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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1951)
DUCK TRACKS By John Barton Emerald Sports Editor Washington had some trouble last Saturday night which cer tainly sounded a lot like some Oregon had in its 1950 hoop sea son. The trouble was holding the ball at the right time. The Hus kies couldn't seem to do it. At the end of the game the other night, the Webfoots were closing in on Washington's lead dangerously fast, and the Hus kies should have done something about it. Auiuiiuv, inej uiu Homing. They went completely to pieces. In the last seven minutes, all the wearers of the purple and gold could do was to make one free throw—they didn’t score from the field. ~ During the same seven minutes, Oregon plunked in 14 points, and darn near won the game. The Ducks had little trouble stealing the ball in those last few minutes —but unfortunately they didn’t steal it enough. Or as Coach John Warren said, they didn’t get good enough early enough. Ducks Last Year But you may remember that Oregon had similar trouble in the last minutes of several games last year. The Webfoot fast break would just about have the game won, and then the other team 'Jtould start hawking the ball very closely in the last few minutes. That’s the time, of course, to start stalling. Eventually, Warren pound ed it into his charges that they were going to have to learn to stall, like it or not. And by the end of the season, they were pretty adept at it. This year, Warren is still stress ing the stall as an important part of the Webfoot game. Used at the right times, the stall will win games, regardless of how much the other side dislikes it. It may be a natural weakness of fast break teams to slow down with the ball. After running and driving it in toward the hoop dur ing the first 35 minutes of the game, it can be hard to do just the opposite and hold the ball. iiui a fvcamirsB Warren says he thinks it is NOT a natural weakness of the fast break. He says that Washington simply had the wrong men in the game at the end of Saturday’s game. Louie Soriano, for instance, is particularly slow, and it’s pos sible to rattle him enough to get the ball. A couple of other Husky regulars are the'same way .ac cording to Warren. Teams which are coached on a slow, deliberate style of ball play ing seldom have trouble stalling near the end of a game. You can remember Oregon State from last season, and any other sea son since Slats Gill began coach ing. Gill’s teams are always masters at the stall. The old weave out front is simply slow ed down to a walk. It’s early in the season for pre dictions, but we’ll venture to say LOUIS SORIANO that Washington will loose to Ore gon when it comes to McArthur court Feb. 23 and 24. Maybe it won't be two victories for Oregon, but the Ducks will win one. And we’ll stick to that. McArthur court has been called the equalizer of basketball teams. Don’t remember who called it that, but there may be some truth in it. Remember last year’s series with Oregon State and Washington? The Ducks looked below par in all games with those teams when .away from Eugene, but when they got them back in the Igloo, it was all Ore gon. And that’s not because Mac court is a poor place to play basketball. It isn’t. It’s one of the best places on the Pacific coast. Associated Press Sports Writer Whitney Martin mentioned yester day that there’s going to be a lot of bad taste left in the mouths of a lot of people if the PCC pulls out of its Rose Bowl set up now. “Had the PCC left after a ser ies of glowing victories in the New Year’s day classic” it would look better, said Martin. He may have a point. A surprise winner of the pre season high-point-man race in the Northern Division is Peter Mul lins, sophomore forward at Wash ington State. Mullins is the boy from Australia who placed sixth in the Olympic decathalon event in 1948. (Winner was U. S. A.’s Bob Mathias) Mul lins was captain of Australia’s all continent basketball team in 1949. He’s proficient in several other sports, too. In the late pre-season race, he gathered 136 points in 15 games, for a nine-point a game average. Alumni Firesides Schedule Four Faculty Speakers In an effort to bring local alum ni closer to the University, the Alumni Office is planning the first series of Sunday evening alumni firesides to be held during winter term in the Student Union. “This is a new type of program, never before given on the Univer sity campus,” L. E. Anderson, alumni secretary, explained Mon day. Of an informal nature, the pro grams are designed to be both in teresting and entertaining, Ander son said. A question and answer period and a coffee hour will be held after each talk. Among the faculty speakers who will present their specially prepared talks at these firesides are Theodore H. Kratt, dean of the music school, who will give a “short course in music apprecia tion” Jan. 14. Ik A first-hand picture of the inter national scene will be presented Alpha Chi Tops TB Seal Sales Barbara Goodell, representing Alpha Chi Omega, sold the most Christmas seals on the campus during December. The percentage of Alpha Chi Omega’s sales was greater than that of any other living organizations. “Approximately $197.00 was collected for the tuberculosis fund,” stated Sunny Allen, chair man of the drive. The committee for the drive was composed en tirely of freshmen. The University drive was part of the annual national Christmas seal drive for the benefit of those stricken with tuberculosis. by Paul S. Dull, associate profes sor of political science and history, Feb. 4. Hoy G. McCall, head of the Uni versity’s speech department, will speak on speech correction Feb. 18, and on Mar. 11 Raymond T. Ellickson, head of the physics de partment. will talk on “Science for the Non-scientist.” klumni members and their fam ilies are invited to these alumni get-togethers. Dull to Discuss 'Crisis in Asia' Paul S. Dull, associate profes sor of political science and history, will participate in a one-day insti tute Thursday on “Crisis in Asia” at Portland’s Reed College. The institute is sponsored by the college and the World Affairs Council of Oregon. Other participants will include Anna Louise Strong, well-known writer on China and Russia, and A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State College. Reds Integral Part Dull’s view on the subject are that the Chinese Communists are an integral part of the world Com munist movement, and as such are not good either for China or the United States. Our foreign policy, he believes, must be predicated on the assumption that the Chinese Reds will be hostile towards us. Miss Strong, Dull believes, will take the opposite view. He thinks she will defend the Chinese Com munist as not being a part of the International Communist organi zation, and will maintain that they are good for China. Pre-Med Students To be Interviewed The admissions committee of the University medical school will be on the campus Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to interview all pre medical students who seek admis sion to the school. Dr. E. S. West is chairman of the admissions com mittee. The committee will hold an in formal question and answer period at 8 p.m. Thursday in 105 McClure for all who are interested in the study of medicine. Enrollment as a pre-med student is not required, according- to Dr. A. H. Kunz, head of the department of chemistry. Dr. Kunz said that the meeting would be also valuable to those who are completing their work in other courses here at the Univer sity. Wives or relatives of students may come, according to Dr. Kunz. On Friday and Saturday the admissions committee will hold in terviews with those who have com pleted their admissions to the 1951 class of the medical school in Mc Clure. Appointments may be made in McClure. I? Photos Required For New Students All new students entering school for the first time this term are re quired to have identification photos taken for the Office cf Student Affairs today. This may be done between 9 a.m. and 12 noon and 1 and 5 p.m. at the photographic bureau in the basement of Johnson Hall. No charge is made for the picture. You’ll never find opportunity knocking around with other knock ers. It’s human to. make mistakes, the trouble is some people are just too human. Marriage-Family Tickets on Sale Tickets for this year’s Marriage and Family lecture series will be on sale at the Co-op today and to morrow. Price of the tickets is 50 cents for the four scheduled lec tures. Only 200 tickets are avail able for the talks, sponsored by the YWCA and YMCA. Speakers for the series will be Dr. and Mrs. O. R. Chambers, coun selors from Oregon State College. The general topic of the lecturae will be “Mid-century Marriage.” Topics for the lectures are Jan. 16, "Special Adequacies”; Jan. 28, “Dating”; Jan. 30, “Engagement”; Feb. 6, "Marriage.” Illlll!llll!ll!lllll!i:»™ Plot Vour Course ...to the lop! Start your climb to the top with a year of Naviga tion training in the U. S. Air Force . . . training that pays off when you proudly pin on those Navi gator’s wings, with that starting salary close to $5,000 ... if you can qualify. Choose Your Point of Departure... Climb on Course iiiiiiraiinnnminHiiBiiiiiniiii^iiiimuiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiffli The U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadet Selection Team wil be on /our campus o iii nttvigtttur s language, that means "plan ahead.” Your point of departure is the Aviation Cadet Selec tion Team soon to visit your campus. See that team . . . and plan now to climb on course. ^ Get on Top... 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