Ducks Win First Game In Two Extra Periods Oregon's never - say - die Ducks forced Oregon State in to a showdown battle for the Northern Division champion ship when they scored a spine tingling M-fjO win over the Hea vers iira double overtime thril ler at McArthur Court Friday evening. Mill Horcher’s W e b f o o t s, fighting an uphill battle moat of the way against their favored opponenta, pulled the game out of the fire In the second overtime period of this gigantic battle which left fans limp in their seats from the excitement. With the score tied at 58-al! and a little NOKT1IERN DIVISION STANDINGS , . W. I.. Pet «*rrpf#ft Stfte 11 5 ftHB OREGON .97 '.<>63 y 7 \V«»hi|tgtofi f ..... S 9 ..157 Wii'ifti»|UrtJ Stair 4 JO ,jns FRIDAY RESULTS At Ofrgofi 6.1, OSI* 60. At I‘i«»ho 74, \Ya«hm|(lnn 66. SATURDAY RESULTS At OSC* 55, Oregon 46. At I'iiibo 77, WiinhmKlU’ti 76. Ipm.h than thre^c* rntnuU*# remaining, ;uani Barney Hoilaw! put the Ducks ahead to stay with a neat Jump shot from the key. One min ute later Howard Page pushed home two free tosses on a foul by the Beavers' Jay Dean and with only f>8 seconds remaining Holland connected on one of two charity attempts. This flurry of points by the Webfoota put the game on ice at 63-58. Two last second free throws by Wade Halbrook were only in cidental to the final outcome of the tussle. Wegner Save* Came Before this final Duck drive It was anybody's guess who would come out on top In this ‘Civil War’ content between the two bit ter rivals from the state of Ore gon. Captain Kenny Wegner saved his Oregon teammates from the depths of defeat with only three seconds remaining in the fourth canto when he pitched in a 25-foot jump shot through the hoop from in front of the key. Wegner’s last gasp goal tied up the? ball game at 51-51 and made necessary the extra period play. Oregon took command in the first overtime session and looked to have the game In the bag with a 56-54 lead with less than a min ute left to play. But Hal brook squelched this with 3 seconds to go as he rebounded his own missed free throw. llalbrook’s tip-in tied the count at 50-all and set the stage for the dramatic second overtime period. Close All the Way The game was close all the way with neither team being able to take a commanding lead. Oregon State grabbed the Initial advan tage and ran up a 7-1 lead early in the fracas and was ahead 11-7 at the end of the first quarter. The Orangemen continued to add to their lead early in the sec ond stanza and st one time they pushed theip-Wad to seven points, 19-9. Tpia was the biggest margin that Cither team possessed during the entire game and seemed to serve as a signal for the Oregons to put on a rally. Paced by Hol land, Wegner, and Ed Halberg, the Ducks scored 10 straight points in a little over two minutes of action and, as a result, pushed into a 19-16 lead. Oregon stayed in front until Jay Dean put the Beavers back to the fore, 25-24, with six seconds left in the first hulf. With only one second remaining until the inter mission Tex Whiteman cashed in on a foul toss to give his team a 2G-24 halftime lead. The teams see-sawed back and forth in the third period with first one getting the advantage and then the other. At the conclusion of the third ten minute session the visitors from Corvallis were lead ing by a 41-38 score. Ducks Catch Up Oregon erased this deficit early in the final quarter when Page hit with a long one-hander and Ilal berg hit a free throw to tie the I count, 43-43. OSC went In front "gain on a tlp-ln by Whiteman but with only 4:53 remaining' in the game Page hit a jumper to tie it up once more at 48 apiece. Dean nut the Giilmen ahead 48-40 with a puaher from the foul circle but Wegner equalized this aa he looped one home from the aide. With a minute and a half to go Whiteman connected on a hook shot and one minute later flalberg and Dean traded free throws to make the score 51-49 in favor of Oregon State. Then came Wegner’s heart-stopping Kwiaher. Leading the victorious Ducks in scoring was Halberg with 17 i points. He was well seconded by i Holland with 18 and Wegner with 15. For the Beavers, Halbrook had 28 and Dean 1C. The line-ups follow: Oregon (631 (60) Oregon State Ik ft V< «P (g ft pf tp llalherg. f 7 1 3 17 Whitemn, (4 i 4 V Wegner, ( 6 3 S 15 (trail, f 5' f, 4 If, Amlrrtn, c 2 0 5 4 Mali,nr,k, c 9 8 3 26 Holland, g 4 8 S 16 l-!idg»|d, K 1 4 4 6 I’age, ,, 1 2 18 Kol.it!*, K 1113 Roue, ( 1113 Vleteltca, f 0 0 0 0 Hell, f 0 0 1 0 1'aulue, ( 0 0 0 0 Clave*, c i> 0 0 0 Romnoff. f o o 0 0 Jar!<oe, k 0 0 10 llalligan, g O 0 0 0 Toole, x 0 0 1 0 23 17 21 63 20 20 16 60 VLASTEUCA HITS 12 Beavers Grab N D Crown It took Oregon State coach, Slatft Gil), an entire season to see it, hut, in the final Northern Di vision basketball game of the year for the Beavers, the veteran Orange tutor discovered that his team could play good ball without their towering center, Swede Hal brook. Early in the third quarter, with Oregon's Ducks on the long end of a 27-25 score, Gill decided to give his "big boy” a rest. He inserted reserve Tony Vlastelica in his place and hook-shooting Tony re sponded like a true champion by leading his team to a clutch 55-46 win over the determined Webfoots. Vlastelica had only been in the game some 45 seconds when he wiggled loose under the basket, and looped one home to tie the score at 27-all. With Oregon State rooters all over Gill Coliseum yell ing their lungs out with joy, Tony swished a beautiful hook shot to put the Beavers ahead 31-29. These two shots changed the whole ! complexion of the tussle. The Beavers, after once pulling ; into the lead, were not to be de nied. This win was to mean the ; championship for the Corvallis bombers and they decided it was time to take home all the marbles. The Beavers led 43-33 at the third period rent stop. Ducks (tally The Ducks, seeing their last championship chances floating out the back window, tried gamely in the final ten minute session to j pull back into the game but it just! wasn t to be on this particular \ night. A driving field goal by Max Anderson with four minutes re maining in the fray pulled the Eugene lads to within four points of their opponents at 47-43 but this was the high water mark for J Oregon. The first half of the game was much like the Friday night game. OSC grabber] the lead right at the start and led at the first rest stop 14-12. With only two minutes remaining until halftime they were still in front 2 -16. Oregon Leads at Half Oregon came to life at this point and on a basket and free throw by Holland and the same by Anderson the Ducks pulled into a 22-21 in termission Fad. Ed Halberg started the second half with an Oregon field goal but Toole matched it for the Gill net ters. Jerry Ross collected on a Beaver foul* and added a niffy jump slant. from the side which wf?«s almost duplicated by a jump shot by Dean. This made the score £7 25 for the Ducks and set the stago for the Beavers’ donnybrook rally. Oregon (46) (55) Oregon State fg ft pf tp Halrerg, f 1 2 5 4 W'gner, f 2 2 3 6 A rider vi. c 6 3 2X5 Holland, g 3 3 3 9 Page, g 10 2 2 Stout, f 0 0 2 9 Bell, c 0 0 0 0 Ha»e«, g 10 4 2 Ro--, k 2 4 2 1 fg ft Pf *f» Whitem*, f 0 3 0 3 l>ran, f 2 7 4 11 Halbrodr, c 3 0 2 0 rndridld*, g 0 0 1 fr T oole, g 3 4 0 ! Hailrgan, f 1 J 3 f 1'aulus, f 0 0 10 V)-t<lica, c 5 2 1 12 Robins, g 14 2 6 16 14 23 46 17 21 15 34 SHOES IN BAD SHAPE? come tee ut for the belt Vtnvisible Retoling * Refinishing * Repairing * Dyeing alto glazing of reptile «hoe« and bags PROUTY'S Shoe Service K. B. Proufy * ♦ & A f9 # * * * * 97C Oak Street* Eugene, Oregen ^ / America's EmghtsrftheSfcy... 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