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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1960)
Spotlight on B. Bowerman This Is the first in a series of Interviews to be published by the Oregon Dally Emerald la which you will meet sports personalities on the Oregon campus. They will discuss is sues of current Interest. By CRAIG McEWEN Emerald Sports Writer Otis Davis, Dyrol Burleson, Dave Edstrom, Bill Dellinger, Jim Grelle, Harry Jerome, and Sig Ohlemann, the seven representa tives of Oregon University at Rome, “proved in the Olympics that they rate with the best in the world,” Coach Bill Bower man quoted to the Emerald. Bowerman had said before “the Games” that any of the top six men in the track events could win his race on “his day.” “Davis certainly had his day. He ran a perfect race, covering the first 200 meters in 21.4 sec onds, then coasting until Ger many's Kaufmann moved by him. He had that reserve he needed,” Bowerman stated. Davis’ world and Olympic record breaking time for the 400 meters was 44.9. Kaufmann was close enough to equal that time. "Of course, Burleson finished sixth in the 1500 meters, but re member that he broke both the American and Olympic records with 3:40.9 (roughly equivalent to a 3:57.5 mile), and that young man still has tremendous poten tial.” In reply to the question, “WiE Herb Eliott (now 23 yrs. oldr still be a great contender againsi Burleson in 1964 ?” Bowerman re turned a confident, “Yes, if he keeps training. Who knows how long a man can hold his prime? Three years? Six years?” Coach Bowerman plans to do some experimentation with Bur leson and his cross country track men this fall. Bowerman had complete confi dence in his injured decathlon star.'“Dave Edstrom would have finished third if he hadn’t pulled that leg muscle.” Kuznetsov fin ished third with 7,809, and Ed strom was counting on another score of over 8,000, similar to his big score in Eugene last spring. Did Bill Dellinger prove that America has distance men who can compete with the Europeans ? “He certainly did,” was the quick reply. “Bill made one mistake, and it cost him.” Following a highly-touted foreigner ruined Dellinger's big chance though he finished a respectable twelfth. “Jim Grelle looked good and had good times. He finished eighth in the finals and he had even better time in the semi’s,” was Bowerman’s pleased remarks about the hard working gradu ate. Grelle ran the 1500 meters in 3:43.5 in the semi-finals and in 3:45.0 for the finals. Bowerman also had praise and pity for his sophomore star who ran for Canada, Harry Jerome. "Harry would have finished in the top three.” Jerome pulled up lame in the semi-finals, when he was leading his heat. Even then, he was in the top twelve. "And Sig Ohlemann had a fever of 102 degrees in his last race. He looked real strong for the first 660 yards, with a very good chance to win, but the fever slowed down his finish.” Did the pre-Olympic warmup meets help or hinder the track men? “Elliott, nell, and Halberg didn't have any pre-Olympic com petition. If I were to be critical,” Bowerman continued, “I would say that there should be two pre olympic meets, one before leav ing. one two weeks later, and then just training for the next two weeks. "Rome had the greatest track ever made—but by ’64 it will be topped.” Local speculation has it that Coach Bowerman’s broad jump runway will be a future im provement on many tracks. The i runway, covered with asphalt and [ having boards beneath, has been > approved for official use. Bow erman quipped, "Why shouldn’t it be approved—they didn't re ject track shoes when they had overshoes.” Other questions brought up the treatment of Ray Norton. "The press was unfair,” he said blunt ly. “It wasn’t his day to win, but he moved fast enough to break the old Olympic record by .1 of a second.” Coach Bowerman concluded that everyone enjoyed the trip, without any “gadding around be fore training,” and that everyone learned a great deal. I# NOTE: Save Your Money! Buy a HOMECOMING PACKAGE and save $1.00. If you purchased your tickets separately it would cost you: $ .50 Homecoming Button $2.00 Varsity Show (couple) $6.00 Dance A Concert (couple) Total $8.50 PACKAGE PRICE: $7:50 . . . get yours today!! Staff picks football winners Here we go again! Another year, another season, and The! Emerald’s pigskin prophets will again be trying their abil ity, (or luck) at choosing the winners and the point margin for the top ten football games in the nation and on the west coast. Last years champion, Steve Millikin, is back to defend his title against perennial losers, Larry Kurtz and A1 Hynding, and the newcomers of this years staff, Sports editor Ron Buel, and reporters Craig McEwen and Bob Pond. The staff would like to suggest that you write down your picks in the margin, before this Saturday, of course, and see how you fare. Here they are, the picks for Saturday, Sept. 24. Larry Ron Steve Craig Bob A1 .. Kurtz Buel Millikin McEwen Pond Hynding Oregon at Oregon Oregon Oregon Michigan Michigan Michigan. 3 8 14 tie 13 7 Iowa OSC Iowa Iowa OSC Iowa OSC at Iowa. 5 12 7 -7 2 1 Illinois at Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois Indiana. 14 7 21 14 14 7 Michigan State MSU Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh MSU Pittsburhg at Pittsburgh. 7 14 13 21 2 7 Northwestern Oklahoma Northwest Northwest, Oklahoma Oklahoma Northwest. at Oklahoma. 3 10 7 10 7 3 Wisconsin at Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Stanford Stanford Stanford. 5 3 14 7 7 1 „ _ use tcu use use use use use at TCU..—... 7 12 6 14 14 2 WSU at WSU WSU Denver WSU WSU WSU Denver. 20 18 6 14 20 14 California N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. at Notre Dame. 30 10 21 7 14 20 W' h ngton Wash. Wash. Wash. Wash. Wash. Wash, at Idaho. 52 43 28 20 35 30 IM program to commence October 3 Another eleven sport intra mural program has been planned for the coming school year by Paul R. Washke, Oregon’s intra mural director. Touch football will start the year off, October 3, with six games scheduled for that date. Washke has requested all men’s living organizations to appoint an athletic manager as soon as possible. Entry blanks for the fall term program, including touch foot ball, “A” volleyball, "B” volley ball, and wrestling are due in the IM office before September 27. The organizational meeting for the appointed managers is Sep tember 29. Defending the IM crown they won last year will be Alpha Tau Omega, who took the title from Phi Delta Theta for the first time in the past seven years. Sigma Chi were football champions, last year. The Coun selors and Hale Kane are defend ing volleyball champs. The Wrist lockers won the wrestling title. Handbooks containing rules and information about the IM program are now available in the physical education office. Kirsch calls for players Fall practice for varsity and freshman baseball starts this Monday. During the session, coach Don Kirsch will survey the prospects for the spring. All candidates must supply their own equipment and report to Kirsch before the starting date. The outlook for the coming Henson could be bright. Returning from last year’s club which fin ished In u third place tie In the Northern Division with a 7-7 re cord, arc ull-star selections, first baseman, Jim Holllatef and catcher, Ray Haroldson. Also back, are Dave -Moore, the club’s lending hitter, and Denny Peterson. STUDENTS - WELCOME BACK! BEFORE CLASSES BEGIN, STOP IN AND GET THAT LUB JOB. 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