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A prep basketball star walk tip to the free throw line. Three of I
his opponents take- positions at the opposite end of the court.
Two teammates follow.
Sounds weird? Nothing is weird when W ade “Swede" I la!
brook enter a basketball game. The seven feet, one-fourth inches
Lincoln High giant always takes high honors and usually high
scoring laurels as well.
More than one coach has stay
ed awake nights while attempting
to fashion a defensive pattern that
would atop the towering Portland
er.
They'll be thinking about it
agiiin next year, because th«* car
dinal Cardinal will again be drop
ping them in for Lincoln High.
Card lloss .11■■ i Part low usually
Hiullimed Ills mobile tree right
In front of the opponentn' hoop.
The IJncoln liempHplItter would
rain.- his handK high above bin
cranium. Imitating the manner
of a holdup victim, and would
await a high lob pass front one
of hi* teammates.
Catching the ball, the lean lower
of Portland would unleash a 12
inch field goal attempt ns an oppos
ing center jumped frantically but
hopelessly, with less chance than
an icicle In the Sahara. Not an ac
complished athlete, Halbrook caged
only about sixty percent of his
shots. However, that was satisfac
tory.
♦ ♦ ♦
At the beginning of the season,
opposing pivotmen applied the us
ual defensive tactics always reserv
ed for tall centers either keep the
ball away from him or block his
shot when he gets the ball Neither
method succeeded, and Highpock
ets Halbrook continued to shatter
the hoop from all angles of an area
up to two feet from the basket.
Cleveland managed to hold
“Swede” down to a ridiculously
minute eight points. Ids lowest
total of the season. When Lincoln
faied Cleveland again, Halbrook
needed only IH points in order to
tie the Portland league record.
He scored .11. This was unusual.
Against Jefferson High, Hal
brook led his squad to an easy 27-9
lead and a one-sided 60-42 decision.
Ten-time losers, the Jefferson quin
tet later took the state title.
five feet, eleven inches. He was pes-,
simistic.
When asked how he would stop
Halbrook, he replied, "If I had my
way, I would keep him from get
ting the ball. There is no point in
letting him get the ball. Is there,”
As a matter of faet, no.
He didn’t have his way. Mc
Laughlin's .Jerry Crimmins tallied
31 points but failed to take score- j
board honors Halbrook scored 32.
Lincoln took a 90-66 victory. No l
other team has ever scored 90
points in an Oregon state tourney
clash.
McLoughlin's brilliant .3ri7 field!
goal average was lost in the shuffle
as the Cards dealt punishment from
the extreme top of the deck, lead
ing with their highest ace, Hal- j
brook.
♦ ♦ ♦
Lincoln met Marshfield in the j
second round. The Pirates attempt
ed a full-floor defense, hoping to
prevent passes from the Lincoln
guards to Halbrook. Halbrook
scored 39.
The Cardinals met the powerful
Klamath Falls Pelicans in the semi
finals Klamath Falls used a speedy
and effective fast break on offense
and played orthodox basketball
(until the final quarter) on de
fense.
They also refused to shoot free
throws whenever such a course
meant risking the loss of the spher
oid.
\gain and again, the meteor
like Pels shot by the baek-pcdal
ing Lincoln guards w ith the speed
of a jet plane passing a student
w ho Is headed for an eight o’clock
physiology lecture. Klamath Kails
took a 29-16 halftime lead.
Halbrook started hitting with
greater consistency in the third
quarter, which ended with a 36-30
Pelican advantage. Klamath Falls
added another two points in the
first minute of the final period and
stalled during the entire seven re
maining minutes.
Since the gigantic Cardinal was
scoring with a monotonous regular
ity, desperate opposing coachi s be
gan to consider the use of unortho
dox methods of defense.
Grant High held Halbrook to 14
counters by stationing one tall boy
in front of him and another behind
him. He could hardly breathe with
out fouling one of his close com
panions.
Although one of Wade's team
mates was left in the open by the
Grant defense, Lincoln failed to
score with any consistency. The
generals seized a 35-27 halftime ad
vantage.
Coach Part low did not relish
the thought of having ids grand
children say, “Lincoln slept here,”
so lie altered the Cardinal style of
play.
Halbrook was moved away from
the enemy hoop. This left an open
area under the basket, ami Lincoln
was leading 48-40 when Highpock
ets was ushered out of the fray with
five fouls. Lincoln won 63-54.
♦ ♦ ♦
Needless to say, Lincoln came to
the state tournament. The Red
birds played McLoughlin in the first
round. Mac High Coach Gerald
Markee had no starter taller than
I’urtlow rushed littlo < harles
‘•Chill’’ Baines into the game in
an attempt to break the stall.
Five feet, five inches “tall," Chili
took some of the llmelfght away
from big Wade.
Chili delighted the fans with his
magnificent footwork, which could
easily reduce Fred Astaire to the
utmost shame, humiliation, and
degredation at the very thought
that little Chili could dance him in
to a double-hitch Gordian knot with
out lifting a foot (figuratively
speaking, of course).
Nevertheless, Klamath Falls
gained a close 39-36 triumph. Hal
brook scored 23 for a three-game
total of 95, breaking the former
four-game state tourney record.
♦ ♦ ♦
He closed the season against Eu
gene. The Axemen added the Hol
brook Shift to the already-over
crowded museum of wild anti
Swede measures.
This was used when a Lincoln
player gained a free throw. Three
Eugene players would go to the
other end of the floor.
Lincoln won 52-50 on Holbrook's
last-minute tip-in.
Diamond Artists Slate Wildcats
Coach Don Kirsch’a varsity base
ball players have been practicing'
for several weeks anil will meet Lin
field College next Monday, April 2.
at Eugene.
The Duck mound staff includes
three returning veterans, Jim
Hanna, Mel Krause, and Lyle Rog
ers. Other candidates include John
Pyle, who hurled for the Ducklings
last spring, and Bill Mays, a trans
fer from Boise Junior College.
Catching prospects include Nor
mal Ritchey, Joe Sugura, Jack
Smith, Jim Livosay, and Earl Aver
ill, ,Tr. Ritchey Sugara, and Smith
are returnees from Kirsch's 1949
squad.
Bob Peterson and Jim I.oscut
off, Oregon’s high-scoring, tough
rebounding forward and center this
year, formerly were opponents
when they played basketball in
their home slate of California.
The seating capacity of Ore
gon's McArthur court is 8,165 —
officially.
Journalism
Faculty Slates
Addresses
Gordon A. Sabine, dean of the
School of JournallHm, will speak
at noon today to the Oregon Ad
vertising Club in Portland. Dean
Sabine will be speaking for Ad
verting Recognition Week, and
hln topic will be "Advertising
Lead* With ^s Chin.”
Charles T. Duncan, associate pro
fessor of journalism will be speak
ing to the Eugene Klwanis Club
Monday. The topic of Duncan’s
talk will be "War Propaganda."
Paul J. Deutschmann, instructor
in journalism, will speak at Herm
iston Apr. 12, at the establishment
of a Cjuill and Scroll chapter in the
high school. Deutschmann will ad
dress the school student body on
"Dateline U. S. A.".
"Newspaper Circulation and
Paper Supply” will be the topic
of discussion for Carl C. Webb,
assistant professor of journalism,
Apr. 20, when he addresses the
Washington Newspaper Institute in
Seattle. The institute is sponsored
by the journalism school of the
University of Washington in co
operation with the Washington
Newspaper Publishers Association.
Yale Professor
Visits Campus
Clarence P. Shedd, Yale Univer
sity professor, visited the campus
Monday and Tuesday. He spoke to
the advisory boards of student re
ligious organizations and addressed
a group of the faculty on the topic,
"The Place of Religion in Public
Higher Education.”
Shedd is Professor of Christian
Methods at Yale University and
Director of Studies in Religion in
Higher Education. He is the out
standing pioneer in the field of reli
gion in higher education.
Under the auspices of the Uni
versity Religious, Directors Asso
ciation and student YMCA's and
YWCA's, Shedd will visit a num
ber of college campuses in the
Pacific Northwest.
Meeting Planned
For Chesscats
A Eugene-Springfield area chess
i club, which would include Univer
! sity students, is the hope of L. A
Post, Springfield chess player.
Post has called a meeting of all
; persons interested in forming sucli
' a club for 8 p.m. Thursday in the
Student Union.
A local chess club could form
j teams to play other Oreg'on cities
and colleges, and could sponsoi
! inter-collegiate chess matches, Post
asserted. A campus chess club was
active at Oregon last year.
Interested persons may contact
Post by phoning 7-9998 after 6 p.m.
headquarters for
the best in
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Two Firms Seek
Job Applicants
Representatives of two compan
ies will b<- on campus next week to
talk to graduates and others inter
ested in the opportunities they pre
sent.
C. J. Metz of the Electro-Metal
lurgical Division, the Union Car
bide and Carbon Company, will in
| terview those interested in train
.ng for managerial positions or in
labor and industrial relations Apr.
4. Interviews begin at 9 a.m.
A General Petroleum representa
tive, Bob Powell, will be here Apr.
5 to talk to Bachelor of Arts grad
I uates for sales, credit, and account
ing positions for the marketing
and general business departments.
Chemists with B.S. degrees and up
will be interviewed for jobs which
start at refining in the laboratory.
Appointments for interviews
may be made with Mrs. Barbara
Johnston at the graduate place
ment service, 216 Emerald.
A Canadian boy won a cake
baking contest against 10 girls.
Doubtless, he knew they were ccm
A ganster’s bullet passed
through the hat of a Wisconsin ,
man without hitting him. Just a |
parting shot, perhaps.
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