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Duck Hood Team Halts Pilot Rally PORTLAND (Special)—Oregon halted a University of Portland late-game rally in a non-confer ence basketball game and went on to a 78-75 victory in the Me morial Coliseum here Thursday night. Trailing 42-31 at half time, and by 16 points. 50-34. at one time in the second half, the Pilots put on a late surge to pull even with the Ducks with 3:42 left as Paul Gloden hit on a 12-footer and knotted the score, 70-70. Oregon's John PinkstafT put the Ducks ahead by two on a rebound shot 30 seconds later, but Ed ] Clark, high point man for the Pilots and the game with 24, hit a field goal with 2:40 left and tied the game again. Then four free throws iced the victory, the seventh in 14 starts, for the Webfoots. Clark fouled Pinkstaff, good for two points from the charity stripe, and then I Portland’s Jim Benjamin fouled Nick Jones underneath the Ore j gon liasket. Jones sank two free tosses with 51 seconds remaining, shoving j I Oregon to a 70-73 lead. Both squads scored a field goal in the last 15 seconds — Oregon’s final two points coming otl a PinkstafT tipin with three seconds left but that three point lead was the ball game. "I knew it would be tough up here,” said Oregon coach Steve Belko after the contest was de cided. "They don't play like a 3-10 team.” The loss dropped the Pilots' record to a 3-11 mark. Belko was impressed with Clark and Gloden, Clark getting 24 points and liloden 20. Clark show ed his l>est form on drives and Swimmers Host Huskies By GORDON ROSENBERG Sports Writer Almost anything could happen at Leighton Pool this Saturday. Oregon’s swimming team, fresh off last Saturday’s victory over Oregon State, returns home for the first time in three weeks to host the University of Washing ton at 3 p.m. “We upset them in their pool last year,” stated Oregon coach Don Van Rossen. “They will be shooting for revenge.” At the time, the defeat was Washington’s only home loss in several years. It also was only the second Oregon victory in seven years of competition against the Huskies. Washington lost a close 53-41 decision at home to the current NCAA champions. Southern Cali fornia. earlier this year. The Huskies are led by juniors Tim Roark and Aldy Meinhardt, who were stand-outs as sopho mores a year ago. Roark is a versatile swimmer who placed high in last season’s finals of the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly. Roark, Meinhardt Tough Besides these events, Roark also has participated recently in the individual medley, backstroke, and team relays. Against USC this season, he turned in a great time of 2:03 1 in losing the in dividual medley to all-American Roy Saari by four-tenths of a second. Gymnastics Team Due EW Match By DICK JONES Sports Writer If you were at last Saturday’s Oregon-Oregon State basketball game, you got a preview during halftime of one of this Satur day’s top sports event. The time for this classic is 2 p.m., the place is McArthur Court, and the event is Oregon’s gym nastic team meeting Eastern Washington. Oh, it’s only a gymnastics meet, you say. Just remember this. Bat man and Robin didn’t learn their tumbling tricks sliding down the bat poles. Nor did Jon Arnett learn to keep his balance on the football field by running into dummies all day long, or did Bill Russell learn to jump so high by playing hopscotch — just to name a few well known gymnasts. Only Third Year This is only the third year of intercollegiate competition for the gymnastics team, but the team members all reflect coach Dick Smith’s attitude: “We’re go ing to be winners this year. We’re going to give some teams that have beaten us badly the past two years a real tough time.” The team’s current record is 1-1. Earlier in the season the Duck team beat Chico State 145 100, and lost to Washington State, 152-145. Team captain John Turchi, a junior from Lake Oswego, had this to say about the meet Satur day: “We all want to win this one since they’ve beat us the past two years. We only lost to Wash I ington State by seven points, which is a pretty small margin in gymnastics, and Washington State beat Eastern Washington pretty good. It should be a real close meet.” West Tops Squad Another top member of the gymnastics team is A1 West. West is a junior from South Eugene, and has been competing for five years. A1 rates himself best in the parallel bars, but always scores points in six of the seven events. Smith had high praise for West’s ability: “A1 has really made progress in polishing the moves in his routines this year. ' In fact, the whole team is work ing on a higher level of ability this year than ever before.” The Duck mentor rated several people as possible winners in the seven events. ‘‘The trampoline is probably our strongest event with Turchi, Art English, Larry Jack son and Tom Heinbegner all strong contenders.” West was rated tops in the parallel bars, and West and Allan Amsbury were named in the hori zontal bar. Turchi and Jackson are the top Duck competitors in the free exercise, and Smith named Ken Belt and Mike Olsen for their ability on the side horse. j The ring event is handled by Don Cooper and Tom Spalding, while John Palmer and Olsen spend their talents vaulting. ‘ Our team has come a long way in the past two years,” said Smith, “I hope more of the student body will start attending our meets.” \1 Tfie OU^i'tulC' PANCAKE HOUSE1 'pancikcs as u«u Ucc A. Hern. OPtN 0 b a-m- +o o 6th ^ Launvncc. 313-1513 Meinhardt is another versatile performer who swims butterfly, freestyle, and relay events, He placed lifth in last season's 200 yard butterfly finals. In the Southern California meet, Meinhardt won the 200 yard butterfly in a fast 2:019, the same as his time in last sea son's pressure-packed league fi nals. “If they put both Roark and Meinhardt in the same relay, we won’t stand much of a chance in it,” stated Van Rossen. Another strong point in the Husky attack is on the three meter diving board. Top diver on the club is junior Dan Hull He is backed up by junior Paul Witzke. Divers Rematched Hull defeated Oregon's ace, Larry Follinsbee, by 20 points in a special meet in Seattle last weekend Follinsbee will be gunning for revenge Saturday. Another Web foot boardman with a good shot at scuttling the opposition is Don Merkt, who captured an easy first place against OSU. “We hope to win the diving, 50- and 100-yard freestyles, and breaststroke,” said Van Rossen. “Seconds and thirds will probab ly decide the meet.” He pointed out that Washing ton is weak in the breaststroke, and said the Ducks should take the eight points for first and sec ond in this event. “Well depend largely upon Jay Greening in the relays and sprints,” stated Van Rossen. Wood, Hess Important Also important to the Oregon cause will be the performances of captain Dale Wood in the 500 yard freestyle and sophomore Bruce Hess in the relays and sprints. “We’re working hard to get up psychologically,” expressed Van Rossen. "The Washington meet has been our traditional for quite a while.” Indeed, the meet promises to be hard-fought and close. Both teams are made up of promising sophomores and juniors. Most of Washington’s stars, including, of course, Roark and Meinhardt, are juniors. "This meet may go down to the freestyle relay (the last event on the program) before it’s de cided,” concluded Van Rossen, “but either team has the chance to win it earlier.” The three o'clock varsity meet follows competition between the freshman teams, which starts at one. IM Schedule Basketball 3:50—Court 40, Alpha B vs. Henderson B Court 43, Thornton B vs. Sherry Ross B 4:35—Court 40, Parsons B vs. Boynton B Court 43, Philadelphia B vs. Burgess B 5:15—Court 40, Beta Theta Pi B vs. Theta Chi B Court 43, Sigma Alpha Ep silon B vs. Delta Upsilon B Handball 4:00—Counselors vs. Ganoe 4:35—DeBusk vs. Delta Upsilon WRA Hoop Scores Pi Beta Phi 8, Highland House 4 McClain 10, University II 2 Off-Campus 29, Kappa Alpha Theta 1 fall away shots, and Bclko rr marked: "Those shots weren't easy. Those two kids shoot real well.” Jim Harnett led the Oregon at tack, scoring 2d points. Jones trailed Harnett, now Hfth in Ore gon career scoring with 1,082 Oregon's Ducks return from Portland Friday for a second encounter with the University of Portland Pilots. The Web foots will meet Portland at 8 p.m. In McArthur Court. The game will be preceded by the Frosh contest — the Ducklings meeting the Portland Frosh at ti p.m. for the second night In a row. points, in the scoring column with 14 and John Fran/, was third with 11. Hoh Craven had 10 for the Ducks and PinkstafI and Bill Thomas both had nine. Oregon had lota! control in the first half, leading !>y 11 when the buzzer sounded. Hut the Duck lead was cut to five points with 13:47 left in the last period on buck eta by Gloden. Jesse Terry, and Benjamin. Terry's play was the big effort for the Pilots in the second half ns the 0 5 forward tallied all of his seven points in that period ••We didn’t play real hadly," said Boiko, "hut we made some real poor plays, our own errors put them into the game We miss cd a lot of opportunities " Benjamin scored 11 for the Pi lots. ranking after Clark and C.loden. Ed Maerr scored eight, Terry seven, Chuck Stroughtor three and Ed Tatrino two. The Oregon Frosh dumped the Portland Krosh, 80 71, in a pn liminary game. (Ben Campbell paced the Ducks with 28 points and Vaughn Jackson topped the Portland squad with 17. EMERALD SPORTS Sports Slate Friday Varsity basketball, Oregon vs Portland, McArthur Court, 8 p.ra. V'arsity wrestling, Oregon vs. Portland State, Portland, 3;30 pm. I Frosh basketball, Oregon vs. Port land Frosh, McArthur Court, 6 P-m. Frosh swimming, Oregon vs. Wil son high school, (Tacoma), Leighton Pool, 4 p m. I Frosh wrestling, Oregon vs. Port land State, Portland. Saturday V'arsity swimming, Oregon vs Washington, Leighton Pool, 3 I pm. : V'arsity wrestling, Oregon vs. Ore gon State, McArthur Court, 8 P-m. i Varsity gymnastics, Oregon vs. Eastern Washington, McArthur Court, 2 p in. 1 V'arsity rugby, Oregon vs. Wash ington, Seattle. Judo, Oregon Judo Tournament, McArthur Court, 4:30 p.m. Frosh swimming. Oregon vs. Washington F r o s h, Leighton Fool, 1 pm Frosh gymnastics, Oregon vs. David Douglas and South Eu gene high schools, McArthur Court, 10 a m. Monday Varsity basketball, Oregon vs. Hawaii, McArthur Court, 8 p in. Frosh basketball, Oregon vs. Ore gon Law School, McArthur Court, f$ p m. Brad's Doughnuts ALWAYS FRESH Try our "Old Fashioned" (Doughnuts, That Is) 3423 Hilyard SATURDAY NIGHT Jan. 29,9-12 * S.U. 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