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
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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.
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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,
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Nip Ducks in Overtime Thriller 56-54
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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.
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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
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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
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