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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1949)
Long Island Due to Arrive For Two-Contest Stand; Ducks Ponder Unit System LIU’s Blackbirds, 15 strong, are expected to arrive in Eugene either late tonight or early to morrow morning. They are the first New York team to invade the West Coast, and they start off fey meeting the Webfoots tomorrow night and Saturday. Both teams are expected to be in top shape for the series. John Warren sent his Ducks through a long workout yesterday, touching up the Oregon offensive. Before the practice, the squad saw movies of the Long Island-Oregon game of last year, won by the Blackbirds 49-47. To /Matte LIU... ROGER WII-EY Lupien Mixup Solved at Last; Tigers Nab Him DETROIT, Jan. 26—(AP)—The Detroit Tigers bought some (first base insurance today when they ac quired Infielder Ulysses (Tony) Lupien from the Chicago White Sox for the waiver price of $10,000. Waived Out Once Lupien, 31 years old, was waived out of the American League once before, when the Boston Red Sox let him go to the Philadelphia Phils in 1944, but the Whit? Sox couldn't get clearance to send the Harvard graduate to the minors. Tigers Gel Nod Both Detroit and Clevand filed claims for the first sacker. Detroit got first call for having finished 5th last season, far below the pennant winning Indians. Lupien hit .246 last season for the White Sox after the Six had paid $25,000 to Hollywood of the I acific coast league for him a year earlier. Plymouth Club Lunch Plymouth club will hold the reg ular Thursday noon luncheon today at the Congregational church. The Duck mentor was using two units, alternating them during the drill. Whether he will stick to unit substitution or not during the game is uncertain. On the first unit were the regular starting lineup composed of for wards Jim Bartelt and Will Urban, center Roger Wiley, and guards Johnny Neeley and Paul Soewrs. Bob Lavey was trading off with Neeley at one guard post. Second Platoon Crowded On the second group were Bob Don and Dale Warberg at forward, Bob Amacher, at center, with Ken Seeborg and Lynn Hamilton seeing duty at the guard spots. Don Peter son and Mel Krause also filled in at guard. Even if Bob Amacher moves into a starling role, the Ducks will have a bad time under the boards. Long Island not only has lots of height, but on the average are heavier than the Webfoots. Only Rog Wiley at 217 and Ama cher at 208 are close to the same weight as Clair Bee's boys. Blackbirds Fly High LIU will probably open with Herb Scherer, 6-foot 6-inches, Jack French, 6-foot 5-inches, and Sher man White, 6-foot 6-inches in the front line. Scherer has hit 130 points in the Blackbirds 17 games so far, , White has 127, and French 118. The key man in the Long Island attack is guard Lou Lipman, the top scorer on the team with 206 points. Lipman bits on long set shots consistently, either one or two handed. His mate in back court will prob ably be LeRoy Smith, a 6-foot 1 inch lad who has one 20-point night to his credit so far. He likes long one-handers. He has 123 points for the season so far. Must Watch Lipman The Webfoot coach is especially leery of Lipman, and for good rea son. The deadeye guard dropped 24 tallies in last year’s narrow LIU win over the Webfoots, putting on'a fine one-man show. Long Island, after meeting Ore gon here, will tangle with Santa Clara, Utah, Oklahoma A & M, St. Louis, and Xavier before returning to New York. Higbe, Casey Sign PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26—(AP)— The Pittsburgh Pirates today an nounced the signing of two of its ex-Brooklyn pitchers, Kirby Higbe and Hugh Casey. $10.00 Close Out TWEED SUITS GABARDINE SUITS SKI JACKETS ARRIVAL OF NEW SPRING COTTONS DAILY The Westgate Shoppe one t.' 1 1, Pli J Plenty Blue DON PETERSON Oregon State Swaps Strokes With Huskies The road ahead for Oregon State's inexperienced swimming team gets rockier before it smooths out. After absorbing a 74-10 licking from Oregon in the nothern divi don opener at Eugene last Satur lay, all the Beavers have to look forward to this Saturday is a dual natch with the defending champion W ashington Huskies who are re ported to have one of their strong est teams in history. Cincinnati Holds Slim Lead As Highest Scorer In Country NEW YORK, Jan. 26— (AP)—Cincinnati’s point-making Bearcats still lead the nation’s major college basketball teams in scoring, but the gap between them and the runners-up is nar rowing. The Bearcats, according to National Collegiate Athletic Bu reau statistics or games rnrougn Jan. 22, had scored an average of 72.7 points in 12 games. This is 1.7 points below their top figure of a I week ago. | Closing in on Cincinnati are i Rhode Island State, 72.4, Illinois, 70.5, Yale, 70.3, and unbeaten West ern Kentucky, 70.1. Oklahoma A & M. is far in front in team defense. The possession minded Cowpokes have surrender ed an average Of only 31.3 points per contest. Feller Balks At Terms Offered By Cleveland CLEVELAND, Jan. 26—(AP)—Bobby Feller spoiled the joyful mood around the World Champion Cleveland Indians’ tepee today by balking on terms of his fat 1949 contract. Only a day after his manager, Lou Boudreau, cheerfully signed a two-year contract calling for an annual salary of $65, 000 or more, the grey-suited fast ball pitcher announced unsmil ingly after a conference with President Bill Veeck: “It's simply a disagreement over the number of fans the Indians will draw this year. That’s all.” Attendance Important But that number is important The gravy in Feller’s contract, after a guaranteed starter of $40,000-odd, has been in those attendance bonus es. And it’s there where the expected pay cut will come. Feller estimated the slash—before today—at $10, 000. In 1947 and 1948 his salary is be lieved to have hovered above $80, 000. Veeck took the position today the Tribe would draw approximately as many fans as last year’s record breaking 2,600,000. Feller felt the 1949 attendance might not be as high. Yet Feller isn’t the only member of the World Champs showing a ten dency towards displeasure at his 1949 salary. For example: Gene Bearden, the star pitcher of the World Series, wants to see Veeck about the fig ure of his proffered contract. Bob Lemon, another important pitcher, sent his contract back un signed. APO Meets Tonight Alpha Phi Omega will meet to night at 6:30 p.m. at 1240 Mill street. AT 698 \\ lllamctte Ph. 535 Heilig Thurs-Sat., Jan. 27-29 RACE STREET George Raft, Wm. Bendix plus: GUNS OF HATE Sun-Wed., Jan. 30-Feb. 2 MAN FROM COLORADO Glenn Ford, Wm. Holden, Ellen Drew Thurs-Sat., Feb. 3-5 THE SAXON CHARM Robert Montgomery, Susan Hayward plus: CARSON CITY RAIDERS Mayflower Theatre Thurs-Sun., Jkn. 27-30 ROGUES’ REGIMENT Dick Powell, Marta Tore* Lane Theatre Thurs-Sat., Feb. 2-3 BABE RUTH STORY Wm. Bendix, C. Trevor plus: EYES OF TEXAS Sun-Mon., Jan. 30-31 APARTMENT FOR PEGGY Geanne Craine plus: FIGHTING MAD Tues-Wed., Feb. 1-2 WOMAN IN WHITE Alexis Smith, E. Parker plus: THE SWORDSMAN McKenzie Theatre Wed-Sat., Jan. 26-29 STATION WEST Dick Powell plus: GALLANT LEGION Sun-Tues., Jan. 30-Feb. 1 BLOOD ON THE MOON Robert Mitchum Wed-Sat., Feb. 2-3 SOUTHERN YANKEE Red Skelton plus: GRAND CANYON TRAIL Varsity Theatre Wed-Thurs., Jan. 26-2“ IRON CURTAIN Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney plus:: LULUBELLE Fri-Sat., Jan. 28-29 MICHAIL O’HALLORAN plus: BOLD FRONTIERSMAN Sun-Tues., Jan. 30-Feb. 1 DILLINGER plus: MUTINY IN THE BIG HOUSE