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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1952)
"Duc& 07*ae6& Sdl (purmetf tanU Sports Editor It is beginning to look as if tlic l'Diversity of Oregon is going to produce a somewhat better basketball team than many people expected. They are now, supridngly enough, perched on the top of the Northern l)i\ision standings, and have their next games with the favorites, the W ashington Huskies. So their mettle will be tested by the oddx-on favorites in about ten days. One bad feature about the situation is that they meet the Huskies on their own floor in Seattle, where Washington loses very few games. The Huskies, rated third best in the nation before losing to Idaho, are now sixth according to the latest I AP poll, but that means nothing as far as their potential to win basketball games is concerned. (>ne thing is certain, and that i- the fact that Hob Peterson w ill be a marked man in remaining < )regun games, even more so, now that he has set another Northern Division and Pacific Coast Conference rebounds record of 25 Tuesday night. Pete Makes and Breaks Record I his broke the previous mark of 21. which was made some thing like twenty four hours before hv the same Mr. Peterson. Big Pete, by virtue of his tremendous performances under the boards, has further lengthened hi- national lead in that depart ment. If any one man could be said at this point to be the back bone of the Duck squad, it is lie. I lie national rebound record for one season is an average of 20/) per game for 27 games, «ot by Ernie Beck of Pennsylvania in 1951. Peterson now has an average of something ov er 20. and ! thus has a fine chance to better this record. Returning to the Washington Huskie situation again, it; looks as though their high scoring center. Bob Houbregs, will j miss this weekend's games with OSC. It is, however, doubtful j whether the Washington team will be quite lost without the young man against a team like Oregon State. We have a press release from.Bert K. Rose. Jr.. Washington Athletic News Service Director, which indicates that last Saturday night's 61-42 v ictory of the Huskies over Idaho will "go down in Edinundson Pavillion annals as one of the greatest show- of raw courage and spirited desire of all time.” It goes on to state that the Huskies were facing terrific handicaps in the loss of Houbregs the night before, plus the fact that they lost the game. "Raw Courage" Wins Ami so the Huskies had to draw on their raw courage and spirited desire somewhat. Of course a forward like Frank ('.uisness, or a guard like Joe Cipriano. or a center like Doug McClarv, just might he able to contribute something more helpful than raw courage in a Northern Division basketball game. It comes to mind that raw is hardly an apt adjective for description of anything about this thin purple line of heroes. For instance there may be smoother, more talent-laden for ward-; around than Frank Ciuisncss, but we don’t know where. Performing very courageously in the clutch Saturday night, all (iuisness did was to score 21 points, a feat which placed him second in the W ashington scoring race. lie now has 131 points in 12 games for a 10.9 average, which is, however, far below the 18.9 average and 208 points for 11 games sported by the wounded lloubregs. t'ipriano is just a shade behind ('.uisness, with a 10.8 average and 131 points in 12 games. Dye's Record Terrific The Washington coach, William Henry Harrison “Tippy" Dye, has been in the Husky post for just one year, but he started out in championship fashion, winning the Northern Div ision title, the Pacific ('oast crow n, and ending up third in the Western NCAA playoffs. He was no newcomer to big time basketball, however, since lie took Ohio State to the F,astern NCAA playoffs in 1950, before losing to CC'NY's national champions. Dve first earned athletic fame in 1935 as a sophomore quarter back for the Ohio State team, which narrowly lost the Big Ten title to Illinois. As a college grid star, he weighed in at a strapping MO pounds and stood only live feet, seven inches. Also Dye earned three letters in college basketball and base ball as well. He was a top-notch guard on the maple court, and played nearly every baseball position in the infield, with a batting average of about .340. 11 is coaching career started at (irandview high school in Ohio, and after three titles in three sports, he went to Brown I'nivcrsitv as head basketball coach in about 1940; from there Ids alma mater beckoned. He stayed at Ohio State, with time out frr a hitch in the navy, until 1950. And How's Your Vacation? Oregon State Penitentiary Scene Of Extens;ve Study by 3 Students By Charlene Christiansen Christmas vacation behind bars wouldn't sound like a pleasant sit uation to most of us but three Ore gon students look at it diff '> ently. The students, E. W, Jacobus, graduate student in psychology; Clyde Fahlman, Junior r-'etology major; and Bill Barber, graduate foreign languages student; spent their vacation interviewing the convicts at the state penitentiary in Salem. They spent over a week there with time off for Christmas. No pay was given them but they re ceived food and lodging in the guard;; quarters. Their study went along with the state prison's new plan of rehabili tation. Under this new plan more of an attempt is being made to place men in jobs for which they arc suited. The convicts were in terviewed in order to find out what jobs they had held before and their interests. Psych Tests Given Interviewing was the job ot Jacobus, Barber an-] I'ahlman. Ja cobus worked with the older, hard ened criminals who were out off from communications with the other convicts. He gave psychologi cal tests as well as interviewing the m»n and wrote a report of his findings. Barber and Fahlman interviewed first offenders and worked from a sociologists point of view. They wrote ca. e histories of the men they interviewed and studied their IM Handball In intramural handball playoffs Wednesday night, Phi Delta The ta's McCollon won his first two games with Mikkelson of Gamma h*H. Phi Delt* Holmes won 2 out of 3 games with Kalb of Gamma, and Phi Delt doubles team Rod wey and Metskes took two straight from Gamilcs and Glass of Gamma. “Thr- prisoners are still a little un easy and uncertain as to v.iiere they stand but they know that the situation is becoming more person alized. They are becoming names instead of numbers,” Fahlman said. Convicts Felt Interest Barber said that there was a childhood and the incidents lead ing up to their prison sentences. These histories will be used by the prison sociologist, John R. Akin; the warden, Virgil OMalley, and, later, by the parole board. All three men agreed that the convicts seem to like the new plan. Webfoots Take Rest f Continued from, page lour I season record of seven wins and seven setbacks. Borcher will return his Ducks to the hardwood Friday afternoon to begin the grind for the vital Jan. 18-3!) series with the Washington Huskies at Seattle. Washington’s leading scorer, Center Bob Hou bregs, has been sidelined with a knee injury and is expected to miss both games. Persistent rumors from Seattle are predicting that Houbregs is through for the season. He has scored 203 points in 12 games. scoring records: Following are Player Peterson . Noe Hunt . Mel Streeter Barney Holland Keith Farnam . Bob Hawes . Ron Bottler . Jim Vianizan Hank Bonncman Bud Covey . Ron Phillips. Doug Rogers . All others. the Webfoots' FG FT TP 90 27 207 . 67 43 177 . 53 34 140 ... 32 18 82 . 12 12 36 9 15 33 . 12 6 30 11 6 28 9 3 21 . 6 2 14 2 1 5 .11 3 0 0 0 .... 10 2 Total 345 332 882 long way to »et yet, but a step had been made in the right direction. According to the men, the con victs liked being interviewed by students. They felt it demonstrated that people outside are interested in them. The idea for this study of the convict.s developed from classes in criminology and social work and welfare last term. Before going to the prison none of them had any desire to go into prison v/ork but they are now seriously considering it. Jacobus said that he was very interested and hoped to work at the prison during vacations and perhaps even on weekends. Barber sai dthat he v/as wondering about making it hi.s life work. Their findings at the peniten tiary will be discussed in a seminar with Professor VV. T. 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