Idaho Quint Meets Webfoots
In Northern Division Series
Coach Harlan Hodges of Idaho
will send five “little” men into
action tonight and Saturday as
his Vandal team meets the Jhn
Loscutoff-led Oregon Ducks in a
Northern Division series at Mc
Arthur court.
The new Vandal mentor, fresh
from Murray State in Kentucky,
has been forced to use the same
five men for most of his games,
but his success has not been com
pletely heartening to Idaho hoop
boosters.
With senior Forward Harlan
Melton leading the way in scor
ing. the Vandals have managed
to whip Washington and Wash
ington State once each for their
only two wins in nine games. The
6'2'2” star has 122 points in the
ND games, a 13.6 average.
Tallest of the Idaho regulars is
center Jim Sather, a junior let
terman stretching G’!1-..-*. The
other three are 5T1" junior for
ward Jay Buhier, a star foot
baller. and six-foot Guards Bob
Falash and Bill Bauscher.
Only reserve to see much ac
tion for Hodges has been 6Tl2“
senior Don Monson. But lately it
has been the first five carrying
the load, performing several 40
minute stints along the way.
Oregon, of course, can counter
with 6'7“ Max Anderson at cen
ter; 6'5” Ray Bell. 6'4" Gary Mc
Manus or 6'2” Ed Bingham at a
Patera Signs
Colt Contract
EUGENE (AP) — Jack Pa
tera, the University of Oregon's
All-Coast guard. Thursday sign
ed a contract with the Baltimore
Colts of the National Football
League.
The announcement was made
jointly by Patera and D. S. Kel
lett, Baltimore president who
came here to talk with Patera
and quarterback George Shaw,
his club's bonus pick in the re
cent college draft.
Both Patera, chosen by Balti
more in the fourth round of the
draft, and Kellett said they were
happy about the contract.
Kellett had said earlier he
came here “primarily to meet
Shaw and show him what kind of
people we of the Baltimore club
are.” He said he was aware in
advance that Shaw would not
consider signing with the Colts
until the end of the college base
ball season.
Shaw has indicated he may
pass up football in favor of a
professional baseball career. He
and Patera recently completed
four years of varsity football at
Oregon. Both played for the West
team in the Shrine All-Star, game
at San Francisco Jan. 1.
Kellett arrived Wednesday
night and was to leave late
Thursday.
HARLAN MELTON
Leads Vandal Quint
forward and massive Jim Loscu
toff. 6'5”, at the other forward
spot. Guards, or course, match
Idaho’s, with six-footers Howard
j Page and Phil McHugh.
Available for part-time action
only will be junior forward Jer
ry Ross. The scrappy star suf
fered an ankle injury in the sec
| ond Washington game and will
be out of the starting lineup.
Bill Borcher's Webfoots will
attempt to solidify their second
place notch in the Northern Divi
sion against the cellar-dwelKng
Vandal five. The Ducks took two
earlier games at Moscow by 82
59 and 41-40 counts, with an Ida
ho stall almost winning.
The Vandals took two on the
chin from league-leading Oregon
State in Moscow last weekend,
and will be making the famous
four-game-in-five-night trip
through the Willamette valley.
They move on to Corvallis Mon
day and Tuesday for games with
the Beavers.
Hale Kane B Squad,
Kappa Sigs in Finals
Hale Kane captured the B-VI
league Thursday afternoon with
a 19-14 win over the Legal
Eagles and Kappa Sigma A
topped Pi Kappa Alpha to gain
the A-IV league finals against
the Sammies today.
PiKA's Bounced
Kappa Sigma romped to a 44
1G victory over Pi Kappa Alpha
Thursday to gain the right to
meet Sigma Alpha Mu in the
A-IV league playoff Friday.
Doug Talbot with sixteen points
and Jack Murray with ten led
the winners’ attack.
The Kappa Siga grabbed an
Duck Records
Player G FGA FG Pet. FT A FT Pet. RB Rbpg PF TI* PPG
Loscutoff, f .20 394 155 .393 130 78 .600 336 16.8 66 388 19.4
Anderson, f 20 185 74 .400 123 76 .618 209 10.5 59 224 11.2
Page, g 20 201 64 .318 61 38 .623 62 3.1 58 166 8.3
McHugh, g 20 167 55 .329 56 34 .607 66 3.3 42 144 7.2
Ross. ? . 20 164 48 .293 70 36 .514 143 7.2 32 132 6.6
Bell- f 20 127 38 .299 83 43 .518 92 4.6 71 119 5.9
Bingham, f .18 55 20 .364 41 25 .610 57 3.2 23 65 3.6
Sherman, g .13 33 8 .242 1 0 .000 8 0.6 10 16 1.2
Moore, g . 8 24 8 .333 1 0 .000 9 1.1 5 16 2.0
Nelson, g . 5* 4 3 .750 2 21 .000 2 0.4 1 8 1.6
- Werner, c . 0 4 2 .500 6 4 .750 5 0.8 6 8 1.3
Costi, g . 6 7 3 .429 3 2 .667 2 0.4 0 8 1.3
McManus, f .15 17 1 .059 15 5 .333 13 0.9 11 7 0.5
James, g . 4 6 2 .333 5 2 .400 1 0.3 4 6 1.5
Borrevik, c . 3 2 0 .000 6 4 .667 2 0.7 2 4 1.3
Anderson,' g .12 11 2 .182 0 0 .000 4 0.3 5 4 0.3
Lundell, g . 5 4 0 .000 6 3 .500 1 0.2 1 3 0.6
McLain, f . 3 1 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 0.7 0 0 0.0
Oregon Totals . 201406 483.344 609 352 .578 1024 51.2 396 1318 65.9
Opponents .201253 445.355 658 399.607 830 41.5 383 1289 64.5
early 10-0 lead which they ex
tended to 22-5 at halftime. They
hit from all angles in the second
half and had little trouble keep
ing their margin.
PiKA's (16) (44) Kappa Sign
Bach .F. 16 Talbot
Loennig 2 .F . 6 Richter
Steele 2 .C 10 Murray
Rapke 3 .G. C Poissant
Weber 7 .G. 2 Tucker
Subs: PiKA’s Hample 2, Maf
fei. Kappa Sigma — Galleon 2,
Shanahan 2.
Hale Kane Tops League
Hale Kane came from behind
to win its B-IV league playoff
from the Legal Eagles by a 19-14
margin Thursday afternoon. The
dead-eye shooting of Fred Pin
juv was a major factor in the
Hale Kane comeback. The win
gave Hale Kane two teams in
the intramural playoffs, as the
Hale Kane A team had taken
their league title.
A slow first quarter ended in
(Continued on pane fire)
Portland Teams
To Meet Frosh
The Oregon Ducklings will get
a chance to even up their win
loss record when they meet Port
land air base tonight at 5:45 fn
McArthur court. Saturday night
the Frosh play host to Dahl- ,
Penne, another strong Portland
A AIT five.
Both games are preliminaries
to the Oregon-Idaho Northern
Division tilts.
Kx-Pro Conches
Coached by cx-professlonal i
Harry Roos, the Dahl-Penne out
fit has been ranked one of the
best ih the state for several
years. This year they arc paced
by Ken Servas, ex-Lewis and
Clark ace. Jerry Hefty, annual
ly one of the top big men in the
city, Lou Scrivens. scrappy ex
Franklin high guard, and Dong
Rogers, a performer on Don
Kirsc-h's Oregon freshman team
of 1951.
Klrsch was well-pleased with
the weekend performance of his
squad. The Ducklings, after
dropping five straight. . finally
caught fire to knock over Mar
ion Motors of Salem and Clark
Junior college, and this record
now stands at 4-5 on the season.
Diddock Praised
Kirsch had a good word for
every member of the starting
five, and he singled out Roger
Diddock, reserve guard from
Madras, for his hustle in the sec
ond half of the Clark JC game.
Diddock was a big factor in the
effectiveness of the full-court
press that slowed the Penguins
while the Ducklings were coming
from behind to win.
The Frosh took their Monday
workout with the varsity re
serves and the rest of the week
Williams Said Set
To Rejoin Bosox
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston
Daily Record says Thursday
night in a copyright story that
slugger Ted Williams “is return
ing to the Red Sox” and will join
the team "about March 10.”
“Although Ted has not yet no
tified the Red Sox of his impend
ing return," the story adds, “he
is expected to make his official
anouncement in about 10 days.”
Williams, the Record adds, “is
postponing his return to the team
until March 10 because of pre
vious commitments, which will
keep him busy until that date.”
IM Schedule
Friday
3:50 Kappa Sigma A vs. Sigma
Alpha Mu A, court 40.
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have concentrated on smoothing
their fast-break offense.
Forward Spot Open
The Ducklings will open with
a dependable flvesomc, no mat
ter how Kirsch makes his final
choice. Sure of a starling berth
are Wendy Rasor and Bob Ayre
at the guards. Hal Duffy at ren
ter. and Paul Tuchardt at one
forwurd. Battling for the remain
ing starting Job are Dave Wan
aka, Bob Faria and Martin Swan.
Rasor and Ayre hit for a total
of 51 points In the last two
games, while Tuchardt leads the
team with an average of Id 2
for the season. Duffy has been
big man on the boards along with
Tuchardt, and between them they
have accounted for 1 Wi recover
ies In nine games.
Wanaka, Karls and Swan have
all demonstrated their .ability to
score and rebound.
Kirsch saw the Clark JC bat
tle as a turning point for the
Frosh. "They really started to
hustle for the first time," he
commented, "and they should be
a far better team from now on."
Unbeaten Beavers
Top ND Statistics
LOS ANGELES (APi Ore
gon State, with a 10-0 win and
loss record, leads the statistical
field in four of six departments
in the Northern Division basket
ball race In the Pacific Coast
Conference.
Individual leaders are Jim Los
cutoff of Oregon in total scor
ing. 197 points, and rebounds, an
average of 17.0; Wade Halbrook,
OSC, field goal percentage. .441;
and Bill Bauscher, Idaho, free
throws, 28 for .867.
Oregon State's shooting
strength was evident. The Beav
ers led in field goals, with 38 7
per cent, and free throws, 69.8.
They were equally strong on de
fense, allowing but 52.7 points
per game and holding opponents
to 31 per cent on field goal at
tempts.
In the Southern Division, Stan
ford's Ron Tomsic holds the in
dividual scoring honors, with a
total of 134 points and an aver
age of 22.3. Nearest rivals In
clude Bob McKeen, California,
129 and 21.5; John Moore, UCLA.
102 and 16.7; Dick Welsh, South
ern California, 96 and 16.0; Willie
Naulls, UCLA, 84 and 14*0, and
Bill Bond, Stanford, 81 and 13.8.
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