Cougars, Vandals Next for Ducks
UO Coach Cites
Deliberate Play
Vital in UW Win
Coach Steve Belko was a
pleased man Monday following
his Oregon team's 57-53 basket
ball victory over the University
of Washington in McArthur
Court Saturday night.
The petsonable coach cited
several reasons for Oregon's first
Pacific Coast Conference victory:
1. “We played a decent defen
sive game."
2. “We didn't make too many
mistakes. The kids have the
poise.”
3. “We played deliberate ball
because i\e wanted to he on
the offense as much as pos
sible. We didn't want to get
too many fouls called against
us.
4. "Our shooting was up to par
again. That was what hurt us
the previous weekend in Los An
geles.”
5. “Our board play was pretty
good. I think we out-rebounded
them by two or three. Washing
ton had been getting more re
bounds than its opponents even
■when it lost.”
Belko's strategy of holding on
to the ball as much as possible
worked effectively against the
Huskies. The Ducks outshot
Washington .464 to .367: out
rebounded the Huskies 39 to 37:
and had only 15 fouls called
against them—probably a low for
the Webfoots this season.
* Doug Smart the Huskies'
massive 6’7” center scored 27
points against Oregon but no
one else on the squad scored
more than six.
"We concentrated on Smart."
Belko said Monday, “but we
didn’t concentrate on only him.
We were worried about their out
side boys (guards Dick Crews
and John Tuft) as well, and con
centrated some of our efforts on
them."
As a result the Crews-Tuft duo
were held to just 12 points be
tween them throughout the
evening.
Jerry Anderson received the
special mention of Belko for
his play against the Huskies.
"Ander>on is coming along at
the guard position,” he said.
The Webfoots now return to
drills for their upcoming north
ern clashes against Washington
State and Idaho this weekend.
Oregon will stage Mac Court
practices until Wednesday wdien
they leave for the Palouse
country.
JERRY ANDERSON
Shines at New Position
OREGON FORWARD Charlie Franklin is shown jumping a shot toward banket as thicks prepare
for weekend trek to Inland Empire to meet Washington State and Idaho. Sophomore forward Dale
Herron attempts to Idoek Franklin’s shot in Mon Jay afternoon practice session. Other Webfoots
pictured from left to right are Jerry Anderson, Chuck Rask, George l‘ado\an and llal Duffy.
Bruins, Bears Gain Lead
In Conference Hoop Action
PCC Standing*
I California
Oregon State
Idaho
CSC
Oregon
Washington
Stanford
COLA
W L Pet
.5 1 .883
5 1 .833
.2 I .6“'
t 2 .677
4 3 .571
1 3 .250
1 4 .200
1 4 .200
W ashington State l 5 .167
by dick mckinney
Emerald Sports Writer
Pacific Coast Conference bas
ketball standings were juggled
considerably this past weekend
as UCLA and California knocked
1 OSC out of the lead. California 1
gained a first place tie by de- j
j feating Stanford on Friday and
Oregon State on Saturday.
UCLA defeated cross-town ri
val USC in two bitterly contested
games to gain a tie for first
place with defending champion
California.
The Bruins of UCLA were a
half game behind the Trojans
when they met at Pan-Pacific
auditorium in Los Angeles
Friday night. UCLA guard
Walt Torrance stole the ball
with 35 seconds remaining in
the first game and scored to
give UCLA a close 52-51 vic
tory.
Pacing the Bruins was Dennis
Crum who scored 17 points.’
USC's Jim Pugh led the Trojans
with 18 points followed by Jim j
Hanna with 14.
Jim Halsten’s basket with 27
seconds left on Saturday night
for UCLA tied the tilt at 67-67 ;
and the Bruins went on to win
by a 80-75 score in overtime. '
Pacing the victors was Walt Tor
rance who hit for 24. Top scorer
for the losing Trojans was Jack |
Mount who scored 22 in a losing j
cause.
USC’s defeat dropped the
Trojans from second place in
conference standings with a
4-1 record to fifth with 4-3.
Cal's defending champions top
ped lowly Stanford on Friday by
a 60-45 score. The Bears led all
the way and had a 32-24 advan
tage at halftime. Don McIntosh
of California topped individual
scoring with 16 counters. Stan
ford's flashy sophomore John
Arillaga led Stanford with 12.
Stanford's defeat dropped them
to a seventh place tie with Wash
ington.
Oregon State's high-riding
Beavers were Cal’s next vic
tim. The Bears lost their only
game of the young conference
season to coach Slats Gill's
Beavers in the opening game
of the season two weeks ago.
This time, however, Cal was a
little too much for Oregon State
as coach Pete Newell's defending
champs took advantage of a
Keg Squads Tied
For League Leads
In Tuesday's IM bowling sec
tion, Don Jacklin of Delta Upsi
lon and Jack Bradley of Sigma
Nu tied for high average hon
ors, both had a 177 average.
Also in the same section, Ken
Johnson of Sigma Chi copped the
high series title with a 508 total
for three games. Bill Rose was
high man of the Tuesday section
with a 196 individual game.
In the Wednesday section,
Nishioka of Hale Kane took the
high series laurels with a 174.
High Game honors went to But
ler of Barrister Inn with an even
200 game. High series went to
Page of Alpha Tau Omega with
a 517 for the set.
Tuesday League \V L OB
Delta Upsilon .4 0 —
Campbell Club .4- 0 -—
Sigma Nu .3 1 1
Sigma Chi .2 2 2
Phi Kappa Psi . 2 2 2
Phi Kappa Sigma .1 3 3
Tau Kappa Epsilon .0 4 4
Young Hall .0 4 4
Wednesday League W L GB
Hale Kane .4 0 —
Pi Kappa Alpha .4 0 —
Delta Tau Delta .3 1 1
Alpha Tau Omega.3 1 1
Barrister Inn .1 3 3
Phi Gamma Delta .1 3 3
Beta Theta Pi .0 4 4
Sigma Alpha Mu .0 4 4
scoring drouth for Oregon State
and won by 61-51.
The 51 points scored by Ore
gon State was the lowest output
by the Beavers for the season.
Cal was led by guard A1 Buch's
14 points and Dave Gambee of
OSC topped all individual point
getters with 15. Oregon State is
now tied with Idaho for third
place.
Idaho's Gary Simmons scor
ed 50 points in two nights to
lead Idaho to tvio one-sided
victories over Washington
State. On Friday night >im
nions scored 25 as the Vandals
smashed WSC by H5-67.
Simmons scored 25 again on
Saturday night as his team rolled
to a comparatively easy 67-58
victory. Idaho's two victories
have put them in a tie with OSC
for third and Washington State's
losses dropped them to the cel
lar.
Oregon won their first con
ference game of the season Sat
urday night as they defeated the
disappointing Washington Hus
kies. Oregon spotted an early
Washington lead and held on to
; their lead to gain a 57-53 vic
tory.
• : .. ) mm . ~ . <•
OREGON’S HOOPERS hope
that this will lx* the result of
its Pacific Coast Conference
against Washington State. The
Ducks meet the Cougars on
Friday night at Pullman and
Idaho on Saturday night at
Moscow. (Art by Les Gong)
Vandal's Coach
Calls Hoopsters
'Best in Years'
(Kditor'* noli*: follow lug In I hi*
outlook for Idaho’s bil«krtlMll
team writ ion e\clusl\M> for
The Knierald b> the H|mrl>i
editor of thi* Idiilio Xrgoiiitiit,
IIhIkHI Chapin. Stcvr Itrlko'n
Oregon Wohfoots moot the \un
daN (Ills Saturday at Minrim.)
Us ItW KtHT C II \I*IN
The 1957-58 Idaho Varulal bas
betball team, which coach Harlan
Hodge* has called the bed In hla
four year* at the school, raced
to an 8-2 pre-conference record
and haa given indication that
thia may tie "the year” for Idaho
in the PCX’ race.
Strong rebounding, plus vastly
improved shooting, have been the
keys to the early season Idaho
success.
Vandal guard <.ur\ Simmon*,
who hit .IX |Milnt« against tin
I n< I rujans at I«os Viiji'Im
and hua topped l*CC scorer*
much of th<- M'UMin, ha* Imm-ii
the spark of flit- Idaho attach.
Forward Jim Branom. the tall
! est man on the squad at 6-7. and
i 0-4 center Gary M< Ewen have
| provided most of the rebounding
. ntrength.
They have been helped, how*
• ver. by Jumping John Llveiou.i,
la Louisville, Kentucky,
sophomore, who haa shown great
promise In his initial varatty sca
son.
I.ivrloii*, who is equulh adept
on offense or defense. led the
finest freshman squad in liis
tor> at Idaho tun years ago
lint sat out last season due to
scholastic ineligibility.
Hounding out the stalling five
is guard Whaylon Coletnan, per
haps the moat consistent eager on
the squad. Coleman has averaged
around 10 points a game this sea
son and is the team's playmaker.
Hal Damiano, one of the top
backboard men on the squad. is a
first line reserve. He has been
i hampered by a broken nose, suf
fered earlier this year, but has
seen a lot of action and may al
ternate with Livetous at a for
ward position.
One of the reasons the Ifl.'i'
oK V andal hoop squad is so Im
proved over a year ago is an
ahundanee of eupahle reserves.
Bob Walton, 6-3 sophomore
who has alternated between for
1 ward and guard, has scored well
and done a better-tfian-average
job defensively and on the back
boards.
Watcheharrp guard Billy Wil
i son, a senior ball hawk, sparks
the Vandal second team and has
| been the most aggressive de
fensive player on the squad.
B. »I. Schaffer, who broke Into
tlie starling lineup often Iasi
season, has continued the im
provement he displayed late
last yeur and holsters the team
at forward.
Sparked by the blistering shoot
ing of Simmons, the Idaho Van
dals are living up to the promise
they showed in pre-season play,
and if PCC play so far is any in
dication, they should make things
rough for the other Conference
squads.
With only four seniors on the
team, the Vandals face prospects
of an even better season next
year.
Oregon, in 40 years of Pacific
Coast Conference hoop play, has
won 293 games and lost 287.