UOY SEEBORG . . . three-year letterman who alternates between
guard and forward on the University of Oregon basketball squad, will
be honored Thursday night in the Igloo in an exchange rally with Ore
gon State. Bespectacled Seeborg, hailing from the basketball town of
Astoria, plays his last game for Oregon against the Beavers Saturday
night.
Hobsonmen Brush-Up
For Saturday Fracas
Cougars Drop
Beavers 49-37
PULLMAN, Wash., Feb. 25
(API—-The second - place Wash
ington State College Cougars to
night achieved a 49 to 37 consola
tion victory over Oregon State,
new champion of the northern di
vision in the Beavers’ third de
feat of the conference season.
Oregon State led at halftime
24-21.
Deprived of their last chance
to share the title when the Bea
vers won last night, the Cougars
collected their 10th victory in 15
games with good floor work and
accurate shooting.
The Beavers, showing no indi
cation of a letup after winning
the title, played without two regu
lars, Erland Anderson and Alex
Petersen, both injured last night.
Oregon State took a 3-0 lead
in tire first three minutes, but the
Cougars tied the count a minute
later. The advantage changed
hands frequently until Oregon
State took a 17-10 margin mid
way in the half. Morrie Silver
and Lew Beck led the Beaver
scoring during this session.
Sivertson of Washington State
and Silver of Oregon State had
11 each for scoring honors. Sheri
dan added 10 for the Cougars.
Igloo Offered for Playoff-OSC Nixes
A flurry of events involving the
use of McArthur court for the Pa
cific Coast conference basketball
playoff between Oregon State
College and the southern division
winner shared the spotlight last
night with the Beaver-Cougar
game at Pullman.
Late yesterday afternoon Ath
letic Manager Anson B. Cornell tel
ephoned University of Oregon pro
posal that the Igloo be used for the
three-game series to the Corvallis
officials.
Shortly afterwards the Oregon
State athletic board meeting to lay
plans for the series, refused the of
fer of the 6700 seat Igloo.
The Oregon offer was made
to enable the Oregon State offi
cials to increase the number of
tans who would he able to watch
the heavers clash with Ihe south
ern champion.' Oregon State’s
men’s gym holds 2500 persons—
McArthur ('hurt’s seating- capac
ity is 0700.
The proposal was supported by
Coach Howard Hobson in his wire
of congratulations to Coach Slats
Gill of the Beavers, now with his
team at Pullman. Hobson’s mes
sage to Gill was “Congratulations
on winning championship, McAr
thur court available for playoff if
you wish it.”
In turning down the Oregon offer,
the Oregon State athletic board
thanked the University for the offer
and gave two reasons for the re
fusal. One—the traffic hazard in
volved in the travel of Beaver stu
dents to and from Eugene for the
series and two—the team preferred
to face the Southern team on its
own court.
Cornell stated that the offer did
not include the admission of Oregon
students to the games on a prefer
ential basis. "The University made
the proposal with the idea of afford
ing more basketball fans the chance
to see the championship series. Mc
Arthur court and the ticket sales
—if the offer had been accepted—
would have been in the hands of
the regular Oregon State officials.
We thought it would be sportsman
like to give Oregon State an oppor
tunity to move the games to a larg
er pavilion if they so desired.”
Chairman C. V. Ruzek of the
QSC athletic board has called an
extra session Of the group for to
day to discuss the seating plans
with student leaders. Present
plans call for 1800 seats to go on
sale to the students and the re
maining 700 to be made available
to the general public. Prices will
not be set until the southern title
winner is decided and a confer
ence between the two schools is
held.
At the present time UCLA leads
CrCiSil tyJcdtetiA*
Swimming, Review
Lanky Earl Walters is the boy
that takes care of Coach John
Warren's worries in backstroking
for the swimming team. Walters
churns the water more than a
mile a day, but points out that he
is still “off" of his prop form and
speed.
Four years in the army as an
infantry paratrooper in the Pa
cific is the cause of the slower
time according to him. “We did
a lot of running, and the
muscles that we used in the
paratroops were entirely differ
ent from the ones used in swim
ing. 1 haven’t been able to get
unlimbered properly yet, but 1
should be set for next year," he
commented.
Tight muscles and all, Earl was
a member of the Japan-Korea
championship swimming t e a m
that competed in the Army Olym
pics during 194(5 at Honolulu.
The mile a day that he covers
in the pool is just a foretaste of
what is to come. This summer he
expects to take two mile work
outs every other day in prepara
tion for the AAU meet. In this
meet he will compete in the in
dividual medley race.
“We’ll give Washington some
competition in diving, distance
and medley relay events,” said
Walters. These are the only
events, however, that he expects
us to give the Huskies any
battle. The Ducks will have a big
j fight trying to beat Washington
1 State, but he figures that it can
i be done by 15 points.
Although his high school,
(Grant in Portland) didn't have
a swimming team, Earl got a
i lot of experience during prep
days. He swam with the Mult
i noinali Athletic club and a
1 swimming team in California.
I
On the Cal team he was named
All-American prep swimmer.
He earned his numerals in 1942
before entering the service and
was captain of the freshman team
that year.
This is his second year on the
campus and he has two more
years left on the varsity swim
ming team.
Like some of the other aqua
ducks. he has been swimming a
long time. In fact he has been
swimming for 15 years. That's a
long time to participate in any
sport and as a result of all these
years of practice and competition.
Walters is one of the coolest men
on the squad before meets. He
knows his ability and doesn't wor
ry about races as many novices
do.
After graduation in 1949 he
j plans to enter either advertising
or foreign trade.
Howard Hobson’s varsity hoopsters, putting in their last
week of practice in preparation for the Oregon State fracas
at the Igloo Saturday, held a lengthy scrimmage with Ted
Schopf’s Frosh quint yesterday afternoon, and finished off
by brushing up on set plays.
The session offered the Webfoots an opportunity to
smoom out me zone ueiensc
which they have been devoting
much time to*recently. Hobson,
who maintains that the general
defensive play in the league this
year has been below usual stan
dards, is trying to sharpen up
this phase of the game, Oregon's
weak spot in northern division
tilts.
Stan Williamson was the only
casualty of the afternoon, when
on a dash toward the bucket,
he collided with a teammate
and reopened the cut over his
left eye. This was a reoccur
rence of the same gash which he
received in the second Oregon
State game this year.
Ed Dick is back in suit putting
in limited workouts with the team
at his forward post and should be
in shape for plenty of action
against; the Beavers by game
time. Roger Wiley's ailing foot
also seems on the upgrade as the
6-foot-8 inch center showed plenty
of action in the scrimmage.
In order to maintain a .500
league record, the Ducks must cop
the win this weekend from Slats
Gill’s high-riding champions.
Should the Aggies take a decision
again this weekend it will mean a
clean sweep of the four-garne
series for the cross-state rivals.
the southern division with Califor
nia one game back of the leader.
Stanford, the third place team,
holds a mathematical chance of
gaining a tie for the leadership.
The University music school
\ as founded in 1866.
Duck Paddlers
Gird for Meet
The Oregon swimming team will
be without the services of froshi
speedster Dick Hazard when they;
travel to Seattle this weekend for
the northern division meet.
Hazard has a broken foot, and a3
result the aqua-Duck roster will
a result the aqua-Duck roster will
tion to Coach John Warren and
Manager Bill Abbey.
Although Washington is fa
vored to cop the title match, eith
er Oregon or Washington State
has an even chance to score a ma
jor upset. The Cougars racked up
29 points against the conference
champs, but WSC was edged out
by the green-clad paddlers 44-31.
The traveling squad for Oregon
is Paul Thompson, Don Rush, Bob
Hiatt, George Moorhead, and Alden
Sundlie, freestylers; Earl Walters
and Johnny Miller, backstroke;;
..Ralph Huestis, breaststroke; and
Tom Corbett and Benny Holcomb,
diving.
JOIN
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HEX HAiS . . . the lanky 6-foot 7-inch oenter-forwurd, playing liis last
game for Coach Howard Hobson Saturday, will be honored in the ex-^|
change rally in the Igloo with the Beavers Thursday night. Hays has
been Oregon's most consistent scoring punch this season and a close
checker on defense.