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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1947)
Cougars Pluck Duck Cagers 51-37; Orangemen Wallop Huskies 59-37 Oregon Defense Collapses, Hamilton Hits 12 for WSC PULLMAN, Wash., Jan. 24 (AT’)—'The Dark Horse Cou gars of Washington State College tonight defeated the Lni versitv of Oregon 51-37 to extend their winning streak to four games' in the Northern Division, Pacific Coast Conference. Washington State led 28 to 23 at halftime. 'The Cougars built up a comfortable margin early in the game and maintained it unougu out, padding the score in the final minutes as Oregon’s defense was abandoned in desperate efforts to score. Bob Hamilton led the scoring with 12 points for Washington State. Reedy Berg, Oregon, tal lied 9. Oregon took a 4-0 lead as the game opened on field goals by Wiley and Ken Hays. The t'ou gars tied the score at 0-0 with four minutes gone and took, a four-point margin a minute later on field goals by Hamilton and Eddie Oayda. Washington State never lost the lead thereafter. Reserves for both teams played a large portion of the first half on an even basis, the regulars return ing in the last few minutes were unable to hit consistently. Wiley opened the second half scoring witli a long shot countered by one by Gayda. Hamilton and Bob Sheridan led a Cougar attack which built the lead up to 35-20 with three minutes gone. Two field goals by Hamilton and one by Bob Gaston gave the Cougars p 10 point margin with seven minutes to play. * Keedy Iieig;, Oregon reserve, tallied three baskets to keep the Ducks in the game, but with six minutes to play the Oregon de fense collapsed in a scramble lor the ball. Gene Sivertson scored three easy lay-in field goals for Washington State to give the Cougars a 50-3G margin with less than two minutes to go. In the final minute both teams scrambled for the ball, with scot ing- limited to one free throw each. Oregon (37) Wilkins, F . Hays, F . Wiley, C . Williamson, G Popiek, G . Reeborg, F . Bartelt, F Bray, C . Wren, C. . Berg, C. . Dick, F . Lavey, G. FO FT PF TP .2 2 2 0 .2 0 3 4 .4 0 0 8 .12 2 4 .0010 0 0 0 0 .0 0 2 0 .110 3 .112 3 .4109 0 0 1 0 .0 0 2 0 Totals .15 13 Wash State (51) Sheridan, F . 2 2 Gayda, F. 2 2 Sivertson, C . 4 1 Hamilton, G . 0 2 Dahl, G . 1 1 Gaston, F . 4 0 Lowery, F . 0 0 Arndt, C . 1 - Flliott, G . 0 0 Andrews, G . 1 0 Svendsen, F . 0 0 Nielson, G. 0 0 Heathcote, G . 0 1 1 5 2 0 1 9 3 12 0 3 1 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 Totals .20 11* 11 51 Free throws missed: Oregon— Hays 2. Williamson 3. Wash. State _Sivertson 2, Dahl, Lowery, Arndt, Flliott, Heathcote. Half time score: Washington State 28, Oregon 23. KUGN AirsGameat7:30 The Oregon-Washington State basketball game being played in Pullman tonight will be broad cast over station KUGN (1400 Ke.) starting at 7 :d0. All 'future Oregon games away from til* gene will be carried by the local station, it was announced last night. Three Paddlemen To Swim Sunday Only a trio of swimmers will see action this week-end, but the re mainder of the squad will work out as usual this afternoon in the men's pool. They are taking no chances on being out of shape for next Saturday’s meet with the po tent University of Washington team. Ralph Huestis, Benny Holcomb, and Earl Walters are slated to ap pear in Portland Sunday for an exhibition to be staged during the city meets. They left this fore noon and will work out tonight in the Multnomah Athletic Club tank to insure limber strokes in the event tmorrow. The Ducks are ineligible to com pete in the meet because they are not residing in the near-vicinity of Portland. Thir display of breast stroking', diving, and backstroking, will be included in the program un officially. The UO paddlers are the only team in the ND who draw a bi eatli er over the weekend. Washing ton tangles with Oregon State at Corvallis, while Washington State squares off with Idaho. By vir tue of the 59-19 lacing handed the Beavers by Oregon, the Huskies should win in a walk. WSC Mermen Swamp Idaho PULLMAN, Wash., Jan. 24 (API—Two long standing fresh man swimming records for Bolder gymnasium pool were broken to day as Coach Doug Gibb's Wash ington State tankmen walloped the University of Idaho 62-13 to repeat last week's lop-sided win at Mos cow. Brain Canning, Corville fresh man swimming for the Cougar vai sity, won the 440-yard free style m 5 minutes 37.6 seconds to knock 11.8 seconds off the old mark set by Fisch of Oregon State College in 1936. Reuben Johnson, who gave Idaho its only individual win in the two meets, set the second new record as he swam the 150-yard back stroke in 2 minutes 1.5 seconds. The old mark of 2 minutes 4.3 seconds was established in 1938 by Thornfeldt of Washington State. The University tennis courts, 14 in number, are open from 8 a.m. un til S p.m. daily. Although adequate funds are set aside for its completion, the intra mural track and field still lies in a state of lethargy since the sud den burst of activity last spring. According to Dr. Ralph Leighton, dean of physical education, there are two main reasons why the much needed track and field area has not been completed. First, he cited the fact that planting of grass for the turf of the field bogged down this summer. Originally the seeding was sched uled for the first part of August when proper seeding can be start ed for the best results. This was not done, as the specialist contract ed for the job informed the depart ment just a few days ahead of the starting date that he could not do the work. Once again, a specialist has been found, and this time the physical education department head hopes he has him for keeps. The other reason why the field has not been completed is a head ache. Cinders for the track can not be located, and the department can’t find any, according to Dr. Leighton. Although there is plenty of volcanic ash in Oregon, the de partment is looking for residue of industrial plants. As a last resort they will have to use the inferior volcanic ash. Without the cinders, further work on the track is out of the question. True, some of Colonel Bill Hayward’s track men are using the area now, but they have to wear gym shoes and are using this track as a temporary expedient since Hayward field is soggy. Newcomers to the school this year may be interested to know ;hat when this track and field is ompleted, Oregon will have the nost modern intramural plant in the northwest. University of '/ashing ton boasts one of the argest, but does not have the mod 3rn features that are incorporated . the construction of Oregon’s new !eld. i .. ■ ■ i ■ — 1 n ————» Loop Leading Beavers Win Fifth Straight SEATTLE, Jan. 24—(AP)—The league-leading Northern Division Pacific Coast Conference Oregon State five trounced the University of Washington 59 to 37 tonight for their fifth conference win against £ no defeats before a record over flow crowd of 13,500. Big Red Rocha, Oregon State center, was the man Washington feared most but the lightning fast midget guards, Lew Beck and Morrie Silver, along with For ward Cliff Crandall, were the ones who carried the mail tonight. Beck and Crandall, scoring from all over the court, counted 16 and 13 of the Oregon State point total respectively. Washington tallied first on a field toss by Center Jack Nichols and the game was away to a slow start. A free toss by Alex Peterson, OSC forward, and a short field flip by Rocha put the Beavers in front and they moved to a 7-3 lead after four minutes. Field goals by Guard Bill Taylor and Forward Boody Gil bertson tied the count and Gilbert son’s free throw gave Washington an 8-7^1ead. Quick goals by Beck and Nichols see-sawed the score and gave Washington its last lead of the game at 10-9. From there on Oregon State, ^ breaking extremely fast and shredding the Washington’s de fense with its set plays, piled in the tallies and was never in se rious trouble. The invading Beaver’ firsts string turned on the heat in earnest after the halftime and slammed their way to a 48-28 advantage after nine minutes. (Please turn to page five) Tami WinsonTKO DETROIT, Jan. 24 (AP)—Tami Mauriello, the Bronx Bulldozer, floored John Thomas, New York Negro heavyweight, four times in the first round tonight and then won on a technical knockout with three more knockdowns in the sec ond. Mauriello weighed 201 pounds, Thomas 192. COLLEGE BASKETBALL By The Associated Press Clemson 60, The Citadel 40 Boston University 62, Colby 44 Kansas 55, Iowa State 30 Fordham 48', Kingspoint 40 University of New Hampshire 72, Bates 63. Colorado State 40, Colorado col lege 29. Montana 61, Gonzaga 51. Wyoming 51, Brigham Young 44, UCLA 52, California 45. GRAND OPENING The Cascade Club (Formerly the Granada Gardens) Featuring Skip Yoilman's Orchestra Every Fri. & Sat. Night from 9-1:30 a. m. ^ARTY ACCOMMODATIONS Open 6-2:30 a. m. RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED NEW LOW PRICES H Sims, Mgr. 2 mi. S. E. of Springfield