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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1937)
THE Firing line By PAT FRIZZELL. It's funny how fast basketball season creeps up. No sooner do we stagger back to the campus than we find the first northern di vision games right under our nos es. They're scheduled for McAr thur court this very weekend. Of course, you and I and every one else have known all about these games the seventh and eighth of January for a long time, but somehow it's hard to comprehend the fact that they’re only five days away. * * . * Just five daysl Oregon and Washington State knock off the season’s lid here Friday night and then finish the series on Saturday. On the same nights, Idaho and Washington tangle at Seattle Oregon State is idle on the open ing dates, as Oregon was last year. The Beavers open their slate a week from today against Wash ington State at Corvallis. * * * Almost universal opinion around the northern division is that Wash ington and Washington State are the teams to beat. Washington has everything, and, on paper, the Huskies ought to be odds-on fa vorites. Washington State loses only one man. Reports hint that Hec Edmund son’s Washington outfit isn't hit ting the pace it set last year. That can be taken with several grains of salt. Unless Chuck Wagner, Ed Loverich, and Bob Egge have slipped a long way in the past ten months, that trio alone will keep the Malamutes up around the top. Edmundson’s wealth of material doesn't stop with the three veteran regulars. He has four letterman reserves—Jack Gannon, Hunt Pa terson, Ross Werner, and Walt Kastner. In addition, he has a cou ple of transfers and a pair of stand out sophomores, all of worn are touted as aces. Washington State? Naturally, the lads from the Palouse hills command the greatest current In terest here, for they’re the first foes of our Webfoots. Only Jack (Dutch) Holstine, captain and big gun of last year’s crew, is missing at the Cougar in stitution. 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RIDING G G for PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES -AN INVITATION Before you register, come arid see our aiables and covered riding ring. s H EUGENE HUNT CLUB ACADEMY 13th and Monroe at the Fairground* Oregon Five Takes 6 of 9 Practice Tilts .M Hobson’s Crew Loses to Union Oil and Two California Teams as Silver Scores Most Oregon's “Driving Ducks” com pleted their pre-season schedule here Friday night by losing to Un ion Oil. The oiler defeat was the third in a nine-game practice slate for Howard Hobson's promising hoopmen. The Webfoot squad, composed of four veterans and four sophomores, piled up far more points than op ponents in the nine games. Of fensively, the team was strong, av eraging 46 points per game. De fensively, weaknesses were appar ent. Silver Scintillates Big Dave Silver scored more than a fourth of all points tallied by the Ducks. Other leading scor ers were Ken Purdy, sharp-shoot veterans. Returning are the Carl son brothers, Sewell and Corky. Then there’s Ivar (the Terrible) Nelson, the mighty center. There’s Orv Johnson, Cassius Dalquist, Frank Hooper, and, not by any means least, Captain Bill Dahlke. I Also, we're informed, the Cou gars have numerous sophomores of better than average ability. As if they needed them! j There’s Johnny (Hook) Kesch, a 6-foot-4-inch young giant who led the scoring for last season's frosh team. Then there's A1 Hooper, brother of Frank. Frank Hooper, incidentally, is the earnest-looking young guard who potted so many long field goals in one of the Wash, ington State games here last win ter. Holstine was the temperamental type of player, and, despite his poisonous one-handed scoring thrusts which helped so much a year ago, his loss will by no means j wreck the Cougars. * * * Over at Oregon State Slats Gill is placing all emphasis on perfect ing an offense, something the Bea vers haven’t developed thus far. Oregon State’s defense is airtight. Ever see a Gill-coached defense that wasn’t? Anyway, the Staters don’t, on paper, loom as title winners, even though they have a flock of letter men. Art Merrymen, Earl Conlt ling, Hub Tuttle, Sir Howard Wat son Lyman, and a few other dan gerous young men are lurking around the Corvallis campus, and they’re certain to cause the rest of the pack a heap of trouble. Idaho seldom has much in the way of a hoop team, but you never can tell. Every year the Vandals check in with a few surprises. Meet me at TAYLOR’S.—adv. '»■*-• » »-- ... : We’re mighty glad : you’re back to the : UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ; The Whole Towns Seems Livelier ! and somehow its more like ; home. By the way, “Thar’s ! snow in them thar moun | tains" and they tell us that the skiing is just prime. All right, let’s go. We've • got the famous— AFALDA SKI CLOTHES • Jackets, Trousers, Caps, and complete suits—in just 1 ■ right colors and styling. We invite you to see them soon. ; As always, the prices are ! consistently low. : THE BROADWAY !: inc. j; o0 E. Broadway ing guard, and Slim Wintermute, fast-improving center. Pre-season games were marked by the fine showing of several sophomores. Wally Johansen and Bobby Anet, Astoria's gifts to the squad, demonstrated varsity form and seem likely to take over start ing berths in the coming confer ence season. Laddie Gale is an other sophomore star, and big Win termute is still another. The veteran brigade includes Silver, Purdy, Johnny Lewis, and Bill Courtney. Lewis' shooting and floor work and the general ship of Courtney were important aids to the Webfoots in their suc cessful early campaign. Wagner’s Dropped First Hobson’s crew downed Wagner’s all-stars of Corvallis here in its first test, 45 to 31. The following night the Ducks drove to victory over Multnomah club, 57 to 49. A week later the Oregon basketeers made their best showing by romp ing over UCLA in an inter-division game here, 56 to SO. Southern Oregon normal at Ash land was the first opponent of the Webfoots as they began a brief holiday barnstorming tour into California, and the Sons fell, 38 to 31. Next came two games against major California teams. Santa Clara was the first opponent, and the Broncos came from behind to edge out the Ducks, 51 to 47. The following night at Berkeley, Cali fornia dropped Hobson’s clan in a high-scoring clash, 54 to 44. The Webfoots downed Chico State, 42 to 33, and then hit for home. Get a shake at TAYLOR'S.—ad. DeNeffe’s Winter Clearance Is a Knock-out ♦ It is a store-wide sale, ♦ “contract goods and Tuxwear excepted” • Suits • Overcoats • Slacks • Hats • Sweaters • Shoes • Shirts • Ties • Pajamas • Robes • etc. all greatly reduced. Hurry ... Hurry ... DeNeffe’s McDonald Theatre Bldg. A Typewriter WILL HELP TOWARDS BETTER GRADES For typed papers do help—they influence . you—they influence your professors. And there is no time like the first of the term to start. Kent a Typewriter — Put It to Work We allow all rentals paid on purchase. Office Machinery & Supply Co. 1047 Willamette .St. Phone 146 j^^^Blffla3^IBi[s,^n5iT3taia,7a^|Bt(gfg[iam;'iE/7:;i3,T3iiffBfi»paiiaiaHaicaciiianHanaiWi Hobson’s Hoopmen Ready for Opening Of Conference Race Cougars Have Veterans; Both Teams’ Offense Colorful; Oregon Five Has Possibilities Opening the 1937 northern divi sion conference hoop season, Uni versity of Oregon and Washing ton State college hoopsters will gather in McArthur court Friday and Saturday nights at 8 o’clock to drive for the elusive northwest championship. The Ducks and Cougars will pick up where they left off last season, when each team won two games in a torrid series. The Cou gars finished one notch above the Webfoots at third place in the fin al standings. The high scoring, fast break of fense featured by both teams, in dicates that the season openers will be spectacular affairs. Speed on the floor and precision in shoot ing have been stressed by both coaches during pre-season train ing. Rated as one of the teams to I beat in the coming race, the Cou gars lost only one man from their lineup of last year. Coach Jack i Friel has been more than able to i fill the gap by drawing several brilliant sophomores from the ranks of last year's crack frosh five. Six veterans retained from last year have led the Cougar offense in pre-season games. They include Sewell and Corky Carlson, Ivar Nelson, Bill Dalilke, Tiny Johnson, and Frank Hooper. Cassius Dahl quist, John Kesich, and A1 Hooper have scattered their way into the varsity ranks from the frosh squad. Washington State’s quintet took decisive victories from UCLA, Gonzaga, and leading Inland Em pire teams in pre-season fracases. Two sophomores, Kesich, and Dahluist, have led Cougar scorers in practice tilts. 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