Webfoots Top UCLA Bruins
By PAUL POI.SKY
Associate Sports Editor
“This was a great lift for our
kids after last night’s game when
they got down because of the
shooting exhibition of Block
(John of USC): the kids show
ed a lot of character out there."
These were the words of a
somewhat relieved but still tense
Steve Belko following the Duck's
“upset" 79-72 win over UCLA
Saturday.
With the win and OSU’s sub
sequent loss to USC, the Ducks
are in a four-way tie for second
place with UCLA, SC, and Stan
ford All of the clubs have 6-4
PAC marks.
The Ducks put on a gritty per
formance before some 9.500 home
fans, including a Dads' Weekend
audience, and countless others
who viewed the weekend's region
al telecast up and down the West
Coast. It was the largest crowd
of the year.
Pinkstalf Tired
Belko. fidgitting with his after
game coke, went on to praise the
work of center John PinkstatT and
guard Dave Kafoury. "John was
tired out there but he showed a
lot of character He played well
in the second half, but. oh. was
he tired, so tired He played a lot
of it on guts. Kafoury helped us
a lot when they charged us with
the press. He broke it and show
ed some fine ball handling."
Belko had a lot of praise for
UCLA's Kenny Washington, a 6-3
string bean with tremendous
jumping ability. "Washington is
the quickest jumper around the
boards I have ever seen. I have
never seen the likes of it
anywhere," marvelled the Duck
coach.
Washington, UCLA's leading
scorer with 28 counters, had 20
rebounds to go with his points.
He was the mainstay of the some
what shoddy Bruin attack. His
jumping ability and quickness got
him a second and third shot at the
basket time and time again.
Win First Since '50
Tne win puts the Ducks at a
13 9 for the season. The win
over UCLA was the first in al
most 16 years. The Ducks last
bested the Bruins on Dec. 9, 1950.
The first half was a fairly close
period, with each team getting
slight leads, but never able to
increase it to more than s i x
i points. The Ducks got a big
' boost at the end of the first half
when Bill Jennings hit a 25 foot
set shot with just live seconds
left. The Ducks took a three
point lead into the dressing room,
' 32-29
i Oregon came out in the second
I half and never let the Bruins get
closer than a pair of points and
held them off with some fine
shooting and clutch defensive
; work.
! With 8:33 to go the Ducks had
| a 12 point lead at 82 50 and kept
the pressure on the Bruins, who
cut into the lead a little at a
j time.
The famed full court press of
the Bruins turned into a trap and
directly led to their downfall.
‘■Shoot Farly”
•The reason they press is so
you shoot early, they want the
ball back and thus try to set,
the tempo With the quicker kids
they have they want to take
the game away from you and
shoot," was the way Belko ex
plained the UCLA strategy.
However, Belko had some
plans of his own and they work
ed to perfection for the most
part, and won the game. "Our
plan was to create the tempo,
we wanted to be on offense more
than defense, you can't afford
to be on defense too long against
them. We wanted to take 45 sec
onds and get two points to cut
down on their control. The long
er we take to score the more it
cuts down on their attack.
"The full-court press they live
by, today they died by,” said
the personable Duck coach. Time
and time again the Ducks were
able to break the press and move
in for easy cripples under t h e
basket whiie UCLA men were de
ployed at the wrong position on
the floor.
Another part of the strategy
late in the game was used to keep
the clock moving. "The only
thing we didn't want to do was
foul and stop the clock,” said
iX ix w w
SC Blocks Ducks
In PAC Hoop Tilt
By LYNX MLCKEN
Sports Writer
John Block may not be the best
center in the Pacific Athletic Con
ference. But if he isn’t don’t tell
the Oregon Webfoots.
They just might refuse to take
the court against another oppo
nent.
Block, the 6-9 pivot man for
Southern California, did every
thing but sell programs Friday
night as he led the Trojans past
the Ducks, 82 67.
A lay-in here, a tip-in there, and
jump shots everywhere added up
to 44 points, and the ball game,
as Block completely dominated
the action.
‘’Block was the difference,” said
Webfoot mentor Steve Belko
after the game in one of the
greatest understatements of all
times.
Duck reserve Dave Romppanen
pretty well summed up the whole
evening with his words, ‘That
was some sweet shooting.”
Block Ruins Hopes
Sweet to the Trojans, perhaps,
but sour to Oregon as Block hit
15 out of 19 from the field in
the second panel to completely
foil any comeback hopes the
Ducks might have entertained
after falling behind, 33-27, at the
half.
The Webfoots rushed out to
an early lead as each of the
starting five of Nick Jones, Jim
Barnett, John Pinkstaff, Bill
Thomas, and Bill Jennings con
tributed a fielder to the score to
tal.
The Trojans quickly closed this
gap on the gunning of Block, who
scored the first nine points for
Southern Cal, and moved into a
13-12 lead on a lay-in by Mike
Maggard.
Although the Ducks pulled
even at 25-all. they never led
again as the sophomore Maggard,
with able aid from Ron Shackel
ford, gradually widened the lead
to a six-point margin at half -
time.
With the opening of the second
half, Duck fans were looking for
ward to the comeback that has
marked the team as of late. But
Southern California had differ
ent ideas, and four quick baskets
by the hot-shooting Block proved
to be a convincing argument.
Commanding Lead
This scoring splurge shot the
Trojans into a commanding 41
29 lead, and Oregon never seri
ously threatened again.
Not that they didn’t try. Five
times in the closing period the
Ducks made a run at the steady
Southern Cal lead, but each time
the powerful Trojan center would
pop in a jumper, usually with a
pair of Webfoots drapped on his
back, and push the margin back
to 11 or 13 points.
Southern California coach For
i est Twogood withdrew his ace
: with 1:23 remaining amid well
I deserved cheers from the McAr
thur Court fans and with h i s
squad ahead, 78-64.
j Weak shooting by the Oregon
guards, who hit only 11 for 41
from the field probably was the
; deciding factor in the game.
Barnett Scores
It is only too obvious that Ore
gon lives on the play of Jim Bar
nett and Nick Jones. Although
Barnett scored 19 points and
! moved into second place in the
all-time Oregon scoring list, he
didn’t have a particularly good
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Boiko
The Ducks did stop the clock,
but it was for their free-throw
chances that finally proved the
downfall of the Bruins. At the
end of scrambling, the running
Bruins fouled Jim Barnett nu
merous times, only to have the
I senior guard go 13-13 from the
foul line. With 1:11 left in the
| game Barnett put it in the ice
1 box with a one-and-one chance
as he converted both and put the
Ducks too far away at 75t>C.
Barnett High Mark
For Barnett this was his high
est scoring game as a collegiate
eager at Oregon. His 33 points
on 13-13 from the line and 10
fielders put him a notch closer
to Charlie Warren's career rec
ord.
"If this doesn't eliminate
UCLA, it'll be the funniest race
on record,” said Boiko. "We're
still playing for the blue chips,”
he quietly added. The Ducks do
have the best shot left as they
are the only contender with two
games left against OSU
"Our line-up changes hurt in
many ways without Lynn (Mike)
at full strength and McIntosh
(Doug). We aren't a good ball
club without them and I.acey <Kd
gar),” UCLA coach John Wooden
told reporters. Edgar Lacey is
a regular forward who was left
at home with a fracture in his
knee cap and McIntosh was low -
bridged Friday night at Corval
lis and couldn’t play because of
a severe bruise around the fifth
lumbar.
Emerald
SPORTS
NICK JONES
Oregon Guard Scores 16 In Two Game Series
Title Won by Ruggers
By DICK DENNIS
Sports Writer
It’s a lucky thing that coach
Bruce Howe is the smallest man
on the Oregon rugby squad. Oth
erwise, the team never would
have had the strength to carry
him off the field Saturday, follow
ing their 11-6 victory over Oregon
State.
The game gave the Ducks the
championship in the Northwest
Intercollegiate Rugby conference.
The battle was a proper finish
to the Webfoots’ campaign for
the league title. The Ducks were
in complete control of the game
at all times, with OSU never
crossing the Oregon goal line.
The first half didn’t have much
scoring, but it was anything but
dull. After some early pressure
by the Beavers, Oregon moved the
ball steadily downfield on a 30
yard run by wing Warren Hamill
and some good punting by the
rest of the team.
“Certain to Score"
The Ducks crept to within a
few feet of the OSU goal line and
camped there for a good portion
of the first period. For awhile it
seemed as though an invisible
shield was protecting the Beav-'
ers' goal line
“I was certain we were going
to score, because we kept con
stant pressure on them," said
Howe. It was only a matter of
time." Center Dave Bottemiller
finally shattered the shield with
the first try of the game. The first
half ended at 3 0.
Oregon hiked its lead early in
the second period on a 5-yard tr>
by Hamill A 40yard punt along
the sideline by halfback Joe Hav
en set up the score. Barry Ward's
extra point attempt was good,
making the margin 8 0.
OSU finally broke up the shut
out on a short penalty kick by
Tom Hussey. With the score at
8-3, Ward booted a 45yard line
drive penalty kick, then Hussey
scored on another short kick to
complete the scoring.
Freeman Impressive
Howe, who had earlier feared
that OSU might have better for
wards than the Ducks, said, "The
forwards actually won the game
for us. There was nobody that
didn’t play well."
The coach felt that Cliff Free
man did the best job, “upsetting
their inside hark*. giving them a
real hard time throughout the
Hanie " Howe commended all the
forwards for keeping constant
pressure on OSU the whole game.
Among the backs, "Joe Raven
had an outstanding game." ac
cording to his coach. "So did Dave
Bottcmillcr in his first game back
after an injury.”
Howe wasn't as impressed with
the Beavers as he had been with
previous Oregon opponents. "OSU
wasn't very steady, not as good
as the University of British Col
umbia.” said the coach Oregon
beat UBC last month, 96.
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