Oregon daily emerald., April 18, 1978, Page 9, Image 9

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Photo by Slave Schneider
Oregon coach Mel Krause argues a call with the plate umpire in the Ducks’ victory over Willamette last week.
Ron Sloy, who will pitch today, moves in to help Krause make his point.
Rodgers takes Boston Marathon
BOSTON (AP) — Record
holder Bill Rodgers, the No. 1
rated marathoner in America, won
the 82nd running of the Boston
Marathon Monday in an unofficial
time of two hours, 10 minutes and
13 seconds. This is Rodgers’ sec
ond marathon win. He set the re
cord for the event, 2:09.55, in
1975.
Jeff Wells of Dallas was second
in a time of 2:11.17. EdaTikannen
of Finland was third in 2:11.25.
The times were unofficial.
"At the finish, I didn’t know if I
would make it,” said Rodgers, still
panting. “It was a tough pace. I
was really hurting. It was almost
the hardest marathon of my life.”
He said the cheering crowd that
lines the route gave him a boost.
Rodgers, who wore white
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team comes off a weekend which
saw it split two matches as it plays
Oregon State today in Corvallis,
attempting to raise its season
mark from 5-3.
Oregon lost to Washington last
Friday 8-1 with the solitary win
coming in number one doubles.
On Saturday the women defeated
Washington State, 6-3, for their
second win aaainst the Cougars.
Oregon to face stiff competition
today. "They are very competitive
and have good players,” Schey
said. The Oregon junior varsity will
host Lane Community College on
Wednesday and hopes for a re
peat of its 4-0 victory of a week
ago.
The varsity returns home this
weekend with successive
matches against Puget Sound
and Southern Oregon.
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Torture Ridge on Sunday
“Torture Ridge," billed as the "toughest run west of the
Rockies,” is set for this Sunday, April 23, starting at noon from the
Hendricks Park picnic shelter.
All survivors will receive a tee-shirt, soft drink and fruit. The
entry fee for the event is a dollar and entries will be accepted on
race day.
The course includes mud slides, creek beds, fallen logs,
ditches, scenic trails and three “killer hills.” Organizers of the
sponsoring group, Phi Epsilon Kappa (physical education stu
dents at Oregon) are expecting about 1,000 runners and joggers,
so early registration is advised.
Runners are advised to cover-up in order to reduce the
chance of catching poison oak on the course.
Water polo practices start
The Oregon Water Polo Club starts training at Leighton Pool
Tuesday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. All players wishing to compete for
Oregon next fall should be in attendance.
Ski team sponsors event
The Club Sports ski team is sponsoring a dual slalom and
cross-country race for all students, faculty and alumni. The event,
to be held at Mt. Bachelor this weekend, will include instruction by
the team coaches and racers, a dual slalom on Saturday followed
by a picnic near Bend, and a cross-country race on Sunday.
Sign up at Club Sports or call 686-8147for more information
gloves for the race, looked back
several times at Wells in the last
100 yards before the finish.
The two-time champion tossed
his hands into the air as he cros
sed the finish line. He was im
mediately mobbed by security of
ficers and reporters.
Oregon at home
for doubleheader
By MIKE GRADY
Of the Emerald
Oregon’s baseball team, win
ners of six of its last eight games,
plays host to both Oregon Tech
and Portland State today at Howe
field.
Weather permitting, the Ducks
will take on OIT at noon and then
play PSU at 3 p.m. Oregon cur
rently owns a 16-10-1 overall re
cord — already surpassing their
total number of wins last year (14).
“There’s a 60 percent chance of
rain for Tuesday,” said Mel
Krause, full-time coach and part
time meteorologist. "But as of
right now they’re still on.”
Krause indicated playing a
doubleheader against two sepa
rate teams is something he likes to
schedule every year to take a look
at players from smaller schools in
the state.
“OIT was supposed to play
Oregon College of Education
today and they wanted another
game on their way back,” Krause
said.
Freshman Ron Sloy has been
tabbed to start the OIT game while
Krause is undecided on who will
start the PSU game. The Ducks
beat PSU last week in 10 innings,
8-6, avenging an earlier 11-5 loss
to the Vikings.
Injuries haven’t been too muct
of a problem for Oregon, bu
Krause said he was pleased tc
find out three players with sick
ness or injuries in the past weel
seem to be coming around.
Mike Connolly, who has been
sick since spring vacation and has
lost 13 pounds because of it, now
appears to be making a recovery.
Connolly played sparingly in the
weekend’s split with Washington
State and is currently hitting .309.
Catcher Kevin Tabler, the
teams leading hitter with a .432
average, is also coming off a cou
ple of injuries. Tabler hurt his back
two weeks ago and has since
been used as an occasional
pinch-hitter. Over the weekend he
also caught a pitched ball on his
ankle while warming up a pitcher
in the bullpen, but Krause said it
didn’t look like it should be too
much of a problem.
Third baseman Jerry Rinella is
also somewhat hobbled by a sore
ankle. Krause indicated Rinella
was able to play over the weekend
and the ankle has improved.
DUCK NOTES — Five Oregon
players are currently hitting over
.300. They are the following: Mike
Ritchey, .302; Tom Dodd, .344,
Connolly, .309; Sloy, .337, and
Tabler, .432...Dean Kegler, the
Ducks leading pitcher with a 6-0
record, has thrown 47 innings and
has given up only four
walks...Dodd and first baseman
Steve Elam are tied for the team
i lead with five home runs
each...Dodd also leads the team
i in doubles (8), triples (3) and sto
len bases (7)...As a team, Oregon
- is hitting .283, four percentage
points higher than its opponents.
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