DUCK TRACKS By DICK CRAMER Emerald Co-Sports Editor Greg-on and Washington have several similiarities this year. Both have much better luck at home than the}- do on the road, one of the main reasons neither one are still title contenders. Of course, -Wtrshiriffton has the more impressive record to date, and'that; coupled with their two earlier wins over Oregon, will make them the favorities this weekend. But don’t be sur prised if they get dumped twice. Just wha-tdsind of ball John Warren’s Webfoots are capable of playing Was well demonstrated in that hectic and frantic Long Island series. If they play that way consistently, then can beat any team in the Northern Division, and, perhaps, on the Coast. Oregon Tough When on But the Webfoots are too inexeprienced to always play good ball. They usually play on about the same level as their oppo sition,* though this rule doesn't hold fast. But they have been just beaten-so many times by such narrow margins that it does seem logical to say that they play on about the same plane as those they play. If Oregon is “up” for a game, they will make it tough for their opponent. After all, they nearly beat a Long Island team that was a favorite by a big margin. And they ran away from Idaho after having a hard time get ting a split in Moscow. They came mighty close to heating a po tent Stanford five, now in the first ten in the country according to the Associated Press, and might well have done that with the services of Paul Sowers all the way. This Webfoot quint is pretty much a home team. They play their best ball here, before a friendly crowd. That isn’t unusual in this daysand age; every school in the Northern Division is the same way. But if the Webfoots. were able to do half as well on the road as at home, they would he up in title contention. Webfoots Still Have Faint Chance As it is, Oregon is pretty much out of the title race. About the only way the Ducks could win would be to take the rest of their games, which includes two against Oregon State at Cor vallis, and have WSC drop at least two tilts somewhere along the line', p'fbbably to the Beavers. But the possibilities of this happening aren’t too strong. Ore gon State might drop three games, possibly four of their remain ing games with Oregon and WSC. The Cougars could lose four out of four on their two separate trips to the Willamette Valley. They probably won’t win over one, in fact. But the whole scheme hinges on Oregon beating the Beavers in their •cramped and crowded Men’s Gym in Corvallis. They did it once last r ear, and are capable of doing it again. Looking at it from the bright side, it could well be done. But for any team to take two games from Oregon State on their home floor, especially one that’s been as erratic as Oregon has this season, would be something. That’s saying nothing of sweeping two-game series with Washington and-,Washington State, both of whom have already beaten the Webfoots twice on their home floors, and Oregon State in the Igloo, no easy task in itself. It probably won’t hap pen, but it would sure be nice. Washington Freshmen Rated High Washington will come to town with one of the highest-rated sophomores on the Coast, even though he might not start. A former flash from Bremerton High. Louie Soriano is expected to make the Northern Division sit up and take notice. He might not do it this season, but watch out for him in the next two years. He can score, and score plenty. He averaged a very good 17 points per game his senior year in high school, and hit. 107 tal lies to top the Husky Frosh a year later. He’s also listed as a top notch floor man with everything to be a great. If he does start, he’ll have to nose out veteran Andy Opacich, a pretty fair guard himself. Opacich put on a very fancy drib bling exhibition here last year, and broke up one of the play-off games between Washington and California by dropping in 16 points after taking over for Bobby Jorgenson. Torgie had to be taken out because the crowd was on his back for being in the way when Chuck Hanger took a flyer and wreck ed his knee on Mr. Jorgenson’s back. Sammy White won’t be at a forward post when Friday night rolls around. The Flusky trickster will team with either Soriano or Opacich at guard, the third position he s played this year. He started out as center, then changed places with Bill \ anden burgh and became a forward, and then shifted to guard when ^im Mallory, long a reserve for Jack Nichols, started scoring and couldn’t be kept off the starting five. Afua-^bucUi Set fa* Seattle*7'ieJz. Swimmers to Face Touted Huskies This coming weekend promises to be a rough one for Coach John Borchardt’s Oregon swimmers. The Aqua-Ducks will journey to Seattle for an evening encounter with the defending ND swimming cham pions, the University of Washing ton, Saturday, February 5. The Huskies’ edition this year is rated by many the finest aggrega tion in the history of the confer ence. The Ducks are going to have to go some to keep the score down and look good in the same pool. Although this years edition at the Men’s Pool is the best since the war and one of the three finest teams in the history of the school it is hard to realize the tremendous reserve and depth which the Husk ies have, making them such a for midable foe. Walter Leads Oregon Leading the Duck invasion will be co-captain Earl Walter, who is one of the better backstroke and individual medley swimmers of the conference. Walter will be looking for points in the backstroke, but will face such potent talent as George Heaney, ND champ, and Bob Miller, talented sophomore. Next figure for the Ducks will be Jim Stanley, who last year was heralded as the coming competi tion for OSC’s great Kay Staub off the high board. With Staub ineligible this year it looks like the race for ND diving honors will be between Stanley and Fizzeds, Chi Psi's Bounce Opposition in Intermural Tilt TODAY’S SCHEDULE McChesney A vs. Sig Ep A 4:35—Westminster A vs. Eagles A Sig Ep B vs. Nestor B 5:15—Cherney B vs. Phi Kappa Psi B Betas B vs. Eagles B 3:50—Stan Ray A vs. Delts A By Dave Taylor Intramural basketball slipped through a colorless afternoon yes terday as Chi Psi drubbed Sherry Ross hall 34-12, the Fizzeds eked by Pi Kappa Alpha 18-15, and Sigma Nu chalked up a gift game over Signify Nothing when the latter failed to appear. Bitterest battle of the afternoon was the Fizzeds’ 18-to-15 victory over Pi Kappa Alpha. Fizzeds Take Lead The Fizzed team went into a quick opening lead and were never headed throughout the contest. However, the Pi Kapps kept whit tling away at the Fizzeds’ five point advantage until late in the fourth quarter when two rapid fire howitzers brought the count to 16-15. Then a hacking foul was called against Ed Gudgel, Fizzed guard, which gave Les Jones, Pi Kap re serve, two free throws and a chance to put his team back in the game. Both of Jones’ shots failed to hit the hemp and the Fizzeds in sured the victory with a final field goal by Bill Amburn, then stalled the remaining minute and a half. Amburn was high for the victors with ten, but Gudgel’s floor play was the highlight of the game. Chi Psis Breeze Chi Psis silver-shirted quintet breezed through a shooting prac tice as it flattened the under manned Sherry Ross five 34-12. Every man on the Chi Psi starl ing lineup participated in the scor ing with Preston Holt taking top honors with ten. Then came John Holt with seven, Chuck Rufner and Ted Dunbar with six each, and George Taylor with five. The Chis Psis moved away slowly to a comfortable 13-to-2 halftime command, then poured on the team RECORDS ALL MAKES ALBUMS CLASSICAL POPULAR ALSO SINGLES Radio Laboratory 763 E 11th Phone 1085 :o bring the score up to 26-8 at the end of the third frame, and roll on ;o win 34-12. Bill Hammerbeck, set shot spe cialist, was the only bright spot on Straubmen's roster as he canned seven points for the losers. IM Handball The Fizzeds received a forfeit victory over Pi Kappa Psi in the landball campaign when\ the Pi