1939
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He is a true pioneering spirit. "I detest these
fellows who say we've got a great game,
let's leave it alone,’ ” says Hobson "We
do have a great game, but that doesn't mean it
can't be improved "
Among other things, he's credited with
popularizing the fast break and as being the first
to work with tall, but slow-developing, players He
was one of the first promoters of long road trips
and is credited as the first to compile accurate
statistics on minor points of the game
In addition, in a
For instance, if you think today’s recruiting
methods are ruthless, read on:
We had recruiting in some ways a great deal
more strenuous and more exciting than today s
recruiting, but it wasn’t on a nation-wide basis.
I made seven trips to Portland in one week to
get Slim Wintermute. He was going to go to
Oregon State, and it’s too long a story to tell, but
we moved his mother to Eugene and got her a job.
We got Slim a job and put both him and Laddie
Gale up at a fishing camp on the McKenzie River
1945 doctoral thesis
at Columbia Universi
ty, Hobson offered
such foresighted
ideas as widening the
foul lanes (done in
1946), the time clock
(adopted by the
N B A in the mid '50s)
and the three point
play (instituted by the
N B A in 1980)
But Hobson is
not one to rest on
past laurels After his
successful coaching
career at Yale, he
became involved in
the US Olympic
movement, branched
out into editing sports
books, and is now
enshrined in the Bas
ketball Hall of Fame
And, of course,
he remains a vigorous
fan of the University
of Oregon teams
To describe Hob
son is to mesh the
past and the present
together So it's only
appropriate that Hob
son has tackled the
job of compiling the
history of Oregon
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News of Oregon’s only NCAA championship
was splashed on the front page of the Emerald
in 1939. Throughout the course of the season,
the Webfoots frequently made the front page,
through league wins and regional playoff
games. Thousands greeted the team when
they arrived back in Eugene by train.
where nobody could
find them until school
started
“With Matt
Pavalunas (a 1939 re
serve) I got his girl
down to Oregon
ahead of him, and she
stayed at our house
for two weeks until
the boy came trotting
along
“That was the
kind of recruiting we
did We did nothing to
break the rules at the
time, though."
Concerning the
money to fund his
squads:
“When we were
planning to take the
train trip back east in
1939, our athletic
board said we could
go as long as it
wouldn't cost the
University anything.
Well, we ended up
making $4,400 on the
trip, which was e
nough money to pay
for everything that
year
“At that time we
didn’t have a recruit
DasKeiDaii in a book to be published soon. From
the first recorded squad in 1910 to the present
day, Hobson presents stats, highlights and
game-by-game narratives
Its been at the publisher's for a while now,"
says Hobson "I'll need to add the 1982 team to
the book, but I hope it will be out in about six
monthes "
Working 35 hours a week pouring over old
Oregonian and Register-Guard sports pages,
Hobson has produced an invaluable athletic
record for the University
But perhaps even more precious are Hob
son's own stories about his stint at Oregon Many
have meaning for some of the problems going on
today within the Oregon athletic department
mg budget as such.
We had a budget for expenses that covered
recruiting and other things. I think the highest it
got to while I was here was $2,500 "
From the rafters of McArthur Court, home for
the 1939 and 1982 Ducks, hangs the cham
pionship banner won by the Tall Firs.'
Some see it as the last vestige of Oregon basket
ball greatness in years gone by But not Hobson
"I like to think that Oregon boys are the best,”
he says I still think our boys can compete with
anyone in the nation "
Hobson says our' to describe today’s players
— as if they’re still his own boys.
Howard Hobson likes to think so, and in many
respects, he’s right
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The Oregon cycling teem had an outstanding day Sunday in the
“Pro Jersey Training Race in Corvallis
The Oregon club sport had Bill Randleman finish in tirst and
Glenn Sanders take second in the 45-mlle course Randleman
finished the course in 2 hours a full minute ahead ol the remaining 29
racers Mike Reban finished in seventh tor Oregon
The Oregon crew team meets Saturday to christen its new shell
The Oregon club sport raised S4.500 to purchase the shell and will
christen it the Don McCarty" — named after the founder of Oregon
crew — in ceremonies following races between present and alumni
crews
McCarty lives in Eastern Oregon, but will attend the ceremonies
right after the races, which are scheduled to begin at 9 a m
The Oregon ultimate frlebee club sport team will participate in a
10-team ultimate frisbee tournament Saturday and Sunday on the
lower baseball fields in the 4th Annual "Mudbowl
Oragon'a lacrosse team will kick on their season Saturday,
March 6, against Willamette University at the 18th and Agate field
Game time is 1 p m Sunday, the Ducks hpst the Portland lacrosse
club, the '81 league champions
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Suns
The Blazers, down by six points in regulation play with 49 seconds
to play, tied the game on two three-point field goals by Jim Paxson
and Billy Ray Bates
Phoenix now is 31-25 The Blazers, who had lost seven of their last
eight, are now 30-27
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