Speedy Detroit visits tonight
Ducks need concentration, fast start
By KEN SANDS
Of the Emerald
The Oregon men’s basketball
team plays the University of De
troit tonight, and coach Jim Haney
has taken steps to avoid repeating
the disastrous performance
against Pepperdine Monday.
‘ We ll have to be ready to move
our feet, and play intensely be
cause Detroit is very quick,” says
Haney. "They have an outstand
ing guard in Terry Duerod. He will
be one of the best players that will
play in Mac Court all year."
Against Pepperdine, the Ducks
started slowly, and Haney blames
the eventual 73-68 loss on a lack
of intensity and concentration. "It
was by far our worst performance,
and I don't think we are capable of
playing worse, and we learned the
lesson that we have to be ready to
play,” says the coach.
Impressive practices this week
will help the Ducks in preparation
for tonight s game. "We’ve ex
pressed to the team the impor
tance of getting ready to play, and
yesterday we really had a good
practice," says Haney.
Senior co-captain Rob Closs
also says the Pepperdine loss
was because of a lack of concen
tration. "We had a really good
QMrtice, even though everyone
i^Ptired, and it shows that the
Pepperdine game was all men
tal," he says. "Each person has to
block out everything else to be
mentally prepared, and I’m rx
sure everyone did that, includin
myself.”
Closs recalls the past year
when a poor performance re
suited in deep depression — an
hard practices. "Last year we di
the same thing, but we knew w
would get punished in practice
Now we get chastized, but w
work on what we did wrong and tr
to come back."
Part of that work will be in plaj
ing as hard as possible, then exil
ing the game for a rest. "Our ne\
philosophy is to sacrifice our
selves and play as hard as possi
ble,” says Haney, ’’but it’s i
natural tendency for anybody t<
pace themselves so that they cai
play longer."
The coach allows the players ti
take themselves out of the game
but he says that this is not don<
often enough. "I didn’t expect it tc
work overnight — we do not have
the balance I would like to see."
This imbalance means some c
the Ducks play very little. “W<
have a lot of players who are cap
able of playing, and a lot of players
should have more playing time,'
says Haney.
Closs is one of those who is re
luctant to take himself out. “Righ
now it is hard for me to pull mysef
because of the pride factor, but I’rr
getting used to it,” he says.
The 6-2 guard also says the
team is not concentrating or
long-range goals. Against Pep
>t perdine we didn’t go in thinking
g about our goal of winning the na
tional championship. We have to
s keep our group goals in mind
every day."
d Closs says with this concentra
j tion, anything is possible, but it will
s take time. “We re just not to the
!. point where we re a good team
3 yet. We’ve still got a lot of work to
y do.”
Unfortunately for the Ducks,
they have very little time to work
on their weaknesses. "We will be
/ tested again, and we need to get
off to a much better start,” says
Haney.
i Detroit will counter with an ex
> plosive offense with Deurod the
i leader. “Terry has to be our leader
this year, and he is certainly capa
) ble of it. If he plays solid defense
, and plays better without the ball
! he should be all-America,” says
i Detroit coach Dave Gaines.
Center Earl Cureton (6-9) will
provide their rebounding strength,
f “Earl is going to excite a whole lot
; of people He is one of the best
dunk shot artists in the country; he
[ can really sky. He says hello to the
Lord when he goes up for a slam,"
says Gaines.
This could pose a problem to
the taller Ducks, says Haney. Re
bounding will be very important,
and sometimes size doesn't mat
ter.”
What does matter is the Ducks
have lost two in a row, and they
need to prove they can win.
Koch defends swim title
The University men’s swim
team will host the Iron Man Invita
tional Friday and Saturday at
Leighton Pool. Competing along
with Oregon will be Willamette
University. Southern Oregon
State, Portland State and the
David Douglas Swim Club.
Competition gets underway
Friday at 7 p.m. and concludes on
Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m.
The purpose of the meet is to
determine an all-around champ
ion and no team scores will be
kept, A swimmer may compete in
as many of the 13 events as he
chooses, and the top placers
score in each event. The swimmer
with the highest point total will be
the champion.
The Ducks’ George Koch, com
peting unattached last year, swam
to the championship.
Oregon is coming off a fifth
place finish in last week's Husky
Invitational in Seattle.
barter exempts major teams
from sex discrimination rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Carter administration said Wed
nesday that major college football
teams are unique and don’t have
to meet the same standards as
other sports in eliminating sex dis
crimination.
Intercollegiate football was
specif really cited as an exception
as HEW Secretary Joseph
Califano proposed new federal
guidelines to eliminate sex dis
crimination from college athletics.
The proposed guidelines,
aimed at clarifying a set of regula
tions stemming from a 1972 anti
discrimination law, prompted a
quick rebuke from some feminist
leaders.
Lynda Weston of the Project on
Equal Education Responsibility
said: “It looks like they blew a hole
right down the middle of the law."
Califano said the proposed new
sports haps
Skiing
The ski team will meet to
night at 10 in Mac Court to dis
cuss clean-up of Mac Court.
The meeting is mandatory.
guidelines, being circulated for
public comment before being
made final in time for the start of
school next fall, ' recognizes that
intercollegiate football, in particu
lar, is unique among sports at
some institutions.''
The guidelines also suggest
that basketball, when involving
competition on a national level,
may also deserve exempt status.
But under most other circum
stances, the secretary said, a col
lege or university would have to
begin immediately to spend sub
stantially the same amount on
each woman participating in ath
letics as it spends on each man.
Califano said the guidelines
would permit differences in ex
penditures based on what he cal
led "non-discriminatory factors,
such as the cost of a particular
sport, for example, the equipment
required, or the scope of competi
tion."
Asked at a news conference for
specific examples, the Health,
Education and Welfare secretary
refused to discuss individual
cases, but said, "I do not believe
any university in this country
should have a problem complying
with these guidelines."
Photo by Stovo Dyteo
Letting his players decide for themselves when to come out is one of
the aspects of coach Jim Haney's basketball philosophy. So far the
tactic works only in theory, he says.
Men often throw passes
to guys wearing glasses
From the Associated Press
Men sometimes throw passes
at guys who wear glasses.
That’s because some of the
guys who catch them could prob
ably do it with their eyes dosed.
And especially 'cause one of the
guys who throws them wears
glasses, too.
There's Bob Griese, quarter
back of the Miami Dolphins, look
ing like a scholar trapped inside
his helmet. And Joe Washington
of Baltimore and John Jefferson of
San Diego, looking like henchmen
for Darth Vader.
They, along with Miami corner
back Norris Thomas and
Washington Redskins defensive
backs Joe Lavender and Ken
Houston are among a National
Football League minority —
players who perform in weekend
spectacles wearing spectacles of
one form or another.
Some do it simply because
glasses feel better and are less
troublesome than contact lenses.
Others wear them because con
tacts just don’t do the job.
And Houston, a safety, wears
dark glasses — but only on the
sidelines and in practice — be
cause he used to get migraine
headaches.
Sometimes they get kidded
about their appearance, some
times not.
Thomas, Griese’s teammate,
has worn glasses since his col
lege days, when he found the con
tacts were an irritant. Does he get
kidded? “Norris is one of our har
dest hitters,’’ says coach Don
Shuia. “What do you think?"
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