OSC Needs
Triumph; Title
Shot At Stake
The second round in the four
game series with the Oregon Web
foots is the only action on the slate
this week for Oregon State’s de
fending PCC basketball champions.
The contest is booked for Oregon’s
McArthur court in Eugene Friday
slight at 8 p.m.
As a result of breaking even with
Washington here last weekend, the
Beavers are on the ragged edge of
elimination in the 1950 Noithern
Division flag tjhase with five vic
tories and four defeats. They are
faced with the necessity of winning
Friday to stay within shouting dis
tance of the pace-setting Washing
ton State Cougars.
Slats Gill's on and off Orange
men drew first blood in the intra
state series when they outran the
Webfoots for a decisive 65 to 49 vic
tory in Gill coliseum three weeks
ago. The Beavers expect a much
tougher battle on Oregon's home
court where John Wanen's quintet
has lost anly one league encounter
this campaign.
Ducks Stopped Cold
Probably the chief factor in the
Beavers’ success in the series open
er was a tight man-for-man defense
which effectively throttled the high
geared Oregon offense. Paul Sow
ers, Ducks’ leading point maker,
was held to four and Jack Keller,
deadeye guard, failed to tally.
Oregon State was impressive in
whipping Washington, 56-40, last
Friday night but failed to maintain
the pace the next night and re
ceipted for a 52-44 licking.
Biggest surprise of the Husky
series was the appearance in the
starting lineup of Jack Orr, 6 foot,
3 'sophomore guard from Grants
Pass. Leading point maker for the
Rooks last winter, Orr was slow in
showing this season and hadn't
been in a varsity game until last
Friday night.
Because he looked so good in
practice all week, Gill decided to
gamble and put Orr in his starting
five against the Huskies. The lanky
soph, who is a natural shot, justi
fied his coach’s faith by tying for
high point honors for the Orange in
the series with 23.
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BOB PAYNE, Oregon State forward, who is slated for plenty of action
against the Webfoots at McArthur Court, Friday, when Oregon and
OSC renew the “Civil War.”
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By MARTY WEITZNER
Once again we are drawing close
to the time when we ask the per
petual baseball questions—Who is
going to win the flags ? Where will
the 1950 Series be played? Will it
open in Brooklyn, Boston, Yankee
Stadium, St. Louis?
Many of the answers to these
questions will be answered before
the season starts in April. A rookie
in Florida, a big trade, dissension
in a training camp may answer
our queries. We have our favorites,
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To really have a “hot stove” ses
sion, you need some good problems
to work on. Here are a few to get
us started.
Why did Branch Rickey sell
Sam Jethroe and Irv Noren?
Will the Cleveland Indians use
smooth fielding Artie Wilson as a
threat to get Eugene’s Joe Gordon
to fall in line?
Will dissident hurlers Dizzy
Trout of Detroit and John Sain of
the Braves contribute to the cause
of their respective clubs? Both
teams look promising enough to be
World Series entrants.
While mulling those over, try
chewing on these tidbits. New
York sports writer Jimmy Powers
says rebellious Ed Stanley was de
liberately ignoring dugout instruc
tions last year.
Speaking of Stanky, insiders say
he has become just a little too slow
to field with the boys in the Big
Time.
New York Yankees are talking
trade to the Chicago White Sox.
Yanks are angling for either of
two southpaws. Bob Kuzava or
Bill Pierce. The New Yorkers have
an excess of first, second, and third
basemen, anil some pitchers and
catchers they can throw into a
good snap.
Dodger manager Burt Shotten
says that the “sleeper” of his i
pitching staff will be Carl Erskine,
a 21-year old hurler who came up
in the middle of last year from
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Delts, Phillies,
Nestormen
Win IM Tilts
Thursday’s Schedule
‘A’ Basketball
3:50 YMCA vs. Tekes
3:50 Omega vs. Phi Psi
4:35 Sederstrom vs. Fiji
4:35 Sherry Ross vs. DU
5:15 Stan Ray vs. Betas
5:15 Stitzer vs. Westminster
Handball
8 a.m. Minturn vs Belts
4 p.m. Fijis vs. Sigma Chi
Action, hot and heavy, is slated
today in intramural basketball and
handball. Although there were only
three games on Wednesday’s
schedule they proved to be vitally
important in “shaping up” duties in
league one and league two.
The Delts threw league one into
a “frenzy” with a 19-15 win over
Minturn. Now, both teams rest on
the proverbial top perch with 3-1
records.
“Nip and tuck” was the theme
as the outcome was never assured
until the last few seconds of the
game.
Wade Hanson with eight points
and Tom Joyce with six led the vic
tors. Emery Barnes posted four
points for the losers.
Phils Best Campbell
The Philadelphia-Campbell Club
game had no basic importance in
establishing league champions but,
nevertheless, the game was cer
tainly vehement, the Phil crew win
ning 16-15. Bill Porter paced the
winners with six points.
Nestor took the lead in league
two with a 15-12 win over McChes
ney. Both teams were tied with Phi
Sigma Kappa for top spot.
McChesney led at half-time, 6-3.
The third quarter score was tied at
12-all.
Will Owens paced the losers, and
the scoring column for the game
with six points. Dale Jolly had five
and Merwin Bernstein had four
points for the winners.
Order of'O'
An “important” meeting of the
Order of “O” will be held at noon
today at the Sigma Nu house, it
was announced by President Jim
Bartelt.
Jack Kramer, the top scientist
and champion of the tennis world,
battered amateur champion Pan
cho Gonzales, 6-3, 6-3, Wednesday
night at McArthur Court before a
bewildered crowd of 4,666. The
world champion tennis tour feature
match took just 35 minutes to com
plete.
Gonzales started out strong, his
blinding- 100-mile-per-hour service
buffaloing the champion for three
games of the first set. At that
point, the youthful Californian’s
first service lost its consistency,
and Kramer forged ahead easily to
make the challenge series between
them stand at 49 to 15, in favor of
Kramer.
As publicized, Gonzales had the
fastest serve on the court, but Kra
mer’s second service, and superior
court science made Pancho look
like a helpless child.
In the opening match, the time
piece of tennis, Frankie Parker,
lost two straight sets to the color
ful South American champ, Pan
cho Segura.
Parker just wilted before the lit
tle, parrot-foOted Latin, as Segura
pushed on to take two drab sets;
9-7, 7-5.
In the lone doubles set, the two
Panchos teamed up against Kra
mer and Parker, but were unable
to hold onto a 4-1 game edge and
folded before the old master and
the champ, 7-5.
The tour will head east frt>m Eu
gene to continue the exhibitions.
Theta Chis Down
Phi Delts; Relay
Sets New Mark
Through the excellent efforts of
varsity Track Coach Bill Bower
man; the University of Oregon in
tramural track competition moved
another notch toward becoming a
regular addition to the intramural
sports program.
In Wednesday afternoon’s action
at the indoor practice arena of Mc
Arthur Court, Theta Chi defeated
Phi Delta Theta by a score of 31-28.
The hotly-contested dual meet
was decided in the final event, the
relay, which saw the Theta Chi
four-man crew post a new intra
mural record. Results posted with
the Emerald were:
Broad jump—Bob Wilcox (Phi
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'Evashevski' Means
Bright Era at Pullman
Forest Evashevski, new head
football coach at Washington State
College, and former Michigan State
oackfield coach, said that he would
accept the five year contract of
fered him as head football coach,
and will be on the Cougar campus
by the middle of this month. He is
at present on the Michigan State
campus at East Lansing.
Council Approves
The WSC Athletic Council and
Board of Regents approved offer
ing Forest Evashevski, one of the
greatest young coaching prospects
in the nation, the big football
coaching job at Cougarville. The
former University of Michigan
football great informed WSC offi
cials that he would make the move
to Pullman. The salary was not re
leased but WSC’s Athletic Director,
Robert C. Brumblay, said that it
was one of the highest ever paid for
a head coach at the Pullman insti
tution.
Unanimous
“I am happy to officially an
nounce that by unanimous action
the Athletic Council and the Board j
of Regents have selected Mr. For
est Evashevski as our new head
football Coach,” stated Athletic Di
rector Robert C. Brumblay. ‘‘We
now believe that the State College,
particularly its students and alum
ni, may look forward toward a
sound program in football which
will not only bring our share of vic
tories, but will maintain our pres
tige in the Pacific Coast Confer
ence competition.”
Top Man
“Forest Evashevski,” stated
President Wilson Compton, “brings
to WSC a proven capacity as a lead
er of young men, a genuine interest
in helping young men, and a per
sonality with obvious appeal to
young men. We believe, here at W
SC, that the intercollegiate athletic
program is primarily for the bene
fit of the young people who want to
play and who want to have a chance
to play on good teams, well coached
and well supported by football en
thusiasts throughout the North
west and conference. We are in
tending to give them that chance.”
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