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Tonight, our confident, but not cocky, Ducks travel to Cor
vallis for the first game of the year against our traditional
rivals, Oregon State. Rivalry between Oregon and Oregon State
^stretches way back to the days when the Corvallis school was
called OAC (Oregon Agricultural collep-eV Then, and some
times now, they were affection
ately known to the followers of the
Lemon and Green as the Oregon
“Aggies.”
Last year the Webfeet took four
straight from the Beavers and they
have been pointing for this game
to make it five in a row. This year
the Bevos will be able to put on
the floor a practically veteran
team. However, the Ducks’ lengthy
preseason schedule, and their In
land Empire trip against Idaho
and Washington State, should off
set that to a large degree. Thus,
the experience shapes up as fairly
even.
In the point-scoring department
the Ducks have shown much more
power than the Oregon State
squad. The Ducks play a hard
driving, fast-breaking game, while
OSC Coach A. T. “Slats” Gill’s
bunch play their traditional slow
'em-down and wait for a break
basketball. This may cut down
Oregon’s usual high-scoring tactics
for Gill knows the folly of trying
to run with the speedy Webfeet.
^ . As usual fans can look forward
to a rough, knock-down and drag
out game, and the statistics may
as well be thrown out the window,
because you can’t tell a thing about
the outcome of an Oregon-OSC
contest.
Both squads will be fired up for
this game, for a defeat will vir
tually knock Oregon State out of
the title race after their two losses
to Washington last weekend. And
nothing would please Oregon more
than to accommodate the Beavers
along this line.
One of the nice things on the
Webfoot side of the ledger is the
fact that the Staters can’t merely
concentrate on high-scoring Dick
Wilkins, or Capt. Bob Hamilton—
pleading scorer last year—but they
must watch each member of the
starting five, for any one of them
is liable to break loose with a scor
ing spree.
Oregon will probably stick to the
rnan-for-man style of defense that
they have used most of the season,
while Gill will probably use his
effective, tight zone defense.
For the lovers of basketball
played at its best, we caution you,
don't miss tonight’s “Civil War”
clash, because this is when the
unexpected always happens, and
although the Beavers are a veteran
squad, the Ducks are really after
this one.
Intramural to
Open Schedule
Thursday night of this week, the
meeting for the representatives
for all the boys interested in hav
ing basketball teams in the intra
mural program was held at the
• A.E house. Representatives at the
meeting for the different teams
were: Russ Monahan, Jim Beyer,
Eon Taylor, Harvey Humphreys,
fiarles Ma, Ivan Steinke, Neil
Perkins, Gill Roberts, and Morrie
"'Siink.
The plan is to have two leagues;
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WAA Petitions Due
House WAA entry blanks for ]
badminton, swimming, and bas- j
ketball should be turned in some
time Monday to the cage in the
basement of Gerlinger hall.
Northern Division Standings
W L Pet.
Washington . 2
OREGON . 3
WSC . 1
Idaho . 0
OSC . 0
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Individual Scoring
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15
12
WILKINS, ORE. ...
HAYS, ORE.
HAMILTON, ORE.
SMITH, ORE.. 4 12
BARTELT, ORE. 4 11
McMillian, Wash.2 10
Taylor, Idaho . 2 11
Jorgensen, Wash.2 7
Joslin, WSC . 2 8
Puddy, OSC.2 8
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8 37
4 33
8 29
12 29
9 27
6 26
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Team Takes
3of 4on 1st
Road Trip
The Oregon Webfeet returned to
the campus Thursday after com- i
pleting their annual tour of the In
land Empire. Winning three out of
four games, John Warren's speedy
hoopsters show definite champion
ship possibilities. With wins over
Idaho of 42-40 and 41-38, and one
over Washington of 47-34, the Ore
gonians suffered but one defeat
to Washington State to the tune
of 43-36.
After a brief two-day rest, the i
Ducks again pack up and journey i
to Corvallis where they tangle with j
cur country cousins Saturday i
night. Oregon State will put on j
the floor a much stronger team this j
season, not only in speed but also
in height. Hal Puddy, the Beavers'
mainstay, has been in the infirm
ary for the past few days, but will
probably be on hand for the big
tilt.
In two previous games, Oregon
State was beaten by the high-rid
ing Huskies of the University of
Washington. In spite of the fact
that the Huskies were victorious,
no conclusions can be drawn, for
Washington was able to floor a
much more formidable team with
their reserve strength of navy
trainees.
Earlier in the week, Slats Gill,
Oregon State’s crafty mentor, an
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OREGON vs. OREGON STATE
Men’s Gym, Corvallis, 8 p.m.
Probable Starting Lineups
Oregon
Wilkins...
Smith.
Hays.
Hamilton.
Bartelt....
Height Position Height
6’ 2” Forward 6’ 6”
6’ 3” Forward 6’ 1”
6’ 7” Center 6’ 4”
5’ 10" Guard 5’ 11".
6’ 2” Guard 5’ 11”
OSC
Henningsen
.Sertic
.Puduy
.McGrath
.Simms
DICK WILKINS
Top scorer in the Nortliern division to date. He will try to boost his
margin against OSC tonight at Corvallis. Wilkins will be one of the
starters at a forward position.
Webfeet To Invade
Beaver Home Court
Loaded for action, the Oregon heavy seige guns are aimed
tonight directly at the Oregon State Beavers.
The Ducks, travel weary after their Inland Empire trip, will
face a veteran Orange squad that has six lettermen plus a
brand new transfer, 6-foot, 8-inch Red Rocha from the Univer
FRANK HOFFINE
Fresliman reserve guard, cm the
Webfoot team, who missed the first
four games because of a sprained
ankle and is now ready for action
again.
sity of Hawaii.
The Webfeet also have added
some new talent to their squad. If
the newcomers are in condition,
some of them may take the trip to
Corvallis tonight.
Tonight offers the Webfeet on
opportunity to hand OSC a defeat
that will almost exempt them from
title consideration. On the other
hand, if Idaho beats Washington in
one game of their series, an Ore
gon victory will leave the Ducks
right on top of the standings.
Dick Wilkins—who is leading the
league in scoring and Bob Hamil
ton are the two big guns in the
Webfeet scoring attack. Kenny
Hays, Jim Bartelt. and Del Smith
are not to be overlooked either by
any opponent. Hays has shown
great improvement, and lately has
been especially effective on the
backboards. Smith and Bartelt
were the two heros of the Wash
ington series, both in different
games. Smith ran wild in the first
game, scoring 16 points, and keep
ing Oregon in the ball game until
the final six minutes by In's ex
cellent work on the backboards.
Bartelt garnered 14 points in the
Duck win over the Cougars.
Competition on the Inland Em
pire trip was as tough as any the
Oregon squad will meet in the
league this year, with the possible
exception of the road games
against Washington's naval train
ees. Idaho was a little on the minim
side in the height department, but.
they and WSC will be plenty tough
for any team. All of this seems to
prove that the league is pretty
equal, and that means that to-i
night's game with the Beavers
could go either way.
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