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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1939)
lui/uuci 7 , Kiai vu uv, Oregon Quintet Sweeps California Series for Coast Honors Bears Beaten Twice At Igloo in Thrillers Championship Is First for University Since 1919 Season—Twenty Long Years; Scores Are 54 to 49 and 53 to 47 Twenty long years! That's exactly how long the University of Oregon has had to wai for a second coast conference championship in basketball. And Friday night, as the final gun clinched the coast title for th< Webfoots, McArthur court was a bedlam. Over 6,000 wild fans "broke' an uproar that told a story of a deep satisfactions, of a great desire and of delirious joy. The Ducks had done it. The> had battered' a gallant California team that found it hard-pressed indeed to keep up with the dashing Ducks for two nights, winning 54 to 49 and 53 to 47. Priestly Insults ’Em They had answered California's graduate manager, Ken Priestly who said during the playoff mix, “It looks like Oregon doesn’t want to play us.” And they had become the first Webfoot team to win the coast tiara since Dean Walker coached Eddie Duruo, Nish Chap man and the rest of the 1919 “Im mortals” to a coast crown. What’s more, they scored over 50 points twice against California, the first time this year that an opponent has been able to do so against the tall Bears who aver age better than the 6-foot 3-inch mark. The first game saw both teams jittery at the start, with Oregon leading 20 to 19 at halftime. But in the second period, the Ducks bewildered the Bears with a driv ing, whirlwind attack that liter ally swept the California repre sentatives off their feet. Stage Big Spree From a tie at 21 to 21 after three quarters of a minute of play in the second half, the Oregon boys, sud denly displaying the driving fire they had lacked' in the first half, in 7% minutes rolled up to a 16 point advantage. The Bears kept threatening afte that, but the damage was done and Oregon coasted in. In this game, Laddie Gale, dis playing his scoring form of las year, rang up 18 points to lea< the Ducks. California’s Golden Bears waste< no time in going to work the see ond night, running up a 9 to I lead on beautifully timed plays The Ducks’ captain, Bobby Anet called a time out, and the tall Fir: settled, down to their task. A halftime, they led £> -to 23, am never were headed after that. John Dick and Slim WintermuL led the Duck scoring parade wit! 16 points each. First Game—Thursday Night Score: California (49) Thomas, f . Chalmers, f . Ogilvie, c . Bickerson, g .... Biggerstaff, g Morgan, f McGee, c . Shirk, g . Totals . Oregon (54) Gale, f . Dick, f . 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Slim Wintermute is bending ovei Gale and teammate John Dick (No. 18) is shown in the background.—Photo by Charles Kenyon. Wintermute, c . 4 3 11: Anet, g . 12 0‘ Johansen, g . 4 1 4 ! Hardy, f. 0 0 0 < Sarpola, f . 0 0 0 ( Pavalunas, g. 2 2 1 ( Totals .21 12 9 5< Half-time score: California 19 Oregon 20. Missed free throws: Oregon Gale 1, Dick 1, Johansen 1, total 4 California, Morgan 2, Ogilvie 1 Bickerton 2, Biggerstaff 2, total 7 Field shots taken: California 80 Oregon 54. Technical fouls, Bickerton 1. Officials: IOmil Piluo, Portland referee; Frank Heniges, Portland umpire. Second Game—Friday Night California (47) Thomas, f Chalmers, f . Ogilvie, c . Bickerton, g . 2 Biggerstaff, g . 1 Morgan, f . 1 0 McGee, c . 2 0 Shirk, g . 1 2 Totals* .19 Oregon (53) Gale, f . Dick, f . Wintermute, c .... Anet, g .. Johansen, g Hardy, f. Mullen, g . Pavalunas, g. Totals . Fg Ft Pf Ti 4 0 4 J 4 3 1 11 4 2 2 1( 0 y 2 < 2 :3- < 1 J 2 4 1 4 9 16 4, Fg Ft Pf Tj .. 0 6 2 e .8 0 2 1C .7 2 1 1C .2 0 3 4 .4 3 2 11 ... 0 0 0 c 0 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 (] .21 11 10 53 Half-time score: California 23, Oregon 25. Missed free throws: California, Morgan 1, Chalmers 1, Bickerton 2, total 4; Oregon, Gale 2, Dick 3, Wintermute 1. Johansen 1, total 7. Technical fouls, Anet 1. Field shots taken, California 68, Oregon 66. Officials: Frank Heniges, Port land, referee; Emil Piluso, Port land, umpire. [ UO Coeds Serve at Pi Beta Phi Tea When the Pi Beta Phi northwest conference, which was held in Portland during the latter part of last week, closed with an after noon tea, four coeds from the Ore gon chapter served as hosteses. The Oregon girls who served are: Mary Jane Wormser, Mar garet Williams, Jane Weston, and Kuth Stoddard. ATOs Win Wrestling ! To Lead Donut Race Alpha Tau Omega concluded last term's campus sports with a win in intramural wrestling that boosted its total points to 591 and put it in the lead over its athletic rival, Beta Theta Pi, which now has 575. The championship was decided in the first match of the finals held , on March 3, when the Paul Logan victory for Alpha Tau Omega over Bob Dalton, Kappa Sigma, pdt the_ “factory men” beyond reach of Sigma1 '€hi, the only team with a possibility of defeating the ATO's. A r, A thn nU _____ would have meant a Sigma Chi ti tle, as the latter won both of its final matches. Seven new champions were l crowned in the individual cham j pionships. Winner in the lightest ! division, the 126-pounders, was Paul Logan, ATO, who defeated Bob Dalton, Kappa Sig, in three : minutes. <1 Stearns Is Champ Jim Stearns, Gamma hail, threw Gordon Crymes, independent, in 3:13 in the 135-pound division. In the only match to go the full five minutes Cam Collier won a decision over Dick Shannon to take the 145-pound division title. It took Leland Terry, Theta Chi, 4 minutes and 50 seconds to throw Roland Rodman for the championship in the 155-pound di vision. Herb Gifford, Campbell Co-op's 165-poUnder, took honors for the fastest throwing time in the finals by pinning Bob Speer, Beta, in 1:48. Elmer Hanson, Sigma Chi, light heavyweight, threw Jim Dimit, Fizzed, in the last second of the 175-pound championship matcK. Up until the time he was thrown, Dimit had the edge on aggressive ness but Hanson waited for an opening and pinned his opponent just before the final gong sounded. Having wrestled in both the light heavy and heavyweight divisions (Please turn to page seven) Webfoots Slate Full Spring Sport Calendar Nine Track Meets, 16 Baseball Games Top Activity •run atmeuc calendars for Uni versity of Oregon teams this spring were announced here Thurs day, following approval by the Webfoot athletic board. The spring schedules are as fol lows: Varsity Track March 31—Hill indoor relays at Portland. March 15—Oregon State relays at Corvallis. April 22—University of Portland dua.' meet at Eugene. April 29—University of Wash ington dual meet at Seattle. May 6—Washington State dual meet at Pullman. May 13—Oregon State dual meet at Eugene. May 20—Pacific coast confer ence meet at Seattle. Freshman Track May 5—Oregon State Rook re lays at Eugene. May 12—Oregon State Rook re lays at Corvallis. Varsity Tennis April 11—Oregon Normal at Eu tene. April 15—Linfield at Eugene. April 18—Willamette at Eugene. April 22—Willamette at Salem. April 25—Linfield at McMinn ville. April 28—Idaho at Moscow. April 29—Washington State at Pullman. May 5—Oregon State at Cor vallis. May 6—Oregon State at Eugene. May 13—Washington at Eugene. May 27 — Northern division championship at Pullman. Varsity Golf April 7—Washington at Eugene. April 21 — College of Puget Sound at’ Tacoma. April 22—Washington at Seattle. Mjiy 3—Bellingham Normal at Eugene. May 5—Idaho at Eugene. May 6 — Washington State at Eugene. May 13—Oregon State at Cor vallis. May 20—Oregon State at Eu gene. (Please turn to Pag* three) National Title Eyed (Continued from page one) champs, smothered Villanova, 53 to 36, at. the University of Penn sylvania palestra Saturday night to win the Eastern championship in the N.C.A.A. tourney. 11 Players Travel Oregon’s champions left for San Francisco Saturday night. The Webfoot party included 11 play ers, Coach Howard Hobson, Train er Bob Officer, and Manager Jay Langston. Players making the trip are Laddie Gale, Slim Winter ; mute, Wally Johansen, Captain Bobby Anet, John Dick, Red Mc ! Neeley, Ted Sarpola, Matt Pava i lunas, Bob Hardy, Ford Mullen, and Earl Sandness. Should Oregon win at San Fran ' cisco, the team will leave directly from there for Evanston, Hobson revealed before his departure. Hob son, himself, will make the eastern jaunt, win or lose, as he plans to attend the national basketball coaches’ convention this week end in Chicago. Barnstorming Tour i While in the east, Hobson hopes ; to arrange for a second eastern barnstorming tour to be made next December, The Oregon mentor is a member of several committees and will take an active part in the horp' convention. Before leaving for the south, the players were given a physical checking by Trainer Officer, who pronounced them in good shape despite the terrific physical beat ing absorbed during the coast ' playoffs. Should the Ducks come through the Western eliminations, they will be making their second invasion of the middle west. The Webfoots opened their five month season with a 7,000 mile jaunt through the east and midwest before going through the northern division and coast playoffs to hang up a record of 26 victories in 31 games. Second Trip South The invasion of California will also mark their second trip into the San Francisco Bay region, the | Oregons losing one of their five I games to Stanford at the close of I the pre-season road trip. Coach Howard Hobson will open the Texas game with the same lineup which defeated California. Captain Bobby Anet, Wally Jo hansen, Slim Wintermute, Laddie Gale, and John Dick will face off against the Texans. Matt Pava lunas and Bob Hardy, the two top reserves, will await Hobson’s call to game duty. ( confidentially ) Do you have your dates yet? for the Gamma Alpha . Chi Dance IF NOT .... OUR ADVICE IS . . DON'T DELAY , . . It's Girls’ Date . . . and the social high point for spring term. Annual Gamma Alpha Chi Fashion Show Also the SATURDAY NIGHT, March 25 McArthur Court Adm. $ 1.00