/Mac Court Among Top
Tennis Sites for Pros
McArthur Court’s spacious bas
ket ball facilities will lend them
selves nicely to tennis ana will rank
as one of the better locations played
"this year by Jack Kramer, Pancho
Conzales, Frank Parker and Pan
cho Segura.
That was the opinion Tuesday of
Mrs. Kay Riggs, wife of Bobby
Riggs, the top man in the profes
sional tennis field today. Mrs.
Riggs, who acts as “advance man”
for the star-studded cast of tennis
experts, said the pros play such a
' fast game that 120 feet was needed
to offer the players full opportunity
to maneuver and in many places
that much room was simply not
available.
The pert, blonde Mrs. Riggs also
was pleased with the lighting in the
“Igloo.’’ “Many places where we
play are rather dark and it makes
it hard on both the players and the
spectators. I am sure that these
lights will be more than adequate
to assure all concerned good visi
.bility."
Have Own Layout
The pros have developed a full
court canvas layout which is the
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most modern of all indoor playing
courts. It is a bright green in color
and the court lines have been paints
ed on the surface.
In discussing the present status
of the series between Kramer and
Gonzales, Mrs. Higgs said that the
colorful Gonzales is finally begin
ning to whip Kramer with some
regularity. “It’s very much like a
very good minor league player in
baseball moving into the majors. It
takes a little time for him to adjust
and reach his full playing poten
tial,” Mrs. Riggs said.
“And the competition is really
keen. The loser of the series this
year will be forced to drop out of
our tour and neither player is anx
ious to lose $60,000 a year,” Mrs.
Riggs continued.
In the recent California swing
Gonzales defeated Kramer six out
of nine times and will be out to cut
the Kramer advantage in the series
even further when the two stars
come to Eugene on February 8.
One other development took
place in the California swing which
effected the doubles. Bobby Riggs,
who with Jack Kramer, won the
world’s title last year, has returned
to the doubles play with Kramer.
The championship team tangles
with the two Panchos, Gonzales and
Segura in the final match of the
evening.
Orchids Impress
Mrs. Rig'g'S was impressed with
the idea of the free orchids to be
given away by Flowers Unlimited
of Eugene to all feminine fans hold
ing reserved seats the night of the
match. “That's the first time any
thing of that nature has been done
on the tour and I think it's a dandy
plan. Mr. Vince Farina should be
congratulated for his cooperation.”
Ticket sales continued to be in
advance of expectations as the
match neared. Reserved seat sales
ate being held at McArthur Court,
Skeie’s Jewelry and Hendersliott’s
Sporting Goods Store in Eugene.
General admission tickets and
childrens tickets will be sold the
night of the match.
It Might As
Well Be Spring
BOSTON — (UP) — The Boston
Bed Sox announced today that the
club would begin spring training at
Sarasota, Fla., on Feb. 28.
The pitchers and catchers are to
report on that day and be ready
for work March 1. Outfielders and
infielders are due on March 4 and
must be ready ofr work the follow
ing day.
At the same time the Red Sox an
nounced that first baseman Walter
Dropo has signed for the 1950 sea
son and that his contract had been,
assigned to the Louisville club of
the American Association.
Last season with the Sacramento
club of the Pacific Coast League,;
Dropo played in 132 games and had j
an average of .287.
BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn
Dodgers are seeking to solve the ‘
mystery of Ralph Branca.
Having just signed the right
handed ace who slumped in the last
two seasons after winning 21
games in 1947,
Ducks Head North;
Warren With Team
Ted Tappe
OVERSHADOWED by the ex
ploits of teammates Ed Gayda
and Gene Conley, former junior
college star Ted Tappe is due to
break lobse against one of the
Cougars coming opponents.
Oregon’s battling Ducks, fresh
from a pair of upset wins over the
Washington Huskies, now face the
toughest nine days of the 1950
Northern Division season.
The Webfoots left Eugene last
night for Moscow and Pullman for
the annual invasion of the Inland
Empire. Oregon tackles Idaho on
Friday and Saturday and then
moves against Washington State
on Monday and Tuesday.
The Ducks then travel home to
face Oregon State at McArthur
Court on Feb. 10 and complete the
nine-day marathon on Feb. 11 with
a nonconference game with St.
Mary’s College.
'Coach John Warren, although
recently ill in bed, left with his
team.
The five conference games in
eight days will settle the fate of
the slim championship hopes still
held by the Ducks. Warren’s gang
must win four of the five games
to keep themselves in contention
with Washington, Washington
State, and Oregon State.
Keller Sparks Ducks
The Oregon stock rose rapidly
with the sensational play of Jack
Keller since he earned a starting
berth at guard. Keller opened the
second Washington game in Seat
tle and scored 16 points and played
40 minutes. He repeated the “iron
man’’ stunt in both Husky games
at McArthur Court and added 16
and 18 points to his rapidly rising
total for the season.
Oregon’s pesky center problem
also appeared near solution. Jim
Vranizan, the sophomore who
broke into the lineup at the turn
of the year, is now getting con
siderable help from Bob Amacher
and Mel Streeter. Amacher’s back
board play stemmed a Washington
rally in the first game last week
end and Streeter’s seven points and
board play was a big factor in the
second win over the Huskies.
Sowers in Form
After a month of adjusting to a
back brace, Paul Sowers seems
well on the way to the fine season
predicted for him before the year
opened. The sharpshooting Duck
veteran now leads the Oregon
league scoring with 78 points and
his shooting average from the field
is well above .333.
Coach Warren hopes that Sow
ers and Keller will get help in the
scoring from Will Urban on the
trip north. Urban has slumped in
his shooting in the last three weeks n
and seems due for a reversal of
form. However, Urban continues
to be one of the better rebounders
in the league and will aid the
Ducks, regardless of his shooting
problems.
An even dozen Ducks will make
the trip to play Idaho and Wash
ington State. Coach Warren prob
ably will bank on Sowers, Urban,
Dale Warberg, and Lynn Hamil
ton as forwards; Vranizan, Ama
I cher, and Streeter as centers; and
I Keller, Mel Krause, Bob Lavey,
: Ken Hunt, and Johnny Neeley as
i guards.
Frosh Work
Hard, Prepare
For 3 Games
By JACK LANDRTJD
Coach Don Kirsch believes in the
old adage that “practice makes per
fect” and has been putting that tea
ching to work as far as his Ore
gon Frosh Basketball team is con
cerned. Even though the Ducklings
won both of last weekend’s tilts
with Redmond High school and
Vanport Junior College, the yhave
had harder practice sessions this1
wee kthan any time this season.
Monday tfle Frosh worked out
against the Varsity reserves, Tues
day they scrimmaged the whole
Varsity squad, and yesterday they
had an unofficial game with Eu
gene High school. Another hard
practice is slated for today to pre
pare for another meeting with the
Varsity reseives on Friday.
Guards Shine
Standouts in the Eugene High
clash, in which the Frosh came out
on top, although no accurate score
was kept, were guards Sam Con
chetti and Nick Cchmen. Their
combined brilliant floor play
brought favorable comment from
spectators. 6 foot 7 inch Hank Bon
nemann also came in for his share
of praise due to sparkling back
board and tip-in woik. Chet Noe
and Jim Livesay rounded out the
Frosh starting five.
Coach Kirsch has arranged no
games for the Junior Greenmen this
weekend so that they may rest up
for three tests next week. Tuesday
evening they meet the Oregon
State Rooks, and entertain Marsh
field and Hillsboro on Friday and
Saturday nights, respectively.
Latest theory is that one of the
hurlers legs is longer than the
other. The belief that it was a heart
condition was exploded when the
doctor gave Ralph an OK on that
organ.
Cougars, OSC
Grapple; Loop
Title At Stake
Five-foot, two-inch Coach Bill
Tomaras of the Washington State
College wrestling squad is definite
ly adding color to the intercolleg
iate mat sport this season.
Tomaras, a former University of
Illinois mat star at 121 pounds, is
making every effort to arouse in
terest in college wrestling, both at
Washington State College and on
the Pacific Coast.
Popular in Midwest
“The tremendous popularity of
intercollegiate wrestling in the
Midwest has been developed partly
through hard, fast, aggressive
wrestling and partly through out
standing individuals that have
color such as seen in the pro ranks,
but this color is through legiti
mate effort,” said Tomaras.
“We here at Washington State
College are trying to develop the
same interest as found in the Mid
west,” added Tomaras. “We have
two boys at WSC who are color
ful. ‘Sosh' Watanabe, who is one
of the fastest men I have ever seen
on the mat, and Bob Closs, who
plays cat and mouse with his op
ponents. Both boys are undefeated
in intercollegiate matches, with
the exception of the Nationals,”
stated Tomaras.
The Cougars are the defending
Northern Division and Pacific
Coast Conference champions this
season, both titles—won last sea
son—were Tomara’s and WSCs
first crowns.
Cougars Face Beavers
One of the best matches on the
WSC schedule will be against the
Oregon State Beavers, who will be
seeking to regcin the Northern
Division title. The match is set for
Saturday, Feb. 11, at 2:30 p.m. in
J. Fred Bohler Gymnasium.
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Spees, Lambda
Chis Win; Phi_
Delts^Divide
Today’s Schedule
Basketball
3:50 Merrick A vs. Sigma Nu A
3:50 Alpha Tau Omega A vs.
Sigma Hall A
4:35 Alpha A vs. Sigma Alpha
Mu A
4:35 Sigma Chi A vs. Sherry
Boss A
5:15 Cherney A vs. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon A
5:15 Theta Chi A vs. Stan Ray A
Handball
4:00 Sigma Nu vs. Bhi Kappa
Sigma
“Heap big smoke” and fire too
highlighted basketball in “A” lea
gue intramural action. Winners by
lengthy scores were Phi Delta The
ta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Omega pulled the proverbial
bunny out of the proverbial stet
son with a 2-1 handball win over
Phi Delta Theta. A singles victory
plus 21-3 and 21-10 scores in the
doubles match did the trick.
Phi Delta Theta retaliated (and
how) on the maplewood with a de
cisive 39-11 victory over the Omega
quint. Fast break told the story in
the second half as the Phi Delts
steamed away from a 16-7 half
time lead. Lett guard Daryle Nel
son led the scoring parade with ten
points; teammates Brad Fullerton
and Rod Slate finished with nine
and eight points respectively.
Sig Eps Win
Sigma Phi Epsilon hit the hoop
with regularity and uncle “fast
break” again was instrumental in
a 32-7 win over the Yeomen. Don
Provost, Don Bowman, and Young,
tied for HPH with six points
apiece.
Lambda Chi took their third suc
cessive game in intramural play
with a twinging 25-7 victory Seder
gfrom.