By FRED BECKWITH
Co-Sports Editor, the Emerah
Uncle “Hec” Edmundson and a battery of Seattle sports
scribblers have been making much ado lately over varsity cen
ter Roger Wiley’s act of leaping into the ozone and batting the
precious leather spheroid from the hoop. Uncle “Hec,” Mr. Big
of Washingon basketball, raised a verbal stink over the issue
in the Washington-Oregon series last week. The official ruling
on the matter at that time went against Freshman Wiley.
The basketball rules book states, however, that a player has
to touch the hoop or anv part of it with hrs hand or body, to
f^'mmit an illegal defensive act. Back in Eugene, after their
northern division series with the Huskies, the Ducks trimmed
the Harlen Globe Trotters the other night. The officiating in
terpretation of Mr. Wiley’s performance was slightly different
hei‘e. although cage coach Howard “Hobby” Hobson has in
structed young Wiley to be alert and on his toes for any rules
infraction.
It Would Be Funny
We wonder what would happen it the Oklahoma Aggies
hoop troops put in an appearance up north. It so happens that
that mid-western college boasts of a sophomore court sensa
tion who towers an even seven feet from the pinewood boards.
Uncle “Hec” would probably holler loud and long if his Hus
kies were to face the Oklahoma Aggies.
The latest Dick Dunkel basketball survey communique
places Illinois in the national number one drivers’ seat. The
Illinois gang, boasting of four seniors who have played to
gether for over six years, three of them in college, have
beaten a number of the outstanding casaba teams in the
W*~as.t.and midwest this year.
We can remember- when Oregon was named number one
basketball team of the nation. If you will recall, it was only
a comparatively few number of weeks ago.
The call has come from the soldier camps all over the
country for used civilian athletic equipment. The boys,
your buddies, need a little recreation. A quick search into
the fraterni/y closet will reveal a'couple of used mitts and
baseball gloves, maybe an old ball bat or a used basket
ball or a tennis racket, or baseball shoes, any number of
items that you actually don’t use much any more.
The fellows in khaki will more than appreciate a supply of
used athletic equipment. Why not get on the ball today, and
turn over your donations to the Chevrolet Company here in
Kugene. Dick Strite, sports editor of the Register-Guard, is
conducting the campaign, a worthy one.
yumn Succeeds
All basketball eyes are focused on the coming series with
0| Idaho Vandals. The fact that the green and gold cage ma
chine has already administered two lickings to the potato pick
ing lads, doesn't count for a continental in the scheduled twin
bill of melon-tossing action next Monday and Tuesday even
ings.
The Moscow aggregation has a man to fill the shoes of
last year's conference-leading scorer, Ray Turner. The 1943
point pirate is a lad who plays center for the Vandals, a
gent by the name of Fred Quinn. He banged home 42 points
in a two-game series with the Oregon State Beavers, and north
ern division basketeers just aren’t in the habit of grabbing 27
points the first evening and then coming back for 17 more the
second night against the Corvallis kids.
Washington State has stepped on the accelerator to jump
into first place, by virtue of a double-killing of the injury-rid
den Beavers. The loss of veteran Don Durdan has hurt the
OSC five, but Washington .State’s speedy-laden quintet is not
taking a defeat from anyone at this stage of the race. It be
gins to look as though “Hobby” Hobson’s prediction that the
0fcugars would be every bit as tough as the Huskies, is bear
ing fruit.
Just" Thoughts
POCKETFUL OF IMPRESSIONS: We’ve mentioned
it before, but we’ll again state that attendance at intramural
contest's this year has been poor to say the least. . . . Wally
Borrevik’s basketball comeback has been the talk of McArthui
Court. . . . The USC Trojans are swiftly spread-eagling the
southern division race. The Southern Cal outfit boasts of ar
all-veteran fivesome. . . . Hank Luisetti and Jim Pollard, play
i:.g in the Super Seven Casaba League, have hit the basket fot
an average of 17 points per contest. Hank's played in 1C
games, and Jimmy six. . . . What a basketball team the Ore
gun freshmen would have had. if it weren’t for the graduation
to-varsitv of Dick, Williamson and Wiley. . . . The row be
£ben a member of the Globe Trotters and the cage ref the
other night was over the right of the colored boys to clowr
on the court. The ref decided that it was a basketball game
and so frowned on many of the stunts the New York five usual
Water Trials
Find Upsets
By KOIJ.lt: GABEL.
Yesterday’s time trials were,
as a whole, entirely satisfactory
as far as Coach Mike Hoyman
was concerned, with some nice
new times brought into light,
and a couple of upsets occurring
that weren’t supposed to happen.
In the 300-yard medley the
team composed of Prowell, Mc
Cauliffe and Houston came out
on top of the team composed of
Tugman, Huestis, and Nicholsen.
This medley consists of three sep
arate strokes being swum by two
respective men; two men swim
ming the free style, two, back
stroke, and two swimming the
breaststroke. In the 220, came
the upset of the meet. A duel en
sued between Dick Smith and
Chuck Nelson for first place.
Nelson started the first 100 yards
with 57 seconds which is quite
remarkable in itself, but Smith
caught Nelson at the 200-yard
mark and finally passed him in
the last lap winning first place.
This first place also gave Smith
the fastest time for the 220 this
season. The upset came between
Allen and Hoffman for third
place in the 220. Herb Hoffman
was the cause of this upset by
defeating Dick Allen, two-year
letterman, and winning third
place. Chuck Nelson came in for
second place honors.
Other Results
In the 60-yard free style event
Fox took first place honors.
Chuck Nelson took first place
by barely edging out Dick Smith
in the 100-yard free style event.
In the 150-yard backstroke,
Prowell took first place awa.y
from Tugman in a final sprint
that gave Prowell his fastest
time of the season. ...
The 220-yard backstroke
showed the least of alt the events
ON V. 0 ulilifc, OuLS UOJNtU ....
"ally Borrevik, (top) is battling; for a center starting' position on the
lt4o Duck varsity. Little Paul Jackson is now in the armed forces.
to Coach Mike Hoyman, in that,
the winner, Huestis, stopped the
clock for the poorest time trial
since Christmas vacation.
Fox took first place honors in
the 100-yard free style, compet
ing' against Korrell, Pinkerton,
and Nicholson.
Another Reversal
The second' upset of the meet
came in the 440 free style event,
the event that is the most gruel
ing of all. Competing in this
event were six men: Smith, Allen,
Nelson, Gautier, Hoffman, and
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Sfilaih Man Alien
Gut& OriJateSi Swath
By DON LONIE
Assemble, pool fans, and gath
er ’round for a sneak peek at a
wet 50 per cent of the famous
splash-flash two-man water wheel
combination of Allen, Smith and
Co. Free styling their way to a
slippery 5:28.1 in the initial 440
dip against the Oregon State fish
last Saturday afternoon, instan
taneous, incorporated, sipped vic
tory from the same cup as did
the balance of the water wing
boys from around our campus.
Having decided favorably on a
course of action this term con
sisting of interviewing the men
that make us famous athletically
speaking, we start c-ur series
with aqua ace Dick Allen, the
splashing, thrashing son of Nep
tune who doesn’t care how he
gets there and usually dees.
Fong Time
For many moons now Dapper
Dick has been pitting his wits
against the fathoms nightly in
his workouts at the drip-tank or
men’s pool as some would have
it. There he is content to twist
and toss among the angry waves,
sometimes disappearing for min
utes at a time beneath the wa
tery surface. We don’t know what
Harpoon Allen does underneath
there but it is whispered that he
and Father Neptune have an
agreement about the mermaids.
Then we have the automobile.
Automobiles. That’s the thing
which you can’t go to Hendricks
park on an “A” card in and
which pushing it all that way
would be too obvious. Four-gallon
Allen has a car. “Yes, I have a
car,’’ says he. "A new kind which
enables my week’s ration to flow
freely through the motor and out
the exhaust pipe before I can
run around from cranking it to
the driver’s seat.
When Dick is not wearing his
swimming trunks he is wearing
a smile, and vice versa. Well,
anyway, Dick, when you’re busy
knitting those socks for Britain,
“Remember, Purl Harder.”
ly stage. One of the visiting lads got kind of huffy about
things, and was almost nixed from the contest. . . . An amus
ing angle is that the college attendance at that non-conference
game was greater than that at any northern division game the
Ducks had against Washington. . . .
It Could Happen
Oregon is still a little better than mathematically-in-the
race, and at the rate of upsets that have been occurring lately,
don't be surprised at anything. The team to beat at this date,
seems to be Washington State. Anybody who called a winner
now would be definitely climbing out on the well known limb.
We did most of our predicting in the football season. Let’s
let it go at that.
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