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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1942)
Crucial Hoop Brawl Erupts in Corvallis *V'-' I; ii. J pf> i By, FRED TREADGOLD The finis to a furious series will be written tonight and tiatu relay evening- when those two ancient rivals, Oregon and Oregon State mix things up in a critical brace of games. To r.ight, the third tilt of the series will be held in Corvallis’ “pocket-sized” gym at 8 o’clock, and then Saturday the teams move over to Eugene for the concluding tussle. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS Oregon Taylor.F Fuhrman F L. Jackson C Kirsch G P. Jackson G osc Mulder Mandic Martin Durdan . Dement Aqua-Ducks Expect Torrid Tank Fight University of Oregon’s varsity swimmjng team reported en masse to the Webfoot pool last night, and by this token Coach Mike Hoyman can probably plan to enter his squad at full strength when they hit the water against the powerful University of Washington Huskies Saturday. For the past week the Ducks have been in top physical Both outfits need victories in «>rder to stay within striking dis tance of the league-leading Wash ington State Cougars. Oregon rotate could catapult into at least . < tie for the top spot by sweeping i ho two tilts, while a double win I y Oregon would send the Ducks *:ito third place. Duck Drills Heaviest As a result, both teams have I con practicing furiously. How ard Hobson, Oregon mentor, sent I is charges through their heaviest ■drills of the season this week in *ui effort Jo whip his outfit to i azor “sharpness.” Ducks Not Out Yet “We realize we need the game to stay in the conference i ’','' Hobson declared. “And \.v th iuite.y feel that we are rod out of the race yet,” he : :’o •:!, revealing the determina f .; which is prevalent In the I' k camp. From Corvallis comes word 1h S'uLs Gill, Beaver boss, con 'd u d imensive workouts Mon de. d T icsd ty, culminating af f with a lengthy scrimmage V’/ hiesday. Line-uj) Indeoided Neither coach lias hit on his s 1 .• dug lineup as yet. and will Jio. be officially known till game time. Experimentation has been going on in both camps. Gill seemed to lavor two groups iu scrimmage. The first group consisted of John Mandic, fourth highest scorer in the circuit, at center; Jack Mulder, who shone .against Oregon a week ago, and till Doug Martin, unheralded 6 tfoot, 7-inch junior, at forwards; uni Sam Dement, transplanted •from forward, and Don Durdan, left-handed ace, at guard. This lineup was the same which Gill floored against Oregon last week ! 1'li’osr him to pour scron) BEAVER IV McNutt puses before > l >4 fly a! the basket. Ttie Bea »e imado; the Igloo with OS(' teammates Saturday evening. Sherry Ross, Sig Eps Win By JOE MILLER A Sigma Nu juggernaught ran into a flock of unexpected trou ble before downing a battling band of l’hi Sigs, 34 to 27, in a wild “A” league battle yesterday on the l’E court. In another equally rough and ready game a massive 1)U team overpowered a pre viously undefeated Theta Chi club, 20 to 10. The final contest of the “A" loop was forfeited by Sherry Ross, who took the easy way out, to the Yeomen. The boisterous “B” was filled with more spills as the league leading Sigma Nus stomped l’hi Kappa 1’si into submission, 21 to 7; Sherry Ross crawled out of the cellar by squeezing past Sigma hall, 14 to 13, and the Sig Eps finally won, trouncing the faded l’hi Sigs, 18 to 10. The Phi Sigs got away fast, and on some fine set shot shoot ing by Bob Normwild, they took a 16 to 15 lead at half time. The Nus were baffled by the fast break offense of the Phi Sigs and did not seem like the Snake men of yore. Nus Hit Stride But the second half was a Nu explosion, Bongo Williamson drib bled in to put the Nus ahead. Normwild came back from 15 feet to put the Phi Sigs up, 18 to 17. Bubalo and Nowling hit fouls to give the Nus the edge. Then Nob batted at the casaba under the basket till he finally tipped it in. ‘'Boob" followed with a loop from the side, and Normwild hit at the quarter, making it 24 to 20, Sig ma Nu. From here on, they were in, although Wild Bill Caples fought furiously to get the Phi Sigs back in. It was a rough battle, 25 fouls being called. The Theta this ran rings around the bigger and slower 1)1 S throughout the first half, garnering a 12 to 7 lead. Their red shirts seemed everywhere the ball was, and they were outfighting the loggy Ill's. Dan \odder streaked through to fire six points in, and Bunny Potts was a buzzsaw on the floor. But they could not keep up the pace, and the size and power of the big DI's began to teil. The Battlers in their fran tic efforts to get the ball from the Yoops had a total of 17 fouls called on them. Bloody Wally White, only 1)1 with SHELVED Guard Perky Andrews will be anions; the Webfoot hoopnien invad ing Corvallis tonighf, but it is doubtful whether he will start. He was a victim in Coach Howard Hobson’s drastic shakeup. personals, got three of them in the first half, and pulled a Man dic to be good the rest of the fray and top Yoop scoring with eight markers. The Steers twins looked good. This is the most outstanding feat ure of the Sigma Nu “B’s” three touchdown win over the Phi Psis, (Please turn to page six) condition. Coach Hoyraan has taken note of this fact and worked his charges daily on the finer points in their workouts in stead of horse-killing drills. Last night the Webfoots splashed through a fairly easy schedule of time trials and starts including plain, medley, and relay. There was also a smattering of sprint work done. Today the Ducks will ease through a light loosening up drill that will put them in prime con dition for the big test. Webfoots Primed Not only are the Webfoots in A-l physical condition, but they are also on the confident side mentally. The entire squad has been pointing for the Huskies from the first of the season and a spirit of confidence has per meated the atmosphere surround ing the Oregon pool. The Oregon team will bg^~ largely a mystery—their tal ents are as yet untried by stiff competition. To top this off with the exception of senior Gerry Huestis and junior Dick Smith, the Ducks are sopho mores. This means that they could either be hot or cold— and not even Coach Hoynian can predict which it will be. In the diving department both Ox Wilson and Tom Corbett are juniors—but in Oregon competi tion both are sophomores. This leaves the Ducks in the position of competing against^, group of veteran Huskies. There are more record breakers and title holders on the Seattle team than any other school in the Northwest, so the odds naturally point to the Husky. Sports Staff Fred Treadgold Wally Hunter Erling Erlandson Tommy Mayes Nancy Lewis Bill Stratton Virginia Wells June Hitchcock Jean Frideger Harry Glickman Joe Miller eds Cop WAA Splash I Margaret Lesher clipped 1.3 seconds off the Gerlinger pool 40 yard breaststroke record of wo men, as she led Susan Campbell hall mermaids to their second team victory Wednesday night in as many WAA swimming meets held this season. Miss Lesher’s 31.6-second ef fort bettered the 32.3-second rec ord established by a Susan Camp bell swimmer, Mary Jane Ford, last season, and helped the former grab individual scoring honors. Susie, 49 Susan Campbell mermaids rang up 49 points in winning the meet, and were followed by the Lame Ducks, who splashed 8 points be hind. Alpha Phi swimmers copped third place with 22 counters, while Hendricks hall splashers moved in the rear with 19 points. Pat Carson, Lame Duck free styler, followed Miss Lesher in the point-getting parade and was a big factor in her team's 41-point second-place effort. Jean Quinn displaced Jeanette Neilson of Susan Campbell for top spot in the diving events dur ing the meet, which, according to WAA Adviser Miss Warrine Eastburn, “was very good, was well organized, and was run off quickly.” Last week Susan Campbell swimmers splashed hog-wild, ringing up five firsts, two sec onds, and one third for 55 points, 33 more than their near est competitors which were the deadlocked Lame Ducks and Hendricks haliers. Wednesday night’s win movecfV the Susie mermaids into position to clinch the WAA trophy which will be awarded the champion ship team.
