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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1948)
Oregon Cagers Dump Idaho Beavers Ci bbered by Washington Wiley Paces Ducks To 64-46 Triumph MOSCOW. Ida.. Peb, 6—()UP—Oregon’s star center. Roger Wilev, bombarded the hoop for 24 big points last night as the 1.Hicks overpowered the University of Idaho 64-46 in a North ern Division Pacific Coast conference basketball game here. Wilev, one of the top scorers in the conference, canned eight f eld goals on tip-in shots and eight of nine attempted gift shots. Putting up a game fight despite thc crippling loss of ace center Jack Phoenix, lopped off the squad this week by the fac Duck-Vandal Tilt j Broadcast Tonight Tonight’s Oregon-Idaho basket ball game will be broadcast over Eugene station KASII (tti K) kc.) at 7:30 p. in. In a long distance telephone conversation yesterday afternoon, Wehfoot coach John Warren said that his men were “OK” both physically and mentally for the Idaho series, although they were natural .'y somewhat down-trodden at the turn of events against Washington State. The team will entrain tomorrow for Eugene, fol lowing the four-game road trip. Aggies Snowed Under By Husky Quint, 52-26 SEATTLE. Feb. 6—(UP)—A fired-up University of Wash ington basketball team came back from two previous stinging defeats at the hands of Oregon State College to whip the Beav ers. 52-26 here before 11.750 fans. Washington won the game by shutting out the Beavers defensively while displaying deadly accuracy at the Beavers basket. More than five minutes went by in the opening period before a field goal was scored by either team. I he two squads tiaded _^_1-foul throws in the opening min i.lty ax, Idaho pulled up to within fpur points of Orgon with 10 min utes gone in the first half. But Oregon pulled ahead in a scoring ppurt shortly before halftime, which ended 38 to 25. Oregon's superior height and backboard play enabled the Ducks to keep the game on ice the rest of the route. Guard Preston Brimhall sparked t Vie Vandals with 1-1 points. Oregon ((H) FG FT PF TP Oartelt, F. 3 2 4 8 Qpn, F. 0 0 10 Hamilton, F. 2 0 4 4 Seeborg, G. 0 0 2 0 Wilkins, F. 3 3 19 A^macher, C. 0 11 1 Wiley, C. 8 8 3 24 Berg, G. 2 12 5 Gavey, G. 1 0 1 2 Popick, G. 0 0 0 0 Williamson, G. 3 5 3 11 Totals 22 20 22 04 Idaho (40) FG FT PF TP ( hristensen, F. 2 2 2 0 Evans, F. 0 0 2 0 Rainey, F. 0 0 0 0 Ginck, F. 0 1 2 13 Gano, C. 0 15 1 Oeisler, C. 2 0 3 4 JEJrimhail, G. 5 4 2 14 Grove, G. 2 3 5 7 Gunnels, G. 0 111 Taylor, G. 0 0 0 0 Totals 17 12 22 40 Free throws missed: Ginck, Christiansen 2, Gano, Brimhall 4, Gunnels 2, Taylor; Wilkins, Don, Wiley, Amacher, Williamson. Racket Finals Slated Today By BETH BASLEK The championship game in the badminton tournament is scheduled to be played at 11:00 Saturday i lorning between two top-notch bird enthusiasts, Maryanne Han : ,n, who displays a fancy back band and forehand, and Beverly . Bennett, who has proven herself a wry good and steady player. The match is open to any women interested in seeing a top game of badminton, according to Eileen Beimer. Yvonne Keith and Frances De Voss will meet for the consola tion title. " Winners of Thursday's games v ere Bev Bennett who defeated Donna Lyons, Frances De Voss i ver Betty Burckhart; and Yvonne Keith over Sue Dimm. In holdover games from Tuesday, Yvonne Keith i.efeated Kay Richardson; Betty Eprckhart won from Margaret Williams; and Frances De Voss took her game from Sylvia Sachter. A ll matches ended in a score of 2-0. Returns after Illness Alex Petersen is again performing for the Oregon State cagers, fol lowing his recent attack of tonsilitis. Petersen, (i feet 5 inches in height, has greatly strengthened the Beavers with his return, as the Aggies go into their drive for a second successive Northern Division crown. BASKETBALL SCORES San Francisco Univ. 62, Loyola 43 Rice 68, Texas Christian 54 St. Johns 49. Manhattan 40 Baylor 42, Arkansas 38 Capital 54, Heidelberg 46 Philander Smith 55, Lincoln 50 Oklahoma City 32, Austin 29 Kearney 82 York 45 Montgomery Teachers 48, Fisk 31 Pratt Inst 59, Cooper Union 49 St. Peters 60, John Marshall 44 Texas A&M 51, Southern Metho dist 16 Mississippi State, 47, Mississippi 43 Portland university 54, Seattle college 48. St. Mary's 51, Nevada 46 Division Standings W. L. Pet. Washington State .6 3 .667 Oregon State .5 3 .625 Washington .5 4 .444 OREGON .3 5 .375 Idaho.1 5 .167 Sports Staff: Don Fair Elwin Paxson j utes. with close defensive work marking each play. Then, with five minutes and 15 seconds gone in the game, for ward Bill Vandenburg dropped in a two-pointer for Washington. This was followed witty another by Jack Nichols and a third by Van denburg to give the Huskies an early 8-2 lead. Oregon State scored for the first time with eight minutes gone in the game when guard Dick Bal lantyne dropped in a long shot. Washington continued to pull away and led 23-12 at the half. Action in the first two periods was highlighted by Washington’s dead ly shooting, although the Huskies lost out on mos*t of the rebounds. Washington effectively stopped the Oregon State offensive, hold (Please turn to page six) WHERE THERE'S COKE THERE’S HOSPITALITY Ask for it either way ... both trade-marks mean the same thing. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Eugene O 1943, The Coca-Cola Company