DUCK TRACKS
By FRED TAYLOR
Co-Sports Editor
From the University of Washington Daily comes the com
ment that “it was a different Husky team” that blasted the
Washington State Cougars last Saturday night 51 to 36, after
bowing by one point, 48 to 47 the night before. According to
the Daily, Friday night’s loss to tie Cougars was mainly the
result of poor strategy by Coach Art McLarney with his cen
ter Jack Nichols. The first night Nichols was kept back under
the basket, and lie was so well
guarded by staters Ray Arndt
and Vince Hansen that Wash
ington passes, which were
poor all night, couldn't get in
to him. But on Saturday night
Nichols played out in front
of the basket instead of under
it. and the passes, which were
better, got to the lanky center.
Nichols made 19 points the
first night and only 11 the sec
ond, but he was able to work
the ball to’ his team mates
more.
Art McLarney
Bill Vandenburgh, the husky forward who was considered
the weak link in the Husky lineup early in the season, was one
of the stars of the Husky-Cougar series. Canning five points the
first night and 12 the second, big Bill was all over the back
boards. He may not see action against Oregon tonight how
ever, because of an injury.
Coast Has Stiffer Rulings
The Pacific Coast Conference is going to support the
National Collegiate Athletic Association’s new “Sanity
Code,” according to word received from Commissioner Vic
Schmidt’s office, which will be little strain. The present
PCC purity code is much more strict than the newly-adop
ted NCAA rules. The codes govern the subsidizing and
recruiting of athletes, but the Pacific slope is a bit rougher
than the other conferences under the new rulings.
The essential differences between the two codes are:
1. The NCAA allows full tuition to be given 'athletes who
satisfy need requirments; the PCC allows only part-tuition to
be given on the same basis.
2. Under the NCAA constitution, a coach may interview a
prospective student anywhere, provided he makes no offer of
financial aid; in the PCC a coach may interview prospective
students only on the campus of his own institution.
3. No ban is placed by the NCAA on the recruiting activi
ties of alumni; PCC alumni may interview prospective students
only as long as their efforts to induce the student to attend
their school do not become “persistent, repeated or offensive.”
Under the PCC rules an alumnus may not provide transpor
tation or entertainment in any form for a prospective student.
It seems to us, as a result of making the Pacific coast to
a straighter line than the rest of the country, that western
teams than the eastern competition. The rest of the count
prestige during the past football seasons because of poorer
teams than thei reastern competition. The rest of the count
try is subscribing to the new NCAA code; but the Pacific
coast enforces a stricter one, which naturally handicaps
western teams. Naturally, an athlete with financial prob
lems is goint to the school which will give him the best
deal. And under the present setup legally the Pacific coast
schools are unable to give as good a deal as schools under
the more liberal NCAA ruling.
Athletes Are Human, Too
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It does no good in these days of dollar-and-cents values to
pretend that exceptionally strong teams come out of. a college
merely because a group of capable athletes decided at the
same time that school was the one in which they wanted to
further their education. Athletes are humans, all reports to
the contrary, and are influenced by other things besides the
courses offered at a particular school. Why should Pacific
Coast Conference prestige suffer just because the wheels in
charge refuse to admit that sports, particularly football, are
no longer played for the sheer love of the game?
A good indication of what Oregon's hoopsters will be in for
in their swing through the Inland Empire the week of Febru
ary 3 through 7 will be seen tonight and tomorrow night when
the Idaho Vandals and the WSC Cougars battle. The result
of the clash between the two lanky centers, Vince Hanson of
the Cougars and Jack Phoenix of the Vandals may hint at
what big Roger Wiley will have to do on the sweep. Its a
cinch; that he will be forced to give out with his very best for
all four games. And the four-games in-five-nights routine is
plenty hard on a big man.
High Scoring Sets
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All “A” Games
3:50 Chi Psi vs. House of Lords.
3:50 Phi Sigma Kappa vs. Mer
rick hall.
4:35 Alpha Tau Omega vs. Am
azon Vets.
4:35 Pi Kappa Alpha vs. Omega
hall.
5:15 Phi Kappa Sigma vs.
YMCA.
5:15 Lambda Chi Alpha vs. Vil
lard hall.
By DAVE TAYLOR
Lopsided, runaway games seemed
to be the order of the afternoon in
intramural basketball competition
yesterday as all five games were
won by overwhelming margins. Re
sults of the afternoon’s action was:
Phi Delta Theta annihilated the
Yeomen 48-3; Sig Eps trampled
Sigma hall 35-6; Minturn hall
blasted Phi Kappa Psi 37-24; Sig
ma Nu ‘B’s’ topped Cherney hall
‘B’s' 15-7; and the Sammies
trounced the Legal Eagles 22-8.
Stan Ray hall was handed a for
feit victory when the Independents
failed to show at game time.
Phi Delt 48, Yeomen 3
Most spectacular of the after
noon’s exhibitions was Phi Delta
Theta’s sizzling 48-3 victory over
the Yeomen. The Phi Delts un
leashed their heavy artillery so ef
fectively that they had scored 37
points before the Yeomen had a
single tally. Their dominance of the
game was so complete that it was
six minutes before the final gun
when the Yeomen dropped in their
first point. Walt Kirsch with 14
points, Jerry Switzer with 13, and
Lorin Hewitt with 10 were the lead
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attack. The halftime score was 24
to 0.
Sig Ep 35; Sigma 6
Also high on the rout roster was
Sigma Phi Epsilon's 35 to 6 trounc
ing of Sigma hall. Jack Hannam
was the Sig Ep’s big gun as he
dropped in nine points to take high
man honors.
SAM 22, Eagles 8
Sigma Alpha Mu had more trou
ble downing the Legal Eagles than
the final 22-to-8 score shows. From
the floor the game was fought al
most to a stalemate, but the Law
yers failed to sink their shots. Jer
ry Ginsberg led the individual scor
ers with eight counters, but it was
the ball handling of A1 Lippman
that helped set up the win for the
Sammies.
Minturn 39; Psis 24
With every man on the team par
ticipating in the scoring, Minturn
hall manhandled the Phi Psis to the
tune 37 to 24. A determined fourth
quarter drive netting the Phi Kap
pa Psi 10 points saved them being
humiliated too badly. Forward Joe
Tom led the Hallmen to victory
with ten points.
Sigma Nu 15, Cherney 7
Final lopsider on the agenda was
the Sigma Nu ‘B's’ walloping of
Cherney Hall ‘B’s’ by a score of 15
to 7. The game was battled on even
terms until the last half when Sig
ma Nu’s power proved too much
for the vets dorm lads.
Foreign countries have issued 84
postage stamps that honor Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt.
By DOUG HAYES
Today is the eleventh snowless
day in the Cascades and most of
the hills are either covered with
ice or corn snow. However, a snow
storm is forecast so ski conditions
should be excellent. The tempera
ture has been rising steadily this
week and is now above freezing at
both Willamette and Hoodoo.
Sunday’s casualties at Santiam
totaled two broken legs, two brok
en ankles and numerous twisted
knees, wrenched backs and cut—up
hands and faces. The results of this
last weekend certainly prove that
it’s the skiers who are in the pro
cess of learning who come home
and display the crutches on Mon
day morning. All of the mishaps
occurred on the beginners’ run.
The following is a joke. ( ? 1
Christiana: “You ought to be
ashamed of yourself. You shouldn’t
have gotten drunk in the first
place.”
Christy: "I didn't. It was in the
last place.”
Ouch!
It won’t be long now, according
to Saul Zaik, president of the U.
of O. Ski club, before we’ll be see
ing numerous people sporting new
shoulder patches of that group.
Anyone interested in procuring
used ski equipment can drop by
Fennel’s and look around in that
department which he is selling out.
The crowd which witnessed the
skiing moves on Canada and Nor
way last Wednesday evening, no
doubt felt as I did, that their time
was well spent. Perfect form was
shown by the contestants in both
jumping and cross-country events
in Norway's annual Holumkolum,
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Where is that guy? He's always late on his
dates...and say, mister, that's just the way
NOT TO BE IN THE SOCIAL SWIRL.
If you said "8 o’clock"...be there then.
And gals that say, "I’ll be down .
in a minute," and then show
up in half an hour. Yes when minutes
and a date is waiting, don’t pull
this faux paus.
There is a correct answer for all this.
It’s a smart-looking timepiece that keeps
correct time. You guessed it...the
place to get it...Carl Greve in Portland, j
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