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DUCK TRACKS By BILL STRATTON Assistant Sports Editor After the heart-breaking loss to Oregon State last Saturday, all hands are looking forward to the first home appearance of the twice beaten Ducks court Friday night. against the Orangemen in McArthur This weekend’s tilt prom ises to be one of the best games of the year on the local court, and the victory hungry Oregons should be all-out to revenge the Beaver victory that was won from the free-throw line. Congratulations are in or »~*'der for the medicos who treat ed the reportedly ill Beavers last week. Pre-game releases that declared most of Slats Gill’s first string suffering KUCHA from stomach trouble with only a remote chance of playing, were taken with a grain of salt in the Duck camp. Messrs. Rocha, Carey, Peterson, and Crandall contributed a great deal to their team in the first civil Avar tilt however, and didn’t run as if their tummies Avere bothering them. Modern medicine certainly has progressed at a terrific pace, hasn’t it? Flock of Scoring Records Smashed PreA’ious scoring records Avere smashed to no end last Saturday. OSC’s 73-69 decision, a 142 point total, is an all time high for any Oregon-Oregon State series as Avell as the Northern Division. It topped the mark set last season Avhen Oregon out ran the Cougars, 69-65 here in Eugene. Previously, the high est score recorded in an Oregon-Oregon State game Avas in 1945 when OSC came out on the long end of a 55-51 score, a total of 106 points. Furthermore, neither team has been able to pile up as many points against each other through the years. Highest total for either team Avas last year Avhen the BeaA'ers ^cored 59 in one game and the Ducks hit 53 on another oc casion. It was also the second straight Duck-Beaver contest that has gone into an overtime period. Last season the Oregon crew edged the Orangemen 42-41 in the final game of the season, and smashed Beaver hopes for the Northern Division championship. Foul Total Believed to Be Record The 52 personal fouls called against the two squads and , the .two' technical fouls charged against the Bevos are also i believed,-tcwhe. a new'XOiaferen.ee record, but there are no sta i.tistiss. 'tD.op^ove ,-ifc -Oregon State’s phenomenal mark of 16 t con sec ulive '-feee^throwsvm ade' good is probably a record, too, ;and their accuracy at the free throw line was all that put them over the hump. Both squads connected with 24 field goals. Ducks Traveling a Rough Road No-one is denying the fact that Hobson and his crew will have to hustle from here on in if they expect to cop the con ference title. Most observers expected the Webfoots to drop at least one to their northern cousins, but the first loss to Wash ingon State was costly. In order to finish with anything better than a tie for division honors, the Ducks can’t stand more than tmo more set backs. B}- dropping only one to the Huskies in ^Seattle and another to either OSC or on the inland empire trip, they have a fair chance of coming out on top of the heap. Oh, brother, that’s a big order. Hobby’s work-horse, Ken Hays emerged as the Oregon hero last weekend, even though his team lost. He virtually kept the Webfoots in the ball game all the way, and his jump shot and free throw at the end of the regular playing time gave the losers an opportunity to get even in the extra canto. He was also high scorer for the evening with 19 big counters. Hays is a senior, and Hobby will find it difficult to replace him next season. Late Season Road Trip for OSC Bruce Myers, sports editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times, writes that Jack Friel has no end of praise for the undefeated Orangemen. Friel said they have a man-to-man defense that will stop anybody in the league and they are a fast passing and dribbling outfit that never quits driving. Myers comments that if the Beavers expect to win the title they had better make hay now. They finish off the sea son with a road trip that takes them to the Palouse country ^Jor a series against Washington State and Idaho. Then they come down to Eugene for the final game of the civil war series against Oregon. Myers says this trip could be disastrous, and he could be so right. JVs Post Thirteenth Straight Victory, Dump Outdoor 63-49 No. 13 almost pulled a jinx on the Junior Varsity hoop squad last night in their tilt with Outdoor Store, but the collegians managed to outlast their opponents to win going aWay, 63 to 49. It was the thirteenth victory in as many starts for the local stars, and the first in the second half round of the league. Before the game was finally set tled it proved to be a real battle, as the outmanned, but game Outdoor men came back time and again to tie the score, and in the last half, to even go ahead in the point de partment for short periods. The most torrid action proved to be in the last half, after a fairly even first stanza that saw' the JVs have a slight edge. The first canto ended 31 to 23 in favor of the locals. It looked like the Oregon squad, who had been using tlieir customary alternate quintets, would not have too difficult a time outrunning their opponents, but the Outdoor squad had a different idea. Before the fray was finally settled the score had been tied six times, and the lead had changed hands four times. Coming out from the halftime, big Everett Fox, wrho was high man of the game with seven field goals and the same number of free throws for 21 counters, caged a lay-in for the Outdoor Store to cut the mar gin a bit. A flurry of baskets on both sides ran the count to 36 to 29, and then the Storemen got hot. A1 Wein stein sank a shot from the floor, Ace Playth rimmed a gift shot, Palmer King put up a lay-in for two coun ters, and Fox hit from the center Oregon Spirit (Continued from page four) knock over the Orangemen this week and Rog Wiley seconded Stan’s statement. Talk Over Mistakes Chatter centered around some of the mistakes made in the game, how they could have been elimi nated, and the standout play of several Beavers. Lew Beck and Morrie Silver were the men singled out during most of the gab-fest. Beck’s speed and lightning hand ling of the ball down the floor was a source of amazement to the Ducks and everyone was impressed by his outstanding play. Silver also drew praise from the Yellow and Green men. They said that he played heads up ball and was a man to keep your eye on all the time. It was a rough game, the number of fouls called verify that fact, but none of the boys looked any the worse for wear although several of them didn’t suit up for practice. Bob Kehrli commented that it was the uncanny accuracy of the Beavers at the foul line that sunk the Ducks. Not content with mere average for hitting the hoop on foul shots, they hit sixteen in a row, and made several more than the Ducks who had more oppor tunities. Joking with each other is one of the favorite pastimes of this team, but it is trainer Tom Hughes that is the butt of most of the stabs. His chubbiness seems to be envied by the ball players for they keep pointing out how lucky he is to be able to put on weight without wor rying about it. So far Hughes hasn’t decorated the locker room with any of his famous “remember the Alamo” morale signs. Tom inaugurated these for the football team, but so far figures the hoop team doesn’t heed any added spirit. of the key to tie up the score at 36 to 36. Bocchl Connects At this point Jim Bocchi dropped a gift shot through to give the Jay vees the lead briefly, but the per sistent Fox hit from out past the key to change the situation. Jerry Switzer tied the game on a gift toss for the college boys again, but Cal Bonney retaliated with the same thing for the Storemen to again grab the lead. Ken Seeborg dropped a free throw to knot the count but Weinstein did likewise again, and the one point margin was main tained. This see-sawing back and forth continued until the score worked up to 44 to 44, and then the Jayvees took belated command. With six minutes to go in the game. Luke Baccelleri drove the length of the floor to net one, lanky Bob Don caged another from the corner for a four-point margin, and then Fred Wilson, a newcomer up from the frosh team, hit for two quick field goals. Five in a Row The Outdoor squad managed to stem the tide temporarily with a pair of gift tosses and a tip-in by Ace Plath, but the Jayvees were on the move, and couldn’t be stopped. They finished out the game by hit ting for five baskets from the floor in a row, to make the final score read 63 to 49. Lineups: Oregon (63) , (49) Outdoor r Hamilton (8) ...F. (6) King Devaney (4) .F.(21) Fox Switzer (7) .C. (7) Bonney Bocchi (4) .G (7) Weinstein Seeborg (9) G.(7) Plath Substitutions: for Jayvees: Bac celleri (8), Henderson (1), Wilson (9), Don (8), Holloman (5). For Outdoor: Robertson, Norris. DUs Upset Touted ATOs In 1947 IM Hoop Opener TODAY’S IM SISED (A Games) 3:50, Court 40, Beta Theta Pi vs. Chi Psi. 3:50, Court 43, Awful Awfuls vs. Stitzer Hall A. 4:35, Court 40, Sigma Chi vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. 4:35, Court 43, Rowdies vs. Stan Ray BB. 5:15, Court 40, Phi Gamma Delta vs. Merrick hall. 5:15, Court 43, Mohawks vs. Stan Ray B. The Delta Upsilon intramural hoopers scored a major upset yes terday afternoon in the opening play of the '46 season, as they handed the highly touted ATO boys a 24-14 setback. In the ATO-DU thriller the Alpha Taus netted seven points in the opening minutes of play before their opponents had hit the hemp for a single one, but by half-time the race-horse DU bunch had pot ted 10 points while their foe bare ly kept ahead with 11, and by the time the final whistle had blown, the DUs held a 10 counter lead. Sigma Nu Wins The Sigma Nu outfit handled the ball smoothly and made every shot count in their well-deserved 19-6 win over Phi Delta Theta. The I list street clan forged into an early lead, and their team-work never slackened as they piled up 19 markers, with Ken Roberts as high pointer, tallying 6 of them, as many as the entire Phi Delt squad could muster. The Kappa Sigs were never in much difficulty in their game with the Married Vets and were a dan gerous-looking aggregation, chalk ing up 85 points while they pro duced a stiff defense that held the Vets to a dozen points. Norm Van Brocklin set the pace for the Kappa Sigs with four field goals. Popp Sparks SAEs Jim Popp sparked SAE to a vic tory over the Legal Eagles in one of the openers, as the SAEs had little trouble with the impotent Lawyers, clobbering them 40-20. Popp plopped in 15 of the SAE’s markers to set the tilt's scoring pace. Lowest scoring fray of the after noon was the Delta Tan Delta-Sig ma hall game with the Delta ploughing into an early 4 point, lead and never relinquishing it throughout the clash. Final score read, Delta 14, Sigma 10. The Sammys also put in a bid for title honors by walloping Sherry Ross hall 41-13. The Sams showed plenty of hustle and speed in their triumph, with Sol Lesser amassing 16 points to lead the scoring. 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