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Mat Team Rises
By RANDE WILMARTH
Sports Editor
The Oregon wrestling program is on its way up.
Results might not be apparent at the moment, but they'll come.
And when they do. one man might just be the reason. Art Keith,
after being named head coach of the Duck grapplers in the middle
of last week, gained his first collegiate coaching win Saturday night
in McArthur Court against a visiting Washington team. It was also
the first win for the Webfoots this season and, if Keith and his
team have its way, there’ll be plenty more.
Keith just finished a nine-year coaching stint in the Oregon high
school ranks and. in that period, his teams, all in the A-l depart
ment. picked up one state championship and a couple of runnerups.
What is interesting about this fact is that each of these three high
finishes were scored by different teams. Keith spent three years
each at Newberg, David Douglas and Medford, which shows, if any
thing, that he needed no more than three years to build a first rate
team.
But whether Keith will be able to match his successful prep
finishes with a good college team will only be discovered in time.
• By the end of the season we’ll be real tough,” Keith said before
he took his team east and north this weekend for a three-meet
outing. And, in wrestling, the end of the year is more vital than
the initial seven or eight weeks, as that is the time of athletic
season that conference and national tournaments are held. It’s
fairly obvious that Keith will be aiming for the AAWU tourney
where he hopes to have his team primed to top the fourth-place tie
the Ducks gained in 1965.
... and Bruce Glenn
And this is where Duck fans might see the results that will indi
cate a rise in the Webfoot mat status. Keith’s got the personnel to
do it-r-Oregon has a pair of defending AAWU champs in Bob Mit
chell and Doug Robertson—and Bruce Glenn.
Glenn, a 177-pounder ineligible to compete last year, has bolstered
the Oregon squad in the best way possible—he's a winner. The Duck
senior is now 2-0 after the opening meets last weekend and shows
a lot of form that gives him a right to be called a former national
AAU champion. He gained a fall in the Washington meet and, after
attempting every pining combination conceivable, settled for a
decision in the Western Washington match.
“Glenn’s a superb wrestler,” said Keith. “And he hasn’t reached
top form yet as he’s missed some practice.” Since Glenn nabbed an
individual championship in the Washington invitational way back
in last December—and he’s been winning since—pity his poor oppo
nents when the PAC tourney rolls around in late February.
Confidence and Two Falls
If Glenn is confident in his ability, he sure shows it. An example
is the Washington meet when he had control of Steve Wight during
the second round. With Wight on his back, referee Don Barnhart
indicated that Glenn had pinned his Husky opponent. But Glenn
differed with the referee’s call and the official changed his deci
sion.
“It was an excellent case of sportsmanship,” mentioned Keith.
“The referee made a mistake and knew it; and Glenn also knew it.
Bruce even pointed the mistake out to the ref.” It didn’t matter
Glenn gained his pin about forty seconds later.
Keith appears pleased with the squad. A few remarks on indi
viduals: Curt Scott, 137 pounds (“His quickness is his asset. Curt is
continually driving all the time) . . . “Robertson’s a real good rider;
I think Mitchell and Bruce initially are our top riders” . . . Bob
Lawrence, heavyweight (“He repeatedly tried to do (in the meets
last weekend) what he’s learned in practice. All the kids are work
ing at learning”).
A Senior Starts Again
When a senior graduates, that’s the last a coach usually hears of
him But not so with Steffen Criner, 145 pounds, and Keith. Keith
coached Criner at Douglas for two years and now is doing the same
thing here in Eugene. “He has basically the same technique,” Keith
said, “but he’s much stronger. He has a tremendous amount of
drive, determination and desire. He’s not basically that strong, but
he has improved.”
Criner, a starter for the Ducks with a 1-1 match record, gained
a third place under Keith in the 1964 A-l high school mat tourney.
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Cougars Test Ducks
Let’s Go to Town This Weekend!
By BII.L MORRIS
Sports News Editor
Two 5'11” guards and a 6’9"
center, who have led Washing
ton State to a 9-4 record this
year, will he making their sea
son debut at McArthur Court
Saturday night when Oregon tan
gles with Washington State.
The guards, senior Tom Tom
mervik and sophomore Ray
Stein, and the center, Jim Mc
Lean, lead the young team that
Cougar coach Man’ Harshman
thinks is the finest he has had
in years.
Last year Stein, McKean, and
six other varsity sophomores play
ed for a freshman team that went
undefeated. This year they con
tinued winning for seven games
until they came up against Stan
ford in the Far West Classic,
where they were beaten 88-77.
Quickness Big Asset
Rounding out the first five,
Harshman has Dennis Kloke, a
6-3 deadeye, and 6-4 ex-football
player. Bud Norris.
Harshman has been getting
good scoring from McKean, who
played an excellent game against
Michigan in the Classic. Though
the Cougars got beat, McKean
scored consistently around the
basket against the big Wolver
ines, and rebounded well.
Tommervik is an excellent shot
from outside the key, and is floor
leader of the Cougars During the
Classic he scored best when the
Cougars needed it most.
Harshman feels quickness is
his teams’ biggest asset, while
lack of height is their greatest
weakness. Aside from the 6-9 Mc
Kean, Norris at 6-4 is Cougars’
biggest man that plays consis
tently.
The Cougars are 1-1 in league
play as they were beaten by Cal
ifornia, and then dropped Stan
ford, who had beaten them in the
Classic.
Barnett Back
The Cougars trounced Oregon
in the Classic, but the Ducks
were Barnett-less and not play
ing up to their potential.
Barnett will be back in the
Duck lineup Saturday, along with
Bob Craven, John PinkstafT, Nick
Jones and newcomer Dave Ka
foury. Kafoury played well dur
ing the Classic, and looked good
on the Southern California tour,
where the Ducks were beaten by
USC and UCLA.
“I honestly feel we looked real
good this week in practice,” said
Steve Belko, the Duck basketball
coach. “Of course Barnett’s fin
gers are not as painful, and so he
can do a lot fnore, which makes
the team look better.
Klukc Key
•‘Barnett is playing with a piece
of sponge over the injured fin
gers this week. Last weekend he
had a hoop over his injured fin
gers that was almost like a
claw,” Belko added. Barnett was
not able to use that hand in re
bounding and handling the ball
as well as he should be able to
use it this week.
Belko said he thought Kloke,
the 6-3 forward, will be the key
to the Cougars’ attack Saturday
night. “He’s a good shot and can
handle the ball well,” said Belko.
He has the strength of a forward
and the mobility of a guard.
“Their guards are awfully quick
and are good shots. They could
hurt us,” said Belko.
Belko said he thought that he
would start Barnett at forward
this weekend. "Starting Jiin at
forward may hurt us on t h e
boards, but we have to have that
speed.
“I thought the team looked
pretty good at times against
UCLA,” Boiko said. 'In the first
half we were getting good shots
and working the ball ok, but
the ball just wasn't falling
through the hoop. Gosh, 1 think
we shot only about 25 per cent
in the first half. In the second half
we had to change our whole
game plan to try and catch up
A team just can't play to get
beat by 10 points. When a team
starts taking chances, it's liable
lo make mistakes, ami UCI.A
took Advantage of them, and heat
us badly.
"I thought I’inkstalT played his
In'.st game since Denver against
UCI.A, Belko added. "We ll prob
ably play him all but a couple of
minutes this weekend He got
tired easily during the classic,
because he had a virus," Belko
added, "but he's all right now ”
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