Robby
quits
The Oregon football staff lost its second member within
two months Monday when John Robinson resigned as of
fensive coordinator.
Robinson, 35, will take a position on John McKay’s USC
football staff. Robinson was Coach Jerry Frei’s top assistant
for the past three seasons.
Robinson’s resignation, coupled with defensive coor
dinator Norm Chapman’s resignation in December, again
gave rise to rumors that have circulated for several weeks
about the posibility of a shakeup in the Oregon football staff.
The Ducks experienced a 5-6 1971 campaign.
Frei, Monday night, explained the circumstances con
cerning Robinson’s resignation. “John just got a real fine
offer from USC. It’s a desirable coaching job and I do believe
it's a real opportunity for him to expand in football.
“I certainly don’t read anything concerning a shakeup
into this at all. It’s just a new opportunity.’’
Frei felt no connection could be drawn between Chap
man’s and Robinson’s resignations. “Norm and John are two
different cases. Chapman had been thinking of quiting for a
year. With John, I found out a week ago he was going to quit.
However, I know he was interested in leaving. So I really
don’t think you can apply the matter of a shakeup in this
respect.”
Robinson’s duties on the Trojan staff have not yet been
designated.
Robinson was affiliated with the University for 17 years,
playing football in 1955-57, including on the Rose Bowl squad
of 1958. He served as assistant freshman coach in 1958 and
1959 as a graduate student, moving up to freshman coach in
1960.
USC coach McKay was an assistant coach at Oregon
while Robinson played football.
Frei praised Robinson, calling him “a brilliant young
coach. He’s been most helpful to me. I have to say we’re
really going to miss him.”
Grapplers
upend PSU;
Cyclones next
By MERLIN MANN
Of the Emerald
Oregon’s wrestling team was supposed to be “put
in its place” Saturday when the Ducks traveled to
Portland State for a dual match.
After all, PSU is ranked 12th in the nation. And the
Ducks start five freshmen, and even though the
team was 4-0, freshmen will eventually make
mistakes and lose the tough ones.
Not so. Or at least not yet. The surprising Ducks
did it again, upsetting the Vikings, 24-12. Oregon is
now, unbelievably, 5-0. Last year the Ducks won
five dual matches during the entire season. Also, it
was the first time in ten years the Ducks could beat
Portland State.
It will be found out Thursday how real—or
unreal - the Ducks are when top ranked Iowa State
Cyclones invades Mac Court for a dual match. Iowa
St. features three national champions.
Against Portland State the Ducks acted like
freshmen They showed no respect for a team better
than them, and frosh Don Evans turned in the Key
victory.
With Oregon ahead 9-6 Evans took on Sam Jones
in what was expected to tie the match. But the
rookie from Garden Grove, Calif, where he was a
state champion and high school all-American,
bested his favored opponent, 4-1. Evans also ex
tended his personal winning string to four straight.
Senior Brent Merrill put Oregon on top for good by
pinning David Jennings in the second round. He
made the score 9-3 and won his fourth of his last five
matches.
Freshman Wes Hines won by default in the second
round of his match at 190 pounds. Martin Roberts
entered the match with a sore knee and Hines was
dominating the bout before Roberts surrendered
early in the round.
Another Oregon freshman, Pete Purkey, ex
tended his unbeaten streak to seven matches using
a six-point third period to smother Sam Oono, 7-2.
Purkey got a take-down and a near-fall to break
open the tight dual. Purkey is now 6-2-1 on the
season.
Surprisingly, the Ducks are unawed with the
credentials Iowa St. will bring Thursday. Frankly
they believe they have as good a shot as anyone of
upsetting the nation’s no. 1 ranked team and with
good reason.
“They may be looking right past us” said Coach
Ron Finley. “They have Oregon State the next night
and then Washington after that.” The latter is
ranked third in the nation, OSU fifth. And Iowa St.
has one match prior to meeting the Ducks, so to the
visitors, Oregon could seem like just another date
prior to the “big” ones.
Hines, who has to tangle with a national cham
pion, put it best “If he ties up with me and I can
throw him, I’ll throw him. I’m not prejudice who I
throw.”
Such is the winning spirit of Oregon’s winning
freshmen.
EWS Falls, 145-89.60
Gymnasts notch easy triumph
The "Flying Ducks” easily
handled Eastern Washington
State Friday, capturing all six
individual events en route to a
final 145 00-89.60 score
Trey MacDowell won the all
around with 46 25 and turned in a
season high of 8 60 in taking the
high bar competition
Co-captain Bruce Hoyt also
was a big winner as he placed
first in (Hie event and tied for top
honors in two others In addition,
Steve Cooper tied his own school
record in the side horse with an
8 65 effort
Other Oregon gymnasts who
topped their events were Kevin
Cornelius in the rings and Or eg
Maxwell in the long horse
vaulting John l^ehman placed in
several events in taking second in
the all-around competition.
Assistant coach Makoto
Sakamoto thought that the team
performed well, but “we were
sluggish in the floor exercise.”
He also was very impressed with
the rapidly improving Warren
Weiseth, who placed a strong
second on the high bar. Sakamoto
looks for a team score of about
150 in the next few meets.
Vaulting is one place where the
Ducks should pick up more points
very soon. “We need to do more
difficult vaults—more twisting
vaults.”
The squad will be getting
several chances for improvement
in the very near future. January
20 they take on Portland State
and Jan. 22 they will be in Eugene
again to go against Central
Washington State at 2 p.m. in
Mac Court.
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Pac-8
OKs
frosh
rule
One* it was safe to make the cynical statement “The varsity is so
bad, the Frosh could do a better job.”
Now the* time has come when the decades of caustic observers will
have the validity of their claims determined.
Sunday, in a vote taken by athletic directors and Faculty
representatives, the Pacific •€ approved freshman participation in the
varsity sports of football and basketball starting next fall.
The announcement conformed with a Jan. 9 NCAA ruling granting
conferences permission to decide for themselves if they want fresh
men in varsity competition.
With the inclusion of football and basketball. Oregon freshmen are
eligible to compete in all varsity sports
Head football coach, Jerry Frei, said Monday “Truthfully, I’m not
all the way for freshman eligibility. Our season starts before school
does and 1 ‘d like our yotoig athletes to get in the routine of school.
"But the conference has to if everyone else is going to use fresh
men."
Looking at the "crop” of expected fall freshmen. Frei feels
“several can make the varsity While it would be a little abnormal to
think a freshman can become an ace player for you. you can expect
some to come on and give you depth as the season goes on.”
Frosh clip Boxers;
win eighth straight
The Pacific JV Boxers and boxer Terry Daniels most likely share
some mutual feelings after this weekend. They probably both have
some regrets about their performances Saturday night.
For at about the same time that Daniels was being put on the ropes
by a guy named Frazier, the Boxers were taking a shellacking of their
own in the form of a 114-52 trouncing by the Oregon Frosh.
By all rights, the contest should have been called after the first
half, as the Ducklings had a 52-32 lead at intermission. But unlike
Daniels, who got a reprieve from the officials in the fourth round, the
Boxers got no such relief, and had to suffer the full forty minutes.
In the second half, the Frosh really took off the kid gloves in
outscoring their opponents 62-20. At one point the Frosh scored 18
unanswered points and held Pacific to only nine counters in the final 11
minutes.
In the opening minutes, the contest took on the appearance of a
closely fought battle as Pacific had as much as a three point lead.
However seven minutes into the contest, the Boxers relinquished the
lead, never to have it again.
The Frosh got some hot outside shooting from forward Ken
Stringer, and found Paul Benson and Gerald Willett open inside
frequently to build the 20 point halftime lead.
After intermission, the Ducklings wasted no time in what coach
Dick Stewart labeled “a great second half.” They started right where
they had left off and pulled to a 30 point lead, six minutes into the
period.
Stewart refused to single out any individuals, calling his team’s
eighth straight victory “a good team effort.” And scoring wise, at
least, that it was, as the Ducklings had six men in double figures.
Four of those, Ken Stringer, Paul Benson, Ken Kincheloe and
Gerald Willett, led the Duckling’s scoring efforts with 18 each. Mark
Carver and Stan Grove came off the bench in the second half to con
tribute 10 apiece. Pacific was led by guard Dave Cook, who scored 16.
It was the second game in a row that the Frosh shot over 50 per
cent from the field, hitting at a .511 clip. Stewart attributed this to the
teamwork displayed by his charges. “I was very pleased with their
teamwork.” he said. “I thought we took much better shots, and hit the
open man inside really well.”
The Frosh came out with a new three-guard offense and Stewart
was fairly pleased with the way his team ran it. ‘‘I thought it was time
to try something new. I like it, because it has a lot of options. I’m sure
as the guys get used to it, they’ll be running it much better.”
Mose Allison Trio and
Kenny Burrell Trio
Fri. J ^ 2^ EMU Ballroom
two performances 7 8. 9 30p.m.
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