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By HAVE BAKONTI
Emerald Sports Editor
YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO back to when Mark Antony
said, “I have come to bury Caesar” to find a bigger
understatement than the one wrestling Coach Art Keith
came up with Monday.
That was when he called Oklahoma “good.”
Oregon's got a good team. too. But had Keith said. “I expect to
win," he would have been even more historical than Antony It
would have been the biggest overstatement since Samson said he
trusted Delilah.
In a word, the Oklahoma wrestling squad that meets Oregon
December 20 in McArthur Court is superb-—nothing less.
It’s the same team that hasn't been out of the top three in the
NCAA tournament since somewhere in the early 1950s; the same
team that snapped NCAA champion Oklahoma State's 84-match
winning streak last year, 17-12; the same team that won NCAA
championships in 1960, 1961, and 1963—and the same team that was
edged out for second place by Iowa State in 1966 by a single point,
70-69
And nothing has changed—except possibly for the better—in
Sooner land this year. Take it from Keith: it’s the best squad to
appear in the North west since the NCAAs were held in Corvallis five
years ago.
Two Big Eight champions are back—123-pound Bryan Rice and
152-pound Wayne Wells—in addition to two third placers. That’s in
a conference which delivered the top three finishers in the NCAA
last year.
In fact. Oklahoma hasn't failed to-produce at least one individual
NCAA champion since 1053 whan their present coach. Tommy Evans,
was a junior. Evans that year suffered the only defeat of a collegiate
wrestling career that included national championships his sopho
more and senior years and a second in the 1956 Olympics.
Oregon has yet to produce its first NCAA champ. 130-pound Curt
Scott—who will be in action against the Sooners—has come the
closest, getting a fourth last year.
So Keith would have to be-stretching it a bit to predict an Oregon
upset December 20.
However, the spirit with which the Ducks are preparing for the
match doesn't indicate a defeatist attitude. In fact, in a recent
letter to Evans describing Eugene motel accommodations, Keith
was moved to add, “You’ll have to beat us on the mats.” In expia
tion, Keith said he means no one on the sophomore loaded Webfoot
team will he walking out there expecting to do anything but win.
BUT TALK ABOUT GOOD SQUADS. You don’t have to
wait until December 20 to see one.
The touted Duck freshman wrestlers see their first home action of
the year this afternoon against Treasure Valley (Wash.) Junior
College at 3 p.m. in McArthur Court.
Don’t let the-word “freshman” mislead you, either. The 11-mem
bers of this team have won 13 A-l and one state A-2 high school
championships between them—and are the foundation of a re
building program that Keith hopes will take Oregon “up to the
Oklahoma” level in collegiate wrestling within the next few years.
Two matches to watch are: 1) the 126-pound one which will send
Oregon’s Greg Morgan (three time state champion from David
Dauglas; against TV’s Ralph Carter (A-2 champ from Nyssa), and
2) the 163-pound competition between TV’s two time state A-l
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By RON EACHUS
Fmrrald Sports Writer
Idaho State holds a lot of fond
memories for Oregon head bas
ketball coach Steve Belko and his
assistant Frank Arnold But the
Bengals won’t hesitate to dampen
them when they take on Oregon'
Ducks in McArthur Court tonight
at 8 p.m
It will be the first time the two
teams have ever met.
Belko came to Oregon 11 years
ago after six successful years of
coaching at Idaho State, in which
he posted a won-loss record of
108 52. made four trips to the
NCAA regional playoffs, and won
four Big Sky conference titles.
And Arnold played under Bel
ko during three of those seasons.
Now Belko is looking for his
first win of the season after drop
ping two games on a road trip to
the Midwest, and the Bengals are
once again challenging for the
Big Sky title.
Title Contender
The Bengals will be the third
conference title contender the
Ducks have faced in three games
this season. Last weekend they
lost 79-56 to Nebraska, the favo
rite to win the Big Eight crown,
and they dropped a 52-47 game
to Kansas, another Big Eight con
tender.
Belko looked upon such an
opening with mixed emotions
‘Losing doesn’t help.” he said.
i “but it's good competition and
that's what you need to Improve."
"That was one of the best open
inf* schedules we’ve had in a
long time.' he added
Playing Nebraska particularly
may have helper! the Ducks in
their preparation for the Bengal*,
who, like the C'ornhuskcrs, are
quick and good leapers
Lacks Height
Idaho State lack* height, hut the
Bengal* have three 6-5 starters.
John Wilson, John Mct.'als, anil
John Parks, whom coach Arnold
reports "can play like they are
ti-10 "
The hest of the trio is probably
Wilson, the center, a "tremen
dous” rebounder who blocked II
shots in the Bengal*' rout of Ne
vada Southern.
At the guard positions will be
John Boone, 6-1, and John Mosier,
60. Boone is likely to give the
Duck* their biggest defensive
problem He scored 37 point*
against Nevada Southern and i*
considered to have more polen
tial scoring power than Dave
.
Student* and (acuity mem
bers will be admitted to Friday
night’s basketball contest with
the Australian All-Star* uuon
presentation of their student
athletic cards or faculty season
tickets.
Wagnon, last years Bengal star
| who was second tn NCAA scor
Ing
The Bengal* are a thrilling
team to watch according to Ar
nold and. like Nebraska, they
rely on the fa.U break and a full
court press Adding to the teams
( •.citing character is their head
I roach, John Rutherford, who is
considered one of the coast's most
| colorful mentors.
Helko will start the same team
which opened the Kansas game
John Pink*U(T at center. Boil
Craven and Bill Thomas at for
wards, and Rick Ahrahamson and
N'ick Jones at the guard*, witli
Kenny Smith and Mike Nirksit
slated for major reserve duty.
Want* Improvement
Helko seemed satisfied with thr
way the Buck* played agamsl
the Rig Eight team* hut indi
cated he felt there wa? plenty ol
room for improvement. The Liuck<
he said, "played quite sound de
fensively,”
Helko was also pleased with hi<
• team's rebounding But Idahr
State's abundance of speed wil
present some problems on th«
taiards for Oregon We may hav»
to retreat and give up a few re
bounds" he explained
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