I lit? Northern Division baseball schedule is set to kick off
this week with any one of four teams having a chance to
na!> the championship. I oacli Don Kirsch’s Ducks have won
the last two years in photo finishes with Oregon State, and
the Wehfoots again are sentimental favorites around Eugene.
< iregon has a veteran lineup that swept Far West honors
la-4 season and played (somewhat ingloriously) in the na
tional tourney at < huaha. ’I he loss of star hurler Norm I'orbc.s
ha> cut deeply into pitching depth, hut Duck boosters have
been heartened by recent fine showings by Terry Maddox,
I’cte Williams, Hill Blodgett and some sophomore hurlcrs.
Beavers Claim Experience
Kalph C oleman's Heavers finisher) just one game behind
( iregon in 1954 and also have a veteran lineup returning. All
American Jay Dean at first (.439 in '54). Chuck Fisk f.400)
at second, transfer Jerry Bettendorf at third and Hob Boub
(- -4 i at short round out a potent infield.
In the outfield Coley can call on Phil Jantze, Jerry Exley,
Jim Rugglcs, Jim Withrow and Johnny Frederick, all heavy
stickers. Catcher is Jack Stephenson.
The mound staff is composed of Lowell Pearce, A1 Giu
dotti, Joe Eppcrly, Lynn Mohler, Dick Wilson, Syl Johnson,
Frank Weist and Merlin DeHass. Norb Wellman, wheel
horse of the staff in 1954. has graduated, but Oregon State
has deep, if not first-class hurling.
W ilh its terrific hitting. < tSC might be figured to cop the
clump pionship. Vet the Heavers have been known to blow
hot and cold (sometimes called chokiifg upT. The defense,
••specially in the infield, is cpiite porous, and the pitching staff
ha> > et to really prove itself.
Washington Boasts Pitchers
Washington, which tied for second last year (Oregon 11-3.
(>SC 10-6. Washington 10-6, W SC 7-6, Idaho 2-14), is a dis
tinct threat. Coach Bill Marx’ Huskies have two top-flight
pitchers in Hill Reams and soph Monte Geiger. They also have
the number two hitter in the league in catcher Jack Ballard
(.467). But Ballard has been edged out for the catching job
by >oph Jack Brady, who was batting .455 at last notice.
In the outfield Washington has Bill Eakin, Dave George,
Don Hill, Rod Pressey and Lou Roselli. Marx is using a
two-platoon outfield this year, with Geiger, Eakin, and
George batting against southpaws, and Hill, Pressey and
Roselli going against righthanders.
Larry Watson plays first, Harvey Jarvis second, Jack
Scott shortstop and Dave McClary third. The Huskies have
a lot of .300 plus hitters but haven’t been too consistent so
far this year. They were silenced by Seattle Wednesday,
losing a twin bill by scores of 7-2 and 2-1.
Washington will have good- defense, weak to fair hitting,
and top flight pitching, with Geiger as the mainstay and a
good bet for most of the league's pitching honors. They open
the schedule this weekend against WSC.
Bailey Back at Helm
Washington State will again be noted chiefly for its colorful
(a mild adjective) coach. Buck Bailey. Buck’s club won four
straight titles from 1947 to 1950 hut has trailed since then.
WSC has a young outfit, but if the juniors and sophs should
come through, they could catch the other clubs.
The top pitchers are Ron Webb, Wes Stock. Jerry Bartow,
and Ron Aiken. Bill Rich catches, Karl McIntosh is at first.
Gordy ilershey at second, Bill Mashburn at third and Ron
b'oisy at short. Outfielders are Terry Sparks, Ron Overby
and Jim Ford. Only McIntosh and Sparks are seniors.
Idaho has never finished higher than third in 22 seasons,
and partly because of that is not considered a contender.
Yet the Vandals have shown fairly well in pre-season con
tests. After losing three in a row, they turned around to win
their next five. Flip Kleffner, third baseman, has been pound
ing the ball all spring.
So in case the rain should let up and some games manage
to get played, we might pick a final finish like this : 1) Oregon,
2) W ashington, 3) Oregon State, 4) Washington State, and
5) Idaho,
Oregon Netfers
Host Willamette
In Clash Today
Thr<v more non-confefenee
matches are optimistically sched
uled for Hilbert Lee’s varsity ten
nis squad this week with Seat
tle’s Chieftains, Willamette and
Portland university providing the
opposition,
Tuesday afternoon the Chiefs
will take to the courts against
j the Ducks at 3, weather permit
! ting. The Bearcats move in on
Thursday while Portland’s Pilots
are booked for a Saturday date.
These matches, if sandwiched
! between rain squalls, will com
plete the non-conference sched
ule for the Ducks, who take on
Washington’s perennial Northern
Division champions Friday here,
fn previous action the Ducks
have beaten Reed college and the
Oregon Medical school while los
ing to Portland.
Janet Hopps, one of the top
women’s singles aces in the
Northwest, will spark the Seattle
university team, and men’s ace
Jack Neer tops Portland univer
sity’s strong squad.
Leading the Huskies again is
Bill Quillian, singles champ of
the division for three years.
Oregon’s team, as usual, will
probably be composed of Ron
i Carlson, Bob Baker, Dick Gray.
Don Bonime and Dick Hamilton.
Boxing Champion
To Battle Cuban
In Feature TV Go
By MURRAY ROSE
Of Th** Associated Press
Lightweight champion Jimmy ;
HCarter. unbeaten in his last six
fights, and Cuba’s Orlando Zu
i lueta. a non-wdnner in his last
four, meet in a non-title 10
rounder in Washington's Uline
arena Wednesday night.
The 31-year-old 135-pound king
has a habit of getting careless
in overweight scraps and the 26
year-old Cuban is hoping to catch
him in one of those off-nights.
Zulueta once was the No. 1
contender but he never got a shot
at the title. Three straight losses
and a Jan. 31 draw with Danny ]
| Jo Perez has sent him skidding [
| to ninth among the contenders.
Strange things happen in box-1
ing, however, and if Zully should
; happen to have a hot night
against the champ in their tele
! vision tilt (CBS-TV, 7 p.m. PST)
j he might earn a crack at the
i crown after all.
In the other “live” coast-to
: coast TV fight of the week, 19
year-old Willie Paatrano of New
j Orleans takes on Willie (No
Clinch) Troy of Washington.
D.C., in a middleweight 10
rounder.
—
Odd-Engined Car
Given Approval
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —A be
lated entry for the 39th annual
500-mile race here May 30 had
officials of the Indianapolie Mo
tor Speedway puzzled Monday—
but they accepted it.
It came from Walter F. Stra
der of Los Angeles who entered
a Planacircle Special which he
said is fitted with an engine hav
ing neither cylinders nor pistons.
His entry blank gave this de
scription:
"The fuel mixture is com
j pressed in two combustion cham
bers through a system of ro
tors.” •
He added that the engine has
a displacement of 137 cubic
inches—half the 271 cubic inches
| allowed non-supercharged en
| gines.
Golfers Go South
For Match Play
A powerful University of Ore
gon golf team left for California
early this morning where six
Duck golfers will participate in
the Northern California Inter
collegiate tournament at Pasa
tiempo golf course in Santa
Cruz.
Accompanied by Coach Sid
Milligan, the Webfoot divoters
will get their first taste of non
conference competition in the
three-day meet slated to start
Thursday. Last Saturday Ore
gon opened its Northern Division
season with a 17-10 win over
Washington at the Eugene coun
try club.
The tournament will be played
similiarly to the NCAA cham
pionships in which the team title
will be determined by individual
performances in match play. At
least 26 colleges from the North
r
west and California will have
entrants in the tourney.
The Duck traveling squad to
the tournament included five
varsity team members and one
freshman. Captain Neil Dwyer
headed a six-man squad that also
included lettermen Bob Takano,
Sophomores Barry oft, Bob Nor
quist and Don Bick plus Fresh
man Bob Prall.
The Oregon team will prac
tice on the tough Pasatiempo
course Wednesday in preparation
for the meet and will return to
Eugene Sunday after the cham
pionships are decided. Oregon
State, Portland university and
Seattle university will also repre
sent the Northwest. Strong San
Jose State and Stanford, the fa
vorite for individual and the team
titles, are two of the California
entries.
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