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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1954)
Flying Ducks Return Home The “Dream Trip” Is over for the University of Oregon bas ketball team anti Its coach, and although at times It seemed mpre like a nightmare than a dream, none of the 11 men involved v/ntild turn down a chance to go back under the same conditions. The ball club arrived in Port land from Japan Sept. 9 to end a 21-game basketball tour of; Korea, Japan, Formosa, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore and1 the Philippines, during which j they won 18 of 21 games. Coach Bill Borcher took nine players, including Max Anderson, Itay Bell, Kent Dorwin, Bob Hawes, Barney Holland, Gary McManus, Howard (Lefty) Page, Jerry Boss and Ken Wegner, on the month-long trip. University Business Manager J. Orville Lindstrorn accompanied the team and acted as a combined financial manager and storekeeper. Ducks Open In Seoul The Ducks opened their sched ule In .Seoul, Korea, Aug. fi, four days after leaving Portland. They won the opener against Chosen Christian university 54-42 in a blazing summer sun. Bell paced the Ducks with 10 points as 5000 people Jammed a tiny outdoor high school court. Oregon two more vlc lorim In the next two (lay* by defeating an all-star Korean college learn 40-38 an Boss dumped In 10 point*, anil whip ping a Korean Marini* corps train 54-42 an Wegner scored 13. The Marine*, reputedly Ko rea’* bent leant, trailed all the way. From Korea, the Webfoots moved on to Tnipeh. Formosa, where they beat the Chineac Na tional All-Star* 47-46 after refus Sng to settle for a 42-42 tie at the end of regulation play. Weg ner and Hawoa dropped In 10 points apiece in a game played on a nice court with glass back boards and a nice roof—but no walls. Manila was the next stop, and the Ducks lost their first game ns the Philippines’ Republic Su permarket team came from be hind in the second half to win 57-48. Webfoot* Get Revenge Oregon got back on the right track in this hotbed of Asian bas ketball the following night, how ever, as the squad slid by the YCO Rcdshirts, Philippine na tional champions, 59-52. Page led the Duck scoring with 23 pointa, a single game record for the trip, i From Manila, the wandering I Webfoots flew into Hong Kong where they defeated the Hong Kong All-Stars 75-62, and then; continued on their way. HiuigUnk, the next stop, I* a city the team will never for- j get, Oregon won the first game In that efty as they beat the Bangkok “Five Tigers’’ 74-54. Ross potted IS points to lead the Ducks. The second game started quiet ly enough, but with eight minutes gone in the first quarter a drenching monsoon rain struck j the outdoor cement court. The: l eferees called a 28 minute halt, hut finally decided to go on with the game when the rain showed no signs of stopping. The torrent slowed to a drizzle between halves but regained full force in the third quarter. Seven minutes into the second half the storm caused a short circuit in the court’s generator, blowing out the lights temporarily. In spite of the elements, the aptly named Webfoots managed1 to fashion a 54-41 win over the Bangkok team. From Bangkok the team moved on to Singapore for four games with Singapore and vis iting Hong Hong teams. Ore gon swept all four as they heat the < hlnese newspaper .Van yang Slang Fan team, Singa pore league champs, (18-53; whipped an all-star Singapore team 81-58; defeated the visit ing Amoy canning team from Hong Kong 74-83, and wound up liy trouncing an all-Malaya team 88-61. The Ducks lost their second game of thfc trip after going hack to Manila. The Philippine LEFTY PAGE Sets single game mark National basketball team won1 40-33 in spite of a 10-point effort by Hawes. Oregon came back the I next night to even up the series by beating the same team 65-64 as Holland scored 14. Filipinos Win The Philippine team, which won the Asian Games title last i year, won the rubber game of the series the following night 47-37. From Manila, the Ducks went back to Formosa for a single game, coming from l>ehin<l in the second half to la*at the Nationalist AII-S tars 54-49 Bob Hawes dropped in 16 points to pace 'the winners. The tour wound up in Japan with the Ducks winning four straight games to run their rec-1 ord to 18 wins and 3 losses. Ore-' gon put on a late rally to beat Rikkyo university 67-60 in the opening game, and Max Ander son scored 13 points as they whipped a team of Japanese all-! stars 73-64 in the second game after trailing by 12 points at; halftime. A Far-East Air Force all-star ; team fell before the Ducks 79-64 j in the third game. The Ducks j wound up the tour by defeating Rikkyo university again, this time by a score of 59-43 as An- j derson scored 13 points. "Welcome Back" It's Good To See You Again! We Invite You To Come In and Learn About The Rapid Shoe Repair Service We Offerl Campus Shoe Repair On 13th St. Across From Sigma Chi Stanford Opportunists Win Over Webfoots in Portland Stanford's Indians, taking ad vantage of every break, scored two touchdowns in the first pe riod and then hung on to beat Oregon 18-13 Saturday night in Portland’s Multnomah stadium. A near-capacity crowd of 30, 214 .saw Halfback Gordon Young pounce on an Oregon fumble on the Oregon 18 yard line on the first scrimmage play of the ball game to set up the first Stanford touchdown. Juggling Act Scores After two running plays Quar terback John Brodie fired a pass to Young on the Oregon seven. Young Juggled the ball on the six, caught it one-handed and < raced into the end zone for the score. Bill Tarr’s conversion at-* tempt was wide. The second Indian touchdown was set up by a fluke pass play starting on the Stanford 34 yard | line. Brodie faded back and threw a pass that both Dick James and George Shaw deflected up into the air. Stanford End John Stew art, running with the defenders, caught the ball and ran to the Oregon 16. Brodie Tallies Second Six plays later. Brodie carried 1 the ball over right guard for two yards and the touchdown. Dorsey Atkinson's conversion at tempt also was wide, making the score 12-0 for the Indians. Oregon began to roll in the sec ond quarter but could score only once. Midway in the period Dick James returned a Stanford punt 26 yards to the Stanford 27. Half back Walt Gaffney made six on a pitebout, and Fullback Dean Van Leuven roared off tackle for 11 yards and a first down on the Stanford 10. Van Leuven picked up three yards to the seven, but Gaffney lost five on a pitchout. With the ball on the 12, Shaw passed to End Hal Reeve in the end zonei Oregon in Fourth Place After Upset Three teams are tied for the Pacific Coast conference leader ship at the completion of the first two weeks of the football season. USC, Oregon State and Stanford have each won one game without a loss in the con ference. Oregon has split in two games, while Idaho has lost two games and Washington State one with out a win. Washington, UCLA and California have yet to play a conference game. The Standings: Team CSC . Oregon State Stanfo/d . Oregon . California . UCLA Washington WSC . W 1 1 1 1 0 0 . 0 .0 0 L 0 Games last weekend: PF 39 13 18 54 0 0 0 0 0 PA 0 0 13 18 0 0 0 39 54 Stanford 18. Oregon 13. Oregon State 13, Idaho 0. CSC 27, Pittsburgh 7. lTCLA 32, Kansas 7. California 45. San Jose 0. Michigan 14, Washington 0. Washington State 18, College of Pacific 0. Wanted STUDENT SALESMEN To sell America's finest line of fraternity and sorority favors on your college campus. 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