'Basketball Dreamland'
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. Warberg went
out of the Oregon State game in
the first half and was, .unable to
play mbre than a minute in the
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