Rushing Leads Varsity
To Victory Over Alums
By WILBUR BISHOP, JP«.
Of the Emerald
The “Fighting Ducks” closed
out spring football drills Satur
day, before an estimated after
noon crowd of 5,000 at Autzen
Stadium, with a hard-fought but
satisfying 13-12 victory over the
Oregon Alumni.
The varsity unleashed hard
hitting Claxton Welch and Jim
Evcnson in a potent new-look
running attack. This combo ac
counted for the Ducks’ t w o
touchdowns and consistently
ground out first down yardage.
The “Old Ducks,” consisting of
Alumni from the past five years
and from the professional ranks,
countered with an air attack led
by former All America and now
pro quarterback Bob Berry and
Mike Brundage. Berry and
Brundage made up for a -43
yard Alumni rushing total by
completing 24 of 47 passes for
a total of 332 yards.
Run Called Back
The first few series of plays
by both teams were little more
than probes, and the first quar
ter ended scoreless. But half
back - now quarterback - Alan
Pitcaithley had a beautiful 44
yard keeper called back by of
ficials after he faked a hand
off into the line and took off
around left end.
Berry then took over and
drove the Alums 52 yards in
eight plays, finishing his drive
with a 28-yard pass to Ken
Klein on the fourth play of the
second quarter.
Letterman quarterback John
Harrington, alternating with Pit
caithley, took over early in the
second quarter. Harrington’s op
portunity to engineer a scoring
drive came after Dane Smith
intercepted a Brundage pass
and returned it 23 yards to the
Alum 16. Three plays later, Jim
Evenson scored from 14 yards
out and Ken Woody put the
Photo by Mike Kusselle
CLAXTON WELCH (22)
Leads varsity victory over Alumni
Ducks ahead by converting the
extra point attempt.
Claxton Welch, running hard
all afternoon, scored the Ducks’
winning touchdown late in the
third quarter on a three-yard
oll'-tackle plunge, giving the
Ducks a 13-6 lead. Welch set two
game records by carrying the
ball 25 times and gaining 113
yards.
The Alumni retaliated with
five minutes remaining in the
game on an “Alley Oop” pass
play from Brundage to Lachlan
Heron deep in the end zone.
This 19-yard scoring play
brought the score to 13-12, but
a bad pass from center halted
the extra point attempt, and it
looked as though the Alumni
were finished.
But the varsity, attempting to
stay on the ground and keep
the ball, gave the Alums new
life when they fumbled on the
"Old Ducks’ ” six. With 1:27
remaining, Brundage passed the
Smith, Miller Win
University Honors
Football player .1 i m Smith
ancl wrestler John Miller have
been chosen the outstanding
senior and sophomore scholar
athletes of 1968 at the Univer
sity, it was announced Saturday.
Smith, an All-American de
fensive back who signed with
the Washington Redskins Satur
day as their number one draft
choice, was honored with the
Emerald Award, jointly spon
sored by the Emerald and the
athletic department since 1951.
Miller, one of the top 115
pound wrestlers in the nation
and Pacific-Eight champion, was
given the Higdon Award, named
for Doly Higdon, a football and
track standout who was killed
in an industrial accident in
1951.
■ ■ . i . - _
Smith is an English and
Drama major with a cumulative
grade point average of 2.60. He
has appeared in a number of
University theatrical produc
tions, and is an excellent singer.
For the Webfoot football
team in 1967, he held opposing
pass receivers to only 12 re
ceptions in 10 games. The 9.7
sprinter will he tested at corner
back and punt returns by the
Redskins, according to Coach
Otto Graham.
Miller, a pre-med major, has
a cumulative grade point of
3.10. He spent the past week at
the U.S. Olympic trials in Ames,
Iowa, and placed fourth. He
will be an alternate in the 114.5
pound weight class in the final
Olympic Tryout Camp at Ala
mosa, Colo.
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Alums to the varsity 13, a drive
in which the key play occurred
when Arlan Elms took a screen
pass and raced downtield, only
to be caught by a last minute
desperation tackle.
The pressure was now on the
varsity, and the Ducks respond
ed by knocking down three pass
es and forcing the Alumni to
attempt a 31-yard field goal with
19 seconds remaining. Dave
Tobey’s kick was long enough,
but wide to the left.
The varsity had held and won
its sixth victory in nine tries
from the Alums.
“It wasn’t a very stylish win,
but it was a win,” Frei said
after the game. “I had hoped
that our offense would have
more continuity. We've got to
have some pass offense.
“We played an entire inter
squad game Wednesday, and our
flatness today was partially a
result of that.”
Coach Jack Crabtree of the
Alumni cited the scrambling de
fense of the varsity and the
Ducks’ hard running as factors
in the varsity win. He said the
Alumni “had not worked out
as a team before the game and
at times we slowed the game
up.”
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Alumni 0 6 0 6—12
Varsity ft 7 6 0—13
A—Klein 28-yard pass from Berry
(Kick blocked).
V—Evenson 14-yard run (Woody
kick).
V—Welch 3-yard run (Kick failed).
A—Heron 19-yard pass from Brun
ei age (Hun failed).
Pair of Errors
Beat Frosh, 2-1
Oregon State combined for
two singles, a fielder’s choice
and two errors in the fourth in
ning to hand the Oregon Frosh
their third straight defeat, 2-1.
The Ducklings tallied their
lone run in the fifth when Earle
Wicklund slammed a triple to
deep center field and came
home when the throw to third
went wide of the base.
Oregon runners reached third
base in each of the last three
innings but a strikeout and two
flyouts ended any scoring hopes.
OSU threatened in the fifth
when they loaded the bases on
two errors and a walk, but Rick
Mealey got the next batter to
fly to center to end the inning.
Mealey allowed the Beavers
only three hits but two came
in the fourth. Lloyd Wilson gave
up four hits to Oregon batters
while whiffing twelve.
Oregon State currently leads
the 1968 series between the two
schools 3-1.
The Ducklings, now 14-6. face
the Oregon varsity Tuesday af
ternoon and take on the Port
land State Jayvees in a 1 p.m.
Wednesday doubleheader.
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In Pacific-8 Baseball
UO Wins Pair
By JERRY MASON
Of the Emerald
The Oregon baseball team
won two out of three games
from the northern members of
the Pacific Athletic Conference
this weekend.
The Ducks battered the Uni
versity of Washington 9-1 be
hind Fred Cardwell Friday af
ternoon at Howe Field. On
Saturday, they split a twin-bill
with Washington State. Pitcher
Mike Nicksic edged the Cou
gars 3-2 in the first one, but
Cougar starter Norm Angelini
breezed to a 6-0 shutout in the
second.
Five extra base hits by the
Ducks annihilated the lackluster
Washington Huskies. A leadoif
home run in the first by Dave
Heuberger and Scott Cress’ fifth
circuit clout of the year with
one on in the fifth gave Card
well all he needed to coast to
his third victory.
Catcher John Dye's second
double of the game in the fourth
highlighted a three - run out -
burst that left the Huskies with
a deficit that proved to be in
surmountable.
Hanson Keeps Streak
In the seventh, the Ducks
closed scoring wiih three more
runs. Jim Van Wyck singled
sharply to left, and Larry Han
son moved him to third as he
maintained his nine-game hit
ting streak by lining a double
to right center.
Van Wyck scored on a wild
pitch, and after Husky reliever
Jerry Ruth loaded the bases
with a pair of walks, another
wild pitch and a throwing error
brought in two more runs.
Pitcher Fred Cardwell had
very little difficulty with Wash
ington’s hitters, as he fanned
eleven to deal the Huskies their
eleventh straight PAC baseball
loss.
Mike Nicksic hit and pitched
the Ducks to a 3-2 victory over
WSU in the first game Saturday.
Nicksic had a double, and rap
ped a timely single in a three
run fifth that gave him his
eighth victory against one loss.
Lindsay Starts Rally
The Cougars were on top 1-0
going into the bottom of the
fifth of a scheduled seven-inning
contest. Bob Lindsay led off
with a line single to right. Nick
sic punched a clean single to
left after squaring around to
bunt the runner along, and Heu
berger was nicked on the
shoulder, loading the bases.
Larry Hand executed a per
fect squeeze bunt, allowing one
run to score, and when Cougar
pitcher Joe Karp threw wide
to first, another run scored.
Then Hanson squeezed in Ileu
berger from third.
Duck bats were silenced by
fastballing Norm Angelini in
the second game. He held Ore
gon to five hits while the Cou
gars, especially Greg Schubert,
pounced on Jon Wheeler for six
runs. Schubert, who had homer
ed in the opener, hit his second
of the day in the sixth, singled
in the seventh and tripled in
the ninth.
Oregon’s record stands at 6-7.
Washington State is now 8-5.
Oregon is in fifth in the con
ference, just behind WSU.
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