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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1947)
Beavers Edge Webfoots in Overtime Missed Free Throws Costly to Ducks; OSC Takes ND Lead, Webfoots Fourth By BERNIE HAMMERBECK Sports Editor A free-tlirow exhibition that bordered the perfection proved too much for Coach Hobby Hobson’s Webfoots Saturday night as they bowed to their up-valley rivals, the Oregon State Bea vers, 73-69 in an overtime tilt. It was conference win No. 3 for the Beavers and boosted them into the division lead. The loss dropped the Webfoots into fourth place as the Washington State Cougars registered a triumph over Idaho to move into third. — ~~~ The Beaver-Duck fracas was an it was expected to be and perhaps a little more. It was played be fore a crowd of 2500 rabid Beaver supporters with not a single Duck fan persent, and had the Oregon fan been on hand he would scarce ly have dared raise his voice against the solid Beaver front. It was perhaps as close and as biller a contest as has ever been played between the two in stitutions. The teams matched each other basket for basket through the regular playing' period with Oregon at one time holding a seven point lead in the first half, and the Orangemen a five point bulge in the second period. The Webfoot cause appeared lost with but half a minute to play in the regular playing period as they trailed by three points, 59-62. On a fast break and lay-in, however, .Forward Ken Hays netted two points and was fouled in so do ing. His free throw, dead to the liemp, knotted the count, and there it remained until the over time. OSC Stalls The Beavers controlled the ball during’ the final 28 seconds of the regular playing session in a de liberate stall. As the clock swung round to the one-second mark For ward Cliff Crandall let fly with a desperation shot front midcourt that went far wide of the hoop. The overtime period remained in doubt until the Orangemen broke ■ a. 66-all count with a field goal and then a free throw to go three •points up 69-66. From there on •out the victors added to their ■ score at the expense of Oregon fouls committed in a vain attempt to break up Oregon State's posses sion of the ball. The Ducks had a mathemati cal chance to tie the count witli three seconds to play even though five points behind, 73-68. IKen Hays was given two free throws on Doug Martin’s fifth personal foul, and Mr. Martin, lieing very unhappy with the de cision, proceeded to express him self. The referee then added a technical foul. Oregon then had three free throws to shoot, two by Hays and due by Captain Stan Williamson, and possession of the ball from out of bounds with two seconds in Which to score a field goal. Hays missed both shots, however, end ing an}' chance of a tie. William eon canned his to bring the score to 73-69, and Oregon’s desperation heave failed. Hit 1C Straight The Beavers hit 25 of 29 gift shots in winning the contest while Oregon connected with 21 of 32 tries. Kach team tallied 24 times field goals. The Beavers ran tneir count up to 16 successive free throw conversions before missing their first gift toss. A near riot occurred in the first half when Oregon Slate's Red Rocha took a flying leap into a ho ramble for a loose ball.^ Two (Oregon men, Roger Wiley and At Oregon Spirit Not Dampened By OSC Loss Oregon State’s defeat of the Ducks last Saturday didn’t dampen the Oregon team’s spirit. That overtime loss was a hard one to miss, you can take the team's word on that, taut they’re not crying over spilled milk. Fri day’s game with the red-hot Beav ers is too close for the hoys to start licking their wounds. Statistically, tlie VVebfoots are pretty low in the standings around the Northwest. Oregon State has a perfect record so far—and that is just as far as it is going to go if men like Stan Williamson, Hog Wiley, and Ken Hays have their way. Williamson calmly predicted that the Ducks would roar back and (Please turn to page five) Poplck, and three Beavers milled on the, floor. Order was restored before serious trouble broke out, however, and the referees kept the game in close check during the remainder of the contest. Jim Bartelt was ejected from the Oregon lineup near the end of the game. While tieing up OSC’s Crandall under the back board, Crandall's elbows churned high, hitting Bartelt in the nose. Bartelt instictively assumed a de fensive position and the referees called Bartelt to the bench to avoid a recurrence of trouble. No foul was called on Bartelt, however. Stars for the two teams ended up on even terms as Centers Wiley and Koelia both potted 12 points before retiring on the five-foul rule. Guards Lou Beck and Wil liamson also ended all-even at 16 apiece. Ken Hays was high for the evening with 17. Oregon State (73) FG FT PF TP Anderson, f. 3 3 5 9 1 2 Carey, f. 2 Rocha, c . Beck, g Torrey, g Silver, g . Martin, o 4 5 0 a 1 Peterson, f . 2 Crandall, f .2 Roelandt, f . 0 4 6 0 2 0 G 3 0 a 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 5 12 16 0 12 o 10 7 0 Totals .24 25 27 Oregon (G9) Dick, f . Hays, f . Wiley, c . Poplck, g Wiltnson, g . 5 Berg, g . 2 Bartelt, g . 0 Bray, e .,. 0 Seeborg, g . 0 Lavey, g . 0 FG FT PF TP 1 5 4 1 G 2 0 2 0 0 4 4 5 5 4 1 0 1 11 17 12 5 1G G 0 2 0 0 Totals .24 21 27 69 Halftime score: Oregon 34, OSC 30. Free throws missed: Oregon 11; OSC 5. Field goals attempted. Oregon 49, OSC 56. THE EXTREMES . . . Regular Oregon center, 6-foot 8-incli Roger Wiley shows how he towers over Hobson’s midget guards, Stan Williamson and ball hawk A1 Popick. Williamson has established himself as one of the leading scorers in the conference with 46 points in three Northern Division games. (Courtesy the Oregonian.) Diving Duel Tops Intra-Squad Meet An excellent diving exhibition was the highlight of the Oregon varsity Intra-squad meet Saturday afternoon as the paddlers prepared to meet the OSC squad January 18 by churning up the water for an hour and a half in rousing fashion during the Duck-eat-Duck affair. Divers Benny Holcomb and Tom Corbett staged a duel that was in doubt until the last dive was com- ( pleted, and the well-filled house voiced its approval of the contest in a hearty and heartening man ner. Out of a possible 200 points on ten dives, Holcomb racked up 159, with Corbett close behind, boasting an even 150. Third was Willie McCullough with 118 count ers. Another outstanding event was the 300 yard medley relay, a race that saw the team of Huestis, Kess ler, and Ferris forge from behind to defeat their hard-pressing op ponents, with breaststroker, Hues tis foaming from three-quarters of a length behind in his heat to sev eral strokes ahead to claim a large share of the victory. Two Men Out Neither Don Rush, distance nat ator, nor George Mooreliead, sprinter, took part in the meet, but both boys are expected to be on Sports Staff Meet Set There will be a meeting of all members of the Emerald Sports staff at 7:30 this evening in the sports room of the Journalism building. Anyone wishing to do sports work during the winter term is invited to attend. IM Officials to Meet AU intramural basketball of ficials are asked to attend an important meeting at 3:30 this afternoon at the Intramural of fice In the P. E. building. hand this week to prime for the Beaver-Duck clash. Although the time in most events were not too impressive, the team as a whole shows steady^ improve ment, and they should be in first rate shape by next Saturday. 300 yard medley relay—Won by Kessler, Huestis, Ferris; second, Walters, Anderson, T. Hazzard; Third, Miller, Seal, D. Hazzard. Time, 3:36. 220 yard free-style—Won by Hi att; second, Sundle; third, Thomp son. Time, 2:33.2. 60 yard free-style — Won by Thompson; second Ferris; third, T. Hazzard. Time, :33.7. Diving— Won by Holcomb; second, Corbett; third, McCullough. 100 yard free-style—Won by Hi att; second, Thompson. Time, :59.9. Back Stroke—160 yards — Won by Walters; second, Miller; third Kessler. Time, 1:56.6. Breast stroke—200 yards—Won by Huestis; second, Seal; third, An derson. Time 2:50.4. Free-style—440 yards—Won by Sundlie; second, Thompson; third, Rudy. Time, 5:57.9. Relay—300 yards—First team—• Walters, Hazzard, and Thompson. Second team — Hiatt, Ferris, and Lundlie. Time, 5:57.9. SPORTS STAFF Bill Stratton Bernie Hammerbeck Don Fair Fred Taylor Elwin Paxon A1 Pietschman Bob Wallace Frosh Cagers Trip Medford 33-28 for Ninth Straight Win Sparking to life for 13 points in the last three minutes, the Oregon Frosh basketball quint managed to rack up their ninth consecutive win by edging a stubborn Medford team 33-28 at Medford last Satur day night. The Ducklings, on the short end of a 26-20 count with only a trio of minutes to go, seemed destined for their first defeat of the season when they finally got their attack roiling with wiry guard Chuck Rufner applying the key touch. Rufner hit for eight points, his entire game total, in those last minutes and aided by forward Bill Greene’s pair of buckets, the Frosh were able to cop the win by a safe margin. Throughout the first three periods of the tilt, Ted Schopf’s squad had trouble setting up the plays, with action in general be ing a little on the sluggish side. The Medford team, strictly an in-and-outer, kept the Oregon squad in hot water constantly and up until the closing splurge, had seemingly solved the fast-break at tack of the Frosh. Mainstays for Hank Anderson’s Black Tornadoes were the two forwards Earl Stelle, and Jack Chez who rapped in 8 and 7 points respectively. For the Schopfmen, Green again was among high point-getters with 8, the same number as Rufner. Rod Downey, dark -headed guard, canned 6; Mockford 8; Whol'ers, Wilson, Gudgel, and Lantz 2. Halftime count favored the Pearpickers 17-10 as the Frosh couldn’t get their passing game to click in the rough-and-tumble fra cas. Defensively for the Frosh,-* Roger Mockford turned in the out standing performance at the pivot post.