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Orangemen Prepared for Eugene Invasion Tomorrow Night THE FIRING LINE By PAT FRIZZELL So Oregon lias adopted Slats Gill's zone defense? That's the idea reports from Corvallis convey, and the Beavers seen to be telling the story with a straight face. Evidently the> believe it or something. Well, if your humble correspondent is at all up on his bas ketball history, a gentleman named Pliog Allen is renowned as the originator of the zone defense. He introduced it in Kan sas way back when. For all your correspondent knows, it may have been invented even before Allen's day. Bob Hager, incidentally, used .it at Oregon State before Slats Gill took up the coaching reigns over there. r Hobby Hobson has coached a zone defense for years, when ever the occasion demanded it. Oregon used a zone defense more than once last winter. * * * However, Beavers, we don’t want your zone defense. And, while at it, we don’t want your offense either. We don’t blame you for using ring-arourd-the-rosy passing when you can win ball games that way. But, for Saturday night, fans around this neck of the woods are hoping you’ll open up with an offense that doesn’t put us to sleep. A slow-breaking offense, in which the ball is worked in, adds science and often interest, but we over here have it on good authority that the contests Oregon State won from the Huskies last weekend were about as thrilling as a game of tiddle de-winks in an old folks’ home. # # * And another thing. Don’t let dispatches from Corvallis fool you into thinking Oregon will have a tremendous height ad vantage tomorrow night. The Beaver and Webfoot first fives measure just about even, on an average. And any substitutions made will give Oregon State a height edge. Elmer Kolberg, Earl Conkling and this new ace, Mai Harris, are not in the knee-high-to-a-grasshopper class. If these hefties foul out, the Beavers have Bob Kissman. Chet Kebbe, and other lanky lads. Oregon has some tall ball players. Far be it from your correspondent to deny that Messrs. Slim Wintermute, Ray Jew ell, Laddie Gale, and Dave Silver are up there in the atmosphere. But the rest of Hobby's men are in the midget class, as bask eteers go. Bobby Anet. Wally Johansen, Johnny Lewis, Bill Courtney, and Ken Purdy (yes, Beavers, Mr. Purdy is still with us) are of only ordinary measurements. « ** * But let’s forget about little discrepancies in Oregon State ideas and keep uppermost in our minds that tomorrow night on McArthur court will take place a ball game that will be a ball game. Whatever offense the Beavers employ, they’re tough babies. And their zone defense, even if it isn’t the one and only, is hard to penetrate. But our Ducks are the fightingest bunch of sophomores you can find around this northern division. And everything points to a battle of battles that will make some 7000 Igloo inmates chortle until the proverbial rafters ring. Notice that 7000. An arbitrary figure, naturally. And an optimistic one. But there ought to be 8000. which l believe is the Igloo's capacity. A game like tomorrow's should pack the joint to the guards. Last year when Wally Palmberg dueled the Grenadiers in the local pavilion 7514 excited customers crammed the nooks and crannies, and they saw one sweet ball game. Tomorrow there should be another 7.>14. \ on never can tell. It may be another such miracle exhibition as the first game of the series at Corvallis. The terrible weather early this week was a tremendous blow to attendance at the Washington games. Roads were blocked and few out-of-town fans could reach the Igloo. Portland repre sentation, usually significant for such important frays, was negligible. Regardless of the weather, the attendance should have been better. Or it might be more appropriate to say it could have been. Interest in the Webfoots is at a higher pitch this winter than at any time for several years. Campus enthusiasm is run ning high, but, of course, far too many of the lads and lassies lack ASUO cards. # $ ^ Washington State meets Idaho over in tin* Inland Empire country tonight and tomorrow night in a pair of games that may have an important bearing on the conference race. W by, the uninitiated may ask? Idaho is certainly inferior to the Cougars. But when Vandal and Cougar battle, it s the same as when Duck meets Beaver. And the Moscow crowd is more than likely to upset the Cougars at least once and divert their glance from the gohfalan. And such a diversion would be apple pie to our Webfoots and to Washington. Varoff Competes In East Saturday Webfoot Pole Vault Star Tastes Competition in Millrose Games Oregon George Varoff, holder of the world’s pole vault record, will taste first competition of his east ern invasion tomorrow in the Mill rose games at New York. Varoff, product of Colonel Bill Hayward, veteran Webfoot track mentor, left Eugene Monday after noon. He flew by plane from Port land to the east. Colonel .Bill fol lowed the progress of his star ath lete through the channels of short wave. , The pole vault Saturday night will furnish some of collegedoms outstanding athletes. Jumping against Varoff will be Olympic champion Earle Meadows of Sou thern California. Co-winners of the event in last year’s Millrose games, Eldon Stuz man, formerly of Syracuse, and Oscar Sutermeister of Harvard, will also be back to defend their honors. Varoff worked out diligently prior to leaving for the east, in anticipation of some heated compe tition. His record is 14 feet 6 inches. Varoff cleared near the 14 foot mark last Friday in an ex hibition jump to climax his last workout. What is the BLACK MENACE? Abba Dabbas Face ATOs tor Title ML dNt«M mum iuj» m-w ■. —— "nr* Beef Trust and ATO Seconds Clash for B Team Gonfalon 1 Games Postponed Due To Lack of Heat in Gym; A Contest Starts At 4, B Tilt at 5_ INTRAMURAL FINALS TODAY A division — 4 p. m. —Alpha Tau Omega vs. Abba Dabba. B division — 5 p. in. — Alpha Tail Omega vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. By ELBERT HAWKINS Basketball players need heat. There was none at the new physi cal education building yesterday, so the two donut play-off finals were forcibly postponed. The long intramural hoop cam paign will reach its climax this af ternoon, however, when two A teams and two B teams, the pick of nearly fifty quintets, clash for title honors. Facing each other at 4 o’clock for the coveted A league gonfalon will be the classy Alpha Tau Ome gas, and the equally powerful Ab ba Dabbas, last year's runner-ups. ATOs Rate Twice The ATOs rate double honors in play-off tilts, placing their second team in the finals of the B divi sion where they face Sigma Phi Epsilon’s rugged “Beef Trust” hoop team. They meet at 5 o’clock. Today’s Abba Dabba-ATO con-I test is expected to produce some j of the season’s finest basketball. J Both teams are rated on a par, I and have been eagerly awaiting the set-to. It will be undefeated against un defeated when the melee opens. Both teams swept through their divisions of league play with un scathed records of five straight victories, and continued the driv ing pace through hard fought play-off games. Blasted Phi Delts ATO’s high-scoring basketeers blasted their way into the finals with an impressive 30-to-17 vic tory of a scrapping Phi Delt out fit, while the smoothing passing Abba Dabbas were rolling to a 24-to-ll triumph over a driving bunch of Betas. A man for man comparison of the two quintets indicates nothing short of some terrific ball playing for today’s title clash. The Abba Dabbas, while not rolling up any high scores on opposing teams, have been known for their close checking man-for-man defense. The well balanced ATOs have combined smooth floor work with aggressive play producing one of the league’s best offensives. Miller at Center The ATOs with lanky Darrel Miller, ex-Klamath Falls all-stater, i at center, are expected to control the valuable tip a large portion of the time. Miller is also con stant scoring threat from under neath the basket. Jay Gray’oeal, aggressive guard, and Andy Karstens, dead-eye for ward, are two lads who have sparked the ATO attack in earlier games. Graybeal is a close check er on defense, and Karstens, has been a threat on long range shots, besides being a leader. Jack Stafford, forward, and Jack Dunn, guard, complete the Alpha Tau Omega starting five. The rangy Stafford is a neat worker under the back-board, and is always found in the thick of action. Dunn is a steady player, and outstanding on defense. Seven Abba Dabbas Seven players have been in the thick of action for the runner-up Abba Dabbas. Midget Joe Weber, valuable reserve guard, who open ed Wednesday’s contest will be in Portland. Heading the Abba Dabbas is Stuart Marsec, red-headed guard, who rated all-star honors last year. Marsee is a tight defensive play er, and a neat ball handler besides. Another spark in the Dabba scoring machine is Tom Ilayashi, flashy guard who is considered one of the team's best dribblers. Hay ashi is a scoring threat as proven by his three beautiful buckets in Wednesday’s game, which came within a five minute period. (Continued from page three) Wintermute Tops League Scorers Oregon Center Totals 81; Silver Comes in Second With 71 Urgel "Slim" Wintermute, Ore gon's gangling sophomore center, by scoring 22 points in the Wash ington series this week, increased his season's total to 81 to lead the pack in the northern division scor ing race. Right on Wintermute's heels comes another Webfoot, big Dave Silver, sharp-eyed left-handed for ward, who has scored 71 points in nine games so far. In third place rests Art Merryman who has ac counted for 63 points in seven con tests, two less than the Webfoot pace setters. By scoring 29 points in the Husky encounters Johnny Lewis, veteran Duck forward who came into his own this week, moved into fourth place with' 56 counters. Howard Hobson’s men have the highest game average of any team in the conference with 319 points in nine contests, for an average of 35.4 per game. However, on the other side of the ledger, the Ducks also have the weakest defensive record, with 309 points scored against them, making an average of 34.3 per game. The league leading Washington State Cougars have the tightest defensive record to date with only 202 points dropped in an against them for an average of 28.9 per game. Leading scores of the division with games, field goals, free throws,- personal fouls and total points follow: FG FT PF TP Wintermute, Ore. ..27 27 12 81 Silver, Ore.19 33 25 71 Merryman, OSC .. .19 25 16 63 Lewis, Ore.20 17 7 56 Nelson, WSC .21 12 15 54 ruttle, OSC .15 19 14 49 Cannon, Wash.20 9 20 49 Wagner, Wash.17 13 25 47 Dahlke, WSC .15 9 12 39 Loverich, Wash.15 8 15 38 Egge, Wash.11 16 19 38 Johansen, Ore.15 8 17 38 Johnson, WSC .16 5 12 37 Seiko, Idaho . 8 15 10 31 ■Cramer, Idaho .13 5 10 31 Dolquist, WSC 14 ...11 .12 Werner, Wash. Voelker, Wash. Purdy, Ore. Jonkling, OSC 6 Smith, Idaho .10 rlariss, OSC Vnet, Ore. ... 3 10 31 8 13 30 9 10 10 28 .10 3 9 2' 14 21 2< 5 6 2! 5 13 2! 5 10 24 2( anipus Contest to Have MGM Trophy as Prize The MGM "Romeo and Juliet” •rophy will be awarded to the first iving organization on the campus o reach the 100 per cent mark for Frosh Trounce Wendling Five By48-39 Score Matt Pavalunas Piles Up 14 Points as Warren’s Yearlings Win; Dick Is Second With 10 Oregon's fighting Duckling quintet led all the way last night to take a 48-to-39 victory over the Cardinals in a fast tilt at Wendf ling. The victory avenged an early season loss the frosh basketeers suffered at the hands of the tough Wendling outfit. Wendling beat Coach Warren's men by a 44-to-43 score three weeks ago for their only defeat. They now have seven wins in eight games under their belts. The driving frosh, paced by Matt Pavalunas, who contributed a scoring spree of 14 tallies, sported a 19-to-6 half-time lead. Towering John Dick, Duckling center, was right behind with 10 points. Summary: Frosh (48) (39) Wendling Sarpola, 7 .F... 14, G. Wright Blenkinsop, 2....F.12, Crow Dick, 10 .C. Rutchben Pavalunas/ 14.,G. 6, Page Quinn, 6 .G. 7, Wicks Jones, 5 .S Referee: Estes. Cougars, Vandals Meet at Pullman League Leaders lo Engage Idaho in Vital Series This Weekend Northern Division Standings Points W L Pet. For Ag Wash. State 5 2 .714 243 202 Oregon . 6 3 .667 319 309 Washington 5 3 .620 262 239 Ore. State ..2 5 .286 208 218 Idaho . 0 5 .000 124 168 Games this week-end: Tonight — Idaho at Washington State. Saturday—Oregon State at Ore gon; Washington State at Idaho. Washington State’s Cougars, leaders of the northern division basketball race, will meet Idaho at Pullman tonight in a game which will necessarily have definite bear ing on the championship struggle. Jack Fricl’s Cougars will be heavily favored over the Vandals, who have yet to win a game, but the sale of tickets to “Romeo and Juliet,” to be shown at the Mc Donald theater, February 12. “Romeo and Juliet,” which was given by the University players in an outdoor production two years ago, will be shown with Norma Shearer cast as Juliet and Leslie Howard as Romeo. Tickets are on sale at the box office of the McDonald theater. Cash and ticket prizes will also be awarded to houses that are run ner-ups in the contest. Philip Morris Scorecast WINNERS ARE POSTED at COLLEGE HIDE CLAYPOOL-VAN ATT A TIIE FALCON KEITH FENNEL SI HERE LAN FULL DETAILS ARE POSTED IN YOUR HOUSE AND AT THE ABOVE PLACES SCORECAST NOW ON WSC VS. IDAHO Feb. 5tli OREGON VS. O S C Feb. Gth Ballots will be collected today, at 6 p.m. Track Aspirants To Meet Today Meeting Slated for Igloo; Novices Will Compete in Indoor Event TRACK MEETING TODAY All men interested in an in door all - campus track meet this term are asked to meet up tairs at McArthur at 4 o’clock this afternoon. House athletic managers are also asked to at tend. Track novices will have their | turn at an indoor meet late this j term, according to Colonel Bill ( Hayward, veteran Oregon cinder s coach. First steps in planning for such an event will be taken at a meet ing of all interested men upstaii'3 at McArthur court this afternoon. The time is 4 o’clock. Varsity lettermen will be ineli- ] gible for competition in the meet, | but freshman numeral winners will ^ be eligible. Trackmen have been working t out all term in the unfinished por- i tion of the new gymnasium, which t at present is being used as a field 1 house. t Events scheduled for the indoor e meet, Hayward says, are the mile, 880, 440, high jump, pole vault, shot put, 45-yard high hurdles, and 45-yard sprint. Idaho has a habit of upsetting Washington State teams and the Cougars may drop from the top rung. The two ancient rivals clash in a second game at Moscow to morrow. Web foots Take Day Of Rest as Eve of Battle Approaches PINK Lemon-Aid By JOHN PINK As was stated in the editoria olumns of this paper, it is nol >ur custom to work ourselves uj iver trifling matters. But lest th< hought circulate that we wen lowed into submission by Ha ligg’s splendid “diatripe" of th< >ther afternoon, we hasten tc pike it. Dear Hal: Nuts to you. Tritely and ecstatically, Your good friend, John Pink. We feel certain that good frlenc lal, with his remarkable facultj or reading between the lines, his ;reat powers of clear perception is marvelous ability for getting o the point of a matter, will b« ,ble to read reams and reams ol hought into this simple letter. We iesitate to write more for feai hat Hal will not have room in his ditorial pages to answer it. It is our only hope that good friend Hal doesn't find cause to compare the IQ’s of our respec tive faculty members in this let ter. 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The calm before tomorrow night's basketball storm was ex perienced yesterday by members of the Oregon hoop squad as Coach Howard Hobson gave his men a complete day of rest in order that they may be in top shape for the coming battle with Oregon State college. Indications are that' one of the largest crowds in recent years will be on hand Saturday at the Igloo to witness the second of this year’s four-game series with the Beavers. The Orangemen, with five losses, are still clinging desperately in the title race, although no squad has ever won the northern division title with more than four losses. Beavers Hopeful The disastrous southern inva sion of the Washington squad add ed to the fact that it still must make the dreaded Inland Empire trip has led the Beavers to think (Please turn to page four) SPECIAL OFFER _—I Larus & Bro. Co., Richmond, V*. 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