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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1943)
Webfeots Drop Heartbreaker READY FOR AC TION'_ Ko.y Seeliorg will be waiting- the call for duty in tonight's contest with the Washington Huskies. I! " ■ § liuiiuiiiuiiiiniiitiiiiniir Bhoti <Mesie *Jke/ie. Ililillllllllllllii. I By FRED TREADGOLD Oddly enough, if you had .stepped into the Washington dressing room after last night's ding-dong battle which the Hus kies annexed, 52 to 48, after a scintillating last half spurt, you might, have thought the Seattle quintet had lost rather than emerged victorious, thereby as suming control of the. northern division league lead. There was almost a deathly quiet in the little, equipment-filled room, secreted in the basement beneath the very court where just a mipute before perspiring bas ketball gladiators had galloped and thousands of fans had yelled t hemselves voiceless. The victorious Huskies trooped in, with fatigue weighing heavily on their drooped shoulders. There ■were a few tired smiles exchanged and now and then a desultory word of commendation passed among them, but silence fell heavily on t he little group. All seemed to brood over their ever-so-elose victory which had been snatched in the dying min utes of the game. Clarence C. (Hec) Edmundson. Washington's bow-tied, gum chomping mentor of 23 basket ball campaigns, puffed nervously on a cigarette and asked for a scorebook to appraise the even ing's statistics. “Uncle Hec" had little to say about the win but ex pressed the feeling that lie “had been optimistic" even in the game's darkest moments. Regarding Washington's chances to duplicate their conquest in to night's second tilt, the Husky hoop boss drew on his cigarette and kicked at some equipment on tne floor and drily remarked chat he “would make no prediction” save to himself. “I don't even tell my wife," he added in slow, deliberate tones. Big Chuck Giliuur, who touched off the Husky rally (l'h'osc turn to />.n/r six) ] UO-UW Check Chart PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS: Game Time—8 o'clock No. Ht. 7 6.2 5 6.3 15 6.5 8 6.0 Player M. Gilbertson Doug Ford Chuck Gilmur Wally Leask (c) .17 6.0 Bill Morris Position Player Ht. No. .Forward Bob Wren 6.1 7 Forward W. Taylor 6.5 9 Center R. Wiley 6.7'/. 22 Guard B. Newland 6.0 3 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. Ski Sport Hits Campus A new sport hit the Oregon campus Thursday, with the ad vent cf the new weather that Eu gene and the surrounding coun try is enjoying. This isn't a slam of any kind, but this white wea ther certainly brought out en ma3>e an amateurish group of skiers, teeing off on tees of the golf course. When the administration brought out the announcement, that there would not be classes Friday, cans of ski wax were brought out in preparation for a day at the golf course. And too, the group of Califor nians that adorn the Oregon campus, also initiated a new sport, the sport of snowball throwing, and at times, at the fairer sex. What with whoops and hollers, and bright, trite re marks as “look it’s snowing,” or humming little crescendos of “I’m Dreaming,” etc., or just merely picking up little handfulls of snow and throwing it up into the air, and remarking, “isn’t it won derful, it’s just like California weather.” This latter remark eminated from the pursed lips of the California girls. Oh, well Padewruski, too. |;illlllll!!llllllllllllll!i!llllllllllllillllll!lllllllllf|ilini!ll!!;:!:!:::lllllllllll!!lllllll!lll!lll!lllg' | Sports Staff: | Fred Beckwith, I Fred Treadgold, Co-Sports Editors | Rollie Gabel j Dcug Donahue | Don Lonie j Ned Liebman | Mart Pond HOOP HEADMAN . . . . . . Hobby Hobson shoots after victory again tonight, when his Ducks tangle with the invading Huskies of Washington. Prof. I. L. Sharfman, chairman of the department of economics, has been named Henry Russel lec turer at the University of Michi gan for 1942-43. Gilmur’s Points Help Husky Cause (Continued from page one) striking distance. But time was waning and the scoreboard claxon honked with the Ducks still four points shy. Fuhrman Sparks Drive Rolph Fuhrman, who was shot into the Green and Yellow lineup after 10 minutes had elapsed in the first period, touched off the charge which gave the Hobson men the lead which they enjoyed for a full 20 minutes. The smooth Duck forward heaved in six long ones of his pet one-handed variety and two foul conversions to gar ner 14 for the night’s work. When Warren Taylor was ruled out of the contest on four per sonals after eleven minutes had gone by in the foul infested game, the Ducks lost control of the backboard, a vital feature which marked the Oregon’s early-game success. At that the YYlebfoots managed to come out with a ma jority of the balls in under-the hoop scrambles. Another lion in the Oregon de fensive unit was Roger (Big Boy) Wiley, the 6 foot 7*2 inch giant. Time and again this young “tall fir” would reach up and bat what appeared to be a certain basket, safely awray from the hemp. Kirsch Consistent Captain Don Kirsch, the chunky might-mite of the backcourt, was another who rang the point bell consistently. Little Don grabbed off 10, six via the free throw lanes. Following up Newland’s initial field goal which started the Duck ball rolling, Kirsch stole the seed from Washington s Doug Ford and dashed downfioor on a bril liant solo and plunked in one which bolstered the count to 4-0. The Huskies’ point-wizard, Gil mur, then cracked the ice for Ed mundson with a conversion on a foul by Wiley. Bill Morris, a rugged, all-conference guard, then canned a pair of free throws to raise the ante to 4-3, Oregon. A Gilmur tip-in after Wally I.,eask muffed a charity toss, sent the Seattle club into the front, 5-4. Things swung back and forth, the lead changing with monoton ous regularity. Field goals by Taylor, Fuhr man, and Wren of Oregon and Gilmur, Morris, Gilmur (2) and Morris of Washington altered the scoreboard to read 10 to 15 for the Huskies. Kirsch rammed home a free throw to knot matters at 16-all. and Fuhrman, glowing “hof^k sunk two' more from the foul lk ■9 to put Oregon on top 18 to 16. Taylor, Wren, Fuhrman, and Kirsch heave-hoed' a basket each while ■ Washington struck back with three of their own. Score. 27-23, UO. Fuhrman then fol lowed in nicely with a plunker af ter missing a couple from far ther out, and Rog Wiley struck home with a southpaw hook from the keyhole as the half terminat er at 31 to 25. The second half came with a new, victorious spirit imbued in the Huskies by Leader Gilmur. Despite a furious rally attempt by Oregon, it was out of their hands. The defeat knocked Oregon off her first place perch which she has owned sporadically. The Huskies and Washington State, winners over Idaho last nig^ | are now in a stalemate for the coveted first place spot with two wins and’ one loss apiece. Oregon is second with three and two. The two teams meet again to night at 8 o'clock. Washington (52) Gilbertson, f . Ford, f .. Gilmur, c . Morris, g . Leask, g . Taylor, f . Bird, f . Gissberg, g ... Totals . Oregon (48) Taylor, f . Wren, f .. Wiley, c . Kirsch, g .. Newland, g ... Popick, g . Fuhrman, c-f . Seeborg, f . Totals . Fg Ft Pf Tp ...,4 12 9 ...A 0 18 ...9 2 4 20 ...A 4 4 12 ...1 0 4 2 ...0 111 ...0 0 0 0 ...0 0 0 0 .22 8 16 52 .3 .3 .2 .2 .1 .0 ...6 ...0 2 0 14 1 .17 14 15 48 Halftime score: Washington 25, Oregon 31. Missed free throws: Gilbertson, Gilmur (2), Morris, Leask (2). Wiley (2), Fuhrman. Field shots taken: Washington 79; Oregon 68. Officials: Emil Piluso. Referee: Bob Leute. Ducks Face Huskies In Second Contest Pass your plate back for a sec ond helping of basketball tonight, cage fans. If you thought last night's contest was a lulu, cash your rain checks in for Chapter Number Two of the Oregon Washington cage series. Eugene is the locale, 8 p.m. is the time, and you are, by now familiar with the participants. With such a sideline as the leadership of the northern divi sion casaba race hanging in the balance, the Huskies and the Ducks will clash head-on into each other, in this, the second consecutive night of court action. McArthur court’s spacious boards will again house a thrill-packed ball game of intense rivalry. And the battle of strategy be tween varsity Coaches Hobby Hobson and Hec Edmondson, will flare anew. Same Line-up In all probability, the same quintet of Ducks will be scram bling for the spheroid this pee-em, and that fivesome includes: Bob Wren and Warren Taylor, for wards; Roger Wiley, center; Bob Newland and Captain Don Kirsch. guards. The Seattle troops will be mar shalled by high flying Chuck Gil mer, the skywards gent who hoists up into the air some si* feet, five inches. To combat this prodigious height, Hobson can j*v\ one better. Playing opposite Gk' met in the center jump circle will be the northern division's leading scorer to date, Freshman Roger (Please turn to pase six)
