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EMERALD SPORTS Duck Track Squad Slates Home Meet By PAUL POLSKY Associate Sports Editor The Oregon track team will make their first home appearance on the Hayward Field oval Sat-1 urday with the initial competition getting under way at 1 p.m. The Ducks will host the Santa Clara Youth Village, Montana State and the Oregon Track Club Seven big names will be com peting with three 1965 All-Anier icans and four Olympians entered in the afternoon's events. The three All-Americans in clude Bruce Mortenson, Ken Moore, and Neil Steinhauer—all of them Ducks. The trio led the Ducks to a tie for the NCAA crown last spring with USC. The four Olympians include Les Tipton, a former Duck, in the javelin. Dave Weill, the ex Stanford Indian who throws the discus, Jack Yerman in the 440 from California, and Phil Conley, a javelin thrower. Praise for Team Looking back to last weekend's competition with SCYV, Sacra mento State and Cal Davis, Duck coach Bill Bowerman had praise for a few of his thinclads. “Steinhauer, Jere Van Dyk, and Wade Bell all looked excep tionally good,” said Bowerman. He went on to say that Bob Blum looked good too, even though the sophomore hurdler knocked down seven flights of hurdles. On the other side, Bowerman was quite concerned about his senior hurdlers. “They looked complacent, they are not quite as far along as I would like them to be at this time.” Overall Bowerman was pleased with his team’s showing. He said, “It was a very good meet, we got a lot of work done.” The Ducks suffered one casu alty on the trip as junior Jim Wood was left in a Redding, Cal. hospital, suffering from a kidney stone problem. SCYV Strong The Santa Clara Youth Village has a strong team including the Olympians. Yerman ran a 47.1 last week against the Ducks and won the race easily. Van Dyk tied for second with a clocking of 47.7. Yerman participated for the USA in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy. Dave Weill won the discus last weekend at the Santa Barbara Easter Relays with a toss of 190 feet plus. Conley also competed at Santa Barbara and placed high in the open division of the javelin competition with a throw better than 235 feet. Les Tipton, the former Oregon Duck and Olympic competitor, will hurl the javelin against Con ley. which should produce some pretty good competition. Tipton will be representing the Oregon Track Club. The University of California will send their seven-foot high jumper, Gene Johnson, to the meet. He will accompany the SCYV team. Cal is idle but John son was looking for some com petition to sharpen his skills and will jump in Eugene. Looking at the Ducks. Bower man plans to do a little experi menting with his team this week and move some of his men around in the various events. Bell In 440, Payne in Sprints Wade Bell will run the 440, he ran the mile last week, Gordy Payne will run the 100 and 220 in order to increase his speed work, and Jere Van Dyk will run the half mile. Coach Bowerman also noted that the two mile race has been switched, by agreement, to a steeplechase event. As it turns out this event will probably shape up as an Oregon and Oregon TC event with little or not outside competition. The mile will see Dave Wil bourn, a flashy sophomore from Albany running for the Ducks. In the 880 along with Van Dyk will be another sophomore, Mike Crunican from Roseburg. Bowerman continues to be dis tressed at the prospects in the broad jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault. Bob Varley and Tom Dodge are entered in the pole vault, while Herman Brane and Bob Wodell will compete in the broad jump. Bob Shephard and John Franz are entered in the high jump while the triple jump is still a question mark with Werner Son nenschein injured. The meet will officially get under way at 1 p.m. with the broad jump. The other field events will begin at 1:30 and the running events will commence at 2 o’clock. NOT TO BE OUT-DONE BY OTHK CAR RENTAL SERVICES NIX Shell Service OFFERS STUDENTS VOLKSWAGENS FOR RENT $3.95 a day $.05 a mile ALSO U-HAUL RENTALS 698 E. Broadway 342-3951 Hardballers Win, Lose By DAVE BARONTI Sports Writer Thanks to a pair of winning performances by sophomore pitch er Jerry Gjesvold, Oregon was able to defeat Unfield, 2-1, in the! first game of a baseball double header Wednesday on Howe Field. A pair of winning perform ances because Gjesvold won (1) i on the mound where he limited the Wildcats to one run in seven innings and (2) at the plate where his 360-foot homer over the cen terfield wall in the third inning gave the Ducks a 1-1 tie and set the stage for the winning run in the fourth. But, though the sophomore's performance was about as good JERRY GJESVOLD Mound Win Pins Homer as anybody’s on the squad, he still was not, according to coach Don Kirsch, anywhere near his best. And neither were the other members of the Oregon squad Consequently, Linfield, picking up a run in the first, two more in the second, and another two in the seventh, found the Ducks easy prey in the second game and beat them, 5-2. “Our hitting wasn’t anywhere as good as I expected,” said Kirsch. “I’m not taking anything away from Linfield—they're a good club—but we hit better on the trip and against better pitch ing.” The trip he referred to was a spring vacation tour of the South west that saw the Ducks compile a 1-7 record against two of the best clubs in the country—Ari Women's Softball Holds 1st Meeting The Women’s Recreation As sociation’s softball interest group will hold its first meeting for all interested girls at 4 p.m. Thurs day on the sunporch. Becky Sisley, who has played softball with the Portland Erv Lind Florist team, is the faculty advisor. Convenient 1 DAY Service DRIVE OUT sicamunrs f" -A NAME YOU CAN TRUST 345-6321 821 E. 13th DRIVE IN zona and Arizona State. As an example, he cited lion Dclplanehe who, on that trip, batted over 4(M) Today,’’ said Kisch, "he went hitless." And with the exception of left fielder Jim Moore who played •well,” the rest of the team was about as low. Wildcats Score First I,infield opened up the scoring in the first game by getting a walk and two singles to fill the bases with none out in the second Gjesvold struck out the next bat ter. but allowed the run when Frank Molak’s sacrifice single scored shortstop Punk Wells. After that, the Wildcat s growled often, but didn't bite. The Ducks used (ijesvold's homer and a wild fourth inning, culminated by a single by Scott Cress which scored Dale Ehler from second, to complete the scoring. Infield pop-ups and costly er rors contributed to Oregon's de feat in the second game. The Ducks, besides popping out eight times in seven innings, bobbled the ball at the key mo ments—bobbles that had a hand m every i.nineio run. The tirst inning net the pace. Punk Wells doubled In loft-fleldcr Steve CoIIete after the throw home sailed over catcher Dale Khlcr's head. In the second, Wildcat out fielder Val Lewis reached tirst on an error charged to both the first baseman and the shortstop. Several plays later, Lewis and teammate Terry Durham scored when Jay Bandonis singled them in with two men out. And in the seventh, John Lee reached tirst on a hobble by the Oregon third baseman, stole sec ond on a wild pitch, and then came home on a double by Den ny Schweitzer Punk Wells, who walked between Lee and Schweit zer, also scored on the play. A pair of runs coming off clean up hitter Rich Armstrong's fourth inning homer over the right field wall accounted for the only Duck scoring. Steve Bunker, who pitched three innings before giving way to Jim Donnelly, was charged with the loss Oregon's next action will he with Pacific Friday at Howe Field Keyed-up students: unwind at Sheraton during spring and summer vacation and save money this FREE 10 Card entitles you to generous room discounts at most Sheratons. (Teachers can enioy the same discounts.) Ask loi your liee ID Card I rom the Sheraton rep on campus. Norman L. Nevers 344-5826 SHERATON Sheraton I lotcls & Motor In ns (S) THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB AND THE COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE The Tirst Jlnnual Book-of-the-Month Club Writing Tellowship Trogram The program will consist of four teen fellowships of $3000 each to be awarded to seniors during the aca demic year 1966-67, which coincides with the fortieth anniversary of the Book-of-the-Month Club. For complete details, see a member of your English Department or write to: DR. DONALD SEARS, DIRECTOR BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB WRITING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM c/o COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001
