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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1943)
FIRST STRINGER . . . . . . Warren Taylor is one of the starting five who-make up Oregon’s undefeated l’neific Coast conference quintet. Fresh Gagers Eye SoGdier Quintets By MART POND With sights set on a tentative schedule that would include some <») the service squads in the Portland area and the near vicinity of JiCugene, the Krosh haskettmllers are using- the environment of Mc Arthur court, which has seen many fine hoop teams in the part, to mould themselves into basketball threats. Five stellar guards on this jun ior division squad have proved to be more than a nemesis to the ordinary opponents which have faced them so far this season. Among' them are Bob Caviness from McMinnville high school, who is a rugged boy weighing' 180 pounds and standing six feet; John Miller, from Portland's Roosevelt high, who bounds down the basketball court with his . light 155 pounds working in smooth coordination; Eugene’s Bob Hodgins, who weighs 1-15 pounds and clears the 5 foot 9 Inch mark as lie" threads ills' way through the fo'i'e-court' to make use ot' an accurate right hand; Bob Hamilton, who might have been sent parcel post from his home in Marshalltown, Iowa, be cause of his small size (5 feet 10 inchest and 145 pounds; Forest '‘Dutch" Simmons who hailsifpom Salem, where he was recognised •is th' high scorer iu the "no name" league. Positions Open The other positions are no more r.ettled than are the guards on first team, according to the rec ords so far. Most of the men on the squad have seen some action every time the aggregation played. Wednesday evening, the two first teams staged a contest Between each other, and it was only after an overtime period that the outcome of the game could be decided, and the first squad gulled out of the fray victorious over their team-mates who had kept the game all tied up during the regular scrimmage. Tough competition is the only thing that some of these boys can think of, it seems, for a number of the (Please turn to page six) BASKET BOMBF.R . . . . . . Sam Dement, the former stellar basketballer from Oregon State, is doing his point-scoring for the Vancouver KambVers this year. Division Leading Ducks. Battle WSC Gagers Tonight at Pullman Oregon Rates Second Best By FRED TREADGOLD Our darling Ducks, high atop the lofty pinnacle of first place, after handing Idaho a two-fold thrashing, have little chance to rest on their laurels. League hoop action moves into its second phase in short order, giving the Ducks just time enough to trans fer their baggage across the Washington border to Pullman, scene to tonight’s battle. It's a two-game series, this Cougar-Duck affair, with the sec ond tilt coming Saturday eve. Cougars Favored Though the Webfoots twice sent Idaho's Vandals to a prone position on the canvas earlier this week, the bookies can rate our Green and Yellow gladiators no better than second best. The all-veteran crew which cagey Jack Friel will floor to night rate as odds-on favorites to slap down the travel-minded Ducks in both struggles, because of past showings. In pre-season test tilts occasionally the Cou gars neared brilliancy in play ex cellence and consistently turned in good showings. Eine-up Set Oregon’s up-and-down quintet, in comparison, was struggling with a new combination and their practice game record showed a continual fluctuation and erratic ness. Prestige for the Oregon point-mongers shot skyward af ter the double victory over the Idaho group, but these wins were anticipated. Basketball, the brand played by the Cougars, is vastly differ ent than the type w’hich stamps Idaho's team. The Moscow out fit dwells on slow-break, pass and - pass, work - it -in, Make sure - of - that - basket stuff. The games result in low-scoring, defensive battles. Now basketball, as exempli fied by the rampant cohorts of Jack Friel, is at the opposite ex treme. Those Cougars fire the seed around with short, quick passes, break fast, and shoot of ten. Result: Heavy scoring, with the best defense counteracer be ing a point-producing offense. If it's running the Cougars are asking for that is right up Ore gon's alley. Hobby Hobson. Duck mastermind, has always fed his boys a steady diet of speed and running. They will be prepared to gallop, and gallop, and gallop so memore, if WSC is so in clined. Hobby’s main scoring hopes seem to revolve around the tall frame of Roger 'Wiley, 18-year old frosli sensation. The green but eager-to-learn Wiley was by far the outstanding man on the floor in the opening Idaho con test. He swished 16 points home, 14 of those on tosses from the floor. In the second Vandal engage ment. Wiley was pestered by leech-like guarding and was able to hoist in only six tallies. Still 22 points in two games is fair country basket hittin. Another who will share the point-getting burden is Warren Taylor, the rough and rugged (Please turn to pase six) COUGAR CAGE BOSS . . . . . . Jack Friel, Washington State basketball coach, is an xiously awaiting the arrival of Oregon’s pinewood giants in their two-game series this week end. Rog Wiley Tops Oregon Scorers Roger Wiley, Oregon’s brilliant freshman center, topped the^v league-leading Ducks in their first^" two games with 22 points—nine field goals, four foul conversions. Tall Warren Taylor, senior for* ward, pulled into second place with 15 markers when he went on a spree in the second Idaho game. Fg Ft Pf Tp Wiley, c .9 Taylor, f .4 Kirsch, g .3 Newland, g .4 Wren, f .2 Popick, g .1 Fuhrman, f .2 Seeborg, f .1 Sutherland, c .1 Dick, f .’.0 Totals 4 7 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 22 15 12 8 7 5 4 2 2 0 .27 23 20 77 ROTC evening classes of Wis-J| j consin U. may study radio code. McArthur Court Trophy Case Typifies Oregon By DOUG DONAHUE Have you ever stopped to sur vey the contents of the trophy ease in the foyer of McArthur Court on your excursions to Ore gon basketball games? If you haven’t, try it. In this case is displayed the athletic prowess of the University PESSIMISTIC COLUMNIST . . . . . . Grantland Rice, nationally famous sports writer can see no bright future for collegiate foot ball. of Oregon over the past half-cen tury. Of course, the case is only some six by ten feet. It could not possibly hold all the symbols of Webfoot victories over a period of fifty years, but the high points of victorious teams may be taken in at a glance. The first thing undoubtedly to catch your eye would be a bust centered in the case. It is a re markable likeness of Bill Hay ward, easily one of the greatest track mentors in the country, the work being created by Oregon art classes fourteen years ago. About Coach Hayward's likeness are grouped proofs of his ability as a tutor of titans. Cups, trophies, and plaques (f 'j awarded for championship per formances date back as far as 1895, when Webfoot spikesters won the state track and field championships, up to the present and 1941 when Les Steers won the world’s high jump record, com ing within a sixteenth of an inch of clearing the unbelievable mark of seven feet. Furnishing color to the well filled case are five bright green jerseys of the lemon-yellow of Oregon University. These color ful garments, permanently retired to Oregon's “hall of fame,” belong ed to the starting lineup of the spectacular Webfoot basketball ^ team of 1939, which was literally “head and shoulders" above any similar organization in the coun (Please turn to page fire)