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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1968)
From the Hands of Big Ben TALE OF TWO CITIES' By BEN KALB Of the Emerald SEATTLE—Every so often one is liable to read about the world records someone established in a sport, or a spotlight exclusive on the star athlete of the year, or other assorted trivia, but very rarely will a story be presented on the “behind the scenes” of a team in the midst of a crucial road trip. So. ladies and gentlemen here it is, the story you're all waiting for—an on the scene account of a varsity road journey OR Travels With Coach Dick Smith and his Gymnasts. Let us begin at a natural place—the beginning. We were sup posed to depart last Thursday at 1:10. At 1:22 Wayne Noecker, star of stage, screen, and talking in his sleep, arrived on the scene and proclaimed to the world he was here. We left. One now begins to wonder what kind of conversation can go during a long trip to Washington and Canada. Well, besides the blond driving the red MG, it could have got pretty dull. But. there was Dave Telling, Captain of the team, who spent one full state promoting his “fine set of hemorrhoids.” Our next moment of glory occurred in a restaurant outside of Tacoma. A budget of S2.50 per man was allocated, and Brad Hunt er. Eugene’s gift to the parallel bars, decided to spend his sum wisely. So he sat down and calmly addressed the waitress, “How many Pie A-la-modes can I get for $2.50?” Vancouver. B.C., was the first night's stop, and one of the greatest things that can be said for this city is that never have so many girls been seen hitching at one time. But after seeing this, one begins to wonder how primitive the city really is. One hotel had two distinct and separate entrances, marked Males only and Ladies and Escorts only. Our next move was to cheek into our hotel, and i decided to catch up on some Lit. “Life is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, and signifying nothing."—Re enter Wayne Noecker. Noecker got restless between commercials of "Attack of the Giant Leeches,” and started a pillow fight with Jim Pittman. Wayne lost. Saturday came the big gym meet at UBC, which the Ducks won. Unique can be the adjective describing this contest, because I promise that all 13 spectators will never see another one to parallel it. During the competition, the Simon Fraser Girls Basketball giants were warming up for their big rival clash with the British Columbia cage wizards, the University of Alberta women’s gym team were working out to the music of Deep in the Heart of Texas, and the Blue Danube, among others, and the floor was so bouncy the free-X squad didn't need mats. We then headed for Seattle, that is after Dave Olson, showed everybody his valentine underwear. Jim Lambert, who led the team in consumption of red licorice, pulled out his tape recorder and taped the snoring of sophomore Dave Manock. Jim -Hampton, cheated at 20 questions, when he pulled the name Typhoid .Mary, and Bob Leach was cracking jokes from the front of the driver’s seat. Seattle welcomed us with open arms. Thousands were waiting to greet us at the airport, autograph seekers were lined up right and left—but not looking for any glory, we avoided them by cautiously driving into our motel. The Space Needle was next on the agenda for a few members of the group, and then came the big meet. The powerful Web foots, who finished their dual season with a 7-3 mark, defeated Alberta for the second straight night, but lost to high-ranked Washington. Heading for home, one car of the caravan of three detached itself from the rest of the pack. Fifty miles later, and with no one the wiser, the group was intact, and listening to UCLA cream the Basketball Ducks. Everyone seemed tired yet pleased, after all they had just won their letter. And they still called each other by nicknames known as “Hang loose terms.” The cast of characters were (not necessarily in order of their appearance) Vulture, Big Red, Noah, Little Tweet, Ralph Cramden, Paul Bunyan, Roland, whose mother is a great cook, Nip, Rusty, Carl, Leopard, Hawk, Fox, and the Coach. Vic Tone DRIVE-IN CLEANERS 315 E. 13th VALENTINE SPECIAL! Any red garment cleaned & pressed for only V2 prices 20% Discounts Skirts, Sweaters, Pants For Students LACROSSE, the oldest organized sport in America, has Hnally come to the University. Students, under the coaching of Bill Woodward, have been practicing for over a month. Their schedule of opponents includes Cal and Stanford. Watch for a feature soon. IM Schedule BASKETBALL 3:50—Court 40—Young B vs. Dunn B Court 43 Henderson B vs. Decou B 4:35—Court 40— Hawaiian* B vs. Soul Brothers B Court 43—Westmoreland B vs. College Inn B 5:15—Court 40—Sigma Chi B vs. Pi Kappa Alpha B Court 43—Phi Kappa Psl B vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon B HANDBALL Dolphins vs. Phi Delta Theta WRA Schedule INTEREST GROUPS Badminton—7 p.m. Wed. Basketball—Today vs. OCE 6:30 Gymnastics—7 p.m. Tues. and Thur. Geillnger Hall. Swimming—7 p.m. Wed. Slimnastics—7 p.m Tues. C'LL'BS Bowling—4 p.m. Thur Amphibians —7 p.m. Wed. and Thur. Leighton Pool. INTRAM UR A LS Bowling—4 p.m. Today and Wed. Badminton—4 p.m. Todav and Thur. BASKETBALL Tues. 5 p.m. Off Campus 1 vs. Kappa Kappa Gamma Off Cambpus 2 vs. Highland Wed. 5 p.m. ;| Gamma Phi Beta vs. Delta Gamma McClain vs. Chi Omega Thur. 5 p.m. Kappa Alpha Theta vs. Zeta Tau Alpha Alpha Chi Omega vs. University House 5:30 Caswell vs. Off Campus 2 ZTA vs. Rebec Mandatory Exec. Meeting — Thur. 6:15, 207 Gerlinger. 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