Oregon
signs a
Kamikaze
Remember the Cowboy? He
was Doug Little, a husky 6-31/2
aggresive player on Dick Harter's
first Oregon team.
The Ducks signed a player like
him Thursday.
Earl Williams, a 6-foot-5,
210-pound swingman from
Branham High in San Jose, Calif.,
inked a national letter-of-mtent
with the Ducks, the second player
Oregon has signed this week
Williams' forte is his aggres
siveness, according to Oregon
assistant coach Jim Haney.
His statistics aren't overly im
pressive. Williams averaged 15
points and 10 rebounds as a
senior and 18.2 points and 12.4
rebounds as a junior.
Williams has hit over 50 per
cent from the field in his three
years at Branham, including 58
per cent as a junior.
There's speculation the Ducks
mir^it sign a second guard some
time today Haney is currently in
Los Angeles while head coach
Dick Harter is back east in at
tempts to sign "two or three'' more
players.
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sports
Patti Layton and the Ducks host Southern Oregon tomorrow.
Ducks get breather in Twilight
Oregon's annual Twilight meet,
which starts Saturday at 4:50 p.m.
with the 10,000 meter run, can
hardly be called a day of rest for
the Ducks high-flying track team.
But, for coach Bill Dellinger s
Padfic-8 weary crew, it'll at least
be a break from the intensity of
three tough conference dual
meets m a row.
“It won't be a pressure meet,”
said Dellinger. "I just hope it will
keep the guys pointed in the right
direction. We've had a rough
schedule—this will be a break
from usual routines.”
The break' couldn't have come
at a better time in Oregon’s
schedule After keying for UCLA,
Washington and Washington
State and with Oregon State com
ing next Saturday, a little mental
relaxation goes a long way.
While most of Oregon s athletes
will compete in their regular
events, others will be changing
races for the meet.
Matt Centrowitz, Randall Mar
key, Steve McChesney and Dave
Taylor will be Oregon s mainstays
in the 3,000 meters, an event
that isn't normally run in dual
meets.
With the addition of Olympic
hopefui Paul Geis, an ex-Duck, to
this event, Hayward Field’s repu
tation for super long-distance
competition should be continued.
Peter Spir. another Oregon dis
tance man, will forgo his usual
race, the 1,500, to run the 800
meters with an unusually large
contingent which includes Ducks
Francois Wolman, Gary Brougher
and Marty Bayless.
Switching events, according to
Dellinger, has a purpose.
“I Pon t see how anyone could
expect much more from our dis
tance runners," he said. “Most
everyone is where I like them to be
at this time, but the big meets are
yet to come. We've done well so
far—peak performances will
come later.”
Different events, however,
doesn’t mean the meet will feature
indifferent competition. No less
than six Oregon runners will be
entered in the 1,500, and seven
Webfoots will crowd the field for
the 110 meter dash.
Starling times 4 50—to,000 meter run
5 00—hammer. 5:15—womens discus
5:20—long jump 5 25—pole vault
5 30—steeplechase: 5 35—shot put: 5:40—110
meler dash: 5 50—women s 440 relay 5 55—trote
lump 600 — 1.500 meter run: 605 — tngh n»np.
6 10 — women s 5.000 meter run. 6 11 — dears
6 20 — 200 meter dash. 630 — women s 200
meter dash. 6 40 — 800 meter run: 6 50 — 400
meter run, 700 — 3,000 meter run.
Softball club off to California
The Oregon women's softball
team, minus pitcher Shawna Bax
ter, will get a taste of California
competition this weekend when
the Ducks travel to Chico for a
three-game senes.
In other women's action, the
Oregon netters host Southern
Oregon State College tomorrow at
4 p.m. on the Alder St. Courts
while the track team will be after
season s best and national qual
ifying marks Saturday night in the
Twilight Meet at Hayward Field.
Pitcher Connie Anderson will
start for Oregon in the Chico
games since regular pitcher
Shawna Baxter is unable to make
the trip due to a long-standing
United States Volleyball
Association commitment. Bax
ter will rejoin the team for the
Oregon Institute of Technology
game, which will be Sunday in
Klamath Falls.
The Duck netters, meanwhile,
hope to get back on the winning
track after dropping their last three
matches, including a tense 5-4
loss to Oregon State which went
down to the final point. Oregon's
number one player, Debbie Bor
chers, missed the OSU match due
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to illness, but should be back for
the Southern Oregon match.
Borchers is 4-1 this season while
teammate Pattie Layton is 4-2 in
the number two singles spot and
4-1 in doubles. Number three
player Linda Hartling has had the
best season so far, winning five of
six matches.
Coach Marti Schey expects
Southern Oregon to give the
Ducks a strong challenge. Debbie
Findley, Sally Boyer and Susie
Hager are SOSC's top players.
Oregon is 3-3 this season.
Several Oregonians with Olym
pic Trials aspirations will compete
in the Twilight Meet as the state s
best prep, collegiate and open
women athletes challenge each
other in the javelin, discus, 200,
1500 and 440 relay.
Oregon Track Club throwers
Lisa Kirk (164-2 in the javelin) and
Lynne Winbigler (164-6 in the dis
cus) are among national leaders
in their events this year and will be
the favorites at the Twilight Meet.
Winbigler holds the Hayward Field
record and would like to up it to
170 feet.
The 200 meters has an impres
sive line-up of prep and college
sprinters: Jill Lannam ot west Al
bany leads the state with 25.4 for
the 220; Ronda Redditt of South
Eugene won the state 100 title last
year; Oregon runners Mary Of
ficer, Carol Amaral and Dawna
Rose are all running in the 25.2 to
25.6 range.
The Twilight "Metric Mile" for
women features the three fastest
prep runners in the state - ninth
grader Eryn Forbes who'll com
pete for Sunset High School
(5:02), Ellen Schmidt of West Al
bany (5:08.5) and Jody Parker of
Crescent Valley (5.14).
Forbes’ stiffest competition
could come from Oregon Track
Club's Debbie Roth (4:51 lifetime
best in the mile) who is running
close to top form, and Oregon’s
Kim Conner and Dala Ramsey
who ran 5:04 and 5:05 last week.
The 440 relay should go to
Oregon. The quartet of Kathi
Guiney, Dawna Rose, Carol
Amaral and Mary Officer clocked
a 48.6 in the first meet of the sea
son and should be ready for a time
in the low 48s. Estacada, South
Eugene and West Albany could all
go under 50 with good hand-offs.
Says Krause on UW series
‘It’s not do-or-die’
By JOHN HENDERSON
Of the Emerald
Oregon baseball Coach Mel
Krause isn't the panicky type.
With an 0-3 Northern Division
record, and Washington visiting
this weekend after Oregon has
practiced outside just once this
week, Krause isn't about to say
this is a do-or-die series.
"When you play in a league,
you’re not eliminated until you are
mathematically,” reasons Krause.
“When you start worrying about
do-or-die, you have a tendency to
over-exaggerate the importance
of a series.”
Oregon may not be in the grave
yet and the Husky series will give
the Ducks a good chance to get
back in the conference race
Washington is far from impressive
on paper. The Huskies sport a
5-10 record overall, a .238 team
batting average and have hit just
one home run.
Washington, however, pulled a
surprise last weekend when it split
two games with division-favorite
Oregon State.
"We scouted them once in Port
land, but you can't tell much from
one game,” said Krause "But
they beat Oregon State so we’ve
got to respect them,
“But I’m just concerned with the
way we play, not the way they
play."
The Huskies are led at the plate
by junior Jeff Marcum (.410),
senior Ken Kanikeberg (.370)
and junior Buzz Johnson (.350).
The Ducks will be bringing in a
.279 batting average, but still must
rebound off their three losses at
Washington State last weekend.
Krause wouldn’t mind doing an im
itation of the Cougars this
weekend.
"Washington State played
about perfect and beat us," said
Krause. "Overall they’re a better
team, but they still shouldn't have
swept all three. We got outplayed
and outpitched. Their pitchers
threw where they wanted and we
didn’t. Their hitters hit strikes, and
ours went for bad pitches.”
The Ducks returned to greet a
week of rain, but Krause indicated
the games should be played.
"The field needs some work,
but the problem now is that there’s
no good dirt left," Said Krause.
“The physical plant gave us a
couple of loads last week but they
don’t have any now.”
If the rain decides to exit in time
for a manicure job on Howe Field,
Brian Peterson (1-0) will start
against Washington's Don Braun
(1-3) in Friday's 3 p.m. game.
In the Saturday doubleheader
starting at 1 p.m., Oregon's Mike
Jordan (0-2) will face Mark Fenn
(1-0) and either Eric Gilmore (1-1)
or Vic Kelley (2-1) will go against
the Huskies’ Wyatt Tonkin (0-0).
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Ducks after Cougar Classic title
Oregon's golf team, fresh from a fifth place finish at the
Houston All-American Golf Classic last weekend, heads for
Provo, Utah to begin play in the Cougar Classic today.
The Ducks will be considered a darkhorse favorite in the
two-day tournament. Host Brigham Young, ranked third in the
nation to Wake Forest and Oklahoma State, is the defending
champion, but Oregon was second a year ago.
New Mexico, sixth in the All-Amencan Classic, should be
the other main competition for the Ducks.
Peter Jacobsen is leading the Ducks with a 72.2 average,
followed by Jeff Sanders (73.0), Scott Tuttle (73.9), Guy Mount
(75.0), Steve Prugh (75.6) and Don Wiggins (75.7).
Netters hope to keep streak alive
The Oregon tennis team will try and add to its seven
match win streak today when the Ducks host Washington
State.
The Ducks whipped Portland State 8-1 Thursday, push
ing their record to 8-4 over. Next action after today for Buzz
Summers' gang is Tuesday against the Eugene All-Stars.
Football clinic set tomorrow
The Oregon football coaching staff will conduct a clinic
Saturday at Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (14th and Kincaid) on
campus.
Registration is set for 8-9 a m. with the clinic getting
underway at 9 o’clock.
The format of the clinic is small group sessions with the
emphasis on offense in the morning and defense in the after
noon. Visiting coaches will then watch the Duck varsity work
out from 4-5:30 on Saturday afternoon, followed by a social
hour at the Thunderbird beginning at 6 o’clock.
Price of the dinic is $5 if registered in advance and $6 on
the day of the clinic.
Gymnasts in exhibition tonight
Three members of Oregon's women’s gymnastics team
will give an exhibition performance at Central Oregon Com
munity College in Bend tonight at 7 p.m.
Sue Wilson, Ann Olson and Wendy Halberg will perform
on the balance beam and in the floor exerdse. The trio recently
returned from the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for
Women's national gymnastics championship in Boon, N.C.
where the University of Oregon placed 12th in team competi
tion.
Members of Oregon's top-ranked men’s gymnastics team
will also be part of the exhibition.
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