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THE FIRING LINE By PAT FRIZZELL Forrest Twogood, Idaho's youthful basketball coach, sat in a Eugene hotel chair and lit a cigarette. “Wonderful weather you’re having,” said the friendly Mr. Twogood, who's a swell fellow and likes to talk basketball or any other sport. “It was 38 degrees below zero up at Moscow.” Forrest Twogood, coaching his first varsity basketball team, is not discouraged about the Vandals’ losing streak. “All my men are sophomores,” he said, “and all but one of the first ten will be back next year.” It was three hours before the Vandals were to clash with Oregon last night. Twogood said his boys were tired after last weekend's tough game with Washington State and an added tussle with Gonzaga Monday. ■* # * Huskies Dump League Leading Cougars, 45-40 “The reason Washington State is so tough,” Twogood said, y “is that the Cougars are such good shots. “Washington wasn’t so impressive against us,” he con tinued. Idaho has played both Washington and Washington State, lost close ones to both teams. Hobby Hobson’s Webfoots are ace-high with Twogood. Ore gon was lucky to edge out the Vandals in the Inland Empire, once by three points, once by two, and one of them was in overtime, but Twogood praised the Webfoots and put them on a par with the Huskies and Cougars. * * « “Yes, I think the tip-off will be ruled out,” said Two good. his blond hair glistening. (He’d just been to the hotel barber shop, was there when we first saw him). “Everything points toward it.” The young Idaho coach favors elimination of the tip. He says that attendance has increased tremendously since it was y abolished in the southern division, where for seven years he was freshman coach at Southern California. There, incidentally, he developed players who in varsity years won conference championships for Sam Barry. “The tip-off slows up the game,” Twogood went on, “and it’s the cause of many of the injuries in basketball.” He doesn’t believe it adds drama, but thinks instead that it diminishes crowd interest. Pointing out the obvious, he added “And what pleases the crowd counts.” Twogood likes the three-second keyhole rule. He says it keeps the big fellows who can’t do anything but rough it up out of basketball. * # “Luisetti is a wonderful ball player,” Twogood answered promptly in response to a query concerning the Stanford ace. “He shoots any way, from anywhere, and he puts himself in position for his shots.” He recalled a game last season in which the Trojans led Stanford at the end of a first half in which Luisetti scored only six points. In the second period the Indian miracle man ran up 24 points and USC lost. Lee Guttero, rubber-legged Trojan center of a few years ' back, came in for praise from Twogood. “He was valuable on the tip-offs, but after we abolished the center jump he scored i more points. When he was jumping he tired by the half, but without the tip he was fresh all the way.” Guttero or Luisetti? “They’re both great ball players, but I think Luisetti is undoubtedly the better.” Twogood called the Stanford team the equal of any in the country and predicted that if playing in the Midwest’s Big Ten the Indians would lead that conference. He played three seasons of Big Ten basketball himself and knows both leagues. Twogood was an all-around athlete at the University of Iowa, and after graduation he went into professional baseball. He’s the property ri^rht now of the Cleveland Indians, but lie has a bad arm and is on the retired list. “I’m sure I’d stay in professional ball if 1 could,” said the likeable Idaho mentor, “but 1 don’t think 1‘11 be able to play again. He hurt his arm in college and was always bothered by it in professional seasons with Cleveland, the !St. Louis Card v inals, Toledo of the American Association, and St. Joseph of the Western League. “Dizzy Deans is dumb like a fox,’’ said Twogood. “He acts dumb around the hotel lobbies, but he’s a great pitcher and a swell fellow.’’ Twogood played with Dizzy at St. Joseph, farm club of the Cardinals. Then he went up with Dizzy to the Cards, who later traded him to Cleveland. He thinks the Cards will nab the National league pennant this season and picks the Yanks to repeat in the American. He’s played in both leagues, with members of both clubs, and has a right to pick ’em. He figures Paul Dean will win a lot of games for the Cards and, with Dizzy and Lonnie Warneke winning plenty, he counts on St. Louis to lead the pack. ')<• 'A Swinging back to basketball. Twogood told of liow the hoop sters pack ’em in back in the Midwest. “Iowa has a gymnasium which seats 17,500 persons, he said, and they fill it for every conference game.” lie spoke of the mammoth field houses and ^ pavilions all over the territory. “The high school championship means everything back there,” he said, confirming stories we've always heard. “Every high school in those states points toward one big goal and they play basketball the year around.” Twogood has great faith in the future of basketball. More people by far watch the court game than any other sport, he pointed out, and more are watching it each year. For all the Midwest’s super basketball interest, Twogood doesn’t believe its college teams have much edge over coast quintets. “The Big Ten,” he said, “is orobabiy the strongest conference in the country, but any northern division team, with the exception of Idaho (your correspondent wondered about this) would make a good showing in that league. “Yes, we have a good freshman team up at Idaho,” admitted Twogood. Asked about the Barrett who is running wild for the Vandal frosh, Twogood said that he is no relative of Afton Barrett, Idaho forward a few years back. Barrett comes from * Gary, Indiana, stands 6 feet, 3 inches, and earned honor roll grades last term. Another freshman praised by the Moscow mentor is a lad named Parke. Webfoots Lose Opening Game To Idaho Men (Continued from page one) off most of the evening-, and at this important moment the Vandals did it again. It was the climax. Kra i mer, who had already potted four one-handers, swung out his left arm in shot put form. Swish! 33 to 29. Johansen fouled Winter as the latter shot and the Idaho guard swished a duo, making it 35 to 29 and Idaho's ball game. Dave Silver took Wintermute's pass and pumped one through with seconds to go, giving the crowd a final forlorn thrill. First Half Jittery The first half would have been laughable had it not been so vital ly important. Both teams were jittery. The lads handed the sphere back and forth as if all were team mates in one big family. Oregon was pitifully off and Idaho was apparently lacking in confidence. Two minutes elapsed before Sil ver broke the scoring ice with a free throw. He added /mother a minute later, but the first field goal, by Purdy, wasn't scored until the six-minute mark. Two field goals by Silver aided Oregon in taking a 9-to-4 advan tage at the end of eight minutes, but two free throws by Belko on Lewis’ foul and one by Winters on an infraction by Purdy made it 9 to 7. Johansen Tallies Johansen, in for Purdy, took Anet's pass on a breakaway and Wintermute holed an out - of - bounds heave from the same Jo hansen, but Kramer and Belko scored for Idaho. Silver made it 16 to 11 with a swinging portside flip. Winter’s shot from under the hoop rolled through the rim and Silver knocked it up and out. Un usual, but such a bucket counts and it was 16 to 13. Winter holed a shot on Anet’s third foul. Inter mission: 16 to 14. Belko tied the score immediately after the start of the second half, but Silver’s foul shot gave Oregon a lead. Belko dribbled in for a swisher, making it 18 to 17 for Idaho, first Vandal lead of the night. Silver again knotted it on a foul shot, but Idaho slipped ahead on Belko's gratis conversion. Sil ver's rebound field goal gave Ore gon the edge once more, but the uncanny Kramer potted one of his shotput specials and it was 21 to 20, Idaho. Wintermute’s one-hander gave Oregon a lead, Johnson tied it with a foul shot. Field goals by Kramer —another from way out in the sticks—and Silver made it 24-all. Then came the storm. Phi Delts Attain Handball Finals Phi Delta Theta advanced into the finals in intramural handball yesterday, when they defeated the Zeta Hall team 3-0. Vem Sprague encountered little difficulty in downing Joe Amato in straight games, 21-5, 21-5, in the first singles match. Ed Stro hecker won the other match by default when his opponent failed to appear. In the doubles division, the Phi Delt team composed of Sid Milli gan and Bill Martin trounced the Zeta duet of Gene Truby and Mar ino Innocenti, 21-9, 21-15. Monday afternoon at 3:40, the Phi Delts will meet the ATOs for the championship. If the ATOs win it will be the third intramural championship for the hotelmen this this term. A win for the Phi Delts will garner them their first champ ionship for the year. Send the Emerald to your friends Jake With Jake Idaho's victory over :lie Web foots last night pleased K. Jacobs, Vandal guard, substitute, pictured above. Donut B Volley Sixes Compete In Tight Frays Yeomen, Betas, Phi Sigs, Kappa Sigs, Phi Delts And SPEs Winners in First Games Monday’s Volleyball Schedule 4:00—Alpha Tau Omega (B) vs. Zeta Hall (B); Phi Kap pa Psi (B) vs. Theta Chi (B). 4:40—Sigma Alpha Epsilon (B) vs. Alpha Hall (B); Sigma Nu (B) vs. Abba Dabba (B). 5:20—Delta Tau Delta (B) vs. Delta Upsilon (B); Alpha Tau Omega (A) vs. Abba Dabba (A). By CHARLES VAN SCOYOC Exhibiting form that would offer stiff competition to any A league teams, the intramural B league teams made a classy showing in the season’s opener yesterday. The Yeomen won their opener in straight games from a hard play ing Fiji team by 15-13, 15-4 scores. The Yeomen were particularly ef fectitve in making kill shots while the Fijis encountered considerable difficulty in setting their plays up. Baily Barnett and Leonard Green up were outstanding for the win ners, and Bill Hildreth topped the Fijis. Phi Delt Swamp Omega The Phi Delts encountered little trouble in smothering Omega hall 15-4, 15-4. Bill Crosbic and Tallant Greenough were outstanding in making kill shots for the winners, while Johnny McComb played good ball for Omega. The Betas found a tough oppon ent in Sigma hall but managed to edge out a victory in straight games, 15-10, 15-12. The games were close most of the way, but as the score increased, the Betas put on extra spurts which gained them the win. Steven Anderson of the Betas and George Haley were the stars for their respective teams. Kappa Sigs Beat Sigma Chi Aftr taking the first game by a landslide, the Kappa Sigs were forced to extend themselves to down the Sigma Chis 15-5, 15-12, In the second encounter, the Sigma Chis rallied and knotted the score at 12 all. only to lose on errors in setting their plays up. SPEs Defeat Gamma Sigma Phi Epsilon followed in the steps of their A team, who are undefeated, by swamping Gamma Hall 15-4, 15-3. Cliff Morris of the SPEs was the outstanding player on the floor, making many well executed kill shots. In the sixth scheduled game the Chi Psis forfeited to Phi Sigma Kappa. ‘•We re bothered this year by not having any tall men,” said Twogood. returning to his varsity. “Therefore we're forced to foul against the big fellows, and we’ve lost several games because of men fouling out.” He called Slim Wintemute the ideal tall man, one who can really play basketball -and doesn t have to just stand under the basket and swing his arms. "Well, good luck tonight, Mr. Twogood.” That was your correspondent, preparing to scram, not the interviewee. Twogood smiled in his friendly way and shot back a dis believing “Oh yeah?” Well. Mr. Twogood. we're all for you every time out — every time you play anybody but Oregon. 1 ! j; Wading through a happy, shout ing, jubilant, crowd of victorious Idaho Vandals, who were cavort ing around their dressing room with smiles as wide as barn doors on their faces, your.scribe man aged to pick up a few pertinent ones. From Forrest Twogood, whose boys after seven straight heart breaking losses shot the dope bucket as full of holes as a sieve tonight, to register their first win of the season, “We've been losing games all season like Oregon lost this one, and, well— a blind pig wHI piek up an acorn once in a while.” It might be in order to remark here that the youthful Twogood, is a hook of a good fellow and our personal nomination for the best dressed coach in the circ.uit, and the one with the readiest smile. And Bill Kramer, the boy with the shot-put one hander who push ed 'em up for five field goals, after dashing in and out of the showers a few times smilingly said, "Well, I lost two pair of pants on the first two Oregon games, and I won one pair back tonight. Tomorrow night I'm going after the other pair." Little Steve Belko the hard working Vandal forward who slipped past the tall W'intermute on two occasions to cage spec tacular field goals stated, “This is the first of a lot of them.” Happy, smiling, sweaty, Bo land Winter said, “We’ve been trying hard all season for some thing like this.” Don Johnson the small center, as centers go in this league, gave the old Vandal victory smile and let this go, “We had one coming.” Gloom hung over the Webfoot end of the Igloo dressing rooms, and none of the boys had much to say over the upset which has put them on the veriest precipice as far as a conference title is con cerned. Did you catch this? Those uncanny shotputters of Bill Kramer, who stood in a sta tionary position and instead of us ing the usual two-handed method would let fly with one of his spec ialties. He looked like Bill Fos kett heaving the leaden tomato out there. Quick-Ones By J. PINK One brief spark o fthe old Webfoot fire when Anet whipped a fast pass to Johansen going down the floor at full speed, and Wally flipped It In like former times. The big argument that developed around the Webfoot foul circle when Dave Silver and Don John son each tried to get into a space that could accommodate only one. Finally Ralph Coleman stepped in that could accommodaet only one. satisfaction. David the Silver boy finally be gan hitting the old peach pasket again. His 18 points last night were the most he has scored since the first Cougar game, when the boys, supposedly in the know, started handing him the league scoring record. The never-say-dic shot of the game Silver that gave Oregon her 31st point. The disrcsi>eotful, unsports manlike, fair-weahter attitude of a crowd of Oregon rooters who started to scramble all over the floor before the ball game was over. If a team can’t de pend on its own rooters for a little support when it Is on the losing end of a tough contest, whom can it turn to? We can do with a lot less of that stuff. What are we? A bunch of knife ’em-in-th-back supporters when the boys are losing. Sit down and give the boys a chance after this. W'c’ll get ’em tonight.! Itooin for the gang, TAYLOR’S, ad ■ ItllllUUIIIIIIMlUIIIIIUIIIHIOIIOUMIHIIMIIIIIOI Frosh Trounce Texaco, 57-29, At Tillamook Warren's Duckling Crew Both Frosh and Varsity Starts; Play Union Oil at Astoria Tonight Sparked by Stan Short, driving guard, who piled up 16 points. Oregon's high-riding Duckling bas keteers raced to a 57-to-29 victory over Texaco Oil at Tillamook last night. It was the season's second loss for the strong Oiler quintet, which was outclassed by a 30-to-29 half time count. The frosh will travel to Astoria tonight for a clash with the strong Union Oil hoopmen. Short. Cans Howitzers Short impressively snapped out of his scoring slump, to hit the basket from all over the court. Summary: Frosh (57) (29) Texaco Oil Sarpola, 9 .F. 4, Muzzy Blenkinsop, 3 ...F. 9, Metcalf Dick, 7 .C. Smith Short, 16.G. 8, Schilling Jackson, 6 .G. 8, Weis* Krietz, 7 .S. Quinn, 4 .S. Jones, 5 .S. Referee: Sonikes. Callison Will Meet Grideers Monday Moth Frosh and Varsity Candidates Requested to Report at igloo FOOTBALL MONDAY There, will be a meeting of varsity football aspirants, both frosh and leltermen, in McAr iur court oil Monday at 4 o’clock it was announced by Coach Frink Callison yester day. All varsity football aspirantsj both frosh and lettermen, are to meet at McArthur court on Mon day at 4 o’clock announced Prink Callison, varsity football mentor, yesterday. Callison expects to outline plans for the coming spring training sea son at the meeting, and meet new men out for the squad for the first time. Spring workouts for the mem bers of last year’s freshmen squad are expected to start Monday or Tuesday afternoons, if weather permits. Lettermen and members of last year’s team are not expected to be called for several weeks, as Calli son wants to get acquainted with his new men first. Coed Rifle Team Still Victorious Oregon, Syracuse, Lead In Three-Way Match; Gettysburg Loses Results of last week’s postal matches show that the coed rifle team has not yet lost a match. The match shot last Friday was between Gettysburg, Syracuse and (Please turn to page four) ■-rrv»-, nmsvyyyyyyyy^ ! Shorthand - Typewriting ; Complete Business Course ■ University Business College ! Edward L. Ryan, B.S., L.L.B., | Manager ■ I.O.O.F. Building, Eugene THE DOORWAY TO FINE FOODS Colleqe s. Clf Inn 735 SW Broadway Restaurant — Coffee Shop Portland’s popular rendezvous for all college and high school students. On Broadway next to the Orpheum Theater. — OPEN ALL NIGHT — iiiiiHiiniiiiiiHiiiiiMi OREGON-IDAHO SUMMARY Oregon (81) A FgFtPfTp Silver, f . 1 6 6 2 18 Lewis, f . 0 6 0 Wlntermute, c . 13 1 Anet, g. 2 0 0 Purdy, g . 0 10 Johansen, g . 2 2 0 Courtney, f . 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 3 1 Totals 7 12 7 12 31 Idaho (35) Belko, f . Smith, f Johnson, c Winter, g Kramer, g LeVlgne, f Bownn, f ... A Fg Ft Pf Tp 3 4 4 4 12 3 10 2 2 13 1 4 3 It) 0 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 11 13 9 14 35 Free throws missed: Silver 4, Courtney 2, Purdy 1, Jolmn.sen 2: Smith 4, Belko 2, Kramer 1. To tals—Oregon 9, Idaho 7. Field shots taken: Silver 18, Lewis 8, Courtney 6, Wintermute 15, Anet 7, Purdy 5, Johansen 6; Smith 7, Winter 8, Johanson 8, Kramer 18, Belko 13. Totals — Oregon 65, Idaho 44. Half-time score: Oregon 16, Ida ho 14. Officials: Ralph Coleman, Cor WaHa Walla, umpire, vaults, ;referee; Roger Folgafie, Inkslinger Tilt Of News Staffs To Be Contested The battle of Inkslingers. To day on the maple boards of court 38 in the new gym, precisely at two o’clock, the first annual beef, between the boys who split their infinitives on . the sport staff and the verb parsers of the news staff, will be rolled off. Big gun on the news staff at tack both on the floor and through the air—mostly of the hot variety—is LeRoy Matting ly, prayer shot specialist, who is already offering alibis—claiming a broken wrist, bent thumb, flat feet. Teamed with the Mattingly person will be Orvie Hopkins, the hop, skip and jumps hooper, and about 15 others of his cali ber. The sports staff attack will be led by Morrie “the Monster’’ Henderson, who will have Pat Hec’s Champs Pass Oregon In Standings Washington Cops First Of Four-Game Series; Huskies Lead at Half In Seattle, 28-16 Hec Edmundson's second-place Huskies handed the league-leading Cougars of Washington State a 45-to-40 defeat last night at the Husky pavillion in Seattle in the first of their two-game series. Washington led through the driving contest, holding a 28 to 17 advantage at half time. Starting out with a barrage of baskets, the smooth Husky mach ine rolled up a 17 to 4 lead before the bewildered men from Pullman could get rolling. Cougar Rally The Cougars put on a second half rally that pulled them within five points of the Huskies, 38 to 33, with but four minutes to go. Prom this point the Huskies re gained their faltering stride and kept their advantage to the end. Ed Loverich, veteran Husky for ward, led the scoring for both teams with 18. He was also the mainstay on defense. 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