Yeomen Romp;
Hale Kane Wins
The Yeomen's A league team
bounced Campbell Club 40-25 and
the Hale Kane B team staged »
last period rally to defeat the
Straub Frosh 18-17 In Intramural
action Wednesday.
Hale Kane’s win was a playoff
In the three-way tie for first In
their league, and a previously
win less Yeomen upset of Camp
bell club was the finish of the
regular action |n the group.
Yeomen Hold Lead
Don Alnge, first string high
school all-stater In 1954, paced
the Yeomen win over Campbell
by scoring 18 points, mostly on
tip-ins. Tom Bowen and Bob
Goodrich each contributed six
points towards the Yeomen vic
tory.
The Yeomen led all the way,
14-8 at the end of the first quar
ter. 24-11 at halftime, and 32-17
at the finish of the third period,
before coasting home with the
40-25 win.
No individual scoring was
available.
Hale Kane Triumphs
The Straub Frosh led almost
all the way In their game with
Hale Kane. Straub was ahead.
5-4 at the close of the first quar
ter. and held an 11-8 halftime
bulge. After tbe froah took a 13
10 third quarter lead and built
it up to 17-12 in the final pe
riod, they went Into a atall which
proved fatal.
Little-uaed sub Fred Pinjuv
and Art Fujtta each dropped In a
pair of free thrown with lean than
3 minutes to go, and Pinjuv aunk
a net ahot from the corner to give
Hale Kane an 18-17 win.
Hale Kane (18 (17) Frowh
Attig . F. Boylea !
Fujita 11 F 2 Martin
Averill 1 .C .... 5 Kerahner'
Kanada 2 O. 2 Cofer
Burt O 8 Manic I
Hubs: Froah Stadelrnan, John
aon, Barnett, Swearinger, Hale
Kane Pinjuv 4, Chank, Yano,
Ikeda.
Playoff Mixup Found
An announced playoff game
between the Straub Froah A
team and French Haifa A squad
waa cancelled. The mix-up was
due to an announcement that
both teamn tied for their league
championship with a 3-1 record.
Intramural Director Virgil Erick
son cleared the situation up when
he discovered that the Straub
Froah team won the league title,
and that French's record had
been put down wrong in the final
standings.
FOUL RULES UNPOPULAR
Bonus Tosses
Booed by Fans
By Jerry Clausaen
EnwnM CoSportt Editor
Basketball fan* can squawk
all they want to about the NC
AA.'* new bonus foul rule but the
fact remain* that the new foul
legislation has cut down on In
fractions in the Pacific Coast
conference.
This fact has been confirmed
In a recent compilation of the
changes in the rules of basket
ball since 1940 and their relative
effects on fouls committed as
well as the value of each foul In
points scored. For the first time
in more than a decade a foul is
now worth more than one point
to the offended team which is
shown by dividing the total num
ber of fouls committed into the
number of free shots made in the
conference through the first half
of the 1955 season.
Although scoring has gone up
in basketball the past few years,
the value of free throws has
grown out of proportion from its
intended purpose - to penalize a
rough team. Whereas free throws
made up about 25'/, of the total
points scored in 1941 on the
coast, they now are worth more
than 30% of points now scored
by PCC teams and even more to
a team that is really accurate
from the free throw line.
Foul Value liaised
Basketball officials have tried
for years to work out a foul rule
in which a foul would be worth
more than one point to the of
fended team and they have suc
ceeded this season. In 1946 there
were 42.6 fouls per game on the
coast which were worth .631 of a
point, but 1955 has seen a re
duction in fouls to 32.2 per game,
also down from 1954 which had
39.4, with fouls now worth 1.093
points to the fouled team.
It appears at least that the
NCAA has found a good way to
cut down on fouling but that’s
about all. Fans and coaches have
complained that free throws are
deciding too many games because
of the bonus rule. This rule is
likely to stay in effect at least
one more year, although no new
fouling rule* have been kept
more than two year* since rule
experiment* began.
Kulen Changed Annually
Just for review, go back and
look at the major rule change*
in basketball since 1940-41 and
see what ha* happened to the i
game during that time.
1940-41--Free throw can be
waived and ball taken out of
bounds.
1944-45- Five fouls disqualify
a player from the game.
1946- 47 Clock to be -stopped
for each dead ball in last four
minutes. Fouls-per-game, 37.6;
Foul value, .655; Combined total
point*. 100.4.
1947- 48—Clock to be stopped
for each dead ball in last three !
minute*. Fouls-per-game, 38.0;
Foul value, .673; Combined total
points, 98.0.
1948- 49 -Clock to be stopped
for each dead ball in last two
minutes. Fouls-per-game. 41.1;
Foul value, .638; Combined total
points, 100.2.
Kule* Changed Aga'n
1949- 50—Player gets ball out
of bounds after taking one free
throw in last two minutes with
ball dead whether shot is made
or missed. Fouls-per-game, 42.6;
Foul value, .631; Combined total
points, 100.3.
1950- 51—Elimination of spe
cial rules for last two minutes
with clock stopping for all jump
balls and two shots on every prof
it foul. Fouls-per-game, 42.4;
Foul value, .715; Combined total
points, 109.0.
1952-53—Player gets second
try if he misses first free throw
with all fouls worth two shots
in last three minutes and waiving
shots eliminated. Fouls-per-game
39.4; Foul value, .996; Combined
total points, 129.8.
1954-55—One-and-one foul rule
changed to bonus try if first shot
made. Fouls-per-game, 32.3; Foul
value, 1.093; Combined total
points, 133.7. (Through Jan. 22).
The game likely has not seen
the last of rule changes, but it
would be nice to see the experi
menting stop some time.
Duck Grapplers
Seek Comeback
Oregon’s wrestling team trav
els to Corvallis Saturday to take
on the Oregon State mat squad
after losing to the strong Bea
vers last week in a 23-3 con
test.
The Beavers have racked up
five straight victories including
impressive wins over Portland
State, Lewis and Clark and the
Portland YMCA to- include them
as one of the top wrestling !
squads on the Pacific coast.
The Ducks will be out to make
another fine showing against the
Beavers, although they were
beaten by 20 points last week in
a match in which the individual
matches were closer than scores
Indicated. In some matches Ore
gon wrestlers lost by only a few
points or were ahead until the ;
third round when Beaver grap
plers rallied to win.
Oregon’s Roy Schlesser and
■Gary McLain will renew their i
rivalry in the 123-pound match.
Bob Williams should give Orville j
Swindler another good match as
should the Ducks’ Dave Newland
in the 147-pound class against
PCC champ Art Keith.
Kentucky Praised
For Improvement
Despite Troubles
LEXINGTON. Ky. (AP>- -Bas
ketball's burning question—What
happened to Kentucky down
South? - is so simple to answer
that Coach Adolph Rupp won
dered Tuesday why he should be
asked.
"Let's just say that basketball
has moved to the South.” he said
in unruffled tones. "The day has
come when Kentucky must do
more than show up in the South
ern gyms. We must play our best
to win.”
He pointed to Alabama, Van
derbilt. North Carolina State
and Maryland as recognized
national powers, along with
Kentucky, and suggested they
are getting knocked off with
some regularity in their own
conferences.
"When can you remember so
many Southern teams being
ranked in the top 20 teams of
the nation in the Associated j
Press poll?" he asked.
Every.team down there is
out for Kentucky’s skin,” he
said. “We are their big game
of the year. We can’t point for
every game on our schedule,
but we never play a team that
isn’t pointing for us.
“Now they are getting the
coaching and the personnel to do
something.
"I think it is the finest tribute
in the world to our boys that we
have come this far along and are
leading the Southeastern Con
ference."
Rupp was reluctant to dis
cuss “the Puckett incident.”
However, he said the depar
ture of star guard Linville
Puckett last week could not in
any way be connected with two
defeats at the hands of Geor
gia Tech and close calls against
Louisiana State, Tulaue, Van
derbilt and Mississippi State.
He agreed that some observers
might put the slump and the
incident together and conclude
he had a situation of bad mo
rale.
IM Schedule
Thursday
Basketball
3:80 Legal Eagles B vs. Hale
Kane B, court 40.
4:35 Kappa Sigma A vs. Pi Kap
pa Alpha A, court 40.
Handball
4:00 Sigma Chi vs. Dorn Coun
selors, courts 42, 44, 46.
Tournament Play
Opens In IM Ball
Wednesday's Intramural bas
ketball game between Campbell
Club and the Yeomen wound up
regular season Intramural play
for team basketball wj£h play
offs scheduled to begin imme
diately.
Most of the winners in the six
B leagues and the seven A
leagues won clear-cut regular
season championships but a few
ties were evident that is necessi
tating playoffs for the two
league tournaments.
The closest finishes were in
A-IV and B-VI In which triple
ties for first place came as a
result of even competition be
tween the clubs during the reg
ular season. In A-IV, the Kap
pa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha and
Sigma Alpha Mu teams all tied
for first with the Straub Frosh,
Hale Kane and Legal Eagles
knotting for the top spot in
B-VI.
Hale Kane’s win over the
Straub Frosh gave them the
right to meet the Legal Eagles
for the B-VI title today with the
winner of that game to begin
tournament action against Sigma
Phi Epsilon next Tuesday.
Kappa Sigma will play Pi
Kappa Alpha with the winner
IM Handball Final
Reached by Beta's
Beta Theta Pi’s powerful hand
ball team swept into the finals
of the intramural team tourna
ment yesterday afternoon as they
downed Phi Delta Theta by a
narrow 2-1 margin.
The win put the Beta team
in the final round against the
winner of the Sigma Chi-Dorm
Counselors semi-final match to
be played this afternoon in the
men’s physical education build
ing.
Previously Beta Theta Pi had
defeated Sigma Nu in a forfeit
and then downed Sigma Phi Ep
silon's team 3-0 to get to the
semis. The Phi Delt’s had ad
vanced to the final round of four
with victories over Phi Kappa
Psi, Hale Kane and Theta Chi.
to meet the .Sigma Alpha Mu
team in the A-IV playoff for
the league title. The first game
will be played today with the
final** in the three-way play
off to be finished Friday.
Regular tournament actfon
will begin Monday with A league
action that will see Sigma Alpha
Epsilon meeting Sederstrom hall
and Hale Kane squaring ^aff
against the Straub Frosh. At
least two houses, the Phi Delt's
and the SAE’s, have entries in
both the A and B tourneys with
Hale Kane having a chance for
a double entry if they beat the
Legal Eagles today.
Ross Works Ankle
As Injury Nursed
For Idaho Series
Jerry Ross, fiery Oregon for
ward who was hurt last weekend
in the Washington aeries, may
see some action after all this
Friday and Saturday against
Idaho if his sprained ankle con
tinues to respond to treatments.
Previously it was feared that
Ross’ ankle might even be bro
ken until X-rays confirmed the
general belief that the ankle
was only sprained. Trainer Bob
Officer of the Ducks reported
that the injury is healing nicely
and the junior letterman from
Portland could play if improve
ment continues.
Ross worked briefly on the
ankle Tuesday and Wednesday
in the hope of restoring it to good
condition for the Idaho inva
sion as meanwhile the whole
Duck squad prepared for the pair
with Harlan Hodges’ Vandals.
This series will be the Ducks’
last home games of the season
except for one contest agaihst
Oregon State at McArthur court
Feb. 26 in the home-and-home
weekend series.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: Jerry Claussen.
Staff: Chuck Mitchelmore,
Jack Wilson, Don Lovett and
Jack Marsh.
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