DUCK TRACKS
By FRED TAYLOR
Co-Sports Editor
The Oregon hoopsters face a rugged weekend against the
Washington Huskies, who will be out to clip the Ducks but I
good. The Huskies have the added advantage of playing on
their home court, which is supposedly good for an edge of about
three baskets. Oregon desper
ately needs at least a split with
the host club in order to keep
pennant hopes alive. Because
following' the weekend series
with Washington the Web
foots next go on the dreaded,
grueling, fou r-games-in-five
nights sweep of the Inland
Empire. Oregon takes on the
on again-off again Washington
State Cougars on Tuesday and
Wednesday, February 3 and 4.
and then moves to Moscow to
play Idaho Friday and Satur
day nights. And a squad is
ROGER WILEY
migntv lucky to escape without more than one defeat in this
sweep.
It appears certain that the Northern Division jinx that
the pennant winner seldom loses more than four games in the
16 tilt season will he broken this year. Every squad except
the Ducks has lost at least two, and if Oregon drops only one
to Washington they still have 11 games to go with only two
defeats. And the way the contenders are so evenly matched
this season this is a virtual impossibility.
Wiley Will Battle Nichols Again
Roger \\ iley will still have the problem of combating big
Jack Nichols when Oregon travels to Seattle this Friday. Big
Jack has dropped through an average of 17 points per game in
the four conference battles. He poured through 19 points in
three straight games, two of them against Oregon, and then
cooled off to a mild 11 points against Washington State Satur
day night. Nichols ^currently leads the Northern Division
scorers with 68 points in four games. Dick Wilkins is fifth and
Wiley is sixth in the standings, with 37 and 36 points respec
tively, but only in three games.
Wiley got a nice notice from L.H. Gregory of the Oregon
ian when the latter compared performances of Nichols and
Wiley. Although giving Nichols the edge in smoothness he
credited Wiley with much more fight and determination to
win, despite the score. Gregory says Nichols has a tendancy
to quit trying when his squad is on the losing end of the
game. Wiley really found his shooting eye against OSC,
raining in 19 points, but he still missed a number of good
scoring opportunities.
Oregon’s Duckling hoop squad dropped their first game of
the year Friday night against the Oregon State Rooks, but an
ex-Oregon man was a large contributor to the downfall of the
freshmen. Don Fulgham, ex-Jefferson high of Portland ace,
played on the 1944-45 war year varsity quintet of Oregon, and
managed to score 12 points during the season. Rook coach Paul
\ alenti tabbed Fulgham one of my best prospects”.over the
air during the Oregon-Oregon State game Saturday night. He
should be, having a edge over the real freshmen on the team.
Oregon State has revived their wrestling team this year,
for the first season since 1942. Washington State and Idaho
are the only other Northern Division schools sponsoring
wrestling squads. The Beavers also have intramural wrest
ling teams, and the cream of the crop is being selected for var
sitv action
Webfoots Invited to Ski Party
Received a letter from John Heilbronner, sports editor and
president of the ski club at Southern Oregon College of edu
cation, inviting all. interested students here at Oregon to a ski
party .to be held at Crater Lake next Sunday. January 25. Ar
rangements have been made for a snow-cat which will haul
students around the countryside and the lake for free. Also in
cluded m the deal is the use of toboggans for the non-skiers.
Skies and boots can be rented from the sponser if he is notified
at the above address by h rid ay. Two chartered buses will leave
from Ashland for the area Sunday morning for the whole day.
Howie Odell, former University of Pittsburgh backfield
star and ex-Yale football coach, who has now been officially
signed as head grid coach at Washington, held the reins at
old Eli for six years, racking up 35 wins, 15 losses, and 2 ties.
His best record was in 1944, when he won seven games, tied
6-6 with Virginia.
Dance January 20
Cut For Nicke! Hop
The dance that the educational
activities had scheduled for Janu
ary 30 in the Gerlinger annex will
be canceled in lieu of the ISA nickel
hop, according to Dick Williams,!
educational activities manager. The
ISA affair had the previous approv
al of the student affairs commit
tee. Dances, however, will be sched
uled for February 13, 20, 27, and
March 5. j
Six IM Hoop Quintets
Hack Out Rugged Wins
Today's Schedule
(all “B" games)
3:50 Delta Upsilon vs Sigma Chi
4:35 Beta Theta Pi vs Phi Kappa
Psi
5:15 Sigma Alpha Mu vs French
hall
Today's Handball
Delta Tau Delta vs French hall
By JOHN BARTON
Yesterday’s intramural “B” tilts
saw six teams come out with high
scores over their opponents in an
afternoon that shook the P.E.
plant with action and rough play.
Delta Tau Delta dropped the
Campbell club, Sigma Nu topped
Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Delta Theta
rolled over Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Kappa Sigma beat Phi Kappa Sig
ma, and Chi Psi bowed down to
Theta Chi in the afternoon’s?
games.
Delts 13, Campbell Club 6
A hard fighting team from Delta
Tau Delta went wild in the first
half to run up a 10 to 0 half-time
lead over Campbell club. The Club
bers roared back strongly in the
final quarters of the game. Third
period showed the Club netting
four points to one for the Delts.
The fourth period ended with
both teams netting two points for
a final 13-6 in favor of the Delts.
Sigma Nu 27, Phi Sigs 4
Using a tight man-to-man de
fense and turning stolen balls into
points, a rough-fighting quint from
Sigma Nu completely outclassed
the team from Phi Sigma Kappa,
27-4. Leading at half time by a
count of 12-2, the millrace men
went on to double the score in the
third period for a 24-4 count. At
this point, the Sigma Nu subs took
over. They held the Phi Sig team
to a scoreless quarter and added
three points of their own.
Phi Deft 28, SAE 9
Holding the SAE team scoreless
in the first quarter and running up
10 points of their own, the fighting
Phi Delts rolled to an easy 28-9
victory. The Phi Delts used a tight
man-to-man defense which baffled
the SAEs to the tune of only three
points in the first half. SAE put in
six more points in the second half
of the game while the Phi Delts
potted 11 with ease. Jim Boyd took
high honors for the Phi Delts with
nine points and Jim Popp put in
three for SAE.
Kappa Sigs 20, PKS 110
Kappa Sigma built up a steady
score over the Phi Kappa Sigs and
finished ahead, 20-10. First quarter
score was 6 to 2 in favor of the
Kappa Sigs, who went on to lead
9-4 at the half, and 15-8 at the
third quarter intermission. Kappa
Sig high man was Frank Connell
with eight points, and Jim Mc
Cloude tapped the hoop for four for
the Phi Kaps.
Theta Chi 25, Chi Psi 12
An aggressive Theta Chi team
outfought and outlasted the quint
from Chi Psi to the tune of 25-12.
Using a very smooth offense and
a ball-hawking combination on de
fense, Theta Chi got off to an early
lead and was never in trouble after
the first half. The scoreboard stood
at 10-5 in the Theta Chis’ favor at
half time. Theta Chi Don Ruth put
in eight markers for honors, with
John Holt and George Gibson get
ting four each for Chi Psi.
Pi Kappa Alpha 11, ATO 6
In the roughest game of the day,
which saw some pretty rough
games, the Pi Kaps ran up more
yards and five more points than the
ATOs ran up more yards and five
more points than the ATOs to win
11-6. Sensation of the game was
P. K. Gilbertson who potted two
points for the ATOs when he
grabbed the ball under the wrong
basket. “Dutch” Reich marked up
seven for Pi Kap honors while Bob
and Jim Aiken each put in tw'o for
ATO.
Intramurals Slated
Badminton intramurals will start
Thursday, according to Eileen
Reimer, head of the WAA bad
minton tournaments. Prospective
contestants are to be reminded
that three practices must be at
tended, she said. Schedule of the
matches will be announced in
Thursday’s Emerald.
Day Manager:
SALLY WALLER
Ass’t Day Manager:
DENO VICHAS
Layout Staff:
TOM BURBECIC
DORENE PITCHER
Solicitors:
SUE SMILEY
ANDY MOORE
DONNA BRENNAN
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Wednesday Nights
Delight To Piggers
Pigging to class is the latest
thing in courses being offered
through the general extension di
vision during winter term. Stu
dents in the class, titled ‘‘Square
Dancing for Couples,” are request
ed to register and to attend in
couples.
Square dancing and old-fash
ioned dances are the curriculum in
this class, which meets in the Ger
linger dance room from 7:30 to
9:30 on Wednesday nights.
Stag Lines
By AL, PIETSCHMAN
It hasn't been too dreary these
past mornings, so we’ll skip the
joke ( ?) opener this time.
SPOUTS: First off, we want to
say that Marv Rasmussen’s injury
Saturday night is a bad break for
both Oregon and Marv. A person
can't help admiring Rass’ nerve and
willingness to play when he knew
a bad twist would put him out
again. Hope the leg gets well in a
hurry, Marv.
CAMPUS: Things are getting
back to normal again after the
first-week readjustment and ex
pledges are sporting fraternity
pins. Signs that the term is getting
into full swing: surprise tests in
the wee early mornin’ hours, studes
skipping classes in regular fashion
after the novelty of the new cours
es wears off, and the gradual emp
tying of the libe during study hours
in favor of “socing."
FLOWERS: Many initiations are
scheduled for this weekend and
flowers are always in order for the
new members. Order your flowers
from EDDIE’S FLOWER SHOP,
1400 Willamette, Phone 265.
SPOUTS: The Eugene Realty
Board honors its First Citizen this
year with a banquet but unfortu
nately it will be “in the memory”
of the late Colonel Bill Hayward.
The banquet is at the Osburn Ho
tel Thursday evening with Lynn
Waldorf, University of California’s
football coach as the main speak
er.
CAMPUS: Will someone call a
halt to it all ? Can's look around
the campus nowadays without see
ing someone on crutches or limp
ing along with a cane. We’re afraid
to inquire if it was from skiing,
that’s all we’d need to put the slats
and equipment in hock.
SPORTS: Maybe it is cold out
and just a bit wintry but that isn’t
stopping the track team from get
ting into shape. Many of the boys
are out on the track every day.
George Rasmussen, Dave Hw
thorne, Jack Doyle, Skiles Hoff
man, George Watkins et al are try
ing to “warm-up” these days. The
ice on the track doesn’t help any
either.
CAMPUS: See the strangest
people when the time comes for
Oregana pictures. Well, maybe that
is one way to get acquainted with
staff members, call for a picture
and everyone shows up. Just like
chow time at the houses, one thing
that doesn’t have to be a “house
function.”
With the sudden rash of pin
plantings one might assume that
in the future there will probaWy
be a rash of engagements. With
that in mind we suggest CARL
GREVE, Jeweler in Portland for
the gents rock-conscious.
SPORTS: Two Oregon teams make
che trek this week. The basketball
team leaves for the “do-or-die” bat
tle with Washington and the swim
ming team heads for two tests in
two days.
bomeone at the athletic depart
meat must be sadistic, after all this
is the weekend of the Senior ball.
(The track and baseball team ha
bitually are forced to miss Junior
Weekend and Mortar Board. The
woe of athletics!)