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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1950)
Basketball Fans Jo See 'Laddie' In Action Again A basketball highlight will be .staged at Mae Court tonight when the Page Woolens of Salem take ©n the Eugene VFW. Laddie Gale, ex-All-American eager at Oregon, is manager-play er for the Salem quint. VFW stars include Oregon’s Don Kirsch, Ken Seeborg, and Bob Don. On Feb. 2, Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., the famous Iowa Colored Ghosts will play against a team headed by ex-Ducks Dick Wilkins, Jim Bartelt, and Ken Hays. A preliminary feature pits Hills Tire against Eugene Planing Mill. Tiie Planers’ roster includes Stan (Williamson, former Oregon speed ster. Jim Nau, Oregon State’s 6-foot, C-inch sophomore center who came to the fore on the Beavers’ Inland Empire road trip, was a standout on last year’s freshman team and was considered a sure-fire varsity bet until he injured his back in November. With the injury healed, he has come into his own. Speedy Keller Hops Up Fast Break Varsity Aqua-Ducks Prep for Saturday Splash-fest at OSC By PHIL. JOHNSON Oregon University’s varsity swimming team, handicapped by the temporary loss of six regulars, has been preparing for the dual meet with Oregon State, which takes place at Corvallis next Sa turday. In addition to the six disabled regulars, two other varsity men are now recovering from illness or injuries, Joe Nishimoto has recu perated from his attack of influen za, and Art Bayly, whose leg in jury kept him out of the intra squad meet Saturday, also is ready for action. Hit by Colds However, Rod Harmon, Bill Van natta, Stan Hargrave, Jim Stan ley, and Dick Ruckdeschel all have been put out of action by colds. Harmon and Vannatta missed the n DUCKTRACKS BySAMFIDMAN Emerald Sports Editor Here is the one big opportunity for campus loud-mouths to make themselves heard from this calm, peaceful sunny Willam ette valley to the Walrus harbors in Alaska. Throughout the basketball campaigns such human beings, mho are endowed with super-vociferous qualities, and a gifted vocabulary design ed to frazzle the most tightly strung nerv?s, are plagued to shut it up. Plenty of them would give half a month’s pay to he able to he in possession of a megaphone when Dick Bal lantyne—or any other player v ho is not garbed in Oregon’s colors, steps up to the find line. Fellows—February 8 is your big chance to howl and scream till your diaper buttons pop. The igloo will be graced that e\ eniug bv the most talented sneakers in all tennisdom when the Hobby Riggs W orld Cham pion Tennis 1 our takes to that liomev structure Tor an exhibi tion of net wielding that should leave the fans gasping, the hot dog stand sold out, anil the touring company s cash till jingling. The advance publicity agent or the troupe is a lusty Chicago blonde who would look much better in tennis shorts than her liubbv, l’obbv Riggs. 1 he Mrs., JACK KRAMER who doesn't mind being called Kay, stands about 5-d; we say "about” because wo did not take time to measure said blonde, except by way of the ever-probing peepers. If the Windy City’s gift to mature womanhood is any indication ol the quality ol the tennis show—we recommend same to anyone who has eyes. At anv rate. Kay made it known Monday in the office of athletic ,;e’ws director Art Kitchman that yelling goes during the exhibi tion. She pointed out that mass-psychological examinations would be doled out if Joe DiMaggio slugged a home run and the b'cacherlies just politely sat and chewed their maple bark. About the exhibition—Pancho Gonzales, "the Babe Ruth of tennis." according to Kay, has a serve that travels at 100 miles per hour. Just by way of comparison, the Gonzales service has been timed against Bobby Feller's waning fireball—and Pan cho’s racquet-powered product proved to be the faster of the two Kay says that Pancho’s first serve is the fastest in the show_but one o fthe reasons that Champion Jack Kramer has been pummeling Pancho is that his own second serve is super- j ior. Kramer has a good first, too. according to the Blonde in formant, but Pancho’s has more drive. (Please turn to fire) intra-squad meet, but the other three gained valuable points for Coach Borchardt’s varsity in that meet. Stanley won first place in diving, Hargrave won the 150-yard backstroke, and Ruckdeschel took second place in the 200-yard 'breaststroke. Wade Hanson also missad the intra-squad meet because he was slightly injured, and it is not yet known whether or not he will swim against the- Beavers. Although sev eral of the influenza victims might recover by Saturday, their loss of valuable practice time will be a handicap. Ducks Pour It On Furthermore, it is believed that the Beavers have a better team than they have had in recent years. Oregon holds an amazing record of 17 consecutive wins over the Nor therners, who haven't defeated the Ducks since 1938. The following scores indicate Oregon’s definite superiority over OSC during recent years: 1939— Oregon 54, OSC 21 1940— Oregon 62, OSC 13 Oregon 58, OSC 17 1941— Oregon 42, OSC 32. Oregon 50, OSC 24 .. .. 1942— Oregon 63, OSC 12 Oregoii 56, OSC 19 1948—Oregon 61, OSC 14 Oregon 55, OSC 19 1944-45 No meets (war) 1946— Oregon 64, OSC 10 Oregon 66, OSC 8 1947— Oregon 59, OSC 16 Oregon 59, OSC 16 1948— Oregon 63, OSC 12 Oregon 52, OSC 23 1949— Oregon 74, OSC 10 Oregon 72, OSC 12 Stan Ray, Sherry, Minturn, Gamma Cop Pin Victories STANDINGS Won Lost Gamma .30 10 Stan Ray. 22 18 Sherry Ross.22 18 Merrick . 20 20 Omega . 20 20 Sigma. 1“ 23 Hunter . 15 25 Minturn . 14 26 Last week’s results of the Uni versity Inter-Dorm Bowling league showed Gamma Hall continuing on its merry way by blanking Sigma 4 to 0; Stan Ray shutting out Hunter by forfeit; Sherry Ross defeating Merrick 3 to 1, and Minturn upset ting Omega 3 to 1. Pete Darlington of Gamma ran off with high single and high series as he blistered the alleys with a 218 game and a 609 series. Merrick hall took high team single honors with 541, while Stan Ray’s 1446 was high for team series. G. Ave. Mookley, Merrick .27 176 Darlington, Gamma .27 167 Englutul, Stan Ray .24 168 Wirtz, Merrick .3 160 Gardiner, Merrick .27 159 Naapi, Sherry Ross.30 158 Pulfer, Gamma .9 151 Bring Your Real Estate Problems to Gilmore Realty 1219 Alder St. Ph 42249 The Oregon Webfoots, from all indications of this week’s i practice, will use a fast break offense when they invade the In land Empire for the four-games-in-five-nights suicide run. Freshman Coach Don Kirsch, substituting for John Warren who is suffering from a bad cold, sent the Duck cagers through a brief but hard running practice Monday night. The first team was composed of Jack Keller, Mel Krause, Jim Vranizan, Paul Sowers, and Will Urban. Wnrren’s cold will not prevent him from being with the sciuad Beavers, UW Renew Rivalry At Gill Coliseum One of the closest rivalries in northern division basketball will be renewed for the first time this sea son Friday and Saturday nights in mammoth new Gill coliseum when the surprising Washington Huskies invade Corvallis for a two-night stand. Saturday’s game will be the fea tured event of Dad’s Day on the Oregon State campus and more than 2000 fathers are expected. Re serve seats for this contest are al ready sold out and only slightly over a hundred remain for the ser ies opener. General admission tick ets will be sold at the gates start ing at 7 P.M. each night. Beavers in Recent Edge Over the years the Husky-Beaver hoop warfare has been an exciting, nip and tuck affair with one of the two teams more often than not win ning the division championship. Washington has won from the Orange 73 times and Oregon State 67. In the last four seasons, how ever, Slats Gill’s Orangemen have won 11 to only six for the Huskies. This winter both clubs are in the thick of the ND title chase and this weekend’s series might go a long ways toward deciding the final out come. As they go into the initial series, Washington is half a game ahead of the Beavers, 5-3 to OSC’s 4-3. Washington State is first with G-3. Alternate Effectiveness Leading the Husky attack will be a pair of flashy guards, Frank Guis ness and Lou Soriano. Guisness, sophomore sharpshooter from Van couver, Wash.; and Soriano, set shot artist from Bremerton, have been alternating in having hot nights which has made the Huskies tough to beat. Other Washington starters are Capt. LaDon Henson and Russ Par themer, forwards; and' Duane En ochs, center. Gill plans :to stick with the same Orange starting combination that posted two straight wins over Ida ho at Moscow last week. ENJOY A HOT FUDGE SUNDAE AT THE THE LEMON 0' Doc Ireland 13th & Alder when it leaves for the Palouse Hills tonight. Keller’s presence in the line-up makes the team even faster on the floor than it has been during the first part of the season. Three to One Several times during the week end games with Washington, the Ducks grabbed the ball from the Huskies and raced down the floor, often with an advantage of three men to one. If Warren can develop the fast break fully, he will have an offense which may threaten Washington State’s division supremacy. The mainstay of past Webfoot teams, the fast break, needs a team that can move fast and maneuver the ball back and forth between one or two defensive men while it, races down the court. The Web foots are now capable of this, as they exhibited several times again st Washington. Floor Plays Click Just to keep observers guessing, if for no other reason, Warren also ran his team through a quick ses sion of floor plays, 'vvhicii also .clicked effectively last week. Most of Monday’s plays worked through or around the center pivot position, played alternately then by Vranizan, Mel Streeter, and Bob Amacher. Both Streeter and Amacher look ed good against Washington, and it’s likely they will see more action this weekend. Vranizan will have a rough time under the boards again st Washington State’s Gene Conley (Please turn to page five) MON.—TUE.—WED. Jan. 30-31—Feb. 1 3 Performances 2:00 p.m,, 6:45 p.m., 9:45 p.m. "IMAGINATION ...FINESSE ...A MUST!" i -HEODA HOPPER I? hr WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WITH JEAN SIMMONS A UNIVERSAL INTECNAT ION At RELEAST • PRICES • MATINEE EVENING Adults . 90cAdults . $1.20 Stud. . 74cjStud. 74c Children . 50c SPECIAL MATINEE PRICES . 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