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DUCK TRACKS By Tom King The Pacific Coast Conference's humpty-dumpty basketball race, presently roaring along at a rather.-hasty clip, has finally turned past the halfway point and is heading into that prover bial home stretch. Just what transpires within the next fortnight or so will pretty well unscramble things, but to our way of thinking, the whole thing will come to a head Monday and Tuesday. That’s when Slats Gill’s steady Oregon State outfit locks horns with Washington State inJPullman. ^ I Of course, both Oregon and the Washington Huskies are still in the running, but the chances of either :of-them catch ing fire within the next few weeks and coming in for a slice of the sausage are slim to say the least. Both are presently en gaged in taking each other apart limb by limb and the likely re sult is that they will eliminate one another from title conten tion. SLATS GILL Meanwhile, the Cougars are sitting out the weekend, just boning up for Monday’s vital clash, and the Beavers are taking on an unpredictable Idaho five which, surprisingly enough, up - and slapped them over last night. However, the Oregon State quint still is in a good position despite the upset, provided it is . able to bounce back. If the iorm sheet doesn't take a beating (which is to say, if OSC sweeps past Idaho tonight), then the props will he set. This Cougar club, which sent observers rocking back on their heels when it raced to the head of the peak at the start of the season, may have shot its wad. Its recent downfall at the hands of the Vandals promises as much. WSC Never Really Rated High Too, it bears out the forecasts of several gentlemen who made ' it their business to berate the Jack Friel’s boys when they were riding the crest. , It was cpntended then that Washington State was only reap ing the benefits of playing on its home court. With only one re _ maining PCC game billed for Pullman after the Beaver series, it means that WSC is due to hit the skids. Just exactly whether or not the Beavers have enough basket ball left in them to piece together a pair of triumphs on both • Monday and Tuesday is the crux of the whole race. The Webfoots,. those naughty, naughty Webfoots, could - throw a sizeable monkey wrench into the whole works by com ing to life' against the Beavers later on this month. - Cards Stacked Against Cougars . Such an event would, conveniently enough (depending on * where you’re from, pardner), leave a crack open, through which the Cougars might squeeze in and take it all. . Jttowever, since Wat has gooey going ahead, and since, Irom what we’ve gathered, it isn’t any great shakes as a ball club any „ way, we’re pretty much inclined to give the Beavers the flag right now and call it quits. Of course, WSC could get all stirred _ up like a flock of hornets and make us look goshawful bad by running the Beavers aground twice in succession. But we’ll have * to be convinced. What with the schedule advantage, OSC actu ally only needs a split against the Cougars in Pullman. * In fact, we have an inkling that even if John Warren’s Ducks give OSC a spot of trouble in future outings (and they probably . will), Washington State won’t be in a position to capitalize on the situation. That’s because on the nights of March 4 and 5 Art McLarney and his Huskies will be giving the Cougars big fits and little fits (just all kinds of fits) on their friendly Seattle court. . What's That? Baseball! Brr-r-r In any event, the turning point of the ND chase may well come the early part of next week. If either of the two State teams sweep the series, let’s start dusting off home plate, limbering up the ol’ pitching arms, and let baseball come on the scene. * Turning to football for a couple of quickies, we find that An sel McCullough’s decision to leave the Southland and enroll at - Washington may have started a general mass movement from that area to Seattle. The recent announcement that Hugh Mc * Elhenny would join McCullough under Howie Odell was topped by a report that five players on the Chaffey Junior College elev - en, three of whom performed in the 1947 Little Rose Bowl game, would also make the trek to Huskyland. McElhenny, incidentally, left high school with the glossiest reputation of any California athlete since Glenn Davis. A big * strapping boy (he weighs 190-plus), blessed with phenomenal speed (he holds the city hurdles record in Los Angeles), McEl * henny was voted the Helm’s Award as the outstanding junior college player in the country last season while playing for Comp * ton. Beavers Defeated By Idaho MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 5—(AP) The University of Idaho Vandals fought off a desperate second-half rally last night to defeat the Ore gon State College basketball team, 51-39. The loss knocked the Beavers out of a tie with Washington State College for the lead in the North ern Division of the Pacific Coast conference. Center Nick Stallworth was the big gun for the Idaho club with 17 points. Snyder and Alex Peterson topped Oregon State’s scoring with eight points each. The box score: osc FG..FT..PF..TP Snyder, f.4 Rinearson, f .1 Petersen, f .2 Harper, f .2 Torrey, f .0 Watt, c . 2 Kinney, c.0 Crandall, g .2 Ballantyne, g .1 Catterall, g .0 Halmon, g .1 Totals ..15 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 o 9 5 2 3 2 0 5 0 1 2 2 1 8 2 8 5 0 4 1 6 3 0 2 23 39 IDAHO FG FT PF TP Pritchett, f .4' Rey, f .3 Gunnels, f .0 Christensen, f .0 Stallworth, c .7 Wheeler, c .0 Brimhall, g.4 Grove, g .1 Linck, g .0 Mead, g .0 4 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 5. l’ 2 4 0 1 12 6 0 0 17 0 11 5 0 0 Totals .19 13 17 51 Eugene Collides (Continued from page four) to step into the league lead for the second time this season. Fast skating Frank Sauer will be back in the lineup for the first time since the opening game and he is being relied on to add the extra punch necessary for a Redwing win. Should Portland come out on top of the Sunday tilt it would take the lead and leave Eugene a scant half game on top of third place Salem but if the Redwings top the scoring honors it would give them a full two game margin over Portland and Sa lem, who would then be tied for sec ond place. Corvallis Next Eugene finally starts on the road with a game at Corvallis Thursday night and it is important to them that its lead be well established. Tickets will be on sale at the gate until game time or until the supply is exhausted. Probable starters: Eugene Pos. Portland Hoffer .G. Drougas E. Worth.LD. Ripley Ferris .RD. Stealy D. Gillespie.RW. Howe T. Gillespie .C. Besaw Sauer .LW. Javorack Borchardt & Co. Face Washington Hoping to upset the favored University of Washington Huskies, Coach John Borchardt and his Webfoot mermen invade the Seattle stronghold this evening with thoughts of a possible Northern Division title still in mind. However, the Ducks will be up against one of the finest pool aggregations in the history of the conference. The Huskies are loaded for bear, and hope to do a carbon copy on last Saturday s lop-sided 70-14 triumph over Oregon State. Salmon Olympic Vet The same tankers who carried Washington to that sweeping vic tory are expected to shoulder most of the load against the Ducks. Pete Salmon, a sophomore sensation who competed for Canada in the Sum mer Olympics, set a new 200 yard yard breaststroke mark for the ND with a clocking four-tenths of a second under the old mark held by Oregon’s Jack Dallas. Rod Harmon and Art Bayly rep resent the Ducks in this event. Salmon, together with George Heaney, Dick Campbell and Bob Regan, all of whom have bettered division records, should combine to give the Ducks a full evening. Ducks Could Surprise However, Coach Borchardt plans to pull a few surprises of his own and, despite the ruggedness of the competition, figures that the Ducks will be in there all the way. IM Basketball Scores Intramural cage results yester day were as follows (all ‘B’ games) : Sigma Chi 36, Pi Kapps 0; Sigma Nu 16, Phi Kappa Psi 15; Sammies 28, Lambda Chi Alpha 10; McChes ney 39, Sherry Ross 12; Delta Upsi l°n 23, Merrick 17; Sigma Hall for feited to Campbell Club. We invite and will appreciate your banking business EUGENE BRANCH U. S. National Bank of Portland, Ore. Co-captain Earl Walter looks like a good bet for some points in the backstroke, but he will be going up against some pretty classy foes in the persons of George Heany, NO champion, and Bob Miller. Oregon stands a good chance in the diving event what with Jim Stanley on hand. Ernie Hoff of the Huskies will keep him on his toes and should press him all the way. Hargraves Agile In the freestyle, it's Louis San tos, George Moorhead and Bob Hi att who will carry the Webfoot hopes. Tom Nekota and George Balch go in the 50 yard freestyle and relay, and Stan Hargraves will fill in whatever event most needed. Hargraves is a pretty varsatile boy and should help tremendously in plugging the weak spots. It’s been a long rime since the Ducks last subdued Washington in a duel meet, six years to be exact. In the Northern Division meets the Oregonians have managed to snare four titles while placing second to Washington on six other occasions. — The Toast of the Campus JUMBO BARBEQUE 873 13th E 6099-W STUDENT ACCOUNTS Are Welcome At this Bank Open an N. M. B. acct. (no minimum balance) No need to keep a fixed amount of money on deposit No monthly service charge Your cost is $1.00 for ten checks • • THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Eugene Serving Lane Co. Since 1883 Deposits insured up to $5000—through F.D.I.C.