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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1951)
Duck Basketball Team Opens Tonight ■Oregon, Wisconsin Silled nt Palace Two doubleheaders between Big Ten and Pacific Coast Conference teams wil highlight the college basketball program at the San -§•’rancisco Cow Palace this season. HOlirector Frank Walsh says Iowa will meet California and Wisconsin will play Oregon on December 27th •The following night the teams will .■•witch opponents. Bill Fell played for Compton Junior College, national junior col s^fcge champions, in 1948. Your Smile Goes With Him ! Always • When you order your photograph now fro m. . . THE FEHLY STUDIO 1214 Kincaid St. Tel. 4-3432 Utah Series Will Open Duck Basketball Home, Stand Next Weekend The fir<t home games for Coach Hill Borchcr s ()rcgon has ketball team will be played Friday and Saturday. l>eceml>er / and 8. at McArthur Court against the powertul l tali Kecl The I'tes, rated as one of the teams to heat in the stiong Mountain States conference, opened their season last week., defeating Montana State 54-51 and 52-46. _j This weekend Coach Vadal Pe terson’s men from Salt Lake will play host to another Northern Di vision team, the Washington Hus kies, who are rated by Look maga zine as the fourth best quint in IM PLAYOFF SCHEDULES Monday’s intramural volleyball action will see two semi-final con tests played. The winner of today ’s Minturn Hall-Sign'? Hall “A” game will meet Sigma Xu, who drew a first round bye. In class “JJ” competition, the winner of the French Hall - Pi Kappa contest j will play Kappa Sigma. The winners of today's semi finals wil ladrance to the finals on Tuesday. Mr. E.erett Perry, intramural director, emphasizes that team managers will la* held responsible for finding out when their teams 1 play by chocking the chart posted on the intramural bulletin bourd in the entrance to the PE dressing | rooms. lug-of-war Over Millrace Slated The annual and traditional tug of war between sophomore mem bers of ATO and Betas vs Sigma I Chi and Phi Delts will be staged on the millrace Friday. December 7 at 4 p.m. It is the eleventh an nual “display of strength." YOU'LL FIND COMPLETE, EXPERT SHOE SERVICE AT CAMPUS SHOE REPAIR WE ALSO INSTALL ZIPPERS IN LEATHER JACKETS WE HAVE LEATHER ELBOW PATCHES FOR SWEATERS AND JACKETS in assorted colors 843 EAST 13th AVE. How Does Christian Science Heal? Attend a free lecture entitled "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: ITS REVELA TION OF GOD'S LIBERATING LAW" By Claire Rauthe, C.S., of London, England Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. Monday, December 3rd at 8 p.m. in the Church Auditorium, 1390 Pearl Street Radiocast over Station KERG, 1280 kc. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Eugene, Oregon Cordially Invites You To Attend Nursery facilities provided r the nation. The Redskins should offer high caliber opposition to both the Hus kies and the Ducks. They are paced by two-year-lettcrman Gleri Smith, who scored 559 points last year to break All-American Vern Gardner's old school record. He is a top-flight tebounder and play maker. and is especially proficient i at the hook shot. Another Utah senior. Paul Schrum, is the defensive stand- j out, and will probably get the tusk of stopping Washington's Frank Guisness this weekend. Other Standouts Kent Bates, junior center from Idaho Falls, Idaho, will ‘face Ore gon's Chet Noe, and is a potent scorer who averaged 10.9 points per game last season. Other Utah lettermen include Carlos Astiy, Glen Sanford, and Bruce Goodrich. A freshman for ward, six-foot, four-inch Hugh Stringfield from Caldwell, Idaho, is drawing rave notices from Red skin fans. The Utes use a fast break of fense, and straight man-to-nian de fense, as will the Ducks. U. of Portland is First '51 Opponent Portland's revamped Pacific International livestock Pavilion lias been pronounced ready for the initiation of the P*?l 5- ca^c campaign tonight at S;lr* with varsities from tin* L uiviisitj <*l Oregon and University of Portland providing the main hill ol fare. . A lid lifter is scheduled between Clark junior college, \ an cotiver. Wash., and the Portland junior varsity at <>:M) p.m. Webfoot mentor Bill Borcner, opening in his freshman effort, will leave Eugene this afternoon at 12:20 with 20 players, nine of whom are scheduled for a 4:30 con test with Lewis Sc Clark college of Portland. Borcher. who only Oct. 9 was appointed head basketball coach following the resignation of John Warren, has put the finishing touches on * a hopeful rebuilding program. The Ducks have com Oregon students will be admltti'd to the games tonight and Saturday at the student price of HOc upon presentation of their student curds. The Pacific International Building, where the games will he played, Is' near the intersection of North | I r.lon and Interstate Approaches. | - - - ph ted seven weeks of extensive i workouts in which, as Assistant j Coach Don Kitsch puts it. ‘ They : have shown slow, but steady im provement.'’ One returning letterman, six- i foot, five-inch Bob Peterson, a| junior. Is slated for a starting ride! at a forward post. Peterson, who | topped ttie 1930-31 scoring column with 230 points, led the Northern Division PC’C averages in points scored per contest with 12.3 He High-Scoring Forward I BOB PETERSON', six-foot, seven-inch All-Northern Division for ward, will be in the starting lineup when the Ducks meet University of Portland tonight. “Big Pete” was Oregon’s highest point-pro ducer last year, and second in the Nl). In an excellent rrbounder. Mel Streeter, another nwratei man. who tallied 80 potnIn for thi Oregonians last year, has nailer; down the other forward position Streeter Is classified as execeptlon ally fast and should do well mulct Borcher's racehorse style of play Streeter stands six-feet, three inches. Chet Noe, a six-foot, seven-incli center, w'ill he listed in tonight-, program at the pivotal slot. who was Jim Loscutoffs under study, has developed an adequate hook shot and is a potential gieat Hen Hunt, who spent more tluu on the hardwood* than any other Oregon non-starter, will Ntnrt to night at one guurd spot. Hunt will probably lie the play-maker. Borcher probably will not make any decision on the other guard berth until shortly before game time. Both Bud Covey ami K- • ny Wegner, two-ex-Pottland high schoolers, are under consideration. Covey and Wegner are soph - mores, and each stands five feet, ten Inches. The remainder of the traveling st|iiad Includes Boh Hams, Jim Tnuilzan, Keith Karnum, Hank llonneman. Hartley Holland, Iton I'hillips, Doug lingers, Iton Bol tler, Hugh Marxer, Hill Choat, llou aril Page, Barry Chamberlain, Don Selgmund. and Jim Blvesa Don Kirscli explained that since Oregon will Ire working under a new system, he "honestly didn't know what to exper t again ! Port land. Bast year,” Klrsch said, "the Ducks, with players like Ur ban. Loacutoff, and Barkley, work ed from set plays. This year’s team will run and pass quite a hit and generally espouse the fast break system.” The only hint that Kirsch would drop concerning the outcome was that “the team with the better backboard control should win. The essence of winning basketball is to utilize plnyer, tall or otherwise, who can clear both the offensive and defensive boards." Oregon's strength in this department lit# primarily In Peterson and Noe. The Pilots are ranked anywhere from four to ten point favorites over Oregon's “unknown quan tity.” James (Mush) Torson, head coach of the Purple and White aggregation, has four of five back from last year’s top flight quintet, which won 29 ami lost six. Kay Foleen, a senlo r and ft tliree-year lettemlin, highlights the Impressive roster. Foleen, sl\ rour, tallied 313 points in the Pi lots’ 29 games for an average 12.9 per contest. Starting at the oth Ir forward is Andy Johnson, the team’s number one hall handler. "Initials" M. H. McGilvrey has been switched to center by Torson. He is teamed with guards Jim Winters, the shorty of the ball club at five-eight, and Nick Tru U-.nich, a fine rebounder, who stands six-four. Oregon holds a seven-game bulge in the past games with the (Please turn to fiape five) An OREGON bank • Complete banking facilities • Friendly, personal service MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION erving OREGON EUGENE BRANCH Of THf UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK