By LEONARD TURNBULL
I.
Around and around and up and down and we're going to
town—on a thesis. This is the next to tire last Duck Tracks for
Hull here, though—niehbec will live through it all. Hut the
main issue at present concerns the humpy road tour that the
local hasketeers returned from recently.
The wheel of fortune spun furiously on the Inland
Empire trip, stopping abruptly where we had no bets
placed. We lost nine front line men via the fouling out
route during the away-from home games with Washing
ton State college and the University of Idaho.
WILKINS HAS HARDEST TIME ON TRIP
Dick Wilkins, dchixe model high point man for the Ducks,
had a hard time staying in any of the contests, lie started the
first game with the Cougars by going out in the first half via
the five whistle stops called by the officials on him personally.
He ended the Iasi game with the Vandals in the same role of
being ousted earl)-.
Also, in the first Cougar-Duck clash Captain Bob Hamil
ton was tossed out by the five foul rule, just when the de
ciding buckets were being dropped by the host team. Bray
and Rasmussen were also victims of the quintet foul bas
ketball ruling.
It is a generally accepted fact that a team should be ten
points better in the bucket hitting department when on the
road. Figures on the WSC four-game series prove that as
sumption.
A STUDY OF FACTS AND FIGURES AND SUCH
In McArthur court 36 fouls were called tin the Cougars
while 26 were tooted at the Ducks. WSC men sank 30 free
throws, with the Hobson men retorting with 41. The story
was reversed in Pullman, with 25 fouls called on the home
team, with a hitting average of 50 gratis shots. 42 rule breakers
were called on the Ducks, who sang 33 free throws at the
bucket.
The Idaho series adds a little fuel to the argument.
Both teams committed 30 fouls in McArthur court, with the
Vandals sinking 39 free throws against 34 for the host
Ducks (that’s on the other side of the ledger). In Moscow, .
23 fouls were called on the home team, while 49 were
called on the Webfoots. Idaho tossed in 54 free shots, with
Oregon sinking 29—the margin of victory in both games.
While we were losing nine men via the foul route during
the Inland Empire trip, WSC and Idaho only lost one—a
Cougar in the first game at Pullman. When the men from
Moscow and Pullman were visiting the local hardwoods, they
lost three men—all \\ SC players in the two games at Me
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WINNING COMBINATION SET FOR NEXT YEAR
These are facts and figures that should be interesting to
most followers of the art of basketball. The Webfoots played
good ball on the road trip, but the victories were not slated
to fall our way. We do not have a championship team this year,
but we have one of the best in departments of fight and team
work. Captain Bob Hamilton will be missed when the Ducks
trot out on the hardwoods next year, but the foundation of a
winning combination is set—just wait ’til next year!
A controversy is beginning to rage in basketball circles
with the recently announced decision by Gale Bishop that
he would sign a professional baseball contract. The all
American hoopster did not attend classes regularly at
Washington State. He was either trotting around look
ing for his army discharge, or the versatile athlete was
lazing at his farm home in western Washington.
The Webfoots could not stop the high-scoring Bishop, so
it would naturally seem that Oregon supporters would not
care for the curiv-topped ace. Such is not the case with me—
1 think the guy is a great basketball player, really all-American,
1. it, what does the vaunted "purity code” of the Pacific Coast
conference have to say about a guy winning games for hi:-:
alma mater while not attending school?
BULL WITH BULL
Pipe the shiner sported by Bob Hamilton, received in
a collision with an elbow jutted by Sivertson of the Cougars
—the Cougars’ all-opponent team carries the names of two
Webfoots, Bob Hamilton and Dick Wilkins — seating
capacity of the Rose Bowl in L. A. will be upped from
93,000 to 111,000 as soon as materials are available—little
Stan "Salmon" Williamson placed on the first team of the
AP's all-star northern division basketball team—if we win
■ the game with Oregon State this Saturday night Bull will
be a very happy fellow—and the chances are good.
Around The
Clock
With Duke
By Duke Dennison
Not being able to share the en
vironment but being an avid fan
nevertheless, I am hexed and vexed
by the disastrous conditions that
confront certain teams in the east
and vicinity. Why just the other
day an upshot team from Balti
more, the home of Camp Holabird,
the Orioles of the International
Baseball League and the Wilson
Line Moonlight boat, trimmed
certain cellar dwellers from Pat
terson, New Joisey, by a hairline
score of 71-58, and that, my dear
fans, is quite a score with the pros.
How these Baltimore Bullets
came about is quite a story. In fact,
it is so complicated that it would
take me columns to describe all
of the enhancements and en
suances, but I wil endeavor to
dribble around this column with
this and that on the whys and
wherefores.
Dockworker, Too
It seems that there was a dock
worker from East Pratt street,
who got himself heisted in a jernt
on lower Lombard street by a
couple of nifties with nothing else
to do with their time. When the
heisting sequence was in its dying
stages, same nifties were on the
short end of the deal and begged
off by promising to show our hero
how to get holt of some easy green.
That was the beginning. Before
you could have said pfpfgenefifife
fit in Russian they were palsy
walsy and breaking bottles over
each others’ kisser. So began a
lasting partnership and the advent
of the noble sport for munya in
Bloodymore.
Dribbling back lo the Garden,
we find Moe Dubilier and Stanley
Stut/. of the Bullets having a field
day at the expense and expanse
of the Patterson Crescents. Moe
with 22 points, and Stutz with 17,
kept the pennant bound Bullets a
full game ahead of the Philadel
phia Spas from the Quaker City,
and practically insured them of
the chance to make the play-offs,
w liich in themselves are a lulu.
It’s really a kick to watch those
boys handle the apple. First it’s
there, then it isn’t, and when it is,
there’s just a blur to mark its
path. The feature about their
method of playing the game is the
speed in which the participants
move about themselves. Now the
boys aren’t quite gigantic in sta
ture, but they make up for it in
the manner in which they check
mate their opponents, and they
don’t spare the blocks. The percen
tage of shots taken and made is
strictly on the high side.
Why Not Here?
I was thinking that a similar
league out here w'ould be a boon
to the game, and would give the
fans a good chance to see the
game played by top performers.
All kidding aside, and you can go
on the say so of any others who
have seen this type of action, they
are real crowd pleasers and you can
get a lot out of this kind of play,
whether you think you wall or not.
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Sports Staff
This Issue
Co-Editors:
Leonard Turnbull
Fred Beckwith
Staff Writers:
Larry Lau
Duke Dennison
Lynn Smith
Tommy Wright
Chuck Taylor
Ken Hume
Elvert Wilson
Marty Pond
Bill McLennan
Mary Anne Hansen
AFTER BEAVER PELT
m
Little Stan Williamson will be in the lineup for the Ducks
as they make their bid for victory number 8 at Corvallis to
morrow night.
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A Duck Sez - - Sez He
By LYNN SMITH
...
It’s an undisputed fact that
spring is just around the corner!
Why, the birds are singing so beau
tifully and are putting so much
soul into their songs that even
Frank Sinatra has ceased to swoon
over his own magnetic vocalizing,
and is beginning to feel a bit
“springy'’ himself. Yep, truly
thoughts of love and marriage,
(possibly due to the recent lecture
series going around the campus,
END OF TRAIL
Captain idoo tiaimiton will
finish his basketball career
against the Beavers tomorrow
night.
but more likely due to the constant
progression of spring) are clutter
ing up the minds of Betty Co-eds
the campus over.
As for the collegiajte “Eds” of
the campus, they’re still feeling
pretty low about the recent turn
of events in Oregon’s sports world,
so we can’t truthfully say that
spring, and all her beauty has made
basketball seem any less important,
Welcome Back
It's a pleasure to be able to wel
come the Ducks back to the cam
pus after their recent inland jaunt.
Even though they didn’t quite suc
ceed in chalking up the victories
we’d anticipated, we still think our
team is “tops” and would like to
broadcast this fact to the universe
in general. Then too, we kinda are
inclined to believe that if the past
five games had been played on the
home territory instead of on foreign
courts, we’d have come a lot closer
to capping the championship. Still,
we do have a remaining major
treat in store, and that’s when we
play Oregon State.
It's a very fervent hope here on
the campus that after the game is
over every Duck will be able to
say, “Chalk up another victoiy son,
war is over, and we’ve come out the
winner!” However, on the other
hand, should we, by some trick of
fate, lose the game to the “Eager
Beavers" let it be known our team
will still hold top honors with every
student on our campus for never
shall it be said that a true Duck
doesn't know and admire a good
thing when he sees it.
A Chance to Dance
According to an announcement
last night by Barney Koch, mem
bers of the Oregon State Letterman
Society will stage an annual dance
at Corvallis the night of the Ore
gon-Oregon State basketball game.
All Oregon students are cordially
invited to attend the affair which
gets under way at 8:30 p.m.
Students who plan on attending
the game Saturday night, will be
afforded the opportunity of either^
going early or dropping in at the
conclusion of the contest. Campus
clothes are strictly in order for the
affair, Koch announced. Tickets re
tail for $1.50 per couple.