Oregon daily emerald., May 12, 1981, Page 5, Image 5

Two makeup games set for baseball
Duck era ‘ain’t over’ yet
By DOUG LEVY
Of the Emerald
Former New York Yankee
catcher Yogi Berra has been
credited with the statement, "It
ain’t over 'til it’s over."
Well, it still ‘ain't over' for
Oregon baseball.
The Ducks must make up two
rained out games with the
University of Washington to
decide the Northern Division
title, Pacific-10 Conference di
rector Wiles Hallock announced
Monday.
Both games will be played
Wednesday at Howe Field. The
doubleheader starts at noon.
Saturday, while Oregon was
dropping a doubleheader to
OSU, the Huskies were sweep
ing a twin bill from the Cougars
to clinch an apparent division
title.
But after a 2:30 p.m. meeting
in Walnut Creek, Cal., Hallock
made his announcement.
"The ruling is that the games
must be made up because they
have a direct bearing on the
division championship,’’ said
Jim Muldoon, the public infor
mation director for the Pac-10.
The Huskies are currently
10-6 in division play, while
Oregon State and Washington
State stand at 11-7, only 14 per
centage points back.
Oregon coach Mel Krause
was not happy with the deci
sion. “If I was the University of
Washington, I wouldn’t be
happy. Last year Washington
State (1980 division champion)
had rained out games with
Oregon State and they weren't
made up.''
However, Muldoon explained
that the games were not made
up last year because the
Cougars had already locked up
the division crown.
Although Krause is against
playing the games, senior
pitcher Jim Givens looks at
them differently. “It should be a
lot of fun. There’s no pressure,
so everyone can just go out and
play.”
Dean Kegler is scheduled to
pitch Wednesday’s first game,
but Krause is unsure who will
pitch the second game.
If Oregon defeats Washington
in both games, OSU and WSU
will be forced into a playoff
game to decide the division title.
But the Huskies will own the title
outright if they sweep the
Ducks.
If the two teams split the twin
bill, the Huskies will be locked
into a three-way tie with WSU
and OSU. No playoff sites have
been determined in the event of
a tie.
So Wednesday will now mark
Photo by Jody Murray
Oregon's baseball team gathered in the dugout for a premature goodbye Saturday, but found out
Monday an era isn't over yet.
the end of baseball at the
University. And Krause will cap
11 years as Oregon’s coach. His
career record now stands at
218-218
But don't be surprised if his
name is heard on campus next
year. Krause announced Mon
day at an Oregon Club lun
cheon that he has applied for
the vacant athletic director po
sition at Oregon.
Softball team drops two to OSU
By STEVE TURCOTTE
Of the Emerald
Oregon's women’s softball
coach John Feeny might have
felt like he was watching reruns
after the Ducks dropped a dou
ble-header to Oregon State
Monday.
“It’s getting to be almost the
same thing every game,’’ said
Feeny, after OSU swept the
games 2-0,1 -0. "We get the hits
and just seem to play better than
the other team but we just can't
get the crucial runs.
“When we get people on
base, like today, with runners on
second and third, we just can’t
seem to get the hits to bring
them in.”
That was the case Monday as
the Oregon saw its record
plummet to 9-17.
In the first game of the twin
bill, Oregon was unable to
bunch hits together or establish
any offensive consistancy
against the Beavers.
Ann Kendall, pitching all
seven innings for the Beavers,
limited Oregon to three hits
while earning three strike outs.
Beaver rightfielder Julie Harper
cracked two singles in four trips
to the plate with two RBIs.
The Beavers got on the score
board in the third inning when
Mary Newman reached first on a
Clue #3
I should have been an
explorer,
At least I’ve always thought,
Leading brave Coronado to
my birthplace
To find what he sought
Duck error. She crossed home
plate on a Harper single.
In the fifth, Lori Sowles, who
also stroked two hits for the
game, reached first on a single
and also crossed home on a
Harper single.
‘‘I really figured these games
would be close,” said Feeny.
“We beat them 6-2 last time we
played and we got the hits. But
we just couldn’t seem to get the
key hits today."
In the nightcap, a fifth inning
run by Oregon State completed
the sweep over the Ducks, 1-0.
Terri Anderson pitched for
Oregon, keeping the Beavers in
check for the most part.
“Terri pitched very well," said
Feeny. “She has had a sore arm
and hasn't pitched in a week. So
she’ll get some rest and pitch
again next week."
The Ducks appeared to have
a rally going in the second in
ning when Yogi Johnson and
Katie Hickey led off with singles.
Molly Cardwell the sacrificed
the two to second and third.
But three consecutive outs
quickly squelched the rally.
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