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-- Ironic - Terry Slow With Bum Toe By JOE BERGER Emerald Sports Writer To Terry Baker and his pals at Oregon State it may be about as funny as a meeting of the Mau Maus, but there is a touch of irony and humor in the fact that it took a bum toe to bench the Beaver jock-of-all-trades. This same feat had been attempted only in vain by opposing football and basketball squads for the past three years. Mr. Baker's absence was the key factor Friday night as Portland U. scored the biggest upset anywhere since David bumped off Goliath. Without their number-one floor general in the lineup, the Beavers were like an elephant gun without a firing pin against the spirited but under manned Pilots. At first glance they looked awesomely dan gerous. but when coach Slats Gill pulled the trigger, nothing happened. Of course Saturday night Oregon State managed to lure the unwary Pilots into the friendly confines of Gill Coli seum, rounded up an adequate substitute for the missing cog^ in the Beaver machine, and plugged its ambitious in vaders full of holes. Insulting Bee But Joe Much, columnist for the Salem Capital-Journal, claims that the Saturday affair was more like the splitting of a double-header than a clear-cut victory for the Staters. According to Much. Oregon State won the game but the University of Portland won the “insulting bee.” It seems that “Portland's tight little band of screamers brought their wits along and put them to work in a 2-1 victory” over 7 000 Beaver supporters. “They opened the mud throw with the antique reference to OSU’s hayseed inheritance. ‘Old MacDonald,’ they chant ed, ‘had a farm . . . O-S-U.’ ” But, as Much explained, the Staters had gone up against this one before and were ready with the answer. “ ‘And on OSU’s farm, they had some pigs . . . Peee You.’ ” The battle raged on. From the Portland side the cry was heard, “ ‘The Portland Pilots are great, they embarrassed Oregon State.’ ” The Beaver rooters were silenced. Final score: Portland 2-Oregon State 1. Things were different on the basketball court. There was more scoring. Of course the game was longer. Next Weekend? It is still not certain that Baker will be back in the lineup when Oregon and Oregon State meet in their two-game series this weekend, but Oregon fans can only hope that he is. It’s conceded that Baker’s appearance won’t bolster the Ducks’ already slim chances for victory in the least. But if Oregon was to pull out an upset, we would want to do so against Oregon State, not Oregon State minus one. A win over the Beavers without Baker wouldn’t be exactly a gift, but it’s better to win against a good team when it’s at its best than to knock over a good team that’s shaky before you even get to it. The University of Portland is undoubtedly happy with its victory over Oregon State, but is it satisfied? An Image Sayed William Faversham, manager of Cassius Clay, the man who has done more for the fight game than boxing gloves, has turned down an offer to match his man against Sonny Liston in July for the heavyweight championship of the world. In a situation like this, the verbose Louisville slug ger is lucky to have Faversham around. If Clay was on his own, he might have to accept the offer just to protect the image he has built up—an image that, while drawing more boos than bravos for the sly heavy weight, threatens to keep him in Cadillacs and caviar for the rest of his life. (Continued on page 5) CLIP AND FILE Financial Aid Offered To SENIOR and GRADUATE MEN STUDENTS WHO NEED SOME FINANCIAL HELP IN ORDE1 TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION DURING THIS ACADEMIC YEAR AND WILL THEN COMMENCE WORK. Apply to STEVENS BROS. FOUNDATION, INC. A Non-Profit Iducotlonal Corporation CUP AND FILE 610-612 INDICOTT BIDO, ST. PAUL 1, MINN. Oregon Skiers Second in Reno Though rated as the favorite by Northern California and Nevada newspapers, the University of Oregon ski team could do no bet ter than sixth in the Nevada Win ter Carnival held Feb. 7-10. Win ner of the Carnival was Chico State College. The Ducks were in a good posi tion to win the Carnival until the Nordic events. Through the Al pine events the Ducks were sec ond, but did not enter the Nordic events and dropped to sixth in the final over all team standings. Led by captain Mike Moore and Denny Reese, who placed second and third respectively, the Ducks won the downhill competition by 12 seconds over their nearest riv al. Clark Gruening placed sev enth. In the slalom the Ducks placed fourth, as falls by three of the four team members hurt the Ducks’ chances for another first. Due to its performance, the team received invitations to par ticipate in the Arizona Intercol legiate Snow Cup, sponsored by Arizona State, and a dual meet with Utah State later in the spring. They have also received an invitation to participate in the Northern California Intercollegi ate Invitational meet next year. The next ski meet will be the Portland State Winter Carnival in Bend. Matmen, Tankers Hit SF Bay Area The Duck wrestling and swim ming teams take to the road this weekend as they make a tour of the San Francisco Bay area for three matches each. The swimming team meets the University of Pacific. Feb. 14, San Jose State, Feb. 15, and Foothills College, Feb. 16. The Oregon matmen face the San Francisco Olympic Club, San Jose State, and the University of California on successive nights. The Olympic Club is probably the best amateur wrestling team in the United States, according to Duck coach Mike Reuter. They have an AAU champion in each weight division. Though Reuter does not feel the Ducks can com pete on the same level as a team, he does feel that some of the Oregon wrestlers will give a good account of themselves. This year Cal is 5-5 and SJS has lost only one dual meet. IM Results Basketball Chi Psi B (10)—Jeffcott 2, Vogan 2, Merten 2, Erhart 4. Delta Chi B (8)—Scott 1, Haw ley 1, Hermach 2, Elliot 4. Hawaiians A forfeited to Phila delphia A. Delta Chi A (19)—Hinkhouse 14, Rue 1, Marsden 4. Lambda Chi Alpha A (17)—Sted man 13, Nations 2, Hargrove 2. Chi Phi A (18)—Ramsey 7, Mul likin 5, Babbit 6. Phi Sigma Kappa A (15)—Carl son 2, Takasumi 7, Cruikshank 6. Boynton A (25)—Edwards 4, Sul livan 4, Parker 5, Cowart 4, Card 6, Haigst 2. Parsons A (23)—MeinhofT 2, Ar ack 8, Shubin 2, Slinger 7, Ben ham 2, Joyce 2. Tau Kappa Epsilon A (34) — Koenig 4, Brown 10, Perkey 2, Douglas 8, Evans 10. Chi Psi A (12)—No scoring sum mary. Handball Hawaiians forfeited to Phi Kap pa Psi. ORDER OF O Meets at the DELTA UPSILON HOUSE 12:00 TODAY MtlNyivM^ • EMERALD SPORTS First Its Gus, Now Mel Counts By RAY MAST Emerald Sports Writer “What to do with Mel Counts" is the question this week. Last week it was Idaho’s behemoth. Gus Johnson. This week it’s Ore gon State’s contribution to the seven-foot club—and not the high jumpers’ club. The problem last week was to pull Gus the Gladiator oft the boards. Going into the series. Johnson was ranked fourth in the nation in rebounds When the smoke cleared after the two-game set, big Gus was second in the na tion. Marvelous Mel is also ranked in the top five in the nation’s re bound standings So, now the problem is to keep Counts where he isn’t quite as effective as he has been thus far this year This is what keeps coaches up nights, and by the looks of Duck coach j Steve Beiko, he has also joined the club: Beiko wasn’t too pleased with the Ducks' defensive performance last week against Idaho Against Idaho, the Webfoot five looked like they had webbed feet as the Vandals racked up 167 points This week the Ducks drill on de fense. The Ducks have one thing in their favor this weekend Terry Baker is still hurting from an in fected toe Last week-end the Hcisman Trophy winner missed • his first athletic events in his col lege career Chances are good, though, that Terrible Terry will be in the lineup for the Orange men for the Oregon scries. Jpst in case anyone is wondering if Baker is only a muscle bound football player, the professional St. Louis Hawks basketball team has hinted that they will draft Baker when the pro draft begins One bright spot appeared last week for Beiko. Jim Johnson came through with his finest Ore I gon performance against the Van < dais, as he scored 25 points Sat I urday night to make it a Johnson j and Johnson night. Johnson could undoubtedly be a big factor in the | Oregon effort this weekend if he ! could duplicate his performance ; from last week Oregon goes into this series with a not too bright 7-11 record, while the tenth ranked Beavers are 13-5 on the season. But, the Ducks are not out of the picture Last weekend the Beavers were upset by Portland's lowly Pilots, 67-56, in Portland Portland has the worst record of the Northwest independents. 614 S a t u r d a y night the Beavers came back to blast the Pilots, 66 51. in Corval lis. At halftime of the Saturday night home game, Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman will be pre i sented with the B. F. (Joodrtch Trophy for his outstanding con tributions to the physical fitness of the American people. The tro phy will bo presented by Pete | Coovcr of B. F. Goodrich Last ' year’s winner was Bob Cousy, backcourt whiz of the world cham pion Boston Celtics. IM Schedule Basketball I 3:50 Court 40 Omega B vs. Young B 4:35 Court 40 Legal Eagles B vs. Counselors B 5:15 Court 40 Tau Kappa Epsilon B vs Phi Kappa Psi B Handball Theta Chi vs Decou /Hey Fellows! Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day Beautifully decorated heart-shaped boxes filled with delicious Van Duyn chocolates EUGENE’S LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF ‘Quality Candy’ 10 I” 6WILLAMETTE ••'KNOWN FOR GOOD FOOD
