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]’>;i kctball, however tniieli il ha-, heen analyzed ami studied
hy keen minds, still remain-, a (jainc in which there is a big
element of chance, hor in-lance in Monday night's WSC-Ore
g"n contest, Oregon started the game in the distressing con
dition of being unable to buy a basket. They didn't hit a field
goal until the first quarter wa nearly over, and were placing
generally inept basketball, losing the ball on interceptions and
off the backboard to the hustling Cougars, who looked like they
meant to spoil Hill Borcher’s Northern Division debut.
I hings were a little better for < )regon in the second period,
as they got five baskets to the \\ SC five and narrowed the
Cougar lead to four point . 26-22. But still in the first half they
hit just .162 from the field on six for .37 attempts.
Athletes Fight Tension
I hen Oregon came hack from the <lrc--ing rooms a different
balklnb, and couldn't seem to mi- . with a total of 14 basket
,Jor the last two periods. I he reason for this is not something
you can figure out like a mathematical problem. But tension1
probably had something to do with it. C.rantland Rice, or some
body, said once that ten-ion i the greatest enemy an athlete
has to fight. Offhand, you might think that the optimum atti
tude for a coach to instill in his young gallants would he one of
headlong determination to go out and die for the alma mammy,
or at least bark their shins trying.
Midi, In: tie and spirit are essential, hut there has to he in
clulled in the attitude of an eftective competitor a certain loose
tie--. a talent to have a good time while placing, which en
ables him to he effective when the going becomes more diffi
cult.
Doak Walker is a former SMC football player noted for the
especially icy water which seemed to run in his veins during
clutch game situations. Concerning football, Walker once said
he didn’t see any call to get excited about it, because after all
it was only a game, just like sack racing. Incidentally, Walker
and his SMC mates gave the University of Oregon grid team
something of a football lesson in the halvcon days of the 1949
Cotton Howl, when it was actually considered unusual for the
(iregon gridders to lose a game. Ah, the dear dead past.
Returning to our subject, we hope that the Oregon basket
ball team becomes an outfit of real competitors who continue
to come through in the clutch a- well as they did Monday night.
Peterson Tops Nation
Bob Peterson, l>It*shi> heart, is now the top rebound man in
the nation. Also, Monda\ night his 21 rebounds against WSC
M t new Pacific Coast Conference and Northern Division rec
ords in that department. He broke his own mark of 20, set last
year against the same WSC team.
The whole Duck team must have been rebound conscious
against the Cougars, for they set a new XI) record Monday
■♦flight of 66 rebounds recovered in one game, topping the old
mark of 57 set by Oregon State.
Help for the Duck basketballers won t be forthcoming in the
direction of lid Halberg, for the six-foot, six-inch forward trans
fer from .Olympic J.C. was injured slightly in a minor auto
accident, and is not enrolled in school this term. He had been
out since before the holidays, recoverning from a knee op
eration.
Washington Drops in AP Poll
We see where the University of Washington, after having
split its weekend series with Idaho, has tumbled from third to
sixth on the Associated Press basketball poll. The men of
Tippy Dye are the only far western team currently listed in
the first twenty. On the squad to aid them arc two elongated
young men whom the University of Oregon or other Oregon
schools could have used, and perhaps should have gotten, since
they are Oregon natives. Dean Parsons, skyscrapping center
last year for Eugene high school, is still on the Tippy Dye
varsity, as is six-foot five-inch Duane Enochs, former flash at
Jefferson high in Portland. Enochs appeared slated for a fire
man role this campaign, and the mere fact that Parsons is on
the squad as a freshman for a team so highly rated as the
Huskies, is considerable accomplishment in itself.
Congratulations to Freshmen
Again, we congratulate freshmen athletes from the state who
attended Oregon schools. Here in Eugene, perhaps the bright
est frosh hoopstcr is lanky Ron Bottler, also a top baseball
catching prospect. While up in Corvallis Slats (• i 11 is making
( xcellent use of first-year men, including such slickers at guards
- as Bill Toole from Klamath balls, and Ron Robins from Coos
Bay. Incidentally, Robins is a Bill Borcher product—the irony
of it all.
Basketball Enters
Intramural Spotlight
In the intramural basketball activity Tuesday afternoon
Itclta 'I'au Delta trounced the Sigma Chi’crew 34 to IX. At the
-ame time in Court 40 Pi Kappa Alpha downed Phi Sigma
Kappa 20 to 10. Sigma I’lii Epsilon squeezed by Pi Kappa Phi
21 to 10 and Stan Kay hall easily ran over Gamma hall 26 to 17.
Minturn had a very ea-y time with McChesney hall as they
pounded their way to a 3 to 28 victory.
'1 !«■ Delt> did not show their surprising strength until the
second period or their game with
the Sign. During the first half
the action was pretty slow with
the lead changing hands several
times. About a minute before the
end of the half the Sigma Chi five
were ahead 9 to 8 but in the last
30 seconds the Delta scored one
field goal and a free throw to put
them ahead at the half time 11 to
9. The Delts were able to hold and
lengthen this lead throughout the
remainder of the game. After re
suming play in the second half
Darrel Hawes, the outstanding
point-getter of the game, dumped
in three successive baskets to in
crease the Delt’s lead to eight
points. To add to this performance
Hawes' teammates added two
quick buckets to make the score
21 to 9 before the Sigs could call
a time out. Ceee Hodges was the
high point man for the Sigs with
9 but no one could begin to rival
the 23 points accredited to Darrel
Hawes. Don Hull for the Delts and
Don Hedgepeth for the Sigs both
showed some fine work under the
backboards during the game.
Pi Kappa Alpha did not seem to
be pushed very hard to come out
on top in the battle with the Phi
Sigs. At half time the Pi Kappa
Alpha "5” was ahead 12 to 6 end
in the final accounting they had
20 to the Phi Sig's 10. Oddly i
enough Pi Kappa Alpha had one :
man. a fellow named Husted, who i
made as many points as their op- ■
ponents team. 10.
The closest game of the after
noon was between the Sig Eps and
the Pi Kaps. The margin at half
time was only one point with Sig
ma Phi Epsilon on top 9 to 8. The j
lead changed very regularly during
the second period but the Sig Eps
were able to come up with a 20 to
19 margin with a little over a min
ute remaining in the game. They :
put on a stall that would be credi- 1
table to many a college team and
held off the desperate Pi Kaps un- !
til the horn sounded ending the ,
game. During this time they were '
able to pick another point on one
of the several free throws awarded
thorn.
Stan Ray hall rambled to a 26 j
to 17 victory over Gamma hall in
the last game of the afternoon ,
largely on the teamplay of their :
crew. They did not show any out- ;
standing ball player, but they had ,
several men looking good. Frank '
Miere was the high point man for
Stan Ray and the game with 8
point*: ar.J G’c:ss did the honors
for Gamma with 6 points. Stan
Ray was able to squeeze out an 11 j
to 9 margin at halftime and then (
held Gamma to 8 points while they
were scoring 15 in the second half, i
Minturn hall turned in another
win to add to their long list piled
up this year. They did not display
any outstanding play, but Me
Bowling League
Schedule Listed
Men's intramural bowling league. I
sponsored by the Student Union j
recreation committee, will begin
next Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m.
Any team which cannot bowl on
the night designated should call
Loo Naapis, 5-9481, not later than
this Friday.
The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, Gamma hall, Hunter
hall, Cherney hall, Minturn hall,
Lambda Chi Alpha, Nestor hall,
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.
Wednesday, Frosh Counselors,
Sherry Ross, Omega, Sigma Chi,
Yeomen, Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha
Tau Omega, Theta Chi, Pi Kappa
Phi.
Thursday, Kappa Sigma, Sigma
Nu, Phi Kappa Psi, Beta Theta
Pi, French hall, Phi Kappa Sigma,
Sigma Alpha Mu, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Today's IM
Schedule
Schedule for Wednesday, Jan. 9
3:50 C ourt 40— Hunter hall A vs.
Cherney hall A
3:50 Court 43—Campbell Club A
vs. Philadelphians A
4:35 Court 40—Yeomen A vs. Legal
Eagles A
4:35 Court 43—Phi Oelta Theta A
vs. Tau Kappa Epsilon A
5:15 Court 40—Phi Kappa Psi A
vs. Phi Gamma Oelta. A
5:15 Court 43— -Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon A vs. Theta Chi A
Chesney was so far off that it made
very little difference. McChesney
was unable to score until 2 minutes
had passed in the second half when
Ron Lilienthal dumped in a basket.
Lilienthal was runner-up for high
8 points. Ray Coley of Minturn
dropped in 8 points for the scoring
honors of the contest. Minturn had
a half time margin of 14 to 0 and
it looked for a time as if they were
going to hold McChesney scoreless
but they were unable to hold them
down for the entire game. It is no
surprise that Minturn has a win
ning team. Their guards, Joe Tom
and Phil Abraham, are regular
men on John Warren's Hardware
AAU team. This speedy and tricky
duo combined with the height of
Pat O'Brien and Ray Coley along
with the floormanship of Koko
Santos makes a mighty fine out
fit.
i
YMCA Hoopsters
Start Off Season
The YMCA basketball team will
play its first game of the season
in the YMCA Church league at
6:30 p.m. today at the Willakenzie
grade school. The YM will meet
the First Baptist Church.
Jack Memer, executive secre
tary of the YM, asked that all
players meet at 5:45 at the YWCA
office in the Student Union.
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