With half of the Northern Division basketball season left to be played, teams are beginning to line up pretty well as ex pected. And the matter of picking a conference all-star team also will follow pre-season predictions, as most of last year's stars again are leading their respective teams with few new faces among the league’s outstanding players. The Northern Division started this season with an excep tional number of stars from last year. No less than four of the fir.-t five from last year’s all-conference team were picked from among sophomores and juniors with only Oregon’s Barney Holland graduating. Stars Have Trouble These four plus Washington’s Karl Yoegtlin from the sec ond all-star team gave the predictors a fine group of players DEAN PARSONS ND All-Star ior a pre-season all-star aggre gation. But each of these 1954 greats has had his troubles this season. To begin with, Idaho’s Rob Garrison transferred to Mis sissippi Southern. Washing ton's Dean I* arsons has showed greatness but his point-making has been spotty. Voegtlin got the flu and missed the Huskies’ early con ference games. OSC’s Wade Ilalbrook joined his team late and then was suspended. WSC’s Ron Bennink hasn't done well against good teams. And so it has gone. Even though other veterans have performed quite well in games thus far (with a limited number of sophomores on the five teams), conference play has provided very little great all-around performances by individual players. With the temporary loss of Halbrook at OSC, Forward Tony Ylastelica has finally come into his own as a great of fensive star with his famous hook shot. But he still lacks the speed and polish of an all-around player as do several other ND performers of less fame but equal capabilities. With so many players showing near-equal abilities this year in the Northern Division, the fairest way to pick an all-star team would be to take the 10 best men and just list them with out any attention being paid to positions. But in choosing a team, the selections for a real all-star five would probably go. like this: Bennink, the league’s most finished all-around player, and Ylastelica, the most dangerous scorer, at forwards; Oregon’s Loscutoff, the ND’s most consistent rebounder and point maker, at center; Washington’s Jim Coshow, usually a for ward but a great jump-shot artist, and Idaho’s Harlan Melton, the \ andals’ team leader and shooter, at guards. Swede Left Out For the second five, a team of Parsons, Voegtlin, OSC’s Jav Dean, Idaho’s Jay Buhler, and Oregon’s Howard Page, would be as good as any with the two Washington boys being just as good as those mentioned for the first time, although not as’ consistent. Halbrook is being deliberately left out as an un known quantity since he has played so little this season and has not shown much. And while we’re on the subject of players, here is one for the book. 1 he Northern Division is blessed with four players named Nelson in the five teams’ lineups. Sophomore Center Gary Nelson is at Washington, Sophomore Guard LeRoy Nelson at Oregon, Sophomore Forward Ron Nelson at WSC, and Junior Guard Bud Nelson at Idaho. It would sure be a mess if all four ever happened to make the league all-star team. Think of it. Nelson, Nelson, Nelson, Nelson, and Wojoichie witz. What a lineup. Phi Delt's, Sigma Chi, Beta's Win IM Games Three lop-sided scores marked intramural B league basketball action Monday. Phi Delta Theta led off with an easy 41-21 vic tory over Signm Nu. Sigma Chi trumped Delta Upsilon, 40-14, and Beta Theta Pi bounced Del ta Tau Delta. Phi Delts Romp The Phi Delts followed up last I week’s win over Delta Tau Delta by leuding all the way in their second straight triumph. Lon Sliner paced the defend ing 1954 champs attack with nine points, followed by Gregg Lin iuger and Len Bond with seven each. Bob Crall scored six for WSC Sororities Provide Lunch For Webfoots Editor's Note: The following feature article on four Oregon basketball players on a recent road trip to the Inland Empire appeared in an issue of the Daily Evergreen, student news paper at Washington State col lege, after the Webfoots’ two game series in Pullman. "The team will never believe this.” said one of the four Uni versity of Oregon basketball players as he sat down to lunch at the WSC Pi Beta Phi house. It seems that four fellows were standing outside the PI Phi house Tuesday noon when Carole Cooke, president of the house, arrived for lunch. Notic ing they were dressed In suits, she immediately thought they were Winter King eandidates. “Can we come in,” a spokes man for the group asked. Nat urally, she said. "Of course." After they ushered Carol into the house, she realized they were members of the University of Oregon team. They stayed and gave the girls a bad time until they were invited for lunch. "Could we have an Introduc tion of guests?” was one of the first things said by the basket ball players. They also asked the girls, who didn't quite realize what was going on, to sing and the request was granted. That same noon, before they visited the PI Phi house, they had walked into the Kappa Al pha Theta house without knocking. The girls were just finishing lunch when they ar rived. They went to the head of the table and asked if they could have lunch, but were in formed that they were too late. However, they did stop to talk to the Theta’s for awhile. Included in the Oregon delega tion were Ray Bell, forward; Howard Page, guard, and Gary McManus, forward. The fourth member of the quartet remains unidentified. IM Schedule Tuesday Basketball 3:50 Sigma Alpha Epsilon B vs. Chi Psi B, court 40. Phi Gamma Delta B vs. Phi Kappa Sigma B, court 43. 4:35 Theta Chi B vs. Philadel phia house B, court 40. Sigma Phi Epsilon B vs. Campbell club B, court 43. 5:15 French hall B vs. Hunter hall B, court 40. Nestor hall B vs. Cherney hall B, court 43. Sigma Nu, and Hank Loumena got five before fouling out at the start of the fourth quarter. Sigma Nu trailed. 10-4, at the end of the first quarter, 16-6 at ; the half, and 26-13 at the finish of the third period. Sigiuu Nu (21) (41) Phi Delta Maaterson .. F . 5 Marlett Boettcher 2 ... F Vranizan Nelson 2 .C . 7 Llnlngor Crall 6 .G. 4 Hibbard Kinisey 4 G . 2 Holt Subs: Sigma Nu Gerow, Da vis, Woodyard 2, Loumena 5. Phi Delts—Stiner 9, Zenger 2, Hob-'* arson, Roberts, Briggs 5, Lar pentuer, Martin, Bond 7. Sig's Rap DU's Keith Barker scored nine i points to pace Sigma Chi's B squad to their second win of the season, 40-14, over Delta Upsl lon. Sigma Chi was never threat ened as they held leads of 9-4, 26-8 at halftime, and 36-12 at the end of the third period. The game was cut off early because of the time limit. Bob Bond followed Barker In scoring with eight points for Sig ma Chi. Bob Burnett and Theo dorus Doornbos each scored six for the DU’s. Sigma Chi (40) (14) DU Barker 9 F Holt Greenly 2 .F Wadman Weber 4 .C. 6 Doornbos Bond 8 .G . 6 Burnett Hodges 4 .G 2 Chambers •Subs: Sigina Chi Rinehart 4, Gildersleeve 4. Stamper 5, Scott. DU—Shepard. Beta's Top Delts Beta Theta Pi’s B team evened their record at one win and one loss by handing the Delta Tau Delta squad their second defeat of the year, 26-7. The score was tied at the end of the first quarter, 2-2, but the Beta’s scored four times to lead at the half, 10-2. The taller Beta's held the Delt’s scoreless again in the third quarter, to take a 14-2 third quarter bulge. The Delt’s managed to break the scoring ice in the last chapter, but the Beta's easily pulled away for their victory. Gene Nordllng and Bob Davis each scored eight points to lead the Beta's, and Leo Overholser scored three for the Delta. Belt’s (7) (2fl) Beta’s Henningson F Inbrie McPherson F . Slcard Peterson 2 .C . 0 Nordllng Overholser 3 ..G 2 Hill Erdmann. 2 G 8 Laughton Subs: Belt's Gilmore, Hogan. Beta’s Liei>erman, Davis 8, Jef feriea 2. Mertes New K-State Coach MANHATTAN, Kan. iAPi - An assistant coach at Kansas Slate college was promoted to the head coaching post at the Big Seven school Monday and given the job of keeping its foot ball fortunes on the upswing. Bernard Bus Mertes, backfie'd coach the last two seasons, was named to succeed Bill Meek, who resigned last week to accept a five-year contract at the Uni versity of Houston. Announcement of the appoint ment was made by Larry "Moon" Mullins, athletic director, after members of K-State's athletic council had been polled by B. I. Throckmorton. council chair man. Mullins described the 31-year old Mertes as "one of the nicest persons in the world." and add ed: ‘‘Our opponents in football will realize he knows his way around.” Mertes, former professional football alar and coach at Brad ley university, commented: "I'm grateful to everyone and very proud. But all of a sudden that K-State schedule seems a lot tougher." He inherits a rebuilding pro gram under which Meek lifted K-State football teams out of the conference cellar. FILTER TIP TAREYTON Gives You True Tobacco Taste And Real Filtration, Too! PRODUCT OF