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THE Firing • Line By PAT FRIZZELL Puget Sound, here we come! It’s been years and years and years since an Oregon basketball team has been up there pounding on the portal of the biggest prize in Paci fic coast hoopdom. All Hobby Hobson and his sopho mores need do to grab a share in the northern division crown is split with Hec Edmundson’s much-im proved Huskies. But the Webfoots aren’t after any split. They want the full measure—both games and an undisputed championship. IF there's a playoff with Wash ington it’ll probably be a two-out of-three game series. No one-game, sudden-death stuff. IF our gang plays Stanford, which clinced the southern division title Saturday, the conference play off will be at McARTHUR COURT NEXT TERM. Probable dates are March 26 and 27, Friday and Sat urday, and, if a third game is necessary, it will be on Monday, March 29. Jack Kerr in the Oregon State Barometer takes exception to a statement made in this column concerning the impregnability of Oregon’s zone defense at Corvallis a week ago Saturday. Mr. Kerr finds, contrary to a little piece rattled off the typewriter of yours truly, that the Beavers Were pour ing through the Webfoot defense in hordes, like ants rushing through the grass to a picnic spread. Quoting Mr. Kerr: “Time and again they (the Beavers) had the whole Oregon team bunched up in one spot on the floor and had some player in a position where ordinarily it would be impossible to miss a shot. But here is where the whole trouble lay. The home town lads spent the night playing ‘anti-over’, using the basket for the barn roof.” » * * Mr. Kerr is dead right about the anti-overing indulged in by the Orangemen. They missed more shots than Oregon State teams usually cast off, score or miss, in two or three games. But they foozled most of them because they were off-balance and in difficult positions when they cast off shots. They worked into the corners, sure, and in to big Conkling, but when the Beavers shot they were usually going away, cornered by defending Ducks. Yes, Mr. Kerr, I saw the game over there. Perhaps, considering everything, I over-rated Oregon's defense a bit. After all, Jack, have it your own way. We won the ball games—all four of ’em—and that’s what counts in the record book. Hale to do this, but since Mr. Kerr insists, herewith is presented an’ interesting- “mild untruth” of the same sort which he later in the above - mentioned c o 1 u m n charges this writer with uttering. It’s taken, strange enough, from Mr. Kerr’s own column of last Tuesday. The apparently uninformed Mr. Kerr spoke, on that “Morning After,” thusly: . . . .“the Webfoots made it the first time in history that an Ore gon team has won three straight from Oregon State.” # * * Now', Mr. Kerr, it’s been a very long time since Oregon has taken three games from Oregon State, W'e over here will agree. A long time, but by no means forever. Back in 1919, 1920, and 1921, the Webfoots took not only three, but TEN in a row. It was in the day of little Eddie Durno, and Oregon drubbed the Beavers (they were Aggies then, and not ashamed of it) four times in T9, two in ’20. and four more in ’21. The last two tilts in ’20 w'ere cancelled because of a flu epidemic. Oregon was basketball monarch cf the Northwest and even of the (Please turn to page four) Webfoot-Husky Series In Seattle Heads Title Scramble I-— | Frosh Beaten By OSC Rooks In Final Fray Warren's Ducklings Lose Close Tussle at Igloo, 43-41; Dick, Kruger, Lead Scoring Maintaining a slim lead through out a hard-fought contest, the Ore gon State rooks gained an even split in their annual four-game series with Oregon’s Ducklings Saturday night on the Igloo floor, winning 43 to 41. The junior Beav ers had a 23-to-20 advantage at half time. The vaunted Duckling fast breaking offense bogged down be fore the zone defense of the visi tors, and the frosh never did get started. With five minutes to go the score favored the Beaver youngsters, 35 to 33, and the Duck lings vainly tried to cop the lead, but their every basket was match ed by the determined rooks, whc out-drove the driving junior Ducks Dick Scores 13 John Dick, tall center from The Dalles, was the only Warren man to connect consistently, tieing for high scoring honors with 13. Ted Sarpola, Duckling sharpshooter was held to 5. On the shoulders of little Merle Kreuger, former Corvallis all-stat er, who was the other high-scorer with 13, and Frank Mandic, a big lad from Los Angeles whose par ticular forte was grabbing the ball and hanging on to it until a basket was made, rested the rook margin of victory. Last Frosh Game The game marked the last ap pearance of Honest John Warren's frosh team. Some frosh will turn out this week to scrimmage with the varsity. Summary: Rooks (43) Hunter, f .... Mandic, f .... Warren, c .... Krueger, g .. Pflugard, g .. Hansen, f .... Fitzgerald, f A .0 ..1 .0 ..4 .2 .1 .0 FG FT PF TP 12 4 4 3 4 5 1 1 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 10 9 13 4 3 0 Total . Frosh (41) Sarpola, f . Blenkinsop, f Dick, c . Pavalunas, g Short, g .0 Jones, g.1 Quinn, g .1 15 13 12 43 FG FT PF TP 2 1 4 3 3 1 1 5 3 13 7 ‘ 7 3 3 Total .7 15 11 17 41 Officials: Dick Weisgerber, Sa lem, and Stan Summers, Eugene. Hopkins Changes Sides; Sportsmen Drop News Staff Emerald sports staff basket ball aces trounced the news staff, 30 to 23, Saturday, to even the grudge series at one game each. The crippled sports appeared at the scene of battle with only four men. The newsies grudg ingly consented to give Orvie (Truesdale) Hopkins to the sports, in view of the fact that Old Truesdale had scribed a col umn for the the sports page the night before. Aided and abetted by Mr. Hop kins, who became number five in an iron man combination, the sports staff boomed into a big early lead and piled up a 17-to-8 advantage by the end of the first half. Scoring was nip and tuck in the closing quarters. Morrie the Monster Henderson led all point-gathering activity with 12. Hopkins checked in with nine and Le Roy Mattingly was high for the news grinder outers with nine. A rubber embroglio is slated for next Saturday. I L£J lil lil IZJ LZJ ISi lii li* I SAD WORDS THESE— “I SHOULD HAVE TYPED IT” Rent a Typewriter—Put it to work Iii ease you purchase, we apply all rental. OFFICE MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO. 1047 Willamette St. Phone 148 Head Web foot on Gridiron “Here conies the captain and his men” will probably be the cry of Webfoot football followers when they see Tony Amato run on the field next fall. Pictured above is the captain, Mr. Amato, without his men. Tony was chosen at the annual spaghetti dinner Saturday. t Varsity Sketches Ey JOHN PINK BOB ANET There is a little rime that goes on about Astoria, the city by the sea, where this and that made a (censored) out of men, and so on; but nothing in the city by the sea made Bob Anet the cleverest drib bler, the hardest driver, the never say-diest competitor of this year’s Luisetti Lane bound Webfoots. He was born that way, for as the say ing goes, “they are born, not made.’’ But not every minute. Much credit for bringing out the stuff that is in him must go to J. “Are You Sleeping, Honest John” Warren, under whose wing Bob performed for three years at As toria high school, and again last year on the standout freshman quintet, when Warren moved in here. While going to the school on the top of the hill (three blocks straight up every day for three years) Bob gained all-state basket ball honors for two seasons, being selected the outstanding individual player in the annual state tourna ment during his junior year in school. He also performed on the gridiron for three years, carrying the pigskin to the opposition’s chanting of "feed ’em the fish, feed 'em the fish” on numerous occa sions. , In the strictest sense Anet is not a real Astoria fisherman, be cause he is a Union Fisherman’s Co - operative Packing company man, fixing the fish after the fish ermen have first fixed them. In his younger days he was a whizzer on the can making machine, get ting in as much as four hours sleep on every shift, but last year he spent Jus vacation on the weeping willow lined shores of the local mill-race, instead of the piling punctuated waterfront of the tide torn city. Standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with his boots on, and tipping the Fairbanks-Morse around 170, Bob is the shortest regular on this year's team. On his stocky legs rides much of the hope of a title this season, for he is the veriest exponent of Hobby Hobson’s fast nreaking, hard-driving offense. Not many know it, but Bob has a sort of a handle. It was derived from his first name Robert and shortened to Rob. But the handle isn't pronounced to rime with mob, or job, but one must acquire a bit of a Finnish accent, give a couple of quick “suomolainens” or “matti I pahakaslahtis,” roll to the R and ] say Rub, to rime with tub of stub. | That's a poor treatise on phonetics, but true. Bob is a student in the school of i b u s i n es s administration, with i aspirations to a career in banking. 1 He has two more years to shine I for the University and according to Amato Named Grid Captain For ’37 Season Stocky Guard Veteran Chosen Leader at Big Spaghetti ‘Feed’ Given By Callison Tony Amato, two-year letter man guard, "will captain Oregon’s varsity football team next fall. Amato, a regular in both his sophomore and junior years and a leading cog in the Webfoot line each season, was elected by team mates at the annual spaghetti din ner given by Mr. and Mrs. Prink Callison at the Elk’s club here Sat urday. Amato, former all-city tackle at Washington high in Portland succeeds Del Bjork, all-coast tackle, as captain. The new leader is an honor student in the Univer sity law school. Many Attend “Feed” Members of both the varsity and freshman football squads and a number of University officials and prominent Eugene boosters attend ed the “feed.” A feature was a preview of a new campus rally song, “Marching Oregon.” Hal Young and George Hopkins of the University music school wrote the song and personally introduced it. Among the guest were such not ables as Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter, Richard S. Smith, Lynn McEeady, Baz Williams, Dr. Harry Titus, Dr. Hal Chapman, Dr. Mel ille Jones, John Kitzmiller, Frank Michek, L. H. Gregory, William Tugman, Weir McDonald, and “Skeet” Manerud. Preparing the food were a group of women, headed by Mrs. Calli son, and including Mrs. Howard Hobson, Mrs. “Skeet” Manerud, Mrs. Anse Cornell, Mrs. Weir Mc Donald, Mrs. Hal Young, and Mrs. Hal Chapman. present indications that shine will take on the brilliant polish of Monel Metal, which is very bright, very bright. They pile it higher at Taylor’s mill_ BARNEY HALL Dorm leader insists: “If you've ever seen Sam McGaughey run the mile, then there is no doubt that the spring term ASUO tic ket is worth three dol lars.” IX ADDITION . . . . there are 22 worthwhile features offered to you in this same ASUO card value. Olympic Pictures Slated Tonight Movies to Start at 8 P. M. In McArthur; Complete Story pf Games Given Official AAU motion pictures of the 1936 Olympic games will bo shown at McArthur court tonight, starting at 8 o'clock. Students will be admitted to the ASUO bonus attraction upon presentation of ASUO cards, Ralph Schom'p said yesterday. The motion pictures will show the full story of the Olympics, from the American team's trip from New York to Berlin until the final event of the games. The films were the only ones allowed to be taken of the games. Pictures of the Washington crew, Jesse Owens, and Glenn Cun ningham’s famous race will be highlights of the films. A close-up of the German relay runner, a young girl, accidentally dropping her baton and breaking into tears in front of Hitler's box will also be shown. General admission for non-stud ent body members may be obtained at the entrance. Six Grab Campus Intramural Titles Winter Term Badminton, Handball, Ping Pong Competition Settled Six new all-campus champions won their crowns as the finals in the majority of the all-campus winter term tournaments were completed. Wally Kupfer, diminutive SAE, won the winter term ping-pong championship by defeating Julius Scruggs, Delta Tau Delta, in three straight matches. The scores were 21-19, 21-12, and 21-15. The doubles match between Ron Husk and Kupfer and John Dwyer and Karl Mann will be played Saturday'. Bob Fairfield won the badminton singles championship by defeating Neal Butler, 17-16, 16-17, and 15-10. Fairfield teamed with Stan Brazil, to take the doubles crown from Butler and Peyton in straight games, 21-10, 21-5. In handball competition, Bill Johnson won the singles crown by dropping Jack Stafford, 21-1, 21-15. In the doubles division John son and Janak defeated Rogers and Kotchick, 21-12, 21-14. Eight Ousted as All-Campus Foil Tourney Opens All-campus foil artists received an opportunity to display their tal ents yesterday as the opening duels of the all-campus fencing tourna ment were completed. Twelve men competed in the opening rounds with the field nar 1 rowing down to four men, who will compete in the round-robin, final tournament to be held tomorrow at 4:00. A duel is won when a contestant touches his opponent five times in a specified vulner able area. Four judges make the decision as to whether the point was legally garnered. Results for the first day follow: 1 Dick Roberts defeated Ray Platt.: 5-1; G. Stevenson defeated Ken Eichner, 5-3; Bob Bolzier defeated (Please turn to page four) Duck Mermen | Eye Saturday’s Beaver Meet Hoy-man's Swim Outfit Prepares for Second Major Engagement in Squad Practice With the Oregon State dual meet coming up Saturday afternoon, Oregon's varsity swimming team will need much additional polish ing to come out victors, if the prac tice meet held last Saturday is any indication of its strength. Despite several standout per formances, the team as a whole showed itself woefully weak in some events. Lack of strength was particularly noticeable in the back stroke event, which was so ably taken care of last year by Jim Reed, coast record holder for 150 yards. Hurd Stands Out Feature of Saturday's splash fest was the brilliant free styling of Jim Hurd, undefeated on the coast in the 50 and 100, who turned in remarkable early season times in the 100 and 220. His time for the 100 was 53 8 10 seconds, which is within half a second of his coast record. He churned a 2 minute and-19-second 220, to top his day. Harold Sexton gave notice that he will have to be reckoned with in future meets with a fast 440. His time was 5 minutes, 19 seconds. Jack Levy, a fast-coming sopho more showed well in both the 220 and 440, pushing the winners to the limit. Heed Wins Events Showing no effects from his re cent illness, Chuck Reed, two year veteran breast - stroker, spread eagled his way to a win in 2 min utes and 41 seconds. Oregon’s diving twins, Bob Chil ton and Bert Meyers, provided a real battle of the afternoon, with Chilton coming out on top. Mey ers exhibited great improvement over his recent lack-lustre perfor mances, while Chilton's form was at its peak. Among the freshmen who took part in the meet Carl Jantzen, Tom Starbuck, Ralph Lafferty, Cliff Troland and Chuck Wiper looked particularly impressive, giving the varsity men stiff battles in many events. Hoymun Dissatisfied Dissatisfaction was expressed by Coach Mike Hoyman over the showing of Len Scroggins, two CHECK YOUR NEEDS □ Stationery □ Place Cards □ Envelopes □ Chapter Letters □ Programs □ Zipper Cases □ Candles Then see our stock VALLEY PRINTING CO. STATIONERS Phone 470 76 W. Broadway She Deserves a Break Your mother, of course. Make your spring vacation a pleasant one for her by taking your clothes home clean and New-Serviced. Phone 825. Our Driver will call New Service Laundry Phone 825 Donut Volleyball Playoff Begins Gammas Defeat Sigma Nu Team in Feature Tilt; Two B Teams Qualify With the conclusion of the regu lar playing season in intramural volleyball yesterday, the play-off series is scheduled to begin today with four games listed. In the A division, the Sigma Chis will meet the SPEs in a quar ter-final game, and the Phi Delts will tangle with Gamma hall to decide the championship of their division. Two games are due in the B league division. The SAEs will play the Pi Kaps, and the Phi Delts take on Zeta hall in quarter final contests. Only one of the scheduled three games was completed yesterday in the season's closing tilts. Gamma hall had little difficulty in dispos ing of the Sigma Nus by 15-1, 15-6, scores. An advantage in height largely accounted for Gamma's one-sided victory. Wally Newnouse proved to be the most consistent kill-shot artist for Gamma hall, and Bill Van Du sen was outstanding for Sigma Nu. The SAE B team won a sure place in the play-off series when it received a gift-game from the A1‘ pha haliers. The Alpha hall A team won by a default from Cas ciato's Comets. stripe man, and Jim Smith, vaunt ed sophomore, in the free style I events. Both men performed much better early in the season and are capable of exellent times in these events. Upon Scroggin'a and Smith’s return to form rests large ly the chances of Oregon defeating OSC, and, especially, Washington, later in the month. Meyers, last year’s northwest diving champion, is not turning in top performances yet, and how he goes in future meets will indicate to a great extent Oregon’s chances for the northwest crown, stated Hoyman, pointing out that the> Ducks will have to beat OSC de cisively Saturday to be champion ship contenders. Subscription only $3.00 per year. Send the Emerald to your friends.1 Stanford Grabs Southern Title Over Trojans Hank Luisetti Leads USC Through Pack Again; Three Northern Fives Still Have Chance PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS Northern Division - Points - W L Pet. For Ag’t OREGON .10 4 .714 508 465 Washington 10 4 .714 502 458 WSC . 8 5 .642 461 5S4 OSC . 3 0 .250 366 378 Idaho . 2 12 .144 353 456 Southern Division - Points - W L fct. Fpr Ag’t Stanford 10 1 .909 .564 421 CSC . 7 4 .636 431 427 California 3 8 .273 400 423 UCLA 2 9 .182 398 517 * * * Play in the Pacific coast basket ball championship scramble will come to a torrid close this week, climaxed by Oregon-Washington games in Seattle Friday and Sat urday nights which settle northern division honors. Stanford's high-scoring Indians, led by Hank Luisetti, downed Sou thern California basketeers by a 47-to-38 score Saturday night to clinch their second consecutive southern division title. Stanford Conies North Stanford comes north this year for the play-off series, and may play the two out of three game championship series in any one of three northern cities. (Please turn to page four) Buy your ARROW SHIRT ou the campus at t lie DUDLEY FIELD SHOP i II) For Variety Fancy yourself owning a handsome assortment of Arrows as pictured below. New colors — new collars — each shirt carefully tailored to Arrow standards. Mitoga-shaped and Sanforized-Shrunk. 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