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Crowds Different
By BANDS W1I.MARTH
Sports Editor
There’s something about a track-and held crowd . . .
Maybe Oregon's Neal Steinhauer said it last Saturday during the
UCLA-Duck dual meet when he commented that the fans ' turned
me on too much."
Or mavbe the 7.500 in attendance said it with a roar—in unison—
when Webfoot distance runner Ken Moore made a run at and took
the lead from UCLA’s Geoff Pyne late in Saturday’s two-mile race.
And it was probably said earlier during the broad jump event
when Oregon jumpers Herman Brame and Bob Woodell leaped
for the best marks of their lives Although the distances were not
great by national standards, or even Oregon standards—Woodell s
23-11 is more than two feet under Mel Renfro's school record—the
jumps set off a surprising amount of noise.
But whatever that something is. it separates track-and-field
followers from the typical group that fills Hayward Field and
McArthur Court to view Oregon sports events during other seasons.
True, there's a great number of football and basketball fans who
follow the sports out of genuine interest. But there's also those who
attend the games—more so during the fall football season toi moie
reasons than just interest: the ones who bring the bottles to go
along with the game: the ones who give the same heavy liquor
Bottles a toss toward the bottom of the stands: the ones who appear
more interested in what is taking place in the stands rather than on
the field.
There’s A Lot of Interest...
It’s interest that draws people to a track meet, and it s interest
that keeps a crowd—like last Saturday's 7.500— participating in a
meet the way Oregon fans have done and, we suspect, will continue
to do this Saturday when Oregon hosts Washington State.
Admittedly, a track meet is set up differently than most spectator
sports as. like a three-ring circus, there's usually something happen
in® almost all the time. But it takes a crowd that has uniform
interests—which football viewers obviously don't have—to cheer for
a defeated Wade Bell after losing by a full nine seconds in the mile,
a pair of beaten half milers or a 56-foot shot put by the name of
Bob Foskett
It's too bad catcalls from a few spectators directed at UCLA
pole vaulter Marc Savage were heard—especially after Oregon’s
Bob Varley had been out of competition for some time: and it's too
bad Bruin" coach Bob Bush had to vehemently deny that an infrac
t.on called by a hurdle turn judge could possibly be right. These
two instances spoiled a great track meet.
Oregon will host two more dual matches this spring—the WSU
meet Saturday and an Oregon State meet next week—and. the
way Oregon, the team and fans are acting lately, we're looking
.forward to a few more good afternoons.
Another Year. Another Editor ...
Our favorite page has been left in good hands for the coming
year. Dave Baronti. a freshman in journalism, will be taking over
this column and the editing of the sports page beginning May 2
He's well-versed in the athletic and communications field, haling
been an associate editor of his South Eugene high school paper and
currently holding a position on the Register-Guard sports staff. He s
also knowledgabie when it comes to the reporting of our favorite
sport—Baronti competed on the freshman wrestling squad, and
thus will give his mat coverage a good deal of background.
It's been a good year for us. We learned a number of things—
how easy it is to make some people happy and just how' easy it is
to create the opposite feeling in others. We also met a good number
of people who have kept the string we started in grade school
going—the string of never having met a "bad guy" coach. Needless
to say, we set a new record every year in this category.
We also continued a good relationship with sports publicity di
rector Hal Childs and worked with a dedicated Emerald sports
staff—two reasons, probably the only reasons, that would make any
sports editor's job easier and more enjoyable.
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Bell Captures Pin Title
The normally peaceful Mahlon
Sweet Airport was converted into
a place of bedlam Monday night
as about 40 people turned out to
gieet Larry Bell, the national in
tercollegiaie bowling champion.
Bell, a 23-year-old Oregon stu
dent, averaged over 195 for six
games to capture the champion
ship in competition held in Ro
chester. New York, last weekend.
The lefthander represented Re
gion 14 in the tournament, com
peting with the winners of the
14 other regions in the United
States.
For his efforts. Bell was award
ed the coveted Morehead Patter
son Trophy, named for the late
chairman of the American Ma
chine Si Foundry Company, which
co-sponsors the national finals to
gether with the Association of
College Unions and the American
Bowling Congress.
The award is presented annu
ally to the college represented by
the all-events champion, with the
winner receiving a replica for his
personal possession.
Scores Singles Win
In addition to winning the all
events title. Bell captured first
place in the singles action with a
592 score. Because he won the
tourney, Bell now ranks as num
ber one out of the 13,000 college
bowlers who participated in re
gional and national competition
Ruggers Slate
Travel Trials
Oregon and Oregon State rugby
teams will meet in Corvallis Sat
urday for a dual purpose—to
meet each other and to partici
pate in the selection process
which will pick a rugby squad
to compete in Europe in August.
The game, set for 2 p in. on
the OSU practice football field,
is the first in a series of games
in which the top rugby players
from both schools will be screen
ed to make up the team to repre
sent the state of Oregon in Wales
and England.
About 40 players will partici
pate in the trials, which will in
clude a May 14 game at the Uni
versity following the alumni-var
sity football contest.
IM Schedule
Softball
3:50—North field, Thornton vs.
Henderson
South field. Debusk vs.
Adams
Upper field, Parsons vs.
Philadelphia
4:55—North field, Busads vs.
Psychology
South field. Phi Kappa Psi
vs. Phi Delta Theta
Upper field, Alpha Tau
Omega vs. Sigma Phi
Epsilon
Tennis
4:00—Phi Sigma Kappa vs.
Psychology-Burgess
winner
Golf
Sigma Nu vs. Kappa Sigma
Henderson winner
LARKY BELL
Top College Bowler
Oregon Coach Lou Bellisimo
said that Bell's showing was "no
surprise to me. In fact. 1 would
have been surprised if he had not
won As I mentioned before, in the
tournament, Larry was definitely
the man to beat "
Bclllainio wont on, "I join nil
Oregonians in congratulating I.ai
ry for the honor ho has brought
to our state.” The coach said that
ho lias already boon contacted by
Sports Illustrated magazine,
whirl] plans to run an article on
Bell in its May 9 issue.
Boll, who is from Portland,
qualified for the nationals after
his record breaking performance
in the regional*, held here last
February. He finished with loot
<018 in team event. 019 in sin
gles and 004 in doubles), which
was the highest qualifying score
in the nation
High Doubles Score
In the Hegion 14 doubles event,
Bell and Jim Donaldson also had
the highest national score, after
they combined efforts for a 1282
Bellisimo said that Oregon has
always been represented at the
nationals and has usually finished
near the top This was the first
time, however, that the school
has had a winner.
Bell came to Oregon just two
years ago as a transfer student.
Little by little, he worked his
way up the ladder until he be
came the number two varsity
bowler this year.
After bowling for 13 years,
Bell, the only lefthander on the
team, brought his league average
up to 198 and maintained a 205
average in the numerous matches
held throughout fall and winter
terms His coach noted that Bell
was the first lefty to bowl on a
regionals team since 1958 and
was only the third in the school's
history
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