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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1966)
At Oregon Club Coaches Optimistic By PAUL POLSKY Emerald Associate Sports Editor Optimism highlighted Monday’s weekly Oregon Club luncheon, w hen Oregon coaches Dick Smith, ©on Van Rossen. Art Keith, and Steve Belko addressed the Eugene Motel gathering. • Dick Smith, varsity gymnas tics coach: “This was the best antersquad meet we’ve had. We will do well this year, and have a fine frosh team coming up to add depth next year.” • Van Rossen, varsity swim tuin coach: “We’ll have an out standing group The freshmen are so good they could upset the var sity.” • Keith, varsity wrestling coach: “We won't be anything special this year but we are looking ahead to some real fine1 .prospects. The kids are eager and hard workers." • Belko, varsity basketball coach: “We've worked like hell on defense. Although our shoot ing is not up to par it will come along and we’ll be a pretty sol id ball club. We're not discour aged over our opening perform ances.” And so it went, with the win t»r sports spotlight centering the 1966-67 season. Smith Pleased Smith was very pleased with bis gymnasts. His frosh and var sity had a “tremendous” meet Sat urday: he termed it the “best intersquad meet ever held at Ore , gon. “We’re much better than we! were last year and next year 1 >oks very good with a lot of help c iming from the freshmen," he said Van Rossen buggled over j with enthusiasm about Monday j right’s frosh-varsity encounter. “The freshmen are that out-; standing; they could upset the varsity.” Van Rossen is also looking for ward to hosting the PAC cham pionships here for the second tune in three years. He rates the Oregon facilities of the “best on the coast.” Oregon Popular “We did such a good job last time, many people are actually' looking forward to coming back j again,” he said. “A lot of the kids from other schools and their coaches want to come to Oregon.” Van Rossen has also lined up a topnotch schedule which in cludes home meets with Okla homa. Stanford. New Mexico. Utah, and Washington, some of the best teams in the nation. Keith was the least optimistic of the coaches for the present, but feels that after this year, “a When You Must Keep Alert When you can't afford to be drowsy, inattentive, or anything less than all there. .. here's how to stay on top. VCTV Continuous Action Alertness Capsules deliver the awakeness of iwo cups of coffee, stretched out up to six hours. Safe and non-haDit-forming. VfRV Continuous Action , Alertness Capsules building year, the grapplers win be able to hold their own. “We have two seniors, two ju niors. and the rest are sopho mores," said Keith. “We'll have a real rough year, and will be lucky to break even.” However, he looks to the future. “In a couple of years you'll see the results.” Keith added. The frosh went to Gray's Har bor for a tournament and came away with four champions. Turning to basketball the var sity went to the midwest, the heart of basketball country, to tangle with the Nebraska Corn huskers and the Kansas State Wildcats. Although the Ducks lost 79-56 and 52-47, Belko said, "We were not happy about losing, just dis appointed. but not discouraged.” Nebraska Praised “Nebraska was one of the best teams we've encountered this early in the year. They have great speed, and are faster than the UCLA team, speed-wise, that won 'the NCAA championship," said Belko. “Our defense was good, a little tense against Nebraska. We hurt them on their vaunted press which was supposed to be so impres sive." he added. "We hurt them twice, bad. and got some cheap baskets on them.” Belko was very pleased with the board play Saturday evening against K-State, a faze of the game the Ducks have worked hard on during practice. The Ducks open their 1966-67 home slate against the Idaho Vandals Wednesday night and then meet the touring Australi an national team in an exhibition. Friday evening. Emerald SPORTS Varsity Swimmers Win By JANET O’DELL | Emerald Sporti Writer A relay team of Oregon varsity swimmers came through with a, victory in the 400 freestyle Mon day—the last event of the night —to give their mates a 120109 win over the frosh. Nine records were established during the annual meet—six by the frosh and three by the var sity. The score was close all the way. with less than five points usually separating the two teams. As the final event approached, the varsity maintained a 113 - 109 lead. Bob Boyer, Bruce Hess, Jay Greening, and Don Smith then combined efforts to produce the final relay win. Even though the frosh quar-l tet finished second, it still set a new mark of 3:22.8. Competition was heavy in both diving events. In the three-mo-1 ter, Dennis Hartman, a freshman. | became the first Oregon diver ever to score over 300 points in a dual meet. He built up 300.95 points, while Wayne Schwandt, another frosh, took second with 271 55. Schwandt’s effort also broke the school mark. Hartman came in second to se nior Larry Folinsbee in the one meter. A one-half point margin gave Folinsbee the win as he racked up 293.30. Both men beat the old record by over 60 points. WHY PAY MORE? 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