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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1961)
Peterson Faces OSU Today As Ducks Start ND Season Don Kirsch takes his Oregon baseball team to Corvallis for an afternoon game with Oregon State, weather permitting. Denny Peterson (4-0i, the 5’7 right hander, will start for the Ducks. Both teams open the Northern Division season with this contest. The two teams will play again Saturday at Howe Field. OREOON STATE comes into the game with a 13-6 record as against 13-4 for the Webfoots. The Beavers suffered through a wretched trip to California which saw them lose five straight gjur.es -the last three by one run each. Since then, the Staters have come back impressively, winning 13 out of 14 games against North west competition. BIG LEON CRIXER will open j for Ralph Coleman's Beavers to- j day. Criner, a fastball artist, has Struck out 43 men in 32 innings while compiling a 3-1 mark. Cole man will probably save Bill Oerd ing, the leading pitcher in the Northern Division last year, for Saturday’s Howe Field game. All-America leftfielder Larry Petersen is only the third highest j Beaver in the batting averages with a .382 mark. But his 21 RBI’s, best on Oregon State, show that he's probably then most dangerous hitter. Outfielder Grimm Mason, at .397, and sopho more firstbaseman Harry Demor est, at .393, are the two leading hitters on OSC’s club. FRED BALLARD (3-1) w ill be UO Netters Host Portland, Huskies Coach Dick Williams’ varsity \ tennis squad faces a pair of tough ; opponents this weekend in its last home matches until May 11. j The Ducks take on highly rated j Portland University this after-' noon at 3:30 and then meet1 powerful Washington tomorrow morning at 10:30 on the Univer sity court s. Washington has not lost a match to an ex-Northern Division team since 1937 but must not take the undefeated Oregon net ters lightly. The Ducks have de feated all five foes they've met this season. Larry Brooks, Charlie Vaughn. Jim Knight, Don Semon, Ed Rob inson and John Cavanagh will all see action against both Portland and Washington. SENTIMENTS * TAKE HER TO B2J00HS UaQaD on the mound for Oregon in the ; troubles at the plate, have started second game of the series. The to hit the ball lately. Their team Ducks, who have had their average is a healthy .283. ONE OF DON KIRSCH'S most dependable hitters all year has bwn outfielder Jim t’lotilier. The slender, right-handed hitting junior is among the Ducks* leaders at the plate with a .406 average. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NATIONAL. LEAGUE W L G» Cincinnati . 5 3 Sun Francisco .5 4 Vi Pittsburgh 3 4 '/i SI. Liulu 3 4 '/i Los Angeles . 5 5 1 Chicago .2 8 1 Vi Milwaukee .2 3 1 Vi Philadelphia . 2 5 2'/i Thursday** scores: San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 1 Chicago 3. Pittsburgh 0 Milwaukee 7, Philadelphia 0 St. Louis II, Los Angeles 2 . Mickey Mantle and Bob Turley led the New York Yankees to a doubleheader sweep over the Los Angeles Angels. 7-5 and 4-2. MANTLE DROVE In five runs with a pair of homers in the first game and Turley got credit for his second win of the season in the nightcap. Roy Slcvers. Jim Landis and A1 Smith each hit home runs to pace the Chicago White Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Washington Senators. AMERICAN LEAUDE W 1. on Minnesota . 5 1.. Detroit 4 I l/j New York 4 1 \{ Cleveland 3 8 2 Host oil 2 2 2 Chicago ... 2 8 2*/j Kaunas City I 2 'l\\ Washington 2 4 3 Hnltlmorc 1 4 3'/j Lot* Angeles 1 4 3 \/t Thursday's urorei: New York 1-4. I-os Angeles 5-2 Detroit 11, Cleveland 4 Chicago 6, Washington 1 FRANK LAKY scattered eight hits as Detroit mauled Cleveland 11-4. In the National League, young Mike McCormick stopped the league-leading Cincinnati Iteds on a four-hitter as the San Fran cisco Giants eked out a 2-1 vic tory. GLEN HOBBIE blanked the world champion Pittsburgh 1*1 rates 3-0. Hobble limited the Hues (ConliHUfd on />»*</*• SHISLER'S FOOD MARKET OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK—9 A M. to 11 P.M. BEVERAGES • MIXERS • ICECUBES MAGAZINES • MEATS • FRESH PRODUCE 13th at High Street Dl 4-1342 Salem refreshes your taste every puff Created by It. J. lleynoldu Tobacco Company /&£& G.c/s / For the cool, fresh soft ness in Salem’s smoke is the very essence of springtime. This most refreshing cigarette of all is made even more so by Salem’s special High Porosity paper that “air-softens” the smoke. You’ll be delighted with Salem’s springtime freshness — its rich, tobacco taste. Smoke refreshed . . . smoke Salem! menthol fresh ® rich tobacco taste • modern filter, too
