SPORTS STAFF
Bill Phipps . Editor
Bill Eberhart, Clair Johnson, Don Olds, Dan Clark,
Bill Aetzel, George Jones, Ned Simpson,
Bob Becker, Charles Paddock.
Betty Shoemaker . Women’s Sports Editor
VOLUME XXXV
SPORTS
THE athletic activities' of the University of Oregon,
its competitive teams and otherwise, should be the
concern of each and every student on the campus. Keep
abreast of the sport news of your University if you are
not actively a participant. _
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1934
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All things point toward a “new
deal’’ in Oregon basketball with
Bill Reinhart, crafty Webfoot
mentor, in the dealing role. After
last night’s session with Washing
ton State it seems Bill, after a
few seasons of rather uneventful
shuffling, has found enough high
cards to cause trouble for Messrs.
Friel, Gill, Edmundson, and Fox,
who annually sit around the table
until the northern division honors
are decided.
In the opening conference game
last night Bill dealt himself
enough aces to offset Mr. Friel's
bid backed by Houston, Wills,
Johnson and Scott. The margin
of Bill’s triumph was small, to be
sure, but a 30 to 27 victory over
the Cougars was sufficient to fire
the Oregon campus with visions
of better days ahead.
According to the pre-season
dope, Washington State, Oregon
State and Washington are the
cream of the northern loop. Both
the experts and the railbirds in
cluded the Cougar combination as
one of the outfits to beat for
championship honors. After such
predictions it was no surprise to
the majority of fans when Friel’s
men and “Slats” Gill’s Pacific
coast titlists split a two-game sc
ries in Corvallis last week.
That was very much as it should
be nothing at all out of place
when a defending champion drops
a game to the hard-fighting chal
lenger. But last night Oregon set
the pace for the Pullman five, and
that was a bit of a shock, espe
cially to some of the more con
servative fans, who, after watch
ing the Webfoots go through an
unimpressive pre-season schedule,
were expecting to see Rinehart’s j
lads stay close to the cellar posi-j
tion in the league standings again i
this year.
Not that last night’s victory
means that Oregon will charge
through to the top of the confer
ence this year not at all. But
it does at least show that Oregon
will prove a constant threat for
every team she faces this season.
Oregon, in the pre-season dope,
was figured to be a vastly ini - j
proved squad over the one which
managed to eke out only two wins
in the entire conference campaign
last year. The big upset came in !
Oregon’s hitting her stride so |
early. Rinehart at the present
time is in the process of rebuild
ing a ball club. At the beginning j
of the practice sessions lie was!
confronted with the task of con
structing a machine in which tin'
veterans, Robertson, Watts, Oliu-1
ger, Berg and Miller would work'
smoothly and effectively with two!
big. green sophomores, Willard J
Jones and Budd Jones, both trans-j
fers from Southern Oregon nor-1
mal.
It was taken for granted that |
the addition of the two rangy!
youngsters would give added |
power to the faltering quint of
last season, but it takes time
much time before such a reorg
anization shows a definite upward j
trend and clicks smoothly whenj
the going is tough.
Rinehart’s big surprise came
when he proved to skeptical fan.;
that in a few short weeks of prac
tice he had developed a team
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Handball Starts
Intramural Race
For Winter Term
Sigma Nu denned by Chi Psi
In First Singles Test;
Theta Chi Wins
Today’s Games
4 :<)() Alpha Tau Omega vs. Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon.
5:00 Sigma Alpha Mn vs. Delta
Upsilon.
Handball in the form of a
straight elimination tournament,
opened the intramural sports cal
endar for the winter term last
light, under the supervision of Earl
Boushey. Two singles and one
doubles games are to be played
each night with victories in two
of the three games necessary for
the winner.
The Chi Psis made a clean sweep
of it last night over Sigma Nu
winning their first singles game
21-5, 21-17, their second 21-12,
16-21, 21-6, and the doubles game,
21-15, 21-10, Wells, for the victors
turned in the best game.
In the othetr contest Theta Chi
won one singles game and the dou
bles game to defeat the PI Kappa
boys. Rodgers and Brown were
the outstanding men on the win
ning team and Johnson looked the
best for the losers. The scores
were 21-5, 21-0, in the first singles
game, 5-21, 0-21, in the second, and
21-15, 21-6, in the doubles game.
Volleyball will be the next donut
sport to start and will be played
with two leagues just as basketbull
was. The schedule is slated to open
January 15.
which could hold its own in the
conference from the beginning.
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Even though basketball has
forced Old Min Football from the
limelight, memories of Oregon's
great eleven which tied for the
championship of the Pacific coast
Carrying the Oregon banner to
even greater heights this year
were Mike Mikulak, the Webfoots'
hammering all-American fullback,
Brce Cuppoletti, steady, consistent
guard, and Bernie l-Iughes, co
captain and center, who turned in
great exhibitions as the Oregon
representatives for the West in
the annual East-West classic in
Kezar stadium New Year's day.
Mikulak, after a great season
in which lie proved himself one
of the nation's finest backs,
brought new honors to himself and
to the West as he played an im
port \nt role in the victory.
And Cuppoletti he garnered
some of the glory he had so justly
earned. Always a great ball
player Cuppoletti, like many an
other lineman, went unheralded
by the crowd and the press as his
sterling defensive work was lost
to sight while some more spectac
ular player grabbed the attention.
For Hughes, also, too much can
not be said. Playing Ids final sea
son, Hughes’ stellar work at the
pivot post made him a vital cog
in the Oregon victories despite
the fact he was handicapped by
injuries during the latter part of
the season. His participating in
the all-star classic was a verifica
tion of his ranking as one of the
finest centers in the conference.
A fine tribute to three masters
of football, to Coach "Prink" Cal
li.-tin and to’Oregon.
Gene Pleased
With Yearling
Hoop Material
Seventy Men Are Out for
First Practices
Schedule Arranged Heavier Than
Usual; First Game Is
Easy Victory
“Very fair, very fair," were the
words of Gene Shields, when ques
tioned last night about the pros
pects for this year’s freshman bas
ketball team. “We have a lot of
everything," said he continuing,
“and if things work out as well as
they have so far we should have a
good season.”
Shields, who was appointed frosh
coach only last week, was met
Wednesday afternoon by the larg
est turnout of frosh hoopsters in
the history of the University 70
in all—and from this group he
hopes to mould a championship
team. The squad will be cut to
about 40 men as soon as any de
lineations can be made.
Play Eugene Tomorrow
Men who looked especially good
in the practices held last week are
Harry Helmken, Joe Murrey, and
John Mullen, centers; John Lewis,
Dale Hardesty, Bob Rundlett, Roy
Williamson, Arthur Guthrie, for
wards; and Arnold Faust, Sid Mil
ligan, Joe Ahern, Sam Liebowitz,
Roy Nelson, Ralph Rittenour,
guards.
The yearlings won their opening
game of the season last Wednes
day night from Scott Milligan's
Longview high school quintet by a
score of 33 to 19. Tomorrow night
they meet Eugene high at McAr
thur court.
Completed Schedule Listed
A heavy schedule has already
been arranged for the yearlings
in an effort to give them a little
more experience than is usually
possible. The complete schedule, as
arranged to date, is as follows;
Jan. 10 Eugene high hpre.
Jan. 12. Franklin high (Port
land ) here.
Jan. 13
Jan. 17.
Jan. 20.
land i here.
Jan. 23.
Jan. 20.
Jan. 27
vallis.
University high here.
Wendling high here.
Commerce high (Port
University high here.
O. S. C. rooks here.
O. S. C. rooks at Cor
Feb. 7. Eugene high at Eu
gene high.
Feb. 10. O. S. C. rooks here.
Feb. 17. O. S. C. rooks at Cor
vallis.
Feb. 23. — Wendling high at
Wending.
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CAMPUS
Shoe Shine
Pictured above is the smashing Webfoot forward wall which paved the way for “Prink Callison’s scoring aces during the hard campaign last fall which ended with Oregon
tied with Stanford at the ton of the Pacific Coast conference heap. Among the stalwarts are Bree Cuppoletti, guard, and Bernle Hughes, center and co-captain, who played
their last game of football under the Oregon banner New Year’s day in San Francisco when they contributed to the West’s victory over the East in the all-star classic. Oa
the right is Butch Morse, end, who was selected as co-captain to lead the Webfoots in 19S4. Not shown in the picture is the sensational bacltfield quartet which completed
the first team—Mark Temple, halfback and co-captain, Mike Mikulak, all-American fullback, Leighton Gee, halfback, and Bob Parke, quarter, named as co-captain along
with Morse for next year. '
Rosson Reveals Gridsters’
Weak Spot—Bad Pinochlers
That a team does not sit around
and play pinochle the rest of the
time was brought out by Hugh
Rosson, graduate manager, and
Tom Stoddard, assistant graduate
manager, in a review of the non
football aspects of the season. The
two largest items on a time bud
get of a member of Oregon’s coast
championship grid team are stud
ies and football practice. Not only
do the Webfoot players attend
classes and prepare assignments
while on the campus, but a good
portion of the time spent in trav
eling is devoted to studies.
The amount of time spent by an
army in actual fighting is said to
be relatively spiall compared to
that spent by the army in prepar
ing to fight. Similarly a champion
ship football team with a schedule
of ten games participates in 600
minutes or not quite a half-day of
intercollegqiate football during the
three months in which the season
runs.
And as for practices the Ore
gon squad averaged about 18 hours
I a week, or more in preparation for
one game than in actual competi
tion during the season. In addition
to this individual conferences and
blackboard talks are held on the
train enroute to the games.
Lest some doubt that a group of
collegians could resist turning each
trip into a “gabfest” or a poker or
pinochle session, Rosson and Stod
daui report that on the trips to
the games the players are a decid
edly unsocial group because of the
pre-game tension. On the return
I trips this tension is lifted, however.
But with a record such as Oregon's
this year, few will begrudge the
boys a chance to rep lay the game
in a club-car huddle. The Webfoot
team selected its all-opponent elev
en on the last St. Mary's trip. Just
what took place in this huddle is
another story, in which certain
coast stars would be quite interest
ed. While traveling the team goes
to bed at S:45 p. m. and gets up at
7 a. m„ which in itself is a cheek
on "gabfests,” which never get
started until midnight ordinarily.
There is something about a train
ing table which suggests a huge
quantity of spinach and carrots.
Although the diet is checked close
ly by Col. Bill Hayward, who even
supplies menus to the railroads for
the team, the prospect is not as
bleak as the term “training''
might make it seem. For instance,
there were three special “feeds"
given the boys during the season.
One was a salmon dinner supplied
by Leo J. Malarkey of Astoria, an
other was a duck dinner - attention
Mr. Whimpy supplied by N. Y.
Stoddard of Modoc Point, and an
; other was given by Walter Hum
i mel, who operates the Anchorage
I where the training table was held ;
I this year. One interesting restric- j
tion on diet was the limiting of
the men to one glass of water per
meal.
The Oregon team played before
crowds totalling 1^0,000 people.
The total receipts of the season
were $72,000, as compared to last
season’s $55,000.
Women’s
Athletics
By BETTY SHOEMAKER
A competitive swimming season j
; begins this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Two cups and three 4933 records
will probably change hands.
The Sellar cup, held at present
by Kappa Alpha Theta house for
inter-house swimming, will be
awarded to the house winning the
most events offered in the swim
ming meet near the eud of the win
ter term.
The Cummings cup is offered for
interclass swimming. This was
won last year by the junior class.
Mary Bohoskey, holder of the
20-yard free style, Marian Vinson
of the breast stroke, and Elaine
Untermann of the 40-yard free
style will be strong contenders for
the records again this year.
Houses are urged to enter their
teams this week so they will be in
good condition for the swimming
meets. Marian Vinson, manager of
swimming, will be at the woman’s
swimming pool at 4 o’clock every
afternoon this week.
Inter-class basketball practices
begin this afternoon at the wo
men’s gym.
W. A. A. council meeting Wed
nesday evening at 7:30 p. m. in so
cial room, Gerlinger.
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Order of O Prexy
Announces Meeting
At Sigma Chi House
The first meeting- this term
of the Order of the O, campus
athletic honorary, will be held
Wednesday evening at a dinner
at the Sigma Chi house, accord
ing to an announcement made
today by Bob Hunter, president
of the group.
All old members and the five
lew football lettermen, now eli
gible for membership, were re
quested to be present by Hun
ter.
Evening Classes
Offer Swimming
And Rhythmics
Recreational Activity Open to All;
Mrs. Knox arid Miss Young
Named Instructors
Every Tuesday evening this
term, beginning tonight the wo
men's physical education depart
ment is offering to faculty mem
bers, administration, and towns
people a recreational class consist
ing of swimming and rhythmic ac
tivity. The classes begin at 7:30 p.
m. and last until 9:30 p. m.
The rhythmics are based upon
simple and natural movements and
are offered from a recreational
standpoint. The work will not be
identical with last term’s activity
but will be similar. Newcomers will
have no difficulty in joining for
the first time winter term as no
previous training, skill or knowl
edge is necessary. Mrs. Faye Fish
el Knox will lead the rhythmics.
Miss Juanita Young will be in
charge of the pool and will instruct
those wishing help in swimming.
The rhythmics class will be from
7:30 p. m. to 8:30 and the swim
ming from 8:30 to 9:30.
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Betas Sweep
Field in Donut
Sport Events
Helmkein Is Basketball
Scoring King
Handball and Volleyball to Follow
Fall Program of Swimming
And Basketball
Capturing every title during the
fall term, Beta Theta Pi, with 375
points, holds a commanding posi
tion in the intramural point total,
as the donut schedule swings into
action this week. Handball is un
der progress now in the form of a
straight elimination tournament
and will be followed by a round
robin volleyball schedule starting
January 15.
Sigma Phi Epsilon with 275
points is the Beta's nearest com
petitor. Further down the list but
still in the running are Phi Gamma
Delta. 234, Kappa Sigma, 224, and
Phi Delta Theta, 213. The Yeomen,
last year’s champions, hold sixth
place with an even 200, and are
followed in close order by Alpha
Tau Omega and Sigma Chi.
Keed Brothers Star
In the first two events on last
term's program the Reed brothers
started the Betas on their clean
sweep of the events so far by grab
bing both the swimming and water
polo titles. These two stars hung
up several new records for intra
mural competition in swimming.
With the aid of one more set
of brothers, the Siegmunds, and
the Jones boys, the Betas had little
trouble in capturing their “A”
league basketball title and in the
playoff mowed down the Phi Delts
22 to 7, and the S.P.E's 27 to 12,
to capture the beautiful George
Homer Stahl memorial cup offered
by the Delts to the “A” league
winner.
Name Leading Scorers
Bowerman and Murray were the
Beta mainstays in their victories
in “B" league games and after
winning the league title they
trimmed the S.P.E.'s 22 to 7 and
won a close one, 16 to 14, from the
Yeomen in the playoff.
Helmken, Sherry Ross, with 46
points, and Houghton, Phi Delt, 41
points, led the “A” league scoring
with not a single Beta man
among the leading scorers. They
were followed closely by Liebowitz,
S.A.M., and Lindgren, S.P.E. Oth
er men grouped close behind in the
scoring race were Ballard, Lewis,
Karstens, Donin, Newlands, and
Mullen.
Elliott, S.P.E. flash, had com
mand of the “B” league scoring
with a total of 35 points. Litton,
Bauer, Borden, E. Vail, and Phipps
were all in a group as close con
tenders with totals from IS to 23.
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