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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1936)
Coed Squabble! Susan Campbell and Orides basketball sextets fought through to a 25-25 tie in the championship round of the coed tournament yesterday. They will meet again today to decide the affair. SPORTS STAFF: Charles Paddock, sports editor. Pat Frizzell, associate editor. Tom McCall, Quacks editor. Reporters: Ben Back, Gale Putnam, Hubard Kuokka, Bill Van Dusen, Wendell Wyatt, Bruce Currie. Coed reporters: Jean Gulovson, Helen Calkins. Sport ❖ ROLLIE HOI RKF, COMES HOME, BILL COURTNEY GETS CALL TO EMPIRE ROSE CITY FAG BRINGS ROUGH JOLT TO WEBFOOT BARNSTORMING SQUAD ❖ Quacks | By TOM McCALL j One little cigarette provided an awfully tough break for Oregon's basketeer Rourke and gave Guard Bill Courtney a trip to the Inland Empire with the barnstorming Ducks. The traveling squad, which left Eugene yesterday noon, minus "Wee Willie,” stopped a few minutes in Portland where Rourke stepped off the train and fired up a fag. Coach Hobson smelled smoke, found its source, handed Rourke a ticket home, and wired that Courtney be sent north immediately. Of course there must be training rules and they must be main tained, but it seems that the squad and the deadeye Irish guard received quite a heavy blow through Coach Hobson's action. Rourke is a senior and the games would have been his last for Oregon. He was valuable to the team. But then, on the other hand, it was just as much Hobson’s loss as anyone’s. He wants to win ’em too. It’s beyond me just why the individual scoring of the southern division of the Pacific coast basketball conference is always higher than that of the northern section. For example, the record in California is Lee Guttero’s 187 points for a 13 game season. Southern quintets have just concluded their this year's dozen and Hank Luisetti, Stanford’s sophomore sure shot, has whipped in 6G field goals and 40 fouls for a total of 173 points, which is just four less than the Northwest record hung up last year by Galer of Washington. But Galer was a senior and had 16 contests to shoot through to set his mark. Then when the basket-making wonders meet the Northwest champion for the Pacific coast title and there are no great scoring sprees on the part of the Californians, what conclusion is a man supposed to draw? Although the regular 12 game schedule of the southern division has come to a close, there is still one game yet to "be played. It’s the fracas between Stanford and the Southern California Trojans that will decide the champion down there. The Cards and SC have each won eight and lost four, and the former are slight favorites to take their ninth game in the playoff at Palo Alto next Saturday. California, which had spent the earlier part of the season in the division cellar, came out of the doldrums to close with a percentage of .500. The Bruins from Westwood settled for a piddling .167 average. * * * It’s a rare occasion when a Northwest conference basketeer runs up 20 points in an evening. If the writer’s memory serves him faithfully, the biggest hemp swishing spree of the year in these parts was staged by Ralph Bishop in one of the Washington Oregon games in Seattle Then it was that the tall Husky flipped in a mean 19 counters. Hardly a weekend goes by that some southern division player does not garner 20 or more. Luisetti whanged in 30 and a couple of 20 odds, John “the Goon’’ Ball rifled 26 one game, and so it went. When the bombers were under strict surveillance, an “un concentrated upon” dark horse would flip in a dozen or so. # * * The ex-Webfoot second baseman, Hay Koch, tripled in the ninth to break up a ball game between a conglomeration of big leaguers and coast circuit stars at the Oakland training camp the other day. The lad furthered his cause in pro baseball because it so happened that the New York Yankee ivory hunters were looking on. Koch, already the property of the Gothamites, is being given a tryout by their Acorn farm. « * # “YOU KNOW THE RULES, TORP.” Book Selection On Display at Libe yolumes Are Examples of Excellent Pub 1 i s li i n g, Outstanding Design A few of the 50 books of 1936 recently chosen by the American Institute of Graphic Arts as dis playing outstanding typographic and publishing standards in book making are on display in the cir culation room of the old library. Notices on the showcase state that the selection is made “to set before American typographers and publishers selected examples of bookmaking of the year, examples that might gradually raise our standards of book design and man ufacturing.” The 1936 committee for selection of the books was: Milton B. Glick, designer of the Viking press; Karl Kup, curator of the Spencer col Check Your Tires | j For That Vacation I ° 9 Trip 1 1 | Goodyear! Tires 1 ■ Buy-on Time | fl CARLSON, : HATTON : & HAY : 96 10th Ave. E. Phone 239 (| lection at the New York public li brary; and Lewis Mumford, critic. The list of 50 works represents 39 publishing houses. Judging was based on type faces, paper, and binding used in the works. The compilation showed that 26 books were set in linotype faces, 16 in monotype faces, 4 in intertype fac es, 2 in American type founder’s Garamond, and 1 in Bauer Weiss. Orides, Susie Tie in Coed Tourney Final Two Teams Battle to 25 25 Deadlock; Game to Be Replayed Today Two flashy basketball teams, Susan Campbell and Orides, bat tling yesterday for the women's intramural trophy, quit with the score tied at 25. Because over time games are prohibited, the teams agreed to play again today at 5 p. m. to settle the championship. The game, marked by a slim margin from the beginning, drew to the last minute of play with the score of 25-24 in favor of Susan Campbell. Amid the frenzied shouts of onlookers, Lillian Schaf fer. shooting for the independents calmly sank a gift throw. With a half-minute to go and both teams fighting to break the tie, a foul called on Dorothy Burgess, Susan Campbell guard, gave the Orides a last chance to break through to the lead, but they failed to capital ize on the throw. The final whistle sounded, stopping the scramble at the backboard for possession of the ball. Pi Phis Eliminated The teams had the choice of sharing the championship or hav ing another tilt. They chose to fight it out this afternoon at 5 in the main gym. After a delay of more than a week because of illness of mem bers of the various teams, Susan Campbell beat the Pi Phis, run ners-up, by a score of 28-13 in semi-finals, blasting the hopes of the sorority girls who have held the trophy for the past three years, and winning the right to play the unbeaten Orides. Schaffer High Scorer High-point player for the game was Lillian Schaffer, Orides for ward, with 22 counters. Bernice Scherzinger made 17 for the hall girls. Exceptional guarding on the part of Gertrude Branthover held Sue Moshberger, with her usually disastrous one-handed shots, to eight points for the game. Susan Campbell (25 Orides (25) Scherzinger, 17.. F.Schaffer, 22 Moshberger, 8.... F.E. Huston, 3 Hall .JC. Seely JC. Lewis Thomas.SC.Z. Huston Burgess .G. E. Allen Hutchens .G. O. Allen Cleator .G. 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Frosh Close Successful Season, Win 19 of 20 Games Under the careful guidance of Honest John Warren who was making his debut in college bas ketball circles, the University of Oregon’s freshman basketball team swept through 20 games with only one defeat marring its nearly spotless record. The defeat, a 37 to 35 game with the OSC Rooks, was throroughly avenged by the frosh who won the next three games from the Baby Beavers by convincing scores. 857 Points Amassed In their 20 games the yearlings amassed a grand total of 857 points for an average of 42.8 per game while holding their opposition to 522 counters or 26.1 per contest. Three members of the Duckling squad stood out as prospective var sity material next year although several of the others showed possi bilities of developing into players of real class in another season. Leading the prospects are Wally Johansen, Laddie Gale, and Bob Anet. Gale Leading Scorer Gale, former Oakridge high star and all-state center, was the lead ing scorer for the season with 219 points in 18 games for an average of over 12 points a game. Gale stands well over six feet, is a dead shot with either hand, and is a fairly good floor man. Coach Hob son is undoubtedly counting heav ily on his ability for next year’s varsity quintet. Wally Johansen, slippery for ward from Astoria, is ranked by Coach Warren as a potentially greater star than Wally Palmberg, Oregon State's ace. Johansen is six feet tall, a dead shot from any Clever - Correct Riding Habits o with the “jump* of London Style Riding Breeches and Sweaters You'll find all the smart little aeees sorie.s smell as "loves and vagabond hat; in ourdoor department. To be correctly outfitted for riding one should see our clever stock. Whether you are riding for credit or riding by the hour you’ll always find mounts available at the new riding academy at the Fairgrounds. William’s Stores, Inc. 1015 Willamette Phone 85S First Call for Golf Candidates Today; To Meet at Igloo All varsity golf candidates are asked to report to the up stairs class room at McArthur court at 4 o’clock this afternoon. FLASH! Oregon's Grenadiers blasted the Idaho Vandals at Moscow last night, 41-31. The fighting Ducks played a superior game and were led by colorful Chuck Patterson who scored 14 points for higfii honors. The two teams meet again to night on the same court. place on the floor, a flashy passer, and a good defensive man. Anet Best Floor Man Bob Anet, another ex-Astorian, was undoubtedly the best floor man on the squad. He was the backbone of the team's defense and should be a mainstay of the 1937 varsity. Gale Fouts, Gale Smith, and Leonard Heller are others who will be heard from in years to come. Fouts, all-state' forward from Walla Walla, Washington, is a steady player and should make a strong bid for a starting position. Smith hails from Grant high of Portland. He player brilliantly at times for the frosh and may be a varsity member next year. Heller is from Benson Tech of Portland and starred for the frosh at both forward and guard. He is big, fast, and rugged. High Scorers Listed Individual scorers for the frosh follow: Gale 219, Johansen 137, Phelps 96, Fouts 93, Anet 83, G. Smith 60, Heller 56, Nilsen 26, Hansen 18, Bob Smith 16, Camp bell 16, Mullen 15, Jackson 12, (Please turn to page jour) Alpha Phi Swim Team Wins Title Relay Crew Breaks Own Mark; Susan Campbell Splashers Place The Alpha Phi swimming team, victorious over Susan Campbell hall yesterday by a score of 38-23, are winners of the women's swim ming tournament. During the meet yesterday the Alpha Phi relay team broke their own record of 51 seconds by doing the laps in 50.4. The team included Jane Chapler, June Powell. Alice Morris, and Molly Cunningham. In the 40-yard English overarm event Mary McCracken won first place, with Joclla Mayer a close second, and Alice Morris third. Jane Chapler and Elaine Unter man tied in the 40-yard free style, and Molly Cunningham raced through to win the back stroke event. Jane Chapler placed first in the 40-yard crawl, with second place going to Elaine Unterman for Susan Campbell. Eileen Moore, swimming for Susan Campbell, beat Molly Cunningham in the breast stroke event. Diving honors went to Mary Mc Cracken for Alpha Phi, with Eileen Moore placing second. Outstanding during the tourna ment have been Olive Lewis, free style, Molly Cunningham, back stroke, and Eileen Moore, breast ' stroke. Probably the best all around swimmer throughout the various meets was Leilani Kroll. “All of the teams taking part in the tournament have done very well, but I am sure the Alpha Phis are worthy of the championship,” states Betty Reisch, manager of the sport. Swimming for Alpha Phi have been Mary McCracken, Jane Chap ler, Molly Cunningham, June Pow ell, Alice Morris, Ellen Baldwin, Priscilla Mackie, and Barbara Wil liams. . it. Bjork Named 1936 Captain Of Gridders ‘Prink’ Gives Spaghetti Feed to Footballers; Carter Honored Del Bjork, Oregon’s battering tackle from Astoria, will captain the lemon-green grid warriors next fall, the prospective squad decided at a spaghetti feed given at the home of Coach and Mrs. Prink Callison. Bjork, mentioned for all-coast honors last year and probably the most dependable man remaining in the Webfoots’ forward wall, will lead the team throughout the sea son. The old method of a different captain for each game is no longer to be used. The gridders also made Ross Carter, guard, honorary captain for the past season. Carter captained four of the games and distin guished himself as the most consis tent and dependable man on Calli son’s squad. 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