The W'ebfoots dragged.dowii their third consecutive North
ern Division baseball championship last weekend and a most
welcome win it was, too. It meant a lot to those seniors—and
to those~5ther players who have played on the previous Ore
gon winners.
It means a lot to the student body and those connected
with the University. The year 1954-55 was one of the best
for athletics at Oregon in a good long time. Not only did the
Ducks have the finest football team in the Northwest and a
tremendous individual performer in George Shaw, but they
also captured championships in track and baseball.
The season isn’t quite over for the last two sports. In the
PCC meet here Friday and Saturday Oregon track fans will
finally get a chance to see Bill Rowerman's stalwarts perform
against top-flight competition. And after the PCC, there will
be other meets for such stars as Bill Dellinger, Ken Reiser,
ancffpim Bailey.
Forbes Loss Overcome
Coach Don Kirsch did a good job with the baseball team
this year, especially considering the arm trouble of all-Coast
pitcher Norm Forbes. With only one dependable luirler in
Terry Maddox. Kirsch still managed a 10-3 ND mark.
Another big test is set for this weekend when the Ducks
invade the lair of the Trojans. Southern California, playing
on its home field, will be heavily favored, despite losing in
the Far West playoffs last spring. Coach Rod Dedeaux and
his veteran club remember those 1954 losses and will be in
a vengeful mood.
If Oregon gets by F,l Trojan there will still be another
hurdle before the NCAA playoffs at Omaha Tune 10-14. The
winner of the PCC will be matched against the survivot of a
tournament of four at-large teams.
Willamette In Tournament
This double elimination tourney, to be played at Fresno,
Calif., opens today with Pepperdine playing San Jose State
and Willamette, Northwest Conference winner, meeting Fres
no State. The playoff between the PCC champ and the winner
of this tourney will be held June 3-4 at Los Angeles. Then on
to the NCAA at Omaha.
Since the PCC playoffs were inaugurated in 1947, no
Northern Division team has ever won in the Southland.
Washington State, in 1950, Oregon State, in 1952, and Ore
gon, in 1954, won on their home grounds. But the closest an
ND team has come to winning in California was in 1951
when Oregon State lost two games to one to USC.
That was the year that big Bailey Brem took the first Satur
day game in high style, but was batted out of the box when
Coach Coleman started him again in the Saturday nightcap.
The Beavers made a late-game rally but couldn't catch up.
Ducks Without Precedent
So the Ducks have no precedent to work on. If they win
they’ll be the first. And to win they’ll have to play the best they
have all year. That means top flight pitching, and not only
from Terry Maddox. Two Medford sophomores might have
to pitch two games if the series goes to three games, but some
body will have to take a mound turn.
A possibility, of course, is Forbes. He’s only pitched three
innings all season, but Kirsch may decide to throw him
against the Trojans. If not, then Bill Garner or Bill Blodgett
will probably get the nod for the second game. Garner looked
good against OSC Saturday, and but for several fielding
lapses (one of them his own), might have emerged a 4-2
winner.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: F. Allen Johnson.
Staff: Charles H. Mitchelmore,
Fearnaught B. Nelson.
Norb Wellman of OSC was
the Northern Division’s work
horse pitcher in 1954. The Beav
er captain pitched 66 innings and
struck out 45 batters while win
ning four games and losing
three.
Ducks, Trojans Start
Conference Playoff
DICK SCHLOS8TEIN
Heady for Trojans
Sigma Chi Gets
Softball Crown;
ATO's in Track
Sigma Chi, Alpha Tau Omega
and the Dorm Counselors were
elevated to intramural champion
ships in softball, track and ten
nis as a result of Thursday after
noon games.
An error-filled contest saw the
Sigs edge Phi Kappa Psi 8-7 in
the softball final, delayed for
three days; the ATO’s downed
Sigma Phi Epsilon in track
39'2-29'2; and the Dorm Coun
selors took Hale Kane, 2-0, in
the net final.
Sigma Chi's Unbeaten
Supplanting Phi Kappa Sigma
as softball champs, Sigma Chi
completed a march to the finals
defeating four league opponents
handily, and whipping Barrister
Inn and the Legal Eagles in
playoff action.
Outfield errors hurt the Phi
Psi cause as the Sigs put over
three first-inning runs on two
erros by the losers. Phi Psi
countered with three tallies in
the second, but Sigma Chi got
the go-ahead tally in their half.
Two-run innings in both the
third and fifth gave Sig pitcher
Rich Butler margin enough to
win. Phi Psi got three runs in
the ffth, with Bob Sommerville's
two-run single the big blow, and
a final marker in the seventh.
Larry Anderson was the losing
hurler.
Morris Leads ATO’s
In track, A1 Morris led Alpha
Tau Omega with wins in the
pole vault and three-quarter
mile run. Max Anderson took a
5’8” win in the high jump, Jerry
Jones put the shot 49 feet, and
Sam Notos broad-jumped 20’5”
for other ATO wins.
For the losing Sig Eps, Don
Spinas captured the 70-yard
high hurdles and Tom Moreland
took the 75-yard dash. The relay
trio of Moreland, Spinas and
Tom Taylor also won.
Defending champions for the
three sports were Phi Delta
Theta in the track competition,
Phi Kappa Sigma in softball,
^nd Alpha Tau Omega in tennis.
IM Titles Split
This spring’s results saw two
fraternities and two independ
ent teams capture titles. The
Hale Kane team won the golf
title in an earlier contest.
The softball win was worth
150 points, with the runner-up
Phi Psi’s getting 134 tallies.
Track accounted for 100, with
87 for the second-placers. And
tennis was good for 100 also,
and 87 for second.
Oregon goes alter its second
I Pacific Coast conference base
ball title in & row this afternoon
in Los Angeles, meeting the Uni
versity of Southern California
: in the first game of a possible
three-game series.
Following today’s game (start
ing time 2:15 p.m. 1 PST), a Sat
| urday game will be played at
I 11:30 a.m. (PST>. If neither team
has won the first two. then a
! third ami deciding contest will
; follow.
Duck Coach Don Kirsch will
: probably start Terry Maddox on
the mound against the hard-hit
ting USe club. Trojan Coach Koil
De^eaux is likely to nominate
either Ralph Pauaig or Vic Lapl
ner for first game chores.
The rest of the Oregon lineup
will be Dick Schlosatein at first.
Jim Johnson at second, Pete
Williams at third, John Keller at
short. George Shaw in center,
Jerry Ross in left and Norm
Forbes in right, and Neal Mar
lett catching.
USC will counter with Kent
Hadley lb, Jim Oros 2b. Bill Fad
dis 3b, John Stevenson, ss„ Gerry
Mason rf. Gary Robin If. Tony
Santino cf, and John Garten c.
Oregon has an 18-8 won-lost
record on the season while the
Trojans sport a 27-8 mark.
Test Runs Ended
For Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)
Drivers made their last test runs
today for the 500-mile auto race
Monday at speeds up to 138.5
miles an hour, indicating they
expect Bill Vukovich’s 130.81
mile-an-hour record last year
may not be fast enough this
time.
They were driving at supposed
racing speed with full tanks of
fuel to test carburetion and fuel
consumption.
Ed Elisian of Oakland, Calif.,
scattered a broke brake casting
over the track and Eddie Russo
of Crown Point, Ind., picked up
a nail in one of his tires. But
both kept their cars under con
trol and will be in the lineup
Monday.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
officials and a drivers’ commit
tee approved four rookies for re
lief driving, under a rule change
letting newcomers into the race
without qualifying a car.
JIM JOHNSON
Duck Second Sackrr
Athletic Honorary
Gets UO Members
Bob Reid. Terry Maddox nn l
Dave Newland have completed
all 15 requirements for Sigma
Delta Pst. national athletic hon
orary, according to Gene Evon
uk. instructor tn physical edu
cation.
Maddox, top pitcher on the
baseball team, and Reid and
Newland. both pole-vattlters on
the track team, were a select
few to finish the rugged tests
necessary to become a member
of the honorary.
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