-- 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.
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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.
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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
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