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I DUCK TRACKS ..... | By ELBERT HAWKINS “Oregon’s 1938 football sched ule wasn’t a very moneyed one”: Anse Cornell, athletic manager. That statement comes despite, the fact that Oregon played Ford- . ham university at the Polo grounds in New York during the mid-season with a $10,000 guaran- i tee. Why? “Very simple,” explains j Anse, “The Webfoots didn’t play in Los Angeles last fall.” Next year the team plays in Los Angeles twice, and win or lose it means something to Oregon’s athletic budget. More people watch South ern California wallop the Ducks annually in Los Angeles, 33 to 0, than pay to see Washington’s Hus kies and the Webfoots square off In their traditional game. .. .Even though Tex Oliver fielded a much stronger, aggressive, and more colorful team last fall, the schedule didn’t work out as well as a losing season might have with a couple of Los Angeles dates. Take, for instance, the Washing ton game in Portland last fall, a traditional affair of long stand ing. Anse says that didn't pay div idends because neither club was near the top in conference play/ The Oregon State game a week j later was a bread winner probably! just because it was a "civil war” game, but partially too because Oregon and Oregon State had made good showings against then previous opponents, Washington and Stanford, and looked like a urettv close match. Oregon’s expenses on the Stan ford-Fordham journey of 7,000 miles netted $11,000, which wipfeu out the $10,000 guarantee. Of course there was a little profit for the transcontinental tr^k, but its proceeds had to help out the other games, none of which, Anse points cut, were in Los Angeles. Next fall, however, whether Ore gon wins only three games or whips ’em all, the financial out look, as It were, looks better. For the slate calls for two Los Angeles appearances. No. 1 is’September 30—the first week of conference football when Oregon faces University of South ern California’s co-champions of the coast conference and Rose Bowl winners. It is expected to draws as fans will be stampeding to see the mighty Trojans of 1939 and in their initial appearance against Tex Oliver's second Ore gon creation. No. 2 Los Angeles appearance for Oregon will be at mid-season against UCLA's Bruins, once a club which couldn’t hold Southern California under 60 points, but now one of the South's most potent contenders. And in 1940—which is a bit far ahead—Oregon will play in Los Angeles too. Which makes Athletic Manager Anse Cornell very very happy. Speaking of attendance and fi nancial aspects of college athletics, basketball is expected to do quite well here tills year, thank you. No figures will lie available on the eastern basketball trip until each school sends Oregon a report, but it has been estimated the nine games will net $1,500 over ex penses. Student attendance at the Wash ington State series was estimated at approximately eighteen hundred per night, which should be pretty close guess as J2 sections ol' bleachers, six on each side were filled. To accommodate students for the Oregon State game two weeks from now two more sections of bleachers will be added necessitat ing closing the side doors down stairs. Students will go in through the end doors. * !jl H: Duck Tracks . . . George Stovol, who is taking over the track team while Colonel Bill Hayward is con valescing it. the south, spells his name "Stover not "Stovall’’ as press reports have contained since he first same to the campus . . . the press had to find out . .. Stovel didn't come to the press . . . he’ll have charge of fresh track lids spring. Only lliree men of t ouch Hob sons varsity' basketball squad arc out of state . . . Porky Andrews, Victoria, It. ( l ord Mullen. Olym pia, Washington, and Matt l’a\a luiuts, Raymond, Washington . . . The regulars are all Oregonians • • • an(f even five are ex-Astoriuns • * • "ally Johansen, Bobby Anet. led Sarpola. Tolvvo Piippo, and Earl Bandness ... a basketball team in itself. The campus Amphibians plan to sponsor au in tea house uv. tanning Sigma Chi, Phi Psi, DU's Win‘A’ HoopGames;ATO, Zeta Hall,Campbell 'B’Tilt . Chi Psi, DUs Lose in Hard Fought Donut Basketball Frays; Tight Defenses and Accurate Shooting Features Contests By MILTON LEVY I Five lanky Sigma Chi’s defeated Mpha hall’s “A” squad in a one iided game yesterday by a 28 to 10 count. The score was 16 to 4 at lalf time. The larger Sigma Chi team ran ;ircles around the dorm boys and n no time late in the game were they less than 10 points in the j ead. Richard Peters of the Sweet- | aearts was the big factor in his | ream’s victory. He sank eight bas-1 kets and was the game’s high point man with 16 points. Endicott was high for Alpha ivith four points. Sigma Chi (28) (10) Alpha Hall Peters, 16.F.2, Larson Gridley, 2.v F . 4, Endicott Hendershott, 6 .. C . Adams Burlingame, 2 .... G . 2, Voss Lowry, 2 .G .Kaschko S . 2, Kelty S . Ripley ATOs 19, SPEs 12 The ATOs came from behind in the last quarter to win a close ball game from a hard fighting SPE team 19 to 12 in a “B” game. In the first three quarters the score was tied three times. During the first quarter the Hotielmen were on the large end of the score when they had two points to SPE’s one. The score was tied at eight and eight at the beginning of the third quarter and 10 to 10 at the end of the same quarter. The SPEs took the lead in the final quarter but faltered under the fast pace of the ATO live. Ehle Rcber saved the game for the SPEs three times by tying up the score but the ATOs outran them in the final quarter to get a comfortable lead. Reber was the game's high point man with 10 points. Weston was high for the ATOs with eight points. ATO (19) Peake. Hay . Weston, 8 ... Anderson, 2 Wyman, 2 . Wiener, 7 ... . F . F .. C . G . G . S s s s s s . (12) SPE .... 10, Rebel . Fyrc . 2, Giovanin . Caullei . Corun . Graj . Mitchel . Hutchim . Matlock . Nysteer Coslej Zeta 9, Chi Psi 6 Zeta hall won a low scoring “B game from Chi Psi when the; nosed out the boys from the Lodg 9 to 6. The gams was filled with a lo of wild shots but few connected. Whitnack was high point ma; with four points. Zeta Hall (9) Whitnack, 4 Landeen,2 ... Turner. Hughes, 3 . Truby. Sandstrom F . F . C G G S s (6) Chi P: . 1, Osborn . Sulliva . 2, Murph . 1, Hick . Huemmc . 2, Hainc . Col meet soon . . . Sluts Gil, Oregon State’s fundamentals - m i n d e d eoaeh, ; played basketball at the Beaver institution during the years 1922-23-24 ... he was picked on all-coast teams in '22 and ’24 . . . Coach Hobson played at Oregon and was captain and won all-star choice on both the 1925 and 1926 basketball and baseball teams. It's a Lie liill«Tt (Munchausen) Boettcher. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, told the big-1 cst “\vhopi>er” in national com IMtition. lies King of the liars uotv. By WILBUR BISHOP Tight defenses and smoothly working offenses featured yester day’s intramural play as Phi Kap pa Psi subdued Canard club, 30 to 14, Delta Upsilcn Swamped Sherry Ross hall, 32 to 7, and in the opening “B” league game Campbell co-op dropped Delta Up silon, 23 to 9. The Phi Psis employed a tight man-to-man defense that kept Canard bottled up throughout the game. Fast breaks and nicely ex ecuted plays were responsible for the 21 to 6 half-time lead the Phi Psis held. Canard’s quintet held their own in the second half and scored eight points to the Phi Psis' nine. The game became rough at times which was due to close checking by both teams. Fred Hichens was the leading scorer for the Phi Psis as well as for the game with 10 points. His teammate, Camelon Collier was second high scorer with 7. The line-ups: Phi Phi (30) Canard Club (14) Simmons, 4....F.2, Davis Hichens, 10.F. Bishop Cole, 5.C.4, Leonard Collier, 7.G.2, Baker Hamer, 4.G.2, Manning Bennett.S. Sanders S.4, Wyatt Referees: Don Tower and A1 Long. DUs 32, Sherry Boss 7 Wally White, John Weber, and Robert Corby divided scoring hon ors for Delta Upsilon in their 32 to 7 massacre of Sherry Ross hall. Accurate shooting and fancy ball handling by the DUs spelled defeat for the dormitory boys. The dormiteers could connect with only cne field goal in the first half, while the DUs dropped in ten and one foul shot for 21 points. The DUs’ offense bogged down in the second half, but their early lead was more than enough to as sure them an easy victory. The line-ups: DUs (32) (7) Sherry Ross Zimmerman.F.2, Robertson Corby, 9.F.1, Silva White, 12.C.2, Morrison Weber, 11.„.. G. McMakin Hillar.G. Wood S. Maize S. Saxe S.2, Bilboa Referees: A1 Long and Don Tower. Campbell 23, DU 9 In the season's first "B” league game the DUs didn't fare as well as their "A" squad. Campbell Co op started off slow but finished with a blaze of offense that put them on the long end of a 23 to 9 score. The DUs took a 4 to 3 lead at the end of the first quarter but had to concede a 1'ive-point lead to Campbell as the half time score was 6 to 11. Ten points in the last quarter cinched the game for Campbell. The co-op quintet displayed a classy brand of ball-hawking and handling while the DUs threw the ball away time after time. Campbell used a tight zone de fense that stopped the DUs cold. It was one of the few zone defenses that have been employed in intra mural play this season and it was Donut Managers Must Enter Teams Before Deadline Intramural managers who have not entered their teams for the Physical Education club co-recreation night and wish to participate must do so some time before Monday evening. Entry blanks may be obtained at the offices of the school of physical education. Duck Mermen Seek Northwest Crown Mallory, Lafferty Levy, Cathey Flank Swimming Squad Until last year, Oregon’s swim-i ming team had been the undisput- , ed possessors of the Northwest swimming crown for three succes sive years. This year the Ducks are back in the running as king-pins of the Northwest conference. Jack Dallas, breaststroke, and Sherman Wet-1 more, backstroke, are flanked by four returning lettermen—Pierce Mallory, sprints; Jack Levy, cap tain-elect, distance star; Ralph Lafferty, breast stroke; and Ralph; Cathey, diving artist. ■ Jack Dallas, all-American inter-t scholastic star from Long Beach, California, has been swimming un der coast marks consistently. His teammate, Sherman Wetmore, and fellow all-American during high school in Long Beach, cut over a second from the 100-yard back stroke mark during season prac tices. Coaches Ned Johns and Jim Reed, former Oregon swimming star, are relying upon four other men to aid in returning the crown. They are Jim Marnie, Tom Star buck, and A1 Sandner, sprinters, i and Elmer Mallory, diver. Handball Schedule Starts January 16 I Phi Delta Theta will defend the intramural handball championship they Won last year, starting- Janu ary 16. The “Barnboys” open against Delta Upsilon. All games start promptly at 5 o’clock. The rest of the schedule fol lows: January 17, Chi Psi vs. Kap pa Sigma; January 18, Sigma Nu vs. Sigma Alpha Mu; January 19, Beta Theta Pi vs. Phi Sigma Kap pa; January 20, Theta Chi vs. Zeta hall; January 23, Phi Kappa Psi vs. Sigma Chi; January 24, Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Delta Tau Delta; January 25, Fizzeds vs. Al pha Tau Omega; January 26, Sig ma hall vs. Phi Gamma Delta; January 27, Canard' club vs. Alpha hall; and January 30, Sherry Ross hall vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. The above matches are first round play. The tournament will be played in three rounds. very effective. The line-ups: Campbell "B" (23) Gifford, 3.F. Yeager.F. Hillway, 3.C. .. Madera, 4 G.. Williams, 5.G.. Argyris, 4.S.... Luoto.4.S... Brayton.S. S. s. DUs "B" (9) .2, Bill Jones ...2, Schwarz . Hayward .2, Ginn . Gentry . Haskell . Yackley . Bob Jones 2, Hogg ...1, Griinberg Oregon Ski Team Set For Tryouts Sunday Paul l-afforty, University of Ore gun ski roach, announced yester day that the long delayed ski team tryouts will he held Sunday, Janu ary 15 at the Hands Lake ski area starting at 1(1 u.m. The selection of the varsity ski team this year will be on a basis of the best showing on the com bined four events, cross country, downhill, slolont, and jumping. According to Coach Lafferty the events will be held in the following order on Tournament hill. Cross country, 10 a.m.; jumping 12; sla lom. 1 pan.; and downhill at 2:30. The competition will be under the direction of Coach Lafferty, Norman Holt, manager, and Kuss Cutler of the department of physi cal education. The judging and scoring will he uceroding to the FIS rules. Two Members Hack Both Lafferty and Holt stressed the point that inasmuch as only two members ot last year's team. Pat Doland and Walter Wood, are slated for the tryouts all skiers ot tire University -re urged to be vj hand for the team selections Sun day as an eight man team is being chosen from the results. For the 1939 season, the Uni versity lias scheduled meets in California, Nevada. Idaho, Oregon. Washington, and Canada and has net yet completed their schedule. Knees to He Short Mnager Holt stated that inas much as all four events are being held on the same day all the races would be relatively short. The cross-country will be two miles long: slalom, 100 yards; downhill, one mile, and jumping, 00 feet. On order to qualify for the team a contestant must compete in all four events. Kven though a con testant takes last place in two1 events, if lie places high enough in the other two events he may still make the team. Hill Kelley, a blind athlete, is trying for a position on the Uni versity of Pittsburgh track team in the high-jumping diyisiou. llis average leap is five feet, five UWiit'fc. Oregon Hoopmen Win Second in Northern Circuit (Continued from page one) NORTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS W. L. Pet. Washington..2 0 1.000 Washington State .3 1 .750 Dregon .2 1 .667 !daho .0 2 .000 Oregon State .0 3 .000 Last night, at Corvallis; Oregon 51, Oregon State 26. stood 28 to 26 for Oregon. Harris, fouled Wally Johansen who con verted to make it 29 to 26. Then the Beavers had several chances to close the gap, but missed and a | couple of free throws in the final1 70 seconds saved it for Oregon. The Webfoots had possession of the ball most of the last minute. j Slats Gill’s Orange offense net ted but a single field goal in the ! first 25 minutes—5 minutes into j the second half—against Hobby Hobson’s revolving zone defense. It started out with both teams employing zone defenses and checking closely, but it got rough er as it went, and just before the first half ended had the customers in an uproar with not too much good feeling between the Beavers and the Ducks. Laddie Hits First After fifteen minutes of play in the first half it was only 4 to 2 for the Ducks with Laddie Gale connecting for the only field goal up to that point. His came near the five-minute mark on a one hander from the right corner. Tony Romano, Beaver forward, touched off an Oregon State rally after six minutes of play in the second half—with Oregon leading comfortably, 21 to 11—by pushing in two rapid-fire field goals. He got the first on a rebound and tallied the second moments later with a swishing one-handed push shpt from the corner. That brought it to 21-15, and Oregon called time out. Lead Melts After 13 minutes the Webfoots were still clinging to a 27 to 21 lead, but it soon melted to 28 to 24. Then with four points separat ing the teams and lass than five minutes remaining, the rivals cut loose with some more rough-and tough basketball. They went up and down the floor several times with both quintets missing easy shots until two min utes and thirty seconds were left, the score still 28 to 24. The pestiferous Romano, who was Oregon State’s shining light, got loose for a push shot and made it despite Laddie Gale’s foul. His conversion was nil, however, and Oregon still led by two points. Summary: Oregon State, 26 Garbould, f ., Pflugrad, f . 1 Hunter, f. 1 Mandic, c . 0 Romano, c . 3 Stidham, c . 0 Harris, g . 0 Kolberg, g. 0 FG FT PF TP 12 14 3 Totals . Oregon, 31 Gale, f . Dick, f . Hardy, f ... Wintermutc, c Anet, g . Pavalunas, g ... Johansen, g. Mullen, g. ... 6 14 21 26 FG FT PF TP .3 6 2 12 .. 0 . 0 .... 3 .... 0 .3 .... 0 .... 0 Totals.9 13 19 31 Half-time score: Oregon 11, Ore gon State 10. Officials: Dick Munson and Ar chie Buckley. Sec Barker and get re liable Musi cal instru m e n t s at reasonable prices . . . ui iact low prices. Remember, good quality is remembered every time you use your in strument. Remember that tone is what counts when you are playing for the pub lic or for your friends. If your instrument hasn't tone quality it i3 disappointing to you and more so to your audience. I recommend the musical instruments X sell for their tone. For years I have readjusted instruments and improved their tone. I will be pleased to serve you. M. S. BARKER MUSIC STORE 7tiu Willamette Street Roy Was Bothersome Last Night Roy Pflugrad . . . Oregon State guard was a loser last night but he broke up several Oregon scoring rushes. Oregon took the game, 31 to 26. Oregon Mitt and Mat Club Meets Portland Squad and Local Elks Whitfield in Main Event With Classy Elk Slugger; Bouts Start 8 o'Clock By KEN CHRISTIANSON Tonight under the lights of Mc Arthur court the University of Oregon boxers and wrestlers will encounter the local Elks club and' Central “Y” of Portland' in a dou ble feature starting at 8 o’clock. The wrestlers will start the mat season with a clean slate, while the boxers will be • fighting to avenge a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Benny Hall’s fighting Elks. The main event of the evening will find Smokey Whitfield, Ore gon’s golden glover, attempting to , avenge a decision over Gale Fer ris, his team-mate, when he clash es with Wayne Dillingham, Elks’ pride and joy, in the 155-pound class. Oregon Improving Under the coaching of Herb Col well, Oregon’s boxers and wrestlers have been improving by leaps and bound,;*. The Lemfon and' Green sluggers are rated an even chance to down the Elks men. Jim Dimit, ex-president of the Mitt and' Mat club, will officiate matches. Bill Laudcrbaek and Ronald Long, Oregon grapplers will tan gle with all that Central “Y” has to offer in Norman Miles and Ray Hooper, respectively, in the 135 pound weight. Harold Hansen wiii match holds with Art Daniels of Portland. In Classified Ads Phone 3300 Local 354 • Student Service FELLOWS: Bring your car to Jim Smith Richfield Station at 13th and Willamette for A-l service. • Barber Shops IT PAYS to look well. For your next haircut try the Eugene Hotel Barber Shop. •For Rent PLEASANT double room for men students, on the campus. 1219 University. DOUBLE room for new students. 1219 University St. ' • For Sale A SNAP — ’29 Chevrolet Sedan. New rubber and battery. $50 cash. Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores, 11th &. Tcarl. Phone 407. | • Picture Framing PICTL'RE framing for all kinds of pictures and certificates. Ori- j ental Art Shop. 122 E. Broad way. • Books NEW & USED BOOKS. School, fiction, technical books.' 31 7th West the same 145-pound limit, Jim | Mountain, of Oregon, will display j his ability against Carl Gray. Hal Spence, Webfoot premier 165-pounder, locks together with Sho Endow of the “Y.” Kay Fos ter and Frank Medlin, Oregon mid dleweights-, wrestle against Alex Michaels and Neil Kuhns in tnat order. Prexy Tangles Dale Peterson, Oregon's own Mitt and Mat prexy, matches his bone-crushing art against Ken neth Kocher in the 175-pound go. Long, lanky, and 118 pounds aptly describes Jim Greene, Web foot leather-pusher who takes on Art McChesney of the Elks club in the first bout. Wayne Towne, Oregon 135 pounder will square off against Bob McChesney. McChesney de cisioned Towne in a hard fought battle in their previous engage ment. Both McChesneys are Ore gon freshmen battling for the Elks club. Cam Collier of the Colwell ccached squad fights Howard Mil ler in the third battle, 145-pound limit. Paperweights Battle At 175 pounds, chunky Oregon battler, Jack Fruit, tangles with Glenn “Slim” Isnogal for nine minutes. In a special paperweight exhibi tion, Harold McCloskey and Allen Lonien match gloves at the 50 pound limit. Edwin Harding, hard hitting Webfoot, who took the measure of Harold Besson in a technical knockout in a previous bout, will fight Glen McCall at 145 pounds.. In the other 135-pound go, Francis “Tiger” Nickerson, Ore gon lettermen, meets Jim Pifer of the Hall-coached battlers. A College Man’s Idea of what a Man's Shop Should Be DON RICHARDS’ CLOTHING And Ollier Distinctive Col lege-Designed Clot lies OPENING JANUARY 23 On the Campus Campus Shop Clay Pomeroy Vern Pomeroy 5 Iii 17M. just 150 years ago, Franklin invented tlie first pair of bifocal lenses ever designed. Now, in 11139. you ran take advantage of Franklin’s inven tion. though much improved, and see for glasses Dr. Ella C. 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