Some ten years ago an olive-skinned, black-haired youth
was gaining fame in San Francisco high school circles as a
basketball player of no mean ability. The young man, then only
18, had finished a high-scoring junior year, and had gone on to
snare all-city honors in his basketball fade-out semester. The
scholarship offers were stacked in piles on his desk at home.
Stars for Stanford
But Hank, (yeah, you guessed it!) or The Magnificent
Luisetti, as they dubbed him, had a yen for the bay area and
picked a couple of bags and journeyed to Palo Alto, the stamp
ing grounds of the Stanford Indians. What he did at Stanford
on the basketball court is mere history. If you don't remem
ber the figures, check a few box scores. Maybe you saw him
in a Hollywood flicker tagged “Campus Confessions.” It was
a horrible cinematic bit, but Hankus was given a chance to
demonstrate how he flips the spheroid through the net.
Luisetti grabbed himself a nice job after obtaining his
sheepskin at Stanford, and played basketball for the San
Francisco Olympic Club for a couple of seasons. He then
went with basketballdom’s greatest contingent, the Phillips
Oilers
In the Navy Now
Two weeks ago it was our good fortune to see Luisetti in
action again. Now, over 28, the cage king is performing for
the Naval Pre-Flight boys of St. Mary’s, California.
We saw him smash through a sky-high California var
sity quintet for 22 points and a lop-sided win for his naval
team-mates. He’s still the master of the leather ball and
^the pinewood floor. Which is rather remarkable when
you consider the fact that the guys who are playing against
him today are from nineteen to twenty-two years of age.
Schedule Switch
The Pre-Flight gang looms as the top quintet of the south
ern Pacific regions, although, of course, they are not in the
Pacific Coast conference. The southern division of that loop
has been thrown into a nice mess by transportation difficul
ties. As things now stand, Stanford and California will make
but one trip southward, playing UCLA and USC on separate
nights. The Bruins and Trojans will likewise each come north
ward but once. So what the situation adds up to is this—USC
will play a usually-weak UCLA quintet four games at home,
and Stanford and Cal will wage four tussles in the bay area. Un
fair, you say? This is war.
The Oregon State Beavers return home soon, flush
from a rather triumphant eastern barn-storming tour, hav
ing already bumped no less than seven out of eight oppo
nents in the road show, dropping the duke only to power
^ful Bradley Tech of Illinois.
The Washington Huskies are sitting tight, but figure to
show in the final standings of the northern divisional race. And,
frans. while the Beavers and Huskies are counting chickens,
little Nell and the Ducks will be knocking on the front door.
So don’t sell the boys short, Jack. This is a new year.
Football Fades Out
King Football drew his dying gasps New Year’s day,
and he fell behind the 1942 curtain. For a brief review of
the closing activity let’s say that the East finally broke
their pigskin famine in San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium by
nosing out a fighting West squad, 13-12, in the annual
Shrine benefit game, George and Sinkwich and Trippi
closed the Rose Bowl hatch on the game UCLA Bruins,
9-0, Alabama pulled a Merriwell finish deluxe to stamp out
Boston College, 37-21, Texas rose to the heights to batter
down Georgia Tech, 14-7, and Tennessee pulled the same
deal, same score on Tulsa, while the 2nd Air Force bomb
^ers of Spokane annexed the Sun Bowl honors with a 13-7
win over Hardin-Simmons. Exit King Football.
Intramural basketball is just around the corner. A little
birdie keeps whispering in my ear, (such a tall little birdie!)
that the law school is going to field a team in the champion
ship race.
Those Lawyers Again
Star of the court-room cranks looms as one Kermit Smith,
six feet, four inches of man. Smith, upon whom the attack will
revolve, will play the center position. It is significant to note
that Smith has had previous experience in this role, having
formerly cavorted as a second fiddler to Grant High’s famous
Herb Cain, the latter now doing a stint at Washington State
College.
More details of this promising outfit when further releases
Ami their publicity department roll in over our wires.
Oh, yes! We’ll buy Bud Vandenynde a cup of hot steam
ing cawfee if he can tell us the name of the starting left
tackle on the Spearfish Normal varsity football team of
1932.
Practice Slate Hit
By Bain; Varsity
Ready for Vandals
HEADMAN HOBBY
HIS FINGERS ARE CROSSED
Coach Hobby Hobson is looking
for four-leaf clovers as his Ore
gon cagers prepare for another
season of conference basketball
competition.
Lawyers
Prep for
League
(Press Release from Law School)
In line with the present physi
cal ..fitness . program., the., law
school received yesterday morn
ing a special communique from
Dean Wayne L. Morse, in Wash
ington, member of the War La
bor ..Board, ..directing ..the., law
school student body to immediate
ly enter the race for the B
league basketball crown. In re
sponse to this urgent demand an
enthusiastic crowd of six grand
old men, whose average age is
23, turned out. After a strenu
ous workout the two members
still able to walk, and the four
who had to be carried, weighed
in at the 125 pounds per sped
Star Studded
The former All-Americans
composing the team will be led
by Captain Phillip (the man of
tomorrow) Lowry, former Med
ford high great who led his high
school team to many lop-sided
victories in the period from 1930
to 1933. At the other guard po
sition will be Joe (mighty mite)
Walker who starred for Long
view high school early in the last
decade and will provide plenty of
punch for the offense. At the for
ward post Kenneth Shetterly of
Willamina high school, former
all-Northwest forward and since
a veteran of eight professional
campaigns is expected to demin
ate the backboard due to his un
usually wide hips. Along with
Shetterly, Jerald X. Thompson of
Vancouver high and former coach
of numerous grade school quin
tets, is expected to continue his
Luisetti style of play. Expected
to furnish the margin which will
give the coveted trophy to Dean
Wayne L. Morse’s boys is Kerm
(the Needle) Smith who has re
peatedly eclipsed the perform
ances of Hank Anderson and will
hold down the pivot position.
Smith inspired the giving of the
Zell trophy in Portland, while
playing ten stellar seasons for
Grant. Rounding out the nucleus
of this all star aggregation is
By FRED TREADGOLD
Old Man River Just Keeps Rolling Along,” croon the song
birds, lyrically referring to the ol’ gray Mississippi. Here in
Eugene, we had our own “Old Man River” and he was really
rolling over the week-end. In fact he rolled over the highways
to the north so effectively that he kept the Portland Boiler
makers and Vancouver Ramblers stranded on the higher ground
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basketball shooter-uppers from
getting in a few last minute prac
tice licks before the northern di
vision games bow in January 12.
Iliver Re-Acts
The Boilermakers on Friday
and the Ramblers on Saturday
was the bill of fare which Coach
Hobby had concocted for last
week-end, but “Old Man River”—
Willamette version—rolled prac
tically up to the Igloo doorstep
and it would have necessitated
a fleet of mosquito boats to ply
the swollen waters between Eu
gene and points north to carry
the Portland and Vancouver fives.
As it was Friday night, Hobby
pulled an impromptu intra-squad
scrimmage to partly satisfy the
hoop-hungry horde which stormed
the Igloo and to polish off his
club’s offensive and defensive
rniip,hnps<3
The Greens, composed of what
probably is considered the first
team, failed to pull any run-away
act; in fact, they dropped an oh
so-close two point decision to the
“greener" Whites, 62 to 59. Things
were bound in a stalemate at 55-55
at the end of the regular 40 min
utes and an overtime was neces
sary.
Wren Stars
Burly Bob Wren, the rough-’em
up backboard champion, got on
one of his celebrated hot streaks
and proceeded to heap in 17
points for the dying Green’s cause.
Tall and talented Roger Wiley,
the lofty freshman center, also
contracted a bad case of “point
itis” and batted in 13 digits many
of which were the tip-in-from
rebound variety.
The victorious Whites had their
scoring spread out over a larger
surface. A1 Popick strained a
dozen points out of the Whites’
Bill (morality) Moshofsky and
Roy (the spider) Elliot who will
be called upon to give relief at
periods not to exceed two min
utes.
Hollis Coach?
Orlando John Hollis acting
dean, has been prominently men
tioned as the coach but could not
be reached for a statement. It is
known, however, that Hollis is an
exponent of the slow break of
fense also team members em
phatically stated at the last
workout as they gasped for
breath that a set zone defense
will be used. The team’s trainer,
Matilda Bareicvic has announced
that Kerm Smith is still under
the oxygen tent and may not be
ready for the opening contest.
Shirley Gravely, law school cheer
leader, anticipates that all pre
law students will be on hand to
cheer the phantoms of Fenton
hali to certain victories.
O’Connell Directs
Consulting coach will be can
did Kenny O’Connell of the law
school faculty, who has devised
an entirely new theory of play
which will be revealed at crucial
moments. It has been reliably re
ported that many B teams are
contemplating withdrawing from
competition. Consadine, Rice, and
Husing have unofficially pro
claimed that the team will be
comparable to Walter Camp's
first All-American.
62 total, while Robust Roy See
borg and Wally (Stretch) Borre
vik were just one point shy of
Popick’s twelve.
Discounting the omnipresent
squad drills, Coach Hobby will
just have two more chances to
watch his boys pound the maples
before the Webfoots pack duffle
and grab a choo-choo for the In
land Empire marathon Saturday.
Willamette’s always - tough.
Bearcats shape up as the oppo
sition, with the first tilt being
displayed at the McArthur court
setting Wednesday night. A re
turn bout is slated for Salem Fri
day. Then Saturday, thoughts
and the Duck entourage turn to
the Palouse hills where Idaho and
Washington State are encamped.
No Willamette-Oregon matches
were played last year as the Web
foots spent practically all their
pre-season time on another of
those cross-country New York es
capaues.
That not a single man is assured
of his job on the squad was the
warning clarion sounded by the
veteran Oregon bossman. Every
position will see an “open season”
which means that from sub to star
all will have an equal chance of
making the traveling squad for
the vicious four-game scourge
that lies in wait up Inland Empire
way.
Newcomers
Last week, Strategian Hobson
shoved five newcomers up into
varsity holes, Ed Dick, Stan Will
liamson, Bob Caviness, “Suds”
Sutherland, and Wiley. All but
Caviness saw action in Friday’s
scrimmage.
Any one of the freshmen are
liable to be called for varsity work
if they show the proper stuff,
Hobson declared.
Friday’s lineups:
Greens (59) (62) Whites
Taylor (7) -F. (7) Dick
Wren (17) .F. (11) Seeborg
Wiley (13) ........C ... (11) Borrevik
Kirsch (10) .G. ...... (12) Popick
Newland (6) ...;G.B. Reynolds
Subs — Greens, Williamsop,
Fuhrman (6); Whites, Crowell
(8), Sutherland (8), W. Reynolds
(5).
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