DUCK TRACKS
By DICK CRAMER
Emerald Co-Sports Editor
W ell, John Warren’s tough pre-season schedule is beginning
to pay off now. Though losses to such teams as California, Wy
" oming and Long Island didn't help the won-loss record, the ex
perience the team picked up in those tilts has been a big factor in
. the stady improvement of the W ebfoots.
The Washington series wound up with a bang, with Oregon
coming through to win a close one, for a change. And the Web
foots did it the hard way. coming from behind. Skinny Johnny
Neeley deserves accolades, not only ten- his four buckets in the
last four minutes, but also for his fine floor game all through the
tilt.
And don’t forget the fine work of Roger Wiley Saturday night.
The big pivotman didn't rack up as many points as the night
. before, but his floor game was very good, especially his work on
the backboards.
■ Wiley Had Three Men Checking Him
Of course, its hard to score points with three men hanging on
to you, and Wiley had at least that many most of the time on
Saturday. Sammy White was checking him all the time, with
the husky Husky guard, Louie Soriano, usually within five feet
of Rog, ready to move in case Wiley took a pass. Bill Vanden
burgh also moved over when Wiley had the ball.
Wiley really shattered his long-time Washington jinx, and
gave Eddie Gayda plenty of notice that he is out for the scoring
title he missed last year.
The coming series with Washington State should be a bloody
one. The Webfoots haven't forgotten those narrow margins they
lost by last y-ear, or the three defeats the Cougars have already
handed them this season. And besides, WSC is rated a good
chance for the title, and that’s incentive enough.
The Cougars Will Fold in the Willamette Valley
We have an idea the Cougars will fold when they- wander
down into the Willamette Valley-. True, they- are splitting up
their trip so they- come here this weekend, go home, and then
come back to take on Oregon State a week later.
But so far, the Cougars have been riding on their home floor,
one of the toughest in the league for the opposition to win on.
They have an impressive record, on paper anyway, but it won’t
last.
They- have too many weaknesses to take the Northern Divi
sion itle. Outside of Eddie Gray-da, George Hamilton and Bob
Elliott, their material is sub-par. It is true that Jack Friel has
for years turned out good teams with liftle material, but this
outfit just isn’t championship caliber.
Gayda is one of the finest players in the Northern Division.
He has come into his own this year in scoring, after two seasons
of being the Cougar’s number one rebounder. Hamilton, a south
- paw regular for three seasons before this, and Elliott give WSC
a good guard combination with a lot of experience.
- Long Island’s touring Blackbirds haven’t fared too well since
leaving- Eugene. After bouncing Santa Clara in San Francisco,
. they lost to Utah in Salt Lake and Oklahoma Aggies in Still
water, and both losses were by convincing margins.
SFU Wants into NCAA Tourney
San Francisco University, who tangles with the Webfoots
here February 18 and 19, lost their third game over thg week
. end, this time to USC. The Dons have won-won 15 and lost
three, all of their losses being administered by PCC Southern
_ Division teams.
SFU, incidently, has been carrying on a campaign to get in
to the NCAA tournament as the West Coast representatives.
This honor usually goes to the PCC champs, or at least has ev
ery year since 1939, when the tournament started, with only one
exception.
That was in 1944, when the Northern and Southern Division
* champs were both loaded with Navy trainees and neither could
make the trip. Pepperdine of Los Angeles went instead.
- We don’t think the Dons will do it. They have played all four
Southern Division teams, and have beaten only California, the
cellar quint in the league. That isn’t a very good argument for
saying they should go instead of a PCC five.
* Beavers Could Well Wind Up PCC Champs
It will be interesting to see just who gets the championship
of the Coast Conference. If Oregon State wins the Northern Di
vision, they stand a pretty good chance of walking off with the
honors.
The reason for that statement is not so much that the Beav
* ers have a good team, but because the playoff will be held in the
North this year, and we pity any poor Southern Division team
on that Aggie floor. That gives the Beavers a big advantage.
Besides that, Slats Gill has loads of material at Corvallis.
' True, the Beavers have fallen on their faces several times, and
probably will some more. But that doesn't change the fact that
" the material is there, and when Gill finds the right combination,
he’ll have a mighty tough outfit to hold down.
Theta Chi Chi Psiy
ATO Take 'B' Wins
In Intramural Play
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
3:50 Court 40 Minturn Hall B vs Pi Kappa Phi B
3:50 Court 43 Hunter Hall A vs Phi Kappa Sigma A
4:35 Court 40 Theta Chi A vs Pi Kappa Phi A
4:35 Court 43 Minturn Hall A vs Sigma Alpha Epsilon A
5:15 Court 40 Delta Upsilon A vs Phi Delta Theta A
5:15 Court 43 Nestor Hall A vs Alpha Tau Omega A
Action in the intramural basketball league swings back to
the “A" teams today after yesterday’s proceding found three
“B” squads come through with decisions in an equal number of
slambang contests.
Theta Chi smashed Delta Tau Delta 33-16, Chi Psi dropped
Stan Ray 17-7, and Alpha Tau Omega eked out an overtime win
from Phi Delta Theta, 21-20.
Although they held only a slim 11-10 halftime lead, the Theta
Chi s went on to swamp an outman
ned Delt team 33-16.The Theta Chi’s
effectively used both a fast break,
and fast set-up plays, and also con
trolled the backboard throughout
the whole game. The Delt’s passing
and' shooting were off, and Kerns,
their center, was their only good
backboard man. Gerry Leslie was
high with seven markers for Theta
Chi.
Walker Hits For Nine
In one of the raggedest games of
the season, Chi Psi’s ‘B’ quint drub
bed Stan Hay 19-7, although both
teams employed attacks marked
by sloppy ball-handling, wild shoot
ing, and poor passing. Nevertheless,
Walker found the range for nine
Chi Psi counters.
In the day’s final tussle, ATO out
fought a scrappy, but lighter Phi
Delt five. The sport played was a
hybrid between football and soccer,
with a loose interpretation of bas
ketball rules being used.
The referees ignored flagrant
rule violations, and let the boys tear
into each other. Phi Delt displayed
the best brand of basketball, but the
ATO squad led in all other categor
ies, including “net yards gained
rushing’’ and “opponents fumbles
recovered.’’
Phi Deit Rally Fails
After erasing a 5-4 frst quarter
ATO lead, the Phi Dolts were on the
long end of the score until the last
few seconds of regular play. In the
last quarter Ed Chrobot threw in six
consecutive points to give the AT
O’s a 20-19 lead with five seconds
to go.
Phi Delt called time to work out
some strategy, and when the game
resumed they passed the ball far
down the floor. A1 Chamberlain
grabbed it, and was fouled in trying
for a lay-in. He sank his first gift
toss to throw the game into a tie,
but missed the second.
In the overtime period Chrobot
scored the only point.
AT YOV/t G*OC£RS
Sig Eps Beaten
By Omega Hall
The Omega handball squad mov
ed up one step in the intramural
eliminations Monday by winning
two out of three matches from Sig
ma Phi Epsilon.
McDowell downed A1 Sterton 27
7, 21-1, and Brown outlasted Paul
Davenport 21-14, 21-7, for Omega’s
two wins.
Sig Eps captured the doubles
pairing, however, by 21- and 22-20
counts.
I
Husky Swim
(Continued from page four)
Bob Hiatt made a fine showing'
in the 440 yard free. This was Bob's
first real test of the season and he
came through like a veteran.
Hiatt has not reached his peak
by a long shot, but looks like a good
bet to give the Cougars' By Canning
a race in the vital 220 and 440
events.
Meet Summaries:
Medley Relay: Won by Wash
ington (Miller, Hoppe, Regan,),
Time: 3:09.1.
220 yard Free: 1. McArthur
(W); 2. Willson (W); 3. Santos,
(O). Time: 2:23.7.
50 yard Free: 1. Campbell (W)
2. Heaney (W); 3. Batch (O).
Time: 23.8.
Diving: 1. Stanley (O); 2. New
ton (W); 3. Sawhill (W).
100 yard Free: 1. Regan (W);
2. Santos (O); 3. Cochran (W).
Time: 55.1.
150 yard Back: 1. Miller (W);
2. Walter (O); 3. Herzog (O):
Time: 1:43.9.
200 yard Breast: 1. Salmon
(W); 2. Eberhardter (W); 3.
Harmon (O). Time: 2:38.6.
440 yard Free: 1. Willson (W);
2. MeArthur (W); 3. Hiatt (O).
Time: 5:24.7.
400 yard Relay: Won by Wash
ington (Heaney, Salmon, Camp
bell, Trager) Time: 3:34.2. (New
ND and Meet record; old record
held by Washington-1947.)
150 yard Individual Medley: 1.
Walter (O); 2. Regan (W); 3.
Hargraves (O). Time: 1:44.8.
(New ND and Meet record; old
record held by Regan of Wash
ington- 1949.
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