By FRED 1
Oregon’s gashing ducks, aft
in three games, finally were tr
ing Washington State Cougar
a Pullman locale, Saturday. <
stepped through victory door
pocket.
But just as quickly as you could
say "Jack Robinson,” the door
i.angl'd shut in the Ducks' aston
ished faces. Those upstart Cou
gars had sneaked past when the
VVebfoots weren't looking, and our
boys were out there in the cold.
It was their first loss of the
< onference year.
Oregon still leads the loop with
•i three and one record.
Saturday’s casaba scramble was
a stereotyped copy of the first tilt,
Friday only this time Oregon
f ull ted in the stratch and had to
l e content with a second-best
finish.
After WSC center, Bob Sheri
dan, had flopped home a pair of
gift tosses, Hobby’s fired Ducks
1 ■ i pod back in their typical de
termined style with a small flurry
to forge in front, 7 to 2. On the
t usinoss end of this minor salvo
wto Warren Taylor, Captain Don
Kirsch, and Roger Wiley.
Jack Friel's crafty Cougars
th :: recaptured command, tem
porarily at least, 8 to 7, when
Scott Witt, one of the top scorers
for the night, A1 Akins, and Gaii
Bishop creased the cords.
REAEGOLD
er knocking over two opponents
pped up, and by those fast-com
5, 46 to 40. The scene was set at
Dregon appeared to have all but
with another game in their hind
From that moment oil it was
ding-dong-, with first one outfit
seizing control of the game, only
to relinquish it beneath a sus
tained counter-attack.
When halftime halted hostilities
the teams straggled off to their
dressing quarters, with WSC’s
hometowners clinging tenaciously
and precariously to a paper thin
i’0-19 advantage.
Back onto the hardwoods after
their brief respite, it was hammer
aud-tongs again, neither team
able to count up an appreciable
lead.
Then came the pay-off. Ore
gon, drooping.after a four-games
in-three-nights stint, couldn't
match the Cougars basket for bas
ket any more.
Washington State waxed hot;
Oregon stumbled. Scott Witt, that
lanky junior from Longview, went
on a point “bender” to pace the
booming Cougars in a terrific 19
point uprising.
Oregon salvaged just two points
during the rush.
Point-conscious Mr. Witt, how
ever, had to surrender top scoring
rights for the evening to his fel
low forward, Gail Bishop. This
all-conference point-demon can
ned 16 tallies while Witt ran
second with 14 to his credit.
None of Oregon's varsity men
were on very friendly terms with
the hoop. Roger (Big Boy) Wiley,
the capable froth center, again
was best on the Duck score pro
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Into tho second quarter of what
was to habe been a “No Name
No Game” league, an offensive
minded from squad turn their
talents toward the Junior Kuben
steins tliis evening when they
DEADS THE WAV . . .
- . . Captain Don Kirseh lias been one of the big- suns in the Duck
\ictorx parade lately.
match strategies in McArthur
court with the Rubes at 7:30. The
contest will be the first meeting
of these two local quintets.
Not only do the freshmen take
on an opponent when they meet
the Rubes this p.m., but they
take the floor opposite a team
that has played some of the top
teams of the state casaba associa
tion. The Junior Rubensteins are
the last organized basketball
team under the management of
the same men who saw Bobby
Anet and Wally Johanson, as well
as the frosh mentor, Earl Sand
ness, play ball under that banner.
So far this season, the Rubes
have met ten opponents, and have
defeated all of them once.
Reports Good
Albany, University high school
(twice), Cottage Grove, Spring
field, Lebanon, St. Mary’s, Mo
suffered defeat at the hands of
hawk, and Junction City have
the Rubes. Junction City, how
ever, was able to salvage a por
tion of their series with the Jun
iors when they came back to
break the Rubes unbeaten record
by bouncing them in their second
game together. Wally Mould, Hal
Hagg, Stan Williams all are out
standing ball handlers, according
to the reports of the Junior team,
Lou Blais and A1 Weinstein team
to take care of the fall in their
foe's fore-court are at the two
guard positions.
The freshman starting line-up
cannot definitely be decided upon,
according to Frosh Coach Sand
ness. The close race for each po
sition on the team is still going
on at a furious rate. Speed in the
practices as well as during the
game is one of the favorite tac
tics of the Ducklings, and as yet
they have to be shown how to
compliment the speed they show
on the floor. Because the starting
lineup has not been released for
the game, everything is pointing
to a surprising evening.
The March of Dimes
The March of Dimes drive will
start rolling to Washington this
week when every resident of the
state is asked to donate one or
more dimes to the national in
fantile paralysis relief fund.
Sports Staff:
Fred Treadgold,
Fred Beckwith,
Co-sports editors
Mart Pond
Doug Donahue
Rollie Gabel
Ned Liebman
NOTICE: ORDER OF “O”
There will be a meeting
Wednesday noon at the Phi
Delta Theta house. Pictures
for the Oregana will be taken,
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at that time.
AMONG THE SCORERS . . .
. . . In the varsity’s winning circles of late has been Rolph Fuhrman,
veteran forward.
Gigantic Roger Wiley, the
freshman stripling who has add
ed height and scoring punch to
the Duck attack, still retained his
grasp on the lead among the Ore
gon individual players.
In the race cf games against
wsc, Roger w'as able to toss in
1G points—considerably below
his previous average, but still
good enough to give him a 9.3
game average. Wiley’s total for
the four games to date is 39.
Warren Taylor, battling back
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