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By GEORGE PASERO
Co-Sports Editor
Oregon Daily Emerald
If just three or four or live oi
those 44 field goal attempts thi
Oregon’s cut loose with in the firsl
half of Saturday night’s Beavei
battle had been good, our friends
the Orangemen, might still be try
ing to catch Mr. Will Webfoot.
Certainly, Coach Hobby's boy.
got the shots . . . just as they die
against Washington State. But un
fortunately, the Ducks didn’t have
their shooting clothes on. Instead
of swishing the net with amazing
^ consistency, as they did against the
Cougars, the Duck “dead-eyes’
weren’t even coming close some o1
the time, and at other times, Ladj
Luck just wasn’t on their side.
Of course, close Beaver check
ing had something to do with the
poor percentage posted by the
Ducks. But the fact remains that
Oregon did get shots, and only ar
off night and a tendency to “tic
up” kept Hobby’s boys from drop
ping a few beauties.
Both clubs played good defen
sive ball, although the offense was
not comparable. ... In the first
period, the Oregons were verj
stingy with open shots, allowing
the Beavers just one close up, lay
in try, which the Staters sank
None of the other 16 Beaver shots
in the first period could be classed
as lay-ins.
Still A Chance
Oregon, for her part, had foui
cripples, and made two of then:
good . .. for only a .500 percentage
The second half was a bit differ
ent, with John Mandic swinging
through the key for one-handers
... 13 points the tall sophomore
collected in this final drive to Or
ange victory, all in the second
period.
But if the Oregons had been hit
ting anywhere near the .300 marl
(which they are very capable ol
doing), instead of the low .118, the
Beavers would have had to do some
tall firing to close the gap. Ever
Coach Hobson admits his Webfoot:
should have had at least anothei
10 points in that jittery first period
There’s still a chance for the
Ducks in this northern divisior
race, but it’s a darn hard chance
In order to tie the Beavers, Oregoi
cannot lose another game. The
Ducks must beat the Beavers Fri
day, then clean up on the road trip
while Washington is tripping the
Orange once. This would give the
Ducks a tie with the Staters fo:
the crown and necessitate a play
off.
Hi Ho, Captain Dick!
A sky-rocketing hi ho to Captaii
Dick Anderson and his John Dai
Valley Hangers!
If you don’t know who the Rang
ers are, you just haven't bcci
watching John Warren’s plenty po
tent frosh in action, that’s all. Tin
Rangers are John's third team, ;
group of boys who take over in thi
last two or three minutes of a garni
after the frosh regulars have pilec
up a comfortable lead.
They aren't big enough or gooi
enough for first or second string
duty, but they can play at lot o
rip-snorting, fast break baslcetbal
. . . and what's more they're i
faithful bunch of boys, always ou
for practice when Warren calls oni
and always learning. Maybe that',
why the portly frosh mentor ha:
given them a chance to win thei
numerals, playing them in the las
Oregon State rook game and tin
Longview contest.
John gets a big kick out of them
too. Even calls them the Rangors, ;
name the boys cooked up them
selves, probably as a result of .
little conniving on the part of Die!
Anderson, Hank’s “Lii” brothel
and Two-Gun Bob Officer. Any
how, signs point to this, for thi
Rangers have chosen Officer thei
coach, when Warren is away witl
his frosh regulars.
“Send Us In, Coach’’
In the last few games, Warrei
lias told his regulars to go out am
build up a lead, so the Ranger
could get into the game a minub
or two.
When the regulars do pile lip ai
advantage on an op|K>nent, and th
game's cud is nearing, John War
ren looks tar down thubench to thi
Rangers. “Are your Rangers read}
Anderson?” he asks.
“We're ready, Coach,'' cxcitcdl;
calls back Anderson as ths Rang
ers peel off sweat shirt:-.
“Well, get in there then,” order
John.
They don't have regular uni
forms, the Rangers don't But tha
doesn't matter so long as they ge
a tew minutes of action. And thu
far. they haven't done badly u
games, Keeping the opponents ii
check.
(Pita** turn to piogg ]our)
Webfoots Fail to Halt Beaver Victory March
OSC Cagers
Win Tough
Tilt, 33-27
John Mcmdic Posts
13 Points; Orange
Lengthens Lead
Northern Division Standings
W L, PF PA Pet
OSC .11 2 494 437 .846
Oregon .7 4 497 413 .636
WSC .7 5 540 571 .583
Wash.4 9 503 588 .307
Idaho .2 11 471 596 .154
Monday’s results: At Washing
ton State 49, Washington 44.
By KEN CHRISTIANSON
Oregon State's basketball ma
chine rolled relentlessly on in its
drive toward the Pacific coast
conference championship, northern
division title, following a 33 to 27
victory Saturday night in McAr
thur court over University of Ore
gon, defending titlists.
Slats Gill's Beavers need either
one victory over Oregon again
Friday night or lacking that, two
victories over Washington to earn
the right to meet the California
winner in the playoffs. Should
they lose to Oregon and once to
Washington and should the Ducks
sweep their road trip, Oregon State
would still tie with Oregon, ne
cessitating a playoff.
Form Reversal
Saturday night's performance
was an exact reversal of form for
Oregon. Several times the Web
foots brought the ball down the
floor only to lose it to Oregon
State. They were off on their
shooting, too. In place of the .333
and .350 averages against Wash
ington State the Webfoots could
only hole nine shots in 77 attempts
for a percentage of .117.
Oregon State, in the meantime,
made 11 of their 39 attempts good
for a .279 percentage. In the first
half neither team hit the basket
with any degree of proficiency.
Oregon State made two of 19 at
: tempts while Oregon made 5 of 50
■ chances for .100.
Vic Townsend put Oregon ahead
early in the game, a 2 to 1 advan
| tage, which the Ducks relin
■ quished after eight minutes of the
second half had gone by. Oregon's
greatest lead came after Paul
Jackson's long shot raised a 14 to
9 halftime advantage to 16 to 9.
John Mandic Scores
Early in the second half John
Mandic, game’s high scorer, pried
, himself loose from his man and
. scored his 13 points from in the
keyhole. With both Mandics pour
ing shot after shot into the basket
t the • seven-point Oregon lead was
soon erased.
Only in the last four minutes of
the game did the Beaver quint
' drive. Then it was to raise its
margin, leaving the Webfoots
trailing behind. Oregon used one
1 play which worked well for them.
It was an out-of-bounds play from
Townsend to Archie Marshik
1 which worked perfectly twice and
missed on the third time.
1 John Mandic of Oregon State
" and Marshik of Oregon were out
' standing. j
1 It was the third straight win
; for Oregon State over Oregon this
1 season.
Summary:
Oregon State, 33 27, Oregon
1 Romano, 6.F. 7, Dick
F. Mandic, 7.F. 3, Anderson
■ J. Mandic, 13.C. 7, Marshik
1 Hunter, 7.G. 4, Townsend
' Valenti...G. 6, Jackson
1 Mulder.S. McNeeley
■ Shaw.S.Sarpola
, S. Pavalunas
Halftime score: Oregon 14, Ore
' gon State 9.
Officials: Emil Piluso and Ned
i Nelson.
; WSC Trims
; Washington
Washington State kept its slight
1 hope of finishing the race in a tie
with the league-leading Oregon
Staters when they defeated Wash
ington at Pullman by a 43 to 11
’ score.
The Cougars £ till hold a-mathe
matical chance of tying the Beav
ers if they can win ail of their re
maining games, two with Oregon,
5. another with the Huskies, and one
with Idaho, while the Staters are
• dropping their three remaining
1 games. Washington State finishes
; the season playing three games on
- their home court while Oregon
i State must meet Washington at
i Seattle in two games, and play a
tough one it Corvallis igaiftst the
] Webfoots.
Yeomen, ATOs, Phi Delts, Betas, Theta Chis, Supers Cop 'B’ League Crowns
League I W
Yeomen .5
668 Club .4
Zeta .3
SAE .1
Delts .1
Pi Kaps .1
L Pet.
0 1.000
1 .800
2 .600
4 .200
4 .200
4 .200
league II W
ATO .4
Canard .3
DU .2
SAM .1
Alpha .0
L Pet.
0 1.000
1 .750
2 .500
3 .250
4 .000
League 111
Phi Delta .
Sigma Nu .
Scribes .
Phi Psi .
Sigma .
W L ’ Pet.
.4 0 1.000
.3 1 .750
.1 3 .250
..1 3 .250
..1 3 .250
league IV W L Pet.
3etas .4 0 1.000
iTijis .2 2 .500
Bigma Chi .2 2 .500 :
(Kirkwood and Omega hall i
failed to play sufficiently to earn,
entrance points).
League V W L Pet.
Theta Chi .3 1 .750
Chi Psi .3 1 .750
Terriers .2 2 .500
Gamma .1 1 .500
Campbell .0 4 .000
League VI W L Pet.
Super Chargers .4 0 1.000
Kappa Sigs .3 1 .750
Sig Eps .2 2 .500
Sherry Ross . 1 3 .250
| Phi Sigs .0 4 .000
Husky Matt
Matt Pavalunas, senior guard, who made his farewell appearance
on the home court last Saturday night against Oregon State.
Theta Chi 'Bs’r ATO Teams
Win Playoff Hoop Contests;
Phi Sig Five Drops Finns
By BERNIE ENGEL
Alpha Tau Omega narrowly
edged the Duds, 31 to 24, in a game
that was much closer than the
score indicates, and Phi Sigma
Kappa staged an upset in pounding
the Finns, 17 to 10, as the first
“A” intramural basketball playoffs
were completed yesterday.
ATO 31, Duds 24
ATO drove hard to lead at the
first quarter, 11 to 8, but was be
hind from then on until the last
half of the final frame.
Arba Ager of the Duds opened
the scoring with a swisher from
midcourt. Jay Graybeal matched
the shot with a pusher to knot the
count at 2-all. A minute later it
was 4-all, but ATO was smoother
than the somewhat ragged Duds
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Scribes Win;
Ducks Lose;
Jinx Broken
Pandemonium reigned su
preme as the unique Emerald
varsity basketball quintet jug
gernauted to a narrow 34 to 17
victory over an invading squad
of Beaver scribes (7; at the Ig
loo Saturday afternoon.
Before a capacity audience
(the players' bench was full),
the loudly cheered team of visit
ors made the major fault of
stalling (plainly Beaver tactics)
when they were behind 20 points
with tv/o minutes to play.
Emerald writers F 1 a v e 11 c ,
Frizzell, and Dootell led the home
team attack.
Others on the triumphant !
team were, Ken iBcst - all - j
a round-athlete - on - the -campus)
Shipley, Dick (I'm - a - varsity -
baseball-player) Whitman, and
.George (I'll manage-and-play
tooi Pasero.
Consistent gains were made on
Sheriff (my-term-expired-Satur
day-night) B u c h w a c h ’ s end
a rounds, but Emerald writers
made most of the point-.
Barometer, 17 34, Emerald
Barbs, 8.F . 6, Frizzell
Rosco, 1.F 4. Holmes
Nunnenkamp. C .6, Shipley
Mann, 5.G . 6, Whitman
Drake. 3.G. Buchv.ach
Washburn.S. 2. Alpaugh
Garajobst.£.9 Flavelle
S.1, Farero
S. (?) Dootell,
By JIJM SCHILLER
A fighting Alpha Tau Omega
five battled its way to the semi
finals of the intramural “B” league
basketball championship playoff3
with a wild 37 to 30 victory over
the Yeomen yesterday in the men’3
gym. On the same court, the Theta
Chi “B” team downed the Chi Psis
in a contest that decided who would
represent league five in the play
offs.
ATO 37, Yeoinen 30
The smooth passing, blue-shirted
ATOs grabbed the lead ten seconds
after the start of their contest with
the taller Yeoman quintet and nev
er relinquished their advantage at
any time during the four quarters
of fast action.
It was bespectacled Bob Mac
Donald, ATO center, who led his
team in their march to the semi
finals. The Yeomen’s big threat
came in the final quarter as they
slashed a 30 to 17 ATO lead down
to seven points. However, Mac
Donald and Collins soon brought
the fray back under control.
Jensen of the losers was the high
scorer of the contest with eleven
points, most of them coming in the
first half. MacDonald was high for
the tong with 10, followed by Payne
with 8.
ATO, 37 30, V'corucn
Hay,2 .F .8, Eckman
MacDonald, 10 .. F .6, Alter;
Wyman, 6.C.Flatberg
Payne, 8.G . .4, Caughcll
Collins, 7.G .. 11, Jensen1
Subs: ATO—Rousseau 2, Bocci 2,
Storli, McGibbon, Zamsky; Yco-1
men—Curtis, Kemp 1, Kovtyno
vich.
Theta t hi J3, Chi Psi 7
A second quarter spurt in which
they scored !) points gave (he Theta
Chi “B" players a 13 to 7 win over
the Chi Psi five in a playoff for
the championship of league five
It took four and a half minutes
of play in the ragged contest be
fore Mansfield of the Chi Psi could
come through with the first score
of the game. His basket was the
only one made during the entire j
first period. The Theta Chis’ big
spurt was sparked by a substitute,
Silva, who ..oon after entering the
fray, quickly rang up two baskets.
The final 3 minutes of the game
found the victors employing a suc
cessful stall, which led to rough
house. tactics by both teams in
fighting for the bail.
Frosh Avenge
Dnlg Loss, Trip
Longview, 47-27
Taylor, Sidesinger
Spark Ducklings'
Sixteenth Win
By BILL PHiELFS
The Duckling’s slate is clean.
John Warren's frosh cleared all
accounts Saturday by overwhelm
ing Longview high, 47 to 27. The
a’in avenged a previous defeat by
the Lumberjacks, the only loss
suffered by the frosh this season,
and was their 16th victory in 17
starts.
For the second time in as many
days it was second half drive that
won for the yearlings. Fighting
gamely in the first half, the prep
sters twice tied the score, and it
was late in the period before the
frosh pulled away. Halftime score
was still fairly close, 20 to 12.
The second half, however, was a
repetition of the rook game the
day before, as the frosh swept over
the tiring Longview team. The
Ducklings bombarded the Long
view net and, with reserves mop
ping up, pulled away to a comfort
able lead.
Taylor Stars
Handicapped by lack of height,
the Lumberjacks turned in a
smooth-passing, clever game, eas
ily the outstanding shown here by
a prep team. Inches shorter than
the frosh, Longview was never out
fought during the game.
It was Warren Taylor who col
lected high point honors for the
Ducklings in a parade which saw
the whole squad in action. Taylor
with eight points, was trailed by
Sidesinger with seven.
For Longview, Andrews collect
ed seven points to lead Graham
with Witt, who had five apiece.
Summary:
Longview, 27 47, Freshmen
Brusco, 2.F. 8, Taylor
Graham, 5.F ... 7, Sidesinger
Witt, 5.C. 6, Borrevik
Andrews, 7.G. 4, Tuttle
Desjardin, 4.G. 0, Kirsch
Substitutes: Longview—White 2,
Keeney 2; Freshmen—Werschkul
6, Oliver 3, Soper 4, Anderson 2,
MacMahon 2, Shelton, Bubalo,
Graham, Reynolds, Stanley, Van
Lydegraf, Simpson, McKevitt, Ba
ker.
COED HOOP SCHEDULE
Tuesday, 4, inside — Co-op vs.
Chi O; 5, inside — Kappa vs.
AD Pi; 5, outside—Alpha Phi vs.
Delta Gamma.
Wednesday, 4:45, inside —
AOPi vs. Pi Phi; 4:45, outside —
Alpha Gam vs. Delta Gamma.
Thursday, 4, inside — Fresh
man majors vs. faculty; 4, out
side—news staff vs. sports staff;
5, inside Coed intramural bas
ketball championship playoff.
No games may be postponed
since the annual WAA winter
term banquet is scheduled for
next. Tuesday.
Voting for WAA candidates
this Thursday will be limited to
those girls who have either been
initiated into WAA or who have
earned their check and paid
their initiation fee of one dollar
by Thursday to Joanne Iticsch,
Pi Plu house, or Margo Van
Matre, Alpha Chi.
Theta Chi, 13 7, ( lii Psi
Houck, 2 .F . 4, Mansfield
Ballif, 2 . F ,1. Busterud
Dariotas, 2 .... C . . 2, Bowes
Barrett, 2 G Christenson
Dowry, 1 G . Sullivan
Hubs: Theta Chi—Hilva 4; Chj
Psi—Aronson.
Officials—Mullen and Boroughs.
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Still Pitching
Kube Marquard, one of baseball’s
greatest pitchers, demonstrates his
delivery dishing out mutuel tickets
from behind a wicket at Hialeah
Park race track at Miami, Florida.
Rube pitched for the Giants.
Kappas, Susies Win
Coed Hoop Games
Kappa advanced to the semi
finals by cracking the Gamma Phi
machine, 31 to 6, while the Susies
ran off in the basketball battle
with Pi Phi, 31 to 9, yesterday at
Gerlingcr.
Betty Roberts and Katherine
Thompson piloted the Kappa sextet
to an easy victory and moved their
team into the semifinals. Kappa
will encounter ADPi at 5 p.m. on
the inside court at Gerlingcr today.
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F
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Kappa, 31
Roberts, Id ..
Moore, 2
Thompson, 15
Woodruff.
Morfitt.G
Plankinton ... .. G .
Ray.S .
Thatcher .S
Scorer, Ruth Rodda; timekeeper,
Marilyn Marshall; referee, Anna
Banick; umpire, Jean Quail.
6, Gamma Phi
. Averill
(5, Huffaker
.Holdcrman
.Lees
. Murrow
.F.arl
.Gould
Susie, 31
Allen, 9 .
Ghristlieb, 12 »
Bishop, 10
Gustafson .
von Wedclstacdt G
DeWitt.G
Ford ..S
Brookmari .S
9, Pi Phi
1, Daggett
, 6, Tyler
. Vincent
. Rcisch
. Fox
. .. DeBolt
Scorer, Zo Anne Shook; time
keeper, Helen Semler; referee, Nor
da Finlinson; Umpire, Hazel Old
field.
There’s no
Mud in your eye
nor
Hair in the soup
or
Girls out after
10:15
but there’s
Lemola
at
Taylor’s
Webfoot Tankmen
Swamp WSC, Idaho
By PAUL McCARTY
Webfooters too fast in water—Defeat Vandals, 64 to 11. Ducks
swamp Cougar team—Oregon swimmers triumph, 65 to 9.
Those were the headlines carried over the weekend by Oregon and
Idaho papers describing the complete sweep Coach Russ Cutler's swim
ming team made on its road trip meets Friday and Saturday over
University of Idaho and Washington State college.
The Oregon mermen, termed by an Idaho sports writer as the
VVtJUi.UULS WIW piUVUU LUC ttpuiuuc
of their nickname, won first place
in every race or diving contest on
the two-meet road trip. The stiff
cst competition on the tour was
offered by Idaho swimmers who
finished second in two events and
third in five events for a total of
11 points.
Sandncr Swims
WSC didn't even fare as well as
the Vandals. The Cougars took
second in one race and third in
six events for a 9-point total.
Oregon pulled the unexpected in
the meets at Moscow and Pullman
by entering men in races who
hadn't even swam in those events
this year. The biggest surprise
was Cutler's entering A1 Sandner,
husky diver, in the 300-yard med
ley team with Kalph Lafferty and
Sherm Wetmore. Just to make the
trick look better, these three boys
won that event in both meets.
Versatile Sandner again scored
for Oregon in swimming when he
took third in the 150-yard back
stroke event against Idaho.
Star of the weekend meets was
big Jerry MacDonald, sophomore
freestyler who took four firsts and
swam anchor position on the win
ning 400-yard freestyle relay.
Cutler Smiles
Jack Dallas and Sherm Wetmore
the record-smashers of the Web
foot club, even change^ events in
the meet and won freestyle races.
Coach Cutler was so satisfied
with the showing of his proteges
against the WSC and Idaho teams
that heturned from the trip all
smiles.
Oregon personnel on the trip in
cluded Ralph Lafferty, Sherm Wet
more, Jerry MacDonald, Dick
Smith, Jim Marnie, Jack Dallas,
divers Ralph Cathey and A1 Sand
ner, Coach Cutler, and Manager
Jimmy Selders.
Webfoot water splashers imme
diately opened preparations last
night for the coming dual meet,
also the last of the season, with
the Oregon State swimmers at
Corvallis, Saturday, February 24.
Pete Riley, an Oregon boxer,
meets Phil Lane, veteran Oregon
State welterweight ringman, in a
three-round exhibition in the Sa
lem armory ring Friday night. The
bout is a return match. Last year
Lane won a close decision from
the chunky Webfoot.
Hobby Calls
Batterymen
Prospective batterymen for this
year’s University of Oregon base
ball team have received orders
from Coach Howard Hobson to be
gin limbering up indoors this week.
There will be no regular prac
tice until after the basketball
team completes its Inland Empire
trip, which will keep Hobson, who
coaches both sports, away from
the campus.
The baseball coach, whose team
won the northern division cham
pionship last year, has asked all
pitchers and catchers to report to
him some time this week before
they begin workouts.
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