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
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