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Hoop Team Hosts Troians, Bruins “We may as well finish off the rest of California’s big boys, Don” By PAUL POLSKY Associate Sports Editor “You can't prepare for two games; our main problem right now is USC and I’m not concern ed with UCLA. The Southern Cal game is the most important game for us this weekend." This is the way Oregon coach Steve Belko looks at this week's crucial PAC games. “Any game you win is impor tant but even more Important are the ones you lose now,” Belko added quickly. The Ducks host the USC Tro jans Friday evening at McArthur Court beginning at 8 p.m. and then will try and come back less than 17 hours later and play UCLA before a regional TV audi ence at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The Trojans, led by last year’s all coast center John Block, 6-9 and 210, have a 4-4 league mark and although in fourth place are not completely out of the cham pionship picture. Complementing Block will be forwards Mike Maggard and Jim Marsh. Maggard is 6-5. 195, and Marsh is 6-6. 230. Both of them are sophomores and even though first year men have helped the Trojans out tremendously on the boards and with bursts of scoring punch. Injuries Hurt The guartls will be Harvey Dillon and Rod Alleman. Alleman is regularly a forward but SC has sustained two crippling injur ies to two of their regulars, rend ing Alleman to guard. Dillon is the team leader at 6-0 and 160 He is a sophomore also. Looking at the big center Block, Belko said, “We can’t let Block overwhelm us like he has done to some other teams; we know what he can do and that we can’t shut him out so we will just try to contain him.” Therefore Belko has been preparing his charges to play a rough, aggressive game against the big man from Glen dale. “It will be a tough job, we ll just play real hard.” EMERALD SPORTS “That Dillon is much like our Nick Jones, very quick; we have to stop him too," said Belko. Dil lon has been the second leading scorer behind Block all season and his quickness and ability to handle the ball make him very hard for opposing teams to cover completely. /one Defense Belko figures that tne Trojans may go to a zone defense. ' The zone has seemed to be successful to them lately, but we’ve faced two zones in the last two weeks and we are ready for it.’’ In preparing for the big game Friday night Belko has sent his team through long and spirited practice sessions. "We have been working against press and zone situations. SC can press with their men; it is a little different type press than that used by other teams.” Looking at the Ducks, Belko reports that Jim Barnett, who was tampered earlier in the week ,vith a slight groin pull, was car ried away with the spirited scrinv mage Wednesday and went full speed. Thomas’ Ankle Loose Bill Thomas, the other ailing Duck, sprained his ankle walking around campus Monday but is ex pected to be ready for action against both SC and UCLA. "His ankle is so loose now,” reported Belko, ' that it is just like a regu lar part of his body.” Thursday evening, the Ducks ran through a light drill after watching more films of SC. "We are prepared both ways, offensive ly and defensively,” said Belko UCLA comes to Eugene Satur day for a regionally televised game at 2:30 p.m. UCLA Quick “UCLA lives with tremendous reaction and quickness, even their 6-7 men are qujek. They have good board strength with their power and jumping abil ity,” replied Belko. "They are also such a mobile squad, their press goes on speed, quickness, Rugby Team Eyes Title By DICK DENNIS Sports Writer The showdown between the top , two teams in the Northwest Inter collegiate Rugby conference, to be played Saturday in Corvallis, will be the roughtest game of the season for both squads. The game pairs Oregon and Oregon State, a combination that always pro vides excitement. The Ducks will enter the con test in first place, having a 3-0 conference record. The Beavers, on the strength of their 5-0 deci sion over the University of Wash ington last Saturday, have a 2-0-1 slate, good for second place in the league. This game, the last conference encounter of the season for both clubs, will decide the league championship. Other teams in the conference (Washington, West ern Washington, and British Co-1 lumbia) have already been elimi nated. 1st Rugby Title Should Oregon win, it would be the first rugby championship in the Webfoots’ history UBC has won the title the past two years, and OSU took it three, years ago, the first season for the ! NWIRC. “We go into the game psycho logically pretty even,” said Ore gon coach Bruce Howe, referring to the scores against common op ponents. Besides their 5-point vic tory over the Huskies, the Beav ers defeated Vancouver, 11-9, and tied UBC, 3-3. The Ducks beat Washington, 16-5, lost to Van couver last Saturday, 11-8, and defeated UBC, 9-6, earlier in the season. Not only is the conference -INTERVIEWS 25 February 1966 CIVILIAN POSITIONS WITH ARMY SPECIAL SERVICES IN EUROPE AND KOREA BASIC REQUIREMENTS U. S. 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Named for a former Oregon coach, this cup represents rugby superiority between Oregon and OSU. The Beavers now hold the cup. Howe, though disappointed in last week’s non-conference loss to Vancouver, was pleased with the performance of several indi viduals. Those who led the attack last Saturday and are expected to do the same again this week are backs John Taylor and War ren Hamill, and forwards Dan Tannasito, Ron Larsen, and Bruce Morrison. Injury Epidemic Howe hopes that the Webfoots’ injury epidemic is a ghost of the past. Backs Dave Bottemiller and Barry Ward and forward Dave Docherty are all expected to play against OSU. Howe lamented especially the absence of Docherty and forward Pete Maud last week, because “their experience around the field certainly would have help ed.” Maud probably will not be ready to play in Corvallis. The Oregon mentor is confi dent that his fine set of backs will outplay their OSU counter parts, but he summed up Satur day’s prospects by saying, “The play in the forwards will be the critical issue.” The Oregon soccer squad, al ready having won the Oregon In tercollegiate Soccer Association title, travels to Lewis and Clark Saturday for a conference game. Oregon is now 6-0 in league play. Phi Eta Sigma Elects Phi Eta Sigma, freshman men’s honorary, initiated members and elected officers. Dennis Allison was elected president; Kim Caldwell, vice - president; and Dan Lowe, secre tary-treasurer. and man power, and that’s why a lot of other teams can’t use UCLA’s press because they don't have these qualities,” cited the Duck coach. Helko is hoping with crossed lingers that the Oregon luck will hold out for the television audi ence. So far in two years the Ducks are 3-1 on the tube and have been in thrillers all the way to the end. Reports have it that Kdgnr Lacey and Mike Lynn will not make the trip. Lacey is definitely out with a hairline fracture in his knee hut Lynn was reported with intentions to play and Bclko knows that he won't come into the northwest just for the tour. "If he comes he will play.” The UCLA personnel will proh ably be forwards Kenny Washing ton, 6-3, 185. along with Randy Judd or Mike Lynn Lynn is 6 7 and 205, while Judd, not a pro lilie scorer bnt good on defense, is 6-4 and 195. Lynn Formidable The center will probably be Doug McIntosh, a two-year letter man from Lily, Ky. At 6 7. 203 Lynn is a formidable man to move out under the board*, He is also the lead man in the UCI.A pi ess ns he stands under the basket to harass the Inbounds pass. The guards will be Mike War ren and Freddie (loss. (Joss, though they claim he is not loo per cent, is acting dose to it with his tine performances in the last two weekends Now averag ing 119 points a game, the little scooter from Compton, has re vitalized the UCLA attack and will he in theii sheeting Saturday afternoon. ‘No Mistakes" His partner is Mike Warren at fill and IIM) from South Bend, hid. Warren is the second lead i t scorer on the team behind Lynn with a 16.9 average. He leads the o(Tense with (loss and uses his speed and quickness to harass opponents on defense “You just can't make mistakes playing against them," was all Belko could sav. The Bruins are still in the thick of the I’AC race with a 0 2 mark, a step behind OSU who is 7 1. Their big game is Friday evening in Corvallis The SMART fox knows whore to buy the BEST food in town. 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