Idaho Next on Webfoot List;
'Wegner Leads Frosh Scoring
iDucks-Vandals... '
Fresh from wins over the University of San
Francisco and St. Mary’s College, Oregon s
Ducks this weekend will try to get hack into
the 1951 Northern Division race when the Ida
, ho Vandals come to Eugene.___
It Will UC Hie --
home series for Oregon.
The Webfoots have won their last
six non-conference games, but drop
ped two battles with Washington
at Seattle in their only league play.
Vandals Tall
Idaho is rated as the best team
. out of Moscow in at least the last
five year s. Because of Oregon s
losses to Washington, the Vandals
will probably go into the games as
. slight favorites.
Idaho this year has a tall team
rated as one of the tallest in the
west. The games will probably fea
ture a battle for backboard su
: premacy.
Oregon may not make any
changes in its starting line-up, de
pending on the right foot of For
ward Will Urban, injured last week
in practice. He may not see action
this weekend, after being out last
weekend as well.
Curt Barclay, who got 39 points
over the weekend in San Francisco,
will probably be at a forward along
with Bob Peterson. Jim Loscutoff
will be at center, and Mel Krause
and Jack Keller will again be at the
guard spots.
Grid Group
Meets for
Rules Study
GALVESTON, Tex.—</P> — The
. National Collegiate Athletic asso
ciation football rules committee
came here Monday to study a mini
mum of proposed changes in the
playing rules.
The committee, headed by H. O.
(Fritz) Chisler, athletic director of
Michigan, appeared likely to return
. the fair catch to the rules after ab
, sence of a year but make a few
other changes.
Enough suggestions have come
I from the American Football Coaeh
es association, which held its annu
al meeting in Dallas last week dur
ing the NCAA convention, to ex
tend the session until about Wed
■ nesday noon, Crisler said, C onset -
, vation of time during a game was
.•one of the coaches' proposals. This
.would be accomplished by cutting
down length of time-outs, time to
.put the ball in play, etc.
Fair Catch Returns
Lou Little of Columbia, chairman
of the football coaches rules com
mittee, reported an overwhelming
sentiment for return of the fair
catch.
The Dallas convention handled
much legislation, most important of
which was eliminating the contro
versial sanity code. As a result the
conferences and individual schools,
when not in a conference, will han
dle financial aid to athletes.
Other major business:
A ban on live television in foot
ball although this is not legally
Authorize the NCAA council to
binding on the members,
make freshmen eligible for varsity
competition in event of a national
emergency.
Require bowl games to have NC
AA representation on their boards,
give 7f> percent of the gross receipts
and allocate one-third of the tick
ets to competing teams and pro
hibit an NCAA member playing
more than one bowl game a year.
SPORTS STAFF
Flill Johnson
Jim Mendenhall
John Barton )
Phi Delts,
SX, K Sigs
Win IMs
Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi, and
Kappa Sigma opened “B” league
intramural basketball action Mon
day by taking victories.
The Phi Delts scored an easy
victory in the first scheduled
game. Sigma Phi Epsilon failed to
arrive, giving the Phi Delts a win.
Sigma Chi showed the most im
pressive quint. They romped to a
27-9 win over a weak Sherry Ross
team. Sherry Ross jumped to a 2-0
lead early in the contest but the
Sigma Chi’s quickly found the scor
ing range and piled up quarter
leads of 15-2, 16-5, 23-5 and walk
ed into 27-9 margin at the end
of the contest.
Stu Richardson paced the win
ners with 12 points. His team
mate Rinehart, scored eight.
Kappa Sigs Victors
Kappa Sigma and Nestor hall
hammered away at eacir other for
four quarters with the Kappa Sigs
finally squeezing through with a
win over the band from the Vets
dorm.
Both teams were extremely rag
ged on their shots and the lead
changed hands several times
“throughout the hectic fray.
Kappa Sigma led at the end of
the first quarter 3-2 but trailed
6-5 at the half and 8-7 at the end
of the third period. Bob Jones
scored 5 points to pace the win
ners.
In intramural handball, Phi
Kappa Psi scdred a win over
Sherry Ross Hall.
WSC-Big Ten
Series Possible
Say Pullmanites
PULLMAN—UP) — Washington
State College may replace the Navy
on the Ohio State football schedule.
WSC sources reported college
athletic officials discussed the pos
sibility of a home-and-home series
with the Big Ten Buckeyes at a
meeting here Saturday.
The series would fill the gap left
in the Ohio State schedule when
they Navy cancelled a series with
the Buckeyes as part of its foot
ball “slowdown” program.
College sources said a possible
gridiron meeting between Wash
ington State and Santa Clara also
was discussed. Santa Clara is look
ing for an opponent to replace St.
Mary’s, which recently abandoned
football.
Awards Ready
Winners of varsity “O” sweat
ers and fresh munrals can now
pick up their awards in the ath
letic department office in McAr
thur court. Director Ix*i» Harris
said yesterday.
ND Hoop Standings
NORTHERN DIVISION
BASKKTB A l-L STAN DINC.S
Conference All Games
W I, Pet. PF OP \V L Per.
Wash. 8 1 .750 216 185 10 1 .809
o S C 8 8.500 274 275 6 11 .858
Idaho 2 2.500 181 172 11 6 .647
W. St. 2 2 .500 181 172 11 6 .647
Ore. 0 2 .000 109 184 8 7 .588
Frosh Scoring...
High-scoring Guard Kenny Wegner, who led
Oregon Frosh scorers in Friday’s l'rosh-Rook
encounter with 13 points, now leads the Duck
ling scoring parade for the 1950-SI campaign.
In four *raines, \\'egner, formerly a regular
( on Roosevelt's 1949 state champ
ionship squaa, nas uiu^cu u.
field goals and IT out of 25 free
throws for 53 points.
Guard Barney Holland, who tal
lied eight points against the Rooks,
is second with 26.
Forwards Ron Phillips and Bob
Stout, the latter now ineligible, are
tied for third, having scored 24
apiece.
Another ineligible, Forward John
Reynolds, is fifth with 23, while
Center Doug Rogers is right behind
with 22.
Other Duckling scorers include
Forward Don Siegjnund, 17; Guard
Bob Hawes, 13; Guard Paul Poet
sch (ineligible), 13; Center Leon
Keefe, 7; Guard Ron Keil, 2; and
Guard Clark Hollis, 2.
Free Throws
Wegner’s .680 free throw average
is the top mark in that department.
Siegmund is second with five out
of nine for a .556 percentage, and
Rogers follows closely with six oOt
of eleven for .546.
Disregarding the records of the
ineligibles, the Ducklings have
cashed in on only 40 out of their 71
gift tosses for an unspectacular
.563 average.
Coach Dpn Kirsch’s undefeated
Yearlings will be seeking their four
teenth consecutive triumph and
their fifth of the present season
when they meet the Oregon State
Rooks at Eugene Friday night.
The third Frosh-Rook clash of
the season is scheduled for Satur
day night. Four more will be played
later in the season.
Cougars Prep
For Washington
And Crucial Set
PULLMAN — King basketball
should reach its peak around the
Northwest this coming weekend,
January 19 -and 20. Coach Jack
Friel’s Cougars will attempt to
match baskets with Coach Tippy
Dye’s highly favored Washington
Huskies in a two game series at
Pullman.
Rated as the top team in the
Northern Division, the Huskies will
probably start a quintet composed
of Doug McClary and Frank Guis
ness at forwards, Bob Houbregs at
center, and Louis Soriano and La
Don Henson at guards. This quin
tet will definitely boast a height
advantage over the Cougars.
Good Average
Three of the Husky starters have
a better than .400 per cent shooting
average from the floor. The Husk
ies will test the Friel devised de
fenses with their 62.6 point per
game this season. To date the
Cougars have held down their op
ponents to only a 52.5 point aver
age per game.
Offensively the Cougars will
have such scorers as Peter Mullins,
Sydney, Australia. Bob Gambold,
Longview, and Eric Roberts, Holly
wood. Mullins has been snapping
the twine with an 8.8 average per
game; Gambold has an average of
8.7 points per game.
Roberts, with only a 5.3 average
per game to date has been moved in
to a starting forward role.
He averaged 11 points per game
in the first Northern Division
games assignments.
Rounding out the Cougar start
ing five will be George Rosser, cen
ter, Bellingham and Leon Mangis,
guards.
Both are veterans and should add
greatly to the Cougar- defensive
power with their strong checking
ability.
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Duck Ski Team Begun
With Mt. Hood Tryouts
Oregon’s first move toward a
varsity intercollegiate ski team was
made last weekend at Mt. Hood.
About 20 slat enthusiasts met
for tryouts. The "Webfoot cross
country, slalom, downhill and
jumping team will be formed
from this group.
No regular competition with oth
er schools has been scheduled as
yet, but UO athletic department
afficials said yesterday, we are
working on that.”
Our Equipment
Skiers will furnish their own
equipment and clothing according
to Athletic Director Leo Harris,
who announced the formation of
an Oregon ski team last week.
All athletic department money
put into skiing, Harris said, will
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Varsity Statistics for 15 Games
Released; Luscutoff Tops Scorers
Player and Position Games
Jim Loscutoff, c.15
Curt Barclay, f.15
Will Urban, f .13
Jack Keller, g .
Mel Krause, g .
Ken Hunt, g ....
Chet Noe, c .
Bob Peterson, f
Keith Farnam, f.10
Mel Streeter, f-g . 13
Jim Vranizan, c-f. 12
John Neeley, g -..-. 8
Henry Bonnemann, c . 7
Hal Webb, g . 3
All others .
Field Goals
SA FG Pet.
198 56 .283
160 55 .344
171 44 .257
171 50 .292
104 28 .269
62 15 .242
60 18 .300
56 17 .304
24 10 .417
34 9 .265
40 6 .150
25 5 .200
7 1 .134
3 0 .000
14 3
Free Throws PF
FTA FT Pet.
75 43 .573 56
53 34 .642 44
74 53 i716 35
49 32 .653 36
42 26 .619 44
44 29 .659 20
21 13 .619 22
10 8 .800 15
19 12 .632 12
10 4 .400 19
15 8 .533 20
10 8 .800 10
2 1 .500 3
5 2 .400 5
6 2 11
Oregon totals .;.15 1129 317
Opponents . 15 1021 356
.281 435 275 .632 352
,348 387 249 .643 383
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