Oregon daily emerald., February 23, 1949, Page 4, Image 4

Champion Theta Chis Fall to Delts
Ducks Ready for OSC
In Weekend Do-or-Die
The do-or-die series moves closer,
With both Oregon and Oregon State
going through long workouts in or
der to be in shape for the first
two games this weekend.
Webfoot coach John Warren
pent his squad through a long work
out yesterday in MacArthur Court,
in preparation for Friday night,
when the Beavers invade Eugene
for the first time this year. Slats
Gill is also hard at work with his
outfit in Corvallis.
The Webfoots are faced with the
big problem of stopping All-Coast
Cliff Crandall, the’ace playmaker
for the Orange. Another problem
will also be 6-foot 6-inch Ed Flem
ing, who is expected back in the
starting lineup for the first time
in a month.
The big pivotman is expected to
nkl the Beavers under the boards,
and was just finding his shooting
eye when a bad ankle laid him low.
Otegon State, on the other hand,
is worrying about Oregon’s brilliant
Roger Wiley, the leading scorer in
the Northern Division. The Duck
“Hot Dog" was very effective
against USF last weekend, firing in
4'. points and working well on re
bounds.
The Webfoots are expected to be
in top shape for the series, unless
the flu bug hits the quint. The Beav
ers are worried about Fleming,
though he , is reported in sound
shape, and Crandall, who has been
bothered by a bad knee off and on
ai! year.
Gill was especially worried about
the redhead's knee last weekend,
but he was able to play and led the
Beavers to a sweep over Washing
ton State, getting 14 points on Sat
urday.
The Corvallis five will romp on
to Mac court Friday night favored
t. win, though only by a small mar
gin. me vveuiuuiH nave piuvt-u
tough on their home floor and their
record is steadily getting better.^
Saturday night will be a differ
ent story, however. Oregon State is
always tough in Corvallis, and with
the Northern Division title riding
on the game, will be more fired up
than usual.
Wiley, despite being idle in Nor
thern Division action last weekend,
still tops the loop in scoring with
177 in 12 games for a 14.8 average
per tilt. Bill Vandenburgh of Wash
ington is next with 160, followed by
Ed Gayda of Washington State
with 159.
Top ten in ND scoring:
Wiley, Oregon
Vand’b’n, Wash
Gayda, WSC.
Pritchett, Ida. .
Stallworth, Ida.
White, Wash. ...
Crandall, OSC .
Sowers, Ore.
liritnhull, Ida ...
Henson. Wash. .
FG FT PF TP
64 49 35 177
61 38 60 160
...54 51 34 159
...62 31 34 155
.48 39 54 135
...49 32 45 130
41 41 36 123
41 31 29 113
37 36 36 110
41 25 47 107
Gregory's Column
To Be in Barometer
CORVALLIS, Feb. 22— (AP) —
The column of L. H. Gregory, sport
ing editor of the Oregonian, ap
peared today in the Barometer,
Oregon State College student news
paper, because of a Portland strike.
Gregory accepted the invitation
of Sports Editor Stan Radovich to
put the column, ‘‘Greg’s Gossip,”
in the campus newspaper because
of the strike of AFL pressman
against Portland dailies.
Phi Delts Tip Fizzeds While
Sammies, ATO Fall in Tilts
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
4 p.m.
McChesney vs. Lambda Chi (A)
Delts vs. Phi Delts (A)
Lightning fast action highlight
ed the intramural basketball play
off yesterday as Delta Tau Delta
stopped defending champion Theta
Chi 16-14, the Phi Delts drubbed
the Fizzeds 35-24, Theta Chi “B”
thumped the Sammies 32-21, and
Sigma Chi “B” / annihilated ATO
28-13.
The Delts’ triumph over Theta
Chi ended a three-year supremacy
which the Big Red had held and
run their win streak to 20 straight
victories.
Led by the sensational backboard
play of Bob Taggesell and the point
producing A1 Chamberlain, Phi
Delta Theta poured on a white-hot
second half drive to roll over a
stubborn Fizzed five.
THE GAME WAS a nip-and
tuck battle during the first half
with the timely field goals of the
Fizzeds’ Ed Gudgel keeping the
PE majors in the thick of the fight.
The score was knotted at six-all at
the end of the first quarter and
again at the midpoint, 12-all.
A1 Chamberlain then opened the
second half with a sensational long
shot from behind the key, but Pat
Wohlers tied it up with a fast
break lay-in for the Fizzeds.
After an exchange of free throws
which were good, Brad Fullerton
put the Phi Delts out in front with
a one-handed push shot, and they
were never headed again.
Turning on the steam in the final
stanza, the Phi Delts rained in
points from everywhere with Wait
Kirsch, Fullerton, and Chamber
lain showing the way.
Bid O'te^o-H. -Alw-atfi. Stable A Slxua ....
Beavers HadrVt Lost to Ducks by 1910
By Sam Fidtnan
Back in 1910, when the Daily Em
erald went to press on Wednesdays
and Saturdays only, the University
of Oregon was anticipating its first
basketball victory over Oregon Ag
ricultural College. The two schools
had met nine times since the rivalry
opened in 1902, and nine times the
VVebfoots went down to deefat.
SPIRIT WAS GOOD for the
game of March 9, 1910. Oregon fol
lowers were optimistic over their
first hoop triumph against the boys
from Corvallis, mainly because the
new Oregon gymnasium had been
completed, and the Ducks had suf
ficient practice.
That year, the Aggies had lost
every game on the road, excepting
one to Idaho's Vandals, but. as us
ual, they were invincible on their
home court. The Beaver boys had
won every Corvallis game, save a
two game split with Washington
State.
The lead in the next edition of the
Emerald, however, told the story
of the 21 to 20 O.A.C. win. "Owing
pr incipally to the fact that the Ore
gon players didn t awaken to a real
i, . Cation that they were playing a
game of basketball until the first
half was nearly over, Oregon lost
to O.A.C. last Wednesday night in
the fastest, closest, most fiercly
fought game of basketball in the
history of the two institutions." An |
Oregon guard named Walker (may- j
be his first name was Doak) potted
the first field goal of the game, but
the Ducks did not score again the
rest of the first half.
IN THE SECOND period how
ever, the Webfoots of 1910 fought
back. When three quick Duck field
goals popped through, narrowing
the Beaver lead to 12-9, “the crowd
which at the end of the first half
had given up hope for a victory and
began wondering grimly how big
the final score would be, went wild,
and until the end of the game, the
noise was terrific. With her men
passing and fighting like demons,
they slowly gained, until the final
whistle blew, just as victory seemed
in their grasp”— The Emerald.
Just in case any of the present
members of the student body have
forgotten, that was the same year
that the Oregon athletic depart
ment voted to supply the “racket
weilders" with cement courts and
it was decided that the editor of the
Emerald was to be elected twice a
year; to top it off, football appro
priations were cut from 20 percent
to 15 percent for the following au
tumn.
AFTER THE SECOND ana last
basketball game against the Aggies
played in Corvallis (1910 season),
the Emerald reported “the Agrics
had won through superior basket
shooting,” and “The Orange men
were treated with courtesy
throughout their entire stay in
Corvallis, and he best of feeling
prevailed.”
Those were the days when the
league consisted of Oregon, Wash
ington, Washington State, Idaho
and Whitman. In the 1911-12 seas
on, the Ducks did not contact the
Beavers, but were content with run
ner-up position in the conference,
narrowly losing to Washington.
JUST BECAUSE the Ducks did
n’t have an opportunity to beat the
Beavers that year (1911-12), does
n’t mean that the basketball year
was a flop. Under a headline read
ing, “Basketball pays well,” the
Emerald told of a financially un
precedented year— the athletic di
rector turned over a net profit of
$110 to the school treasury.
FOR THAT AFTER
THE GAME SNACK
IN A COLLEGIATE ATMOSPHERE
It's The
KAMPUS KAFETERIA
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Chamberlain s ten points weie
tops for high honors while Kirsch
added six to the Phi Delt cause for
runner-up. Ed Gudgel was high for
the losers with seven.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPS
from Theta Chi were dumped from
this year’s intramural playoff in
the first round, as the Delts eked
out a 16-14 victory.
Delta Tau Delta started the scor
ing with a hook shot by Bob Kehrli,
but at the end of the first quarter
Theta Chi led 6-4. In the next quar
ter the Delts held their opponents
to a single point while potting five
themselves.
From there on in the Delts were
in control, and continued to build
up their lead. In the last minutes
of the game Bill Green hooked in
two shots, but the rally fell short.
Both squads were very scrappy,
and though they got the ball down
the floor fast, took plenty of time
to set up their plays. Both teams
were about even on the boards, and
neither could hit their shots con
sistently. The Delts were more ag
gressive, and forced the Theta Chis
to jump the ball often.
THETA CHI’S INABILITY to
hit their free throws cost them the
game, as they hit only three while
missing ten. Kehrli was high with
ten, while Green dunked six. Dar
rell Hawes also played a fine game
for the Delts.
Theta Chi’s boys came through
by decisively dropping the Sam
mies 32-21. Guard Harry Kannasto
led his mates with ten counters,
though most of them were made in
the last moments of the game.
Roger Mockfoi'd not only made
six points when they really counted,
but controlled the backboard con
tinually, and played a cool, steady
floor game. Vic Menashe paced the
losers with eight markers.
The SAMMIES MATCHED the
Theta Chis in the first half, trail
ing only 10-8. At the end of three
quarters the score was still only
14-10, but the Theta Chis went wild
and in a flash the score was 20-10.
They eased up then, and both
teams hit, making the final score
read 32-21.
In the other B game of the af
I
ICIllUUU, iinv ----
roughshod over ATO with the bril
liant defensive play of Dewayne
“Swede” Johnson showing the way.
Opening the contest with a quick
lay-in by Johnson, the blue-and
gold quintet moved away to 7-to-0
first quarter lead and continued to
hold their opponent scoreless until
one minute and a half before the
midway point when ATO managed
to sink a gifter and a field goal to
bring the count up to 10-3.
DURING THE SECOND half,
the combined efforts of John
Hammer and Stu Richardson led
the Sigma Chi avalanche with
Richardson taking top individual
honors with ten counters.
The game was hard fought from
the floor by both teams as ATO
committed 17 personal fouls while
the victors marked up 12.
Golf Call Issued
There will be a meeting for all
interested in turning out for var
sity golf at the athletic office in
McArthur court this afternoon at
4. It is an important meeting, and
all interested are urged to be there.
PE Majors Meet
A professional meeting of men
and women physical education ma
jors and minors will be held
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in room 101
of the men’s physical education
building.
On the program will be Miss El
len Harvey who will show slides
and speak on her experiences on
a summer camping trip from Neew
York to California.
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