Barnett. Ducks Meet Trojans, UCLA
By PAUL POLSKY
Associate Sports Editor
The biggest news of the week j
from hoop coach Steve Belko
came out Wednesday when the
personable mentor disclosed that
his number one player, Jim Bar
nett would play in I.os Angeles
against the USC Trojans and the
UCLA Bruins.
Belko went on to say that “it
all depends on how much Jim
can play himself. It will be en
tirely his own decision on how
much and how long he can play.”
This is extremely good news
for the Ducks as they will be
meeting the two top teams in
SC and UCLA in the conference.
Barnett missed all the games in
the Far West Classic due to a
fieak accident in the hotel just
prior to the first game.
Belko also feels that his team,
a rather young and inexperienced
group but one with a lot of cour
age and spark, will gain a lot of
valuable league experience in
their first PAC outings in LA.
Teams Impress Scout
The Ducks will be leaving for
LA Thursday afternoon by bus
to Portland and then jet to LA.
Belko has planned an 11:30 work
out in the Sports Arena Friday
morning. Game time is Friday
evening at 8:30.
Phil McHugh scouted both SC
and UCLA at the Classic and re
turned with glowing words about
both teams.
McHugh was particularly im
pressed with the Trojan's big 6-9
center John Block. Block was a
tower of strength all last year
for the Trojans and is back again
r
this winter with even better cre
dentials. Block was selected as
the all coast center last year as a
junior.
The Trojans also boast a strong
pair of guards in Harvey Dillon
and Doug Bolcom. Dillon is sec
ond in scoring to Block with 138
points in 10 games for a 13 8
average.
Bolcom is a play maker type
with good hands and passing abil
ity. Also a starting guard at times
is John Bacon, an able shooter
and good playmaker.
Block Leads Team
Block leads his team in all the
offensive departments from top
to bottom. His field goal shooting
percentage is highest for shots
attempted at 420. as is his free
throw shooting at .764. He has
grabbed off 88 rebounds in 10
games and his highest point ef
fort of the year was 32 points
against the Hawaii Marines.
Dillon, though only a sopho
more, is one of the highest re
garded Trojans at the back court
position in a long time. He holds
the distinction of making the sec- \
ond team all-CIF in his senior
year and was named Coast League
Player of the Year.
He is also the quickest, most
agile player ever coached by
Forest Twogood at USC. He will
lead the press and running at
tack the Trojans will most likely
employ.
STEVE BELKO
Takes Ducks South
The Trojans record to date is \
impressive at 74 with their big
gest wins coming over top ranked
teams like Vanderbilt, Cincin
nati and Kansas. Their only losses
of the season came at the hands
of Buter (77-75). St. Louis (77
72), and UCLA twice (86 67) and
(94-76).
Turning to the Ducks Belko
EMERALD SPORTS
PAC Opens for Swimmers
By GORDON ROSENBERG
Sports Writer
Following the most successful
season in its history', the Oregon
swimming team opens the 1966
Pacific Athletic Conference sched
ule at home this weekend with a
pair of dual meets.
The Duck swimmers take on
Stanford Friday evening at 7:30
and host California at 2 p.m. Sat
urday. Oregon upset Stanford in
last season’s league opener, but
has not met the Berkeley school
for several years.
“We have lost a large part of
last year’s very successful team,”
stated head coach Don Van Ros
sen. “Only one of our eight NCAA
champions returns.”
The 1964-65 team swam to a
surprising second place in the
league, and compiled an overall
8-2 record. The team completed
the season by finishing tenth in
the NCAA championships at Iowa
State University last March.
All-Americans Gone
But that was a year ago. Miss
ing from this season’s edition are
the four all-Americans, including
last year’s captain Dick Boyd and
Charlie Staples, who hold nine
varsity records between them.
Although the loss of these key
performers will be felt, coach
Van Rossen returns with several
established veterans and a pro
mising group of sophomores.
“Our success depends largely
upon how well our sophomores
take the place of our graduated
seniors,” stated Van Rossen.
Among the returning veterans
are senior captain Dale Wood,
PAC and NCAA champion diver
Larry Folinsbee, a junior from
I Vancouver, British Columbia, and
junior sprint swimmer Don Smith
from Los Lomas, California.
Other returning aces are sprint
men Monty Holding, junior, and
Dave Mackenzie, one of only two
seniors on the team.
The best of a talented group
of sophomores up from last year’s
fine freshman team are sprint
swimmer Jack Greening and but
terfly specialist Bruce Hess.
Stanford Strong
‘‘Stanford is the tougher of our
opponents this weekend,” stated
Van Rossen. ‘‘Since they also had
a strong freshman team last year,
the meet will be largely a match
of our sophomores against their
sophomores.”
Stanford graduated several star
performers from a team that took
third place in the league, right
behind Oregon.
‘ We upset them last year, and
we’re going to try to do it again
Friday,” emphasized Van Ros
sen.
In regards to the league race,
Southern California should be the
class of the league again this
campaign. The Trojans have many
stars returning from last year’s
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powerful perennial league cham
pions scored nearly twice as many
points as second-place Oregon in
last season’s league finals.
“USC Is Favorite”
“USC has got to be the favor
ite,” stated Van Rossen, “they’re
always good.”
After this weekend, Oregon
will tangle once with each of the
other five league teams, includ
ing a tough battle with USC in
Los Angeles next Friday.
Official league action ends with
the PAC Swimming and Diving
Championships in Los Angeles,
March 3-5. However, the first and
second place teams will travel to
Colorado, March 24-26, for the
NCAA championships at the U S.
Air Force Academy.
But, as for now, the weekend
clashes with Stanford and Cali
fornia are the main problems.
“Since we haven't met Cali
fornia for four or five years, we
know very little about them,”
pointed out Van Rossen
Although he is unfamiliar with
California which finished sixth in
the league last year. Van Rossen
expects a tough battle from Stan
ford. And, as he said, his Ducks
are shooting for another upset.
Tight End Moves
To Oregon Team
By The Associated Press
Oregon will switch from two
spread ends to a tight end style
of play next football season.
This came out after Jon Gran
by, a 6-1, 200-pound tight end
from Talent, Ore., transferred to
the university from Boise Junior
College. He has two years of eli
gibility remaining.
Fullback Jim Evenson, 6-2 and
210 pounds, also transferred from
Boise J.C. He is a sophomore from
Vancouver, Wash.
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feels that they will definitely
make a good showing In l.os An
geles. "If some of our sophomores
mature or grow up on this trip
then we'll surprise someone
••We have had some very en
couraging praetiees this week, and
UO Rugby Club
Slates Workshop
Three members of the British
Columbia Rugby Union have been
scheduled for appearances in the
Oregon Rugby Club's workshop
set for Saturday on the Univer
sity campus from 9 a m,-4:30 p m
All aspects of the game, from
officiating to playing, will be
pointed out by movies, lectures,
practical sessions and actual play.
The three BC rugby officials
are James Dunbar, British Co
lumbia's senior official, (.rahame
Budge, a former player on the
internationally recognized Bri
tish Lions team, and Ken Banks,
a top coach in the British Co
lumbia area
Along with rugby players and
officials, Oregon coach Bruce
Howe urges all interested per
sons to attend the workshop
Soccer Club Sets
Planning Meeting
An organizational meeting for
the university soccer club will be
held at 7:30 pin, Thursday in
the SU. Plans for exhibition
games before resumption of
league play will be made. Room
number for the meeting will be
posted Thursday.
I uesuay s uus mo ijom since prior
to the Far West Classic.” The
Ducks got the shock treatment
in Portland hut llclko feels th;it
they can come right out of it
John Pinkstafl was under ttic
weather for the entire tourna
inent with a virus infection and
most people were unaware of tins,
related Helko. However, Pink
staff is reported in fine physical
shape and should be uhle to re
turn to his line form which he
displayed just prior to the tour
ney
Helko feels that he has a po
tential nugget in Bob Craven If
Holt can play good, hard-nose de
fense and rebound up to his hit'll
I capabilities, along with his fine
i shooting ability, this could he
the big factor in our chances this
weekend."
Helko has been high on Craven
all along and is Just waiting for
his big, rangy forward to come
through with his best perform
ance of the year And this would
be a tine time for the fast devel
oping sophomore to explode The
I Oregon team will need it this
weekend
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