Ducks Prep for Husky Engagement; AT SEATTLE Oregon Team Works On Offense, Defense By Kick Tarr Emerald Sports Editor The do-or-die feeling pcr \ aded M c A r t h u r court Wednesday as Coach Hill Morcher put his Oregon cagers Lhfough their last workout be fore entering' the lair of the powerful Washington Hus kies today. There was a significant ab sence of the usual jocular at titude of the squad before other games. The regulars went through ■a lengthy defensive drill in which Hank Bonneman, impersonating Bob Houbregs. hud a field day trying hook shots. A spirited of fensive woikout was followed by free throw practice and a rugged conditioning drill. Danger Points Stressed Throughout the practice. Coach iHorcher made frequent remarks about danger points in the Husky offense and defense which the Webfoots should pay special at tention to. “’Oregon will try to be the giant killer this weekend as has every —Washington opponent this season. But with each consecutive vic tory the Huskies look less and j less like a team that can be upset, j There was much upset talk around Corvallis last weekend but. as usual, the upset stayed in the hopeful imaginations of Beaver fans and didn't materialize on the shiny Gill Colliseum floor. Losing Streak A bleak eleven game losing streak faces the Ducks in Ed mundson pavillion dating back to 19-47 when Oregon won 49-48. The last Oregon victory over Wash ington was in 1951 at McArthur Court. The score was 82-75. The difficult task of trying to stop the unstoppable Bob Hou bregs will fall on the shoulders of Chet Noe, capable Oregon center. In turn, the Washington defensive specialist, six-foot-eight inch Doug McClary, will probably have the unenviable job of stopping Noe, the league's second highest scorer with an average of 18 points per game. Houbregs . . . Itecords It looks like the name Houbregs will be in the record books for a long time. He now holds the rec ords for the most field goals in a game, the most field goals in a ' season, the most points in a game, the most points in a season, the most free throws in a season, and the most points in a single1 career. BOB HOIBRKOS Mr. Everything in N'D He needs only one free throw attempt to break the Northern Di vision season record, and 18 field goal attempts to break the Divi sion record. Hale Kane, Betas Win Thinclad Mural Meets “Hale Kane took six first places 1 i-a a track meet with Sigma Nu Wednesday afternoon to overcome • their'thinclad opponents, 37-22. It wars Hale Kane's second track win. tT Sen. Johnson was high individ -C*.3KR scorer for the meet; collecting -•"-three firsts, broad jump, 40 yard wjrJrdles and 40 yard dash. " Pole Vault — Kanada, HK; Fase, KK; Heppner, Sigma Nu. Shot Put — Shields, Sigma Nu; Hiner, Sigma Nu; McElrevy, HK. Broad Jump —- Johnson, HK; Palmer, Sigma Nu; Miphael, HK. 40 yard Hurdles — Johnson, HK; Michael, HK; Wat an a be, HK. 40 yard Dash :— Johnson, HK; Jluirhead. HK; Briot, Sigma Nu. High Jump — Watanabe, HK; Johnson, "Sigma Nu; Moran, Sigma Nu. 40 yard Relay—Hale Kane. Beta Theta Pi completely over whelmed its second straight track opponent this season by trouncing the Susan Campbell runners, 46-12 in a meet yesterday. Pole Vault — Mannex, Betas; Starkel, Suzies. Shot Put — Harvey, Betas; Lyons, Betas; Jolley, Suzies. Broad Jump — Adams, Betas; Springbett, Betas; Burns, Suzies. 40-yard Hurdles — Battax, Betas; Roberts, Suzies; Leiderman, Betas. High Jump — Sogge, Betas; Roberts, Suzies, and Leiderman, Betas (tied for second). 40 yard Dash — Springbett, Betas; Adams, Betas; Lyons, Betas. 40 yard Relay—Betas. Boxer 'Purchases' Gloves Ring TKO j Huntington, West Virginia <.P> | —Heavyweight Jim Frame not only fought—but bought—his : way into the semi-finals of the ■ regional golden gloves tourna i ment in Huntington last night. Frame forgot to bring his pass and couldn't get past the gatekeeper. He finally borrowed enough money to buy a ticket and then stepped into the ring to TKO over his opponent. Postponement The intramural basketball action between Sigma Chi and Phi Kappa Sigma was postponed until Thurs day morning. Forfeit Sigma Phi Epsilon won over Lambda Chi Alpha by forfeit as the Lambda Chis were unable to floor a team. Theta Chi's, Fiji's i Wirt IM Contests Theta Chi edged out a close 20 17 win over Sigma Alpha Mu in league four intramural basketball action Wednesday afternoon. Theta Chi's opened the first half with u slow start, with ball handl ing being the major action. Half time score was 9-7 with the Theta Chi five slightly in the lead. In the third and fourth quarters the tempo was quickened somewhat /M Drawings Drawings for positions in the intramural basketball A and B tournaments will take place at 2:45, Friday afternoon, in the intramural office. All managers of play-off teams should be present if pos sible, according to Paul Washke, intramural director. with Theta Chi leading 12-8 at the third quarter mark and winning 20-17. High scoring honors went to Al len Murray and Wulter Badorek of Theta Chi with eight counters each. Theta Chi (20) (17) SAM ' Murray, 8 F 0, Kottenberg Badorek, 8 F 5, Abrams Faust, 1 .C 5, Barznian Krieger, 2 The National In vitation Basketball Tournament picked its tastiest plum today. Sponsors announced that the nation's top-ranking team and the only unbeaten major team, Seton Hall, had accepted an invitation. Seton Hall, coached by Honey Rus sell and led by towering Walter Dukes, has won 25 consecutive games. It has five games left on its regular schedule. This will be the fourth appear ance of a Seton Hall team in the NIT, the annual post-season tour nament at New York’s Madison Square Garden. LaSalle and Western Kentucky! previously accepted invitations to the 12 team tourney which will be held March 7 through 14. SPORTS FARE Thursday, Feb. 19 3:50 Court 40 Merrick Hall A vs. Stitrrf * Hall A 3 :50 Court 43 Philadelphia House A vs. Legal Kaglcs A 4 :35 Court 40 Hcta Theta Pi II vs. Phi - Kappa I*si R 4 :35 Court 43 Sigma Chi P vs. Alpha Tail Omega )i 5:15 Court 40 Delta Tati Delta 15 vs. Sigma ~ Alpha Mu R 5:15 Court 43 Susan Campbell II vs. (hi Psi 13 TRACK 4:30, I'nfiuishcd area; French Hall vs. Nestor Hall; Sigma Phi Kpsilon vs. Theta Chi. (Double Header) PIRATES STILL UNBEATEN Pressure Mounts as Seton Hall Stays on Tod By Martin Meadows Emerald Sportswriter The pressure on top-ranked and unbeaten Seton Hall is increasing as the Pirates continue to with stand the attempts of three other contenders to move into the num ber one niche. The Setonians made it 24 straight last week by trim ming Siena, 62-49, and pasting Muhlenberg, 88-75. The next three squads main tained their position without any change. Second - spot LaSalle reached the 20-win mark against two losses as it topped St. Jo seph’s of Philadelphia, 75-63, and clubbed Temple, 57-42; Washing ton’s Huskies rolled on with twin triumphs over Oregon State, 69 P3 and 73-60; and Indiana (13 2 i' held on to the Big Ten lead following 66-48 and 65-50 deci sions over Wisconsin and Michi gan State .respectively. Meanwhile, Illinois, Indiana's nearest rival in league play, also closed in on the Hoosiers in the ratings by slapping Michigan, 92 162, and burying Iowa under an 80-63 score, thus moving from sev enth to fifth with a 13-2 record. The Kansas State Wildcats jumped from tenth to sixth on the strength of two victories, 74-64 over Iowa State and 84-64 over Oklahoma, giving them 12 wins to go with three defeats. Louisiana State finally made it into the top ten, thanks to the fact that four teams which had been ahead of the Tiger's were up set during the week. The Tigers advanced four places to seventh as they shaded Florida, 68-56, and nipped Auburn, 65-57, to hang on to the lead in the Southeastern conference. They have 17 con quests, including one over Tulsa, the only team which has beaten them this season. In the number eight slot are the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, who slipped from fifth. They post ed their 20th triumph by a 92-67 margin over Loyola of New Or leans, bid suffered their fourth reversal when Murry, whom they had downed previously, turned the tables, 77-67. Another outfit reached the top ten for the first time. Manhat tan's Jaspers, 13th last week, took over ninth with their eighth and ninth straight wins; they clipped New York U., 60-55, and edged Canisius, 52-49, run ning their slate to 15-2, includ ing such victims as Louisville and OePaul. North Carolina State rounded out the group after dropping from sixth. The Wolfpack atoned for an earl.er loss to Villanova by smash ing the latter, 94-72, but then fell before Duke in a thriller, 84-82. They now own a 20-5 mark. Incidentally, Duke is probably the hottest team in the country at this time. The Blue Devils, who soared from 33rd to 15th in the ratings, have won nine in a row, the last seven over such powers as Navy, West Virginia, New York, North Carolina, George Washing ton, Wake Forest, and North Car olina State. Oregon’s Ducks eased into the top 50 after walloping WSC twice. The VVebfoot* are -18th, their highest since a mhl-Decem- _ her position of The following elude Sunday’s tilt: RATINGS .1 1. Seton Hall (210) LaSalle (20-2) 3. Washington (22-1) I. Indiana (12-2) '5. I llinois (J 3-2) <>. Kansas St. ( 12-3) 7. L.S.C. (17 1) H. West. Ky. (20-4) 6. Manhattan (16-2) 16. X. C. St. (20-5) 11. Okla. A KM (17 4) 12. Miami O. (14-3) 1 3. Louisville ( 18-4) 14. ILV.r. ( 19-5) 1 5. Duke ( 1 5-6) 16. De Paul ( 17 6) 1 7. Notre Dame ( 13-4) 15. Fordham (16-4) 19. Last. Ky. (14 5) 2n. Kansas ( 12 4) 21. Tulsa < 14-5) 22. Okla. City ( 14-3 ) 23. Wake For. (1 5-(>) 24. Penn ( 14-3 ) 25. Geo. Wash. (12-5) 41st. team records in Seattle-Gonzaga Emerald 26. 11<)1> (’n»ss (13 ‘ ) 27. (’olumbia i 13-3 * < al, <13,. 29. Seattle ( 21-3) 30. Xiagara ( 17-4) 31. Richmond (16-5 3 Maryland (12-5) 33. West \ a. (14 5 ) 34. No. Car. ( 1 7 -6 > 35. I)uquesne (14-7 36. CSC (15 5) 37. Murra\ ( 17-5) 38. Xa\ v ( 13-4 ) 39. X’illanova ( 15-7) 40. I ’ SC LA (1 5-6) 41. Temple (14-7) 42. Wyoming (15-7) 43. St. Louis ( 1 2-8) 4 1. Minn. (11-6) 45. Dayton < l 2-1 6 ) 46. Conn. ( 1 3-3 ) 47. Toledo ( 1 3-5 ) 48. < tregoii i 14-16) 49. Furman ( 14 5) 56. Rio Grande (32-0)