Oregon Optimistic
With Barnett Back
By DAVK BAKONTI
Sport* Writer
Remarkable thing about Ore
gon basketball fans . . .
Most of them knew from the
beginning thut "as Jim Harnett
goes, so go the Ducks."
Jim Barnett, as the captain and
acknowledged leader of his team,
is an all-coast forward, outstand
ing on defense, and in addition
to being a "team" player, current
ly ranks ninth among all time
Oregon scorers, and seems destin
ed to rise much higher, perhaps
to No. 1.
Obviously, there is reason for
the fans’ awareness- an aware
ness which, by the end of the
season, could make for full scale
enthusiasm around the sporting
neighborhood of DuckvUle. If
there ever were any disbelievers,
they were converted when they
saw their Jim Barnett less Ducks
lose three straight and finish last
in Portland's recent Far West
Classic.
So it is only natural for Ore
gon followers to believe that their
team’s chances against UCLA
and Southern Cal this weekend
depend on how the senior will
play which, translated, means
how ills fingers hold up
"Ikown’’ Attitude
Looking at all aspect* of the
question, it appears that the fans
are right.
Hut they aren't—at least, not
according to Jim Harnett
Jim blames the Ducks’ dismal
showing in the classic almost en
tirely on the "down" mental at
titude of the players
And it is their "up" attitude
now which makes him so optimis
tic about his team's chances
against the UCLA Bruins, a team
gunning for an unpri-cedcnted
third straight NCAA title
' During the classic.” he says,
‘they (the Ducks) stood around
like flagpoles—really They gave
away baskets, weren't alert, look
ed tired. I don't know what hap
pened.”
This week, he thinks, will he a
different story. "We’ve been look
ing sharp in practices (Jim has
been participating in them full
tune since Wednesday) and you
Sports Slate
Friday
Oregon vs. USC, varsity basket
ball, 8 30 p in. at Ix>s Angeles
Oregon vs. Western Washing
ton. varsity wrestling, 4 p m. at
McArthur Court
Oregon vs. Stanford, varsity
swimming, 7:30 p.m. at Leighton
Pool.
Saturday
Oregon vs. UCLA, varsity bas
ketball, 8:30 pin. at Los An
geles.
Oregon vs Washington, varsity
wrestling, 7:30 p in. at McArthur
Court.
Oregon vs. California, varsity
swimming, 2 p.m. at Leighton
Pool.
(iymnastics intersquad meet, 2
p in. at McArthur Court.
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ran bet that we'll be ready.”
The team morale? "It’s great
Couldn't be higher. We have an
awful lot of confidence."
‘‘Different Team”
Harnett [mints to one other
factor in Oregon’s favor. “UCLA
is not the team that it was last
year. Even now that Freddie Goss
is in the lineup, he’ll never re
place Gail Goodrich. In addition,
Oregon is tremendously improv
ed After we beat Denver (the
Ducks out.scored the "good” Pio
neers, 45 22 in the second half),
Steve ((Seiko) said that this team
could develop into the best that
he's had here."
What does this mean? Consid
rr that the Ducks were trailing
UCLA by only 53 52 late in the
fourth quarter, later to lose by
11 (after Harnett fouled out) the
last time they met. Then consid
er an upset.
Hut he is quick to point out
that the Ducks will not be the
only team poised to knock off
the Hruins. "Stanford, Washing
ton State and especially Southern
Cal will make this a five team
race." The Far West Classic
champion Oregon State Beavers
he believes "will fall flat on their
faces.”
"One thing for sure. No team
will get through this thing (the
PAC race) unbeaten as UCLA
did last year ”
Condition Is Problem
If there is anything that wor
ries Jim, it is his physical condi
tion "After a week’s layoff, it’s
kind of hard to prepare yourself
for a whole game,” he says. Ac
tually, if 1 spend any amount of
time on the bench, that will prob
ably be the reason.”
His injured hand? “It feels fine.
It won't keep me out,"
He hopes that his being bench
ed briefly Would not make too
much difference anyway, since
Oregon does not build its offense
around him If it did, he says, the
team would have a much rougher
time with the Bruins. UCLA has
a hahit of clobbering teams that
depend on one man, no matter
how great he is.
Putting the PAC race aside, his
big ambition is to make it as a
pro, and it is the professional
scouts—such as the ones from
Cincinnati who have already con
tacted him—that he is most an
xious to impress. "They are the
ones in the best position to really
know a player.”
Some impressions must already
have been made because a com
mittee of professional scouts
writing in the last issue of Sport
magazine placed him on the third
team of their all America squad.
Ironically, however, the possi
bilities of being selected by the
press services as an all-Ameri
can means little to him. He has
some qualms about the way t h e
teams are selected. “If Oregon
beats UCLA, then I’ll be all coast,
and if we should take nationals,
then I’ll be an all American. What
does that prove?
"A lot of the time, a writer nev
er sees the person he votes for.”
Maybe so. But the fans can see
a lot of him and the opposition
most certainly will. Right now,
that is the important thing.
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Weekend Religious Activity
*»y *1AKY A INN WAKASUGI
Religious News Editor
First Baptist
“The Restless Ones,” the latest
j Hilly Graham movie, will be
shown January 29 at Sheldon
i High. The COS college has plan
ned a party to follow the movie.
This Sunday at 9:45 a.m. will
he the regular meeting time for
the COS class. Duncan Ferguson,
; minister of youth, will be the
: speaker. Rides to the class will
leave the following points at 9:15
a.m.: Ann Judson House, Sigma
Kappa, Hendricks Hall, Hale
Kane, Douglass, Carson and Bean
turnarounds, and Cloran.
( hanning Club
Channing, a student religious
liberal organization, will meet at
8 p.m. Sunday in the Student
Union. Election of officers is on
the agenda. All interested stu
dents are invited.
Christian House
Christian House presents a
“Last Lecture” series, beginning
at 8:30 pm. this Sunday. The
first lecture will be delivered by
Charles Pyron of the business
administration department.
Discussion group will continue
to meet at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Grace Lutheran
Sunday evening, James Klon
oski, professor of political sci
ence, will discuss “Viet Nam: Es
calation to . . . ?” The meeting
will 1m; at 6 p.m. in the student
lounge of the church.
Newman Center
Newman student center, 1850
Emerald, will celebrate First Fri
day mass at 8 a.m., noon, 4:30
p m. and 7 p.m. today. Mass will
1m- celebrated at 8 a.m. Saturday,
University to Hold
Institute in Math
The University will offer an
Academic Year Institute in
Mathematics, with a related sum
mer program, for teachers of high
school mathematics. The Institute
will be supported by the National
Science Foundation.
Applications for admission must
be submitted to program director
Andrew F. Moursund, head of
the department of mathematics,
by January 20.
Associate program director will
1 be Eugene A. Maier, associate
professor of mathematics.
The institute will prepare par
I ticipants to teach the advanced
| college preparatory and advanced
placement high school mathe
matics courses, and to teach the
extension and in-service mathe
matics courses for secondary
school and grade school teachers
offered by many school districts.
Campus Briefs
Announcements for Campus Briefs must
be turned in by 3:30 p.m. the day before
publication. Because of space limitations,
no announcements will be run more than
twice.
"The World of Susie Wong” will be
shown by the SI* Movie Committee at
:.0> p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the
I SC Ballroom. Admission is 50 cents.
Orides is holding an open meeting at 8
p.m. Monday mi the Orides lounge on the
first floor of Gerlinger Hall. All interested
i'0-eds are invited to attend.
There will be a Publicity Committee
mettmg January 9 at 9 p.m. in room 308
«»f the Student Union. Members who can
not attend should call Gayle Hoflich at ext.
1 757 lwforr Sunday.
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followed by a work party at 9.
Choir practice will be at 10:30
am. Sunday masses are cele
brated at 9 a m., 11 a m., noon, 5
p.m , and 6 p.m.
The Sunday evening program
will be at 7 p.m. Pasquale Di
Pasquale, assistant professor of
English will tell some of his ex
periences as a lay volunteer in
Tanzinia for three years. Refresh
ments will be served.
Temple Beth Israel
The second speaker of the Fes
tival of Jewish Arts and Culture,
Rabbi Joseph Gumbiner, will
speak on January 18. Gumbiner
is the director of the B'nai B’rith
Hillel Foundation at the Univer
sity of California at Berkeley. An
author and lecturer, Gumbiner is
active in the civil rights move
ment. He will speak on “The
Philosophy of Martin Buber.”
Tickets for the Festival are
available at Kaufman Bros, on
campus.
Wesley Foundation
Wes-Weds, a married student
group, will meet at 6:30 p.m. to
night for a potluck dinner at
Wesley Foundation, 1236 Kincaid.
Discussion will be “THE Issue in
1966 — Viet Nam” led by Bob
Kingsbury. A nursery will be
provided at the First Methodist
Church.
“Dialogue” will be at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday. Rides to church leave at
10:40. “Getting Acquainted —
with Jazz” is the theme for Sun
day evening at 6 p.m. Christy
Wyckoff will present the program
and worship. This will be an in
formal evening which includes
games, readings, worship, con
versation, and refreshments.
“Called to Be Human,” a semi
nar, will begin Wednesday at
6:30 p.m. Harvey Cox’s book
“Secular City” will be the text.
Campus Chapel will be a com
munion service Wednesday at
9:30 p.m,, led by Steve Wurster.
1st Assembly of God
1330 Madison M. W. McLees, Pastor
9:45 a.m. — Sunday School
Attend Chi Alpha College Class — Les Binkley
Transportation Provided Phone 345-3303
11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship
Pastor McLees, Speaker
3:00 p.m. — Pastor’s Study
KEZI-TV Channel 9
7:00 p.m. — Revivaltime
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
(A Reformed Church)
3350 Willamette Street
Sunday School—All Ages—9:45 a m.
Morning Service: 11:00 a.m.
“Unworthy Partaking of Communion Is Sin"
“THE MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART”
Wednesday at 7:30 p m.—College Bible Study
“Christian Principles Regarding Social Problems”
For information or transportation call
Rev. Glenn T. Black 345-3638
First Congregational Church
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
23rd Avenue East and Potter
(5 blocks south of campus)
SUNDAY SERVICES
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Ministers, Lloyd Stamp and
Wesley Goodson Nicholson
For Transportation call 345-8741
First Baptist Church
Broadway at High
345-0341
1332 Kincaid
9:45 C.O.S. Class
11 a m. Morning Service
“Archaeology and the Bible”
Dr. Vance H. Webster
7 p.m. Evening Service
“Can Human Nature Be
Changed?”
Pastor
8:30 College Hour