Ducks conquer
officials, Bears
in closing dual
Almost everything went ac
cording to plan Saturday as
Oregon's men’s track team won
the two relays, Rudy Chapa won
the 1,500 after fighting injury all
season and the Ducks won their
last dual meet of the season,
87-66, over Cal-Berkeley.
A sweep of the 5,000 meters
assured Oregon’s victory as Jim
Hill and Alberto Salazar ran the
last lap together, going stride
for stride until Hill leaned a bit to
cross the finish line first. Team
mate Greg Erwin took third.
‘‘The 5,000 seals it,” said Cal
coach Erv Hunt as he watched
the runners complete the third
lap. “It’s been close, and for a
while there we had a chance.
But we knew they had a 15-point
advantage just because it is
Hayward Field.”
Before the meet was decided,
though, it looked as if a con
troversial violation might in
fluence the final results. In the
steeplechase, Mike Friton drew
two red flags as he took the lead
from Cal’s Mike Dyer and Mark
ILationte.
Friton, running third, passed
Dyer on the inside before going
outside to pass LaBonte, who
was only a couple steps ahead.
There was apparent contact
at both locations, and the of
Ificials signaled the infraction.
One said Friton had gained no
advantage, but the other said he
R had impeded the Cal runners
I and recommended disqualifica
tion.
“Both of us kind of got tan
gled together,” said Friton.
I “Coming off the hurdle he
(Dyer) stuttered and I had to go
by him or slow down. I went by
and we got a bit tangled. But he
I was pushing me at least as
much as I was pushing him.”
After reviewing video tapes of
the violation, the referees ruled
I against disqualifying Friton.
Friton crossed the finish line
in 8:48.31, just ahead of Dyer’s
8:48.90.
“Every point is important in a
meet like this,” said Dellinger.
"There probably was a viola
tion, but we're not sure who the
foul was on.”
The Ducks ended their dual
season with a 5-1 record.
First place finishers:
Shot put — David Porath, Cal, 64-0% Pole
vault — Ross McAlexander. Cal, 17-3
Javelin — Reidar Lorentzen. Ore. 258-2. 400
relay — Oregon, 40.4. Long jump — Paul
Bates. Cal. 25-1 %w. High jump — Mike
B Nelson, Cal, 7-0. 1,500 — Rudy Chapa, Ore.
3:45.73. High hurdles — Larry Cowling.
13.4h. Steeplechase — Mike Friton, Ore.
8:48.31. 400 - Parrish Nixon, Ore, 47 76.
100 — Derek Robinson. Cal, 10.3w. Discus —
Dean Crouser, Ore, 202-3. 800 — David
‘K. Mack, Ore. 1:49.7. Triple jump — Paul Bates.
Cal, 51 32 400 hurdles — Larry Cowling. Cal,
51.32. 200 — Derek Robinson, Cal, 20.9w.
5,000 - Jim Hill, Ore, 14:10.44 Mile relay -
Oregon, 3:11 45
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Era ends for baseball team (maybe)
By DOUG LEVY
Ol the Emerald
While senior Dean Kegler told
his teammates how much he'd
miss them, coach Mel Krause
called one last meeting for the
Oregon baseball team. "Our last
baseball game ever, and I didn't
even play,” said centerfielder
James Nutt, half-jokingly.
The Ducks had just dropped a
doubleheader to Oregon State,
8-3, 8-6, ending a 73-year era of
baseball at the University.
Or did it?
Oregon might be forced to
play two rained-out games
against Washington to help
decide the Northern Division
title between the Huskies, the
Beavers and Washington State.
Pacific-10 Conference com
missioner Wiles Hallock will
decide today whether Washing
ton must make up two rained
out games with the Ducks to
decide the title.
While the Ducks were losing
to the Beavers Saturday, Wash
ington was taking a pair from
Washington State to create
havoc in the Northern Division.
The Huskies finished 10-6, per
centage points ahead of WSU
and OSU, both 11-7, but played
two fewer games. Oregon is
2-14 in conference play, 16-19
overall.
Saturday's doubleheader loss
had come on the heels of an
emotion-packed 10-8 Oregon
victory Friday.
The Ducks did what oppon
ents had done to them all sea
son, coming from a 6-0 deficit to
beat the Beavers.
After OSU had scored three
runs off Kegler in the fifth with
out the benefit of a hit, Oregon
went to work. Steve Crum's
three-run homeer, his 13th of
the year, opened the doors for a
five-run fifth.
Consecutive singles in the
seventh by Eric Martinez, Nutt
and senior Randy Porter were
instrumental in another five-run
outburst, and Kegler weathered
a two-run ninth inning by the
Beavers to pick up his sixth vic
tory against four defeats.
The win gave Kegler 22 vic
tories during his career, an
Oregon record that will never be
broken
“This is the one we really
wanted,” said an emotional
Crum. "We’re going to put the
icing on the cake tomorrow."
But he was wrong. Behind Al
Hunsinger, who smacked three
homers in the series to run his
season and career marks to 15
and 28, both OSU records, the
Beavers battered five Duck
pitchers for 21 hits.
“They just outplayed us,”
said Krause "We couldn’t get
Hunsinger out ”
Then Krause, who walked
away from the last game at
Howe Field a winner, began to
walk off the field one last time.
"It's time to look ahead," said
the11th-year coach. “You have
to look to the future, not the
past."
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