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Prospects evaluated
Tankmen await competition
By ItANNY OttKKN
Assistant .Sports Editor
Swimming coach Don Van Ilos
sen Is awaiting the start of a new
season wltii a grout deal of opti
mism.
Van Rossen, now in his second
year at Oregon, is beginning to
mold together a squad which will
give perennial Northern Division
< hamplon Washington a battle
for the crown within two years.
"He lack depth Mils year. We
are four men shy of Iraving a
good dual meet traveling squad.
We need 10 men to have a good
traveling squad but we have
only 12 at the present,” Van
Itossen said.
Although we nave this lack of
depth, I am looking for the team
to have a real terrific year,” Van
Hos.-cn added.
This is the first year of colleg
iate competition in swimming
since the sport was revived last
year. Van Roseau lost no one
from last year s fourth-place ND
club via the graduation route.
"Last year we had five out- !
standing swimmers and this year !
we have 1?," Van Rossen said.
“This vear's freshmen are no
slouches. I he varsity will have
to Struggle for spots on next
.vear’s team,” be said. Van Ros
sen attributed this competition
a« a means of developing a
great deal of enthusiasm on the
varsity and freshman squads
tlds year.
"'J he squad members are tntnk
in-.' big this year because of the
caliber of swimmers we have this j
year,” Van Rossen said.
' The kills know t h o y h a v e
swimmers of a national caliber
and it is this type of incentive j
that is making them work hard- j
er.” h« added.
After Thanksgiving and until
Chrhtimni the squad will con
centrate on water workouts.
They will have water workout*
at the '.ami' times as the j*r«*vl
ous workout schedule. Theite
workout* consist of swimming
240 lengths of the pool each ,
day, an equivalent of four,
mile".
AI Lephart, from Ohio Univer
sity, i" aiding Van ltosflen in
coaching thin year. Lephart is
coaching the Webfoot diver".
Van Rosncn has five returning
lettermcn this year. They are the
following: A1 Takaiihima, Ron
Nakata, Bob Kawachika, Rick
Krtberg, and Dick Moody.
Takas-hima i« the defending
ND champion in the r<0- and 100
yard "print". Nakata w.ss last
year's team captain and competes
in the Individual medley.
Kawachika specializes In the
butterfly event: Friberg, diving:
and Moody, freestyle.
Team captain Tom Herman,
An open house will Is- held
at the new Men's Pool from
0:30-11 a.ni. this morning. All
\ islting a I u m ri *, guests and
students are urged to come and
view the facilities which swim
ming coach Don Van Kossen
terms ‘as among the best In
the United Stales.”
Members of the varsity and
freshman swimming teams will
conduct a tour of the building
for all visitors. A special at
traction of the tour win he the
opportunity for all guests to
view the pool from the under
water windows.
Beginning at 10:30 varsity
and freshmen squad members
will put on a special down and
straight didng show.
breaststroke; Tony Johnson,
hackutrokft; Charles Vaughn,
diving and Bob Watt**, diving
urn other member* of the
1960-60 varsity squad.
Additional members are: Fred
McGinnis, distance freestyle; Carl
Burnham, distance events; and
Jerry Reece, freestyle.
Besides the fine array of pre
ceding talent Van Rossen has
two Junior college All Americans
on the varsity.
Robbie Griesser was the 1958
junior college champion in the
1 OO-yarci breaststroke and placed
second in the 200-yard breast
stroke.
Harry von Hemmert finished
fourth m the 220-yard freestyle
event and was fifth in the 440
yard freestyle.
Van Rossen’s outstanding
Frosh squad numbers J5 strong.
Members of the squad include;
Corky Kieael, Fred Graeber, Mike
Hastings, Dave Boyd and Mike
Meinhoff.
Other members are: Lynn Rod
ney. Steve Rothert, Dale Burge
son. Chuck Gtt, and Pete Meule
veld.
Additional F^osh merrbers are:j
Dick Hildebrand, Clint Compere,
Bruce Thom, arid Gary Dahl.
Oregon’s new Men's Pool will
he dedicated between March
S-L Van Itossen is presently
making plans for the dedica
tion ceremonies. He is trying to
get Bob Kiphuth, former --vvim
ming coach at Vale University
to hi- the guest speaker.
Kiphuth is one of the great
names in swimming. He has
coached Yale teams to several
NC«VA swimming championships
and finished his final year last
year with a 13-0 win-lost mark.
Plans are also being made to tele
vise the dedication ceremonies.
Staffers pick grid 'traditional^
The weeks have flown by, and here we (the Emerald ex
perts) are, on the final Saturday of football season hereabouts,
with nothing to do but take a last-ditch stab at a group of
unpickable (not really a word) traditional battles—all of
which will probably go the wrong way.
Ad Manager Steve Millikin, who led the “sturdy sextet”
in forecasting ability throughout most of the season, fell
ino a first-place tie with Sports Assistant Ranny Green as
a result of last week’s holocaust, while Sports Editor Larry
Kurtz also slipped to a third-place deadlock with Assistant
A1 Hynding.
Writer Dick McKinney and luckless T. J. Williams are
still battling for the cellar.
In order that we might close out the season on a confused
note, we have chosen a game between two teams that no
body knows anyhing about as our tenth contest of the poll
and the last one of the year.
A happy Homecoming day to you all.
Game
Oregon State at
Oregon
WSI at
Washington
1 SC at UCLA
California at
Northwestern at
Illinois
SMU at Baylor
Harva
at Vale
Purdnr at
Oh: . State at
Michigan
i'rstms at
Dickinson
TOP PICK OF
Steve
Millikin
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\Va*h.
14
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Stanf.
North.
SMI;
13
Yale
21
Purdue
Oh'o St.
TIE
Ranny
Green
667
Oregon
Si
Wi.li.
8
use
7
Stanf.
North.
2
SMU
Y?re
12
Purdue
Ohio St.
6
Dick.
Larry
Kurtz
602
Oregon
69
wsu
7
use
Cal.
Illinois
SMU
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Yale
13
Purdue
3
Ohio St.
9
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AI
Hynding
602
Oregon
96
Wa,h.
12
use
18
Cal.
7 ,
North.
SMU
9
Yale
20
Indiana
6
Ohio St.
14
Dick
77
Dick
McKinney
.561
Oregon
WSU
2
use
12
Stanf.
North.
6
SMU
5
Yale
2
Purdue
6
Ohio St.
7
Vrstnis
205
T. J.
Williams
.551
Oregon
8
WSU
6
use
12
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Illinois
10
SMU
13
Harvard
8
Purdue
6
Ohio St.
8
Dick.
LAST WEEK: Kurtz (Oregon by I over Washington State)
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