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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1941)
Webfoot Quintet Meets Willamette Here Tonight Duck Tracks By KEN CHRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports “Mighty Oregon,” “Fight Oregon,” “Oregon Battle Song,” and the Oregon pledge song will seldom be heard over the radio at basketball games or football games unless ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) comes to an agreement with the Bill competition (Broadcast Music Incorporated), fostered by the broadcasting companies. These four songs are a part of the estimated one million five hundred thousand pieces controlled by ASCAP. Only three stations in Oregon now hold an ASCAP license. These are: KOAC in Corvallis, another in Bend, and a sta tion in Portland broadcasting from Benson Polytechnic. Each of these is small, although KOAC ranks high as an independent station. Since KOAC broadcasts a lot of the games, these songs will still be heard over 550 kilocycles. But of all the old songs that we've been familiar with, “The Star Spangled Banner” was about the only thing played in the Bowl games. That was in the possession of ASCAP, but they had to release it. In the Sugar Bowl, snatches of the Boston College song were played, but possibly with a special permit. The squabble definitely puts a crimp in the band's antics. It might work up to a point where the band will come to games and sit, but won’t play when the game is broadcast over Mutual, National, or Columbia networks. It hasn't come to that yet, but it probably will when the broadcast com panies consider a little matter of $250 worth of fine each time a BMI station plays any ASCAP tune. So it looks as if these four Oregon songs will lapse into partial discard unless BMI and ASCAP come to some sort of agreement. The tunes will still be played at assemblies, parades, and rallies, but over BMI licensed stations—no. Some say an agreement is inevitable and that tin: courts of public opinion will force a reconciliation, but it would seem that BMI holds ASCAP over a barrel, so maybe it’s ’bye, ’bye “Mighty Oregon.” Tidbits from Palouse Back from the Palouse hills comes an Oregon student with first hand information of Idaho and Washington State—two of Oregon’s opponents to come. Both beat Gonzaga, but Washington State had to work hard for it. According to my informant who would remain without name, Gonzaga has a better ball player than either of the two conference opponents. Frank Watson is the name. lie’s chunky like Don Kirscli and plays guard. Sup posedly, he is a good ball handler when the scoring comes—17 to 20 points against both Washington State and Idaho. But as far as Washington State goes, the Cougars are still fumbling around for a combination. Ray Sundquist, Dale Gentry, and Vern Butts look fairly good, but the team lacks some of the spark that little Bud Olson put into them. Despite his unbearable cockiness, the team had a measure of self-possession when he was on the floor. But that is not to be, for Olson plays with the independent Boeing Aircraft quint in Seattle. The Cougars open the 1941 season Tuesday and Wednesday, January 7 and 8, against Oregon State. Then Friday and Saturday, Eugene gets a taste of basket ball the Friel way. Idaho is a vastly improved club. Otis Hilton, possessor of the long, lanky build and giant feet, will be one of the best if not the best center in the northern division. Last year llilton will be rememberc das the guy who was always kicking the opposi tion around when it came to rebounds. His percentage of re bounds made good was terrific. Ron Harris hasn’t lost his knack of hitting shots from the corners. But the guards aren't the best in the world. Duck Club Improves Of course one game is a short measure by which to .judge the relative improvement of the Oregon ball club, but the Ducks handled the ball much better than some fans expected remember ing the iirst, sad Rube game. Utah was long oil alibis the other night and short on score. It is hardly feasible that any barn storming team wdiich was rated highly in its own sector could suffer such a letdown by merely being off a basketball court lor a couple of days. Rather it would seem that the team would benefit by the rest. But the I'tes put on a show which forced 1he fans (wlmt few fans there were) to agree with Coach Vandal Peterson’s own conclusion. “We shoulda stayed in ’Frisco.” It was probably the worst licking Utah had absorbed— 51 to 15—since Dr. James Naismith invented the game. As far as the customers go, their absence was painfully notice able—it. really hurt around the poekotbook. And it was the imxt thing to a guarantee that Oregon won’t stage any more inter sectional games in the Igloo until the paying townspeople cough up with.some monied cooperation. Start the term with a new ZIPPER RING BINDER as low as $2.50 Preston 8c Hales LEATHER GOOL’S STORE 857 WiJJiat. Phone 665 Hobsons Hoopers In Final Trial Go Bearcats Out to Avenge 46-33 Beating Received Last Week; Anderson, Townsend, McNeeley, Taylor, Andrews to Start — By JOHNNIE K AH A N AN UI Oregon’s basketball team whipped Willamette university 46 to 33 last week, and hilarious Duck fans saw in the Utah battle Thursday night (Oregon all the way . . . final, 51-13) at least five good reasons why Hobby Hobson’s crew should slap the Bearcats again when they run up, down, and around the Igloo tonight at 8. The reasons—Hank Anderson, Captain Vic Townsend, Evert Me CENTER Archie Marshik, six-foot-seven inch center oil the Oregon “bean pole” file. Duck Mermen Point for OSC Varsity Swimmers Begin Stiff Training Under Hoyman With the season's opener sched uled 'for the Oregon State pool January 18, two weeks from Sat urday, swimming coach Mike Hoy man opened the winter term with stiff workouts for his varsity team. The boys spent the holidays at homo but, according to Hoyman, most of the men were able to keep in trim over the holidays with fre quent workouts in pools near their homes. In preparation for the meet with the tough Beavers the Neeley, Warren Taylor, and Porky Andrews—Hobson's opening lineup against the Indians from Mormon country two evenings ago. This five functioned with more finesse than the Webfoot’s No. 1 quintet did the same time last year (par don for probable lapses in mem ory). Better Reserves Backed up by a flock of equally capable material — Paul Jackson, Quentin Sidesinger, Don Kirseh, Archie Marshik players who shouldn't, in all fairness, be tabbed substitutes, this Oregon quintet ap peared faster and a bit trickier than that garbed in lemon and green around the first of January one year ago. Willamette, despite its shel lacking by the Webfoots earlier this season, has a rather formid able five according to sports gab and publicity flying about. They dropped a tough one to Wash ington State and couldn’t quite hang on in the dying seeonds against: Oregon State, losing that one 47-43. Final Tune-up Tonight's game gives the Web foots an opportunity to balance the ledger in preconference perform ances. Oregon dropped four along their 7500-mile transcontinental tour, salvaged three, were licked twice before embarking, won three and lost two after winding up. It'll be the final tuneup tilt this year, for on January 10, Oregon opens its conference campaign here against Washington State college. I)uek mermen will not all work on the long distance grinds and other features of their exten sive, seven-week conditioning program last term. Instead the men will be smoothing out their individual events for the meet. Bed by their record-holding co captains, Jack Dallas and Sherm Wetmore, the Webfoots are ex pected to take firsts in several of the events with comparative ease, but a lack of reserves in some events will likely hamper their scoring. Dallas brightened the pic ture considerably by trying his hand at diving for the first time this fall and perfecting himself to a point where he several times de feated letterman A1 Sander in in trasquad meets. Fourtecn-year-old Pamela Har vard Williams, war refugee from Wales, who is a guest of Prof. Wil liam Chase of Harvard, is a descen dant of John Harvard, founder of the university. WILL START TONIGHT Hufrky Fork> Andrews has carnet a probable starting politico in Oregon's lineup tonight nl/ea (he. V. sbicots, clese their preixstu-a U-hei uifc again V, iiianattte uni* eraity. Twenty-Two Men Answer First Freshmen Hoop Call 'HAWKEYE HANK' ANDERSON High-scorer on the Webfoot quintet, who’ll bother the Bearcats from Willamette with his unorthodox “acrobatic” shooting in the Igloo tonight. OSC Noses Out Utah At Corvallis, 42 to 37 University of Utah’s barnstorming Ute basketball team tossed off the 51-15 shellacking at the hands of Oregon and threw a scare into the Oregon State Beavers last night before being edged out 42-87. Led by Sheffield and Bcnnion, the Ltes bounced back from a half time deficit of 15-19 to grab the lead before the Beavers could make a score. John Mandic finally broke the ice with a pair of foul tosses a low minm.es laicr to lie me count at 21-21. Bennion put Utah in the lead again with a toss from the free throw line. From then to mid way in the half it was nip and tuck. Oregon State, then moved out to their greatest lead of the game, topping Utah 38 to 27. The Utcs began to click again, however, scoring 10 points while holding the Beavers to 4 to the end of the game. Utcs Sink 15 (Inals Sheffield and Bennion, Utah for wards, grabbed the scoring honors with 11 points apiece. Paul Valenti and George McNutt were high for the Staters with 10 points each. Smith of Utah and Mandic of OSO were ousted late in the game with four personal fouls called against them. The Utcs scored 15 field goals in the game last night after be ing held to only four by the “Tall Firs” of Oregon here Thursday. Their half time count ——mmimu iii mini—nil ■! m equalled the points scored in the Wehfoot tilt. Finding the mail to man defense employed liy the Staters more to their liking, Utah broke through for many close-in shots. The two teams meet again to night on the Corvallis court. Box score; Utah Sheffield, f . Bennion, f ... Johnson, c ... Smith, g. Anderson, g . Sowards, f ... Wassom, c Atkinson, g Soffr, g Gregory, g Totals. OS<! Valent i, f ..... McNutt, f . Mandic, c. Shaw, g . F« FT PF TP ...5 1 2 11 ....4 . 0 ..2 .2 ...0 ...0 0 .0 .15 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 n o 11 n l 4 4 5 0 1 0 0 37 Fti FT PF TP 10 10 9 0 10 H/f/rt/fE&/ A IT S KAY KYSER, BACK AGAIN...in the darndest chilier-diller you ever saw! A, IT’S THE .MUSICAL MYSTERY of oil lime I 10RRE PARRISH rd (ia+td Ex-Prep Stars Frisk Under Eyes Of 'Honest John' Neuland, Kresse Attract Attention In Initial Practice By LEE FLATBERU Twenty-two hopeful freshman basketball aspirants turned out en masse to Coach John Warren Fri day afternoon to start preparations for the ’41 season. Warren wasted no time as he sent the yearlings through a two-hour session including such fundamentals as passing, drib bling, and finished his practice with a 15-minute scrinunage. Noticeably lacking from the turnout was the presence of the towering players so characteristic of Oregon teams. Warren will have two tall boys though in the persons of Lloyd Jackson and Phil Jackson. IJick’s Kid Brother Another Dick entered Oregon basketball circles in the person of Roger Dick. John Dick's younger brother looks like a. good bet to carry on the name in Oregon bas ketball. Warren will have two flashy forwards In Walt Kresse and Bob N’ewland both from Medford. These two have played together for three years in high school. The first practice showed that W*rren might have a possible sparkplug in Jimmy Vitti, fireball from Darien, Connecticut.' The frosh have only a week to get ready for their first game which is scheduled against Lebanon January 10, at Eugene. The turnout: Homer Thomas, Walt Kresse, Kenneth Si mm sen, Charles Church, Bill Gissbcrg, Jack Mor ris, Jimmy Vitti, Warren Chris tensen, James Smith, Lloyd Jackson, Bob Wren, Roger I)ick, Dick Shelton, Chet Schieve, Jack I.akefish, Stanley Kay, Clarke Brown, Bob Slieriden, Glen Kel ley, Phil Jackson, Maurice Salo mon, Boh Newland, Owen Day. 1941 Schedule Jan. 10—Lebanon at Eugene Jan. 11—Dallas at Eugene Jan. 15—Dallas at Dallas Jan. 17—Open Stitt, g .7? Mulder, f Hall, f Dement, f Durdan, g Kruger, g Martin, f Totals . .0 .0 .1 .2 .2 .0 .0 .17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 2 4 4 0 0 42 Donut Wrestling Begins Thursdag Entry Blanks Due Tuesday; Gebhardt Added to Staff Winter term intramural sports will start with a bang next Thurs day when the grunt and groan art ists start throwing themselves through the air to do or die in glory for the name of their be loved living organizations. The wrestling tournament, which will be conducted by pro cess of eliminations, will start promptly at 4 p.m. All men wish ing to enter competition in their weight division must weigh in at the PE building between the hours of 4 to G on Monday and 3 to G on Tuesday. No one will be allowed to weigh in later than Tuesday. 'Entry Deadline House entry blanks for all win ter term sports must be turned in at the intramural athletic office not later than 5 o'clock next Tuesday. Basketball and handball competition is scheduled to begin January 20, to be shortly followed by ping pong doubles and singles. Jan. 18—Marshfield at Marsh field Jan. 24—Bend at Bend Jan. 25—Klamath Falls at Klam ath Falls Jan. 29—Salem at Eugene Jan. 31—Astoria at Astoria Feb. 1—Hood River at Hood River Feb. 7—Rooks at Eugene Feb. 8—Molalla or Portland Gold at Eugene Feb. 11— Roseburg at Roseburg Feb. 14—Rooks at Corvallis Feb. 15—Lebanon at Lebanon Feb. 21-j-RooJm. .at Corvallis Feb. 25>—Salem at Salem Feb. 281—Rooks at Eugene t MllOSiAI.il DON’T MISS THESE ! “Hudson Bay” with Paul Muni and Jean Tierney — plus — “Christmas in July” with Dick Powell and Ellen Drew All Ready I or College Study! Eyeglasses correctly pre t-eribed, aud flatteringly fitted are as important as (■•lollies! Get. them licrc. at prices attuned to eo-cd budget Dr. ELLA C. MEADE OPTOMETRIST 14 W. ct.U.ft