Cougars Roost
Atop Cage Pile
With OSC Quint
By FRED THE A DG OLD
The Northern division jig-saw puzzle is once again scrambled. And
itike the man ivho impatiently is trying to piece things together to
resemble something recognizable, northwest hoop fans are restlessly
gliding the time till this week when the haze clouding the pennant
^eicture should be completely swept away.
Right now it's a two-way scrap between Oregon State and Wash
Frosh Splash
Windup
With Eugene
Unive :sity of Oregon’s Duclc
ilug swimming team drops the
tX i on another season of swim
iV.ing today when they do battle
v ith the Eugene high school
Ai:ermen in the men’s pool at
30.
This will be the last frosh ap
*); arance of a host of mermen.
“S heir next Oregon showing will
• in the role of varsity swim
<*p-.ers.
Leading the way out for the
••f cosh will be Co-captains Earl
ifr'CHers and A1 Peterson. Their
i) ijir.t totals have been nothing
short of terrific in competition
it hus far and they are considered
•#-ne prospects for further compe
tition.
The Eugene preppers’ strength
•I - still unknown but they aren't
expected to rate with the Duck
■Aings.
The Oregon first year men
A ive been defeated only once in
-L'lal competition this season,
-v bile compiling a record of three
-y.ms. The Oregon State Rooks
A'ivd the Ducklings split a series,
aud from here the frosh coasted
wins over University high
school, and the Salem high school
4eam,
A survey indicates that GO per
'nt of coeds wear anklets.
ington State, both of whom have
stayed almost neck-and-neck
throughout the last half of the
season. Nine wins and five losses
— the latter number blasting the
venerable theory which said that
no team could win the champion
ship with over four defeats—
grace the record sheets of both
squads. Just one game behind,
but a mighty big one game, is
Washington with a percentage of
eight victories and six reversals.
Northern Division Standings
XV. L. Pet.
Washington State .9 5 .643
Oregon State .9 5 .643
Washington .8 6 .571
Oregon .5 9 .357
Idaho . 3 9 .200
Washington Meets State
Big things are on tap for Fri
day and Saturday in the basket
ball way. Washington’s runner-up
group, not mathematically out of
the race yet, entertains Washing
ton State's on-the-spot Cougars
at Seattle. Always strong on
their unstable home floor the
Huskies could toss a monkey
wrench into the Washington State
pennant machinery by copping
one, let alone two victories.
Down at Corvallis Oregon
State with championship hopes
running high will tackle an up
and-down Idaho Vandal quintet.
Capable of knocking over any
club in the loop, Idaho has been
the victim of circumstances, get
ting plenty of bad breaks and
dropping the close ones. A dou
ble win by Idaho would put a se
rious crimp into the pennant
hopes so lovingly fondled by Ore
gon State. Whereas, two wins
this weekeend by the Beavers
would probably shoo the Orange
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University of Oregon’s fresh
* m basketball team departs Fri
...• iv for a weekend series against
.•The Dalles and Baker high
it.-/bools which will wind up its
< rsaba campaign.
The Ducklings tasted their
visa'd defeat of the season Mon
i-*i ty night wlien they lost a 43-40
A- raggle to Salem high on the lat
a r's floor. Oregon had previously
.< heated Salem by a i>.l-41 score
>' Mr Arthur court. Dutch (Sim
j ons, Viking forward.- was top
- orer with 30 points. -Al Popiek
-at inked in 12 counters to pace
•A-.’.e Frosli.
Against The Dalles and Baker
. d'.n Warren’s hoopsters faoe two
.» ’ the strongest prep quintets in
it he state. The Dalles is a top con
A aider for its district champion
tulip and a berth in the state
,t ornament. Baker has already
r.ached a spot in the state play
A'ffs.
The Bulldogs are coached by
>-'ink Anderson. ex-University of
•Oregon basketbal star, ami hold
record of 15 consecutive vie
t I i-.'S.
The starting lineup will be the
same for Oregon as in recent
games, and includes Bob Erland
son and Roy Seeborg, forwards;
Jack Hannam, center; and A1
Popick and Sammy Crowell,
guards.
In addition to the starting
quintet, Warren announced that
the traveling squad will include
Bill Bloomquist, Don Asselstine,
Paul Floquet, and Royal Denton.
BACK IN HARNESS . . .
. . . Floyd Rhea (right) and Cliff Giffin. Giffin
reported; Rhea was missing.
Refieersals
Start Today
Oregon Football Coach Gerald
A. “Tex” Oliver surveyed GO re
cruits for spring grid practice in
downstairs McArthur court yes
terday—some raw, ethers not-so
ru'.v. and a “good nucleus of vet
erans”—and remarked emphatic
ally: “We’re not going to be en
tirely weak next year.”
Reason for Oliver’s optimism,
even amidst perhaps the greenest
spring turnout he has ever met at
Oregon, was the presence of a
“better nucleus of veterans.”
Veterans Back
Among the veterans who re
ported yesterday and around
whom Oliver will build his 1942
machine are Halfback Tommy
Roblin, Guards Val Culwell and
Cliff Giffin, Tackles Ed Moshof
sky and Merritt Kufferman.
Conspicuous by his absence
was Elliott Wilson, 6-foot 3|/2
ineh center, Who left school
recently to join the United
States marines.
Jimmy Newquist, Floyd Rhea,
and Russ Nowling, standouts on
the 1941 Webfoot eleven, were
missing, but they will be in uni
form and ready to go when prac
tice opens today.
Oliver Pleased
Oliver was pleased to see such
a “big" turnout, and was particu
larly glad to see “many” who
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ND Splash Looming
For Duck Mermen
Bv WALLY HUNTER
Coach Mike Hoyman’s undefeated University of Oregon varsity
swimming team, which is considered one of the strongest on the
coast, is hard at work again this week in preparation for the Northern
division swimming meet.
The ND tussle drops in on the Webfoots Saturday, and will
bring with it Idaho, Washington, Oregon State, Washington State,
and Montana. The Ducks will be
rather fat favorites to cop the
title because they have decisively
beaten the strongest team of this
quartet, Washington, in a dual
meet earlier in the season.
Also-Rans
The Beavers, Vandals, and
Cougars, can be relegated to the
“also-ran” class because of past
performances. Oregon State has
been beaten by Oregon twice, and
by Washington. Washington has
lost to Oregon. Washington State
was dunked by Oregon State, and
Idaho was shamed by Washing
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WAA Hoop Playoffs Next Week
Lame Duck coeds edged into
an excellent position from which
to pounce upon the WAV basket -
ball championship, when Gamma
Phi Beta surrendered a game yes
terday via the default route.
The Gamma Phi default kept
the Lame Ducks’ slate clean, for
on the Gerlinger indoor court
Monday afternoon, the latter,
sparked by Pat Carson’s 12
points, toppled the Pi Phis. 28
to 22.
On the Gerlinger indoor court
yesterday Hendricks hall coeds
took the measure off Kappa Gam
ma with a score of 13-to-3. Bever
ly Goetz led the Hendricks girls
to the rather-lopsided victory,
scoring more than half the iat
ter's points.
Susan Campbell was defeated
for the first time this season
on the Gerlinger outdoor court
Monday, when it lost to a Chi
Omega outfit, 19 to 4.
Chi Omega, behind Nancy
Lewis, broke ahead early in the
game and was never headed. Miss
Lewis registered 8 of the Chi O’s
19 points, while Jean Gill marked
up 4 for SuJan Campbell.
This week sees the finishing up
of individual league play, with
the semifinals and finals being
scheduled for sometime next
week.
Today Chi Omega takes on
Highland's Hoopers.
ton and WSC.
The San Jose-Stanford-and
Olympic club-defeating; YY'eb
fcots have wasted little time in
musing over their laurels since
returning to the Oregon cam
pus. They arrived in Eugene
Monday afternoon and went im
mediately to the men’s pool,
where they had a loosening-up
workout.
Yesterday it was more of the
same with emphasis being put on
distance grinds. Today will be the
heaviest day that the Ducks will
have. Coach Mike will probably
push his mermen through a very
heavy workout and then spend
the remainder of the week in
tapering off. Friday will find
them easing through nothing'
more than just a shadow of a
genuine drill.
The Webfoot squad is still in
fine physical condition, and
should stay that way. Several of
the team members contracted
slight colds in “sunny Cal,” but
these are all expected to take a
back seat by meet time.
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers has issued a charter
for a student chapter at the Uni
versity of Texas.