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By ELBERT HAWKINS
i
Who reaps the benefits on this
one?
Honest John Warren had a hoop
prospect on his freshman squad in
A1 Stitt, brother of Don, 6-foot re
serve of Slats Gill’s Oregon State
Beavers.
But soon after A1 registered on
the Eugene campus for winter
term, down came Brother Don to,
personally escort the Duckling to
Beaverville where he's now going
to school.
Having already registered here,
A1 will be out of circulation (ineli
gible) until his junior year—the
1941 basketball season. Which
makes it practically a stalemate.
A1 loses, Oregon loses, and Oregon
State . . . well . . . who can tell
what 1941 will bring forth.
* # *
The Stitt case is a deadringer
for what almost happened in sim
ilar circumstances to Leonard
Gard, Eugene boy, who almost
made the same switch.
Leonard, captain of last year’s
all-state team and scoring record
holder, is right now holding a reg
ular berth for John Warren and is
far ahead in the frosh team scor
ing.
An “untested” darkhorse foot
baller in school now Is Harold
Johnson—stocky liard-to-hurt 160
pounder—from Marin junior col
lege. Johnson is a streak when
lugging the pigskin and tosses it
well. He came here recommended
by Larry Lance, Tex’s end.
Lance, by the way, of whom
Line Coach Bill Cole said, “will be
one of the coast’s best ends,” isn't i
expected back next fall for his last
year.
Honest John Warren’s version of
the near calamity at Astoria Sat
urday when his Ducklings blew a
third quarter advantage of 31 to
12 to 32 to 25 win over the All
Stars: (You’ll remember a quintet
composed entirely of Astoria high,
seniors played the entire last quar
ter and outscored the freshmen,
13 to 1).
“Those five little boys sat on the
bench ..for ..three ..quarters., and
watched every move we made . . .
they absorbed absolutely every
thing . . . you’ll have to hand it
to them for that . . . right away
one of them pulled a steal . . . took
It right away from a frosh . . .
then another . . . then the frosh
got so scared they were dizzy.”
That's about the way John saw
it, and he says Astoria was ncarlj
a mad-house when the game ended.
One man the California sunshine
didn’t cure is Line Coach Bill Cole
who went south for the Christmas
vacation to bake out his bronchial
cough. Bill finally came back to
Oregon to get cured . . . and now
he’s confined to his home with a
worse cold than ever. Let’s hope
California sunshine does more for
Colonel Bill Hayward who is down
there recuperating from his seri
ous heart attack.
Bill Cole (Called Big Bill there)
coached at Tustin high, California,
before he came here to succeed
Gene Shields as line coach under
Tex Oliver. Tusitn gave him a one
year's leave of absence subject to
cancellation if Bill "clicked witli
Tex.” He did.
It isn’t very generally known
. . . but Big Bill won six basket
ball championships, two softball
titles, and one title in football in
his 11 years at Tustin, and his
Tillers ..were ..runner-ups . several
times in football. He was affiliated
with Santa Anna's Stars of the
National Nightbult league for years
as a player and a manager, too.
lie was a first baseman.
* * *
Francis (Tiger) Nickerson was
floored by a knockout punch in
the first round of his bout Satur
day night against Jim Pifer, 135
pound Elks club puncher . . . how
ever, Nick was merely fulfilling “a
social obligation” . . . and should
have never fought the boy he once
licked ... Nickerson recently spent
several days in the infirmary, and
during the past two weeks had,
been so hampered by a cold he
hadn’t even worked out . . . Bing
Crosby, early this month, won a
monetary bet from llauk Me
Leniore, United Press sports writ
er, by touring the Lakeside course
in Hollywood in 33 strokes . . .
Bing shot a 43 on the first nine
but was so disgusted he wagered'
he’d par the back nine.
Here’s a personal note to Dick
Strite of the Eugene Kegister
Guard, so don't read it . . . try to
cover an Oregon-Oregon State bas
ketball game sometime, Dick, from
neat to tbe la^t row ui the tleacfc
Victory Boosts Title
Hopes of Oregonians
(Continued from page one)
Ducks Take Lead
But the Cougars were still a
threat. "LiU” Bud Olson, the slip
pery Cougar guard, dropped a one- j
hander only to have Gale and Anet
sink foul shots and tie the game
up again. Anet sent the Ducks into
the lead with another foul con
versit, 28 to 27.
Gale boosted Oregon's total by
another free throw, but barrel
chested Dale Gentry and Paul
Lindeman dropped quick ones to
give WSC her last lead of the
version, 28 to 27.
Wally Johansen set himself and
swished a long one to tie it up,
and then big Laddie Gale went to
work. Twice he faked Gentry off
balance, once he toed the free
throw line, and twice he flipped in
one-handers for 9 points in the
space of three minutes, and the
Ducks were away.
Cougars Lose Stars
In the third period, Coach Jack
Friel's club lost big Johnny Kosich,
the boy who had checked Gale so
closely, and their sophomore spark,
Olson. With their two stars gone,
the Cougars faded badly before
the Duck drive which quickly set
tled the trend of the game.
A free throw by Hooper opened
the scoring at the start of the
game. Gale countered with a whirl
ing looper, but Hooper came back
with two baskets to give the Cou
gars a 5-2 lead.
The Wcbfoots came right back
as a tip in by Wintermute knotted
the count at 6-all. They faded bad
ly, however, as the Cougar basket
machine began to click. In the
middle of the opening period the
Cougars held leads of 20 to 11,
and 24 to 16.
Gale Again
Toward the close of the initial
period, the Ducks staged a come
back on two buckets by Winter
muot, one by Gale, and a gift line
tos3 by Johansen to close the gap
25 to 21.
With about seven minutes of the
game remaining, the Ducks held a
commanding 43-32 lead. A free
throw by Dick boosted the lead to
11 points, and Wintermute
matched a basket by Ray Sund
quist and two Cougar foul conver
sions with two ringers of his own.
Gale caged two more flips and a
foul toss in rapid order to give the
Ducks a still larger lead, 52 to 38.
.Subs Sink Shots
At this point Coach Hobson took
Gale out of the game, but even
Oregon's subs kept firing away at
the hoop with marked success.
Matt Pavalunas was fouled and
sank his toss, Ford Muilen con
verted two more, and Ted Sarpola
made good on a field goal attempt.
In the meantime, the Cougars
were collecting six points, on bas
kets by Ray Mahnke, Ray Sund
quist, and Gentry, Gentry's com
ing just before the gun ended the
game.
Slim Wintermute went the route
for Oregon and scored 12 points.
John Dick, husky forward, hit
eight as did A1 Hooper and Gentry
of the Cougars. Bud Olson counted
seven.
Summary:
Oregon (57)
Dick, f.
Hardy, f.
Sarpola, f . .....
Gale, f ...
Wintemute, c
Mullen, g
Pavalunas, g
Johansen, g
FG FT PF Tl*
2
0
0
C
0
2
1
1
Auet, g.l
8
0
2
22
12
Totals.
WSC (44)
Kosich, f .
Gentry, f.
Sundquist, f .
Butts, f .
Chase, f.
Liudeman, c . .
Jennings, c ... ..
Mahnke, g .
Miller, g.
Olson, g.
Kcrpa, g
Hooper, g.
21 15 15 57
FG FT PF TP
.. 1
. 0
... 1
. 0
. 3
... 0
0
0
1
0
Totals. 18 S 21 11
Half-time score: Oregon 2t,
Washington State college 25.
Officials: Piluso and Hunter.
ers, and so far toward one cud
you'd call it "ten yards out past
the end zone" . . . or for that mat
ter try to cover any ball game
from such a pitiful angle . . . John
Warren's frosh hoopmen arc busy
preparing for their first game with
the Oregon State rooks, Friday
C-gkt m Con'aJlis.
Northern Division Standings
W L Pet. PF PA
Washington .... 2 0 1.000 85 61
Oregon . 3 1 .750 168 144
WSG . 3 3 .500 204 208
Idaho. 1 2 .333 88 103
OSC . 0 3 .000 70 99
Tuesday’s Result
At Pullman—Oregon 57, Wash
ington State 44.
Kappa Sigs Take
Handball Victory
Chi Psis Beaten in
First Donut Contest
By 2 to 1 Count
By taking the doubles and split
ting the singles, Kappa Sigma won
a first round intramural handball
match from Chi Psi yesterday,
2 to 1.
Frank Emmons and Bob Engelke
gave the Kappa Sigs the first point
by defeating a makeshift Chi Psi
team of Bob Haines and John
Skirving, 21 to 2, 21 to 3.
Bob Winslow, Kappa Sig, won
his singles match when Jim Grif
fiths defaulted.
With the score tied at one match
all, Bob McCaullife, Kappa Sigma,
and Bartlett Cole, Chi Psi, fought
it out for the winning point. After
a tiring match, McCaullife won,
21 to 8, 21 to 19, for a Kappa Sig
victory.
Coed Intramural
Hoop Season Starts
The girls’ intramural basketball
season starts this afternoon, with
two games scheduled. The Kappa
Alpha Theta team meets Alpha
Gamma Delta on the indoor court
at 5 p.m., and University Co-op
plays Alpha Delta Pi on the out
door court at the same time.
In order to be eligible for WAA
checks, each player must have had
two practices before playing in any
game.
Forgotten
Men—
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By ARNIE MILLSTEIN |
Behind the closed portals of the
news bureau in McArthur court,
Bruce Hamby can be found pound
ing' out the publicity releases for
the Oregon activities. Way back
since the fall of 1933, when Bruce
first started his work, this office
has become one of the most im
portant in the school.
Bruce was a member of the class
of ’34 but was forced to leave
school in his junior year. He start
ed work on the Oregonian almost
immediately but resigned from
that job to take the position of as
sistant to Sam Wildcrman in the
News Bureau.
In his first year in the publicity
office, Bruce set up a small book
which he named “Duck Dope."
Oregon was the first school on the
coast to use such a book but was
quickly followed by the others and
some eastern colleges. When Sam
Wildcrman resigned, Bruce tool;
over the job of handling releases
to newspapers, radio, and other
universities.
"Handling publicity is not an
easy job," reports Bruce. "We
have to bo able to keep ahead of
the teams when they are on the1
road and make sure that all news
papers get enough data on the
squad beforehand.”
A Eugene resident. Bruce gives
forth his best publicity stunts
when it comes to advertising his
wife and Ins fourteen months old
daughter.
Besides handling the athletic,
end. thete is also the concerts and j
numerous other activities for
Bruce to cover, lie especially en
joys working for "Hobby” llobsou
and "Tex" Oliver, and thinks they
are swell coaches.
Princeton university has had
more of its students win Rhodes
scholarships than any other U. is.
institution. Harvard L, secern],;
Ywle Curd
How Wally Did It
Here’s how Wally Johansen, Oregon guard must have looked to fans in the balcony at Pullman last
night as he aided the Ducks in a 57-44 victory over W'SC.
ATOs, Theta Chis, Omega
Win A DonutTiits; Pi Kaps,
Phi Sigs, PEs Win In B
Sammies, Sigma Nus, Yeomen, Lose to
Respective A Opponents; SAMs, Yeomen
And Canard Drop B Games
Dy DOHG PARKER
Paced by driving Jay Graybeal,
Alpha Tau Omega entrenched
themselves as outstanding candi
dates to take the A-league intra
mural crown again this year when
they trounced a fighting Sigma
Alpha Mu outfit, 22-6.
Graybeal, who scored S points,
opened the game with a fielder.
For one quarter the smaller Sam
mie team held the ATOs to the
single goal. Shimshak scored late
in the second quarter to put the
score 8-2 in favor of the Hotel
men.
Score:
ATO (22)
Dunn, 5.
Scott, 4.
Stafford, 5.
Karstens...,.
Graybeal, S.
S. .. 1, Saltzman
(6) Sammies
F. Herzog
F. Milstein
C. 1, Harris
G.2, Shimshak
C! 9 TTra crar
I’Ks 15, SAMs 10
; The Fizzeds, newly-formed phy
sical education team, scored a 15
10 victory over Sigma Alpha Mu's
B-league intramural five.
Rod Hansen, substitute forward,
was high point man with five,
all of which were made in the sec
ond half. Bill Senders and Bill
Ehrman paced the Samtnic attack
with four points each.
Ahead throughout the game, the
Fizzeds had a 6-2 lead over the
Sammies at tire end of tlie half.
Twenty men were used in the
game. Seventeen of the 25 points
were scored by substitutes.
Score:
Fizzeds 1151
Anderson .
Fillsbury
Landreaux. •!
Anderson .
Force
Scarff. 2. ..
Bogue.
Hansen, 5
Jeans.
Johnson, I
Referee;
Grunseth.
F. ..
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G.
G.
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s.
s
s
tlO) Sammies
Rosumny
. . Horenstein
... 1, Senders
Barr
. Nudelman
•l,
Ehrman
2, Stein
Weiner
J acobs
Davis
l’hil Craft and Roald
Omega hall chalked up its first
win of the season Tuesday by
turning back the Yeomen A team,
1 ‘ ■ 12 The lead w eaved back and
forth for three quarters, but Ome
ga. leading 9-S, jumped far tn
the load in the final period.
The list quarter spurt was led
by Tom Robb, who scored five
points, and 1‘oshio Iraha, who tal
lied four. Willie'' Williams and
Bos Libkc paced the independents
with lour points each.
Thirteen Yeomen saw action. A !
steady stream of substitutes went
(FleaSi turn to /v.v thru)
Lose something'.* . .
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By WILBUR BISHOP
Last-minute rallies won games
for three teams in yesterday’s
intramural basketball play as
Theta Chi bumped Sigma Nu, 19
to 17, in an “A” league game. In
the “B" league Pi Kappa Alpha de
feated' Canard club, 17 to 14, and
the Yeomen lost a 13 to 14 decision
to Phi Sigma Kappa in two hair
raising games.
Theta Chi and Sigma Nu
matched shot for shot, with neither
team gaining a commanding lead.
The Theta Chis held the boys from
the millracc scoreless during the
first quarter while they scored a
field goal and a gfit shot. Sigma
Nu came back in the second quar
ter and snatched'an 8 to 7 lead on
field goals by Hank Nilsen, How
ard Aylsworth, Gleason Payne, and
Don McCormack.
At the end of the third period
the Sigma Nus were still in the
lead, 12 to 10. In the final quarter
the score was tied twice and the
lead changed hands four times.
Bill Reynolds started Theta
Chi's rally by dropping in a field
goal for a 13 to 12 lead, their first
lead in the second half. Aylsworth
potted one to put Sigma Nu ahead
If to 13, George Dariotes tied it at
14 all, McCormack made it 15 to
14 for Sigma Nu, Willie Frye tied
the score again at 15 to 15. With
one minute thirty seconds remain
ing, Phillips sank a long shot that
gave Theta Chi a 17 to 15 lead, and
White dropped one in with 45 sec
onds to go. Payne scored Sigma
Nu's last basket and brought the
final score to 19 to 17.
The lineups:
Theta Chi (19)
White (4) .
Reynolds (5) . ...
Phillips (2) ....
Frye (1)
Loback 16 >
Dariotes (1)
(17 i Sigma Nu
F ... (2) Nilsen
F (ti) Aylsworth
C (2) Hodgens
G . (4) Payne
G (3) McCormack
S . Henry
Referees: Phil Craft and R. Gun
seth.
I’i Kups IT, Canard Club II
Pi Kappa Alpha staged a come
back to defeat Canard club 17 to
I t. Canard hold the lead until the
middle of the final period, when
Bob Fogodalen found his shooting
eye and dropped in five points.
In the fourth quarter the game
became rough with both teams
committing unnecessary fouls. An
• dd situation arose in the final
minute of play when the referees
awarded the Pi Kaps a basket that
didn't go in. Monte Klepper shot
and the ball rolled around the rim
and out. but as the ball was bal
ancing on the rim the referees'
attention was attracted by a skir
mish between two players m the
(P.VmV turn pyv
FIGHTERS NOTICE! H
Dale Peterson, Mitt and Mat'
club prexy, asks all boxers
and wrestlers to meet at the'
physical education building to-'
night at 7:30 o’clock. **
Ski Club Plans7
Hand Lake Trip
For Sunday
Unfavorable Road
Conditions Make
Trip Uncertain
If weather conditions permit,
the University of Oregon ski club
will transport its members to Hand
Lake Sunday for an all-day skiing
: session, Norman Holt, University
ski team manager, announced last
night.
Should present weather condi
tions prevail, Holt said members
could plan on approximately one
more week of skiing at Hand lake.
Sunday’s trip is tentative because
of the uncertainty of the roads to
Hand Lake, located at the summit
of McKenzie pass, 70 miles away.
When it becomes impossible to
reach Hand lake, skiing activities
will be transferred to the White
Branch recreational area, if the
snow situation is satisfactory at
tire latter place, a government
owned region.
Started Last Year
Organized last year by Frank
Drew, Woody Truax, Ralph Laf
ferty, and Norman Holt, the ski
club is composed mainly of Uni
versity ski team members but is
open to anyone interested in ski
ing.
The club is seasonal, active only
when the rapidly-growing ski sport
is in sway. Plans for this c'ub this
winter include an overnight out
ing for the club membe s and
year that is to bo an annual one.
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DucklingsEye
Rook Contest
Rivals Meet on Corvallis Floor in First
Clash of Annual "Little Civil War" Series;
Beaverlings Pack Unusual Power
By EHLE REBER
The 1939 frosh basketball team gets its real test of the season this '
Friday night at S o'clock when they meet their arch rivals the Oregon
State rooks in the first tilt of a four-game series at Corvallis.
Coach John Warren indicated that his recruits were not of the
good caliber of his last year’s team, but that the boys were very
determined and would make it touch for any opponent.
So lar this season, Leonard
Gard, Eugene’s all-state forward
and scoring champ of 1938, has led
the Ducklings in scoring and spark,
with Doug Caven, a former team
mate at Eugene high, running a
close second with his good floor
work.
Good Guards
Warren has a good crew of
guards in Dick Whitman, Burke
Austin, Bob Deverall, Laverne Van
Marter* Doug Caven, and Don Gal
Breaith, former all-stater at Boise,
Idaho.
At forwards the portly mentor
will rely on Ross Kilborn, Hal Sar
kela, Len Gard, Art Hayes, and
Gene Brown to bring home the
bacon in this weekend’s encounter.
The center berth is well equipped ;
in height with Les Thompson, 6-;
foot 4-inch lad from Reedsport,
and Elliott Wilson, 6-foot 5-inch
tipper inner from Alliance, Neb
raska. Both boys played for War
ren at the same pivot position on
the frosh football team.
Strong Rook Team
Friday night the frosh meet one
of the best rook teams to repre
sent the Stater school in many
years.
Valenti and Durdan, high scor
ing aces for the rooks, will lead
their squad against the Warren
ites, after defeating Corvallis high
last week, 32 to 14.
Coach Bill McKalip’s lanky cen
ter, Stubberfield, is another spark
in the rook lineup who may prove
a hazard to the frosh winning
streak.
Frosh scoring:
G FG FT TP
Card . 4 15 19 49
Kilborn . 4 4 19
Wilson . 4 6 1 13
Caven . 4 14 1 29
Galbreaith . 4 9 7 25
Thompson . 4 4 2 10
Sarkela . 2 12 4
Deverall . 3 0 0 0
Van Marter..*.. 4 10 2
Winslow. 10 0 0
Brown . 2 0 0 0
Hayes . 10 0 0
Austin . 2 2 0 4
Whitman . 2 3 17
So far this season the frosh have
scored 152 points as compared to
their opponents’ 99.
club, the date cf which will be an
nounced later, two reels of motion
pictures featuring skiing in Swit
zerland and Germany will be
shown.
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Wrestlers and
Boxers to Meet
Multnomah Club
Winged 'M' Match
This Saturday; to
Be Staged Here
Webfoot mittmen and grapplers
this week began intensive training
in preparation for the bouts with
Multnomah .club here Saturday
evening, January 21. r
With a chance for 18 possible
boxing and wrestling matches, ev
ery man is fighting hard for a
chance to prove his worth.
Winners of Saturday’s matches
are sure to be in the squared cir
cle to do battle. The three wrest
lers who captured decisions were
Herb Myers, Ray Foster, and Dale
Peterson, Oregon’s Mitt and Mat
club prexy.
xnree uoxers set
Boxers who came through the
six minute ordeal were “Smokey1'
Whitfield, Golden Glover, Jack
Fruit, and Cam Collier. Fruit’s
bout was a very short six minutes
—he scored a technical knockout
over his opponent, Glenn Isnogal, ^
in two short minutes.
Other bone-crushers likely to
start are Jim Mountain, Bill Lau
derback, Burt Dakc, and Hal
Spence.
Leather-pushers with chances of
spots are Jim Greene, Wayne
Wayne Towne, Edwin Harding,
Merle Hanscomb, and Jim Bailey.
Since January 1, 1938 construc
tion on college and university un
ion buildings has been begun or
completed at a cost of more than.
$6,000,000.
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