Lieutenant Commander Tex Oliver’s sudden departure to
Washington, D. C., left the St. Mary’s Naval Pre-Flight foot
ball fortunes apparently up in the air at first glance. Lieuten
ant Jim Lawson, formerly of Stanford, was moved to Wash
ington, and Lieutenant (j.g.) Vaughn Corley was changed to
performing other duties. Still.on hand, however, are the fol
lowing gentlemen:
(1) Lieutenant Spike Nelson of Yale,
(2) Lieutenant Don McXeish of USC,
(3) Lieutenant Warren Woodson, Hardin-Simmons.
That trio of football experts haven't kicked around foot
ball fields; all over the country for naught. Woodson is the
newest arrival at St. Marys. He may have the opportunity of
inculcating some of his southern air-minded ideas in the Pre
Blighters'offensive pigskin tactics. No, St. Marys Pre-Flight
crs will struggle along, somehow.
Army Beckons
The first basketball team on the Pacific Coast to be hit by
the draft since the start of the year is the University of Cali
fornia. First string forward, “Chuck” Hangar departs for
places unknown in Uncle Sammy’s growing armed contingent.
“Chuck" was one of the high scorers on this year’s Bear varsity.
Speaking of basketball, and who isn’t these days, our
own casaba men were very pleased with Oregon State’s
II surprise win over the Washington Huskies Wednesday
* night. They figure this way, and logically so, while the
Huskies are busy splitting series with OSC and the like,
Oregon’s Ducks can retain a firmer grip on first place,
providing of course, that the Ducks knock over the Seattle
gang in the coming weekend’s encounters.
Although Washington was picked in pre-season calcula
tions, as “the team to beat," the Husky publicity office frankly
admits their ball club has a definite tendency to be hot and
cold. And it will be a sad night for the purple and gold if they
are cold against Oregon.
Better Support Due
Still on the casaba trend, we think it would be a very good
idea if those intramural basketball games had a little heavier
attendance. Regardless of whether it’s a fraternity or an inde
pendent club that’s graying, there should be some rooters out
there, cheerin’ the kids along. And there’s plenty of room for
the glad-handers in the PE dept.’s spacious cage quarters.
It’s a good deal for two reasons: (1) You’ll enjoy see
ing an interesting afternoon of basketball; (2) You’ll he
helping the players out by lending them vocal support.
So think it over, and break that coke date you have set for
some Wednesday afternoon. She can wait, but they can’t.
A basketball outfit that has been attracting no little praise
of late is the Harlem Globe Trotters, that splendid little group
of colored athletes who have been touring the northwest, tak
ing on all the better clubs in this neck of the woods. They
haven't won all their games, to be sure, (Washington tipped
’em over once) but they’ve displayed a brand of ball that war
ants commendation.
Tennis Titan
Teddy Schroeder was the lad the scribes dubbed as the
number one college athlete of last year. The tall tennis wizard
earned the title of number one ranking netsman in the country
when he defeated Frankie Parker. Reared in Southern Cali
^rnia, Schroeder was batting around the little white pellet at
an early age. He finally boomed up to Stanford and helped
that institution secure the national collegiate title in 1942. He
is currently taking naval training in the east.
About the 'Burpee7
And still the talk circulates about the Fizz Ed dept.’s by
now-famous burpee tests. That ingenious exercise which used
to go by the name of “leg straddle” in high school has caubht
the fancy of basketball instructor John Warren. Previously it
was instituted by Instructor MaSsey, but John has developed
a fondness for it.
Running a close second in the kindly football coach’s heart
is the “Duck Walk,” well known to all members of John’s phys
ical education classes. The first time the “Duck Walk” order
^une through the other day the boys took it nonchalantly, only
to discover on the following day that they had a little trouble
walking a block or so without tying up. These work-outs are
heartily endorsed by both the army and navy, and are quite in
line with those two organizations’ physical fitness programs.
Huskies
Throttle
Beavers
Regaining their lost form, the
Washington Huskies whipped the
Oregon State Beavers, 44-39, last
night in a hard-fought northern
division basketball' game at Cor
vallis. Upshot of the Huskies’
victory was that Oregon is now
elevated into the first place po
sition, having won three games
and lost one, while Washington
and Oregon State have both won
one and lost one.
Northern Division Standings
OREGON .3 1 .750
Washington .1 1 .500
OSC ..1 1 .500
WSC .1 1 .500
Idaho . 0 2 .000
After a 5-5 deadlock early in
the contest, “Hec” Edmondson's
boys pulled to the fore and were
never headed, constantly main
taining a five point margin of su
periority. It was center Chuck
Gilmer who led the Husky scor
ing with his eleven points, but
stocky Don Durdan, Beaver
guard, was high point man with
the evening tanking a cool 18
digits.
The Washington quintet main
tained a 28-22 half-time lead. The
Huskies took more shots, 66 in
all, but connected on 19 tries, as
compared to Oregon State's 12
for 55 average.
The Corvallis cagers attempt
ed a late drive while the score
was at 39-32, but Washington
put the damper on any Beaver
latent hopes.
Our own Ducks, now in first
place, run into these same Hus
kies in a pair of casaba games
this week-end that should prove
to be well worth watching.
The scoring summary:
Wash. (44) (39) OSC
Ford, 9.F. 3, Cecil
Gilbertson, 6 ... F... 3, Warren
Gilmer, 11.C. 9, Anderson
Morris, 5.G. 18, Durdan
Leask, 5.G. 6, Beck
Taylor, 2.S. Howard
Giffberg, 2.S. Jeffries
. Bird, 5.S
Ducks Stage
(Continued from page four)
choices. In that event, things will
probably stack up thusly for the
Webfoots:
At center—Roger Wiley, that
tall kid who came through under
conference fire so steadily and
coolly. This 0 foot 7>/2 inch year
ling was pace-maker for Oregon
scorers in their four game escap
ade last week. He sunk 39 points
for a 9.3 game average.
At guards—Captain Don Kirsch
and Bob Newland seem to be the
logical selection here, but are be
ing closely pressed by A1 Popick,
Bob Reynolds, Walt Reynolds and
others. With the return of Sam
my Crowell to soundness of limb,
the guard post will be further
bolstered.
Forwards — Three men rank
here, all about on the same level.
Bob Wren, husky junior, regained
his shooting eye and came up rap
idly at the last. Warren Taylor,
big, tall, and a firm believer of
backboard dominancy, also has
proved his scoring potency. Tay
lor now rates second in scores. The
third member of this trio is Rolph
Fuhrman, who hit the hoop reg
ularly against both Idaho and
WSC.
Supplementing the above list,
reserves Ed Dick, Suds Suther
land, and Wally Borrevik all
stand a chance of seeing action
against the Huskies.
NUMBER TWO MAN . . .
. . . Warren Taylor, experienced Oregon forward, has been his team’s
second highest scorer in northern division games this season.
Washington Crepe Hangers
Fail to Fool Duck Puddlers;
Practice is the Watchword
By ROLLIE GABEL
Last Saturday’s time trials
w orked well for the Oregon water
dogs, in the sense that the results
are making the boys work harder
for lower and better times in their
respective strokes. Because of
the fact that the times were not
as good as the competition will
call for this season, the boys are
realizing that a little hard work
on their part will not do them
any harm.
Competition in the form of the
Washington team, is the main rea
son for the extra work, and al
though the University of Wash
ington paper made the outlook
seem a trifle pessimistic, either
by way of the scribes’ writing or
for reasons of psychological im
portance, their outfit isn’t half
as bad as they were made out
to be.
Paper Pessimistic
For instance, the paper remark
ed rather gloomily that the pros
pects for a championship were
shady, due, mainly to the ineligi
bility clause eliminating seven of
their very best men. However,
this isn’t true, as the seven men
that they did lose through ineli
gibility, were not their main
eventers, but men who held minor
positions on the swimming team.
As illustrations of the Wash
ington power, that the Oregon
team, as well as the other teams
of the conference, will have to
contend with, are such noteworthy
stars as Bob Traeger, Washington
State high school record holder,
with a time of 54.2 seconds in the
100 yard free style event, Bob
Kpota, another excellent asset to
the forces, Akina, a Hawaiian boy,
and Aronson, former Washington
athletic club freestyler. The afore
mentioned boys are on the fresh
man team.
Taking a squint at the letter
men on the Washington contin
gent, Pete Paulison, who holds the
national freshman intercollegiate
championship, and swims ' he 50
and 100 free style in the meets,
is a powerful boy to watch. An
other letterman, George Athens,
is a former Olympic champion,
and held the northwest diving
championship for two years in a
row, in 1940 and ’41.
Breaststrokers Good
In the breaststroke, Washing
ton is also well represented, by
the Beloita brothers, Francis
Cooper, and Jim Benning, all of
whom are lettermen, returning'
to the fracas.
Joe Miller, a returning letter
man, will hold up the honors of
Washington in the backstroke
events; Ranquet, a two-year let
terman, another very good free
styler, and a boy by the name of
Foullich, last year’s freshman
star in the free style event.
The Oregon boys are aware,
however, of the fact that the
Washington team is powerful, and
th pool has been getting a real
work-out this Iasi week, for they
are intent on keeping the cham
pionship at Oregon.
Omega Hallers
(Continued from pat/e four)
Van Lydegraf scored five for the
Sig Eps.
Summary:
Sig Eps Sherry Boss
Van
Lydegraf, 5.. F. Dodson
McMahan, 2 F. B. Faw
Winslow, 3.C.. Lorang
McKonald, 2.... G.6, G. Unkeles
Harms, 2.G.6, J. Potestio
Smith.S. 4, Hamilton
Mack.S. 4, H. Faw
Today’s games:
4:00 Court 40 Beta Theta Pi
“B” vs. Murphy’s “B”
Court 43 Alpha hall “B” vs.
Campbell club “B”
4:40 Court 40 Sigma Chi "A”
vs. Phi Gamma Delta “A”
Court 43 Gamma hall “A” vs.
Pi Kappa Alpha “A”
5:20 Court 40 Sigma Alpha Mu
“B” vs. Yeomen “B”
Court 43 Sigma Chi “B” vs.
Pi Kappa Alpha “B”