1942 Gem of the Mountains, Volume 40 - University of Idaho Yearbook

Page 91

Oregon-Washington Series Huskies, sensations of the eastern cage c irc uit in their holiday lour, found the underrated Vandal squad a " tough cookie" in the season's ope ners al Sea ttle, but still managed to win bo th ga rne 36-28 and 40-33. \VA UJ NCTON'

li ce Edm undson's crew made it t hree s traight ,,Jtcn they outscored the Va nd als 44路-37 on M emorial gymnasium court. !Iusky height took its Loll after fla y Turner was ousted on fouls in t he las t half. With George Steele and Turner teaming up in scori ng a nd on the backboard, the Vandals knocked the Sea ttle five out of a firs t place deadlock with a 39-32 triumph in the fina l game.

53-39 victor y over t he Vandals in the season fina le a t E ugene was al most los t in the sh uffle as big Ra y Turner sharpened up his shooting eye and blasted northern division scoring records into obli vion with a 192-poin t total.

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ced ing nine points in the final game to smas h ~ a lly Palmberg' old mark, curl y-h ea ded R ay twined 13 counters before going o ut o n persona l fo uls. The Web feet Look an early lead to defea t the Vanda ls 50-30 in the third game. The t wo-game series in Moscow ended "even-s teven" with the Vandals pu lling the firs t out of the fire 38-36, the Ducks ,, inning the foll owing night 35-30 despite a n 18-point Turner scoring spree .

An Ore~on 8t,tf' plny f'r use.~ George S teele's (12) s houldf'r to boost him self llfJ Lowords the ball . . . Other ployf' rS are T ed TltontfJSOtt (5) and John Mandie (18) on the left liiHl Uay Turn e r (22) and Lew B eck (11) on the rig Itt.

S t e elf' jumps ' way off the floor to get a rebound and lool>s (lrou nd for n Von dol recei ver in the second O. S. C. gome ployefl 011 M e morial gy m court . . . O. S.C.'s John Jl1(ffrdi(路 Ito.~ clwnge(l his jersey to Number 28.


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