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EMERALD SPORTS STAFF Bruce Hamby.Sports Editor Malcolm Bauer.Assistant Sports Editor Ned Simpson, Bill Ebfrhart, Ben Back, Bob Avison, Jack Chinnock. ' *rr~r VOLUME XXXIV_ Page 4 Nobody’s Business; By BRUCE HAMBY IN' WRITING up the Oregon State - Washington basketball encounter Monday night, I men tioned the iacr, that. Ed Lewis was the whole show for the Beavers. When he goes out the Orangemen seem to blow up. Well, don't for get the fact that Oregon is in ex actly the same boat. Imagine loauiesecae Oregon without Cap Roberts this year! Last night he gave what Hugh Eldridge, Ida ho Argonaut sporting editor, wired me was one of the finest performances ever turned in on the Idaho court. In every game this year he has been the back bone of the Webfoot offense and defense. Without him Oregon wouldn’t have been able to do even as well as it has. Where Oregon State has the edge over the Webfoots is that the other four members of the team play together better than Roberts’ cohorts. One man can’t do it all, no matter how good he is. But if Ed Lewis of Oregon State Is an all-coast player, I can’t see how anyone can leave Cap Roberts off. * * * University of Southern Cali fornia is the only Pacific coast institution that will carry on a full program of athletics activi ties this year. This policy was announced shortly after the Trojans had completed a 10 game football schedule and played against Pittsburgh in the Rose bowl game. But the ath letes of Troy are going to be unable to carry out their full program even with the treas ury bulging over. * * * The curtailment of sports at every other coast institution will leave them no competition. U. C. L. A. has been forced to cut to the bone, as has Stanford and Califor nia in the southern division of the conference. Idaho and W. S. C. are the only northern schools that are not cut down to deadrock, and they have reduced expenses in every possible way. Evidently the Trojans are no better off for having cleaned up. Perhaps if they would let down and give some of the other teams a chance to win the profits could be split up and everyone could spend money as they pleased. * * * Some bright lad about the sports office has it figured out that Ted Giesecke is the great est kicker in American football. Here’s his reasoning: Giesecke did all the kicking for Oregon last fall; Bill Morgan, the Web foot captain, did none at all. Yet when Morgan played in the East-West game he did all the booting for the Westerners and outkicked such stars as Harry Newman, George Sander, Angel Brovelli, Buck Coy, and Bart Viviano. Apparently Oregon had something and didn’t know it. * * * This is not meant as a slam at Giesecke for he did some fine kicking in the past season. It’s not so easy for a player to get into the game for only one play at a time, but Ted was always consistent in booting the kickoffs around the goal line—and his point-after-touchdown kicks aver aged as high as anyone’s in the Northwest. VANDALS SMEAR OREGON OUTFIT IN NORTH, 43-38 (Continued from Page One) seconds before the gun Idaho stalled. Roberts sunk a basket as the pistol barked, but it was not allowed. Coach Rich Fox of Idaho shifted Huskies Turn Tables On Ambitious Starters In 30-24 Tilt Orange Five Looks Tired In SlowFrav v Beavers Lead al Half Time By 15 to 1 11 Score Fuller and Hanover Out of Regular Lineup in Washington Victory; Lewis Leads Scoring By NED SIMPSON CORVALLIS, Jan. 24—(Spe cial)—Oregon State’s champion ship hopes took a slump tonight as the Beaver basketball team did the same thing. The Orangemen were far off the game they dis played last night and lost a slow game to the league-leading Hus kies, 30 to 24, Hec Edmundson started two substitutes, Bob Galer and Jerry Weber, at the forward positions in place of Fuller and Hanover and the two reserves potted them in from all angles in the final period to put the Huskies out in a safe lead. Fuller played only a short portion of the game and Hanover was sent in towards the end to relieve Galer. Harold, Lee, the Husky long distance artist, took time off from his shooting to effectively check Ed Lewis, the clever Beaver cen ter. Although Lewis managed to get in four baskets and one free throw to lead the scoring, he was forced to take most of his shots from outside the foul line, a long distance for him. First Period Close The first period was a close af fair the whole way through. The Huskies reversed last night's situ ation and continually took the ball away from the Beavers. Weber and Galer, especially, showed plen ty of speed and scrap and broke up Orange scoring plays by inter cepting passes and breaking up plays. Glregon State led at the half, 15 to 13. In the second period the Hus kies pulled away from the Bea vers rapidly and with about ten minutes to play led by a safe mar gin. The Staters rallied desper ately and with five minutes left ran the score to 26 to 23. Here Lewis and O’Connell took shot af ter shot but couldn’t hit the bas ket. Hill dropped in a free throw to narrow the margin, but Fuller got a field goal and two foul shots to give the Huskies a six-point lead at the final gun. Beavers Look Tired The Beavers appeared tired and showed none of the fire and ball hawking displayed last night. Slats Gill sent in numerous sub stitutions in a futile effort to overcome the invaders but the Huskies were “on.” The summary: Washington (.30) Fg Ft Pf Weber, f . 2 2 1 Galer, f . 3 2 1 Antoncich, c . 1 1 1 Heaman. g . 1 0 0 Lee, g . 2 2 0 Fuller, f . 110 Hanover, f . 0 10 Perry, f . 10 0 Total .10 10 3 Oregon State (24) Fg Ft l*r Hibbard, f . 1 0 0 O’Connell, f . Ill Lewis, c . 4 13 E. Davis, g . 2 0 1 Lenehitsky, g . 110 Hill, c . 0 10 MacDonald, g . 1 0 1 James, f . 1 0 0 Total .10 4 6 guards often in an effort to halt Roberts. They halted all the other Webfoots, but Roberts was too much for them. After the game Coach Bill Reinhart of Oregon's midgets said his team’s weaker defense permitted Idaho to will. Both coaches said it was one of the best games of the season. Oregon’s starters were Roberts, Stevens, Olinger, Simons, and Watts. Idaho opened with Wicks, Barrett, Grenier, Lacy, and Hur ley. Gale Mix of Moscow refereed. What Make of Typewriter Do You Prefer? Sure We Have It! Rent It—Apply All the Rent On the Purchase Price OFFICE MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO. Willamette St. — Side of Ward’s — Phone 148 Big Ten Basketball Leaders 9 LENA/ P HINCHMAN -COACM H AROL. D OLSEN The only undefeated team in the Western conference at mid-sea son, Ohio State is busy making a poor set of prophets out of the experts who picked I’urdue and Northwestern to scrap it out for the cage crown. In winning their first eight games, the Buckeyes aver aged 41.75 points to opponents’ 26. ■ - 1 1 ... . t My Greatest Thrill in Athletics By HEC EDMUNDSON ' (As told to Nod Simpson) I"CORVALLIS, Jan. 24.—(Special) ' 4 —My greatest thrill in basket ball came in 1922 when Washing ton was playing California for the coast championship. The game was played on the Washington court, and was a hectic, seesaw battle from beginning to end. With half a minute to go until the final gun, and the Huskies with one point lead, a tall California for ward suddenly caught a pass right underneath the basket, and shov ing one of my guards out of his way with one hand, he sank the basket with the other. No came the exciting part of the thing, for a tip off play, we sank another field goal, and before the ball had finished dropping through the net ting the gun sounded. Never in my career have I seen a ball game seemingly lost won on such a narrow margin of time. The most thrilling thing that has ever happened to me in track came at the Olympic games in Amsterdam in 1928. It was not an even that gave me the thrill, but the sight of two American flags hoisted for two second places both won by boys from Washington. One of the events wns in the shot put, with Herman Brix doing the honors, and the other was in the high hurdles when Steve Ander son ran wild over the high tim bers. Hec Edmundson, genial head head coach of the University of Washington track and basketball teams, has had an eventful ca reer in athletics. For the past 14 years he has guided the destinies of the Huskies in track team, and in that time has turned out sev eral world champions in various events of that sport. Notable among these performers are Paul Jessup, of discus fame; Steve An derson, once national champion in the 120-yard high hurdles; and Herman Brix, shot-putter and foot ball tackle. In 13 years of basketball men torship he has won the Northwest championship five times, and has won the coast title twice. This year it has been freely predicted that he will repeat in the North west and has a fine chance to win coast honors. Outstanding stars on the Husky team are Johnny Fuller, conference high scoring ace; Jack Hanover,' speedy for ward; and Hal Lee, one of the best dribblers and shots on the coast. Staters Get Cut Cor Spring Major Sports Program • - Baseball and Track Expenses Arc Curtailed To Balance Student Budget CORVALLIS, Jan. 24.—(Spe cial > Baseball and track, major sports at Oregon State college were greatly curtailed by the stu dent body budget which was ap proved by the A. S. O. S. C. board of control today. The budget was balanced after weeks of figuring by the finance committee and was approved without delay. Both baseball and track sched ules will be cut to compare with the University of Oregon calen dars. The baseball team will play Oregon, Willamette and Columbia. ^IHIIIItllllllllltllllilllllltlllltllllltlllli'tilltllllllllllllllltllllllUllllltlllilllllllHlillilllllilltllllltll Tracks will probably be confined to a dual meet with Oregon and the conference meet at Washing ton State college. Swimming was continued as a minor sport, although without fi nancial support. A petition, signed by members of the squad, that the board of control award letters was approved. The financial condition of the ' Daily Barometer was found to be ! good and it will very likely con tinue on a five-day basis. Nine in Infirmary Two new patients have been added to the list in the infirmary, but none have been discharged. Cold weather and the grippe con tinue to bring them in. Those | convalescing are Betty Bretscher, Sarah Louise Frederick, Milliceut Olin, Jane Bishop, Virginia Me a cham, Frances Feamley, David Henry, Leonard Hayssen, and George Branstator. ... ... are f\ near/y as i ' impor/anf as * your LIFE I FLIGH HIGH ! Get Good Grades at Mid-Term Full-View Glasses Arouse Interest and Desire DR. ELLA C. MEADE Frosh Squad Due To Have Big Shakeup ■ • Rogers Not Satisfied With Playing of Regulars Yearlings Have Stiff Workouts In Store for Them To Shake Early Season Slump By JACK CHINNOCK There will be a big shake-up on the frosh basketball quintet, un less the boys snap into it. Friday night’s game against St. Mary's was a disappointment, for the yearlings played sloppily, missing shot after shot. Their passes were wild, and many went right into the hands of some Saint. The whole squad seems to have slipped, forgetting their funda mentals, and as in the St. Marys fray, dashing around wildly with no apparent attempt at team work. It is likely that some of them will watch from the bench during the next game. Forwards in Danger Both the regular forwards, “Flash” Stroble and Pete Buck, are in danger of getting the bench warming jobs. Buck has evidently picked up the idea somewhere tHat shooting is all that there is to basketball. Several times the other night he was asleep on the defense, and the little St. Marys players walked right over the top of him to score. Stroble hasn’t been able to find the hoop con sistently all season. His defen sive work is up to par, but offen sively he is very ineffective. His biggest fault seems to lie in the strange idea that he has develop ed, that dribbling with the eyes shut is fun. Jtsui Harcombe at center has shown lots of improvement this season, but he hasn’t learned the necessity of keeping his eye on the ball on offense. Several times the other night he missed passes, because he was still getting set, and wasn’t watching the ball. A little more fire and snap would probably help Bill along. More Trouble! The guard positions, the stand bys of the team for a while, more or less went to pieces. Stew Mil ligan “marries” the ball on the offense, slowing the team up con siderably. When he dribbles, his head bobs up and down, spoiling his chances for making a good accurate pass. His fakes are too much with his head, and too little with his feet. Sanford, the all state guard, from whom so much was expected, has failed to click so far this season. On the defense he can’t seem to forget his high school style of play, crowding in close and allowing himself to be faked out of position. His shoot ing average has been far below reason. In one game alone he took 20 shots and only made 3 baskets. James looked very good in the game last Friday, and if he fan strengthen up his defensive game, someone will sit on the bench and watch him go. James plays in either the center position or for ward, and will go to the spot that looks the weakest. Ward and Hampton are two more men that Coach Rogers may throw in to fill any breach that appears. Ward’s big fault seems to lie in trying to shot-put his passes instead of throwing them. If he can over come this ineffectual passing, there may be a shift made for him. Hampton is one of the smoothest players on the team, but he lacks the fire to carry him through a hard game. Regulars Are Threatened Several other men will be threats to the regulars, if they can correct a few faults. Butlei "Press Box Quarterbacks” i - - -—i | You’ve all read about how the Trojans smeared the Pitt Panthers in their title fray January 2, but did you know of the part that Aubrey Devine and Cliff Hurd, Troy seouts, played in the epic con test? They just about wore out a telephone before they succeeded in halting the Pittsburgh attack. Coaches Get Bird's Eye View Of Game; Tell 'Em Mistakes By BRIAN BELL LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24—(AP) — If anyone thinks football is not a well organized sport, let him drop in on a big game some time and see the master minds at work. Take the New Year’s game in the Pasadena Rose bowl between Southern California and Pitts burgh. In the press box, high in the stands, two vacant seats remained until just before game time. A harmless looking telephone gave no indication of the punishment it would take before the game was over. A few minutes before the kick off Cliff Hurd, former Cornellian, and Aubry Devine, once a great star at Iowa, slipped into the seats. They are assistant coaches | and scouts for Southern Califor ! nia, and the telephone in front of ! them was connected with the Southern California bench, where' Gordon Campbell, another assis tant, sat with the receiver glued to his ear. Hurd Tells ’Em Hurd pulled me phone in front of him as the game started. Pitt received the kick-off, and as the first play from scrimmage was | is clever, but a little too small. It handicaps him considerably on the defense, as a taller opponent can pass right over his head. Hugh j McCredie can t forget football, and j he charges into the game like a steamroller. He is big and rug ged, and although a little slow, could be plenty of use to the team, if he gave up his rough tactics. Fletch Johnson may get into the lineup soon. He has a bad hip, and it handicaps his running. He is one of the best shots on the entire squad, and his eagle eye may be a big factor, when the scores roll round. Rogers is working hard to get the team out of its slump. Plenty of hard drill on the fundamentals are in store for the yearlings till they have them down pat. The showing of the team during the next few days will be the decid ing factor, as to whom and who they play next. Now! 25 c Dinner Try One run with Sebastian carrying tha ball Hurd yelled, "There goes that rverse from single wing back,” and as it went for a considerable gain he shouted as though he did not have the phone to carry his words to the bench, “Hey, hey,1 hey, stop ’im.” Southern California got the ball a bit later, moved along a while and then seemed about to slow up. Hurd told them vftiy. “It’s no. 26, Rarwig, the left guard, he's knifing in,” Cliff yelled. All these things can be seen readily from the top of the stands, but not from the bench. Devine did not have a telephone, but this did not keep him from talking. Soon after the game started he began to call for lat eral passes. “Spread ’em out with laterals and then your power plays will work,” he yelled at the quarter back, who could not hear him, for he never did call a lateral. Was the hardest working on the field or in the stands? The hour of the faculty swim has been changed to 7 o’clock, continuing until 8:30 Monday nights, in the women’s pool at Gerlinger hall. Life guards are on duty to teach swimming to those members of the class who desire to learn. However, the hour is mainly for recreational purposes. ~~.■ Volleyballists Hot After Title In Donut Race Beta, S.P.E., Delt, Phi Psi, S.A.E., A.T.O Sixes Win _ Yeomen and Phi Deits To Battle For Place in Finals of Handball Tourney ■ Today’s Intramural Volleyball Schedule 4:00 p. m.—Yeomen vs. Phi Sigma Kappa (A); Phi Delta Theta vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon (A). 4:40 p. m.—La Casa Filipina vs. Sigma hall (A); Kappa Sigma vs. Gamma hall (A). 5:20 p. m.—Theta Chi vs. Chi Psi (A); Phi Gamma Delta vs. Sigma Pi Tau (A). Handball 4:00 p. m.—Fijis vs. Kappa Sigma. 5:00 p. m.—Theta Chi vs. A. T. O. Six screaming points served by Bill Bowerman won the final game on last night’s donut volley ball schedule for the Betas from the S. A. E. gang, who went down fighting like Trojans. Up to these fatal serves it was a question as to which team would emerge the victor. Bowerman, in addition to winning the final game, also played stellar ball throughout the two contests. A game which put many “A” teams to shame was the one be tween the Fiji and the Sigma Phi Epsilon outfits who played for nearly an hour before the S. P. E. team finally won out. Both teams were exceptionally well-matched and a battle-royal ensued over the outcome of each point. “Sphinx” Wishard and “Dutch” Clark op posed each other in this game and both played a sterling brand of ball. “Sphinx,” especially, show ed up as a volleyball threat. Delta Tau Delta and Chi Psi each won a game through the forfeit route from Sigma hall and Sigma Pi Tau. In the other games played last night S. A. E. won from Phi Sig ma Kappa 2-0 and A. T. O. won by the same score from Pi Kappa Alpha. Group Is Named To Choose Coach CORVALLIS, an. 24—A com mittee to consider applications for the position of head football coach at Oregon State college was ap pointed by the board of control today. This group will choose the new mentor. Membership of the committee includes Dean Harry S. Rogers, chairman; Carl Lodell, graduate manager; Jay- Reynolds, alumni representative; Elmer Buckhorn, student body president; and W^ lace Kadderly, chairman of the board’s athletic committee. During the Heavy Formal Season Now in Swing Let Us Be Your Tux Shirt and Collar Doctor —- Also TUX SUITS PRESSED, 50c New Service Laundry We Deliver—Call 825