Duck
Tracks
By BOB FLAY ELLE, Co-Sports Editor
With the animal clash between the Oregon Daily Emerald
and the Oregon .State Barometer staffs scheduled for Friday
afternoon in tlie Corvallis bandbox, the Emerald sports staff
felt it only fair to give the Kodents a chance to back out. Hence
the following letter.
Dear Bill Vessey:
We feel that you, like most Oregon State sports editors, have
made a very rash public statement. We understand of course,
that in your column (which is strangely enough semi-readable)
you didn t realize what you were declaring, concerning the
coming Barometer-Emerald basketball classic.
For instance, you probably were ignorant (as usual) of the
fact that this year wc have one of our weakest clubs. We aver
age only six feet five inches in height, weigh but 229 pounds
per man, and boast nothing but speed, power and precision.
Othewise we haven t much of a ball club, seeing as how we’re
weak in sixth string reserves.
You're Asking For It ,
If you want to subtlev withdraw your challenge, we won't
say more than six or seven columns about it. If you don’t, will
you kindly have the following necessities available when we
clash January 17?
l-.An ambulance—preferably the fastest Red Cross you can
obtain, because major operations are performed only in Port
land.
2. Two towels—to mop up the floor after we get through
with you.
11. Plenty of alibis—so your readers won't shift over to a good
college paper for the remainder of the year.
4. Two drivers for that ambulance.
5. Plenty of state cops and guards to hold the overthrow
crowd off the floor.
ti. An additional 4(J ticket sellers and ushers.
We're Hard On Balls
Kindly do not sell more than 2600 tickets, as the state fire
marshal happens to be a particular friend of ours. We’ll need
about three basketballs because the way we pour the ball
through the lioop the hemp burns the leather in no time at all—
Kindly wire the Eugene AAU department for an honest ref
eree.
We’ll bring our own timekeeper along—Bill Fendall. You
remember Bill—he’s a former Oregon Stater, so you know how
honest he is. We call him “Thirty-five minute” Fendall down
here—in honor of the time when he let the second half run over
15 minutes (until you got ahead) and then punched the watch.
Bill spent four or five years at OSC then broke out and came
to school, lie likes it here—that should encourage you no end.
11 is one term here against five years there gives us a slight
advantage.
Reserves Are Underweight
Our probable starting lineup:
Forwards—Jesse Owens and Scabiscuit (this is his first
game).
Center—Primo Camera. Brought over from Italy at our spe
cial request. (May he tape his hands?)
Guards—Jim Stuart and Hank Luisctti (Hank is our weak
spol).
Our top notch reserves include:
Forwards: Tommy Wright (6 feet 8, 240 pounds), Johnnie
Kahananui (ti feet 8, 239}] pounds).
Center: Buck Buchwach (please spell correctly—-4 feet 5
inches, 83 pounds but PLENTY tough).
Guards: Bob Flavellc (an ex-beaver—better change those
signals, lie knows them) 6 feet 7/, 240 pounds and Ken Chris
tianson (star hook shot, 6 feet 8, 239 15/16 pounds—1/16 of a
pound underweight—FLU).
We hate to bring this up again, but after all, Fendall did
keep time for every game that we have lost to you in the past,
lie’s not crooked but it sure is nice to have efficiency.
Waiting to hear from you,
Emerald Sports Staff
P. S.—There is a rumor going around that the Oregon-OSC
varsity game is trying to compete with us that night. With
a little persuasion we are sure that the fans at our struggle will
remain for the aftermath. Free drinks plus a floor show should
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Fifty I-M Wrestling
Bouts Go by Boards
Competition Moves in 126, 145, 155, 165 Pound
Classes; John Craig Floors Man in 27 Seconds
By FRED TREADGOLD
Intramural wrestling on the mass elimination basis continued in the physical education rings
with fifty more matches conducted Tuesday in four weight classes—126, 145, 155, and 165
pounds. Paul Bocci, ATO 165-pounder, was the first man in that weight class to reach the quar
ter finals when he grappled to a 56-second win in yesterday's bout.
Speediest time recorded in the intramural matches came when John Craig, Beta, dumped
R. Reese, Sigma Chi, in 27 seconds in a 145-pound battle. Due to the large number of con
testants, the wrestling bouts have slowed up to such an extent that it will necessitate having
Barometer Hits New Low
As 'Storm’ Approaches
By BUCK BUCHWACH
The wild-and-wooly University of Oregon Emerald basketball team
worked out yesterday afternoon on McArthur court, and when the
session was over nothing but smiles could be noted on the pans of
Emerald hoopers.
“With this club, we should lick the Baros by at least 50 points,"
DEFENSE WORKER
Lou Zamperini, formerly one of
the world’s premier milers, is now
hard at work in the Lockheed air
craft factory at Burbank, Califor
nia. Zamperini was national in
tercollegiate mile champ while at
CSC.
Swimmers Eye
'Blood Battle'
Frosh, Varsity Set
For Three Meets;
Duck Slate Listed
Faced with a revised schedule
that does not send them into in
tercollegiate conipeition for an
other two weeks, Oregon’s var
sity and freshmen swimmers arc
giving their full time to preparing
for Saturday's “blood battle” be
tween their respective teams.
Saturday’s meet will be the
first of three inter-squad meets,
others being scheduled for Jan
uary 25 and 29. With the frosh
favored to take a majority of
first places, the meet is expected
to be one of the most hard
fought of the season.
Coach Mike Hoyman is arrang
ing these meets to be conducted
in official fashion, with the doors
open to the general public.
Four and Main Event
The revised schedule gives (he
j oaiu j-mju r lavciic, l.-' luaui
of the IJmerald and a demon hook
I shot.
Ken Christianson, the other co
: sports editor, was looking great on
I backboard play, time and time
I angain taking the ball away and
dribbling down the court with
naught but finesse.
New Champ?
Although the Barometer scribes
have made rash public statements
the past few days, the Emerald
feels certain that this year the
title of best basketball playing will
fall to them.
With Bill Fendall who for sev
eral years made the almost inex
cusable mistake of attending the
Corvallis institution—now attend
ing the University, all seems to be
in Oregon’s favor. Fendall kept
time at Corvallis for two years,
during which the Barometer never
lost a close game, as they always
' managed to have enough time left
’ to win the ball game, strangely
| enough.
j F'endall denied that a 35 minute
I quarter had been played in previ
ous series, but smiled guiltily when
asked if it wasn't true that two
years ago a 22 minute period had
been played.
The Barometer team, at first
considered competition for the Em
erald, has been definitely weaken
ed by the announcement that Clair
Fehler is scheduled to perform foi
them. With Fehler in the lineup,
it is a virtual certainty that the
Barometer writers have just about
given up the ghost.
v a r s i t y four intercollegiate
meets before the northern di
vision championship meet at
Seattle March 4. At the present
time the frosh team is slated
for only two meets, both with
the Rooks on the same dates as
the Oregon-OSC contests.
The varsity schedule: January
31, Oregon State at Corvallis;
February 8, Oregon State at Eu
gene; February 14, Idaho at Eu
gene; February 22, Washington at
Seattle; March 1, northern divis
ion at Seattle.
—
All- Campus
Lists Made
Drawings have been made and
the lists posted for all-campus
competition in ping pong singles
and doubles and handball singles
and doubles.
Names of those who entered th<
competition were matched for
games to be played January 22.
These lists are on the bulletin
board in the gym entrance.
All campus bowling will be open
till Wednesday. Games will be
scheduled for bowlers as soon af
ter entries close as possible.
io iirnsn mem next week, tne
intramural department announced
Tuesday.
The intramural wrestling re
sults for Tuesday:
126-pound class — R. Ralston,
ATO, over W. Barash, 1:01; R.
Merryman, Sigma Nu, decision
over C. Paine, Chi Psi.
145-Pound
145-pound class — J. Houch,
Theta Chi, decision over M. Sharp,
ATO; R. Duden, Beta, decision ov
er J. Battles, Delt; C. Church, Phi
Delt, over S. Skillicorn, Sigma
Nu, :54; J. Craig', Beta, over R.
Reese, Sigma Chi, :27; P. Shan
non, Kirkwood, over I’. Riley, Phi
Delt, 1:04.
J. Stinebaugh, Fiji, default over
O. Borich, ATO; C. Lee, Zeta, de
fault over J. Dessassise, Zeta; H.
Hildebrun, Sigma Chi, over R. Mc
Clellan, Canard, 1:10; Osterloh,
independent, over R. McClintic,
SAE, :45; B. Congill, Phi Psi,
over E. Schick, Phi Sig, :59; R.
Flanagan, Sigma Chi, over W.
Treece, Phi Delt, :55; F. Cheek,
Alpha, default, over B. Driver, Sig
ma Nu; J. Doern, Delta Upsilon,
decision over C. Little, ATO; A.
Putman, Chi Psi, over E. Bush,
Chi Psi, 1:37; C. Collier, Phi Psi,
over R. Carlon, decision.
155-Pound
155-pound class- M. Stein, SAM,
over L. Ballif, Theta Chi, 1:46; D.
Scroggins, SAE, default over J.
Gertson, Kappa Sig; K. Miyake,
Gamma, over C. Childs, SAE, 2:05;
Girdlcstone, Kappa Sig, over Hans
com, Theta Chi, 1:53; B. Shoe
maker, Phi Sig, over D. Closson,
ATO, ;50; Oman, DU, over J.
Boone, ATO, 2:13; R. Gurney,
ATO, over J. Miller, Alpha, 2:33.
C. Haener, Theta Chi, over R„
Igl, Beta, 2:29; C. Larson, Camp
bell, over W. Carpenter, Chi Psi;
D. Vernier, Canard, over L. Court
wright, Chi Psi, :51; R. Potts,
Theta Chi, default over G. West
fall, Theta Chi; J. Risley, Fiji,
over W. Olson, Phi Psi, :45; En
dicott, Phi Delt, decision over E.
Wilson, ATO; E. Guistina, Kappa
Sig, over Hirsch, canard, 4:01; J.
Hickeq, Zeta, default, over Mas:;;
J. Green, Phi Delt, over It. Crip
pen, Theta Chi, 1:21.
165-1’ouiul
165-pound class—W. Skibinski,
Beta over .1. Bennison, Phi Delt,
2:56; D. Winters, SAE, over P.
Morris, SAM, :4(i; J. Kitchen,
Sigjma Chi, default over J, O'Brien,
Sigma Chi; A. deBeneditti, Aipha
decision over W. Stronecker, SAK;
W. Ray, DU, over T. Boyden, Phi
Delt, 3:00; H. Burns, Phi Delt,
over R. MacDonald, ATO, 2:00; J.
Coleman, Sigma Nu, over P. Cloud,
P. Cloud, Phi Delt, 1:40; P. Bocci,
ATO, over E. Hinkle, ATO, :56; E.
Storli, ATO, default over E. Mc
Dowell, Phi Delt; H. Thomas,
SAK, default over F. Meek, SAK;
W. Endicott, Alpha, bye; R. Hud
son, ATO, over E. Clausen, ATO,
0:45; I. Boe, Sigma Nu, default
over W. Mattice, Sigma Chi; G.
Hay, Sigma Chi, default over It.
Armor, Zota; N. Earnham, Fiji,
over I’. Davis, Sigma Chi, 1:10.
Alum Visits Mother
Mrs. Ralph Cave ’32 of San
Francisco arrived Sunday in Eu
gene to spend five days visiting
her mother, Mrs. Blanche Rorer,
houesmother at the Alpha Chi
Omega sorority, and friends on the
campus.
'Rasslers’ Please Oliver
By W ALLY HUNTER
Head Coach Tex Oliver and
his assistant, Lloyd Koehler,
haven’t yet struck a bonanza in
their search "for “pay dirt" in the
intramural wrestling matches,
but reports coining trom these
two indicate that there are a tew
nuggets filtering through trom
the loads of raw material
stretching smew in the donut
matches.
That drawling, amiable Texan.
Oliver, said that he had seen quite
a few good boys, but that he
wasn't sure of then names Assist
ant Lloyd Koehler—who has been
doing most of the heavy work in
-r\ . -« CC.,r‘illf-^ tl'.'
matinee—said tuat he has aUo
seen several men that were worth
consideration when it comes to
choosing a grappling squad. Koeh
ler said that most of the men that
he had spotted were freshmen and
so might not receive much atten
tion until the varsity berths are
! settled.
Koehler also revealed that the
| time was draw ing nigh when the
/arsity wrestlers will get the nod
| for spots on the first string. Ho
..aid that all but just a few spots
have been almost cinched by hard
: working Duck wrestlers.
Intramural wrestlers hate a
great chance to kill a pair of
1 birds w ith one stone. t\ith Koeh
ler and Oliver in attendance at
movf -.f -j »»of *i
tag every moiexaent in the nng,
along with the rest of I In rail
birds, they can chalk up a few
points lor their fraternity ami
also get a chance to try out tor
the regular wrestling team.
The Webfoot wrestlers open
their regular sea.on on the iast
day of this month —January ttl—
when they collide with those, bu. fl
ing rodents from Corvallis, the
OHC Beavct s A heavy schedule
await , the Ducks following this
I opener. Washington, Idaho, and
Washington State follow, with
promise of other practice matches
tossed m to make it a lull docket.
| Two long trips also go along with
i this schedule. One to Keattio, and
! the. other to Moscow, Idaho, for
! tbs £-ribam di.i-ron wrestling
I tournament
I WANNA BE A STAR
Tommy Harmon, everybody’s all-American, accepts this petite I,os
Angeles girl's warmly cast vote personally. Harmon was a member of
the East all-star team which lost to the West New Year’s day.
Weekend Tiffs Loom
To Upset Hoop Order
By JOHNNY KAHANANVI
As swells ancl ripples subsided after last weekend's upheaval, the
northern division basketball victors’ barge lurched back on even keel.
Squatting on board were Washington and Oregon State with two
wins and no losses. Washington State dangled on the trailing edge
by a fingernail after two sprawls and two wins, while Idaho’s Vandals
splashed about after two dunks apiece.
Washington earned two over Idaho, while WSC recuperated after
two Beaver slaps to chop Oregon's
beanpole five twice.
Such is the situation in north
ern division cage play, and as
such it will remain until possibly
Friday, when the Webfoots
reach out for Oregon State in
IWallis, and Saturday, when
the Vandals lure WSC to Mos
cow.
Propaganda from Beaverville re
ports a “natural letdown’’ on the
part of OSC after the WSC battle
last week. But lttest communiques
have it that the Orangemen, de
fending titlists, “will soon be at
full speed again."
llohson Works Ducks
Here in Eugene, Coach Howard
Hobson of the Ducks, burdened
with the immense task of hewing
off ugly bumps in his team's play
ragged edges that flared unim
pressively during the WSC game —
tossed his varsity men against
John Warren’s frosh yesterday.
With varsity cage, maneuvers
strictly on the Q.T., not much
could be gleaned concerning the
general trend in play by the Web
foots.
Regardless, Hobson, along
with Ioynl Duck fans, continue
to have Implicit faith in the
Webfoots’ potentialities. The
Oregon coach, according to in
formation received, believes the
Ducks stand an even chance of
dumping the Beavers Friday
night.
This initial 1941 Duck-OSC hoop
encounter will be the last until the
Beavers invade Eugene February 8
for a tangle during Dads’ day fes
tivities.
Ducklings Stage
Return Go Todag
With Dallas Five
Frosh Engage Tall
Varsity in Practice
Match for Tune-up
That the freshmen basketball
team has a game Wednesday with
Dallas made little difference to
Coach John Warren as he sent
his chargers in against the varsity
in Tuesday afternoon's practice.
In a lengthy scrimmage the
Ducklings served as opposition to
the “Tall Firs” as the varsity prac
ticed for Oregon State. Over-tow
ered by the “big boys,” the year
lings nevertheless gave a good
account of themoslves and showed
a running game that kept the var
sity on its toes.
Bill Gissberg, who has been kept
out of play because of a pulled
muscle, did not see any action in
the fray but will be ready for Wed
nesday's game.
Probably Five
The probable starting lineup for
the return game with Dallas, to be
played at Dallas, will find Bob
Sheridan and Hog Dick at fore
wards. Dick will be hard pushed
for his starting position by Bob
Wren. Lloyd Jackson, lanky hoop
ster who played for Dallas last
year, has the inside lane for the
starting center slot. The guard
positions will be a toss up between
Bob Newland, Walt Kresse, and
Bill Gissberg. Newland appears
arc the likely starter at one post
with Kresse and Gissberg fighting
it out for the other.
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