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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1966)
I Ms Good for Fun and Chuckles By LYNN MUCKEN Sports Writer The sports purist might be ap palled by the sight, and the qual ity of play is not exactly the best, but the participants have a lot Of fun. which is the object of the whole program The subject’ The University’s intramural basketball program. If the rainy weather, last term's probation slip, or those upcoming midterms are getting you down, go up to the P.E. de partment some afternoon and watch a couple of intramural bas ketball games. Its good for a few chuckles at least, and could prove just the comic relief your body and soul need. Two games were witnessed Fri day afternoon on Courts 40 and 43: a ' B” league contest between squads from Gamma and Robbins Halls, and a high class fray pit ting "A" teams from Boynton and Robbins against each other. Unfair Advantage The Gamma-Robbins contest started out with Gamma having a rather unfair advantage, fielding four players instead of the three Robbins was able to put on the court. Although by halftime both teams were at full strength, Rob bins never seemed to recover from the huge 6-0 margin Gamma held at the end of the first quar- j ter, losing 31-22. But the quality of play, not the score, was important in this game. , The contest, as played (or suf fered) by the obviously out of shape participants, was at its best equal to the level of a seventh grade playground game. At its lower levels it was pure and sim ple chaos. Pot Bellied Players The pot-bellied, pseudo-athletic players started out with a run and gun style of play, which, after about 30 seconds, was slowed down to a walk and gun game. In the second half, with physi cal resources waning, both teams resorted to long, erratic, length-of the-court passes, which sacrificed the precision of the game in order to preserve the declining strength of the players. The second game, matching "A” teams from Robbins and Boynton Halls, proved a somewhat better example of basketball prowess. In fact, some of the players were really amazing. EMERALD SPORTS WEBFOOT-JWINTS ... Scott Surprises By RANDE WILMARTH Sports Editor Odds and ends . . . Jim Barnett's still climbing the scoring ladder. And. by the looks of this weekend’s Oregon basketball schedule, the Duck senior should improve another rung from sixth place. In fact, if Barnett scores just 27 points, he'll be resting in the fourth position among Oregon career scorers with 1,093 counters. After a 34 point performance in the Oregon State series. Barnett moved into sixth place and, with the Ducks meeting the University of Portland Thursday and Friday and Hawaii Monday, a nine-point a-game tally would, for those three contests, boost Barnett to the number four spot. He now has 1,066 points after scoring 184 thus far this season Barnett’s 20 5 PAC average is good enough for second place in the scoring column. . . . We received the weekly sports publicity mail from Oregon State Tuesday and John Eggers. sport publicist for OSU, writes that Beaver football coach Dee Andros has never seen a sports rivalry in college equal to the one between Oregon and OSU. Even Tommy Prothro gets into the act as the publicist adds that Prothro once said “it was much fiercer and more bitterly-fought than the USC UCLA rivalry." What a Rivalry ... Eggers then concludes, “Fans from both schools are likely to agree this (the rivalry) is a healthy situation, providing there are no fisticuffs, destruction of property and rioting.” It’s sure a good thing, we must add, that there were no “fisticuffs . . . and rioting” after the Beaver-Duck football game this fall. Things might have gotten out of hand if there had been . . . Oregon basketball fans viewing the Frosh-Rook contest after the Oregon varsity win over Oregon State Saturday might have been impressed with Vince Fritz, a prep star from Central Catholic in Portland. We were, by the way. We saw him play three years in high school—earning all-star honors annually—and thus we can attest to the fact that he hasn’t learned his hoop talent overnight. Fritz scored 20 points in the Rook contest Saturday as the Beavers dumped the Frosh, 60-50, and 18 points Friday night in Corvallis as his team began the weekend by handing a 40-37 loss to the Ducklings But he’s had higher games. He tallied 48 counters one night in McMinnville against the Linfield JVs. . . . Scott Surprises Ducks and Opponents ... Probably one of the more pleasant surprises for Art Keith’s wrestling squad has been 130-pound Curt Scott. Scott, a junior, has competed in seven dual meets now and hasn’t lost a match. He’s already topped his 1965 mark of six wins and four losses and, according to Keith, Scott could still top that record by quite a bit more. After practically each match Keith has remarked: “He’s doing real fine; Scott’s coming along.” And if that can be interpretted as an improvement in each match, then Scott’s future opponents don’t have much to look forward to. Scott gained his first pin last weekend when he stopped OCE’s Mike Vego. . . . The only other Duck wrestler to make it through without a loss thus far is 177-pound Bruce Glenn. He is now 4-0, with three of those being won by falls. Glenn’s a former AAU national cham pion so here’s another spot where opponents might be worrying just a little bit. . . . Oregon hoop scoring after 13 games: PAC G FGA FG Pet. FTA FT Pet. Reb. PF TP Avg. Avg. Barnett, g-f N. Jones, g Pinkstaff, c Craven, f Kafoury, g Jennings, f Thomas, f Smith, f Franz, c DuShane, g J. Jones, g Nicksic, g Romppanen, f Totals 10 158 13 150 13 134 12 111 11 11 12 8 13 9 3 7 1 76 49 54 31 37 26 10 3 1 64 .405 64 .427 52 .388 43 .387 31 .408 20 .408 22 .407 12 .387 14 .378 10 .385 .400 .667 4 2 0 .000 75 40 48 28 6 23 22 15 7 13 0 2 0 68 44 5 17 56 .747 25 .625 36 .750 103 16 .571 78 .833 .739 10 .455 9 .600 5 .714 11 .846 0 .000 500 000 30 184 18.4 20.5 35 152 11.8 9.5 34 140 10.8 16 102 85 13 840 338 .405 279 1 0 191 19 41 50 21 27 16 2 3 4 22 18 23 12 20 19 4 3 1 67 57 54 33 33 31 8 5 0 9.3 9.3 6.1 12.3 5.2 4.5 4.1 2.6 3.4 2.7 0.7 0.0 2.5 0.7 2.0 3.0 2.0 OO .685 561 238 867 66.7 67.0 Opponents 13 859 345 .402 323 226 .700 642 233 916 70.5 77.3 It was a joy to watch the fan tustic offensive moves that were made. Unfortunately, these con tortions were conceived only as an alternative to passing the ball to an open teammate At one point, the Robbins team had the advantage of a four-on one fast break. The shot? A 20 foot jumper, with three men open. It missed. Plan Hood Shots It should be noted that Boyn ton Hall was the only team which exhibited any amount of team work They consistently women for Rood shots which, owing to an extremely low shooting abil ity, proved to he of no avail The participants in this game were in slightly better condition. They looked slimmer, more ath_ letic, and had some slim idea of the fundamentals of the game. One short, fast guard from Rob bins was especially good, showing great adeptness at dribbling and shooting He was probably even a good passer, if he would have attempted such nonsense. _ 1 III' illiMi .null', *ar ill UlVOI' of Robbins, proved only one thing: n group of mediocre individual efforts can beat a team effort every time at least in Intramural basketball Hut this digresses from the tin dcrlying principle of the intra mural program. The important point is that the participants re ceived a little physical activity and enjoyment, all the while playing some of the worst basket ball, teamwise, ever seen any where. OREGON 167 pounder Bob Mitchell (top) Is expected to see action this weekend for the Duck wres tiers as the grapplers meet Portland State in Portland Friday and Oregon State in McArthur ( ourt Saturday night. Mitchell, who owns a 4-2-1 dual meet record this srason, rides Portland State’s Ken Williamson during PS( Duck match Saturday. Mitchell went on to pin Williamson in the third round. Jim (')ia.skin Photo Ski Quacks Slate Overnight Trip The Oregon Ski Quacks will hold an overnight trip at Mt Bachelor this weekend in coordi nation with the Oregon Ski Team invitational championships set for Saturday and Sunday, giving members an opportunity to see championship skiing while skiing themselves. IM Schedule Basketball 3:50—Court 40, Debusk A vs. Ganoe A Court 43, Henderson A vs. Thornton A 4:35—Court 40, Bean East A vs. Robbins A Court 43, Boynton A vs. Parsons A 5:15—Court 40, Phi Gamma Delta A vs. Kappa Sigma A Court 43, Pi Kappa Alpha A vs. Tau Kappa Epsilon A Handball 4:00—Douglass vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon 4:45—Phi Delta Theta vs. Robbins Wheel Aligning • Brake Service • Frame Straightening COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! LAUNDRY—Bundle Service. We will wash, fluff dry and fold. 24 hour service. 12c per pound minimum 6 pounds. COIN-OP DRY CLEANING-Drop Off Service. We will do it for you. Load (Max. 8 lbs.) $2.00 or partial load 35c per pound (minimum 3 lbs.). Lowell's Eastside Laundromat Phone 342-2601 165 5th Avenue W. W. H. (Dutch) HENKEL Ret. Ph. 345-5510 Eugene, Oregon JACK HENKE Ret. 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