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V DUCK TRACKS ■BiiiiniiiiiimiiiiiniiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiininiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiniiiiiiiiniiniggi By GEORGE PASERO Co-Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald No more football for Oregon's two all-west stars, Frankie Em mons and Bob Smith. Yes, it’s definite now, despite notices to the contrary. Lefty Bob's decision to give up all thoughts of professional ball came last week when doctors advised him that fur ther play would aggravate bone growths on each ankle and necessi tate another operation. (Smith underwent one ankle surgical last year.) As for Frank Emmons, the big 215-pound Beaverton buster, who starred for Biff Jone3 and Babe Hollingberry's West aggregation in the annual New' Year’s Day San Francisco Shrine game, scoring one touchdown, said yesterday that it was very doubtful that he would join the pro ranks. Reason—not enough financial remuneration. Emmons, drafted by the Phila delphia Eagles, negotiated with the club management this month but did not receive what he terms “suitable” contract figures. And unless a very, very favorable docu ment changes Frank’s present plans, he will forsake the pro game to attend summer session or return to school next fall in order to com plete a few graduation require * ments. Lefty Bob was drafted by the New York Giants and was given a contract w'hich called for $150 per game for 12 to 14 contests. He was all set to accept and send the docu ment back to Giant headquarters when doctors’ advice forced him to retire his grid cleats along with the honors he has earned in four years of top-flight college compe tition. Incidentally, both Emmons and Smith were given bids to play for a Western all-star squad against the Los Angeles Bulldogs, profes sional team, in a charity game for the Finnish relief February 11 in Los Angeles. The bid included all expenses and ' a sum of $100 cash. Both of the Webfoot backs turned thumbs dowm, as did a number of other West senior stars, because of inter ference with school W'ork. Versatile Buck Berry Cheering news for Webfoot base ball followers. Word conies from some of the campus baseballers that Arba Ager, transfer from Southern Oregon Normal, is quite an infieldcr. Ager is a shorstop. He played high school baseball in Portland and later gave the semi-pros a whirl, swiging a hickory club for the old Hop Gold outfits. Also, so we’ve been informed, Buck Berry is an infielder of some note, himself. Pals of his say he has a rifle arm and really murders the ball. What’s more, we understand Buck will turn out for the diamond sport, giving up spring practice. This fellow Berry, by the way, is rapidly establishing himself as about the most versatile young ath lete on the campus. Is there any thing he can’t do? Maybe there is . . . maybe he can’t play a good hand of bridge, but maybe he can. And at that, it may be we are slighting Buck and not naming all his accomplishments (which is more than possible!) Short Shots . . . Tex Oliver’s southern drawl has been conspicuous by its absence up at McArthur court the past week. . . . Reason: Tex has been confined to his home with an attack of in fluenza, a persistent cold, and an ear infection. Our McArthur court operative gives out the information that a new halfback possibility is on the campus. . . . He's Tommy Roblin, speedy boy from San Mateo jaysee. Also back in the fold is little Har old Johnson, a mite of a halfback who looked mighty good in spring practice last year before injuring a knee. Several ex-Oregorj baseball play ers will be with the Salem Sen ators, new entry in the Western International league, this spring. One is John Linde, southpaw' chueker who won several games for Coach Hobson two years ago and j w'ho had a Seattle tryout last year. Another is Bob Baer, an ex-Grant high star who only enrolled, never played, at Oregon. Coach Rollie Dickie is sporting a rich, and I do mean rich, coat of ; "snow' tan.” He acquired it learn ing to ski at Mount Hood and Hand lake . . . and of course, supervising the training of his ski aces. This ! weekend, RcJlie and six teammates take a gander at Reno, Nevada, the divorce capital, while taking part hi the Rene ski carnival. Boxing, Wrestling Smoker Tonight in Igloo Frosh Post Elevent Businessman Foxx Mr. James Emory Fox.v, the slugging first baseman of the Boston Bed Sox, is a winter-time big business man, bossing two golf courses at St. Petersburg, Florida. Phi Sigs, Zetas, Theta Chi, And Sammies Win 'A’ Cage Games in Intramural Play With Don “Iron-man” Tower do ing a lone job of refereeing, two “A” and one “B” intramural bas ketball games were run off yester day on court 43. Phi Sigma Kappa penetrated the Alpha hall zone defense to win 19 to 8. Zeta hall dropped Kirkwood co-op 32 to 8; and the Sigma Alpha Mu Bees won a 6 to 4 sleeper from the Alpha Hall seconds. riii Slgs Win Leading 5 to 1 at the half and 11 to 4 at the three-quarter mark, the Phi Sigs went on to win handily. Lineups: Phi Sigs, 19 8, Alpha Fetsch, 5.F.3, Liil Caples, 4 .F. 1, Endicott Spaugh, 2 .C.Adams Weills .G . Kunz Schick, 2.G.4, Lewis Substitutes: Phi Sigs—Wyatt 6, Small; Alpha—Kelty. Zeta Highest Zeta hall had a 12 to 2 halftime lead and held the co-op scoreless during the third quarter to ring up the day’s highest score. Lineups: Zeta, 32 8, Kirkwood Apa, 15 .F. Hillway Jonsrud, 9.F.4, Argyris Landeen, 4 ...v.C...Short Kent, 2.G . 4, Samples Keller, 2.G ... .Madera Alpha Dropped Although their supporters were urging each team to “aim at the (Please turn to page jnur) Swim Teams Eye Meets The first of three meets this week for Oregon's frosh and var sity swimming teams is scheduled for tonight in the men’s pool at 8 when Coach Russ Cutler’s fresh man team meets the Aero club of Portland. The frosh put in two hard sessions Monday and Tues day in preparation for tonight’s meet. Cutler Uncertain Coach Cutler said last night he was still not certain as to the placement of his men in the vari ous events. Cutler said he would probably use the same men he used against Salem. Cutler believes this meet will really test his frosh team. Al though the Salem team offered formidable opposition most of the capitol boys were younger than the average high school competi tor. Aero Holds Udge The Portland swimmers will hold a definite edge over the frosh in experience for this season, as the Portlanders have already com peted and won several meets this year. Saturday both the frosh and varsity offer their wares for Ore gon swim fans in meets against the Oregon State rooks and var sity. The two yearling teams meet in the morning at 10 and the \ ar sines hi the afternoon at 2:30. NOTICE Order of the "O” members will meet at the Delta Upsilon house at noon today, Bob Smith, president, announced. Theta, Alpha Chi, Chi Omega Victors Alpha Chi inched out a victory over the Gamma Phis yesterday in one of the closest basketball games of this season. 'The game ended 23-20. Both teams played a fast game with the players bunching up un der both baskets. Connie Averill led the Gamma Phis in their hard fight, scoring 11 points. Alpha Chi’s Gayle Lofton pulled the team out of many tight spots, making 13 points for the victors. The game was full of personal and technical fouls from which neither team gained many points. Following is the line-up: Alpha Chi, 23 Zavodsky, 7. Van Meter, 3 ... Lofton, 13. Meek. Horn. Wright. . F. .F.. ..F.. . G. ...G . G. 20, Gamma Phi . 7, Huffakcr . 11, Averill . 2, Rawson . Lees . Earl . Collier Substitutions: Alpha Chi: Tyree, Steele. Gamma Phi: Murrow. Officials: Warrine Eastburn, Hazel Oldfield. Today’s games will start at 4:4.5 instead of 5 p.m. Chi O Wins Chi Omega marched off with its initial game 32 to 20, stopping the strong Hen hall delegation. Sue West, scoring 18 points, sent the Chi Os into the lead in the first seconds of the battle. Lineups: Chi Omega, 32 Murray, 8 . West, 16 . Nelson, 6. Bamford . Lewis, 2. Jackson . F F . F G G G 20, Hendricks . 4, Dixon . 4, Sigel . 8, Wolf . Malloy . 2, Frizzell . Owens Bubb; Hen Substitutes: Chi O dricks hall Allen. Theta Drops Pi Phi Theta pulled out from a close Donut Ping Pong Begins Monday Intramural ping pong starts Monday in the restricted room of the physical education building. Games will start at 4 and 4:45. Balls will be furnished; contest ants are asked to bring their own paddles but the department can furnish a few of these-in case of necessity. The restricted room is outfitted with three tables and, as serts Intramural Director Rollie Dickie, has "a good lighting sys tem.w Seven leagues have been formed with four teams composing each. A team consists of two singles men and one doubles squad. Dickie is preparing a mimeo graphed schedule. h Victory Ducklings Tip Roseburg,45-23 By BILL PHELPS It was number 11 last night for the frosh, as they squelched Rose burg high school, 45 to 23, at Rose burg. The Ducklings, towering over the Roseburg five, mercilessly ran the prepsters to the ground, as they continued on a victory march that has given them wins in all except one of their 12 games this season. Jumping into an early lead, they took a commanding 18-12 margin at the half, and then ran away from the smaller Rosebuds in the second period. It wasn’t just another basketball win for Warren's boys last night, though: the game marked the re turn of Don Kirsch, half of the yearlings’ sensational guard com bination. With Kirsch back in uni form, Duckling hopes for the first game of the “Little Civil War” with Oregon State’s rooks received a decided boost. Two Out However, the injury-ridden frosh are still minus Jake Werschkul, while Quentin Sidesinger was also out of action last night. Wally Borrevik, tall Duckling center, took scoring honors for the evening with 11 points. Tuttle had nine and Taylor eight. Wiard with six points was high for the prep sters, with every man on the Rose burg team scoring — only not enough. With Roseburg out of the way, Warren will begin experimenting with a patched-up lineup as they point for the formidable rooks, whose season record contains only one loss, that to the Westport town team. Last night Shelton, the transfer from Eastern Oregon College of Education of “tempest in a teapot” fame, started with the four regulars and there is a chance that he may be used against the rooks. Box sopre: Freshmen, 45 23, Roseburg Taylor, 8 .F.6, Wiard Shelton .F.5, Finley Borrevick, 11.... C.4, Denton Kirsch, 4.G.3, Baker Tuttle, 9 .G .3, Sanders Substitutes: Freshmen — Bubalo 5, Oliver 1, Reynolds 4, Fuhrman 3; Roseburg—Hughes 2. 8-6 halftime score yesterday to de feat Pi Phi 24-12. Both teams played a wild game causing the officials to call a dozen fouls. Lineups: Theta, 24 12, Pi Phi Kerr, 4.F.7, Vincent Young, 10 .F . 5, Daggett Latourette, 3 ...*. F . Tyler Sanders.F.Hihalcik Wethered .G . Foster Fulton.G Riesch Substitutes: Thetas — Adlesich, Morris. Officials: Kay Earl and Marilyn Christlieb. Sand Skiing Yvonne Blossom demonstrates the proper knack of the winter sport on the sand dunes of Southern California. It isn’t as realistic as snow hut it’s lots warmer. Oregon Skiers Leave For Nevada Tourney The Webfoot ski team will leave today to compete in their first coast tournament this season. The meet is being held February 2 and 3 at Reno under the sponsorship of the University of Nevada. Oregon’s team, which last week placed third in the tri-scliool meet at Hood, will send a six-man team to Reno. Skiers selected for the Coeds Swim For Cup Another silver cup is at stake. This time it's the coeds swimming for it. Competition for this WAA trophy will begin Thursday at 7:30 in Gerlinger pool, and will con tinue some time within the next two weeks. Any living organization or inde pendent group may enter a team of four member’s. Fourteen teams have signed up so far. Twenty and forty - yard speed events are planned for crawl, back, side, and breast stroke. A diving and a re lay race will also be included, ac [ cording to Hope Hughes, Amphib ian in charge. “No girl may enter more than two events, excluding participa tion in diving and relay competi tion, so every one has a chance in her field,” Hope said. Every girl on the campus who is interested should enter. If there are any stu dents who are not affiliated with a group that is entering a team they may call Betty Mae Lind, 1032. A second meet is being planned and the scores will be kept and added to the results of the next meet before final winners are an nounced. The pool is open from 4 to 6 Tuesday and Thursday and from 5 to 6 all other days. Practices for the whole team or any individual may be held during these open hour#. WAA representatives in the houses should keep track of these practices as five practices and participation in at least one of the | meets is enough for a check. trip are, Terry, Hagen, Evans, Wal lace, Zei'gler, and Bladine. The Ducks will enter in all four of the events scheduled which includes down-hill, cross-country, and sla lom racing. Terry and Evans will also enter the jumping event. Coach Rollie Dickie announced that the snow men would leave at noon. The team will travel by auto. Expenses for the trip will taken from the club's budget of $100. “Although the fellows have had little chance to practice,” said Dickie, “They should place in most of the events.” Huskies Lose To Beavers Led by veteran Tony Romano, the Oregon State Beavers trounced the University of Washington Huskies in Corvallis last night by a 49-32 score and moved out three full games ahead in the Northwest conference basketball race. 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Waldorf, Corley List 15 Bouts in Ring Duck-Beaver Tilt May Be Crucial Point Revamped Oregons Have All-Important Backboard Height By KiKN CHRISTIANSON After the Oregon-Oregon State basketball game Saturday night in Corvallis, Webfoot followers and fans will have a clearer conception of Oregon's chances to repeat as northern division titlist this year. For at that time the number one and two teams in the league will play what may be the crucial game of the season. Coach Hobby Hobson, having re vamped the lineup which lost to the Beavers once, may have found a winning combination with the added height under the back boards. With six foot seven Hank Anderson at one forward and Cap tain John Dick at the other, Hob son has a tall scoring combine. Anderson hit an average of one for three against Washington in the second game Saturday. Dick made one for two chances, ac counting for 42 points made by the Duck in the Husky series. Archie Marshik has been loosening up and playing a better game at the center spot. His six foot seven frame accounted for many re bounds. Pavalunas Shows One of the greatest surprises of Saturday's Washington game was the showing of Matt Pavalunas, senior guard. Pavalunas played his best game of the conference sea son, according to spectators. He has been handicapped by an early season attack of influenza. Vic Townsend, sharp-shooting guard, and George “Porky” An drews, Canadian guard, have been the starters in the past three games. Pavalunas may replace one of these. Hobson drilled his squad on of fense last night in order to pre pare them for the rampaging Beavers. An intersquad scrimmage was also one of the orders of the day. Ducks .Maich OSC Oregon players received a pre view of Saturday’s encounter when they saw Oregon State dump the Huskies. It is thought in some circles that if Hobson can devise some method to stop Oregon State’s guards, Paul Valenti and A1 Hunter, then the vaunted Beaver offense will be stopped. In the Husky game it was these two who carried the brunt of the scoring attack. The tall Beavers scored in the key af ter the Washington team began to tire. By RAY FOSTER Fight fans get their second chance to see University boxers and wrestlers in action tonight, when Coaches Vaughn Corley and Eric Waldorf pit 30 of their best men against each other in seven wrestling and eight boxing match es in the Igloo. First match is 7:30. New faces will make their first appearance inside the ropes to night in a pair of 165-pound box ers, George Smith and Tony Crish. Smith is a husky transfer from New Mexico State and Crish was a frosh gridiron star last fall. Two freshmen, Whitson Cox and Carl Orcutt, will oppose each other in a 135-pound fight. Both are new to the ring. A pair of footballers, Ray Segale and Bob Beckner, will go at it in the heavyweight divi sion. Frosh grid star, Jim Shepard, makes his first appearance against Jim Manley in a heavyweight bout. Outstanding wrestling, should be the mixed match between 150 pound Waldo Caufield and 175 pound Vic Nuedelman. Caufield, intramural winner, will wrestle against Oregon State this Friday in the 155-pound weight. Nuedel man is the 175-pound all-campus winner. Waldorf says that the rea son for the bout is to get Vic in shape for the Friday matches. Another feature match will pair the varsity heavyweight Harold Kaschko against the promising freshman, Roy Ell. Both weigh close to 180 pounds. Two members of last year's wrestling team, Ber ger Rorvick, who just turned out this week, and Ray Foster, will be trying for the 165-pound place on the team that meets the Beavers. The winner of the Burton Dake Paul Logan duo at 135 pounds will represent the Webfoots in Cor vallis Friday. Mort Meyers, a vet eran of two years, will oppose Stan Watts, a freshman, and also an Oregon Stater this Friday. Complete matches follow: Boxing 135—Duke Warner vs. Dick Jackson. 135—Whitson Cox vs. Carl Or eutt. 145—Morton Schelder vs. Herb Anderson. 155—Lawrence Johnson vs. Ed Morene. 165—Harry Milne vs. Wally Johnson. 165—George Smith vs. Tony Crish. Heavyweight—Bob Beckner vs. Ray Segale. Heavyweight —Jim Shepard vs. Jim Manley. f Phase turn to t>a<je fourj STOP Wasting Gasoline Let us check the carbur etor and ignition system of your car for im proved motor perform ance. Clark Battery & Electric Co. 1042 Oak Phone 80 \ SONS OF OREGON SEE THESE VALUES! CORDS! SUPER QUALITY CAMPUS CORDS Can’t Bust ’Em Brand Specially Priced $4.45 Waterproof Treated FROSH PANTS Best grade heavy quality $2.95 value. Specially priced $1.95 • ALL WOOL NAVY C. P. 0. TERM SHIRTS. Melton Cloth material $295 • ALLIGATOR BRAND WATERPROOF JACKETS. Values up to 7.50 $479 • PLAID SHIRTS. 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