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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1952)
Tall Beaver Forward Delta Tau Delta, Nestor Cop 'A5 Finalist Spots When the. cheers had died down from the Intramural basketball courts T u e s d a y night, Delta Tau Delta and Nestor hall had won the right to battle each other Thursday at 4 p.m. on Court 40 for the “A" division championship. The Delta nipped ■ a favored Alpha Tau Omega quint by a 35 34 margin, and the smooth work ing Nestor five trampled a fight ing Campbell Club clan. 52-21. In ‘B” semi-final playoff action. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fought its way to a 30-26 victory over French hall, and a berth in the "B" cham pionship tilt Thursday at 4:45 on Oourt 40. The only other *B” game, a first-round encounter, saw tHe potent Phi Delta Thetas pow er to a 60-30 landslide victory over an outmannecf Phi Sigma Kappa qaintet. The Phi Delts will battle the Phi Gamma Delta “B" outfit for the other final spot at 4 p.m. in Court 40 for the only playoff contest scheduled today. The Fiji t*am drew a first-round bye. Delts Win Thriller The Delt-ATO scrambel was tight down to the final gun. and the tension rose high as a large crowd of tense fans saw tall ATO Torn Matthew's free throw at tempt fall short in the last 20 seconds of action. At that point the score was 35-34 in favor of the Delts. and had Matthews con nected. the game would have been sent into overtime as was the ATO-Mintum clash Monday. The game started with ATO dominating play on the boards, and the Tail's sported a lil-15 halftime lead. Then In the third canto, the fighting Delt band, led by sharpshooting Darrell Hawes, surged into the lead. Hawes, who is the brother of varsity basketeer Bob Hawes, led the winners with a big 17 point total, and a sterling performance on the backboards. Don Hull was next in scoring for the Delts, with eight points, fol lowed by Bradford with six. Ex-varsity guard Ernie Baldini again demonstrated his uncanny shooting accuracy and playraaking ability as he contributed 10 points for the Taus. During the bitterly fought second half, it was he and springy-legged Ray Packwood who carried the load for the losers. Delts Stall With four minutes to play, Packwood tied the score 34-34 w-ith a lay-in. Later. Hawes came through with a stolen-ball act and act and a cripple for the final Delt counters. Ken Torgerson add ed the final ATO point with a free throw. The Delts went into a masterful stall for the remainder of the game, and all the losers could do against It was commit fouls, until they finally gained possesion and Mathews got his free throw chance. The Delts will have a worthy adversary in the finals, as the all freshman Nestor hall team flash ed impressive basketball smooth of the man who wears r Arrow Shorts! Perfectly at ease in action... i perfectly comfortable at ease! mr~" Arrow Shorts...Gripper fasteners or all-elastic waistband. Arrow Athletu. Undershirts Arrow T-Shirts ARROW j »»-—► I SHIRTS • TIES • SPORTS SHIRTS • UNDERWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS ! FOR ARROW SHIRTS SEE ness and savvy in tneir runa way over Campbell Club. Williams Sparkles Paced by stylish Pete Williams, a prep all-state baseball short stop from (Irani high school, the Nestor men were a shoo-in trom the opening tip-off. Williams can ned It points followed by ex-JV performer Dick Kofford with 11. Bill Haney of the Haney twins who operate for Nestor added 10 counters to the total. The winners led 30-11 at the half, and the fine shooting and backboard work of the above trio, plus more efficient rebounding by tall Jim Tennyson, kept up the torrid pace. For the red-clad Campbellites, Ed Heino was high with eight points, followed by Jim Schroeder with five They led a battling but outnianned squad which never quit throughout the fray. In the “B" division, SAE gained a berth in the finals with a 30-20 victory over French hall. The game was rather slow and ragged, but SAE Hay Karnofski. with 10 points, led his team to the win. Adams of the SAE squad was next with seven, while tall Stan Savage paced the French men with nine. French led at the half. 1-1-12. Phi Delta Hull Xa the first round fray between the Phi Dells and the Pht Sigs, it was another case of too much class for the losers, who were snowed under, 60-30. The Phi Delta dominated the boards and were potent on the fast break as they raced to a 27-15 halftime lead, and kept up the pace in the second half. Jerry Garrett was the hot-shot for the winners, with a 24 point total, the highest of the afternoon. Lewis contributed 12, while tall Dan Hendrickson added eight and a sparkling game on the boards. Mickelson was the Phi Sigs most potent scorer with 15, follow ed by Thorn with nine. High School State Tourney Discussed In Joint Meeting In a meeting held yesterday in the Student Union, university and city officials discussed problems relating the forthcoming State Basketball Tournament which is to be held in McArthur court next month. Entertainment for the high-school students was first on the agenda, and it was planned that dances should be held in the Student Union every night of the week while the tournament lasts. Although the tournament is held during the week of final exams for winter term, housing for the visiting students has been taken care of by the local business men. Students can either reside in hotels in the surrounding areas or in private homes. No comment W'as made about staying in fraternities or sororities during the week. Tourney Benefits School Ray Hawk, dean of men, stated that the tournament was a benefit to the school as well as the city, because high-school students were brought into contact with the town and university surroundings. In this way, he continued, high-school students could gain first hand in formation about the university and the courses of study which are offered, besides becoming acquain ted with fraternities and sororities. Howard Lemons, athletic busi ness manager, stated that the uni versity was able to come in con tact with many potential athletes who are now playing high-school ball, and thus induce them to at tend the university when they graduate. SPORTS STAFF Desk Editor: John Whitty. Staff: Bill Gurney, Jay Fournier. JACK OKK. tt-foot. 4-Inch sharpshooter for Oregon State. He ha* a deadly one-handed shot and can hit from any position. I'lnjln^ last season for the Beavers, Orr will la- a source of toruble for the Ducks this weekend. Ducks Drill for Win Over Oregon State By John Whiffy Oregon's hard-working basket ball team is preparing this week for their scries this weekend with the last place Oregon State Beav ers. The Beavers, who just can't seem to find a winning combina tion will be looking forward to an upset victory over the Ducks, who have managed to stay just ahead of them in the Northern Division standings. Although the Oregon squad is only one rung above the State quintet on the ND ludder, Coach Bill Borcher's group has a two and one-half game lead on the lagging Beavers Monday night, the Oregon State five edged out the Idaho Vandals by a 53-49 count, and looked as good ar, they have all year. Danny Johnston scored 23 points to lead the Slats till! coached team to the win. The Idaho quint is the same out fit which split a series with the Webfoots this past weekend, and on the basis of comparative scores, which are not necesarily accurate, a good contest should be on the slut*' for those who attend the two games this weekend. In last year's games, the Duck hoopsters came out ahead In three of the four tills played, while the Beavers took one victory on their own court by a 41-39 count. It will lie a battle to keep out of the cellar on the part of both teams. with Oregon State trying to climb out of the last spot and the Webfoots seeking to sieze both games and move up toward third place. « »iii sidelines Pete Coach Hill Borchor, In preparing for the Aggie cagers, ran his var sity squad through a spirit'd drill Tuesday Big Bob Peterson did not practice, due to a cold which has been bothering him for some time, and which has suddenly become worse in the last few days. He was sitting on the sidelines, however, taking In the events of the session, and will not miss the series. Boroher spent approximately half of the practice period in w<>rIJ** ing on team offense and defense, especially the screening offensive, which the Duck', aave been using regularly. Some time was spent in working on out-of-bounds plays, with spe cial emphasis on good screening and working for lay-in shots on the play. This was followed by fifteen minutes of work on the fast break, with Borcher throwing the ball against the backboard, and tho team starting the break from that point. A short scrimmage session ended the practice. Danny Johnston, who took scor Ing honors in Monday’s Oregon State-Idaho game, is an excellent shot from the outside and has de veloped an effective hook shot, lie was shifted from guard to forward In the Monday game. Tex Whitman, a 6-foot, 6-inch freshman center, who wax an alt state high school player at Mont* rose, Colo., is another Beaver who will bear watching. He dropped in twelve counters in the Idaho game. ATO's, Mint urn Tie An Intramural handball semi final game Tuesday between ATO and Minturn ended in a tie, willi the Minturn men winning the sec ond singles match, and the ATO's copping the doubles go. The first singles match will bo played today at A pm., and tho viner will meet tin? Sigma Chi earn in the finals for the school , rown on Thursday. Oregon JVs Drop Another to Rooks The Duck JV's took their fourth straight beating from the OSC juniors Monday night by a 61-57 count in an overtime tilt at Gill Coliseum. Duck Forward Don Selgmund threw the game into overtime with a cripple with seconds left which tied the score 57-all. In the overtime, Beaver Bud Shirtcliff sunk a charity toss, Cub Houck a two-pointed, anu- Reggie Halligan another free throw to give the Beavers the win. Ron Phillips of Oregon earned scoring honors with 18 points, while Shirtcliff was next with 17 for OSC. Coach Don Kirsch’s Duck JV's play the fifth and sixth games in their series with the Orange jun iors as preliminaries to the Ore gon-OSC varsity tilts Friday and Saturday night. Summary: OREGON (57) OSC .IV (61) Phillips, 18 .F. Halligan, 9 Rogers, 4 .F.... Shirtcliff, 17 Johnson, 15 .C ... Henriksen, 1 Page, 6 .G . Houck, 11 Marxer, 7 ..G. Franz, 6 Oregon subs: Siegmund 7, Byler.i OSC subs: Ediger, 2, Jarboe 10,1 Simpson 5. c