I Ms Good for Fun and Chuckles
By LYNN MUCKEN
Sports Writer
The sports purist might be ap
palled by the sight, and the qual
ity of play is not exactly the best,
but the participants have a lot
Of fun. which is the object of the
whole program
The subject’ The University’s
intramural basketball program.
If the rainy weather, last
term's probation slip, or those
upcoming midterms are getting
you down, go up to the P.E. de
partment some afternoon and
watch a couple of intramural bas
ketball games. Its good for a few
chuckles at least, and could prove
just the comic relief your body
and soul need.
Two games were witnessed Fri
day afternoon on Courts 40 and
43: a ' B” league contest between
squads from Gamma and Robbins
Halls, and a high class fray pit
ting "A" teams from Boynton and
Robbins against each other.
Unfair Advantage
The Gamma-Robbins contest
started out with Gamma having a
rather unfair advantage, fielding
four players instead of the three
Robbins was able to put on the
court.
Although by halftime both
teams were at full strength, Rob
bins never seemed to recover
from the huge 6-0 margin Gamma
held at the end of the first quar- j
ter, losing 31-22.
But the quality of play, not the
score, was important in this game. ,
The contest, as played (or suf
fered) by the obviously out of
shape participants, was at its best
equal to the level of a seventh
grade playground game. At its
lower levels it was pure and sim
ple chaos.
Pot Bellied Players
The pot-bellied, pseudo-athletic
players started out with a run
and gun style of play, which, after
about 30 seconds, was slowed
down to a walk and gun game.
In the second half, with physi
cal resources waning, both teams
resorted to long, erratic, length-of
the-court passes, which sacrificed
the precision of the game in order
to preserve the declining strength
of the players.
The second game, matching "A”
teams from Robbins and Boynton
Halls, proved a somewhat better
example of basketball prowess.
In fact, some of the players were
really amazing.
EMERALD SPORTS
WEBFOOT-JWINTS ...
Scott Surprises
By RANDE WILMARTH
Sports Editor
Odds and ends . . .
Jim Barnett's still climbing the scoring ladder. And. by the
looks of this weekend’s Oregon basketball schedule, the Duck
senior should improve another rung from sixth place. In fact, if
Barnett scores just 27 points, he'll be resting in the fourth position
among Oregon career scorers with 1,093 counters.
After a 34 point performance in the Oregon State series. Barnett
moved into sixth place and, with the Ducks meeting the University
of Portland Thursday and Friday and Hawaii Monday, a nine-point
a-game tally would, for those three contests, boost Barnett to the
number four spot. He now has 1,066 points after scoring 184 thus
far this season Barnett’s 20 5 PAC average is good enough for
second place in the scoring column. . . .
We received the weekly sports publicity mail from Oregon State
Tuesday and John Eggers. sport publicist for OSU, writes that
Beaver football coach Dee Andros has never seen a sports rivalry
in college equal to the one between Oregon and OSU. Even Tommy
Prothro gets into the act as the publicist adds that Prothro once
said “it was much fiercer and more bitterly-fought than the USC
UCLA rivalry."
What a Rivalry ...
Eggers then concludes, “Fans from both schools are likely to
agree this (the rivalry) is a healthy situation, providing there are
no fisticuffs, destruction of property and rioting.” It’s sure a good
thing, we must add, that there were no “fisticuffs . . . and rioting”
after the Beaver-Duck football game this fall. Things might have
gotten out of hand if there had been . . .
Oregon basketball fans viewing the Frosh-Rook contest after
the Oregon varsity win over Oregon State Saturday might have
been impressed with Vince Fritz, a prep star from Central Catholic
in Portland. We were, by the way. We saw him play three years in
high school—earning all-star honors annually—and thus we can
attest to the fact that he hasn’t learned his hoop talent overnight.
Fritz scored 20 points in the Rook contest Saturday as the
Beavers dumped the Frosh, 60-50, and 18 points Friday night in
Corvallis as his team began the weekend by handing a 40-37 loss
to the Ducklings But he’s had higher games. He tallied 48 counters
one night in McMinnville against the Linfield JVs. . . .
Scott Surprises Ducks and Opponents ...
Probably one of the more pleasant surprises for Art Keith’s
wrestling squad has been 130-pound Curt Scott. Scott, a junior,
has competed in seven dual meets now and hasn’t lost a match.
He’s already topped his 1965 mark of six wins and four losses and,
according to Keith, Scott could still top that record by quite a bit
more.
After practically each match Keith has remarked: “He’s doing
real fine; Scott’s coming along.” And if that can be interpretted
as an improvement in each match, then Scott’s future opponents
don’t have much to look forward to. Scott gained his first pin last
weekend when he stopped OCE’s Mike Vego. . . .
The only other Duck wrestler to make it through without a loss
thus far is 177-pound Bruce Glenn. He is now 4-0, with three of
those being won by falls. Glenn’s a former AAU national cham
pion so here’s another spot where opponents might be worrying
just a little bit. . . .
Oregon hoop scoring after 13 games:
PAC
G FGA FG Pet. FTA FT Pet. Reb. PF TP Avg. Avg.
Barnett, g-f
N. Jones, g
Pinkstaff, c
Craven, f
Kafoury, g
Jennings, f
Thomas, f
Smith, f
Franz, c
DuShane, g
J. Jones, g
Nicksic, g
Romppanen, f
Totals
10 158
13 150
13 134
12 111
11
11
12
8
13
9
3
7
1
76
49
54
31
37
26
10
3
1
64 .405
64 .427
52 .388
43 .387
31 .408
20 .408
22 .407
12 .387
14 .378
10 .385
.400
.667
4
2
0 .000
75
40
48
28
6
23
22
15
7
13
0
2
0
68
44
5
17
56 .747
25 .625
36 .750 103
16 .571 78
.833
.739
10 .455
9 .600
5 .714
11 .846
0 .000
500
000
30 184 18.4 20.5
35 152 11.8 9.5
34 140 10.8
16 102 85
13 840 338 .405 279
1
0
191
19
41
50
21
27
16
2
3
4
22
18
23
12
20
19
4
3
1
67
57
54
33
33
31
8
5
0
9.3
9.3
6.1 12.3
5.2
4.5
4.1
2.6
3.4
2.7
0.7
0.0
2.5
0.7
2.0
3.0
2.0
OO
.685 561 238 867 66.7 67.0
Opponents 13 859 345 .402 323 226 .700 642 233 916 70.5 77.3
It was a joy to watch the fan
tustic offensive moves that were
made. Unfortunately, these con
tortions were conceived only as
an alternative to passing the ball
to an open teammate
At one point, the Robbins team
had the advantage of a four-on
one fast break. The shot? A 20
foot jumper, with three men
open. It missed.
Plan Hood Shots
It should be noted that Boyn
ton Hall was the only team which
exhibited any amount of team
work They consistently women
for Rood shots which, owing to
an extremely low shooting abil
ity, proved to he of no avail
The participants in this game
were in slightly better condition.
They looked slimmer, more ath_
letic, and had some slim idea of
the fundamentals of the game.
One short, fast guard from Rob
bins was especially good, showing
great adeptness at dribbling and
shooting He was probably even
a good passer, if he would have
attempted such nonsense. _
1 III' illiMi .null', *ar ill UlVOI'
of Robbins, proved only one thing:
n group of mediocre individual
efforts can beat a team effort
every time at least in Intramural
basketball
Hut this digresses from the tin
dcrlying principle of the intra
mural program. The important
point is that the participants re
ceived a little physical activity
and enjoyment, all the while
playing some of the worst basket
ball, teamwise, ever seen any
where.
OREGON 167 pounder Bob Mitchell (top) Is expected to see action this weekend for the Duck wres
tiers as the grapplers meet Portland State in Portland Friday and Oregon State in McArthur ( ourt
Saturday night. Mitchell, who owns a 4-2-1 dual meet record this srason, rides Portland State’s Ken
Williamson during PS( Duck match Saturday. Mitchell went on to pin Williamson in the third round.
Jim (')ia.skin Photo
Ski Quacks Slate
Overnight Trip
The Oregon Ski Quacks will
hold an overnight trip at Mt
Bachelor this weekend in coordi
nation with the Oregon Ski Team
invitational championships set for
Saturday and Sunday, giving
members an opportunity to see
championship skiing while skiing
themselves.
IM Schedule
Basketball
3:50—Court 40, Debusk A vs.
Ganoe A
Court 43, Henderson A vs.
Thornton A
4:35—Court 40, Bean East A vs.
Robbins A
Court 43, Boynton A vs.
Parsons A
5:15—Court 40, Phi Gamma Delta
A vs. Kappa Sigma A
Court 43, Pi Kappa Alpha
A vs. Tau Kappa
Epsilon A
Handball
4:00—Douglass vs. Sigma Phi
Epsilon
4:45—Phi Delta Theta vs. Robbins
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