Oregon Eyes OSC Upset
Hoping to profit from the
Washington State example of
last Saturday night, the still
runner-up Oregon Ducka will aim
this week's basketball practices
to the season's final games, the
concluding series with Oregon
State.
The unheralded Cougars pro
sided the biggest shock of the
Duck Paddler
Visit Huskies
Oregon's swimming team Is
scheduled to invade Seattle Sat
urday for a Northern Division
meet with the favored-University
of Washington tankers.
Webfoot chances seem best In
110-yard. 300-meter and 440
yard free styles and the 200
yard breast stroke.
Howard Hedinger is still un
defeated in the 60-yard free style,
but the Huskies' Dan Kramer Is
expected to make the race tight.
Hedinger holds the national prep
record for the 40-yard free style
at 18 seconds, set at Menlo JC
in California In the spring ot
1953.
Although Washington swim
mer I-arfy Dalrymple has the
better time in the 440-yard free
style, the Ducks’ Harry Fuller
has been Improving rapidly and
i» expected to give Dalrymple a
close contest.
Vandals Trip WSC
With 77-59 Upset
MOSCOW, Maho (APi The
Idaho Vandals, trying out some
new offensive patterns, found
the right combinations Tuesday
night to pull steadily away from
Washington State for a decisive
77-f>f* Northern Division Pacific
Coast conference basketball win.
WSC ended its season with a
5-11 division record. Idaho, which
entertains Washington for a pair
Friday ami Saturday, needs to
win both to pull out of the divi
sion cellar.
I^ed by Jay Buhler, high scorei
for the night with 26 points and
a demon on defense, the Vandals
took control of the game with the
opening tip and pulled steadily
away. They enjoyed a 20-poinl
margin midway in the second
half.
J ne cougars couldn t seem to
find either the basket or an an
swer to Idaho’s aggressiveness.
They hit a miserable 15 per cent
of their shots in the first half
and had a game average of only
26 per cent. The Vandals man
agcu to make 34 per cent of their
attempts.
VVSC appeared let down from
its upset 68-66,win over Oregon
State Saturday night and the
Cougars’ scoring punch, forward
Hon Bennink, was held to one
field goal in each half. He man
aged to hit well from the free
throw line for a 14-point total.
WSEC (59 (77) Idaho
Bennink, 14 .F. 26, Buhler
Beck, 9 .F.6, Melton
Rehder, 11 .C. 15, Sather
Klock, 6 .G. 11, Falash
Perry, 4 .G. 15, Bauschcr
Subs: WSC: Olson, 6; Nelson,
3; Garton, 6. Idaho: Monson, 4.
Halftime score: Idaho 41,
Washington State 26.
Free throws missed: Washing
ton State — Bennink, Beck, Reh
der 2, Klock, Nelson 2, Garton;
Idaho — Melton, Buhler 3, Sath
er 3, Bauscher 2, Falash 2.
CantC/tcft
waffiri
Northern Division campaign in
upending the prevlously-un
heaten Heaver five, while Ore
gon whh hard-pressed to earn
a split with the determined
Washington Huskies.
The Webfoots will travel to
Corvallis on Friday night and:
Slats Gill's forces will make the
| trip to Kugcne on Saturday with
I full houses expected for both
McArthur court and Gill coll-'
i seuni. In other action, Washing
ton's Huskies travel to Moscow
' to meet the Idaho Vandals.
Oregon Is faced with the
necessity of winning at least
one game from the Beavers
to maintain its second-place
position, unless the cellar- 1
ridden, Vandals can spring an
upset on the Huskies. The
Ducks have an 8-6 mark while
the Huskies ar« -close behind
with 6-8.
With T 3” Swede Halbrook in
action only one night in the
earlier Duck aeries with the
Beavers, the Staters barely eked
out. two wins over Oregon. They
took the Eugene game by a 56
53 count and used a two-hand
set shot by Ron Robins to win
an overtime game at Corvallis,
56-54.
Both Halbrook and present
leader dim I.osrutoff of Ore
gon will Ih* out to capture the
Northern Division scoring title,
l/oscutoff is behind Ron Ben
nlnk of WHC in total points,
but he has a better average
and one more gam** to play.
Halbrook In Homo 14 points
i back, but gaining fast and with
a few more 30-point nights
could take it all and defend
his title won last year with
888.
Loscutoff and Guard Howard
Page, the Oregon co-captains,
: wilt be playing their final games
i *n Duck uniforms in the series
and seven Beaver .seniors will
see their final league actidh,
though they play UCLA in the
| coast conference playoffs March
4 and 5.
Graduating from Gill's five will
be Tony Vlastelica, Tex White
man, Ron Robbins, Bill Toole,
Ron P’undingsland, Johnny Jar
boe and Reggie Halligan.
8'fAKl'ING AT VtiKWARD for Coach Slits Uil.’s Northern Division champion Beavers this week
end will he Jay I Van, a 6’ 5” junior from Nampa Idaho. Captain for Oregon State, Dean’s accurate
passing makes him a key playmaker for OSC and his rebounding is near the top of the squad.
Medford Retains
Top Poll Rating
For Fifth Week
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Unfaltering Medford added
two more victories last week, and
so again heads the top 10 teams
| in the weekly Associated Press
poll on high school basketball in
| Oregon.
It is the fifth straight week
Medford has headed the list, and
the second time the state’s
I sports writers have been unanim
! out in the choice. Medford has
; not been defeated since Decem
i ber, and now has a 19-1 record.
Milwaukie and Eugene follow
in order behind Medford, just as
| last week, but there was some
; reshuffling of other teams in the
: tOp 10.
North Bend, after winning two
sub-district games, moved into a
j fourth-place tie with undefeat
i ed St. Helens.
Cleveland Jumps
Cleveland of Portland jumped
■ from eighth to sixth place with
; e. pair of victories in the close
Portland race. Albany held on to
seventh place, but Astoria
i dropped from sixth to eighth be
| cause high-ranked Milwaukie
i trampled Astoria, 73-44.
The poll with the season rec
ord for each team.
, 1. Medford .19-1 120
2. Milwaukie .17-3 102
3. Eugene .17-3 91
4. tie St. Helens .18-0 76
tie North Bend ...18-0 76
6. Cleveland .15-4 54
7. Albany .16-4 36
8. " Astoria .19-3 34
9. Jefferson .13-6 27
10. Beaverton .17-4 18
Others: Pendleton 6, Dallas 5,
Reedsport 4, Milton-Freewater 3,
La Grande, Lakeview and Har
risburg 2, Powers and Baker 1.
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