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Page 4 DAILY EMERALD Friday, January 16, 1942 Swim Trip South Given OK IM Managers All intramural managers are requested to start recruit ing handball players who are i to represent their houses in the forthcoming intramural handball competition. Sched ules will l>e sent out imme diately, according to Intra mural Director l’aul it. Wash < Ke. _ Hoop War Flares; Webfoots Confident By FRED TREADGOLD When two irresistible forces meet, something has to hap pen—fireworks, an explosion, or just a big “boom”—some thing's got to give. And such will be the case tonight when the high-flying Husky limited, on the wings of a 12-game winning streak, comes scream ing down the tracks from the worth, while from the south on the same track a vowing Ore gon express is g a t li e r i n g speed. The “crash” is inevit able. Whistle time is 8 o'clock an.d 4he locale is the big McArthur court hoop pavilion. Oregon Claims Jinx Aiding the Ducks in this two game series will be the matter of *1 very efficient jinx which has worked wonders in late years. ■Thirteen of the last seventeen. 4>ames have gone down on record *is Oregon yi<jj|>iieS, mil'll to the < hagrin of Husky f4llovirs. Best opportunit,%t<k4fcilverize this hex occurs on this current road trio, Washington sports scribes believe. What with their’ “fastest team ever” and an en viable victety ^t'Fihgf ^leftind them, confidence of an Oregon annihilation is prevalent in the Husky contingent. But you can’t reckon things r no-sided. Take a glimpse at tin? •diligent Webfoots. who quietly imve been mixing up a little “poi son" for their visitors. Indicative *>f this is the manner in which Duck Coacli Howard Hobson puts ).t, “It will be a hard-fought series, but we don't expect to come out second best. We think we can beat them." Oregon Stresses Height Furthermore. Hobby is going to start the same lineup that cracked Washington State wide open, the bunch of “fired-up" big Toys. That will mean rugged Ar chie Marshik, the 6-foot 7-inch jiiant who got the scoring urge, .-■t center. The backboard-dom inating Warren Taylor will open .it one forward post while Rolph .Vuhrman, s m o o t h - functioning (IW'iisc turn .\> /v...v six) ] DUs Nip Sherry Ross In IM'A’Hoop Tilt By J. SPENCER MILLER A fighting Sherry Ross team bowed to a powerful DU “A” outfit 21 to 11, while a Phi Belt powerhouse trampled a weak Campbell club, 34 to 6, in the premier games in the “A” league. The “B” league title scramble opened with a Sigma Nu lacing of a midget Sherry Ross team, 30 to 12, an SAE victory over a hard-trying Kirkwood co-op aggregation, 17 to 11, and an ll-to-9 Phi Psi win over Sigma hall in a very slow game. A final “A” game saw the Theta Chis grind out an 18 to 7 win over a gritty Yeomen team. DUs Win DU eyes proved far more ef fective than those of the Sherry Rossmen and this proved to be the sole difference between the two teams, but it was plenty and Delta Upsilon took a 21 to 11 win. The Phi Delts had things just about their own way as they waxed a hapless Campbell club, 34 to 6. Bill Skade and Dou Galbreaith poured a raft of baskets through the hoop to take scoring honors with 1G and 10 points. In the final “A” game of the day, a Theta Chi club, ^splen dent in naming red uniforms, and with a great individual star in Bunny Potts, took a hard fought battle from the Yeomen warriors, 18 to 7. Potts dunked in 10 spec tacular points, while Bill Dellar and Don Wilson led the way for the Yeomen. Sherry Ross Downed The “B" league produced the showiest game of the day, when a pigmy band Qt Russ hoopsters made things interesting for a gigantic Sigma Nu club be fore succumbing-, 30 to 12. Sherry Ross with not a man over 5 feet 8 inches weaved around the Nus to keep things fairly even, but the Nu height finally prevailed, Portland Splash Off; Substitute Clash Set By WALLY HUNTER Action came thick and fast in the University of Oregon swim ming department yesterday when the Oregon athletic board put their stamp of approval on a trip to California, and the Saturday meet with the Portland swimming club was called off and an afternoon intercollegiate meet was scheduled in its place. The biggest dream in many a year in Webfoot swimming Frosh Cagers Driven Hard Hard work, and plenty of it, was the menu prescribed by Frosh Casaha Coach John War ren, as he sent his Duckling hoop charges through a lengthy work out last night. A tentative engagement for the frosh team is set for Janu ary 23, against Rainier high, at Rainier. Meanwhile, Warren indicated that he is still not satisfied with the work of the yearlings, and that there are many rough spots to be ironed out before the team is ready for first class competi tion. and they went on to win handily. Russ Nowling with 12 and Bill Carney with 8 were top men for Sigma Nu, while for the hallmen it was A1 Dodson with several' spectacular goals from center court and Pigiron Bob Blair with stellar defen sive work. In other “B" games, both slow, the SAEs took Kirkwood into camp with Chuck Beckner and Merle Aden showing the way, while the Phi Psis staggered past Sigma hall by the voluminous score of 11 to 9. Sportlight Focused On Oregon-UW Tiff By HARRY GLICKMAN Action in northern division basketball centers in Eugene this weekend, with the Universities of Oregon and Washington slated to clash in two important tiffs. The Huskies are currently rid ing at the top of the division, as a result of their two wins last week over Idaho. Coach Hec Ed mundson's quintet is rated the fastest ever produced at Wash ington, and is co-favored along with Oregon State to cop the di vision title. Washington has yet to taste defeat this season, including 10 straight wins on a barnstorming tour on which they set a new scoring record of 72 points in Madison Square Garden. Oregon’s team Is the mys tery team of the division, and their chances in this year’s race will be better known after the Husky series. The Web foots and Huskies are noted for their racehorse style of basket ball, and the series at McAr thur court Friday and Saturday is expected to produce an abun dance of fireworks and scoring. Another important game pits Washington State against Idaho at Pullman Saturday. The Cou gars fared well on the Willam ette valley trip, and are strong favorites to defeat the Vandals. The game is the opening of the traditionally strong hoop rivalry betw-een the two schools. GUM CURES JITTERS-HE SAYS By TOMMY MAYES The man sat in the middle of the room writing a letter on a pad on his knee. He glanced up and smiled congenially when the reporter came in, and asked him to sit down. It was Saturday af ternoon. “Well, they just had the better team . . .” he began, saying it the way anyone else would say it. There was nothing unnatural or unfamiliar about him. He was just a simple man-on-the-street. de wore a bow tie and chewed gum; he smiled when you en tered, he smiled when you left— and you liked him better than any man you’d ever meet. He did n't mind reporters a bit, he said. He didn’t act irritated or bustle the authority of a University of Washington basketball coach— which he was. “Yes. I get the jitters at the games. We all do. That’s why I chew gum, you know . . . have a stick ? We can’t smoke cigars at the gym, you know—so that's why I chew gum, see?” That was I a year ago. Oregon had beaten the Hus kies something like 57 to 35 the night before—and he could say things like that! Plain and simple. If Oregon wins tonight, there won’t be a breath around Seattle against him. He’s the most admirable coach they’ve ever had. The congenial Hec Edmund sen will be here again today. We may not have the key to the cam pus to give him, but we’re willing to help him pick the lock. quarters became a reality yester day as the moguls of the athletic board okayed the southern trip. Three meets are on tap for the Ducks and every one of them will be against A-l competition. On February 19, the Webfoots meet San Jose State college. S. F. Olympic Club Listed The following day one of the finest swimming aggregations in the nation, the Olympic club of San Francisco, provides the oppo sition To end the sojourn in ^lre~ southern regions the Webfoots splash with the brethern from the campus of Lelancl Stanford university. The p’ans for a meet with the Portland swimming club became but a memory when Coach Mike Hoyman received word that the Rose City boys would be unable to make the trip. Their coach, A1 Seahorn, was recently injured in an auto mobile aceident and his condi tion is still serious. To take the place of the Satur day night fiesta Coach Hoyman has made plans for a big inter collegiate meet that is to be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, in the men’s pool. All of the regu lar intercollegiate events will be run off and as an added attrac tion the women’s swimming club, tlu Amphibians, will be present. Conflict Off The change is scheduled for the Oregon mermen—and women—to perform and puts’an end to con fusion that would have resulted naturally from an evening meet Saturday. The conflict with the basketball game came in the first place as a result of the fact that the Portland club is availalafc only in the evenings. The genial Hoyman also re vealed yesterday that no charge will be made for the Saturday meet. Athletic cards will not be will be a worthwhile show, and required either. Everyone is in vited and as Hoyman says, “It really worth coming to see.” Offices Changed Work is being done this week on the second floor of the archi tecture building to change what were the offices of Professor W. R. B. Willcox and Dean E. F. Lawrence into one room. The new room will be the general staff** office for the faculty, on the sec ond floor of the building. Despite limitation of the fresh man class to 330 students, Man hattan college has one of the largest enrollments in her history. Dr. John M. Fletcher, professor emeritus of psychology at Tulane university, is directing a study of Louisiana public schools. YOUR ANSWER to Quick Starting for Winter is a complete Battery Check Now CLARK BATTERY & ELECTRIC CO. 1042 Oak