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By Jack Wilson
Emerald Sports Writer ■■■
The 1955 Oregon Frosh basketball campaign is now history,
and it makes interesting- if somewhat painful, reading. Mostly
it was just a case of too much Have C.ambee. The big Oregon
State Rook forward led the Junior Aggies to four straight
triumphs over the home crew, and without those losses the
season would have been a pretty fair one. It started with a
bang. Don Kirsch’s bc^s rolled to convincing wins over the
Portland Police (74-48) and Linfield’s Jayvees (71-62) in the
season’s openers.
Then Westfir A.C. edged the Ducklings. 65-63, in their
first road trip. Two losses, 61-47 and 66-53, to the Rooks
were followed by two more—60-54 to Martin Signs of Eu
gene and 68-66 to Fernandez Loggers of Longview, both
powerful AAU quints. Finally the Frosh found the right
combination, and they outclassed Marion Motors of Salem,
68-50 and tripped Clark JC of Vancouver, 67-56. The Duck
lings showed signs of slowing up as they barely got by
Portland Air Base, 80-78. And on the next night they were
severely trounced, 81-64, by Dahl-Penne, also of Portland.
The following weekend's road trip to W-ashington saw the
Frosh wallop Moore’s Drive-in of Vancouver. 96-69, and fall
again to Fernandez, this time by an 81-72 count. The twin
one-point losses to OSC over the last weekend gave the Frosh
a 6-9 record for the season.
Squad Didn t Jell
It would be next-to-impossible to find one reason for the
below-par season. Somehow the squad didn’t quite seem to
“jell." In occasional spurts, they looked tremendous; at other
times they didn’t appear to know what a basketball was.
Probably the high point of the season came in the disturbance
with Clark JC's Penguins on February 5. The Ducklings
took on the top junior college club in Southern Washington
and toppled them with sheer hustle on a magnificent come
back. But all in all, it wasn’t a season for stuffing and mount
ing.
As for positions on next year’s varsity, the pickings look
pretty slim for the Ducklings. With the Webfoots losing
only two (admittedly the top two) from their second-place
squad- it isn’t going to be easy for anybody to find a spot
in the lineup. Best prospect from the yearlings to fill Jim
Loscutoff’s shoes is 6’ 5" Paul Tuchardt, who led the Duck
lings in scoring and rebounding from the first of the season.
But he’ll be bucking an experienced front line of.Max An
derson, Jerry Ross and Ray Bell, plus fi. wealth of reserve
strength. Tuchardt has beautiful touch on his favorite hook
shot, and he seldom missed when he got it away. But he was
stopped several times this season by good defensive teams
who could keep the ball away from him and stop him before
he could take a shot.
Duffy Improves
Improving by leaps and bounds, 6’6” Center Ilal Duffy
became one of the team’s top scorers by the end of the season
and was also Oregon’s power on the boards in the last Oregon
State series. If “Duf” keeps up his rate of improvement, he’ll
definitely be varsity material, as will Dave Wanaka, who
averaged nearly ten points per game and got his share of the
rebounds. But Wanaka, at 6.’3", may have trouble jumping
against the skyscrapers of varsity competition. Eli Morgan,
6‘ 5” center from Portland, didn’t see any action this year be
cause of a knee operation, but there may be a place for him
in Bill Borcher’s plans.
Although Phil McHugh is a fixture at one varsity guard
spot, Howard Page’s empty position may possibly be filled
by one of the Frosh backcourt men. Wendy Rasor and the
much-improved Bob Ayre are the top prospects, with Wimp
Hastings a possibility only if his scoring pace picks up.
Rasor, and Ayre, both deadly on one-handers and jump
shots, were also efficient in defense and ball-handling.
Hastings generally-played a flawless floor game, but failed
to find the hoop with any regularity.
We’ll have to unpack the crystal ball to look over next
year’s Duckling five. Actually, all we can do is daydream.
Some of the seniors around the state whom we’d like to see
performing for the Frosh include"; Mike Moran- of course,
(should be here, unless another Dean Parsons occurs) ; Red
Bloedel and Ted Miller (Mihvaukie’s big two ... sparked the
Mustangs’ state champs last year); Dick Jolley (unanimous
All-City for Cleveland); and the whole Medford first five.
Nestor Quintet
Captures Frosh
Bowling Crown
Nestor hall, with only a game
and one-half to spare, narrowly
attained the freshman Intramural
championship Monday, despite
losing a game to French A in a
match that could have gone
either way. Nestor, who won IU
games against French’s 2'2 yes
terday squeezed into first place
with a 21 -20 edge over French.
Although French defeated the
Frosh champs 22(12-2155, they
couldn't finish higher than sec
ond place after leadnig the
league until last week, when Nes
tor overtook them. Leading
French's attack was Don Jack
lin with a 183 high game and a
513 series. Nestor's Kay Chris
tenson led the league’s winners
with a 191 game and 554 series,
high for the afternoon.
Sherry Ross edged the Hunter
hall five 2143-1920, keeping the
losers in third place. Bob Ki
noshita topped Sherry Ross with
a 454 series. Tom Hale totaled
the highest game with 188. The
Hunter rollers were led by Fred
Berg with a 474 series.
Sederstrom hall registered an
easy triumph in the league's fi
nale with 2042-1880 over French
B. Sedcrstrom's Bill' Staples
notched the afternoon's highest
game with 216 plus a 516 series.
Cameron Thom sparked the los
ers with a 457 series. -
Although Nestor copped the
league crown. French was super
ior in total pins with 16,935 to
Nestor's 16,587. Other league
honors went to Don Jacklin,
French, and Ray Christenson,
Nestor, averaging 181 per game.
The winners of the four intra
mural league championships are
scheduled to roll off next Tues
day in the round robin.
Prep Hoop Ratings
Led by Medford
PORTLAND (AP)- Medford,
with twenty consecutive wins,
continues to lead the weekly As
sociated Press high school bas
ketball poll as playoffs open for
the right to go to the state tour
nament.
Medford, the Southern Oregon
power, picked up 124 votes, de
fending state champion Milwau
kie placed second with 110, and
Eugene, second in the last two
state tourneys, came in third
with 105.
Webfoot Bowlers
Capture Class C
The University of Oregon bowl
ing team captured first place in
class C in the recently complet
ed Oregon Men’s Bowling tour
nament at Coos Bay. The Web
foot keglers coached by Lou Bell
isimo finished with 2706 pins for
three games.
Bob Boyle led the Ducks with
615 (239-181-195). Other scores
were Scott Page 600, Blake Bog
gess 532, Bryce Reimer 502, and
Dan Garcia 457.
Handball Slots Filled
As Three Advance
In the Physical Education de
partment's individual handball
tournament, Sam Kent, Howard
Sussman and Dick Bray have ad
vanced to the semi-finals. The
other semi-final slot will be filled
by the winner of the Jim Barlow
Jack Morris match.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: Buzz Nelson.
Staff: Jack Wilson, Jerry
Claussen, Elliot Carlson.
Records Set
By Loscutoff
Jim Losoutoff, Oregon’s happy
hotshot, stood virtually alone in
statistics for Duck basketball
after the Webfoot hoop team
finished up its Northern Division
season last weekend against Ore
gon State.
The big army veteran prac
tically rewrote the record book
in offensive achievements for the
Ducks in both the 10-game con
ference schedule and total season
play. Loscutoff's biggest claim
to fame, of course, was In win
ning the Northern Division scor
ing crown with 314 points, the
third highest total in ND history.
He also topped the rebound col
umn.
Among Isiseutoff's Oregon
records for the conference sea
son were field goals, 121; field
goal attempts, 358; points, 314,
and rebounds, 282. All four of
these records were previously
held by Chet Noe who turned
in marks of 103, 204 and 220
respectively in 1933. I-osfut
off’s rebound and field goal at
tempt totals are also new
Northern Division marks.
Loscutoff’s single-game rec
ords set in 1955 include field goal
attempts, 32; rebounds, 32, and
points. 35. His 29 rebounds in a
game against Idaho set a new
1 Northern Division mark former
ly held by both Bob Peterson and
Chet Noe of past Duck teams.
For the full 26-game Oregon
sehedule, I.oscutoff missed
both the school's rebound and
point records by narrow mar
gins. His 505 points was only a
shade behind Dlek Wilkins'
1943 record of 514, although
Wilkins played In several more
games than (ltd Isisciitoff. Th**
liurly Webfnot rnitrr'n total of
448 rebounds wit alto clone to
the record of 465 act by Peter
son In 10.12.
Ay. a team the Duck* also net
new school, as well as conference,
records. The 1955 total of 794 re
bounda for the 1ft game* broke
both Oregon's and the ND rec
ord of 757 ad by the Oregon
team of 1951. when Curt Barclay,
Loscutoff and Peterson were the
"Three Bearn" under the boards.
The VVebfoot* alao broke the
free throw attempt record for the
school with 50 losses In the Se
attle game. They twice missed
21 free throws In a game to tie
the school record. Their 77 re
bounds in the first Brigham
Voting game was a new Oregon
mark, also. The team missed 197
free throws during the confer
ence season to set another school
mark.
In final NI) statistics, tiuurd
Howard Page finished second
to Losrutoff In total scoring
after edging Mu* Anderson us
a result of the OHC‘ series.
Oregon's
scoring:
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