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It may be whistling in the dark, but isn’t it about time for
tomi'oii* to break nj> the \\ a hington Hu kies or at the very
l ast, their 12-game, Northern division victory string? ()i
r 'lir e, it’s mere coincidence that the Wcbfoots will be at lice
b bnnnil on pavilion tonight and Saturday for a pair of games
\ th '1 ippy I )ye’.s guys.
Trouble is, to the casual bystander, if anyone were to
knock over the Huskies it should be the University of Ore
gone, the oftly other club in the Northern division with a
winning percentage. But besides the uncomfortable task of
cla hing with the mechanized Washingtons, the Ducks risk
ruining a perfect record of their own, dating back to 1947
when they won their last pavilion game.
'I Ins year the physical problem is as trying as the psveho
I deal one. in the Washington Hu-kie , the Ducks face por
1 |>s the nation’s finest .starting crew—Mike McCutchen,
Dung Met lary, Bob lloubrcgs, Charlie Konn and Joe Cipri
•' no. The Huskies arc great in that they are extremely well
I alanced, commit a minimum of error an 1 have flawless ball
control.
Huskies V/on't Feu I
Although their prime weakneis depth rather, the lack of
i tlmy rarely ever foil 1 out <>, a ball game. Cipriano, the Nook
k \ alley senior guard, is the leading culj>rit with 35 viola
t ms, a trifling 2 75 per game. On the other hand, four Wcb
"'<t . Ken Wegner, Chet Noe, Ed llalbcrg and Barrfey Jfol
'■ n«l. all liave committed more personals than has Slippery
o.e. Wegner has 43. Noe. 39; llalbcrg, 42; and Holland, 39.
And where do all those fouls get you against Washington?
Not very far. Huskies have converted 255 of 352 free throws
for a .725, which is by far tops for the entire Pacific Coast
conference. Oregon trails the Huskies from the charity line,
with a .669 mark. •
Bast year Dye’s marauders seared the Wcbfoots twice,
/ ! 36 and 64 39 at Seattle, frustrating Bill Borcher’s five with
■ i full court press for much of the ball games. And it wasn’t
until the same .Mr. Dye employed the same technique in the
divi-ir.u opener last month that our Wcbfoots could be headed
1 ft- 1 he visitors rallied in the final three and one half minutes
*»u dunk the Ducks, 79-73.
'//s' vs. Washington
11 Borchcr can devise a plan to slop Houbreg’s fantastic
nook shot, if the Wcbfoots don’t fold in the face of an all
ourt defense, if they don’t leave McCutchen, Koon and Cipri
aiio'open for shot-, if the Ducks have an “on” night—maybe
-he Huskies can be had. All and all, it looks like the “ifs” don’t
nave it and W ashington does.
Based on comparative figures the Huskies should open
as 18-point favorites and tonight’s score might read some
thing like Washington 76. Oregon 58; and Saturday’s—
Washington 73, Oregon 66.
Northern division teams will be pretty difficult to call this
year, but just the same here’s how it should average out . . .
llalbcrg, Oregon, and McCutchen, Washington, forwards;
[ihmbrcgs, Washington, center; and Cipriano, Washington,
and Wegner, Oregon, guards.
Wcbfoot Ed Ifalherg is the only newcomer to the northern
circuit, but has made his presence felt. The balding junior from
Port Angeles, Wash., replaced the effective, but temperamental
Bob I’eterson and has done an amazing job with his jump
shots and top flight rebounding.
1 Steady Starter
■fcMike MeCutchcn, the six-foot, one-inch southpaw shooter
captain of the Huskies, is a pestiferous player, one of
■ lose steady performers who comes through in the clutch.
I.McCutch” has a nifty jump shot, a good set shot, and is a
defensive hall-of-fire.
W hat's i)een said about Houbregs hardly needs mentioning
again. Many West coast coaches have favorably compared
California’s Hob McKecn to Houbregs, but we’ll let the coast
conference playoffs determine that one.
Ken Wegner, Oregon’s driver-guard, draws the attention
of Northwest crowds. Some like him, some don’t, but all
have to admit that the Portland junior is one of the handiest
guys in the league. Wegner had a tough assignment in fill
ing the shoes of Ken Hunt, but many now attribute Ore
gon’s late season success to Mr. Wegner.
Joe Cipriano, like Houbregs, was an all conference selection
last year, and in 1953 has proceeded to show why and how he
was great in '52. Cipriano has the best long-shot in the divi
sion and his defensive work leaves little to be desired.
A second team of Dwight Morrison, Idaho; Doug McClary,
Washington; Chet Noe, Oregon; Bruce McIntosh, Idaho; and
Charlie lvoon, Washington, would also measure up in any
collegiate competition.
INTRAMURAL GAMES
derrick, Legal Eagles* Suzies
ATO, Betas* Delts Turn in Wins
Merrick hall, led by Eob Bond
who potted 22 points from his
guard slot, soundly trounced the
Stitzer Hall five 47-28 in Thurs
day’s intramural action.
Hollowing Bond in the scoring
column was Jack Viskov, also of
Merrick Hall, with 12 counters.
Topping the scoring for Stitzer
were Harold Schneiderman and
.Sanford Kara, each with six points.
Merrick (47) (23) Stitzer
I-eland, 4 F 3, Brandenfcls
Kramer, 2 Fj, Schneiderman
Viskov, 12 C 4, Mickelson
Bond, 22 G fj, Kara
Hastings, 5 G 5, Everest
Substitutions: For Merrick:
Pritchard.
Eagles Defect Phillies
In another Thursday intramural
basketball game, the Legal Eagles
squeezed past Philadelphia House
17-15.
The game started out slowly
with the first half score being 6-5
in favor of the winners. Leading
the Legal Eagles scoring was Har
old Toliver with four points. Proc
ter of Philadelphia House was
high for the game with eleven.
Phil. House (15) (17) Eagles
Buck, 3 F 1, Mansfield
Proctor, 11 F.4, Moore
Thompson, 0 C ...1, Ingepson
Jones, 0 G.2, Kose
VVosten, 1 G 4, Toliver
Substitutions: Legal Eagles:
Givan 3; Hansen 2.
ATO Downs Sigma Chi
The high talented Alpha Tau
Omega B five downed the Sigma
Chi B s 28-17 in Thursday after
noon intramural basketball action.
I lie ATO five opened the scoring
to take a 7-5 first quarter lead
never to be headed. The half time
score was 9-8. Leading scorer was
Raymond Hempy of Alpha Tau
Omega.
Sigma Chi (17) (28) ATO
Greeniey, 2 F 3, Brethauer
Patera, 3.F.4, Phiester
Elliot, 3 .C.2, Kilkenny
s*oan> 2.G.4, Hart
Newbum, 5.G .4, Altman
Substitutions: Sigma Chi; Nash
2; Alpha Tau Omega; Du Boch 2,
Hempy 9.
Betas Drop Phi Psi
Tlie Beta Theta Pi B team show
ed great backboard strength and
scoring ability in manhandling Phi
Kappa Psi B, 36-18.
Paul Jackson, their tall center,
led in both departments as he
scored 17 points in the Thursday
basketball action. Biornstad and
Bob Haney led the Phi Psi’s scor
ing with six counters each.
BTI* 15 (36) (18) I'KB 15
Adams, 2 F.6, Biornstad
Beeves, 4 F.2, Trye
Jackson, 17 C 2, McNutt
Meyers, 2 G 6, Haney
Adkinson, 1.G .2, White
Delfs Beat Sammies
Delta Tau Delta roared to a 10-9
win over Sigma Alpha Mu in
Thursday intramural basketball
action.
Paul Peterson scored five of his
eight points to take his team from
a 9-9 stalemate to the victory.
Stanley Geffin lead the Sammies
in their vain attempt with four
points.
I>TD (16) (9) SAM
"eltzer, 3.F 2, Ilubenstien
Seischel, 0.F 1, Davis
Tarr, 1.C.4, Geffin
Juniper, 4.G .0, Sherman
Peterson, 8 .G 2, Krichevsky
Suzies Wallop Chi Psi
Sporting a well balanced attack
and a good defense, the Susan
Campbell B team rolled to an easy
39-15 triumph over the Chi Psi B's
in a fast bit of intramural basket
ball action. .
Muira topped all scorers in lead
ing his Suzie team to victory with
eleven points. He was followed by
James Eagby and Richard Froman
with ten counters each.
Campbell (39)
Stsrkel, 4. ...
Bagby, 10
Froman, 10
Slobie, 4.
Muira, 1!.
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G.
(15) Chi Psi
.1, Shaw
.3, Casper
G.6, Meredith
2, Lovell
Wrong Way Cager
Aids Fee in Win
The intramural department has
its “Wrong Way Co.rigan"; but
this “backwards" lndvidual is as
sociated with basketball.
Gene Beck scored 14 points in
a basketball game between . hi*
team, Phi Kappa Sigma, and Sig
ma Chi at 8:30 Thursday morning
in a make-up intramural game.
Two of these counters went into
the wrong basket, however, and
helped Sigma Chi to win, 32-28.
The halftime score was 17-14 in
favor of the Phi Kaps.
As one observer commented,
“Maybe he isnt’ used to playing in
the early morning."
Ph: Kapps (28) *(32) Sigma Chi
Beck, 12.F.10, Phillips
Settecase, 13.F.6, Hodge*
Mundle, 1 .C.4, Ruhiman
Hir,»nan, 2.G.6, Pollock
Bliefernich .G ...A, Kedgepath
*Two scored by other team.
Seattle U Turns Down NIT Bid
In Favor of NCAA Tournament
(AP) — Seattle University will
play in the National Collegiate
Association basketball playoffs.
The NCAA school officials made
the choice today several hours
after receiving the invitation. At
the same time, Seattle U. turned
down another prized bid, that of
the NIT, or National Invitation
Tournament at New York. The
NIT bid came last night.
Scoring star Johnny O'Brien had
expressed the team’s preference
for the NIT, where the Chiefs
played a year ago. But the uni
versity officials made the decision.
Team at Large
Thus Seattle will be one of two
at-large, or independent, teams in
the western NCAA setup. The
Chiefs will play the Rocky Moun
tain Conference Champion for the
right to enter the western play
offs. If Seattle wins, it goes to
the regional playoffs to be held
at Corvallis, Oregon. The winner
at Corvallis will qualify for £he
national NCAA tourney at Kansas
City.
Big leagues or bush leagues,
it’s all the same to Johnny
O'Brien when it comes to throw
ing a basketball through the
hoop.
The pocket-sized sharpshooter
from Seattle University has gone
to the front in the individual scor
ing race among major college
players. Last year he won the
minor college title but the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa
tion moved Seattle into the ma
jor bracket this sason.
51 in One Night
The 51 points Johnny garnered
in his scoring splurge against Gon
zaga Sunday night boosted his av
erage for the year to 28 and one
half points per game.
His nearest pursuers are Frank
Selvy of Furman, Ernie Beck of
Pennsylvania and Walt Dukes of
Seton Hall.
Eight Teams Enter Playoffs
j Eight teams are in as far as the
I intramural play-offs are concern
ed. Four A and a like number of
B IM basketball quints have def
initely won the championships in
their respective leagues.
Kappa Sigma, Alpha Tau Ome
ga, Hale Kane and French Hall
are the A title holders. Sigma Al
pha Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
Hale Kane and French Hall are
the successful B squads.
The tightest race is in League
4-A, where three clubs hold 3 and
1 marks. Sigma Nu, Phi Delta
Theta and Theta Chi will have a
play off for the contested crown.
LEAGUE l-A
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Kappa Sigma .
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Delta Tau Delta .
Beta Theta Pi .
Pi Kappa Phi .
Tau Kappa Epsilon ..
LEAGUE 2-A
Alpha Tau Omega .4
Pi Kappa Alpha .3
Chi Psi .2
Sigma Phi Epsilon .1
Lambda Chi Alpha .0
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0
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.800
.400
.400
.400
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1.000
.750
.500
.250
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LEAGUE 3-A
Phi Gamma Delta .3 1
Sigma Chi .3 1
Phi Kappa Sigma .2 2
Phi Kappa Psi.2 2
Phi Sigma Kappa .0 4
.750
.750
.500
.500
.000
LEAGUE 4-A
Sigma Xu .
Phi Delta Theta
Theta ( hi .
Delta Cpsilon .
Sigma Alpha Mu ...
LEAGUE 5-A
Hale Kane .5
Susan Campbell .4
Sigma Hall .2
Barrister Inn .2
Alpha Hall . 1
Gamma Hall .0
French Hall
Merrick Hall
Nestor Hall
Sherry Boss .
Stitzer Hail ..
LEAGUE 6-A
...4
LEAGUE 7-A
Campbell Club .3
Philadelphia House .2
Counselors .2
Legal Eagles .1
Yeomen .1
LEAGUE 1-B
Beta Theta Pi .3
Phi Delta Theta .3
Phi Kappa Psi .2
Theta Chi .1
Lambda Chi Alpha .0
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.500
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LEAGUE 2-B
Sigma Alpha Epsilon .4
Sigma Nu .3
Sigma Chi . 1
Alpha Tan Omega .1
Kappa Sigma .0
LEAGUE 3-B
Sigma Phi Epsilon .4
Phi Gamma Delta .3
Delta Upsilon .2
Sigma Alpha Mu .0
Delta Tau Delta .0
LEAGUE 4-B
Hale Kane ..4
Chi Psi .2
Susan Campbell .2
Sigma Hall .1
Gamma Hall .0
LEAGUE 5-B
French Hall .
Merrick Hall ...
Stitzer Hall .
Nestor Hall .
Sherry Ross .
LEAGUE 6-B
Pi Kappa Alpha .3
Campbell Club .3
Phi Kappa Sigma .2
Philadelphia House .1
Counselors . 0
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Sports Staff
Desk Editor, Sam Vahey; Staff,
Wilmer Boesel, Keith Chatterton,
Mort Harkins.