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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1956)
NCAA Champ 1939 Webfoots Return Saturday Oregon’s national champion ship squad the team that caused students to dance in the streets is coming home. Members of the 1939 Ducks who swept to the NCAA basketball crown will be honored during halftime of the Oregon-California game in Mc Arthur court Saturday night. The Webfoot champions de-1 feated Cal twice in Mac court for the PCC title and the right to enter the western regional play offs where they topped Texas and Oklahoma before dropping Ohio State in the finals. Four of the 1939 stars earned All-American rating center Slim Wiptermute. forwards Laddie Gale and John Dick and guard Bob Anet. The fifth man. Wally Johansen, won all-coast and all regional selection. The entire traveling squad, with the exception of Earl Sand ness. a Coast Guard officer, and Coach Howard Hobson, who will be with his Yale hoopsters against Army Saturday, aie ex pected for the reunion. In Hob sor's place for the reunion will be John Warren, freshman coach of many of the players. OREGON’S ONLY national chairmanship basketball team, the Howard Hobson-coached 1939 crew that toppled Ohio State in the finals of the first official NCAA playoffs, will return to Mac Court Saturday for a reunion and will be honored at halftime of the Oregon-Cal game. Left to right in the front huddle are Wally Johansen, Mllm Wlntermute, I .addle <iale, Matt Pa\uiuuaN anil Bob Anet. Bark row, Tolvo Pii|>|H>, Bed Mr Neely, John l>lrk, Bob Hardy, Ted Sarpola, Karl SaadnrM, Archie Murshlk. Porky Andrews and Ford Mullen. UCLA Standouts Lead In PCC Scoring Burst LOS ANGELES — The. Pacific Coast conference basketball race opened with a brilliant outburst of scoring and accurate shooting, according to statistics from the PCC Commissioner's office. Three men averaged better than 20 points a game during the fir^t week of play, paced by UCLA's deadly guard, .Mor ris Taft, who scored 52 points on 21 field goals and 10 free throws for an average of 26 points per game. Teammate Willie Naulls was next in line with an average of 23 points a game fallowed by Oregon State’s promising sophomore. Dare Gambee, 21.0. Another sophomore. Larry Hauser of Southern California was fourth with a 16.0 average followed by Larry Beck. Wash ington State. 15.5. and Jay Buhl er and Gary Simmons. Idaho and Jim Coshow. Washington at 15.0. Southern California center Jack Lovrich set a new Confer ence game record for field goals when he connected on seven out of seven (old record: 7 of 8, Stan Christie, USC, 1950) and took over the leadership in field goal marksmanship. He tyas av eraged 80% on eight goals in 10 Lakers' Comeback Planned by Mikan MINNEAPOLIS M George M i k a n, longtime basketball great, announced Thursday night he is coming out of retirement as the team’s general manager to play with the Minneapolis Lakers in the National Basket ball association. Mikan, who amassed a 23.05 per game point average in eight years before his retirement in 1954, will be in the lineup here Saturday night when the Lakers meet Ft. Wayne, he said. Sports Staff Staff: Terry Sherwood, Larry Mullarkey and Jack Wilson. attempts. Taft has shot £6 8% ; Danny Rogers, also Southern California, 54.5', \ and Dick Wil son. Oregon State, and Jim Kaufman and Tony Psaltis. both USC. 50' ;. Bill Buusoher leads the par ade from the free throw line with a perfect 100% on 14 points in a* many attempts, (ieorge Selleck, Stanford, al>o has a perfect record on nine attempts. Boh Blake, Califor nia, has hit 100% oil fi\e at tempts. Leading rebounder is Naulls, having captured 19.6'; of all re bounds (35 rebounds in 178 op portunities!. Second is Jim Co show, Washington. 16.1% fol lowed by Bruno Boin. Washing ton. 12.8%, and Barry Brown, Stanford. 12.1%. UCLA’s fast-breaking Bruins are the top offensive team after one week of play in the confer ence while the Southern Califor nia Trojans have the sharpest shooting eye. LCLA has scored an average of *6.5 points per game to stamp itself as the undisputed scoring leader. Idaho is sec ond with 67.0, followed by Southern California, 64.0. Southern California has shot an impressive 49.5% from the floor to assume the marksman ship lead with UCLA, 42'/,, and Oregon State, 34 5V, next in line. Idaho has the best mark at the free throw line, 76.2';, followed by Washington 71.7'/,, and Stan ford, 70.6',;. UCLA has the best rebound ing percentage of 62.4' . Oregon State has rebounded at a 53.7% pace and Washington 51.7%. Defensively, Oregon State is top ranked, having allowed op ponents but 49 points a game. Washington lias allowed 30.0 and Stanford 51.5. Wasning^ton leads in another defensive department, having held opponents to 28.6',; on their field goal attempts. Oregon State has allowed 29.7% and Stanford 30%. Swimmers Select Varsity Captains la a post-practice election Wed nesday, Oregon’s frosh and var sity swimming squads chose cap tains for the 19.r»ti season. Vet erans Jerry Froebe and Yogi Matsushima were elected var sity co-captains, and the frosh squad chose Jerry Schwartz and Jeff Williams as their co-leaders. Coach John Borchardt listed his crew as small in number and expei ieiire. with only three let termen returned. Besides Froebe and Matsushima only Bob Hays has won a varsity stripe. Team members listed by Bor chardt are Froebe, Matsushima, Hays. Bob Beatty. Doug Burns, Bill Goodwin, Steve Hall, Don Jacklin anu Bill Warner. IM Schedule Friday Basketball 3:50 McClure A vs. Morton A, court 40. 3:50 Sigma Phi Epsilon A vs. Alpha Tau Omega A, court 43. 4:35 Phi Gamma Delta A vs. Phi Kappa Psi A. court 40. 4:35 Kappa Sigma A vs. Pi Kappa Alpha A, court 43. 5:15 Phi Kappa Sigma A vs. Pi Kappa Phi A, court 40. 5:15 Hunter A vs. Cherney A, court 43. Handball 4:00 Lambda Chi Alpha vs. Morton, courts 42, 44 and 40. Hogan, Nelson Return For Bing's Golf Go PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. i/P) A younger generation of pro golfers gets one. more chance Friday at two of the game’s big gest names, Ben Hogan and By ron Nelson, both retired. The two will tec off in Bing Crosby’s charity golf tournament and both have served up scores indicating they are not here just to walk around the course. Hogan posted a 05 and Nelson a 08 in practice. Duck Wrestlers Meet PSC Vikings Saturday Beginning their third year of organized competition, the Uni versity of Oregon wrestling team meets the Vikings of Port land State at Portland Saturday night. In preliminary action, the Oregon freshman squad meets Vancouver high school. The varsity will face a team whose past record and number of returning lettermen promise strong competition. Of Oregon’s five losses and one tie during the 1955 schedule, one setback and the tie were by the Vikings. Portland State lost only two team matches in Intercollegiate competition last year. Ironically, three of the nine-man Duck team are former PSC wrestlers. Roy Schlesser, PCL rannerup. Jack McBrien and Lee Allen, a oue time Greco-Roman champ, have all previously attended Portland State. Of particular interest to Uni versity fans will be the partici ! pation of J. C. Wheeler in Satur day night's encounter. Wheeler, better known for his football prowess, will wrestle in his first interscholastic match. Untested this season, the fresh crew lists two former OSAA champions on the roster. Jim Olrr.stead of Sweet Horne and Jim Beaton of Lebanon both won state diadems, and should lead the yearlings to another strong season. The tentative varsity and frosh lineups are as follows: Varsity 123 lbs. Roy Schler.ser 130 lbs. Lee Allen 137 lbs. Jack McBrein 147 lbs. Dave Newland 157 lbs. Jay Diet ing 167 lbs. George Kruplcka 177 lbs. Ken Kesey Unlimited J. C. Wheeler Frosh 123 lbs. Ron O’Connor 130 lbs. Jim Olmstead 137 lbs. Tim Berg 147 lbs. Pete Clierchinsky 157 lbs. Jim Beaton 167 lbs. Bob Snyder 177 lbs. Dave Kish Unlimited LeRoy Todd STUDENTS Last Day to Return Books Purchased This Term. MONDAY, Jan. 16 C ^UNIVERSITY CO OP "THt STUDtNT A12JL fI 1_J SHISLER'S FOOD MARKET Groceries — Fresh Produce — Meats I Mixers — Beverages — Magazines — Ice Cream OPEN FROM 9 A M. DAILY & SUNDAYS 13th at High St. TILL 11:00 m Dial 4-1342
