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■ «|- tl.c second conscctrtive year Coach Kill Borcher has
surprised many follower, of Northern Division basketball by
turning out a <|uintet of fa,t-breaking basketball players who
1,1111 1 ,,<l •loin anyone but their elongated hoop mentor
expected. Before this year’s basketball season began, Coach
*( i(r sai< that hi* \\ chfoot basketball tv am would surprise
;i 7 Pe°P,c. and that is exactly what has happened.
At the start of the season this year, most observers pre
ofi ted that the University „f Oregon would finish in fourth
place in the NI) standings, but as the conference race looks
a< this point, the Webfoots have second place virtually sewed
up.
Ducks Almost Win Upset
X-'l only have the Ducks established themselves as the
'"','7 t""U‘l"l,'rs for tbe runner-up spot, but they are the
only .Northern Division five which has even come near to „p
sct.mK the league-leading Washington Huskies, currently
ranked third in the nation. ' j
Oiegon will have it> second and last shot at the Huskies!
tins weekend at Seattle, and although the prognosticators
look lor two Washington victories, it is entirely possible that
1 , >l!cks ma> ,JC to come through with the upset that
they almost registered during their last series with the men
• 1 'P1*y Dye 111 the season opener at McArthur Court.
In that contest, the home hoopsters held a four point lead
in the closing moments of the game, but largely due to the
efforts of steady Husky forward Mike McCutcheon, the
quintet from Seattle pulled into the lead and finally downed
the Ducks 79-73. Big Bob Houbregs recorded 33 counters
in toe game, and was the main factor in the Washington win.
It is Houbregs, who has been breaking almost every exist
ing Xorthern Division scoring record, whom the Webfoots
v. ill have to stop if they hope to gain even one win in the
coming two-game series. Just how it is to be done is the
problem now facing Bill Borcher, Oregon's tall cage mentor.
Same Points, Both Nights
I..i't I ridav and Saturday, the Oregon quintet traveled to
Pullman, Washington, for a pair of tilts with Washington
State, and they repeated their performance of earlier in the
\ < ar by sweeping the series. An odd incident of the series was
the scoring of identical tallies in both games by Chet Xoe and
Ken Wegner. Xoe led the scoring for Oregon in both games
with 21 point totals, while Wegner was runner-up in each con
test with 17
After the Husky series this weekend, only two more"tilts
are on the slate for the Webfoots. As usual the season tail
enders bring the Ducks up against the Beavers of Oregon
State, directed by veteran ND mentor Slats Gill. OSC is
currently residing in fourth place in the conference with a
4-8 won-loss record.
The Staters travel to the Palouse hills this weekend for a
scries with Washington State, and if the Beavers lose even
one of these games, they have no chance to reach second
place bmy the end of the season. Idaho is the only other pos-i
sihle contender for the number two slot, and they could not
even finish in a tic for the spot if they lose more than one of
their remaining four games. Should Idaho win all of its last
four contests, Oregon must only come out with two victories
to definitely clinch the runner-up position.
Although it has been almost two weeks since Oregon’s
freshman basketball squad succeeded in turning back the
powerful Rooks of OSC, we feel that they still are deserving
ol a verbal pat on the back. 1 he l'rosh had been pointing for
the w in ever since the start of the season, and the upset was
no mere freak of chance.
Anderson Stands Out
Due credit should be given to all the members of the squad,
hut we feel that one member of the group in particular has a
'right to feel proud of his performance in the game. The man
we mean is 6-foot, 7-inch Max Anderson, who came through
with a 28 point total for the contest while also succeeding in
finding a way to partially do away w ith the height advantage
held by “Swede” Halbrook, the Rooks’ seven footer.
Max solved the problem by developing a lay-in shot
which he tossed up and around from behind the backboard
and which had the big boy from Corvallis completely
stumped. Max looked as smooth as any guard when he
faked the Rook giant out of position time after time and
drove under the bucket for two points.
llalbrook himself dropped in 30 counters, but most of his
baskets came on tips and rebounds, for the Frpsh set up a
defense which virtually prevented him from ever receiving the
ball from the guards. The main cogs in the defense were Kent
Dorn in, John Foster, and ('.ary McManus, all of whom took
turns playing jumping-jack in an effort to keep the ball out
of the Swede’s reach.
Sale of My sties' Begins Today
Mysties go on sale today at
seven booths on the campus. Loca
tions include the Student Union,
the Co-op, Carson hall, Hendricks
hall, Straub hall, the library, and
in front of the statue of the "Pio
neer Father." Students will be able
■to. purchase "Mysties” today and
Friday at any of these booths.
The second day of the sale, Fri
day, coincides with Women’s Day
on the campus. Other major events
of the day will include the YWCA i
sponsored "Heart Hop" and the
bridal show planned by the Asso
ciated Women Students.
Chairmen of this year's annual
Mystie Sale are Marilyn Parrish,
freshman in liberal arts, and Do- i
reen Gienger, freshman in educa- i
tion.
Bridge Lessons Slated
The third in a series of beginnjtar
bridge lessons is at 3 p.m. tp^ar
in Gerlinger men’s lounge. ' T^tc
YWCA sponsored lessons are o{^n
to all women.
t.bout 25 to 30 people have at*
tended the preceding instruct^!
classes, estimated Joan Cartozi£n,
upper class commission chairman
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