Oregon daily emerald., September 21, 1972, Page 5, Image 77

Basketball
Harter: 6A man would be an ass not to change9
By PETE SHEPPARD
Of the Emerald
The poet Alexander Pope once wrote that “Hope
springs eternal in the human breast,” and a short chat
with University of Oregon Head Basketball Coach Dick
Harter shows he is no exception.
Harter came to the UO last year from a Pennsylvania
team that went 26-0 in regular season play and was
ranked third in the nation by wire service polls, only to
be plunged into the worst season of his career as the
Ducks failed to win a single Pac-8 conference game.
Despite such a shock, Harter has retained his con
fidence in his style of play and coaching. He is convinced
that given a little time, his techniques will pay off for the
Ducks.
“We’re not going to be real quick to forget a tough
season like that,” said Harter, “but every season is a
new one. I don’t think last year was the result any more
of our coaching than it was of the effort of our team, we
just did not have the players. People would say a man
was an ass if he refused to change,” said Harter, “so
we’ll be making some adjustments, but our basic
program will remain the same as last year. We’ve got a
program that we believe in so we aren’t going to change
it just like that,” Harter concluded.
Harter’s program is founded on three things: ex
tensive recruiting, an aggressive man to man defense
Photo by Peter Weirtrobe
Dick Harter
and varied offensive patterns, and finally, hard work on
the practice court.
“What we’ve done is to set out to attract guys who
really want to win, to work hard to catch up with and get
on top of the Pac-8,” said Harter.
“I think it’ll be the type of year where we can start
repaying in some small way the people who supported us
so well last year. We’ll win some games we let slip away
from us in the last few minutes,” noted Harter.
Part of Harter’s program is already bearing fruit in
the form of a fine group of incoming freshmen. With the
NCAA now allowing freshmen to compete in varsity
sports, Harter says the Ducks will likely keep more than
one or two freshmen on the squad.
Six of the best freshmen are likely to be: Ron Lee, a 6-4
high school All-American from Boston; Mark Barwig, a
6-5 forward from Chicago, Bob Catching, a 6-6 forward
from Joliet, Bruce Caldren, a 6-9 forward from Santa
Barbara, Gary Macdonald, another 6-9 forward from
Santa Barbara, and finally, Jeff Nelson, a 6-10 center
from San Diego.
Though Harter and the Ducks could definitely use the
height and skills of the new recruits right away, the
personable coach is concerned about the effects of high
pressured varsity play on freshmen. “For the sake of
winning one or two more games I would not take the
chance of ruining a boy by throwing him in the fire too
soon,” said Harter.
Doug Little is the only senior who returns to the Ducks
with a substantial amount of playing time. Billy Ingram
and Paul Halupa are two juniors who Harter expects to
help out.
•tM forms
are due
The 1973 intramural program
kicks off Oct. 3 with the first
round of touch football play.
Sigma Phi Epsilon is the
defending champion and returns
many of those who slushed and
slogged through the muck they
tagged, hopefully, as “the IM
football field.”
Fall sports on tap are touch
football, wrestling, volleyball,
and bowling, according to IM
Director John Borchardt.
A meeting of all intramural
managers will be held next
Thursday, the 28th, in the Men’s
Physical Education building,
room 105 PE. The football
schedule will be ready at this
time for distribution.
Borchardt, who took over
directorship of the University’s
AM program in 1967, reminds that
Pntry forms must be turned in on
or before Wednesday of next
week by 2 p.m. in 171 PE for
football, volleyball, wrestling,
and bowling.
There is an insurance fee each
term of $5 per team, says Bor
chardt. IM insurance checks
should be sent to Mary Longland,
207 Emerald Hall, extension 3212.
The money goes into the IM in
surance fund.
Persons wanting to officiate
football games should see Bor
chardt or sign in at the, IM office
as soon as possible. A sign-up
sheet is posted at 171 PE. The
first officials’ meeting is Oct. 2 at
3:30 p.m.
Schedules for cross-country
and wrestling will be sent out at
the same time that the touch
football schedules are ready,
around the end of the month.
Physical conditioning, of
course, depends on the in
dividual. But article VI of the IM
regulations deals with physical
examinations. “All men par
ticipating in intramural sports
should have an ’unlimited status’
physical rating. If there is any
doubt concerning any student's
physical condition, he should be
re-examined by the Health
Service. It is the responsibility of
players to check their physical
rating.”
In all 20 team events make up
this year’s IM program.
PRIVATE
PHONE SERVICE
ISNOW
AVAILABLE FOR
UofO
DORMITORY
ROOMS.
A new Centrex phone system has
been installed at the University of Oregon.
Now private phone service can be provided
in all dormitory rooms.
Installation charge: $15.00
Per term charge: $20.50
Applications for private phone service
are available from your resident assistant.
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