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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1976)
Minus ailing Barger Spikers pass the test — beat Huskies, 84-79 By JEFF NIELSON Of the Emerald SEATTLE — Frank Morris was right about the at titude. "The team that wins this one will be the team that really wants to," said the Duck assistant coach prior to Oregon's meet with Washington in Seattle. “We re so close on paper, we'll just see who the tiger is." And, in the opening day of Pacific-8 track competition Saturday, it was the Ducks who roared. Led by perfor mances such as Dave Voorhees' toss of 199-9 in the discus, Rich Perkins' 202-11 hammer throw that set an Oregon school record and an upset by Dacre Bowen in the 400 meters, the Ducks finished the meet with a sweep in the 5,000 meters to win going away, 84-79. It was one of Oregon's biggest wins under coach Bill Dellinger. Things didn’t look so promising for Oregon in the beginning. Not only did the Huskies have better times going into the meet, but the Ducks had to leave their middle distance star, Gary Barger, home nursing a viral infection. But, like on other occasions, the Ducks merely toughened up — and came up with winning perfor mances. One surprise for Oregon came in the 400 meters. With Washington holding a narrow lead, Bowen and teammate Denzil Davis pulled off a 1-2 finish over the Huskies’ Jerry Belur and Keith Tinner to put the Ducks back in the battle. Bowen won in 47.4, while Davis was clocked in 47.8 to Belur's 48.4. Other victories came in expected — and unexpected places. In the 5,000 meters, Oregon’s trio of Dave Taylor (14:10.4), Don Clary (14:12.2) and Terry Williams (14:16.4) routinely swept the first three places. Tinker Hatfield soared 15-6 to win the pole vault with his best effort this season, with teammate Craig Brigham coming in second, also with 15-6, only with more misses. It was the unexpected wins that saved the Ducks from defeat. One of these came in the discus, where Voorhees' heave of 199-9 gave him a first place over Husky standout Borys Chambul, who has thrown 200-7 this season. Not only was Voorhees’ effort his personal best, but Ray Burton, Oregon’s third man in this event, had a throw of 185-5 for a third place and a best this season. It was, as Dellinger expressed, “a superb effort.” But Oregon is in the position of having to be a tiger two weeks in a row, for Saturday the Ducks travel to Los Angeles to take on the king of the Pac-8 — UCLA. A win there will take another huge effort. Women finish second By JULIE MORTON Of the Emerald Seattle Pacific took the team title at Friday's women's track meet with 158 points—but Oregon added up a closer second than expected with 155. The Ducks Mary Officer was the meet's only double winner, timing 25.6 in the 220 and 14.7 in the 100 meter hudles. Officer also placed second in the long jump (18-6 Vi) and ran a leq of the win ning 440 relay (48.7). Oregon's other winner, junior Carol Amaral, tied the Hayward Field record in the 100 with an 11.1 effort. Amaral stood out elsewhere, coming in right behind Officer in the 220 for a second place time of 25.8 and, winning the 440 relay along with Officer, Kathi Guiney and Dawna Rose. Other second place efforts were won by sophomore Janice Vernon in the 440 (1:01.4), fresh man Dala Ramsey in the 880 (2:17.5) and sophomore Karen Marshall in the shot put (44-1OV2). Debbie Quatier of the Falcon Track Club and Lynn Winbigler of the Oregon Track Club (OTC) broke Hayward Field records in the two mile and discus. Quatier defeated Debbie Roth (OTC) who established the 1975 record at 10:39.8 The new record stands at 10:30.0. Winbigler also hurled the discus 164-6, bettering the old record of 152-2 by Loma Griffin of Flathead Valley Com munity College last year. Oregon qualified for the As sociation of Intercollegiate Athle tics for Women (AIAW) and the AAU in eight events. Karen Mar shall qualified in both discus and shot, Dala Ramsey in the 880, Mary Officer in the 220, long jump and 100 meter hurdles, Carol Amaral in the 100 and Guiney, Amaral, Officer and Rose in the 440 relay. The Ducks' next competition will be Sunday, April 11, in Seattle. Ronnie gets 5 in West win TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Ron Lee, Oregon's All-American guard, scored five points Saturday as the West downed the East 101-98 in the National Association of Bas ketball Coaches all-star game. The West was down 57-47 at the half but toughened defen sively and rallied to gain the win. Lee is also scheduled to play in the Pizza Hut Classic April in Las Vegas. Photo by John Johns OTC's Janet Heinonen sets the mile pace for UO's Nancy Alleman during the women s track meet last Friday at Hayward Field. Prugh surprise winner as Duck golfers breeze BLUE RIVER — The expected and unexpected highlighted the Oregon State Invitational golf tournament here this weekend. The expected was Oregon's easy win. The unexpected was Oregon's Steve Prugh taking the individual title Prugh shot 71 -72 — 143 Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the 12-team tourney And Saturday the junior from Spokane not only didn’t choke, he carded a five under-par 67 to give him 217, a seven stroke win over Portland State's Jerry Minor. While Prugh’s performance was obviously tops in the tourney, it wasn’t Oregon's only bright spot. The Ducks, in fact, copped four out of the top five places. Scott Tuttle was third at 218, one ahead of Jeff Sanders. Peter Jacobsen, usually Oregon's top man, carded a 221 to place fifth. Other Oregon scores were Don Wiggins, 228, and Jon Hasel wood, 232. The Ducks opened a 27-stroke lead the first day and widened it to 51 by the tourney’s end. Oregon scored 1,096 while Portland State (1,147) and Washington (1,151) followed. Seattle was next with 1,156, fol lowed by Oregon State (1,161), Willamette (1,168), Washington State (1,171), Utah State (1,174), Boise State (1,180), Idaho (1,212), Oregon State's No. 2 team (1,215) and Eastern Washington (1,221). The Ducks host the Oregon In vitational beginning today at Eugene Country Club. The tour nament concludes Tuesday at Emerald Valley in Creswell. emerald , sports r a emerald sports UO improves to 7-1 with three road wins PORTLAND — Oregon improved its record to 7-1 and ran its win streak to four games with three non-league baseball triumphs over the weekend. The Duck offense held nothing back Friday in belting Pacific 19-1 behind the powerful hitting of Dave U!r«ch. The senior designated hitter had a banner afternoon — five hits, two home runs, seven runs-batted in and three runs scored — as the Ducks jumped into a 12-1 lead and continued to pour it on. Saturday, the Ducks swept a doubleheader from Portland State — an 11-3 winner over Washington — 8-6 and 5-4. Hank Love’s two-run single in the sixth scored Ray Smith and Frank Bartholomew with what proved to be the winning runs in the second game. Craig Fetzer got the win on the mound. In the first game, Smith homered in the first but Portland State rallied to take a 3-2 lead. In the third, however, Oregon scored five runs — three off PSU errors — to take command. The Ducks host a doubleheader today against Oregon College of Education beginning at 1 p.m. - ti BIN A SPECIAL j & SALAD AnD^-W GET A LARGE fX I PEPSI EREE M . 1 ! ESCAPE LEADERS NEEDED! Are you interested in developing your skills in: 'w' Creativity ☆ Communication and counseling ix Leadership and group processes ix Organization and Administration. ESCAPE provides the opportunity to learn and practice these skills while earning upper division credit. Leadership positions are open in Eugene schools and day care centers. 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