Duck
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By BOB FLAVEELE, Co-Sports Editor
That Oregon basketball team really put me in my place
last week after I had offered a few criticisms of their play
in preseason games before and after the eastern invasion.
Against Utah and Willamette, our Webfoots smothered the
backboards and made my New Year’s gripes look like the
howlings of a seasoned fault-finder.
lu my opinion, the Utah bunch was definitely suffering one
of those “awful ' nights that are bound to rear up and smack a
team when they are in the throes of a strenuous road trip, meet
ing all kinds of teams on strange courts. For this reason, 1
won't use the game as a basis for judgment of the Webfoots—
you can’t tell how good a team is when their opponents are
playing like grammar school kids.
Webfoots Great Defensively
But in the Willamette game we have a different story. The
Bearcats were hot and playing great ball in the first half, giving
Hobby’s boys plenty of trouble with their dead-eye long shots.
They made 50 per cent of their attempts count which is a rare
average for any team. The Webfoots made 39 per cent of their
field goal attempts which is a good enough average but it was
their tight backboard play which enabled them to control the
ball and keep a little ahead of the visitors..
The second half defensive exhibition put on by the Ducks
was one of the best I’ve ever seen. Between halves Hobson
told his boys to go out and play a man-to-man defense, and
as a result the hot Willamette shooters were completely
bottled up for the remainder of the game while Oregon
went on to total 76 points.
'Wild Bill' Borcher Comes Through
Wild Bill'’ Borcher, who did not make the travelling squad
and has been playing on the “Super-Varsity,” really earned a
shot at the first string lineup by virtue of his fine work Satur
day night. Bill is just about the toughest man on the squad when
it comes to getting in and scrambling for the ball on the rebounds
and his performance against Willamette proves definitely that he
deserves a chance to make good on the first five.
Borcher did not play over 10 minutes, yet in that short
space of time he accounted for seven points and played a
great defensive game. Bill was by far the scrappiest back
board retriever on the floor that night. He took a total of
eleven rebounds off the hoop and was second only to Warren
Taylor in that department of the game. Taylor led with 13
retrieves but played much more than Borcher.
It looks as if “Porky” Andrews has firmly established him
self in the starting lineup and it will take nothing less than a
bomb to blast him out of there if lie continues the aggressive
playing that he exhibited last week. Although short, Porky is
one of the strongest and toughest men on the team. Ilis fight,
coupled with a cool, calm temperament, should make him a fine
running mate to Vic Townsend.
Cornell Has Anse in His Pants
Poor Anse Cornell is running around these days hying to
dodge the verbal barrage thrown his way by latc-comers at the
last two Igloo engagements. It seems that Anse had to move two
of the bleachers down to the far ends of the Igloo in order to
make the fire marshal happy. The marshall objected to having
the side exits blocked and insisted that Anse uncover them. Anse
is still hearing beefs from fellows who had to view the game
from behind the backboard, but it isn’t his doing. If you want
to aiguc the fire marshal into returning the bleacher seats to
the sides of the court, go ahead, Anse is all for it.
If you still aren t convinced that the bleacher situation
is excusable, consider poor Oregon State and forget it.
Their gym has been far too small for many years, but this
year the fire marshal took a look at the crowded conditions
and told the authorities to allow no more than 2,600 spec
tators at their games. So now there are over 3,500 students
plus many season ticket holders trying to get seats. Some
will have to be turned away. What chance has an outsider
to break through that select circle? At least you get a clear
view of the floor from 99 88/100 per cent of the 7,700 seats
in McArthur court.
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Duck Quint Plucks Bearcat Pelt, 76-46
Torrid First Half
Unnerves Rooters
Oregons Run Amuck in Second Period;
Hank "The Needle" Anderson Scores 26;
| Hobson Resumes Drill Monday
By JOHNNIE KAHANANUI
All right, so this isn’t a news story, but Hobby's boys shouldn’t
DO such things, keeping Duck fans in terrific suspense like they
did against Willamette last Saturday night in the Igloo (basket
ball, Willamette vs. Oregon, 76 to 46 . . . biggest score in years
. . . remember? . . . don’t see how anyone could forget). After
that scorching first half some of us on the nervous side felt our
hearts booming' on three-and-a-half cylinders. And whv?
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Swim Workouts
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OSC Beaver Meet
Shifted Ahead to
February 1
With their first conference en
gagement, the Oregon State meet,
having been changed at the Beav
ers’ request, from January 18 to
February 1, the Oregon mermen
are concentrating on three var
sity-frosh meets which Coach Mike
Hoyrnan has scheduled for the
next three weeks.
According to Hoyman the
frosh have even or better chanc
es of taking first places in the
nine events in the full-fledged
meets. “Blood battles” are fore
cast in several of the events
with the competition topping
that of most conference races.
Bob Irvin of the frosh, and
Stew Randall and Jim Marnie, of
the varsity figure to turn in blan
ket finishes in the 60-yard and
I 100-yard freestyle races. Chuck
Nelson of the frosh and the var
sity’s Cub Callis arc rated very
closely in the 150-yard back
i stroke.
Move r rosii Opposition
In the 220-yard and 440-yard
freestyle events two frosh stand
outs, Bob Hiatt and Jack Robin
son, will furnish Co-Captain Shcrm
Wctmore and Gerald Hucstis of
the varsity plenty of competition.
In Hoyman’s opinion, the frosh
must be rated as distinct favor
ites in the 400-yard freestyle re
lay.
According to present plans, the
meets will be staged on the after
noons of January 18, 25, and 29.
All official meet regalia will be in
operation, according to Hoyman,
and all meets will be open to the
public.
Intramurals
Intramural wrestling officials
today announced that the last
chance for wrestlers to weigh in
will be from 3 to 6 p.m. in the PE
building.
Wrestling will start Thursday
at 4 p.m. A full schedule will be
posted on the PE bulletin board
Wednesday afternoon. Entry
blanks for wrestling, basketball,
handball, and ping pong teams
must be. in by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Sam Houston State college,
Huntsville, Texas, is building a. new
girls' dormitory, Elizabeth Elliott
hall.
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Oregon, Willamette, Oregon,
Willamette, Oregon, Willamette,
minute after minute. Killing! Elev
en times the score is tied. Oregon
tears down the floor, ker-plunk!
The insolent Bearcats bob up, make
passes at the hoop, complete 50 per
cent of them. As first-half time
wanes, Hobby's crew gives a grunt
and spurts ahead, but the Bearcats
claw right behind. Score, 36 for
Oregon, 32 for Willamette.
Excitement Hurts
Phew! Three long drags on a
cigarette, a gulp of coke, and we’re
back, hunched and tense as the
teams bound out for the second
period. Something had better hap
pen . . . for Oregon, or we’ll go bat
ty .. . sort of allergic to so much
excitement. And something does!
Webfoot guard Porky An
drews sneaks one in. Then Hank
Anderson, the “Galloping
Needle” (apologies to all New
York papers concerned), runs
amuck with that screwy shot of
his! He may pull the ball out
from under his chin, behind his
ears, from knee-high, all the
same. He hauls it up there with
both hands some eight feet (the
lad’s 6 feet 7 inches), flicks his
wrists, the ball heads for the
hoop, makes a DO degree dip
through the sieve. Swish, swish!
Willamette throws two men
around Hank to smother him. The
“Needle’' punctures the defense,
and swish, swish, swish, three more
thread the basket. Score, 48 to 32.
Willamette fizzles. The Ducks wade
in to thoroughly quench them. The
game turns into something that re
sembles one of those Greck-Italian
fiascos.
All Over Now
The final gun mercifully halts the
slaughter. Score, Oregon 76, Wil
lamette 46. Another cigarette,
Jeeves . . .
Anderson wound up with 26
points, more than twice that
scored by Kolb of Willamette,
runner up. Both Oregon and Wil
lamette used 12 men in Ihc "dog
fight.”
At practice yesterday Hobson
had his starting combination of
Red McNeelcy and Warren Tay
lor, forwards; Anderson, center;
Vic Townsend and Andrews,
guards, functioning as a unit.
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COMIN' THROUGH
Wally Borrevik (top), center, and Paul Jackson, guard, might be
demonstrating a few of the basketball principles which Hobby Hobson
teaches his boys. Borrevik at (i feet 8|/z inches is the tallest on the coast.
Jackson is 5 feet 7.
Six Matches Await
With a sizzling schedule of first class competition staring them in the
fare, the Oregon wrestling squad is going ahead in feverish prepara
tion for their six clashes with Northern division grappling opponents.
Duck wrestling officials yesterday announced that the Oregon
wrestlers will combat with Oregon .State, University of Washington,
Idaho, and Washington State colleges, in their regular schedule. Besides
By WALLY HUNTEK
ulo anvauj' tuv
docket, Assistant Coach Kohler
said that other squads will he con
tacted so that the team will have
plenty of stiff competition.
About sixteen men arc now out
for the regular wrestling team,
Kohler said. He also explained
that the coaching staff will have
an eager eye on the intramural
competition so as to spot promis
ing material, .pot yet uncovered.
Unknown Potentialities
As a whole the wrestling squad
s yet an unknown quantity, with
>nly three lettermen and two num
jralmen showing up for workouts
;hus far. Kay Foster, Mort Myers,
ind Hal Kaschko are the varsity
ettermen, and Stan Watt and Al
ister Still arc the only first year
men signed up.
Coach Kohler expects the team
to he strong in the weight divi
sions from 145 pounds to 175
pounds, and said that it will
p r o h a b 1 y he correspondingly
weak in the division from 121 to
137.
Following is the full schedule of
meets:
Oregon State, January 31, at
Corvallis;
Oregon State, February 6, here;
Idaho, February 14, hero;
Washington State, February 15,
here;
Washington, February 22, Se
attle;
Northern division meet, March 1,
Moscow, Idaho.
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Frosh Prepare
For Schedule;
Quintet Clicks
Height Is Added
By Nebraskan;
Lebanon Eyed
Coach John Warren is wasting
no time in getting the freshman
basketball team into readiness for
the very busy season that lies be
fore them. A very short three days
remain for the frosh before they
take on the Lebanon hi_gU school.
With an eye on this game, War
ren ran the Ducklings through a
brisk practice Monday, figuring
out plays to use against the high
school team.
A quintet of BUI Gissberg,
Walt K reuse, Lloyd Jackson,
Roger Dick, and Bob Shcriden
clicked smoothly as they carried
out their assignments in War
ren's planned offensive for the
Friday game.
New l’layers
The freshman turnout was in
creased with the addition of three
new players. Some of the neces
sary height that is lacking from
Warren’s team was added with
the presence of Pat Wood, lanky
basketeer from Blair, Nebraska.
The other two newcomers were
Harry Martin, Foarland, and
George Sertic, Eugene.
All-Campus'
Entries Fill
Entry sheets in ffie*'#hirance of
the gym are rapidly filling with
names for competition in handball
singles and doubles, ping pong
singles and doubles, and bowling.
Noon January 11 is positively
the deadline for signing for games,
Elmer Olson of the intramural of
fice stated.
The playing schedule will be de
termined immediately after this
date by drawing names and
matching them for games. Olson
said that all games must be played
as scheduled or they will default.
The winners in each division will
play until the all-campus cham
pionships arc decided later in the
term.
University of Minnesota will set
up a research bureau to prepare
reports on business conditions in
northwest states.
Season Gets
Underway
The defending champion Oregon
State Beavers and Washington
State college tee-off tonight in
Corvallis in what is expected to be
a slam-bang northern division
fight for basketball honors.
The rest of the conference will
get its first taste of hoop ac
tion Friday night when the
Cougars meet Oregon on the Ig
loo floor, and Washington takes
on Idaho in Seattle.
Coach Jack Friel of the Wash
ington State squad will probably
put big Paul Lindeman, Ray
Sundquist, Jim Zimmerman, Mar
vin Gilberg, and Dale Gentry on
the floor against the favored Or
angemen. Coach Slats Gill will rely
on John Mandic, Paul Valenti,
Clayton Shaw, Jack Mulder, and
George McNutt to carry the brunt
of the Oregon State attack.
Coed Swimmers
Set Intramurals
Telegraphic Meet
To Be Sponsored
By Oregon Women
Coed intramural swimming meet
is one of the winter term sports
hightlights in the feminine sports
field and is scheduled for early
February, the exact dates are fb
be announced by Jane McCurdy,
chairman, later this week.
This intramural competition is
a preliminary meet to the West
ern region offhc intercollegiate
telegraphic swimming meet
sponsored by the University of
Oregon this year. This meet is to
lie run off between February 15
and March 15. Last year the Uni
versity coeds captured second
place in the Western region con
ference of the telegraphic meet.
Everyone is eligible for intra
mural swimming competition, and
each of the women’s organizations
enters teams. Last year Chi Omega
won top honors, and Alpha Phi was
close behind in second place. Next
week lists arc to be sent to the
different houses for the contestants
to sign.
Gcrlingcr pool is open Tuesday
and Thursday afternoon from 4 to
5 for contestants to practice. Miss
Persicano and others will help
swimmers with their strokes. Wed
nesday at 5 the tank is open for
those working out for the tele*
graphic meet.
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