DUCK TRACKS
By BERNIE HAMMERBECIv
Sports Editor
Conspicuously absent last night when the Webfoots took
to the court for their conference opener with Washington State
was big Marv Rasmussen. For big Rass will spend the season
on the sidelines, the victim of
a bad knee injury.
This has been a year of
bad luck for Marv. Shortly
after the fall term started he
broke a bone in his wrist. That
bothered him little, however, as
lie was giyen a sturdy cast and
^the green light on playing bas
ketball.
He did well despite the
cast, reaching high on the
boards for rebounds and
shooting fairly well, the in
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Coach Howard Hobson
jury being to the left wrist. In fact the solid cast was almost
an advantage when play got rough under the boards.
lie caused a bit of concern during one practice session when
Center Roger Wiley came roaring out of a mixup in agonizing
pain. All hands feared the worst, but it proved nothing seri
ous. Wiley had bumped his elbow against the cast and struck
a nerve, and he was as good as ever a short time later.
Big Rass Strong on Backboards
Rass was mighty close to a first string berth when the pre
season schedule started, being Hobby’s number one replace
ment in the front line. His entry into the game hurt the Web
foot backboard strength not at all—his pair of rubber legs put
ting him as high in the air as most men of 6-6.
His knee injury came in the third pre-season tilt and was
in part duetto the broken wrist. He fell while going for a
pass, and as he went down he tried to protect his wrist and in
4so doing twisted his knee instead. He was taken to the in
firmary where a cast from ankle to hip was found necessary.
j\Iarv was still in the infirmary as the Christmas season ap
proached and his fraternity brothers (Phi Delta Theta) decided
he should^ attend their Christmas party. So Rass was hauled
to the house for the evening’s festivities in, of all things—a
hearse! The vehicle precursed no further ill, however, and
Rass is still on the campus, hobbling about with both bad wrist
and knee.
Oregon Still Shy Two Foo tball Games
Still unfilled are two games on Oregon’s 1947 football
schedule, but expect an announcement on them soon. The
open dates are October 4 and three weeks later October 25.
The Web foots open September 27 against the Texas Long
horns in Portland.
Oregon has only five conference games on tap for this
fall plus a tilt with the Idaho Vandals. This situation drew
a few critical remarks in regards to Anse Cornell, athletic
manager, but actually Cornell did well. The Webfoots will
not play California and USC.
It was impossible to arrange the game with the Golden
Bears from Berkeley because of the conflicting schedules.
Oregon and USC both had open dates on October 5, but South
ern Cal in “big school” .style refused to come north. Cornell
in return said “no dice” on a trip to Los Angeles as the week
previous the Webfoots meet Texas in Portland and the week
following travel to Los Angeles for a game with UCLA. A
trip to LA in between for a battle with the Trojan would have
been just too much.
There is still no definite indication as to who wdl fdl the
other dates, but the big independent schools to the south are
reported as being quite interested.
Basketball Court in Lemon and Green
The basketball-floor at McArthur court is well trimmed at
present,' but not nearly what Coach Hobby Hobson would have
liked to present; the-Oregon fans-. When the flooi uas le
finished last summer, a really light finish was desired, but the
painters thought otherwise and came up with a dishwater
blonde.
During the Christmas holidays, the court was relined in
lemon and green. It was planned to paint the entire key
hole area green with the foul line in lemon, but again the
^painters did otherwise. That would really have made a
colorful playing court.
The new finish has its practical as well as glamorous aspect
too. Movies are taken of conference games, and a light co orec
floor makes much better pictures.: 1
Frosh Win Two
Hayward Calls
Duck Runners
All aspirants for the Oregon
1947 track and field team should
sign up for winter track as a
regular course, according to
Colonel Bill Hayward, track
coach. One hour of credit is
given for this course where each
trackman is assigned a special
muscle coordinating and devel
oping routine.
Hayward is especially anxious to
meet all men who plan to turn out
for the spring sport as soon as pos
sible and have them start a mild
training program.. In the past,
many athletes have neglected to
sign up for the course offered, de
priving themselves of an extra
hour of credit.
One of the main reasons that
Colonel Hayward wants to check
on his potential runners and field
men this early is to determine ex
actly the spots on the team that
are going to be weak and those
that will be strong.
The Duck harriers lost all
their dual meets last year but
came within 9/10 of a point of
winning the division meet. If ade
quate manpower had been at
hand in the Seattle title tilt,
Oregon could have possibly eked
out a win.
Prospects Good
Prospects point to one of the
best teams in Oregon’s history for
this year. Besides almost the team
from last year, Hayward has added
several strong men who will be
bringing in needed points. Bill
Kydd, division champion in the
javelin, is the only member of the
point garnering squad from last
year that is lost via graduation.
One of the new men added to
the track roster and counted on
for stellar performances by the
Colonel is George Rasmussen,
18 year old pole vaulter who
placed third in the national AAU
meet last summer. Rasmussen
has hit better than thirteen
feet in the event, and pulled his
third out of the best national
amateurs.
Champ to Hurdle
Jack Doyle, state champion
hurdler has enrolled at Oregon
and will be one of the top hurdlers
for the Ducks. Still in his teens,
Doyle shows promise of becoming
one of the best hurdlers at Oregon
before he graduates. Besides
Doyle, Hayward has Wyn Wright
for the stick topping event.
Wright copped third in the di
vision meet last year and will
again be one of the top men in the
conference. Wright and Doyle
should give the Ducks a one-two
punch in the hurdles.
Don Pickens, Springfield’s ace
pole vaulter, and number two man
in the high school state meet last
year, will give Hayward added
strength in the vault.
Jake Leicht and Carl Maxey took
care of the sprints with ease for
the Ducks last season. Jake will
be burning the cinders again.
Maxey will probably be switched
to the 440 yard dash, where he
will show his speed.
In the number one position in
the division finals last year,
Maxiey clipped off the fastest
440 of the day—faster than the
regular quarter mile race with
all the individual stars perform
ing, and although he took second
in the 220 yard dash, Hayward
First Year Men Topple Battleground;
Benson Teams to Continue Win Streak
By LARRY LAU
Webfoots can still proudly say, “No Oregon basketball team, has
been beaten this season!”. Just to keep the Lemon and Green record
clean, and refusing to be outdone by th Varsity and JV squads, Orgon’s
red-hot Ducklings racked up their fifth and sixth consecutive victories
Thursday afternoon. Playing a double-header they drubbed a highly
regarded Benson Tech team, 40-27, in the first game and came roaring
back to swamp a formidable Battleground quintet, 65-29, in the final
tilt.
The first game, with Benson
Tech, was a furiously fought con
test with the Ducklings grinding
out, point by heard-earned point,
their victory margin. At the end
of the first quarter the score was
6-3. Halftime score posted under
the big clock read 16-7, Oregon,
tarily early in the second half and
The Ducklings faltered momen
tarily early in the second half and
the determined Techmen came to
within five points of tying the
score; they never got any closer.
The Frosh ran wild in the latter
half of the third quarter, and once
led 36-20, their longest lead of the
game. The fourth quarter was a
dogged, evenly fought contest,
which saw the boys from Benson
Two Sports On
IM Winter Sked
“A” and "B" basketball leagues
plus a handball elimination tour
nament will comprise the winter
term intramural program accord
ing to the IM sports office spokes
man, Paul R. Washke.
Both basketball “A” and "B”
will be played on a round-robin
league basis. If more than five
“B” clubs are entered in the com
petition, in addition to the first
division squad, a tournament will
also be carried' on in that loop.
Handball will be conducted on an
elimination basis with two single
and one doubles composing a four
man team.
Both sports will award points on
the all-year IM point system. Ap
plication blanks must be turned in
to the men’s gymnasium before the
January 7 dead-line.
has his eye on him for quarter
mile duty this spring.
Still Backs Leicht
Wally Still, speedster from Mil
ton-Freewater, and numeral win
ner at Oregon before the war will
back Jake Leicht up in the sprints
and will take over Jake’s, chores
next year.
Hayward is set nicely in the
quarter mile. He has a group of
eager and speedy quarter milers.
Andy Swan is the top man as
far as past performances go. Swan
was the number one man in 1946
and placed second to Oregon State’s
O. B. Hughes in a tight race in
the Division final. Swan developed
fast and should knock additional
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Cross Country
Oregana pictures of the Ore
gon cross country team will be
taken on Hayward field at 3 p.
m. Monday. Members of the team,
George Watkins, A1 Pietschman,
Dale Harlan, Hugh Stapleton and
Rob Dreisner are asked to be
ready for Mr. French, university
photographer.
SPOBTS STAFF THIS ISSUE
Wally Hunter
Bernie Hammerbeck
Bill Stratton
A1 Pietchman
Larry Lau
Elwin Paxson.
outscoring the Ducklings three
points. Ed Gudgel, chunky guard,
and the oldest man on the team,
captured scoring honors for the
Ducklings by accounting for 11
points. Benson came to Mac court
with a record of eight wins as
against only two defeats. They
had beaten such highly regarded
quintets as Vancouver, Lincoln,
Salem, Hood River, and Long
view.
With the floor scarcely cooled
off from the last game, the tilt
with Battleground got under
way. The Ducklings swept to a
14-11 first quarter lead with Bid
Green, sharpshooting redhead
from .Ashland accounting for 6
points in the first eight minutes
♦of play. At the half it was Ore
gon 31-14 with Elton l.an(7. blaz
ing the way with three unerring
shots and a. free throw.
At the end of the third quarter
the scoreboards read 44-21, Oregon.
Playing the fourth quarter of their
second ball game in less than 90
minutes, the Ducklings seemed
only to gather more steam, scoring
twenty points in the final period.
Don Kimball, ex-B-team All-State,
and Bill Green, shared scoring
honors for the game with ten.
points each. Elton Lantz, four
year letterman from Molalla, fol
lowed closely behind with nine.
High point man for the losing
Battleground quintet was Curt
Mitchem, lanky forward, who
accounted for 12 of their 29
points. Fifteen year old, six
foot three inch Harold Storey,
playing center, tallied nine.
Battleground had journeye d
down from Southwest Washing
ton with a record of eight wins
and four defeats.
Boy Seeborg . . . Ex-Astoria high
school all-stater who helped last
night as the undefeated Webfoots
rolled to victory. Seeborg, one of the
few seniors on the squad was a for
mer teammate of Guard Stan Wil
liamson. He is a two-year letterman.
Seeborg first saw action on a Hob
son squad in 1943, and then came
back from the service last season,
to make his second letter.