UCLA to Visit Beavers
in Final Coast Playoff
A UCLA Bruin basketball
team boasting the best overall
record in its history moves into
Corvallis thsi weekend to meet
the Oregon State Beavers in the
last North-South Coast confer
ence playoff, a best-of-three se
ries.
Coach Johnny Wooden’s speedy
five, ranked ninth in the nation,
has compiled a 21-3 record this
season, and swept to the South
ern Division title with an 11-1
mark. Two of the Bruin losses,
later avenged, came at the hands
of top-ranking San Francisco and
SD runner-up Stanford. LaSalle
topped UCLA in an Eastern tour
nament for the only other Bruin
defeat.
The series will hail the clos
ing of the divided league, with
PCC teams playing a round
robin schedule as one circuit.
Both UCLA and OSC ended
the last division seasons by
losing only one league game,
the Beavers posting a 15-1
mark In the North.
Gill coliseum, site of the NCAA
Western regionals March 11-12,
will host the PCC playoff games
as well. Reserved seats in the
10,000-seat court palace are gone
for Friday and Saturday, but
Monday tickets (if that gnme is
needed) are still available.
Tradition favors the home
team for these plyaoffs, with the
visiting team having won only.
three times since 193f>. l*SC won 1
| at Corvallis in 1935, Stanford j
won at Pullman in 1937 and
Washington took California at
Berkeley in 1948.
The last Bruin championship
team was in 1952 when the
1'clans defeated Washington
to reach the regionals. They
finished thirteenth in the na
tion. They took a seventh-place
finish nationally in 1950 when
WILDLIFE n.
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By Phil White
Emerald Sports Writer
When we first had an Oregon hunter point out a Valley
Quail and try to tell us that it was a Rob White, we won
dered what kind of nimrods they raided out here in Oregon.
Since that time we have found that it wasn’t only one hunter.
We have noticed that most Oregon hunters pay no attention
to the quail.
If you told a southern bird shooter that the quail wasn’t
worth paying attention to, he’d think you were ready for
the men in the white suits. In the Southeast “quail” and
“bird” are synonymous.
When you go “bird shooting" down South, vou’re going
quail hunting. The Southeast i>n’t the only part of the coun
try infected this way. In many parjs of Arizona, California,
Texas and Idaho the quail is the most sought after upland
game bird.
Weather Hard on Quail, Too
Oregon is blessed with three varieties of quail. There is
the Bob Y\ hite, the Valley Ouail and the Mountain Quail.
The Bob White has not been able to adapt himself very
well to the Oregon climate, but there are some in the agri
cultural areas around Eugene.
The Valley Quail- or California Quail as it is often
called, is the most abundant species in Oregon. It is about
the same size as the Bob White and has a slate blue color.
The three feathers that stick about one and one-half inches
up in the air on the head is a ready identification mark.
The Valley Quail is called by many of our experienced
hunters the greatest game bird of them all.
The Mountain Quail is the largest of the quail familv.
It weighs in at about nine or ten ounces compared to the
valley quail’s seven ounces. It is similar to the valley quail
in coloration and general appearance, but has a larger top
knot.
Birds Close to Campus
All three types are found near Eugene. This past season
we found two covies of valley quail and a covey of Bob
Whites about four miles down the Willamette river from
Eugene. A couple of weeks ago we found a nice covev of
mountain quail along the McKenzie river. That’s no more
than six miles from campus.
Why don't Oregonians hunt these quail? At first this
was a difficult question for us to understand. We finally
figured out a few solutions. (1) The season is short, .and
it is concurrent with the pheasant season. (2) Quail are
small and hard to hit and (3) to be really successful, you
need a dog.
We think that the last solution is the most important.
Hunting dogs cost- quite a bit and since it’s rather hard for
most of us to smell a covey of quail, the quail get off cheap.
Dog Needed for Best Results
This necessity of a clog does limit your shooting while
you're in college. But if you have the chance to hunt with
someone who does own a pointing dog, don’t pass up the
opportunity. It’s a thrill worth experiencing.
As for shooting pheasants instead of quail, that’s strictly
a matter of preference. Hunting never pays off monetarily
any more, so you can’t consider the size of the meal when
deciding what to hunt. It’s the sport that counts, and these
little buzz bombs can provide plenty of sport.
they dropped Washington
State twice in u row.
Oregon State’s last two coast
championship teams vverein 1947
and 1949. The Beavers went on
to fifth and fourth places in the
NCAA running.
Slats Gill, coach of the four
teenth ranked Beavers, indicated
Monday that he would use a
starting lineup for the games
composed of Jay Dean and Tony
Vlustelica at forwards and Bill
Toole and Reggie Hatligan at
guards, with T 3" Swede Hal
brook in the pivot slot. Usual
starter Ron Robins will be on
hand for reserve guard duty as
will be Forwards Tex Whiteman
and Johnny Jarboe.
The flushy Bruins boast an
all-veteran lineup, with three
year letternien Ronnie Bane.
Don Bragg and Johnny Moore
leading the team. Others on the
starting quint are Guurd Mor
ris Taft and Center Willie
Nuulls, both one-year vets.
All of the Bruin first five is
averaging over ten points a game
for the season and the team is
extremely well-balanced, in con
trast to the Staters, who rely
mostly on the giant Halbrook for
their offense.
Big High Schools
Favor Dropping
Slate Playoffs
PORTLAND (API —Adminis
trators of the state’s larger high
schools are in favor of dropping
the state football and baseball
championship playoffs, the Ore
gdh School Activities associa
tion reported Tuesday.
This is expected to come up
for discussion at the next meet
ing of the association.
Small Schools Favor Playoffs
The associations March bul
letin said administrators in class
A-l schools voted 26-17 and
those in A-2 schools 41-26 to
eliminate football playoffs. Those
from class B schools, however,
voted 76-41 to retain the play
offs. The total vote thus was
119-108 to continue the play
offs.
The A-l and A-2 schools voted
heavily against baseball play
offs, and class B schools favored
them only by a small margin
The total was 122-101 against
baseball playoffs.
Hoop, Track Meets Okay
The basketball playoffs and
the state track meet found favor.
The administrators voted 208-18
for basketball and 204-19 for the
track meet.
The next meeting of the asso
ciation will be at the time of the
state track meet.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: Charles Mitchel
more.
Staff: Jerrold Claussen, Robert
Rogers, Jr., Allen Johnson, John
Marsh, Phillip White.
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NO MORE FINES
Holdout Players
Signed by Clubs
By HILL GRIMSLEY
Associated Press Sports Writer
Major league baseball clubs
waited tensely for Commissioner
Ford Frick's Iron fist to fall
again Tuesday on practice jump
ers, but it didn’t, and so from
Arizona to Florida the big base
ball training push opened in rou
tine fashion.
Frick fined the Milwaukee
baseball club $500 and It of its
players a total of $625 Monday
for beating the gun on the March
1 workout date. He hinted oth
ers were coming. Brooklyn and
Detroit, in particular, squirmed,
flight more players signed
contracts, including Cleve
land’s I-arry Ilohy, leaving 26
listed holdouts. Several In this
group uere expected to deliver
contracts momentarily.
The National league had only
four holdouts, with six of its
clubs having all help properly
employed. Pittsburgh still hadn't
signed outfielder Frank Thomas
and pitcher Vein Law. The Mil
waukee Braves had two holdouts
in infielders George Crows and
Bill Caro.
i lie American was having its
troubles with balkers, particular
ly the champion Cleveland In
dians, which had nine left un
signed. These included such big
names as Karly Wynn and Bob
Avila. Doby signed for a re
ported $33,000.
The Washington Senators
signed three players—Kny Mo
vers, Jim Busby and Bob Por
terfield—but .still had to con
tend with the demands of in
fielders Mickey Vernon and
Eddie lost, neither In camp.
The Boston Hod Sox, still un
certain about Ted W’illlams,
came to terms with infielder Ted
Lepico and pitcher A l Srhroli at
Sarasota, Fla., but still dickered
with catcher Sam White and
rookie pitcher George Susce.
The Kansas City Athletics an
| nounced the signing of Cloyd
Boyer but had no enouraging
word from four others, pitchers
John Gray and Ed Burtschy, in
I fielder Forest Jacoby ami third
baseman Jim Finlgan. Brooklyn
signed pitcher Ron Negray.
Baltimore counted three hold
outs—I .on K ret low, Jim ,\|r
Donuld and ('ul Abrams—while
Detroit hadn't received the
contract of plteher Bob Crur.e.
Cleveland’* holdout, beside*
■ Wynn und Avila, were Hob
Hooper, Bill Wight, Hank Agu
irre, lime PHIUey, Wally West
lake, Itudy Itegaldo und Hunk
Follr*.
A mystery almost equal to that
I surrounding the plant) of Ted
' williams developed In the case
| of Billy Martin, the New York
| Yankees’ pubittatic second base
man who is in the Army. There
| were wild reports that Billy
j might lie available right away.
Martin settled this matter him
self. however, from Colorado
* Springs. Colo., where he said he
hopes to be out of Army garb
and In Yankee uniform by early
July.
At Vero Bruch, Flu.. Brook
lyn's Boy < untpunellu gave Ills
Injured left hund u rrul test
ut hut and reported It us good
us ever. He said It was the
first time he hud gripped the
hat sulkily since the 1958
World Series. The hund Wus
operated on u second time lust
full.
The Yankees' rookie catcher.
Elston Howard, first Negro on
the Yankee squad. hobbled
through a workout from a knee
injury suffered tn Pu< rto Rico.
There also was a noticeable
limp at Lakeland, Fla., where
first baseman Ferris Fain, ob
tained by the Detroit Tigers from
the Chicago White Sox, favored
the Knee he jammed last season.
A.I Bradenton, Fla . ICridie
Mathews, who Just signed his
Milwaukee contract, weighed tn
at 200 pounds and proclaimed
himself m better shape than last
spring. But at Fort Myers, Fla.,
manager Fred Haney warned his
cellar .dwelling Pittsburgh Pi
rates to be careful of the sun —
they might get sunburned.
Player
Lo*CtltofT, f
Anderson, c
Page, g
McHugh, g
Hell, f
Bingham. i ,
Moore, g
Xelson, g
Sherman, g
McManus, f
Werner, c
Cost!, g
Borrevik, c
James, g
Lundell, g
Anderson, g
McLain, f
Oregon Totals
Opponents «...
Duck Records
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26 249
26 208
26 201
25 144
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91
79
59
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281 10.8 74
79 3.1 79
191 7.3 40
79 3.1 53
101 4.1 80
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10 6
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