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By John Whitty
Emarald Sporttwriter
He Core the recent state high school basketball tournament
;.<1cn completely from our minds, it might be well to mention
loi the last time the aspects of the tourney which were par
ticularly interesting or notable. Marshfield high school from
( oos Hay, one of the pre-tourney favorites, walked off with
the title, by virtue of a ()2-59 victory over the Axemen of Eu
gene high, just a short walk down 'the street from the uni
versity.
bemi-Final Tilt Was Thriller
Reyohd any shadow of a doubt, though, the game which
I>ro\ided the most thrills for the spectators was the semi-final
t.lt between I he Dalles and Marshfield, which was won by
the Pirates from Coos Bay 75-71 in an overtime battle after
the boys from the Columbia River area had tied the score in
the last few seconds.
This year s tournament, while interesting, was not quite
as spectacular as that of 1952, with such performers as the
high-scoring giant from the Champion Lincoln team, Swede
Halbrook, and three-time all-stater Bob Altenhofen, who
tried, but failed, to match the scoring punch of the fabulous
Swede.
Halbrook’s tourney scoring record of 166 points for the
four-game competition will undoubtedly stand for years to
come, for it is doubtful if another hoopstcr will come along,
for a few years at least, who can average 41.5 points per con
t« --t against the toughest basketball competition the state of
( ircgon has to offer.
Happy Days Are Here Again
\\ hile we are on the subject of bjg. high'seoring basketball
players, the facts indicate that the University of Oregon will
he the school where seven-foot, one-inch Gary Xelson of Lima, I
\\ ashington, chopses to continue his education, while at the |
>ame time playing more than a little basketball for coach
Bill Borcher.
Luckily for Oregon, Gary will be getting out of high
school at almost the perfect time, just one year after the
aforementioned Wade Halbrook, now attending Oregon
State. Until just a few short weeks ago, most Oregon stu
dents and basketball fans were preparing to resign them
selves to three more years of contending with the tremen
ous height advantage possessed by the “Splendid Spire,’ as
he has been dubbed.
A- the showing of this year’s Oregon Frosh team indicates,
ii looked to be an almost hopeless case for the Webfoots, for
the Ducklings were able to down the Rook cagers on only one
cccasiwn, while losing to them four or five times. However, the
pendulum is swinging back the other way now, for, having
seen (.arv play, we are convinced that he will not only be
able to hold Ilalhrook down but may even outscore him, despite
the one-} ear difference in experience.
berry Should Be Great
When we watched big Gary play, he was facing a team which
had one 6-foot, 8-inch boy and one 6-foot, 7‘incher in the start
ing line-up, namely the Vancouver Trappers. Although his
teammates.did not feed him to any great extent, Gary scored
30 points, and generally played a style of basketball which re
minded one of finished college basketball players.'
He has an accurate hook shot, is an able tipper, and gets
good rebound position. Only occasionally did he resort to the
simple method of "dunking” the ball down through the hoop
from above, although his failure to do so can be explained
in part by the excellent defensive play of his opponents.
The elongated lad from Elma has other qualities which
should make him a success in college. He is a good student,
is amiable, and even talkative on occasion, and he has that
will to win which is indispensable to any good athlete. He
seems to have enough stamina to work well with a fast break
team, although he will have to fill out considerably to keep
from beating in the rough going under the backboards in
Northern Division play.
More Grants-in-Aid on the Way? „. „
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We certainly hope that the plan of the Qregpn At!
partment to increase the number of gr^t^jjfl-ai^
from 60 to 100 is backed financially idOjftjbrst
to the fullest extent. There is no
teams this year have been and are shotT^
age of manpower. ^ ^ ? t \ ;jj
The football team often had troubW“in findlng*^b»^*
qualified gridders to make the traveling squad, although
injuries had some part in causing that condition. Further
more* coach Bill Botcher had approximately the same prob
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DUCKS FAVORED
Big Pin Tourney Set Here
“Ji'The first annual “Association of
Gollegc-'Unions Northwest Division
fowling Tournament,” one of the
top sports events of the year, is
on tap for April 11. The tourney
will be rolled at the Student Union
alleys with Dick Williams as the
director for the event. The "S.U.”
alleys were chosen as the site for
the big tournament earlier in the
year.
Eight schools from Oregon and
Washington have entered the one
day tourney. Included are: Uni
versity of Oregon, University of
Washington, Washington State
college, Oregon State college,
Yakima J.C., Clark J.C., Gonzaga,
and Seattle University.
The tournament will consist of a
six-game team event, and a
[ doubles and singles roll-off. All in
all twelve games will be rolled by
each individual team member. The
Perpetual Challenge Trophy,
awarded by the Brunswick-Balke
Calender Company, will be pre
sented to the winning kegling
team, and Brunswick will also
award four permanent trophies to
the team, singles, doubles*, and all
events winners. The trophies will
be put on display by the schools
whom the bowlers represent.
This is the first year in which
any event of this sort has ever
been held among Northwest col
leges and universities. Similar
bowling tournaments are held each
year , by the Big Ten Conference,
and they have met with great suc
cess throughout the years. In 1954
Two UO Graduates
Get Commissions
Two 1952 graduates of the Uni
versity became commissioned en
signs Feb. 19 at a Newport, R. I.,
ceremony of the Navy’s only of
ficer candidate school.
They are James Schwarz, who
received his BS degree in psychol
ogy, and Charles Peterson, who re
ceived a BA degree in journalism
at l^st spring’s graduation.
In four months of study the stu
dents at the training school cov
ered the same naval subjects that
college NROTC students do in four
years. Main areas of concentration
were on gunnery, navigation, .sea
manship, engineering, damage con
trol and operations.
The graduates of the school will
serve on combatant and non-com
batant ships in the fleet, and some
will go to specialist schools to re
ceive further training a3 pilots,
aviation ground officers, beach
masters, underwater demolition
team officers and members of the
Marine forces in Korea as gunnery
liaison officers.
To qualify for line of officer’s
candidate school, a man must be a
college graduate between the ages
of 19 and 27, and be able to pass
the physical examination.
Personnel Institute
Has Grad Openings
Karl D. Onthank, director of
graduate placement and a member
of the board of directors of the
Western Personnel Institute has
announced that the organization
is now accepting a limited number
of graduate students for internship.
Open to men and women inter
ested in counseling, guidance, or
other, phases of educational per
sonnel work, the final choice from
the applicants will be based upon
a broad academic background with
special emphasis on personal fit
ness for work in education or per
sonnel. Applications must be filed
by September 1.
Students desiring further in
formation about the program
should contact the graduate place
ment office in Emerald hall.
Inspection Planned
For Air Reserves
Annual federal inspection of the
University’s Air Force Reserve
Officers Training corps facilities
dvill be held next Monday and
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* 'iT&e-'tiwpectton is part of a pro
jjraifc-^liSilf.will include 208 other
detachments throughout
the nation, Puerto Rico and Ha
swaii. A later inspection will be
^ief^fcjir the Army unit;
" "Eftr 'the first time the inspec
tions will be carried out by‘"the
newly created A-FROTC headquar
ters of the Air university located
in. Montgomery, Ala.
Art School to Host
Accrediting Board
The National Architecture Ac
crediting Board will visit the
architecture and allied arts school
April 13 to 14, S. W. Little, dean
of the school, announced.
The board visits the school once
every three years to see that it
maintains the standards necessary
for accreditation by the board.
Members of the board who will
inspect the school are Ray Jones,
head of the school of architecture
at the University of Minnesota,
Thomas Fitzpatrick, head of the
school of architecture at Iowa
State College, and Walter Gordon,
Portland architect.
Emedee Sourdry Visits
Architecture School
Emadee Sourdry. horticulturist
and creator of the Children’s
Fairyland Park in Oakland, Cal
ifornia, is currently a visiting fac
ulty member in the architecture
and allied arts school.
Sourdry is acting as a visiting
critic in landscape architecture.
He brought with him several mod
els and photographs of his work,
especially of Fairyland Park. These
will be displayed in the school for
one week. Sourdry will remain on
the campus until April 10.
4-D is coming
Watch for it on KWAX
the University of Washington will
be the host school for the annuah
tourney.
The Oregon Webfoots kegling.
squad, coached by Lou Eellisimo^
ranks as the team to beat in the,
team event, but they expect stiff
competition from the Washington
Huskies. The strength of the other
six teams is unknown except for
the Beavers of O.S.C., whom the,
Webfoots defeated twice earlier in
the year. The members of the Duck
team and their averages are as,
follows: Norm Ruecker 185, Leo
Naapi 183, Don Hannu 180, Jim'
Ekstrom 176, George Troeh 175,
and Clarence “Som” Sorensen 174.
The bowling events will start in
the morning and continue all day.
The public is invited to watch
proceedings throughout the day.
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