SPORTS STAFF
Bill Phipps . Editor
Bill Eberhart . Assistant Editor
Clair Johnson, Don Olds, Dan Clark, Bill Aetzel, •
George Jones, Charles Paddock.
Betty Shoemaker . Women's Sports Editor
SrORTS
THE athletic activities of the University cf 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.
VOLUME XXXV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1934
Page 4
The
Tip-Off
Ey BILE PHIPPS
A Boost for Reinhart
And His Talk to Fans
On Hoop Appreciation
By BILL TOBHRHART
(Pinch-hitting for Bill Phipps)
A splendid innovation was in
troduced late yesterday afternoon
hy Bill Reinhart, Oregon’s basket
ball coach. Bill turned public
speaker and gave about a hundred
coeds what it takes to make a
real basketball fan. With the help
of his hoop squad, Reinhart gave
a talk and a demonstration of bas
ketball that will turn that crowd
of gals into real rooters.
The event was staged in the ig
loo yesterday afternoon at 4:30,
and billed as a talk on ‘‘basketball
appreciation.” Townspeople as
well as students were invited, but
the audience turned out to be most
ly girls, with a few straggling
male students and business men.
It is unfortunate that such a small
crowd attended, but if the girls
that attended absorbed half of
what he told them, Bill’s efforts
were more than justified.
Instead of peering around to see
how many women were bold
enough to come out in a new spring
bonnet, or searching the opposite
bleachers for a glimpse of their
“men” of the evening, those gals
that were present and awake at
Bill’s oration yesterday will under
stand what it’s all about at future
hoop games.
The Webfoot mentor wasn’t
stingy with his “class" yesterday;
he “shot the works,” and in a
manner intelligible to the most un
tutored of spectators. Of course
Bill knows a lot of technical ins
and outs and basketball strategy
that he withheld. But he let his
audience in on the principal fun
damentals that any good fan
should know. Those who knew rel
atively nothing about the sport
were admitted into a new field of
knowledge, and those who classed
themselves as experts had many
points cleared up.
Bill told them about shots, both
long and short, fakes, blocks, of
fensive and defensive systems, and
all the rest of it. He pointed out
the fact that every basketball
player must be his own quarter
back, and that the man with the
ball determines the play according
to the position of the other nine
men on the floor. He dished out a
little basketball theory that should
give those who heard him a real
incentive to turn out for the rest
of the games this season anti in
future years.
With the no-pigging rule con
stantly in effect, the girls of the
campus have virtually no oppor
tunity of learning any basketball
technique. What their boy friends
tell them away from the scene of
battle is usually forgotten by the
time the next game rolls around.
The popularity of any sport is de
veloped and sustained by specta
tor-interest, and Reinhart took the
first step yesterday toward height
ening that Interest.
The Oregon coach is to be com
mended upon his step in a very
worthy direction, and the students
and townspeople of Eugene are to
be congratulated upon having one
of the foremost basketball author
ities of the country to tutor them
in the whats and whys of the court
game. Let’s hope that. Bill will
find time to give another talk or
two before the current season is
over, and give a few early in the
winter next year.
* * *
It would bo a fine thing if the
other teachers of Oregon athletics
would follow Bill's suit. There are
many facts and thoughts about
football, track, and baseball that
the average Mr. Fan knows noth
ing about, but about which he is
anxious to learn. Since it is the
spectator who supports the college
team in a financial way, he de
serves to know what lies back of
the touchdown or the basket. He
would appreciate it, and Mr. Kos
son would appreciate that “specta
tor-interest" stuff that we men
tioned.
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With Husky Quintet
Gill Hopes to Upset Invaders With Zone
Defense; Cougars and Vandals
Rattle for Cellar Post
By BILL AETZKL
A purple and gold horde of Washington Huskies sweeps
down on Corvallis this (‘veiling; to open hostilities with the de
lending champion Oregon State five m a two
game series tonight and Saturday. The Orange
men must win both of these tilts to remain in
the running for the northern division title, as
they already have four losses chalked up against
them.
The Orangemen, meeting the undefeated
leaders for the first time this season, have high
hopes of turning back the invaders and the pro
ficient zone type of defense employed by the
(lillinen which has consistently stemmed the
“Slats” (Jill Washington attack in former years, might be
of the desired potency to again turn the trick in the present
campaign.
Coach Gill has been revamping his lineup endeavoring to
find a combination which has scoring power and at the same
time will be able to check the1
high scoring Washinton flashes,
Galer, Lee, and Hanover. The
Staters have the advantage of
playing on their home floor which
is peculiarly different than most
conference courts. Incidentally,
Clyde Wagner, Husky sophomore
center, will be playing his first
game on the Oregon State floor.
Tpe outcome of this series Sat
urday should definitely prove
something or other. Victories for
the Seattle boys would only fur
ther the humiliation to the rest
of the conference teams, while a
complete reversal of dope and
Oregon State wins would throw
the race once more into an inter
esting affair.
Beavers Have Chance
Shotlld the Beavers pull out
ahead in both battles, they would
be decidedly back in the struggle
for conference honors. In case
such a thing happens, and the
added incentive result in a couple
of Webfoot victories at Eugene,
Monday and Tuesday, the three
leaders would be in a triangular
tie as to units in the loss column,
with four reversals each. Such an
outcome is not too probable but
highly possible.
Should this happen, to be fol
lowed with a sudden comeback by
either Idaho or Washington State
or both of them, the conference
standings might reach the point
of a delightful mess, and break
all existing records of a confer
ence winner.
Husky Five Favored
After Washington's impressive
record to date, such a result does
not appear as logical, and hopes
for an outcome of this kind shoidd
not be banked on too heavily.
Washington State invades the
stronghold of her traditional rival,
Idaho, at Moscow, in one game,
Saturday night. A Vandal vic
tory will pull them up to an even
basis v^ith the Staters while a
Cougar win will give Coach Rich
Fox's boys even a tighter hold on
the cellar position than they now
enjoy. Both quintets seem to have
“found themselves" lately and a
battle will undoubtedly be waged,
the home team appearing to have
a slight edge, with Grenier and
Klumb, both sharpshooting giants,
leading the attack.
Stanford Stock (joes lip
Games in the southern confer
ence find California, present lead
ers, meeting the strong Stanford
five, which, since its surprise vic
tory over U. S. C. in the second
game list weekend, has further
proved itself as a worthy title
contender by a double win over
the capable University of San
Francisco team this week.
The Bears, enjoying a nice lead,
are anxious to prove to California 1
basketball fans that the Stanford
win over U. S. C. was a fluke, by J
trouncing the Cards decisively
with their fast breaking offense
built around Captain Hal Eifert
of the Berkeley team. Coach
"Nibs" Price has been drilling in
to his boys the importance of that
one game lead and they are anx
ious to avenge last year's close
loss of the championship to It. S.
C. by keeping that reversal col
umn as it now appears.
The U. C. L. A.-Southern Cali
fornia game, the second of the se
r l ies, this Saturday, will be no set
up for the Trojans, for it will
Ye Olde Oregon
BARBER SHOPPE
(Next to College Side)
mark the return to the Ucla line
up of two strong men, previously
held back by the ineligibility
route this season.
Lanky Bud Rose, who was in
eligible lasj year and the first
part of this season, will pair with
Captain Don Piper at the forward
berths. It was Rose, incidentally,
who personally accounted for the
defeat of Troy in the 1932 series.
Piper Always Dangerous
Although Piper was bottled up
in the first Trojan game, the ad
dition of Rose to the lineup will
cause the U. S. C. defense a good
deal of worry.
Don Ashen, the other new
comer, will be at one guard posi
tion with either Rietz or McFad
den at the other defensive post.
' Coach Sam Barry plans to start
his regular lineup of Holbrook and
Elliot, forwards; L^e Guttero, cen
ter; and Bescos and Kelly, guards,
with Browning and Findlay ready
to enter the struggle when a reg
ular falters.
Women’s
Athletics
By BETTY SHOEMAKER
^ICMA KAPPA va. Kappa Kap
k_ pa Gamma swimming team
this afternoon at 4 p. m.
Pi Beta Phi vs. Alpha Phi.
Watch the paper for the bas
ketball schedule for next week in
tomorrow’s paper.
Don't forget to get your team
members out to a practice so they
will be in good practice and drop
around to the dispensary for a
heart check.
* * *
Badminton practice this after
noon at 4 p. m. Tf you don’t know
anything about the game drop
around and learn a few techniques
of the game.
* * * *
Didn’t get to award the Specta
tor cup yesterday because the
swimming meet was postponed.
Better come out tonight and back
your team in the big double head
er meet at 4 o'clock.
H» »(* *
Social swim this evening at 7:30
in the women’s swimming pool.
Suits and towels and admission
are all free.
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I
Besides tutoring Bill, Jr., in the rudiments of the maple court
sport, Orator Iteinhart proved himself a capable teacher yesterday to
a crowd of Oregon coeds, who have been wondering what the boys
“in the funny little green panties” do up at the Igloo all the time.
Sport Chats
from
HERE and THERE
By DAN E. CLARK Jr.
-Dill You Know That:
'T'HE game of handball and the
pellet itself was invented be
fore the fall of Troy by a fair and
well-known socialite of Lydia? The
dear girl. She told her playmate
Nausica, daughter of Alcinous,
king of Phoeacia about her inven
tion and they didst verily play to
gether upon the green . . . The
pastime was introduced into Eng
land during the 14th century . . .
an old English manuscript says of
Saint Cuthbert, “he pleyde atte
balle with the, children that his
fellowes were.” . . . for an award
to the winners they presented tan
sy cakes . . . Verily and we shoulde
awayrd our campus balle champs
wyth tansy cakes!
* * *
SPECIAL: Our sports staff has
been taking a beating at the
hands of the fair sex? The other
day Bill Phipps crept into the
sports room with a dejected and
cowed look upon his face. A sport
ing Pi Phi had taken advantage
of him and walloped him in tennis!
Good for the aforesaid Pi Phi. Do
it again and Bill will be a perfect
lamb around the sports room. (In
a whisper we must admit we are
another of the miserables. A fair
D. G. decided Bill shouldn’t be the
only lamb in the fold and so she
added further humiliation to the
sports staff by taking your cor
respondent down the line!) While
in our little confession circle, As
sistant Editor Bill Eberhart re
vealed that between the hours of
12 and 4 one morning last summer
a dear girl merrily took his meas
ure in ping-pong! Any more omis
sions or corrections? Today's col
umn should be called Sports
Chumps instead of Chats!
If the students should enough
interest, a series of “spectator
talks” such as the fine one Bill
Reinhart gave yesterday will be
presented in the future ? The se
ries will cover the entire range of
major sports on the campus and
some of the minor activities, and
be given by Experts.
* * *
There are lots of interesting
things happening on this campus
(believe it or not!) in reference to
sports ? Give us a break and tell
us about them. Full credit given
to author, and they won’t be
marked pd. adv.
“Patronize Emerald advertisers.”
Theta Chi and
Yeomen Take
League Titles
Fijis and Sherry Ross
Victimized
S.A.M., Delta Upsilon, Kappa Sig,
And Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Other Winners
Theta Chi and the Yeomen “A"
league volleyball teams last night
grabbed the titles in their respec
tive divisions by defeating the
Fijis and Sherry Ross. Both
matches furnished one interesting
game that took more than the
usual number of points to determ
ine the winner.
The independent men started
slow and the Sherry Ross six ran
up 10 points before the indepen
dents scored a counter. Then
Crockett and Campbell started
making their kills good and soon
knotted the count at 14 all. Fol
lowing a few exchanges of the ball
the Yeomen finally spiked the last
| two points necessary to take the
I game. In the second match the
i hall six folded up and lost 6-15.
Stars Missing
With two of their stars, Ohmart
and Stromberg, missing, the Yeo
men team was rather disorganized,
but Crockett and Campbell were
effective. For the Sherry Ross
boys Flick continued his good
work of the past.
In the Theta Chi-Fiji encounter
the first game was an easy vic
tory for Theta Chi, but the last
match was no walkaway and Phi
Gamma Delta forced them to ex
tend themselves to gain a final
18-16 victory. Granger was the
best man for the victors, while
Golden was most effective for the
losers.
Sammies Win
The Sammies with only four men
playing turned in one of the oth
er victories of the afternoon pro
gram with a 15-9, 15-2 defeat of
Phi Kappa Psi, while Delta Upsi
lon grabbed the other in a close
exciting match with Omega hall.
The hall team provided plenty of
opposition in the second game of
the series but lost the final one.
Schenk led the killing for the vic
tors. The score for the three games
was 15-6, 14-16, 15-6.
The forfeit victors were Kappa
Mikulak Quintet,
Ashland Normal
Will Play Tonight
All-Stars Surprise Hoop Circles
With 24-21 Conquest Over
Union Oil Team
Mikulak’s All-Stars, now proud
possessors of a victory over the
Union Oil five, take to the road
again this weekend. Tonight the
ex-gridsters take on Howard Hob
son's Sons of Ashland normal.
This game should be a bit too
hard for the All-Stars, however,
as the Sons are very good hoop
ers. The team moves on to Klam
ath Falls Saturday night to play
the Townies.
The All-Stars pulled the sur
prise of the month by defeating
the Union Oilers last week, 24-21.
The oilers piled up a commanding
lead, and then sauntered to the
end of the game. Without about
five minutes to go, they woke up
to the fact that the score was 22-21
in favor of the ex-gridsters. This
was the signal for a wild flurry of
shooting, but none of the attempts
found the basket, while the All
Stars added another.
The All-Stars, although losing
Mike Mikulak, are taking him
on their various trips. In his place
is Red Rotenberg, former Webfoot
athletic luminary. The rest of the
combination, composed of Temple,
Wishard, Cuppoletti, and Hughes,
has functioned very nicely. Be
sides the Oiler tilt, the All-Stars
have defeated a number of inde
pendent outfits throughout the
northern part of the state.
-rroDaoie lineups tor tonight s
game :
AU-Stars Sons
Rotenberg.F. Patterson
Temple.F. Howell
Wishard.C. Bradway
Hughes.G. Courtney
Cuppoletti.G. Yandle
Wesley Club Meeting
The drama department of the
Wesley club held a meeting last
night at the home of Dorothy Nye
land, Bartle court apartments. Hol
ly Seavey was in charge of the
meeting. Alice Baker gave a talk
on “The Possibilities in Religious
Drama.” The group discussed the
subject of forming a drama guild.
Sigma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon
as Sigma Nu and Alpha hall de
faulted.
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Frosh Defeat
WendlingFive
InRoughTilt
Dorsey Leads Freslmien
In Scoring
Shields to Take Yearlings on Trip
To Salem, Astoria; Kooks
Beaten by Salem
The Oregon freshman basket
ball five continued its successful
campaign in unofficial games by
bowling over the Wendling team
last night, 29 to 24. The “cigar
box” court in Wendling seriously
hampered the usually wide open
play of the frosh, and the tilt
turned out to be fast but rough.
Fourteen personal fouls w ere
called, but Referee Estes let many
obvious fouls slip by.
Playing only part of the first
half, Leibowitz and Helmkin, year
ling forwards, led their team in
the score books with eight mark
ers apiece, while Dorsey, Wend
ling guard, led both outfits with
nine points, five of which were
made from the free throw line.
Gene Shields takes his first year
men on the road next week to
play scheduled games with high
school teams in Salem and As
toria. The former prep school
outfit recently knocked over the
Oregon State rooks.
Summary of last night's game:
Frosh (29) FG. Ft. Ff. To.
Liebowitz . 4 0 2 3
Williamson . 3 0 0 6
Helmkin . 4 0 18
Rundlett . 0 0 10
Murray . 3 117
Faust . 0 0 10
Rotenberg . 0 0 10
Hardisty . 0 0 10
Wendling (24) Fg. Ft. Pf. Tp.
Wright . 1 0 2 2
Cox . 2 0 0 4
Wicks . 2 0 14
Mehl . 10 0 2
Page .. 112 3
Dorsey . 2 5 0 9
Crow . 0 0 10
Three in Infirmary
Patients at the infirmary Thurs
day were Jack Mulder, Bud Mit
chell, and David Crosse.
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