By Jerry Claussen
Emerald Co-Sportt Editor
Probablv never before lias a Xorthern Division cellar team
been regarded higher and performed less than the Washing
ton Huskies. But even if they don’t win another game this
season, their opponents during the second half of the con
ference schedule will still he looking for as tough a time as if
thev were playing the champion, and Bill Borcher is not
taking any chances.
The Wehfoot mentor says that he regards Washington
as a dangerous team, capable of heating the Ducks this sea
son despite its cellar position.
Huskies Rated High
Before the season started, the Huskies were considered
to he the top contender for OSC’s 1954 title after the young
UW team staged such a fine comeback late last season.
After winning only one of their first 14 1954 games, the fast
improving Huskies came back late in the campaign to take
eight out of 12 of the schedule’s last half.
This season rolled around and Coach Tippy Dye greeted
nine of the first ten players from last year’s Washington
team and things looked pretty rosy around the Northwest’s
largest school. Included in the returnees was high-scorer
Dean Parsons, back for his fourth season, and with the
doubtful status of Swede Halbrook at OSC, many ob
servers thought the Huskies could win the pennant.
In pre-season games the Huskies looked like they could
easilv succeed as the XD’s title-holders. They ran up the
best conference pre-season record in heating six out of nine
teams with all three losses- being by less than ten points,
and the wins including victories over Idaho and a Halbrook
less Oregon State in the Xorthern Division Classic at Seattle.
Idaho Thrashed
Tn their opening conference game against Idaho, it looked
like the Huskies were the glass of the league as they walked
all over the Vandals, 82-53. The next night, however. Idaho
pulled their famous stall and heat the Huskies, 52-44.
After that. Tippy Dye’s five went downhill in losing
two straight to OSC at Corvallis with Halbrook seeing
his first action. They then beat WSC in only one out of
two and lost two more to the Beavers last week up in
Seattle for the first Orange sweep of the series since 1918.
The Huskies were dealt another blow two weeks ago when
Guard Jerry Johnson hurt a leg against WSC and was de
clared a possible loss for the rest of the season. But Borcher
knows better than to take Washington lightly and is afraid
that the Huskies might pick this particular series to get hot.
Analyzing the Washington team shows that Tippy Dye’s
quintet boasts the highest-scoring front line in the XD with
Parsons, Jim Coshow and Karl Yoegtlin along the base line.
Parsons is well-known around these parts for his scoring
feats in high school at Kugene high while Yoegtlin is re
garded as plenty dangerous with his variety of shots after
making the Xorthern Division's second all-star team in 1954
as a sophomore.
Coshow Controversial
Coshow is one of the most controversial players in the
league with some people regarding him as a future great
and others calling him not so hot. He is not too fast and is
inconsistent in scoring hut he’s a fighter under the hoards
and his defensive prowess was demonstrated by his holding
OSC's Tony Vlastelica to one field goal last weekend.
The Huskies’ biggest trouble in their conference games
has been in the shooting department where they have only
a .325 mark in the league, last in that category. But a
lot of this trouble has come from facing OSC’s tight de
fense. the second-best in the nation, in half of their con
ference contests and Borcher says he would hate to ever
get behind Washington, who starts pouring it on when
they get hot.
Something to watch for in the series will he the local
fans' reaction to Parsons when he first steps on the floor
Friday. The former Eugene ace disappointed a lot of people
when he shunned Oregon to go to the Seattle school with a
nice fat scholarship thrown in. A couple of years ago Eugene
fans really gave him a rough time when he showed his face
in McArthur court, and it will he fun to watch the reception
this time.
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Loscutoff Nears
Scoring Marks
With Oregon’s Northern Divi
sion season halfway gone, Jim
Loscutoff has piled up a big
lead in Duck scoring and re
bounding and could break several
season’s records for both Ore
gon and the conference if he con
tinues his hot pace.
The 227-pound forward has
over twice as many points as any
other Oregon player in the
Ducks’ eight conference games so
far and is a sure bet to finish
among the all-time high scorers
for one season for a Webfoot
team. His 18.8 potnts-per-game is
also the leading mark in the
Northern Division as is his 16.5
rebound average.
Here ate the records the big
boy could break if he does as
well in Oregon's last eight
games: Northern Division field
goal attempts. 294, and rebounds,
229: Oregon points, 307; field
goals, 103, and rebounds, 229.
All of these records are current
ly held by Chet Noe, a star Ore
gon center from 1953.
Center Max Anderson is the
number two Oregon rebounder
with a 10.2 average per game
and also paces the Oregon regu
lars in shooting accuracy with a
.382 mark. Loscutoff has the beat
free throw average with a .652
record while Ray Bell leads the
foul column with 30, three times
having fouled out in Oregon's
eight games.
The improvement of Guard
Howard Page has lifted him from
fourth in pre-season scoring to
second place on the squad in con
ference play. The Coos Bay sen
ior has turned in outstanding
performances in being one of the
top outside scorers in the league
with a nine points-per-game
average.
Oregon's Northern Division
scoring:
Player C FG FT RB PF TP
tim Imcontnff, f 8
Howard Page. 8 8
Ray Belt, f 8
Max Anderson, c 8
Phil McHugh, g 8
Jerry Rosa, f . 8
Kd Bingham, f .... 6
I.( Roy Nelson. g . 3
Jack Sherman, g .. 5
Frank Werner, c 3
Gary McManus. { . 5
Bob Anderson, g . 6
Brrgr Borrovik. c . 2
Rich Cosli. g 2
John I.undell. g 2
Don McLain, f . 2
Oregon Totals 8
Opponents 8
60 30 130 25 150
20 14 21 21 72
24 20 48 3Q. 68
21 19 82 21 61
25 9 '22 13 59
10 13 37 15 33
6 7 19 5 19
3 2 2 0 8
4 0 3 3 8
2 3 3 2 7
0 4 4 2 4
2 0 3 0 4
0 3 2 2 3
10 10 2
0 110 1
0 0 0 0 0
187 125 378 139 499
146 145 245 132 437
Ex-Duck Assistant
Gets Top Position
Gene Harlow, who was Ore
gon's football line coach in 1951,
was named Tuesday to the head
coaching job at Arkansas State
college. A former coach also at
the University of Idaho and Tu
lane, Harlow had been coaching
at a Mobile, Ala., high school.
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Oregon's wrestling teams fare
rugged tests this weekend when
they tangle with Oregon State
varsity and Rook teams Satur
day in McArthur court.
The Duck grapplers have two
wins: one each over Lewis and
Clark and Multnomah club; a
tie with Portland State: and two
losses each at the hands of
Washington State and Fort
Lewis. The Fro ah matmen hold
four wins over opponents and
have suffered one defeat, that
by Lebanon high school.
Led by Pacific Coast cham
pions Gary Mclain in the 123-lb.
division and Art Keith in the
147-lb. class, the Beavers have
won all their matches this sea
son. which includes a 29-3 victory
over Portland State. With the
exception of Orville Swindler in
the 137-lb. group, the rest of the
OSC squad is filled out by soph
omores from last year's out
standing Hook team. The*c in
clude Melvin Lehman. Lou Tim
chcr, Ron Hick*, Bud dlenger
and George Meyer*.
The var*lty meet nhould bring
some very clone thrill* Rnd spin*.
In the flrat match Roy 8chle**er
of Oregon, who lo*t only to PCX’
champ Richard Gibnon of VVHC,
will tangle with McLain. Bob
William* of the Duck* and Swin
dler will battle it out In the
137-lb. clan*, with both being un
defeated in previous competition.
In the 147-lb. group Dave Mew
land of the Webfoot* will fare
Keith. Newland ha* good
Htrength and speed and could
give Keith a good tu**le.
In the preliminary bout* be
tween the Kro*h and the Rook*
the Fronh may hold the edge be
cause they defeated Klamath
Kali* by a 28-11 score. The peli
can* later beat the Rook* by a
three-point margin.
Danish Miler
Predicts Win
NEW YORK ( AP) Denmark #
Gunnar Nielsen predicted Tues
day both Roger Bannister and
John Landy would come out of
retirement to run the 1500 me
ters in the 1956 Olympic Games
— and he said he hadn't the
slightest doubt who would win
it.
"Bannister, of course." em
phatically said the tall, slender
Dane who currently is waging a
hot indoor mile-and-word war
with America's cheaty Wes San
tee.
"For the big race, the one that
counts, Bannister is the great
est—too good at tactics, too
much up here.” He tapped his
temple to indicate brains.
Nielsen said if Bannister were
to come to this country for a
series of races with Santee such
as the present indoor campaign
—Santee probably would win
three out of five meetings.
“But when they met in an im
portant event, such as maybe
the Olympics, it would be Ban
nister," the Scandinavian comet
added.
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Philadelphia Houae A vs.
Campbell club A. court 4.'i
4:35 Legal Kaglea A va. Hale
Kane A, court 40.
Phi Kappa Pai B va. Delta
Upailon B. court 43.
5:15 Sigma Chi B va. Alpha Tau
Omega B. court 40.
Sigma Nu B va. Delta Tau
Delta B. court 43.
flandbull
4 00 B« ta Theta Pi va. Sigma
Phi Kpmlon. court* 42. 41
46.
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