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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1947)
Order of O Names Official Hosts For Visiting High School Teams Housing for the 16 basketball teams of the 1947 State H igh School basketball tournament has been reserved by the lfugene Active club, sponsors of the 29th annual classic, with A! Popick, president of the Order of the O, providing letter men hosts for the convenience of each school. University of Oregon lettermen, under the direction of Popick will assist each team in any manner possible, thereby hoping to eliminate the irregu larities that have confronted other teams in the past. The lettermen will see that each team is on time for their practice session. Wher ever possible lettermen have been assigned to schools from which they have graduated. One member of the Webfoot Jayvee basketball squad will also be assigned to each team. Below is a list of each school, its residence, and the lettermen hosts provided. Astoria: residence—Seals motel. Hosts Bob Lavey and Bob Wren. Coos Bay: residence—City Cen ter motel. Hosts— Bruce Hof fine, Chuck Stamper and Sam Crowell. Eugene: residence—home. Hosts - Reedy Berg and Chuck Beckner. Hillsboro: residence •— Eugene hotel. Hosts- Walt Kirsch and Roger Wiley. Hood River: residence—Kenne dy court. Hosts Don Shaffer, Ed Dick, and Art Milne. Klamath Falls: residence — Eu gene hotel. Hosts—Bill Abbey and Jim Bartelt. La Grande: residence — City Center motel. Hosts—Jim Berwick and Henry Steers. Lebanon: residence — Hoffman hotel. Hosts—A1 Cohen, Tom Cor bett, and Bass Dyer. Molalla: residence—Osburn ho tel. Hosts—Dick Burns and Brad Ecklund. Newberg: residence — Eugene hotel. Hosts—Les Wright and Dan Garza. Rainier: residence—Eugene ho tel. Hosts —Pete Torchia and Lyle Pettyjohn. Redmond: residence -Os burn hotel. Hosts—George Dugan and Norm Hennwood. Roosevelt: residence —• Eugene hotel. Hosts—Johnny Miller, Bill Philips, and Bob Santee. Salem: residence—Osburn hotel. Hosts—Marv Rassmussen and George Morehead. Sandy: residence — Osburn ho tel. Hosts—George Bray and Don Dibble. Washington: residence —- Seals motel. Hosts Bob Lavey and Bob Wren. Eugene Actives (Continued from pane one) since the Eugene site was ap proved. Bob Hillyer has directed promo tion from his headquarters in the Eugene hotel, and Ray Siegentha ler has obtained housing for the. visiting athletes. At last tabulation U100 berths were available for vis itors. Hobson Once All-State Chosen by the organization to di rect the tournament was Univer sity of Oregon basketball and base ball Coach Howard (Hobby) Hob son. Hobby, no stranger to state crown competition, was a star in his own right during his prep school days. In 1921 he landed a coveted all-state berth on the cham pionship Franklin high school squad. After leaving Franklin Hobson played college ball here at Oregon and then went on a coaching jaunt Fiat took him to Cortland, N. Y.; Kelso, Washington; and back to Oregon where he coached in Port land and at Southern Oregon col li ge. After bis stay at SOCE, genial Hobby came to the University where he lias developed such All American hoop stars as “Slick” Vic Townsend, “Laddie” Gale, Bobby Anet, “Slim” Wintermute, John Dick and Wally Borrevik. While a galaxy of individual stars have soared to fame under tl>e ex pert tutelage of the canny Web foot mentor his record for team play is not wanting. Best known quintet floored by Hobson was the incom parable NCAA basketball cham pionship team of 1939. That year Hobson took his Tall Firs, or Alley cats to the pinnacle of cage success. Eugene Band to Play Oregon teams have consistently been one of the court powers in the Pacific Northwest and have re ceived reams of favorable publicity on their annual eastern junket to Madison Square Garden. Known for their slashing, driving, race horse style of play, Howard Hobson teams are always dangerous. This year Hobson and the Ac tive club have gone to great lengths to assure the preppers a pleasant stay on the Ore gon campus. In charge of usher ing at the games are the Eugene Boy Scouts under the direction of Duanne Mellem. Music is to be supplied by the Eu gene high school band and Director Byron Miller. Ticket sales are now being handled by Athletic Business Manager Anse Cornell and Mrs. Dee Wrenn at McArthur court as well as at Active club headquarters. On hand to care for ailing athletes will be the University of Oregon Train er Tom Hughes. Publicity is in the hands of Dick Strife of the Eugene Register-Guard and Art Litchman of the Oregon Athletic News bu reau. Eugene Quint (Continued from page five) warriors draw the strong Hood Riv er quintet in the initial game. The Rivermen were the only opponents to cop a series from the Panthers though it was in non-league compe tition. A glance at Coach Hugh Han cock’s aggregation shows that a pair of hoopsters on the starting five have had no previous experi ence, while Bob Whitaker, spark plug forward, is a two-year letter man. Dist. 8, Newberg Up in district 8, the Newberg Ti gers defeated McMinnville, 49-39, to settle the race. Dist. 2, Hood River Runner-up in the state football play-offs last fall, The Hood River Dragons will attempt to better that record during the four-day casaba tourney. The Blue Dragons boast an outstanding record in both league and pre-season action, in cluding a win over La Grande. Center Lloyd Buettgenbaeh and Guard Lloyd Woody are a pair of backboard standouts that will see plenty (if rugged action during the tourney. Versatile Don O’Leary, all state gridder, is also slated to fig ure strongly in the Blue and Whites’ attack. They are coached by Walt Buettgenbaeh, one-time Nebraska hoop star. Dist. 4, Klamath Falls The Klamath Falls quintet, dis trict 4 entry, started the 1946-47 season in rousing manner by amass ing 161 points in its first two tilts. The Pelicans continued to set a tor rid pace in league play and climaxed their campaign with a district-win ning decision over the Medford Black Tornado. Guided by Wayne Scott, another all-stater and ex-University of Ore" gon man, the Pelicans loom as one of the squads to watch as the tour nament progresses. The first five is all-senior, four of the boys sport ing a pair of stripes. The K. Falls team, state champs in 1943, tangles with Lebanon in the first round. Dist. 12, Molalla The district 12 scramble was fi nally settled when Molalla staged a last half rally and defeated Mil waukie, 42-37, in the third game of their title playoff. Dist. 13, Sandy In a pair of thrilling playoff con tests played at Hill Military acad emy, the Sandy Gophers defeated Columbia Prep of Portland 47-32, to win the thirteenth district crown. In their first hoop battle, Sandy edge past the Columbia Rams 30 29. The Sandy quintet was the top team of the Willamette valley loop. The man to watch in tournament play is forward John Burch, who works hard under the backboards and a consistent high scorer. Dist. 14, Rainier Rainier, for the second consecu tive year, comes to the state tour nament representing the fourteenth district after taking the playoff from St. Helens. Winning the open er, the Rainier Columbians went on to topple St. Helens in the second contest 54-43 and take the district. Forward Bob Hall is a consistent high scorer for the Columbians. He poured 26 points through the hoop in the second St. Helens contest. Six-foot 2-inch Herb fevans is strong on the boards for Rainier. Dist. 15, Washington Washington high school breezed through all conference opposition, except Jefferson and cellar place Lincoln, to take the Portland inter scholastic basketball championship and fifteenth district crown. This is the fourth year the Co lonials have won the city champion ship, establishing a precedent which will be hard for any team to dupli cate. The Colonials were the only high school quintet to hand a defeat to the Oregon Frosh out of the 26 high school teams the frosh played. Washington held the state cham pionship in 1945 when Oregon guard, Bob Lavey sparked the team through the state tournament to win all-state honors. The Washington casabamen placed two men on the Portland all city team and one on the second team. Forward Ray Foleen and guard Jack Keller won all-city hon ors on the first team while guard Daryl Nelson placed on the second team. Dist. 16, Roosevelt The favored Roosevelt Roughrid ers had a tough season, and when Portland city competition was over, the Teddies were tied for second place with Jefferson high school, each having 12 wins and 4 losses. In the play-off game held on neutral Benson Tech court, the Roughriders toppled Jefferson’s Democrats ST 27 to represent the sixteenth dis trict in the state tournament. The Jefferson lioopsters placed guard Don Peterson on this year’s all-city first team. Peterson scored a total of 217 points in com petition this season. Forward Jack son Winters won third team all-city honors. New Playwriting Contest Announced The announcement of a new three act play writing contest, sponsored by the Nebraska Mas quers, University of Nebraska, has been received by the English department. Eight District Cage Entries Coached by Oregon Grads When the prep hoop squads open the state tourney today, the maple boards of McArthur court will be a familiar sight to at least half of the coaches of the participating teams. Because eight of the 16 mentors here with their squads for the event graduated from the University of Oregon. Several of the graduates have even pounded the boards in the past for Oregon, and most of the others took part in some sport while getting their educa tion. A big share of them have been out of school for only a few years. Five Former Hoopmen Five of the prep coaches here with their division champs are former University hoopmen. Bill Borcher, head man of the Marsh field Pirates, earned letters in basketball and also in football. The Klamath Falls Pelican’s Wayne Scott played for Oregon before he moved to Southern Ore gon Normal. Don Mabee, who master-minded the LaGrande Ti gers into the state event, is an ex-cager. Don Kirsch, who is bringing his Hillsboro charges to the tourney for the second straight year, is a well-known former local athlete. His brother, Walt, played on the junior varsity basketball squad this past season. Washington's Co lonials, who are in the event for I,....-.■■■■ - the fourth straight time, are coached by Arba Ager, who par ticipated in both basketball and baseball. Kuchera Coaches Eugene Eugene’s defending state champs are headed by Henry (Hank) Kuchera who graduated from the University in 1940. Mo lalla’s coach is Don Wilson, who garnered' two letters as a track man while at the local institu tion. Roosevelt’s Roughriders, who took runner-up in the Portland league to earn a ticket to the Eu gene festivities, are mentored by Rollie Rourke, who also graduated from Oregon. Whether the familiarity these coaches have with the Mac court floors will be any advantage for their squads is doubtful, but there is a good chance that the top man of the tourney champs will have picked up his degree at Oregon. ■ - ■ —- -I ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES PRESENTS . . . STAN KENTON In Person at the j Eugene Armory ♦ March 19 ♦ Doors Open 8-10:30 p. m. at 7 See and Hear: JUNE CHRISTY AND THE PASTELS _ VIDO MUSSO _EDDIE SAFRANSKI SHELLEY MANN RAY WETZEL BOOTS MUSSULLI KAY WINDING