FIRST OF MEET TO BE TOESOUK Intramural Bar Vault and Swim Scheduled FIJIS HOLD FIRST PLACE Nineteen Teams Entered in Annual Pentathlon Less than a week remains for the entries of the intramural pentathlon to round into shape for the first two events, the bar vault and swim, which will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:15 in the men’s gym nasium. “Hank” Foster, director of the intramural program, asks that the managers of the different house teams turn in the names of the five men that will compete in the pentathlon before Friday evening, February 1, at 5 o’clock. The names of the men on the team must be turned in to Foster before the men can compete in the events. Fijis Hold Lead Of the 19 teams entered in the intramural tournament the Fijis have managed to hold down first place. There may be a chance that they will be dethroned if some team piles up a high score and carries off the meet. The first two events will be staged Tuesday even ing and the remaining three, rope cilmb, run and high jump will be finished Thursday evening. High Score Expected The events will be run off this year in two evenings because of the lack of time and again the amount of endurance is not requir el for two events as if all five were held in one evening. By this method of staging the pentathlon it is expected that some team will make a high score. If an extra ordinary score is made in the meet it will not be counted toward the high point position of the Univer sity, which is held by HadTlon Rockhey. Each man will be given a card and will take his turn at the bar vault, and after finishing this event will go to the tank and take the swim. Harry Seott, Jim Coss man, Earl Widmer, and “Hank” Foster will be in charge of the bar vault, while “Rudy” Fahl and Bon Park will look after the swim. INTRAMURAL SPORTS THOUGHT ESSENTIAL (Continued From Page One.) of athletics, last year tlie department of physical education through the in tramural program, had 596 men ac tively engaged in some sport. Sta tistics available in Scott’s office show that 19 men’s organizations were active in the intramural program during the past year and that each living organization had on the av erage for the year, 20 men engaged in each of the nine intramural sports. In the fall - term basketball is the major intramural activity and the 19 living organizations engaged, are re presented by seven men to a team. The varsity and freshman teams would limit the possibility of basket ball playing to 35 or 40 men instead of 112 men who enjoyed the game last year. Last fall 62 men turned out for intramural cross country, al though this was the first time that the event had been listed as an in tramural activity. During tlie winter term hand ball, the physical ability pentatha lon, wrestling and swimming are open to intramural men. The hand ball teams are composed of 2 men from each of the 19 living or ganizations. Each organization is represented by 4 men in the pentathalon, 55 men turned out for intramural wrestling last year, and swimming, which is the last in tramural activity in the winter term, attracted 75 men. In the spring each of ,the or ganizations are represented by 2 men in the tennis tournament, 11 men in baseball, and last season 50 men turned out for track. The 9 intramural sports offered to members of 19 living organizations in 1922-1923 consist of basketball, in which 112 men were actually participants: handball, 34; physical ability pentathalon, 55; wrestling, 61; swimming, 50; track, 75; base ball, 175: tennis, 34. With all of these various activi ties available for the man who likes to play—and Scott believes that all men like to play— beneficial ath letics are open throughout the year to the L'niversity student. By ad hering to, and occasionally modify ing the intramural program, the | end desired by the school of phy sical education is realized. The I man who is not in condition for varsity athletics, or cannot make •the team, is given an opportunity to improve himself physically by 9 different activities. But the tiling that pleases Scott *■-' o most, is the fact that men are ; articipating in the intramural pro gram learn to play games •which ’■vill afford them pleasure and ex . rcise and enjoyment long after they leave the University. After a man becomes 30 years of age, he does not care to play basketball— the game is too strenuous. “But a man can enjoy and does profit by a game of handball even after he becomes bald or gray,” Scott de clared. The plaque, offered by the de partment of physical education to the organization winning the year's intramural contest, was awarded to the Sigma Chi fraternity last year. Any organization winning the plaque three times in succession gets to keep the trophy. To win the plaque the organization must be a consistent participant in all of the intramural activities. The time element entering into the intramural activities does not jeopardize the student scholastic record, according to Scott. Less time is consumed and more benefit accrues to the student participating in a well organized and system atized sport than could possibly be obtained by haphazard, irregular playing. Ill closing Scott said that men en tering the intramural activities did so on their own initiative and played with a definite purpose. When they leave the University, he believes that they will continue to play on their own initiative for the same reason that they do now —for enjoyment. FRESHMEN ANNEX SPEEDY HOOP GAME (Continued from page ong) the Eugene high team yesterday afternoon by converting the remark able number of seven fouls con-' verted out of eight tries. He also caged two field goals and was high point for his team with eleven counters. Flynn was the chief scorer of the fracas, looping six baskets from the field for a total of 12 points. Kiminki and Chiles shared runner-up honors with seven points apiece. The line-ups and scores were: Eugene (27) (41) Freshman Landrum (8).E..(2) Westerman Murray (11).F..(5) Westergren' Ebberhart (6)......C.(6) Okerberg Bailey (2).G.(7) Kiminki Milligan (0).G.(0) Eeinliart Substitutions: Eugene, Olson, Luc-key and Sanborn. Oregon Fresh man, Chiles (7), Flynn (12), Dal las (2), Sehmeer, Carter and Schroeder. Referee Edlunds. The freshmen will play the Uni versity high squad this afternoon in the men’s gymnasium at 4:30. DEAN DYMENT RECOVERING FROM ATTACK OF GRIPPE Dean Colin Dyment of the college of literature, science and the arts, is