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HAYS HITS TWO FOR WEBFOOTS SATURDAY NIGHT —. , ,, ty ... —Courtesy Eugene Register-Guard Oregon s tall Kenny Hays flips in a field goal in Saturday evening’s Webfoots-Beaver clash at McArthur court while the State quintet looks on. Orangemen in the pictute are Bernie Mc jQtath (20), Glen Warren (25), Red Rocha (33), and Erland Anderson (15). Coach “Slats” Gill’s Beavers won the game 59 to 45. Courtesy of the Eugene Register-Guard. A Duck Sez - - Sez He tsy i^ynn smnn If anyone should take “time out” from all the many campus activities to intruduce the “per sonality plus” boys here on Ore gon’s Campus, Bruce Hoffine would bebfle of the first to be introduced. This 5’ 10” forward on the Ducks’ basketball team has a way about him that you just can’t help liking and admiring. Although one of the youngest players on the team, age 20 to be exact, Bruce is neverthe less quite outstanding. Oregon Lad Bruce is a true Oregonian, his birthplace being Coos Bay, Ore. June of 1944 found Bruce one of the happiest boys in his hometown, because it was then that he gradu ated from high school. He began making his first serious plans to enter college. Being extremely in terested in sports, he chose physi cal education as his college major. He came to the University of Ore gon because of its excellent sports division and high collegiate rank ing, especially in basketball. Bruce, a sophomore, intends to continue at the University until his graduation. He wants to go on playing ball just as long as his eligibility holds out. Bruce’s love for sports has not bPPll confined to his college days alone, because even in high school he was a senior all-star and presi dent of the Lettermen’s Club. He earned letters in tenms, iootoau, track; and basketball, not to men tion the trophy won by the school because of his 440 yard dash. De spite all this acclaim, Bruce is en tirely unaffected and doesn’t in the least way consider himself a hero. He plays for the joy of playing, and like all players thinks his team is best. Besides sports, Bruce likes the things most every boy likes—girls! Eating and sleeping also rate high on hig list of favorites. As for his “dream girl,” he said: “Just any cute girl, cute face, cute figure. She’s gotta’ act like herself though and not like a fool.” Bruce says there are no really serious romantic angles in his life, but rumor has it that there’s one little blonde down at Willamette! Perhaps the thing that you’d no tice first about Bruce is his laugh. Being neither moody nor temper mental Bruce has many friends and gets along with everyone. He likes especially to pal around with Reedy Berg and Les Wright, his team mates. “Never a dull moment in college,” Bruce admits, “and if there ever is, the three of us can always find something interesting to do.” Red Hat Raver Another special feature about Bruce is his red hat. He’s seldom seen without it, and it has become SKI CLUB MEETING TONIGHT There will be a very impor tant ski club meeting at 7:30 tonight at 105 Oregon. All members be sure to attend. Anyone • who wants to go up next Sunday on the bus will have to be at the meeting. A representative of the National Red Cross wilt be present to discuss a program of ski safety and first aid. almost as much a part of him as he is a part of Oregon’s team. As for his favorite subjects, econom ics and speech are about his best. His main “want” right at present is a “bowl of Mom’s bread pud ding” and to win the conference. After that he wants to dance until he drops. Dancing, by the way, has long ago become a special feat for Bruce. He waltzes, jitterbugs and is even learning to rumba. He en joys singing too, and is at his best either in the shower room or in the bathtub, it is reported. “Star dust’ is his favorite song, and Ben ny Goodman his favorite orchestra. Says he can hardly wait though until Dick Wilkins, Reedy Berg and he form their own trio. Reedy on the trumpet, Dick at the drums and Bruce himself doing the vocal honors. That promises to be strict ly “solid,’ to use Bruce’s own word for it. SPORTS STAFF THIS ISSUE: Co-Sports Editors: Leonard Turnbull Fred Beckwith Staff Writers: Duke Dennison Phyllis Litzenberger Lynn Smith Carl Cluff Allen Cohen Don’t forget to invite your dad down for Oregon Dads’ Day, February 1 and 2. ^U s Trounce Fijis, Bums Down Yeomen Two close victories were turned in yesterday at the men’s gymnasium as the Delta Upsilon “A” shackled the Phi Gamma elta A club 29 to 24 and the Bums rushed the independent Yeomen 28 to 25 during another round of intramural play as the teams are fighting to gain leadership of the casaba league. The Fijis came within two points of overcoming the DU lead in the latter part of the contest but iust couldn’t J-V Hoopsters Tangle Service Quintet Tonight Coach Elden Fix sends his re vamped junior varsity quintet to battle with the Camp Adair hoop sters tonight at Camp Adair. The JV s will go into the fracas as favorites to win, due to the fact that the Adair ball handlers are a mystery squad, while the Oregon boys have won the only game they played by an impressive score of 75 to 33. The one sided win was against the strong Junior Rubes who are presently tied for the top spot of the Eugene Independent league. Ron Kerhli, who was the leading point maker for the super varsity squad, an*! George Bray will be missing from the lineup, both being moved up to Coach Hobson’s travelling squad and will make the trip to Seattle this week-end for the Huskie series. Formidable Five Even without these two valuable men, they should floor a formidable team with a probable starting line-up of Kirsch and Wright playing guards, Bacellari and Still well as forwards, and big “Pug” Mayer in the pivot spot. Also expected to see plenty of action, and some even with the possibility of starting are Ed Gear hart, A1 Cohen, Hendrickson, Sava lich, and 1945 letterwinner Del Smith, who is expected to be back up on the varsity squad. Mentor Fix also has a tentative game with the soldier quintet for February 6th, to be played at Mc Arthur court. Around The Clock | With Duke By DUKE DENNISON According to the N. B. A., and they are the top fistic council recognized, Willie Pep, the Hart ford, Conn., feather has been ac claimed the fighter of the year. Reasons are many from various and sundry sources why Pep shouldn’t be accorded such recog nition, but the N. B. A. says he is, and that’s where it ends. Accord ing to some of the other off-color decisions made by this association is the keeping open of the various crowns for pseudo champs, who have forsaken the fistic world in Volutarily, to take up the battle as P. T. instructors, and thereby serve their claim and win added acclaim, if possible. Army and Navy Vet Pep has been in the army and the navy, having enlisted in the navy at the outset of the war. He has been discharged for certain questionable ailments, and then drafted by the army, served time, and discharged again, for a similar recurrance of the previous malady. In between these military ef forts, he has been fighting all challengers in his class, and has (Please turn to page si.v) upper hand. Chuck Taylor’s 15 point evening- was only second best to that of Delta Upsilon’s Schmeid ing who racked up 19 points for the evening. Half time score favored the DU fratmen 17 to 8. Smoother Bums The Bums led all the way in their game with the Yeomen though they were hard pressed in the final period to stave off a dangerous threat that rallied the Yeomen within three points of the smooth Bums. Les Bult canned seven field goals for 14 points to carry the Bums on to victory. Kokko .and Calla han registered eight and seven points respectively for the losing Yeomen. Halftime score was 12 to 9 in favor of the victors. Lineups: Delta Upsilon Phi Gamma “A ’ (29) Delta (24) Goffard F. Hunkel Schmeiding (19).F. Anderson Rnssum (4) C. (2) Pond Sparks (4) .G. (15) Taylor w«esel (2) .G. Lewis Dieting .S. Benlinm 8. (5) Ralston S. (2) Lonigan Officials: Beyer and Ladd. Yeomen “A” (25) Bums “A” (28) Derrickson .F .... (4) Seida Beier (2) .F. (14) Bult Gardner .C. Bartholemy Dennison (4) .G 2 Puffinbarger Dion (3) .G... (4) Huffman Kokko (8) .S. Hamm Callahan (7) .S. Metsker Clark (1).S. (4) Johnson Officials: Beyer and Ladd. Coed Casaba Tilts Progress By PHYLLIS LITZENBERGER Winter term and once again the feminine eye is cast not only in the direction of the 1596 men on the University of Oregon campus but also to the women’s sports field. These indoor sports include basketball, badminton, and swim ming, beginning with intramural basketball on January 17 and con tinuing on through winter term. Suzies Win Kappa Alpha Theta and Susan Campbell started the women’s intramural basketball season off with a bang as they clashed on ye old stompin’ ground, Gerlin ger, Thursday, January 17. Fighting hard and holding their own, the Thetas were finally de feated by Susan Campbell, the game ending with the seore 18 to 5. On Monday, January 21, Sigma Kappa trounced the Rebecs in a fast and furious game in which Sigma Kappa, leading most of the way, emerged the victors to the tune of 25 to 14. Jackie Bogan and Bernice Reese were high point players for the Sigma Kappa team. Tilts Postponed Two of the originally scheduled games were postponed and will be played at some future date. They are: Delta Delta Delta—Hilyard house and Delta Gamma—Judson house. Barbara Wells of Sigma Kappa is the head of this year’s W. A. A. basketball. Come on, girls, don’t let the men beat you in contributions to the March of Dimes” campaign.