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Hec Edmundson, Washington’s genial, gum-munching hoop mentor who is one of the easiest-going guys in the coaching business on the coast, seems to have suffered a complete change of heart. For scooting down on the press wires from Seattle this week was a protest instigated by genial Hec concerning the validity of Roger Wiley’s actions under the hoop last Satur day night at the Igloo. Those who saw the Washington series can recall the activ ity of said Mr. Wiley. What it amounted to was Wiley mere Ty stretching his 6 foot 7/ inch frame to its fullest height and batting clown the Husky shots before they had neared the rim. The elongated freshman center spoiled eight or nine well-cast Washington howitzers just before they could plunk through the hemp. ^ Irked the Players Naturally this would rouse the ire of any coach and espec ially the player who, after drawing an accurate bead on the bucket, would see his best efforts go crashing to the floor. There is a rule in the official basketball guide which states that a player cannot touch the rim or reach above the basket to bat down the ball. But, Wiley was no-ways guilty of such a perpetration. His actions were strictly ethical, else Emil Piluso, one of the best referees in the Pacific conference, surely would have reprimand ed him. Piluso has no lost love for any player who tries to pull a “fasty" which is a rule infraction. Hec Wails to Commissioner ||, Yet, from his Seattle camp, Edmundson sends up this moan, directed at Basketball Commissioner Rich Fox. Edmundson requested that Fox make an official ruling on Wiley’s “bat-’em out-before-they-get-there” stuff before Washington plays Ore gon again Friday, this time at Seatle. Trouble was brewing in the Washington dressing room Friday night after the Huskies had clipped our Ducks, 52 to 48. Bill Morris, Washington’s aggressive guard, we distinctly remember, beefed to Edmundson regarding Wiley’s tip-'em out policy. Hec remained silent, evidently brooding over it till this week. “It came as a surprise,” Howard Hobson, Oregon’s basketball boss, declared Wednesday. “Edmundson and I were talking after the game Friday night and he didn’t even make any mention of it.” “It was the first time I have ever been accused by an oppos ing coach of such tactics,” Hobby said, "and there was no rea son for such a protest.” Wiley Didn t Touch Hoop: Hobson A The Oregon hoop mentor backed up his previous statement Tvith "Wiley didn’t even touch the basket." Most logical explanation for the sudden outburst on the part of Edmundson was attributed by Hobson to the fact that the Huskies “must be worried about our series with them.” Just what action Commissioner Fox will take remains to be seen, but this corner feels certain that he will merely uphold the rulings of Referees Piluso and Bob Luete, and that they would have called Wiley on it had it been illegal. Oregon on Spot As the Oregons shove off from Eugene this morning they are definitely situated squarely behind the old eight ball. With their season over a third of the way along the Ducks already have three defeats and a like number of wins. Washington, naturally has the jump on all league members concerned with their record of three victories and just one re versal. But far from out of the picture are Washington State who has a record of two-and-one, and Oregon State with a split in their first two outings. The Beavers stand a good chance of enhancing their position if they can carve out two wins over Idaho this weekend. Considering Idaho’s past showings, the Vandals seem to hold nothing but a slim chance of slapping down those upstart Beavers. Upsets seem to be the rule.rather than the exception in this year's cock-eyed sports season, so don’t sell our darling Ducks short. Experience is their greatest need and with each ensuing contest should be just that much tougher to pin. Ten Seattle-Bound (Continued from paye four) consistency but short on height, and tiny Stan Williamson com peted the guard round-up. —fIt was the 5-foot 6-inch 130 pound Williamson who glittered brilliantly though briefly in his short stint against Washington Saturday. Freshman Williamson received ms noop oacagrouriu ul Astoria high (that qualificati in speaking for itself) and was named on the all-state prep first team last year. Three for Two Positions Among Bob Newland, erstwhile regular guard who has been aiiing recently, Hoy Seeborg, and A1 Po pi.ck, .the battle rests for the two berths left on the traveling squad. A shaft of optimism shot INVADES MOSCOW . . . . . . Glenn Warren, veteran Ore gon State forward, wifi l>e on the firing line for the Beavers when they meet Idaho at Moscow tins week. Hec*Protests On Wiley; Charge 'Surprises* Hob Coach Hoyman In 8th Year This year marks the eighth one that Coach Mike Hoyman has stilled the troubled waters for the University of Oregon’s swimming team in competition against the Oregon State fluid floimcers. The next waters that Coach Hoyman will have to make placid is tapped into the pool at Oregon State, where the Oregon men meet the Oregon State men this coming Saturday. Coach Mike Hoyman has been on the Oregon campus eleven years. The first year that he came to the campus there was no swimming team, but in 1934 the sport was brought back and he has coached every swimming tea mup to now with the excep tion of the 1939 and ’40 teams, at which times Coach Hoyman was away doing doctoral work. The schedule is set with Ore gon State so that the Oregon and State meet twice a year, and out of 14 meets, Oregon took 155 and Oregon State took two. Humors and papered evidence say that Oregon State has a good team and one to be watched ca.refu.ly in the conference. Their nucleus is formed around some good freshmen, several transfers, and a few returning lettermen. Oregon, on the other hand has the same number of freshmen, approximately the same number of transfers, and the same num ber of returning lettermen. These facts, and the fact that the Oregon team nas twelve vic tories compared with State’s two in preceding events, seems to re fute the seemingly biased predic tions that Oregon State will take the meet Saturday. through the cloudy Oregon pic ture when Hobson declared yes terday that “we had two good scrimmages” and that “oui chanc es are good and we’ll be hard to beat.” “The games here were close enough to give the boys confid ence," he said, further accentuat ing the Ducks’ earnest intention to make short work of Washing ton this time. Momentarily taking attention away from the hotly-contested northern division basketball race was a protest by Hec Edmund son, Washington coach, that Rog er Wiley, Oregon’s tall center, used illegal tactics in deflecting Washington’s shots from the bas ket last week. Edmundson entered his protest before Basketball Commissioner Rich Fox and requested an offi cial decision on the interference play before Washington meets Oregon in Seattle Friday. Basis for the claim by the Husky coach came from that part of section 13 of rule 14 which says a player shall not touch the ball “while the hand cr the arm is directly above the opponent's basket.” Wiley was charged by Ed mundson with acting illegally in batting away Washington goal shots in the recent two-game se ries with Oregon at Eugene. Surprises Hobby Howard Hobson, Oregon coach, was surprised at the Edmundson accusation, and said yesterday that “the contention was clear out of place.” “I talked with Edmundson af ter the game Friday night,” Hob by said, “We discussed it, but there was no mention by Edmund son that he considered it illegal.” Hobson declared that a player could act as he wanted to in front of the basket as long as he doesn’t touch the rim or reach above the basket. The official rules regarding this “above the basket” stipula tion read as follows: “Above the basket as used in this section means any part of the space enclosing an imagin ary cylinder having the rim of the basket as its base and ex tending perpendicularly upward." During the two Washington games, Wiley blocked some eight Husky shots. 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