Ducks Take
■——mm——
Opener, 81-63
Halberg Hits 25
As Vandals Fall
Oregon got started on the
right foot in Northern Division
basketball action Tuesday
night at McArthur Court when
they ran away from the fa
vored Idaho Vandals in the
second half to win, handily, 81
G3.
Led by a gigantic 25 point
output by Forward Kd Hal
berg, the Ducks took command of
the game in the third quarter after
holding a whisker thin 37-36 lead
at halftime.
Chuck Finlay's visiting quint
outplayed the host club most of
the way during the first two quar
ters but found the going much
rougher in the second two stanzas.
Ducks Pull Away
Idaho did manage to stay close
in the game until there were just
four minutes left before the third
period rest stop. At this time it
was 50-45 for the Ducks and it
was still anybody's guess who
would win. Then all of a sudden,
the whole complexion of the game
changed.
Halberg swished one from the
side. Harlan Melton caged a free
toss for the Vandals, but the de
pendable Halberg came right back
with a pair of gift tosses of his
own and Howard Page added a1
goal from in back of the key to
push the Ducks into a 56-46 lead.
Fa lash added one to the Idaho
total with another free throw but
big Max Anderson jumped one in
and Halberg looped home a point
from the charity stripe to swell
the Oregon margin. Tommy Flynn
hit with a long one for the visiting
five but Anderson and Halberg
tallied two more counters apiece
just before the end of the quarter
and the Ducks of Bill Borcher took
their intermission rest with a com
fortable 63-49 lead.
This brief foray of points by the
Webfoots was the real turning
point of the game, and it took only
four minutes. Up until Borcher's
cagers went on their scoring spurt
the Vandals had been very much
in the ball game but after it was
concluded the Idahoans were never
a threat.
Oose First Half
In the first half the two fives
played about as close a game as
the fans could ever hope to see.
Although the score was only tied
four times the two quints were at
each other's throats constantly
and the biggest lead anyone could
get during the half was seven
points.
Finlay’s talented courtsters baf
fled the Oregons early in the tus
sle with a series of screens and
breaks and as a result jumped to
an early 12-5 lead. Center Dwight
Morrison, the six foot eight inch
senior, was the big scoring gun
for the Vandals during this early
drive as he time after time broke
loose for easy lay-up shots.
Midway through the first quar
ter the Ducks began to find the
range, however, and paced by
some nice shooting by guard Bar
ney Holland soon pulled in front,
16-15. The period ended with the
two clubs in a dead heat at 19-all.
The game remained close in the
second stanza, also, with Idaho1
leading most of the way. Morrison !
and Melton scored quickly at the
start of the period and the Van
dals clung to a narrow lead until
reserve forward Bob Stout cut the
net with a push shot from the!
side to put the Ducks in command
once again at 33-32.
Oregon Shoots Well
An interesting sidelight in the
first half were the shooting aver
ages of the two opponents. Idaho
let go with 42 shots at the bucket
and connected with 15 of them
for an average of .357. On the
other side of the ledger the Web- i
foots were taking much fewer
shots, 23 to be exact, but hit on
14 of them for an amazing per
centage of .608.
This was an indication of
things to come. Oregon was tak
ing much more time in setting
up their shots and in the long run
this began to tell on the score
board. In the second half Idaho's
shooting went completely awry as
they only hit on eight of 39 at
tempts. Meanwhile the Webfoots,
although cooling off a little,
swished 16 out of 40. The final per
centage for Oregon was a very
respectable .477.
Anderson Shines
Another big factor in the Duck
win was the second half scoririg
and rebounding of center u°y
Anderson. After being completely
outplayed and outscored by Mor
rison early in the fray, Anderson
came back strong to reverse the
tables on the Idaho “big boy” in
the last two quarters. Big Max
wound up with 18 counters, sec
ond only to Halberg for Oregon,
and Morrison led the Vandal scor
ing with 21 points.
The same two teams meet again
Wednesday night and if the Ducks
can come through like they did
Tuesday, Borcher's fighting crew
may go down as the darkhorse of i
the Northern Division.
t
Oregon fg ft pt tp Idaho fg ft pt tp
Halberg _ 8 9 2 25 Mellon _ 4 4 5 12
Bell ___ 0 0 10 Mormon _8 S 3 21
Anderson- 7 4 4 18 Flvnn_5 1 2 11
Holland _ 6 1 2 13 Fa lash _ 113 3
Pi*fl- 3 4 0 10 Garrison _ 2 2 2 6
Wegner —— 2 14 5 Totten _ 115 3
Stout .... 2 14 5 Bauschcr _ 0 0 0 0
I)or«in __0 0 10 Monson _ 2 0 0 4
McManus __ 0 0 0 0 Fulton _ 0 0 10
Sherman_ 0 0 0 0 l.illihridge _ 0 0 2 0
Glavrs ....._0 10 1 Sathcr _ 0 3 0 3
Hanes_4 0 14
Totals _30 21 19 81 Totals „ 23 17 23 63
NORTHERN DIVISION t
OREGON .1 o 1.000
°SC .o 0 .000
Washington .0 0 .000
wsc .0 0 .000
Idah° .0 1 .000
TUESDAY RESULTS
Idaho, 63, at OREGON, 81
Duck Gridders
Not 'Boneheads'
Football, which is sometimes
thought of as a sport for ‘‘all
brawn and no brain,” is certainly
not that at the University of Ore
gon.
Oregon's football players aver
aged above a 2.5 in their grades
last term, which put them third
among the five major sports. This
rock em, sock 'em” sport has
taken a big jump in the last two
years, according to Bill Bower
man, assistant athletic director.
Tennis was high on the grade
list with a 2.80. Track athletes
were the next smartest, earning a
2.75 acum. After football, came
baseball and basketball.
Ron Lowell, first man on the
tennis team, received the highest
marks for an athlete, getting a
perfect 4.00 mark. Doyle Higdon,
track and football man, was one
hour away from perfect grades
with a 3.93. Doug Clement, North
ern Division 440 ace, also had
honor roll marks.
Only three athletes failed to
make their fall term grades, all
were freshmen.
Mat Teams
Await OTI
University of Oregon's two
wrestling teams — the varsity un
der the direction of Bill Hammer,
and the frosh under Bill Denman,
have been working hard this week!
preparing for a match with the
tough OTI grappiers this Saturday
in McArthur court.
Hammer and Denman have been
stressing conditioning exercises
and the elementary wrestling
holds since practice began.
Almost 25 men are out for the
two teams and the athletes are
evenly distributed among the dif
ferent wreight divisions.
While the varsity is tangling
with OTI, the freshmen will be
trading holds with the Klamath
Falls high school team, southern
Oregon prep power.
This is the first year Oregon has
had a wrestling squad since before
the war, and Saturday's encoun
ter will give university fans their
first look this college sport.
Ken Kesey, freshman from
Springfield, and Neil Butler, Hills
boro frosh, have been looking
sharp in this week's drills, and
will carry a lot of the load when
the Ducklings meet Klamath Falls.
IM Office Lists 12 Leagues
Intramural A and B basketball
schedules have been made up for
winter term sports, according to
Paul Washke, mural director.
There will be twelve leagues al
together, seven A's and five B's.
Following are the teams in each
division:
League 1-A: Phi Delta Theta,
Chi Psi, Beta Theta Pi, Pi Kappa
Phi, and Pi Kappa Alpha.
League 2-A: Alpha Tau Ome
ga, Phi Gamma Delta, Lambda
Chi Alpha, Delta L'psilon, Delta
Tau Delta.
League 3-A: Sigma Chi, Sigma
Phi Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Sigma Al
pha Mu, and Theta Chi.
League 4-A: Kappa Sigma, Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Kappa Sig
ma, Phi Kappa Psi, and Phi Sigma
Kappa.
League 5-A: French hall, Mer
rick hall, Nestor hall, Susan
Campbell, and Stitzer hall.
League 6-A: Hale Kane, Al
pha hall, Barrister Inn, Sigma
hall, and Tan Kappa Epsilon.
League 7-A: Campbell Club, Le
gal Eagles, Dorm Counselors, and
Philadelphia house.
i
League 1-B: Sigma Alpha Epsil
on, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Gamma .
Delta, Theta Chi and Kappa Sig- (
ma.
League 2-B: Beta Theta PI, 1
Sigma Chi, Alpha Tail Omega, (
i
Phi Delta Theta and Delta TTp
silon.
League 3-B: Sigma Phi Epsilon,
Delta Tal Delta, Phi Kappa Sigma,
Dhi Psi, Sigma Nu.
League 4-B: French hall, Mer
■ick hall, Nestor hall, Susan
Campbell, and Stitzer hall.
League 5-B, Hale Kane, Barris
er Inn, Legal Eagles, Campbell
:iub.
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Oregon Swimmers
Drill for Opener
Oregon s true Webfoots, the
swimming team, opened winter
term with a splash as they be
gan their training schedule for
their conierence opener with
Washington here in Eugene.
Beginning the season with
one of the smallest squads in
Oregon’s history, Coach John
Borchardt and eleven splashers
hope to equal last year’s success
ful team.
Minus the help of distance swim
mer Gordon Edwards, back stroke
artist Yosh Terada, and distance
swimmer Jim Allen, who were lost
through graduation, the varsity
swimming squad consists of Amos
Bowles, John English, Jerry
Froebe, Harry Fuller, Henry Kai
ura, Phil Lewis, Orlando Mathias,
Yogi Matsushima, Paul Weston!
Pete Van Berkhout and Ray Karr.
Heading these swimmers are
five returning lettermen: English,
Fuller, Kaiura, Lewis and Mathias!
Also list to this year’s squad was
breast stroke swimmer, Herbert
Nakaro who went back to Hawaii.
Oregon's first dual swimming
meet was scheduled with Oregon
State, but since scheduling time,
the splashing Beavers have
dropped from the conference, mak
ing February 6 the Ducks’ season
opener with Washington here in
Eugene. Coached by John Borch
ardt and assisted by previous Duck
swimmer, Yosh Terada, the Duck
squad plans to attend the AAU
swimming meet the latter part Of
the month in Portland.
Heading the list of junior Ducks
Eugene Quint
Drops Philco
Everybody's Drug of Eugene
rolled to a 62-53 victory over Phil
Qo from Portland in the varsity
prelim Tuesday night. After pick
ing up a quick 4-0 lead, Every
body's Drug was never headed in
the remaining four quarters.
Score by periods showed the Eu
gene team to have held a comfort
able lead all the way. The end of
the first period was 17-8 in favor
of Everybody's Drug and thev
were leading at the half 33-20.
They held a bulge of 47-35 in the
third quarter. Philco made it close
by cutting the lead to 5 points in
the last four minutes of the game.
Baskets by Paul Sowers and Reyn
olds cooled the fire, however.
Sowers and Lloyd Bergman tied
for high point honors with 19
wlyle John Reynolds and Dale
Warberg tied for second with 11.
Will Urban was third with 9.
[this year are David Earle, Jim
England, Eob Hays, Don Hyatt,
Phil Richcter and diver Don Col
lins. The “Little Quackers’’ team,
unable to draw Oregon prep swim—
rners in the past years, is also we
of the smallest teams in Oregon
history.
In pre-vacaction pool happen
ings, Grant high school of Port
land captured the state high,
school swimming meet, scoring
a roaring 59 points to second place
holder, Jefferson high, also of
Portland, with 39.
Heading the third place spot,
was Lake Oswego and Lincoln
high with 20 points each. One
record, that of the 200 yard free
style, was broken. This record foil
into the'hands of Ben Jensen of
Jefferson high school who splashed,
the distance in 2:04.7. The record
was previously held by Gordon Ed
wards whose line was 2:07.9.
Couches Seeking
More Substitution
CINCINNATI lm — Tfc*
American Football Coaches as
sociation has called • for a more
liberal substitution rule.
The coaches have reeom
****®ded that the collegiate rales
committee enact a rule which
would permit a player to re-en
ter once in each quarter and to
eliminate the present four-min
ute rule. The four-minute rule
applies only to the second an«V
fourth quarters and allows a
player to return during the last
four minutes of those periods.
The coaches took no action on
the fake injury question. They
decided to let the problem be
solved by the rales committee.
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