Baseball fans in the Eugene area arc getting tlicir first taste
<>f professional baseball since 1951 this season—and how they
love it, The Kugene Ktnerahls, playing in the new Class B
Northwest league, have really been giving their backers some
excitement since they came home.
At the home opener Monday night, delayed more than
a week because of rain which made Bethel park unplayable,
the Emeralds reared up and smacked hapless Spokane, 12-1.
It was a real recovery for the local team, which before that
had slumped to fifth place after some shoddy playing on the
road.
But Cliff Dapper’s team apparently decided that it was
time to quit playing around since they were before the home
folk' And the lure of opening night prizes for the usual fir-t'
were also an invitation to start hitting with a little authority.
Storti Flings Two-Hitter
Although Hugenr exploded for five runs in the very fir-t
inning and went on to win will) more hitting power later, it
was pitching that also played an important role in the opener
win. <’*eorgc Storti, a relief hurler w ith only 2 2/3 innings of
action before Tuesday, went all the way for I iapper’s club with
a two-hitter—the best performance by an Kmcrald chucker so
far.
The opener really attracted a good crowd to watch this
performance. About 4400 fans crowded into the rebuilt park
,to watch the game. There was plenty of difficulty getting
the game underway—the power system went on the blink
and the game started 22^2 minutes late—but no one minded
much.
Sonic of the parking space around the park is still unusable
and cars spilled out around the park for blocks every direction.
Shortly before K p in. there was a line of cars the complete
length of the highway overpass. Fans kept coming in until
after 9 p.m.
Standing Room Only
At the game many people had to stand up. although there
were several empty seats in the $1.25 box section, which is
merely several rows of chairs stretching around in front of
the main stands. People that paid only 50 cents sat in them
after the game started but no one seemed to mind.
For foul balls hit into the stands, the management sent
ushers to quickly retrieve all of the expensive baseballs from
fans—but they gave them cheaper balls autographed by
the players in return. The Emerald Empire baseball club
isn’t missing a bet to keep their fans satisfied.
The field itself, which has been under the care of Bobby
Docrr, former Boston Red Sox great at second base, was far
from in top shape for the opener. The late spring rains and
the cow-pasture quality of the land made the outfield still
plenty rough—and caused lots of trouble with balls hit into
the outfield.
Infield Sharp, Spirited
The team looked plenty sharp. The infield reminds us of the
Oregon Ducks’ fine infield, especially when they whip the
ball for double plays. The whole team has pep* and spirit and
really talk it up.
Like most professional clubs today, the Emeralds have
some foreign talent on the squad. Tico Houradou, utility
infielder, and Granny Gladston, an ex-Portland Beaver and
centerfielder, are both from Panama. Neither can speak
English very well, but Gladstone, especially, has plenty of
power and his shrill whistle can be heard all over the park.
Opening night fans got to see some good hitting from the
Emeralds, but one of the disappointments was Catcher-Man
ager Cliff Dapper. He is one of the team's top hitters, but got
only two walks, a strikeout, popout and groundout in five
trips. He was a sucker for slow curve pitching but, as one fan
put it, he gets paid for what he knows, not what he does.
Beavers Smash
Cougars, 24-12,
In ND Slugfest
NORTHERN DIVISION
BASEBALL STANDINGS
Te»m W L Pet.
j Oregon 7 0 1 OOO
Oregon Slate 4 0 1.000
Washington Stale 4 3 .371
Washington 4 6 .400
Idaho 0 10 .000
PULLMAN, Wash.!AP| Ore
gon State combined 19 singles
with three triples and a double
to beat Washington State 23-12
in a wild, three hour and 25
minute Northern Division base
ball game Wednesday.
The win leaves the Beavers
with an unblemished ND record.
Oregon has also had a perfect
season so far.
OSC pitchers A1 Guidotti and
Lynn Mohler gave up 22 hits to
the Cougars, but they were ef
fectively scattered.
Jack Hardman hit a home run
for WSC in the three-run seventh
in a rally that fell far short of
the seven runs OSC pushed
across in its half of the inning.
OSC 103 304 742—24 23 2
WSC 020 010 342—12 22 6
Guidotti, Mohler <8i and Love
joy; Webb, Freeman (41, Aiken
(6), Smith (7), Hergert (8), Ca
vallint (9) and Rich. Golden (5).
Beavers Pick up
Two Ballplayers
PORTLAND (APi The Port
land Beavers of the Coast league
obtained two players on option
from the Kansas City Athletics
Wednesday, and at once disposed
of three other players.
The acquisitions were catcher
A1 Robertson, 24, and outfielder
Joe Taylor, 29. Robertson is sub
ject to 24-hour recall by the A’s.
The Beavers sold outfielder
Russ Sullivan to Columbus of the
International league; optioned
catcher Ron Bottler to Colum
bus. Ga., of the Sally league, sub
ject to 24-hour recall; and re
leased his brother, pitcher Bill
Bottler, to Spokane of the North
west league.
Taylor comes with the reputa
tion of a power hitter. He batted
.323 for Ottawa of the Interna
tional league last year, and hit
23 home runs.
Sports Staff!
Desk Editor: Jack Wilson.
Staff: Buzz Nelson and Jerry
Claussen.
Sigma Chi Tips
Phi Delts, 3-2
A forfeit, a postponement, and
a protested game marred Wed
j nesday's final round of intra
mural softball action, but the
one completed and uncontested
game was a good one.
Sigma Chi edged past Phi Del
ta Theta, 3-2, to gain the League
II crown with four straight wins.
Jack Sherman’s home run with
no one aboard in the fifth Inning
won the ballgame for the Sig’s.
A walk to Doug Earlman, and
three-bagger by Keith Barker
and a single by Kent Dorwin
scored the first two Sig runs.
Rich Butler went the distance
for the Sig’s. Jim Briles tripled
i for the Phi Delt’s.
Jack Robinson pitched the Sig- I
i rna Nu's to an 8-0 win over The
| ta Chi in a game that was pro
| tested by Theta Chi. Robinson
allowed no one past first base,
: and Ed Keegan homored in the
Sigma Nu cause. The win gave -
Sigma Nu the League I cham- ;
i pionship.
A mixup in dates caused post
ponement of the French hall
■ Nestor hall tilt. A win for Nes
tor would give them the League ;
V title, while a loss would throw
1 them into a tie for first with
Straub frosh.
Phi Gamma Delta grabbed a
forfeit win over Lambda Chi Al
pha in the only other scheduled
game.
In intramural track. Delta T$u
Delta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon
won by forfeit over Chi Psi and
Hunter hall, respectively.
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