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SPORTS STAFF Bill Phipps . Editor Bill Eberhart, Clair Johnson, Don Olds, Dan Clark, Bill Aetzel, George Jones, Ned Simpson, Bob Becker, Charles Paddock. Betty Shoemakei* . Women's Sports Editor 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 abiea'st of the sport news of your University if you are not actively a participant. VOLUME XXXV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1934 Page 4 The Tip-Off By BILL PHIPPS E R E ' S news! M r . William Reinhart’p Oregon varsity hoop outfit which meets Oregon State at the Igloo Saturday night will not even give the Bea vers a contest —tnat is, or course, it you are wal ing to take the opinion of no less an authority than Mr. Chuck Bux ton. And who, you might logically ask, is this noted prognosticator, Mr. Buxton? It appears that Mr. Buxton is the sports editor of the ' Oregon State Barometer, and from his column we quote: “No better than a split se ries with Washington State was the fare for the Orange men this year in the opening games on the home court. Nev er fear lads and lassies for the Orangemen will have a couple of games with Oregon to help the batting average along and it will be a much different club for the long jaunt,to start with a fracas against Idaho in Mos cow, January 23, another the next night and a pair more against the Cougars a couple of nights later. “The duo of Oregon games— the first Saturday night and the second here a week from Friday night should do much to weld the Orange quintet into a smooth-working and highly effective outfit.” With such a send-off from such an eminent dopester there proba bly is no use for the Oregon five to take the floor at all tomorrow evening. Perhaps Mr. Buxton would suggest that Mr. Reinhart, since he has to lose to Oregon State without a battle anyway, would do better to substitute the freshman or super-varsity quints for the game with the coast cham pions so he and the members of the varsity club could devote their entire efforts toward preparing, without interruption, for the road trip into the north the last week in January. It might be possible that Mr. Buxton is under the impression that the year is 1933 A. D. Per haps he thinks of Oregon’s basket ball prowess in terms of their last year's record two victories and 14 losses. The sad part of it all is that this is 1934 instead of 1933, and Mr. Reinhart’s team is a very different combination from that which he put on the courts last winter. No doubt Mr. Buxton re calls memories of Messrs. Robert son, Olinger, Berg, Watts and Mil ler, but I wonder if he is acquaint ed with Mr. Willard Jones and Mr. Budd Jones. And does Mr. Buxton know the different infusion of new blood in the proper propor tions makes in an athletic ma chine ? Perhaps an experienced ball club made up entirely of capable veter ans who have not lost their youth ful enthusiasm for the game is the realization of the dreams of most coaches. On the other hand, however, on many occasions a youngster or two, who are full of fire and who are somewhat tal ented players can instill new life into a listless lower-division out fit. Regardless of which is the bet ter layout, the addition of the two Jones boys to the Webfoot roster has had anything but a detriment al effect on the effectiveness of Mr. Reinhart’s team, and disap pointing as it may be to Mr. Bux ton, we are afraid that he will not Closes Saturday Nite 12:30 Continuous 11:30 Beaver Leader "Sheet” O’Connell, high-scoring forward, who will perform on tin Igloo floor Saturday night as cap tain of “Slats” Gill's coast cham pionship Oregon State five when the Orange meets the Wehfoots for the first time this year. Women’s Athletics By BETTY SHOEMAKER l^IVE women’s houses have en 1 tered into the competition for the Seller cup which is offered to the house winning the most events in the inter-house contest. Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta and Alpha Omicron Pi promise to be close competitors for the cup, which is on display at the Co-op this week. Jean Burnett, Nancy Jeffery and Helen Payne are three stiff contenders for the diving cham pionship. Kappa Alpha Theta, holder of the Seller cup for 1933, late last evening, had failed to enter their swimming team in the intramural contest. * * * Letters concerning basketball for 1934 have been sent to all wo men's living organizations on the campus. Any house planning to enter a team should get in touch with Dorothy Bergstrom, newly appointed basketball manager, at Hendricks ball next week if pos sible. Interclass practice is held every day from 4 to 5 p. m. Good turn outs have been reported. Social swim tonight at 7:30 in the women’s swimming pool. Tow els and suits furnished. Admis sion free. find this year’s Oregon five quite the gang (of grammar school ball players he evidently expects them to be. * * » All of which does not mean that it is in the bag for Oregon to calm ly step out tomorrow night and hand a trouncing to the defending coast titlists. But when Mr. Bux ton pops up and summarily insin uates Oregon will not even offer class AA competition this season, it is a bit hard to swallow. True enough the Staters may fatten their average at Oregon's expanse but the Ducks’ potentially powerful and fast-improving out tit will make it a real ball game, j ^ajEiaE®jaisiaiBiffi®&3HaiSig/aEiajQ 8|/2xll | Note Book Paper I 70 Sheets SALE 10c I UNIVERSITY t PHARMACY 5 | Duck Cagers Prepare'for OSC Invasion Teams lo Play First Till Of Series Saturday dinger and Robertson, Veteran? Of Duck Squad; Watts May Start for Webfoots By . BILL EBERIIART Coach Amory T. “Slats” Gill i and his team of hoop veterans wiil invade Eugene tomorrow niglL Olinger tor me tirsr. ot a four-game b a fi le e t b a 11 series with the Web foots. The sec ond tilt will be played a. week from tonight in Corvallis. The Oregon squad has been practicing behind locked doors j uiu ** aoiwu^tun k)i.aL>, oi/uw, and Bill Reinhart, coach of the Ducks, hopes to catch the Beaver napping in the forthcoming tilt. Bill dropped the series to the Staters last year, the first since Reinhart took up the hoop reins at Oregon in 1924. He’s out to win this year, and, contrary per haps to biological law, the Ducks are growling louder and more omi nously than ever before. \siii ?♦ ^ysu'in riuiiiimi All members of Oregon’s first team have played against the Beavers before. Gib Olinger, cap tain, and Jack “Spook" Robertson, who leads the scoring for the lo cals thus far, have faced Gill’s men in eight varsity contests dur ing the last two years. Bill Berg, husky forward, saw some action last year, and Budd and Willard Jones participated in Oregon State games last year with Southern Oregon normal. Upon the shoulders of Olinger and Robertson rests the greater share of responsibility for Satur day night's contest; Olinger, as captain, for his floor generalship and superior experience, and Rob ertson for his point-getting ability. Duck Combination Clicks Berg and the Joneses are fit ting in nicely with the Oregon system, however, and will exhibit their share of the basketball to morrow evening. They are par ticularly valuable in the rough stuff, and if former games with northern neighbors are any cri teria, this game will be no tea party. Budd Jones was an end on Prink Callison’s very good foot ball squad this fall, and Berg is a former footballer himself. Wil lard Jones’ size is enough of a testimonial for him. These va rious qualifications will come in handy during the heavy scrim mages. And if these five boys can’t turn the trick tomorrow night, Rein hart has some hoop experts lan guishing on the bench who can be called into service. Ron Gemmel, the dark-skinned boy from Helix, got a taste of conference play Tuesday night against the Cou gars, and showed his worth. Bob Miller also was drafted in the last half of the same game and came through with four points in a very short time. Walts Fully Recovered Jim Watts stood out in the Ore gon State series last year. Jim is a dyed-in-the-wool regular, but hasn’t seen much service yet, due to a fractured cheek bone early in the season. He has fully re covered now and his play shines in practice. He will probably get the first reserve call tomorrow night and may be named in the starting lineup. llld Kunkle, center, La Grande > Chi Psi Handball Team Wins From Omega Hall Boys Kappa Sigs Get Easy Games From I'hi Psis; Meserve Furnishes Only Opposition TODAY’S HANDBALL SCHEDULE 4:00—Theta Chi vs. Phi Delta Theta. 5:00—Sherry Hass Hall vs. Alpha Tau Omega. Winning all three games from Omega hall, the Chi Psis last night entered the third bracket of the donut handball elimination tournament. In the other sched uled contest Kappa Sigma a.lso won three straight from Phi Kap pa Psi. The Chi Psis had little trouble in winning their games, with Jim Wells and McCall winning their sngles games from Smith and Steinmitz 21-7, 21-13, and 21-6, 21-8. The doubles match was also a slow affair, with Landye and Calef furnishing, little opposition for Scliloth and Haberlach, who won 21-13, 21-8. Meserve was the only Phi Psi to furnish any trouble for the Kappa Sig mit experts but lost to Calavan 21-10, 15-21, 21-13. In the other singles game Johnson gained a 21-4, 21-7 victory over Wellington. Bobbitt and Kotchik had an easy time against Talbot and Riddle, and came out on the long end of a 21-1, 21-4 score. Huntley McPhee Paces Scorers With 31 Markers Huntley McPhee, driving- Wash ington State forward, tops the scorers in the northern division of the Pacific Coast conference with 31 points as the teams are poised ready to go into action in the sec ond weekend of the league race. McPhee fattened his total suffi ciently to give him first-place hon ors in the second game of the Oregon series, when he picked up 17 tallies. Another Cougar, Ken Wills, captain and guard, is pressing Mc Phee closely, following in the standings a mere two points be hind his teammate. Jack “Spook” Robertson, sharp shooting Webfoot forward, leads Bill Reinhart’s contingent in fourth place with 21 markers just below Bob Galer, stellar Washing ton guard, who holds the third position with 25. Following is the scoring, sum mary to date, including all north ern loop players who have amassed 10 or more points Player Games Fg Ft Pf Ttl McPhee, W.S.C. 4 13 5 8 31 Wills, W.S.C. 4 Galer, Wash. 2 Robertson, Ore. 2 Johnson, W.S.C_ 4 O’Connell, O.S.C... 2 Klumb, Idaho _ 2 Houston, W.S.C. .. 4 Lenchitsky, O.S.C. 2 Grenier, Idaho .. Scott, W.S.C. Cook, Wash. Hibbard, O.S.C. B. Jones, Or. Olinger, Ore. 12 8 8 6 10 6 6 4 6 6 5 5 4 2 29 25 21 21 21 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 11 10 Houghton, Roily Rourke, and La Vant Holden, forwards, and Arne Lindgren a n d Glenn Sanford, guards, are all capable men, though without much experience in conference play. Any of them may be needed against the Beav ers. Science Faculty Meets The science faculty of the Uni versity met informally Thursday evening at the Marigold. “Patronize Emerald advertisers.” FRIDAY- SATURDAY ITWO l'K TI RKS KVERY MAN AN1) WOMAN SllOl'LD SKI'.’ CHOM6 OVVNfD • CUC€N€( OWN | ©LON I A L II N AID? * mm Elysia THE VALLEY OF THE M'DK A comedy-Drama of Keal Life in a Genuine Nudist Colony in Elysia, California—Voted by a Capable Cast—A Picture You \\ ill Thoroughly Enjoy—And Which Should Be Seen By Every One Who Wants to B* Well-informed. “ Life Begins ” A Daring- Treatment of the most delicate modern day subject with Loretta Young— ALL -j g Eric Linden, Glenda Farrell SEATS J-^C Coach Gill’s Championship Hopes Rest on New Center Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of articles by Dan Clark, Emerald sports writer, concerning the relative strength of each of the bas ketball teams which the Ore gon YVebfoots will play in the northern division Pacific coast conference race this season. By DAN CLARK Verne Harrington, manager of the Union Oilers, thinks the Ore gon State five should be the out I — I Ed Lewis tit to cop the Northwest con ference gonfalon again this year. The Oilers have played Oreg o n , Oregon State, and Washington and rank the three of them at the top of the heap with the Beavers first. In imee games wun me siaiers tne Portland club came out second best with one win to the Beavers’ two. They split two games with Oregon and lost a single contest in the last few seconds of an over time to Washington 36-37. “Slats” Gill has a veteran team with the exception of Wilbur Kid der, center. Every other regular played on the Staters’ Coast cham pionship team of 1933. Hibbard at forward was a little wild last year, his first, but this season he.has settled down and has been sinking his shots with a consistency that has been disconcerting to the op posing team. His floor work has been well polished up since last year. At the other forward berth is Captain “Skeet” O’Connell, two year veteran and one of the most brilliant men on the basketball floor in the Northwest conference. O'Connell’s guarding ability is su perb and he handles the ball nicely. Holding down the regular guard positions are Carl Lenchitsky and Red McDonald, no less dangerous than the two above. These men can always be counted on for their share of the baskets in any game and form two major cogs in the Beavers’ airtight defense. The center post seems to be one which will make or break Oregon State's team this year. Without the invaluable services of lanky Ed Lewis, All-American center, who led the Northwest’s scoring to set a new conference record of 173 points last season, the Beavers are indeed in a tight spot. Wheth er they can continue playing the brand of ball they displayed last year now that they have 6-foot 3-inch Wilbur Kidder at the pivot post remains to be seen. In Cliff Folen, Coach Gill has a giant three inches taller than Kidder, but this tall lad has failed so far this season to show the style of bas ketball that Gill demands of his players. In their pre-season campaign the boys from Corvallis lost only one game to Union Oil. In these train ing games, Kidder led his team mates in the scoring, which argues well for Gill’s choice at center. Although the Corvallis mentor has not uncovered much of his re serve material, he has some good men on hand. Many of his up and coming players, who are trying hard to get into the “A-l” class with the regulars, are former high school all-stars and last year’s rook luminaries. The present Beaver lineup is a powerful one, and if Kidder can get a little more spring into his legs, the combination should finish at, or near, the top of the confer ence heap this year. Yeomen Plan for All-Campus Ping Pong Meet, Dance Virgil Esteb Elected Treasurer; Howard Lee Is Appointed As Membership Head Plans involving an all-campus ping-pong tournament, under the direction of George Teltoft, and an Independent dance were formulat ed at a meeting of the Oregon Yeo men in Gerlinger hall Wednesday night. The ping-pong tournament will act as a preliminary to an all campus handicap tournament to take place later. Vernon Wiscar son the championship in the tour nament staged last term. Virgil Esteb, junior and transfer from Linfield, was elected to the position of treasurer, which has been recently vacated. Howard Lee was appointed membership chairman for the coming ferm. A discussion was held as to the advisability of having entertain ment at the business meetings. Previous to the regular business of the meeting, a brief summary 3f the work done fall term was pre sented to members by George Ben nett, Yeoman president. Yeomen Sponsor Ping-Pong Contest Plans for an all-campus ping pong tournament to be held under the direction of George Teltoft were made at a meeting of the Oregon Yeomen, men's independ ent organization, Wednesday night at Gerlinger hall. An all-campus handicap tournament is also in the offing. Virgil Esteb was elected treas urer, succeeding the position left open by Ted Pursley, who did not return to school this term. Howard Lee was appointed membership chairman for the win ter term. The next meeting df the Yeomen is scheduled for three weeks from next Monday. -- ( Climatic Data Given to Oregon Geographers The first results of research work with climates ever made public in this section were pre sented recently in a talk before the geography council meeting of the Oregon State Teachers’ asso ciation by Miss Ruth Hopson, graduate student in geography. Miss Hopson described and ex plained the various climatic zones in the state of Oregon, which has a wider variety of temperature and rainfall conditions than al most any other state. How these different climatic areas are classi fied was one phase of the talk. William Ernest McKitrick, an other graduate student in geog raphy, and Harry T. McCallum, sophomore in physical science, ex hibited at the same time a series of continental relief maps they have prepared. The maps are among the best of their kind, it is said. “Patronize Emerald advertisers." FRIDAY NIGHT IS COLLEGE 1 NIGHT 1 § DINE—DANCE | 1 — with — 1 1 NEW CAMPUS BAND 1 ( THE OLD MILL Bears Open 1934 Campaign Against Trojans Tonight Game to Start Season in Southern Division; Trojans Feel Loss of Nemer BERKELEY, Jan. 11.— (Special to the Emerald)—Meeting in what mnv hp thp “priipinl” spripci nf the “Nibs” Pric< Pacific Coast conferen c e , southern division, the U. S. C. Tro jans and Califor nia Bears are scheduled to open the 1934 confer ence season to morrow night on a the Berkeley pa j vilion. J Because these two teams have uuimuautu uic uaaivci.’ ball picture in the south for six years, the Friday and Saturday games may turn, the balance in favor of either team. The Bruins of U.C.L.A., usually a contender for the crown, have failed to con vince observers that they will be a serious threat, although Caddy Work’s men are apt to turn up with a few surprises. Stanford, likewise, has a poor pre-season rec ord, being crushed twice in a row by the invading Utah teams, while California was winning by large scores from the Rocky Mountain teams. me r>ears ana rrojans nave similar pre-season records, both having lost to the United Athletic club of San Francisco, and win ning most of their other games. The Trojans boast practically the same lineup as that which won the southern division crown last year, losing only their 1933 lead er, Jerry Nemer. This loss, how ever, may be too big to fill, as “Little Nemo” was a great inspi rational leader, time and again pulling the Trojans out of a tight spot with a long field goal. Added to his goal-shooting ability, Nemer espeeded up the Trojan offense, and often decoyed men out so that one of his teammates could slip under the basket for easy cripples. The lineup that opens against the Bears will contain Captain Sax Elliot, reputedly fastest man in the southern division of the con ference, at one forward; Ward Hol combe at the other forward, al though this may be changed before game time; Lee Guttero, springy center of the Trojans; Julius Bas cos, who played football under Howard Jones, at one guard; and Joe Kelly at the other guard post. Captain Hal Eifert and Greg Englehard, forwards on Nib Price’s team, have recovered from injur ies, and will start for the Bears. Eifert is one of the high scorers of the southern division. Dave Meek is the only other player cer tain to start. He will hold down the pivot post. Condon Reading Room Boasts Electric Clock Among the many improvements made in campus buildings during the Christmas vacation was the installation of a new electric clock in the reading room of the Condon reserve library. The clock has been placed just above the entrance inside the read ing room so that students will not have to go out to the lobby to find Boxers Enter Tournament Finals Today Technical Kayo on Last Night’s Bouts Gibson, Goodnough and Mountain Gain Victories; Vail to Defend Title Final Bouts 4 p. m. Huggins vs. Vail .125 points Donneiy vs. Povey....l35 pounds Gibson vs. Goodnough . .145 pounds Mountain vs. Stoddard. .s.155 pound Owen vs. Wilson.165 pounds Cross vs. Kendall......175 pounds Smith vs. any chellenger. .. heavyweight Following three elimination bouts last night, the finals of the all-campus boxing tournament will start this afternoon at 4 o'clock on the main floor of the men’s gym. Last night’s events provided plenty of pepper for the crowd at tending, with one technical knock out included on the program, when 'Comet Gibson got going after a weak start and had his opponent, Ben Swanton, almost off his feet, as the referee halted the match just before the final bell. Action Is Fast Swanton started hard and during the first round was on even terms with Gibson. However, in the sec ond and third rounds Gibson’s punches started to tell and as the action got hotter he had his op ponent at his mercy. Both men were in the 145 pound class. In the second bout at the same weight Ed Goodnough and Walt Swanson tangled in a match that had little action the first round but speeded up in the last two, with the veteran Goodnough receiving a clean cut decision over his less ex perienced by hard fighting oppon ent. HUUI1U In a bout that took an extra round for the judges to make their decision, Tom Mountain received the final decision over Watson. Al though this bout had more action than the others it was more of the roundhouse swinging variety with both fighters wide open most of the time. Mountain, just off the wrestling mat, provided the spectators with several laughs during the match, especially with his, “pardon me,’’ in the final round, when he lost his glove and accidentally slapped Watson. With the match a draw at the end of the third minute and a half round, both boys went hard and fast in the final period, but the decision went to Mountain. Smith Unchallenged Today’s matches include a bout for every title except the heavy weight, where Sanford Smith re mains unchallenged. Eddie Vail, last year’s lightweight champion, decided late yesterday to defend his title and will be the only crown holder to enter the ring. out the time. It is expected that the new clock will make it a great deal easier for borrowers to return their books on time. IRISH’S LANE COUNTY’S LEADING FOOD STORES Rolled Oats 9 lb. 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