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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1947)
Beaver-Duck Civil War To Flare at Aggieville Heedv Berg . . . slender Oregon guard who recently crashed the \Veh f„ot starting five, tonight will do quite a hit of pounding up and down the floor of Corvallis’ cereal box when the Ducks and the Beavers clash. Weather Lifts; Runners Take OutdoorTrial Spins With the advent of “better weather,” Colonel Bill Hayward yesterday ordered his cindermen out of doors and sent them through trial spins around the University track. This was the first of what promised to be daily outdoor workouts. Practices had been limited to Mondays, Wednesdays, and tii days, and had been held indoors until the big verbal blast hit the looker room yesterday. OSC No. 1 oil List Oregon’s first meet of the yeai. the relays with Oregon State col lege April 5, came in for a bit of comment. Colonel Hayward exhorted his charges that now was the time to start rolling for the Aggies. Hayward is having the men start training early for two prin cipal reasons to unkink kinks ex perienced runners may have in curred during the previous period of relative inactivity, and as a precaution against the dubious condition of many runners who have been long in the service. Yesterday the trackmen prac ticed in full strength, most of the men having been given specific conditioning orders by Hayward. The running men took several warmup laps and then ran short sprints at half speed. Regular workouts stiffening in intensity are on the agenda, according to Hayward. Shotputters are still needed to Strengthen the personnel. Hay ward has issued several calls for jnen with experience, and insists that there are more men on the campus who can turn in good per formances who haven t contacted him. Another of the Colonel's worries is the distance events. Hugh Sta pleton, veteran miler and two miler, was just rounding his in jured ankle into shape when he retwisted it early this week. In all probability, he will not be ready for the opening meet. The only experienced men remaining are his cross country men—George Watkins, Dale Harlan, A1 Pietsch man, and Bob Dreisner. It is too early in the season to determine what type of com petition the Aggies will present for the annual meet. Last year they swept the annual event with ease, went on to win the regular dual meet between the two schools, and copped the di vision meet by just nosing out a resurgent Duck team by 9-10ths of a point. Oregon’s cinder paths are not in good shape for running now, as the winter rains have left it in poor condition. But this will soon be remedied, according to Colonel Bill. The track lias a poor drain age system and with the local flash floods hitting it, several inches of water often accumulate around the entire quarter mile track. Men in Fair Shape Although official track work outs have begun, and many of the men are now in fair shape, Hayward is still anxious to have any aspirants contact him, as this Inspired Webfoots Depend on Speed Tonight at Corvallis, How ard Hobson will pit his Ore gon \\ ebfoots against Slats Gill's Oregon State quint in the third game of the annual Civil War series. Game time is 8 p. m. The Ducks have yet to gain a decision this year over the loop-leading Aggies. Problem facing the Oregon team when the two teams tangle to night will be to force the Staters to run with them. Much argu ment has been raging whether the Beavers are a running ball team this year, which definitely isn’t the brand of playing dished up by Gill. PCC STANDINGS Northern Division OSC . ” 1 •875 Idaho . 0 8 .000 That the Oregon State squad will run for a time with the Ducks is true, but to force therh to race through an entire game at break neck pace is another matter. In the last meeting which Oregon lost 58-45, the Beavers ran with the Hobsonmen for the first six minutes and when they found themselves behind by six points at that time, they immediately shift ed into the weave, playing for close casts at the basket. Ducks Shift Lineup Since that tilt however, the Webfoots have been making nu merous shifts in the starting line up with the probability that Ed Dick and Dick Wilkins will open at forwards, Ken Hays center, and Stan Williamson and Reedy Berg guards. i Oregon State’s lethal punches are Lew Beck, quick starting guard, and Red Rocha, the ceiling scraping pivot man. Cliff Cran dall at forward is extremely de ceptive on his change-of-pace movements and caused no little amount of grief for Oregon in the first two tilts. wsc . Washington Oregon . 7 3 .700 C 0 .500 4 G .400 Silver at Guard At guard, and Beck’s running mate, is speed-merchant Morrie Silver, and corner shot specialist ! Alex Petersen at forward rounds out the starting five. The Gillmen are long on good reserves with Frankie Roelandt, Dan Torrey, and Doug Martin as standbys. Statistics compiled in other frays this year point to one out standing factor—that the Ducks were not hitting even a fair per centage of their shots. They have been plagued with the nemesis in almost all of Northern Division I games. In the Washington series, however, they showed sgins of shaking out of the slump. Currently the Aggies have com piled a seven and one league record while the Webfoots are struggling to get back to the .500 mark, with four wins and six losses. is the year that Oregon can win the title. All berths on the team are wide open, and no definite roster has been contemplated. Per formance and past ■ records, will determine who are the men for the team, the mentor remarked. Ed Dick . . . Webfoot forward, who dumped six from the floor and three from the foul line for 15 points in the last Oregon-VVashingtou scrap, probably will be in the Duck starting lineup tonight in Corvallis. Frosh Nick Klamath Five In Cage Overtime, 52-51 Attention Netsters Candidates tor the Oregon freshman and varsity tennis teams are to report Monday, February 10, to the Igloo office of Anse Cornell, graduate manager Cornell, graduate manager of ath of athletics. Future policy will be determined at this time, and pros pective team members will be re quested to fill out eligibility slips. Cougars Slide Ahead In Collegiate Ski Meet PULLMAN, Wash., Feb. 17 (AP)—Washington. State college took an early lead today in open ing events of a two-day inter collegiate ski tournament, with Montana university second, Uni versity of Idaho third, and' Gon zaga university fourth. Washington State officials sponsoring the event said cross country and jumping events wtre held today at the college ski course at Potlach basin in Idaho. Slalom and downhill events are scheduled for tomorrow. Team scores are tallied on the basis of performances of the first five men for each team in each event and will be tabulated com pletely at the end of the meet, officials said. Rev. Fulton to Speak Rev. J. T. Fulton, pastor of the Eugene Lighthouse temple, will be the featured Monday evening at 7 p.m„ when the UO fellowship con ducts its weekly meeting at the YMCA house. university or uregon s iresnman basketball team, riding- high on the rest of a 20 game winning streak, added one more to their top-heavy victory list last night, but were pushed to the lirhit in an overtime period before winning 52-51 from Klamath Falls high school at Klamath Falls. The Ducklings won in the over time by virtue of a pair of field goals by Forward Chuck Rufner and a free throw by Guard Pat Wohlers. At the end of the regiij^ lation playing time the score was tied up 47-47. Frosh Guard Bill Green handed the Ducklings their overtime reprieve by flipping in a last second field goal to tie the score. j Pelicans Held in Overtime While Rufner and Wohlers were '• canning their shots in the extra period the freshman defense held the Pelican offense to two field goals. Ted Schopf’s first year men took an early lead in the ball game and were never headed until the final minutes of the third and fourth quarters. The score stood 21-19 for the Frosh at halftime. The Pelicans held a slim 34-33 lead at the end of the third quar ter. Guard Coleman of the Pelicans led all scorers with a total of 21 points. He was followed by team mate Forward Bussman with 17. For the Ducklings Guards Don Kimball and Chuck Rufner tied for scoring honors with 10 points each. Center Roger Mockford tallied nine.