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Ducks blasted in Pac-8 openers Gagers leveled by UCLA 95-61 By BEN KALB Of the Emerald College basketball fans are still looking for their “David,” but as far as Steve Belko is con cerned, UCLA’s Goliaths will not falter. After the game, Bel ko bluntly said, “I don’t know who can beat them. . . It has to be someone in the NBA. They have the best front line I’ve ever seen in college basketball and against us it was just a case of a bunch of young kids get ting shell shocked.” Belko's Webfoots, like numer ous other teams in the past, were completely “psyched out” by Lew Alcindor and his friends. Alcindor led his team mates to a 93-64 trouncing over the local Ducks before over 10, 500 fans at Mac Court. Belko, too, had praise for the 7-1 '/2 senior. “Alcindor is all over the court. He’s like a cat. He intimidates you. We had good shots, but with Lew out there we were tense.” Oregon Tense Indeed, the sophomore stack ed team was tense from the opening tip. John Vallely, junior college transfer, sank an eight foot jumper from the corner to give the Westwood Wonders a lead they never surrendered. The Bruins played their usual style of ball, using a fast break and a well-polished sharp shooting offense. Alcindor, Valle ly and sophomore Curtis Rowe paced the Bruins during the first half thereby providing lit tle hope for a Webfoot come back. UCLA extended their lead to as many as 31 points in the first half, before taking a 54-26 lead into the dressing room. Rowe shot 5-6 to pace the visi tors with 14 points at half. Alcindor Hits 27 The second hall' was just a continuation of the first. With Love and Holliday in foul trou hie, the Bruins kept feeding Al cindor and when the superstar left the court, he paced all scor ers with 27 points. Oregon, because of many turn overs, fell behind by. as many ns 41 points before Bruin Coach John Wooden started to clear liis bench with nine minutes re maining in the game. The bright highlights for the Ducks, in an otherwise disap pointing game, were Holliday and sophomore 5-9 Carlton Sla ter. Slated, who had to fill in for the flu-ridden Billy Gaskins, was the sparkplug in getting past the Bruins’ full court press. In fact, one fan even noted, “lie looks like O. J. Simpson. He finds a hole and goes through.” Holliday was given the as signment of covering Alcindor and did a credible job consid ering his 11 inch height dis advantage. Love Scores 18 Besides Alcindor, the visitors were paced by ltowe and Valle ly with 16 and 14 and front line sophomore Sidney Wicks with 11. Oregon’s scoring was led by Love with 18, before he fouled out, Holliday with 11 and forward Bill Drozdiak with 12. UCLA shot a .505 range from the floor, while the losers hit for only .481. Oregon was out-re bounded 50-44. After the game winning Coach Wooden would not con cede that this is the finest team he has coached. “They will have to improve some, before they can match last year's squad.” said the live-time NCAA cham pion mentor. In defense of Ore gon's team. Wooden said, “the loss of Gaskins definitely hurt them.” The Bruins returned to their Westwood campus with their perfect record (11-0) still in tact. The Ducks returned to their campus looking toward next week and college basket ball fans returned to their homes still wondering when Da vid will slay Goliath. Photo by Dean Brickey 7-1% FORWARD LEW ALCINDOR Jim Henry Tries to Defend Against UCLA “Goliath” USC tops Webfoots By STAN HORTON Of The Emerald Oregon had trouble and shoot ing seemed to be the problem. The Ducks, trying to bounce back from their Friday loss to UCLA, had real problems from the floor and the foul line as the lost to USC, 86-75, in Sat urday night action. The Ducks were behind from the start as USC jumped to a 10-2 lead in the first two min utes. Oregon's first field goal did not come until Stan Love hit an eight-foot jumper with 16:50 left. And then it seemed that every thing Oregon threw to the hoop hit the rim and slid off. The Ducks could manage to make only 11 of 30 shots in the first half and 26 of 67 for the game. USC, meanwhile, converted half of their shots (27-54) to take their first Pac-8 confer ence win of the season. They led by as much as 14 points during the first half but staved off a late Oregon rally to maintain a 39 31 edge at halftime. The Ducks hit five straight shots from the field, one of the few times they hit consistently during the entire game, to pull within six at 35-29 but USC hit two field goals to maintain their lead. Oregon shooting did not pick up in the second half although they were able to convert 14 of 17 free throws to offset some what their bad showing from the field. Oregon began to move during the final minutes when Gaskins connected on a lay-in and a jump shot to put Oregon to within three at 50-47. But USC used their press and great shooting to take a comfortable lead and coast to victory. Stan Love had to be the Web foots’ biggest disappointment of the night as he connected on only two of 15 shots from the floor and two of nine from the free throw line. Although still weak from his bout with the flu, Billy Gaskins still put in a creditable perform ance as he led Oregon scorers with 19 points. Gaskins played most of the first half and much of the second and looked ex hausted when he finally left the game with Oregon still behind. Oregon Coach Steve Belko commented that “Gaskins ran out of gas. I guess he’s still having dizzy spells. He just couldn’t go anymore.” Belko added that Oregon as a team “played very loose bas ketball. They (USC) shot awful ly well the first half (.552) and we had to go get ’em. USC has fine talent and they’re all very quick.” Oregon now stands 0-2 in con ference play and 6-5 for the year. The Ducks take on the winless University of Portland Pilots in a Tuesday night game in Portland and face Washing ton State in a Saturday afternoon TV game in Pullman. THIS ONE BOOK CAN UPDATE YOUR ENTIRE REFERENCE SHELF Gives you all the latest data on hundreds of subjects ... gov ernment, politics, economics, history, law, sports, nations, world leaders, celebrities, and many more. Puts a million facts at your fingertips in one easy-to-use, concise volume. Whatever the subject, the 1969 World Almanac is the last word l For over a century, the authorityl THE 1969 WORLD ALMANAC IS NOW ON SALE! Frosh defeat OCE, Portland Coach Frank Arnold’s Frosh troops worked around an 18 point halftime bulge and went on to crush the Oregon College of Education JV’s, 100-6G Fri day night at Mac Court, before returning to the same scene Saturday evening to bury the University of Portland Frosh, 93-75. The Ducklings in rolling to the one-sided victories Friday and Saturday maintained their unbeaten skein, which n o vv numbers seven triumps. All 13 Ducks who suited up for Friday’s game entered the scoring column, with a four-man double figure parade leading the way. Guard Ken Strand’s 22 paced Oregon scorers, while ltusty Blair’s 16. Steve Shaw’s 14 and Mark Bailey’s 13 tallies were right behind. Portland fell back, 8 0 as the Frosh hit its first four attempts from the field Saturday. The Pilots called time out with 18:25 remaining in the first half to try and snap the Oregon mo mentum, but by then it was already too late. The Ducklings continued to pull away from their guests, storming to leads of 16 and 17 points throughout the opening 12 minutes. But the Pilots caught fire with just over seven minutes left and edged within five points on several occasions before the Oregon Frosh could again get going. At intermission it was 53-42 for the Lemon and Green. Steve Shaw’s 22 points led the balanced Duckling offense. Shaw was followed by Ken Strand with 15, Rusty Blair with 14. and Mark Bailey and Bobby Moore with 10 apiece. TOCO TIME 3 DAY SPECIAL TWO TACOS and 10c SLUSH ONLY 50 It's a tradition: YOU'LL LEARN TO WATCH FOR THESE SPECIAL COUPONS. EVERY WEEK HUN DREDS OF STUDENTS WALK UP TO 13th STREET TO CASH IN ON OUR WILLING NESS TO SERVE YOU. MAKE IT A PART OF YOUR WEEKLY SCHEDULE Try our ENCHILADAS, too! CLIP AND USE TWO TACOS AND 10c SLUSH ONLY 50c Jan. 13, 14, and 15 13th and High 1 -f/ICO tlMC NiY-rrwii
