No. one
mauls
Ducks,
31-9
‘‘A little experience would have
made a lot of difference," said
Coach Ron Finley in summing up
the Ducks' 31-9 loss to Iowa State
Thursday night at Mac Court.
A trio of freshmen Ducks lost
three consecutive close decisions
as the top ranked Cyclones came
from behind to extend their dual
match winning streak to 31.
Oregon’s winning streak came to
a halt at five.
Junior standout Dave Luke
pinned his seventh opponent of
the season to jump Oregon into
the lead 6-3 after two matches.
Senior Brent Merrill upped the
Ducks’ lead to 9-3, decisioning
Iowa State’s Larry Munger, 6-5.
Phil Parker,an NCAA third
placer the last two years, clob
bered Mike Oilar, 14-0, for four
team points and brought Iowa a
State within two at 9-7>
Don Evans, trailing 5-0 eariy in
the second period, rallied to tie, 6
6. But Cyclone Doug Lunt's
escape late in the final round and
an extra point for riding time
dealt Evans a 8-6 defeat.
Duane Statzman, a 158 poun
der, was deadlocked 4-4 after two
rounds but a third round reversal
stopped him, the final score
standing 7-5.
Pete Purkey battled national
champion Carl Adams in a very
respectable performance,
Purkey losing, 4-1. Adams got the
match’s only takedown in the
first period, followed by Purkey’s
only point, an escape.
At this point the Ducks trailed
16-9 and it was all but over. Dave
DeForest was pinned in the first
round, and Ray King had to
default in the celebrated
heavyweight bout, injuring a
knee as 390 pound Chris Taylor
took him down.
Wes Hines, at 190, was bested 9
0 by national champion Ben
Peterson. The Cyclones got a 3-0
lead in the 118 pound bracket as
Dan Mallinger beat Ric
Willoughby, 5-2, with a third
period reversal.
Finley was pleased with the
team's performance despit the
the lopsided score. “There were
some close matches there. ‘With
more maturity we could have
beaten them. We were just
inches from succeeding on some
of our moves.”
Big men haunt
Ducks again
After being biffed, buffeted,
battered and bruised by a
collection of seven-foot or near
seven foot behemoths for the past
three games, you’d think the law
of averages would work out and
Oregon would meet an opponent
of a little less stature.
Lake a team with a 6-2 center, 6
0 forwards and a backcourt that
averages 5-8.
The Ducks can live in hope but
expect no respite this series.
Saturday, the Waddling
Warriors face Washington in
Seattle’s drafty Hec Edmundson
Pavillion and Monday,
Washington State in the Pacific
8’s Black Hole of Calcutta, Bohler
Gym.
Coach Dick Harter says, and
there’s more than a grain of truth
to it, “It doesn’t matter where we
play. It’d be tough playing in the
middle of Autzen Stadium this
year.”
Oregon wrestler Kay King (the little guy on the left), 330 pounds, locks arms with 390 pound Chris
Taylor. The Iowa State heavyweight was the eventual victor of the match when, with 50 seconds
remaining in the first period. King was injured and had to forfeit. Photo by Matt McCormick.
The Oregon Frosh will be
without the services of two of
their leading scorers as they hit
the road to face the Portland
State Frosh Friday night and the
Washington Frosh, Saturday
night.
Guards Burt Fredrickson and
Ken Kincheloe are down with the
flu and are very doubtful for the
two key contests this weekend
Fredrickson is averaging 11
points a game, while Kincheloe is
contributing some 10 points a
game
Coach Dick Stewart indicated
that Willis Van Duaen will most
likely fill a starting spot.
Stewart, whose charges have
Frosh
lame,
still game
compiled a 8-0 record, was very
apprehensive about the coming
road trip "We are in very poor
shape for this road trip.
Besides missing Burt and
Kenny, we have a lot of sore
knees and ankles. Paul Benson
has been having a lot of trouble
with his knee lately. I'm not
pleased at all with his condition.”
Through their first eight
games, the Ducklings have
proved to be a balanced scoring
team. They have five men
averaging in double figures.
Forward Ken Stringer leads the
Frosh. hitting at a 16.5 clip. Other
scoring leaders are Gerald
Willett (13.6), Fredrickson (11),
Kincheloe (10.0) and Paul Benson
(10.0).
As a team, they are shooting
433 from the Held and are
scoring over 92 points a game.
They are giving up 63 paints a
game to their opponents.
But playing in Autzen, Mac
Court, Hec Edmundson or Bohler
would be a lot easier if there
wasn’t an overgrown guard
under each basket.
With Washington the jock in
question is 6-9 Steve Hawes. With
Washington State it’s 6-9 Mike
Dolven.
To successfully deal with a
team offering one big man and a
bouncy forward or two, you have
to establish an outside game;
something the Ducks have been
getting better at. USC beat
Oregon by 20, UCLA by 25 but
New Mexico State by only six.
The game with the something
less than amazing Aggies tells
the tale. Rusty Blair and Paul
Halupa hit from the corners from
the start. This forced New
Mexico State’s big men out,
allowing the Ducks, primarily
Billy Ingram, to penetrate inside.
And that’s what Oregon has to
do against the Huskies and
Cougars, hit outside and unclog
the middle. But you ask, if
Oregon hit outside and freed the
middle against the Aggies why
did they lose?
Because, as Harter put it, “we
got knocked out of our patterns.”
He attributed this to “our lack of
discipline and attack by different
people at different times.” The
only assurance he offered that it
wouldn’t reoccur was “we’ve
been working hard in practice so
that it won’t happen again.”
Another sour point in recent
outings has been the points
scored by the opposition off their
offensive boards—they’re getting
that second and third shot, many
of which eventually fall through.
Harter admitted “we’ve had a
going over of our defense. We
found we have a defensive big
men problem.”
So is their a switch in the lineup
to deviate the “defensive big
men problem?” Well, there’s a
new guard starting. Walt
Reynolds will join Paul Halupa in
backcourt. Reynolds is a smooth
ball-handler who has in the past
proven he can shoot.
Joining those two is the usual
supporting cast of forwards
Ingram and Blair and center A1
Carlson.
Guard Chris Thompson is
ready to play and should see
some action but is not up to par.
Forward-guard Doug Little is
“questionable” following an
injury to his foot, sustained
against New Mexico State.
Washington will start Louie
Nelson (6-3) and Charles Dudley
(6-2) at guard, Ray Price (6-6)
and Paul Tillman (6-5) at for
ward and Hawes at center.
Washington State will go with
guards Pat Rogers (6-0) and Dan
Steward (6-0), forwards Bob
Niehl (6-5) and Rick Rawlings (6
7) and center Dolven.
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