Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-01-18
GAMES
PROMISED In
SERIES HERE
Teams Evenly Match
ed and Both Prepared
to Show Samlpes of
Real Basketball
By Harry N. Grain

Salem basketball fans are In for
real treat in the way of stel-
lar performances in the hoop
game line tonight and Friday
evening, when the quintets OF
Willamette and the University OF
idaho clash on the armory floor,
II dope as to the comparative
strength and caliber Of the two
teams is anywhere near accurate.
Willamette and Idaho, today.
are about as evenly matched as
two teams could be, according to-
all reports.
Stronger Than Whitman
Idaho, according to Coach Bob
Ter. Bearcat mentor, is stronger
aggregation than the Whitman
team with which the Bearcats
got $3.50 break here last week,
but he says the Gem Staters are
not invincible by a whole lot.
Boiler ought to know something
whereof he speaks--he saw Idaho
trim the Oregon quintet In Eu-
gene. Monday evening.
Conceding that Idaho has a |
shade the edge OF the Missionaries
that does not give them an option
On the games here. II is going
70 be considerable stronger
bunch Of Bearcats that Idaho
must conquer than even the team
which trimmed the Whitman vet
Grams in their first engagement.
A whole lot of the hesitancy and
indecision which marked the Bear
cat play of last week is going
TO be conspicuous tonight-con-
spicuous by Its absence, II Boiler
has his way.
Bearcats Improve
The Bearcats learned lot last
week--practice sessions of the last
few nights have shown that
and not the least of the knowledge
assimilated was that 1t Is Inn
possible to win basketball games
without going out after basket
nav and then. There has been a
big Improvement in the offensive
tactics OF the locals, and their de-
Tense had strengthened consider
able.
With exception Of Doney, CEN
ter IL Is probable that the Bear
cats will start tonight's farcas
with about the same lineup that
opposed Whitman. Boiler has
been working socoiofsky consid-
cradle since last Friday. and it
is entirely possible that he will be ,
used as guard, with Dimick
shifted In to Doney's place at CEN
ter. The addition OF Socolofsky'sI
weight and aggressiveness would
be valuable both to the offensive
and defensive play of the Bear
cats.
Idaho Style Effective
Reports as to the style OF play
being used by Idaho make II ev-
ident that unless the locals boil
ster up their individual guarding
and stick closer to their men on
the defense they are going to ex- I
perience some difficulty in stop \
ping the invaders. Idaho, despite I
The fact that the team is made
np almost entirely OF inexper- I
lenced men, uses five-man Of
Tense, with the guards advancing /
under cover Of slow play forma- q
lion until they are well under the k
basket. The forwards then follow Q
With a rush. making 1t imperative v
'or their opponents that both
guards and forwards be well COW i
sred. They seldom shoot except c
Vhen well under the basket. v
Durno to Referee, v
Eddie Durno, star forward OF Q
he championship University of a
oregon team last year, will refer h
e both Of the Idaho games here.
rhis will be Durno's first appear n
ince here as an official, "a
The probable lineups for to- /,
light are; !,
Willamette-Gillette and Lo- !,
-an, forwards; Doney, or Dlmick,
enter; Patton and Dimick, or So
olofsky. guards, a
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