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Beavers ! Robins Hits Looper To Close Out Ducks J By DICK STRITE , RrrltUr-Ooard Sports Ed ft or GILL COLISEUM, Corvallis Pesky little Ron Robins, tutored by Oregon's Bill Borcher whereat Marshfield High, sailed a corner shot around the rim and in to give Oregon State a 5-54 overtime basketball triumph over Oregon here Saturday night. It was the second time that . Coach Slats Gill gambled f&r one shot as in the final seconds of the regular playing time that ended 52-all. Robins, who naa Deaten the Webfoots on other occasions, took a pass from Bill Toole and hit the hemp with four seconds re- P The tight, tense tilt was a fine basketball offering for a record breaking crowd of 11,315 fans, not counting the kid who attempted to perch himself on the flagpole. "The advantage changed 12 times and there were five dead locks. Oregon Slate now has "a strangle hold on the Northern Division lead with its sixth Northern Division W I. Prt. Pts. Opn. Oregon S'ftte 6 0 l.noo 374 318 Oregon S 3 .825 499 437 J33 369 353 Washington 2 Wash. State 3 s .333 sot 576 1 Idaho 1 4 .167 243 302 atraight win. The Beavers move to Seattle for a series against Washington next weekend. Ore gon, 'still in the race after the three-point and two-point lossesj to its arch rival, meets BYU in a non-conference game in Eugene jext weekend before playing Aost to Washington at McArthur Xourt the following weekend. . A HEARTBREAKER x The loss was a heartbrcakcr for the Webfoots, who held a 3t 33 halftime advantage and were ahead 52-50 with 1:22 remaining in the regular playing time but at that point Tony Vlastelica, playing against a collapsing de fense, dropped in an underhand ed shot that produced the dead lock. Oregon's loss could be attribut ed to failure at the freethrow line. The Webfoots missed 20 times a potential 28 points. Two of the misses came in the last 66 seconds of the regular game, i with Lefty Page failing on both and giving the Beavers their last ditch scoring effort a hook shot by Vlastelica midway between the corner and the backboard. Page missed a field goal in the first 45 seconds of the overtime, but Vlastelica, who had 19 points, scored from close in 10 seconds Alter. Both teams lost the ball . several limes, Dut Jim Loscutoit ' hit a jumper at the side of the key for another tie with 3:10 re maining. The Beavers, in pos session, took time with 1:09 re maining to set the stage for Rob ins' game-winning basket. While it was a heartbreaking loss for the entire Oregon team, it was even more so for the Web foots who admired the grand per formance given by Phil McHugh ' one of the best sophomore pros pects to pull on the emerald and , yellow jerseys. Had Oregon won 7 it would have been a personal triumph for McHugh. .That Orc l gon outscored OSC 44 to 38 points a from thn fiAlri u'nc liftlA unncn U. ? tion. 1 LOTS OF STRATEGY "' The strategy between Borcher and Gill was thick, esneciallv in : me iaM o:io oi uie sccona nan uhpn Wflrfd Halhrnnlr mnHa hie first appearance in the game. fBorchcr attempted a weaving of i fense to sucker Halbrook from uie ua&iiui uui u was not loo ef fective scoring-wise. The 7-foot, ..mm rr.ntpr hnuuvnf HiH : for himself or the Beavers, col lecting one free throw in three attempts, three personal fouls, took two rebounds, and missed on the one shot he attempted in the 4 minutes and 43 seconds he was in antinn ' Loscutoff, with 20 points. hrought to 150 his total Northern Division points. Vlastelica boost- ea nis lean among the Beavers . with his 19 points, including nine nut nt 10 fraa ftim,.- . nA point total. Gill iuccled his Sllhstifntinne ' rapidly and wholesale, hut ramp up with the right combinations among the 11 Beavers who saw action. None of them, however, could touch Loscutoff on the re bounding. Big Jim had 18 and the second best was Ed Bingham, another Oregon sophomore who blossomed brilliantly in his first t clutch performance. Vlastelica " and Jay Dean led the Beavers with seven each. Oregon Mate s shooting was torrid, hitting 19 out of. 44 for a .4.12 mark, and the Beavers had 18 out of 30 freethrows. The Ore- gons, on the other hand, had 22 out nf 21 for a .361 mark from the field and 10 out of 30 from the gift line. DUCKS TAKE LEAD Oregon snatched a surprising 60 lead in the first minute and half, Loscutoff scoring in the first seven seconds following up a miss by Jerry Ross, on a fine McHugh assist. Page hit two free throws and then McHugh con nected from the corner. First OSC points were two free throws by Vlastelica 2:61 gone. Initial OSC fielder was by Phil Shadoin fhis aprnnri in the Northern Di- --it. i ac Tt, iv ' Doint Zgon lead fluctuated' from two and with 12 21 remain- lng Vl"telica put up an under- handeror a 14-14 ti.N'eariy a (Continued on Page 3 C) Rooks Down Frosh 66-53 By BOB ROBINSON Of The Reglster-Guard . ' t -CORVALLIS The Oregon State Rooks scored their second straight win over the Oregon Frosh Saturday night at Gill Coli seum when they came through with a 66-53 triumph. Led by their big forward, Dave Gambee, the "Baby Beavers" pull ed away from a 15 all tie midway lin the lirst hal t0 take 8 le"d that they never relinquished. Wendy Rasor kept the Duck lings in the game in the early minutes with three driving lay ins. The s,core was tied six times in this early period and three times Don Kirsch's visiting five moved into two point leads. How ever, Gambee's basket from un derneath knotted the count at the aforementioned 15 and from there on it was all the Rook's game. " . ' Gary Carrigan, a mighty mite from Central Point, took over the scoring reins late in the first half and with him setting the pace the Rooks moved into a command ing 35-25 lead at the intermission. The Ducklings tried earnestly to get back in the ball game in the early part of the second half but with little success. With 13 minutes remaining to play they were hopelessly on the short end of a 50-38 score. The best Oregon effort came with a little over five minutes re maining when Rasor hit from in front of the key and Martin Swan added a pair of long ones from the side to bring the Ducklings within five points at 56-51. But this was the high water mark. Gambee and Carrigan both con nected on lay-up shots and the latter hit from far out to put the Rooks in complete command with a 62-51 lead. The Frosh never threatened after this. Gambee collected 23 counters for point making honors and he was followed by teammate, Carri gan, with 19. Paul Tuchardt was the leader for the Frosh with 18. FROSH (53) FG FT PR TP Wanaka, 113 4 Faris, f 0 14 1 Tuchardt, e j 7 4 3 18 Rasor, K 8 0 3 12 Hastings, i 2 13 5 Swan, f . 3 0 2 -6 Williams, f 0 0 3 0 Duffy, f at e 1. 10 12 Delbor, c ...j 1 1 13 Dlddock, g 0 0 0' 0 Tcnney, g 10 0 2 Ayre, g 0 0 10 Lindland, g 0 0 0 0 TOTALS ; 22 23 53 ROOKS (66) 1 FG FT PF TP Gambee, f St a 5 43 3 23 Hansen, f 4 4 2 12 Moss, c 2 0 2 4 Haynes, g 1113 Carrigan, g 8 3 1 19 Frederick, f 0 0 0 0 Francis, f 10 0 2 Zaniker, c 10 2 3 Stott, g 0 10 1 TOTALS '. .... 22 22 11 66 Halftlme score: Frosh 25, Rooks 35. Officials: Cliff Crandell and Erland Anderson. 1 N '' Register-Guard photos, Wiltshire eng MOVING TOO J" AST Oregon's Ray Bell flashed in fast for this lay-up soot, eluding Oregon State's LarrPaulus, left, but his speed caused him to miss. The Ducks' Jim Loscutoff, right, came in to tip in.the ball, however. Action came during the first half of the game at Corvallis Saturday night in which the Beaver won a close one, 56-54, J . . Nip Ducks in Overtime Thriller 56-54 1 1 II rr I I I . T II 11, I 1 1 Ximm, II 1 1 1 in m i Hi tiffi an - ma I V f WES SANTEE Loses For Once Dane Beats Miler Santee WASHINGTON W Gunnar Nielsen, the dancing Dane, ran a spectacular 4:09.5 mile Saturday night to beat Wes Santee by 15 yards in The Evening Star Games, It was one of the fastest miles ever rac?d' over a flat indoor track. Nielsen evened his score with Santee, the former Kansas ace who beat him convincingly in The Inquirer Games in Philadelphia Friday night. The Dane's time was nearly four full seconds below the old record for the Star games, set last year by Len Truex of Ohio State, who did the distance in 4:13.4. Santee carried a narrow lead in to the last of the eight laps but Nielsen pranced past him half-way around the track and made Santee look as if he were standing still. Nielsen ran the last quarter in 56.8 seconds, probably one of the fastest finishing 440 yards in in door track history. Don Gehrmann of Wisconsin turned, in a better mile over a flat track when he did 4:9.1 at Buffalo four years ago, but Niel- sent said after Saturday night's race he could have beaten that easily. The first quarter pace was too slow," Nielsen said through an interpreter. "I could have made it in 4:6 without any trouble if the first quarter paceJ had been faster." Gil Dodds' indoor record of 4:05.3 was set in- the Millrose Games at New York in 1948 over a much faster track than the one in the National Guard Armory here. In overtime. Cougars Nip UW, 74-73, After Buzzer PULLMAN, Wash. OH Substitute forward Doug King calmly sank a free throw after the final buzzer had' sounded to give 'Wash ington State a 74-73 North ern Division Pacific Coast Conference basketball victory Saturday night as 2,400 partisan fans shouted themselves hoarse. The win puts Washington State in a tie with Washington! for third place in division stand ings." ., Saturday night's game was a j thriller all the way, in contrast to Friday night's contest which saw the Huskies overwhelming the Cougars 69-38. Washington State led 60-53, with just 10 minutes to go, but then Washington went into a lull-court press and narrowed the margin with ball stealing and quick shots from the outside, mostly by Jim Coshow. WSC was only out in front 64- 61 with six minutes remaining and the game remained close the rest of the way. Big Dean Parsons almost pulled out a victory for the Huskies as he hit for two baskets to cut Washington's deficit to one at 71-70. But Parsons fouled King, who sank both of his shots. Parsons made a foul shot and Bob Morris tipped in his second attempt to tie it up at 73-73. Washington State controlled. Olson missed a shot and Morris fouled King in a battle for the rebound, as the final buzzer sounded. King made his first shot and Washington State had the vic tory. WSC coach Jack Friel scapped his usual two platoon system and left his starting team in almost the whole game, except for a rest period, until Larry Beck and Bell Rchdcr fouled out near the end. The Cougars were out-rebound ed 35-23, but hit 42 per cent on shooting compared to 31 per cent for Washington. WSC hit more than half its shots' in the second half. Flashy Ron Bcnnink, the best man on the floor again for WSC, and Coshow of Washington, who was hitting well in the second half, tied for high point honors with 24 each. WASHINGTON (73) FG FT Mm PF TP Voegtlln. uosnow, i y Parsons, a - 5 Perkins, g Olsen, g Morris, f . Nelson, e Patnoe, g Sunltsch, g Monroe, g . TOTALS 24 25 5 18 73 WSC (14) FG FT flm PF TP Bennlnk, f 8 Beck, I S Rehder, c 3 Perry, g 2 Klock. 1 5 King, I 0 Nelson, , 0 Folsy, g 0 Olson, c . 1 Lord, g 0 TOTALS 24 28 8 18 74 Halftlme score: WSC 37, Washing ton 35. DEEP IN THE FOREST Guard Phil McHugh finds himself virtually surrounded by towering Beavers after taking a rebound in the first half of Saturday's Oregon Oregon State game at Gill Coliseum. Despite the pres ence of OSC's Jay Dean, left; Tony Vlastelica, back- SPORTS SECTION C Millers Thump Roseburg Five Springfield's Millers stepped out of District 6 competition Sat urday night to thunder past visit ing Roseburg 76-47. Shooting at a' red-hot .490 clip during the first half, Springfield streaked to a 24-11 first quarter lead, and with Warren Dixon, Tom Bourgeois and Connie Moore providing the scoring punch, con tinued to sky the ante in the sec ond period for a 40-26 halftime advantage. ' By the end of the 'third quart cr the high flying Miller quintet had a 60-33 bulge and then tossed in an additional 16 counters in the final period, the only quarter they didn t reach the 20 mark- Bourgeois was leading scorer for Springfield with 20 points, followed by Lcs Pakulak's 13 points. Dick Roberts led Rose burg with 13 counters. Roseburg won the JV contest by a 5242 score. Pleasant Hill Tops McKenzie, 59-51 Pleasant Hill stepped out of the 'A" ranks Saturday night to take on McKenzie High Schools and defeat the Eagles 59-51 on Mc- Kenzie's home court. The Billies boomed to a 17 0 first quarter lead and then lag ged a little as McKenzie caught up 29-24 at the half. Rut again in the third Pleasant Hill rolled up a lead to go out in front 41-33 as the fourth quarter opened. Both clubs tallied 18 points in the fin al period. Bob Gardner was high for the game and McKenzie with 16 points, followed by Gene Stowe's 14. Jim Blighton topped Pleasant Hill with 15 and Gale Cragin added 12. Pleasant Hill also copped the JV contest, winning 49-24. Brum mer led the winners with 10 points, while Tim Graves had six for McKenzie. Reynolds Hits 32 , As Westfir Wins Wcstfir High School played host to Monroe Saturday night and defeated the visiting Eagles 5640 in a non-league encounter. With the score tied 89 after the first period, Westfir went in front 2018 at the half and then Iced the contest with i 22-point outburst In the third. Roger Rcy nolds, who was high man for Westfir and the game with 32 points, tallied 11 counters in-the third. Gary Rhule was second .top scorer for Westfir with 12, while Jerry Wall paced Monroe with 14. . Monroe won the JV contest by a 44-31 score. LANE COUNTY'a EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANAURY 23, 1955 Bolt Retains Lead In San Diego Open SAN DIEGO, Calif. (IPV Tommy Bolt, the wiry Texan, faded to an even-par 72 in the third round of the $15,000 San Diego Open Sat urday, but that was good enough to keep a three-stroke lead over fire-horse Jackie Burke, who moved up to second place with a four-undcr-par 68. With the final 18 holes slated for today, Bolt has a 203 total and Burke, the nation's second lead ing money winner last year with out capturing a single tourna ment, had 206. Meanwhile, the men who were on Bolt's heels Friday, Gene Litt ler and Stan Leonard, failed to gain. Littler had a big 73 and now has 208. Leonard was even par 72 and has 207, the same total as that posted by Johnny Palmer, who had a fine 68 Saturday. Bolt was in the process of mak ing a run-away of the tournament as. late as the 15th hole. But he ran into a pair of bogies on 16 and 17 and ended up the back HOOP SCORES College Oregon Stale 5fi, Oregon 54 ovarii, no Washington Stale 74, Washington 73 Whllworth 73. Western Wash. 57, Utah 70, Colorado AM 89 Portland Krosh 89, Mac 72 VUlanova 84, Setnn Hall 81 New Mexico fi, Denver 58 Wyoming 88, Brlgham Young 80 Ala. State 84, Alabama A at M 88 C'anlslus 79, Klcna 44 Bowling Creen 77, Ohio U 89 Northweslern 93, Iowa 73 Navy 71, Penn Military 48 Kentucky 84, Tennessee 88 Kansas Stale 79, Iowa State 87 Michigan State 87, Minnesota 75 Duqucsne 57, St. Bnnaventure 50 Cincinnati 88, Miami Ohio 80 West Virginia 101, VMI 77 Xavler 88, K. Ky. 72 N. C. Stale 78, La Salle 73 Georgia 88, Auburn 83 Purdue 9.1. Ohio State 82 Penn 91, Yale 71 Morehead 130, Furman 117 Seattle 87, Okla City 84 Army 79. l.ehigh 78 Vjnderhllt Georgia Tech 8.1 Texas Christian 71, Texas AAcM 58 Manhattan 7.1. St. Francis Bkn 89 St. Louis U 7.1, Wlchlla 71 Pacific JVs 72, Wlllamelle JVs 60 OSC Books 88, Ore. Frosh 53 Llnfleld Frosh 79, L-C Frosh 52 rieorge Fox 57, Natarene 50 Onnfaga 90, Portland 82 Lewis -Clark 84. Llnfleld 57 Portland Stale 9, Oregon Tech 89 Chlco Stale 108, Sou- Oregon 54 Willamette 41. Pacific 39 F.OCF, 110. OCE 104. Porlland State 90, OTI 59 Williams 87, Dartmouth 49. Tampa 89. Stetson 78. Wntfnrd 98, Mercer 81 Morntngilde 8.1, Iowa Teh 's. 74, La. Tech 86, I. College III. American U. 88, Balllmoie 79. S InnflcM 77. Worcester 71. Albright 76, Burknell 70. jit , Hrandcls 92. Appalachian 81. Catawha 62. Kent State. 92, Marshall 7.1. Lafayette. 69, St. Joseph's 62. Sampson AF3 84, Colgate 81. PREP SCORES Springfield 76, Hoseburg 47 Junction City 48, Sweet Home 44 Pleasant Hill 59. McKemla 51 Westfir 58. Monroe 40 Granta Pass 42, Ashland 32. Hood River 48, Wy Kast 42. Lakevtew 59, Bend 49. Moro 61, Mosler 48. Astoria 31, Tillamook 24. Maupln 49, Culver 47. Medford 70, Klamath Falls 43. Crattr 72. Illinois Valley 31. MIltonFreewater 74, llermliton 71 Heppner 65, Arlington 39. North Bend 61, Myrtle Point 17. Marshfield 58, Coqullla 13. i 1 ' ground, and Phil Shadoin, .ball. Awaiting a pass at far Ross. Thar Beavers won a in a row, 56-54 HOME NEWSPAPER. side with a 37 after going out In 35. Burke picked up. pars on those same holes and he gained four strokes during the day. A gallery estimated at 10,000 came out In perfect weather ex pecting to see Littler, the defend ing champion and a home-town hero, overtake Burke. But the 24-ycar-old Gene three putted on three greens on the first nine and never was able to recover. Bud Holschcr, another young star of the tournament trail, also failed to take advantage of Bolt's slight decline in scoring, as he took a 71 to pick up only one stroke. He now has a 209 total. Bolt had rounds of 64 and 67 the first two days as he played a bold game. But with a four-stroke lead at the end of 36 holes, he played a cautious stick as he pro tected the advantage. He had two birdies and two bogies and never was in serious trouble. In the 210 bracket came Fred Haas and Ted Kroll with 70 and 71, respectively. There was a six way tie at 211 between Fred Wamplcr, Bill Ogden, Art Wall, Walter Burkemo, Bo Winlngcr, and Doug Ford. HIGHCLIMBER By DICK ic Our old friend, Lair Gregory, has probably been working out ever since his pre-Rose Bowl vacation In Cali fornia and has likely developed a new pitch to use against the Oregon and OSC coaches when his Orcgonian Orioles meet in their annual series next spring but this is hardly the time of year to unlimhcr the arm. It Is, however, "Hotstove League" time. ... . This is also the time of the year when the Emerald Empire Baseball Club, local Class B do its physical and financial spring training and the growing weeks an effort will be made to sell 5,000 season tickets at $12.50 and put some $00,000 In the bank in lieu of the custo mary stock-selling plan em ployed by most minor league organizations. , , , Spade work has also been started at Bethel Park, home of the "Emeralds" (or some other name lhat may be select ed by Chairman George Clark and his naming commitlec. . . . Actual construction of the new center stands, plus a new row of box scats, will get under way Feb. 1, according to Jim Huscr. . . . Bobby Docrr, in charge of the actual playing field, will probably have to await more favorable weather to ilart his imnortant oroicct but he has Ideas and lots of HAL DUNHAM a c v I c e from groundskecper Tailback With Air Force friends In the majors and Coast League. ... In the meantime, Manager Hugh Luby of Salem, charged with tho responsibility of drafting a seven club schedule, Is probably finding tho task tougher than a Chinese puizle. . . . Young Bob Graham, son of. Frank Graham, who has been the sparkplug of the entire venture, had I six-club icuedule drafted prior to the last league meeting. Not bad for a teen ager. We (Continued on Pag 10 C) ... . i NMaaaMiviiaaHaaiHaiaaHiaaaal Register-Guard photoi, Wlluhtr tn ' right, McHugh cleared tha y. left is Duck teammate Jerry , thriller for ttle second night . in overtime. ' CLASSIFIED Junction Nips Huskies 48-44 Junction City High School had to come from behind twice In the fourth quarter before the Tigers could pull out a narrow 4844 vic tory over the visiting Sweet Home Huskies. Staging a nip-and-tuck battle from the opening whistle, the two clubs battled to a 9-9 draw at the quarter and Junction City, on suc cessive field goals by Marv Pies- ner and Ralph Johnson, drew in front 22-18 at the half.. But Sweet Home came back In the third to knot the score at 24 24 and then take a 28-24 lead. At the end of the period the Huskies led by a single point. 32-31. A pair of" freethrows by Tony Peterson gave Junction City a 35-34 lead shortly after the finale opened. From here to the end Junction City was always in front as the Tigers hit with deadly ac curacy from the foul line. Plesncr was high for the game and Junction City with 17 points and Tony Peterson contributed eight. Phil Kitel and Marv Dan iels shared scoring honors for Sweet Home with 14 each. Junction City also won the opening JV contest by 00-45 margin. STRITE- Northwest Baseball League, must spadewnrk. , . . Can't wait for grass. Within the next few f . LtjL. : .-J 4 1
