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Last year the Duck baseball
squad had probably its worst
year in several, losing half its
games.
In 1902 the Ducks rolled up a
6 2 record that almost got them a
first place.
And in 1901 they were 2-1 on a
swing cut short by rain.
This year could be the best of!
all.
Before he left, coach Don
Kirsch admitted that Washington
State and not his first place Ducks
were in the driver's seat as far
as the Northern Division Cham
pionships were concerned.
But the Ducks went 4-2 on the
trip, splitting with the Cougars
And Kirsch is a little more op
timistic about his team's title
chances.
"I think it’s definitely changed
the situation," he says. "The split
with Washington State brightened
our chances considerably.”
The Duck coacb is quick to
warn, though that "Washington
State is far from out of it.”
This is the situation: for a
clear cut title any combination
of Oregon wins and WSU losses
totaling two is needed.
Oregon Win or WSU Loss
But any Oregon win or WSIJ
loss will put the Ducks in the
West Coast Playoff against USC.
Oregon holds a 3-1 edge on the
Cougars That means that all they
have to do is tie with Washington
State
But Kirsch would like to win it
outright, although his team could
go south, losing troth games to
OSU, provided WSU loses one
to Idaho.
“That's not a very thrilling
way to win. though." says Kirsch
Still, taking one from OSU
won’t be easy. “We'll have our
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hands full with the Beavers,” said
Kirsch. “They have everything
to gain and nothing to lose. We'll
have to start playing like we did
in the first part of the swing."
Play well they did in these first
few games The toughest part of
the swing is the Palouse series
against Washington State and
Idaho The Ducks came out of
that 3-1 But they only split with
Washington.
“We were all jittery against
Washington,” said Kirsch. "We
could have wrapped it up against
them but we didn't I thought the
pressure was off, hut we sure
played like we were tense I think
we were very fortunate to win the
first game, 4 3.”
What looked good to Kirsch?
Pitching, for one thing, in the
first three games. "Our pitching
was as sharp as it’s been all sea
son," said Kirsch.
He singles out his three main
starters, Bobbie Snow. Thatch Mc
Leod. and Arba Ager, as the
standouts Ager was especially
pleasing of that group
"1 didn't think Arba pitched as
well this season as he did last
year." says Kirsch. “He hasn’t
thrown as hard But Friday (he
beat Washington State 7-5) he
looked good. He had good ‘stuff’
on the ball and he was throwing
hard, too.”
Ager also pitched a good game
in relief against Washington Mon
day. “He deserved to be the win
ner of that one instead of the
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loser,” added Kirsch
McLeod had one of his best ef
forts of the year against Idaho.
The Duck pitcher is known for
his walks, hut he failed to put
anyone on base that way.
The pitching dropped a bit
against the Huskies “It was ade
quate but not particularly sharp,”
says Kirsch Wally Palmberg and
Ager had good efforts in relief, j
though.
Best Stats for Ager
Ager had the best stats for the
series, giving up just two earned
runs and striking out 14 batters
in 10 innings pitched.
Snow had three more strikeouts
than Ager but he pitched eight
more innings
Hitting? “It was real good
through the first four games,” j
said Kirsch "But not against the
Huskies. Their pitchers weren’t
very good but we didn’t take ad-:
vantage of it.”
Kirsch singled out H. D. Mur-|
phy and Don Banderas as the
hitting standouts. Murphy hit 10
for 25 on the swing and Banderas
was nine for 29 Terry Leininger
(8 for 24), and Ken Jenson (7 for
18) also earned praises from the
Webfoot coach.
Banderas earned special recog- j
nition from Kirsch. “He could be
the best all around outfielder in
the league,” grins Kirsch “It’s
too bad he got such a late start.”
Webfoot Tennis Team
Enters Far West Meet
"We’ll be fighting like heck for |
second.”
That’s Oregon tennis coach Dick
Williams’ goal this weekend in
the Far West Championships at
Moscow, Idaho.
Williams reported that the
strong Washington team is a
heavy favorite in the tourney, so
the Ducks will be working for
the number two spot.
Frosh Netmen
Meet Med-Dents
Oregon’s frosh tennis players
take on the Oregon Medical-Den
tal School team Saturday in Port
land.
Duckling coach Don Semon is
sending six men against the Med
Dents. In the number one spot is
Jeff Lewis; behind him are Bo
Miller, Dick Noel, Bob Donnelly,
Brian Laurie and Larry Bates.
The visitors, who are 4-2 on the
season, will be meeting some
strong competition. The Med-Dent
crew includes several former
Oregon State players; among
them is the Beavers’ former num-'
ber two man, Dave Ehling, who
was the Mississippi state chain
pion in high school.
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Other schools competing in the
event will be Oregon State, Wash
ington State and hosting Idaho.
Oregon, which has a 6-8 record
this year, is sending six men to
Idaho. Mike Brundage, Jerry
Keuhn, Bob Kendall, Dick Stark,
Merwin Logan and Jim Kenin will
vie in singles action. Paired off
for the two doubles matches are
Brundage and Stark and Kuehn
and Logan.
Brundage, a sophomore, has
put forth the best individual per
formance this season, as he has
gone 7-1 in singles and 4-2 in
doubles competition.
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