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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1962)
Ducks, Beavers Risk Win Streaks Friday Oregon’s dashing Ducks put , a four gam* winning streak on' the line Friday when they meet powerful Oregon State at Me Arthur Court. (Same time for the clash between the two traditional Viva la la 8 p.m. The Webfoota and the Beavers, the Northweat'a top-ranked Inde pendent with u 14-1 record, meet again Saturday night at Corvallia. The Webfoota, In addition to protecting their four game atreak. will also be out to extend a five game home winning skein against the Heavers, who are undefeated in 13 consecutive contents. Oregon cou* h Steve Balko Is expected to stick with the same lineup that has started In all of the Duc ks' four straight victories. That unit Includes Charlie War ren. the greatest three-year muict in Oregon history, and Bill Simmons at forwards, Wally Knec-ht at center, an I Steve Jones and John Muck at guards. Warren, on - of the nations top scorers, Simmons, and Knec/it, ( K.VIKK WALLY KNECHT, wtii hero as hr sets himself for n jump shot in the first Irilf of Saturday night's game with Portland, is exported to play an important part in Oregon's attempt to end Oregon State’s uin streak next weekend. r Oregon'b ull-senlor front line, have been the Duck.s’ leading point producer* all season and of late have been getting solid support from Jones, the ft-5 soph omore from Portland’s Franklin high school. Knecht, the 0-6 senior from Springfield, looms as a key per former for the Ducks in the series He will undoubtedly draw the assignment of checking Ore gon State's Mel Counts, 7-0 sophomore. Knecht, incidentally, has been a stabilizing influence on the Webfoots all season and his loss for four games at mid season with an ankle injury may have cost Helko’s squad an NCAA tournament berth. With Knecht on the sidelines, Oregon dropped four straight. With him in the lineup, the Web roots have posed an 8-4 record. Thus, the Ducks stand at 8-8 for the season and clinging to taint NCAA hopes. Warren, the "Fastest Shot in the WeHt," still leads the Web foots In scoring and rebounding with .848 points and an average of 21 8 points per game and 174 retrieves. Ducklings Slate Rook Contests Oregon's freshman basketball team makes three starts this week, all against the Oregon State lUsiks. Coach Don Kirsch’H Ducklings battle the Kooks Tuesday at Roseburg. meet them again Fri day at McArthur Court, and wind up the week's activity ugainst the same foe Satunlay at Corvallis. Leading scorer for the L>ttck lings, who currently own a 5-3 record, is Bo lilair. 6-3 center from South Eugene high school. Blair has accounted for HI points. Barry Cooley, 6-4 forward, is second with 75 points and 5-10 guard Bob Yates is third with 72 counters. Intramurals... (Continued from fuicje 41 Sherry Ross team. Bill Wauga man's eight points for Sherry Ross provided Morton with a few anxious moments but that was all. The final score was Morton 24. Sherry Ross 21. Morton (24 1 — Dick 10, Knudsen 6, Ramsy 4, Bias 2, Konn 2, Mautz. Babbit, Jackson. Sherry Ross (211 Waugaman 8. Martin 6, Stark 3. Donlon 2. Taylor 2. Hood. Fox, Knopp. IM Schedule » Tuesday, January SO 3:50 Court 40, Gamma A vs. Young A. 3:50 Court 43, Dorm Counselors A vs. Hawaiians A. 4:35 Court 40, Legal Cagles A vs. Pi Knppa Alpha. 4:35 Court 43, Sigma Chi A vs. Alpha Tau Omega A. 5:15—Court 40, Phi Delta Theta B vs. Beta Theta Pi B. 5:15 Court 43, Alpha Tau Omega B vs. Sigma Phi Ep silon B. Oregon’s Newest Luxury Motel Continental breakfast free until completion of Coffee Shop. Make reservations now for Dads’ Weekend. DI 5-0121 At Coburg Interchange on Pacific Highway, 5 miles North of Eugene. P.O. Box 5312, Eugene, Ore. Warren Continues To Pace Point Parade Senior forward Charlie Warren accounted for 40 points over the weekend to hang on to his number one spot among Oregon scorers this season. Warr<-n now has 349 total points in 16 games for a 21.8 average. This is slightly lower than his average of one week ago. Wally Kneeht sank 15 of 18 free throw attempts again?;t Port land and Seattle and continued to pace his teammates in this de partment. On the season, Kneeht has missed only 12 out of 64 tries for an .813 percentage. As a team, the Ducks have shot .377 from the free throw line. Oregon is averaging 69.7 Player G FGA FG Pet. FT A FT Charlie Warren, f 16 Bill Simmons, f Wally Kneeht, c 1C 12 Jerry Anderson, f 16 Steve Jones, g j Jim Johnson, f ! John Mack, g Verl Pearce, g Tom Tuttle, g Dave Barovetto, c Sandy No3ler, g John Condrfn, g | Totals I Opponents 342 129 .377 121 236 91 .386 61 52 .468 39 .402 28 .341 19 .373 16 .267 4 .308 4 .222 1 .500 1 .200 0 .000 16 1018 384 .377 393 284 16 1056 407 .385 412 301 16 15 16 13 14 4 9 2 111 97 82 51 60 13 18 2 5 1 64 41 48 18 23 14 3 0 0 0 91 44 52 26 32 12 16 10 1 0 0 0 the floor and .723 at total points per game. | Pet. RE PF TP A vg.; 752 174 59 349 21.8 58 39 21 41 26 43 8 14 0 5 0 314 287 .721 .813 .634 .667 .667 .696 .714 .333 .000 .000 .000 .723 .755 108 56 55 74 41 86 13 8 226 156 104 88 50 48 18 9 0 0 722 784 2 2 0 1052 1115 14.1 13.0 6.5 5.5! 3.3 3.0 i 1.4 : 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 65.8 69.7 CHARLIE WARREN . . . top Duck pointmakrr Swimmers Face OSU Saturday Coach Don Van Rossen’s Ore gon swimming team, fresh from a 52-43 upset victory over power ful Washington, travels to Cor- j vallis Saturday to face Oregon State at 2 p.m. The Webfoots will be striving to maintain a perfect 2-0 dual meet record. The Oregon fresh men tangle with the Oregon State Rooks Saturday, also a. 2 p.m. Oregon standouts Include r The Best VALENTINE You Can Give Is a Gift from the University Jeweler 349 13th E. DI 4-4611 sprinter Arthur Thomson. Macki Hirayama in the breaststroke, j and Ralph Mohr in the butterfly i All three posted wins in the triumph over Washington Sports Briefs Players Sign (From (JPI Reports) . Pen and ink work mark to day’s news in the baseball world. The Los Angeles Dodgers s'ay versatile infielder Jim Gilliam signed his 1962 contract at a slight salary increase. Contracts of three rookies also arrived In LA yesterday . . . catcher Nate Smith, first baseman Mel Corbo, and shortstop Bart Shirley. The Chicago Cubs added an other pitcher to-their staff when knuckleballer Barney Schultz became the 34th Cub to sign fdr '62. The Pittsburgh Pirates signed up two rookie outfielders, 27 year-old Howie Goss, and 18-year old Ron Woods. The Indians added five more players to their roster, including veteran catcher Harry Chiti. Also in the fold are pitcher Larry_ Patterson, and infielders Antulio Martinez, Hal Jones and Gordie Lund. And, Mississippi’s former All America quarterback, Jake Gibbs, handed in his contract today to the New York Yankees. He was the Yanks' top “bonus-baby” last year when he signed for $100,000. !ngo Sets Comeback Former heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson will try for a ring comeback in Sweden Feb ruary 9th, when he faces Eng land’s Joe Bygraves. The fight date was pushed back from Feb ruary 2nd, after Johansson suf fered a slight back injury last Saturday. • TIRES • GAS • LUBE JOBS • BATTERIES • COMPLETE MECHANICAL WORK • LEFT-HANDED WIDGETS (Special this week only) MAC'S Flying 'A' Villard & Franklin Specially designed U of 0 checkbook cover Available only at U. S. National, this colorful checkbook cover is FREE when you open a checking account. A Special Checking Account will save you time and provides a record of college expenses. Open yours now. EUGENE BRANCH 8th & Willamette 2 other convenient branches in Eugene aT 17th & OAK • 1000 RIVER RD. ... ifcl. THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND Mwnbw Ftd.ro/D.poilf Intunm** CorponHtt