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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1966)
Quack Cracks n. Watch Nik Kick By DAVE BARONTI Emerald Sports Editor WHEN A GUY WHO has never done it before can run up to a football and kick a 40-yard field goal his first try, you ’know there’s got to be some trickery behind it. Well, there’s trickery all right—but that doesn't alter the fact that Hans Nik, a senior transfer student from Holland, did it . . . and can do it again—consistently. Hans is an expert rugby and soccer player. That explains his kick ing proficiency. What it doesn’t explain is why he doesn’t use his rugby trickery for the Oregon football team. The reasons? None, in particular. He hasn’t been invited; he hasn’t given it much thought, and he isn’t sure that he is needed. Consequently, Hans is playing a star role on the Duck's undefeated soccer team. THAT IS A PLACE where he IS needed. In the Netherlands, he was good enough to make a professional team as a sub-16 year old amateur—and he would have collected money for his play except that he was not old enough to do so. As for rugby, he is an ex-member of the Dutch National team, which is composed of the top 15 amateur players in Holland. There are about 3.000 players to choose from. Blond haired and stocky at 5-7, he’s a natural athlete, runs the 100 in close to 10-flat, is strong, and has exceptional balance. The Duck half of the Oregon soccer team, according to him. is not going to be beaten. And the reason is simple: “We’re the best team around.” The Mallards. Oregon's other soccer team, is actually made up of second stringers—those who couldn’t make the Duck squad. But the two teams compete in the same league. ■NEXT ACTION for the Ducks is Saturday at Reed College. On October 29. they play a Vancouver. B.C. squad here. Hans is quick to point out that despite the undefeated status of the Puck squad, “this team and this league are not at all strong by Dutch ,sianaaras. ‘ The people around here just haven’t played enough," he ex plained. ‘ In Holland, we were playing when we were six years old.” As for the value of experience, Hans bluntly said that "even if the slowest guv on their team is two-tenths of a second (for the 100) faster than your fastest, they're going to beat you if they’ve had «uch more experience.” And speed, he said, is the second most important characteristic of a good soccer team. Dutch soccer teams aren’t the powerhouses that some other Euro pean countries—such as England, Finland and Hungary are, says Hans, but the sport is nevertheless respected. A Dutch athlete, for instance, recently received the equivalent of $150,000 for turning professional. Soccer in the Netherlands, he said, is operated on much the same basis as American baseball. "Amateurs never play with the pros,” he said. "And we have three professional leagues—with each team operating farm clubs for boys who aren't ready for top-flight competition.” However, he pointed out that the leagues are different from baseball leagues in at least two respects. One. the three leagues i-epresent distinctly different levels of competition (the top league is called the "honor” league), and two, the teams in a league are not consistent from year to year. The last team in the honor league in a given year, for example, drops down into the second league to make way for the champion of that division. _j Season Statistics Team Number rushing plays—Oregon 191, Opponents 234. Yards gained rushing—Oregon 773, Opponents 925. Yards lost rushing—Oregon 188. Op ponents 240. NET YARDS GAINED—Oregon 585, Opponents 785. Passes Attempted—Oregon 101, Op ponents 93. Passes Completed—Oregon 33, Op ponents 53. Passes Had Intercepted—Oregon 3, Opponents 8. YARDS GAINED PASSING—Oregon €•52, Opponents 682. Total Plavs—Oregon 325, Opponents 327. TOTAL OFFENSE—Oregon 1237, Op ponents 1367. First Downs Rushing—Oregon 34, Op ponents 39. First Downs Passing—Oregon 31, Op ponents 34. First Downs Penalties—Oregon 6, Op ponents 4. TOTAL FIRST DOWNS—Oregon 71, Opponents 76. Punting Average—Oregon 30.3, Op ponents 44.5. Punt Return Average—Oregon 9.3, Opponents 7.4 <last week). Kickoff Return Average — Oregon Opponents 11.8 (last week). Fumbles—Oregon 12, Opponents 12 Fumbles Lost—Oregon 7, Opponents Penaltv Yards—Oregon 308, Oppon ents 264. Individual Steve Jones, lh—388 yards on 107 car ries (3.6 average i. Arlan Elms, fb—86 yards on 22 car ries (3.9 average). Roger Smith, rli—51 yards on 7 car ries (7.3 average). Claxon W eicn, rn—yaras on 11 carries (3.8 average). Mike Baines, qb—32 yards on 27 car ries (1.2 average). Scott Cress, rh—31 yards on 12 car ries (2.5). John Buller, rh—16 yards on 6 car ries (2.7 average). Ken Grote, fb—11 yards on 3 carries (3.7 average). Eric Olson, qb—12 yards on 9 car ries (-1.4 average). Tom Trovato, qb—9 yards on 9 car ries (-1.0). Mike Brundage, qb— -55 yards on 10 carries (-5.5 average). PASSING Mike Barnes, qb—17-44 for 252 yards, 1 touchdown (.386 pet.) Mike Brundage, qb—12-32 for 153 yards, 1 touchdown (.375 pet.) Eric Olson, qb—8-13 for 136 yards (.615 pet.) Tom Trovato, qb—6-12 for 11 yards ,1 touchdown (.500 pet.) PASS RECEIVING Steve Bunker—10 for 120 yards. Scott Cress—10 for 156 yards. Steve Reina—6 for 89 yards (2 TD) Lynn Hendrickson—6 for 77 yards. Lachlan Heron—4 for 123 yards (1 TD) Steve Jones—2 for 19 yards. John Buller—2 for 36 yards. Roger Smith—1 for 29 yards Claxton Welch—1 for 3 yards. SCORING Steve Reina—14 points (2 TDs, 1 con version). Mike Barnes—6 points (1 touchdown). Steve Jones—6 points (1 touchdowm). Lachlan Heron—6 points (1 touch down). Mike Brundage—5 points (5 conver sions). Ken Klein, rh—6 points (1 touch down ). Gunther Cunningham, lb—3 points (1 held goal). Huskies Next PAC Foe Welch, Bunker Return Tailback Claxton Welch and end Steve Bunker will return to the Oregon lineup for Saturday's contest with Washington's Hus kies in Seattle. Duck head coach Len Casanova reported yesterday. Due to a knee injury Welch has missed every game since the season opener and Bunker, the conference's leading receiver last year, was suspended prior to last week's game for disciplinary reasons. The only Duck being kept out of action due to injury is fullback Arlan Elms. Elms pulled a muscle before the Stanford game two week's ago. With Tom Sparlin throwing to Dave Williams and Jim Cope, and with the Pacific-8 leading rusher. Don Moore at halfback, the Hus kies possess a potent, balanced offense. Sparlin is fourth in conference passing with 37 completions for 526 yards while Cope is fourth in receiving and Williams is tenth. Moore has gained 447 yards in live games for a 5.1 yard average ^ As a team the Huskies arc fourth in total offense. In order to stop such an attack | defensive secondary coach John j Robinson, has assigned Jim Smith, j who leads the Duck secondary with three interceptions, to cover j Williams, and Ken Klein, who ran back an interception t»9 yards last week against Air Force, to cover Cope. Wednesday the Ducks concern ' trated on the offense and defense i IN Schedule Touch Football WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Slums CIU 13. De»d«nder« 0. Youn won bv forfeit over HumuIs Slum# Al pha Epsilon IS, Boynton O. Alpha Tau Omeua IS. Clark 6 (ATO win# on flr#t downs, 4-3). WKA VOLLKYBALL RESULTS Morton Hal) 2, Rebec A. O. Morton Hall 2. Rebec A. 0 Smith 2. Alpha Chi Omega 1. Caswell 2, Rebec B 1. Laurel won by default. Chapman Sees Rook Advantage Coach Chapman Directs Offense By JEFF WOHLER Emrrald Sports Writer Oregon Duckling Coach Norm Chapman feels the frosh will be at a disadvantage when they take on Oregon State in Corvallis Fri day. Considering the 33-0 whipping they gave Washington State in the season opener last week, you'd think, Oregon State should feel that way. But Chapman points out that the Rooks, who haven't played a game yet, have had the entire three weeks of practice to prepare for Oregon's style of play. The Ducklings, on the other hand, have only this week to get ready for OSU. “And they’ve scouted it, too, that’s for sure,” Chapman noted. “It’s hard for us to know much about them since all they’ve done is practice. However, we know about some of their players from their high school records, so we’ll have to go on from there.” Chapman picked out Rick 01 sson of Corvallis and Mick O’Con nor of Eugene’s Sheldon High as two outstanding prospects for the Rooks. 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