Little joy in Pullman, mighty Ducks flake out
PULLMAN, Wash. — If
Oregon’s Saturday performance
in Pullman was any indication of
what the Ducks will do when they
return in a month for the Pacific-8
meet, then the team may not be
busing to meets anymore.
It kept happening — Washing
ton State won the long jump —
which could have been a laugher if
you compared best marks. They
won the shot put, discus, and 100
in similar fashion.
In all of the close matchups,
Oregon lost. Tinker Hatfield low
ered to 15-0 after his record break
ing pole vault a week ago against
UCLA. He, too, was second.
Dave Voorhees lost out by a
foot in the discus, as did Bruce Hill
in the shot put. Dale Scott beat
Steve Bence in the 880 by a sec
ond. Scott Daggatt, the top miler in
the Pacific-8 at the present time,
didn’t place in the 880.
Predictably,. Washington State
won the three-mile behind Kenyan
John Ngeno, as well as the high
jump and both hurdle races. But
the Ducks tost the 100, 440 and
mile relay, also.
It was not a good day.
Paul Geis did win the mile — in
4:10:3 — which was somewhat of
a consolation to Daggatt’s misfor
tune.
The Ducks now have a week
off from team competition, as they
try to regroup with the Twilight
Meet at Hayward Field before
taking on Oregon State in Corval
lis May 3.
In the jayvee meet in Eugene,
better things were happening.
Lars Kaupang, who didn’t go to
Pullman, ran a sizzling 1:51.8 in
the 880, maybe the best Oregon
mark of the day — here or there.
But then again, maybe Lars is
happy that the stayed home.
Those buses are murder and the
weather was worse.
Coach Bill Dellinger may have
the team walk back to Eugene —
and forget about the NCAAs.
Lacrossers crossed up
By BRIAN HAARSTICK
For the Emerald
The University lacrosse team
suffered its first conference defeat
Saturday in losing to the Washing
ton Huskies 10-6 in Eugene.
Oregon began in slow motion and
never established any momentum
until the second half. By then it
was too late.
Washington's Rocky
Goodhope turned a hat trick in the
first three minutes of play. He
added a fourth goal and his team
mates hit for three more as the
Huskies roared ahead for a 7-2
halftime lead. Junior midfielder
Sayre MacNeil accounted for both
Oregon goals.
Oregon rallied itself appreciably
in the third quarter by controlling
possession and scoring twice on
goals by midfielder Pete Diffen
derfer and attackman Ted Mon
tague. Ferocius body checking by
the Duck defense stymied
Washington’s attack while the
Duck’s offense kept surging.
Ted Faye scored from his attack
position and Diffenderfer tallied
his second goal as the Ducks
closed to within two at 8-6 with
four minutes remaining. Here the
comeback collapsed.
Mark Puppy was called for a
misconduct and Oregon was
forced to play a man short for
three of the final four minutes. The
Huskies exploited the situation by
scoring twice to put the game out
of reach.
Oregon is now 1-1 in confer
ence play. The Ducks face some
strong California teams next
weekend as they play host to Ber
deley on Saturday and Stanford
Sunday.
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In a meet that the Ducks should
have won, everything happened
that wasn’t supposed to, and ev
erything that wasn’t supposed to
happen did. The only reliable fac
tor in the meet was the weather. It
was typically awful.
In short, Oregon humiliated
themselves against Washington
State, 94-69. Granted, marks for
the meet were poorer than usual.
The two teams combated rain, hail
and cold breezes to complete
what should have been a rain-out.
But it really fizzled on the Ducks,
as nothing seemed to go right ex
cept the wrongs.
For example, Larry Hurst cap
tured the steeplechase for the first
time ever in varsity competition
while teammate Tom McChesney
finished second.
Then Ed Bilusak won the triple
jump, another Oregon surprise,
with a lifetime best no less, al
though wind-aided. To round out
the Duck plus column, sprinter Al
Dukowski captured his second
220 race in a row with a 21.4 clock
ing over favored Gary Minor of
WSU. .
So much for the good. Now for
the long list of disappointments.
Cark Eklund snared the ham
mer throw for the Ducks, but
WSU’s Marl Murray slipped into
second after mediocre perfor
mances by Mike Bolliger and Rich
Perkins.
Then Oregon lost the 440 relay,
another event that should have
gone the Ducks’ way.
Ken Kramer of WSU won the
javelin with a mark of 198-10, a
mark that will usually get you sixth
in a Hayward Field meet. Jeff Car
ter, who has thrown over 240 for
three straight weeks, slipped to
193 for second.
Volleyball championships slated
ine best mens volleyball
teams in the Pacific Northwest will
be in Eugene Saturday, April 26.
Thirty teams will compete in the
United States Volleyball
Association’s Region II Champ
ionships.
Final matches in the “A” and
“AA” divisions will be held at
South Eugene High School start
ing ai 7 p.m. Saturday. The “AA”
(open) championship match is set
to begin at 8:30. Admission is
$1.00.
Volleyball at this level is an ex
citing spectator sport; I’m told it’s
the second most popular spec
tator sport in the world,” says Ed
Jacobson, a member of the tour
nament committee. “These guys
will show you why. You’ll see
spikes traveling over 100 miles
per hour and bodies flying through
the air to meet the ball before it hits
the floor.”
The Multnomah Athletic Club of
Portland, one of the top-rated
Women netters down WSU, 7-2
The University of Oregon
women’s tennis team pounded
Washington State Friday, 7-2, on
the campus covered courts, as it
captured five singles and two
doubles matches by decisive
scores.
Heather Wilson, Linda Prefon
taine, Maryjo Williams, Debbie
Borchers and ponnie Geocaris all
won in singles, with Williams the
only competitor pushed past two
sets. She won 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 over
Dee Coffin of WSU.
In doubles, Williams and Wilson
easily won 6-1, 6-4, as did Ger
caris and Linda Hartling by the
identical score.
Next matches for the team, now
4-1, will be Tuesday at Portland
State and Friday against Lewis
and Clark, scheduled for the Alder
Street Courts.
teams in the nation, comes into
the tournament as defending
champion and highly favored to
win the open or “AA” competition.
Two local teams, the Eugene
Planing Mill/YMCA team and the
University of Oregon sextet, are
given a chance of reaching the fi
nals.
Other highly regarded teams in
the tournament include the
Renton Volleyball Club, winners
of the Washington State Champ
ionships, and the Army’s national
All-Star team which has been
training in the Pacific Northwest.
Qualifying matches begin at 9
a.m. with all “AA” teams compet
ing at South Eugene High. Teams
in the “A” division will play elimina
tion rounds at Lane Community
College, while “B” teams com
plete their championship at Cen
tral Lane YMCA. Admission to all
qualifying matches if free.
Questions about the tourna
ment can be directed to Ed Jacob
son, 2345 Patterson, Eugene;
phone 342-6989.
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