EMERALD SPORTS
Hopeful Gym Team
Sets 3-Way Battle
By DAVE BARONTI
Sports Writer
The clowning’s over. So are
the exhibitions and intra-squad
meets. The competition's for real
now . . . and the Duck gymnasts
are hopeful.
Their first meet—a tri-dual af
fair with Washington State and
Chico State—gets underway this
Saturday at 1 p.m.
The meet, if nothing else, will
be some sort of revelation for
head coach Dick Smith . . . be
cause right now he frankly doesn't
know what to think of his crew.
The team held an intra-squad
meet last weekend: the lettermen
going against the novices. Ordi
narily the results of such an en
counter would be lopsided, but
the youngsters came within one
point of doing to the varsity what
the UCLA frosh basketballers
did to their teammates awhile
back—beating them.
“Good Performance”
And Oregon's beginners had no
Lou Alcindors to lead them. “It
was just a surprisingly good per
formance on the part of all of
them,” said head coach Dick
Smith.
In contrast, the Duck veterans
looked somewhat ragged . . .
“definitely below par.”
So Smith has mixed emotions.
If the veterans improve on last
year's form, he can count on a
winning season—perhaps a sec
ond in the Pacific Northwest. If
not, he will be hard put to match
last year’s fourth place finish.
But as far as this week is con
cerned, the only thing Smith
knows less about than his team
is the Washington State bunch.
Last year’s Cougar squad, third
in the northwest, was hit hard by
graduation.
The Oregon mentor does know
something about the Cougars—
but it isn’t any cause for joy.
“Their Jack Shaw will take first
in the side horse. He’s great, and
we haven’t anyone to challenge
him,” indicates Smith. "As for
Chico State, they’re not very
strong. We should beat them."
UBC Next
The next meet after this week
will be February 18 in Vancouver
where the Ducks will meet the
University of British Columbia.
But that get together might be
anti-climactic — in view of the
team Oregon will go against the
following day in Seattle.
The University of Washington
is a perennial powerhouse—not
only in the Northwest, but every
where.
Last year, the Huskies were
second in the country, first on
the coast, and—surprise!—north
west champions!
All indicators are that they
will stay champs. With a man of
national caliber in the all-around
event—junior Mike Lovgll—and
several transfers who look even
better, the Washington team
doesn t figure to be beaten by
anyone around.
When questioned about the
Huskies, Smith doesn't say that
he expects to win. But he doesn’t
expect to lose, either. He just
hopes. . . .
Ducks Host Meet
The Huskies are human—like
Michigan State. Arkansas and
Nebraska. And Oregon has hu
man aspirations—just as the New
York Knickerbockers do when
they plot to beat the Celtics.
Anyone interested in watching
that Washington squad will be
able to see them Feb. 26 at Mac
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Sort of an Anniversary
Swim Tesm Thin in 66
By PAUL POLSKY
Associate Sports Editor
The 1966 edition of the Oregon
swimming team presents a study
in concentration by their head
coach, Don Van Rossen, and the
possibility of many close meets
which could produce unwanted
ulcers.
The Oregon finmen lost many
fine swimmers from last year's
varsity, including Dick Boyd and
Charles Staples who held nine
records between them, but a fine
group of sophomores, including
some boys who have come from
the unknown ranks will bolster
the squad.
Coach Van Rossen named four
men as outstanding on this year’s
"sort of thin” varsity.
Jay Greening is a sophomore
from Cotton Wood. California
The lean sprinter has come out
of nowhere to lead the Ducks in
their quest to repeat or go higher
in PAC competition this year. The
Ducks finished second to powerful
USC last year
Beats Cal. Stanford
“Greening has held up real
well with two firsts in the 50 yd.
freestyle," related Van Rossen
With times of 22.5 and 22.9
Greening was able to beat Stan
ford and California’s bests last
weekend.
Before Christmas Greening
turned in one of the best times
on the coast with a 22.1 effort
against BYU. Van Rossen was
very pleased and was amazed at
the progress Greening has made.
Another virtually unknown
sophomore, Bruce Hess, is strok
ing up a storm in the 100 yd. free
style and the 200 vd individual
medley. The Duck mentor re
ported that Hess had done noth
STAB Eyes Plan
For Hoop Change
By LYNN MUCHEN
Sports Writer
With all the attention being
focused on such organizations as
CORE, YAF. and SWINE, the
Emerald sports staff has thought
it only fair to present the views
of a lesser-known group. The
opinions of this body, STAB, are
stated by its self-appointed presi
dent, Horatio (Hang) N. Effigy.
Emerald: Just what do STAB’s
initials stand for, Mr. Effigy?
Effigy': Students Totally Against
Belko, of course.
Emerald: What are STAB’s ob
jectives?
Effigy: We intend to get Belko
fired, and a good coach hired,
as soon as possible.
Emerald: That seems rather has-'
ty, in view of the fact that the i
season has just begun. Suppos-:
ing the team has a winning
season?
Effigy: Is the Pope a Protestant?
Is Charlie Brown a winner?
Will 14 of the scheduled teams
not show up?
Emerald: Very well put, Mr.
Effigy.
Effigy: However, we intend to
give Belko a chance to show
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what he can do.
Emerald: That's good of you.
Going to give him 'til the end
of the season, huh?
Effigy: Not exactly.
Emerald: What exactly?
Effigy: If the University of Wash
ington scores first on Friday,
the show is on.
Emerald: Isn’t that rather im
petuous.
Effigy: Not really, I was con
sidering beginning the cam
paign if we lost the opening
tip-ofT, but I decided that
might be interpreted as un
fair.
Emerald: Very considerate.
Effigy: Now of course, if by some
remote chance that not even
the Wizard of Id could foresee,
the team wins a few games,
we might have to re-organize
our plans a bit.
Emerald: In what manner?
Effigy: We think a pair of 20
point- victories over Oregon
State would be a fair measure
of any improvement on the
part of Belko. Nineteen points
and its all over.
Emerald: You expect not one,
but two, 20 point victories over
Oregon State, the guys who
won the tournament we finished
last in?
Effigy: Of course, quite fair I
believe. After all, the Ducks
have Jim Barnett back now.
Emerald: Yes. Enough about the
objectives of STAB, how large
an organization is it?
(Continued on page 5)
IM Schedule
Basketball
3:50—Court 40, Clark A vs.
Douglas A
Court 43, DeCou A vs.
Dyment A
4:35—Court 40, Boynton A vs.
Burgess A
Court 43, Chargers A vs.
Bean East A
5:15—Court 40, Phi Kappa Psi A
vs. Delta Upsilon A
Court 43, Phi Delta Theta
A vs. Alpha Tau Omega
A
Handball
4:00—Adams vs. Parsons
4:45—Phi Kappa Alpha vs.
Thornton
ini' in college competition before,
but he was pleased to find such a
line performer
"Hess has turned in one of the
fastest times anywhere in the
100 freo with an effort of 49 8
against Stanford,” said Van Ros
sen Hess also anchored the Ducks
to a win in the 4(H) yd. freestyle
relay that won the meet for Ore
gon against Cal.
Holding in Fly
Monty Holding, a junior from |
Victoria, B.C., has been doing a
fine job in the butterfly for the
Duck tinmen.
With a recent time of 2 04 8, a
very impressive tune for this
early in the year, he bettered his
own best time by eight seconds
He finished first against Stanford
over the weekend.
The last of Van Kossen's ‘ big
four” is Dale Wood, one of the
three seniors on the squad, an
Australian with a lot of experi
ence.
"Wood is starting to get into
good shape and, will help us a
lot in the distance events." re
lated Van Hossen Wood is the
best Oregon swimmer in the 200
and 500 yd. freestyle events
One of Van Kossen's biggest
problems this year is the lack of
numbers. "This is one of our
smallest squads in recent years,”
bemoaned the coach
There arc only 17 swimmers
and two divers out right now The
swimming team has also been
hampered by some eligibility
problems ami u couple swimmer,
who dropped out of school.
Khutts Brothers
Hacking up for the "big four"
ore Pete and Judd Shutts. a
couple of very capable swimmers
.Pete is the better in the IM as
he has turned in the most con
sistent times in that event this
year. His brother has been a
sort of clean up man and swims
almost anything the coach has
asked him and has done real well
in his efforts.
As an outlook for the PAC sea
son Van Rosaen feels that CSC
is still the class of the league
with UCLA a strong challenger
this year Stanford should finish
third with the Ducks and Wash
ington battling for fourth.
The PAC finals will be held at
the City of Commerce in southern
California this spring, with Si:
the host team
Coach Van Roascn foresees ..
very spectacular year for the
Ducks in that "we will have a lot
of close meets Many will prob
ably be determined in the last
race
"Due to our lack of depth we
will have to scramble for points
which could produce a lot of
ulcers However, it will be an
exciting year and will produce
good shows for the spectators,"
he concluded
Ski Quacks Set For 3 Big Meets
The University Ski Quacks
will hold a meeting today at
9:30 p.in. in the SU. The room
number will be posted.
All old and any interested
new skiers are asked to attend
by coach Tore Steen.
The Oregon Ski Quacks opened I
the season with lots of snow but |
poor skiing conditions and had to ,
cancel their first meet
Coach Tore Steen hopes to re
schedule last week's race, which
was to be held at the Sugar Bowl,
near Squaw Valley in California. ;
this weekend if snow conditions
improve.
Steen outlined the team’s
schedule for the first part of win
ter term and indicated that the
Quacks will travel to the Wash
ington Invitational January 22
and 23 at Crystal Mountain The
University of Washington will
host the event
The Washington Invitational
will be a four way meet with
competition in the downhill,
slolom, crosscountry, and jump
ing
Steen announced thai the Ducks
will likely encounter some of
their toughest competition in this
first big meet from teams as
Idaho. Montana St., and possibly
the University of British Colum
bia "The competition will tie
very strong," Steen said
Only the men's team will make
the trip to Washington
On the weekend of January 29
and 30 the Ski Quack* will host
the second annual University of
Oregon invitational Alpine and
Nordic Championships The com
petition will be held at Ml.
Bachelor near Bend. Ore
Steen stressed a need for spe
cial personnel, especially people
with ski patrol experience, to
help out with the running of the
events There will also be gate
keepers jobs available
During the month of February
the Ducks will travel to Keno.
Nevada for one of their biggest
events of the season The Ski
Quacks will enter the University
of Nevada Winter Carnival.
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