2nd Place Spot One for Ducks By FRED BECKWITH Tuesday night's victory communique from Corvallis some what strengthened the hopes of the Oregon basketball crew. The boys were more than pleased with the news of the Beav ers' triumph over Washington State. Second place trimmings loomed in sight of the scampering Ducks, who will put the fin ishing touches on their 1943 casaba season this week-end when INVADER . . . . . . Phil Mahan, experienced V' ishington Stale baekoourt ace, vcill lilim into Duck-town Friday 1 r a two-contest hilling against (tie second-place striving Oregon IJilK'ks. SuzyAnnexes Swim Crown Susan Campbell hall . drifted into first place in the 1943 WAA swimming season by n. liealthy margin by garnering HI points in the three meets held. The Ori <tv- lian a fair second,win with Pi, while Hendricks hall placed third, having 66. The rest of the pood mermaid points were dis tributed among Alpha Delta Pi With 31, Pi Beta Phi with 10. Sig »n i Kappa 7, Chi Omega 6, and ldelta Gamma 4. Olivia Pcdmore, who collected top individual scoring honors with 2$ points, smashed two meet rec ords during the season. She tra versed the 40-yard freestyle in ■:22.2, eclipsing Pat Carson’s 1942 record of :23.2. iln the 100-yard freestyle IMiss Vodmoro again hung up a new mark, covering the cen tury in 1:0(5, compared to the 1911 record of Nancy Lewis at t.l 1.6. Lois Winslev came second in i matter of point gathering v 23 to her credit. Joyce Pod > ■' had 16 and Stephanie Hues t - 12. Wednesday’ night the annual in'• .vollegiate telegraphic swim ) h.g meet was held. It is an in \ 'ational affair and includes flumi of the best swimmers on the campus to compete with mer it: tuls of eight other colleges. Tr the past Oregon coeds have d initiated the west coast in , wimilting. Results of intercollegiate tele giaph.ic swimming meet. 1. 60-yard medley relay Pat Carson, backstroke; Joyce Pod m ,ie, breast stroke; Olivia Pod i ire, freestyle. Time: 36.S sec. £ 100-yard breast stroke—* tncy tangle in a lasi-stanu pan of battles with the Cougars from the Palouse country. Varsity mentor Howard “Hob by” Hobson did not take the Cougar defeat last night with sadness, either. The loss was a blow to the title hopes of Jack Friel’s WSC cagers, who are cur rently rowing over first place honors with Hec Edmundson’s Husky quintet. Washington State is in the throes of a four games-in five nights’ struggle. Farewell for Three The Oregon-Washington State series will mark the farewell to collegiate basketball of Warren Taylor and Rolph Fuhrman, sen ior forward's, and Captain Don Kirscli, stellar guard. The Oregons will have to be less lethargic than their last performance, it they expect to cop one or two contests from the invading Cougars. Bob Wren, reserve forward, has given strong indication, that he is gradually rounding into the form that was expected of him much earlier in the season. On the basis of his last two games, Wren can figure to see plenty of ac tion against WSC. Otherwise, the starting lineup apparently remains intact. Two thirds of the 1943 freshman tri umvirate, Wiley - Williamson - Dick will hot-foot, it for the open ing whistle. Roger, the tall gang ling kid who is short in experi ence but long in determination, will again handle the pivot chores at center. Stan William son will flank Kirseh at a guard slot. Hoy Soeborg may or may not start at a forward post. In all' probability the senior combina tion of J'uhrman and Taylor will be utilized. Action starts rolling- on the Igloo boards tomorrow night at 8 p.m., so best be round to see the weekend fadeout of Prince Basketball a la 1943. 1st, Joyce Podmore, time 1:40.4. 2nd, Lois Wisley; 3rd, Stephanie Huestis; 4th, Betty Crabb. 3. 40-yard backstroke—1st, Maurine Staub, time, 30 seconds; 2nd, Pat Carson; 3rd, Eileen Rice; 4th, Polly Gordon. 4. 100-yard freestyle — 1st, Olivia Podmore, time, 1:00; 2nd, June Hitchcock; 3rd, Maurine Staub; 4th, Catherine Stewart. 5. 40-yard breast stroke—1st, Joyce Podmore. time, 30.9; 2nd, Lois Winsley; 3rd. Stephanie Huestis; 4th, Betty Walden. 6. Fancy diving- exhibition— Jean Quinn. 7 100-yard backstroke — 1st, Maurine Staub, time. 1:30.9; 2nd, Lois Winsley; 3rd, Polly Gordon. 8. 60-yard individual medley— 1st, Joyce Podmore, time 1:49.5; 2nd. Betty Walden; 3rd, Stephan ie Huestis; 4th, Catherine Stew art. 9. 40-yard freestyle 1st, Oliv ia Podmore, time, 22.2; 2nd. Pat Carson, time, 23; 3rd, June Hitch cock; 4th, Eileen Rice. 10 -80-yard freestyle relay— Pat Carson, Joyce Podmore, Maurine Staub, Olivia Podmore. Time, 45 seconds. Registration of 2,272 at Tufts college is the largest in its his tory. Story of a Versatile Guy--Gordy Childs Taking over the job of student manager of intramurals at the beginning of the term, Gordon Childs is a young man who de serves, but is not accorded, much credit for this season’s intramu ral success. So after paying a call on said notable of the intramural department, we have come up with some facts pertaining to the interesting life of Mister Childs. It seems his present position is only the latest of a series of out standing activities during the past few years. Included among these are, supervisor of the San tiam winter sports area, swim ming instructor at Seaside for two years, and membership in the National Aeronautical asso ciation with several years flying experience. To probe a bit deeper into the life of Gordy we find that while at Albany high school he started in football and track, and not content with mere ath letic achievements, maintained a high enough grade average to put him on the honor roll and the debating team tor three years. Swimming, which Gordy espe cially excels at is one of his pet hobbies and his experience in it is quite varied, having been an ex hibitionist at Seaside last sum mer. While at Albany he was for tunate enough to work under Vic Smith, former Oregon State swim mentor, who was rather dis pleased when he discovered Gor don had' forsaken the Beaver in stitution for Oregon. After turn ing out for freshman swimming here he was forced to .quit after one meet due to a serious illness. An accomplished skier, he was entered in the Pacific Coast conference ski meet on Mount Rainier last winter. His present status is that of a senior in military and he expects to leave for basic training upon the conclusion of the spring term. At present Gordon is plan ning a bigger and better intra mural sports season with tennis and golf included. This is if the army doesn't interfere. After the war he plans to com plete his education and work in^ the administrative part of physW cal education. Lots of luck to a deserving guy—Gordon Childs. They're a!! through for the season, those battling Frosh hoopers, who “whooped” it up during the KU3 campaign and came out with a pudgy .781 av erage. The talented Ducklings squad, despite weakening in mid season when three of their rank were plucked off by Howard Hob son and shifted into the varsity lineup, smacked over ten victims while tripping but three times themselves. Coach Earl Sandncss, stepping into his first “real” coaching job, had things well in hand and mold ed a powerful unit whose only losses were to their arch-rivals, from Corvallis, Oregon State's Rcoks. The club grabbed off a fourth contest with the Beaver lings by a good-sized count. All losses were of the two and three point variety—typical heartcrush ers. The club was resplendent with BLOND BASKET BOMBER . . . . . . readies for Cougar invasion forces Friday and Saturday. Bob Xew land, accurate howitzer hoisting; guard, will be out after the long'ones from mid-court with which to wreck WSC title hopes. high scorers iind on two occa sions the Oregon striplings ran the gauntlet to garner 70-plus points. Several of the Sandness-men were cf such caliber that they were just one step away from varsity berths. Many will take their place in the varsity roster next season—draft willing. Guards Strong || Three very clever guards all or whom were blessed' with hoop caressing abilities lent ultra speed to the Duckling downfloor attack. Bob Caviness, all-stater from McMinnville, was a speedy individual who always turned in a bang-up floor game. Little Johnny Miller, Roosevelt high, Portland, and littler “Dutch” Simmons, all-state from Salem, were alternates at the other guard position, both consistently high scorers. At center Dean Sernpert reigned supreme, except when Old Man Injury am bused him for a week in the center of the season. Sempert was cne of the leading point producers. Kenny . Hume, tall forward from Jeff high in Portland, ancL Joe Conenberg, growing upward^ some six feet three inches, pro vided a rangy, backboard dom inating forward twoseme. And then there were reserve, good pinch-hitters when the go ing got toughest. Eob Hodgins, Eugene, was outstanding with Ron Pupke, Jefferson, Portland, and several others barking close ly at Hodgins' heels. DUCK TAfeKS ^0 AIR . . . . . . Frankie Boyd, long-remem I'.ered Oregon halfback who reamed the gridiron greensward two years back, lias sprouted wings—the marine air corps va riety. Freshman Dorothy Quigley isr helping finance her way through the University of Rochester by wielding a meat cutter as a butcher’s aid.