'Basketball Dreamland' L.,.. ..._ G1IX COLISEUM, Oregon State’s new $1,800,000 basketball womler plant. Although the building is not yet completed, this architect's conception shows clearly why an Indiana sportscaster called it a “Basketball dreamland.” ______ 'New Look' Tilts ' On Tap Tonight At Mac Court Oregon’s Krosh basketball team will be out for its ninth straight victory tonight when it meets the Oregon Lumber Sales, a local inde , pendent team, at 6:15 in Mc Arthur Court. The Duckling game will be the preliminary to the Oregon College - of Education-Oregon Reserves clash at 8:00 p.m. Both games will be played as a charity benefit and. although no admission will be charged, contri butions will be accepted by the (Sports Division of the March of Dimes campaign, of which Dick f* trite of the Eugene Kegister Guard is the local chairman. Something new1 and unique to this area will be seen as far as . fouls and foul shots are concerned. All fouls will be charged to the team as a whole whose player committed the foul and not to the individual player, therefore it will be impossible for any player to foul out. ( Please turn to pit tie fire) WET FEET? it, *HOE REPAIR Till'. l'.KST WAV TO KKF.r SllOFS DRV IS TO HA\ 1'. Til 1AM IX GOOD KKFAIK. Till-: UK ST WAV TO 1IAVK SllOFS IN GOOD RKI’AIR IS T(. > TAKF. TIIK.M TO CAMPUS SHOE SHOP On 13th Hctween Ahlor and Kincaid DUCK TRACKS By SAM FIDMAN Emerald Sports Editor Oregon State waited a long-, long time for a decent basketball field house. They endured the cramped conditions of the old "Cracker Box” and visiting squads endured it too. but when they got themselves a new arena, they did it up right. There isn't a lousv seat in the house, due gr inainlv to the hict tluit tlicrc are none of those accursed pil lars and posts to come between a keen athletic eye and a sensa tional jump, shot from 35 feet out. The floor itself is as close to perfection as man and ma chine are capable of. It does n’t have that lived in look as does McArthur Court, but a few million dribbles from now, it should be getting that way. Work on Gill Coliseum has not as yet been complet- SLATS GILL ed; there is especially a need to mark the lavatory doors “Men” or otherwise, as several embarrassed members of the 8,030 crowd last Friday learned. No Grunts, No Slugs, No Slats The University of Oregon has not found itself capable of sup porting three popular college sports, skiing, wrestling, and box ing. There is mild (for the moment, at least) agitation for the birth and guidance of these activities, but the athletic depart ment has turned a cold, but not indifferent shoulder to that sub ject. The claim is that there is always a monetary deficit from these sports, and Oregon is at present in no condition to foot red marks on the ledger. However, there seems to be enough to guarantee the appear ance of the top professional tennis stars in the world. Xo lam basting intended here—just a pat on the brawny back of the T. O athletic department for affording the student body the opportun itv to see such dazzling talent. According to some chatter at the last meeting of the Inter fraternity Council, there is a movement afoot to nab eight house presidents to don formal garb for the purpose of taking tickets at the door of the tennis matches. Following through on that, the athletic department might announce shortly that the tennis affair will be formal. “Soup and fish" will dominate gentlemen’s attire, while milady takes a deep breath and wrig gles into her formal gown. If the plan goes through, the Uni versity of Oregon will play "escort" to the ladies (this term includes coeds) by presenting flowers to them at the door. (Please turn to page five) Ducks in Serious Drill For Clash with Torrid, Pace-Setting Huskies Theta Chi, Fiji’s, Sigma Chi Blast m Hoop Wins TODAY’S SCHEDULE Basketball 3:50 Kappa Sigma B vs. Hunter B 3:50 SAM B vs. Sederstrom B 4:35 Phi Kaps B vs. Cherney B 4:85 S AE B vs. Omega B 5:15 Phi Sigs B vs. Alpha B 5:15 ATO vs. Nestor B “Ragged and rugged” and con servative “sluggin’ and huggin’ ” were the themes of Monday night’s “B” intramural basketball action. Theta Chi, Phi Gamma Delta, and Sigma Chi scored victories on the west maple court while Phi Kappa Psi won the Only handball match. In the initial cage encounter of the evening Sigma Chi tallied a 35 7 win over Stan Ray. Halftime score read' 15-0 for the thirteenth street quint. All seven men entering the winner’s roster scored at least two points. Left forward John Jones was the big gun for the game with twelve points. The Fijis snapped a 23-8 vic tory over Merrick. They led 12-3 at halftime. High point honors went to Darrell Monteith who scored eight points for the win ners. The third game—a merry-go round of frolic-witnessed a Theta Chi 17-6 win over Sherry Ross. The score at half-time read 6-2. Arlen Joseph scored four points for the winners as did Sherry Ross center Tom Mitchell. Phi Kappa Psi stemmed Phi Kappa Sigma 2-1 in handball on a singles victory by Harold Weeks and doubles by Robert Carey and George Mardikin. Ace Thindads To Compete In Top Meets A trio of Oregon track stars, George Rasmussen, the ace pole vaulter, Dave Henthorne, the Duck sprinter, and Jack Hutchins, the sensational sophomore miler, is scheduled for competition in the near future. Rasmussen and Henthorne left for Boston Wednesday by plane to open a two-week tour of the annual eastern indoor meets. The Duck stars will vie with a bril liant field of competitors at the Knights of Columbus games this Saturday night at the Boston Garden, and a week later will en ter the Millrose Games at Madi son Square Garden in New York. Rasmussen will be renewing his rivalry with three of the top pole vaulters in the world. The defend ing champion, Bob Richards, for- • merly of Illinois, Bob Smith of San Diego State and Bob Montgomery of Southern California will combine with Rasmussen to make the field one of the toughest of the indoor season. Rasmussen toured Europe last summer with Richards and Mont gomery after the AAU meet at Fresno and won his share of the meets. The Duck star lias been working indoors for the last month and expects to be in top condition. Hentliorne will be entered in the 60-yard dash and the Northern Di vision champion is tabbed as a (Please turn to page five) Coach John Warm’s Ducks trav el to Seattle this weekend to open the annual annual Northern Divi- a sion series with the Washington Huskies, currently the hottest basketball team on the Pacific Coast. The Webfoots meet Wash ington Friday and Saturday night and then the two teams meet again a week later, Jan. 27 and 28, at Mc Arthur Court. The Huskies, dead last in the Northern Division chase last sea son, have done a brilliant about face and are the surprise leaders in the early part of the 1950 cam paign for the league champion ship. Washington split a pair of games with Washington State last week end at Pullman, always a tough thing to accomplish, and will be fa vored to win over the Webfoots, loser of a single game with Oregon State last Friday. Washington will be favored to re tain its Northern Division lead as y i the two top contenders, .Washing ton State and Oregon State, meet in Pullman to conclude their 1950 four game series. Fans in both Seattle and Eu gene have a series of thrills in store for them if the Webfoots and the Huskies repeat their ser ies of 1949. In those four games two were decided by One point, one by three points and the other by seven. Washington won in Se attle, 44-43 and 47-44, but the Ducks came back to sweep the pair in Eugene, 65-58 and 70-69. Coach Warren had shooting and fundamentals high on the practice agenda all week in preparation for the Seattle jaunt. After tripping the favored Cougars in the opening game, the Ducks suddenly lost their eye for the basket and with it their ability to control the ball. An injury to Dale Warberg’s leg may make a change in the starting lineup for the Friday game at Seattle. 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