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DUCK TRACKS ■miiiniiimnmiiiniuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuniiiiiinimiiiuiiiiniiiiiiiiinmiiinuiai By GEOHUE PASERO Co-Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald Old Joe Weatherman p I a y strange 'tricks at times. Way down south in Florida, on of America’s favored winter re sorts where, ordinarily, debutante loll on the beaches and majo leaguers keep their pay arms sup pie during the off-season, the na fives ..are ..being ..eonsiderabl; shocked these days by a siege o stormy weather and a rather un becoming ..(to ..Florida) ..coat ..o snow. But up here in Oregon the pic ture is quite different. Brigh spring sunshine and virtual “shirt sleeve” weather are causing citi zens of the Webfoot state to smirl at publicity pictures from re sourceful Florida which show gor geous bathing beauties, in swin briefs, holding icycles. What’s more, on the Oregor campus, the baseball bug is begin ning to bite and bring out quite i bit of diamond comment . . . gol: and the other things that go Witf “spring” weather are taking a pre liminary peek, too, but, you hav< to dismiss them, ’cause it mighl rain tomorrow in true Oregoi fashion. But baseball, that’s a differenl matter. On the major league fronl contracts are being signed in prep aration for spring training the latter part of this month. Here at Oregon the question is “How good a team can Coach Hob son scrape together?” The answer, it seems to me, lies in the infield and pitching staff The outfield should be one of the strongest in the northern division with Whizzer White, letterman oi last year, and Bill Carney, anc Dick Whitman, frosh stars. All-American Dick Carney hit .381 for Eugene ir the State league and Whitman Woodburn slugger, was regulai centerfielder and all-American for Silverton’s Red Sox, semi-finalist in the national semi-pro tourney at Wichita last summer. Ken Heist, pitcher; A viand Schwab, third baseman for Oregon State; Johnny Pesky, shortstop now in the Boston Red Sox fold; and Joe Erautt, now a Detroit Tiger farm hand; and Whitman, all were cho sen all-Americans from the Silver ton entry. Tlic infield is a definite puzzle with Captain-elect Wimpy Quinn and Elmer Mallory both profes sionals. Jack Shimshak, letterman, and Whitey Austin are the second base best bets, while Arba Agcr, transfer; Tini Smith, reserve; and Tom Cox, letterman, will offer strong bids for the shortstop and third base berths. Three reserves, all lettermen, are on hand for .pitching duty. They are Jack Jasper, Pete Igoe, and Curly A1 Linn. Another who may help is slim Bob Rieder, a 1938 freshman chucker. The backstop position should be okay with lettermen, Cece Walden and Jim Rathbun on hand, but first base is another problem, es pecially if Footballer Bob Smith, a good hitter, doesn’t report. No More Moans, John! Frosli Headman John Warren ought to be grateful to the powers GLENN SILL and liis Orchestra featured at IDYLLWOOD (Benton-Lane Park) Every Saturday Night —Also available for campus engagements (Phone 21-F-2) •f* 4 * •f* 4 4 4 4 Tuxedos EOKAiENT *2 4 | 4 4 4 * if 4 — or — FOR SALE $10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 » 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 tU'IIHI'Htltt't-ttHttHi Cleaning and Pressing UNIVERSITY TAILOR Frosh-Rooks Fight'Little Civil War5 Tonight Ducks Drill for OSC Battle 'Hobson Names Fifteen-Man Travelling Squad Defense Strategy e Emphasized, Claim Keyhole Observers By KEN CHRISTIANSON Oregon’s basketball team prac ticed last night in the Igloo in preparation for Saturday's “make or break” game with Oregon State in Corvallis. It was a closed prac tice but keyhole observers claimed Coach Hobby Hobson drilled his first team against Oregon State formations. This was the third night Hobson held secret practice. The session was designed to find a defense to prevent the Beaver’s pet scoring ! plays. Hobson hopes to implant jn the minds of his players a desire to play basketball Saturday night. In the last Oregon State game spectators believed the Oregons were off their shots mainly be cause of an idea that they should play a rough house game. Eight Tractice. With that idea in mind, Hobson sent his squad through a light in tersquad scrimmage and a shoot ing practice. It is thought* that Matt Pavalunas, veteran guard, who showed well in the last Wash ington game, will continue his im proved play and take over the guard position held currently by George Andrews. Pavalunas has been handicapped by an attack of influenza suffered on the eastern trip. Hobson’s revamped lineup will boast approximately six feet three inches of basketball stretch per man when it comes to backboard p!ay. The Oregon team will leave Sat urday just before the game and journey to Corvallis by private car. Hobson will take a 15-man squad to Oregon State. These are: Cap tain John Dick, Ted Sarpola, Matt Pavalunas, Archie Marshik, Hank Anderson, Evert McNeeley, Vic Townsend, Paul Jackson,. Earl Sandness, Toivo Piipo, George An drews, Bill Borcher, Len Card, Tini Smith, and Lowell Dick. Trainer Bob Officer and student manager, Lloyd Robbins, will also accompany the team. that-be. For he’ll go into tonight’s game with every man ready for action ... a rather unique occa sion for the porlly Astorian. First it was Guard John Tuttle, then the other half of the guard combination, Don Kirsch, then Wa ren Taylor, and finally Jake Werschkul and Quentin Sidesinger who had to take time out to favor injuries. Now, however, every frosh man is in fairly good shape and ready to avenge four straight defeats the Ducklings of last year suffered at the hands of the Baby Beavers—John Mandic, Paul Va lenti, and Co. Every man a potential high point man—that could be the slo gan for the frosh this year. Wally 1 Borrevik, the 6 foot 8 inch center, : is the top man in the scoring eol lumns at present and should hold : his position, for he’s been improv ing by leaps and bounds. , Kirsch and Tuttle, the guard combination which so reminds fans of Bobby Anet and Wally Johan sen, get their share of points, and j Taylor and Sidesinger are big, fast, and good shots. Sidesinger, ! since recovering from an injured knee, has shown remarkable scor ing form. Then, too, Werschkul, Don Shel ton, Walt Reynolds, Bob Oliver, and Fuhrman, all can chalk up ! those points. For those who have early "Spring F ever" Take time out to refresh at Super-Creamed ICE CREAM — Springfield — Matmen Meet Orange Tonight By BOB FLAVELLE Coach Eric Waldorf’s varsity wrestling team makes its first inter collegiate appearance of the 1940 campaign tonight when they meet the strong Oregon State aggregation at Corvallis. Waldorf has been working daily with his men and has thrown them together in two campus smokers with the purpose of getting them into condition to take the highly touted Beaver grapplers into camp. Oregon State will have an ad j vantage in that most of their per formers are holdovers from last year's undefeated squad. The Web foot wrestlers have been working hard for this me6t however and an upset is not impossible. Tonight’s Meet First Tonight's meet will be the first i for the Ducks. Oregon State has j had one match so far, defeating the ! Washington Huskies at Seattle 17 13 early this week. The complete program follows: *121—Pat Lynch vs. Dan Fie kerl. 135—Paul Logan vs. Bob Mc Roberts. 145 — Mort Meyer vs. Bob j Rhod.es. 155—Waldo Cauficld vs. Gordon Black. 165—Ray Foster vs. Bob Nelson. 175—Vic Nudelman vs. Andy Zedwick. Heavyweight — Harold Kaschko vs. Ray Fugate. s The Webfoot wrestlers are first mentioned. ___ NOTICE The Girls’ Physical Education club is sponsoring an all-cam pus recreation night at Gerlin ger hall tonight. Alpha Gams, Belts, Sigma Kappas Win ) Two definitely inexperienced teams fought an even battle yester day when the Alpha Gams defeated the Alpha I*his 13 to 10. Despite the lack of goals the game pro gressed at a fast rate. In a later game the Sigma Kap pas trounced the Zeta Taus by a score of 31 to 3. Pat Howard, Sig ma Kappa, couldn't seem to miss ! the basket and when her team- [ mate, Helen- Wirtenberger, was changed to the forward position the score mounted rapidly. The Zeta Taus started the game with five players instead of the usual six but the Sigma Kappas forfeited one of their players to j make the teams equal. i The Tri Delt sextet scored a blackout against the Gamma Phis in a hard fought battle which end ed with the Tri Delts on the win ning end of a 14-3 score. Joyce ! Crawford, Tri Delt sharpshooter, ! accounted for 10 of her team’s : 14 points. Lineups: Alpha Gam, 13 10, Alpha Phi | Godlove .F . 2, Klein , Yost, 3 .F 8, Theobald Klinge .F.Dunne ! Havern, 7.G.Canada I Gray, 1.G . Difford Kamra, 2 .G .Farnham j Sigma Kappa, 31 3, Zeta Taus Langford.F.3, Hosford Littleton, 4 .F . Parker Howard, 15 .F. j Wirtenberger, 10 G .Seal | i Dexter, 2.S McNeice . S 1 Sarlet.S Tri Delts, 14 3, Gamma Phi Vadnais, 4.F.2, Averill, ! Norwood.F 1, Huffaker Crawford, 10.P . Ra-wson Shepherd.G.Earl! Lakl« . G.Leis I : Gonn.G . Whitlock S . 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In reply to a request by Coach Russ Cutler that swimmers be entered in these events after the meet to give the Oregon swim twins a record-break ing chance, Dick Smith, Oregon State mentor, said that he would put up some competitors for Dallas and Wetmore. Oregon swimmers are the favor ite of the meet, but not through any direct cause of their own. The Webfoots defeated Washington in the first meet of the season, and last Saturday the Huskies turned around and walloped the Beavers, 55 to 18. Coach Cutler said he was forget ting about that “Oregon being fa vored1’ theory. He saw Oregon State’s contest against Washing ton, and he said Washington just happened to be a little stronger in events in which the Corvallis boys were comparatively outstand ing. “That accounts,” added Cut ler, "for the lop-sided score.” Only requirements to gain en trance to the Saturday afternoon meet is a student body card or 25c. The Frosh-Rook meet in the morn ing is free. Chi 0 Mermaids Take Swim Meet Two unofficial western region coed records fell last night at Ger linger in the Amphibian sponsored meet. Nancy Lewis cracked her sister Olive's 40-yard freestyle rec ord and Dorothy Joungberg’s 40 yard backstroke time. Chi Omega mermaids paddled off with the meet tallying 31 points; Alpha Phi 17, second; Kappa Kap pa Gamma 14, third; Pi Beta Phi 13, fourth; and Kappa Alpha Theta 9, fifth. Martha McClung, Pi Phi star, annexed the diving championship and placed second as individual high point scorer with 12 points. Nancy Lewis, Chi Omega, was first with 18 points. Following are the results: 20-yard free style — Barbara Bamford, Chi Omega, first; Vickie Sandncr, Kappa, second; Adele Canada, Alpha Phi, third. Time 11.2. 40-yard breaststroke—Lois On thank, Theta, first; McClung, Pi Phi, second; Doris Klein, Alpha T’hi, third. Time 40.8. 20-yard backstroke —Faraham. first; Bamford, second; Roma Theobold, Alpha Phi, third. Time 14.2. 40-yard freestyle—Lewis, first; McClung, second; Sandncr, third. Time 24. Diving McClung, first; Theo bold, second; Canada, third. 40-yard backstroke—Lewis, first; Margaret Young, Theta, second;1 Canada, third Time 28.8 tnrv/ pool record >. 20-yard breaststroke—Ruth Hall, Kappa, first; McClung, second, On thank, third. Time 15.8. 80-yard relay—Chi Omega (Jean Hurley, Clara Hurley, Bamford, Lewis), first; Kappa, second. Big Bill Bill Ogllvie, University of Cali fornia, center in action above, one of the mainstays of this year's Bear attack. Emerald Ducks To In vade 'Barn' Slam Beavers A titanic struggle is expected tomorrow when the Oregon Daily Emerald staff invades Cor vallis for a hoop clash with the staff of the Oregon State Ba rometer. The game will take place Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, unless the time is changed unexpectedly, or the Ba rometer staff decides to leave town. Ten stalwart pushers of the pen will embark for the agricul tural college campus, leaving the journalism building at 1:30, Saturday afternoon. The Emerald staff, with a sea sonal record of umpty-umph de feats behind them, is confident of victory. Completely stocked with brass knuckles, sling-shots, and incendiary bombs, the Col legians intend to bring their own referee, just to insure vic tory over the boys from the farm. The northern branch team, which plays a fast break type of game, has been breaking swiftly for weeks, and should be com pletely broken by the time the Emeraldites arrive. Black George Pasero, coach and manager, also captain, di rector, and trainer of the team, declared that the Emerald def initely will not play a fast break, since every member of the staff is already broke. Phi Delts, Betas, Chi Psi, Kappa Sigs, Phi Psi, and Sigma Chi Win 'B' Games Two defaults and four games featured yesterday’s “B” intramu ral basketball action. Referees Nilsen and Tower in court 43 took it easy as both Sig ma and Omega halls failed to bring teams to the scene of action. Sig ma Chi was credited virith two points for Omega’s non-appearance and Phi Kappa Psi took the moral win from Sigma hall. In the games, Phi Delta Theta defeated Sigma Nil, 19 to 8; Beta Theta Pi tripped the Phi Gamma Delta crew, 28 to 6; Chi Psi won from Gamma hall, 12 to 6; and Kappa Sigma beat Sigma Phi Ep silon, 27 to 18. Sig Kps Dropped Kappa Sigma was leading 6 to 5 at the end of the first quarter and pulled away throughout the rest of the game. “Lefty” Bob Smith, Oregon football ace, scored 7 points in the first half and de veloped a dead-eye in potting three more baskets during the last lalf. Lineups: liappa Sigs (27) ( 18) Sig Eps Moore, 4.F.8, Manning Etobertson,. . F.... 4, Richardson Slade, 6.C. 6, Haskins McAuliffe, 2.G. Hutchins laufield.G. Gray Substitutes — Kappa Sigs: Ek 2; Smith 13; Latourctte. Sig Eps: Evenson, Sinclair, Harquail, Brant ey, Reynolds, Barber. C 'hi 1’si Wins Tied four-all at the half, the Chi Psi-Gamma hall game needed only nore scoring to make it a thriller, lamina weakened, however, and was unable to match a last-quar ;er flurry which netted the lodge (uint six points. Lineups: lamina, G foungor. Everett ..... Brownhill, 4. Brady,.2. Stearns. Substitutes 12. C'lii Psi F.. F. . C G. G 4, 4, Busterue! Mansfield 4, Bowes Sullivan Aronson Gamma: Notos, rhompson; Chi Psi: Tripp, Johns, Ihristianson. Betas Trip f’ijis The Betas displayed some j smooth ball handling in drubbing the Fijis. Roger “the Codger' Conrad was high point man, ac cording to the score sheet ,witl ten points; Don Turner talliei eight. Lineups: Betas, 28 (i, Fiji* Beard, (3 F. 2, MeMillei Turner, 8.F Niohol Conrad, 10.C. I, Kendal Werschkul, 2.G. 2, Ber{ Harrow, 2.G ... 1, McEacherr Substitutes—Betas: Crish, Wy att, Smith; Fijis: Gitner. Sigmas Lose Walt Lidstrom with 7 points am; George Sehweiger with 6 were the Phi Delts’ dead-eye Dicks. Fotn players scored two points apiece for the Sigma Nus. Sigma Nil, 8 Ji), Phi Delts Fulton, 2.F. 7, Lidstrom Grey.F ... G, Sehweiger Fanchcr, 2.C. 0, Dickson Will.G. Feaslej Bailey.G. 1 Igoc Substitutes—Sigma Nu: Camp bell 2, Nestor, Van Dusen, McCor mack 2; Phi Delts: Lewman, Wat son, A ( buckle, Rorovick. A SNACK After the .Military Hall, Saturday night, or for just mid-afternoon r e f r e s h ment, drop into Robin son's for a coke, or sand ^^■i<•h. You’ll enjoy our food. ROBINSON’S 550 13th E. DANCE TONIGHT WILLAMETTE PARK 35c per couple Saturday night — Maiuis Binford 'u Band Both Teams Boast 11 Victories; Kirsch Back in Lineup It's civil war and no holds barred, as Honest John Warren’s frosh quintet, potentially one of his greatest, and Bill McKallip’s Oregon State rooks clash at McArthur court. Game time is 8 o’clock. In all likelihood, it will be a preview of the battle expected at Cor vallis tomorrow night when the varsities of the two schools meet. Oregon's Ducklings, while piling up eleven victories in twelve starts, have run the opposition right into the floor, as Hobby’s varsity does. uregon arare s rsaoy weavers, pil ing up the same record of 11 wins, one defeat, have used the same rough-house game that the Orange varsity does. Rooks Big They're big, these Rooks of Bill McKallip’s, and they're good. In that 11-game victory string are wins over Astoria, Corvallis, Grant, and the like. They didn’t win those games playing ring-around-the rosy. They’ve a six-foot-eight-inch center named Doug Martin, who's built accordingly, and the smallest man on the squad is Doug Monjay, a mere five feet ten. But just as good, and just as big, and with just as impressive a victory string, are Warren’s Duck lings. They have established wins over the best Portland can offer, The Dalles, and Dallas in their 11 victories. Teams >Similur It’s really amazing, the similar ity of these two teams. The frosh have 11 wins, 1 defeat; so have the rooks. The rooks have Martin, six eight, at center and the frosh have Borrevick, just as tall at the pivot post. The two teams will be almost the same height. John Warren, however, has some thing that Bill McKalip hasn’t, and P omelou si ASSOCIATED/ Eugene’s Finest Service Stal ion ^iiuiaiiimiiiiieiiiiMiiiiiHiiiMiiiiHiiiiMiiiiiwiiiiaiiiii]^ I ‘Gone With the | Wind’ 1 for | 69c 1 Read it before you see §) the picture * CRESSEYS’ ® 864 Willamette _ that is a guard combination like John Tuttle and Don Kirsch. War ren almost smiles when he watches them, which shows how good they are. Along with Kirsch, Tuttle, and Borrevick in the starting Duckling five will be Quentin Sidesinger and Warren Taylor, a grand pair of forwards. Rook Starters Bill McKalip will probably start Dave Baum and Pederson at for wards with Martin at center and Frederickson, a two-year all-stater from Hoquiam, at guard. At the other guard post will be Monjay or Bud Conrad. So pick your team. They’re the same size, they have the same rec ords, and they play the same kind of basketball — the best. a.. Everywhere Coca-Cola carries a conviction of quality. Four generations have known and enjoyed this drink. Millions of times a day, people the world over experience the thrill of its taste and the refreshed feeling that fri! THE PAUSE THAT R F Dottle *i "*•'<« t authority of The Cuc^CoU Co. by COCO-COLA BOTTLING CO. OP EUGENE Just North of the Holland; Student Prices