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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1955)
Beavers Nab Eleventh Win NOKTIIKKN DIVISION STANDINGS , w L Pet. PP |<A Oregon But* II o 1,000 654 SHI 0"'on 7 S .583 735 663 Washington 5 7 .417 719 670 VViinli. State 4 9 .308 731 H50 3 9 .230 656 781 CORVALLIS (A P) O r e k n n State rInched at leant u tie for the Northern Division Pacific Const conference basketball championship Monday night by defeating Idaho 80-65. Wade "Swede" Halbrook, Oregon State's 7-foot-3 center, scored 31 points. Halbrook established a North ern Division rebounding record of 32. The old high of 29 by Jim Loscutoff of Oregon was made Saturday night In a game against the sanle Vandals. Bill Bauscher led Idaho's scor ing with 17 points. Loscutoff Nears Scoring Marks Although dropping a little from his near 20-points-per-game av erage last weekend. Oregon's Jim Loscutoff continued to main tain a hot pace in conference scoring for Oregon with only four games left to play. The O' 5" forward went over the 200 mark in both rebounds and points after racking up 46 and 36 in those departments against Idaho. This left him only 10 field goals and 74 points short of Oregon's all-time conference loeord held by Chet Noe as well as only 13 rebounds shy of the whole division record also held by Noe. Center Max Anderson moved back into second spot in Duck scoring in the conference as the i big junior poured in 28 points as well as 42 rebounds against Ida-, ho for his best series of the year. The 42 swipes moved An derson Into second place in the j conference In the rebound col- , umn with 10.8 per game. Phil McHugh continues to lead j the regulars in free throw accur-1 acy with a .643 mark while Los cutoff has the best eye from the j floor with a percentage of .354 PUy*r I.’ M'lltoff, 1 Anrlcrwni, e l‘.*«e K • Mrllngli, k Hell, t Rost, f f'rngliani, f Kelson, u McManus. f Costi. k Sherman, s Werner, c Borrevik, c Anderson. g l.unrtrtt. k M.rore. I McLain, f O 12 12 12 12 12 12 9 4 9 6 7 .. 4 J 8 4 .. I . 2 IS IS 2J 18 11 J 20 134 JJ 94 ! FG FT RB PF TP 9J 47 216 35 23J 32 140 30 35 56 73 33 3 17 1 36 38 33 25 16 S 20 39 IS 8 0 Oregon Total* 12 273 189 622 208 735 Opponents 12 226 211 423 207 663 Medford Paces Prep Ratings PORTLAND (AP)- Medford, for the first time this season, is the unanimous choice in the As sociated Press basketball poll as Oregon’s best high school team. All of the 13 sports wroters voting this week picked Medford, which ran its season record to 17 victories and one loss with lop sided wins over Grants Pass Fri day and Saturday. Team 1. Medford . 2. Milwaukic ... 3. Kttgcnr . 4. Si. Helens .... 5, North Bend 6. Astoria . 7. Albany 8. Cleveland . 9. Beaverton 0. Jeffefaon . 171 .15*3 15-3 ..170 ..18-3 19 2 .14-4 13-4 15-4 .11-6 Points 130 101 90 88 80 57 43 32 21 19 Order of O Meets The Order of the O will meet at 12 noon Wednesday at Al pha Tau Omega. Business will include the Friday at Four ac tion and the proposed “smok er” in March. Tankers Set to Dive in Freestyle RIVAL HWIM.MKRS set t„ dive In Saturday'* Oregon-Washlngton siaSTwlie^^“m^t. Howard Kedtnger of Oregon (arm* raised) won the 60-yard freestyle (above), but the Cougars won the meet 46-80. The WSC swimmer is Bob Miller. Three Houses Lead Advance To IM Basketball Playoffs *nree menu living groups ad vanced into the intramural A and B league basketball tournaments this week after playoffs in two leagues decided final entrants for the championships. Phi Delta Theta won the A-II and B-II leagues outright after regular play had ended early last week with Sigma Alpha Epsilon taking A-XII and R-1II with un defeated records. Hale Kane be came the third double winner Friday with a victory over the Straub Frosh for the B-VI title after having won in the A-VII group earlier. Kappa Sigma was the victor in the only other league, ending in NIT Picks Three NEW YORK (APi Three more teams Louisville, Man hattan and Niagara—came into the National Invitation Basket ball tournament fold Monday, half filling the field for the Madi son Square Garden event March 12-19. Getting a large jump on the NCAA, its post-season rival, the NIT earlier grabbed three other topflight independent combines, Duauesne, Dayton and Cincin nati. The NCAA, which must choose nine at large teams to compete with 15 conference champions, had made only one selection but it was a good one. The pick was Marquette, whose 18-game win ning streak is the longest in the country. Sports Staff Desk Editor: Buzz Nelson. Staff: Jerry Claussen, Chuck Mitchelmore, Jack Marsh and Elliot Carlson. a tie after regular play. It had finished in a triple tie with Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Alpha; Mu for the A-IV title and beat both in successive playoff con tests. All other league winners went undefeated in advancing into the two tournaments with Alpha Tau Omega winning A-I, Phi Delta Theta, A-II; Sigma Alpha Epsi lon, A-III; Straub Frosh, A-V; Sederstrom Hall, VI, and Hale Kane, VII. In B competition, oth er winners included Sijgma Chi and Nestor Hall. A LEAGUES I W Alpha Tau Omega ... 4 Sigma Phi Epsilon 3 Sigma ('hi , . 2 Beta Theta Pi . ..1 Delta Tau Delta ... 0 II W Phi Delta Theta 4 Theta (’hi . J Phi Kappa P*i . 2 Sigma Nil 1 Delta U|»ilon . —... ...0 III W Sigma Alpha Epsilon . 4 Phi Kappa Sigma ....3 j (’hi Psi . 2 Phi Gamma Delta .... ...1 Tau Kappa Epsilon .*.0 IV W Kappa Sigma .... ..5 Sigma Alpha Mu . ...3 Pi Kappa Alpha 3 Lambda Chi Alpha 1 Phi Sigma Kappa . 0 V _ w ....4 .2 .1 .1 VI w Sed^rstrom Hall .4 Alpha Hall 3 Dorm Counselors . 2 Gamma Hall . 1 Barrister Inn . 0 VII W Hale Kane 4 Campbell Club . 2 Legal Eagles .2 i Yeomen .1 ' Philadelphia House . 1 Straub Frosh . French Hall , Xestor Hall . j Hunter Hall I Chcrney Hall . 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W L Phi Delta Theta 3 0 Sigma Xu . .j Beta Theta Pi 1 2 Deita Tau Delta 0 3 III W L Sigma Alpha Epsilon . 3 0 Phi Kappa Sigma 2 I Chi Psi 1 2 Phi Gamma Delta . 0 3 IV W L Sigma Phi Epsilon . 3 0 Theta Chi . 22 - j Campbell Cluh . 1 2 Philadelphia House ..'.. 0 3 V W L Xestor Hall . 3 0 Cherncy Hall . 1 2 Hunter Hall . 1 2 French Hall . 1 2 VI W L Hale Kane . 4 1 1 argal Eagles -1.....2 2 Straub Frosh .... 2 2 Sedcr-trom Hall .. 0 3 Uclans Top SD On Double Win SOUTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS W L Pet PP PA UCLA 7 1 .875 617 516 Stanford 5 3 .625 560 561 USC 3 5 .375 550 555 California 1 7 .125 487 582 UCLA's relentless Bruins moved into undisputed first place in the Southern Division basket ball race last weekend with two easy wins over Stanford which dropped the Indians two games off the pace. Scores were 85-63 Friday and 72-59 Saturday. In other conference action, cellar-dwelling California won its first league game of the season Friday when the Bears nosed out third-place USC, 58-57, at Berke ley. The defending champion Tro jans came back Saturday, how ever, to drub the Bears 80-62. UCLA's two wins over Stan ford broke a previous tie be tween the two clubs for first place and left the Bruins two games ahead of the pack with only four remaining. Their lone defeat came earlier at the hands of Stanford at Palo Alto but this pair gave the Bruins the series and were their 126th and 127th straight wins at their tiny West wood gym. Best individual performance over the weekend was turned in by Dick Welsh, USC guard, who pumped in 39 points in the Tro jans’ two games with California. This included a 26-point spree in Saturday’s game and lifted Welsh into third place in conference scoring. 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