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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1952)
‘Duck *7**c6& 0^ They don’t get l»ijj headlines in the Portland papers when they win or lose a game, hut the Oregon junior varsity basket ball team plays a vital part in the local hoop picture. l'or one thing, they practice with the varsity this year, not separately as frosh teams did before* the freshman eligibility ruling, and tiles thus are guinea pigs for any new schemes Bill liorchcr's crew is planning to use against h’rank Duisness and company, or the other Northern Division teams. in connection with that, this year is unique in that the freshman ruling has been rescinded for next season, so the basketball and football setups will return to separate fresh man and varsity teams. As it is now, the Oregon JV team is composed of a com bination of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. The frosh don’t predominate as much as you might expect, because of the abnormally slim crop of high school stars who entered Ore gon last fall. Such prep hot-shots as Bill Toole and Ron Robins went to ( >St , w hile hugene high school's own 1 lean Parsons was a com plete traitor to the cause, as he enrolled at Washington. In cidentally he is seeing considerable varsity action and will be here for the forthcoming Husky .series. Three Sophs in Starting Lineup - Anyway, getting back to the < )regon junior varsity, the lion Rirsch-coached Ducklings have a record of five wins and three, losses in competition with other JY teams, and tw o vic tories against one loss in frosh competition. 'I be regular starting lineup for the Ducklings includes Ron Phillips and Howard Page at guards, Doug Rogers at center, and Don Seigmund and Hugh Marxcr at forwards. Phillips, a sophomore from Roosevelt high in Portland, is tabbed by Kirsch as one of the better shots on either the var sity or JV squads. If he possessed more speed or defensive skill, Kirsch thinks the six-foot, two-inch guard would see a lot of varsity action. Howard Page is a freshman who played for Borcher last year at Coos Bav. The six-foot-tall southpaw has a deadly shot, hut Kirsch says he also lacks in speed for breakneck varsity competition. A Salem boy, Dong Rogers is another sophomore who scored f>5 points for last year’s frosh squad. The six-foot, threc-inch center i> cited bv Kirsch a> a good team man and a capable de fensive performer. Seigmund is Baseball Hurler AImi a promising baseball pitcher is left-handed Don Seig tnund. a husky forward who rounds out the trio of sophomores on the starting lineup all of whom played for the 1951 frosh. His coach calls him an outstanding rebounder, although not an w especially potent scorer. He carries 200 pounds on a six-foot frame. • • An ex-Washington high school performer is Hugh Marxer, the other forward. The former Colonial does everything fairly well, according to Kirsch, but lacks somewhat in aggressive ness. Marxer is six-feet, two-inches tall. Another JV who has seen considerable action is Bill Choat. six-foot, six-inches of basketball center material from North llend, a stones throw from Borcher’s stamping ground. Choat is the tallest man on the squad, but to bis height he has a lot to add in the way of coordination. Wayne Johnson, junior and football end in season, turned out late, and Kirsch says he also needs a lot of work. Built like a basketball player, Johnson is a forward, six-feet, four-inches tall. Kirsch Says JV's Have Good Spirit Freshman Bill Blodgett from Grant high in Portland is an other recent addition to the JV squad. Blodgett is a forward in basketball, and additionally a rather promising baseball luirler. Paul Bylirc of Washington high and Rex Davis of Milwaukie are two other frosh hoopsters who also have potentialities on the diamond. Ray Hempy from Berkeley, Cal., is the only out-of-state per former on the squad. Hempy, another freshman, is a lean six foot, three-inch forward. Two men who were counted or. for much help are scholastic ally ineligible this term. They are Larry Chamberlain, guard from Salem, and Dick Kofford, who hails from La Grande. Of the JV team as a whole, Kirsch says: _ In general this team is a little below par in natural ability, but they do have a fine spirit. They are playing for the fun of it, but they like to win, and they try very hard. Dorm Bowlers Win Alley Games Intramural bowling last night saw the Frosh councilors split with I’i Kappa Phi 2-2, Merv Englund bowling a high scries of 520 for the councilors. In the Minturn-Sig Ups dash, Mintorn decisioned their opponents by a 3-1 score. For Mintum, Clifton Dickerson hit an even 500 series while George Troeh of the losers had a 223 game and a series of 546. The Yeomen and Fijis also split in their games each winning two of the four tilts. In the last set of the evening, Sherry Ross hum bled ATO three games to one. Bill Perkett of the winners led his teammates in total score with a 529 series and Jerry Shaw of the losers had the highest series of the whole night with 556. Although there were not to many who bowled over 500 last night, Lou Belissimo recreation manager it the Student Union, stated that i league play is steadily improving, j Baseball Season Arrives? Baseball has started informally this week, as pitchers and catchers began their warming-up exercises in the unfinished area of the P.E. building. Next week the rest of the squad may turn out, as Coach Don Kirsch has erected nets in the unfinished area so that batting practice may be taken. In this way, Kirsch hopes to have his players in good shape when the season arrives. r New OSC Track Coach CORVALLIS — (U.R) — Hal Moe, freshman football coach, has been named varsity track coach at Ore gon State College, school officials announced today. Although the appointment be came effective immediately, Mae will continue his football and teach ing duties. George Fullerton, far mer OSC distance runner, wUfc assist Moe. Attention VETERANS Saturday, Feb. 2 Last Day for Drawing Books or Supplies on G.l. Bill U OF O CO-OP Campus Interviews on Cigarette 1 ests No. 34...THE FERRET Descended from a long line of distinguished researchers, this studious scholar has burned too many gallons of midnight oil to gloss over a subject lightly. Especially such an important item as cigarette mildness. He burrowed into the matter with his usual resolution and concluded that a “quick puff” or a “fast sniff” doesn’t offer much evidence. Millions of smokers agree there’s but one true test of cigarette mildness. It’s the sensible test...the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test, which simply asks you to try Camels as your steady smoke on a day-after-day, pack-after-pack basis. No snap judgments! Once you’ve tried Camels for 30 days in your “T-Zone” (T for Throat, T for Taste), you’ll see why ... CASKAWL Q&KV.Vr< After all the Mildness Tests .. • Camel leads all other bybiffions