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CLAIR JOHNSON, Editor DON CASCIATO Night Editor This Issue UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1935 Duck Tracks By CLAIR JOHNSON Harcombe Good Ball Hank; Orange Contest IT ill Be Real Thriller jVTEEK appearing though he is, Bill Harcombe, who still has fans gasping about his unexpected Ked IViiCijonald display of ability against the Cou gars the other night, is, with the exception of Budd Jones, the best ball - hawk on the squad to get in scramble for the ball in any sort of a mix up. Too bad we are not playing southern conference rules up here with no center tipoff after initial piay has started. Then Reinhart wouldn't have to worry about whether lie will be able to keep Willie Jones at forward, where he shines so much better, in case Har combe should fail to come through against other teams. With Red McDonald missing at O.S.C. this year we just wonder who the Orangemen will have for a playmate for rough-and-tumble Rudd Jones. The battles (hoop not fistic) between the two last year were almost half the sport of the games between the two iives. Not wishing to detract any from Kill Harcombe, hut Sans getting too enthusiastic, about him must remember that Houston, although tall, was one of the worst confer ence centers to show here in re cent seasons. Apparently listening with one ear to the words of wisdom of Washington Coach Hec Edmund son, who advocates a system of fast-breaking and continual bas ket shooting' from almost any po sition, harkening with the others ear to the demands of Oregon fans for faster action at their basket ball games, both Duck mentor Bill Reinhart and Beaver coach Slats Gill have, as all hoop followers j know, instituted radical changes ’ ii. their basketball play. Gill started out the season by dropping his zone defense which. has been traditional for years with' the Beavers, and Reinhart, after' starting with his usual slovv-break- i ing setup shot plan suddenly shift- ‘ cu to a fast-breaking shoot when you can offense. He made the I shift just before the disastrous se ries with the SONS and that is one reasons the Ducks looked so bad against them although the, normal boys are plenty good too. i So with bpth teams glorying in ; regular slam-bang play and diving ■ tor the ball like a loose fumble in ' football, and in addition to their usual rivalry fighting for the con feience lead fans can look for one pi the best thrillers seen in this section for years when the two teams meet Saturday at Corvallis. Orange fans are all hopped up about the greatness of their team and Phil Brandt, Barometer sports editor, leads the cry as follows: “The Orange quintet’s play last night (Tuesday) was more than good—it was colossal. Not even during the hey-dey champion ship year did the Orangemen look better. Drive, power, fight —all featured the Oregon State play last night. . . . That man to-man defense had a lot to do with keeping piny at a feverish pitch through the entire game.” So it looks like the Webfoot knee-pads will get plenty of use after all!! Right now it looks like a split of games between the two teams with each favorites on their home floor. sit *i: tit Boh Lucas, a journalism major here now, who was on the Beaver sijuart the year they were roast They Can’t Take It Your shoes — miles ot luii'il wear are still in them—but tlieir soles are weak. .MORAL; Take them 1o KEITH’S Shoe Repair Paul Mars. Manager 1076 Willamette "The shop with a sign on the sidewalk." Executive Council Selects 1934 Football Lettermen O.S.C. Gagers’ Next on Duck Net Schedule Traditional Rivals to Vie On Corvallis Court Saturday Night Close Tilt Expected; Both Teams Undefeated Oregon basketball stock, which has been soaring- way above par, took a sudden nose dive today with .Jim Watts tne news ot Ore gon State’s sec ond victory over the W.S.C. Cou gars. Taking in ventory. varsity coach Bill Rein hart began t o wonder if his ’’last-half” hcop sters could down the team which outpointed the Cougars the full length of the game, Saturday s game Between Oregon and Oregon State, both unbeaten, at Corvallis bids fair to be one of the most exciting of the season. With only two days in which to prepare for the formidable Bea vers, Reinhart called upon former varsity player Jim Watts for aid. and the two sages planned the final touches on the Webfoot offense be fore the jaunt to Corvallis. Un doubtedly the same sharpshooters who started last Saturday’s inelee will venture forth against the Staters this week-end. Harcombe to Jump Big Bill Harcombe, who made a Cinderella-like leap from compara tive obscurity of the bench to the dazzling lights of the maple court, will preside at the center post. Willie Jones, relieved of the jump ing position, is likely to remain pet manently at forward. Captain Bill Berg will be his running mate Apparently, having cinched the two guard berths, Sam Liebowitz and Budd Jones will try their slam bang type of ball on Coach Slats Gill’s proteges. Ron Gemmel, Rollie Rourke, Glen Sanford, and John Lewis also stand a good chance of seeing service Saturday. In the two conference games played thus far “Wee Willie” Jones, Sam Liebowitz, and Bill Harcombe lead their green-satin cohorts in scoring honors. Willie ranks first with a total of 23 points; Sam is second with 19; and Harcombe third with 9, the tallies of the latter player all being made in the second game. Roland Rouke and Bill Berg tie for fourth place with a total of 4 points each. Monday night the varsity squad traveled to Corvallis to see the Beavers in action against Coach Jack Friel's Cougars. Very im pressed were they with the work of Wally Palmberg, southpaw As torian forward, who led the at tack; Earl Conkling, gangling pivot man who has replaced the veteran Folen: Baron Mose von Lyman, authority on European travel and long range hemp-swish ing; Captain George Hibbard; and Bill Bergstrom, Beaver guard. Art Merryman, the 140 pound sopho more speedster from Corvallis also merited note. champs and still has some of the eyes also thinks this year’s games, with both teams scrambling and hustling for the ball, will be top pers for clashes between the two rivals. Oregon Yeomen Plan Dance for January 26 Plans for a dance in Gerlinger hall, Saturady, January 26, were made at a meting of the Oregon Yeomen, in the Y hut at 7:30 last night. Don Hunter will donate his own phonograph and amplifying system. The dance is to be an all campus affair, and the admission will be 25 cents a couple for non members. Since the Yeomen are at the top of intramural sports standings, it was decided that more cooperation in handball and volleyball will bring championship into view. Virgil Esteb, president of the group announced that the next mowing will be on the first Wed nesday :n Febrauray. Esteb asked last night that any independent men interested in playing golf for the Yeomen in the mtr-amuial sports tourney to get in i touch with Tiyfvam Kjosiieen im ! Radiate!; e 1 One of the Jones Boys Though not one of the biggest basketball players in respect to size, “Wee Willie” Jones, Webfoot basketeer, can measure his playing ability with the best hoopsters in the Northwest Division of the Pacific coast hoop conference. Jones, former Washington high of Portland and Southern Oregon normal school mapie court man, “found himself ' after being shifted to a forward post from the center position in the opening game of the season against Washington State and played sensational ball in the series with the Cougar cagers. “Willie” is the leading point-getter of the Duck flock. He has scored 23 counters in two games. THERMAL QUERIES START Too hot? too cold? or just right? Which rooms of the University are satisfactory or unsatisfactory as to temperature are to be discovered by means of a questionnaire pre pared by Dr. Will V. Norris. Fac ulty members are requested to list rooms occupied, to check them ac cording to temperature, and to comment about heating and ven tilating conditions. 128 Alder UNIVERSITY TAILOR WALT HU XAKKWSK1 Phone 2(341 All Kinds of Tailoring at Reasonable Prices Ineludiug New Suits Cleaning and Pressing e a- a- a e, ■niii—iiifii ■! iwiwi ■ iiniiiiiniWMiwiiiiM air. s £ i REASONABLE PRICES? Yes! QU ALITY WORK? Yes! QUICK SERVICE? Yes! Where? NEW-SERVICE 839 High Street Phone 823 I ; i i S 2.SL* «B 2.LIIMI IK B Intramural Handballers Open Season SPE and Sigma Clii Win Matches, Beat Gamma Hall, Chi Psi Phi Sigs, Belts; Phi Kaps, DIJ’s Play Today Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Chi opened the 1935 intramural handball tournament yesterday af ternoon on the gym courts with lopsided wins over Gamma hall and the Chi Psi "lodge.” In a total of four games the Hallers were able to count only three points against the SPE's. James Wasson was defeated by Los Hollenbeck in the first rank ’ingles, 21-1, 21-1; and the doubles team of Ray Lopez and Mel Ken nedy scored only one point against Bob Foley and Ken Lottridge, the ?.P.E. swattefs, while losing 21 to ) and 21 to 1. Gamma hall forfeited the second rank singles match to Ed Schlesser t)f the S.P.E.’s. Both Singles Taken Ray Koch and Ladd Sherman, ’arrying the Sweetheart banner, surned up the courts against Bill McCall and Tom Blanchard, the Dhi Psi first and second men, win ling decisively, 21-13, 21-8; and 21-5, 21-3, respectively. The Sigma Chi doubles duet of Toe Gordon and Eddie Vail were intended to the scores of 21-13, ind 21-12 in downing Jim Wells md Hague Callister. In spite of lis team’s loss, Jim Wells, husky Lodger, was the most brilliant per ,’ormer on the court. Today’s schedule brings together :he Delta Tau swatters and the Phi Sig representatives at 4 ppm. md the Pi Kaps and Delta Upsilon it, 5 o’clock. Independents Smear Frosh Five 40 to 27 Ducklings, Depite Loss, Make Good Showing Against Irish More Experienced Townies Forced to Limit to Win Coach Gene Shields' University of Oregon freshman basketball quintet met its stiffest test yet this season last night at McAr thur court and withstood the shock fairly well despite being on the short end of a 40 to 27 score in the first contest of a two-game series with the powerful and more experienced Irish Cash Stores com bination of Eugene. The final tally is hardly indica tive of the fine battle waged by the college frosh against a supe rior aggregation of ex-college stars, who were able to edge out a win only in the latter part of the game, when the Ducklings weak ened, chiefly through lack of good reserve material. Many Reserves Used Shields, rather than concentrate on a victory, used substitutions freely in an attempt to discover a smooth-working five. The starting Frosh basketeers, Stafford, Dick, Danner, Ragsdale, and Lasselle, ap peared to be the best answer to his troubles. This quintet blended a fast ball-passing offense with an air-tight defense to prove the best combination of the evening. The Frosh grabbed an early 4-0 lead but the Irishers immediately overcame this advantage .to jump ahead and stay ahead of the Col legians for the remainder of the game. Despite several Pros h threats, the town team managed to keep its lead safe for two-thirds of the game and walked away from its opponents in the final minutes of play. Silver, Eberhart High Scores Dave Silver, left-handed center from Lincoln high of Portland, was high point man for the freshman team. He accounted ' for seven points to nose out Danner and Staf ford, each of whom marked up an <. veil half-dozen counters. Jean Eberhart of Irish, however, was the leading point-getter of the r=if=i r=i r;n rcn m m rr*. Stop! Look!!. A worthwhile Suggestion to all Emerald readers: iStOP before buying merchandise to see if the merchant advertises in the EMERALD - - - t OOK through your EMERALD every day for the best values in town sage an EMERALD advertisement brings you—and buy accordingly. ISTEN to the mes Buy from Emerald Advertisers Twenty-Five Will Receive Grid Awards Thirteen Pigskin Men Win First Honors; 8 Earn Third ‘0’ ly.T’S Eleven to Lose Ten From Present Crop At a meeting of the student ex ecutive council held yesterday af ternoon in the journalism building. 2b members of the 1934 University of Oregon grid squad were named to receive varsity football letters for service on the Webfoot pig skin team during the past season. Of these 25 gridmen. 15 are ex pected to return to school next fall for another season of football under Prink Callison, Duck coach, who will have a strong nucleus of veteran material around which to build his 1935 eleven. Following are the award-win ners: First awards: Walter Back. Delbert. Bjork, Ross Garter, Clar ence Codding, William Estes, An drew Hurney, Ray Lopez, Hugh McCredie, John Reischman, Stan ley Riordan, Vincent Walker, Dick Bishop, and Edwin Farrar. Second awards: Frank Michek. Edward Simpson, Maurice Van Vliet. and Budd Jones. Eight will be presented with their third varsity letter. They are: Alex Eagle, Gardner Frye, Robert Fury, Roy Gagnon, Ray Morse, Robert Parke. Ralph Terjeson, and George Pepelnjak. All of the three-letter winners, in addition to Simpson and Van Vliet. two-year lettermen, will not be available for next season’s team. night with a iotal of 16 markers to his credit. The two teams will meet again tonight in a game starting at 7:30 p. m. The box score: Frosh Pos Fg Ft Stafford f 3 0 Crawford .f 0 1 Danner.c 3 0 Silver . ...c 3 1 Austin .g 1 l Ragsdale .g 1 0 F 0 0 1 0 0 0 Irish Total 12 2 1 Pos Fg Ft Rubenstein .f 4 1 Eberhart .c s o Forencrook .c 1 0 Watts .g 3 0 Jacobs .g 2 0 Total. 19 2 F 1 0 1 1 1 4 Send the Emerald to your friends. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING l()c per liiu1. BUSINESS OI’l’OKT UNITIES Dollars doily! Spare time. No selling. Facts- other offers 10c. International Agency, Cincin nati. DRESSMAKING PETITE SHOP 573 13th St. E. Phone 3208 “Style Right Price Right” ROOMS For rent: Single room for stu dents. Private home, private hath. Breakfast and dinner if desired. Mrs. Derislow. Phone 1652-W. NEW SHOP Aladdin Shop at White Elec tric Co. TUTORING Tutoring in German, French, Spanish. A. Van Moock, B.A. 710 13th Ave. K. Phone 1325-W. FOR WRITERS Plot builder. New robot fic tion plotter. Endless “idea" source. Only 0c ppd. Mail marts, Cincinnati. PHONE 3300 EMERALD CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Boushey Issues Call For Entries in W inter All-Campus Athletics EARL, E. Boushey, intramural supervisor, yesterday re quested all those who intend to enter the winter term ping pong and handball all-campus events to sign up with him at the men’s gym immediately. There will be singles and doubles competition in both sports with the winners being decided upon an elimination basis. Any student who is registered in the University may enter, there being no house affiliation. MOORE VISITS HERE Dr. A. R. Moore, guest professor it the Imperial university of Ja aan under the Rockefeller Insti ute for the last two years and former professor of physiology on his campus is here in Eugene for i short visit before returning to Japan. Moore is the guest of M. F. McClain, manager of the Co-op .luring I.' y in Eugene. is now your •opportunity to buy that needed article of wear at a genuine saving. and wrap coats as low at $19.9 5. © now $1 1.50. 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