Dapper is at Eugene after a stretch at Billings of the Pio neer league. Hub Kittle will crack the whip at Yakima and Hillis Layne, of Pacific Coast league fame, replaced Larry Bar ton at Lewiston. and the Ducks will travel to Mc Minnville Saturday for a pair against Roy Helser’s Linfield club. The conference a carton opens Friday, April 15, versus Ore gon State at Corvallis. The Beavers will play here April 16. Coach Don Kirsch plans to start righthander Bill Blodgett m ui ir m PETE WILLIAMS Webfoot co-captain against Portland in the opener and follow with lefty Bill Gamer in the second game. Both will be given a chance to go the distance. Schlosstein Cleanup Oregon's probable batting or- j der will have shortstop John Kel ler (.400) leading off, Jim John son. ?b, (.278) batting second, George Shaw cf (.450) third, and Dick Schlosstein lb (.412) in the cleanup slot. # Thu rest of the lineup will bo Berale Averill rf (.500), Pete Williams 3b (.200), Jerry Ross rf (.231), Neal Marlett c (.167) and Blodgett p. In the second game sopho more Jim Pingree will go to left field, and either Norm Forbes, Terry Maddox, or Bob Wagner will patrol right. Gamer will pitch. Forbes, Oregon’s star right hander in 1954, still is suffer ing from a sore shoulder and won’t pitch against Rich Carlas cio’s Portland club. Forbes ha3 done no throwing since the re turn from California. Patera Selected For All-Sig Team Jack Patera, a four year foot ball star at Oregon, has been named to the 1954 All-Sigma Chi football team, according to that organization’s official publica tion. Patera was placed at tackle and selected as captain of the mythical eleven. Patera, a 223-pounder, was named All-Coast by AP, UP, and the PCC coaches. He played in the East-West Shrine game on New Year’s Day and in the Hula Bow! in Hawaii on January 9. 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