Duck
Tracks
By BOB FLAVELLE, Co-Sports Editor
With the all-campus boxing show now in progress, it
seems to be a good time to throw a little light on the pugil
istic situation at the University of Oregon.
1 p to last season, file slugfests between Oregon and Oregon
State were annual sporting events. The teams would meet
twice a year, once in Corvallis and once in Eugene to decide
which school was superior in the so-called manly art of self
defense. Sadly enough, Oregon State won the matches with
disgusting regularity and interest in the squared circle combat
took a nose dive at the University.
Oregon Has Yet to Win!
Curiosity led me to take a look at the back records of boxing
history between the Beavers and Webfoots and the findings
were none too pleasant. With the exception of last year, when
Oregon Coach Vaughn Corley kept his men out of competition
because they wferc so inexperienced, the twro teams had met
every year since 192G and in each tournament the ringsters
from Corvallis walked off with the verdict . . . usually by over
whelming margins.
It is no wonder that fans have lost interest in boxing.
People like to see their favorites win once in a while, or at
least put up a close fight in defeat. No one likes to go to
a smoker and see matches in which one man takes a terrific
lacing because he has been thrown in against a man who is
far too strong, ring-wise, and experienced.
Year in and year out that was the case. The Beaver leather
throwers had the benefit of good coaching and fine equipment.
Interest in the sport zoomed high when Jim Dixon took over
the coaching duties. Today the Corvallis boxing gym is swarm
ing with young men eager to learn the fundamentals of the
game. Well over 50 men are now fighting it out for positions
on the Beaver varsity.
Boxing Is on the Upgrade
At Oregon the sport is still in the pioneer stage. Last year
■was the first that the University boxers had the benefit of a
head, coach. Before that time, the most experienced varsity
man ran the affairs of the squad. The equipment, what there
is of it, is good, but there is not enough of it to handle a decent
sized boxing turnout.
Despite handicaps of inadequate equipment and disor
ganization, Assistant Coach Pete Riley took over the coach
ing duties last fall while Corley was occupied with varsity
football, and as a result of a lot of hard work, has molded
a formidable aggregation of boxers. Boxers which, in my
opinion, are capable of giving the lads from Beaverville a
going-over if a meeting between the two schools can be
arranged this year.
Now that Oregon State is in t lie big time as far as inter-col
legiate boxing is concerned, their coach has had no trouble in
filling out his schedule for the season. Since Oregon withdrew
from competition last year, Dixon did not save a date for the
renewal of the annual clashes, but went ahead and booked some!
of the toughest teams in the nation. As a result, Dixon sends
word that nothing definite can be said concerning an Oregon
Oregon State boxing smoker this year. If he has an open date
. . . the Webfoots will most certainly get an opportunity to
knock off the Beavers.
All-Campus Ring Finals Today
So that's the situation . . . we have a good bunch of fighters,
with strong men in all classes but the bantam and featherweight
divisions . . . and as yet there have been no bouts scheduled.
With the finals of the all-campus boxing tournament coming
up at 4 this afternoon in the PE building, it will be a good op
portunity for fisticuff followers to get a look at some of the
material that Corley and Riley have developed. The letter
winners of last season have been held out, but such men as Merle
Hanseom, Pete Riley, Jim Bailey, and Jim Shephard are sched
uled to mix it for three two-minute rounds of fast action . . .
Don't worry, the show won’t cost a cent—it's free to everyone.
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WSC Five Drops Oregon Fourth Time
Webfoots Clipped
Again, 50 to 47
Win Gives Washington State Sweep
Of Duck-Cougar Series; Hank Anderson
Leads Scoring With 17; Townsend Gets 12
Oregon's traveling Webfoots were all but counted out of the
northern division Pacific Coast conference basketball race last
night as they took their fourth straight licking from the Wash
ington State Cougars in Pullman, f>() to 47. It gave the Cougars
a clean sweep of the four-game series.
It was 26 to 22 for the Ducks at half time and the Oregons
were clicking, but after the rest
period WSC came firing back to
capture the lead.
Hank Anderson, scoring 17
points for shooting honors, Vic
Townsend, and George “Porky"
Andrews literally ran the Cougars
into the floor during the first per
iod but the Palouse lads came back
to win the game going away
“Anderson Specials”
The game was just seconds old
when Butts and Dale Gentry push
ed in a pair of field goals to put
the Cougars out in front, 4 to 0.
But Hank Anderson got loose for
a pair of “Anderson Specials" to
knot the count. From then on to
the end of the period the score was
tied nine times. Anderson could
n’t miss in that first half and
racked up ten points. Borcher,
checking big Paul Lindeman who
scored 19 points in Tuesday night's
game, held the Washington State
center to nine points.
A scant four minutes after the
start of the second period, saw
Dosskey tie the score with a
howitzer at 28 to 28. Then the
Cougars moved up to a six
point lead—their greatest in the
game. But shots by Evert Mc
Neeley, Andrews and Anderson
tied the score again at 35 to 35.
Butts tipped in a rebound to put
the Cougars ahead again and
from then on they were never
headed
Oregon Becomes Desperate
With a few minutes to go in
the game, Oregon became desper
ate. Anderson, attempting to get
in position for a shot, jostled Owen
Hunt and the two came to blows.
A few seconds later Anderson left
the game on four personal fouls.
Townsend who hit for 12 points
stole the ball and dribbled the full
length of the floor to end the Web
foots’ scoring.
Summaries:
Oregon (47) (50) WSC
Anderson, f, 17 . 11, f, Butts
Borcher, f, 2 .9, c, Lindcman
Marshik, c . 3, g, Sundquist
Andrews, g, 9 . 6, g, Hunt
Townsend, g 12 .5, f. Gilberg
Irvin, Nelson
Will Co-Captain
Frosh Mermen
Ducklings Given
Chance to Upset
Varsity in Meet
Bob Irvin, Piedmont, California
sprint man, and Chuck Nelson,
Portland backstroke star, were ap
pointed co-captains of the 1941
frosh team by Coach Mike Hoy
man and will lead their team
against the varsity in the second
frosh-varsity meet next Saturday.
Irvin turned in an outstanding
performance last Saturday in grals
bing off two first places from the
varsity sprinters in the 60-and 100
yard freestyle events. Nelson, a
former Multnomah club swimmer,
dropped a close one to Callis of the
varsity in the 150-yard backstroke
race Saturday, after having beat
en him earlier in the season.
Coach Mike Hoyman, after eval
uating the “unknown qualities”
last Saturday, has rearranged this
week’s meet to give each team its
best possible chance. On the basis
of the frosh showing last week
and the fact that Bob Hiatt will
rejoin the frosh for the meet,
Coach Hoyman has gone out on
the limb to give the Ducklings an
even or better than even chance
of winning seven out of eight
events. Hiatt’s return as a breast
stroke man materially strengthens
the frosh in that event and the
relays.
McNeeley, f, 7 . f, Hooper
Taylor, f . 3, c, Zimmerman
Sidesinger, f. g, Akins
Borrevik, c.g, Mahan
Jackson, g . 2, g, Dosskey
Kirsch, g .11, f, Gentry
Officials: Nelson and Belko.
SALICA HOLDS TITLE
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Lou Salica of Brooklyn, Now York, retains his world bantamweight
championship by gaining the decision in 15 rounds over Tommy Forte,
in Philadelphia. Forte is shown here as ho ducks one of Salica's
punches. Salka's eye is slowly closing here.
Helliwell Men's
Store Cage Quint
Drops Ducklings
Pavalunas Scores
13 Points; First
Loss for Frosh
The frosh basketball team
dropped their first encounter of
the season last night when a more
experienced Helliwell Toggery
team put on a torrid last-half rally
led by Matt Pavalunas to push the j
yearlings under by a 47 to 381
score.
Matt Pavalunas led the indc]M'it- j
dent team with 13 points, most of ,
which he collected in the last half J
drive. Bob Newland, frosh guard
sparked the Ducklings with 111
counters.
The frosh started their “run and |
score” tactics early in the game
and rang up an early 11 to 3 lead.
They held the advantage to the
half time when they were ahead
by a 25 to 14 score.
Veterans Were Too Much
The experienced play of such
players as Ted Sarpola, Pavalunas,
and Jack Butterworth proved too
much for the frosh in the second
half, and the strong independent
team moved out in front to grab
a lead which they never relin
quished.
Summary:
Frosh, 38 47, Hclliwcll's
Sheridan, 9.F. 2, Swanson
Dick, 6.F 8, Butterworth
Jackson, 8.C. 4, Tracy
Newland, 11.G. 5, French
Gissberg, 3.G. 1, Sokolich
Substitutes—Frosh: Wren, Si
STARTER
Archie Marshik, Oregon center,
started the fourth Washington
Stat ('-Oregon game last night in
Pullman, Washington. Marshik
scored no points. Oregon lost the
game, 50 to 47.
merson, 1; Helliwell's: Sarpola, 9,
Grimes, 4, Peck 1, Minor, Pava
lunas, 13.
Betas, SAEs, Phi Delts Cop
Donut *A’ Moop Games;
B’ League Action Starts
By PHIL BURCO
Beta Theta Ti sent a chill into
opposing intramural basketball
teams yesterday when its five-man
squad downed Sigma Alpha Mu,
40 to 8. Definitely to be a chal
lenger in this year’s race, the Beta
men started tossing at the first.
Large, rugged and fast, the, “A”
league Betas didn't gave the Sam
mies a chance to shoot, always in
possession of the ball, always push
ing forward.
Another team not to be counted
out in the 1941 intramural con
test, Phi Delta Theta, swept
through a tight Delta Tail Delta
zone defense to win, 28 to 15. Led
by Pete Igoc, the Phi Delts took
a small 4 to 3 first quarter lead
and increased that to 12 to 6 by
half time.
In the first “B" game of the sea
son, Phi Delta Theta defeated
Sigma Alpha Mu, 24 to 20. It was
an extremely close game all the
way.
Phi Delts, 28
Btiley, 5.
Igoe, 14
Dickson, 7
Burns, 2
Holmes
Substitutions
ties, 2.
SAM, 8
Packouz, 2
Riback, 4
Cantor...
Nudclman.
Perlman..
15, Delta Tail Delta
F.6, Baxter
F Hewitt
C. 3, Spelly
G. ... 1, Siewert
G 3, Barnett
Delts: Hoyt, Bat
40, Beta Theta Pi
F. 7, Ncwquist
F 9, Craig
C 10, Jayne
G 4, Johnson
G.4, Leonard
Substitutions SAM: Wolman, 2,
Durkheimer: Beta: Osburne, G.
Phi Dell “F
Wimberly, 8
Church, 2.
Johnson, 2
Galbrcath, 6
Bonuison
Substitutions
Terry, 4, Olson
Saltzinan.
24 30, SAM “B”
F . G, Shimshak
K.4, Barrie
. C.0, Harris
G. 4, Benders
G. 1, Stein
Phi Delt: Six,
2, Holmes. SAM.:
Gloom Hits Duck Matmen
B.v H ALLY HUNTER
They're hanging erepe in the
Oregon \i restlmg camp. Reports is
suing from the heads of the grap
pling departments are as black as
thn inside of a Pittsburg chimney
sweep’s hat.
In the first plane the Oregon
State Beavers have a place on the
Duck schedule on January 31. Sen
ondly. Big Hal Kascbko. aer 175
pounder has pulled up with a game
knee that has forced him to cur
tail training And to top this all
I -ff Mici itif^o iVic.
sin-face only cue man that the
wrestlers could really use -and In
hasn't shown up for practice—yet.
Will Win Marches
Although pessimism is as thick
a? the mats they wrestle on. the
Duck smew' stretchers are slaving
daily and the sweat and chips can
fall where they may Says Lloyd
Koehler, Duck assistant coach, "We
don't expect to win any meets but
we'll try to win more matches,''
It would take an old man with
a long gray beard to remember
when the Oregon grappling squad
as had anything to ehirp about
and the wrestlers of today are
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p<ngn m hopej of throning tlm.
"intUition" into the ashesn.
Koi'hlrr also announced whal
will probably hr thr lineup whon
the Ducks open the season. Koeh
ler said that the men in the 145
ami 165-pound weights will prob
ably be interchangeable.
Tentative Lineup
The following is a tentative hat
of Webfoots:
125 pounds, -loo Wong; 128
pounds. Allister HUH, 1'15 pounds,
Henri D’Hlbs, Earl Nichols; 115
pound , Most Myers. Hal Schleuler;
155 pounds, Don Holst, Stan Watt;
166 pounds, Kay Foster; 170
pound- Hul Uiav^-'
weight, fiejd F-bta.
By FRED TREAIMIOLI)
Three more lop-sided tussles
marked Wednesday’s intramural
hoop action on court 43. Zeta hall
fell heneath a ruthless Sigma Al
pha Epsilon attack in the lone “A”
league contest, 33 to 12. In “B”
circuit encounters, Kappa Sigma
put on a last period attack to draw
away from Canard club, 20 to 14,
while the Awful Awfuls soundly
whacked Phi Kappa Psi, 24 to 6.
Charles Clifford was the 8AE
big gun as he flipped six field
goals and two foul tosses through
the hoop for 14 of the total—more
than the entire Zeta team could
muster. Halftime scoro favored
the winners, 17 to 4.
Zeta, 13 8AK, 33
Martini, 1.F. 4, Leonard
Apa, 2.F... .... 14, Clifford
Keller, 3.C. 5, Ricder
Golden, 4.G. 5, Smith
Dollarhide, 2.G..4, Becknor
Substitutions Zola: Kichcson;
SAE: Schulz, 1.
Kappa Sigs Win
It was yeoman-like service of
John Lansing that kept the Kappa
STRUCK OUT
Kill (Slugger) Moore, former
iria ji>r league baseball player, has
gaes luu litii t«il game. He died
early ui January.
Eight Bouts Wind Up
All-Campus Slugging
Eight fights today! Clenched fists, padded with leather, will pound
and push against painfully yielding flesh in seven final all-campus
bouts. The boxing matches start at 4 o'clock in the boxing room of
the PE building, and at their completion seven champions will be
crowned.
George Thorpe automatically won the 120-pound title when no oth
THURSDAY’S DONUT
BASKETBALL GAMES
4—Court 38—Beta Theta Pi
(B) vs. Sigma Nu; court 43—
Campbell co-op (B) vs. Chi Psi.
4:40—Court 38—Alpha hall
(B) vs. Delta Upsilon; court 43
—Alpha Tau Omega (B) vs. Pi
Kappa Alpha.
5:20—Court 38—Gamma hall
(B) vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon;
court 43—Theta Chi (B) vs.
Delta Tau Delta.
Hendricks, Suzij
Coed Hoopers Win
Hendricks hall girls downed a
fast-breaking Gamma Phi team,
22 to 14, in a game that marked
the Hendricks girls as one of the
teams to land on top this season.
Ethel Dixon, Hendricks cap
tain, took individual scoring hon
ors with 10 points, while Susan
Huffaker, spark of the Gamma
Phi team, garnered 7 points.
Halftime score stood 14 to 10 for
the victors. Alpha Xi Delta for
feited to Susan Campbell.
Sig B's in front of Canard club.
All he did was drop in 13 points
to seize top scoring honors. Clar
ence Krueger was Canard's main
threat having nine markers.
Canard, 14 20, Kappa Sig
Stanhurst.F. Kelly
Somers.F. 13, Lansing
Williams, 1....C. 4, Higgfiivs,
Kreuger, 9.G.Corbett
Butzin, 2.G. 2, Moore
Substitutions —Canard: McClel
lan, Baker, 2, Venier, Hersh; Kap
pa Sig: Girdlestone, Montag, Earl,
Gcrtson, 1, Giustina.
Northwestern university's first
five football teams were coached
by their captains and the first sal
aried Wildcat coach was a player.
or contestants signed in tnat
weight class.
Joe Wong anil Ward Christen
sen will sling their best efforts
hit or miss, in the 127-pound di
vision.
The 135-pound class will be de
cided between Duke Warner and
Will Heath. Warner punched his
way into the finals yesterday by
giving Chuck Taylor more than he
wanted.
Chet Sergeant runs into tough
opposition—none other than Pete
Riley in the 145 pound finals. Ril
ey won the state AAU champion
ship last year in that weight. Ser
geant earned his try at Riley by
beating Dick Anderson yesterday.
Don Vernier and Merle Hans
com take a whirl at the 155
pound crown. Hanscoin helted
John Detweiler out of the run
ning yesterday, while Karl Zim
merman obligingly forfeited
Vernier to the finals.
Vernier is the No. 1 iron man
of the tourney. He has also enter
ed the 165-pound finals by out
slugging a bleeding Ed Rodgers.
Gil Geitner is the man to take on
Vernier in his second fight today.
Patton in Finals
Hersch Patton, football center,
blasted away at Clay Pond and
managed to come out with a de
cision—and a chance at the 175
pound finals. Buzz Baker and
Kern Smith must first battle
away for three rounds before the
other finals, it is decided.
Those big men—the heavy
weights—will provide the end to
tourney and possibly the best bout.
Jim Bailey and Jim Shephard will
battle it out. Bailey chopped away
at Ray Marlowe and came out with
a close decision, while Shephard
put Bill Freiwald away in short
time yesterday. Freiwald was
bleeding at the nose and mouth
when the. fight was stopped in the
second round. Shephard was
awarded a technical KO.
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