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U will be interesting to see wliat Oregon hoop coach Hill
Boreher has planned for tonight’s hoop contest with the touring
Cougars (»f Washington State college. Hast Tuesday night at
('.ill coliseum in Corvallis. Slats C.ill succeeded in throwing an
eflective blanket on the Cougars’ scoring attempts through the
use of a zone defense.
The men from WSC were apparently unable to come up
with a means of cracking the zone set up by the Orangemen
and spent most of the evening passing the ball around among
themselves, waiting for good shots. From the final score,
which saw Oregon State leave the floor victorious by a 39-27
count, it would seem that Jack Friel’s Cougars spent too
much time looking for scoring opportunities which were not
presented to them.
From the standpoint of the fans who saw the contest, the
game was dull and uninteresting, with few exciting moments
to revive the lagging spirits of the watchers. When the total
score chalked up by both cpiintets in a college game is only 66,
it i> an unusual occurence indeed.
Cougars Crack Zone
liy the time the Wednesday evening tilt got under way,
si 1 \eihaired Jack I*riel had come up w ith a method of cracking
the zone defense that had proven so puzzling to the Cougars
in the tir.-d game. Slats (iili alternated two platoons on the
floor, one of which used a zone defense, while the other relied
on the old man to man defensive standby.
It was against the zone defense pld\oon that the Cougars
put on the scoring drive which eventually gave them the vic
tory by a 50-45 tally and resulted in an even split for the ser
ies. Washington State now rests in fourth place in the ND
standings, one-half game in front of the Ducks of Oregon
and trailing the OSC Beavers by the same margin.
Con idcring the happenings at Corvallis earlier in the week,
it would not be surprising if Oregon were to employ a zone
oefense in at least one of the tilts this weekend, although the
fact that the visiting Washington Staters have seemingly!
learned what to do against this type of defense system would
tend to indicate that Borcher w ill relv on the man to man game.
Looking for First
1 he \\ ebfoots will still be hungry for their first Northern!
Division victory of the year, after having dropped two straight
to the powerful Washington Huskies here in Eugene last week-1
end. A victory Eridav night would move the Ducks into fourth!
Spot in the circuit, dropping the Cougars to the cellar.
When the men from the Palouse hills came to Eugene last
year they were treated to identical 59-45 beatings on success
ive nights, and they will be battling to gain a win over the
Ducks on the home floor of the latter. In any case, we hope
that the total points scored by both teams exceeds the 66
counters in Tuesday night’s fiasco.
A press release from the PCC Commissioner’s office received
Thursday contains some information about past records that
might prove of interest to Oregon basketball fans. Oregon
holds both the individual and team records for most field goals
attempted in XD competition. Paul Sowers tried 29 shots in a
tilt with the Washington Huskies in 1949, and the 1951 Duck
hoopsters threw up 85 field goal attempts against the Cougars
of WSC to set a new ND mark.
Scorch the Mesh
"When Oregon made 35 field goals against Idaho in 1947, a
new XI) record went on the books, one which was later tied
by Washington in 1951. In the free throw attempts department
also, Oregon stands out. Two Oregon hoopsters, Roger Wiley
and Will Urban, hold the Northern Division and PCC records
for attempted free throws with sixteen each. However, the
laurels for most free throws made in a single game go to an
other Webfoot, Bob Peterson, who made 14 in a game with
OSC in 1951. This mark ties the record set by Roy Pflugrad of
Oregon State in this department in 1938.
The Pacific Coast Conference and ND records for rebounds
in a single game are also held by Oregon. In a contest with
Washington State in 1952, Bob Peterson cleared 26 off the
boards, while his teammates gathered in another 59 rebounds
for a total of 85. Both the individual and team performances
set new PCC records.
Another but more dubious honor which falls to the U of O is
that of holding the record for the most personal fouls recorded
in one game, although the Ducks share the title in this field
with the University of Idaho Vandals. As might be supposed,
the mark, which is, incidentally, 38 personals in one game, was
made against Oregon's ancient rivals, Oregon State.
These are just a few of the records that might be broken by
the Webfoots or the Cougars tonight or any night this season,
although we hope that the record of 38 personal fouls in one
contest stands for some time, for the sake of fans with high
blood pressure, if for no one else.
Double Dribble
BOB HAWKS, BARNEY HOLLAND
Webfoot Guards Ready for Frlel’s Best
SPORTS WHIRL
Decathlon Champ, Stanford Back
Named 'Athlete of Year' by AP
SAN FRANCISCO i/P) — The
Associated Press "male athlete of
the year" for 19.02 is Bob Mathias,
decathlon marvel, Stanford foot
ball ace and track star.
Mathias was chosen in a poll of
sportscasters and sportswriters.
It was the twenty-second such
poll, and the sports wonder man
from Tulare, Calif, amassed 249
points to outdistance Rocky Mar
ciano, the runner-up, with ease.
Marciano had 135 points.
Mathias won the Olympic dec
athlon title at Helsinki, Finland,
last summer. It was his second
straight victory in the testing
event. He also was the first-string
fullback on the Stanford football
team.
Despite his many honors, Ma
thias is a modest fellow. His re
action to being named the AP
athlete of the year is character
istic. Interviewed at Stanford, he
thanked the newsmen who took
part in the poll. But personally,
Mathias said his own choice of
athlete of the year is Horace
Ashenfelter, the former Penn
State distance runner who was an
Olympic teammate. Ashenfelter
Stagg Condition Better
STOCKTON, Calif. I.P) — Coach
Amos Alonzo Stagg is expected
to be well eftough to leave the
hospital on Saturday. He'Vas hos
pitalized here Dec. 3 because of
an intestinal ailment.
won the Olympic 3,000 meter
steeple chase, coming through in
the stretch to upset the favored
Vladimir Kazantsev. Mathias says
his friend’s upset victory was a
real inspiration to him in the last
Olympics.
Pro Bowl Saturday
LOS ANGELES !/P) — Except
for an all-star game in Hawaii,
and the kids in the backlots, the
football season will definitely be
over with Saturday’s Pro Bowl
game Saturday in Los Angeles
Memorial coliseum. This is the
contest bringing together the alt
stars of the National Football
league's two conferences, Ameri
■ can and National.
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Sedgman, Kramer Even
LOS ANGELES (JP) — Frank
Sedgman of Australia and Jack
Kramer are even up, one match
apiece, in their professional series.
After Kramer won in straight
sets Wednesday at Los Angeles,
Sedgman called the tall Califor
nian the best player he’s ever
faced.
Ducks Sign San Jose
University of Oregon and San
| Jose State college will meet in
! football next season for the first
time. The game has been sched
i uled at Eugene for Oct. 24.
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Maritime Coach
Makes Changes
In Swim Team
By Jay Fournier
Emerald Sportswriter
Lack of reserves has forced JotM
Borchardt, Oregon varsity swim
ming coach, to convert several «Jf
last year’s men into middle dis
tance swimmers.
For the past several weeks, Har
ry Fuller, Ken Cardwell and Plffl
Lewis have been working on the
distance swims. Borchardt hopM
to have these men in condition by
the end of January when the first
meet will be held.
Orlando Mathias, a transfer
from the University of Hawaii is
being groomed for the sprints. Ac
cording to Borchardt, he expects
Mathias to be the fastest man in
the conference by the end of the
season.
Jim Allan, a sprint man, had a
bone spur removed from his left
elbow recently. Because of the spur
he had been unable to work out
with the team.
The first dual meet of the season
will be with the Aero club of Port
land, made up mostly of high
school students. The meet will be
held in Portland Jan. 24. The fol
lowing week, Jan. 31, the team wiH
participate in the state AAU meet,
also in Portland. The first confer
ence action will start on Feb. 6,
when the squad travels to Corvallis
to compete with the Oregon State
swimmers.
Jimmy McLarnin beat Fidel La
Barba for the second time Jan. 13,
1925. McLarnin later won the wel
ter weight title twice and lost it
i twice.
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