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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.”
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Meet Multnomah, Southern Oregon
Matmen Set 2-Way Trips
"We’ve been working hard this
week," says wrestling coach Art
Keith. "We should definitely be
the sharpest this weekend that
we’ve been all season.”
Keith takes his wrestlers on
an unusual road trip Friday and
Saturday. The first night the
team is in Portland against the
Multnomah Athletic Club. Sat
urday, it’s Southern Oregon
PP Picks UO
To Top Huskies
By Prestlgeous Prognosticator
Hello again, sports fans. 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.
Other probables for SOC in
clude Lee Peterson at 130,
George Dumais at 147, Steve
Simpson at 152, Tilton, John
Pierce at 167, John Hays at 177,
and Bob Ewing at heavyweight.
Oregon will counter with
Terry Hileman at 123, Pete
Helzer at 130, Curt Scott at 137,
Randy Franke at 145, Steve Cri
ner at 152, Craig Caster at 160,
Dick Bellock at 167, Kent Stude
baker at 177, and Nick Shur at
heavyweight.
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