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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1951)
Ducks Clip Idaho; Nab Second In ND By Phil Johnson Coach John Warren’s high-flying Oregon Ducks rose from the depths of the Northern Division cellar to smash the Idaho \ an dals 60-56 and 62-56 Friday and Saturday nights in McArthur Court, and move into a second place tie in the N D standings. Although they were forced to overcome a 27-1S Vandal Halt time margin in the opener, the \\ ebfoots seized an eo.rl\ lead dm ino- S.iiurdriv’s clash, and thev never relinquished that advantage. Friday’s slow-starting’ battle saw Idaho with a slim 1-0 lead at the end of the initial four minutes. Mo ments later, Duck Center Jim Los cutoff sank a field goal to give the Webfoots a 2-1 margin. Vandals Lead at Half The Ducks pushed ahead 13-10, tout the Vandals outscored them 17 5 during the remaining minutes of the first half. Reserve Center Hart ley Kruger was the big gun in this Idaho barrage as he tossed in four field goals. The 27-18 Vandal intermission lead was gradually decreased dur ing the opening minutes of the second half. Ai'ier Idaho pulled ahead 39-33 on Vandal Forward Herb Mead’s second and final two-pointer of the contest, the Ducks began to close the gap. JACK KELLER A fiekl goal by Oregon Guard Jack Keller, another two-pointer by Loscutoff, and a free throw by Korward Bob Peterson reduced the margin to 39-38, setting the stage for another Loscutoff field goal which gave the Ducks a 40-39 ad vantage. Reed Bothers Duck* The Ducks scored another ten points before Idaho Forward Dick Reed calmly swished a perfect gift toss to deadlock the score at 50-50. Reed, the high scorer for the even ing with 16 points, despite the fact that he was the sole Vandal under nix. feet, swished another field goal to give his squad a 52-50 margin. Peterson knotted the count at 52-50, Idaho Center Bob Wheeler bounced in one free throw and swished another, Reserve Ore* gon Center Jim Yranizan again tied the score, and two Vundal gifters provided Idaho with a short-lived 56-54 margin. Mel Streeter, Duck substitute forward, tied the score at 56-56 With his second two-pointer of the half, and then the victory hopes of the gigantic Vandals were killed when Jack “The Giant" Keller swished a perfect one-hander from just outside of the key.’ Barclay Sparks Ducks Saturday's tilt featured an early 3-0 Vandal lead, achieved by a Sam Jenkins free throw and a beautiful set shot from the corner by Reed. After 4 minutes and 45 seconds had elapsed, the Ducks finally reached the scoring column when Sopho more Forward Curt Barclay termi nated a fast break play with a lay in field goal. Barclay added a free throw, and the score was deadlocked 3-3. Peterson’s field goal a few moments later gave the Ducks a lead that was never overcome by the Moscow hoopsters. Oregon pullel away, 9-4, 20-11, 28-21 (halftime), and 47-33. Sparked by Reed, the Vandals rallied and cut the margin to 54 52. At this point, Jack Keller again delivered the death blow to Idaho victory hopes as he sank a gifter for a 55-52 Oregon margin and a long one-hander to make the count 57-52. Ducklings Split Pair With Rooks Although the 13-game Oregon Frosh winning streak was smashed by 48-43 by the Oregon State Rooks Friday night in McArthur Court, the Ducklings bounced back to easily defeat the Baby Beavers 61 51 Saturday night on the same floor. Friday’s loss was the sixth set back in the last 44 games for Coach Don Kirseh's powerful Ducklings. All six losses were received at the hands of the Rooks. Frosh in Early Lead Although the Frosh took a 27-23 halftime lead in Friday’s ill-fated encounter, the Rooks later knotted the score at 36-36. Two free throws by Duckling Barney Holland, who had been shifted to forward from , his former guard position provided a 38-36 lead for Coach Kirseh’s Frosh, but the Rooks gradually pulled ahead 43-40. Two more Duckling gift tosses narrowed the advantage to 48-42, but Kook Guard Ron Fundings land broke the Oregon hopes with another Baby Beaver field goal. The final score was 48-43. Saturday’s battle was only 25 seconds old when Rook Guard Bob Frantz potted a free throw for a 1-0 lead. The Frosh came back with a free throw by Forward Ron Phil lips, and field goals by Forwards Kenny Wegner and Bob Hawes. Kooks Close Gap Increasing the lead to 17-5 and 21-9, the Frosh held a comfortable but short-lived advantage. With slightly more than two minutes re maining in the half, Fundingsland stole the ball and sank a field goal to put the Rooks ahead 31-30. The Frosh gained a permanent lead just before the intermission w hen Hawes sank a 15-foot one hander for a 35-38 Frosh advan tage. The Ducklings increased the mar gin during the second half and won with ease. 61-51. It was their fifth triumph in six starts this season. HAVE YOU HEARD Curt Finch and His Orchestra WILLAMETTE PARK SATURDAY NIGHT 9:30-12:30 Intramurals See Stitzer In 12-11 Win By Jay Fournier Intramural basketball wound up another week of action as six games took place on the P.E. course Friday. Walkaway scores were the order of the day, with SJttzer Hall’s 12-11 squeeze over Phi Kappa Psi the only tight contest. Other games Friday saw Lamb da Chi Alpha toppling Delta Upsi lon 24-11, Phi Gamma Delta out distancing Gamma Hall 27-14, Al pha Hall edging Pi Kappa Phi 13 8, Sigma Alpha Mu crushing Cher ney Hall 24-6, and Sigma Alpha Ep silon drubbing the Legal Eagles 20 11. Lambda Chis Rally Scoring 18 points in the final half after leading 6-4 at the intermis sion, the Lambda Chis drove to an easy win over the DUs. A combi nation of a fast-breaking offense and a stout defense enabled the winners to gain their wide victory margin. Green and Doolittle each scored five points to lead the win mers, but the Dus' MeConnel paced all scorers with six. Failure of the Phi Psis to score when they had control of the ball in the final seconds of the game gave the Stitzer team its narrow win. The game was close throughout, with the score tied at six-all at the half.. Stout scored five for the winners, while Cooley had eight for the losers. Trailing 8-7 at halftime, the Fijis canned 16 points in the third quar ter to coast to an easy victory over Gamma. During that torrid per iod, the Fijis scored 13 points with out interruption. Blunt of the Fijis led all scorers with nine tallies. Alplia Nips Pi Phis A scoring lapse in the third quar ter on the part of the Pi Phis en abled Alpha Hall to pull away for an eventual 13-8 win. Marshall with six for Alpha and Musgrove with five for the Pi Phis were high scor ers. Jumping to a 10-0 lead over Cherney Hall, the Sammies boun ced their rivals 24-6 in a not too exciting game. Dominance of the backboards played a big part in the Sammies’ victory. In a game that was a cross be tween football, ice hockey, and soc cer, with a little basketball mixed in, SAE won out over the Legal Eagles. Dignan netted seven points for the winners, and Hose had four in a losing cause. PCC Standings By the Associated Press Northern Division W L Pet. WSC . 4 2 .667 Huskies. 8 3 .500 OSC . 3 3 .500 Oregon.2 2 .500 Idaho .•.. 2 4 .333 Southern Division USC.3 1 .750 UCLA . 2 2 .500 Stanford . 2 2 .500 Bears . I 3 .250 IM Schedule Today's intramural basketball schedule is as follows. All games are in the A league. 3:50 Court 40—SAE vs. Omega Hall. 4:35 Court 40—Pi Kappa Alpha vs. Stan Ray. 5:15 Court 40—Jumping Jets vs. Phi Sigrnm Kappa. HANDBALL Campbell Club vs. Yeomen. Wins Ski Jumping CHICAGO — (.P)—Torbjorn Falk anger of Trondheim. Norway, was declared winner of the 45th Inter national Norge Ski Club jumping tourney tonight—two hours after mistaken officials had sent an esti mated crowd of 25,000 fans home with announcement that Sweden's Evert Carlsson was the champion. Three Oregon Football Stars Picked in Pro Player Draft Three University of Oregon football players—two seniors and one junior with a‘year of eligibility remaining—were chosen in the National Football League’s player draft in Chicago 1 hurs day and Friday. The teams thus gain exclusive pro bargaining rights with the" plavers involved. Earl Stelle, three-year letterman quarterback, and Dick Daugherty, junior lineman, were picked by the Los Angeles Rams, while the San Francisco 49ers obtained rights to Ray Lung, stellar guard and a standout lineman in the last East West Shrine All-Star game in San Francisco. The Rams already have two for mer Oregon stars, Norm Van Brocklin and Woodley Lewis, on their roster. The Emerald was unable to learn last night whether any of the Ore gon players would accept a pro con tract if offered one. Other Northwest players picked in the draft included La Verne Tor geson, Washington State, and John Thomas, Oregon State, New York Yankees; Roland Kirkby, Washing ton, Los Angeles; King Block, Ida ho, Los Angeles; Gordon Hanson, Washington State, Detroit. Unbeaten Teams Now Cut to Two NEW YORK—(IP)—College bas ketball emphasis moved out of thS*^ district attorney’s office today and ' back onto the hardwood where chief interest was focused on Long Is land University’s ambitious trip west. There were no new developments over the week-end in the latest New York “fix” scandal. The big shock instead came from Norman, Okla., where top-ranked Oklahoma A. and M.’s 18-game, two-year winning streak was snapped last night by Oklahoma, 44-40. 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