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)
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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.
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