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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1949)
DUCK TRACKS By DICK CRAMER Emerald Co-Sports Editor Next Friday and Saturday on the McArthur Court maple will be one of the better series of the year in Eugene. Whether the Ducks win or lose, it will probably be worth the effort to drag yourself up to see Clair Bee's boys from LIU. This is one of the older intersectional series in the country. It began when Howard Hobson took some of his pre-war quints back to Madison Square Garden on barnstorming tours. The two teams clashed more than once, and their games were always thrilling. This will be the first year that Long Island has come to the Pacific Coast, and one of the schools they wanted to meet were the Webfoots they had known of old. That’s why Clair Bee is bringing his boys to the Igloo. Bee Is a Living Legend Bee is one of those living; legends. Almost everyone in sports knows his name and can recount some of his many feats. He has always done wonders with a small amount of material. His well coached teams were a land mark for invaders from the Pacific slopes, many of which he played. Basketball is the big sport at LIU, a school that hovers around the 4,000 mark in enrollment. Last year the Blackbirds won 18 out of 22 games, and have gotten off to a pretty good start this seaosn. Incidently, though they emphasize basketball, they have no home court for games. Most of their home games they play in the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy Gymnasium or in Madison Square Garden. The Webfoots will have to be in top form to grab off a win against the invaders, at least according to the form charts. It will be interesting to watch LIU in action and to compare their offense with those now being used on the Coast. Series Unly Une of several Kjooa Unes This series with Long Island is just one of several good ones Eugene has seen this year. Though many students missed them, the games against California and Wyoming during Christmas vacation were good and exciting. And the tradition will be carried on against both the Black birds and San Francisco University, the latter appearing here next month. Mac Court will have seen a lot of basketball when this season is finished. Bruins Grab Off a Top-Flight Coach UCLA might turn out to be a potent dark horse in the 1949 race for the Rose Bowl, depending upon how well their new coach, “Red” Sanders, really is. Based on his background at Vanderbilt, Sanders looks like a very good choice. Sanders tutored the Commodores from 1940 until this last season, excluding a three year stretch in the Navy. He started poorly in *40, but came out with a potent team the following year that was the surprise of the Southeastern Conference. He had another good team in 1942, then went into the service. In 1946, following his sojurn in the Navy, the Vanderbilt graduate of 1927 again caught the SEC off-guard with another top-notch eleven. He was awarded the SEC Coach of the year in 1941 and was second for that honor in 1946. In 1947 and 194S, the Commodores were not spectacular, but they were always getting in somebody’s hair. Sanders will make the Bruins tough. Ducks Have Best Home Schedule After the Washington trip this weekend, Oregon will be at home for the rest of the Northern Division schedule, except for two trips to Corvallis. That’s a pretty good position to be in, since most of the other teams in the conference will be travelling a good share of that time. For instance, Washington will have to make three more trips, two to the Willamette Valley and one to Idaho. Though they don’t make a four-games-in-five-nights invasion, they will still get pretty tired of traveling.They have four more games at home following the Oregon series there, with six on the road. Oregon State, the co-favorite with Washington when the sea son began, has six at home and six away. Idaho has six more games in Moscow and four traveling, and Washington State will have seven of their remaining eleven contests away from Pull man. Oregon, with six left in Mac Court and only two away, (and both of those at Corvallis) is sitting in a good spot. If the Ducks do well against the Huskies, they could do well in the pennant race right up to the closing games. Their only difficulty is that after this series they will be halfway done with Northern Divi sion play. That could be a disadvantage. Ducks Favored (Continued from page four) stroke entries were not certain, but looked like Earl Walter, with Stan Hargraves as running mate. An other thriller, without question, will be the 200-yard breaststroke, where Oregon’s Rod Harman and Art Bayly will fight it out against A1 Van Etten, the Beaver’s top swimmer. The 440-yard free-style will see Oregon’s Bob Hiatt and either War ren Braucher or Stan Hargraves go at it with Tom Boardman and Bill Lofts for the Aggies. Winding up the afternoon will be the pre viously mentioned 400-yard relay. Phi Kcipps, Minturn, Phi Delts, Nestor, French, ATO Win IM's MUNDAY S SCHEDULE 3:50 Court 43 Sigma Chi A vs. Kappa Sigma A 4:35 Court 43 Agates A vs. Merrick Hall A 5:15 Court 43 Lambda Chi Alpha A vs. Phi Gamma Delta A By JOHN BARTON Smooth play marked the intramural courts in yesterday’s games, as another six tilts went under the gate and all teams showed mid-season improvement. Pi Kappa Phi fell to Phi Kappa Sigma, Minturn walloped Sederstrom, the Phi Delts slicked past the SAEs, Nestor dropped Cherney, French trounced Sigma, and the ATOs went ahead tn win nvpr 7^1n 1\ annn Pci in on im^ .— I Phi Kapps 20, Pi K Phis 13 In the afternoon’s opener, Phi Kappa Sigma eased through to de feat Pi Kappa Phi by a 20-13 count. Phi Kappa Sigma grabbed an early lead and held on to it. High man was Tom Juza of the winners, with ten points. Minturn 44, Sederstrom 13 Minturn hall turned out the smoothest playing team on the ma ple to walk over Sederstrom hall by a 44-15 score. Featuring good team work and the best ball-handling of the day, Minturn ran up a 13-0 first quarter score. Little Joe Tom was the sensation of the afternoon with his performance, dribbling through the opposition, sending bullet pass es down the court on a fast break, and hitting the hemp from all ang les. Tom fed the ball to Dave Van Zandt often enough- for VanZandt COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL By The Associated Press Stanford 65, San Francisco 55. South Carolina 51, Clemson 48. Baylor 53, Texas A & M 47. Fordham 83, Rensselaer 77. Uhah 42, Wyoming 30. Brigham Young 53, Utah State 34 Rice 49, Arkansas 48. St. Louis 58, Tulsa U. 40. Western Kentucky 78, Miami 45. Lawrence 51, Grinnell 45. New York Athletic Club 68, John Marshall 54. Akron 53, Kent State 46. Dayton 52, Ohio University 47. Falls, Colds, Keep Infirmary Busy As the temperature goes down, the number of patients in the in firmary is on the upgrade with an average of 16 a day this winter term. Normally 10 persons is the daily average. Many of the new cases are being caused by slippery sidewalks. ASUO President Bob Allen heads a list of 20 patients who may spend the weekend in the infirmary. Oth ers are Norman Bleakman, Chris tian Beylier, Shirley K. Johnson, Gertrude Gildisheim, Jacqueline Briley, Robert Caviness, Richard Pyalls, Robert Pulfer, James Shep pard, John Holden, Erwin Horen stein, Jack Sanders, Franklin Kin caid, Charles Saeger, Warren Pin ner, Kathryn Wilson, John Page, Virginia Korn, and Walter Buchan ForThe Senior Ball YOUR GIRL WILL WANT FLOWERS FROM WAYNE’S OX CAMPUS to be high man in the game with 14 points. Phi Deits 20, SAE 16 Phi Delta Theta grabbed an early lead and held on to it to win over the SAEs, 20-16 in one of the clean est games of the day. Big Bob Tag gesell was strong on the backboards all through the game for the Phi Delts, and came through with eight points. Ray Karnofski was tops with 10 for Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Nestor 17, Cherney 14 Nestor put down a tough Cherney five by a 17-14 count in the next game of the afternoon. Little Gordy Howard kept his Cherney mates above water during the first quar ter, as he dumped in the first six Cherney counters. Things were all tied up at a 12-12 count at the end of the third quarter, but Nestor pulled away to come out on top. Howard was high man with eight points. French 26, Sigma 12 Sigma hall got going a little too late in the fourth quarter and went down to a tough French hall outfit, 26-12. French hall collected most of their points from under the basket on their standout backboard play. They led at the half-time by a 15-4 count. ATOs 15, Phi Psis 10 The afternoon's thriller was the ATO-Phi Psi clash, which ran into an overtime before the Taus grab bed a 15-10 final score. Proceedings were knotted at 10-10 at the end of the regular playing time, but ATO pulled down two long shots a one point from the gift-line to come out ahead. Dan Oudahay and Gene Hov er shared honors with six points each. CANDY MADE IN EUGENE .[] FOR YOUR EATING PLEASURE : Sugar Plum Candy 63 E. Brdwy. 4128' ICE HOCKEY EUGENE REDWINGS -vs Poftland Blackhawks SUNDAY NITE 8 P.M. . U of O Men and Date admitted on one ticket Eugene Ice Arena 1850 W 6th Phone 4957 Your Downtown Rendezvous That is what Seymours has been to several generations of college stu dents. Before or after the show or dance or while shopping drop in and make yourself at home at Seymours. You'll find a friendly atmosphere here. We cash small checks for your convenience. Try our famous "Chicken in the Rough," Fried Chicken Specialty. You'll like it! Also delicious sand wiches and Fountain dishes. We now have a private room available for special parties. Plan to drop in this week-end.