If softball watching is the
name of the game . . .
Like watching softball? If you do, you're in luck this summer in
Eugene.
Softball leagues have been organized through the city Parks and
Recreation Department, and games will be happening almost every
night through June and July.
The women’s teams will be playing on Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday evenings at Amazon Ballpark at 29th and Amazon Parkway,
and the men will be out each weeknight plus Sunday evenings at Shasta
Junior High, 4656 Barger Ave.
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... or peanuts, Crackerjacks
and root, root, rooting
With the coming of summer and
the lazy warm evenings that ac
company the longer days, one’s
fancy can often turn to peanuts,
Crackerjacks and root, root, root
ing for the home team.
For Eugene residents that great
American pastime — baseball —
is alive and well with the North
west League Eugene Emeralds.
The Ems, who were 54-25 last
year enroute to a second-straight
league championship, open at
home Wednesday against Aber
deen. And the ticket
prices—$2.50 reserve seats,
$1.75 for adults and a buck for
children—make a visit to Eugene
Civic Stadium at 20th and Wil
lamette Street enjoyable.
The Ems belong to the Cincin
nati Reds organization, and the
talent from such a powerhouse
parent team is evident even in the
minor leagues. In an exhibition
game in Eugene Tuesday, their
first played at home, the Emeralds
outbattled the Portland
Mavericks, 8-5.
The Ems and the Mavericks are
frequent rivals in the summer
league. Last season, Eugene beat
Portland in the playoff for the
league title.
It all adds up to something relax
ing after school or work. Single
games start at 7:45 p.m., with
doubleheaders getting under way
at 6:30 p.m.
And for those who enjoy a little
brew with their baseball, beer is
served on the premises (watch
during the season for the occa
sional 25 cent-a-cup nights).
by Jeff Nielson
Eugene caught in net
of latest tennis craze
Eugene has been caught by the
current tennis craze, leaving
empty courts hard to find, and long
waits for courts frequent. On cam
pus, three tennis court areas exist
that are supposedly restricted to
students, while city courts are a
short bicycle ride away.
The nine covered courts on
15th Avenue near University
Street are nicely surfaced and
have good lighting for night play.
Across the street are six outdoor
courts with a faster, more irregular
surface and no lights.
Eight lighted courts lie off of
Alder Street near 16th Avenue,
but have a very slow surface, poor
lighting and virtually invisible
lines. The lights at both lighted
areas are shut off at midnight.
The University's athletic de
partment conducts eight one-hour
sessions of beginning tennis les
sons from 7:30 a m. to 3:30 p.m.
Monday through Thursday and
five sessions of intermediate ten
nis from 7:30 to 11:30 a m. Mon
day through Thursday and 7 to 9
p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.
Advanced tennis is taught at
12:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, and from 7 to 9 p.m.
Monday and Wednesday. Les
sons are held at all campus
courts.
Closest city courts to campus
are the four at 24th Avenue and
Amazon Parkway, and the two at
21st and Washington Streets.
City-sponsored lessons will fill the
Amazon courts from 8 a m. to
noon and 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday
and Wednesday.
A reservation system may be
used to secure an Amazon court
for one and a half hours. Reserva
tions, made through the Amazon
Community Center, cost $2 on
weekdays and $3 on weekends.
Reservations are not required for
play, but those with reservations
have court priority. The Amazon
courts are lighted all night.
Dus to the poor condition of the
outdoor courts on campus, the
covered courts are generally
crowded with both students and
community residents, and a wait
of up to an hour should be antici
pated. The waiting system at all
campus courts requires players to
sit by their desired courts, which
makes the process a calculated
risk rather than an orderly se
quence.
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