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*Dudz t7fuzc&& Bv LARKY GRAVES Lm——mm**—*mmmmEllteralll Spol'ts Editor * By LARRY GRAVES Emerald Sports Editor On the editorial page of today’s Emerald is an editorial about Oregon State’s track coach Sam Bell and his decision to pull his team out of competition for the third annual Oregon Indoor Invitational track meet in Portland on Jan. 25. We felt that the sports department should also be able to get its two cents worth in on the discussion so here it is. The Reasons The reason for Bell's withdrawal was because the Univer sity of Oregon alumni of Portland sponsor the meet and give any profits to the University for scholarships. Bell felt that by entering his team in the competition he would be helping the Oregon athletic program which in turn would hurt his record at O.S.U. because Oregon would have more scholar ships to offer to prospective trackmen. As he put it. “I have an obligation to Oregon State. I can’t take my track team up there and promote the University of Oregon." Bell said that the profits, or losses, should be split up equally between the two schools. He cited as a reason for this the joint participation of the two schools in the Far West Classic in basketball where the profits derived go 50-50 to the University and to Oregon State. He said that O.S.U. had originated the Far West Classic and then invited Oregon into a partnership. That Oregon should do-the same for Oregon State in this instance was the only way to recip rocate. You're Wrong Sam! To us it looks like Bell is off the track on several counts. He either doesn't understand the situation completely or is trying to bluff his way into a pretty nice financial deal. First of all. he doesn't seem to realize that the money is not going to the Oregon Athletic Department for grant-in aid scholarships to athletes but instead the alums give all profits to the Oregon Development Fund which awards them to incoming freshmen. The scholarships are primarily scholastic although a very small number may be allocated to the athletic scholarship fund. Thus the meet doesn't help athletes as much as Bell still claims it does. Secondly, the initial investment. SI5.000. was borne by the Alumni Association and they took the risk to find out whether the meet would be a success. Now that the meet has become successful Bell wants to share in the receipts. In fact. Oregon State tried to start its own meet the same year that the first Oregon meet was held but the venture proved unsuccessful and it was immediately dropped. Third, when Oregon State invited Oregon into a partner ship with the basketball tourney the Classic had lost money every year and lost money the year that the University joined. Finally Oregon’s Athletic Director Leo Harris sug gested that it be moved to Portland where it could reach a bigger potential uadience. The move was made and only then did the tournament begin to show a profit. Justification We can see Mr. Bell’s point, however, in wanting to get an equal share of the receipts to use in his program. As track coach at Oregon State he is in a position roughly comparable to Steve Belko’s spot at Oregon. Both coaches are expected to win and to win they must recruit the best talent available in Oregon besides other areas. For both coaches this is a supremely difficult task. Most fine Oregon athletes are offered a choice between Oregon and Oregon State. This means the prospective track man has the choice of being coached by Bell or by America’s finest track coach Bill Bowerman at Oregon. For the po tential basketballer this is a choice between playing for Belko or for one of the “grand old men” of basketball, Mr. Amory T. “Slats” Gill. This is pretty tough competition for anyone to buck and it gives both coaches a tough battle to fight. It is fairly naive to think that Bell’s job is only to let his runners run and compete for the fun of it. He has the more important job of turning out a winning track team. This yearning for victory in major schools is what makes the coaching profession such a god-forsaken job. Bell is dead wrong in this case. He had a wrong idea and he went about it in the wrong way. His withdrawal won’t hurt the meet any, because his only “name” star, Dale Story, won’t run indoors, but we hate to see the publicity he has caused. It doesn’t help the athletic image any and it leaves the taint of a financial battle on the meet. We hope that he will behave himself a little better from here on in and we will expect to see him a couple of times this spring on the cinderpaths. Unless, of course, he doesn’t want to “promote the University of Oregon” by losing to them. ® EMERALD SPORTS Duck Keglers Set For ACU Regionals The University of Oregon var sity bowling teem is pointing for the Association of College Unions Regional championships February 14, 15, 16 at Berkeley, Calif, as the squad sharpens its talents against various men's league teams in the Oregon area Sunday, coach Lou Bellisimo’s troops, in two five-man teams, scored 2983 2749 and 2879 2872 victories over two of probably the top teams in Salem at the Capitol. This Sunday, the varsity moves into Emerald Lanes to take on two equally top notch teams in j preparation for the Regionals. From the Regionals, the top five winners, but only one from | each school, advance to the Amer ican Bowling Congress Finals in Buffalo, New York. All expenses j are paid by AMF. Bill Starns, Jr., is the only re j turning letterman on the squad, as two more are ineligible be-j cause of grades Coach Bellisimo will be select ing six men to compete in the Regionals from the following ten: Starns, Larry Jones, Larry Park er. Bob Donaldson, Andy Smith. Dale Hilley. Dennis Murphy, Pat Wiley, Jim Bradburg and Kent Forrester The bowlers will be performing on an amateur status, according to Bellisimo, with the hopes of putting the sport into the 1968 Olympics. The squad will participate in a home-and-home series against Oregon State in March Coach Bellisimo noted that the Beavers have never defeated an Oregon team in bowling. The Regionals mark the first time that they have been held in the state of California. In the following years, the site of the Regionals will alternate between California and the Pacific North west. Representing the 11th District are the coastal states of Washing Rod and Custom Show in Corvallis A Rod and Custom Show is ■ featured this weekend at the Ben ton County Fairgrounds in Cor vallis sponsored by the North west Timing Association, with proceeds to go to the Woodburn Dragstrip. Two of the more than 25 cars have been announced for the showing, January 12 and 13, bv the N.W.T.A. The Millers of Salem have entered their “A” class roadster, which was clocked at 145.63 miles per hour during the last drag season. Dell Wagner’s ‘Showdan” will also appear at the show. The ’31 Ford four-door sedan recently won the Pacific Northwest Motor ania Sweepstakes for the second time. 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