DUCK TRACKS
.v- By DON FAIR
Co-Sports Editor
V- Si
ILend an ear to a story—a sad, sad, story. It's one which lias
been slowly, yet surely, developed.
Last Wednesday night, Washington State defeated Oregon
50-59, with a basket as the gun sounded. Hut that's not the
important thing. It's what happened before the game-winning
shot that is.
’ Oregon was leading the Cougars 59-58, with 10 seconds to
play, and the Webfoots had the ball out of bounds. Rumors.
• coming down from Pullman, had WSC forward. Ed Gavda
I .stealing the ball from Stan Williamson, Roger Wiley, or Reetiv
L Berg, to streak the floor length for the decisive basket.
. But the truth will out. and here it is. Taking the ball at mid
L court, Williamson passed in bounds to Berg. At the same time
_Berg caught the ball, he was blasted from both sides bv a pair
i of ball-hungry Cougars, one of whom was Gayda.
Berg was rocked so hard, that he was knocked to the floor
half-stunned, with Gayda meanwhile picking up the loose
casaba. Feeling that a foul on Washington State was in
- order, one of the Webfoots cagers helped Berg to his feet,
but Gayda kept on going with the ball for the history-mak
. ing two points.
- Webfoots Waiting for Foul Call
. Still expecting a personal to be called on the Cougars, the
Ducks took the ball, but to their dismay, the game was over,
' no foul was called, and Washington State had bagged a 60-59
victory. 'Phis was a Cougar triumph which was undeserved. Ar
dent WSC rooters admitted to the team members afterwards,
'-that something was wrong.
The story that has been developing is this—sometimes
- inconsistent and even poor officiating on the part of the
.* striped-shirted men. This isn’t an easy way of seeking out
an alibi for the Oregon defeat. That’s poor sportsmanship—
you have to take the setbacks gracefully, and then go out
and try all the harder next time.
But where do you draw the line between a deserved loss, and
being a victim of circumstances—circumstances which have
‘been all too prevalent this season. Perhaps the best whistle
7 blower in the league this year, Paul Warren, is out for good as
'a result of a heart ailment. Another promising newcomer, after
- a bad start, Dwight Scheyer, has been the victim of his col
leagues’ .negligent calling.
Seattle Officiating Below Par
In Seattle, during the two Oregon-Washington games, the
officiating, to put it very bluntly, stunk out the place. For
jinstance, in the second game when Wiley received a pass in
the key hole, Husky center Jack Nichols came up over Rog’s
r back, and quickly adjusted a head lock. Forwards Sammy
“White and Bill Vandenburgli simultaneously hit Wiley from
~ both sides, and knocked Roger to his knees.
« At the time, Nichols already had four personals on him,
- and the referee made the decision. Hal Eustiece, himself a
_ Washington graduate, called a TECHNICAL foul on
Washington for wrestling for possession of the ball, after
the whistle sounded.
You figure it out! What a lot of people don't know is, after
those two Husky games, Wiley’s hands were so badly scratch
' ed up that he could hardly wash them the day following the
final series contest.
'*■ Scheyer. who was the other official in Seattle, started out by
• calling a reasonably good game—that is until Eustice started
-to overrule his decisions. Eustice was,actually calling fouls in
. back court, while he was supposed to be keeping an eagle eye
.on infractions occurring under the basket. What kind of
■ whistle-tooting is that? The result of this little gem of of
ficiating was that Scheyer just gave up, rather than be made
a fool of by Eustice in front of a partisan Washington crowd.
Where Is the Old-Time Officiating
Where, is the officiating of Frank Henigis, Art McLarney,
■‘Surd Emil Puluso? Sure they made mistakes, every one is en
titled to a few. Certainly nobody begrudges the work of the
- officials who. with fast-break basketball now, are up against a
tough situation.
Perhaps much of the fault for the shoddy refereeing lies in
,.ever-increasing bitterness between fans from the different
, sell. vis. Spectators now are more inclined to stop at nothing
to see the home town win. Ask the Webfoot players about the
"conduct of the Seattle fans. They called the players, coach, and
• anyone affiliated with Oregon, everything in the book.
- For the rest of the season, the Ducks have as officials,
Eustice four times, Hal Lee seven times, and either Paul
Hagerty or A1 Lightner seven times. Maybe a good thing
’*•" for Webfoot fans to keep in mind, the seven remaining
home games, is to pull a little more for the team and a little
less against the officials.
This isn't the answer, by any means, but it certainly should
n't do anv harm. What's done is done. What lies ahead can
easilv be decided either for or against Oregon, by the referees.
^That's the story—think it over.
Ducklings Trim Rooks
Urban, Peterson Pace Frosh to Lopsided 56-41 Victory
(The following information was
phoned in from Corvallis last night
after the Frosh-Rook game by
Frank. Cothrell of the Register
Guard. Ed. Note.)
By GLENN GILLESPIE
Sweet revenge was the order of
the night last evening in the men’s
Frosh (50) (41) Rooks
Wilde (0).F. (4) Johnson
Urban (20).F. (6) Crandall
Taggesell (6).C. (6) Coley
Keller (0).G (0) Fulgham
Peterson (14) G. (7) Harper
Subs—Oregon: Coleman (2),
Dasch, Artzt; OSC: Woody (1),
Poling (8). Denny (3), Ross (4),
Shields (3).
Officials: George Emigh and Bob
Churchill.
Slade (2), Hover, Mare, Fullerton,
gym in Corvallis, when Oregon’s
fiery band of Frosh basketeers, led
by Will Urban and Don Peterson,
hong a decisive 56-41 defeat on the
Oregon State College Rooks. Ur
ban hit for 20 points and Peterson
dunked in 14.
The Yearling shifting-zone de
Look at That Stretch
Putting in a lot cf time in the recent WSC-Oregon games, 6-foot
8-inch Bob Amacher is one of the most improved cagers on the Web
foot team. Amacher, only a sophomore will be around for plenty of
competition in the next two years.
fense, employed to stop the weave'
type offense used by the Rooks was
working to perfection in the game.
The Baby Beavers were held point
less for 8 to minutes in the first
half, and they failed to hit from
the field for nine minutes. It was
the same story in the second half,
when the Orange didn't hit the
hoop until 7:20 of that period.
Urban and Bob Taggesell had
the backboard situation taken care
of, while teammates Peterson, Er
nie Wilde, and Jack Keller ex
celled in the ball-handling depart
ment.
With 10 minutes to go in the sec
ond half, the Frosh caught fire,
hitting six out of seven shots from
the field. Halftime score favored
the Oregons 25-11.
IM Hoopers
To Trot Stuff
Against Frosh
By DAVE TAYLOR
It looks like a gala evening
jampacked with hectic action is
in store for basketball fans Feb
ruary 20. In addition to the reg
ular Oregon-OSC fracas, the in
tramural All-Stars will take on the
Freshman squad.
In acceptance of a challenge is
sued by Leo Harris of the UO Ath
letic department, intramural offic
ials will select the top ten players
from the entire basketball pro
gram in an all out effort to trim
the touted Frosh quintet. The
event should be a rugged battle
royal from start to finish since in
ti amural action has produced quite
a number of brilliant ballplayers.
Members of the IM All-Star
team will be announced in approx
imately five days to enable the
team’s organization into a highly
polished unit before taking the
floor against the first year man.
Needless to say, but still existing,
is the amount of prestige at stake
by both the IM department and
the athletic department for each
need this game to bolster its pos
ition in the eyes of the students on
the campus.
As an added feature to the event,
the IM All-Stars will be outfitted
in the “New Look” of court finery.
Their uniforms are described as
something out of this world', some
thing you can’t afford to miss.
Intramural Oames Highlighted
By Two-Overtime Cage Conflict
MONDAY’S SCHEDULE
3:50 Phi Gamma Delta A vs.
Campbell club A.
4:35 Sederstrom hall A vs.
Fiench hall A.
5:15 Pi Kappa Phi A vs. McChe'i
ney hall A.
Five more fiery teams bowled
over their opponents to chalk up !
decisive victories as intramural |
basketball headed for its final!
round. Results of the afternoon’s J
play were: DU knocked off Alpha
Tau Omega 40-23; Amazon Vets |
outlasted Merrick hall through two j
overtime periods to win 38-32; Sig
ma Nu downed SAE 25-17; Villard
hall walloped Sherry Ross hall 25
18; Beta Theta Pi handed the Phi
Kaps a 19-9 trimming; and Omega
hall was credited with a forfeit vic
tory over YMCA when the latter
failed to show.
DU 40, ATO 23
Delta Upsilon’s championship
stock soared upward when it ham
mered a tough ATO squad into sub
mission by a 40-23 count. The DU’s
linked together a phenomenal
Correction
An incorrect score was printed
in Friday’s Emerald. The correct
count was Minturn hail 37, Yoe
min 11, as the strong Minturn
team captured the win in a handy
fashion, led by Joe Tom.
shooting ability and a dynamic fast
break to overpower the hitherto
unbeaten ATO five. Don Schmied
ing led the attack for the victors
with sixteen counters while team
mate Herb Taincr helped the cause
along with ten.
A Vets 38, Merrick 33
In a game that was forced into
two overtime periods, the Amazon
Vets, with the help of Ed Gudgel’s
25 big points, finally managed to
squeeze by Merrick hall 38-32. The
score at the end of the regular
playing time was 24-all, then 30-all
at the end of the first overtime.
Here Cudgel's accurate shooting
accounted for six points, enough
to spell the difference for the Vets.
Betas 19, Phi Kaps 9
In a rough bitterly contested bat
tle marred by spotty playing, Beta
Theta Pi smashed Phi Kappa Sig
ma 19-9. John Miller walked off
with individual scoring honors with
seven.
Sigma Nu 25, SAE 17
Led by Bill Fleming with ten and
Ken Johnson with eight points.
Sigma Nu dropped a determined
Sigma Alpha Epsilon quintet 25-17.
Sigma Nu’s height advantage
helped considerably as they dom
inated the action under the back
board.
Villard 25, Sherry Boss 18
In the final game of the after
noon Villard hall won a nip-and
tuck battle from Sherry Ross hall
25-8. Dick McGregor’s howitzers
from just outside the key account
ed for eight points to take top hon
ors for the winners.