Ducks Split With Idaho, 47-53, 54-48
Oregon Outswims OSC for 12th Year
I Nishimoto Sets
i New Records in
720.440 Races
Co-captain Joe Nishimoto shat
tered two University of Oregon
records and became a member of
the all-time all-Oregon swimming
team as he led Coach John Borch
ardt’s Ducks to a decisive 55-29 tri
( nrniph over Oregon State at the
Mens’ Pool Saturday.
Nishimoto easily won the 220
yard freestyle with a time of 2:16.0,
clipping two seconds from the old
mark (2:18.0) set by Jack Robinson
in 1942.
This feat placed the speedy Ha
waiian on the all-time all-Oregon
swimming team, and he gained an
other position on the same team by
swimming the 440-yard freestyle in
4 minutes and 59.4 seconds for an
other new Oregon record.
19 Straight Duck Wins
The former mark of 5:06.0, also
set by Jack Robinson in 1942, was
bettered by the smooth-swimming
i Nishimoto, who finished more than
three lengths ahead of his nearest
, rival.
Saturday’s meet marked the 19th
consecutive time that Oregon has
defeated the Beavers, who won
, their last dual meet victory over the
, Ducks in 1938. Oregon has amassed
1,116 points to 340 for the Beavers
during the past 12 years.
The Ducks swept to early 5-0 and
, 11-3 leads as they won the 300-yard
medley and increased their margin
in the 220-yarcT freestyle. Tir the lat
ter event, the fans jumped to their
, feet to cheer as Nishimoto captured
first place arrd Ralph Hickinbotham
of the Ducks barely edged Riggs of
OSC for third-place honors.
Beaver victories in the 60-yard
freestyle and the 180- yard individ
ual medley reduced the Duck mar
gin to two points, 17-15, arrd only a
valiant last-minute effort by Rod
Harmon in the 180-yard medley
.saved Oregon from the ignominous
fate of being temporarily burdened
with the short end of the score.
Harmon came from behind to
edge Petrie of the Beavers for sec
, ond place.
Staid) Outpoints Stanley
In the diving event, two former
Northern Division champions, Ray
Staub of OSC and Jim Stanley of
. .the Ducks, met for the second time
..this season and Staub again out
pointed Stanley to take first place.
Oregon’s Harry Ladas and Bea
ver Bill Bower fought a close bat
tle for third, with Ladas finally
. winning to avenge his earlier loss
to Bower at Corvallis.
Oregon then led only 21-20, but
the Ducks pulled ahead when Louis
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Frosh Spill PU Frosh, Grants Pass
The Oregon Duckling Basketball
team continued in its winning ways
this past weekend as they dealt a
pair of setbacks to the University of
Portland Freshmen, 57-46, and
Grants Pass High school, 48-38.
The Oregon Frosh, mentored by
Coach Don Kirscli, now have a rec
ord for the season of 16 wins in 17
starts, the lone defeat being suf
fered at the hands of the Oregon
State Rooks.
Prior to Friday evening the Port
land Babes had been undefeated in
17 straight contests but after the
opening minutes of play they were
never within range of eathing the
high scoring Junior Webfoots.
Score 17-3 Once
The count was deadlocked at 3
all after four minutes when the
Kirschmen suddenly found them
selves and ran up a 17-3 lead. How
ever, the Babes wouldn’t give up
and had to cut the deficit to 25-18
by halftime.
Pilots Mayfield and Hummul
sparked the Portland five to several
brief rallies in the second half, but
tire Frosh always seemed to be able
to stop them in time or danger, and
were ahead by seven or eight coun
ters up to the final whistle.
The Babes looked poor at the free
throw line as they missed 13
chances, as compared to 5 errors
for the Frosh.
•Forward Hummul captured point
making laurels for the Portland
quintet with an even 20 markers,
coming on seven field goals and six
free throws. Curt Barclary led the
Ducklings with 14 followed by Chet
Noe with 12.
The Grants Pass fray found the
Frosh looking weaker than at any
other time this season. They seemed
to lack the drive, scoring punch,
and ability to run with the pi epmen
until the second half.
After five minutes of exchanging
shots, Forward Ken Torgerson, who
was a surprise starter for the
Frosh, potted three buckets from
the field within slightly over a min
ute, to put his mates out in front,
10-9.
The Ducklings retained an edge
until Buz Fenner connected twice
to tie up the count at 22 all, and
vern urait aroppea in anotner rauy
for the Cavemen, enabling them to
boast a 24-22 edge at the halftime
intermission.
Second Half Better
A revitalized Oregon Team came
onto the floor for the second half,
and when Fiery San Conchetti un
leashed a howitzer that put the
Frosh back into the lead they could
never be headed again.
This wras the third loss for the
Cavemen who have now taken 21
out of 24 contests. Previous defeats
have been administered by Marsh
field and the College of Education
! Freshmen.
| 6 foot, 7 inch Chet Noe led the
scoring parade for the winners with
15 points and was seconded by Tyr
gerson with 10. Vern Craft paced
the Grants Pass crew with an even
dozen.
The Frosh score jould have been
much higher except that they su>
fered from almost complete inabili
ty to hit from the free throw line.
They successfully converted only
10 out of 28 attempts, with a record
of 2 for 17 in the first half.
Handball Finals
Set for Today; IM
'FinalWeek'Here
By CLYDE FAHLMAN
This is it! Intramural action has
reached the championship brackets.
Today at 4 p.m. Sigma Alpha Mu
meets Alpha Tau Omega for the
handball crown. Should the Sam
mies win, they will have snared the
IM mit and ball championship for
the fourth successive year.
In “A” basketball this is the
championship picture:
1. The Delts and Minturn are tied
for top spot with four wins and one
loss apiece. A play-off game be
tween the two quints is scheduled
for Thursday, February 23.
2. Nestor.
3. Phi Delta Theta.
4. Sigma Nil.
f>. Kappa Sigma.
C. Sigma Chi.
7. Beta Theta Pi.
8. This league will be decided to
day when Chi Psi meets Pi Kappa
Alpha.
The “B” picture is as follows:
1. Phi Gamma Delta.
2. Kappa Sigma.
3. This loop will be decided Tues
day when the Sammies meet Cher
ney.
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SAM, Kappa Sig, DU
Sigma Chi, Theta Chi,
Betas Trample Foes
By JACK FAUST
Five runaways and one close bat
tle highlighted Friday's intramural
“A” basketball competition, as six
Greek quintets rolled to victory at
the expense of three independents
and three other Greek outfits.
Winners were Sigma Alpha Mu,
24 to 20 over Alpha Tau Omega,
Kappa Sigma, on top of Alpha hall
by 34-15; Sigma Chi, with a 16 to
8 margin over Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon; Delta Upsilon, defeating Cher
ney hall 33 to 13; Theta Chi, by
trampling Pi Kappa Phi 31 to 7;
and Beta Theta Pi, on the long end
of a 36-9 count with Gamma hall.
Tightest fray of the day was the
Sammie-ATO scrap, which saw a
hard-driving SAM five move to an
early lead, the nfalter to tie at half,
13-13. In the second half, the Sam
mies again pulled in front, but the
ATO crew pulled up to threaten
their lead.
SAM’s Mort Bonime swished a
long set shot, Jerry Ginsberg can
ned one while falling to the floor,
and the Taus were left in the dust.
On the other side of the ledger,
the Betas staged the day’s biggest
massacre, downing Gamma hall's
nine points with thirty-six of their
own, a twenty seven point bulge.
Max Vincent led the winners with
fourteen.
The Theta Chi’s pulled away
from an 18-3 halftime lead to crush
Pi Kappa Phi, 31 to 7. A promoted
“B” player, Vance Johnson, poured
eight points through the hoop to
lead scoring.
For Sigma Chi. it was Stu Rich
ardson and Perry Hollmann who
supplied the fire in their 16-8 win
over SAE. Half-time score was 8-6.
Delta Upsilon won an easy 33-13
encounter with Cherney hall in the
day’s finale. The DU’s coasted in
from an 18 to 8 bulge at the inter
mission.
English Professor
New Tennis Coach
Appointment of Robeson Bailey,
former Harvard tennis player, as
coach of Oregon's 1950 tennis team
was announced last week by Ath
letic Director Leo Harris.
Bailey, now an English professor
on the Oregon campus, will meet
with tennis prospects today.
Elsewhere in Spring sports, Sid
Milligan has been reappointed as
Webfoot golf coach. Milligan
coached the Duck golfers last year.
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To Lead Team
In Saturday Win
Oregon’s Ducks found them
selves in the cellar spot of the
Northern Division and then back
into the number four position over
the weekend, while splitting two
games with the Idaho Vandals.
Idaho won Friday night, 53-47,
and Oregon came back Saturday
night to win, 54-48.
In the Friday contest, the Ida
hoans shot a .357 precentage, while
the Duck marked up a .315. Sat
urday’s chart was reversed, with
Oregon grabbing a blazing .418 and
the Vandals contenting themselves
with a .327.
The high percentage for Oregon
in the Saturday night win was due._
to a shooting average in the sec
ond half of .583. That means the
Ducks hit more than half of their
shots in that period.
Iaho in turn hit .407 in the first
half, at the end of which the Van
dals were leading, 31-28.
Ball Control Friday
In the Friday contest, Idaho
played its usual game of ball-con
trol, exhibiting accurate and fast
passing.
More than six minutes of the
game went by Friday before either
team potted a field goal, at which
time Oregon was ahead, 2-0 by
virtue of two free throws.
Both teams seemed unable to
find the hoop, but the Idahoans
soon got their range, and grabbed
a lead of 9-8, after the Ducks had
been momentarily ahead in the
game.
Oregon had several chances to
tie the game with free-throws in
the final seconds, but muffed every
chance, and the application of the
two-minute rule made virtually
certain the Idaho victory.
Saturday’s Oregon win showed
more interest for fans than did
the slow Friday contest. But Fri
day night’s attendance was only
4,461, and the gate Saturday was
even smaller.
Both teams seemed determined
to get tough on the backboards,
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