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Delplanche Happy to Plant Spikes Here . . • »ni U 2i ...... mu it ln( Il'Aillilti " I... By RICK FITCH Emerald Sports Writer Ron Delplanche had a difficult decision to make after graduat ing from high school. An all-state selection in both football and baseball, he could have gone to a small college where he could play both sports. Or he could have gone to a big school, such as Oregon, where, because of increased pressure and competition, he would have to cut down on one. Happily for coach Don Kirsch and the varsity baseball team. Del planche stuck with Oregon and baseball. The rest is history. In his first season as a varsity perform er, Delplanche, a junior, made the all-Northern Division team as a righthand throwing, lefthand batting third baseman. He hit for a .316 average with six homers and 26 runs batted in, and had a stretch of 13 games without an error while captaining his team In PAC Track Meet Underdog UO Out for Upset By PAUL POI.SKY Associate Sports Editor They’ll be off and running Fri day afternoon in Palo Alto when the PAC championships begin at 2:30 on the Stanford oval. The Oregon Ducks are the de fending champions but unless Bill Bowerman and his hearty group come up with some season’s end miracle, the UCLA Bruins, and possibly the USC Trojans will replace them in the winners circle. The Bruins have eight best marks, followed closely by the Trojans who have five. From there it goes down to a pair for the Ducks and the Washington State Cougars, with the OSU Beav ers and the California Bears one apiece. The Bruins appear to have the best sprinters (Norm Jackson and Tom Jones), the top miler and two miler in Bob Day, the class of the high hurdles (Ron Cope land), and the mile relay. In ad dition, they also have bests in the javelin (Dick Selby) and in the pole vault (Marc Savage). The USC hopefuls are Dwight Middleton in the 440, Dennis Carr in the 880, Mahoney Sam uels in the triple jump, and dis cus thrower Gary Carlsen. Greg Heet of SC and Bob Keppel of WSU are tied in the high jump. Steinhauer, Moore Pace Ducks Neal Steinhauer in the shot and Ken Moore in the steeplechase are expected to pace the Ducks. Ore gon State has Tony Albin in the broad jump, while California relies on Paddy McCrary in the UO's Glenn Wins In Mat Action Three wrestlers—one from Ore gon, one an Oregon-grad, and the other scheduled to enroll at the University next year—won cham pionships in the Seattle wrestling tournament last weekend. The current Oregonian, senior Bruce Glenn, defeated Darrel Day (1-0) and Dennis Sipe (by a fall) to wir, the 191-pound title. Daj and Sipe both placed high in this year’s national freestyle tournament, Day placing second and Sipe fourth. Glenn is a former National AAU Greco-Roman champion. Kericho Kanno, the North Eu gene High senior who announced three months ago his intention to enrer Oregon the fall of 1966, won the 114.5-pound division over another wrestler who will be en tering Oregon next year, John Miller of Wilson High (Portland). Kar.no, before entering North Eugene, was a member of the Japanese High School all-star wrestling team that toured Ore gon last winter. Since then, he has won the Oregon AAU free style and placed second in the national AAU freestyle wrestling tournaments. Ex-Oregon star Doug Muck won the 148-pound title over former Oregon High School champions Clarence Seal (three-time from Redmond) and Freeman Garrison (two-time from Portland).” Oregon’s 123-pound PAC champ, Doug Robertson, wrestled at 138 but lost on a last second takedown. 440 hurdles. The WSU mark is hy Gerry Lindgren, American three-mile record-holder. But . . . Wade Bell has been dying for a shot at SC’s Carr, and Bob Blum has the capabilities to up set UCLA’s Ron Copeland whom he chased to the best mark in the PAC this spring. Bob Day is ailing after a mys terious injury sidelined him while he was running last week in the Coliseum Relays. His exact con dition has not been made public, so his status for the meet is ques tionable. Day Questionable Bruin coach Jim Bush, has en tered Day in the mile—but "just entered," he said. "That is all.” Day’s injury may not hurt the Bruin chances too much, but it will certainly make the under dog’s try a little harder, giving SC and Oregon that little extra incentive for an upset. Lindgren seems a sure shoo-in for the three mile but Duck Ken Moore would like to make a good race of it. He was beaten by Lindgren last week in Seattle when the little Cougar missed the world mark by .6 of a second. The Ducks are the class of the steeplechase and Moore will be back to defend his title in this event, as well as running the three mile. Bruce Mortenson, NCAA steeplechase champion, and Phil Hansen will give the Ducks added strength in that event. Other bright spots in the Duck 22-man traveling squad include half milers Mike Crunican and Don Scott. Mike Deibele, who upset Bruin Norm Jackson in the 100 when the two met earlier this year, will again duel with Jackson in the century as well as three favored Uclans in the 220. With Bell slated for “880 ac tion only” the lone Duck entrant in the mile will be Dave Wilborn Blum, Marcial Hunter, and Paul Elliott will handle the high hurdle event. Bowerman ruled 440 hurdler Paul Cope out of the meet due to a thigh problem. Little or Nothing in Relays In the relay events, Bowerman conceded earlier in the week that the Ducks were hurting and may not field a 440 team and definitely are out of the mile exchange. Neal Steinhauer, who leads the Ducks in the field events, is vir tually assured of one first place and a hot contender for another. His 66-10 shot effort is 6 feet 3% inches ahead of his nearest rival, and he is ranked third in the discus, though he is two for two in wins against No. 2 ranked A1 Pemberton of Washington this year. Other Duck hopefuls include Bill Heikkila in the javelin along with Jim Sagle, Bob Varley in the pole vault, Bob Fauskett in the shot put, and Herm Brame in the long and triple jumps. All of Friday’s competition is preliminary except the steeple chase, which is slated for 5:15 p.m. Running event prelims will commence at 2:30 and the field events at 3 p.m. Saturday’s competition is sched uled to begin at 1:30 p.m. for the other 17 events on the program. The scoring, should it follow last year’s pattern, will be 5-3-2-1. to a 12-6, second-place finish This season he appears destined to improve on last year’s all - star performance. With three league contests left, Delplanche is batting 344 with seven hom ers and 25 runs hatted in. lie leads the team in homers and triples, is second in runs-batted in and doubles, and is third in batting average and stolen bases. He began his baseball career as a Pee Wee leaguer in the sixth grade. "It was a family thing,” remarked Delplanche. ”1 just fell in line.” Following the path of his major league “idol,” Ted Wil liams, he compiled an outstanding athletic record at Hillsboro High. Three-Sport Lettorman Lettering in football, basket ball. and baseball. Delplanche was all-state in his "favorite” sports, football and baseball, and ''only” league honorable mention in bas ketball. He chose Oregon over the small colleges “because of a good schol arship, better athletic program, good coach, and more compete tion.” He had previously decided to make baseball his only sport. “I didn't think I was big enough for football," said Delplanche, a 5-9 175 pounder. “A guy my size wouldn’t have much of a chance against those big guys.” His choice appeared well - founded alter ne uaueu freshman year. Delplanche said of this years team: "We aren’t playing up to our potential Washington Stale is the best team in the league, but we should have taken two of the three games up there,” he remarked. “We've made too many men tal mistakes and errors.” Can't Be Satisfied Despite his line performance thus far in the season, the sea son isn't complete for Delplanche. "You can't be satisfied when the team isn't winning,” he suid "I'd like to win the championship." He feels that his hitting was "pretty good" against baseball powerhouses Arizona and Arizona ' State, but thinks that he "should have done better" against small , schools. "Small school junk pitch said. Washington Slate pitching arc Joe Prisella also gives him Iron hie "He's a smart pitcher," said Dclplanchr. "When I'm looking for one pitch, he’ll throw the other. He looks for better perform ances from both himself and the team next year. "I'm just going to play the Iwst I can," he said "Providing some key guys don't sign, we should have a good sea son next year "We're losing only four seniors." Concerning the possibility of playing pro hall, Delplnnche said, "I won’t consider signing next year unless I got a big bonus, and l don't think I'll get one I probably won't sign until after I graduate, and even then I'll want a good bonus." MOVING?-MAKE TRAILER RESERVATIONS EARLY NIX U-Haul Service OFFERS STUDENTS VOLKSWAGENS FOR RENT $3.95 a day $.05 a mile ALSO TRUCK RENTALS 698 E. 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