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DUCK TRACKS By DON FAIR Co-Sports Editor - According to word out now, Frosh games will precede the „ Northern Division contests at McArthur court if the high schools consent. Leo Harris, athletic director and instigator ' of the Plan> revealed that the Duckling games would start at 6:15. to give the yearlings plenty of time to finish before the ~ feature game at 8. In addition, Harris plans to put on regular halftime activities 'for the remainder of the season. In other words, Oregon is oftptnntinrr r ro flm ,, , real show. This will, if it goes through, „ he another major step in the University’s athletic rebuilding .program, which started a year , ago with the appointment of .grid coach Jim Aiken. Having . the Freshman basketball tilts „ before the varsity performs is a good idea, for several reasons. As the situation is currentlv ly> Oregon students, in order to get a reasonably decent JlivJ BARTELT seat have to be at the Igloo by 6:30, with nothing to do but sit on their hands, play bridge, and drink cokes for an hour and a - half. Bt if the Freshmen games start at the early time, it would mean the end of this. ' Frosh Games Would Use Up Time Furthermore, spectators mean a lot to a basketball team, ~ and the first-year squad is no exception. There’s nothing more dismal to any eager than to play a gamd before 100 disorganized rooters, which has been the case heretofore. High school teams, who have played the Frosh- have the - same feelirig. With no crowd out their to hoot things up, the players lack that impetus which often means the difference ^ between the victory and a defeat. Perhaps the average Ore gon fan doesn't realize it, but when Webfoot teams know that someone is behind it in force, it is more likely to give that extra something and play harder. Freshmen Need Students' Support Another good reason for this proposed innovation is that the ■t Webfoot student body should support the Frosh teams, some thing which is sometimes impossible with afternoon games. It's ^ these first-year men who next year will be fighting it out for'a varsity position, and go on to produce future winning Oregon teams. A look at Oregon’s preseason statistics as compared with conference play reveals a cut-and-dried story why the " Duck cagers now are having rough sledding. In 13 open ing games, the Webfoot’s opposition scored 198 field goals, while in Northern Division competition, the opponents tot taled 101 floor shots. . In pre-league games, the Oregon quint hit 398 from the field, but in conference frays, the Ducks have made only 87> and that’s a large proportionate drop. However in free throw shooting, the Webfoots have been next to unbeatable, with 78 conversions against 40 misses. That’s an average of two-out * of-three, good in any league. Wiley Tops Scorers with 209 Roger Wiley is still Oregon’s leading scorer with 209 points, followed by Jim Bartelt with 167. But Bartelt hasn’t found ' himself in the league play yet. He showed the first really fav orable signs of shaking his slump in Wednesday’s prac tice when he started connecting on long one-hand tosses. At the ^ time. Coach John Warren was experimenting with the squad, ' and Bartelt was performing at guard instead of his customary forward slot. On the last leg of the dreaded Inland Empire, Oregon will bump into another new coach in the Northern Divi sion, Chuck Finley at Idaho. Finley was quite a eager him self, performing at Marysville (Mo.) State Teachers. In 1932, his last year- he led his team to the finals of the AAU * tournament, and was selected on the All-American bask etball squad. He is hailed as one of the 12 best informed men in the country on the cage sport. In tonight's game at Corvallis, the Oregon State team will - be at full strength for the Washington games. Alex Petersen is back at center, following his appendicitis operation, and Cliff , Crandall is up off a flu bed. This plus the factor that the teams . meet on the Corvallis floor could all add up to something which totals a bad weekend for the Huskies. CHICAGO, Jan. 29—(UP)—Joe Louis, as fat and flabby - as anv boxing champion has ever been, overpowered Bob box worth, an East St. Louis, 111., light-heavyweight, in the Chi cago coliseum to win a newspaper decision with ease in a four round exhibition bout. , , • : i f * . • u . . * ■ SX, Sammies, Phi Delts, TX, Kappa Sigs Post Cage Wins 1UUAJ S SUMKUUHS All “A” Games 3:50 Delta Epsilon A vs. Merrick Hall A Phi Sigma Kappa A vs. Alpha Tau Omega A 4:35 Beta Theta Pi A vs. Omega hall A Pi Kappa Alpha A vs. Phi Sigma Kappa A 5:15 Sigma Nu A vs. Villard Hall A Lambda Chi Alpha A vs. Sigma Al pha Epsilon A By DAVE TAYLOR Intramural basketball resumed its lightning-fast pace yesterday after Wednesday’s pause. The af ternoon’s five tilts were bristling battle royals, with the exception of one lopsided affair. Results were: Sigma*Chi outclassed Sigma hall 34-5; the Sammies turned back the Sig Eps 27-18; the Phi Delts de feated Phi Kappa Psi 28-15; Theta Chi walloped Minturn hall 30-20; and the Kappa Sigs posted a 21-15 win over Stan Ray hall. Chi Psi Cage Season Starts for Gals By EETH BASLER Seven games were played ir( the first week of the girl’s intra mural basketball tournament. Mon day Revec house defeated Gamma Phi Beta, 9-7, and Alpha Hall top pled Pi Beta Phi 15-10. The Highland Bleeps rolled over Chi Omega, 19-9 on Tuesday, and Hendricks did likewise to Gamma hall, 21-10. In a high scoring game University PIouss piled up 31 points to 17 for Sigma Kappa. Har riet Minot of University scored the amazing total of 9 field goals for 18 points in this game. On the same evening, Zeta Hall defeated Alpha Chi Omega 20-16. Thursday afternoon the High land Bleeps ran over the Tri Delts 15-4 in the last game of the week, as the game between Zeta Tau Al pha and Susan Campball being postponed. was handed a forfeit win when the Independents failed to show up. In a game that looked more like a comedy in four acts than a bas ketball game, Sigma Chi rolled over Sigma hall 34-5. Scoring al most at will the SX guys turned the event into a farce as they bait ed the vets dorm lads into their traps with fake passes, then were in for cripples. Every man on the Sigma Chi team participated in the scoring with top honors going to Don Gassoway's with ten. Sparked by the clever ball han dling antics of little Don Noel, Phi Delta Theta, romped to a 28-15 vic tory over Phi Kappa Psi. It was Noel who was consistently setgng up the Phi Delta plays and feeding the ball to sharp-shooting Jerry Switzer. Switzer poured in twelve Two Web foot Hoopsters on All-Time Quint ■ LOS ANGELES, Jan 30—(UP) —Hank Luisetti of Stanford and Wally Palmberg of Oregon State today were unanimous choices for the Pacific Coast conference’s all time basketball teams. Luisetti was selected without an opposing vote for the all-time Southern Division team while Palmberg won the same distinc tion for the Northern Division. The all-time teams selected by sports writers and broadcaster^ were announced by Conference Commissioner Victor O. Schmidt. Placed on the Northern Div ision team with Palmberg were two members of Oregon’s 1939 national ..championship ..team, Laddie Gale and Slim Winter mate, along with Gale Bishop of Washington State and Ralph Cairney of Washington. Luisetti was bracketed on the Southern Division team with Eddie Oram of Southern California, Jim Pollard of Stanford, and Don Bark sdale and Frank Lubin of UCLA. . v\\ I _ *11 w ...N_i I REFRAIN! Joe k^t WALDERS Associated Service llth and Hilyard points to be tops in that depart ment. SAM 27, SIG EPS 18 In the hardest fought battle of the afternoon, Sigma Alpha Mu downed Sigma Phi Epsilon 27-18. It was a nip-and-tuck contest all the way, but the Sammies’ shoot ing ability proved superior and was the decisive factor of the game. Lanky Jerry Ginzberg led the SAM scorers with nine points. Theta Chi 80, Mint urn 20 Theta Chi’s Red Rockets trounced a stubborn, but under manned Minturn hall team 30-20* Glen Kelly with ten points and Bill Hutchinson with nine were the big guns in Theta Chi's attack. The red-shirted lads used a highly or ganized offense featuring deceptive ball handling. , i In the finale of the afternoon* the Kappa Sigs stopped Stan Ray hall 21-15. John Burris dropped in 14 points to walk off with individ ual scoring honors but the defen sive play of Robert “Red Dog’* Hendrickson contributed highly to the Kappa Sig cause. HEILIG TODAY & SAT. Chas. 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