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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1947)
JVs Outbattle Varsity Quint In Raqged Court Scrimmage Oregon’s junior varsity hoop squad, city league titlists, supplied the surprise punch of yesterday’s cage session by outscoring the var sity in a 20-minute scrimmage. The JVs, using a starting lineup of Ed Devaney, Jerry Switzer, for wards; Bob Don, center; and Kenny Seeborg and Fred Wilson, guards; split the varsity defense wide open repeatedly to score quick buckets and end on top in the abbreviated game. Bob Amacher and Luke Bac celeri also helped the JV cause along. Because of the results Of the workout, the varsity quint will hold another meeting- with the JVs this afternoon in another en deavor to get the Hobson men in a fighting frame of mind for the Oregon State encounter. Trying to salvage one game from the Beavers this season, the Ducks have been going through rough practice all this week. Hobson also has made it plain that should any of the JVs show the necessary stuff in the scrimmage this week, they will get the go-ahead signal to play in the Aggie tilt. After the half-game workout, Hobson spent an hour with the JVs sharpening up their set-play offense and defensive style. The varsity 'will be at full strength for the Beavers next Sat urday night, as Roger Wiley is back in the fold and Ed Dick is gradually increasing the tempo of his playing. Stan Williamson, who received a cut over his eye in Tuesday’s prac tice, wasn't hurt seriously enough to put him out of action. Spring Sports On IM Slate Softball, tennis, and golf are next on the intramural sports program. Paul R. Washke, intramural sports director, plans to begin spring term competition with softball on April 8. Tennis and golf will get under way soon after that date. Athletic managers of organiza tions that wish to compete are re minded that entry blanks must be filled out and turned in to the in tramural office by Tuesday, April 1, at 4 p.m. Softball games will be played on a round-robin league schedule, sim ilar to the basketball program just completed. Tennis and golf will be conducted on a single elimination tournament basis. Two doubles matches and one singles match will make a team of five tennis players. Golf will be played on the Nassau system with four players on each team. - Sports Staff: Bernie Hammerbeck Don Fair Fred Taylor Jerry McNew Bob Heed George Skorney Sigma Nu Beaten In Handball Sets Campbell club defeated Sigma Nu yesterday in both the singles and doubles intramural handball match es. Ken Wollenweber of the Camp bell club won from Hank Steers 21-G and 21-15, while Ray Miller edged out Howie Steers 21-17 and 21-19 to take the singles. In the doubles the Campbell club won on forfeit, after Elving Ander son and Carl Backstrom had split the first two sets with the Sigma Nus, 21-8 and 18-21. The losers then canceled the last match to give the clubmen their double victory. The victories placed the Camp bell club in the semi-finals. First Baseball Meeting Set by Coach Hobson Coacli Howard Hobson lias asked all aspiring baseball candidates to meet with him Monday afternoon, March 3 at 4 p.m. in room 101 PE building. Ilohhy stressed that junior var sity and freshman ball players, as well as varsity men should attend the meeting. The purpose of the conference will be to organise and begin spring workouts. With the basketball season com ing to a close Saturday and the first tilt of the baseball year scheduled April 4, Hobson wants to start as soon as possible with his diamond enthusiasts. Two Teams Planned Oregon will field two teams this spring- the regular varsity under Coach Hobson, and a junior varsity squad coached by Barney Koch, former Oregon player and Brooklyn Dodger outfielder. No freshman ball club will be organized due to the lack of equipment and playing space. The varjsity will open its non conference schedule April 4. On the fifth the Webfoots will jour ney to Portland for an engage ment with the University of Portland nine. A return game will l»e played in Eugene on the sev enth. The University of Montana squad will stop in Eugene on its tour of the Willamette valley to meet the Webfoots April 10. On April 11 and 12 the varsity will move into the professional Salem Senator's train ing camp at Medford for a two-game stand. Oregon will open the northern di vision 1947 baseball schedule against the University of Idaho April 18 at Howe field. Washing ton State moves into Eugene for two games on April 23 and 24, and Washington will be Oregon's foe the 28th and 29th of the same month. Season Ends With OSC The varsity will take to the road following the Washington series to play six contests in seven days. The Ducks meet Washington State May 7 and wind up the inland tour at Seattle on May 13. The remaining tilts are all with Oregon State. Two games to be played in Eugene, May 19 and May 24, and two to be played in Corval lis May 19 and 23. Aqua men Prepare For Final Contest Tapering off with a light Work out today, Oregon’s swimming team gets ready to leave by ear tomorrow morning for Portland, from where it will take the train to Seattle to the northern divi sion championship over the week end. The aquamen have been train ing strenuously for the big meet, in hopes of copping second behind the University of Washington water squad, who has been the Only team to defeat the Ducks this year. The meet, which is to be held in the Huskies' pool, will see all the northern swim teams in action. Ducklings Set For Last Tilt Coach Ted Schopf continued to round off the sharp spots in the Frosh basketball team in practice Wednesday, preparing the boys for Washington high school of Portland here in the Igloo Saturday after noon. Washington needs but one more victory to clinch the Portland prep championship, its fourth in a row. The Colonials have won 13 games and lost two in their prep league. In scoring the Colonials are at the top, having scored 778 points against 582 for their opposition. Most of this load rests on the shoulders of three men. Tall Ray Foleen, the center, leads the team with 188 points and a little way back are the two spark-plug guards. Jack Keller and Daryl Nelson, with 169 and 152 points respectively. The Duckling first siting will get the starting nod Saturday af ternoon. As of old they are Dou Kimball and Bill Greeu at the for wards, black-haired Roger Mock ford at center, and Chuck Rufner and Rod Downey at the guards. Below is the season scoring rec ord as it stands now with one game left for every member of the Frosh team. Regarding the point totals of the top scorers. Schopf empha sized that they should be multiplied by two to get a true picture of the scoring ability of these players. Many of the men, too, did not see action in all of the 25 games played. Kimball . Rufner . Green . Mockford. Gudgel . Wohlers . Downey . Lantz . K. Johnson .... Patton . Wilson . A. Johnson .... Sherwood . Provost . Brayton . FG FT .83 25 .72 35 .71 17 .54 15 .49 19 .49 17 .52 11 ..50 10 .26 12 5 2 .22 .13 . 9 .. 7 .. 5 PF TP 63 183 16 180 38 155 50 123 24 117 46 115 38 115 35 110 16 65 .”30' "47 1 28 7 19 5 3 20 16 10 Idaho Names Football Head MOSCOW, Feb. 26—AP)—The Daily Idahoan said today that M. F. (Dixie) Howell, once a star half back at Alabama, has been appoint ed football coach at the University of Idaho. Howell is now assistant coach at Alabama. The Idahoan said he would report here March 10 in time for spring' practice, succeeding' James A, (Babe) Brown, who re signed last November. Howell, who was a lieutenant ! commander in the navy during the ! war, coached for two seasons at Arizona State Teachers at Tempe. f FINALE SATURDAY . . . com pleting his college basketball career Saturday night against Oregon State will be VVebfoot center George Bray. He and other retiring cagers will be honored at the McArthur, court rally tonight. CLASSIFIED YOU want a place to live near the campus ? Buy our house trailer! Large 1946 model, has best of trailer conveniences, 1235 University street after 5:00 p. m. Blue trailer in back. 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