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p,ee Tenj THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON , iiBljary Oregon Basketball Team Evens Series With Washington Huskies 47-3 Webfools Lead Most Of Contest Townsend, Dick Poce Scorers at Seattle NORTHERN DIVISION v O S C 6 Oregon 3 W S C 3 Washington 2 Idaho 0 I'is Opn Pet. 258 2'J!I .857 1 9 174 .600 204 178 .800 145 187 .500 217 267 .000 SEATTLE. Jan. 20. The University ot Oregon, defending it basketball championship in the northern division of the Pacific Coast conference, regained some of It championship form tonight to defeat the University of Washing ton. 47 to 32, evening a two-game series. Oregon's victory was a first-class rjample of the value of long arms in basketball. By shifting his starting linr-up to include six foot. seven inch Hank Anderson and Archie Marshik, with a matching reach, in place of medium-sized Matt Pavalunas and Ted Sarpola, Touch Howard llobson gave his (cum Just enough floor advantage to reverse the Friday night result, in which the favored Oiegonlans dropped the series opener. Dick Scores First To night Oregon scored first on a bosket In the opening minute by Captain John Dick. Rifled from center to forward. A minute later Washington evened the count, but Oregon promptly pulled away and Washington never made another serious threat. After three mln utes, the score was 8-3; with 1! minutes left in the half, it was 15-7, and five minutes before the midway bell, it was 22-1). Wash ington came bark with a little strength to close the gap to 27-14 at the rest period. The second half opened in a burst of scoring that put Oregon ahead. 35-22. after five minutes Washington then made Its last bid, bringing the count to 41-30, but could do no better before the end of the game. Washington was shooting wildly at the finish Townsend Gets 13 Washington took 41 tries at the basket In the first hall but took only 21 shots In the second half Oregon split lt 79 shots almost evenly between the two periods Vie Townsend, Oregon guard, was high scorer for the evening with IS points, followed by Dick with 12. The teams resume play at Ku gene next Friday In another two- game series, ummarv: Oregon (47) FQ FT F TP Oregon Smoker Wednesday Campus boxing and wrestling championships will be decided here Wednesday night when final elimination matches in both sportfc aro staged at an all-campus smok er to be held In McArthur court, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Vaughn Corley and Eric Wal dorf, new Webfoot boxing and wrestling coaches, have already staged preliminary matches in each weight division and will send the finalist against each other Wednesday night. They will select their varsity and freshman lineups from the winners. Oregon wrestlers already arc booked for two intercollegiate dual meets against Oregon State at Corvallis on February 2 and at Kugene February 23. One or two additional matches may be added by Coach Waldorf. The Webfoot boxing team has no schedule as yet with Coach Corley, former collegiate heavy weight chamDionshin while at Texas Tech, planning to bring his proteges along, slowly this season. Both sports were established on an intercollegiate basis only last year and Corley fears that over matching the boxers would result In a setback for the activity. Rl'N, RUN, RUN, the Huskies are coming to Eugene next Friday and Saturday for the final basketball series of the season between the t'niversitv of Washington and the University of Oregon. Here is Coach "llec" Edmunson In a huddle with his fire-horse brigade. They are, left to right, Jack Voelker and Bob Voelker, guards: Bob I.indh. forward; Edmunson; Harry Nelson, forward, and Harold Schlicting, center. Basketball Dick f 8 0 2 Anderson, t ........4 1 1 Sarpola, f . 1 0 0 MrNccly, f 1 0 0 Marshik, c 2 3 1 Townsend, g 6 1 2 Andrews, g ....0 0 2 Pavalunas, g 1 0 0 Jackson, g 0 0 0 12 Totals Washlmlnn (32) I.indh, f 4 Dorr, f 1 Nelson, f 1 Tzznrri. f-g .........3 Schlicting, c - 1 McDonald, c ...0 n. Voelker, g-I 3 Dohson, g .........0 J. Voelker, g I 1 5 8 47 Totals 14 4 fl 32 llalftiine score: Oregon 27, Washington 14. Shoti attempted: Oregon 70, Washington 82. Free throws missed: Dirk (4), Anderson, Pavalunas, I.indh, Nel son, lnrd (2). 11. Voelker. Officials: F.inll Plluso, Portland, and Harry Mitchell, Renton. Attendance, 7200. Oakrldgc Hoopsters Play So Others Can Walk; Benefit Tilts Tuesday OAKRIDGE, Jan. 20. Oak. ridge grade school, high school and ci'tiummtty hoopstors will play here Tuesday night so that ntliei i lolflicn nod young men and women will be utile to walk. Virg Kuigsley's lugli school haskrtball team is sponsoring a -six-team basketball jamboree lien Tuesday, starting at 7 p. ni.. for the benetit of the Sports Council's fund to assist President Roosevelt's National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Inc. All profits will be turni'd over to the 1 anr county mod. Ml per cent of Which will be retained to further the work ol the foundation local ly. Opening the program will be grade school midget quintets from Oakridge and Woslfir schools. At 8 p. m. the Thurston high five, coached by All-Ainencan 1-addie ('ale, an ex-Oakndge player who later starred for the University of Oregon, meeting Kmgslev's young Warriors. The final tilt, set for 9 p. m. will match the Oak ridge Townles against the Osk rldge CCC team. Admission prices have been set at 25 and 10 cents. All basketball fans In OakridRe and the vicinity ara urged to attend. Stanford 00, College of the Pa cific 36. Columbia 35, Dartmouth 32. Long Island U. 61, Newark U 40. Colorado 47, Colorado State 41 Oklahoma 54, Iowa State 32. Gonzaga 40, Portland 22 Michigan 32, Michigan State 27 Texas A k M 51, Southern Methodist 49 De Paul 32, Chicago 22 San Francisco State 51, Sacra mento 27 Notre Dame 55, Pennsylvania 35 Marquette 46. Northwestern 30 Army 46, Cornell 38 Penn State 40. Navy 17 Wash. State 52, Montana 45. Central College of Education 36 Pacific Lutheran college 31 W.S.C. Freshmen 51. Inland Mo tor Freight, Moscow, 24. limit SCHOOL Newberg 21, Forest Grove 17 Tangent 40. Harrlsburg 15 Maker 40, La Grande 13 Klamath Falls 38, Bend 26 Medford 31, Salem 24. Kansas Slate Grid Coaches Resign MANHATTAN, Kas., Jan. 20 M "Personal difference" be tween a head football coach and hit first assistant brought their resignations today at Kansas State college a school that never has fired a gridiron tutor. Professing both personal and profeslonal respect for his aide, Head Coach Wea Fry said he re signed "because this school has always maintained a position above discords of this nature " Stan Williamson, line coach, ex plained his withdrawal had been demanded by Fry six weeks ago but added: "I am too dazed by the whole thing to know what really is happening." M. F. (Mike. Abeam, athletic director to whom the resignations were sent, commented: I thought I had a swell com bination an outstanding offens ive head coach and a great line roach. Now it is all shattered be cause of a personal difference. Not once in our conferences during the past two days has either man criticized the other's professional ability." None of the three would define the "personal difference," but it will be aired tomorrow at a meet ing of the faculty council on athletics. Fry came to Manhattan with Lynn O. Waldorf in 1934. The two brought Kansas State it only Big Six championship that fall before Waldorf moved to Northwestern in 1935. f ... SSV. 1 i s. .'r - sJ Oregon-Washington Hoop Series Here Racehorse basketball, with its thrills and spills, will take the ipotlighl here next week-end when the Oregon and Washington hoop fives tangle at McArthur court on Friday and Saturday evenings. The long-time athletic rivals always have been noted as out standing advocates of free wheel ing basketball and past games here have been fine examples of that popular style. For tite past two seasons How ard Hnbson's Webfoots have kept their home record clear at Wash ington's expense and will be aim ing lo extend the victory string to six straight this week. Botli schools boast exceptional ly fast teams this season, with emphasis placed almost entirely on speed and a heavy barrage of field goal attempts. Last year the Eugene games between the two teaniK were rated by the national champion Webfoot players as their out standing encounters of the year. Oregon won by 57-to-49 and 58-to-42 scores. Both games will begin at 8 o'clock. Reserved seat tickets will be on sale all week at the A. S. U. O. ticket office in McArthur court. A special section has been set aside for visiting Dads, who will be on the campus for the an nual "Dads' Day" week-end. Also on tap for the coining week will he two homo appear ances of John Warren's tall fresh man team. The Ducklings will meet Dallas high on Fridav after noon arid the Multnomah club In termediate five Saturday. Washington State Tops Montana, 52-45 PULLMAN, Wash., Jan. 20 (,4l Washington State college roared back from a ha 1 ft i me 19-to-27 disadvantage tonight to trounce the invading Grizzlies of Montana state university. 52 to 45. Every State Player contributed to the scoring in the red hot basket ball battle. (45) Montana F Jones F... 10 DeGroot C. ...G. ...G- ...S, -S. 1 WSO (52) Gentry 5 Chase 4 . l.indcman Gebert 8 Olson 9 . Akins 2 . Sundquisl Zimmerman 2S. Jennings 8 S. Hooper 4 S. Officials: Archie F.Ira Hunter, both II 15 Hall - 4 Iludacek 6 Ryan . 2 Nugent 4 Merrick . 4 Greene Shields Buckley Spokane. and Glenn Cunningham Wins First Mile Victory of Indoor Season NEW YORK. Jan. 20 (UP Glenn Cunningham won his first mile race of the indoor season to night at the .Grover Cleveland Osceola club meet. Conceding handicaps up to 40 yards. Cunningham sped past Car men Bova. Scton Hall, in the back stretch and won by a yard in 4: 19.8. Bova, the limit starter with an allowance of 40 yards, just OSC-Oregon Varsity, Frosh Track Combined University of Oregon and Ore gon State varsity and freshman track meets will be held dnubleheaders this coming spring with the annual relay meet set for Hayward field on April 20. it was announced Saturday by An son Cornell, Webfoot athletic manager. The varsity and freshmen will alternate events in each of the two meets. The dual encounters will be staged at Corvallis on May 11. Bill Hayward already is work ing his thinrlads in the closed area of the men's gymnasium. Cub Players Return Contracts Unsigned CHICAGO. Jan. 20. W Philip Knight Wrisley. it would seem, has turned "tougn guy on ertain of his Chicago Cubs who have designs on larger hunks of his bankroll. The dissatisfied Cubs are getting large doses of indifference, des pite the fact at least four of the five who have returned contracts unsigned are vital parts of the outfit owned by Wrigley. The dissatisfied players are Out fielders Augie Galan and Hank Liebcr, Third Baseman Stan Hack and Pitchers Clay Bryant and Dizzy Dean. The club, as a matter of policy, does not say what any of them was offered or whether their 1939 salaries were increased or decreased. T CLANK TOUGH NEW YORK-Fordham picked th entitre right side of Tulane's line on its all-opponent leant. Selected were Tommy O'Bovle. guard; Harley McColliim, UcXIc ml Ualph WeuztL end, Prep Quints Face Busy Week nisvmrr t w loUB- ro 1 Spi tnfOrlit 1 I'tmrrsity 1 raipnr . 1 Slurv 1 Junction Oly 0 1,4MIS 1HIS HKIK Moodiy Sprlnl(i14 it Iflro. Tuw1y Junetlno City ( Wrtt,iutv Cwltafr Cirmr Hlgli ftt tftrav idii.v--1 unr t Catuge Mr t apntiBfirlri. ru or r-M tn ss t orw jo i rcw ? n t nm M si son 71 . Vnl. High . Cnl- Four of the six district 7 bas ketball teams, including three tin defeated quintets, will see a full week of action this week, opening with an all-important game Mon day night at McArthur court be tween Springfield and I'niveisity high's defending district cham pions. Coach V.ldon Fox's Millers and Rav llendt u kson's Golden Tiders. both unbeaten in league play, w ill be battling to move into a tie w ith Coach I.eroy Begtbol's Cottage Grove Lions, leading the parade liHlf game ahead of the p..e. follow a second-team game start ing at 7 p. m. Wednesday night the Grovers will risk their dominance of the circuit by taking on the campus preppers at the Igloo court while Fritz Kramer's Eugene in-and-outers will try to keep Coach George Stoval's Junction City Tigers out of the victorious class on the b'.ugene court Tuesday. It will be the only game ot the week for Junction City's hoopster forced Cottage liiwr into onn overtime period ociorc win- nine or nmg last Fridav night, cones The busy week will bo climaxed lollows: rnday nichl Willi St. M,n's trav eting to Sprmydcld for the only competition ot the w,v's tor Father Tony liei.ues G.iUoping Gaels. Cottage Grove w;l enter- lain r ugene t:v s.omc ryentrg. ll.x-w-,. Alvm Kuppeiibeeder, district all-M.ir in !);:(. holds the lnc!:vd II., I vo'iimi; ic.uiershin despite his ,.b-eoee (rom the first tame of thei, season The S.,, vi,,r ,;1 eollovi-, ed ?8 p.'i its in .., K.inies for the," age 14 5 points per game. Second m total is Del Smith of Cottage Grove with ?1 points in two games, but Bob Pollard. Spnn field center, has 1 1 points in one game (or the second best average. Smith's average is 10 5 points per game. In third position in scoring is Blame Kreel of Junction City who has !l points in three games, but Cm high's Tex Gatlin has the thud best average with nine who : pomts m one clash. sec-; I.c.,j;ue players who have scored Wiorc points to date arc Kurr!'r'!,.(lFr. S( Mmv ' P Smith. VotUC," lOiwt Virt. Jmto'ioii Cil.v ... Serf,-, St. Mai'Vs IwnfisiiM,. v'nirp row P.on. St M' tVtts tiirt.f . II,. f'.y,r .. M Viv. Ser 111(1 ir7,! . . in league listed as saved second place from Macon Chronister, the University of Maryland's Southern conference titlehnlder, who started with a 20 yard handicap. George De George of the NYAC. with a 25-yard advantage, placed fourth and Luigi Beccali, Italy's 1932 Olympic 1500 meter cham pion, the only other scratch start er in the field, finished fifth. Sanford Goldberg of the Mill rose A. A., aided by a ten-yard al lowance, won the special limited handicap half mile, with Curtis Giddings, former NYU star, and Jim Kehoe of Maryland second and third respectively, Larry Moriarty of Manhattan, exploiting fully his allowance of 110 yards, beat Tommy Deckard of Bloomington. Ind., by eight yards in the first section of the two mile handicap. Deckard was the scratch starter. Joe McClus key of Manchester, Conn., the scratch starter in the second sec tion of the two-mile, finished sec ond behind Joe Gares, N. Y. U. sophomore, who ran with 16 yards advantage. Paul Rowe May Join New York Giants CALGARY, Alta.. Jan. 20 M Paul Rowe.. leading scorer last season in the Western Interprov incial Canadian football league, said today that reports he might sign up with the professional New York Giants next season were "news to me." "Why, I haven't even returned the contract they sent me some time ago. said the former Vic toria boy who was a fine grid prospect at the University of Ore gon before coming here. He said, however, he will write Tim Mara, owner of the Giants, during the- next few days, but added "I'm well satisfied with my job in Caigary and don't expect to nraKe any more. The report Rowe might join the Giants was attributed to Fred Zim merman of the Salem Capital Journal. Independent Managers Asked to Speak Up Managers of teams in both di visions of the Lane county inde pendent basketball league have been asked to send their sugges lions as to playoff plans to H. J. Naglc, president of the circuit, as soon as possible. Nagle s address is Eugene. Route 1. Babb's Certain To Retain Club Lead h-ssA. Li 4 A ,:; u .sSs-, ? i . se-... . . ... The Babb Hardware golfers are certain to keep their lead in the Kugene Country club's winter golf league Sunday, despite the out come of a match against the third place Loggers Contractors Mach inery Co. The Irish's Cash Stores team, in second position 4'i points behind the leaders, is a heavy favorite over the tenth-place Johnson Fur niture tandem, but even with three points couple by a Babb white washing the leaders will still have a lead of one and one-half points. Other matches scheduled for Sunday arc: New Service Laundry vs. Twin Oaks Builders Supply, Williams Bakery vs. Sigwart Electric, Cen tral Heating vs. Chase Plumbing Co., First National Bank vs. Mc Donald Theater. Reedsport High Beats Gardiner In 'Civil War' REEDSPORT. Jan. 20 (Spe cial) The "little civil war'' of the lower Umpqua. between the Reedsport and Gardiner basket ball and volleyball teams, result ed in a rout on both fronts Fri day evening when Reedsport tri umphed by a score of 40-to-28 in the basketball game, and bv the score of 32 to 14 in the vollev ball set-to. In the boys' game, Reedsport led 27-12 at the half. During the last quarter Gardiner rallied to total II points while holding R'.-edsport scoreless. Ken Morin. Reedsport center, was high man with 14 points. Th Spiinsficld-LHij game mill uet total .uj th, highest Ju,. re, TMSTO 5lKt . . . .Successor to Nurmi. who has forakrn the cinder (or war duly ajunjl Kus-, EUGENE MIRROR 8 GLASS CO. 114 Oak Phone 7!1 Window Glass, Rrplarrmrnt Installed in Your Home or Shop Window GU.w All Sizes Oregon State Defeats Idaho In Defensive Hoop Fray, 20 J MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 20. C4) Those tall, consistent men from Oregon State college, front run ners in the Pacific Coast confer ence northern division basketball race, ecVed out the University of Idaro Vandals by a 20-to-18 score here tonight. It was Idaho's seventh consecu tive defeat and the sixth victory for Oregon State, which has lost but one game, that to Washington State college. A strategy of stalling, which went against them in the first half and left Idaho leading1 at the mid point, 14 to 10, paid dividends for the O. S. C. Beavers midway in the final period by tempting the anxious Vandals to foul. Vandals Grab Lead Idaho was never behind In that opening stanza, although State tied the score at 3-all and 8-all. Both teams departed radically from the slam-bang northern di vision stylo to maneuver for cer tain shots and check closely on de fense. The Beavers won the war of waiting with brilliant defensive play through 15 minutes of the second half, holding Idaho point less while they edged up to take a 15-14 lead on Valenti's Held goal and free throw. The Staters themselves had gone scoreless for seven minutes. Hunt er at last breaking from the foul line to tally as he raced under the basket. Hilton Ton Scorer Most of Idaho's 12 fouls were markel up after Oregon State took the lead. Atkinson, Idaho's guard, was benched for four offenses, all charged in the second half. Individual scoring honors went to Otis Hilton, Idaho, with seven tallies. The Mandic brothers, Frank and John, srored five each to top Oregon State. Only cix men saw action for each team. Summary: Oregon State (20) Fg Ft Pf Tp Romano. F 10 12 F. Mandic, F . 2 1 2 5 J. Mandic. C 13 3 5 Valenti, G 1 2 1 .4 Hunter. G 12 14 Stitt, G ..j 0 0 10 Totals 6 8 9 20 Idaho (18) Fg Ft rf Tp Harris, F 0 0 0 0 Ramey, F 112 3 Hilton. C 2 3 3 7 Atkinson, G 2 2 4 8 English, G 0 2 3 2 Lynk, G 0 0 0 0 Totals 5 8 12 18 Halftime score: Idaho 14, Ore gon State 10. Free throws missed: Romano 2, F. Mandic. Hunter, Harris 2, Hil ton, English 3. Officials: Ned Nelson, Moscow, and Dick Munson, Seattle. Cooke Meets Alloo In Florida Net Final BANKS McFADDEN...! son's all-American foottni! is a basketball art too. ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., Jan. 20 (piTwo dapper little tennis players from the Pacific coast, Ed Alloo of Berkeley, Calif., and El wood Cooke, the country's sixth ranking player from Portland, won their way into the finals of the Florida west coast tournament here today. Top-seeded Cooke, seeking his second Florida west coast singles title, dropped the first set of his semi-final test to third-seeded Hal Surface of Kansas Citv, Mo., then went on to win with ease. Scores were 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Alloo, who earlier defeated Charles Hare, British Davis cup player, disposed of second-seeded Henry Prusoff, Seattle, Wash., in straight sets in their semi-final match. 6-3. 6-1, 6-4. In the women's division, Mary Hardwick, British Wightman cup star, will meet Pauline Betz. na tional indoor champ, in the finals. Miss Hardwick defeated Nina Brown, London, 6-0, 6-0, in a semi-final round and Miss Betz reached the final round bv down ing Valerie Scott of England, 6-4, 6-2. - Cougars Top Ida! In Minor Sports PULLMAN, Jan. Washington State college H the University of Idaho r: all divisions of a minor dual meet that provided en prise when Dwight Mary. 148-pound grappler, won i ion over Martin Packard, C. northwest champion. State's Cougars won the ing portion of the prosrar. 14: the swimming, 48 to:, ing. six bouts to three: f:' swimming, 33 to 8. and kfi exhibition wrestling, 2a v Bob Thornfcldt, Coup: tance star, won three it. events the 220-yard t 150-yard backstroke and'.' yard freestyle. Idaho won four of ttt wrestling bouts, but onij fall. All four Cougar v were by falls, and inclui' tories by three notthwes pions Dean Cooper, 131-F" Bill Tschantz, 158-pour.cr Art Cameron, at 178 pouii. Ray Hare Signs W Washington Redsk; SPOKANE. Jan. 20.--Ray Flaherty of the Redskins, National P football league team, said : had signed Ray Hare, university halfback from St Ore., for the 1940 sejson. Hare, a great blocking M also carried the ball often i' enough to score 53 pc'rB senior season at Gonzaga. only man from a Washirr lege to pla- in the anr.' west shrine g.unc th:sjei; Francisco. He follow s three eve- Max Krausr. Chug J-' George (Automatic) all have played lor Flaherty hinuclf is graduate. 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