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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1959)
By BOB MULL.IX Emerald Sports Writer A tragedy in one act Scene: Campus Coke Cafe, Anywhere, I'.S.A.—a typical college cafe with lunch counter ami booths—which is a favorite hangout for students of Campus State College. Time : 2:30 in the afternoon. Seated at booth in front of stage are JOE. typical male college student with a taut, drawn, over worked *"ace, crew-cut and ivy-league dress, and his date BETTY, typical female colege student with hair up in cur lers. hidden under a bandana, well-built, and a cute but over fed face. They are drinking coffee and talking as the scene opens: , BETTY: Oh. Joe. I’d really “love" to go out tonight, but our Activity Points Counting Committee is meeting at 7 :30 and we may be busy until midnite or later. JOE (obviously hurt) Gee, Betty, not even for a half hour? I’ve got a lot of studying to do. but I’d like to see you for a half hour. After all. you do have a lock of my hair and three more steps and we'll he pinned. BETTY (obviously touched) Ohhh. Joe. you know what 1 ...(Betty stops talking as she sees MORT, a seven-foot tall, good looking student, enters. Mort, who is the star of CSC's undefeated basketball team, looks around the cafe and catches Bety's glance. He walks toward the booth.) BETTY (swooning) Ohhhhhhh! MORT: Uhhhhh, hi Betty. BETTY: (regaining her composure) Hello Mortamer. ‘Won't you sit down with us? Oh, Mortamer, this is an “ac quaintance" of mine, Joe. Joe, Mortamer. (Mort sits next to Betty) JOE: (sarcastically) It is indeed a pleasure to make your acquaintance. MORT: Huh? O, yeah. Hi. BETTY: (with pride) Mortanier is high scorer on our basketball team. JOE: Yeah, yeah. I know. , j BETTY: He’s scored 204 points alreadv this season. MORT: 205. BETTY: Oh. Mortanier. how do you ever get all your studies done, what with all that basketball and everything. You are a marvel. MORT: (looking shyly at the floor) Aw w, huh, it’s really nuthin’. JOE: (dryly) Xo doubt. MORT: (looking at Joe) Whaat? JOE: Oh, nothing! BETTY: Gosh, Mortanier, how do you make all those points in those games? MORT: (proudly) Superior play, I guess. At least that’s what the papers say. My teammates just throw me the ball and 1 do the re.-t. I just outfox those other fellas and put the ball in the hoop. BETTY: (impressed) Golly! JOE: (bitterly) Betty, let’s go. BET'f \ : Xot now, Joe. Go ahead if you want to. JOE: (folds his arms and sits back in his seat, sulking) I’ll stay. MORT: Don’t let me stop you from leaving. JOE: (seething) I’ll stay! MORT: (leaning toward Betty as if to say something confidential) I gotta go back to the house as brush up for my test in Essentials of Relaxation. The coach give us a day off so I thought 1 better hit th' books. Can 1 walk you any where? I BETTY: Well . . . JOE: (angry) Oh now Betty. BETTY: (as if not hearing Joe’s remark) Gosh Mortanier that would be nice. JOE: But Betty . . . BETTY: Oh Joe, don’t be so childish! MORT: Base! (Mort and Betty get up to leave; as they are walking out:) MORT: And how' about coffee tonight — sav about 9:00? BETTY: (swooning) Love to. (Betty and Mort w'alk off the stage; Joe sits brooding at his seat for a moment;*then (Continued on paye 5) For The Student’s Benefit Starting Nov. 2 Will Open Sundays at 4 p.ra. A Fine Italian Cuisine FEATURING PIZZA TO GO 14ai Willamette DI 4-2453 Cougar quintet seeks height, scoring punch (This Is the fourth in n ser ies of articles on Pacific Coast (Vmference basketball teams Oregon will be playing, their conference outlook and poten tial). By LAflRY Kl'KTZ Emerald Sports Editor The lack of experienced big men and a consistent scorer are the main factors that have made Washington State’s PCC basket ball outlook for the 1959 cam paign a bit gloomy. Not much of a threat in re cent years, the Cougars currently are in a last-place tie with Wash ington and Idaho in the league standings and don't look to be much of a bet to get out, al though they’ve come up with some good efforts. Foremost among their blight spots was a stunning 71-54 drubbing of the always-tough Bruins at Pullman in the second “counting” contest of the season. Just one night before, the Crimson 11ml tiray had taken a 59-40 beating from Stanford. The luster of the UCLA win vanished last' weekend, however, when the Bruins gained sweet revenge with an easy 68-41 vic tory at Los Angeles after the Cougars found the basket with almost no shots. Coupled with this defeat was a 73-67 loss to first-place USC which rounds out the WSC con ference activity to this date. Perhaps the most notable change in Pullman this year is the Cougars' new coach, Marv Harshman. who, for the past 13 years, has guided the Pacific Lutheran squad, always a con tender In small-college circles. Ifarshinan compiled an out standing record at PLC, and looks like a capable replace ment for the veteran Jack Fret l, who retired after SO Frosh basket bailers slate weekend action The undefeated Oregon Duck lings resume action this week end following a long layoff. Last Duckling game was against Val ley Motors of Salem on Decem ber 12. The yearling cagers resume ac tion Friday night against the Oregon Dental School with a bat tle Saturday night at Corvallis against the OSC Rooks. The Rook cagers have also gone through their first few games undefeated. The Ducklings took three victories before lay ing off for fall term examina tions and Christmas vacation. In Saturday's practice the freshmen scrimmaged against the varsity. Next home games for the Ducklings following the Dental School and Rook contests will be January 23 and 24 against McKay's Market of Eugene and the Porter Truckers of McMinn ville. The Friday game with the Dental school Li a preliminary contest to the Oregon-Wushing ton game. Last year the Dental school ended the Duckling hopes for an undefeated season by dumping the yearling hoopstcrs. Satuiday night's fracas with the Oregon State Hooks is a pre liminary to the OSC-Washington game. The Rook-Duckling series last year was split as both clubs captured two games apiece in the four-game series. 'Mural bowling clubs slate season openers Intramural bowling activity for winter term begins tonight as Tuesday league action gets underway. League action is also slated for Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Saturday action is reserved for freshmen dormitor ies with the all-campus organi zations competing Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday. yearn ai uu> neim. The nucleus of Harshman's first WSC squad Is led by Jim Ross, u 5-8 senior guard who has earned two varsity letters and often gets into the double ttj{ ures in scoring. Ross was a prime factor in Washington State's up set of Oregon last year at Mc Arthur Court and will be one of the men to watch when the Cou gars conie til town on February 9. Another big cog in Harshman's attack is John Maras, a 6-8. 200 pound Junior center from Spo kane. A good rebounder and scor er, Maras led WSC In both de partments last winter in his first varsity season. Mert Kennedy and Dick Axel son are two other two-year let* termen who give the Cougars a bit of needed experience. Ken nedy, 5-11. teams with Ross to give WSC a pair of scrappy, vet eran backcourt men who have seen a lot of PCC action. AxeUon, who scores off and on In bursts, is 6-3, 200, and a rough man to keep off the boards. K»en so, however, .Mar as Is the tallest man In the fold, und AxHson Is too short to he a constant backboard threat. Speed and scrapplness the Cougars have, but height, no. If they are to escape the sec ond-division of the conference in 1959 Washington State wilt have to play more often as they did in the fiist UCLA game, hitting on a good shot percentage and holding on to the ball. Others who look promising on the team include Duane Itanni ger, a second-stringer last year who has broken into Harshman's first unit, Jim Mtle* and Bruce Baker, a pair of one-year letter men, and sophomoro I’arke Hln man. a 6-0. 175-pound forward from White Swan. Arnlc Pleas ant, a baseball star, is also giv ing basketball a fling. If they can come up with a combo of good shooting and ball handling. Washington State could pull a lot more surprises before the cut tain rings down. They might Just do that. Big car bills stealing your room rent? See the Compact ’59 Rambler Save more than ever on first cost, gas, upkeep ''aseammw You've teen the others grow in size and price— now see how much more you can save with Rambler. Hundreds on first cost. New gas econ omy. Top resale. 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