Paul Polsky
Where Is
The Rally Squad?
The Oregon crowd came alive Saturday—proving that Duck fans
can support their team .
McArthur Court shook from its rafters to the basement as 6.500
people, mostly Oregon partisans, almost brought the old structure
to the ground The noise, the cheers, and the game was one of the
best in recent Oregon history-. A 4 .
The great Civil War rivalry against Oregon State triggered this
outburst and fan reaction The game was close, the Ducks winning
61-60 and it was played before a West Coast regional audience.
It must first be noted that the cheering was led mostly by the
Creston Creek and Sigma Phi Epsilon sections; they were respon
sible for getting the whole show off to a fine start.
The Creston Creek section, a group of boys from Boynton Hall,
was born early in the season and. though not strong in some of the
early games of 1966. showed more courage and spirit Saturday than
has been exhibited at a Duck basketball game in a long time. These
fellows brought with them boisterous voices and painted letters
which they raised to spell out their cheers.
The SPE's got into the act for the first time this year, and with
a big bang Thev had their own version of batman and some cheers
of their own which added to the student morale.
Rally Turns Into Followers
This brings me to the point of this article: the downright poor
rally squad They are the one’s responsible for leading the yells
and cheers yet thev turned into followers at Saturday's game
When they got into the act the Mac Court crowd was unified from
alumni to the pep band. .
The basketball team appreciates the extra noise and homey at
mosphere created with crowd unity. With the excitement generated
bv a large crowd thev can sometimes play just a "little better
w'hich in some cases produces the power to overcome certain
obstacles The team feels a sense of inner pride, a feeling that
makes them want to win for their fans—the students that they
actually represent—on the hardwood court.
A recommendation is now in order. Might it not be possible to
relocate the pep band, nearer the student body section in the
western ground floor bleechers. Give them room where the now
almost useless or shall 1 say somewhat unorganized Frosh 200
exists. It seems to me that the Frosh 200 does not accomplish too
much bv just waving their pom poms when the pep band plays.
Besides'the pep band is almost too far away for good co-ordination.
This might get more unity within the student body section as a
In addition. Oregon could take a lesson from the OSU rally
squad and their pep band which seem to co-ordinate so much
better than Oregon’s. With the new proximity of the pep band it
would be possible to organize and have planned in advance direct
cheers and yells for time-outs and other times when the clock is
stopped
What’s Wrong with 7,000
Now let's consider another point—this was a special game to
most of us. it was against OSU and it was also regionally televised.
OK it was a bigger game than most; there is a Chancellor’s
Trophy at stake plus the mythical state championship, but why
should this be any different than any other game!1 Sure, there were
6 500 people there and scores more at home watching it on TV.
Why don’t more students turn out for the game? It was in the
afternoon, there were few other activities taking place If UCLA
can get 12,000 for most home games then why can't Oregon get
7 000 rc^uljirly?
The first retort is—they are better, they have two NCAA Cham
pionships tucked away under their belts and who knows how many
more in the next couple of years with their fantastic freshmen
just around the corner. So what! Oregon’s good, too, in its own
little way, even though it may seem insignificant to a lot of you.
Where is your pride, your school spirit and the desire to improve.
Here the rally squad is at fault. When or where have they at
tempted to promote spirit? There have been no rallies, signs, or
even non-violent demonstrations.
The Oregon students expressed a desire to improve, as witnessed
last Saturday The spirit has a chance to grow. It can improve. The
team is finding a place in the history of Oregon sports. Their de
sire and drive to win Saturday, after being beaten badly the night
before shows that they are not quitters as their fine coach has
emphasized. The students can
and must help them continue.
A good example of Oregon's
support came last weekend. A
few made the trip to Corvallis,
where the Ducks were defeated
on the court and also from with
in the OSU stands The word
must have gotten back in time
because Oregon students helped
demoralize the Beavers Saturday
with enough noise to call out the
national guard in some areas of
the country.
The crowd got on the Beavers.
Some of it must have been re
taliation for what happened to
Oregon’s Jim Barnett in Corval
(Continued on pat/e 7)
IM Schedule
Basketball
3:50—Court 40, Douglass A vs.
Decou A
Court 43. Dyment A vs.
McAllister A
4:35—Court 40, Hauna A vs.
Hilyard Mets A
Court 43, 69 A vs.
Fuddlers A
515—Court 40, Sigma Alpha Ep
silon A vs. Beta Theta
Pi A
Court 43, Delta' Upsilon A
vs. Phi Delta Theta A
Handball
4:00—Tau Kappa Epsilon vs.
Kappa Sigma
4 45—Beta Theta Pi vs.
Delta Tau Delta
Webfoot Keglers
Measure Beavers
The results of the Oregon
Oregon State men’s bowling
1 match last weekend were the
i same as they’ve been for the past
' 15 years. Oregon won.
This year, the Ducks scored a
5822-5576 win over OSU after a
' six-game home-and-home match.
Friday's competition was held in
Corvallis, while Oregon played
host on Saturday.
At the same time, the Oregon
women came through with a 4952
4667 victory over their oppo
nents. After losing by only six
pins in the match Friday, the
women came back with an im
pressive 2600 series to overwhelm
Oregon State.
The match Saturday saw all
five Oregon women shoot series
of 500 or better. In addition, they
boasted a second game of 943.
Pacing Oregon was Janet O’Dell’s
1045 total.
Larry Bell topped the men both
days with series of 630 and 635.
He hit the 200 mark five of the
six games and also had the high
game for both teams, a 242.
The remainder of the Oregon
teams included Mariann Furrer,
Pat Johnson, Carolyn McCoy and
Gayle Starnes; and Rod Smith,
Jim Donaldson, Dave Young and
Jim Parker,
Jellybeans Coach s Menu
Anyone for jelly beans?
That seems to be the reward
for a good performance next
weekend as swimming coach Don
Van Rossen hopes to induce his
swimmers with jelly beans. 1 he
Washington Huskies invade
Leighton pool Saturday night.
Van Rossen opened the weekly
meeting of Oregon Club Monday
with this light approach.
The swimming mentor's team
was hard pressed by OSU in Cor
vallis Saturday but managed to
come back from a 21-4 deficit to
win.
Van Rossen singled out Monte
Holding for his line perform
ances saying, "We pulled that
one out of the bag with the per
formances we got from Holding
He then went on to talk about
the coming meet with the Hus
kies. “Every point we score will
be worth a jellybean to the com
pctitor. This is one of the top
meets each year and I’m using
the jellybeans to get our boys up
for the event."
Van Rossen also asked for stu
dent support "The Huskies have
some outstanding swimmers and
we just don’t have the horses to
match them. We’ll have to throw
them off balance.”
Wrestlers Win
Grappling coach Art Keith fol
lowed Van Rossen to the podium
and spoke about bis team's wins
over OCE and Portland State
“The score said we beat Port
land State but I'm still not sure
we did. They have some fine kids
but ours have come a long ways.”
He bemoaned the Ducks’ lack of
depth and said that if a key in
jury occurred, "we could be in
bad shape "
A Slim but Swcrt Victory
Head basketball coach Steve
Belko got a loud round of ap
plau.se. when introduced, for his
team's fine comeback Saturday
afternoon when they dumped
OSU 61-80 at Mac Court
Belko opened with. "A few of
our men earned jellybean* on
character alone out there Satur
day night.''
OKI' Defense One of Best
“Paul (Valenti) has one of the
finest d e f e n s i v e teams I've
coached against." reported Belko
He then went on to say, "There
were a lot of outstanding play
ers Saturday, it sure was a brutal
and hard fought game Paul's
done a fine job, OSU is under
rated.”
Looking ahead a little Belko
sees no relief "Portland Is dedi
cated to beating us They hase
played some good club* and lost,
but they have a sort of crusade
to play well against the two large
schools in the state (UO and
OSU).M
Going back to the weekend
Boiko said, ' Jim Barnett was
Hood both nights Bill Thomas
performed like a real fine ath
lete, not just a basketball player,
an athlete is a lot more ”
Continuing, the Duck mentor
praised John Franz. Nick Jones,
and Bill Jennings Franz played
probably the ties! game of his
career Jones did a real fine job
He has learned to pass-olT and
that will help us a lot Jennings
showed a lot of improvement and
should help us more now "
Belko finished by adding, "This
ball club isn't going to quit on
you and I'm not either "
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