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Show - I Oregon Tips Sooner Five In Tourney SAN FRANCISCO, March 22 VPl One of tha atronfaat University of Oregon baaketball teams hi many a aeaeon will meet Ohio Bute In Chicago next Monday night for tha National Collegiate Athletia anso-clation anso-clation championship. Tha hit Oregoniane, Pacific Coaet cenferenoa ehampiona, defeated tronf University of Oklahoma quad 68-IT at tha Golden Oate ex-poaitton ex-poaitton laat night to win the waet-era waet-era regional N. C A. A. play-off, which brought together four of the best teama weat of tha Mississippi. Jump Into Lead Coach Harold' Hobeon'a lanky aharpehaotera swept Into tha lead lata In the flrat half and at tha Intern Ualoa they were ahead 11-14. From then on there waa little doubt aa to which waa tha superior team. Tha deciding factor seemed to be Oregon'a remarkable defence. With throe Oiogen giants preeeirtrnga formidable wail, tha Oklahomana were forced to make moat of their field trlea from long range. They couldn't work the ball cioee to the baaket and they Invariably kwt the ball on mlaeed ehota from far out. Oklahoma displayed the faetaet offenelva break aeea in thla section in aoma time. The Boonera' ball control Impreeeed the crowd of mora than SOOO gathered In the Collaeum at Treaeure Island, but practically every time they would try to work the ball to abort range the boya from tha northweet would pounee on M. Dick Seta race High eeorer waa John Dick, 6re-gon 6re-gon forward, who accounted for 16 points, Jimmy McNatt, Oklahoma forward, scored IS and won the cheera from the crowd for hia all around play. Oregon beat University of Texas M-el, and Oklahoma, leader of the Big Six, defeated Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural college SO-SS In tha eemi-finala eemi-finala Monday night |