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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1968)
From the Hands of Big Ben Aaaugh! T or merit! By BEN KALB Of l ho Emerald Your mind screams “It’s Pain.” Your body cries out profusely in agony with every muscle twing ing. It’s as though you are about to enter into the clamps of the rack that will break your back. It's like waiting to enter the ancient Iron Maiden, whose poison ed spikes will send you to the gallows The torment is obsessing your body, and you can't break away. Come with me now—We are about to enter the TORTURE CHAMBER! Inside are the instruments, neat and all in their rightful place, just ready to tear your soul to shreds. Come with me now—you have just entered the gymnastics training room! Dick Smith is the coach of the gymnastic squad To some people this sport rates as nothing more than a typical "minor sport .” But if you look at the training and preparation a gymnast goes through, you might have a different perspective. Every day Coach Smith's musclemen perform their warmups, work out. and go through some routines. After regular practice is over the gymnastics training room, simple and routine as it may look, undergoes a radical transposition. Now behind closed doors, it becomes the Torture Chamber. Every member of the squad does around 70 bar dips. divided in two sets, and they can't get down until the exercise is completed Even if they are exhausted they must continue On some days, to say that the athletes are exhausted is an under statement. Two sets of hand stand push ups are next on the agenda, follow ed by 40-four-point sit ups without touching your back to the ground Then Ach du Lieberl They do swing handstands, pull-ups. and 30 V-sits A V-sit is when you lie down and bring your arms up to touch your toes in a V fashion. Then there are chins, planche holds, crosses, and more. Does it sound like a thrilling way to spend an afternoon'* Sopho more Da\e Olson says. "We hate 'em, but we do them because we know they will help us.” Right now the Duck power men have an unblemished 30 rec ord This is the best season to date. As senior Jim Hampton aptly stated. "The torture drills were definitely responsible for our win over Washington State.” After many a year, the Oregonians defeated the Cougars in gymnastics. “For that win. as for every win,” Junior Wayne Noecker declared, we get an award. Do you know what that award is” More torture drills.” Noecker added while looking upside down on the high bar, “The drills give us unity.” “And spirit,” added Olson. Senior Mike Olson, a top flight gymnast, mentioned, “The first day I did them. I got sick. Now I am in condition.” Olson added. “They help you increase your strength and make your routine flow easier. It's a pain while you're doing them, but it’s worth it." Coach Smith, who professed his men want more, more, more, stated. "They are the greatest thing. They know it will make them into better gymnasts, and that is what they want.” January 26 is the next public appearance of the torture chamber. Oregon meets San Jose State in Mac Court. The meet will be a great one, but it is not recommended for those who can’t endure the sight of pain Swimmers to Battle Tough Cal, Stanford By DAN HAUSI.ER Of Ihp Kmi-r.ild Swim against last year’s NCAA champ Friday, and take on another major swimming power Saturday. That's the task confronting the Oregon swimming squad this weekend when they battle Stan ford at l’alo Alto and University of California at Berkeley. Stanford is the defending NCAA champion Cal has a number of returning lettermen and a group of talented sopho mores and junior college trans fers. Cal's Barry Weitzenherger, an All-American water polo player, is the sparkplug of his team. Last season he was a double winer against the Ducks. He al so won twice in Cal’s recent two point upset over University of Washington. Undefeated Stanford has lit tle depth, but one top perform er in every event. The Indians boast the number one 200 yard individual medley swimmer in the country, Pete Seibert. Six first place entries from last Indoor Meet Ducats Ready Tickets for the Jan 27 Ore gon Indoor Invitational Track Meet at Portland's Memorial Coliseum are now available at the Oregon Athletic ticket of fice Prices for the 7:30 p.m. event are $4.00, §3.00 and $2.50 A battle between the "old" and the "new" in the 60-yard dash and a wide open fight among some of the world's best two milers will be among the highlights. A 10-man sprint field will be headed by ex-Oregon runner Harry Jerome, a veteran of two Olympics and co-holder of the 100-meter dash world record, and Oregon State sophomore Willie Turner, co-holder of world records in the 100-meter and indoor 50-yard events. The two-mile field includes Webfoot runners Arnie Kval heim and Tom Morrow, plus ’64 Olympic champion Billy Mills, ex-UCLA star Bob Day, Australian Kerry O'Brien and Tom Laris of the New York AC. TOCO TIME I'8th Anniversary Sale January 19,20, 21 featuring Tacos and Bean Burritos 4 for *1.00 You have a choice of crisp corn tortilla tacos filled with lean ground beef, cheddar cheese, crisp lettuce and tomato or Flour tortilla burritos filled with cheddar cheese, refried pinto beans, ground beef, all rolled and deep fried—both delicious treats any time of the day! V. 13th and High year’s UO Stanford meet will al so be back to haunt the Ducks Friday. Duck swim coach Don Van Rossen summed up the opti inistic attitude of his team after last week’s victory over Simon Fraser: "Those California schools used to be considered 'Death Valley’ by northwest col leges Not any more. This team is like a volcano ready to erupt —and it’ll happen in California.” Oregon’s strengths lie in the two diving events and the fret style sprints. Wayne Schwandt and Tom Speight will be strong favorites to sweep the diving events, and Bob Boyer (21 1 in the 50 and 47 1 in the 100 > is an Olympic sprint hopeful The Docks urr also loaded in the breaststroke and middle div tanee freestyle events. Last season Puck tankers de feated t> of Cal 58 -Ml, and were crushed 68-38 by Stanford. IM Schedule llaakrthall 3 50 Court 40 Young It vs. Ilemlrraon It Court 43 Dunn B va. DrCou li 4 35 Court 40 tfhrldon H va. Bran Kant It Court 43 Adams B v». Wtllcox It 5 15 Court 40 Sigma Chi B va. Phi Kappa ISt B Court 43 PI Kappa Alpha B va. SIknia Alpha Kpatlon It Handball 4 oo Kappa Sigma vs Drlta Chi 4 45 Chi Phi va. 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