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All it took was some good weather and Oregon todav is
in first place in the Northern Division baseball standings. The
Ducks not only got to play their first full series of the 1955
season hriday and Saturday against Washington, hut it was
al o the first time a lack of ‘‘Valley Dew" had permitted them
to use Howe field since a doubleheader with Willamette on
April 8—three weeks ago.
The rain finally quit Friday and Oregon and rival Wash
ington ventured onto the Frosh field for the first game of
the series, but only after groundskeeper Mike Steddom
burned 24 old tires, four 50-gallon drums of waste rubber
and 150 gallons of gasoline to dry out the field. The fresh
man diamond is all dirt in the infield and the ground was
still very muddy until the grounds crew worked it over.
It was cold and the* wind was strong enough to plav havoc
with fly balls and make many pitches rise. There was a fairly
large crowd on hand to watch the I lucks and 11 uskies in action,
however, even though a good percentage were either major
league scouts or else baseball happy kids with nothing else
to do on a spring afternoon.
No Admission Charge
And no one can say that the fans didn't get their money’s
worth especially since the game was free to all comers to
the makeshift field, hirst Washington took the lead with five
big runs in the first. '1 hen Oregon took over with rallies in
the second, fourth, seventh and eighth. Washington got it
back with seven big runs in their half of the ninth but Oregon
won it in their half. 13-12.
Remarkably enough, there were only two errors in the
game on the rough field, both by Husky Shortstop Jack
Scott, who actually tossed the game away for Washington
when he blew a double-play grounder in the ninth. The
hitting was far better than the pitching with nine extra-base
blows out of 21 hits for both teams.
Actually both the Oregon and Washington teams were
somewhat the same—goot hitting, not-so-hot pitching. But
there was a real Contrast in coaches. Husky Coach Bill Marx
and Oregon Coach Don Kirsch were about as alike as Brer
Bear and Brer Rabbit of Uncle Remus fame.
A Second Durocher
Marx continually was on and off the bench, shouting at his
players and cussing the umpires, and on at least two occasions
during the series really gave the poor Hoys in Blue a few hot
words face to face. Kirsch. meanwhile, was a picture of serene
iiess on the Duck bench, and about the only times he got up
were to wander out to the pitching mound—head down and
hands in hip pockets—to offer a few words of encouragement
to troubled hurlers.
A big crowd showed up for Saturday’s explosive game,
which was played on a finely-groowed Howe field that hardly
showed the effects of three weeks of drenching under Ore
gon’s unreliable skies. And the athletic department got
back in business again with adults shelling out $1—twice as
much as Eugene Emeralds fans will have to pay—to see
the contest.
As far as Oregon was concerned, everything that showed
up on the scoreboard happened in one inning. The Ducks
scored eight runs in that frame and that was all that was need
ed. Washington got four in the third and one in the eighth
but the game ended 8-5.
Huskies In Bad Shape
Washington has now lost four in a row and will probably
have plenty of trouble with Oregon State today and tomorrow
at Corvallis. Figured as a title contender this season, especial
ly after four easy wins over Idaho, the Huskies now appear
to be destined for some spot other than first, which they have
not grabbed since 1932.
Oregon at least has kept up with the formula of winning
all home games plus splitting on the road to win the pennant.
If the Ducks can take at least one from Washington State
this weekend and three out of four from Idaho and Wash
ington next week, they will have a good chance to defend
their conference crown.
Hut the Webfoots are short on pitchers and Washington
State has a good chance to back into the title with six straight
road games rained out, t
Webfoof Golfers
Smother Aggies
To Win Second
Oregon golf team remained un
defeated Friday a» the improv
ing Ducks came from behind a
morning beat-hall deficit to win
a convincing 19-8 match over
Oregon State at the Eugene
country club.
The win was the aecond North
ern Division victory for the
Webfoot golfer* in two starts
and kept their win utreak, now
in it* fifth year, intact with vic
tory number 22. For the Bea
vers it was the second straight
conference Iona after an im
pressive pre-conference record.
Oregon took advantage of a
better balanced lineup in singles
play as Coach Sid Milligan's
team lost only 3V4 out of 18
points in the afternoon round to
wrap up an easy victory. In the
morning rounds, OSC had taken
a 5*4 -3 ',2 lead, mostly on the
strength of the best-ball 67
turned in by Jerry Cloninger and
Ray Lindquist.
• Ducks Trail
Only victory in the morning
for the Ducks was recorded by
Howard Zenger and Chuck Hug
gins, who combined to shoot a
68 to take all three points from
j the Beaver duo of A1 Wood and
; Neils Reimers. Neil Dwyer and
| Don Bick picked up half a point
| from Bob Donnelly and Larry
Trogen in other best-ball action.
In the afternoon it was all
Oregon, as the sharp-shooting of
the Ducks was too much for the
poorly-balanced OSC squad. Only
Donnelly could as much as man
age a tie as he and Webfoot
Sophomore Barry Ott matched
par 72's over the long Eugene
layout.
Medalist honors for the day
i the singles was shared by four
men—all with 72's. Besides Don
nelly and Ott. Dwyer and Clon
inger also finished even with the
board, although Dwyer took 2*j
points from the OSC first man
i by his more consistent scoring.
Go on Road
The match was the last home
action of the season for the
Ducks. Next weekend they will
i travel to the inland empire for
matches with Idaho and Wash
ington State, neither rated title
contenders this year.
The following Saturday Ore
gon has a return match with
OSC scheduled for the Corvallis
country club and both teams will
then go to Moscow for the
Northern Division tournament
MSy 21. Oregon is defending
champion.
Friday’s results:
__ Be»( hall Donnelly ami Trogen. OSC,
("11 2V»: Dwyer ami Hick, Oregon, (7Ji
. Ctoningcr and Lindquist, OSC, (o')
j; Ott and Starling. Oregon. (71) 0; Zen
ger and Huggins. Oregon. (68) .1; Wood
and Reimers. OSC (81) 0.
Individual Dwyer. Oregon, (72) 2'/j ;
Cloninger, OSC, (72) ; Ott. Oregon,
(721.Donnelly. OSC (72) IVj; Ta
kano. Oregon. (74) 2**: Trogen. OSC.
(78 1 z, ; Smith. Oregon (74) 2; Lindquist.
OSC. ijb) 0; Hick, Oregon. (75) 3; Renn
ers, OSC, (81) 0; Norquist, Oregon, (79)
2: W ood, OSC. (81) 1.
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Cindermen Top
Cougars, 72-59
Paced by double winners Bill
Dellinger and Martin Pedigo,
Coach Bill Bowerman’s Webfoot
trackmen swept easily to their
third straight Northern Division
dual meet win as they topped
Washington State, 72-59, at Pull
man Saturday.
The Ducks are now only one
victory away from a repeat of
• their perfect 1954 season in dual
| competition. May 14 the Oregon
; powerhouse will host Oregon
1 State as part of Spring Sporta
I Day to wind up their ND sched
: ule. The Beavers lost to Wash
ington Saturday, 87-44.
Dellinger romped to victories
in both the mile and two mile
runs. He trimmed 1.6 seconds
off the meet mile mark, turning
in a 4:17.0, his best of the year.
Pedigo Wins Two
Also making his best effort
of the year was the rapidly im
proving sophomore broad jump
er Martin Pedigo. The Hermiston
star leaped 24' 1” for the best
mark in the Northwest this sea
; son. He also tied for first place
• in the high jump with team
mate Donn Sullivan, going
I 5’ 9 V.
Half miler Jim Bailey con
tinued to smash records in his
specialty—the 880. Bailey turned
in a 1:53.7 to eclipse the 1:54.1
set in 1953 by WSC's Bill Link,
who finished second to Bailey
Saturday. The Australian champ
has broken the meet record in
each of Oregon’s three division
j meets this season.
The host Cougars had three
double winners. Alan Torgerson,
who tied the high hurdle mark
of 14.8, also won the lows.
Sprinter Bob Gray ran the 100
in 9.7 and took the 220 in 21.6.
! topping Oregon’s Bruce Spring
bett in both events. Burl Gri
nds won both the shot put and
discus for WSC.
Web foots Disqualified
The Duck score would have
been higher, had not Bailey been
disqualified for cutting in on
Link in the second lap of the
I mile relay. The Webfoots fin
iahed first, but Washington State
was given the five points.
Bob Reid pole vaulted 13* 4”,
his best vault of the year, to tie
with Jerry Kenaston of the Cou
gars. Gordon Dahlquist kicked
from fourth to first in the
stretch of the quarter mile to
take home the 440 win, and Ed
Bingham threw the javelin 198’
11V29* for the other Oregon first
place.
Results:
100-yard dash: Gary (WSC). Spring*
bet! <() t, Campbell (O). Time, 9.7.
220-yard dash: Gary (WSC). Spring
belt (O), Campbell (O). Time. 21.6.
440-yard dash: Dahlquist (O). Chris
tensen (O), Duncan (WSC). Time, 50.1.
88-yard run: Bailey (Of, Link (WSC),
Clement (O). Time 1.53.7. (New record,
breaking old mark of 1 :54.1 set by Link in
1953.)
Mile run: Dellinger, (O). N. Rader
(WSC). Reiser (O). Time, 4:17.0. (New
record, breaking old mark of 4:18.6 set by
Parnell (WSC) in 1951.)
Two mile ran: Dellinger (O), N. Rader
(WSC). M. Rader (WSC). Time. 9:41.9.
High hurdles: Torgerson (WSC), Ba
sham (O). Brown (WSC). Time. 14.8.
(Tir* record set by Polstoot (WSC) in
1948>
Low hurdle*: Torgerson (WSC), Ba
sham (O), Talbot (O). Time, 24.0.
Broad jump: Pedigo (O), Bannick
(WSC). Distance, 24'1”.
High jump: Tie for first between Sulli
van (O) and Pedigo (O), tie for third be
tween Manicke (W'SC) and Snowden
(WSC). Height. 5’9^”.
Pole vault: Tie for first between Reid
(O) and Kenaston (WSC), Tie tor third
between Mannex (O) and Hikenbottom
(O). Height, 13’4’\
Shot put: Grinds (WSC). Moad (O),
Turner (WfSC). Distance SQM”.
Discus: Grinols (WSC), Badorek (O),
Brown (W’SC). Distance 144’4H”
Javelin: Bingham (O), Paulson (W'SC),
Thurman (W]SC). Distance. 19&’liy2’9.
Relay: Washington State (Langdon.
Ruehl, Duncan. Link). No time. Oregon
won in 3:21.4, but was disqualified.
The New York Yankees lost
only eight games in winning five
world series championships from
1949-53. They swept four straight
from the Philadelphia Phillies in
1950.
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