Against UCLA Depth
Duck Chances Dull
By RICK FITCH
Emerald Sports Writer
"If they drop the baton in both
relays, we’ll only lose by eight i
points,"
That’s how much chance track
coach Bill Bowerman feels his
row Ducks have of upsetting the
UCLA track powerhouse tornor |
row in Los Angeles.
"There's always a chance." re-'
marked Bowerman. “Let’s just
say it isn't in the realm of pos
sibility."
He "realistically" expects the
Ducks to get 55 points against the
loaded Bruin team which has gone
over the century mark four times
enroute to a 5-0 record.
The Bruins beat Oregon 91-54
last year, and this season they
are rated as much improved.
Their remarkable depth is illus
trated by the fact that they have
men in the top five in every
AAWU event but the javelin,
long jump and two mile.
Oregon’s strength will be in
the middle and long distances,
the shotput and discus with Neil
Steinhauer. The javelin and high
hurdles events seem marginal.
No Doubles
Bowerman indicated that he
will not double any of his dis
tance stars against UCLA. "I
don’t anticipate doubling any
body,” stated Bowerman. “I very
definitely do not plan on dou
bling Divine. That’s getting kind
of old.”
Divine, who has run both the j
mile and 880 in each of the last
two meets with highly success-1
ful results, will run only in the
mile. A sub-four minute miler
last year, Divine has run 4:03.3
this season.
Dave Wilborn, 4:07.9. and
Norm Trerise, running in his first
dual meet mile, will round out
Oregon’s mile entry.
Bowerman will go with Wade
Bell. Mike Crunican and possibly
Jere VanDyk in the 880. Bell has
the second fastest time in the na
tion in the half-mile at 1:48.2,
and Crunican had his season
best, a 1:51.5, last week against
Cal'
“He’s going to run an 880
sometime, if not this week, then
certainly next week," Bowerman
said of VanDyk who ran a 1:53.0
early in the season last year.
Two Mile Sweep
Possibly eyeing a sweep. Bow
erman had Arnie Kvalheim. John
Woodward, and Damien Koch in
the two-mile. Kvalheim ran the
third fastest three-mile in the na
tion last week at 13:53.9.
It is virtually conceded that
Steinhauer and Bob Foskett, one
two in the PAC. will finish in
that order against UCLA. Stein
hauer should also take first in the
discus.
Bob Blum and the Bruin’s Ron
Copeland provide the prospect for
a great individual battle in the
120 highs. Last year Blum lost
to Copeland, the defending NCAA
champ, while running a 13.8.
“Copeland is very hard
to beat,” commented Bowerman,
“but Blum will be out to beat
him if he can."
Bowerman sees little chance
for an Oregon victory in either
Duck Nine Meets
Cougars, Huskies
m
Oregon’s baseball team resumes
conference action this weekend
when they host Washington
State’s nationally ranked Cougars
Friday at 3 p.m. and Washington’s
Huskies in a 1 p.m. Saturday twin
bill.
The Ducks, after splitting with [
California last weekend, are 6-10
on the year and 1-1 in conference
action while the Cougars are 1-3
and the Huskies are 0-4 after
both met USC and UCLA in
doubleheaders last weekend.
The Ducks will likely go with
sophomore standout Jon Wheler
(2-1) in Friday’s contest and with
Joe Kniser (0-1) and Jerry Gjes
vold (1-1) on Saturday, accord
ing to associate baseball coach
Jack Roche.
Wheeler has been the work
horse of the Duck staff with
26 2/3 innings pitched and a 1.35
earned run average. In his lone
conference game last Friday,
Wheeler went the distance and
shutout the Bears 2-0 with a
clutch ninth inning performance
in which he struck out the clean
up hitter with the bases loaded.
Cougars Powerful
Neither Kniser nor Gjesvold
has seen extended action. Kniser
has pitched 11 innings with a 5.76
ERA and Gjesvold has gone 13
innings with a 3.51 ERA.
The Cougars, last year’s cham
pions of the now disbanded North
ern Division, were ranked sixth
in the nation before last week
end’s contests.
“They’ve got a good hitting
club,” Roche said. “They’ve had
trouble pitching - wise but they
played a couple of pretty good
ball clubs down there.”
The Cougars lost two to PAC
leader UCLA and then split with
top ranked USC with a 1-0 win in
11 innings.
After last week’s conference
opening games the Cougars are
third in PAC team batting with a
.241 average, 32 hits, including
two homers and 46 total bases.
Pelander Leading Hitter
Jim Pelander was the Cougars’
leading hitter in last week’s games
with two hits in six at bats, in
cluding one triple and one run
batted in.
The Huskies on the other hand,
have had little success with the
bat. Against USC and UCLA the
Huskies collected only 22 hits
for four runs and a .186 average.
Two Washington regulars are,
however, over the .300 mark on
the season. Tom White, junior
first baseman, leads the Huskies
with a .305 average with 18 hits
in 59 trips to the plate. Sopho
more shortstop Terry Thompson
is hitting .300 on 12 hits in 40
at bats.
Pitching-wise the Huskies have
two strong starters in Bob Olyer,
1.37 ERA, and Ray Ewing, 2.38
ERA and 41 strikeouts in 34 1/3
innings.
Oyler, Ewing Likely Starters
Lefthanders Oyler and Ewing
or righthander Dave Bell will
probably start against Oregon.
Hitting hasn’t been the Ducks’
strong point either, but senior
A 11 - American Ron Delplanche
and sophomore third baseman
Larry Hanson have been provid
ing productive bats. Delplancne
is currently hitting .345 and has
driven in 10 runs.
Hanson was hot at the plate last
week, going 5-10 with two doubles
and one home run, and against
Cal he went 4-7 to put him in
second place in PAC hitting.
IM Swim Meet
May 10,17
The intramural swimming meet
at Leighton Pool has been set for
May 10 and May 17, according to
a release by the School of Health,
Physical Education and Recrea
tion. Diving prelims will be at
4 p.m. May 10, followed by the
swimming prelims at 7 p.m. and
all finals will be at 7 p.m. May
17.
A team may enter four men
in each individual event and one
team in each of the relays. Each
team will be eligible for entrance
points if the team has four or
more members who completed the
events they entered.
Competition will be held in the
1-meter diving, the 50, 100, and
200-yard freestyles; the 100
yard butterfly, breaststroke and
backstroke; the 100-yard indivi
dual medley, and the 200-yard
freestyle and individual medley
relays.
relay. "We can beat them if
either of two things happen." he
said. "We might win if they
drop the baton or if we can fig
ure out some way to tie their
legs together."
Oregon’s chances in the sprints
and the 440 relay will he hurt by
Leon Lincoln’s absence. Lincoln,
with an all-time best of 9.0 in
the hundred, will not make the
trip due to an injury.
That leaves Deibele, Bob Bau
er. and Rick Howard to fend off
UCLA’s terrible trio of Harold
Busby. Norm Jackson, and Tom
Jones. All three are 9.7 or under
in the hundred, and have run
the 220 in 21.2.
The Bruins have a chance at
the sweeps in both the high jump
and triple jump. They have three
high jumpers at 6-6 or high
er. while Oregon’s best is San
guras at 6-4.
Two UCLA vaulters have gone
over 16 feet and that leaves Bob
Varley. 15-6 last week, with the
prospect of finishing third.
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HOB VARLEY
15-6 Vauller Faces Third Place Prospect
Three Ducks Atop
PAC Statistics
Three Oregon Ducks head con
ference statistical categories ac
cording to the recent AAWU sta
tistics.
Neal Steinhauer heads the trio
with his 68-11 Mi effort in the
shot put. which is the second best
put in the world. Steinhauer is
also second in the discus with a
heave of 187-3.
Wade Bell tops the conference
in the 880 with a time of 1:48.2,
the second best in the nation this
year.
In baseball, Oregon sophomore
hurler Jon Wheeler is one of
seven pitchers with 0.00 earned
run average in PAC competition
Other Ducks are near the top
in the statistics. Oregon third
baseman Larry Hanson is second
in conference hitting with a .577
average. Oregon miler-half miler
Roscoe Divine is third in the mile
with a 4:03.3 time and third in
the 880 with a 149 5 clocking
Bob Foskett gives the Bucks
the two best shot putters in the
conference with a second place
in the shot at 59-10 In the javelin
Bill Heikkila is third with a throw
of 239 2 V
In the two mile Norm Treri.se
is tied for fourth with California's
Bob 1’rice at 9:01.2
USC and llt'UA, the nation's
two top track teams, dominate
nearly every track category while
the Bruins lead in every base
ball category except team field
ing where Cal is on top.
The Trojans have a leader in
nine of 17 track events and Ore
gon State leads in three. The
Bruins , have only one leader,
Gerald Lee in the triple jump,
but hold down 20 spots in the
stats which list the top five in
each event.
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