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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1945)
Ducks Beaten By WSC Cougar Last night and tonight will go a long way in proving de cisive for the Ducks in the Northern division race. They have two close wins over the Idaho Vandals, but since we don’t jcnow too much yet about the Vandal team this year, it’s hard to draw a conclusion from the two hard-won Webfoot victories. Washington State, however, has proven that they have a top mgnt ciud mat will oe almost, it not as good as any team in the conference. They have four return ing lettermen plus the gigantic 6-foot, 8-inch center, Vince Han sen. Last Saturday, Hansen cast in 25 points in a king’s X game against Eastern Washington col lege. That gives you a fair idea of the job the Ducks have in stopping him. After last season’s final place finish, Coach Jack Friel hopes to pull a rags-to-riches trick by wind ing up on top this year. If the Cougars knock over Ore gon twice, or if Oregon trips WSC twice it will leave the winning team up on top in the hoop race. Picked by the experts to finish up on top again this year, the Washington Huskies lived up to the predictions when they dumped the Oregon State Beaver twice last weekend. OSC has a veteran team this year and was picked as the possible successor to Washington, .^Jyt the twin defeats leave them a long, hard road to climb to the pennant. Idaho is in much the same predicament, also having two losses on the red side of the league standings column. The more upsetting the series, the more uncertain the title will probably be, as the teams start pushing over the favorites, and right now it looks like there will be plenty of that before the cur tain rings down on March 6th. League Standings W Washington . 2 Washington State .... 1 Oregon. 2 Idaho . 0 Oregon State . 0 L Pet. 0 1.000 0 1.000 1 .666 '2 ' .000 2 .000 WAA Open Winter Term Schedule The basketball season for women officially opened Thursday, Jan uary 4, with the first practice games. Each team planning to par ticipate in the tournament, which starts on January 18, is to sign up for and play three practice games to be qualified. On Thursday, January 18, at 4 p.m, in Gerlinger, the badminton tournament will begin, followed by the basketball series at 5 the same afternoon. As yet the captains of the basketball teams and the con testants for the badminton rallies have not been chosen. The basket ball All-Star game will be held at the conclusion of the tournament on January 28. There will be two swimming meets held on February 7 and 14, both of which will be at 7:30. There will be another meet on February 24 to determine the intramural swimming champion. ^ BOB HAMILTON Captain of this year’s varsity, led his teammates against Washington State last night, in an effort to win their third straight \ictorj. Ducks Hop or Vandals Twice In ND Openers By sweeping their two-game ser ies with Idaho, the Ducks ended the first weekend of conference games in a tie with Washington for top place. Both of the wins were hard fought, close ball games with the Ducks coming from behind in the last minute of the first game for a 42-40 victory. In the second game the Ducks managed to hold the upper hand throughout most of the game leading 24-19 at halftime, and then racking up a 41-38 win. Captain Bob Hamilton and Freshman Dick Wilkins led the Webfeet in scoring for the two games with 21 points apiece. Ham ilton got 12 the first night and 9 the second, while Wilkins garnered 11 and 10. Ken Hays was close behind with nine points each night. Tall Ken Hays was the hero of the Ducks’ first night win, tipping in a basket with less than a minute to go that put Oregon ahead for the first time during the game. Hamilton added a free throw a few seconds later that secured Ore gon’s two-point victory. Idaho’s Vandals proved tougher than most people expected. The veteran Leonard Pyne and Fresh man John Taylor proved plenty hard to handle during both games. Score: (first game) Oregon (42) fg Wilkins, f . 5 Smith, f . 2 Hays, c .4 Hamilton, g.4 Bartelt, g . 0 Stamper, f. 1 Allen, c . 0 Kotnik, g. 1 Totals ... 17 Idaho (40) fg O’Conner, f . 2 Overhaulser, f. 1 Taylor, c .. 6 Pyne, g.3 Carbaugh, .. 2 Call, f . 3 0 Smith, g. Totals .16 Score: (second game) Oregon (41) Wilkins, f. Smith, f . Hays, c . Hamilton, g. Bartelt, g. Stamper, f .. Elder, f. Allen, c.0 Kotnik, g. 0 Totals .19 Idaho (38) fg O’Conner, f .. 2 Overhaulser, f.4 Taylor, c . 5 fg 5 3 4 3 4 0 0 Pyne, g. Carbaugh, g . Call, g. Morse, g. Smith, g . Totals . .4 . 0 .0 .0 .0 .15 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 12 0 3 1 2 ft pf tp 1 3 11 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 10 42 ft pf tp 2 2 5 4 2 0 0 6 2 13 6 7 6 0 15 40 ft pf tp 0 3 10 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 14 ft pf tp 12 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 9 6 9 0 0 0 0 41 9 11 10 1 1 0 1 8 11 38 Lt. Don Kirsch, Oregon basket ball captain in ’42-’43, has been wounded in France. He was a 3 year man in basketball. Smith Top Scorer For Oregon, With 16 Oregon's Ducks, after winning two games in a row, finally were tripped up by the veteran Washington State Conga? s, 46 to 36. Washington State secured a good lead over the Webfeet. early in the game, and held it at halftime when the score fav ored them, 24 to 19. The Cougars maintained their edge un;il H. S. <HEC’ EDMUND,SI N University of Washington coacli. He hopes to win the championship for the second straight year. Huskies Drop Boom on OSC The Oregon State Beavers very definitely took it, from the Wash ington Huskies in the last tilt of their two-game series at Seattle last Saturday night. ,The Huskies rolled up a big second half score and the result was an overwhelm ing OSC defeat 42-22. A lot of the Beaver humiliation was due to the fact that their big 6-foot 6-inch forward, Ted Hen ningson, was finable to play, and Hal Buddy, the sophomore center, went out on fouls shortly after the half. Don McMillan, one of Washing ton’s two lettermen, was higli-point man for the evening with 15. Top man for the Bevos was Hal Puddy with seven. Half-time score was Washington 18, Oregon State 14, Oregon State (23) Strait, f . Sertic, f . Puddy, c . McGrath, g . Moore, g.-. Rocha, f . Labhart, c . West, c . Simms, g . Totals . Washington (42) Vandenberg, f. Gill, f . McMillan, c . Jorgensen, g . Lemman, g . Revling, f. Carnovale, f . Brooks, c . King, g. Totals . fg 0 0 . 3 . 1 . 1 . 1 0 . 1 . 0 . 7 t'K ft 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 . 0 . 6 . 2 . 1 .. 0 . 1 . 2 .. 0 .15 0 8 ft 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 12 P* 1 3 5 1 2 5 2 0 3 22 Pf 2 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 12 tp 0 0 2 5 3 0 5 0 22 tp 8 0 15 9 1 1 42 Saddle Horses for Hire— One-half mile north at overheard crossing. Take 4-Corners bus — Watch for sign. Hayrides a Specialty. FAIRBANKS RIDING STABLE Phone 2671-J-3 the beginning1 of the fourth qua • - ter, when the Ducks caught five and finally, with six minutes left to play, brought the score to 35-D-t. At that point the Cougars also rallied, and gradually built ip their lead to the ten-point mar gin, which they held as the game ended. As has been the case so often this season, the Ducks started slow and then had a big rally only this time Oregon faltered in the stretch and had to be content with a sec ond-place finish. Freshman Del Smith was the t ig’ man in the point scoring depa>t ment, leading the Webfeet with 16 points. Mort Joslin, playing his third year for WSC, was high ! r the Cougars with 15 counters. Tonight’s game at Pullman will wind up the present Inland Empire trip for Oregon. They return hone this week to prepare for Satur day night’s game with OSC at Corvallis. JACK FKIEL. Head basketball coach at Wash ington State college. His Cougars defeated the Ducks last night. 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