Oregon ^Emerald
SPORTS
G a y d a was
elected to the
Northern D i v i
sion of the Pa
cific Coast Con
ference as an All
Star forward.
Gayda weighs 215
pounds and stands
6 foot 3 inches.
The Cougar sen
ior Is noted for
his whirling hook
shot. Ed is a
marked man, al
ways drawing the
opposition's best
guard. Gayda
plays forward on
the WSC first
platoon.
According
to Washington
State College’s
Head Basketball
Coach Jack Priel,
(insert) Ed Gayda
is one of the best
defensive basket
ball players in the
United States.
Ducks Gird for WSC;
Beavers Triumph,54-53
Oregon State College won a
fit-53 Pacific Coast Conference
basketball game at Corvallis Wed
nesday from Washington State
College, and the Beavers let it be
known they wanted the victory for
their fellow athletes, Bill Corvallis
and Stan McGuire.
Meanwhile the Webfoot basket
ball team took stock of their men
tal injuries suffered in the recent
Columbia series, and planned ways
of putting their hard learned les
sons to good use against the Con
ga i's over the weekend.
Opening against the tea m
picked by the experts as the fav
orite for Northern Division honors,
Oregon will face many of the same
problems that proved unsolvable
in the twin losses against Colum
bia.
Looming' large in the Cougar
attack, is big Ed Gayda, the Wash
ington State version of John Az
ory. Azary is the 220 pound hook
shot artist who’s 40 odd points and
backboard play threw sand into
tiie already rusty gears of the Ore
gon machine.
Gayda is only slightly less ef
fective than his New York coun
terpart. and although hampered by
r,n injured foot, possesses enough
skill and experience to give the
tocal team trouble.
Much of the Cougar attack will
tie similar to that employed by
Oregon's recent foes. Teaming
Vith Gayda for action under the
blackboards will be 6'7" Gene Con
J »y the young center who has been
supplementing Gayda in Washing
ton State's winning efforts this
year.
Conley and two other sopho
mores. Ted Tappe, and Gene Ros
ier, along with Gayda, and junior
I.eon Mangis make up Coach Jack
Fviel's first platoon.
With Gayda and Conley employ
ing' a double post set up, the Web
foots will again be in for trouble
up close. The Cougars should prove
at least as deadly on lay-ins as
the Columbians were, what with
Tappe and Rosser and Mangis
moving around Gayda and Conley
for hand-offs and as a screen for
hook shots by the two pivot men.
Such has been the attack of the
Cougars thus far this season.
Fidel's second platoon will pre
sent more fast breaking and dead
ly fire up close to worry Oregon.
Veteran Bob Gambold and center
Ron Button operate up close for
this unit, with baseball star Gordie
Brunswick and guards Lloyd
Sehmick and Jim Howell supply
ing for the number two unit, what
Tappe, Rosser, and Mangis do for
the starting five.
State Campus Mourns
Death of Two Athletes
In Toboggan Accident
The winter term at Corvallis be
gan on a note of gloom, as a feel
ing of shock gripped the Oregon
State Campus following the sud
den death Wednesday morning of
Beaver football captain Stan Mc
Guire, 22, and Bill Corvallis, 21,
professional baseball pitcher.
McGuire and Corvallis, both stu
dents at Oregon State, were killed
when a toboggan on which they
were being towed, ran into the
path of an automobile driven by
Vernon Heckert, Corvallis, on the
State campus.
McGuire, a standout end for the
Beaver football team, died of in
juries several hours after Corval
lis’ death. Coach Kip Taylor and
athletic director Roy L. Keene
were at McGuire’s bedside.
Corvallis, like McGuire a junior,
was a pitcher for the Santa Bar
bara farm club of the Brooklyn
Dodgers. He was a semi-pro player
in Oregon before signing with the
Dodger organization.
Captain elect of the 1950 team,
McGuire was Oregon State’s out
standing lineman over the past
season. He was selected as nation
al “Lineman of the week” for his
play in the Oregon State-Michigan
game, and was one of the better
placekickers of the Pacific Coast
Conference.
Dean of Administration E. B.
Lemon, speaking for President A.
L. Strand who was out of town,
voiced the feeling of the campus
and community when he said,
“The college community is shocked
and deeply grieved by the deaths
of these two fine men.”
Oregon Teams
To See Movie
The Bike-Web colored film on
“The Prevention and Care of Ath
letic Injuries” will be shown to
members of the athletic teams at
University of Oregon on Jan. 9-13,
it was announced Wednesday.
The film made at Northwestern
University in Evanston, 111., by the
Bike-Web Company, shows the
proper methods of taping for vari
ous athletic injuries and how to
prevent participants from being
hurt during football, baseball,
track and basketball seasons.
This interesting film, made in co
operation with the Wildcats’ train
er and football players, already has
been shown to thousands of ath
letes.
Dean Cromwell
Runs Into Law
LOS ANGELES— (UP) —Dean
Cromwell, retired Olympic and
Univeristy of Southern California
track coach, got a damage bill and
a scolding from a judge today for
changing lanes in his car and
bumping another auto.
Judge O. Benton Worle assessed
Cromwell $58.66 damages and $2
court costs for scraping the side of
Howard Emil Ott’s car. The Judge
also warned Cromwell not to do it
again.
Louis SetsJPlans
For Coast Jaunt
LOS ANGELES, (UP)—Retired
Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis
Wednesday announced the oppon
ents he will box in his forthcoming
West Coast exhibition tour.
After meeting Willie Bean Fri
day at Hollywood Legion Stadium
in a six-rounder, Louis will take on
Tommy Flood in Seattle Jan. 10
(6), Clarence Henry in Wilming
ton Bowl here Jan. 12 (4), A1
Spaulding in San Diego Jan. 13
(4), Frank Buford in Stockton,
Cal., Jan. 20 (4), and Rex Layne
in Salt Lake City Jan. 23 (4).
McCormick Goes
To Polo Grounds
NEW YORK— (UP) —Veteran
Outfielder Mike McCormick Wed
nesday was signed by the New
York Giants as “bench insurance”
for the 1950 campaign.
McCormick, who has played on
two National League pennant win
ners in a row, was unconditionally
released by the Brooklyn Dodgers
after last season.
Order of O Meet
The order of the O will meet to
day at Pi Kappa Alpha, according
to President Jim Bartelt.
Initiations and discussions of
segregation at games will highlight
the confab.
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