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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1966)
EMERALD SPORTS WEjiFOgrjWNTS ... Barnett Improves By RANDE W1LMARTH Sports Editor Would the scores have been any closer in Los Angeles last weekend if Jim Barnett s left hand had been completely recovered? If the performance the Oregon senior gave with only one good hand has any indication, then the Duck's two contests—losses to use. 92-66. and to LLl.A. 97-60 —might have had. scorewise, at least, different outcomes. “Jim played real well down there against those teams," said Oregon coach Steve Belko. “And he was under a severe handicap." Barnett, who picked up 16 points in the loss to the Trojans and 22 counters in the Bruin game, injured his hand in a freak accident before Ore gon’s Far West Classic open ing tipoff in Portland and saw his first competitive action since then Friday and Satur day nights. Belko hopes Barnett will be able to remove the protective covering over the fingers soon, and thus give the Duck forward more maneuverability "lie should have better control of the ball this weekend (when Oregon hosts Washington and Washington State).” added Bel ko. “You know, there’s so much of manipulating the ball in basketball: it’s a tough situa STEVE BELKO “Team Has Confidence” lion wnen you ve got one good nano. Ana you neeu iwu nanus iu rebound. Jim's such a good rebounder and this is hurting us." Statistics point this out as, even with missing three of the Ducks' nine games, Barnett is third among his teammates in rebound production with 45 He was also picked by Belko as the most con sistent performer during the USC encounter, as well as being ‘•pretty effective" in the UCLA contest. ‘•Barnett's a much better ball player than last year,” continued Belko. "And this is based on those last two games where he was playing almost one-handed against the finest ball clubs on the coast. He's filled our expectations as a team player, floor leader type.” Barnett, incidently. moved into eighth place over the weekend in the list of the top ten Oregon career scorers. He now has 988 points and needs just seven more to move past Ken Hays in seventh place, who tallied 994 counters in four years, 1944 47. What were the reasons for the Duck's 32-point loss to UCLA Saturday? "We had our poorest shooting night this year," answered Belko "We had real good chances, but we just couldn't hit. I wouldn’t have questioned any of the shots we took.” The Ducks shot 35.1 per cent for the evening on 27 of 77 tries. "In the second half we made a real good showing. When you’re so far behind you have to gamble and when you make mistakes against a good ball club . . Problems, Problems aud More of the Same ... But Belko added that he was "satisfied with our play at UCLA, other than the shooting in the first half. Getting beat by 25-30 points by UCLA is like getting beat by five points by a good team.” With a 3-6 record, one can look at an athletic team and search for problems. And although Belko doesn't want to use them as excuses, they can be found and also can be classified as definite factors in the so far losing season. The Webfoots owned a three-game winning streak before enter ing the Classic and obviously had high hopes for extending the string in the Glass Palace. But Barnett became injured and sopho more John Pinkstaff, who looked great in the four previous Oregon encounters, came down with a virus. "He was not a well boy at the Classic.” said Belko And then last weekend, besides the injury to Barnett, which hampered his playing performance, Bill Jen nings turned up sick in Los Angeles. "We had hoped to use Jennings against UCLA,” added Belko. "He did a good job against them last year." Only Nine Games Played ... Besides the bad breaks on illness problems, there’s also the not-too-often-thought-of problem of scheduling. "We’ve only played nine games now, while a lot of other clubs have played up to 16.” The Ducks had met seven other squads before last weekend’s com petition, while the Trojans had met 11 and the Bruins ten. “Game experience means a lot,” continued Belko. "We’ll have five non conference games in January and February, which should be played in December.” Belko cited examinations and two closed weekends as the reason. “And it’s hard to get teams to travel during the week.” Does Belko feel that the Oregon team, after losing five straight now, will rebound? "I look for them to overcome all the handi caps and come back,” the head coach said. "The kids have got all the confidence in the world. They've got a real fine attitude.” Oregon meets Washington Friday night in McArthur Court, a team that the Ducks already have beaten once earlier this season, 63-61. And what’s a better way to snap a loss string than to keep another string going? Wheal Aligning - Brake Service - Frame Straightening COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS Phone 342-2601 165 5th Avenue W. W. H. (Dutch) HENKEL Ret. Ph. 345-5510 Eugene, Oregon JACK HENKB. Ret. Ph. 345-3070 Wood Finds Confidence By LYNN MUCKEN Sports Writer Coach Don Van Hossen carries two major hopes with him when he leads his swimming squad south this weekend. First in his thoughts, of course, will be hopes for upsets of either UCLA or powerhouse Southern California. But another improve ment in the performance of sen ior Dale Wood would also merit some of Van Rossen's attention. Wood’s fantastic improvement in last weekend’s meet with Cali fornia raised Webfoot expecta tions concerning their team cap tain, who swims the 200- and 500 yard freestyle events. Wood, who hails from Sidney, Australia, or thereabouts, began competitive swimming at the age of 11, and was Australian 400 meter freestyle champion at 14 Since coming to the University, however, he has never fulfilled the expectations that his youth ful success created. Confidence Restored Van Rossen now thinks that Wood is ready to fulfill his po tential. “Saturday might have made him into a great swimmer.” stated the Duck swim mentor. “It restored his confidence.” According to Van Rossen, a faulty training system in Aus tralia almost ruined Wood as a swimmer. “Dale was being coached by Don Talbet at the same time as was John Konrad, one of the big names in swimming history," notes Van Rossen. “and Talbet ruined Dale's confidence by using him as a pacer against the older and better Konrad Dale was just too young to take that kind of training " Now, however, after a year and a half layolT from competl tion. Van Rosscn feels Wood* new confidence and winning atti tude should help him fulfill his early promise. Wood himself is feeling more confident. "I've been recondition ing myself mentally and physi cally and I’m hoping for good meets against UCLA and South ern Cal." states Wood. "The year has started out like 1 want it to and I hope it will work out. all the way to the NCAA champion ships.” Talking to Van Rosscn and Wood one gets the impression that they have a mutual apprccia tion society. "Dale is the coach's swimmer, a real joy to work with,” notes Van Rossen. "He is loyal to the team, to training, and he always puts out to his maximum ” "Coaching Hood” Wood, in turn, has equally high praise for Van Rossen The coaching is good here.” claims Dale "I’ve been associated with several good coaches and Van Rossen is as good as any of them He does a hell of a lot for the collegians and Australians espe cially.” From an Australian point of view, Theta Chi fraternity ranks as equal with Van Rossen for Wood. “They’ve (Theta Chi) given me free room and hoard for four years as their foreign students." relates Dale. "I think it’s great that they can take in a foreign student where he can live with Americans and see how they live “Coach Van Rossen and Theta Chi have done a lot for me,” stresses Wood, "and they really PinkstafT, c Barnett, g f N. Jones, g Craven, f Thomas, f Kafoury, g Smith, f Jennings, { DuShane, g Franz, c J. Jones, g Nicksie, g Romppanen. f Totals Opponents DUCK STATS (Nine Games) PAC G FGA FG Pet. FT A FT 9 120 47 .392 41 30 6 96 38 .396 43 30 9 98 42 429 25 15 9 93 38 .409 19 11 9 43 17 .395 20 8 8 48 17 354 5 4 6 30 12 .400 15 9 7 31 11 .355 14 11 8 26 10.385 11 9 9 18 8 .444 5 3 3 10 4 400 0 0 6 3 2 667 2 1 1 1 0 .000 0 0 9 617 246 399 200 131 9 641 255 .398 232 164 Pet. Reb. PF TP Avg. Avg. .732 91 21 124 13 8 125 698 45 20 106 17 7 190 .600 29 26 99 110 5.5 .579 62 12 87 9 7 11 0 400 38 16 42 4 7 1 0 800 14 14 38 4 8 110 600 21 13 33 5.5 20 786 27 12 33 4 7 818 16 18 29 3 6 2.0 .600 7 9 19 2 1 25 .000 2 4 8 2 7 .. .500 2 ' 3 5 0 8 00 .000 4 1 0 0.0 .655 419 169 623 69.2 65 5 .707 477 170 674 74 9 94 5 deserve credit for th** role they played In my life over here." Dale, at the age of 23, la In his last season of varsity competi tion before heading hack to Alls tralia to take a job as a repre sentatlve for an oil company He fore he departs, however, he hopes to make this season the most successful of hi* career IM Schedule Basketball 3:50—Court 40, Spiller A vs, Debusk A Court 43, Ganoe A vs Henderson A 4 35—Court 40, I)eady A vs Husada A Court 43, llawaiians A vs Psychology A 5:15—Court 40. Sigma Nu A vs Phi Gamma Delta A Court 43. Kappa Sigma A vs Pi Kappa Alpha A Handball 4:00—Chi Psi vs. Young 4:45—Henderson vs. Philadelphia Soccer Club Sets Wednesday Trials The Oregon soccer cluh will hold a practice Wednesday in the East Gym at 7:30 pm Coach Jan BroekholT urges anybody who is interested to attend. 'O' Club Meets Order of the O will meet at the Beta Theta I’i house Wednesday. New members arc welcome. W'ant to really get results?— Use Emerald Classified Ads— Phone 342 Mil. Ext 1818 HURRY! Q MORE ONLY 9 DAYS €51 fUX KVEkBNEKNII cDONALD 5:00-7:35.10:10 JAMES BONO DOCS (T EVERYWHERE I TH UNDERBALL" itunaas lanitfnni Enchantment For a real exciting half hour visit Mason s Import-Export 220 West 8th Street (Next to Porter’s) Where you'll find a large selection of cuckoo clocks from the Black Forest of Germany, Beautiful Tapestry from Italy, Spears from Taiwan, Wood Carvings from Africa, Wall-plaques from Japan. Wind Chimes — both shell and glass — Cameras, folding opera glasses, throw rugs from Mexico and Sweden. 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