Duck
Tracks
By KEN CHRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports
The only sports Buck Berry hasn’t gone out for thus far
on the Oregon campus are swimming, wrestling, skiing,
and a couple of spring sports. Berry is the most versatile
athlete to enroll at Oregon during recent years. He play
ed a couple of years alternating as regu'ar on the football
team, led the northern division at the plate in baseball, toss
es a lot of leather as a heavyweight, and now flips a basket
ball.
Hobby Hobson said, “Berry cou’d play 60 minutes of foot
ball, come out on the floor and play basketball as well as any
one else out here.’’ He’s in that good condition.
Condition Among Wrestlers
^ Speaking of condition, Tex Oliver and Lloyd Koehler, No. 1
assistant, have been working patient'y with the wrestling team
and this year may be the first in modern history that the Web
foot grapplers are in some sort of shape. Not that the other
Duck aggregations have been flabby, but when it comes to
staying five or six minutes with the OSC Beavers—they just
haven’t had it.
Koehler does much of the actual coaching of the turnout
and doesn’t fear to go two or three minutes with each mem
ber of the team every night! He formerly went to Colorado
and wrestled there. Koehler has gone to the semi-finals of
the national AAU meet where he was bounced by a mem
ber of the Oklahoma A and M squad—the team which has
won the national collegiate so often that it’s a major news
event when it misses.
Oregon was none too impressive last year against Oregon
State. Scores often times ran around 30 to 0, but this is no
^ reflection on Erie Waldorf, coach then and present head man
at Jefferson high in Portland. Waldorf is one of the game’s
best fundamentalists—both in football and wrestling which were
his strong points at Washington State. It was simply a matter
of condition which is being remedied.
The Webfoots are not lacking in material. Hal Kaschko,
Ray Poster, and iviort lvlyers number among the holdovers.
Hal Schluter, Bob Still, Stan Watt, and Floyd Rhea add to
the team. Rhea is the huge guard from Fullerton jaysee of
whom the comment was made, “he’s got the biggest legs in
organized football. ’ ’ Rhea weighs 230 or 240, so if he settles
on an opponent, then God help the underdog.
Oregon State, as usual, is the traditional opponent, although
several other good teams are booked. Other teams docketed
are Washington, Idaho, and Washington State.
Hoymans Aquacade—Minus Gals
“>s\vimniiiig previews ana reviews ot Oregon lor 1941 —man
aged by Alike Hoyman—will be given today in the men’s pool.
It s ttie first, ol three intersquad meets before the varsity tangles
with Oregon State, and the frosh try to dunk the rooks. Iloy
man is testing the merit of his men in this fashion, by match
^ ing the varsity against the frosh. It isn t that he docsn t know
what they can do, but lie wants to test them under the fire of
competition. Meet starts at 3 p. m.
Hoyman picks the frosh to e'ean up the water in first
places in the freestyle events—naturally Jack Dallas and
Sherm Wetmore are the next thing to unbeatable in the
breast stroke and the backstroke. But the meet will prob
ably go to varsity. It’ll be the first appearance of a Hoy
man coached swimming team at Oregon since 1938. Prior to
that time, Mike turned out championship teams with the
regularity with which a skilled lathe worker turns out a
piece of steel.
Mecham Says, "I Do"
Once again the Oregon grid team has a married member.
It’s Curt Mecham, fleet halfback who boots those lofty punts
with his left foot. And Mecham's No. I rooter is the blonde
girl friend back home in Bakersfield. Curt says he went to
jaysee with her and that’s where the interest started. Len 1s
^ berg, another halfback, was the sole Duek who had said “I do’’
last year. Mecham went, through the matrimonial tape during
the Christmas holidays but lias been reticent about Airs. Mecham.
LOOKING UP
Definitely looking up. Mere ‘he Wehfoots' hopes of a Northern Di
vision title as they trounced the favored Beaver batkcteeis in a red
i,~.+ e+i,, r.w-»n'a lit* riiiht. Waryts la ’.:r, larlr* I*xU for
ward prctmt4 abo.fc, u 4 *oo<i t^aupit cl tfcb Ote*oa attitude
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Webfoots Regain
Title Threat Form
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Hawkeye dipped one in, raising
Oregon's stock 2 points. Beaver
Dement pushed a field goal
through, Mulder dittoed, and OSC
crawled up 26 to 24.
Then Andrews’ free boot edged
the Webfoots one more point
ahead, and that Porky guy again,
this time dropping a field goal, to
break Hobson’s crew ahead by five
digits, 29 to 24. Four personals
hauled Mandic of OSC out of the
clash. Mandic wronged Anderson,
and the "Needle” threaded the
hoop, 32 to 26 for Oregon, six wan
ing minutes ticking away in the
game.
Then the fighting Porky An
drews, Webfoot game-captain,
BEAVER
Football tactics sent big John
Mandic, Oregon State center, to
the sidelines for unnecessary
roughness as Oregon tipped the
Beavers last night, 41-31.
trudged off the floor, four fouls
against him. Not to be outdone
in any department, except the scor
ing, Dement followed suit for the
Beavers, but not until Oregon State
added another anemic point.
Big Bill Boreher, despite the
officials checking very closely
for fouls, dashed through to snag
two field goals, and the rampag
ing Wehfoots stormed away 36
to 27. Townsend trickled anoth
er through with finesse for Hob
son's men, as they surged stilt
further out of range, 38 to 27.
Hall of the Beavers surprised
with a toss in from the floor, but
the Ducks still were rolling tore
ward 38 to 29. Jackson squeezes
a free one through, and the
Ducks were way ahead by 10 big
points.
One measly minute to go, and
the Beaver mentor substitutes des
perately. Thirty-five seconds to
go, Boreher tallies. Five seconds,
and Mulder heaved one in from
near mid-court. But this went for
naught, as the gun sounded im
mediately after, the Webfoots in
possession of the ball.
Final tally, Oregon 41, OSC 31.
BOX SCORE
Oregon (41) FG FT PF TP
Anderson, f .3 2 2 8
Boreher, c .5 0 1 10
Townsend, g .3 10 7
Borrevik, c .0 0 4 0
Sidesinger, f .0 0 0 0
Jackson, g .0 2 0 2
Marshik, f .2 0 14
McNeeley, f .0 0 1 0
Andrews, g .3 4 4 10
Totals .16 9 13 41
Oregon State (31) FG FT PF TP
Mulder, f .3 0 2 6
Shaw, g ..1 113
Mandic, c .3 12 7
Dement, f .1 1 4 3
Valenti, g .0 10 1
McNutt, f .4 0 18
Durdan, g . 1 1 3 3
Hall, g .0 0 0 0
Stitt, g .0 0 0 0
Totals .13 5 13 31
Referee, Frank Hcniges; umpire,
Nelson.
Grunt ’n Groaners
In Last Stand Today
By FRED TRKADGOLD
The final curtain on the 1941 in
tramural wrestling tourney which
has occupied the center of atten
tion for the past week on the cam
pus will ring down today when the
finals in all bouts will be held at
10 o'clock. Six championships will
have a claimant today as yester
day’s matches concluded the thin
ning down of the contending ranks.
One Title Won
Already one title has been an
nexed—the 126-pound crown. Leon
ard Lonigan, Phi Gamma Delta,
grabbed the all-campus champ
monicker in that division when he
outlasted Dick Raison, Alpha Tau
Omega, Friday morning in the
longest bout on record to date.
The struggle went three over
times—11 minutes all told—before
a decision was finally reached.
Activity yesterday was the most
pronounced in the heavyweight
class with five battles needed be
fore the two finalists were select
ed. Dick Ashcom, Sigma Nu foot
ball behemoth, will draw Chuck
Elliott, Phi Delt athlete, in the 10
o’clock engagements this a.m.
Ashcom dumped two opponents
Friday when he deeisioned George
Olson and Tom Terry, a pair of
Phi Delts. Elliott qualified as he
deeisioned Ed Moshofsky, Delta
Upsilon strong man.
The 175-pound title will lie be
tween A1 Samples, Kirkwood co-op,
and Bill Fugit, ATO hope. Sam
ples threw Dilling, DU, in 1:34
Frosh Offer Threat
To Varisity Mermen
The usual ‘splash-splash’ sounds
that issue from the men’s pool
will turn into a roar like that
of a tornado-torn serf this after
noon as the Frosh and varsity
swimming teams clash in one of
the bitterest meets of the season.
The starting time is 3:00 and the
doors will be open to the public.
Making no see ret of the fact,
that they intend to more than
justify their favorite status in
respeet to first places, the star
bedecked Frosh aggregation has
done much to eneourage the var
sity to quickly rid themselves of
“vacation-time” condition. Hav
ing been hampered by the. flu
epidemic late in the fall quar
ter, neither team is in top condi
tion, but Coach Mike Hoyrnan
predicted excellent times would
be posted, with the record times
expected to turn up near the end
of the month.
Even such varsity luminaries as
Jack Dallas and Sberm Wctmorc
are not top-heavy favorites, coast
and northern division records n^t
withstanding. Co-captain Wet
morc’s records will receive special
attention from Bob Hiatt and Jack
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men.
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Blanket, hnishes arc predict
ed in the 60-yard and 100-yard
frce-style races, with Bob Irvin
of the Frosh, and Stew Kandail
and Jim Mamie, of Ihc varsity
rated even.
Nine events will be featured dur
ing the afternoon in the full offi
cial program. The meet will bo
the first of three frosh-varsity
meets to be held this season.
300-yd. medley frosh: Nelson,
Coyne, Lyons; varsity: Callis,
Chung-hoon, Allan.
220-yd. froe-stylc frosh: Rob
inson, Hiatt; varsity: Mueslis,
Wetmore.
60-yd. frce-style—frosh: Irvin,
Houston; varsity: Randall, Mar
ine.
Hiving (no points countedi —
varsity: Wilson. Dallas, Lander
100-yd. free-style—frosh: Irvin
Robinson: varsity: Randall, Mar
nie.
150-yd. backstroke—frosh. Nel
son. Hiatt; varsity: Callis.
200-yd. breaststroke - frosh
Coyne, varsity; Dallas, Chung
Hoon.
itO-yd free-style—Hiatt, Rob
inson, varsity. W'etmore. liuestis
410-yd. free-style—frosh Hous
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Harris, Allan, llanue, Randall.
San Jose Signed for Duck Boxers
Marshfield Tilt
Next for Frosh
Warren Uncertain
On Lineup; Game
Slated for Tonight
The Oregon freshmen hoopsters
will be out to notch up number
four in the win column when they
travel to Marshfield tonight to
trade baskets with the local high
school team.
Lineup Uncertain
As to what five will get the
starting pdst Coach John Warren
is still uncertain. Lloyd Jackson,
six foot seven center seems a cer
tain starter for the pivofc position.
The foreward positions are still a
tossup. Warren said he might
start Warren Christenson in place
of Bob Sheridan as right foreward.
Rog Dick and Bob Wren are fight
ing it out for the other foreward
post with Dick probably the one
to get the nod.
At the guard positions it will
1)0 Bob Newland and either
Walt Kresse or Bill Gissberg.
Warren used his final practice
to work out plays for the game.
Using the height of Jackson and
Sheridan, who stand six foot sev
en and six foot three, to clamp
oil to rebounds and with his
speedy guards, Newland and
Kresse, Warren set up a formid
able offense.
The frosh will go into action
again next week when they tangle
with Helliwell Toggery team, a
strong independent quintet, at Cot
tage Grove, Wednesday.
Friday while Fugit decisioned
Buzz Baker, Canard club, to at
tain the deciding round.
Bill Swibinski, Beta Theta Pi,
and Homer Thomas, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, are slated to tangle in the
165-pound final. The former quali
fied and he triumphed over Paul
Bocci, ATO, in 1:52. Thomas
earned his position when he wor
POTENT AGAINST BEAVERS
It was Hank Anderson’s (above) eight biff points that had a lot to
do with the Wehfoots’ victory over the Beavers in Corvallis last niffht.
Hank was kayoed by a football block from John Mandic late in the
game.
from Neil Farnham, Fiji, after 49
seconds of tussling.
By virtue of a decision over Heed
Gurney, ATO, Dave Scroggins,
SAE, gets a crack at the 155
pound finals title. Opposing him
will be Don Vernier, Canard club,
; who threw Elirnian Giustinn, Kap
pa Sigma in a fierce contest in the
I time 8:51.
One hundred and forty-five*
| pound survivors are Jim Lee, Zcta
I hall, and Wilbur Osterloh, inde
pendent. Lee was successful over
John Craig, Beta in 4:11 while
Cam Collier, Phi Psi, fell before
Osterloh in a decision.
The ATOs boasted another fin
alist in Gene Cobb in the 135
pound weight grouping, who will
meet Diek Burns, Sigma Chi in the
rulminating tiff. Cobb defeated
Doug Hay, ATO, whereas Burns
won a 1-minute, 40-second clash
from Jim Maize, Delta Tail Delta.
Hay had previously reached the
semi-finals when he downed Jack
Six, Phi Delt, in 2 minutes. Like
wise, Maize won from Byron Mayo
aTO in 2:09 to earn a crack at
the semi-finals.
None of last year’s champion?
are slated for this season's finals,
having either never entered com
petition or having been dropped
by the way.
National Champs
To Appear Here
Shedler Has Weight
Troubles; Heath
Brightens Picture
University of Oregon mittmen
will meet the National Champion
ship boxing squad of San Jose
State, informed persons said last
night.
The Jose's will probably visit
McArthur court during the third
week in February.
Date Not Set
Although a definite date has not
been set, it is hoped that a meet
will be set for February 20 or 21.
The California club dominated
Pacific coast competition last year
losing only one meet in five
canvas matches in which the
Spartans wound up in second
place behind Idaho’s inspired ring
men.
From that 1940 championship
tea mall except one man are back
in togs for this season. He is Tom
Philipps, heavyweight, who is at
Camp Murray with the National
Guard.
Spartan’s standout, little Dick
Miyagawa—a classy 118-pounder
from Honolulu, Hawaii, was unde
feated In last year’s competition
and two years ago slugged his way
into the national AAU finals In
Boston, Massachusetts.
Coach Vaughn Corley has a
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