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LIU Skims by Oregon, 68-66 Miller's Goal Severs Tie; Clubs Go Again Tonight | By DICK CRAMER A curly-haired 5-foot, 9-inch guard named Nat Miller flipped ir. a 20-foot field goal from the side in the last five seconds to give Long Island University a 68-66 win over Oregon in a wild and thrilling ball game that was easily the best of the year play ed in Mac Court. The two squads square off again tonight at 8 p. m. Miller was the hero of the tilt, having tied the score at 66-66 with a tip in just five seconds be fore he hit his game-winning buck et, which came after he stole the ball. But he had lots of help from Lou Lipman, a balding father who led the Blackbirds in scoring with 17 points and directed their floor lirame before fouling out in the last "minute* Foul Shots Misfire The Webfoots, who early in the •/second half boasted a 15-point bul ge over the New Yorkers, had three chances from the foul line in the last minute, with tlie score then be ing 66-64. But Bob Lavey, then Rog Wiley, then Paul Sowers all missed gifters to set tlie stage for Miller’s tying and winning buckets. The entire game was fast-mov ing and had the 6,000 spectators on the edge of their seats throughout. Play opened fast, Lipman can ~ tung a 16ng two-hander from 30 feet on the first shot of the game. Wiley, who led Webfoot scoring with 16 counters, flipped in a hook /shot to knot the score. Sophomores Deliver From there the Blackbirds mov ed into 6-2 and 8-4 leads, their long est of the night. But then John Warren’s sopho more stars, Will Urban and Johnny iNeeley, paced the Ducks into a 24 l!t lead with eight minutes remain ling in the first half. Fielders by Dick Feurtado and Art Tropin then cut the margin to two points. Warren substituted his second unit at this point, and led by Dale Warberg, the reserves caught fire and built up the margin that gave the Webfoots the first half lead. Quickies for Warberg Warberg, Lynn Hamilton, War berg again, and then two gifters by Bob Don, with only a bucket by tall Sherman White for the Blackbirds, gave the legulars a 34-25 margin when they came back with a min ute left to go. , From there, the Ducks rolled to a 1 "d-28 halftime margin. At this point the Webfoots had a tremen dous .415 average from the field, \ Idle Long Island's was only .268. After intermission, Neeley flip ped in a long two-hander and Sow ers hit from the corner to give Ore gon the biggest lead of the game. 15 points. Blackbirds Close In But from here on in, the Black birds were checking closely all over tlie court, proving very adept at stealing the ball. Oregon managed to keep the margin at close to ten points until midway in the second half, when LIU began to close the gup With ten minutes left, the Black birds had moved within si\ points, F.1I-U. Amacher dropped In a gifter. White countered with a fielder, Amacher hit another free toss, and Wiley tipped in another to move it j out to 54-16. I Long Island came back with: buckets by 6-foot. 6-inch Herb Scherer and the pestiferous Lip man to narrow it to four points, iust before another Duck spurt. Wiley hit from the side, Sowers, ' v ho wound up with 14 tallies, drop- i ped one in from behind the key, and ; V/arberg hooked in one from the 1 >y for a nine-point margin, 60-51.! CLAIR BEE and his LIU hoop men hope to make a two-game sweep of their series with Ore gon when they clash again here tonight. Dour Details Long Island Scherer, f . Smith, f . French, c . Lipman, g . Gard, g White, f . Bigos, f . Feurtado, g ... Miller, g . Tolkoff, g Tropin, g .>. Totals Oregon Urban, f . Bartelt, f .... Wiley, c . Neeley, g .... Sowers, g \\ arberg, f . Cooper, f . Don, f . Amacher, c . Lavey, g ...... Seeborg, g Hamit on, g FG FT PF TP 3 3 ...5 ...8 4 2 6 8 I 11 5 17 0 3 0 4 10 .4 .0 .1 0 0 0 0 1113 8 0 0 0 0 0 80 8 19 68 FG FT PF TP 8 3 4 9 .4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 0 9 14 8 0 2 4 0 0 Totals .38 10 12 66 Halftime score: Oregon 89, Long Island 28. Free throws missed: Long Is land — White, Smith, Feurtado, Gard. Oregon—Urban 4, Wiley 3, Amacher, Lavey, Sowers 3. Lipman countered with a tip-in. then Sowers hit from the key and Amacher dropped in a lay in to give Oregon an 11-point lead, But the New Yorkers were checking close ly the full length of the floor. LeKoy Smith tossed in a gifter for the visitors, Lipman fired in a long two-hander and French laid up a rebound while holding the Ducks scoreless. Neeley and Wiley dropped in gifters for Oregon’s 6oth and 66th points, with a fielder 1>> Lipman in between to leave the margin at six points, 66-60. From here on in it was all Mr. Miller. Frosh Swamp Cottage Grove To Record Seventh Victory ■__i Oregon W Emerald SPORTS Eugene Hockey Squad to Face Corvallis Here Sunday Night Sunday night sees the Eugene Redwings again take the lo cal ice as they meet the Corvallis Beavers, fresh from a win over Salem, in Oregon Hockey League play. The Redwings, dropped their last game to Portland and are now in a tie for first place league honors. , Natator Team Readies For Vital Husky Meet With the crucial meet with the ND defending champions, the University of Washington, a week away, the cry at the Men’s Pool is, “work, work, work.” Although the score against the Beavers last Saturday was the most lopsided in history, Coach John Borchardt is definitely not happy with the times of most of his swimmers. The tally is no indica tion of their shape and the watch times turned in revealed many weaknesses. The sprinters especi ally showed their weak points last Saturday, as did the breaststrokers and distance men. Workouts Pick ITp However, all of this is being cor rected fast with the accent on sprints and time-cutting work which should pey off in the near fu ture. The meet with Washington will be a week from today. Today and Sunday the annual City of Portland AAU swimming championships will be held at the Multnomah Athletic Club, and the University will be ably represented. Has this weather put the “Chill” on your old watch? Bring it to us for a "Warm-up!" }§iisiow£ JEWELERS Established 1869 620 Willamette As the meet is limited to city dwellers, Oregon will have only four men entered. Pyeatt Shows Promise In the 100 and 220 yard freestyle it will be Don Pyeatt, recently transferred from Oregon State, who is one of the finest frosb pros pects in the ND. While with the Multnomah Club (Please turn to page five) Cook of Lions, Ducks' Clausen Lead in Scoring Coach Don Kirsch’s fresh man basketball squad racked up their seventh win in eight starts in last night’s varsity prelim by defeating the Cottage Grove Lions, 45-32. The frosh raced to an early lead as their fast break clicked with precision and gave them nine points before their opponents could dent the scoring column. Ken Hunt and Mouse Owens, Oregon’s starting guard combo, were the sparkplugs as Hunt sank two baskets on passes from Owens. Visitors Fight Back Their early momentum slacked off slightly later, however, and Cottage Grove slowly chopped away at the lead. ot.iu ... This was mainly due to the shooting accuracy of Bob Cook, Lion center, who had nine points at halftime. Bob Dusenberry’s Lions pulled up to within one point of the fresh men at the halfway mark, trailing 20-19. Yearlings Reclaim Margin The frosh again poured on the coal and scored 14 third quarter points to eight for Cottage Grove. (Please turn to page five) Eugene Auto Rental Co. (Opposite Eugene Hotel) Broadway and Pearl Texaco Station AUTOMOBILES FOR RENT By the Mile Hour, or Day