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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.
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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.
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for six point*. Shaw’s kick was
blocked by Stewart and the score
stood at 12-6 at the half.
Stanford scored again in the
third quarter when Brodie elect
ed to gamble on fourth down and
GAME STATISTICS:
ST , Of#. Sf'
Net yard* gained rushing 227 if>7
I'aitwh attempt r-d . • t 18
Passes completed 17 8
Passes had intercepted 0 1
Yards gained passing 223 151
Net yd*, passes and rushing 409 288
First downs 25 15
Fumbles 4 1
Fumbles lost 3 0
one yard to go on hi* own 45
yard line. Tarr swung wide to
hi* left and went 55 yard* behind
beautiful blocking for the score.
Tarr’* kick wan again wide.
Oregon added it* final touch
down in the last period with
Johnny Keller engineering the
Duck attack. Oregon took over
-on its own 29, and with Keller
either pasting or running on 10
of 11 plays, moved to the Stan
ford three. James went over the
middle for the final three yards,
and Dick Favlat's kick was good,
making the score 18-13.
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