DUCK TRACKS
By LARRY LAU
We drove 650 miles to see a basketball game Saturday and
decided when we got hack, that we'd do it again if we had the
chance. We saw a hard-fought game, savage as a Banzai charge.
We saw some of the worst officiating ever seen on the Northern
Division. We also saw why the Huskies were pre-season fav
orites to win the ND title.
I walked through the gates and into the Oregon dressing
room about 7:15. Usuallv those long-legged hoop artists are
shouting, capering around,
and making all kinds of noise.
Not Saturday night. Every
thing was pretty cpiiet, and
just a little grim. They all
seemed glad to see, someone
from home. Edmunson pavi 11
ion is a pretty big place to get
lonesome in.
All in all, there were about
forty students who treked
north to watch. John Warren
said some of the boys' parents
Stan Williamson
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vey’s folks were there. They had to peek around a post to
watch him get thrdwn out of the game by one of the whistle
tooting, prison-shirted incompetents on the floor. Even the
Huskies booed that one.
In the dressing room, big Honest John, dour and unsmil
ing, reminded you of a big bear, looking frustrated because
he couldn’t do more to help. Dick Wilkins was flexing his
wrists when I talked to him. Stan Williamson was busying
himself with his shoes. A1 Popick was bustling around,
bounce-passing cheer words off everyone’s back, Jim Bar
telt was sitting on the bench poker face, waiting . . . and
Roger Wiley was taping his feet . . . them great big feet.
The team was met at the train station by a bevy of pretty
coeds, one per player, and escorted with police escort, to Ed
mundson pavilion in open convertables. I don't think John V ar
ren or trainer Tommy Hughes drew a coed. Hughes has been
taking the kinks out of backs and legs, and giving rubdowns
for so long now, it's probably a good thing.
Little Stan Had a Rough Time
Williamson drew a huge appreciative chuckle from the
crowd when he went all out on one play to guard towering
Jack Nichols. Salmon's arms were windmilling about Nachol’s
head, and he was hopping around like a cat in a skillet. His
head was just about even with Nichol's chest. The student
section gave Stan a hard time. Every time he’d get the ball
and try to call a signal, the crowd would break out in a deaf
ening roar, and the Webfoot quintet were never able to under
stand him fully. Something for the home rooters to keep in
mind.
All through the game the players were either getting ready
to slug each other, or they'd walk down the floor arm in arm,
chatting, shaking their heads, evidently agreeing on the one
thing sure, that both officials were blind as bats. Many times we
saw a Washington player grin ancl\ shrug his shoulders after a
foul had been called on one of the Ducks. The crowd even
booed some of the decisions against us, it was that bad. V’e
can't say it was the officials who turned the tide tho’. Washing
ton was the better ball club Saturday night.
Edmundson Pavilion Dwarts Mac Lourt
During the third quarter, a black-brown husky dog came
trotting onto the floor, with a small boy frantically in pur
suit. The crowd gave a big roar, just like we’d have done,
had Puddles suddenly flown into the thick of the fight. Ed
mundson pavilion is huge. You could put Mac court neatly
inside, and throw the music auditorium in for good measure.
Thev have a big electric scoreboard, about 10' by 20’, with
large, red electric‘lights spelling out the team names and the
score. Our own athletic department has one on order, and we’ll
have it for the '49 season. Right now. before the next home
game, we need bigger numbers to hang up. Lotsa’ people tell
me that from the far end of Mac court, you either have to guess,
or keep vour own score.
Husky Fans Confident of Pennant
The halftime entertainment was engrossing. Two of the na
tion's top ping-pong artists set up a table in tbe middle of the
court and gave a superb exhibition of what could be done with
a celluloid ball. We noted that "pigging'’ at the game was an
accepted thing. No comment, just thought you might be in
terested.
We found the Husky fans dead sure that their team would
win the Pacific Coast championship. We noted also, that they I
were none too sure about their new football coach. Howie
Odell. Thev have an awesome respect for Mr. James Aiken up
Seattle wav. Several went so far as to predict a Rose Bowl trip
for the '48 Webfoot squad. Perhaps they were being polite, but
we think they were making a good prediction.
Cornell’s Resignation Accepted
IM Squads
Win Tough
Cage Tilts
Today’s Schedule
3:50 Nestor A vs. MeChesney A.
3:50 Sig Ep B vs. Minturn B
4:35 Lambda Chi B vs. Phi Psi B
4:35 Fiji B vs. Delt B
5:15 Campbell B vs. French B
5:15 Phi Sig B vs. Phi Delt B
Handball
Stan Ray vs. Chi Psi.
By John Barton
Yesterday’s IM tilts again feat
tured a ’wild, hard-playing set
of “A” teams playing games that
kept the referees and the foul lines
busy for the full afternoon. The
three quints finishing on top were:
SAE over Sherry Ross hall, 27-21;
Delta Tau Delta over Sederstrom
hall, 28-11; and Pi Kappa Phi over
Cherney hall in the afternoon’s
thriller, 27-23.
SAE Over Sherry Ross
SAE downed a fighting Sherry!
Ross outfit 27-21 in the afternoon’s j
opener. Score at the half found
the Hallmen down 13-9, and the
third quarter intermission told the
same story by a count of 16-11. In
this period, the Sherry Ross boys
had' trouble finding the hoop with
their many long shots. High man
for SAE was Warren Riehy with
seven, and Dick Crang rang up
eight for the losers.
Delts Drop Sederstrom
In the most one-sided game of
the afternoon, the team from
Delta Tau romped over Sederstrom
hall. Led by big Bob Kerhli, the
Delts got off to a six-point lead
before the Sederstrom team found
the hoop. Kerhli, who wound up
the afternoon with a total of 10
points, virtually ruled the back
boards for his mates.
The Sederstrom team played a
hard game, but had trouble get
ting the ball in under the basket
through the ball-stealing Delt de
fense. Half time score stood at
17-4 in favor of the Delts. Delt re
serves took over in the fourth
quarter. High man for Sederstrom
was John Belloni with seven
points.
Cherney Loses One
Closest game of the afternoon
showed a fighting quint from Cher
ney hall go down to a tall boy
named Willard Higgins and four
other men from Pi Kappa Phi. Wig
gins practically owned the back
boards during the whole game,
while the Cherney team stayed in
the game with the sharpshooting
of Chuck Humble, who was high
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Athletic Business Manager
To Leave Oregon in March
Resignation of Anson B. Cor
nell, athletic department business
manager, has been approved by
University President Harry K.
ANSE CORNELL
Newburn. Cornell’s resignation,
predicted by the Emerald late last
year, is to become effective March
1, and will be submitted today for
approval by the State Board of
Higher Education. He has been as
sociated with the University since
1936.
Cornell is leaving the University
because of business connections
with the New Service Laundries,
located in Eugene and Roseburg.
Cornell, who graduated from
Oregon in 1916, is credited with
for his team with eight points.
Cherney was put at a disadvantage
in the early part of the game when
forward' Bill Hammerbeck was
benched with a sprained ankle.
Halftime score stood at 16-12 in
favor of the Pi Kaps, who gained
their four-point advantage at the
outset of the game and held on to
it to win. Cherney was ahead only
for a few seconds when they ran
up five quick points in the first
period to take the lead momen
tarily. Higgins -was high for the
Pi Kaps with 17 points to take
honors for the afternoon.
Handball Results
Sigma Nu swept the handball
match of the day from Sigma
Alpha Epsilon with three straight
wins. In the first singles match,
Howy Steers won over Ray Segale
by counts of 21-10, 22-20, but drop
ped one game, 13-21. The second
singles game slated Sigma Nu John
Kovenz against SAE Jim Popp,
who lost by scores of 21-14 and
21-15.
Bob Zurcher and Hank Steers
played the doubles match for Sig
ma Nu and won over SAE’s Allen
Littlefield and John Welborn by
scores of 21-6 and 21-18.
putting the athletic department
back into the black during his 12
year tenure. He was originally
hired as graduate manager of ath
letics, but was named business
manager last year when the de
partment was reorganized.
As an athlete, Cornell earned
four letters at Oregon in baseball
and basketball, and was named All
Coast quarterback his "Sophomore
year. He was one of the lightest
quarterbacks ever to wear an Ore
gon uniform. Cornell, and former
Coach Howard Hobson, are the only
men in Oregon history to captain
two major sports in one year.
After his graduation from Ore
gon, Cornell went to the College of
Idaho, where he was athletic direc
tor and football and baseball coach
for 17 years. He then went to Pa
cific university and held a similar
position there from 1933 to 1935.
Badminton Slated
For WAA Girls
Six games will lead off Tues
day’s round in the WAA badminton
tournament to be held between 4
and 5' p.m. Three of the tilts are
scheduled for the outdoor gym and
three in the indoor gym. Maryanne
Hansen against Yvonne Keith, Bir
della Ball versus Kay Richardson
and Margaret McKeen opposing
Georgene Shanklin are the games
slated in the indoor gym. The out
door gym will feature contests be
tween Sue Dimm and Maxine
Arndt, Betty Burkhart and Donna
Lyons, and Shirley Brack and Joan
McKenna.
Saturday's matches saw Joan
McKenna defeat Margaret Wil
liams, 3 games to 0, and Barbara
Denning bow to Shirley Bruck, 3
game to 0.
Miss Mary Bowman, faculty ad
viser for girls’ intramurals, said
there are conflicts in 4 o’clock
classes, but defaults will be given
if the girls do not report at the
time specified.
Grid Movies Ton/te
Movies of last year’s Oregon
Stanford football game will be
shown in room 307 Chapman to
night at 6:30. A re-run is soiled-.
uied to begin at 7:05. No admis
sion will be charged.
The Oregon-Oregon State game
will be shown February 3. Dru
ids, junior men’s honorary, is
sponsoring the films.
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