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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1959)
'DucA By 1.ARRV KURTZ Kineralri Sports KUItor ■■ N'd doubt about it. 'I his year's Pacific Coast Conference basketball race is going to go right down to the wire, and nearly every team, with the possible exception of one or two, is still in the thick of the battle. A quick look at the standings reveals that the UCLA Bruins are currently in the driver's seat, having won five and lost two,-while California and Stanford are in hot pursuit. PCC race tight Lven the next five teams are no more than three games out of first place. CSC, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and (iregon State are all within striking distance, while the W aslongton State Cougars appear to be the only squad “out of it" with a 1-5 mark to date. In total, each team has 16 games, playing a home-and home -series with every squad in the league. UCLA is al most halfway through its slate, and appears to be the best bet so far, but the Bruins still have to come up north to meet the Ducks and the Beavers. Perhaps this tightly-knotted race is only fitting, since this is the last time the PCC will operate as a basketball •league. Someone, at least, will be able to say that they were “the last PCC basketball champions," but who it will be remains to be seen. Although the coast has often been criticized as a “weak sister to some of the other conferences across the nation, a look at the rosters of a few squads would indicate other \\ i-e. Smart, Boin colorful C ertainly no one can dispute that Doug Smart and Bruno Boin, Washington’s famed "tree-top twins” are a pair of the mo>t colorful cagt-rs in the nation, and comprise one of the most fearsome scoring combinations anywhere. I hen, too, there’s UC BA’s \\ alt I orrence, who has placed against some of the country's best since he was a sophomore, and lias come out quite well. Add to the Bruin guard another fancy-dan with the ball, Lee Harman of Oregon State, and you have a pair of sure-fingered, capable backcourt men in the fold. Oregon’s hall hawking Chuck Kask, and Stanford's high-, scoring 1’aul Neumann take a hack seat to no one when it comes to cage ability, either. Others who must rate some mention include USC’s burly Jim Hanna, Idaho’s twin forward threats, John Liveious and \\ hay Ion Coleman, and California’s fine trio of Dennv 1 it/patrick, Darrell imhotf and A1 Buch, the man with the long overhead two-hander. Conference not weak When it all boils down, the closeness of the I’CC race does not indicate a general conference weakness. In fact, in this case, it’s the exact opposite. Washington’s pre-season favorites, who dished out plenty in non-league affairs, have suddenly found themselves pushed into the background just a little hit by the likes of the California Bears, two-time defending I’CC champ, who knocked off Tippy Dye’s five in a pair of encounters, both times by more than ten points. The Bears, too, have had it rough in turn, as Oregon and Stanford both registered upset victories and relegated the Berkeley quintet to a second-place standing behind UCLA. Even the conference-leading Bruins have run into unfore seen opposition, dropping a humiliating 71-54 decision to lowly WSC, and thereby giving the Cougars their only con ference win to date. To *um up, the whole conference is well-balanced and every team is capable of upsetting the other on any given night. That's more than could he said a few years ago. Only time will tell who is going to cop the trophy, but UCC fans can he assured that their last representative to the NCAA tourney will be a good one. SHISLER'S FOOD MARKET OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK—9 A. M. to 11 P.M. Beverages • Mixers • ice Cubes Magazines • Meats • Fresh Prdouce 13TH AT HIGH STREET Dl 4-1342 Betas, Phi Delts, SN win Tuesday intramural basketball action in “B” league play, saw a full slate of six games go by the boards, most of them well-played affairs. Kappa Sigma dumped Tail Kap Pa Kpsilon 22-16; Phi Delta Theta tripped Theta Chi 31-29; Delta Upsilon trounced Sigma Alpha Mu 39-8; Beta Theta Pi rolled Delta Tau Delta 40-13; Phi Gam ma Delta tripped Chi Psi 28-11; and Sigma Nu defeated Sigma Alpha Kpsilon 25-17. Kappa Sigs win Brooks Crosier tanked 10 points to top Kappa Sigma's win over Tau Kappa Kpsilon, as the win ners Jumped to a 16-2 lead at halftime and coasted in for the victory. Keith Gubrud pumped nine points in a losing effort for the Tekes, who couldn't get going after the bad first half. Kappa Sigs (22) Heine (6) F Arms (2) K Crosier (10) C Mitchell (0) G Kills (4) G Hubs: Tekes — (16) Tekes (1) Wooly (0) Kesterson (4) Walters (0) Parker (2) Bright - Gubrud (9). SAE bounced In the afternoon's only other game, Sigma Nu topped Sigma Alpha Epsilon 25-17, with O'Con nor showing the way with eight points. Dale Stillwell, SAE sub, led all point-getters with nine. Sigma Nu took a 15-11 half time advantage and doubled their margin of victory in the final two periods for their first win in "B” action. Cse Emerald Classified Ads— Phone D1 2-1411. Ext 618 Sigma Nu (25) (17) SAE linger (3) F (2) Anderson Tourvllle (0) F (0) Ritter O’Connor (8) C (4) Horton Davidson (6) O (2) Carroll Roth (6) G (9) Stillwell. T. C. edged . Phi Delta Theta topped Theta Chi in the day's hardest-fought affair, winning 31-29 after hold ing a four-point advantage at halftime. Gene Cost! pushed in nine points to lead the victors, who had to go right down to the wire before edging the spirited Hilltoppers, who«w Ron Anderson tied for high point honors for the contest. Phi Delta (81) (29) Theta Chi Hartatrom (5) F (2) Bocken Erickson (2) F (6) Edstrom Dennard (6) C (9) Anderson Creager (7) G (2) Blue Cost! (9) G (2) Olsqn Subs: Theta Chi—Stover (6), Wemsing (1). -DU victorious Delta . Upsilon had no trouble at all in bombing an outmanned Sigma Alpha Nu quintet 39-8, in the most one-sided affair of the afternoon. High point man for the game was DU Siver, who racked up 12 tallies, while teammate Metz-fol lowed v/ith 8. DU held a 13-3 half time lead. SAM (8) Katz (0) Miller (2) Lift (3) Lesoh (0) Hasson (3) F F C G (39) DU (4) Par quin (4) McKrola (12) Siver (8) Metz G (7) McCormk Subs: Dl'—Barlow (4). Betas roll Beta Theta Pi rambled to a 21 point halftime margin and added six more markers difference to it in the final two periods to stomp Delta Tau Delta 40-13. Dodge was high man for the game with 13 points, followed by A1 Mills with 10. Jim Baker re corded six points for the Delts. Belts (13) Welland (2) F McCormk (0) F Baker (6) C Whitney (1) G Kisinger (2) G (40) Betas) (2) Estes (10) Mills (0) Cochran (7) Bashor (8) Sogge Hubs: Delts—Wirth (2). Betas —Dodge (IS). Fijis score win Phi Gamma Delta led all the way in upending Chi Psi 28-11, after holding only a 13-8 half time advantage. The losers could get only three points In the entire last half, all by Dick McKinney, who was high for his team with six, while Steve Schell's eight markers topped the Fijis and the game. CM Psi (11) McKinney (6) F Wei Men (1) F Bellanger (2) C Dohn (2) G Mullin (0) G (28) Fiji (6) Phillips (2) Thies (8) Schell (2) Grebe (6) McGinnis Subs: Fiji—Debenedeti (2), Sherwood (2). Let's Eat Out T onight! Have dinner at Seymour's Cafe— the student choice for 28 years. We serve a special steak dinner with tossed salad and baked potato at $ 1.95. Served in main dining room and the glamorous Riviera Room. Minors served food in Riviera Room till 11 pan. ED'S PIT BARBEQUE 957 Pearl St. just South of Eugene Hotel Choice Barbecued Meats Sandwiches • Salads • Spaghetti • Steaks • Dinners ALL FOOD TO GO - Just Call Dl 5-6581 Open 5:45 A.M. until 1:00 A.M.—Friday and Saturday 2:00 A.M. FORD'S DINNER HOUSE Next to Fords Drive In. Try this new dinner house for a change. We know you'll like it. Fish - Steaks - Chicken And Daily Specials
