Ducks face WSU and fans
By JOHN HENDERSON
Of the Emerald
When the baseball season
began with the budget cut to
peanuts and the schedule cut
even more, the last thing Oregon
coach Mel Krause was looking
forward to was the Ducks' North
ern Division opener with defend
ing champion Washington State
this weekend.
But in the mire of Oregon’s
modest 5-2 win over Portland
Tuesday, Krause saw enough
good things to give him a new
positive outlook on Friday's
matchup in Pullman.
“Yesterday we finally looked
like a ball club," said Krause. “We
played with confidence, swung
the bat and pitched intelligently.
When you do that, it provides a
completely different atmosphere.
We didn't play with confidence last
week. I would hate to have played
Washington State then.
“I'm really looking forward to
this weekend," he beamed. “I love
to play Washington State. They’re
exciting and a good baseball
team. We'll get a good idea of
what to expect the rest of the
year.”
What the 10-5 Ducks can ex
pect this weekend is cold weather,
a rabid crowd and one powerful
baseball team. The Cougars have
compiled a 19-8 record after play
ing in such tournaments as the
Banana Belt and the talent-rich
Riverside tournament and Best of
the West Classic.
The Cougars lost only three
players from last year’s champ
ionship team and return such
stars as All-Division pitcher Tracy
Harris and first baseman Phil
Westendorf (.372).
"They don't have the overall
power they had last year," said
Krause. "This year, they're good
line drive hitters with good speed. ’’
They’ll be a real test for
Oregon’s defense as 32 of the 63
runs Duck pitchers have allowed
this year have been unearned.
Krause, however, feels the kev
Photo by Pony fluMt
Oregon's women's softball team was downed in its second non
counting pre-season warmup by McCulloch Chain Saws, 9-4, at Ama
zon Park Wednesday. There was a catch, though - the Ducks' star
pitcher, Shawna Baxter, was on the mound for McCulloch this time.
Here, the Saws' Connie Anderson gets a hit.
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“It all boils down to the pitching
staff throwing to spots,” he said.
"If they saw Catfish Hunter pitch
Monday night, they saw a real ar
tist at work. He didn’t overpower
Baltimore at all, but he made them
hit pitches they didn’t want.
“With a team like Washington
State, you don’t try to overpower
them.’’
Brian Peterson (2-1) will be the
first pitcher to be thrown in the
lions' den Friday, while Mike Jor
dan (0-1) and Vic Kelley (2-0) are
scheduled for Saturday's
double-header.
Freshman shortstop Jeff
Heaton has also been called upon
to cure Oregon’s defensive woes.
Because of a thigh injury suffered
early in the year, Heaton has
played in only four games. But
he'll be inserted against the
Cougars and hard hitting Ray
Smith (.286) will be moved to third
base.
"That’s a tough series for
Heaton to start in,” said Krause,
"but Smith made some great
plays at third Tuesday and those
two make our defense much
stronger."
Other starters will be Ron Hol
lins (.238) at catcher, Dave Ulrich
(.360) at first, Glenn Gaboury
(.408) at second, Paul Kirsch
(.229) in left, Mike Connolly (.394)
in center and Rob Closs (.310) in
riyrn.
Krause said his biggest concern
for this line-up isn’t the Cougars
explosive offense, it's their ex
perience or their tough pitching.
“The greatest thing is the har
rassment from the student body,”
said Krause of the baseball
hotbed. “ They draw three to four
thousand fans and they can get
pretty personal. For a first year
group it can detract and bother
them.
‘ But it’s fun to play under those
conditions because you play har
der — if we re prepared.”
Intent day goes
with nothing new
There were no surprises in
store Wednesday as the first day
for basketball players to sign col
lege letters of intent passed with
no new Ducks in the fold.
According to assistant coach
Ron Billingslea, Oregon has
“several solid possibilities," but no
one definite at this time.
“It could be tomorrow, this
weekend, or next week before we
have anyone for sure,” said Bil
lingslea. “It's just a matter of
time."
Notice of Annual Meeting
The University of Oregon Bookstore, Inc., will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, April 15,
1976, 5:00 p.m., Room 138 Gilbert Hall, University of Oregon campus.
The purposes of the annual meeting shall be to receive annual reports of officers of the
corporation, review amendment of Articles of Incorporation proposed by the Directors regarding
Directors' terms of office, make such recommendations or proposals to the Board of Directors as the
members may deem advisable and to receive nominations for membership on the Board of
Directors.
Positions on the Board of Directors open for nomination are:
One (1) freshman for a one (1) year term.
Two (2) sophomores for two (2) year terms
One (1) student-at-large for a one (1) year term
Two (2) graduate students for one (1) year terms
One (1) faculty member for a two (2) year term
The meeting is open to all registered students of the University of Oregon, all faculty members
employed on the Eugene campus and all classified staff members holding a fulltime University
position.
BOOKSTORE ANNUAL MEETING
APRIL 15th
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sports
Golfers seventh in
Houston Golf Classic
HOUSTON, Tex. — Oregon, with a team total of 291 strokes, is in
seventh place after the first round of play in the Houston All-American
Golf Classic. Team leader following the first round is Oklahoma State
with 276. Southern Methodist University is in second place with 284.
In individual competition, SMU’s Mike Debult is the first-day leader
with a total of 66. Oregon’s Peter Jacobsen is in ninth place with
33-37-70. Other Ducks are Jeff Sanders, 36-36-72; Don Wiggins,
36-38-74; Scott Tuttle, 36-39-75 and Steve Prugh, 38-43-81.
Oregon placed eighth in the Classic last year with a 72-hole team total
of 1,201. It was its highest finish since 1971, the first year the Ducks
participated in the event, when they placed fifth.
Voorhees wins award
Oregon’s Dave Voorhees, who
set personal records in both the
shot put and discus against UCLA
Saturday, was named Pacific-8
track and field athlete of the week
along with long distance runner
Randy Brown of Oregon State.
Voorhees won the discus in
201-8, and heaved the shot
61-3V2, good for second place.
The junior from Tulelake, Cal.,
currently has the best discus
throw in the conference this sea
son.
A nominee for the award was
Oregon's Dacre Bowen, who won
the 400 meters in 46.7 and an
chored the Ducks’ winning mile
relay team.
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Oregon to host badminton tourney
The University's club sports program and PE department
are sponsoring a state AAA high school badminton team tour
nament Saturday in Gerlinger B-54. The co-ed tourney will be
held along with an instructor’s workshop directed by Dr. Jean
nine Bennet of Oregon.
Ojcks place well at Pear Blossom Open
Oregon's badminton team took three first and four second
places recently in the Pear Blossom Open badminton tourna
ment held in Medford.
Randy Oswald was first in A' men s doubles, Chris Olson
won the ladies singles division, and Dave and Chris Olson
combined for a win in B' mixed doubles. Second places were
taken by Gary VanderWall in singles, doubles and mixed A'
events, Casey Janz in ladies singles, Chris Olson and Casey
Janz in ladies' doubles and Bob Schaefer in men’s A' doubles.
Table tennis squad to meet PSU, PCC
Oregon’s table tennis team will host Portland State and
Portland CC in a match at 1 p.m. Saturday in Gerlinger B-52.