Beavers Slate
Playoff Action
A high-scoring, fast-breaking
UCLA team will tangle with the
nation’ll third-ranked defensive
club in Oregon State an the Pa
cific Coast conference baaketball
title for 1955 is decided In a best
of-three game series at Corvallis
tonight, .Saturday and Monday, if
necessary.
Sellout crowds arc indicated
for spacious Gill Coliseum as the
two tearna battle for a spot in
the NCAA Western regional
playoffs, also scheduled for Cor
vallis March 11-12. Utah's Sky
line conference champs are the
only team entered thus far, with
KEC.UIK HALLHiAN
(ini'B Against Bruins
an elimination tourney in San
Franriseo next week to decide
the two entries-at-large.
SeuMimtl records are on the
aide of the Bruins, as they
elalm a 21-3 mark against the
Beavers' slate of 18-7. In ad
dition, they have beaten top
ranked Kan Francisco, tenth
ranked Dayton and Big Seven
champ Missouri.
The two teams have also met
some common opponents in
Southern California, San Fran
cisco, Santa Clara and Califor
nia. OSC lost two to USC, and
once each to the other three,
while beating Santa Clara once.
The Bruins played the four teams
a total of 12 times, and lost only
one, to San Francisco.
The balance of the Oregon
State defeats, however, came
when 7’8" Center Swede Hal
hrook was out of the lineup.
The Beavers lost just once, to
Washington State, after the
Swede became eligible in Jan
uary. The other Bruin losses
were to LaSalle and Stanford.
Since Coach Johnny Wooden
has been at the Westwood school,
the Bruins have split four play
off series. They lost to OSC at
Corvallis in 1949, topped Wash
ington State in Los Angeles in
1950, dropped two in a row to
Washington in Seattle in 1951
and took the Huskies at West
wood in 1952.
The hot-shooting Bruins have
u season's firing mark of .410
while averaging 76.2 points per
game. All five regulars are
shooting 38 per cent or better
from the field, and the squad's
fowl nhot mark In 70 per rent.
While the Beavers boast a
rock-ribbed defensive game, giv
ing up only 53.6 points per game,
their offensive mark is only 58.3.
The team shooting average is
.363 from the floor and .665 from
the foul line.
UCLA’s veteran lineup Is
extremely well-balanced, with j
four regulars hitting over ten |
points a game. Forward* Ron- 1
nle Kane and Johnny -Moore
and Guard Don Bragg are
four-year performers, while j
Center Willie Naulls and Guard
Morris Taft are playing their
second season under Wooden.
Moore and Naulls, at 6" 5”, are
the two big men In the Bruin
front line, lead the team in re
bounds and are also 1-2 in scor
ing. Moore has a 14.3 average
while Naulls is right behind at
13.4. Taft claims 12.5 and Bane
har 11.0. Bragg, who operates
equally well at forward and
guard, has a 7.5 average.
Forward Tony Viastellca,
playing in all 26 games, leuds
the Beavers in seasonal scoring
with r total of 301 points, or
a 11.5 average. Ilalbrook, play
ing in just 15 games, had an
average of 19.6. Ilalbrook was
tops in field goal percentage
und Vlastelieu was the team’s
free throw ace.
The Bruins arrived in Corval
lis Thursday afternoon and took .
a light drill at the Coliseum.
Starters for the Bruins will
probably be the regular five of
Bane, Bragg, Taft, Naulls and
Moore, while Ilalbrook. Vlaste
Uca, Reggie Halligan, Bill Toole
and Jay Dean will probably open
for the Northern Division
champs.
Coaches Pick
OSC, Bruins
Two of the top coaches on the t
Pacific Coast have offered vari
ous reasons why OSC and UCLA j
should be the winner in the com
ing PCC playoff series at Cor-1
vallis.
Tippy Dye of Washington
picks the Beavers to win be
cause of superior bench strength,
and figures the home court to be
an advantage also. He expected a
three-game series and said that
UCLA "may run themselves out
of gas."
On the other hand, Coach For
rest Twogood of Southern Cali
fornia, whose team took the Bea
vers two-out-of-three in the
PCC finals last year at Long
Beach, tabbed the Bruins to win
and go on to the Western re
gionals.
Twogood said that UCLA had
a better-type team to play
against Oregon State than did
his club a year ago. He added,
“Those Uclans have great spring
in their legs and for that reason
the difference in height will not
be as great a factor against them
as it was against us.”
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: Allen Johnson.
Staff: Jerry Claussen, Chuck
Mitchelmore, Don Lovett.
Duck Wrestlers
Continue Drills
Oregon's varsity wrestling;
team continued its drills this |
week in preparation for the com-1
ing Pacific Coast Intercollegiate,
Wrestling championships at San
Luis Obispo March 11-12.
The Duck grapplers, Oregon
State, Stanford, California and
San .lose State are among the
top teams fighting for the
crown held last year by Wash
ington State’s Cougars.
The Cougars and Oregon State
ate among the top contenders for
first place. Karlier in the sea
son the Beavers tipped the cham
pion Cougars by a 16-15 score to
snap the WSC win streak at 27
consecutive victories.
The Cougars will have re- .
turning champions Byron Nel
son, Kichard Gibson, Del Mc
Ghee and Vaughn Hitchcock as
well as runner-up Skip Plxley
in the heavyweight division.
The challenging Beavers are
led by champions Art Keith in
the 147-lb. class and Gary Mc
Lain in the 123-lb. group, and are
backed by a strong and promis
ing squad of sophomores.
Oregon will have defending
champion Roy Schlesser in the
r
115-lb. dash and t.trong hopes
for Dave Now land in tho 147
lb. r-laHH, Bob Williams in tho
137-lb. ola»*H, and Kon Kesey
In tho 177-lb. class.
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Ali-ND Forward
CORVALLIS (AP)—Three re
peaters were named to the 1955
Northern Division all-star team
here today. Dean Parsons of
Washington, Ron Bennink of!
WSC and Swede Halbrook of
Oregon State are the trio. Ore
gon's Jim Losctuoff and Idaho’s
Harlan Melton complete the
team.
Jay Dean, Tony Vlastelica and
Ron Robins of OSC; Jay Buhler
of Idaho and WSC's Bill Rehder
were named to the second team,
while Howard Page and Max An
derson of Oregon, Reggie Hal
ligan of OSC, Doyle Perkins and
Jim Coshow of Washington and
Bill Bauscher and Bob Falash of
Idaho were given honorable men
tion.
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A Campus-to-Career Case History
“This is what I did yesterday”
“I like a job that keeps me jumping,”
says Bill Jermain, C.E. from Marquette,
’52. “And my first management assign
ment with Wisconsin Telephone Com
pany does just that. I’m Service
Foremanat Sheboygan,with nine install
ers, and that means variety of responsi
bility. But judge for yourself. Here’s
a quick run-down of what I did yester
day, on a typical day—
8:10—“Checked day’s work schedule.
One of my new men was putting in a
buried service wire, and I went over the
job specs with him to be sure he had
things straight.
8:30—“Answered mail while my clerk
checked time sheets from previous day.
9:30—“Out to supervise installation of
the first aluminum Outdoor Telephone
Booth in my exchange. Reviewed the
assembly instructions w ith the installers,
then arranged for special tools and bolts
to be delivered to the job.
11:30—“Drove across town. Made a
complete ‘quality inspection’ on a tele
phone we installed last week. Everything
checked O.K.
12:00-“Lunch.
1:00—“Picked up film for next day’s
safety meeting. Watched the film, made
notes for discussion.
2:00—“Met with moving company
manager to estimate cost of telephone
cable lifting for a house moving job.
Drove the route he had planned and
worked out schedule for construction
crews.
3:30—“Returned to aluminum booth in
stallation. Went over wiring specs with
the electrician.
4:00—'“Stopped at Central Office to
pick up next day’s orders. Met installers
at garage as they checked in and assigned
next day’s work.”
Bill has been in his present job about a year, and is
looking forward to new responsibilities as his expe
rience increases ... as are the many young college
men who have chosen telephone careers. If you'd be
interested in a similar opportunity with a Bell tele
phone company ... or with Bell Telephone Labora
tories, Western Electric or Sandia Corporation . . . see
4 your Placement Officer for full details.
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