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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1951)
Siemering Released Month After Signup, Aiken, Harris Puzzled Larrv Siemering. former College t>i the Pacific head coach, will not be a member of the University of Oregon coaching staff this spring, it was announced here 1 hursdayby Athletic Director Leo Harris. Harris said the University of t Oregon w as releasing Siemering from his contract here, signed less than a month ago. to enable the former COP coach to accept an offer from Arizona State Col lege at Tempe. In a joint statement Harris and Coach Jim Aiken of the Ducks, w ho recommended the hiring of Siemering. said. \\ e are releas ing Mr. Siemering from his commitment to the University of Oregon. M e have never failed to honor a request of this type from one of our coaches. Naturally we are disappointed and a hit puzzled, hut we wish Mr. Siemering the best of luck in his new job.” Aiken added that the latest turn of events would call for a study of further possible changes in the coaching statt, but that he w as not prepared to discuss the matter yet. SAE's Advance In Track Sigma Alpha Epsilon scored a 35 33 win over Phi Delta Theta yes terday in intramural track to step up one more notch on the play-off ladder. The meet was one of the closest and hardest fought of the current IM season. The score lead changed hands three times and was tied twice. The SAE squad clinched the meet when it won first and second in the three-quarter mile race. In this race, SAE Pat Dignan took first with a time of 3 minutes, 48.6 seconds. Bill Johnson was second for SAE, and Phi Delt Chuck Laird finished third. Results of other events were: Broadjump—George Dorris won first with a leap of 20 feet, 1% in - hes. Bob Wilcox made a trip from the University health service to compete in the meet, took second, and immediately retired again to the infirmary. Third was Jim Live ly of Phi Delt. Highjunip—First was a tie be tween Dan Hendrickson of Phi Del to Theta and SAE Bob Buckley when both cleared a high of 5 feet 6 inches. Third was Tom Thorpe of Phi Delt. Shot Put—Mike Sikora of Phi Delt won with a heave of 40 feet, II inches. Second was Len Dieder (Please turn to pagi f.ve) UCLA, USC Battle For SD Laurels LOS ANGELES — UCLA and ! Southern California, tied for the Southern Division basketball lead, are battling to the final wire in their quest for shooting honors, according to figures released to day by the Pacific Coast Confer ence Commissioner's office. The Trojans are a shade in front with a mark of 35.3r/c on their floor shots to 35.2'; for the Bruins as they go into their final week end series. UCLA, however, has shown its superiority at the free throw line, dropping 190 of 281 tries for 67.6'!. The Bruins also are within easy sight of a new team scoring re cord and only a mighty effort by Southern California cojild stop them from toppling the mark of 711 points set by UCLA last year. Coach John Wooden’s Bruins have dropped 277 field goals and 190 free throws for 644 points in 10 games to date. UCLA also holds top honors in the individual columns with Dick Ridgway the leading scorer and top free throw shooter while Eddie Sheldrake heads the field in floor shot percentages. Ridgway, sophomore forward, has 186 points for a 18.6 average, and needs 53 points to break the 12-game scoring record of 238 points set last year by Bill Shar nian of Southern California. Ducks Face 'Crucials' Aquoducks Saturday Try Salem High Coach Borchardt's twice-beaten mermen will take a rest ftotn con ference competition this weekend as they watch the Frosh tankmen engage the Salem High School swim team in a dual meet at the men's pool at 3 p.m. Saturday. Doors will open at 2:30 p.m. and no | admission will be charged | This will be the second and last t swim meet for the Ducklings. Kar j lier this season they trounced the Klamath Falls High School swim I team 19-12. Swimming their last freshmen 1 competition are Henry Kaiura, j John English. Bob Knott, Allan j Wakinekona. Pete Charlton, and ! Pete Mihnos. A close race looms in the -40-yard J freestyle as Knott and Kaiura will match strokes with the Viking I sprinters for first place honors. In ! a time trial. Kaiura shaded Knott I by .2 of a second. Another stellar performance will be seen in the 100-yard breaststroke as former high school butterfly champs, Ed Placek and Wakine kona, will attempt to lower the freshman mark. Placek won the j 1950 Oregon inlerscholastic 100 | yard breaststroke crow*, while i Wakinekona took a similar honor | in the Hawaiian finals. Pete Cnarlton will give an exhi bition in diving. Other Frosh aces are Baldwin and English. Baldwin will swim the j 100-yard backstroke while English i will swim the 200-yard freestyle, j A pool mark was shattered in a - time trial Wednesday by Gordon ) Edwards of the varsity as he nego tiated the grueling 1500 meters in | 20:03.6. The former tank mark of 1 20:-11.8 was held by Brian Canning of Washington State College. SPORTS STAFF Rodger Eddy . John Barton IM Schedule In Friday.’* intraniural track Sicilia Nu meets ATO. Trailing Ridgway are Ed Tuck er, Stanford, with a 17.1 average and Bill Hagler, California, 15.9. Ridgway has dunked 58 of 72 free throw tries for 80.6',/, followed by Bob Morton, Southern California, 78.6%. Sheldrake boasts a 43.6% shoot ing mark on 44 field goals in 101 shots, with Tom Riach, Trojan guard, trailing at 42.9%. UCLA has held its foes to 30.5% on its field goals while Southern California has allowed opponents 52.0 points a game, the best marks in those departments. UCLA has committed 229 fouls with Bruin Center Grover Lueh singer leading the individual, with 39. Come in and see these specials MANHATTAN WHITE SHIRTS at 3.50 HAWAIIAN PRINT SHIRTS at 3.95 and 4.95 LORD JEFF POLO SHIRTS at 3.95 University Man’s Shop “Beside ilie Side "Tuxedo Rentals” Ore901l Rests On OSC V'!4"?! *40 Cto'W" Contests; Staged v n»gM . u>uA‘>vr<>" engage .. iU" » s"'1' ,.u,*U->V \)W^ ' Oregon will go miu me this weekend without the services of valuable reserve Guard Ken I Hunt. Hunt turned an ankle In prac tice earlier this week. It's doubtful if he'll be ready to go tonight or to motrow night. I To fill Hunt’s place. Webfoot Coach John Warren will have Mel Streeter, who has seen more action at forward than at guard this year. John Neeley, an able and experi enced veteran, or Bud Covey, a sophomore who was originally ache | doled to be held out of competi j tion this year. Hal Webb is also available as a i reserve guard. Regular Duck starters Curt Bar clay. Bob Peterson, Jim Loacutoff, Mel Krause, and Jack Keller are figured to la- on the floor for the opening tip-off. Stale I.inetip Oregon State’s starters will prob ubly be Bob Payne and Paul Sliper at forwards, Glen Kinney at center, and Bill Harper and Dan Torrey or Dan Johnston at guards. Jack Orr. sharpshooting guard, will also see action during both games. Oregon State is on the brink of finishing in the northern division cellar for the first time since the ND was founded in 1923. To prevent that, and to avenge the hand dealt them by Oregon in 1948. the Aggies will be at a high pitch for the Webfoots tonight. In 1948, Oregon forced OSC into a 1 first-place tie with Washington by 1 beating the Beavers in the final Me I Arthur court game of the civil war ; series that year. With OSC and the Huskies in a tie, a play-off was i needed: McArthur court was i chosen, and Washington went right on through town south for the PCC ; playoff. OSC may be seeking re i vonge tonight for that one. i As a result of splitting with Washington State in its final series of the year last weekend, Idaho is now a full game ahead of Slats Gill's Beavers. OAC Never I-ast This means the Beavers must sweep the Oregon series to wind up ahead of the Vandals, and at least split with Oregon to keep from be ing the sole occupant of the league basement. Up to now Oregon State is the only team in the league never to have finished last. Observers of the two teams fig ure Oregon’s top advantage is on the backboards. The Webfoots ex ploited this advantage in whip ping the Aggies. Another problem for Gill, reports from State indi cate, la how to alow up the i ace horse Oregon attack. Last weekend against Washing ton, the only other team in the di vision known for a fast running at tack, Oregon used its fust break to great advantage, especially in the Saturday contest. OSC has a ball control team, and will probably use every slow-down trick In the books to try to stop the Webfoots. Sharp Shot MEL KRAUSE, currently the second-deadliest shot In the Northern Division, will try to keep up his umuzlng average in the two-game series with the Beavers I his weekend. Peterson Tops ND « FG FT TP Bob Houbregs, Wash. 14 61 44 166 F. Guisneaa, Wash. . 14 62 40 164 Bob Gambold, WSC . 14 49 47 14r» Jim LiUHcutoff, Ore. 14 52 37 141 Curl Barclay, Ore. 14 50 38 138 (i FM FT TI* LaDon Henson, W'sh. 14 49 27 12;> Bob Wheeler, Ida. 16 44 51 139 George Rosser, WSC 14 47 25 119 Bob Payne, OSC 14 38 40 116 Mel Krause, Ore 14 44 24 112 Bruins Take No Chances LOS ANGELES —l/P) - The UCLA Bruins, defending Pacific Coast Conference basketball cham pions, have made airplane reser vations for Seattle March 8, even though UCLA and Southern Cali fornia meet here Friday and Sat urday to determine the Southern Division title, and Oregon and Washington are tied for the North ern Division leadership. UCLA officials aren't exactly overconfident they’re just cau tious. They want to insure plane transportation north in case the Burins qualify for the divisional playoff. If Oregon wins, the Bruins can stop off at Eugene instead of going on to Seattle. 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