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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1951)
ix age rwui __ Frosh Ready For Rooks Coach Don Kirsch’s undefeated Oregon Frosh basketball players will be seeking their 13th consecu tive triumph when they meet the powerful Oregon State Rooks at 6:15 tonight at Corvallis. The Ducklings closed the 1949-50 ..season with nine straight victories and added three more during the opening phases of the 1950-51 cam jpaign. The Frosh edged the Portland Frosh 49-44 in their opeher last December and then dropped the Linfield Frosh 66-42. Their latest Win was a convincing 66-55 triumph over the Oregon College of Educa y tion varsity. Rooks Roll The Rooks opened their season Wednesday nihgt with a one-sided •70-49 victory over the Willamette rFrosh at Salem. Bob Frantz led the (Rooks with 22 points, while For ward Milt Schultz scored 12 and iRon Fundingsland added 10. All-Stater Doug Rogers will start at center for the Ducklings, i Ron Phillips and Don Siegmund will I be the starting forwards, and Coach tKirsch will select two of the fol < lowing three for his starting .guards: Kenny Wegner. Barney I Holland, and Bob Hawes. Frosh Impressive The Frosh have lost only 5 of I their last 42 games, and all five set i backs were acquired at the hands of I the always-tough Baby Beavers. A. 40-34 Rook victory last year ruin , ed a perfect season for the Duck lings. Altnougn me kooks nave iuai .(scholastically) Bob Petersen, sev en-foQt Minneapolis, Minn., .pivot ace, they have not lost their peren ,nial threat to all opponents. Probable Beaver starters include 1 Forwards Dick Brust and Don Thompson, Center Doug Gystrup, and high-scoring Guards Ron Fun dingsland and Bob Frantz.) Gystrup was an All-State per I former at North Central High in Spokane, while Fundingsland was a Jefferson of Portland All-Stater in l the Oregon prep playoffs last (March. A third Rook All-State veteran, Guard Daryl Girod of Salem High, .might not see action, since he was injured in a “friendly scuffle" shortly before the Rook-Willam mette clash. Clash Cancelled A second Baby Beaver-Frosh bat tle, scheduled for Saturday night, has been cancelled. However, an ad ditional six meetings between the itwo squads are on the Duckling schedule. The two rival aggregations will meet on Friday and Saturday, Jan uary 19 and 20, in the preliminary games to the Idaho-Oregon series openers at Eugene. After battling Lebanon High School on Friday, January 26, at [Eugene, the Ducklings will stage a ,return engagement with the Ore gon College of Education varsity at Monmouth on Tuesday, Janu ary 30. The Frosh will meet the OSC Yearlings again on February 2 and i€ at Corvallis and will encounter .Eugene High at Eugene on Febru ary 10. The Ducklings will close the sea son with four additional home .games the Portland Frosh. the tKooks, Salem High, and the Rooks again. SPORTS STAFF John Barton Phil Johnson Bill Gurney Varsity Ski-Squad Tryouts Saturday The Oregon varsity ski team will be formed after tryouts in four events beginning at noon Saturday at Santiam Pass. Any interested student is in vited to participate. Automobiles will leave McArthur Court at 8 a.m. Saturday for Santiam Pass, and rides will be provided for in terested prospects. The four events are the down hill race, the slalom, cross-coun try racing, and jumping. Hogan's Return Top Comeback NEW YORK—(A*)—Bantam Ben Hogan’s phenomenal, movie-script rally from a near-fatal accident to regain his old golfing heights was rated today the greatest comeback in sports for 1950. Sports writers and broadcasters, participating in the year-end As sociated Press poll, had little trou ble making up their minds in that category, giving an overwhelming vote to the plucky little shotmaster from Texas. Critically Injured On Feb. 2, 1949, Hogan was criti cally injured in an automobile acci dent while returning home from a tournament in Phoenix, Ariz. For weeks his condition remained seri ous. There was doubt that the sinewy veteran who the year before had scored professional golf’s U. S. slam—the PGA, Open and Western —would ever walk, much less play, again. But by mid-summer of 1949 Ho gan was hobbling around on crutch es. There was a flurry of excitement when it was announced Hogan would attempt his comeback to competitive golf in the rich Los An geles Open Jan. 6. Could Hogan do it? He replied quickly. Ties Snead Walking stiffly on legs held to gether by bailing wire, Hogan amazed the golf world by finishing in a tie with Sam Snead for first place, shooting a remarkable 280. It was immaterial that Ben later lost to his old rival in a playoff. Hogan won the Greenbrier Open in May with a record-tying 21-un der-par 259 and then climaxed his spectacular comeback by winning the National Open at Philadelphia in June. Hogan received 112 first place votes from those who cast ballots and piled up 393 points on the ba sis of three for a first place vote, two for second, etc. Wuitkus Second Second place went to another whose career was almost cut short by tragedy Eddie Waitkus, first baseman of the Philadelphia Phil lies. He came back last year to play 154 games for the Phillies, help them to the National League pen nant and play in the World Series. He batted .284. IM Games One-Sided By Bill Gurney Intramural basketball swung in to high gear yesterday as six more “A” league contests went into the record book. Chi Psi won from Delta Upsilon 15-11, the Betas topped Hunter Hall by a 23-15 margin, Stitzer Hall lost 26-16 to Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Psi outdistanced Philadelphia House 18-4, Sigma Alpha Mu edged Sigma Nu, 17-12, and Gamma Hall lost 49-22 to Phi Delta Theta. The Chi Psi-DU tilt, was a rather low scoring game, but well played. Using a fast break coupled with a zone defense, the tall Chi Psis led 10-8 at the half and never relin quished that lead, winning 15-11. Top scorers were Chi Psi Guard Hurley with six, and DU Forward Pope with five. Betas Win The Betas started slowly against Hunter Hall, trailing 9-6 at half time. Led by Harlan Mickey, with thirteen points for the game, and Dick Chapman with six, the Betas smashed their way to a 23-15 win. Top pointmaker for Hunter was Jack Krieger with six points. Lambda Chi, by virtue of a tor rid third quarter, came through with a 26-16 victory over Stitzer Hall. The tall Stitzer team led, 11 5 at the half. Evanson, Stitzer for ward, led all scorers with eight, fol lowed by Gordon Green and John Doolittle W’ith six apiece for Lamb da Chi. Philadelphia House trailed 7-2 at halftime and failed to narrow the gap. Showing the way for the Phi Psis was Ted Cooley with seven, while Jim Hunt and Les Howall were the whole story for the Co-op boys with two apiece. Sammie Surprise Somewhat of a surprise was the 17-12 Sammie victory over Sigma Nu. At the end of the first quar ter the hot-shooting Sammies led 8-1 and 12-3 at the halfway mark. Sigma Nu surged upward in the fourth canto and had the count narrowed to 12-15, but the Sammies were able to protect their lead. Les Hajgen led Sigma Nil with fice counters, while Cohen had six and Ginsberg seven for Sigma Alpha Mu. Phi Delt height and experience weie just too much for a battling Gamma Hall quintet. Wayne John son with 17 and Daryl Nelson with 14 topped Phi Delta Theta scoring. Today's I Ms 3 ;50—Court 40 Omega Hall vs Pi Kappa Alpha. 3:50—Court 43 Phi Sigma Kappa vs Campbell Club. 4:35—Court 40 Kappa Sigma vs Stan Kay Hall. 4:35—Court 43 Mint urn Hall vs Alpha Tau Omega. 5:15—Court 40 Nestor Hall vs Yeomen. 5:15—Court 43 Sigma Chi vs Del ta Tau Delta. BILL RILEY AND 1IIS ORCHESTRA DANCING EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT DANCING 9:30-12:30 WILLAMETTE PARK Noe Now Eligible, Leaves With Ducks Since Center Chet Noe is again eligible to play basketball for the University of Oregon, he left last night for San Francisco, where Oregon is scheduled to meet the University ot San bran cisco tonight and St. Mary's College tomorrow night. Noe has been reinstated in the University, and his eligibility papers were signed yesterday afternoon by Orlando ). Hollis, Oregon’s Pacific Coast Conference representative. Frosh Grid Pictures Available for Sale Group pictures of the 1950 Frosh football squad are available for members of the team. Those who have not purchased their pictures are. requested to do so as promptly as possible. The pictures, which may be pur chased injthe Coaches’ office in Mc Arthur Court, cost 65 cents apiece Other students may also purchase copies. Peterson Second In ND Rankings Forward Bob Peterson of Ore gon holds second place in Northern Division scoring, according to sta tistics released last night by the Pacific Coast Conference Commis sioner. Peterson ,who scored 24 points in two games for a 12-point average, trails Husky Bob Houbregs, who is in first place with 25 points and a 12.5 average. Oregon State has the top field goal average with a brilliant .387 mark and has held opponents to .188 average. The Ducks have dropped in exactly one-fourth of their shots from the field, while their Northern Division opponents have compiled a .357 average. Idaho has the top free throw av erage (.667), Oregon and Oregon State are deadlocked for second place with .623, and WSC holds fourth win with .587. Washington’s 67 points per con test provide the Huskies with the top scoring average. Oregon has averaged 54.5, Idaho 49, WSC 47.5, and Oregon State 47. It’s the happy-go-lucky dub golf er who goes out on the course and drives himself mad. incompieies Noe was declared disqualified from the University at the begin ning of winter term by the scholar ship committee. Since then he has made up -some courses which were incomplete, and his petition for re instatement has been accepted. He was ineligible for PCC play simply because he was not in the University. Noe set a new Fresh man scoring record for the Duck lings laist year. Webfoot Starters Webfoot starters tonight will be Bob Peterson and Curt Barclay or Keith Farnam at forwards, Jim Luscutoff at center and Jack Keller, and Mel Krause at guards. Just who will play (and how) for USF was not known in Mac cc^/t circles yesterday. Webfoot Coach John Warren said his scouting re ports from both teams in the Bay area have been incomplete. Also going south are Ducks Ken Hunt, Mel Streeter, Jim Vranizan, Hal Webb and Hand Bonnemann, plus the coach, trainer and man ager. Captain Will Urban is not making the trip because of his re injured right foot. Dons Learning Oregon’s only mutual opponent with either school has been Santa Clara, which squad Oregon and St. Mary’s have both defeated. Both the Gaels and Dons are reportedly rapidly improving teams. The Dons are said to be green, but fast,learn ing. USF has a record this season of six won and five lost, while the Gaels have won five and lost four. Shutouts Feature Monday's Bowling FACULTY RESULTS Jets 4, Nogoodniks 0 Draftsmen 4, Grenadiers 0 Flying Saucers 4, Vitamins 0 Liberal Rats 4, Stack Rats 0 High series: Major Haines, 505. What a 2) top! * In Prices! • Slacks 15% off • Shirts 1-3 off • Socks 1-3 off THIS WEEK ONLY at FENNELL'S CAMPUS STORE 860 E. 13th
