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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1968)
For Basketball Ducks Fly South By PAVI. POl.SKY Of the Emerald The road-weary and victory starved Oregon basketball Ducks will once again fly south this weekend to meet Bay Area PAC member schools California and Stanford Still winless in league play, the Ducks invade Harmon gym nasium Friday evening at 8 p.m. before transversing the Bay Bridge to attend an Indian war party in Stanford’s tiny cracker box gym Saturday also at 8 p in. The Ducks will be without Rick Abrahamson for the third week in a row. Abrahamson. whose foot was injured in practice 17 days ago, has been ordered on crutches for TOO per cent rest" by doc tors’ orders. Injury I.ike OJ’s His condition is something like the injury suffered by (). .1 Simpson of Southern California where a ligament or muscle tear on the top of the foot has crip pled the athlete. Without Abrahamson. who hit for 16 points against Cal here, and 16 against Stanford at Port land, Befko will have to juggle his line-up. “We'll make some changes.” Belko conceded. His mid-week plans call for guards Billy Gaskins and Mike Nicksic or Bob Rodgers. Cen ter John Pinkstaff will open against Cal. The forwards will likely be Jim Henry and Kenny Smith or Bob Craven. Bears Pose Problem The Bears, 12-7, pose a real problem to Oregon as they have two excellent outside shoot ers in Russ Critchfield and Trent Gaines, plus the big man inside in the person of 6-10*2 Bob Presley. In the first game played be tween the Bears and Ducks, Ore gon took a 96-81 defeat. Critch field hit for 36. mostly from way outside, and Presley manag ed 29. mainly lay-ups and short jump shots. “We'll have our hands full stopping Presley and Critch field. Belko said. "And that Cal ifornia gym is no easy place to play." flREGOk RICK ABRAHAMSON Gone for third week However, the Webfoot boss would not commit himself on defensive plans, other than the week has been devoted to some man-toman work and all oth er types of defenses. Belko noted that the Golden Bears have lost only two home games this year and those were the front-running teams from UCLA and USC In Palo Alto, Big Red fans are still talking about Art Harris and the new school scoring rec ord he set against Washington in a losing effort Monday night. “Harris is our biggest prob lem with Stanford." Belko ac knowledged. “However, over all we are pretty evenly match ed up with a team for once.” The Ducks and the Indians have met twice previously, once in the Far West Classic and again at McArthur Court. In both encounters, the Ducks came out on the short end. los ing 68-H4 and 79 73 respectively. for DUCKS ★ MAGNAVOX TV, Radio, Stereo combination, good condition. 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This will probably be the last year any team will have to face the Indians in their band - box Stanford Pavilion. A ultra modernistic new gymnasium is currently under construction and is being fitted for 9,000 spectators compared to the measley 2,700 in the current arena. Skiers in Idaho For Qualifying By STAN HOKTON Of the Emerald The culmination of months of hard work all go down to two days as Oregon sends its ski team to Brundage Mountain, Idaho for the Pacific Northwest NCAA qualifying meet. Saturday and Sunday t h e eight Duck skiers will compete in four events: the ten mile cross country, slalom, downhill and a 40 - meter jump. The first three teams and the top five in dividuals will get a chance to go to the NCAA championship meet the following weekend. Chris Karp, advisor for t h e squad, mentioned that Oregon’s three jumpers, Pol Walstad, Don McLain and Tom Bower man, have only jumped "six times in their lives.” He went on to add that although the team may be inexperienced in jumping it has fine all around ability. Oregon currently leads the 14-member Oregon Collegi ate Ski Conference and will be competing for the first time in an NCAA qualifying meet. Karp also stated that the Ducks will be "the only team in the Brundage meet which is not a Varsity ski team.” Ore gon’s ski squad is sponsored by Erb Memorial Union. IM Schedule BASKETBALL 3:50—Court 40—Carson A vs. Philadelphia A Court 43— Collier A vs. Campbell A 4:35—Court 40—Counselors A vs. Five Aces A Court 43—Soul Brothers A vs. Brown Helmets A 5:15—Court 40—Sigma Pi A vs. College Inn A Court 43—Deady A vs. History A HANDBALL No games scheduled. Mallards Face OSU Beavers Several important games are on tap for this weekend for lo cal soccer squalls. The undefeated Mallards take on second place Oregon State to highlight the action. Oregon State lost a close 2 1 decision to the Mallards in an October match. The match will take place at Oregon at 2 p in. with the field uncertain. Sunday the Oregon Ducks were scheduled to tangle with the Portland Americans but the appearance of the Portland squad seems doubtful. Depend ing on the outcome of the match, the Ducks will finish first or be tied for first as this is the final round of play in the Port land Soccer League. St. Patrick's must tie or beat Germania at Delta Park to keep Germania from tying Oregon with 3-0-1 records. Weekend Sports FRIDAY basketball—Varsity at Cali fornia. Berkeley. 8 p m. Basketball Frosh at Portland State, ti p in. Wrestling—Varsity vs. Port land at McArthur Court, 3:30 p.m. SATURDAY Basketball—Varsity at Stan ford, 8 p.m. Basketball—Frosh at Portland Community College, 8 p.m. Swimming—Oregon vs. Ore gon State at Leighton Pool, 2 p.m. Skiing — NCAA qualifying, Brundage Mt., Idaho Soccer—Oregon vs. Oregon State, here, 2 p.m. Rugby—Oregon at Oregon State. SUNDAY Soccer—Oregon vs. Portland Americans, here. 2 p.m. Ruggers Face Oregon State; Smith Injured By STAN HORTON or (hr Kmrrald Everything will be at Make when the Oregon Duck ruggers take on Oregon State Saturday in Corvallis. The Divine Cup and t li e Northwest intercollegiate Con ference Championship are up for grabs when the two teams meet Oregon has taken the Cup the last two years and hold the edge over OSU this year with an earlier 8-3 victory. According to Joe Haven, coach player for the team, "They gave us u tougli go last time but we’ll be up for them on Saturday.” An injury problem could hurt the Ducks. Roger Smith, wiio lias been scoring a lot of points for Oregon lately, has been plagued with bruises and may not see any action. Oregon stands at 310 in con ference action and 4 11 in sea son play. Their only loss was to University of Washington 83 in Seattle. The Webfoot ruggers face Oak Hay on March 2 and enter the Monterey Tournament the following weekend. PlETBO'S HOT PIZZA CAMPUS AREA DELIVERY SERVICE Check Our Schedule Call 226-4415 It Happens Tomorrow at the Wesley THE Hammond Typewriter (Sometimes known as the Early Apache Indian Electric Blues Band) with THE PALACE MEAT MARKET and THE DEATH BLUES BAND 5 HOURS! 7-12 Saturday, Feb. 24 Donation $1.25 a head 12th and Kincaid Emerald Advertising Pays • R.O.T.C. Men! 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