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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1952)
Sigma Nu Victor In 'Mural Action In a hectic finish Sigmu Nu aoserl out Mmturn hall Monday afternoon 34’~ to 33l -. The IM track meet had a truly storybook ending. As the boys lined up for the last event of the day. the Mree-quarter mile run. Minturn ' was ahead by the fairly comfort able margin of eight points. The Sigma Nus needed nine points to win. and through the sterling ef tbrts of Jack Hepner, Fred Gent, and Vince Tadei. they got them. The results of the meet are as Sallows: Broad jump: Bour, Minturn; ■annett. Sigma Nu; Tadei. Sigma ■u. Distance. 18‘ 2". High jump: Briot. Sigma Nu and Santos. Minturn tied for first; Wong. Minturn and Schmidt. Sig aaa Nu tied for third. Height. 5'. Pole valut: Hepner, Sigma Nu; Wase. Minturn and Simonson. Sig w Nu tied for second. Height. 8'. Shot put: Unins. Minturn; Aver BL Sigma Nu; Anderson. Sigma Ku; Distance. 39-'. Hurdles: Bour. Minturn: Fase. ■Br.turr,; Schoonover, Sigma Nu. Time. 6.1. 40 yard dash: Briot. Sigma Nu; Muiriiead. Minturn; Uuis. Minturn. Time. 4.15. Relay: Minturn: Unis. Santos. Wuirhead. Bour. Time. 16.3. Three - quarter mile: Hepner. Sigma Nu; Gent. Sigma;.Tadei, Sigma Nu. Time, 3.43. Today Sigma Chi meets Al pha Tau Omega: Wednesday is open; Thursday Sigma Nu plays mtf with Phi Delta Theta: and on Monday, the third of March, the winners of the aforementioned wwets will play off. Ducks to Enter Spring Training Coach Don Kirseh's Oregon var sity baseball team has on tap a 31 game schedule for the 1952 season. The Ducks will be the first Northern division team ever to enter spring training, as they will spend spring vacation in the Cali fornia Bay Region for five pre season games from March 2-4 to March 27. Following is the schedule, whlc’i will see the YVebfoots open con ference action at Eugene April IS against the WSC Cougars. March 24: Stanford at Palo Alto March 25: California at Berkley March 26: Fresno State at Fres no(*» March 27: San Jose State at San Jos»e(** t April 3: Linfield at Eugene April 4. OSC at Eugene April 5: Portland at EugeneC” 1 April 10: OSC at Corvallis April 11: Willamette at Eugene April 12: Willamette at Salem April 18-19: WSC at Eugene April 23-24: Idaho at Eugene April 26: Portland at Portland <•*> April 28-29: Washington at Eu gene May 7-8: Idaho at Moscow May 9-10: WSC at Pullman May 12-13: Washington at Seat tle May 17: OSC at Corvallis May 19: OSC at Eugene May 23: OSC at Corvallis May 24: OSC at Eugene (*» Night game; (•*) Double headers THIS is the life of the man ivho wears Arrow Shorts! Perfectly at ease in action, perfectly comfortable at ease! Arrow Shorts...Gripper fasteners or all-elastic waistband. Arrow Athletic Undershirts Arrow T-Shirts »» ARROW SHIRTS •. ms • SPORTS SHIRTS C. UNDERWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS Ducks Tip Idaho 66-60, Vault into Second Spot By Larry Lavelle University of Oregon’s Webfoots rocketed into second place in the Northern Division POC standings by five percentage points, with a 66-60 decision over the University of Idaho Monday night in the Van dals' Memorial Gymnasium, Mos cow, Ida. Led by Kenny Hunt, Oregon’s fire-brand guard, who tallied 19 points and has a 57 mark output in the first three games of the Inland Empire series. Hartley Krueger. Idaho center, dumped in 18 scores for ranner-up honors. Vandal Rallies Full A. crowd of 3400 rabid Idahoans aaw their favorites stage three desperate rallies in the second hal?. all of which failed to over-haul Oregon’s shaky leads. The Ducks, who blew a 15 point half-time edge to Washington State college Sat urday night, came close to putting on an encore. The Webfoots, thanks to a flurry of buckets before the third quarter closed, led 59-50 at that Juncture. Hunt broke in for a layup at the outset of the fourth stanza to counter Tom Flynn’s push shot. The dam nearly gave way as first-unit Captain Herb Millard de posited a layup and Krueger whirled and canned a hook shot at the 6:30 mile-stone. With slight ly more than five minutes remain ing Center Chet Noe. who scored 14 points, fouled the Idaho center. Krueger, in the act of shooting. Krueger cooly converted his pair of shots and Idaho had pulled to 59-61. Pete Comes Through * At this point, the Ducks stiffen ed instead of folding before the wild-eyed Moscow partisans. The Webfoots ,who possibly froze the ball too early against WSC Satur day, slowed down, but didn't 1m CHET NOE. towering Oick cen ter played a splendid game against the 1'nlverslt) of Idaho at .Moscow last evening. C’het coleeted 14 points to help boost Oregon Into the winning circle with a 06-60 score. mediately attempt to put the game in cold storage. Mel Streeter tried a push shot and failed, but dutch-playing Bob Peterson smacked in the rebound for the crucial bucket. Noe collar ed a lay-up on the end of a drive and Streeter zeroed a free throw for a 66-59 margin with 4:15 to go. Oregon began a genuine .stall and kept uninterrupted possession for two minutes when the ball was intercepted. Noe hacked Krueger and big Hartley hit with the free toss for the final count. The score was deadlocked four j times in the opening quarter. Noe’s i hook shot for the first bucket of | the evening came at the end of | two minutes of wild-shooting. Ida i ho’s longest margin, 9-6, followed Krueger's two hooks, and free throws by Krueger ami southpaw shooting Harlan Melton. Oregon bolstered its 17-13 quar ter lead to 24-17, but a typical BIG PATE TOMORROW NIGHT? Then you wont ou( * -hr QUICK ACTION SERVICE v. •. '/ mj?r * ''7 .'tf Your speci :l “Date Dress” beautifully cleaned and pressed in time for you to make a glorious entrance. Quality Drycleaning in a jiffy! When time counts . . . you can always count on Save money cash and carry 643 E. 13th Dial 4-3013 Chuck Finley nilly over-came that lec-way when Melton hit with an other gift toss for a 28-27 count. The Vandala' second platoon took over at the 27-21 mark and the "three emu" Melton, Hill Mather and Dwight Morrison cannonaded the bracket with a pair of long shots and a rebound, respectively. Hen Wegner and Hunt out-raced gun with a pair of two-pointers to give the ItucUs a 87-82 half-time reading, after the Kugene five and shattered an earlier, 81-81 stand off. The Webfoot* boasted a nine point, 43-34 cleft after Streeter's Jump shot at the free-throw line, but the unflinching Vandal* re covered and closed to 48-40 and finally narrowed the gap to 47-45 at the 4:45 clock-watch. Tonight’s Tilt Crucial Oregon's second-place margin of .538 to .533 will be in Jeopardy tonight at Moscow as the Van dais close out their season. A vie- '»• tory for the Idahoans would In sure them no less than a tie for the spot in final standings; if the Ducks win they will need n split in their final brace of games with j Oregon State college this wcekerM to repeat their 1901 finish. STRIKES and SPARES from the SU cellar By Jim Mahoney A rail for complete league standings seems to be In order ns league bowling looks ahead to its final week. It is hoped that this will help prospectice victors plan their celebrations with the proper ly festive spirit. Faculty League Monday night: Team Won Lost JETS 18 6 LIBERAL RATS 17 7 NOGOODNIKS 15 9 FLYING SAUCERS 13 11 VITAMINS 10 14 HOT RODS 9 15 STACK RATS 8 16 GRENADIERS 6 18 Intramural League, Tuesday night: Tram W on I>»Mt THETA CHI 18 2 SIGMA CHI 16 4 *• . GAMMA HAIX 13 7 HUNTER HALL 8 8 NESTOR HALL 7 13 SIGMA NU 7 13 LAMBDA CHI ALPHA 5 15 SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON . 3 17 Intramural league Wednesday night: Team Won Lost SIGMA PHI EPSILON 18 6 SHERRY ROSS 17 7 MJNTURN HALL . 15 9 FROSH COUNSELORS 12 12 PI KAPPA PHI . 10 14 ALPHA TAU OMEGA 9 15 YEOMEN 9 15 PHI GAMMA DELTA 6 18 Intramural league Thursday night: Team Won Lost CHERNEY HALL 20 4 PHI KAPPA ALPHA 20 4 BETA THETA PI . 12 12 SIGMA ALPHA MU ..12 12 FRENCH HALL 10 14 KAPPA SIGMA . 10 14 PHI KAPPA SIGMA 6 18 PHI KAPPA PSI . 6 18 Zoo Hager, Alpha Delta Pi, bowled 190 to take honors for tho womens high score of the week. Colonel Eldon Hanes outclassed the men in open play with a 226 game this week. Bowling Scores Vitamins 3, Liberal Rats 1 Grenadiers 3, Hot Rods 1 Jets 4, Stack Rats 0 Flying Saucers 2, Nogoodnicks 2