Webfoots
Drop Pair
To Huskies
Oregon’s Ducks go into their
1951 Northern Division basketball
race with a no-win, two-loss record
after dropping two games to the
Washington Huskies in Seattle dur
ing the weekend.
But Saturday night's game came
within one point of giving the Web
foots a one and one record to start
the season. Washington walked all
over Oregon Friday night, 73-49,
but barely edged out the Feathered
Five Saturday, 61-60.
Ducks Cold
Friday’s game was a case of too
much Washington sophomore class,
too much Washington speed, too
much Purple and Gold shooting
percentage and too little Oregon
shooting percentage. The Huskies
shot .367, as to a cool .222 for Ore
gon.
That, plus the sophomore pow
er of Bob Houbregs, Doug ftlc
Clarey and Joe Oipriano, was too
much for Oregon. Houbregs and
McClarey, both 0-feel, 7-inches
tall, used their nearly-impossible
to-stop hook shots to great ad
vantage. Houbregs alone shot a
torrid .500 in piling up 17 points,
top for the evening.
Saturday night's game stalled
out looking like the same sbit of
run-away, but the Webfoots de
cided it wouldn't be.
A tightened Oregon defense, a
.319 shooting average in the second
half, and a cooler Washington team
nearly gave the Ducks a victory.
Warrenmon Boll
With about seven minutes re
maining in the contest, it actually
began to look like a contest. Score
was 60-46 in favor of Washington,
And then Husky scoring from the
field' stopped being so husky only
one more point was made for
Washington. „
Oregon turned on a full-floor
checking program. The Huskies be
gan loosing the ball, and the 9,100
fans began thinking maybe the
game wasn’t over after all .
Webfoot shooting in these last
few minutes was getting better,
while ball-hawking activities
were doing the same. With two
minutes of playing time remain
ing, Oregon faced a 61-55 Seore.
Then .lack Keller, Boh Peterson
and Curt Barclay went to work,
along with help from Will Urban.
Barclay and Peterson made the last
four points by stealing the ball and
lacing the length of the floor to
score. It was n relieved Washington
crowd which saw the clock close
the game before the Webfoots got
the ball again.
Friday's game saw Jim Losout
Law School Head Is
New PCC President
Orlando John Hollis, clean of the University of Oregon Law
School, was named president of the Pacihc Coast C onference a
the conference meeting held last week in LiverMcle, Calif. Hollis
succeeds H. I’. Everest of the University of \\ ashington.
Hollis’ election came as the con
ference representative wound up
their most action-packed meeting
in several years. Among the major
items on the agenda were the re
newal of the Rose Bowl pact with
the Big Ten, the banning of tele
vision from conference games, and
a proposal to abandon spring foot
ball practice.
Final action on the Rose Bowl
question was deferred until the
group convenes again in Sari
Francisco. The five-year agree
ment with the Big Ten expired
with this year’s Rose Bowl game
which saw Michigan defeat Cal
ifornia 14-« to give the Big Ten
a clean sweep of all games played
since the pact was igned.
The decision to eliminate live tel
ecasts of conference came as an
aftermath of decreased attendance
ove rthe past year. The Los Ange
les area, home of UCLA and South
ern California, was hardest hit by
television.
The proposal to do away with
spring practice will be brought be
fore the coming meeting of the NC
AA in Dallas. Several coaches have
already expressed their criticism of
the proposal.
off as high man for Oregon with 13
points. Sophomore Bob Peterson
led both squads Saturday with 18.
So the Webfoots begin the 1951
race right where they left off last
season in the cellar. But from the
looks of the Oregon team Saturday
night, they won't be there long.
PCC STANDINGS
By Associated Press
Southern Division
W I. P OP Pet.
use . 2 « 129 93 1.000
Stanford . 1 1 147 149 .500
UCLA . 1 1 149 149 .500
Cal 0 2 93 129 .000
Northern Division
Huskies 2 0 134 109 1.000
OSC 2 2 188 193 .500
Idaho. 1 1 98 89 .500
Oregon 0 2 109 134 .000
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is delicious . .
tasty . . . chewy
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flavor all its own. In
the dorm, on the
grounds, elsewhere
. . . enjoy a
TOOTSIE ROLL
Ducklings Face
Rooks on Friday
Don Kirsch’s Oregon freshman
basketball team will get back into
action this weekend after more
than a month’s layoff when the
Ducklings face the Oregon State
Rooks in a pair Friday and Sat
urday nights at Corvallis.
For the undefeated frosh, this
weekend s games will be the first
of eight appearances against the
Rooks this season. These eight ac
count for just half the games on
the Ducklings' sixteen game sche
dule.
Sparked by Guard Kenny Weg
ner, late of Portland’s Roosevelt
High, the frosh took two lopsided
wins in Mac Court after nipping
Portland University’s frosh in
their oponer. How they will fare
without the four men lost due to
sholastie inelligibility is the big
question mark to be decided this
week.
The Rooks of last season were
the last quintet able to defeat an
Oregon frosh five. Since losing 40
34 midway through the 1949-50
campaign, the Ducklings have
scored 12 straight wins.
Season Opener Nears
For Duck Swimmers
Oregon’s varsity swimming team, coached by John Boichardt,
will again be entering the northern division swim race as an
underdog. For the past three years Oregon has ne\er been able
to beat Washington or Washington State College and so had
to be content with a third place
standing.
Preseason dope reveals that this
will be Oregon’s best chance to
break the third place jinx. With
swimmers like Pete Van Dijk, Joe
Nishimoto, Louis Santos, Milton
Kotoshirodo, and Stan Hargrave,
Oregon will not lose because of its
lack of talent. Oregon’s main tou
ble will be its lack of depth.
Huskies Again Strong
Washington again boasts a well
rounded team which can take the
championship just by collecting the
valuable points given to second,
third, and fourth place winners. The
Huskies will try to avenge the one
point defeat handed "to them by
WSC in the conference finals last
year at Pullman.
Little is Known of WSC swim
ming team but the Cougars have
been able to produce a conference
threat each year.
Coach Borchardt will unveil his
swimmers on Jan. 27 when the var
sity will engage in an intra-squad
meet against the frosh and ineli
gible swimmers. On the following
weekend Oregon will entertain
Oregon State in a home meet.
Ex-Cornell Swimmer Here
Pete Van Dijk, who will be swim
ming his first varsity competition
for Oregon, is one of the fastest
swimmers ever to don Oregon’s
colors. Oregon’s varsity records
and probably conferences records
will be in constant danger every
time this tall lanky flash hits the
water. Pete is a transfer from Cor
nell where he did some varsity
swimming.
Four island swimmers who will
provide plenty of support to Pete
are Joe Nishimoto, Louis Santos,
Stan Hargrave, and' Milton Koto
shirodo.
Joe was last year’s eo-captain
on last year’s varsity squad and
is the present record holder of
the official Oregon varsity swim
records in the 200-yard breast
stroke and 440 and 220 yard
freestyle events.
Stan Hargrave and Louis San
tos will be seeking their third Ore
gon letters. Stan is a backstroker
while Louis is a freestyler.
Hawaiian Ace Ready
The last of the four Hawaiians is
a fellow by the name of Milton Ko
toshirodo. He will be swimming his
first varsity competition and he is
just as hard to beat as it is to pro
nounce his last name. Milton has
done considerable swimming in Ha
waii. He is still the record holder
of the Hawaiian Interscholastic
100-yard butterfly event, a mark
he set in 1945. Watch for him in
the breast and freestyle sprint
events.
Holland Leads
Frosh Scoring
The following list contains the
field goal shooting averages for the
undefeated University of Oregon
Duckling basketball squad:
FGA FG Pet.
Holland . 19 8 .421
Poetsch . 13 5 .385
Phillips.27 9 .333
Wegner .l. 38 12 .316
Rogers. 17 5 .294
Hawes . 14 4 .286
Stout . 34 9 .265
Siegmund . 16 4 .250
Keefe . 12 3 .250
Reynolds . 29 7 .241
Keil .7 11 .143
Poetsch, Stout, and Reynolds are
scholastically ineligible. The men
not listed in the above summary
have not participated in the scor
ing. The Ducklings have dropped in
67 field goals in 240 attempts for a
respectable .279 average.
Reporter Finds Net Stars Friendly
By John Barton
Last Thursday night thousand's
of people streamed through the
doors of McArthur court to watch
the world championship profession
al tennis exhibition.
Among the crowd coming in the
doors about 7:15 was a very plain,
simply-dressed woman who seemed
mildly interested in it all.
She walked over to the conces
sions counter and asked for a sack
of popcorn and a soft drink. She
didn't get to pay for them because
a student walked up and bought
them for her.
She was Mrs. Pauline Betz,
manytime United States women’s
singles tennis champion. The stu
dent was an Emerald reporter who
wanted to meet her and talk to her.
Asked if she generally played ten
nis on top of popcorn and a carbo
nated rdink, she replied:
“Well, I just smelled the pop
corn. It smelled pretty good, so I
wanted some." A few minutes later
in the dressing room, the rest of the
touring company came in.
Showmanship Important
It has been said that show peo
ple are the most interesting people
on earth. If that's true, touring
professional tennis players are
surely the second most interesting
at least this particular group of
touring professional tennis play
errs. Pancho Segura, U. S. profes
sional singles champ, helped ex
plain this:
"When you're playing pro tennis
for a crowd, showmanship is very
important. You gotta show the
crowd something beside just ten
nis they like a show.”
Pancho had a head cold, so he
said he didn’t feel much like talk
ing, but lie talked, and seemed to
enjoy it. Asked if lie liked pro bali
more than amateur, he answered
with a positive "yes.”
Pros Better
"Professional tennis's much bet- i
ter,” he wheezed through his heavy
tweed overcoat lapel (it was cold
in the Igloo). Ya make more money,
ya play bettei^ennis and get to
meet better opponents . . . it’s just
better all around. Ya even get to
travel—I like to travel. We been
in 35 nations and’ every state in the
Union since we started this a few
years ago.”
And they do play plenty of ten
nis, these people. Mrs. Betz said
they average five or six appear
ances a week—and 100 appearan
ces in their season, October through
March.
Most of this tennis played in
doors on the troupe’s special green
canvas court, although Pancho said
they expect a few outdoor matches
in California and the southwest.
One-Man Job
The traveling group is made up
of eight people, including the play
ers, publicity men, drivers and floor
rigger.
One man is in charge of putting
the canvas court down, or setting it
up, which ever you like.
Pauline said he almost always
has local help in setting up the floor
and net—50 people turned out in
one mid-western town.
But in another town, she said, no
one showed up and it took the poor
guy exactly six hours to set it up.
But it didn't take him that long to
take it down and stow it in the
truck.
Color and Color
Probably the most colorful play
er of the group on the court is Pan
cho, with his trick sayings and two
handed use of the racket.
But without doubt the most col
orful character in the entire outfit
is Gussie Moran—Gorgeous Gussie,
the girl who is supposed to have
shocked the tennis elite at Wimble
don, Eng., with her lace panties. j
Gussie has no explicit explana
tion for that happening.
"I just happened to be wearing !
them, the wind blew when I swung
my leg . . . and there they were,”
she said.
Model Girl
When Gussie came into the room,
she was dressed like a Fifth Ave.
model and' carried herself as if She
wished that brass band would get
away from in front of her. But she
appears to be a wonderful person,
just like the rest of the troupe.
Asked the question which was in
nearly every man’s mind that
Thursday night—was she going to
wear lace panties—she said no.
“I brought panties and plap^Jko
wear them, but they aren’t any spe
cial kind. Here’s the outfit I wear.
“And she held up a shimmering
white satin brief-like piece of ap
parel.
Both Gussie and Pauline seemed
somewhat surprised by the public
ity Gussie’s panties had been given
in this region, and the surprise
seemed genuine.
Next to Gussie, the most burst
ing-with-energy individual was
star Jack Kramer, the old unbeat
able.
Gussie Money-Wise
Someone mentioned to Gussie
that about 3,000 people might go
home when they discovered she had
not worn her lace panties.
‘‘That's okay by me,” she laugh
ed, “just as long as they’ve paid.”
Pauline, who's husband has been
called into the air corps from the
r eserve, said she’s known Gussie al
most 14 years now. The friendship
didn’t start on the professional ten
nis court.
By now it was nearly time for
the girls to dress. Before leaving,
the people in the dressing room ask
ed Pancho who was going to win
that night. He had a quick and di
rect answer:
“The one that plays the bestrten
nis, of course.”