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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1942)
By the time our linotype operator lias got this stuff pounded into molten lead and ready to slap into the page Oregon will have played Washington and the sport scribes will he scribbling the account of the game. The opening game of the Oregon State-Washington State will also be known. Nevertheless the two series are of such importance that something should be said about, them. The experts say Washington and Oregon State to sweep the series. A matter of opinion. Oregon to Win—How? For the “Oregon for Champs” enthusiasts we’ll show how by sweeping this series Oregon can win the conference. To keep things straight we'll have Oregon State an<f Washington State split their games. The double win at Seattle would put the Ducks on top of the heap, five wins and two losses. After that we would call the Webfoots to take two out of three of the remaining games with Oregon State, seven wins against 3 losses. Then comes the Inland Empire trip. A split with Wash ington State and a double win over Idaho if someone will throttle Ray Turner. The standing, 10 to 4. That leaves the two games with Idaho which the Ducks would win on their own court.' The final, 12 and 4. Washington will lose one to WSC— Oregon champs. ^ Where’s the catch? you ask. Well, the Ducks probably won’t sweep the series with Washington—a split would be a good showing. The rest is possible. Of course a question mark dangles over the Oregon State series but on this campus we know who’ll win those. But if Washington takes both ends of the series on their own shaky court things will, in turn, look bright for the Ilusikes. It would put them out in front of the field six and two with the hardest part of their schedule over with. Now let’s suppose a split in the Seattle games and take a look at the Washington Statc-Oregou State series. A double v, in by either team would move them up near the top. Wash ington State would take over with six and three, or the Beavers would move into second place with four and three. Be advised, _^gse are dreams. Objectively Oregon will have a good season if they finish nine and seven. The league is tough this year. Turner Has a Chance As to scoring records and pros and cons as to whether they'll tumble this year, Ray Turner, Vandal forward, has the best chance to do the trick. His 13.6 average pei^game to date is impressive. If he were playing for a top team he might do the trick. Even at that he has one advantage that no one else in the league has except Lew Beck of Oregon State. He doesn’t have to play against two “slow ’em down” teams as every other scorer in the league does. Idaho is undoubt edly a team that would rather keep the scoring down— j^rab a lead and then play percentage ball. The column still thinks that the top scorer for the league will be George Andrews. He's the coolest player in the top scoring bracket and that alone will make a big difference when the going gets hard. Some Baseball Dope Not meaning to rush the season we’d still like to take a few glances into baseball. Hobby would like to have one pitcher One pitcher would make him happy because it’s too much to pray for any more. Bob Reider and Nick Begleries are his oidy carryovers from last year and they both took their turns at getting cuffed around by the opposing batters. Hobby will have back the best outfield in the conference, and as far as that goes it will compare favorably with any college outfield in the country. From left to right it will read Bill barney, Dick Whitman, and John Bubalo. Not only do they cover the outfield well but they also do a sweet job at the plate. Hobby’s baseball crew is riddled by graduation, the army, and defense jobs. To be filled will be the catching spot as Billy Calvert, has quit school. At first base Chuck Clifford, who would have been a junior this year, didn’t return to school. Don Kirsch will be back at the keystone spct but the rest of the infield is open with the graduation last year of Buck Berry and Bill Hamel’s going into the army. The dreary part is that the replacements from the frosli team aren’t what they could be. Pete Peterson, catcher on the frosh last year, is a good player but he hasn't the weight or expedience to step into the job. Bill Gissberg could have taken over first base but Atherton got him. It might be Dick Burns, frosh from last year who took over the first base duties when ^Gissberg was pitching, who will handle the sack. Tony Crish, who does a bit of everything, and does it well, may get the -art! too. The left side of the infield will be the weak spot. Bob Farrow, probably the best prospect on the frosh team from last year, might step in at either third or short. The other posi tion will be harder to fill. Due ngs Tangle With Rooks Today 9M daop, *7hsiaAitUtqA (Continued from pa'’e four) vis and Bunny Potts fired the Theta Chis with 8 and 6 points apiece, while big Dick Warren, handicapped by a little referee trouble, poured in 10 to lead the hallmen. The Theta Chis ran up an early lead, which proved to be enough to stay ahead of the last period surge of scrapping hallmen. An encrmous Phi Delt team, tabbed as a topflight contend er, did not show much in push ing a hard-trying, but inept Yeomen quint, 2 to 6, in the final “A” game. The Phis had to rely or Chuck Wright, an unsung performer for them, to swish for 10 points, to give them their comfortable margin of victory. Brown and A1 Dellar played a prominent part for the Yeomen in smothering the vaunted Phi Delt offense, but their offense rarely got past the center line, and poor pass ing kept them from making the margin any closer. The score was 6 to 4 at the half, and the deliberate, slow break of the PDTs kept the score to such a modest figure. 4-H Club The Phi Psis, who before their stunning victory today, were known as the 4-H club—Hapless, Hopeless, Hoopless, and Helpless, got a “shot in the arm" by squeezing past a lousey Sherry Ross alleged quintet, 15 to 13 in overtime. Everybody, but the ref eree played, and for all the fouls Sarpola had to call, he probably did more work than both teams put together. The hallmen started out as if they were going to run it up, leading 7 to 0 after a few minutes of play. That was about as far as they got, as the Phi Psis crept up to 11 to 7 at the half, and rambled in the second half against a makeshift Sherry Ross outfit. With it all tide up at 13-all the hallmen put back their varsity, but the starving Phi Psis were not to be denied. Ted Klehmet hit a wobbly bas ket from the keyhole to give them a lead at the beginning of the overtime, which could not be overcome by the hallmen. The Phis played “Ring around the Rose" with the ball till the time ran out, and had a 15 to 13 win. The final taxi dance of the “B” league saw the Sigma Nus beat Kirkwood by the margin of a touchdown and the extra point, 13 to G. Ashccni and Car ney had fun for the Nus, while A1 Ordway tried hard for the co-opmen. I think even the Steers twins got into this one. Which subtly expresses the character of the play. Frosh, Uni Hi Paddle Today By WALLY HUNTER University of Oregon’s freshman swimmers, and University high school’s as yet untried mermen, square off in the men’s pool today, and the Webfoot frosli are instated in the favorites position by. virtue of their last ditch battle with the Oregon State Rooks. Meet time is 4 o’clock in the men’s pool on the campus. No admission charge will be made. The University high team, usually a better than average outfit. has yet to have a meet this sea son, and so their strength is not known. Last season they entered five meets and emerged victorious in half of these. Coach Tom Huston revealed last night that he too is in the dark about his charges and won’t be able to tell anything about them until the conclusion of the meet today. Co-Captains Lead Leading the charge of the Ore gon frosh will be Co-captains Earl Walters and A1 Peterson. This outstanding pair dominated, the lanes in the Rook clash and carted off a large percentage of the Ducks’ total. To complete the weekend’s tank program, the varsity will spend a portion of Saturday in working on pool technique. They will start at 2 o’clock. The varsity yesterday went through a bristling intersquad scramble that was one of the. most fiery exhibitions put on by the Webfoots this season. Coach Hoyman and his varsity lads are working hard in prepara tion cfr their next scheduled meet with Oregon State, a week from today. After lacing the Beavers so badly in the first meet of the year the Webfoots will work on times in the return go. This will in turn prepare the Webfoots for a meet- with the University of Washington Hus kies on February 14. If the Ducks can submerge the hopes of the Huskies it will put them in rank ing position in the Northern di vision. f Corvallis Hoopmen Favored Freshman teams from Oregon and Oregon State, their abilities unknown, clash tonight at Cor vallis in the opening contest of the “little civil war” series. Game time has been set at 8:15 o’clock. Both yeitr.mg outfits boast ex ceptional records. The Oregon State Rooks have won four tilts without a hitch. One defeat has been charged against the Oregon Ducklings, which is more than offset by four victories. No Prediction Given Duckling Mentor John Warren refused to advance any predic tion as to the outcome of the curtain-raiser with the baby Probable Starting Lineups: Oregon Oregon State Erlandson F . Dale Seeborg F Brophy Denton -C .. Anderson Crowell G. Finlay A. Poplck G Johnson Beavers. ‘‘I don’t know how we will fare tonight,” he declared, and added that Oregon State was reported as “good.” "Tltey have five outstanding high school players in the state playing for them,” W’arren said. A man for man defense will be used against the Rooks, at least at the game’s outset, the Oregon frosh headman revea.'ed. Oregon State was doped out as undoubtedly employing the typical Beaver “slow stuff.” In contrast Oregon’s yearlings will use the fast break, hurry-it up style. Seehorg Starts Starting for the Ducks will be Bob Erlandson and Roy Seeborg at forwards, Royal Denton at center, and Sammy Crowell and A1 Popick at guards, according to Warren. 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