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DUCK TRACKS By BILL STRATTON Assistant Sports Editor Attempting to draw the line between the varsity and junior varsity basketball teams this year has become no small prob lem. Hobby is carrying a “No. 1” group composed of 20 men, but part of that group is being p ' entered in the city basketball j league along with part of the “No. 2" squad under the direc tion of Ted Scliopf. Hobby made the state ment early in the season that all positions on all squads would be wide open this year and he certainly has stood by his statement. When the team travels this year it will be composed of 10 or 12 men and the remainder ot trie j. F 4 l squad will stay in Eugene to ROGER WILEY participate in the independent loop. Hobby said yesterday that the squad will not be static until the season is well under way and that in itself should give the managers of indepen dent teams something to moan about. They certainly won t know what to expect until they see the lineup on the floor. '['lie Jayvee squad that clobbered the Outdoor Store five Tuesday night was predominately freshmen. The squad made a very impressive showing and looms as the strongest con tender for the city league title. That includes Bobby Anet's Lumber Sales "J'irs,” also. Although Anet has a host of stars on his squad, they are not spring chickens anymore, and if the Duck Jayvees cannot beat them by holding them down with their defensive tactics, they should be able to run them into the ground. Hobson is one of the nation’s best known advocates of the fast break and we are sure that Schopf will employ the Hobson system in the independent league. Conditioning Scrimmage Rugged Tuesday afternoon Hobby ran a 13 man squad through one of the toughest scrimmage sessions of the season. The session was divided into two 25 minute periods and when the session was over, there were 13 mighty tired men heading for the show ers. Hobby said the conditioning workouts would be held about twice a week. If future scrimmages resemble Tuesday's workout, the men should be separated from the boys in short order. The squad Hobby worked with Tuesday included 11 let termen, one holdover reserve, and one freshman. The mono gram winners have formed the nucleus of the squad thus far, but they have not been able to rest on their laurels. They have been pressed for their positions by holdover reserves and the rapidly-improving freshmen. Six-foot eight-inch Bob Amacher has appeared to be one of the outstanding freshmen since the season started and he showed very well in the long scrimmage Tuesday. Letterman Ed Dick had a field day, however, and stole the show. Who Will Be the First Fiv e? From the spectator’s point of view, Stan Williamson has been the foremost candidate for a driving- guard post recently, but • A1 I’opick turned in an outstanding performance in the con ditioning scrimmage. The remainder of the lettermen—Roger Y\ iley, Ken Mays, Marv Rasstuussen, Dick Wilkins, Reedy Berg, Sam Crowell, Roy Seeborg, and Bob Wren—have played good ball during the practice sessions and unless we miss our .guess, 1 lobby will have a difficult time choosing the best five i from that crew. Everybody is loaded with material this year and the strug gle for Northern Division honors should be tough, but we are not only being patriotic when we say that Oregon has a very good chance of bringing home the conference flag. The ma terial on hand this season is comparable to the 1937 squad that eventually wound up as NCAA champs in 1939, and the ■ other schools in the conference have good reason for wonder ing how much damage the Ducks will do during the 1947 season. Hobson’s teams at Oregon have never ended up out of the first division and this column is optimistic enough to say that the Webfoots will definitely be in the running for the Northern Division championship this year—and the actual potency of the other ND teams is not known. Oily Four Seniors on the Team Four seniors -Bob \\ ren, Roy Seeborg, I,vie Pettijobn and Km Hayes—will be missing next season but the remainder of the squad should be intact. The men who are plaving frosh and Jawce ball this season will be vicing-for a starting nod-on the varsitx along with the returning lettermen.' Competition for varsitv berths will be keen both this year and in 1948 and when the starting teams are announced they should be good for any league. Jayvees Down Eagles With Late Rally> 37-32 Oregon-OSC 0o Saturday Is 50th in Schools History Saturday’s "Civil War” between the Ducks and Beavers will round out an even fifty clashes between the two schools—fifty years that have seen Oregon win 25, Oregon State 17, and seven ties. The statistics do not show the true spirit and intense rivalary of the clash, however. The intra-state “Bowl” game means a successful season to the winner, even though the rest of the year’s contests were losses. Big1 guns of both teams are loaded for the rival fraeas this week—but no more than in sea son’s gone by. The underdog has always been the one to watch, fa vorites habitually biting the dust. “Iron Mike” Mikulak led the Web foot 1933 eleven to an immortal 13 3 victory over a highly-touted Bea ver. This team rose to new heights in their stopping of a mighty “iron man” Beaver eleven that had knocked Southern California’s rec ord of twenty-five straight wins. Oregon’s grid warriors smashed everything the Beavers could toss at them, then started their own show that left the Corvallis eleven limp, weak, and “ironless.” “Iron Mike’s” performance that day was heralded by scribes as one of the sagas in the annals of football and Mike was later named on several All-American squads. The only game the Ducks did lose that year was to the Trojans. Poor Record Since Since that memorable game the Ducks have been on the Beaver’s a la carte menu more times than a good Duck cares to admit, winning three and losing seven. Coach Prink Callison's 1934 eleven dumped the Beavers by a close 9-6 count. Oregon out downed and outgained the Bea vers who scored in a last minute desperation pass play. Hayward field’s huge scoreboard recorded a 13-0 Oregon win in the 1935 Homecoming classic. The Em erald bannered the Ducks’ fourth straight win over the beaten Bea vers that year, pointing out that it was the first time that either team had run up four eonsecuive victor ies. If OSC should win Saturday this record will be crushed as the Beavers now have four straight wins notched in their Duck hunting shotgun. A revived and determined OSC club led by Joe Gray handed the Ducks a 18-0 pasting in 1936 before a yowling Orange crowd at Bell field. Del Bjork and Jimmy Nichol son paced Oregon’s offensive charge which fell short on several tries. Grey Ghost Again State’s "Gray Ghost” again led his team to a blanking of the Ducks in ■ 1937, scoring two touchdowns and converting twice while the Ducks collected the sad-looking Easy, Beavers.... PORTLAND, Nov. 20— (AF)— A heavily financed sports and business group here tonight announced plans were, underway to invite the West Point Cadets to play Oregon State college in a game at Multnomah stadium here on New Year’s day. Headed by Aaron M. Frank, pres i ident of the big Meier and Frank department store, the committlee j of prominent Portland civic leaders | said the game would he staged as j a benefit for the Sliriners hospital | for crippled children in Portland. BOB KEIMAN . . . letterman quar terback, will'see a lot of action for the Beavers Saturday. goose-egg. Jay Graybeal, the Pen dleton Jackrabbit, skirted 69 yards on a punt return in the final seconds of the tiff, but the run was nulli fied by a clipping penalty. Oregon spirit was not throttled l»y this blanking, however, as the students raced out of classes to thwart a Beaver “invasion” of the campus Monday following the game. An alert Oregon alum spotted the Beaver caravan at Junction City, phoned in their movement, and the Ducks pre pared their special “welcome” mat for the mechanized army from Corvallis. Effective blockades hemmed the unsuspecting Orange students into the campus area and a royal riot ensued' with more than 200 befud dled Beavers tossed into the mill race. Other Beavers were barricaded in Seymour’s Cafe, grabbed as they were finally evicted, and treated to Duck hospitality. Oregon’s “O” on Skinner’s Butte received a fresh coat of paint from some of the captives who were forced to slide down the slab atired in their full wardrobe. Bevos Again in ’88 Rioting in ’37 didn’t duM the Beavers—they thumped the Duck again in ’38, 14-0. State’s fullback Jim Kisselburgh turned the tide in an evenly fought contest. He sparked off on a 32 yard jaunt tcf the seven in the final minutes of the third quarter and seconds later pounded over the first score. He pushed another TD across in the fourth canto to end the Beaver scoring for the day. Tex Oliver’s second year at Ore gon saw his team again lose to the rampaging Stiner team, 19-14. A thrilling game, Oregon fans saw the Ducks try to get back in the game after two Beaver touch downs with Bob Smith and Jay Giaybeal working an effective passing attack. The Orange line was the difference in the game, and Leonard Younce was the con stant sore spot for Oliver's prote ges. Duck Win in 1940 “The Muddingest team in the (Please turn to page six) Baccelleri Suffers Possible Fracture By FRED TAYLOR Oregon’s junior varsity hoop team managed to pull its game out of the fire in the last four minutes, outlasting the Eagles Lodge quin tet 37-32, in the second of a series of city league games played on McArthur court last night. The Jayvees lay off of the courts over the weekend, meet ing Coos Bay Pirates next Mon- ^ day at 7 p. m. The junior team was getting rather frantic as the close of hos tilities neared and they remained The Oregon Lumber quintet re mained tied for the league leader ship with the Jayvees when they dropped the Outdoor Store 36-42 last night. The Richfield Oilers downed the Coos Bay Pirates 46 24 in the evening finale. trailing last night, and a lay-in by Jerry Switzer that gave the lads a tiny 33-32 lead was the spark that sent them on to win. Eagle Try Fails The Eagles tried to get back in the game, but the JVs effectively handcuffed them, from then on, and scored a gift toss and two field goals of their own to take the contest. The last basket, a long, loop ing one-hander by Forward Ed Devaney, who was high man for the game with ten counters, put the game on ice. 4 Employing the fast break, the green-clad Jayvees, who weren’t clicking as smoothly as the night before, kept right on the tails, of the Eagles throughout the game, although always trailing by a few points, and when the pace finally caught up with the less-conditioned Eagles it took only a few minutes of fast action to take the tilt. Two Injured Two players were injured in the game, as Chuck Taylor, one of the leading Eaglites, was helped off the floor with a twisted ankle, and Luke Baccelleri, Jayvee guard, suffered a possible broken wrist when he fell in a tussle for the ball. Lineups: Eagles (32) Jayvees (37) Stillwell (8) .F.Devaney (10) Taylor (6) .F. Holloman Caviness, H .C.Switzer (8) Caviness, B (8) G. Phillips Lavey .G. Seeborg (6) Subs for Eagles: Applegate (8), Hannam (2). For Jayvees: Hamil ton (5), Baccelleri (1), Henderson, Howell, Sowers (7). IM Volleyball YESTERDAY’S RESULTS A League Campbell club over Min turn (C) 15-7, 15-17, and 15-9. Belts over Stan Ray (BB) 10-15, 15-1, and 15-6. Chi Psis, Pi Kaps, Sigma Chi, and Phi Psi all won by forfeit. Games Today A League 3:50 — Court 40, Delt Upsilon vs. Vets' Dorm A; Court 43 — Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Yeomen. 4:35 — Court 40, Theta Chi vs. Vets’ Dorm (D); Court 43, Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Villard. 5:15 — Court 40, Delta Tau Delta vs. Vets’ Dorm EE; Court 43, Sigma Chi vs. Phi Kap pa Psi. The Emerald got its name be cause Joaquin Miller called Oregon the Emerald state.