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.