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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1949)
-— Hoopster Highlights Sophomore Flash Will Urban Captures [Starting Forward Position for Webfoots By SAM FIDMAX “He’s a great team man, both on the basketball court and off.” That is what hoop mentor John Warren had to say about his stellar sopho more forward, Will Urban. The six-foot, three-inch first stringer is majoring in business ad ministration, and was graduated from Portland's Washington high school in January, 1946. After serving a hitch in the Navy, Urban entered the University of Oregon, where he starred during his freshman year as a member of the Frosh basketball team. Both Will, and his twin brother, Lou, take shelter beneath the Phi Delta Theta roof. An All-City Man “Ned,” as he is affectionately called by his teammates, played three years of varsity basketball at Washington of Portland, and in his senior year there, was named to the ail-city and second string all-state squads. Will also managed to squeeze in two letters in both football and baseball while at Washington. He played end for the Colonial eleven, and patrolled the out field for the b.orsehiders. As his greatest sports thrill, the likeable Urban named the '44- 45 hoop season when he paced his alma mater to the state high school championship. LIU Impressive With the recent visit of the Long Island University twine poppers, the Eastern style of ball, as personi fied by Clair Bee’s Blackbirds, was still strong in the Urban mind. Will thought that the LIU team developed better set shot artists than the local scheme of play, and that their style of ball-handling was something to behold. There was no hesitation, however, in “Ned’s" statement that he far pre Ducklings Slate Rooks Thursday In Second 'Little Civil War' Clash The second 19-49 “little civil war" •skirmish will be staged at Me Ar thur court Thursday night, when the Oregon Frosh tangle with the C SC Hooks. Game time will be 8 p. Rl. Coach Don Kirsch’s Ducklings v ill be after a win to avenge their only defeat of the season, a 54-49 Joeing administered at Corvallis by Paul Valenti’s Baby Beavers. Other than this early-season loss, the VVobfoot Frosh have won eight games against high school oppon ents. The Rooks also boast an im pressive season record, losing only to the Salem high Vikings. Kirsch’s charges are working on both offensive and defensive pat terns this week, concentrating on a defense to stop high-scoring Rook jack Orr, who shoved in 31 points i the last Frosh-Rook contest. All-Stater Ken Hunt, who played 1; s prep ball for Marshfield high, tops the Duckling scorers to date IHov/ie Odell Cured, Set for UW Practice SEATTLE, Feb. 2 (AP) The ( niversity of Washington team i 'uysician said today that Football | t 'oacli Howie Odell, who missed jv.ost of last year's games because pTillness, now is “completely cur Li." Dr. Fred Scheyer said the Husky coach could step into the spring otball sessions two months hence in top condition. Odell was stricken with acute ne phritis, a kidney ailment, hist Aug i -it 28 and spent the first six weeks lu the football season in a hospital. SOPHOMORE WILL URBAN, starting forward on John Warren’s Duck cage squad, will see plenty of action this weekend when Ore gon entertains the Washington Huskies in a two-game series. ferred to play with a ball-club that employs the fast break most of the time. A Cool Player Another of the many good points in Will's favor, is the fact that he can maintain loose limbs even be fore a hostile crowd. Lou Lippman, scoring star of the with 58 points, followed by Bill Clausen with 56, Bill Carr with 55, and Jim Vranizan with 51. The ten leading Frosh scorers follow: Hunt ... Clausen Carr . Settecase Chaney ... Korpola Kittlison Gilbert .. Owens .. Vranizan FG FT PF TP .25 8 11 58 .22 12 IS 56 .23 9 9 55 .20 11 18 51 .19 6 8 44 12 8 9 32 .14 3 17 31 10 1 9 21 .7 4 5 18 .3 3 4 9 visiting Blackbirds, with three years varsity ball under his belt, ad mitted that the ill-mannered Ore gon fans were largely responsible for his missing four consecutive crucial gift tosses in the second game. The 185-pound Urban, who will celebrate his ,21st birthday this Saturday, said that he was looking forward to two more years of varsi ty competition at Oregon. John Warren was eager to comment that Will shows promise of developing into a really fine player. Needs Experience The colorful Warren added that Urban has perfected the fundamen tals of the game, and that with a little more polish and experience, Big Ned would be invaluable to the squad in his remaining years at Eu gene. Urban's future in basketball depends on his willingness and abil ity to develop,” Warren said. Will had only one gripe to throw against the cruel world. Sometime during the LIU series, an unknown friend informed the radio sports caster that Will's favorite nick name was “Pontiac." It is not! Duck Cagers Work For Husky Games; Sam White Ready By DICK CRAMER Preparations for the weekend series with Washington weie under full steam yesterday, as John W arren sent his \arsity cagers through a long drill against the Webfoot Fiosh. W ashington will he favored over the Ducks in view of their two earl.ier wins in Seattle last month. Howevei, Husk\ Coach Art McLarney has been expressing concern over the games, since his quint has lost all four of their road tilts in Northern Division action tins season. McLarney is also worried about Duck play at home, be cause the Web foots have con sistently played better ball in Eugene than they have on trips. The Husky mentor was espec-' ially impressed with the strong showing Oregon made against LIU. White Ready Warren is also doing a little wor rying, especially since Sammy White is back in top condition for the Seattle five. He and Bill Van denburgh, the 6-foot, 4-inch Husky forward, are expected to be the big guns for the visiting cagers. Vandenburgh was the big hero when the two teams clashed earlier, tallying 36 points in the two-game stand. White has shown how he can score against the Webfoots, tally ing 24 points against them in the PCC tourney, although Oregon won the game 63-62. In the last series at Seattle, White was still bothered by a sprained ankle, but he has recover ed completely and is expected to be in top shape. Two Other Starters Helping out the top will be two other certain starters, LaDon Hen son and Jim Mallory. Henson is the same height as Vandenburgh, and Mallory is two inches taller. Both are veteran players and average close to ten points per game. The fifth starter will be either veteran Andy Opacich, a tricky ball handler, or sophomore flash Louie Soriano, the best of the new comers. Soriano hails from Brem erton, the hotbed of Washington prep basketball, and paced the Hus ky Yearlings in scoring last year. His final year of prep play saw him average 17 points per game. Oregon’s regular lineup of Jim Bartelt and Will Urban, forwards, Roger Wiley, center; and Paul Sow ers and John Neeley, guards, is ex pected to open both nights. Warberg a Reserve Though he probably won’t start, Dale Warberg, 6-foot, 2-inch for ward from Eugene, is expected to see lots of action. He starred in re serve roles against LIU. Wiley is far and away the top Webfoot scorer for the season, hav ing talleyed 279 points in 20 games for close to a 14-point average. 'Va Leading Wiley. Sowers .... Lavey . Urban . Neeley . Peterson . Bartelt ... Hamilton Amacher . Warberg . Scorers: FG FT .102 75 ... 73 31 ...47 44 ...37 39 ...34 18 ...21 34 PF TP 40 279 53 177 48 138 45 103 27 86 .29 ..18 . 9 10 .11 5 18 36 25 24 18 76 66 42 28 27 After the game Friday, Bring DAD in for a steak sandwich. He’ll need it! RENELL'S—on the Campus CAR OWNERS Save $20-$30 a school year! Gas 2c off per gal. Oil 10% off per qt. Access. 20% off Parts 15% off Lubrication 40c off Wash 40c off You have read about it. Save $25 to $30 a school year. Join the CAR CLUB and save on your gas, oil and lubracation. JOIN TODAY — THIS Offer for U of O Students only Room 204 .McArthur Court 3 to 5 Mon. through Fri.