Sets Sights for Beavers
BOB PETERSON, 6 foot, 5 inch sophomore forward, demonstrates
scoring form with which he hopes to play a big part in Oregon’s series
with the Beavers of OSC Friday and Saturday. Big Bob leads the Web
foots in Northern Division scoring and has the best Division scoring
average in conference play, 10.7 points per game.
Delt-Hunter 18-12 Tilt
Only Close IM Game
By Bill Gurney
Alpha Tail Omega outran Camp
bell Club 31-14. Theta Chi defeated'
Merrick 27-15, Tau Kappa Epsilon
downed the Yeomen by a 26-15
count, Sherry Koss fell 17-8 before
Beta Theta Pi, and Delta Tau Del
ta won 18-12 from Hunter Hall in
“A" Intramural basketball action
Tuesday. The only “B” game play
ed ended in a 21-4 walkaway for
Sherry Ross over Sigma Phi Epsi
lon.
In only one game, the Delt-Hunt
er Hall struggle, was the -outcome
ever seriously in doubt. The other
winners early asserted their super
iority.
, ATO's Keep Control
A tall band of ATOs, flashing a
potent fast break and a good eye
for the basket, never lost control of
their game with Campbell Club.
They shot their way to leads of 6-0
at the first quarter, 17-7 at half
time, 29-12 at the three-quarter
mark, and coasted to a 31-14 vic
tory.
Former varsity basketeer Ernie
Baldini led ATO with 10 points,
most of them on driving lay-ins.
JAinky Ken Torgeson contributed
nine, plus a big share of the re
bounds. For Campbell Club forward
May Williams had six and guard
EXarl Ferguson netted three. The
game was played in a clean man
ner; comparatively few fouls were
whistled on either side.
Cooked Like Kout
It looked as though the Theta Chi
Merrick tilt would turn into a rout
when the red-clad fraternity men
raced to an 18-2 halftime lead. Mer
rick then awoke and made a con
test of it for the last half, sparked
■by driving guard Leroy Dunn with
eight points for the game.
Theta Chi made effective use of a
fast break, especially in the first
half, paced by an eight point effort
from southpaw-shooting Bill Kor
pela, and seven counters by center
Gone Hebrard. Theta Chi led 23-8
as the third quarter mark and came
through with a 27-15 victory.
Play More Even
Play in the Teke-Yeomen contest
\\*as more even than the 26-15 score
would indicate, with better shoot
ing by tiie Teke club furnishing the
| victory margin. Mark Van Voorhis,
Teke center, led the winners with
13 points, while Don Nordling hit
four for the Yeomen team. The
Teke team led 16^8 at the half, and
19-10 at the third quarter.
Basketball with few holds barred
was the order of the day when the
Betas won 17-8 from Sherry Ross
in a rough and rugged encounter.
Superior Beta Height
Superior Beta height and weight
around the backboards enabled
them to lead 8-4 at the half and
maintain their dominance through
out the game. Both teams used
defenses; on the relatively small
activity court floors such tactics
are often very successful.
Beta Harlan Mickey, late of the
Duck varsity, hit for six points,
while Lee Jackson earned four on
the Sherry Ross side.
The Delts led by a slim 12-11 mar
gin at the three-quarter mark, but
pulled away to win largely on the
work of guards Darrell Hawes and
Tom Joyce, who checked in with
seven and six points respectively.
Trouble Hitting Hoop
Both teams had trouble hitting
the hoop in the early stages of the
tilt, but the Delts’ fourth quarter
rally, coupled with improved re
bound work, enabled them to fash
ion an 18-12 victory. Guard Dick
Stearns was high man for Hunter
with seven points.
Sherry Ross made short work of
an outmanned Sig Ep squad in the
only "B" game of the day. They led
11-2 at the half and won 21-4. For
ward Joe Almond and guard Leo
Naapi contributed six points apiece
for the fast-breaking Sherry Ross
team.
Intramural Handball continued
with the Delts winning from the
Legal Eagles 2-1. The Legal Eagles
won the first singles match, but
dropped the following singles and
doubles matches.
SPORTS STAFF
Ai Karr
John Barton
Phil Johnson
Bill Gurney
Ducks Scrimmage
With Frosh As
OSC Series Nears
With the Friday and Saturday Oregon State series looming
one day closer Oregon’s Ducks ran through a hard scrimmage
with the Frosh Tuesday in McArthur court.
Forward Will Urban, still recovering from a re-injured right
foot, ran with his team-mates for the first time in nearly two
weeks. .
Urban appeared to be shaping into his old form, but still is
taking it easy, and did not exten
sively mix it up under the basket.
Whether his foot will be conditioned
enough for the Beaver games this
weekend is still not known.
The first five in Tuesday’s prac
tice was made up of Guards Jack
Keller and Ken Hunt, Center Jim
Luscutoff, and Forwards Bob
Peterson and Curt Barclay.
Neeley Shows Well
Veteran Guard John Neeley also
saw an extensive workout, and
showed up well on the fast break.
Neeley’s experience in the break
and his close ball handling ability
could prove valuable in a tight spot
during the OSC games.
Mel Streeter, working Tuesday
from the forward position, made
several classy floor plays from the
key hole and under the basket. Cen
ter Chet Noe, recently recovered
from a bout with influenza, put in
considerable time With the second
five, but locked rough on backboard
play.
Guard Mel Krause turned in some
good looking defensive play against
the Frosh. He also worked well with
Neeley on the fast break.
Warren Substitutes Freely
Webfoot Coach John Warren
substituted freely throughout the
scrimmage.
The outcome of the Northern Di
vision basketball race for 1950
could well be decided by the Ore
gon-OSC games this week. Oregon
at present has a 2 and 2 record in
conference play, while OSC has won
and lost 3 games.
The Ducks have won 8 of their
last 10 games, with two losses to
Washington marring the picture.
Starting for the Beavers Friday
night in McArthur court will prob
ably be Guards Bill Harper and
Mikan Holds Fat
317-Point Lead
NEW YORK, Jan. 23 — UP) —
George Mikan of the Minneapolis
Lakers holds a fat 317-point lead
over Indianapolis’ Alex Groza in
the National Basketball Associa
tion individual scoring race.
Mikan has scored 1,107 points in
41 games. Groza, in 38 games, has
790 points, but his runnerup posi
tion is none too secure. Boston's Ed
Macauley is breathing down his
neck with a 774-point total. Figures
include game of Sunday, Jan. 21.
Mikan, in making a complete
runaway of the scoring derby, has
netted 383 field goals and 341
fouls. Both are high marks for the
10-team circuit.
Frank Brian of Tri-City is the
only other player to go over the
700-point mark, having hit for 707
points in 41 games.
Among the playmakers. New
York's Dick McGuire is the leader
with 224 scoring assists.
Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wild
cats, the number one basketball
team in the Associated Press Poll,
has a winning streak at home (Lex
ington) of more than 90 consecu
tive games.
Dan Torrey, Center Jim Nau, arid
Forwards Bob Payne and Jack Orr.
That’s the same crew which
started £he last two games for
State, and, while the list is not of
ficial, observers at Corvallis say
these five will get the starting nod
Friday.
Edge in Conference Play
In conference play, Oregon holds
53-46 win edge over the Beavers.
However, Oregon and Oregon State
records go back as far as 1902,
which, if considered official, give
the Beavers an 81-72 winning edge.
In the past 10 years, each team
has been able to sweep the series
of four games once. Oregon did it
in 1944 and OSC won four in 1947,
the year the Beavers took the coast
championship.
Kentucky
Takes Over
Top Spot
NEW YORK, Jan. 23—(^—Ken
tucky reclaimed the top spot,
ahead of undefeated Long Island
University, in the sixth Associated
Press basketball poll.
The Wildcats from Lexington
Ky., succeeded Oklahoma A. and
M„ which fell to third after having
its 16-game winning streak snap
ped, 44-40, by Oklahoma Saturday
night.
CLAIR BEE
LIU—not yet No. 1
After Kentucky, LIU and Okla
homa A. and M. came this order:
Bradley, Indiana, St. Johns, Colum
bia, North Carolina State, Kansas
State and St. Louis.
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