Ducks Await Crucial' Already prohibitive favorites, | the Oregon footballer)) are Hi 111 working hard in preparation for .Saturday's ''crurlal” against the Oregon .State Beavers at Cor vallis. Wednesday the squad worked on both offense and defense. The defense Is designed to stop the OSC attack, which has been somewhat ineffective. In the of fensive workout, George Shaw and John Keller threw passes and Dick James and Tom Crab tree did most of the running. Smarting from five straight setbacks at the hands of the Bea vers, the Ducks are determined to win this game and spoil the Homecoming for the Aggie root ers. All the losses have been close, including the 0-7 defeat at Hayward field last year. Oregon Champs Enter Northwest! Cross-Country Oregon's defending champions will rank as favorites when nine college c ross-country teams meet ■ for the Northwest intercollegiate title hI Portland today. The meet will be run over a 3.1-mile course on the Portland university campus and will sig nal the end of the cross-country season for Coach Bill Bower man's undefeated Duck team. It ■ will start at 3 p.m. At least eight colleges In ! northwest Oregon arfc expected to send teams to the meet as are the University of British Colum bia and perhaps others. Among the Oregon schools slated to at tend are Oregon, Oregon State, Portland university, Willamette, l>infield. Lewis and Clark, Port land State, and Pacific univer sity. The Oregon team will have the meet's Individual defending champion at Portland. Ken Rei ser won first place last year at the Portland meet, se tting a new record of 14:38 for the course. His chief competition for indi vidual honors is expected to come from Duck teammate Bill Dell inger, undefeated In competition this year, and Portland Us Jim Seriko. Right men will accompany ! Bowerman to Portland for the meet. Scheduled for the Duck team are Reiser, Dellinger, Doug Clement, Gordon Dalqulst, Ron Meskimen, Stan Rutherford, Bob Dry nan and Jim Bailey, the Aus tralian half-mile champ who will ' participate in his first meet after { breaking his foot last summer. Jim Withrow, a (mir-u-»r Ictterinan. is one of thro*- Oregon Stale <|iiarterhacks expected to see action for the Itcaxers in the 58th renewal of the annual Oregon-Oregon State Civil War serlen Saturday. Withrow has completed 83 out of H5 paiaet for S6C yards mi far thin year. He in second in the conference in punting with an axerage of 40.5 yards on 30 punts. Phi Delta Theta, Hale Kane Victors A hard s-piking Hal#* Kano squad moved Into the semi-finals of the 'A' league volleyball play offs Wednesday by overwhelm ing the Dorm Counselors in straight sets, 15-0, 15-5. Hale Kane needed only three services to take the first game, as they collected four points in each of the first two serves and powered to seven mote in the final. Phi Delts Victors Phi Delta Theta advanced in A league playoff action Wednes day with a decisive victory over Hunter hall. Although the Phi Delts' play was a little ragged, they used their superior height to great ad vantage. as they won the game in two straight sets. The scores were 15-6 and 15-5. = Hawaiians Win Two Hale Kane also advanced to the semi-finals in Class B by virtue of a hard won victory from Theta Chi. In the first set. Hale Kane held complete command as they gained a 15-5 edge. Hale Kane quickly grabbed a large margin in the second set. but the game was tied three times before Hale Kane finally nabbed a 1S-16 win. Sigma Nu Bounced Phi Delta Theta put on two late drives to snare 15-9, 15-7 victories from Sigma Nu in the 'B’ semi-finals. Sigma Nu kept it close in the first game until four fast points put it away for the Phi Dclts. 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