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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1967)
—■W«nmm»inHii,nii;iroM»|WMI|» Quack Cracks Whaf Do AAU? By DAVE BARONTI Emerald Hport* Editor THIS WR'KKENI)—IN OAKLAND—California sports fans will see all of the best of the Oregon track team except the coach. Bill Bowerman will be off to Chicago to attend a meeting he’s not entirely sure he's going to enjoy. Reason? In a nutshell, because it’s with the Amateur Athletic Union. Bowerman is one of six NCAA representatives who have been asked to attend a joint conference of the amateur sports world’s two major divisions- -but that is all he may end up doing. Attending. Because if the meeting is anything like similar meetings in the past, it will be dominated almost exclusively—and ruthlessly—by the AAU. The conference is important. No question about that. It is designed to start preparing America’s athletes for the 1968 Olympic Games. However, Bowerman could be excused for feeling as he does that he and the other NCAA representatives probably will be wasting their time in attending at all. This year, the Olympic Committee has named 54 AAU delegates to the meeting as opposed to six from the NCAA. That, for those of you who can't divide, is a ratio of 9:1. It means that NCAA subservience to the AAU is not over; that all of the collegiate sports world’s recommendations will likely be ignored. It also means that Bowerman might wind up with his team in Oakland Sunday afternoon. "If the meeting is going like it probably will, I might take the 3:30 plane out of Chicago and be there for the meet," lie explained. Such an end to such a meeting would be near tragic—but there is hardly any way to avoid it. The NCAA and the AAU have been feuding for two decades. There was hope for a truce two years ago when the Senate held hearings into the matter, but virtually nothing was done The AAU is just as dominant now as it was before. The outside observer might ask. "What’s wrong with that?” And the question is easily answered. Collegians overwhelmingly dominate the typical United State Olympic squad. And the athletes that are solely members of the AAU are just as overwhelmingly ex-collegians —persons who became proficient in the sport not because of the training they received after college, but because of what they re ceived in the schools. So where docs this put the AAU? "In a parasitic role,” in the words of one prominent coach. And it’s an accurate description. They get rich off talent produced elsewhere—and in the meanwhile set about to destroy the source. It is the college coaches who are contributing most to America's Olympic squads—not the capitalistic AAU managers arranging meets from plush New York offices. It is their athletes who are competing. And it is they who should have at least more than a nominal influ ence on what conditions those athletes train under. And unless something unexpected happens in this weekend’s Chicago meeting, it is a safe bet the AAU still won't give them this right. Bowerman and his colleagues will undoubtedly be denied several of their objectives which they think vital to the Olympic program— such as a six month training period, especially for those athletes who might adversely be affected by Mexico City’s high altitude. In the meantime, the NCAA can only toy* with several possible remedies to * lie problem. Not the least of these is a possible boycott of all AAU meets. The NCAA has the talent. It holds the trump cards. It is just too bad such a thing has to be suggested. BUT ABOUT THAT TRACK MEET in Oakland: Watch closely. You may see not one but two Oregon “spectacu lars.’,’ Neal Steinhauer, of course, will lie competing in the shot put. And since he set the world’s Indoor record last week in San Francisco, even Californians have come to expect prodigies out of him. But there is also an 880 relay team entered: Roscoe Divine, Jerry Van Dyk, Arne Kvalheim, and Wade Bell. "There’s a veteran squad from Long Beach that should be fav ored.” Bowerman reported. "But we’ll be good.” He illustrated. "This squad is so balanced and good that Bell may be our worst runner—and he’s a hell of a half-miler and a four minute miler. Or it may be Kvalheim—and he’s the Norwegian champ. Or it may be Divine—and he's the freshman record holder. Or it may be Van Dyk—and he beat the Olympic silver medalist, Caruthcrs, in Canada last month. "Take your pick.” ATTENTION STUDENTS BEST BARGAINS IN THE AREA 1. Almost new extra large deluxe 3 bedroom brick duplex. Furnished. 218 Crocker Lane. 3rd street left past Villa Mart Shopping Center. $165. Ideal to share. 2. Nice clean 3 bedroom house. 250 Crocker Lane. $120. 3. Almost new, spacious, 2 bedrooms. Manager 185 Briar Cliff Drive, Apt. 1. Must see to appreciate. Furnished $95. Unfurnished $85. 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Wel come to another episode in the life of the world's most prestige ous (heh, heh) prognosticator. This is my first attempt at bas ketball—but with beginners luck I should get 100 per cent. With average luck, 90. UCI.A's dominating everything in sight—but don’t be surprised to see me correctly predict a Bruin upset somewhere along the line. UCLA’s Alcindor is prone to foul trouble—and remember when I correctly picked Washing ton to beat the Uclans in football last year? I can do it again. Anyway, my five brains all agree on five games this week. USC and UCLA will each win two — over Cal and Stanford. We predict a score of 82-75 the first j game, and 88-70 the second for: USC. WASHINGTON STATE will dump OSU, 67-55. One of my brains dissents on the WASHINGTON-Oregon State game, but the rest say the Hus kies—by 61-60. As for OREGON, we’ve got a surprise. They’ll beat Washing ton 68-64, but lose to the Cou gars 76-66. Three of my brains agree on the first game, all of them on the second. Emerald SPORTS Swimmers Set 'Double-Dual' Tonight Oregon will host a swim club which last year beat every team on the West Coast except Southern California. The team is the Arden Hills (Calif.) AAU club, and the meet is at 7 p.m. in Leighton Pool. Oregon State swimmers also will be on hand for the double dual meet. Both Oregon and OSU will compete individually against Arden Hills but not against each other. The California club has edged the Ducks by slim margins the past two years, and, according to coach Don Van Rossen, “It will offer us equally close competi tion this year.” Van Rossen said many of Arden Hills’ swimmers have gone on to be named All-American high school and collegiate competitors. On this year’s squad is John Ferris, who finished second in the 200 meter butterfly in the 1966 National Outdoor Cham pionships. Additional talent includes dis tance man Mark Shelley and back stroker Ray Rivero. Extends Coverage KWAX, the campus radio sta tion, is extending its program ming hours to Saturday with an emphasis on sports. The Saturday programming be gins tomorrow at 12 noon and will feature play-by-play of the Oregon frosh basketball game, an evening sports commentary, and regular broadcasts of scores from around the nation. College in Ashland. In between, it’s a night’s rest in Eugene. Multnomah Club is of un known quality, according to Keith. For instance, he knows definitely that Gary Stenslund —a former Nation AAU cham pion—will be competing against the Ducks. But the MACers also have another national champ— Ed Dewitt in 177—who may or may not go. At 123, the Ducks will actual ly be giving a MAC wrestler a ride to Portland to compete against them. He’s Grant Hen jyoji, a senior at Oregon who was a letter winner last year for the Ducks, but who has since been declared ineligible. He still works out with the team, however. “Multnomah Club usually picks up the prize ex-college and even high school athletes who aren’t eligible to compete anymore,” says Keith. “And they’re almost always really good. A number of times they’ve had several national champs on their squad. Their coach is Cy Mitchell—and he’s on the International Olympic P Committee. Back in 1952 when I was trying out for the games, he used to coach rne. I know he’s good.” Southern Oregon, according to Keith, is a different type of team. “They’ve got a good 160 pounder in Mike Titton who beat Craig Caster, our 160 pounder in the Oregon Invita tional tournament last week • end,” Keith said. “But we should beat them.” He’s counting on the home team putting several Eugene - grown boys in the lineup, in cluding Dave Hurd and Mike Ar mitage at 123 and 137 respec tively. 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