Minks Top Intramural League By WALLY ADAMS Lari)- in the season, we remarked to a member of the Oregon j team, what a terrific season it would be if the race narrowed down to the final game with Oregon State to decide the cham pionship. Y\ ell, it looks as if that is exactly what has happened. This was written before last night s Idaho-Oregon State game, but presuming that the Beavers will beat the Vandals, Oregon and OSC will go into the March 3 game tied, with 10 wins and 5 losses. Of course Washington State is still in the thick of the race, but their games yesterday and today with Washington will be more than likely to end in a split. The Huskies have the use of their two lettermen naval trainees, who would slow even big .Vince Hansen down. If the Cougars should beat Washington twice, and then Idaho Wvice, they would be tied with the winner of the Duck-Beaver contest, and a playoff would be necessary. All in all, the Northern division hoop race has provided more thrills and chills than a three-ring circus. And the so-called experts can now take out their crying towels when they look at the league standings. Before the season started Washington and Oregon State were generally conceded to be the teams that would fight it out for the title. Washington State was given an outside chance to squeeze in due to four returning lettermen, while Idaho and Oregon were placed down near the bottom of the list and sup posedly would fight it out for the cellar spot. ••.But wait, it’s the final week of the season, and the Ducks are riding in the top spot! It seems that everyone overlooked Coach John Warren and his freshman-loaded squad, and took it for granted that with only one regular returning, Bob Ham ilton, the Ducks wouldn't make a very loud splash in basketball ; circles. Maybe it's been luck ! Possibly people will call it the ‘‘breaks.” But you can throw every version out the window except good hard work, and some A-l coaching. hirst the Webtoots took on a seemingly impossible pregame schedule. It should have worn them out and made them go stale later on. But it didn't. They breezed through the games winning 16 out of 22. At times it took a lot of what might be called the good old “Oregon fight,” and at times it took just plain will power and intestinal fortitude to pull an apparently lost ball game out of the bag. In one game of their Canadian-barnstorming trip the Ducks were 20 points behind at halftime and then stormed back to win. If Oregon has had any so-called “breaks,” the squad has made them themselves. They started off as underdogs, and came up with the rating of favorites. Whether they win or lose next Saturday (a bad tip would be to put your money on OSC) here is a good spot to take your hat off to the team. They've played their hearts out to win. and no one can ask more than that. 'complete car service LA' 7 DON'T WAIT 'TIL THIS HAPPENS! • Corner 11th and Pearl I -‘ League Standings OREGON . Oregon State . Washington State Washington . Idaho W .10 . 8 L 5 5 5 9 9 Pet. .666 .615 .583 .357 .250 SMAULj BUT OKADLi is the opponents’ version of Cap tain Bob Hamilton. His 26 points were second high for the Ducks during the Idaho series. Correction Contrary to Friday’s Emerald, the women’s intramural basketball game Monday will be between Al pha Xi Delta, league 5 winner, and Delta Gamma, leagues 1 and 4 champion. The victor in that game will play Susan Campbell, leagues 2 and 3 winner, Tuesday for the intramural- championship. Alums Push Union Building Project A resolution urging state offi cials to give immediate attention to actual and essential building needs of the University of Oregon, was passed during a meeting of Oregon alumni earlier this month at the Eugene hotel. The resolution was in protest to the proposed cut in building funds, waiting to be acted upon by the state legislature. Nominations for officers were also held at this meeting, and are as follows: president, Charles Hag gins, Salem, and Robert S. Miller, Portland; vice-president, Mrs. Mil dred B. Graham, Eugene, and Gor don Wilson, Portland. Ballots will be enclosed in copies of Old Ore WALLACE BEERY in "Barbary Coast Gent" — and — THE EAST SIDE KIDS in " 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge" Esquires Take 2nd Spot; Playoffs Flare Tuesday The powerful Mink squad walked off with the intramural I crown Wednesday by knocking over the Esquires 33-25. Bott* | ing up the Esquires high scoring Bill Mayther, the Minks con trolled the backboards as they finished their league play with only one mar on their record. It was no picnic for the winners, however, as the Esquirt'^ trailed by a scant margin until the end of the game. captain Morne Mink was mgn point man for his team with 11 points, while Bond topped the losers with 10. In the lone game played Thurs day, Campbell Co-op pulled the season's prize upset when they beat Sherry Ross in a close, hard-fought game. The defeat knocked Sherry Ross out of the title race as they finished in a third place tie with the coopers. Bessee was high point man for the dorm boys with 13. Mosby paced his The lineups: Minks (33) Rossum, f . Mink, f . Hoffman, c . Sparks, g . Somers, g . Allen, g . Beyers, f . Totals . Esquires (25) Bond, f . Kent, f . Mayther, c . Schick, g . Ma, g . Cecchini, g. squad with 10. FG FT PF TP ..2 0 1 4 .5 4 2 14 ..4 1 1 9 ..0 1 3 1 ..1 1 2 3 ..0 0 0 0 .10 0 2 .13 7 9 33 FG FT PF TF ..5 0 4 10 .1 0 4 2 ..2 0 2 4 ..0 0 1 0 .110 3 ... 3 1 1 7 Totals .12 2 11 25 Notice The teams competing in the playoffs are allowed to pick three men from any of the teams which have been eliminated. Playoffs Schedule February 27—3:00, Esquires vs. Sherry Ross; 3:45, Minks vs. Monahans. February 2S- 3:00, Campbell vs. Esquires; 3:45, Sherry Ross vs. Minks. March 1—3:00, Sherry Ross vs. Monahans; 3:45, Campbell vs. Minks. March 2 — 3:00. Esquires vs. Monahans; 3:45, Campbell vs. Sherry Ross. gon and must be returned by March 15. Returns of the election will be announced in a future issue of the magazine. r Duck Squad Gets Layoff Coach John Warren gave hi-i Webfoot squad a well-deserved rest this weekend, following the/.' twin victories over Idaho Tuesday and Wednesday. The Ducks wn> resume practice next Monday in preparation for their do-or-die bat - tle with Oregon State, March 3, ,'n McArthur court. The Ducks had little trouble wit h. the Vandals as they rolled up a pair of impressive wins, 50-45 amt 57-47. Kenny Hays, the revitalized center, took scoring honors for ti> two games with 27 points. Follow • ing closely was Captain Bob Ham ilton with 26 and Dick Wilkin * with 21. Wilkins broke a two-game scoring slump the second night when he poured through 16 count ers. Oregon winds up their Northern division season next Saturday with their league finale against Oregon State. The Ducks stopped Re«k Rocha cold in their last game, but. freshman Bob Labhart ran wild with 14 points in both of the OSO wins. Warren has cautioned the team that every member of tho Beaver squad is dangerous and that they can't ease up on a single one. 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