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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
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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?
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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
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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
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