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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1945)
Tonight the University of Idaho will provide Oregon with its first league competition of the 1945 basketball season. Tra ditionally the doormat of the Northern division, Idaho last year knocked .over.-Washington State four straight times and de feated Washington in their final game to hand the champion ship Huskies their only loss of the season. They finished in a tmrd place HQ wipn yregyn otaie with 5 wins and 11 losses. This year Coach “Babe” Brown has turned out a team that he ex pects to provide t plenty of upsets before the curtain rings down on the league in March. The first on his hope list are our Oregon Ducks who are riding a victory streak with 16 wins out of 22 in their pre season schedule. Three returning lettermen, led by Leonard Pyne, form the nucleus of this year’s Vandal squad. Pyne ranked sixth among the Northern division scorers last year, with 147 points. Besides Pyne, who is a two-year letter winner, Bill Carbaugh and Dick Morse are back for another season of hoop action. Added to his veterans, Brown has a flock of freshman candidates. Froshs Bob O'Conner, John Taylor, Jaff Over holser, Max Call, and Bob Smith will all see plenty of action when play gets under way. O’Conner, Taylor, Call, and Smith all tower over the six-foot mark. J. A. (Babe) Brown is head mentor of the Vandal squad for his third straight year. Last year he pulled Idaho out of the league basement for the first time since 1938. Whether he will be able to keep them out again this year is doubtful since the other four teams show themselves as power-laden. “Babe" is one of the cheerful coaches who is a credit to the Nor thern division, and to basketball as a whole. Without the wealth of material to work with that most of the other schools have, it puts a feather in his cap every time Idaho knocks over one of the big boys. An alumnus of the University of Idaho, he was fullback of the foot ball team for three years starting back in 1920. He played some ama teur football after he graduated ana tnen went into coacnmg in an Idaho high school. Brown joined the Idaho coaching staff as fresh man football and basketball coach i ntho fall of 1941. He was promot ed to head man two years ago and since then has taken the whole of war-time sports at Idaho on his shoulders. So much for the sketch of Idaho Coach “Babe" Blown. Watch for him when he brings his Vandals to Eugene for a two-game series Feb ruary 20th. The Vandals may be McPOWALP "KISMET" With Ronald Colman and Marlene Dietrich — also — "A WAVE, a WAC. and a Marine" with Elise Knox, Ann Gillis, Kichnrd lame, Marjorie Woodworth HEiLiG "Sergeant Mike" Larry Parks and Jean Bates — also — "Hi Beautiful" Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery, Jr. undermanned but with Brown »as coach they’ll be a fighting team. To get back to the Ducks, "who ever made up this season's sched ule must have had a grudge against the Webfeet. First they have the Inland Empire trip (which they are on now) which features four games in fight nights against Ida ho and Washington State. They will get back to Eugene next Thursday, and then have only one day to prepare for a Saturday game with Oregon State at Cor vallis. That’s tough enough to make any coach stop and scratch his head, but Warren and the Ducks seem to feel that nothing could be as rough as their Canadian barn storming trip last term. Let’s hope they’re right and bring back five scalps when they return to Mc Arthur court. CAMPUS CALENDAR All houseboys on the campus are asked to meet at the SAE house at 7:30 p.m. Monday, January 8, to discuss plans for a “Butler’s Ball.” * M: * Meetings preliminary to practice of a new play will be continued to night in Guild hall at 7:30. All who haven’t tried out are welcome to attend. Men are particularly need ed. The play will be announced during the evening. * * * Dr. C. F. Kossaek’s mathematics 325 class, foundations of mathe matical statistics, will hold its first meeting today at 3 in 201 Oregon. * * * Representatives . selling Coed Capers tickets in all women’s liv ing organizations are to meet at the Sigma Kappa house this after noon at 4. I Oregon ^Emerald Night Staff: Aileen Koch, night editor Advertising Staff: Jean Bauer, day manager Lorraine Berkins Layouts Marty Lance Bette Johnson Men, Coeds Comment (Continued from page one) Lair Mitchell — Oh, it’s pretty good—sorta lonely without any up perclassmen. George Luoma—Quiet, please. Jim Osborne — The rooms are better and there are more people— but Mary Spiller had the food. “Doc” Somers—When do I get my clean sheets!!! Then the girls said: Mary Bailey—Why I like it? No housemother, mainly, I think. Margaret McMurtry—We’ve got more room for our pictures, as you can plainly see by the walls. Gloria Jokstad—The fire escape is right next to my window. - Nancy Bedingfield — I like the sunshine floating in the window. Jerry Seawell—The only thing I can find wrong is that no men are allowed in our front room. We’re going to miss those high school fellows. Joan Coe—Del can stumble up any night he wants to. Dorothy Conrad—They can have the phonograph back—it doesn’t work. Mary Dobrinin—f’m proud of my blue room. Dorothy McLane — Sorry, what I think of Mary Spiller isn’t amus ing. Barbara Reichling I like these beds. Marian Fong — We have more room to breathe in. Marilyn Vancott—the house is more homelike. "Delinquent Daughters" June Carlson — also — "Seventh Victim" With Tom Gonway I * 0>vvx Make a hit in '45—give your girl flowers for the Senior Ball. Send her an attractive corsage. Flowers by wire anywhere Chase Gardens 5S E. Broadway Phone 4240 Students Asked To Open House First of the activities scheduled at Westminster house this term is the annual winter open house, from 8 to 12 p.m. Friday, January 5. Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. a social open house with games, refresh ments, and program is scheduled. All new and old students are in vited to both of these events, and to all other scheduled functions at Westminster throughout the year. Sunday evening at 6:30, Dr. A. B. Montgomery, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, of Portland, will discuss “Science and Religion’’ for the first forum meet ing of the new year. Wesley club has been invited to the Friday night open house this week and the committee in charge promises an evening of dancing, games, classical records, and re freshments. Weekly activities in clude: potluck at 6 p.m. Thursday; fireside sing Monday nights at 9:30; morning worship service at 9:45 on Sundays. Staff to Report All members of the advertis ing and business staffs are to report to the Emerald business office as soon as possible for work assignments, Roseann Leekie, business manager, an nounced Thursday. Crumbaker Returns Dr. Calvin Crumbaker of the economies department will re turn, to his classes this morning. He has b'een on leave to visit his mother who is ill. DANCING Every Saturday Night 9 ’til 12 at the EUGENE HOTEL with ART HOLMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1 in the Persian Room A WELCOME HAND TO DELL SYSTEM WAR VETERANS Some day we shall have the:pleasure: eh wel coming back to the Bell System themen-and women who are now in the armed forces. . We shall be glad to see- themypermnndly,, ^ glad of their skill and energy for the big tasks which face the Bell System in the future. r iiif 'r Trained men and women of vision and energy will always be required to build and maintain this country’s nation-wide telephone system — and to provide the best telephone service in the world. 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