Oregon daily emerald., May 25, 1966, Page Four, Image 4

Quack Cracks
Heres More
On Stadium
By DAVE BARONTI
Emerald Sports Editor
ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Norv Ritchey
likes to defend the Athletic Department's handling of the
North Bank stadium by referring to an experience he had
as an Oregon freshman in 1948.
“I walked into the old athletic offices in McArthur Court at that
tiMe." he related. "And about the first thing I saw' was this plan for
a stadium to replace Hayward Field.
“Steel was the backbone of that plan.” he said. "And with the
Korean War about to start nothing progressed very far.”
But even at that the overall plan for a stadium has obviously pro
gressed—and this bit of history- supports Ritchey’s views very well.
The stadium is not a rush-rush project; it is not being ramroded
down anyone's throat, and it—above all—is not being hurriedly or
carelessly planned.
The stadium concept we have now,” said athletic publicity director
Art Litchman, “is the end result of the thinking of hundreds of
people.
“Nobody's ideas have been discarded without consideration.”
Said Ritchey. “If we can build this stadium (40,000 seat) for the
price we’re talking about (less than two million), it’s going to be
the greatest stadium feat in many years.”
Since only two 40,000-seat stadiums in recent years — Texas
Western's and Green Bay’s—have been built for comparable prices,
his point should be well-taken.
NOW—LETS LET THE DEPARTMENT offer specific an
swers to specific questions.
First, we’ll go to the “plan” submitted by Charles Parker, which
was discussed in Tuesday’s “Cracks.”
According to the Athletic Department, it has some good points—
but there are definite reasons that it has not been adopted.
“In many ways, his plan isn't what we want.” Litchman explained.
“For instance, his bleachers rest on dirt—not cement. So, besides
being more difficult to maintain, it’s not too satisfactory from an
aesthetic viewpoint
"The city of Eugene and Lane County don’t want anything but an
attractive structure near their park,” he said. "And so do we. It’s
practically impossible to correct a design error. So we might as well
do it well.”
Even at that, Ritchey added, Parker’s estimated construction cost
of less than S1.5 million ($500,000 less than the current proposal)
was only an estimate—not a bid.
“We could be talking about essentially the same mice,” Litchman
said. “For instance, he may figure it costs $45 to haul so many yards
of dirt—and we may be figuring $55.
“These things add up.”
Nor would the open end of Parker's horseshoe structure be an
advantage as far as construction is concerned, according to Litchman.
“Our stadium plans call for the ends to be built last regardless of
the equipment,” he said. “So, getting cranes and so forth in will be
no problem.”
However, Litchman emphatically added that he has considered the
better points of Parker’s plan carefully—and that Skidmore, Owings
and Merrill knows about these points.
“They won’t recognize the plan because only parts of it has been
submitted to them,” he said. “But SOM has been apprised some
features of it—such as Parker’s earth-moving techniques.
"We have considered his plan very carefullly,” Ritchey said.
(Athletic Director) Leo Harris discussed this with Parker. He had
people running in and out of his office for a few days because of it.”
According to Litchman, a few other companies, such as the
Bessonette Construction firm of Medford, have also submitted plans
whose features have been incorporated.
The covering that will be over the stadium’s doner section is
largely a Bessonette idea, he said.
LITCHMAN ALSO HAS ANSWERS for those who object
to the North Bank site.
“It’s the natural site,” he said. “It’s close enough to the University
(only twice the distance from Mac Court to Franklin Boulevard)
that the students who don’t have cars can walk there. And those
who do have cars will probably walk, too—instead of fighting the
traffic.
“The North Bank area is going to have more roads built into it,
and the roads that are there are going to be widened regardless of
whether or not a stadium will be built.
“It has more access routes than any other area in Eugene,” Litch
man said. “No other available open place can compare with it.”
He detailed the problems a stadium south of Eugene situated near
Highway 99 would have.
“One lane can handle 1,200 cars an hour, Litchman explained.
Highway 99 is two lanes one direction—that means it will take care
of only 2,400 north bound cars per hour . . . obviously an insufficient
number.
“Even if the stadium were situated between two such highways,
it still would fall far short of what’s necessary.”
And these figures, Litchman said, were based on the assumption
that there is no traffic on the road to begin with.
Stadiums on such roads as west 11th, he said, would be impossible
to dear.
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Girls Win Ball(? Crown
By LYNN Ml'CKEN
Emerald Sports Writer
It’s not fair.
Football, basketball, and track
get all the headlines and draw
' the biggest crowds, while the
greatest of all spectator sports,
women’s intramural softball cham
pionships. are neglected by all
but a select few
Take the game Tuesday night
! at Gerlinger Field between the
Off Campusers and Chi Omega
for the women's intramural soft
ball title.
There was something for every
body, sports fan or not.
For the sports purists, there
was the Off Campus team, a col
lection of ringers gathered to
gether for the express purpose of
utterly destroying any opposition
Tuesday night the opposition
was Chi Omega, and they were
destroyed in turn, 27-3. thus be
coming the seventh straight vic
tim of the Off Campusers.
While it might be impudent to
say that the Off Campus team
could beat Don Kirsch's varsity
players at baseball, it is quite
possible to believe they could
wallop them in a game of softball.
In fact, it would not be stretch
ing the truth much to say that
one member of that team, the
shortstop, is capable of starting
for the varsity nine.
M
Chi Omega Displays Defensive Finesse
This Rirl has an arm that would
make Hon Delplanche look sick,
can run the bases like a female
Maury Wills, and hits equally
well both right and left handed
And a good portion of her team
mates aren't far behind.
If the Off Camposers are a do
For Woodell
Benefit Meet Set
An exhibition six-event track
meet, featuring a red-hot mile
field, is planned for June 2, with
proceeds to go for the hospital
expenses of Bob Woodell, the Uni
versity long jumper injured last
month in a freak Millrace acci
dent.
Eight competitors have been in
vited to participate in the mile,
including D y r o 1 Burleson, Jim
Grelle, Ken Moore, Wade Bell, and
Roscoe Devine.
In addition to the mile, two
other running events, probably
the intermediate hurdles and the
two mile or steeplechase, plus
three field events, the shot put,
javelin, and long jump, are sched
uled.
Burleson and Grelle, both form
er Webfoot runners, are rated
among the best milers in the
world today. Burleson holds the
school records in the 880, mile,
and two mile.
Grelle, an old man in middle
distance racing circles at 29, has
run more sub-four minute miles
than any other man.
Moore and Bell are current
stars for Bill Bowerman's Ducks.
Moore won the PAC steeplechase
last week in Palo Alto and is the
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holder of the school three mile
record.
Bell is normally an 880 man.
but finished second in the mile in
the PAC meet with an all-time
best of 4:03 4.
Devine is the frosh prospect
who is being touted as the best
miler to enter Oregon since Burle
son. Already he has snapped a
couple of Burly's freshman marks
Bowerman said he hopes Ore
gon State will send over some
men for the meet.
Woodell suffered a spinal in
jury after the Washington State
meet when a float being prepared
for the Canoe Fete fell on him.
He has since been transferred to
a Portland hospital so he can be
closer to his family in Beaverton
All tickets for the meet will be
$1, and are available at Theta
Chi fraternity, the Student Union,
and the Athletic Department
ticket office.
The first event is scheduled to
begin at 7:30 p.m.
> light to the baseball gourmet, tin*
Chi Omega tram would appeal
to every other segment of the
population
If you're interested in looking
at girls, go watch Chi Omega
Tills team consisted of nothing
but good looking doilies. One
player stood about 510, with a
perfectly pro|*ortloned figure, and
was a delight to watch in the out
field Too bad she couldn't catch
Another girl had the most beau
tiful round ryes to go with sn
equally impressive face and body.
Unfortunately, they didn't let her
1 play until the last inning
When the spectator is looking
for humor and a good laugh, the
Chi Omegas are again the ones
to watch.
They specialize in the "picture
plays,” such as misplaying 17
consecutive fly balls, running into
each other in pursuit of the bail
(they both mussed it), and throw
ing the ball to home plate three
seconds after the runner has
; scored.
Yet they were always aware
1 of their public image, so it came
as no surprise when the second
baseman was busy adjusting her
babushka (that's some sort of
I headdress), while an Oil Cam
I puser was stealing second
And for the alibi appreciator,
the Chi Omega team proved to
be specialists, coming up with
such gems as: “You should have
come and seen us at a Thursday
night game.
"But they practice every week.
‘Tell them the Chi O's are
cute.”
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