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Mike Nicksic—Wants to Play Badly
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"We've been working basical
ly against a rone defense which
we feel WSU will use. and
preparing for Washington in
particular whom we haven’t
yet played," said Oregon coach
Steve Belko Thursday
The Ducks. (k2 in league play
and 6-6 on the year, face Wash
ington and Washington State
Friday and Saturday evenings re
spectively in their Pacific F.ight
home openers Both games are
slated for 8 p m
“Harris and Carr are Wash
ington's offense.” said Belko
“Carr is much more of a threat
to score this year, he has really
given the Huskies a boost."
Belko also rated Washington’s
sophomore guards as ’pretty
good.” He felt that Gary Osten
sen. Rick Slettedahl. Carr and
Harris give the Huskies a good
team
Horde Tough on Boards
"That Horde is a fine reboun
der.” added Belko Hovde is
the Huskies number one board
man with 94 retrieves in 10
games
Belko’s mam problem with
the Huskies is that the Ducks
have yet to face them The
Ducks and the Cougars tangled
in the second round of the Far
West Classic, but Oregon lost
and the Cougars faced Wash
ington in the finals.
Belko had three reasons why
the Cougars are a fine ball team
this year.
• Good outside shooting —
Lenny Allen and Ray Stein
• Good board play—Jim Mc
Kean and Randy Stoll
• Good inside play — Mc
Kean and Ted Weirman.
"These three ingredients make
for a pretty fine team.” said Bel
ko. “This has got to be the
best looking WSU teem I’ve
ever seen.”
Hoopsters, Wrestlers, Swimmers
(Frosh VarietyI Slate Activites
By RICK FITCH
Emerald Sports Writer
The frosh winter sports sched
ule heads into full swing this
weekend with three freshman
teams slated for action
The frosh basketball team will
put its perfect record on the
line while the freshman swim
ming and wrestling squads will
begin their regular seasons.
The cagers face Washington in
a battle of the unbeatens Friday
night, and Dr. Bernard’s an AAU
team Saturday. Both games will
be at 6 p.m. in McArthur Coart.
The Washington contest will
be the biggest test to date for
the high-scoring frosh outfit It
will be the first time they have
faced a freshman team from a
PAC school. Both teams will go
into the game with 6-0 season
marks.
The frosh have averaged 76
points per game, mostly against
small - college opposition and
four starters have scoring aver
ages in double figures. The big
man for the frosh up to now has
been 6-6 forward Jim Henry who
leads the team in scoring, with a
21.1 average and rebounding
Both Washington and Dr. Ber
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The frosh wrestlers face arch
foe Oregon State Saturday after
noon at Mac Court, after partici
pating in the Oregon Invitational
last weekend. Leading the team
against the rooks will be six Ore
gon state high school wrestling
champions.
The freshman swimmers travel
to Portland for the two - day
Oregon Senior Swimming Cham
pionships. It will be the first
time the freshmen have compet
ed as a team.
Ruggers Schedule
Year's 1st Action
Oregon’s Student Union-spon
sored rugby team heads into its
first action of the season Satur
day against Western Washington
State College at Bellingham. Both
the Ducks’ first and second squads
are scheduled to see action.
The Ducks’ third squad will
travel to Portland’s Delta Park
for a game with the University
of Portland’s first team.
It will be the teams' first offi
cial action since they complet
ed a playing tour of Great Britain
with Oregon State last summer.
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The Cougar rebounding also
worries Bflko McKean at d-9
along with Stoll. «7. and Ted
Wcirman. tt-8, the Cougars boast
the tallest front line in the PAC
except UCLA's Bruin*
These three men have been
very consistent in their hoard
play and against UCLA last
weekend actually took the board
play away from the Bruins
Stoll has looked a lot better
in recent hall games than ear
Her in the year and this Cougar
is the one the Ducks will have
to stop if they are to win Hi*
shooting and rebounding com
plimented by Wcirman*. re
bounding and consistent play,
have turned the Cougars into
a fine team.
Pleased with Abrahamson
Belko was pleased to report
that guard Kick Abrahamson
has come back into his own, fol
lowing an iron deficiency prob
lem which took the steam out
of his play in recent weeks
• In practice this week he has
shown more and more of his old
form: he may be on the way
back,” smiled Belko
Abrahamson was a weak
sister" in the Classic and had
trouble shooting and playing
his capable game After check
ing with doctors, he was found
to be iron deficient and medica
tion has since started to dear
up the situation and return him
to the Washy, sound basketball
form he displayed earlier
Thomas Has Cold
Bill Thomas sat out of Wed
nesday’s workout with a slight
cold but he watched his mates
work on various combinations
and is slated to see definite ac
tion over the weekend
The availability of Mike Nick
sic is still a question mark De
finite improvement has been re
ported in Mike’s swollen right
Len Allen
Fa»t WSU Guard
ankle, but it is not enough to
say whether he'll be able to
play
Nlcksir is mentally ready and
reports that he can't wait to get
back into action, but the roach
will not risk further injury to
the limb until it is sound
esc
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Jones I A3
Smith HO
Craven 88
Abrahamson 60
Thontaa 71
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Keglers Face
All-Star Team
Two teams of Oregon varsity
bowlers will face 10 of Eugene's
top keglers Sunday at Emerald
Lanes
Action will begin at 5:30 p.m.
The matches have been set
up to prepare the Ducks for the
northwest regional tournament
at Washington State in Febru
ary.
Varsity coach Lou Bellisimo
has slated matches almost every
weekend up until the regionals,
which Oregon has won 11 times
in the past 14 years
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Court 43—Watson A vs. Boynton
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4:35—Court 40—Phi Gamma Delta A vs.
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Court 43- Phi Psl A vs. Sigma Nu
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5:15—Court 40— Delta Chi A vs PI Kap
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Court 43—Delta Tau Delta A vs.
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HANDBALL
4:00—Sheldon vs. Delta Chi
Hawaitans vs. Chi Phi
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