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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1948)
Oregon Gridders Schedule Michigan Oregon's football team will def initely meet the University of Michigan in a game at Ann Arbor, Michigan, next fall, according to an announcement by Leo Harris, ath letic director for the University. Signing of the game was also re vealed at the same time by Fritz Crisler, head coach for the Wol verines. , The game was approved by the Pacific Coast conference schools in a telegraphic vote, and was made possible by the withdrawal of Mon tana from the Oregon schedule for that date. Efforts to switch the Montana game to an open date in the Webfoot schedule, September I FRITZ. 18, were not successful, however. Montana Satisfied Montana athletic driector Doug Fessenden stated that his school was happy to allow Oregon the op portunity to schedule the intersec tional game, the first with a Big Nine opponent in the 52 years of Oregon football. Possibility of the tilt was re vealed two weeks ago, when Ore gon’s head coach Jim Aiken men tioned to a luncheon group that ne gotiations were underway between | the two schools. The game is ar i ranged on a single-game basis only, i but the likelihood of of a return meeting in Portland in 1949 was mentioned by Harris, along with a basketball series. Oregon now has a nine game schedule, laying Michigan the week after opening conference action against Stanford at Palo Alto. On succeeding weekends the Ducks meet Idaho, USC, Washington State, St. Mary’s, Washington, UCLA, and Oregon State. Both Oregon and Michigan played one mutual opponent, Stan ford, during the 1947 grid season. The Wolverines smashed the In dians early in the year 49-13, and the Webfoots trounced the Palo Alto eleven 21 -6. Michigan, undefeated last sea son, was recognized as one of the two elevens in the nation, Notre Dame being the other. Fritz Cris ler’s crew highlighted a tremen dous season by rolling over South ern California in the Rose Bowl, 49 to 0. The Wolverines scored 345 points during the season, to their opponents’ 53. Michigan loses its All-American passer, Bob Chappius, by gradua tion before the 1948 season, along with four other stars, but th,e rest of the team is expected to win. Crisler operated his team from the single wing formation, one of the few coaches in big time football to do so. Webfoots Slate No ND Tilts ThisIWeek tW Bv BON FAIR The Oregon basketball team, with its three-game winning streak abruptly snapped 50-45 by Oregon State at Corvallis last Saturday night, went through a light workout yesterday to loosen up the kinks, following the Aggie series. Facing a week of inactivity before the final three home games, the Webfoots will scrimmage the Frosh this afternoon. Next week, the Oregon cagers meet Washington State on Monday and Tuesday, and Oregon State in the final game of the season, March. 6. The Oregon State defeat Saturday night was another rootin’ tootin’ contest, with the Aggie fans taking care of the former, and the referees handling the latter. A total of 58 fouls were called, 38 on Oregon and 20 on OSC, mak ing a grand total of 115 personals for the weekend series. The Ag gies won the final struggle from the free throw line, converting 30 of 40 tries, while the Ducks could make only 9 of 20 attempts. A contributing factor to Ore gon’s poor showing on foul shoot ing might have been the rough riding which the spectators gave the Webfoots every time they stepped to the charity line. First the rabid Aggie rooters would let out with hearty boos, and then the spectators, seated directly behind the backboards would wave their arms in all sorts of gyrations to distract the Oregon players. Some dled-in-the-wool Beaver fans even went so far as to shine flashlights which reflected through the glass backboards when Ore gon was trying gift attempts. On the other hand, not a whisper was heard when an Oregon State eager stepped up to try gift shot. ■lurks Trail at Half After grabbing an 11-10 lead with nine minutes gone in the first half, the Ducks fell behind and trailed 20-17 at intermission. Oregon started out fast in the sec ond period, building up their long est lead, 25-22, at the five minute mark. But the Aggies quickly countered with seven straight points for a lead which they never lost. With four minutes remaining, the Ducks pulled up to 44-13, but Norm Carey snuck in for a cripple to make it a three point Beaver edge, and Alex Petersen added a free throw. Reedy Berg countered by stealing the ball to go in for a cripple, and was fouled on the same play. Trailing 47-45, the Ducks took the ball out of bounds with 55 seconds remaining, but Jim Bart elt’s shot rimmed the hoop. Twen ty seconds later, Dick Ballantyne added his 10th free toss. Oregon's Bob Don was fouled in the act of ‘ shooting with 25 seconds to go, but when he missed the first shot, the Duck's chances also went by the boards. High men for the Webfoots were Oick Wilkins and Berg with S, while Ballantyne of the Aggies tallied 14. Duck center Roger Wiley had seven markers, but fouled out with 12 minutes left in the game. Huskies Tip ldaho51-33 MOSCOW, Ida., Feb. 23—(UP) — The University of Washington turned on tlit- power in the final 10 minutes here tonight to subdue subborn University of Idaho 51-33 in a Pacific Coast conference bas ketball game before 4,000 fans. The win puts Washington into a second-place tie with Oregon State in the sizzling Northern Division pennant race. Washington State still holds a precarious lead in the standings. The first half,holding the six foot eight-inch scoring artist to two field goals. 15ut Nichols and forward Sammy (Please turn to paqe six) Big Boys Top Division Scoring llOGEK WILEY JACK NICHOLS VINCE HANSON Nichols Leads With 174, Follov/ed by Wiley and Hanson The Northern Division scoring race has narrowed down to a bat tle of the big boys with Washing ton’s Jack Nichols out in front again after the weekend’s action. Nichols garnered 31 points in the Frosh Quintet Points to Tough Battle with Marshfield Saturday By GLENN GILLESPIE Coach Carl Heldt's freshman bas ketball squad received a deserved rest from the rigors of steady prac tice yesterday afternoon, but will return to the maples today to start drills for a game with Marshfield's defending state champion Pirates, set for this Saturday night at Coos Bay. The Frosh club is expected to find its toughest high school com petition of the year when they take on the district 5 preppers, who have already cinched a return engage ment to the state tournament. A former Oregon man, Bill Bor cher, coaches the fast-breaking Marshfield outfit, which rolled over a strong North Bend team last Fri day, 50-33, to win the district 5 ribbon. Crush Lose One The Ducklings came out with two wins and one loss to their cred it in three games Thursday and Friday, tipping the Oregon State Rooks, 49-38, winning over St. Mary’s of Eugene 64-32, and drop ping a rough game to the Intra mural All-Stars 41-35. Forward Will Urban was the point-maker for the Frosh. regis tering a total of 25 points in three j games to bring his season's total to 148. Win Six Straight The Lemon and Green Yearlings ran their win string to six straight against an undermanned St. Mary's squad, but were caught short in the IM game, as the All-Stars dealt out loss number four. The Heldt men now have a record of 11 wins coupled with these four losses for the season. After the first quarter, the Frosh-St. Mary's tilt wasn't much of a contest. Leading at the eight minute mark 7-3, the Frosh start ed rolling to pile up a 30-12 advan tage at the half. Heldt’s reserves played most of the game. Brad Ful lerton rifled in six field goals to lead scoring for the Little Ducks with 12, while Bob Krasneski copped scaring honors for the Gaels with 15 points. Sports Staff: Don Fair Fred Taylor Glenn Gillespie Elwin Paxson Dick Mace John Barton weekend series with WSC which brought his total to 174 points in 12 games. Oregon's elongated Roger Wiley was held to 20 points against Ore gon State and dropped to second spot with 168 tallies in 13 games. This gives Wiley a six point dis advantage to cope with and one less game to play than Nichols. Vince Hanson of Washington State completes the big three with an aggragate of 158 points in 12 contests, or 16 points behind lead er Nichols. Hanson got 33 points over the weekend. FG FT PF TP Nichols, Wash 59 56 34 174 Wiley, Ore 55 58 41 168 Hanson, WSC 62 34 36 158 Crandall, OSC 36 56 35 128 Wilkins, Ore. 49 24 42 122 FOOD FOR THOUGHT— AND THE STUDENT WILL SAY — You'll find food for enjoyable eating at