For Mike Jeung
it’s the only way to go
While some like the idea of teamwork, Jeung would rather go it alone, whether it’s bowling lefthanded or dueling on the tennis court
Photo by Greg Clark
By GREG STILES
Of the Emerald
It's doubtful you'll ever be able to call Mike Jeung
a team man. He doesn't like playing football, basket
ball or hockey, and baseball doesn't really appeal to
him either Jeung is a racket man, who likes to bowl on
the side. He's currently the Duck's number one singles
tennis player, all 5-6 of him. That s one reason he
shuns team competition
'Tve never been much of a team player," Jeung
claims. "Tennis and bowling aren't really team sports
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"With the exception of soccer, I don't go for team
sports," he said. "I quit playing basketball years ago I
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play a little baseball and I'm not fond of playing foot
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The way Jeung found his niche in the sports world
came with help from his father. "My dad was a very
athletic person. He gave all of us kids the chance to try
a lot of sports. Those (tennis, badminton and bowling)
were the few I happened to like.”
To throw in a little bit of variety, Jeung, a right
hander, bowls left-handed. “Bowling left-handed gives
me a definite advantage," he said.
What he lacks in size he makes up for with quick
ness. Thus far in the season he's compiled an 8-3
mark in singles and has teamed up with Web Hayward
for a 6-3 record in doubles play.
"I’m relatively quick on the court," he said. “I think
the smaller guys are a lot faster because they can pivot
quicker because of the tow center of gravity.”
Jeung came to Oregon three years ago from the
San Frandsco Bay Area and has improved steadily
under the guidance of Oregon Coach Buzz Summers.
"Quickness and agility" are Jeung’s best physical
attnbutes according to the coach.
"He's a senous player" said Summers. “You’ve
got to be a senous piayer if you’re going to be on a
varsity tennis team. "
But at the same time Jeung admits he is a crowd
pleaser too.
"A lot of my problems with concentration stem, I
think, because I've been a crowd pleaser type of
player,’' said Jeung. “When I play in front of a crowd I
try to make an easy shot look like a more difficult one.
But my shot selection is getting better . I’m wising up.
You can do that kind ot thing against a weaker player,
but a good one will just eat you up if you try that stuff.
“I definitely believe Summers has helped me with
a lot of bad things I had with my game, but he's given
me a free reign and hasn't tried to completely overhaul
my game. By the time you get to a university, it’s really
tough to change your complete game."
Jeung is a "self taught’’ tennis player, who hadn’t
had very much structure in his tennis background. “I
had never had a coach to go over the mechanical
aspects until I came to Oregon," he said.
To help straighten out his flaws, Summers has
been using a video tape machine on Jeung. “I’m work
ing on turning sideways more and getting my shoul
ders down, said Jeung.
"He's got to be a thinking player on the court,"
said Summers. "He tries to overpower his opponents
or hit the ball down the line instead of hitting in the
middle."
It seems likely once he learns not to overpower
foes, Jeung might be aDle to run circles around them.
By himself, of course.
UO inks a guard
James, "Bo” McCloud, a 6-2 guard from North High School in
Riverside, Calif, has signed a letter of intent to attend Oregon — the first
Duck basketball recruit to do so
In his four years at North, McCloud averaged 20.3 points. 8.1
rebounds and 5.6 assists. He was named All-CIF (California In
terscholastic Federation) as a junior and senior and was second team
All-CIF as a sophomore.
"His statistics indicate what kind of a player he is," said Oregon
Assistant Coach Jim Haney "He's quick and intelligent, a real heady
ball player. Bo is iust a super kid."
McCloud is the fourth leading scorer in CIF history, second all time
in assists and ninth in rebounding. He also holds school records for
points in a single game (39), assists (15) and assists in one season
(176).
Two distance aces sign
Dick Harter wasn't the only one
on campus to sign a recruit Tues
day. Duck track coach Bill Del
linger revealed that two outstand
ing high school distance runners
— Alberto Salazar and Rudy
Chapa — had signed national
letters-of-intent with Oregon.
Salazar, from Wayland, Mass.,
placed second in the national
junior 5,000 meters last year and
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won the event in the U.S.-Soviet
junior meet. He has bests of
14:14.6 for 5,000 meters, 8:57.4
for two miles and finished 24th last
year in the national AAU cross
country meet.
Chapa, from Hammond, III.,
was the national 10,000 junior
champion last summer. He had
bests of 4:11 for the mile, 8:51 for
two miles and 28:22.6 for six
miles.
UO qualifies
third relay
Oregon qualified a third relay
team for nationals yesterday at
Lane Community College as the
Ducks clocked a winning 3:57 for
the mile relay with splits of 61.1 for
Sandy Aikins, 60.9 for Janice Ver
non, 58.2 for Dawna Rose and a
sizzling 56.8 for Mary Officer. The
mark was well under the school
record of 4:03.9. Sandy Trow
bridge finished first in the
400-meter hurdles, 1:07.7
Officer captured the 100 in 11.2
while teammate Carol Amaral was
second in the same time and
Dawna Rose third in 11.5. Officer
also tied for first in the high jump
(5-0) and anchored the 440 relay
team to a 49.5 win. Kathy Guiney
won the 220 in 26.3 and Kim Con
ner ran 2:16.9 for second in the
880 behind non-scoring Debbie
Roth of Oregon Track Club
(2:16.3.)
Team scores were: OCE — 250
UO — 157 LCC — 26 George
Fox —- 20 Central Oregon Com
munity College — 2 and
Linn-Benton — 1.
Pac-8 names Duck spikers
Three members of Oregon's track squad were named
Tuesday as Pacific-8 track and field athletes of the week.
Dave Voorhees, who received the honor for the second
straight week, tossed the shot 62-2'A for a lifetime best and
then threw the discus 194-10 for a double victory in the Ducks
win over Washington State Saturday.
Matt Centrowitz, who was first in the 1,500 meters with a
time of 3:39.8, and Don Clary, who ran the 5,000 meters in
13:45.2, were also named along with quartermiler James
Robinson of California.
Karate tournament set for Saturday
The University Karate Club is sponsoring a Collegiate
Invitational Karate Tournament Saturday in McArthur Court.
Schools from Oregon, Washington, California and
Canada will be competing in the tourney in two divisions —
individual and team in Kata (forms) and Kumite (free sparring).
Preliminary eliminations will be held from 11 a m. to 5 p.m.,
with finals starting at 8 p.m.
Tickets are available at the EMU main desk, Okinawa
Goju-Ryu Karate-Do and at the door.
Crew team takes second, thirds
Oregon's crew team took one second place and finished
third in three events in the Corvallis Invitational Regatta held
last weekend.
Rob Finley and Scott Langley were second in heavyweight
pairs, while the Ducks finished third in lightweight eights,
heavyweight eights and heavyweight fours competition.
Oregon's next match will be Saturday as it hosts the U of
O Invitational at Dexter Reservior.
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