King Basketball trudged his way laboriously through swirl
ing, blinding snowflakes into snowbound Eugene this morn
ing. He shrugged his shoulders to shake off the snowy mantel
which had collected there, and shivered. It was a cold recep
tion here in snow-clogged Eugene. . . . But a warm reception
was being planned tonight for the old gent in McArthur court
in the form of the Washington-Oregon hoop opener.
bor tonight’s the night which Duck sports fans, with a mania
^|or watching the cage classics, have been dreaming of for a
fortnight now. It pits \\ ashington's highly touted gang of cas
aba speedsters with Howard Hobson’s league-leading quintet
in a tilt that should brood action aplenty.
Rivals since 1903, these arch-enemies are renowned for a
spectator-pleasing, point-studded, nothing withheld, type of
ball.
Sports Scribes Overstep Bounds?
From all appearances, it seems that perhaps the Washing
ton drum-beaters who have rattled off such a loud tattoo in
boosting the Huskies for the conference rag after six years of
famine, might have been swept away with it all and overstepped
a bit. Granted the pupils of Idee Edmundson rambled through
a rugged pre-season slate with scarcely a hitch, including a 49
to 30 upset of the Harlem Globe Trotters, crack colored team.
But the Huskies have blown hot and cold, and since
hitting the Willamette valley Tuesday most of their antics
can be safely classified as in the “cold” category. Oregon
£ State mopped up the floor with the Huskies, 42 to 39, in
a game that was more one-sided than the count would sug
gest. The following evening Washington was unimpres
sive in spite of their 44 to 39 triumph.
Oregon’s chief-of-staff, Howard Hobson, declared yesterday
that the clubs were on a par and refused to concede Washing
ton any advantage.
In fact Hobson made it pretty emphatic that Washington
State’s Cougars, with whom the Ducks broke even last week,
showed much in the way of offensive strength. Strangely
enough, the Cougars were ones more inclined to running and
fast-break tactics than Washington.
Let's Turn Back Pages
While we’re on the subject of Washmgton-Oregon hoop
relations, let us turn back a page to last year in a little back
ground exercise:
January 17, Eugene. Washington jumped into an early lead
behind the deadly shooting eyes of Doug Ford, Bobby Lindh,
®nd Norm Dalthorp, who punished the baskets with a concen
trated salvo. The count mounted to 38-18 and Hobby shot in
a sophomore unit which more than matched the tempo of the
Husky scorers. But the game was too far gone, the chasm too
wide to leap, and Hec’s boys coasted in with a 60 to 34 victory.
January 18, Eugene. The following night it was Oregon’s
turn. The Ducks hopped on the victory sleigh and proceeded
to do a little first class point-running-up of their own. Wash
ington fanned hopes of counting up their 14th straight win, but
these wishes were soon to crumble and crash noisily to the floor.
Ducks Turn on Heat
It was a five-pointed attack which Hobby shot at the Hus
kies. Bob Wren plopped in 13 points, 6-foot 7-inch Archie Mar
shik connected for 12, Warren Taylor and diminutive Paul
Jackson, slammed through 10 apiece, and Pork)- Andrews net
ted nine. Final tally stood 54-35, Oregon.
January 21, Seattle. One of those heart-twisters. The Ducks
falloped and galloped magnificently. They put their hands on
n early-game lead and clung for all they were worth. When
the Webfoots trooped off the boards at halftime, the scoreboard
glowed. 21-18, Oregon’s advantage.
Story Book Ending
Then it happened. Washington pulled one of those story
book finishes. The count was knotted tightly 39-39 with two
insignificant minutes left. A foul by Oregon, and Bob Lindh,
Huskies’ great bespectacled forward, shuffled up to the foul
line, drew a breath, and split the hoop with the conversion.
That was it—40-39, Washington.
February 1, Seattle. Plagued with the morbid thoughts
of the previous night’s reversal, the Ducks wilted under a
ferocious Washington offensive. Sophomore Doug Ford
found the hoop—and often—heaping in 14 counters to
break trail for a 53 to 42 triumph.
That’s last year’s history. Tonight it’s a clean slate for both
outfits in an always-thrilling series.
Swim Trials
Up Saturday
Tomorrow’s time trials will
tell whether Oregon will be rep
resented in the northwest con
ference by a two-man team,
namely Chuck Nelson and Ralph
Huestis, or by a full man squad,
including the freshmen. All of
which means that the Oregon
team, is not doing as well as they
should and might.
However, there are a few bright
lights, glimmering rather feebly
through the realm of gloomy
prospects. Jim Gaetier has showed
marked improvement in the
short freestyle sprints, challeng
ing Chuck Nelson in his excel
lent times. Also Jim has shown
continued improvement in the 50,
100, and 220-yard freestyle.
Gaetier is only a freshman, but
if he continues to show the im
provement he has shown it will
cinch a berth for him on the var
sity show.
Another one of these bright
spots is Herb Hoffman, a junior
transfer from Compton junior
college, who has shown marked
improvement in the 220 and 440
freestyle events.
Jack Pennington, member of
the freshman swimming team,
and under the tutelage of Jack
Dallas, has been practicing div
ing as well as the freestyle
stroke the past week.
As a potential backstroke man,
Dick Smith, originally swimming
the.freestyle, is showing well and
will be a valuable asset to the
backstroke contingent of the Ore
gon team in the near future.
McCulluf, freshman breast
stroke swimmer, who looked ex
ceptionally well in competition
with Ralph Huestis, varsity
breaststroker, is on the sick list
and Coach Mike Hoyman doesn’t
know exactly when to expect the
boy back.
The boys are .however, work
ing harder than they did at the
start of the season, and tomor
row’s time trials will undoubtedly
cut most of their times. At least
Coach Hoyman hopes it will.
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UO-UW Check Chart
Game Time — 8 O’clock
PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UPS:
WASHINGTON OREGON
No. Ht. Player Position Player Ht. No.
7 6.2 M. Gilbertson .Forward.Bob Wren 6.1 7
5 6.3 Doug Ford.Forward. W. Taylor 6.5 9
15 6.5 Chuck Gilmur ..Center.... R. Wiley 6.7*4 22
8 6.0 Wally Leask (c).Guard.B. Newland 6.0 3
17 6.0 Bill Morris. Guard . ..(c) D. Kirsch 5.7 12
Reserves — Washington: Gissberg (6), Bird (10), Brown
(16), Shaefer (20), Taylor (30); Oregon: Seeborg (4), Crow
ell (5), Popick (6), Sutherland (8), Borrevik (10), Fuhrman
(11), Dick.
Sigma Chis> Betas, Alphas
Record l-M Hood Victories
Sigma Chi “A” leaguers kept
on with their winning ways in
yesterday's basketball games
when they handed1 the Fijis their
second straight defeat by a 22-14
score. The game was fast and
rough with the castle men by vir
tue of their smooth ball handling,
emerging victorious.
The Sigma Chi Bees also won
their second game when they
swamped the Pi Kaps, 18-6. Nei
ther team could get going but
the rugged game played by the
winners left no doubt as to the
outcome. The Sigma Chi defense
was clicking, keeping the losers
at a distance all through the en
counter.
Alpha hall looked good in de
feating Campbell co-op in a dull
game by a 23-8 total. Alpha hall
led all the way and seemed to
solve every offensive move at
tempted by the Co-op boys.
A surprising Gamma hall
outfit showed power in beat
ing the Pi Kaps 14-13 in a close
“A” league game. The Greeks
. . . Howard Hobson, crafty Duck casaba director, will have his fight
ing quintet out for a Husky pelt tonight at the Igloo.
led until the last few minutes
of play and then the indepen
dents suddenly got “hot” to
eke out the narrow victory. It
was the second win for them
in as n)any starts.
The Betas showed champion
ship p&isibilities when they
stopped a surprising Murphy out
fit in a fast battle, 32-18. W;ith
Crawford and.Duden leading the
way the winners had just too
much despite the fine defensive
efforts of Jacobsen, bespectacled
Murphy guard. It was a close
game until the second half when
the winners poured the heat on,
only leading at half time, 12-11.
Yeomen Bees moved into the
champipnship ranking when they
swamped the Sammies, 24-13.
Leading all the way the indepen
dents proved that they will be a
tough team to beat when the go
ing gets tough.
IM HOOF SCHEDULE
(Friday, January 22
4:00 court 40—Sigma Nu vs.
Delta Upsilon (A)
4:40 court 40—Sigma Alpha
Epsilon vs. Theta Chi (A)
5:20 court 40—Canard club
vs. Sherry Boss (B)
Make It a
Victorious
Weekend, Ducks
After watching the vic
tory, drop out to BEV’S
for one of our luscious
extra special barbecued
sandwiches with milk
shakes or sodas.
Curb service for your
convenience.
Bev's
Bar-B-Q
1900 Block on West 6th
100 Car Parking Space