Pnoto by Ptiil WakJstem
Dean Roberts after another Duck HR
.Against Pac-8 leading OSU
Oregon needs a sweep
By KEN MAYS
Of the Emerald
The Oregon varsity baseball squad will face
Oregon State in Corvallis today. Hie Ducks will put
their lfr-5 record on the line against an experienced
Beaver ballclub which is leading the Pac-8 Northern
Division race on the basis of a three-game sweep of
Washington last weekend
Head Coach Mel Krause will go with his ace
righthander Mike Shoup today. Greg Richards and
Brian Shandera have earned starting spots in
Saturday’s doubleheader with OSU at Howe Field
on the basis of their performances in this week’s
games against Linfield and Portland State. Steve
Townsend, who injured his elbow pitching against
PSU said Thursday he felt all right, but Krause
said he will try not to use him in the OSU series.
Guy Krause, Oregon’s all-league right-fielder
who injured his wrist last Friday against WSU,
should be ready for OSU. Coach Krause said be will
play Guy if OSU starts a left-hander today.
Krause claims his Ducks must win all three
from OSU if they expect to stay in the division race.
He added that any team in the division was capable
of upsetting Washington State, in which case
Oregon would be back in the race. Krause realizes
that his team can ill afford to overlook the Beavers,
though.
“We’ll play every game to win and not worry
about what they’re (WSU) doing,” be said. Krause
is as yet undecided over who his top relief pitchers
will be. “We’ll play whoever can do the job for us,”
he said.
Oregon State leads in the team hitting depart
ment with a .373 average in Pac-8 baseball statistics
released this week. The Ducks rank third with a .28/
team average. OSU also ranks second in team
pitching with a staff earned-run average of 2.16, and
Beaver first baseman Bruce Jackson leads in the
individual batting statistics with a .750 average.
Jackson went 9-for-12, including two home runs, last
weekend against the Huskies. Two other OSU
players also placed in the top five in individual
batting. Oregon shortstop Rich Chase is ranked
seventh with a .538 average.
Perhaps the most disturbing statistic is in the
team pitching department, where Oregon’s staff
ranks sixth with a 6.48 earned-run average.
Golfers plummet from
contention in tourney
The Ducks faded rapidly in yesterday's second
round of the All-America Golf Classic in Houston, as
all of Oregon's golfers skied several strokes over
par-72. Oregon slipped into a tie for 17th place with
Arizona in the prestigious tournament, after en
tering the clubhouse in a tie for 9th after Wed
nesday’s initial round.
Both Oregon’s star senior Craig Griswold and
freshman Peter Jacobsen fell twelve strokes behind
leader Bill Rogers of Houston with two round totals
of 149 The remaining Ducks, Carl Scbwantje, Dick
Shafer, and John Adler continued to have their
difficulties at Houston. Both Scbwantje and Shafer
totaled 159 after two rounds with John Adler far off
the pace at 172.
The Houston Cougars are running away with
the team title with a 575 total, leaving two-time
defending NCAA Champion, Texas, ten strokes
behind at 585 Oklahoma State has 587, followed by
Florida, 589, Georgia, 592, Alabama, 596, Indiana,
600. North Texas State, 602. Washington, 603, and
Southern Methodist. 605.
Houston, Georgia, and Texas each have two
golfers among the top ten in the individual title
race. Texas’s phenomenal Ben Crenshaw, who just
returned from the Granddaddy of all golf tour
naments, “the Masters,” is in eighth place with a
145 total. Washington’s Gary Sater is in ninth with a
146.
Oregon has two days remaining to try and
better their present team rank of 17th. Oregon
finished in a tie for sixth in last year’s All-America
Classic which enhanced their chances of reaching
the NCAA Tournament. Oregon’s team finish in
both the All-America Classic and the Pac-8 are
major determining factors for selecting the six
teams from District 8 that will reach the NCAA
Tournament.
Oregon Scores:
Craig Griswold-72-77-149
Peter Jacobsen-73-76-149
Carl Schwantje-77-82-158
Dick Shafer-80-79-159
John Adler-84-88-172
Channel 9 Saturday
Little's on TV
LAS VEGAS — Elgin Baylor and Marv Albert call the action
here Saturday as the West meets the East in the second annual
Pizza Hut Basketball Classic.
Oregon’s Doug Little was the national leader when fans
were asked to vote for the starting lineups. Little, the Ducks
star forward and the fourth-leading scorer in the Pacific-* last
season, joins UCLA’s Swen Nater and Larry Hdlyfield, Long
Beach State’s Ed Ratleff, and Oral Roberts' Richie Fuqua on the
probable starting lineup.
Local Channel 9 (KEZI) will show the action live and in
color beginning at 11 a.m.
Coliseum Sports is the original television outlet. They’ve
announced a 136-station lineup and claim it’s the biggest in
dependent network ever assembled for a collegiate all-star
event. Last year the Classic was carried on 120 stations.
Little says he'il beat guard — where his East opponents will
include Memphis State’s Larry Finch and little Dwight Lamar
of Southwestern Louisiana.
Seven to zero. Again.
The University women’s tennis team won their second
consecutive match of the season 7-0 against Mt. Hood Com
munity College Wednesday.
Last week the Oregon team defeated Oregon College of
Education by the same scare.
The 7-0 scare indicates that all four singles players and all
three doubles teams for Oregon won their matches. In Wed
nesday's match, all but one doubles team won their matches in
two games. Casy Crandall and Myrna West lost their first game
3-6 but went on to win the next two games 7-6 and 6-1 to win the
match.
The women’s tennis team goes against Portland State
University on Tuesday. The borne match begins at 4:30 p.m. on
the Alder Street courts.
Scores from the matches against Mt. Hood are:
1st Singles: Sue Delatour (UO) defeated Snowley (Mt.
Hood), 6-1, 6-2.
2nd Singles: Connie Geocans (UO) defeated Aplin (Mt.
Hood), 6-3, 6-1.
3rd Singles: Chris Chisolm (UO) defeated Lister (Mt. Hood)
6-1. 6-4.
4th Singles: Carrie Taylor <UO) defeated Gersh (Mt. Hood)
63, 63.
1st Doubles: Casy Crandall and Myrna West (UO) defeated
their opponents 3-6, 7-6, 61.
2nd Doubles: Joan Carpenter and Debbie Johns (UO)
defeated DeKuyper and DeKuyper (Mt. Hood) 6-3, 64).
3rd Doubles: Patty Sweeney and Peggy O’Farrell (UO)
defeated Brooks and Dawkins (Mt. Hood) 6-1, 6-3.
Women's second straight
Netters win,
WRA wants players
Inner tube polo
The Women’s Recreation Association (WRA) provides a
pool, inner tubes, goals, a lifeguard and a ball.
All they need and want are bodies — both men’s and
women's to play informal co-ed inner tube water polo.
Geriinger Pool is set aside for water polo on Monday night*
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. But if there isn’t some participation WRA
will have to clo6e down the activity. Players are encouraged to
come this Monday.
Men can change in the locker room in Geriinger Annex and
should bring their own towels. The women’s locker room in
Geriinger is open that evening, too.
For team handball
Clinic Saturday
The Oregon Physical Education Majors Association is
sponsoring a Team Handball Clinic Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in
Gerlinger Annex in the University campus.
Team Handball is the second most popular game in the
world for men and women. The game will be played in the 1976
Munich Olympics by both men and women. Although not widely
known, the game is now played by many schools and colleges in
this country.
Rick Abraham son, a member of the 1972 Munich Olympic
team, will be the clinic instructor. He can be considered one of
the Team Handball “experts” in the U.S. A team from
will demonstrate actual game play.
This is a unique opportunity to learn an up and coming game
from an internationally experienced competitor. All students,
coaches and teachers are welcome and encouraged to attend!
For further information contact Barry Sterett at x4122 or at 345
3160.
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