Stater’s Court Will Decide
Retainer of Division Crown
Seeking the lost trail leading to the road to glory, lauded
E'uck basketeers will flap off on the last migration of the year
today when they travel over to Corvallis for a crucial finale
against the top-ranked Beavers of Oregon State.
The game tonight on the Staters hardwoods is a “must”
win for both the quintets. Coach Hobson’s men want to win
in order to cap a foamy season with the hullaboo of joyous
supporters. Beavers must win it
Coach Slats Gill wants the north
ern division crown to rest in Cor
vallis.
Seeborg Out
Hoy Seeborg, regular VVebfoot
forward, will see little or no action
in tonight's fray. The ball-hawking
ace floorman twisted an ankle in
the Washington State series at
Pullman.
Captain ltub Hamilton will
enter his last basketball scrap
tonight under 'the colors of
lemon and green. For three
years the stellar guard has
guided the forces of Webfoots
on basketball courts. Last year
i be led teammates to the north
ern division crown, and has al
ways ranked among the top
scorers of the northwest in
lioop competition.
Coach Hobby Hobson reports
that the fighting spirit of the team
is at a pitch for the traditional
battle tonight. Morale of the Web
foot backet tossers is at a high
point, and one of the hottest fights
of the season looms in prospect.
Beaver Finalist
Captain Glen Warren and Ted
Henningston, towering G-foot 6
itich letterman forwards, will play
their last game for the host
.Eeavers. Warren has proved one of
the outstanding players on the
OSC roster during the '46 season
and excells in floor work. Hen
mngsen has also built a rugged
career acclaim as a floor worker.
Slats Gill’s men have taken
two out of three games from
the Ducks this season. The
Beavers won both the tilts
played in McArthur court, but
dropped a home encounter to
the visiting Webfoots later in
the season.
Coach Hobson’s men are point
ing for the scrap tonight both for
a traditional win purpose and to
up their victory total for the
season. The up and down hoop play
this year has frazzled the feathers
of the Webfoots and a win is
needed to sooth netted down.
Rocha Scoring; Bill
Rooters for the Beavers will
center attention on the play of 6
foot 8-incli center Red Rocha dur
ing the game. The point accumu
lating pivot shot artist has an 184
total in conference play this
season, and needs one point to top
the present scoring best efforts
of Cougar Gale Bishop, who re
cently left to join the Boston
Braves for professional baseball.
Whether or not the Web
foots win tonight, they will
still retain third place position
in the northern division bas
ket ball race. The Beavers are
tied with the Idaho Vandals
at present for first place.
Only one game remains for the
Vandals with the Washington
State quintet, minus the services
of all-American Gale Bishop. Vet
eran guard, Ray Johnson, of the
Cougars, is in a hospital with
p leumonia. Dopesters figure the
chances of a win for Idaho is in
the books.
Possible Playoff
A win by the Beavers in to
night's fray, along with a victory
by the Vandals, would throw tin'
two teams in a play-off series of
AIMS HIGH
Coach “Slats” Gill, basketball
mentor of the Oregon State Beav
ers, has sights set on the northern
division crown if his quintet emerge
from tonight’s fray as victors, but
there is a little matter of the “Cin
derella” Idaho five winning from
the Cougars.
Gale Bishop Goes
To Boston Braves
Gale Bishop left yesterday for
Deland, Florida, where he will start
training with the Boston Braves.
The former Washington State all
American basketball ‘"“star”has
signed a contract with the Braves
to play professional baseball this
summer.
In 10 games this season with
the WSC quintet Bishop has scored
187 points. The game tonight be
tween Oregon and Oregon State
will give OSC’s Red Rocha a
chance to claim the scoring cham
pionship. Rocha’s total points to
date are just one field goal short
of tying Bishop’s score. It is ex
pected that the big Beaver boomer
will make more than the needed
score to be champion point scorer
on the Pacific coast this year.
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SPORTS STAFF THIS ISSFE
Co-Sports Editor:
Leonard Turnbtfll
Staff Writers:
Tommy Wright
Larry Lau
Duke Dennison
“Scotty" Mindolovich
two out of tiiree games. The win
ner would then travel to Berkeley
and a series with the Golden Bears,
winners of the southern division
crown.
Starting tonight for the
Webfoots will he Dick Wilkins
and Murv Rasmussen at the
forward slots, Ken Hays at
center, Boh Hamilton and Stan
Williamson at the guard i>osts.
Coach Slats Gill will probably
send Erland Anderson and Glen
Warren against the Ducks in the
forward positions, Red Rocha at
center, Bernie McGrath and Cliff
Crandall at guards.
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“Allow me to tell you a little
story, my friend,” I said, cutting
paper dolls out of an old Burger
meister label, “It will probably
make you feel better about losing
so often.”
The little man munched reflect
ively on a handful of win tickets.
“I doubt it,” he mumbled, “some
times I think I’ll go back to being
a mortician.”
I’idgeon Feed
“Pish and tush,” I soothed, “you
are not the only man who has lost
1,078 bets consecutively. I once
lost a tremendous wager on account
of a couple of pigeons; what do you
think of that ?”
He rolled his eyes appreciatively.
“Tell me,” he begged.
“Well, I’d bet a good sized
sum on a filly named Bouncing
Baby, and had it not been for
a trick of fate, I’d be a rich
man today.” I playfully pinch
ed the waitress and continued.
“Ever hear of a horse with a Vic
torian attitude?”
He threw up his hands in horror!
“This little filly had a complex,”
I sniped a butt and went on. “What
can a guy do about something like
that?”
The little man leered suggestive
*y.
“Bouncing- Baby,” I said,
tweaking his nose, “came
prancing out onto the track,
looking every inch a winner.
It was at the starting barrier
that the trouble began.” I
stopped momentarily as the
waitress slapped my face.
Bop ’em Alt
“She refused to enter her stall,
kicked and jumped, and accidental
ly landed a broadside on the offi
cial starter, a pompous ex-congress
man named Frump. Finally, by
dint of much pushing and heaving,
she was locked in.”
I stopped to light the butt. The
little man was reading Peek. Knock
ing the magazine from his hand,
I continued.
“The bell clanged and seven
horses streaked down the
straightaway. Bouncing Baby
walked out, her nose tilted dis
dainfully into the air, her eyes
flashing angry glances at the
bewildered jockey. (He was a
native Philadelphian, a fine
figure of a man, six feet seven
inches tall, weighing 109
pounds, named Roger Flat
chest). So incensed was she
that instead of running, she
danced the entire first furlong
on her hind legs! She came in
ninth in a field of eight horses.”
I stuffed the little man's eyes
back in his head and resumed.
“The winner, an eager stallion
named Rubdowm, had circled the
track twice.”
fctall Gives Clue
“Afterwards, I investigated the
cause of her untimely display of
temperament and discovered that
as a colt she'd been fed out of a
pan constructed from old Bon-Ami
tins. Bit by bit she had developed
a mania for cleanliness. The ex
planation is simple; her modesty
had been offended. The stall as
signed her had been used the night
before by two travel-weary army
pigeons enroute to Dallas!”
The little man was crying in his
beer. I held a handkerchief while
he blew his nose. “That," he snif
fed, “is the saddest tale I've ever
heard.”
Frosh Trip Colonials
In ‘46 Hoop Closer
It was almost a repeat of Thursday night’s Frosh-Rook
game when the Ducklings met the Washington high school
of Portland in McArthur court last night. John Warren’s hoop
sters had quite a job in staving off a Colonial last minute drive
; to win 48-44.
It was the final game of the 1946 season for the Ducklings
and brought their win total to 15 games.They have lost five.
Golf Tourists
Fire Hot Legs
In First Round
St. Petersburg, Fla., March 1.—
(UP)—Ben Hogan, Hershey, Pa.,
and Lloyd Mangrum, Los Angeles,
shot red-hot golf today to tie for
first place in the opening round of
the St. Petersburg Open golf
tournament with seven-under-par
64’s.
Hogan, the leading money win
ner of this year's touring golf pro
fessionals, chalked up three birdies
in the home stretch, carding a 39
both in and out. Mangrum broke
the course record for competitive
play for the back nine with five
birdies and four par holes adding
a score of 30 to his out trip of 34.
Sam Snead, defending title hold
er from Hot Springs, Va„ had an
off*round on the soggy course
which had been under five inches
of rainfall 24 hours earlier. He shot
a 68.
Vic Ghezzi, Knoxville, Tenn.,
Ellsworth Vines, Chicago, and Sam
Byrd, Detroit, holed out in 67
p piece. They were trailed* by
George Shoux, San Francisco; Joe
Kirkwood, Jr., Hollywood, Cal.;
Byron Nelson, Toledo, O.; A1
Smith, Winston Salem, N. C.; Ray
Mangrum, Los Angeles; Fred
Haas, Jr., New Orleans; Ed Oliver,
Taunton, Mass.; Herman Baron,
White Plains, N. Y„ and Murl
Bolesta, Tampa, Fla. They all had
68’s.
Veteran Gene Sarazen took 72
strokes and Harold (Jug) Mc
Spadden, Sanford, Me., put up a 69
to follow the leaders.
Love Lessons Closing'
Two More Talks Slated
The winter term lectures being
given in conjunction with the “Love
and Marriage Series” come to a
close March 4 and 5. On March 4
Mrs. E. E. DeCou will speak to
Orides. Completing the lectures
March 5 the following lectures will
be given: Rev. Wesley Nicholson,
Gamma hall, and Mrs. Wesley
Nicholson, Alpha Psi Delta.
The lecture series is held each
year. Any house that desires a sec
ond lecture should make arrange
ments with Gil Roberts, chairman
of Love and Marriage committee.
Music Honorary to Hold*
Sunday Concert In Libs
Phi Mu Epsilon, music honorary,
will meet in the browsing room of
the libe Sunday, March 3, at 4 for
the playing of several classical re
cordings.
On the program are celections
from Beethoven’s Third symphony,
“Two Songs" and “Alto Rhapsody”
by Brahms, and the finale from
Prokofieff's Second Violin Concer
to.
Hostess for the recorded concert
will be Jerine Newhouse, sopho
more in music. Suzanne Stephens,
junior in journalism, has contribut
ed the records to be played.
1'reps Open
Washington high’s quintet open
ed the scoring shortly after the
opening jump when Evans sank a
gift shot after Costello’s foul. John
Neeley, Duckling hard-driving,
sharp-shooting guard, countered
with a field goal and Oregon went
ahead. They held the lead all
through the first quarter with the
count standing at 8-7 at the emf'"
of the frame.
Shortly after play resumed
Foleen, Colonial guard sneak
ed in close for a two-pointer to
put the preppers on the long
end of the score.
Duckling Forward Art
Milne, who collected 16 points
during the evening for high
score honors, sank a one
hander to put the Oregon five
back in the lead.
From that point on the Duckings
were never headed, though the
Colonials tied the count at 10-10.
Milne banged a one hander to give
the Frosh a two point edge and
then Neeley went on a scoring
spree. In the next minute, the
lanky Duckling took four shots at
the basket and all four were goo4*
Close Gap
After Neeley’s spurt, the Oregon
team lagged on the offensive and
the preppers had closed the gap
to 21-16 at the half time halt.
Early in the third period
Oregon took the initiative
again and built up an eleven
point lead with Neeley, Milne
and Huggins connecting. At
the end of the stanza the count
was 36-27 for the freshmen.
Washington’s Keller opened the
last period with two rapid fire
field goals, but Huggins hit for
one, Kitchell clicked with a one
handed looper and Milne swished
two to run the margin to 44-31.
There was only two minutes left
in the game when the Colonials
began their futile attempt to grab
the edge. Bob Lavey, the little lad
who has scored 232 points for the
Washington team this season, be
gan to click. He got away for a
lay-in and in less than ten seconds
had stolen the ball twice for two
more field goals. With only
seconds remaining and the score
at 46-44 for the Ducklings, Milne
clinched the encounter with a lay
in.
Summary:
Frosh
Johnson, f ...
Milne, f .
Costello, c ...
Neeley, g .
Huggins, g .
McClure, f .
Allbright, c .
Evonuk, g ...
Winter, g ...
Kitchell, g ...
FG FT PF TP
.3 1 1 7
.8 0 0 16
.2 0 2 4
.6 0 2 12
.3 0 1 6
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 1
... 0 0 0 0
.1 0 0 0
Totals .23 2 7 48
Washington FG FT PF TP
Mc Lean, f . 2 0 0 4
Evans, f . 1113'
Berg, c. 0 10 1
Lavey, g . 6 3 3 13
Keller, g . 7 1 1 15
Sholiam, f . 0 0 0 9-~
Foleen, e . 3 0 16
Totals.19 6 6 44
Umpires: Fix and Faubion.