sports
pullets try to shake ‘choker’ tag tonight
LANDOVER (AP) — Can the
Vashington Bullets shake off the
isychological effects of blowing a
9-point lead and losing the open
lg game of the National Basket
tall Association championship
eries to the Seattle Super
tonics?
“Sure we can, we have to,” said
Juliets Coach Dick Motta brushi
ng off the suggestion that letting a
game that was seemingly won slip
away might have a lasting effect
>n his team. “The fact we lost was
tad, but we can correct the things
ve did wrong.”
Duck women
n Tenessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two
freshman sprinters will lead
Oregon's women into the AIAW
national track and field champion
ships today through Saturday
here.
The affair is scheduled for the
newly resurfaced Tom Black
Track, and will be run in three
twilight sessions.
Debbie Adams and Melanie
Batiste are both ranked high in the
nation in the sprints and are pos
sible point scorers for the Ducks.
Adams has recorded an 11.65 in
the 100 meters this year, while
Batiste has been strongest in the
200, clocking 24.15 this year. Both
women will be entered in both
sprints.
Neither of the Rose sisters,
Dawna or Georgene, is ranked in
the nation’s top ten, but both have
the experience to gamer some
points for Oregon.
Dawna Rose has a best time of
j 55.91 in the 400, while her sister
; has recorded a 1:10.6 in the 400
hurdles.
Sophomore javelin thrower
Patty Kearney is ranked in the top
ten nationally in her specialty, hav
ing thrown 154-11 this season.
Kearney has improved greatly
since the beginning of the season
and could score some team
points.
The Ducks will have three dis
tance runners at the nationals.
Katy Mountain has recorded
4:32.8 in the 1,500 and has stead
ily improved throughout the sea
son.
Debbie Richie and Heather Tol
ford, both freshmen, have qual
ified in the 5,000 meter run.
Richie's best time is 9:48.3, while
Tolford has a slightiy better
9:46.8.
All three women have made
appearances in national cross
country races, which should give
them a slight edge in experience.
Two women will represent
Oregon in the discus. Mary
Stevenson has thrown a best of
156-4 in the event, while Kathy
Picknell has tossed the disc
149-9.
Duck coach Tom Heinonen will
enter both the 400 and 1,600 relay
teams. The shorter relay squad
set a school record in the regional
meet, May 13, in Bozeman, Mont.
UCLA is the defending national
champion, and it should be near
the top again this year.
Cal State-Northridge, Iowa
State, Texas Women’s University,
Arizona State, Kansas, Long
Beach and host Tennessee are
expected to give the Bruins the
toughest challenge in the race for
the championship.
Motta hopes for corrections in game two
Getting down to specifics, what
do the Bullets — beaten 106
102 Sunday at Seattle — have to
do to even the best-of-seven
series which resumes Thursday
night?
“We have to work harder on our
inside game,” said Motta. “When
they came back in the fourth quar
ter, we did an awful lot of standing
around. We were lethargic. They
outhustled us. We went away from
the things we do well — especially
rebounding.
“If this trend continues, we re in
trouble — but I don’t think it will.”
For one thing, Motta does not
expect his club to get out
rebounded again, certainly not by
as lopsided a margin as the 57-37
advantage Seattle enjoyed off the
boards in the series opener, in
cluding a 21-8 edge in offensive
rebounds.
Photo by Neil Gruenfelder
Debbie Ritchey will be one of the Duck women trying for a top spot in
this weekend's AIAW championships.
Ducks set marks in Hawaii
HONOLULU — Oregon’s
baseball team returned to Eugene
late last night, with two dubious
records to show for the trip.
The Ducks smashed the mark
for the longest game played by an
Oregon team with a 19-inning con
test in the series finale Tuesday,
but with a loss the Ducks sealed
their first back-to-back losing sea
sons since 1931-32.
The Ducks had also lost a single
game to the Rainbows on Mon
day, 4-2. But in the final game,
Oregon put on quite a show for
their Hawaiian hosts. After the
Rainbows had retaken the lead in
the bottom of the eighth inning,
3-2, Oregon came back with a
single run in the ninth inning when
Jeff Heaton singled home Glenn
Baggerly for the score.
No one would score for the next
ten innings.
After over four hours, the game
ended when Hawaii’s Rich Bass
scored from first on a throwing
error by Duck pitcher Glenn
Fisher, who was the loser and
ended the season with a 4-5 re
cord.
The Ducks scored the first two
runs of the game with single tallies
in the second and fifth innings, but
the Rainbows got to starter Doug
Strahm in the fifth and eighth in
nings to knot the game. Dean
Kegler, the ace of Oregon’s staff,
came on to pitch 8 1/3 innings of
scoreless relief, but couldn’t get
the win, which would have tied him
with three others for the most wins
by an Oregon pitcher in one sea
son.
The Ducks finished the year
with a 23-24 record.
Walton to try for NCAA mark
Oregon 800-meter runner Greg
Walton, whose second-place time
of 1:49.16 in the Pac-8 meet is
one-hundredth of a second slower
than the NCAA qualifying mark,
will compete in the Hi-Lites Meet
in Corvallis today to attempt to
reach that standard for the na
tional meet next week.
Also competing in the meet will
be Athletics West, the Eugene
based track club. The meet begins
at 4:30 p.m. at Wayne Valley
Field, site of the recent confer
ence meet.
There is some dispute about
Walton’s lack of qualifications,
stemming from the incident in the
Pac-8 800-meter final when
Rayfield Beaton of USC bumped
Walton on the final turn. Beaton
was subsequently disqualified
from the race, allowing Walton to
take second place instead of third,
but the contact most certainly kept
Walton from meeting the NCAA
standard
If Walton fails to qualify in Cor
vallis, however, Oregon track
coach Bill Dellinger has indicated
that he may file a protest based on
the Beaton incident.
Oregon’s weight men will also be
competing in the meet, which will
be used mainly as a workout.
Among those making the trip are
Dave Voorhees, Arnie Swan,
John McArdle, Ron Perkins, Todd
Lovell, Jan From, Jon Ogard, Tom
Hintnaus, Vince Goldsmith and
redshirt Ray Burton.
“Going to the boards is our
game, it's no secret,’’ said Motta.
“Offensive rebounding is one of
our strengths and we’ve got to ex
ploit this against Seattle.”
Also, Motta expects more point
production from his forwards, Bob
Dandridge and Elvin Hayes, the
team's top scorers during the reg
ular season who managed just
three baskets between them in the
second half Sunday.
Dandridge was almost invisible,
finishing the game with six points
on 3-for-12 shooting, Dandridge,
who had outplayed Philadelphia's
Julius Erving in the playoff semifi
nals, was rendered ineffective by
Seattle’s John Johnson.
How did Johnson do it?
“I just try to apply as much pres
sure as i can and hope Bobby
misses some shots,” said John
son. “He’s not going to go around
all night shooting layups or un
molested jump shots. He’s going
to have to shoot it in my face to
make it."
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