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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1946)
Ducks-Rollers Tonight; Intra-Squad Tilt Dec.11 Wednesday's Tussle Expected To Top Pre-Season Schedule By BILL, STRATTON Assistant Sports Editor With four impressive wins in as many starts under their belts, Howard Hobson’s Webfoot cage squad leaves for Portland today to continue their pre-season warm-up schedule against Fees Rollers to night and General Grocers in a re turn engagement Saturday night. The next home appearance of the galloping Ducks will be De cember 11 when an inter-squad game is slated that might easily decide the doubtful berths for the traditional barnstorming eastern trip before Christmas. Local fans have been shown the usual good brand of ball displayed by Hobson coached teams in the first three home games of the warm-up schedule, but the inter squad battle is expected to top all past performances. Regular scrimmages this year have been the closest and hardest fought battles of the season thus far, and with several spots for the barnstorming tour still open, spec tators should see Oregon’s best. Oregon fans will have an oppor tunity to learn the vital statistics and experience of all the varsity players when they are introduced before the game. Hobson said a 15 man squad will be used, but the personnel of the two units has not been announced. They will be two evenly matched squads, however. The following evening, Decem ber 12, Oregon will play host to Bruno Stitdios, an independent five from Portland. It will be the final home appearance of the Webfoots before they play Bruno Studios for the second time December 28 in McArthur court. The last game of the pre-season schedule will be a return match with Fees Decem ber 30 in Eugene. Hobson takes his team east for their traditional barnstorming tour this season with a lighter schedule than usual. This year they meet Niagara university in Buffalo De cember 21 and New York univer sity in Madison Square Gardens December 23. The Webfoots will have one free day in New York before the NYU game, and a full program is being planned by the Oregon alumni chapter in New York that numbers almost 100. Plans announced by the Duck grads include a tour of the city, dinner with the alumni chapter, and they will attend the musical comedy “Showboat" in the evening. Although 99 points were racked up against General Grocers in their first meeting, the Portland club is expected to be loaded for Satur day's game. They played in Eu gene with only an eight man squad and their lack of reserve power was largely responsible for the overwhelming Oregon victory. Tonight’s game with Fees will be the first time the two clubs have met this year, but Hobson and his crew are not counting on a push-over. The Rollers are tout ed as one of the better clubs in the Portland AAU loop. ARDEL’S City League Standings Oilers ..,.. 1 5 .167 Oregon’s Junior Varsity basket ball team maintains a good grip on the lead in the city league circuit after knocking off the second place squad, the Oregon Lumber Firs, Wednesday night to the tune of 52-46. The league will remain idle until December 17. Jayvees Firs . Pirates Eagles Won Lost Pet. ... 6 0 1.000 ... 4 2 .667 ... 3 3 .500 ... 2 4 .333 Outdoor 1 5 .167 There is a good chance that the Webfoots will start their confer ence schedule against Washington State in McArthur court January 3 and 4 undefeated. They will be favorites in all their games here and in Portland and they should get no worse than a split on the eastern tour. Frosh Cagers Open Tonight Aaainst Franklin in Portland By DON FAIR Coach Ted Schopf's Frosh cage squad went through final tune-up drills yesterday in preparation for the season’s opener with Franklin high of Portland on the Jefferson hardwood tonight in a preliminary to the varsity-Fees game. Some of the starting positions on the Duckling team are still undecided although Pat Wohlers, an ex-Franklin eager, and Chuck Rufner seem to have the inside track to the guard berths. This is unique in that both of the men are southpaws and do their bas ket-shooting from the portside angle. Close behind them rate Ed Gud gel and Rod Downey, either of whom rates a good chance of open ing the game. Big Roger Mock ford, a tower of strength under the backboards, has the center slot well in hand, but some doubt is still expressed over the forward positions:* Green Injured Bill Green, ahother lanky ball hawk, injured his ankle earlier in the week as a result of a volley , ball practice and may not open for the Frosh. In his absence, stocky Tom Patton will take over. Pat ton has shown a great deal of im provement in recent scrimmages. At the other forward will be little Don KimbaTl from Pleasant Hill, a whippet on down-floor sweeps who handles the ball in a classy manner. Schopf’s main concern in the Franklin game is caused by the fact that the Qua kers wilt be using a zone de fense, a system which the Frosh haven’t had much time to drill against. At present the Little Duck schedule is nearly complete with 17 games on tap and four open dates still to be filled. Tomorrow night they will clash with St. Mary’s on the latter’s court here in Eugene. Franklin Strong ^ The Franklin squad will also W opening its basketball schedule to night when they take on the Duck lings. Pre-season dope spots the Quakers with a strong quintet made up of all returning veterans under the new leadership of Paul Durham. The schedule for the Frosh this season: Dec. 6—Franklin at Jefferson (Portland). Dec. 7—St. Mary’s at St. Mary’s (Eugene). Dec. 20—Grants Pass here. Dec. 21—University high here. Jan. 3—Benson (Portland) here. Jan. 3—Silverton here. Jan. 4—Marshfield here. , It’s the first of the month - every few days. 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