Oregon Takes Baseball
I In- regular spring -ports season is over and Oregon teams
arc once more riding atop the Northern Division in the two
main sports baseball and track. Both were expected, and
both were won by only narrow margins.
Coach Don Kirsch’s baseball team waited until the last
game to nail down their third pennant in a row. It was a team
effort, with everyone hitting just fair for the weekend. But
Sophomore Pitcher Terry Maddox practically lived on the
mound to quiet OSC’s big hitters and sew up the crown,
l or the third straight season it was an OSC and Oregon
>ear in baseball with the other three teams never in the run
ning after the halfwax' point. Both individually and teamwise
the Beavers and Ducks dominated the campaign.
All-Stars Back Again
\\ itli the end of the X I) season comes time to pick an all
star team. Most of last -ca^m - all-X'D team has been placing
this -eason. and several are candidates for the dream team
attain. Washington State never got to appear in the Wiliam-'
clt<' \ allej and Idaho played only two games, which makes
picking an all-star team tough. Hut here goes.
Pitchers—Normally two hurlers are chosen for the all
star team. Last year Oregon's Norm Forbes and WSC's
Let Dahlquist made it. This year Maddox is head and shoul
ders above all the others with six straight league wins. With
him it’s a tossup among Washington’s Bill Reams, OSC’s
Joe Epperle and WSC’s Jerry Bartow. Make it Reams.
Catcher -Last year Oregon's Xeil Marlett won the nod
from the coaches f<*r hi- fine receiving and a .321 hatting
average. This year the race is between he and OSC’s Dan
Love joy, a newcomer who can really hit with a .169 league
average. Love joy outshone Marlett in both receiving and hit
tiiu last weekend while the Oregon catcher hit less than .201)
for tin season. It ha- to he Love joy.
Dean Tops Firstbasemen
! -t base The only logical choice is OSC's Jav Dean. The
big poker-face was an All-American in 1954 when he hit .43*).
Thi> season he hit .545 for the X1) campaign, a new conference
record.
2nd base—Here is another easy choice for the all-star spot.
Oregon’s Jimmy Johnson, probably the most improved
player in the league, is by far the top performer here. Last
year's choice here. Chuck Fisk of OSC, has been hitting
miserably. Johnson has turned in sensational fielding to go
with a batting average over .300.
3rd base --This is a tough one. Oregon’s Pete Williams was
the all star pick last year, but hasn't been hitting and has
kicked the ball around a lot. OSC Sophomore Jerrv Bettendorf
i- a hard hitter and Idaho's Flip Kleffner is a good all-around 1
ballplayer. Hut Washington's Jack Ballard, a converted catch-1
er who hit A(<7 last season and .378 in 1955. gets the nod as
the most valuable to hi- team.
Keller Heads Shortstops
Shortstop- Another Oregon man gets this spot. Johnny
Keller, the other half of the slick Duck double-play combina
tion. is the natural here. He hit onlv .246 last season as a sopho
more hut has upped this considerably this season to become a
standout.
Outfield—By position it’s OSC’s Phil Jantze in left, Ore
gon’s George Shaw in center and Forbes in right. Jantze
is the hottest prospect in several years, Shaw is already a
three-time all-star in center and Forbes is Oregon’s greatest
hitter in history. There are several other good flycatchers
in the league, but only room for three on a team.
'There are the picks. The team is full of Oregon and OSC
plavers. 'The I hicks get five, just like last year, and the Beavers
get three, the same as in 1954. But it’s only logical. The Hea
vers and Ducks have the best players.
FINAL NORTHERN DIVISION
BASEBALL STANDINGS
Team W L Pet
Orison • 10 ^ .769
Oregon H 4 ,ff-1
WuMimgton State 6 4 .600
Waahinfcton 7 7 .500
Idaho o J.J .000
Friday’* R <r*. u 11 *
At Eugtir, Or r gaff 7 7, Oregon Stat/
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At Motcot, Idaho 5, WSf*9.
Saturday'* Renultfi
At (.'orvalliH, Oregon ,st;,tr 6-4. Oregon
4 10.
At Pullman. WSf* 5. Idaho ^
By Buzz Nelson
Emer.ld Aitittant Sports Editor
Oregon gathered in the blue
chip« at Corvallis Saturday,
turning bank the challenge of the
Oregon State Beavers to annex
a third consecutive Northern Di
vision bane ball championship.
The Duck* only needed a split
in the weekend series— but al
most didn't get it. The two rivals
traded wins on Friday, 7-1 for
Oregon and 15-7 for the Beavers,
but the Aggies nabbed the first
Saturday contest 6-4.
Thus the whole bankroll went
riding on the second game, and
Oregon’s Terry Maddox -the
brilliant sophomore righthander
cashed in. Hurling his second
win in two days, Maddox stopped
the Beavers 10-4. retaining the
championship for the Yellow and
Green.
The next stop for Coach Don
Kirsch’s club is Los Angeles and
the Pacific Coast conference
playoffs, May 28-29. The defend
ing PCC and Far West champs
will face a favored USC team
that swept Southern Division
honors.
Maddov Pitches Often
The strongarmed Maddox was
again the man of the day. Only
Friday he flashed a six-hitter
at the Beavers to win the open
ing game 7-1, and came back in
relief in the second contest. Then
on Saturday, with Kirsch des
perate for pitching, the Medford
star took the hill again to hurl
the final win.
Backed by an Oregon attack
that rolled up nine runs in the
first two innnigs, Maddox al
lowed nine hits over the seven
inning route, but dealt them out
sparingly. He had the Beavers
on his hip all the way as the
game never threatened to get
out of hand.
The inning that clinched the
championship was the second, in
which the Ducks scored seven
times. Oregon had tallied twice
in the first on John Keller's walk,
an error and a long triple by
Dick Schlosstein.
Big Inning Wins
But in the second they salted
the pennant away. Jerry Ross
and Jim Johnson drew walks and
Neal Marlett doubled them both
home. Maddox got an infield hit
and, after Keller went out. Shaw
drew a pass to load the bases.
Norm Forbes then forced Marlett
Hale Kane Takes
Top Spot in Golf
Hale Kane's red-hot golf team
became the first spiing intramural
champion Sunday as it trounced
the defending champion Phi Delta
Theta team at Oakway golf
course.
It was the third championship
of the year for the men from Hale
Kane. Last fall they took down
both the A and B volleyball
crowns.
The teams started playing Sat
urday and Hale Kane won five out
of the first six points. Hale Kane
first Man Art Fujita paced his
four-man team with a brilliant 67.
The title was decided Sunday
when nine more holes were played
with the new champions winning
two out of thiee points for a 7-2
lead. The Phi Delt’s forfeit the
final three.
at the plate, but Schlosstein
walked to score Maddox with the
third run,
Pete Williams, the next batter,
had been in a fearful slump, but
drove a solid double down the
left field line to score Shaw and
Forbes. Jerry Ross whacked a
long single to plate two more
and there were the seven runs
and the ND crown. Shaw added
a homer in the fourth for good
measure.
The Beavers tried to get back
with two runs in their half of
the second and single tallies in
the sixth and seventh, but prom
ising rallies were cut short.
Oregon Defense Improves
The Oregon defense came up
with some sensational play3 after
shoddy fielding in the second and
third games. Kellar starred afield
throughout the series and made
several fine stops in the final
contest.
In the first game Oregon ran
into a roadblock in the form of
Lowell Pearce. The OSC right
hander set down 22 Duck bat
ters in a row before Oregon got
a four-tun rally going in the
eighth. Keller blasted a bases
loaded triple to briefly tie the
score 4-4.
But the Beavers came back to
win in the last of the eighth as
two runs scored on Jerry Exley’s
single.
The Friday games were both
one-sided. The Webfoots took the
first on Maddox' tight pitching.
George Shaw, who hit 7-for-14
for the four games, led the hit
ters and made a beautiful catch
of A1 Guidotti’s long curving
drive in the third.
Oregon State jumped to a 12-0
lead in the second game and
routed five Oregon pitchers be
fore the slaughter was over.
Duck hitters also got the range
on Joe Epperle to score seven
runs, with Shaw and Forbes bat
ting in three apiece.
Forbes, who socked .476 in
1954 to lead the league, racked
out six hits in a row in the sec
ond and third games and finished
with ND batting average of .593
on 16 hits in 27 at bats. Jay Dean
■ of the Beavers collected 24 for
44 to bat .545, but will probably
be awarded the official batting
i crown as Forbes did not appear
at the plate enough times. In any
case a new league record Has
been set, surpassing Frank Roe
landt's .508 average of 1949.
Large and enthusiastic crowds
of around 3500 turned out each
flay. Displacing the umpires as
chief target for abue from the
fans was the venerable OSC
coach, Ralph (Coley) Coleman.
Repeated conferences with his
pitchers and hitters and cojitin
ued delays of the game by the
Beaver mentor brought about
more objections from the fans
at Corvallis than at Eugene.
1st game:
1st game R H E
Oregon State 000 001 000—1 6 0
Oregon .004 102 OOx—7 12 0
Guidotti, Mohler (6) Lovejoy;
Maddox and Marlett. „
2nd game R H E
Oregon State 103 082 1—15 16 1
Oregon .000 040 3— 7 9 4
Epperle and Lovejoy; Blodgett,
Maddox (5), Lundell (5), Stiles
16), Olsen (7) and Marlett, Bo
wen (7).
3rd game R H E
Oregon .000 000 040—4 7 2
Oregon State 022 000 02x—6 7 0
Gamer, Lehl (8) and Marlett;
Pearce and Lovejoy.
4th game R H E
Oregon .270 100 0—10 7 2
Oregon State .020 001 1— 4 9 2
Maddox and Marlett; Wilson,
Johnson (2) DeHaas (2), Epper
le (2) and Lovejoy.
IM Schedule
Monday
Softball Finals
4:00 Phi Kappa Psi vs. Sigma
Chi, north field.
Track
4:55 Phi Delta Theta vs. Hale
Kane, intramural field.
Alpha Tau Omega vs. Sig
ma Chi, intramural field.
Tennis
4:00 Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs.
Delta Tau Delta, courts 4,
5. 6.
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