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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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You'll like it! Also delicious sand
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have a private room available for
special parties. Plan to drop in this
week-end.