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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1966)
EMERALD SPORTS Conservative and Dull UO'Hustler Wins Second Pool Title Hy I.VNN Ml'CKEN Sports Writer Ken Johnson doesn't look at1 nil like Paul Newman, anil what’s worse, despite Ideals and theor ies hutched and nurtured hy sev ! era! showings of The Hustler, a pool name is about as exciting as Saturday night in Maupin, Ore. Johnson was the University rep- j resent alive m the Regional Pocket Billiards tournament last weekend and for the second year in a row he mowed down his com petition with apparent ease on his way to the title. The tournament i* a double-1 elimination allair. and the fact that hy Saturday morning John son was playing in the consolation finals didn't destroy the opinion] of most observers that Ken was the class of the tourney. Ixrses Friday Night Johnson had been beaten Fri- j day night by Brian Lucarelli, a dappcrly - dressed Washington State student The loss was only hy 75 70, an extremely close game in pool, i Pool scores arc often erratic. For example: although Johnson lie.it Ed Kam two games out of three for the University i title, the one game he lost was by i a 70 point margin ) The 22 year old sociology mu j jor began Saturday by easily dis patching David Connelly of East- j ern Montana, 75 34 Neither play er shot particularly well, but Johnson was in control for the entire game. A run of 21 balls midway through the match sewed tifi the easy victory and a berth in the finals. Against Lucarelli Saturday, Johnson faced the task of win ning two straight for the title. It was obvious from the begin ning that Ken didn’t have a chance. Lucarelli was good -1 looking Nobody would pick John ; son out in a crowd Lucarelli was nicely dressed in a sports coat, i Johnson was clad in a rather bag gy shirt and pants Minnesota Fast I.ucarelli was friendly and talk ative as he moved around the ta ble Johnson was quiet and ob viously moody. But most of all. I.ucarelli just dripped of the char acter that Minnesota Fats kept telling Fast Eddie about John son didn't have a prayer. He won anyway. In the first game Johnson over came Lucarelli’s early lead, and i posted a fairly standard 75-621 victory to set up the final match Or rather mismatch “He just j outshot me today, that's all,” was ] I.ucarolli's only remark after Johnson had led, 240, 32-4. and 71 23 on the way to a 75-39 vic tory. Johnson was a little more talk ative, especially about his chances of going to the national tourna ment. ' I’ve got a good chance to go since I won last year, too,” he said, “although I did have a couple of bad games that hurt my average.” Average and level of competition are the best basis' on which the participants in the i national tournament are chosen, j ‘ Never Gave Up” “That guy never gave up,” said Johnson in reference to I.ucarelli. “You have a guy down 70-25 and he runs a rack on you. lie’s not i Ski Quacks Plan Hoodoo Bowl Trip Ski Quacks will hold a signup for those members participating in the Hoodoo Ski Bowl ski Iling this weekend, at 7 p in., Wednes day in the Student Union. A $2 deposit is required. TODAY’S STAFF Night Editor: Phil Sernas. Desk Editor: David Butler. Reporter: John Denny. Proofreader: Carol Hammitt. supposed to do that. "Hut don’t get me wrong,” he finally added, "there’s about a half dozen guys in this town . . . two that I know of for sure, that ean beat me.” The surprising fact of the tour nament was tho'dullness of pool as a spectator sport. Instead of seeing spectacular combination shots, you’re amazed at how many easy shots are actually mufTcd. Instead of taking a chance on a shot, and hoping for a long run, the tourney player seemed con tent to call a "safe,” and leave his opponent with a poor shot also. The only halfway exciting shot in Saturday’s action was made by Johnson near the end of the fi nals, when he already had the championship salted away. This does not moan to fault the i ability of the players. They were good, no doubt about it. They were interested in winning, however, which makes for safe, conservative, and dull pool. The desk man at the SU recrea tion desk described it perfectly when he said, “If you watched these games steadily for a week, you might see one spectacular shot.” Paul Newman, you have deceiv ed us. INI Schedule Basketball 3:50—C ourt 40, Ganoe A vs. ‘ Thornton A. Court 43, Spiller A vs. Hen-' dcrson A 4:35—Court 40. Hawaiian* A vs Sociology A. Court 43. 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