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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1943)
Frosh Gird forClash; Meet Rooks Tonight Scoring High For Yearlings Girded for a gpneral melee with the Rooks in Corvallis, the Dueli langs prepared for tlieir trek to .State’s campus today with an aggregation that appears as if il was looking for trouble with the German armies in northern Africa. But looks aren’t all that \rill count in the outcome of the first in the “Little Civil War” se ries, for the Frosh will tangle with a hitherto untried Baby Bea ver quintet. i sum a Mentor • Even though the master men tor, Luke Gill, formerly the head Iioop director at the University t*f Hawaii, brings in some outrig gers for forwards, a man eating shark for the pivot position, and two Hula girls for guards, lie will probably have considerable dif ficulty stopping the high scor ing Ducklings. The Rooks haven’t billed an op ponent this season as yet, so their experience witli the casaba is i united to the workouts they could get in their various prac tices. But, the hoop hot shots from Corvallis are certainly fam iliar with the basket spheroid, for they boast a number of all state high school players on their first five. Among them are num bered such talent as “Whitey” IConstad and Frank Rowland from the Portland circuit; Walk er Lundberg, from Seaside, Jack Ijove, Astoria; Walt Haney of Hoquiam, Washington, all of Whom are on the first team. Stepping onto the Beaver pa vilion for the first of the two game tournament, the Yearlings from the local territory will face competition that will be un doubtedly their “Trial by Fire” tost so far as their undefeated status stays unmarred. Coach Sandy Sandncss has 20 ball proteges who play consistent games, and have so far, managed to keep ahead of their closest competitors by a comfortable margin. In fact the selection for the starting team will not be an nounced before the opening gun because of the frequent chang ing around of players who have equal abilities. “Inchy” Hodgins, the boy who has been a little more like a vol cano in the last two games, is just one of the guard stalwarts the Frosh have to trump the Rooks’ plays. A trio that will probably be called upon to show some strategies thought up on McArthur court the last month or two is composed bl‘ Ken Hume, •Toe Coenenberg, and Bob Cavi ness. More Civil War ,» The return game between these two teams will be played Friday evening on McArthur court.1 with the Rooks on the fraVCtirie 'end. H. House 17 Hilvard house ami Susan Camp bell emerged victorious in girls* intramural competition in Ger lingor hull, 11-10 anil 18-1 over the Gamma Phis anil the Thetas. The rapidity of the Hilyard Kappa Alpha Theta game plus the closeness of the contest caused 27 fouls to mar the play. lTiil Root stood out for the The tas at both, guard and forward while Dorothy Mills and Ruth THE TALE ANI) SHOUT OF IT . . . . . . Three of last year’s mainstays. Only one is back for hoop service this season. Lloyd Jackson, stretching- some 6 feet 7 inches upward, is shown above, flanked by Paul Jackson (left) and Don Kirsch (right). Jackson and Kirsch both only tip the beam at 5 feet 7 inches but provide speed and deception instead. Kirsch is the only one here this year—in a dual role of captain and first string guard. Sigma Nu A’s Edge DUs,Sig Eps, Kappa Sig ATO Top Foes Sigrna Nu barely kept on their winning horse yesterday, when they were forced to come from behind to beat a surprising' DU outfit, 11-S, in a fast and rough ball game. The make-up game found the DUs enjoying a 4-0 quartertime lead, not relinquish ing it until the final three min utes when a flurry of Snakemen baskets decided the game. George Dugan was in the win ners’ hair all afternoon, stopping Foremen led the Hilyard attack with 13 points between them. Both teams showed potentialities at times but were playing too fast for good basketball yesterday. Led by Captain Betty Crabbe at forward and Mary Ann Dels man at guard. Susan Campbell overcame a stubborn Gamma Phi sextet, 18-7. Sally Spiess played good ball for the losers. Betty Crabbe, Susie, with 10 points was the high scorer of the evening. Tonight’s games are: Hendricks hall vs. Delta Gam ma. Alpha Gamma Delta vs. AOPi. Xus’ vaunted baeklxmrd play cold, effectively calming down the usual potent Bubalo and Now ling. The DU bees came back in their game though, to take a REFEREE NOW . . . . . . Big; Jim Shephard, Oregon’s crack football end, now is tooting a whistle in intramural basket ball games. 16-14 battle from the Hanshah Hot Shots, an independent out fit studded with former Emerald sport writers. It was a close game all the way and, the Millermen promising to give many a squad a battle before the season is over. Kappa Sig “A” leaguers beat Omega hall, 20-8, despite the brilliant but valiant efforts of little Doug Donahue, who scored half of his squad's points. Lead ing all the way, the winners were clearly the superior ball club. Kappa Sig “B"s won by a for-* feit from Zeta hall who have dropped out for the rest of the season. One of the most thrilling games found the Sig Ep bees grabbing a 9-8 verdict from the Delts in a slow but interesting battle. The game was over when the winning point was made, with Beckner sinking a free throw, the foul being made just as the whistle blew. ATO also won their game by forfeit when Alpha hall withdrew from competition. By FRED TKEADGOLD Oregon's hoop quintet which dropped behind in the northern division casaba race when Wash ington clouted them twice last week, will attempt to cut down the lead of the pace-setting Hus kies on the “iittery” floor of the Seattle pavilion Friday and Sat urday. T.ie Ducks were well out in front till they ran afoul of speed machine of Hec Edmunit son. Those two defeats they ab sorbed—hotly contested as they were—left the Webfoots one full game in arrears and definitely on the spot regarding titular aspi rations. A wholesale shake-up was enacted in the Oregon carpp this week with Coach Howard Hob son juggling the lineup frequent ly in an effort to get the best working combination for the Husky series. Traveling Ten Unknown Just who would be included in the "big ten”—conference travel ing squad minimum—is a brow puckering question that even Hob son probably won’t be able to an swer till just before the shove-off for Seattle. Some indications were th V) the Duck mentor might possi bly dip down into the freshman ranks for “fresh” material, if necessary. In all events drills ■were going on with unabated fervor in the Igloo practice surroundings. Oregon’s morale, despite the twin drubbing, is surprisingly good. r 10m an reports tne weotoot varsity has a plan of maltreat ment for the Washington aggre gation in the back of their minds. They figure the surest way to get back into the hoop running is by chastizing the Huskies twice. Taylor Brilliant Warren Taylor’s great defensive game was cited by the Oregon coach this week as being particu larly brilliant. The 6-foot 5-inch Duck forward was a prime fat 'v') in keeping the Webfoots ahead m the fore part of both games. When Taylor was given the thumb after committing four per sonal fouls, the Oregon defense seemed to crumble and the offen sive drive slipped downhill. The Husky will be a hard “cook ie” to dust in his Seattle environ ment. Washington always plays best before a partial home crowd and the tricky pavilion floor is usually considered about a 10 point handicap. Because it is a false floor and installed in sections over the dirt run-way, there are spots which render the ball lively, and then dead. What to expect the bouncing leather to do next is always the big headache confound ing visiting teams. i All-Vet Team “Uncle Hec,” who charts i-JP destinies of the Husky hoop clan, in events will undoubtedly send his all-veteran lineup dribbling onto the hardwoods Friday and Saturday. Most of these five starters are now in their third year of varsity play, and all have had at least two years together. Edmundson will probably shoot Merlin (Boody) Gilbert son, the red-haired side-shot specialist, and Doug Ford, plen ty of beef and a potent left handed hook shot artist, at for wards. Chuck Gilmur, who has been tying opponents in knots undfli the bucket with his cagey faki J tactics, is the logical selection at center. Those twin-speed engines, Cap (Please turn to page eight)