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WSU, Huskies Host Hoop Team Mil UMU Show the State of Washington Your Stuff, Tzar Swimmers Meet OSU Tank Team By GORDON ROSENBERG Sports Writer Oregon's varsity swimming team wraps up its dual meet sea son at 2 pm. this Saturday by hosting arch foe Oregon State at Leighton Pool Looking ahead to the league finals the first weekend in March, the Ducks put their overall rec ord of 7-3-1 on the line against the Beavers, whom they defeated. 5342, last month in Corvallis. Besides trying to avenge last month’s loss to even the series, the Beavers will be out to qualify swimmers for the finals. Since their pool is 33 yards long, they have quite a few men who haven't yet qualified in events set up for 25-yard pools. This will be their last chance to do so. ‘ They will be trying to beat us and will be out to qualify, too” Stated Webfoot coach Don Van Rossen. ‘ I’m sure they will be up for us.” OSU is led by all-American Jerry Wille and captain Doug Huey, who starred in the strong upset attempt in the earlier meet. Wille earned AA honors a year ago with one of the nation’s fast est 100-yard breaststroke times. Soccer, Rugby Set Home lilts Having already won their con ference championships, both the Oregon rugby and soccer squads will see action in Eugene this weekend. The soccer Ducks own a 7-0 record with two league games remaining. Oregon State, in sec ond place with a 3-3-1 slate, can not possibly overtake the Web foots. Oregon meets the University of Portland Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on the IM field. The Vikings are in the conference cellar with a 1-5-1 record. With the teams at opposite ends of the standings. Oregon coach Jan Broekhoff is optimistic. ‘‘If we don’t win, there’s something definitely wrong,” he said. The rugby team, which clinched their league championship with a victory over Oregon State last weekend, will encounter the Uni versity of Victoria Saturday at 1:15 p.m. on the football practice field. The game will be something of a rest for the Ducks, who are anticipating their rematch with Oregon State in Eugene next weekend. The game with the Beavers will decide this year’s possession of the Devine Cup. He picked up two firsts against the Ducks. Huey has been a Beaver stand out all season long, swimming in all the freestyle events. He also won two events in the first meet ing between the two clubs. Holding ‘Saves Day’ That first meet was the scene of the top Webfoot comeback of the season OSU threw a scare into the favored Ducks by jump ing to a 21-4 lead after three events. But then the man the Ducks have depended upon all season— Monty Holding—went into action. He and Pete Shutts doubled in the individual medley to get the ball rolling. After Don Merkt captured the diving. Holding and Jud Shutts finished one-two in the 200-yard butterfly, and Jud came back to win the 200-yard backstroke. This cut OSU's lead to 36-34, and set the stage for the showdown. Oregon captain Dale Wood joined Holding as they finished first and second in the 500-yard freestyle to give the Ducks the lead for the first time. They were never headed after this sweep. More Events Added This meet will differ from the others held this year. In prepa ration for the finals which include about twice as many events as the regular dual meets, this meet will feature several more events. Inserted into the schedule will be the 100-yard butterfly, 100 yard breaststroke, and 100-yard backstroke. This will give the teams a chance to compete in short races, as they will have to in the finals. “The shorter events will make more exciting races with closer finishes,” indicated Van Rossen. Speaking of being in shape, Van Rossen added: “I think we are in better shape than they are, but with these shorter events the races should be much closer.” IM Schedule 4:00—Court 40, Douglas B vs. Henderson B Court 43, Alpha Tau Omega B vs. Watson B 4:45—Court 40. Debusk B vs. Theta Chi B Court 43. Hauna B vs. Sigma Chi B Duck Girl Cogers Lose to Beavers The Oregon women’s basket ball team lost to an Oregon State squad Tuesday night at Corvallis, 62-41. Jane Shields was the high scorer for the Ducks with 15 points, while Sue Moe had 13. By PAUL POLSKY Associate Sports Editor Time is running out on the PAC race. With four teams tied for sec ond place in one of the biggest log jams seen in recent years, this weekend's competition will cer tainly go a long way in separat ing the contenders from the also rans. The Oregon Ducks will invade the state of Washington on a lengthy five-day trip which will take them first to Seattle for a Saturday night encounter with the Washington Huskies and then over to Pullman where they will tackle the always tough Washington State Cougars Mon day evening. Coach Steve Belko will have quite a job on his hands this Saturday night as he tries to con quer the Huskies for the third consecutive time this season. Kar lier the Ducks defeated the Hus kies in Seattle, 63-61, on a last second fielder by Nick Jones. Then, in their first league counting game, this time in Eu gene, the Ducks handled the Hus kies, 71-62, after a hard-fought, and tightly contested game. Giant Killers Word from Seattle seems to indicate that the Huskies will be trying to play the role of giant killers. Coach Mac Duckworth of the Huskies feels that his team is ready for a good performance after losing two. two-point deci sions last weekend to Cal and Stanford "Were long overdue to put together the Kamo we’re capable of playing " “We have a problem with the flu,” reported Hclko ami “we have to protect against it." Thus Jim Harnett sat out of Wednes day's practice with a slight tem perature and a cold but his coach reports that he will more than likely be ready to go Sat urday night. Craven Ready Another ailing I)uck is Bob Craven with a recurrent groin injury. Craven was injured ear lier in the season but seemed to recover quickly and got back into the grove. Recently he was injured again and he missed prac tice Tuesday, but Belko reported that his 6-7 frontliner was back at work Wednesday and went full speed in the workout. He is expected to be ready. The Huskies were hit by the flu bug last week but will be almost at full strength this week end. Forward Dave Carr, who has recently provided some much needed scoring punch to go along with 6-10 center Gordy Harris, will be back at his regular posi tion Alongside him will be Dave Hovde. Harris will be the center and the probable starting guards will be Steve Olsen and Doug Westlake. Duckworth declared senior Emerald SPORTS Bruce Hriekner ineligible i burs day becauae the Hunky former captain had not been attending one of his rlaxses regularly. Olsen has completely recovered from an early season hand Injury and hit for 27 points last week end against the Indians and the Bears. "Hood, Solid Team” “The Cougars are a good, solid team, and arc particularly tough at home,” said Belko To illus trate his point, the Duck coach pointed out that the Cougars have lost only two games at home all year, one to California and the other to Conzaga They have beaten SC, UCLA, and Stanford on their home floor this year In two previous meetings this year the Ducks and Cougars have split The Cougars defeated the injury riddled Ducks In the Far West Classic at Christmas, 78 58, but then were defeated in a PAC encounter in Eugene, 88 58 The Cougars are led by center Jim McKean and guards Tom Tommervick and Hay Stein Mc Kean is very good inside and is a very good rebounder The two little guards can hurt you a lot from the outside with some devastating long range shooting. For Saturday’s game the Ducks will probably start Barnett and Jones at guards with John Pink staff at center and Bill Jennings and Bill Thomas at the forward spots Ready for last second calls will be Dave Kafoury. who did an outstanding job against UCLA, and Bob Craven. Gy mnasfs Slate NW Meet By DICK JONES Sports Writer McArthur Court will be the | scene for the Pacific Northwest Gymnastic Championships. Satur day at 7 p m. Competing against j the Ducks will be five Washing- j i ton schools and two Canadian j ! schools. The five Washington schools are Eastern W'ashington, Wash-1 ington State, University of Wash-, ington, Olympic Junior College, and Chenay Junior College. The other two varsity teams are the University of British Co-: : lumbia, and the University of Al- j berta. The Washington State, W'ashington, and Oregon frosh will also be competing for team honors. Judging from past perform ances, the Washington Huskies should take home first place, but the Duck team is shaping up as second place finishers and a close contender to Washington. "We may not beat Washington, but if ] we work at a maximum we can ; grab second place,” said coach Dick Smith. Huskies Beat Ducks The reason for Smith’s pre diction is that last weekend the Ducks were defeated by the Hus kies, 177-149. But that’s nothing to be ashamed of. Last year the Huskies were first in the PAC, first in the Western Regionals, second in the NCAA, and have as yet to lose a meet this year. The Huskies have also won the Northwest Cham pionships for the past six years, with the University of British Columbia winning the first of these championships. This is only the third year of intercollegiate competition for the Oregon gymnasts, but the improvement has been rapid. Af ter two losing seasons, the Ducks have so far defeated Eastern Washington, Chico State, Chenay Jr. College, and the University of British Columbia, while falling to Washington State and Wash ington. The Ducks were defeated by Washington State earlier in the season, and have since scored consistently higher in their meets than the Cougars. “Real Close Race” Team captain John Turchi be lieves that his team is capable of 170 points, which is eight points higher than the best Cougar ef fort, and around Washington’s average. “It will be a real close race for the top two positions,” Turchi added. The big problem for the Ducks is the injury of all around gym nast A1 West The all around event is a special category in which a team member must com pete in all the events but the trampoline, and West regularly won this event for the Ducks. In the meet against Washing ton, West tore some shoulder muscles on the parallel bars, and his chances of competing are still not known. Gymnastic coach Dick Smith hoped that West would be able to compete in his best events, r but was awaiting me uoctor s decision. Smith also commented that be cause this is a championship meet, admission will be charged. The price is fifty cents for stu dents and one dollar for adults. "This is a real chance to show our team’s improvement,” said Smith, "and we’re going to com pete to our maximum.” Summer Job Training Juniors and Seniors In • Accounting - Finance • Quality Assurance OMARK INDUSTRIES, INC. Interviews March 2 Seniors who plan graduate studies and Juniors: Train in your chosen career this summer. OMARK INDUSTRIES, INC. seeks students for challenging job assignments in accounting—fi nance and quality assurance. Those accepted will work at the Portland headquarters of the com pany. OMARK is one of the most progressive inter national manufacturing and marketing firms in the Pacific Northwest. Interviews will be conducted from 9:00 a m. to 4:30 p.m., March 2. 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