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WSC Edges Ducks, 62-60 Frosh Grab Two More Triumphs By GLENN GILLESPIE Those Oregon freshman basket ball players have been kept on the move lately, and with tonight’s re turn game against Marshfield, an other four-games-in-five-days se ries will be over. After annexing a surprising 57 47 win over Marshfield’s defending prep champions Saturday night, tlie Frosh returned to McArthur court yesterday to win their 13th and 14th games in 18 starts. In the afternoon game, the Ducklings rolled over the Lebanon Warriors 64-45, and in a preliminary before the varsity game, the Heldtmen walloped a tough Grants Pass gang 56-38. In both games yesterday, the Little Ducks found themselves be hind at the first quarter mark, but came back strong to win the two going away. Frosh Behind Against Lebanon, the Frosh were behind 15-14 after eight minutes, thanks to the sharp-shooting of Warrior Jack Evans, who potted eight of the 15. Big Gene Hover found the basket in the second pe riod for five big baskets, leading the Frosh to a 31-23 half time ad vantage. Hover was high man for the Frosh, with 16 points, all on field goals. In the second half, Coach Bud Page’s boys tossed in seven fielders, but 15 Freshman buckets salted the game away. Hover and Leroy Cole man each collected three baskets in this half. Evans and Gene Tanner shared high-point honors for Leb anon with 12 each. Cavemen' Lead The contest with Grants Pass started out to be quite a ball game, with the Cavemen leading 13-11 at the first quarter. Will Urban sank a free throw when the game was 40 seconds gone. Vern Craft matched this for Grants Pass, but Don Pe terson let go with a one-hander, Jack Keller stole the ball and broke in for a cripple, and Hover laid one up, and the Frosh led 7-1 after four minutes. Glen Edwards and Keith McLean then started hitting to bring their team up. In the second quarter, both squads fired in baskets for a i 26-22 Frosh margin at the half. Dick Mase, who started both games, flipped in two baskets, and Coleman tanked two long ones to lead the Yearlings. Orr Torrid Jackie Orr, a beautiful ball handler and play-maker, found his famed shooting eye after the inter-; mission, to put in 10 Grants Pass markers. This Orr, a rangy lad, was one of the best ball players on the floor. Doing everything right, he should go places in college ball. I Keller and Peterson helped the Frosh pull away during the third quarter to a 40-28 edge. Grants Pass garnered only two field goals i in this period, both long swishers by Orr. Fullerton Hits Brad Fullerton snapped in three i baskets in the final quarter for six of his nine points. Hank Anderson's Cavemen cooled off again in this' stanza, getting only four baskets. Coleman ending scoring with 10 seconds to play, swishing one. Lebanon Summary: Frosh (64) (45) Lebanon Fullerton (4) F (21 Abbot] (Please turn to page five) Tremendous Tiny Hay “Tiny” Arndt was obviously the biggest man on the court last night. The alternate WSC center weighs 240 pounds, and stands six feet five inches. Faculty All-Star Team To Challenge IM Kings Basketball action will continue at McArthur Wednesday night, fol lowing the two Oregon-Washing ton games Monday and Tuesday, when a faculty All-Star team meets Theta Chi, intramural “A” league cage champions ,in a 7:30 contest, with no admission charge. Members of the touted dark horse faculty squad include Carl Heldt, Frosh coach; Dick Miller and Frank Zazula, line coach and backfield coach respectively of the football team; Leo Harris, athletic director; Don Kirsch, baseball mentor; and Vernon S. Sprague, assistant professor of PE. Playing for the Theta Chi quint, unbeaten in two years of “A" intramural play, are Glen Kelley, Roy Baughman, Tom Collie, Gene Hebrard, Bill Hutchinson, Bill Har ber, Stan Grimberg, Don Ruth, and Doug Coghill. The faculty squad, earlier in the season, issued a challenge to the winner of the intramural title, and will be out to uphold their repu tation. Co-Coaches of the faculty squad are Jim Aiken, head football coach, and John Warren, head head basketball mentor. The two coaches are arguing between them selves as to which type of offense and defense to use. Aiken wants to use the zone, while Warren,' wants to use the man-to-man set up. The way things stand now the faculty outfit should give the in tramural champs plenty of trouble. Zazula and Miller are two fast stepping forwards; Heldt is one of the best “old pivot men” in these parts; Harris and Kirsch are the “trickiest and cleveriest ball handlers on the coast.” Officials for the game will be Norm Henwood and John Jones. Remember Us For INSTANT PRESSING and 3 DAY CLEANING SERVICE The Best Cleaners S21 E 13th Phone 740 I By Don Fair When a basketball team chokes up in the second half as badly as Oregon did last night, it can mean only one thing. That was a 62-60 victory for Washington State over the Webfoots, before approximat ely 6.000 fans at McArthur court. How a team can look so good the first half, and so stale the final 20 minutes must be a problem that’s puzzling coach John Warren now. The Ducks crumpled like a paper bag in the payoff stanza making 10 of 52 shots for a .192 average, and connecting for only four gift tosses in 15 tries. Free Throws Count All in all, Oregon missed 16 of 30 charities. And the game last night was just another example that to win the close ones, the triumphant team makes the most of free throws, for WSC converted 14 of 21 gift attempts. The Webfoots hiked off the floor at intermission holding a 35-31 lead, with their play for the most part looking like a million dollars. The Ducks hit 13 of 39 field shots for a .333 average, and from the foul line, 9 of 14 were made. Cougars Bounce Back Starting the second half, the Cougars served notice that they meant business, with six quick points and a 37-35 lead. Dick Wil kins and A1 Popick hit baskets for the Webfoots to put them 39-37 into the lead. Oregon seemed to shake its slump at the five minute mark oi the period on another two-pointei by Wilkins, and Rog Wiley’s one hander from the key, putting the Lemon-and'-Green in front 43-39 But Jack Friel’s boys, knowing that a loss tonight meant the end of any of their Northern Division title hopes, fought an uphill battle to push ahead 51-49. Wilkins temporarily broke the Oregon scoring drouth, at seven and a half minutes remaining, to tie the count 51-51 with a lofty set shot. But Reggie Scodeller’s free toss, and Bob Gaston’s nifty one handed archer frim the corner gave the Cougars a 54-51 edge. Oregon Leads Briefly Oregon battled ahead for the final time 58-57, on Bob Lavey’s rare good free shot, at the 17:40 mark. The red-clad Cougars were n’t to be stopped however, as Ed! Division Standings W L Pet. Oregon State. 10 5 .667 Washington State .9 6 .600 Washington .8 6 .571 OREGON .6 8 .429 Idaho . 3 11 .214 Gayda. a sweet hook shot artist, plunked in his speciality, and Geo rge Heathcoate followed with a duecer from five feet out, while the Oregon-defense was wandering around. I Wiley’s basket with five seconds to go cut the distance, to 61-60, but Heathcoate converted a free toss after the gun sounded for the final 62-60 score. Outside of Wiley who was game high with 17, Oregon uncovered a pair of scrappers under the boards in Bob Don and Bob Amacher. Don made eight points^ while Amacher was giving WSC’s big man, Vince Hanson, fits under the basket. Am acher played his best game of the season, although not scoring a point, as he was nailing onto re bounds from all angles in a rough, rugged, and ready style. Otherwise the refereeing was good, the halftime show, was good, Oregon was good the first half, and Washington State won the game. Tonight the same teams are (Please turn to page six) ■ .. ■ ■ - - ■ -. Students are Stopping at ROY COPPING'S for those GATES TIRES 6:00x16 $13.95 (plus tax) Our Easy Payment Plan $1.00 down and $1.00 a week and Remember Come in and register for our free $10.00 monthly merchandise credit drawing. No obligation what soever. "It's Thrifty to Buy" We give Green Stamps with every purchase Rog Copping "THE CHAMPION DEALER" 1 lth and Oak Phone 4812