Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Mar 26, 2023 13:44:56 GMT -8
March 26, 1936 WASHINGTON 35 - Oregon State 29
1936 was the first year that basketball was an Olympics sport. The AAU, NCAA, and YMCA each held Tournaments to create an eight-team Tournament at Madison Square Garden to decide what players to bring to Nazi Germany for the Olympics. One of the eight teams would be the champion of the Pacific Coast Conference, using FIBA rules. In FIBA at the time, there were other slight differences with the biggest being that FIBA did not have a three seconds in the key.
Stanford won the Pacific Coast Conference in 1936, but it was decided to hold a Tournament in Seattle, using FIBA rules with the four best teams in the Pacific Coast Conference. On March 25, 1936 (do some damned research, Media Guide!), Oregon State beat Stanford 33-23 in one semifinal, and Washington beat USC 41-27 in the other semifinal to set up the Pacific Coast Conference Championship Game, winner to Madison Square Garden.
Washington led 17-10 at the half and built a 14-point second half lead before Oregon State roared back to make the final score more palatable. The Huskies' forward, Chuck Wagner, finished with 13 points to lead all scorers. Washington's Bob Egge scored nine points but was credited with holding Oregon State's "high-scoring" All-American Wally Palmberg to a measly six points, only four of which were scored on Egge. Washington's All-American Ralph Bishop scored six points. Cliff Folen and All-Pacific Coast Conference North Hub Tuttle each chipped in six points. The other Beavers outscored the other Huskies 11-7, but Egge and Wagner were the difference.
Washington won the game and went to Madison Square Garden. The other entrants were from the AAU--the AAU Champion McPherson Globe Refiners and the runner-up Universal Pictures (yes, that Universal Pictures) Universals--the champions of the other four NCAA Regions--Arkansas, DePaul, Temple, and Utah State (which had beat 20-0 Kansas in a best of three series in Kansas City 37-39, 42-37, and 50-31)--and the YMCA National Champion from Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. The two AAU teams swept the other six teams. Washington, though beat DePaul and then beat Wilmerding in the third-place game. (Wilmerding beat Utah State in the other quarterfinals that did not involve an AAU team.) With the two wins, Washington claims a National Championship. There was no comparable Tournament in 1937, but the NIT started in 1938 with six regional champions before it was superseded, for Pacific Coast Conference purposes, by the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
The Universal Pictures basketball team, which was made primarily to promote Universal Pictures movies and comprised mostly of players from UCLA, won the Tournament and placed seven players on the Olympics team. McPherson Globe Refiners, which was a team used to promote oil refined at the McPherson Globe Refinery and was comprised mostly of players from Kansas universities, placed six players on the Olympics team. Ralph Bishop, Washington's All-American center was the 14th player. The United States agreed to alternate teams with the McPherson Globe Refinery.
All games were held at the Tennis Stadium, which was on clay outdoors. Spain was supposed to play in the United States in the first round but was in the midst of a Civil War and did not wind up sending a team. Estonia beat France 34-29 in the first round to play the United States. The Universal Pictures team beat Estonia 52-28. That put the United States into the quarterfinals. The Philippines beat Mexico and Estonia to play the United States. The McPherson Globe and Bishop team defeated the Philippines 56-23. The Philippines would go on to defeat Fascist Italy and then Uruguay to win Fifth Place.
The United States' next opponent was Mexico, which had defeated Belgium but lost to the Philippines and had to play out of the losers' bracket. Mexico defeated Egypt, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy to play its way back into the semifinals. The Universal Pictures team beat Mexico 25-10 to play into the Gold Medal Game. The opponent would be Canada, which had to beat Brazil, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Poland to play into the game. In the rain, the McPherson Globe and Bishop team won the Gold Medal 19-8. Mexico beat Poland to win Bronze.
The top eight officially were:
1. United States
2. Canada
3. Mexico
4. Poland
5. The Philippines
6. Uruguay.
7. Italy
8. Peru
Peru sent a 40-man Olympics team. In soccer, Fascist Austria led 2-0 in the 75th minute, but Peru came back to score two goals in regulation to send it into overtime and two additional goals in overtime to win 4-2. Austria alleged that Peruvian fans had swarmed the field, one carrying a gun, and asked for a replay, which was granted by the ever-crooked FIFA. Peru withdrew its entire Olympics team in protest, calling Europeans a bunch of "merchants."
Brazil, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Imperial Japan, and Switzerland finished tied for ninth.
Latvia finished 15th.
Egypt, Nazi Germany, and the Republic of China finished tied for 16th. Egypt was eliminated after losses to Peru, Uruguay, and Mexico. Nazi Germany was eliminated after losses to Switzerland, Fascist Italy, and Czechoslovakia. The Republic of China was eliminated after losses to Imperial Japan, Peru, and Brazil.
1936 was the first year that basketball was an Olympics sport. The AAU, NCAA, and YMCA each held Tournaments to create an eight-team Tournament at Madison Square Garden to decide what players to bring to Nazi Germany for the Olympics. One of the eight teams would be the champion of the Pacific Coast Conference, using FIBA rules. In FIBA at the time, there were other slight differences with the biggest being that FIBA did not have a three seconds in the key.
Stanford won the Pacific Coast Conference in 1936, but it was decided to hold a Tournament in Seattle, using FIBA rules with the four best teams in the Pacific Coast Conference. On March 25, 1936 (do some damned research, Media Guide!), Oregon State beat Stanford 33-23 in one semifinal, and Washington beat USC 41-27 in the other semifinal to set up the Pacific Coast Conference Championship Game, winner to Madison Square Garden.
Washington led 17-10 at the half and built a 14-point second half lead before Oregon State roared back to make the final score more palatable. The Huskies' forward, Chuck Wagner, finished with 13 points to lead all scorers. Washington's Bob Egge scored nine points but was credited with holding Oregon State's "high-scoring" All-American Wally Palmberg to a measly six points, only four of which were scored on Egge. Washington's All-American Ralph Bishop scored six points. Cliff Folen and All-Pacific Coast Conference North Hub Tuttle each chipped in six points. The other Beavers outscored the other Huskies 11-7, but Egge and Wagner were the difference.
Washington won the game and went to Madison Square Garden. The other entrants were from the AAU--the AAU Champion McPherson Globe Refiners and the runner-up Universal Pictures (yes, that Universal Pictures) Universals--the champions of the other four NCAA Regions--Arkansas, DePaul, Temple, and Utah State (which had beat 20-0 Kansas in a best of three series in Kansas City 37-39, 42-37, and 50-31)--and the YMCA National Champion from Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. The two AAU teams swept the other six teams. Washington, though beat DePaul and then beat Wilmerding in the third-place game. (Wilmerding beat Utah State in the other quarterfinals that did not involve an AAU team.) With the two wins, Washington claims a National Championship. There was no comparable Tournament in 1937, but the NIT started in 1938 with six regional champions before it was superseded, for Pacific Coast Conference purposes, by the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
The Universal Pictures basketball team, which was made primarily to promote Universal Pictures movies and comprised mostly of players from UCLA, won the Tournament and placed seven players on the Olympics team. McPherson Globe Refiners, which was a team used to promote oil refined at the McPherson Globe Refinery and was comprised mostly of players from Kansas universities, placed six players on the Olympics team. Ralph Bishop, Washington's All-American center was the 14th player. The United States agreed to alternate teams with the McPherson Globe Refinery.
All games were held at the Tennis Stadium, which was on clay outdoors. Spain was supposed to play in the United States in the first round but was in the midst of a Civil War and did not wind up sending a team. Estonia beat France 34-29 in the first round to play the United States. The Universal Pictures team beat Estonia 52-28. That put the United States into the quarterfinals. The Philippines beat Mexico and Estonia to play the United States. The McPherson Globe and Bishop team defeated the Philippines 56-23. The Philippines would go on to defeat Fascist Italy and then Uruguay to win Fifth Place.
The United States' next opponent was Mexico, which had defeated Belgium but lost to the Philippines and had to play out of the losers' bracket. Mexico defeated Egypt, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy to play its way back into the semifinals. The Universal Pictures team beat Mexico 25-10 to play into the Gold Medal Game. The opponent would be Canada, which had to beat Brazil, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Poland to play into the game. In the rain, the McPherson Globe and Bishop team won the Gold Medal 19-8. Mexico beat Poland to win Bronze.
The top eight officially were:
1. United States
2. Canada
3. Mexico
4. Poland
5. The Philippines
6. Uruguay.
7. Italy
8. Peru
Peru sent a 40-man Olympics team. In soccer, Fascist Austria led 2-0 in the 75th minute, but Peru came back to score two goals in regulation to send it into overtime and two additional goals in overtime to win 4-2. Austria alleged that Peruvian fans had swarmed the field, one carrying a gun, and asked for a replay, which was granted by the ever-crooked FIFA. Peru withdrew its entire Olympics team in protest, calling Europeans a bunch of "merchants."
Brazil, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Imperial Japan, and Switzerland finished tied for ninth.
Latvia finished 15th.
Egypt, Nazi Germany, and the Republic of China finished tied for 16th. Egypt was eliminated after losses to Peru, Uruguay, and Mexico. Nazi Germany was eliminated after losses to Switzerland, Fascist Italy, and Czechoslovakia. The Republic of China was eliminated after losses to Imperial Japan, Peru, and Brazil.