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Nelson gets his chance as Ducks nail OSU
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Don Clary isn't trying to fly, but he is clearing the water jump enroute to
his 8:47.17 victory as Oregon swept the steeplechase. The Ducks
rolled past OSU, 103-60, in Saturday s dual victory in Corvallis
‘Nostalgic’ Ducks
capture a losing year
By DAN LINDAHL
Of the Emerald
In 1932 the United States was in the midst of a severe depression,
Franklin Roosevelt was the new president, and Oregon had a losing
baseball team.
Forty-five winning seasons later, Roosevelt is no longer with us,
nor is the depression, but the Ducks have brought back a bit of the past,
securing their first losing season since 32, by losing two of their three
games with Washington Friday and Saturday at Howe Field. Oregon
lost Fnday s opener 3-1, fell in Saturday s first game, 7-3, and took the
final contest, 8-3
No one was talking about clinching a losing year, probably because
it came as no surprise By falling twice to Washington, Oregon slipped to
12-23 on the season and 2-10 in Northern Division play. What was on
Coach Mel Krause s mind most was the continuing poor play of his
team.
"There are so many little things we don t do," lamented Krause,
who joins notables as Bill Reinhart, George Bohler and Shy Huntington
as coaches of losing Oregon baseball teams.
On the whole, the Ducks played better than usual over the three
games, partly to their own credit and partly because Washington, at
16-16-3, isn't going to make anybody's Top 20.
But when it counted Oregon showed its usual generosity, giving
away the first two games in the final inning before holding on until
darkness helped put the final game in Oregon's win column.
Tied at 1-1 in the ninth inning of Friday's opener, an error by Steve
Elam allowed the winning run to score The next day the Huskies
bombarded three Oregon pitchers in the ninth inning to erase a 3-1
deficit and earn a 7-3 win. Each time Krause was beside himself
"It’s easy to second guess Elam s throw to third,” said Krause, "but
you don't make that throw unless you have a sure play."
Elam's throw sailed by third baseman Jeff Heaton and allowed
Mike Rennie to come home with the winning run
The loss wiped out a fine pitching effort by Glenn Fisher. And with
good pitching being a rarity with Oregon this year, it was tough to
swallow the loss.
Craig Fetzer pitched another good game in Saturday's opening
contest, but had to give way to relief help in the seventh But relievers
Dan Merrill and Ray Paiemant fanned the Husky rally by giving up three
hits and two walks before setting Washington down.
The final game of the senes, was halted because of darkness after
5V2 innings with Oregon leading 8-3. The decision embittered Washing
ton Coach Bob McDonald, but stood nonetheless.
"It’s light until 8 o’clock," complained McDonald of the game which
was stopped at 5:30. "It could blow over, anything could happen."
One thing that won't blow over is Oregon's losing season. It is here
to stay for good.
And while Krause can be expected to continue to make good on his
commitment to play people with the future in mind, that doesnt do
anything to help the present.
"We just keep making plays which get us deeper and deeper in
trouble," sighed Krause. "Then we have great difficulty getting out of
trouble once we re in it."
Which is an excellent way of describing how 45 years of winning
ended one weekend in April.
Oregon Daily Emerald
By KIM SPIR
Of the Emerald
CORVALLIS — For every miler
at Oregon there is one fighting his
way into the program. He trains
with the others, he competes in
the local invitationals and junior
college meets and he waits for the
chance to prove himself at the
varsity level.
This weekend track coach Bill
Dellinger found a slot for sopho
more Bruce Nelson in the 1,500 as
Oregon crushed Oregon State,
103-60, here and Nelson grabbed
Ns chance by lopping five sec
onds off his personal best time in
running a 3:46.15 for third place.
That clocking is equivalent to a
4:04.24 mile.
“I was hoping to run 3:46 some
time this year, and I wanted to run
at least 4:04 for the mile,” said
Nelson. “I didn't have a sure set
goal, though, because I wasn't
sure how I was going to do this
year. I was injured last year.”
“The 1,500 Saturday felt real
good,” he added.
Getting to the Pac-8 meet this
year was one of Nelson’s sure
goals, however, and his 1,500,
which is well under the Pac-8
standard of 3:51.0, might put him
on Dellinger’s list of considera
tions.
Dellinger and his Ducks also
considered lack of competition in
describing their win as a workout.
“This is really a low-key meet,”
said Ray Burton who threw 180-9
in the discus to finish second to a
186-3 by OSU’s Jim Miller. Burton
and the other weightmen had
been lifting weights all week in
preparation for the Pac-8 meet
May 13-14 at UCLA. Howard
Banich felt the effects of the
week, and could only putt 57-5V2
to 58-51/2 for Oregon freshman
Jeff Stover, the winner in that
event.
The upcoming Pac-8 meet also
affected the decision to pull
Robert Curry from the 400 meter
relay.
Individuals shine as
Oregon women win
CORVALLIS — Oregon's
women easily outscored Oregon
State 99-28 in winning their last
dual meet of the season here
Saturday.
But the score, though memor
able, isn't as outstanding as the in
dividual efforts that it took to get
the job done. Three school re
cords and several personal and
season’s bests are what made the
meet worthwhile according to
coach Tom Heinonen.
Ellen Schmidt lowered her own
school record in the 800 to 2:11.09
and anchored the record-setting
1,600 meter relay with teammates
Rose Ann Klingerman, Dawna
Rose, Georgene Rose.
The 400 meter relay of Kathi
Guiney, Carol Amaral, Dawna
Rose and Mary Officer broke that
record by almost two seconds in
clocking a 47.24
Dawna Rose also ran a per
sonal best 56.7 to win the 400
meter dash while teammate
Klingerman finished second in a
best 58.74.
Georgene Rose lowered her
400 meter hurdle best by almost
three seconds to win that event in
64.3, while sophomore, Robin
Baker qualified for the national
meet with her second place effort
of 215.8 in the 800.
Senior Lesley Winbigler re
corded a "personal best" of
40-81/2 to upset teammate Maggie
Bonn, 40-8, in the shot put.
Oregon signs
two more preps
Add a pair of outstanding 6-4
guards to the prep basketball
players the University has gar
nered in its current recruiting haul.
Felton Sealy, a high school All
Amencan from Boston, and Stu
Lyon, the top player on the
nation s 11th ranked high school
team, have signed national letters
to attend Oregon.
Sealy averaged 24 points, 15
rebounds, six assists and four
steals a game at Boston's Don
Boscoe High School, while Lyon
poured in 18 points a game and
garnered 10 rebounds per contest
in leading Fox Chapel to the
Pennsylvania state championship
with a 29-1 record.
Debbie Roth and Kim Spir
finished one-two in the 1,500 met
ers, falling short in their attempts
to make the national qualifying
standard of 3:37.5 in that event.
Roth recorded a 3:38.0 while Spir
finished back at 3:38.7.
"It should be easier (to make
the standard) next week in the
Twilight meet," said Heinonen.
"They'll have some competition
there.”
Mary Officer continued winning
for Oregon with victories in the
long jump and 100 meter hurdles
while "question mark" Carol
Amaral won the 100 and 200
meter sprints.
Mary Stevenson won the discus
at 140-8 while teammate Kathy
Picknell finished second at 130-7.
“He’s been running with a pull
ed muscle all year and he’s in
constant pain," said sprint coach
John Mays. “It hurt him last Wed
nesday but it started knotting be
fore the race Saturday so I pulled
him out. We just didn’t want to take
the chance.
“He wants to go to the Pac-8's
and he wants it so bad that he can
tolerate all that pain. And it takes a
tot of guts.” The relay went on to
finish second in 40.6 to OSU’s
winning 40.31.
It was a day for personal bests
for several Ducks, however. Phil
Bransom’s 13.92 in the hurdles
surprised the Oregon runner who
is recovering from a bout with
strep throat and a week of little
practice. Mike Friton also contri
buted, knocking almost 10 sec
onds off his steeplechase time
with a second in 8:56.82.
Don Clary won the steeple
event in 8:47.17, heading an
Oregon sweep that included a
third-place from Tom McChesney.
Dave Hagmeier easily took first
in the intermediate hurdles,
clocking a 52.20 over OSU’s Gary
Susac, despite a sore foot.
Other Oregon wins came from
Matt Centrowitz in the 1,500 at
3:45.76 and Peter Spir in the 800
in 1:50.9, notable because Cen
trowitz had been sick the previous
week and Spir was just getting
back into the training routine after
suffering from an achilles injury.
Oregon also swept the 5,000
run behind the efforts of freshmen
Rudy Chappa and Alberto
Salazar, who finished one-two in
14:09.5, and the hammer behind
John McArdle's 185-2 toss.
Other one-two combinations
came in the 400 with Dacre
Bowen, 47.1, and Denzil Davis,
48.2, and the high jump as Greg
Fries and Jan From both cleared
6-10.
The meet put Oregon at 4-1 in
dual competition going into the
Pac-8 championships in two
weeks. Next Saturday, Oregon
hosts its annual twilight meet.
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