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By Jerry Cleussen
Emerald Co-Sp«rt$ Editor
Not the least significant result of the weekend's Northern
Division play which saw Oregon retain second place and
Oregon State getting defeated for the first time was the
effect on the conference’s individual scoring race.
Oregon's own Jim Loscutoff still holds the lead in points
per-game after he and Dean Parsons of Washington each
got 37 points in the Seattle series. Parsons is now sharing
his second spot with Wade Halbrook of Oregon State, with
Ron Bennink of Washington State dropping to fourth in
averages.
Now take a look at how close this foursome is bunched
with only two games remaining for three of the stars and
Bennink closing his season tomorrow night against Idaho.
Exactly 16 points separates their totals with the averages all
being between 18.3 and 19-3. That’s about as close as anyone
could ask for this late in the season.
Loscutoff Keeps Lead
Going into the Washington series. Loscutoff had 233 points
in 12 games tor a 19.4 average to lead both in total points and
points-per-game. Friday night he got 20 points in a losing
cause and then added 17 Saturday to bring his total to 270
points and a 19.3 average.
Incidentally, Loscutoff broke the Northern Division re
bound record of 229 in a season Friday night and every
swipe Saturday and next weekend will raise the Duck for
ward’s new record higher. His 14 field goals in the series
broke the Oregon ND record of 103 and gave him 107 with
two games to go.
Parsons had 221 points in 12 games before the Oregon
series and the ex-Eugene High star kept his 18.4 average with
25 points Friday and 12 Saturday for 258 point-, still an even
dozen behind Loscutoff. Loscutoff outscored Parsons in three
out of the four Washington-Oregon games this season and
had a four-game total of 84 to Parsons’ 77.
i . Holbrook Narrows Gap
Halbrook continued his late-season attack on the basket
against WSC in an attempt to retain his 1954 XI) scoring
crown. The much-improved Beaver center scored 24 points
in OSC's Friday win and then pumped in 29 the second night,
although it wasn’t enough to give the 1955 champions their
14th win.
Halbrook perhaps could have won the game for OSC as
he missed eight free throws in 17 attempts- But he still
almost pulled the game out of the fire for the Beavers as
he scored 22 points in the second half after going basketless
in the first period. His 53 points brought his total to 258,
the same as Parsons, and was the seventh straight game
in which he has scored more than 20 points.
Little Ron Bennink of the Cougars was the star of the
weekend as he scored 32 points Saturday in the WSC upset
over the Beavers. He scored his final field goal in the last
five seconds to win the game when his 25-foot two-hander
swished through to break a 66-66 tie.
Bennink Stars Saturday
The scrappy WSC forward also got 20 points Friday and
the 52 points for the series put him back into the total-points
lead with 274, four more than Loscutoff, although he has
played one more game than the Oregon star. Bennink’s 26
free throws in 28 tries against OSC broke Parsons’ XI) record
of 115 in a season and gave him 130 with one game left.
So that’s the way it stacks up with the ND season down
to its final breath, Loscutoff, 270, 19.3Parsons, 258, 18.4;
Halbrook, 258, 18.4, and Bennink, 274, 18.3. It’s probable
that this race won’t be settled until the final games Friday
and Saturday with Oregon meeting Oregon State and
Washington taking on Idaho.
This high-scoring quartet without question will make up
four-fifths of the All-Conference team- Together they have
height- speed, strength and accuracy. They belong on a li.-,t of
the conference’s all-time greats.
Bruin Victories
Clinch Pennant
For SD Team
SOUTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS
W I. Pet. PK PA
UCI.A 9 1 .900 756 630
USC 5 5 .500 684 674
Stanford 5 5 .500 679 710
California I 9 .100 616 721
UCLA clinched the Southern
Division basketball title with an
assist from USC Friday and Sat
urday as the powerful Bruins
scored two victories over Cali
fornia while the Trojans were
two-timing Stanford.
The twin-killing by league
leading UCLA gave them a four
game lead in the standings with
only two to play and dropped the
Bears permanently into the cel
lar. USC's double win over run
nerup Stanford boosted the de
fending champions into a tie with
the losers for center spot in the
standings.
Friday night the Bruins had to
come from behind 35-24 halftime
deficit to beat California, 55-48.
Willie Naulls got 16 points and
Johnny Moore tallied 15 to pace
the winners while big Bob Mc
Keen scored 25 for the Bear
cause.
Saturday it was close all the
way with UCLA pulling out an
84-76 win in the final moments
after the scoi-e was tied 32-32 at
the half. Morris Taft scored 26
and Hon Bane got 24 for the
Bruins while McKeen again led
California with 36 markers.
Center Roy Irvin led USC's
win over Stanford Friday with
22 points as the Trojans came j
back from a 28-26 Indian half
time lead to win, 73-63. Satur
day it was easier for the de- j
termined USC team as they elim
inated Stanford from title con-1
tention with a 71-56 win at the'
Los Angeles Pan-Pacific audi- j
torium^
Frosh Grapplers
Down Vancouver
Coach Vern Sterling's Oregon
Frosh wrestling team defeated
Vancouver high school 27-8 at
Lewis and Clark college last Sat
urday. The Oregon Frosh had
previously beaten Vancouver 30-5
at McArthur court earlier in the
season.
Oregon won the first six
matches, but Ray Ridley decis
ioned Ed Lilly 3-0 in the 165
pound class to score Vancouver’s
first points. Vancouver picked
up the rest of their points when
Buford Pappan pinned Oregon’s
Joe Faulkner in 4:13 of their un
limited weight match.
Ray Green and George Kru
picka both pinned their opponents
to score the Frosh’s only falls of
the meet.
Results:
123 pounds—Ray Green (F) pinned Jerry
West (V) 2:03; 128 pound- Jack Cooke
(Fj decisioned Jerry Burke (V) 5-0: 132
pounds Jack McBrten (F) decisioned Dave
Welsh (V) 7-0 ; 138 pounds J. D. Griffith
(F) pinned J. D. Griffith (\ ) 2:35; 148
pounds—Howard Timmons ( FI decisioned
Ken Ono (V) 5-0; 159 fiounds Boh Dry
nan (Fj decisioned Art Allen (Vj 9-0;
165 pounds Kay Kidley (Vi decisioned Kd
Lilly (F) 3-0; i"7 pound- -George Krup
icka (F) pinned Boh Kayhurn (v) 4:20;
unlimited Buford Pappau (V) pinned Joe
Faulkner (F) 4:13.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: Jerry Claussen.
Staff: Jack Wilson, Don Lovett
and Jerry Olson.
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Wrestlers Beat
Pioneers, Lose
Oregan’s varHity wrestling
team turned In one win and one
loss in two starts Thursday and
Saturday as the Duck grapplers
topped Lewis and Clark's Pio
neers 17-13 after dropping a 14
13 to Portland State.
The final match In the Ore
gon-PSC meet Thursday was the
deciding factor as the Vikinge
took a narrow one-point win
from the Ducks. Darrel Farr de
clsioned Webfoot Dick Barker in
the heavyweight match for the
winning points after the two
drew in a match earlier this sea
son.
There were three pins in the
Thursday action at Portland
State. Boh Williams of Ore
gon pinned Dennis OTIalluran
In 2:50 of the first round in the
137-pound match for the quick
est decision of the evening.
In the 130-pound mutch Dnr-;
rell Klampe of the Ducks whs
pinned by Larry Schlesser of
PSC in two minutes of the third
round. Dave Newland managed
to edge the Vikings* Leroy Rus
sel by a 2-1 score In the 147
pound bracket and Jack McElroy
topped Roland W'ilson of Oregon
in a 10-8 decision.
In the 167-pound division
John Woyat was deelsloned by
Will Wheatley In a S-0 match.
Oregon’s Ken Kesey turned in
the second pin for the Ducks
when he tossed Don Turner of
the Vikings to the mat in 2:00
of the second round in the 177
pound rlass.
In Saturday’s meet the Ducks
came back from an opening 5-0
deficit in forfeiting the 123-pound
match to beat Lewis and Clark
by four points. Klampe gave the
Ducks their first win when he
decisioned Max Weber by a 9-1
count.
In the 137-pound tussle Wil
liams pinned Butch Benner in
1 :0S of the second round. New
land then turned in his sixth
victory of the season when he
outpointed Tex Cowart of the
Pioneer team, 8-2.
Wilson decisioned Dick Fitz
gerald by a 7-0 score for another
Oregon win and .lack Hendrick
son won a 5-3 thriller over How
ard Tyerly to give the Ducks
three more points in the 107
pound class.
Kesey dropped a close 4-2 de
cision to Ralph Staley of l^ewis
and Clark in the 177-pound
match, then Pioneer Mike Clock
got the only pin of the day for
the losers when he beat Dick
Barker in the closing seconds of
the second round.
Frosh Track
Meets Begin
French, Omega and Sherry
Ross halls were winners in Fri
day’s first-round freshman track
competition with the tournament
going into a full week of action
starting today.
French beat Nestor 47-26 In
the most lop-aided score Friday
as Bill Alvarado won two events
for French. The only double win
for the losers was in the 70-yard
and 330-yard clash where Jim
Pifher took first.
Omega topped Sederstrom 46
30 in the second meet d'-spite
Don Steen's triple victory In the
high Jump, softball throw and
high hurdles for the losers. Den
ny George recorded wins in the
broad jump and the 70-yard dash
for Omega as well as a second in
the high jump.
Sherry Ross was led by Bill
Cromwell’s wins in the 330-yard
dash and the 4^-mile run in beat
ing Cherney, 22-15. Norm Chap
man scored all of Cherney's
points with firsts in the shot
put, softball throw and the high
hurdles.
Competition will resume today
with Nestor meeting Sederstrom
and French taking on Omega. A
schedule change will see Hunter
and Sherry Ross in a meet Wed
nesday with Cherney and the
French-Omega loser facing each
other. Omega Is using men from
Campbell club and Philadelphia
House because of its small mem
bership.
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