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Lavey Causes Trouble
BOB L.AVEY, scrappy _gon Guard who’s rustling xacncs pu»u
referees to limits on rule interpretation. His play lias brought about
many differences between officials and the fans in recent games
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'Hogan Closes
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9—(UP) —
i Bantam Ben Hogan, firing five bir
dies, picked up three strokes on
first place Jeriy Barber in the
$15,000 Los Angeles Open Golf
Tournament at the end of three
rounds of play today.
Hogan fired a two under par 69
for a total of 211, compared with
Barber’s 82, which gave the tiny
unknown from Pasadena, Cal., 209.
Hogan’s round was marred by
three bogies on the back nine when
his putter went sour on him.
His par-breaking performance
was his second 09 in two days and
another lap in the gallant little
Texan’s comeback story. He was
out in 32, three under par. His drive
on the 10th got him in trouble and
he bogied the hole with a five. But
he came back to birdie the 569-yard
11th hole with a four after drop
ping a 120-yard approach within 10
inches o fthe cup.
Hogan missed putts to bogie the
Uth and 14th Holes but birdied the
par three, 145-yard 16th when he
played his tee shot six feet from the
pin. As he finished the round with
two pars, he said his legs, so badly
hurt in a nauto crash 11 months
ago that it was thought he would
never play again, are holding up
“okay,” indicating that he will be
fighting tomorrow to close the gap
on Barber. -»■*«*
Rule Interpretation
Starts Hoop Rows
Looking through the statistics
compiled by the Western teams
that make the basketball tour
through the East, one notices the
unusual amount of fouls the boys
pile up.
Oregon, Washington State, and
several of the California teams can
trace some o ftheir losses not to in
accuracy from the field, but rather
to the crimes committed on de
fense. Part o fthis was their own
fault, and part of it was due to the
two schools of rule interpretation
that have come about.
The one, used in the East and
some sections of the South and
Middle West, is designed tV> cut
down on body contact. It says that
any contact between the body pf
one player and that of another
when one of the two is in possession
o ftiie ball, shall result in a foul.
The other says in effect, “there is
bound to be some body contact in
a game, so unless it is flagrant, let
the boys do a little bumping and
butting.” This latter, is prevalent
throughout the western part of the
country. It finds its greatest ad
herents in the Rocky Mountain
Conference, which produces as
good a crop o fteams as ever laced
on a pair of full length sneakers.
Up there the boys like the game
rough, as those who saw Wyoming
humble the Ducks last year will
testify.
When one o fthe body contact
teams comes into Buffalo, New
York, or Philadelphia they find
that the traffic whistles seem to
have moved indoors.
Their efforts are thwarted at the
foul line where a succession of foul
shots by the local club wipes out
any advantage the Westnerers may
gain from the floor. The referees
concession does not break him of
habits he must maintain to stay
alive in bis own conference.
Eastern teams stress the pass
and ball handling more than the
dribble. Their game is built more
on speed than on power. Through
the years they have drawn away
from the bumping game to the
wide open give-a-basket-to-get
two type of basketball.
Once a team like Oregon comes
home, they don’t have to worry
about interpretation. They are
playing in their own crowd, and
ought to know the laws used by
their set. But once the referees,
geared to the rougher type game
begin to get a bit inconsistent, we
get the same thing that we find
in intersectional basketball; the
game is sacrificed on the altar of
the whistle.
In the two years we have been
watching basketball here, we have
come to wonder at the students’
attitude toward the officials. All
students will yell at the whistle
tooter who does not toot for the
home team, but when the catcalls
reach the peak that they have
come to at .Oregon, there is some
thing wrong. The boos did not hit
their high mark during the Wash
ington State series; that has come
in games past, and will reappear
as the season wears on.
'The greater part of the trouble
can be traced right back to where
we started, interpretation. Body
contact ball breeds inconsistency.
It is difficult to judge when a
bump is harmless, and when it is
a flagrant violation of rules. You
may allow one man to whirl his
foe around a little after they
struggle for a rebound, but how
much is fair whirling? A defender
follows a forward around the cen
ter, and bumps the man in the
bucket. When is it an “all right
bump,” and when is it a foul?
When do you break up a scramble,
and when do you let the mkick and
wrestle for position?
When James Naismith invented
the hoop game he figured there
would be some physical struggle
for possession of the ball. We don’t
think he counted on seeing some
of the hop-scotch tussles we saw
Saturday night. If he had, he
would have dropped the game and
taught his pupils boxing and foot
ball.
Barber proved that he also is
ready for the big time. After he
rounds, many expected him to
fired a G9 and 68 in his first two
crack under third-round pressure
from such established stars as Ho
gan, Sammy Snead, Jimmy De
maret and Cary Middlecoff.
Barber, however, kept right on
playing the steady game which
gave him his 36-hole leadership. He
might have sported an insurmount
able lead with a little luck on his
approach shots today.
Jack Burke, of White Plains, N.
Y., shot a three under par 68 to go
into third place with a 212, just a
stroke behind Hogan. Others who
moved closer to Barber included
Ellsworth Vines, Pasadena, who
had a 71 for 213; Sam Snead of
White Sulphur Springs, Va„ who
also shot a par 71 for 214; Henry
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Michigan,Cats
Pull Top Upsets
Minnesota and Indiana, co-fav
orites to take the Big Ten basket
ball title fell victims to upsets in
last night’s court action. The Goph
ers lost to Northwestern by a 60
53 count, while Michigan defeated
Indiana 69-67.
In another Midwest game Illi
nois, a perrenial basketball power,
took a game from Purdue 59-54.
Coast Cage
Action Starts
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, (UP)
—Age-old rivalries on the basket
ball court will flare anew this
weekend as Pacific Coast Confer
ence play goes into the second
round of competition.
The powerful Washington Hus
kies, losers of only one game out
of nine this season and a double
winner over Idaho last weekend,
go across the state to tackle
Washington State in a pair of
games.
Coach Art CcLarney’s crew has
lost only to University of Minne
sota, a defeat later avenged. On
the basis of their fast start, the
Huskies, led by Louie Soriano, La
don Henson, Frank Guisness,
Duane Enochs and Russ Parth
emer, are going to be hard to
stop in the race for the Northern
Division title.
Another cross-state rivalry in
the north country takes place
when Oregon tangles with Oregon
State on Friday at Corvallis.
In the South UCLA and USC,
both unbeaten in conference play,
exchange blows in a cross-town >
Los Angeles battle on Friday and
Saturday. Bill Sharman, USC ace,
and George Stanich of UCLA,
probably hold the key in the im
portant clash.
In the Bay Area, Stanford and
California, both losers of their
opening tilts against USC and
UCLA, play in Stanford Friday
night and Berkeley Saturday. The
Indians are favored over the slow
starting Bears.
The San Francisco Cow Palace
comes back into action with the
independents holding the spotlight.
On Friday, Santa Clara, right now
the king of the Western indepen
dent basketballers (as well as in
football), plays Loyola of Los An
geles; and St. Mary’s meets Regis
of Denver in a twin bill. On Sat
urday, Santa Clara battles Regis
and University of San Francisco
takes on Loyola in the double
header.
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