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Webfoots Level Idaho, 70-37 Frosh Trip Oregon Tech, 43-37 Taller Owls lead Early, Fade to Lose By DAVE TAYLOR Don Kirsch’s slow-starting 'l'rosh basketballcrs, although ■hampered by a spotty passing attack, defeated.the touted Ore .gon Tech Owls 43-37 last night at McArthur court. Bob Gilbert, fiery Duckling • center, spearheaded their drive bj i hitting- for 12 points to take top scoring honors, although he fouled -out midway in the second half. The taller Owls from Klamath i Falls moved into a quick 5-0 lead •’before the Kirschmen could get set. ’ Then Gilbert broke the scoring ice with a lay-in, and the first tug-of ■ war was on. Frosh head After two more fast field goals I by Gilbert and a free throw by Bill Carr, Jim Vranizan put the Yearl ■ ings out in front for the first time in 1 the .game, 9-8. Paul Heines, who had a 17-point uper-game average before last i night’s contest, dropped in a long •*one-handed push shot to recapture 1 the lead for the Techmen. Gilbert Hits But the white-hot Gilbert dunked eliis fourth and final field goal of the i first half to nab the command foi ’the lemon and green team. Aftei this point, the Frosh took over and were never headed. The halftime » score ended 20-18, Frosh. During the last half, the Duck * li ng advantage stretched between ■mine and three points, the only Owl i threat coming midway in the second ) frame when Fred Kunz pumped in * two howitzers to bring the count tc S7-34. Korpela Hits Ten Bill Korpela, little guard from Astoria, fortified Gilbert's 12 points «, with ten of his own, while Jim Vran > i,:an added seven more to the Frosh ■ cause. Kunz and Heines were the Owls i ‘pacemakers, as they sunk 12 and > ten for the visitors. Box score: FROSH POS. OWLS Clausen (5) F. (2) Parrisli • Carr (5) .F. (5) Bellot Gilbert (12) C. (5) Hilfikei 1 Korpela (10) ...G.(10) Heines i Hunt (2) .G. (12) Kims Substitutes — Frosh: Vranizan (7», Kittilson (2), Owens (1), Joy ce, Settecase. Oregon Tech: Mont ..gomery (lp Wade (2). Warsity Aquaducks Slate Meet Today Oregon's varsity swimming team is scheduled to meet a for > anidahle combination of transfers, ■ frosh, and ineligibles today at 15:80 in the men's pool. This is the first meet scheduled for the 'Aquaducks this year. The varsity crew is expected to lie pressed b> the newcomers, and . several records are sure to he ■ broken, according to Coach John my llorcliardt. Oregon students ■ will tie admitted to the meet with •student body cards. Initial competition with North ern Division schools will he un ■ <lerway next week, with a dual • meet hero against Oregon State. ! Oregon Football Mentor Jim Aiken Shows Enthusiasm, |Ca//s Intercolleqiate Grid Rule Changes Constructive EUGENE, Jan. 15—(AP)-1The Intercollegiate football rule changes were heralded yesterday by University of Oregon coach Jim Aiken. Aiken, who led his Webfoot foot ballers to a co-championship of the Pacific Coast Conference, greete'd the revisions with enthusiasm, say ing, “It looks like all changes are of a constructive nature.” He expressed particular enthus iasm over the decision to allow un limited substitutions when the ball changes hands. Aiken believes it is an advantage to a squad lacking in manpower. Elimination of the single substi tutions after every play did away with coaching from the sidelines and will also speed up the play, Aik en believes. Returning a punt from behind the goal line with a touchback instead of a safety the penalty for being j tackled in the end zone will help the offense and give the safety man more initiative, Aiken says. Regarding the fumble out of bounds, Aiken believes bringing the ball back to the spot of the fumble will eliminate fluke gains. Southern Division By Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 15 — Stanford scored a 66-65 basketball victory over the California Bears in a Pacific Coast Conference game last night. A packed house of 7,500 saw the Indians score the thrilling victory by their accuracy from the free throw line. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 UCLA’s bustling Bruins—paced by Chuck Clustaka's three overtime baskets —handed Southern California its first Pacific Coast Conference cage defeat last night, 74-68. The result threw the PCC South ern Division race into a three-way tie among UCLA, USC and Stan ford. UW Hits Frigid Night, Lose 44-30 to Cougars PULLMAN, Wash., Tan. 15 — (AP)—Washington State College won its third straight Conference basketball victory last night by setting back the University of Washington Huskies, 44-30. The Huskies trailed 29 to 14 at the half of the Northern Di vision Pacific Coast Conference game witnessed by 5500 per sons. Big Ed C.avda, Washington State forward, hit the basket for three field goals and a free throw in the first five minutes of play as the Cougars ran up a 10-0 lead over the Huskies. Huskies Colil The lid was on the hoop last DUCK TRACKS By GLENN GILLESPIE Roger Wiley, Oregon's six-foot, eight-inch basketball magi cian at center, has taken an early lead in Northern Division scor ing, but it's not too significant since the Webt'oots have play ed two mores games than the other ND teams. In four Conference games, excluding last night’s Idaho clash, Rog has sacked away 16 field goals and 12 free tosses for 44 points. Washington’s Sam White follows with 28 points in two conference games. 'Wiley also holds down sec ond place in total Division scor ing, including all the pre-season contests. Clift’ Crandall, number one man in Oregon State’s cage attack, holds a three-point lead over Wiley in total scoring-, with 189 counters in 16 games. Wiley's 186 points were racked up in 14 games. Eddie Gayda is right behind Wiley with 172, also in 16 games . . . A LOT OF interest and specula tion will probably be generated ov er the University of Utah's bid to join the Facific Coast Conference. The movement, started by Utah’s student daily newspaper, The Chronicle, has been brewing a long time, and may bring results. In a bannered story, the Chron icle urged the university to ap ply for PCC membership, declar ing <4 hat the lTtes have proven they can compete with bigger schools on an even basis. A statement that Utah could out draw several PCC schools in its 30, 000 capacity stadium doesn't carry much weight, since Coast schools are planning additions to increase attendance* WHETHER PCC moguls will give consideration to the Utah pro posal remains to be seen. The Utes would have to apply first. After that, present Conference member ship would be questioned, since ten schools more than fill available places now. Utah probably wouldn't accept a token membership similar to that of Montana, and that’s probably all the Conference would offer, even if a place were open . . . Oregon's intramural sports pro gram has been given a recent shot in the arm, and it’s something that's been needed for a long time in I-M athletics. The plan, known as the Aid Fund for Intramural Sports Injuries, has been proposed by the Interfraterni ty council, and will go into opera tion as the fund grows. EACH MEMBER organization contributes $3.00 a term until a $300 pool is reached and maintained with injured claimants receiving mone tary aid from the fund. It’s a great idea, and should prove its worth in the future . . . Those rugged Redwings from Eugene play another Oregon Hockey League game Sunday night at the local arena, this time meeting the Corvallis Beavers in a game starting at 8 p. m. The Eugene team d<?Teated Sal em 5-3 in a rough and tumble affair last Sunday, and are favored over Corvallis. night for the Washington team and not until nearly six minutes were gone did Guard Andy Opacich net the first Husky score with a free throw. Part of Washington’s early mis fortune may have been due to Guard Sammy White leaving the game temporarily with an ankle injury received just two minutes after play started. The Huskies’ top scorer returned to play a few minutes later but was held to only two free throws for the night. Gayda, Connects Gayda continued to pour the points in as the Cougars ran their lead to 22-7. With Guard George Hamilton taking up where he left off. Center Jim Mallory finally con nected with a field goal and a free toss for Washington. Forward La Don Henson and Guard Lou Sori ano added a single goal each, as Washington tried vainly to make up the deficit. The Washington crew came back after the intermission to find the lid still on the basket and failed to register a field goal until mid-pe riod. Cougar Subs Cougar Coach Jack Friel took (Please turn to page eight) Ducks Take Second ND Win Easily (Continued from page one) on the play, the foul being on the , Laddie Gale-coached Idaho center, Nick Stallworth. That made the score 47-31, but the rout had just ' begun. Sowers Hits Field Paul Sowers potted a jump shot from the key on a pass from Neeley, took another pass from the same . Neeley for another bucket, and laid up another on another fast break, following a free throw by Wiley. - That gave the Webfoots a 54-31 margin, and at this point the reser ves came in to mop up. Idaho held the lead only once in the game, when Joe Grove scored the opening point of the game on a free throw for a 1-0 Vandal lead. But Jim Bartlet countered with a field goal and the Ducks were never headed again. They rolled to a 13-1 advantage before the Vandals scor ed again, and nine minutes had gone by before Idaho’s Dick Geisler buck eted their first field goal. From there on, the Webfoots lengthened out their lead to the 30 17 halftime margin. At that point, Urban was high for the Ducks with seven and Neeley had six for second honors. .* Idaho Opens C]pl Idaho opened up after intermis sion, and for a while it looked like they might overcome the Webfoot lead. Preston Brimhall, who was outstanding for the Vandals, paced the rally with three long one-hand ers, and closed the gap 38-31, Hvhen • John Warren’s boys opened up. After that 16-point splurge, with eight minutes left to play, Wen Christensen promptly dunked two free throws but Don Peterson coun tered with two gift tosses and Bob Don and Lynn Hamilton both tallied fielders before Idaho scored aagin. With the score 60-33, Dex Linck, who had the crowd on his back all night, hit the last Vandal field goal, a one-hander from behind the key. That was with five minutes left, and all Idaho got after that were two free throws. Reserves All Over Meanwhile the Oregon reserves were all over the court, completely outplaying their opposition. It all wound up with Mel Krause tallying the 70th point on a gift shot. In winning their second Northern Division win against three losses, Oregon out-fought, out-played and out-thought the Inland Empire quint, and held command almost all of the way. Wiley, Sowers High Top Oregon scorers were Roger Wiley, who played his usual steady game at center, and flashy Paul Sowers, both with 12. Urban was close behind with 11. See box 'score, page 8 ICE HOCKEY EUGENE REDWINGS -vs Portland Blackhawks SUNDAY NITE 8 P.M. , U of. O Men and Date admitted on one ticket Eugene Ice Arena 1850 Y\ 6th Phone 4957