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 . . .
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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
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Slates Mat Action
tional. winning four matches, one
by fall, in the 180 pound division
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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.
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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.
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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. PF TP Avg.
742 67 17 99 14 1
556 25 20 88 12 6
.762 31 12 68 17 0
.600 44 8 65 9 3
400 33 12 40 5.7
.786 17 12 33 4 7
.636 20 12 31 62
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