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Oregon Awaits Vandals For First ND Dual Meet Orcgon'd weather-troubled truck team will be looking for nome aun this Saturday as the Ducks begin a defense of their Northern Division championship against Idaho on Hayward field. The Webfoot team will tangle with the Vandals at 8 p.m. after the annual Hayward relays, a two-day high school meet, is finished. Oregon will be at full strength for the conference test, and Coach Rill Bower man’s strong teum Is a heavy favorite to down the Idaho trackmen. The weatherman will prohubly provide more trouble to the Ducks than any thing, as the Vandals have add ed a new coach In Joe (ilander hut little else since their last place finish In the ND meet last year. Idaho will be out to win Its first dual-meet victory from the Ducks in the history of track competition between the two schools. Oregon defeated the Vandals 92-38 at Moscow last year for the seventh straight win in the series dating back to 1947. Bowerman’s ace distance men will be running their specialties for the first time this season Sat urday. The wily Duck coach has been experimenting in early meets to give his runners ex perience in several distances. Saturday’s lineup In the long runs will find Jim Bailey, the America's Santee Next Super-miler Says Bannister LONDON (AP) Dr. Roger Bannister, first man to run the four-minute mile, predicted Tues day that America's Wes Santee will become the third man to Join the super-milers in the near future. Bannister’s 3:59.4 mile, run at Oxford on May 6, 1954, was bet tered shortly afterward by Aus tralia's John Landy, who ran 3:58 in Finland. Santee’s Mark Best In his acceptance speech after receiving a trophy from the Helms Foundation of America. Bannister said: ‘'Santee, I think, will run a four-minute mile in the near fu ture. He has perhaps the great est record for times of any mid dle distance runner today, but has not been getting the stiff competition which will enable < him to join Landy and myself. I think he can do it.” Lundy Big Rival Bannister said Landy more than any other athlete had taught him what real competi tion could mean. The slim, sandy haired doctor defeated Landy at Vancouver in a mile which saw both great runners finish under four minutes. Bannister said that since his retirement he found he missed the atmosphere of sports, but it w'as a case of the demands of his profession coming first. AFROTC Riflemen Prep For National Awards The Oregon AFROTC rifle team intensified practice this week as the riflemen looked to the Secretary of the Air Force matches slated to be fired Thurs day for national prizes. Firing will be on a telegraph basis with results of cadet wings forwarded to the National Rifle association for judging. ace Australian htilf-mll<T, ready to go •" the 880 while conference and NCAA mile champ Rill Dellinger will run ’ the four lap* after churning a fine two-mlle hint week. Vet eran two-mller Ken Bel*er will run hi* first r«re in that dis tance thl* *ea*on. Oregon will have «everal vet eran* of la*t year’* track season hack to begin another year of conference competition. Dellinger won the two-mile against Idaho last year and Reiner took second In the mile agatnHt the Vandals. Bowerman will also call on point-winners such as Bruce Springbett. twin-winner in the 100 and 220; Doug Clement, first in the 880; Bill Soraby, first in the high hurdles; Gordon Dahl qulst, second in the 440; Bob Reid, first in the pole vault; Ben Lloyd, first in the shot-put and discus, and Walt Badorek, Jim Jones and Donn Sullivan, point winners in other field events. Several sophomore* figure to give Oregon even more depth than last year’* cham pionship season In the Idaho opener. Kd Bingham has thrown the Javelin nearly 200 feet thin season and Is unde feated in the spear throw. .|a--k Moad, together with I.loyd, will give the Ducks a strong two some In the shot-put and Doug Basham and Martin Fedigo in the high hurdles and broad Jump, respectively, will go for firsts in those event4. A number of Oregon-Idaho meet records are In danger this Saturday. Bailey is a good bet to beat Clement’s 1953 half-mile record of 1:58.3, with the out come hinging on the weather. Idaho's Emerson Clark set a mile record of 4:24.5 last year but Dellinger has beaten that several1 times. Reiser could top the two mile record of 9:45.5 set by Dell inger in 1954. In the field events Bingham might break the record of 201’ '6'-*” set by Webfoot Lou Rob inson in 1947 while both Lloyd and Moad have ngared the shot put mark of 47’ 7" set by Ore gon’s Chet Noe in 1952. Pedigo has already topped the meet rec ord in the broad Jump with a near-23-foot leap and could set a new standard there. Rain Hits Diamond As OSC Pair Nears Oregan baseball fell victim to the elements again Tuesday as the second doubleheader in two days with Linfield was rained out. The Ducks will try to open the Northern Division season on schedule F i iday when they are slated to oppose Oregon State at Corvallis. The two teams will play a retur:i game at Eugene on Saturday. Ducks on Win Streak Oregon is currently riding the cr“st of a five-game win streak and a 7-3 season’s record. Ore gon State has a 6-5 season's mark, including five straight wins. Leading Oregon hitter is still George Shaw, with a batting av erage of .400. Shaw also leads in hits—14, triples—3, homers—3, steals—4, and runs batted in—10. Williams, Shaw Leading Third baseman Pete Williams follows Shaw on the hitting list with .333 and leads in runs scored, 12. 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