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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1966)
UO Wrestlers Eye Successful Mat Year By RANDE WILMVRTH Sports Editor A pair of Washington', teams pair off with the Oregon wrestling squad this weekend and, accord ing to head coach Ed Johns, the two meets could be the start of a successful season We re a better team than last year," said Johns, referring to the 1965 Duck squad that finished 68 on the dual match season and in a fourth place tie in the AAWU meet. And his team will get the chance this weekend to prove his point as it meets Western Wash ington Friday night and Wash ington Saturday night in McAr thur Court. "The team is a lot tougher and has looked real good in practice. We've got a strong team and it's a good nucleus with which to work,” Johns said "Good Balance" But he cautioned that, although Oregon's improved, "the teams we meet are going to be stronger too "Western Washington has good ED JOHNS Eyes Weekend Wins balance and Washington is sup posed to be better than last year," Johns added. The Webfoots blank ed the Huskies last winter. 30-0, WEBFOOT-PRINTS Hoop Play Opens By RANDE WILMARTH Sports Editor The winter sports scene opens with a blast this weekend with three sports slating battles with other schools, both conference and non-conference, while the gymnastics team holds an intersquad meet at McArthur Court Saturday afternoon. Both the wrestling and swimming teams play host to a pair of squads, the Duck matmen meeting Western Washington and Washington and the Oregon swimmers taking on Stanford and California. But the big news is in basketball as the AAWU opens its con ference slate—and Oregon faces a couple of the toughest squads it will meet this season in UCLA and USC. And all this with a possibility of seeing no service from starting guard Jim Barnett. According to Oregon coach Steve Belko, ‘ There’s a slight chance Barnett might be ready for USC and UCLA, but we are preparing for the games on the basis that he won’t be available.” The Bruins, sliding up and down the wire services' hoop polls, will meet the Ducks Saturday night and the Trojans, rated very high in pre-season choices as a possible darkhorse to upend the Uclans, Friday night. The Weekends Stretch It could be a long weekend for the Webfoots who have now lost three in a row. And it could get longer, stretching into the next weekend as Belko’s squad hosts Washington and Washington State. The Cougars, although losers of two contests in the Far West Classic in Portland, have a young, quick team, that is going to get progressively better as the season continues. WSU has already dumped the Webfoots once, by a 76-58 count in the Classic, and the Cougars will be looking for another win come Jan. 15 in McArthur Court. And they could get it if they perform in the manner they did in the first half and the initial part of the second half in their contest with Michigan in Portland. The game stayed close through out that period until the Wolverines just wore the Cougars down for a 93-81 victory. . But a pair of guards were the flash of the game. Washington State’s Tom Tommervik and Ray Stein, both 5-11 and little com pared to the massive Michigan team, used quick hands and a good eye to make a number of steals from the slower and bigger Wolverines. And both handled the ball well on offense with Stein, a sophomore, performing like the senior that Tommervik is. Another Cougar pair to keep an eye on for the remainder of this year and next season are junior forwards Bud Norris and Mike Werner. They, too. handled the ball well and will be a definite asset to the WSU team during the 14-game PAC slate. But the Press Thought Different Rose Bowl notes . . . It was a good year for Tommy Prothro and his UCLA football team. That, of course, is obvious, but, before the Bruins’ 14-12 win over Michigan State, oddsmakers, sports writers and others wouldn’t have given too good of odds that the year would end as rosy as it did. An article in the recent Sports Illustrated, describing the bowl games, typifies this: ‘•Just looking at it as a line of type, Michigan State against UCLA sounds more like a mismatch than a rematch. (The MSU team previously beat UCLA, 13-3, during the regular season.) You have to think that if both teams play as well as they are capable of doing, the Spartaas, with vastly superior players, will chase the Bruins all the way from Pasadena back to the W’estsood lab where Coach Tommy Prothro conjured them up.” Yet magician Prothro received superior performances from all conference quarterback Gary Beban and a tough Bruin defense. It was a well-earned Rose Bowl win, a surprising win in the eyes of many and a start of a PAC sports year that, with the UCLA hoop squad beginning league play, could continue for another three months . . . Wheel Aligning - Brake Service - Frame Straightening COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS Phone 342-2601 165 5th Avenue W. W. H. (Dutch) HENKEL Ret. Ph. 345-5510 Eugene, Oregen JACK HENKEC Ret. Ph. 345-3070 but were edged bv Western 'Wash ington, 14-11. And Western Wash ington has already topped tradi tionally strong Washington State tins season, 24-11. The Ducks are bolstered by a couple of returning 1*A(’ cham pions, 167-pound Bob Mitchell and 130-pound Doug Robertson. Ro bertson has seen action previous ly this season in December when he nabbed a first place in the University of Washington invi tational in Seattle. Mitchell didn't participate in that tournament, but posted a 11-2-1 dual meet record last year and will take plenty of experience into the meets this weekend. But a top notch prospect for honors this year is senior Bruce Glenn, ineligible last year but a PAC runnerup in 1904 and a former national AAU champion. "Real Good" "Glenn has been looking real good in practice." mentioned Johns. “He's an outstanding pros i peet." Glenn also garnered a first j place in the Washington invita u 1 BRUCE GLENN Slates Mat Action tional. winning four matches, one by fall, in the 180 pound division Sophomores support part of the Si|IIUll mill in wiiu the performance of a couple of them. Hick Marx, a 123-pounder from Kugene and Steffen Criner, a 143 pounder from Portland, were singled out for shaping up well in practice. Although Johns is working with a strong nucleus, he is worried •bout the number of wrestlers on the squad. “We’ve got a lack of bodies In the wrestling room,’’ the head coach mentioned. “And we need a better freshman turn out, too “ The lineup for the Friday and Saturday meets was still tenta tive Tuesday afternoon in the lower weights with (Irani llcnj yoji, Curt Scott, Marx and Ro bertson battling it out for a start ing nod. Other probable starters are Criner at 145, Craig Caster at 152, John Maipass at 160, Mit chell at 167, (Jlcnn at 177 and Hob Marshall at heavyweight Friday’s meet is scheduled for 4 pm., and Saturday's for 7:30 pm. Pinkstaff Tops Hoop Scorers Oregon center John PinkstafT leads his teammates in scoring after seven games with 99 points on 38 field goals and 23 shots from the charity stripe. PinkstafT, a sophomore who sparked the Oregon Frosh attack last year, hit 38 of 93 shots for a .409 percentage. But Jim Barnett, missing three Far West Classic contests during Christmas vacation, kept the aver age lead with 17 points a game. JIM BARNETT Third in buck Scoring Badminton Slates Meeting, Open The Oregon badminton club will hold a meeting at 6:30 p in. Wednesday in the West Gym of the men’s P.E. building. Plans for the Oregon State Open on Jan. 28-30 will be made. Sports Meeting Set All persons interested in writing for the Emerald sports department during winter term are asked to attend a meeting at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the Emerald office, 301 Allen. Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald is oublishcd five times in September and five day* a week during the academic year, except during examination periods, by the Student Publi cations Board of the University of Oregon. Second-class postage paid at Eugene, Ore gon 97403. Subscription rates $5 per year, $2 per term. Wrant to really get results?— Use Emerald Classified Ads— Phone 342-1411, Ext. 1818. The Duck guard has tallied 68 points in four games and barely trails Pinkstaflf in the field goal percentage column with 26-65 for a .400 mark Nick Jones has gained the best percentage of any Oregon player scoring more than 15 points as | he hit 89 field goals out of 88 tries for a 470 average. Jones is now in second place in the scor ing column with 88 points PinkstafT also leads the Duck squad in rebounds with 69, 25 more than sccon d-place Bob ! Craven. Forward Bill Thomas is third with 33 rebounds I’inkstall has attempted the j most free throws and also has I made more than any other Welt foot Barnett follows 1’inkstafl > 23 with lfl, while forward Bill Jennings is third with 11 Guard Don DuShane holds the best per i centage of team members who have attempted over ten free throws with 9-11 ami a 818 mark As a team, Oregon is shooting | 410 and has scored an average of 70 3 points a game while hold ing its opponents to a 385 mark i and 60.3 points. g PinkstafT, c 7 Jones, g 7 Barnett, g 4 ' Craven, f 7 Thomas, f 7 Jennings, i 7 | Smith, f 5 DuShane. g 6 Kafoury, g 6 Franz, c 7 Jones, g 3 Nicksic, g 4 Romppanen, f 1 Totals 7 Opponents 7 FGA FG Pet. FT A FT 93 38 409 31 23 83 39 .470 18 10 65 26 .400 21 16 73 28 .384 15 9 36 16 .361 20 8 31 11 .355 14 11 30 12 .400 11 7 21 8 381 11 9 22 7 .318 2 2 12 6 .500 4 2 10 4 .400 0 0 3 2 .667 2 1 1 0 .000 0 0 480 197 .410 149 98 472 182 .385 173 121 Pet. Rob. 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