Ducks snap losing streak
Oregon broke a four-game los
ing streak with a 5-3 win over
Linfield at Howe Field Tuesday.
Pitching became the decisive
factor for the Ducks as three
hurlers scattered seven hits Bill
Gwinn (1-0) got the victory for
Oregon despite allowing three
hits and two runs in two innings of
work.
The Ducks, now 14-13, looked
sluggish through most of the
game. They ran the bases poorly,
failed to move runners over with
sacrifice hits and left several men
stranded on base in the early
innings.
“I wasn’t pleased with the
number of mental mistakes we
made,” said Oregon coach Mel
Krause.
Krause also was less than
pleased with the Duck hitting at
tack, usually a strong point. "I
was disappointed with our hitting
the first four innings. We could
have broken the game open
several times and failed to get the
clutch hit. We left seven men on
base in four innings — you can’t
leave that many on."
The game began with both
teams trading runs in the opening
frame. The Wildcats jumped on
top 1-0 by touching Dean Hum
mel for two singles and two walks.
An inning-ending double play
started by shortstop Rick Moonitz
prevented further damage.
Oregon knotted the score in
the bottom of the inning when
Steve Crum hit a fastball from
Casey Schaefer over the right
field fence for his 10th home run
of the year.
Eric Martinez’ squeeze bunt
scored Mike Carr to make it 2-1
Oregon after four innings, but the
Ducks fell behind 3-2 in the sixth
when the Wildcats sandwiched a
double and a single around two
walks. The runs came off Gwinn,
who had replaced Hummel an
inning before, and ruined Hum
mel’s chance for his first win of
Photo by Steve Dykes
Mike Carr (10) crosses the plate for the tying run in the sixth inning. Steve
Crum followed moments later for the winning run.
the year.
“Hummel pitched better than
he has been in the past, but he
still wasn't throwing free and
easy He was still aiming the ball,”
said Krause.
Oregon erased the 3-2 deficit in
the bottom of the sixth when
Martinez, who had three runs
batted in on the day, singled
home Carr and Crum to forge a
4-3 lead.
An error by Wildcat third base
man Pete Weymiller allowed
Mike McLaran to score an insur
ance run for the Ducks in the
seventh inning, and Dean Kegler
set down Linfield in order the next
two innings to seal the win.
Oregon now travels to
Sckavone Field in Portland for a
2:30 p.m. game today against
Lewis and Clark College. The
Ducks have already beaten the
Pioneers once this year by a 6-0
score.
By Doug Levy
Softballers win
two from OCE
Veronica Green and Vicki Hogan hit back-to-back
doubles to key a five-run third inning that led Oregon’s
softball team to a 8-1 victory Tuesday over Oregon
College of Education..
The game was the second double-header sweep by
the Ducks.
In the opener, Oregon jumped on OCE pitching
early, scoring seven runs in the first two innings en
route to a 12-0 win. Oregon’s Yogi Johnson and Susan
Tuggle eaeb had two RBIs while Sowa pitched the
entire game for her first victory of the season.
Oregon, now 6-10, travels to Portland State Wed
nesday to meet the Vikings in a double-header. The first
game begins at 2:30 p.m.
$100-a-plate dinner
scheduled for football
Woody Hayes, the former Ohio State football
coach, will be the keynote speaker at a $100-a-plate
fund-raising dinner for the Oregon and Oregon State
football programs Aug. 7 in Portland.
The event, entitled the Governor's Kickoff Dinner,
will be held at the Red Lion Moter Inn. Gov. Vic Atiyeh
will also attend.
In addition to Hayes, the head coaches of each
school — OSU's Joe Avezzano and Oregon’s Rich
Brooks — will comment on each team’s prospects in
1981.
“Major-college football provides a great source of
entertainment to the people of the state of Oregon,”
Atiyeh said.
The $100 plate includes a salmon dinner, a com
plimentary beverage and commemorative favor. $70 of
the dinner is tax deductable.
Reservations may be made by writing or calling the
Oregon ticket office at 686-4481.
Finley selected to kouncil
Ron Finley, Oregon’s wrestling coach, has been
selected to the governing council of the United States
Wrestling Federation.
Finley will serve as a member at large of the 25-man
board of directors, representing the USWF’s competi
tive membership of 65,000.
Finley is currently a member of the federation’s
national instructional staff, which has prepared coach
ing a training guides for freestyle and Greco-Roman
wrestling.
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Eugene hosts pro tennis tourney
Eugene will be able to spend a
moment in the tennis spotlight
when the Godfrey/Pontiac
Honda Invitational Tennis Tour
nament returns May 1-3 at the
Willow Creek Racquet Club.
The $15,000 purse has at
tracted such pros as top-seed
Bernie Mitten, Anand Armitraj,
Robert Vant Hoff and Steve Do
cherty.
Jim Clark, the tournament's
director, expects all the defend
ing champions to return and
comfirmation from several other
U S.-ranked players soon.
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"We’re really pleased with the
quality of players we are at
tracting this year," Clark said,
noting that the purse is "up 100
percent from last year.
"Our ultimate goal is to get
the tournament purse up to
$25,000 and be on the (regular
U S.) circuit ”
Mitten, a 27-year-old South
African, has beaten such
players as Jimmy Connors,
John McEnroe, Roscoe Tanner
and Arthur Ashe.
Armitraj, who often teams up
with his brother Vijay, has
recorded victories over McEn
roe, Manuel Orantes and Phil
Dent.
The tournament's defending
champions include Al Stultz of
Seattle, "Peanut" Louie of San
Francisco and the mixed dou
bles team of Stultz and Linda
Fernandez.
The tournament will feature a
32-man open division, a
16-women open division and 16
mixed doubles teams Depend
ing on the total number of en
tries, pre-tournament qualifying
will be held for non-seeded
players just prior to the start of
the tournament.
Top prizes are $3,000 for the
men's champ, $700 to the
woman victor and $600 to the
winning team.
The tournament is sanctioned
by the Pacific Northwest Tennis
Association and the U S. Tennis
Association. It carries a
200-point rating, based on the
overall quaiity of players and
tournament sanctioners.
The 200 level equals the
Louisiana-Pacific Invitational,
held annually in Portland. These
two are the highest-rated tennis
tournaments in the Northwest.
Clark expected 500 to 700
spectators for Sunday's finals.
Willow Creek’s facility has a
700-seat capacity
Willow Creek is located at
4201 W. 13th Ave Tickets for
the tournament are $2 Friday
and Saturday and $3 for the
Sunday finals For more infor
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