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Oregon has dropped that fatal fourth game, and perhaps
the Webfoots will be pushed out of a few more (nine remain,
including- tonight’s with Oregon State) before spring wraps
basketball up and everybody’s fickle fancy turns to track.
Ordinarily, when a coach senses that spectre of hopelessness
hovering over him and threatening to swoop down and envelope
him. he Avill retreat into a little cubby hole labeled, “Rebuild
ing, for next year.” What a very convenient little place in
which to be, for anything disastrous that befalls his team
from then on in is due wholly to noble experiment aimed at
creating a team of championship calibre for that elusive next
year.
No HciHelujah Spot
Hut not Oregon Basketball Coach Howard “Hobby” Hobson.
Oregon has lost that fatal fourth ; it ’s been recorded for every
body to stare at glumly and weep; by the Oregonian’s Mr.
Gregory s iron-girdled four-down-and-you’re-just-about-out
tii 1 e. the Webfoots’ probabilities of thrashing up into the halle
lujah spot (the possibilities are there, though) are not worth
mil'll more than a shovel full of postwar German marks. But
Hobson hasn’t raised that “we’re building- for next year”
whisper, and he never will.
“I believe in winning the greatest number of games
possible during a season,” remarked the sombre-voiced
Hobson, and added significantly that he didn’t particularly
believe in building fer the season-to-come with material
he has on hand for any immediate campaign.
This is compatible with a statement Hobson uttered on the
eve of an Oregon-OSC basketball game last year: “I will never
put a team on any field or floor if I think it doesn’t have a
chance to win.” ^
On Mr. Heniges
Gn the outcome of tonight’s Webfoot-Beaver brawl this ob
server steadfastly refuses to comment analytically. Of one
thing he is almost certain, however, and that is that the referee
won t be “Holy Joe" Heniges. For according to Barometer
Sports Editor Jack Vermuel, Slats Gill won’t play his Beavers
if they have to cringe under the ubiquitous gaze of Mr.
Heniges.
In fact, Vermuel asserts that hapless Mr. Heniges was
severely threatened with physical maltreatment by a horde
of partisan Beaver students the last time he had the mas
culine effrontery to race around the Corvallis men’s gym
and scream, “Foul!” at OSC players.
Oregon students remember Heniges for his tremendous wont
to call fouls during the Washington-Oregon hoop series in
Eugene, particularly in the first game. At first, this observer
thought that Mr. Heniges was simply fascinated by the toot of
a whistle, for the sbrill yell of a whistle certainly is fascinating,
so is the whistle itself for that matter.
eeck ot Experience
It is now believed, however, that perhaps Mr. Heniges' lack
of experience in actually refereeing in the oft-referred-to “big
time,” was the basic reason for his overanxious and frequent
resort to the whistle. Up to and including last season, Heniges
was a junior partner in the Emil Piluso-Heniges combo.
Today’s colossal Oregon-OSC court battle will be pre
ceded by a swim carnival in Corvallis which pits Oregon’s
freshmen against the Rooks in the morning and the Duck
varsity against the Beaver tank squad in the afternoon.
Two weeks ago the Beavers travelled to Eugene and were
pitiably splashed over by Mike Hoyman’s Aqua-Ducks, 63 to 12.
Following the meet, the OSC Barometer, student publication,
ran an appeal by the Beaver swimming coach for one freestyle
swimmer.
Gross Understatement
What a gross piece of understatement. Since the Orange
coach Vas wishing he could round up even one new swimmer,
lie should have made the wish good and issued a plea for an
entire new outfit. He needs it.
Oregon nearly lost one more of its amazing sophomore pad
dlers recently, when Distance Star Jack Kobinson was tem
porarily shelved because of a leg injury received in a recent
auto mishap. He has recovered, however, and will be in there
giving the Beavers nothing but trouble.
JL
THE COWBOY CROONER
Gene Autry in
'Sierra Sue'
— also —
Dennis O’Keefe and
Judith Anderson in
'Lady Scarface'
JUNGLE THRILLS!
'Tarzan's Secret
Treasure'
with Johnny Weismuller
and Maureen 0 ’Sullivan
— also —
Shirley Temple and
Herbert Marshall in
'Kathleen
Freshmen Nick
Rook Ouint. 44-3
Yearlings
Garner
Revenge
By HARRY GLICKMAN
University of Oregon’s
freshman basketeers unloos
ened a deadly scoring attack
in the second half to erase a
24-22 Oregon State halftime
lead and defeat the Rooks 44
to 35 in a “little civil war’’
basketball fracas at McArthur
court last night.
The Frosh bottled up the Beav
er offense and took complete
command of backboard play,
while finding the range at the
basket with a barrage of shot.
A1 Popick dwindled the Beaver
halftime lead to one point by
sinking a freethrow, but gift
tosses by Hal Martinson and
Mickey Brophey gave the Rooks a
26-23 lead.
Tied Up 26-All
Roy Seeborg netted a free
throw and Sammy Crowell tied
the score at 26 with a beautiful
left hand pivot shot, with five
minutes of the half gone. This
basket started the Duckling rally,
with Crowell scoring again on a
dribble in to put the Frosh in
front.
Popick scored from the key
hole on a pivot shot, followed
by Seeborg who took a pass
from Crowell and scored on a
drive in to the basket. He fol
lowed this by picking up a free
ball under the Frosh basket
and swishing a lay in. Seeborg
tallied again on a dribble in to
give the Frosh a 10-point 36-26
advantage, midway through the
half.
Erland Anderson sank a gifter
for the Rooks and Brophy scored
on a lay in for the first Rook field
goal of the half, making the score
36-29. Ethan Dale’s free throw
cut the Frosh advantage to six
points, but this was the closest
the Rooks could come. Oregon
protected its ’lead successfully,
and dominated the play during
the remainder of the game.
Rooks Take Lead
Oregon State grabbed an early
lead in the game, taking a 4-0
lead. Baskets by Crowell, See
borg, and Crowell again put the
Frosh in front 6-4. They contin
ued to hold the lead, stretching
their advantage to 12-5, when A1
Popick got “hot” and dunked
three successive baskets.
The Rooks tied the score at
16, when Dale made a long
push shot from the side. Popick
put the Frosh in front again
but once more Dale scored on
another howitzer and the count
was knotted at 18. Roy Seeborg
made two free throws but An
derson and Dale combined gift
tosses to tie the score again at
MOVED OVER!
KAY K¥6ER and
JOHN BARRYMORE
in
'PLAYMATES'
20 each. OSC took their 24-22
halftime lead on field goals by
Jim Finlay and Dale, while Bob
Reynolds scored for Oregon.
The victory evened the series at
one game each, the Rooks having
defeated John Warren’s Duck
lings at Corvallis last week, 38-30.
The two teams meet again Feb
ruary 20 and 21, with the first
game scheduled for Eugene and
the second at Corvallis.
Jack Hannam, Frosh center
who played stellar ball under the
backboards, was forced out of the
game late in the second half when
he suffered an eye injury in a
scramble under the Rook basket.
Ethan Dale was high scorer for
the Rooks and also the game,
tossing in 15 points. Roy Seeborg
and A1 Popick divided scoring
honors for the Frosh, with 13
points each.
Summary:
OSC (35) F(1 FT PF TP
Finlay, f .3 10 7
Brophy, f .2 0 4 4
Anderson, c . 2 3 3 7
Martinson, g .0 2 12
Dale, g.;.5 5 3 15
Bower, f .0 0 0 0
Kohler, f.0 0 0 0
Hellberg, f .0 0 0 0
Johnson, f.0 0 0 0
Totals .12 11 11 35
Oregon (44) FG FT PF TP
Seeborg, f.4 5 1 13
Erlandson, f.1 13 3
Hannam, c .0 0 2 0
Crowell, g.5 1 2 11
A. Popick, g .6 1 4 13
Reynolds, f.2 0 14
Bloomquist, f .0 0 0 0
Asselstine, c .0 0 2 0
Folquet, g ..0 0 10
Totals ..18 8 16 44
Halftime score: OSC 24, Ore
gon 22.
Missed free throws: Finlay 2,
Kohler 1, Brophy 1, Anderson 1,
Martinson 2, Dale 1, Seeborg 2.
Reynolds 1, Asselstine 2.
Officials: Ed Sicgmund, Eu
gene, referee; Bill Tomshek, Cor
vallis, umpire.
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By JOE MILLER
It begins to look problematical
whether anyone is going to stop
the Betas in the “B”. . . . They
pour hordes and hordes into their
games, and if one of their teams
can’t score, the other one or two
is bound to. Tough Tony Crish
heads one, Hugh Crawford anoth
er, and By Osborne still another.
. . . Reminds one of Texas (What
a horrible memory) with their
Crain team, Layden team, etc.
ATO Ralph Dunn is just about
the hottest thing in the “A”
league. He has averaged 17
markers per game against compe
tition like Sigma Nu, PiKap, etc.
Tommy Roblin, PiKap and Kappa
Sig Jim Higgins have also kissed
the cords with a more than con
siderable number of buckets. .*. .
Ted Sarpola is about the best
ref to show in the IMs. Plenty
think he could show a few so
called big-time refs a trick of
the trade. “Scrappy” Rhea, an
other top official, lets the boys
know they’ve been bad in a very
firm and authoritative way. Few
will argue his decisions.
Interdorm League Starts
An Interdorm league gets un
der way today on the maples of
McArthur court, and it is ru
mored that the champs from this
league are going to challenge all
comers. It might be interesting,
if anything. ... If they are go
ing to take on a champ frater
nity outfit, the skyscraping Sig
ma Nus stand as good a chance
or better than anyone. Seeping
at the seams with power in the
persons of John Bubalo, Russ
Nowling, “Bongo” Williamson,
John Orth, and so forth, they
have not only swamped every
body they’ve met, but have taken
so much out of them that these
opponents have lost a lot. of their
effectiveness in their next games.
Among their principal contend
ers, the Sigma Chis have lost
Jim Shephard, who was most of
their offense and defense in un
der-basket melees, the Betas blow
alternately hot and cold (If they
catch the Nus hot, it will be
something to see), and the Phi
Delts deliberate slow break style
may take too long to warm in the
abbreviated IM games.
Note to Tommy Iloblin—Tom
is about one of the gamest,
most colorful athletes in Ore
gon history.... Those that
watched him on the gridiron
last fall can say very little
against him. Certainly his spon
taneous and sincere ovation
that he got in the OSC game
is a tribute to his never say die,
courageous brand of football.
But lately, Rainbow has been
hurting that ^ine feeling about
him. Men that have played
against him in IM casaba play
have said, “So that’s the gre,at
Tom Roblin. He doesn’t show me
much.” One official said he was
going to move to bar Roblin from
all IM athletics, because of poor -
sportsmanship. Now, Robby is
not a poor sport, but for the
good o£ all concerned, he should
refrain from exhibitions like that
displayed in the Canard game a
few days ago.
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February 1st
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