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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1952)
Borcher’s Ducks Win Three, Lose Three Over Holiday Period In games plaved over the Christmas vacation period loach Bill Borcher’s Oregon IHick basketball team showed them selves to be a rapidly improving group ot hoopsters. 1 lie ihk vvor. three games and lost three during the period between Dec. IQ 1951, and Jan. 2, 1952. , _ . ...... In the first game, played at McArthur Court the W ebfoot> surprised a crowd of 3,451 by drubbing the highly favored W'vntninp' CowbOYS 66“ 5^. ' _ The game was very closely play ed all the way. as the score was tied fifteen times, and the lead changed hands on fourteen oc casions. Brg Boh Peterson domi nated the backboards against the taller Cowboys and chalked up 16 points daring the course of the ^ame. Chet Noe received high point honors for the contest with IS counters. Peterson Fouls Out The men from Wyoming found their stride on the next evening, however, as they rang up a sizzling .452 shooting percentage in defeat ing the Ducks 78-71. Oregon played on almost even terms with the visitors in the first half, but Wyo ming broke away in the third quarter, leading by a 63-44 count | at one time. Borcher's squad closed the gap i steadily until shortly after the I last period started, when the loss 1 of Peterson via the foul route proved to be the straw that broke | the camel’s back, llaag led the | Cowboy’s to victory with 19, fol i lowed by Moe Kudovich witli 19. i Chester Noe again topped Web ! foot scoring as he tallied 16 times. In the first of a six-game barn | storming series in Southern Cali fornia. Oregon lost to Wisconsin after leading for three quarters of a game played in the Cow Palace. The Ducks were ahead 43-11 at halftime and 62-60 as the final period began. With eight minutes to go in the game, A1 Nicholas dropped in a hook shot to give the midwesterners a 67-66 lead, and , they were never headed as they j went on to win 82-77. Nicholas scored 23 points for the winners, while Peterson and Noe each dumped in 18 for the Webfoots. Tight Game at Half The Cow Palace continued to be a jinx to the Oregon basketeers in (Please turn to pat/e five) HEAR JIM MERCER DYNAMIC SOUTHERN SPEAKER FORMER ATHEIST 4 STAR ATHLETE Jan. 6-20 EVERY NIGHT AT 7:00. EXCEPT SAT. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Broadway at High Dr. Vance H. Webster, Pastor ! ATLAS Of HOMAN ANATOM/- - ACCOUNTING, Elementary — AIGFBRA. College AMERICAN, Colonial & Revolutionary Hittory.. ANCIENT HISTORY ----.. ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL & MODERN HiSTORY.. ANTHROPOLOGY, Outline of General EACTERIOLOGY, Principle* of - BIOLOGY, Genetol BOTANY. Ger.efol BUSINESS LAW_____ CALCULUS. The CHEMISTRY, Eirtl Yeor College CHEMISTRY, Mathematic* for General.. CHEMISTRY, Orgonic . —-— CORPORATION FINANCE - •DOCUMENTED PAPERS, Writing ECONOMICS, Dictionary of . ECONOMICS. Principle* of ECONOMICS, Reading* in............ EDUCATION, Hillary of....— ENGLAND, History of ....... 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Ski Team To Start Workouts The Oregon ski team, under the direction of Coach Gene Harlow. I will go to Hoodoo Bowl on the | Santiam Pass on January 5 and 6, and again on January 12 and 13 j for team trials to determine who will compose the eight man squad. I Two lettermen, Saul Zaik and Stu McCollum, are among the six teen men out for the team. The first meet for the Duck slatmen will be the Wenatchee, Wash. In- | vitational to be held on January j 26 and 27. Other schools slated to ' enter are Washington, WSC, Idaho, i Whitman, Portland university, and I the University of British Columbia. The Oregon skiers will enter ' four or five other meets this sea- ; son, and although their schedule is not definite as yet, they plan to enter the Vanderbilt Cup match. I-ast year the team competed in the Reno Winter Carnival, and j Miss Nancy Miller of Oregon was chosen Snow Queen Of that event. There is no official conference title in skiing. Coach Gene Harlow, who is also football line mentor, | was formerly skiing coach at the ■ University of Idaho. Spartans Nip Ducks In Final Seconds SAX JOS!'.. CWI.IS. — San Juse Stall- College's l-'onvaril l.ci- li-nsen zeroed :i lay tt|> in tin- final fivi- seconds of play '1'liursilay nielli in Spartan fivm to hand tin- nndi-fi-atcd Spartans a 51 t** victory over the I nivi-rsity of Oregon I tucks. Coach Walt McPherson s victors, now boasting a consecutive win string of seven, outplayed the travel-worn Ducks and led 31-20 ut halftime but were forced to come from behind in the late stages. of the game in order to retain their skein. Oregon dosed n six game burn-1 storming tour of Nortnern Cali- j forma with three wins nnd three losses. The Ducks defeated the University of San Francisco Wed nesday evening in the Day city, 50-19. Clark Scores 19 Six foot, six Inch Center George Clark, who collared high scoring honors with 19 points, tallied one half of his team's 20 point first quarter output. San Jose led at that juncture, 20-13. Previously, Borcher hud yanked his tired starters and substituted Barney Holland. Hon Bottler, Hank Bon neman, Jim Vranlzan and Keith Farnam. The Spartans further checked j Oregon's raee-horse offense with watch charm guard Klmer Craig intercepting stray Duck passe*, j Oregon connected for four foul shots in 14 attempts prior to the Intermission. The Wobfoots caught fire with two minutes to go in the third canto. Trailing 32-42 the Ducks meshed 11 straight points to over take the Spartans four minute* later, in the final stanza. Captain Ken Hunt ignited ttie Ducks, notch ing 11 points in the second half in cluding five during the hectic aforesaid four minutes. I-'ree Throws Mlste-d Chet Noe's angular shot at the 2:30 mark gave the Oregonians their final lead of the evening. Fifty seconds later Clark retali ated with a similar east. Holland and Clark both missed charity shots, Peterson took a tip from Noe following the latter's free throw, but both Hunt and Peterson mis filed. San Jose controlled the casaba for nearly a minute, then shook Jensen loose for the crusher. A capacity crowd of 3,000 San Jose’s largest of the season saw the game. ~-^iTrHE campusr a52|-- in* Wednesday night the Ducks streaked to a .18-22 halftime lend over the Dons and braved n n.-.-w ond half USK onruah to win The fast-breaking Northern Division* representatives connected for a* amazing ’18 per cent of their at tempts from the floor of the Win terland Ice Arena. , Diii Iih Never Behind Holland, erstwhile Duck football quarterback, loosened the Don* with a trio of long range shots in the first half. With Chet Noe and Bob Peterson teaming to control both the offensive and defen ,iv? backboards and the Hilltoppcnf unable to connect for more than 71 fourth of their attempts, the Duck:, managed to maintain a lead throughout. * CHF whittled the edge to a bare eight points with six minutes re maining to play but the Duelit put the contest Into a deep freeze/ by refusing free throw' attempts unit taking the Imll out ot lyarndi, It was the Dons first Wi^W. game since returning from a Christmas vacation tournament in Oklahoma City. In addition, th<* Dona were playing their firs' hu% ketball game since UHK ofiniali decided to abandon tnter-coll.-giab football for the duration of tilt1 emergency. The Don footballer*, led by Burl Toler. Ollie Matsu I’d Brown, finished the 19M n , >l( undefeated and untied. The summaries: OKKOON Peterson, f U Streeter, f 5 Noe, c S 11 u n t. g 11 Wegner, g 7 HAN JOSE Baptiste, f , .8 Jensen, f U ( lark, e IS Craig, g 14 Shore, g • Subs: Oregon—Holland 3: Bott-, ler; Bonneman 4; Vraniz-an; Far nam I. San Jose—I.ovell; Avtna 7 Edwards; Demlng; Abbott. 1 OREGON IVtcrwm, f Streeter, r \lM\ <• V\«*RI»r, R Hunt, R . SAN FRANCISCO 1 1! \ In M.-hl, f . 1 Welker, f . J E\anR«'hlo, «■ . I‘-j Jtonee, r . i Vukicftich, r 1 Hub*: OrcRitn — Holland, 12 liottlrr, 3; I'SF—laimpo, Ion, G, Harr; Eaw*on. I Borchardt Readies Swimmers * H "Our prospects are uncertain aM yet," said Oregon Swimming Coach* John Borcharcft, "but we have -ai strong .chance to finish second inj the conference.” The Oregon mermen have fow seasons team, which finished sec ond to the perennially strong Washington Huskies. I They are: Dick Ruchdeschel, a senior and the only two year letter1 man; Gordon Edwards, junior: Jin? Allan, junior; and Mike Popovitclt senior. Ternda is Good Edwards was an All-Conference^ selection last season in the dis tance events, but will face strong competition on tho Husky team, according to Borchardt. Two new prospects Here named by Boreliardt as potential starij. Tonhinobu Terada, transfer from^ the University of Hawaii is o.v peeied to provide strong compete tion in the 150 yard distance medljn for the aptly nained Washington All-American, Pete Salmon. ? Also, sophomore Pete Chnrlfon, Msnns as potent opposition to iVlcr rtd, Ilijdges, another Husky All American on the diving board.