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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1951)
I DUCKTRACKS By Phil Johnson Emerald Sportswriter Local basketball fans will have an opportunity to see two of the greatest hoop aggregations ever seen at McArthur Court when the star-studdecl Oregon Collegians battle the fabulous Harlem Globetrotters on Thursday, February 15. The powerful Collegian scjuad will perform with a lineup fea turing a host of former college greats, including Bob Hamilton, Stan Williamson, A1 Popick, Dick Wilkins, Jim Bartelt, Erland Anderson, Roger Wiley, Ken Hays, and (it is hoped) Lew Beck. iiie uuutgiaus wm oe coacneu by Hamilton, present assistant to Oregon Head Basketball Coach John Warren. Hamilton, one of the all-time Oregon greats, scor ed 496 points to' lead the Ducks to the 1945 Western NCAA play offs. Hamilton, a high-scoring guard, holds the Duck record for total points scored (1073) in a three-year career and for total field goals (427) in three years. Little (5 feet, 7 inches) Stan Williamson, All-Northern Divi sion hoop artist, might be paired with Hamilton at the guard posi tions. Williamson was a key man in Oregon’s fast break when he performed for the Ducks. ?' ; A1 Popick is another ex-Oregon uard. He is a dangerous scorer and is considered to be an excellent ball hawk and a deadly free throw tos ser. Wilkins, of course, is one of the greatest all-round athletes ever seen in the state of Oregon. After taking All-City basketball, foot ball, and baseball honors in Port land, Wilkins enrolled at Eugene and played forward for the var sity during his Freshman year, promptly establishing himself as one of the top ten scorers in the nation. During that 1945 season, when Freshmen were eligible for varsity play (as they might well be in the near future), Yearling Wilkins set all-time Oregon records for total points scored in a non-conference clash (24), total points, in one sea son (544), total field goals in one season (238), and! total field goals in Northern Division strife (90). He also holds the Duck record for total points scored during a four-year career. He tallied 1186 points against Oregon’s oppon ents. Wilkins also played football for Oregon and later for the Los Ange les Dons, establishing himself as one of the best ends in the game. The Van Brocklin-Wilkins combi nation carried the Ducks into the Cotton Bowl and national promi nence. Jim Kartell, iormer Auatate Ashland prepper, will add strength to the Collegian forward positions. A member of the Ore gon 1945 Western NCAA Tour nament squad, Bartelt is profi cient at the fast break and takes his share of the rebounds. A former Oregon State forward, ferland Anderson, also is scheduled to see action against the Globetrot ters. Anderson played for the 1946 Beaver quintet which lost the Nor thern Division title to the Idaho Vandals when Wilkins, Bartelt, Williamson, Popick, Wiley, and teammates dropped the Beavers 42 41 in the season final at Corvallis. Wiley, another Collegian star, is a 220-pbund, 6 feet, 8 inches center. Wiley scored 27 points against Washington’s 1949 quin tet to set an all-time Oregon in dividual single game record. During the 1949 season, he drop ped in 164 field goals in 395 at tempts for a terrific .420 percent age .highest in Duck history. He also is a great rebound hawk. Ken Hays, who plays forward or center, is another ex-Webfoot notable who will see action in the McArthur Court encounter. A member of the 1945 Western NC AA Tournament squad, he is a steady scorer and also is a dead ly tip-in specialist. Although everyone concerned hopes that ex-Beaver Lew Beck, an Olympic Games veteran, will be present for the Collegian-Globe trotter activities, it has not yet been learned whether or not he will liable to play. 'iSince the Collegian lineup con tains such a glittering array of fast-break experts, it is quite KEN HAYS possible that Coach Hamilton will employ that system against the Globetrotters. The Trotter system of basketball defies description in technical or semi-technical terms, but they have been called everything from “World Basketball Champions” to “Court Jesters.” Their claim to world hoop su premacy rests largely upon their record of numerous triumphs over college all-star aggregations and professional quintets. Their rec ord is impressive—2,730 victor ies in their first 2,952 games. The Trotters toured Europe last summer performing before a half million fans in nine nations and winning 72 out of 73 battles. The loss was suffered at the hands of the potent Stars of America. Trotter success is said to be the result of the huge hands of the colored magicians. It is not un usual for a Trotter to success fully fake a pass while holding the ball in one hand. When the Trotters decide to open up a scor ing attack, it is very difficult for the fans to follow the course of the ball. While they have always been dif field to defeat, the Trotters are also noted for their hilarious antics on the court. Sometimes they will line up in a football formation and run some plays while the oppon ents helplessly watch. __ un one occasion, a uio Detroi ter drop-kicked the spheroid, missed the ceiling fly less than an inch, and scored a perfect field goal. It didn’t count, of course, because the ball had been kicked, which is illegal. Sometimes two of the Trotters will engage in a vigorous dice game while the other three handle the de fensive chores at the opposite end of the court/' Jf four of the Trot ters become unduly fatigued, the fifth will keep the opponents busy by dribbling circles around them. The outstanding Trotter stars include Roscoe “Duke” Cumber land, one-armed Boyd Buie, and Ted Strong. Goose Tatum, an other famous Trotter, won’t ap pear in the McArthur Court bat tle, which will take place between Oregon’s final games with Wash ington State and Washington. Oregon, incidentally will meet the St. Mary’s Gaels at San Fran cisco tomorrow night. Apparently, the St. Mary’s abandonment of col lege football will not force immedi ate abolition of basketball at that institution. The Gaels fielded their first basketball team in 1907. They played two games with the Cali fornia Bears and lost both, 49-8 and 37-3. Their fortunes later im proved, but tile 1949-50 quintet lapsed into mediocrity, winning 3 and losing 22, including a 61-53 loss to the Ducks. The Gaels imported a new men tor for the present campaign, Tom Foley, and he introduced the fast break in place of the former sys tem, which stressed ball control. Religious Week Firesides Set The after-dinner fireside pro gram, in conjunction with Reli gious Emphasis Week, Jan. 21-24, will be held in all campus living organizations Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday. House presidents have received cards to be turned in to R. E. Week headquarters in the SU, in dicating religious preference as to speakers. Speakers for the firesides will be local citizens and faculty mem bers. George Yost, R. E. Week chairman said Thursday, that the purpose of the firesides was to en able students to become acquainted with adults interested in education and problems of adjustment. The speakers offer topics per taining to the theme “Certainties in an Uncertain World.” The talks will be followed by an informal dis cussion period. All will deal with basic religious philosophies, Yost announced. During Religious Emphasis Week a second series of speakers will address students in living or ganizations as well as in the gene ral convocation addresses on Jan. 22 and throughout the week. Besides Yost, the committee heads are Pat Choat, general sec retary; George De Bell, faculty relations; Mike Lally, program; Gerry Pearson, hospitality; Helen Jackson, publicity; Sharon Ander son, personal relations; and Dr. F. E. Dart and Jack Merner, advisors to the committee. Class Offices To be Filled By Petitioners Officer vacancies in three classes will be filled from petitions due at 5 p.m. Monday. Senior class secretary, junior president, and sophomore vice-pre sident will be chosen from these petitions by the ASUO Executive Council. Senior secretary petitions should be submitted to Steve Church, Theta Chi, or Flo Hansen, Alpha Omicron Pi. Petitions for junior class presi dent are due in the ASUO presi dent’s office, Student Union. Sop homores may turn in petitions for the vice-presidency to Helen Jack son, Highland House; Mary Gill ham, Alpha Chi Omega; or to De lores Parrish, Alpha Xi Delta. Publisher Takes Book byrStrash Victor C. Strash, associate pro fessor of Slavic languages, recent ly had his book, “Russian Reader for Intermediate and Advanced classes” accepted for publication by the Prentice-Hall Publishing Co. in New York. The textbook represents a sel ection from the work of contem porary USSR authors. Popular Russian songs, proverbs, sayings and riddles, as well as a gram matical supplement and charts, comprise the rest of the book. Strash was born in Russia and resided there until 1923. Then taught in China one year before coming to the United States. At that time he enrolled at the Uni versity of Washington to do grad uate work. During World War II he taught at the Army University near London. At the end of the war Strash was employed by the War Department to work in con nection with the civilian govern ment in Berlin. He taught at the University of Washington during 1947, and has been on the Univer sity of Oregon staff since 1948. — HAND DIPPED Chocolates & Fudge Made in Eugene SUGAR PLUM 63 E. Broadway Stubborn Yanks Cling to Salient Compiled by Dave Cromwell From the Wires of the Associated Press American Second Division troops clung- stubbornly Thursday to a salient, one and one-half miles south of Wonju on the critical central Korean front, but two Red divisions were attempting a Hanking move from the north and east. A spokesman with the Americans, who were bolstered by French and Dutch troops, identified the Reds as about 20,000 men of the North Korean sixth and tenth divisions. More than /,000 North Koreans jumped a company-sized entry patrol south of \\ onju on the road to Chongju. American, French and Dutch troops dealt out death to the enemy in a seven-hour fight that developed after a tank-led U.S. second division pushed into the abandoned road-rail hub and then voluntarily withdrew. At one stage, t^e Americans fixed bayonets and charged. Intelligence officers said 500 Chinese planes and 200 tanks are avail able to back the expected big push in the 50-mile stretch between Chung ju and Red-held Osan in Western Korea. General Dwight D. Eisenhower... . . . left for Denmark Thursday after talks with Dutch leaders on Hol land s contributions to his Atlantic alliance army. In a statement to the press before taking off from the Netherlands, Eisenhower urged free nations to organize for the preservation of peace so that, “in an atmosphere of security,” living standards can be raised and “social and political gains be attained.” Lobbyists at The Oregon Legislature... . . . are going to get oak chairs, cushions and tables. The new furni ture will be conveniently placed on the second floor, just outside the leg. islative chambers. The lobbyists complained that the iron chairs formerly used are too hard. Money was appropriated for the new furniture by a resolution of the legislature. Today they will adjourn for the weekend. Caught Stealing Women's Panties. .. . . . from a clothes line Wednesday night, a 23-year-old graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology was confined to the county jail in Seattle. Detectives said that the man had 150 sets of women’s underthings in his automobile when he was taken into custody. The young man was arrested while taking women’s underthings from a clothesline in the washroom of an apartment east of Seattle. He signed a statement admitting the theft of more than 200 women’s panties, girdles, garter belts and slips from various washrooms in the apartment since October. r The Only Woman... . . . ever to be tried for murder in Benton county began her defense pleadings today in Corvallis. She is charged with the murder of her husband in their garage, on the night of Sept. 9, 1950. President Truman Said... . . . Thursday that he will consult with congressional leaders before sending additional U. S. troops to Europe for a combined defense force. Truman told a news conference he does not have to seek congres sional approval. There is no question, he declared, about the authority of a president to send troops anywhere in the world. The Oregon State Fair Manager... . . . Leo Spitzbart, got the boot Thursday. He claimed that it wai a “deep shock.” The state agriculture director, E. L. Peterson, charged him with inefficiency and insubordination. Spitzbart denied the charge. He says that he had been at the State Fair for 35 years—under five governors and three directors of agriculture. He promises that the rural industries director won’t get away with this—he’s going to appeal to the civil service commission! Seeing That The World is Still Here... . . . and not gone boom, as they had expected, the “Children of Light” Thursday began an exodus from the stone cottage where for 17 days they awaited, first, the world's end, and then a “message from God.” UO Music School To Offer Clinic The University Music School will hold a music reading' clinic Friday evening and Saturday afternoon for the benefit of high school and college vocal and instrumental di rectors. Guest conductors will be Mr. Karl Ernst, superintendent of music in the Portland Public Schools, and Mr. Robert Zimmer man, director of the Portland Symphonic Choir. Assistant professor Donald All ton will direct the University Singers at 8 p.m. Friday, follow ed by a lecture-demonstration by Mr. Zimmerman. Mr. Ernst will aid Mr. Allton in directing th* singers from 10 to 12 p.m. Friday, and with the band, 1 to 4:30 Satur day afternoon. Individual clinics for woodwind, vocal, and brass will also be held. Dr. D. E. Nye will hold a special session for junior high instructor* at 9 a.m. Saturday. CLASSIFIED ADS For the EMERALD May be placed at the main desk of the ERB MEMORIAL STUDENT UNION
