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Lusk undergoes knee surgery Oregon quarterback Kevin Lusk underwent knee surgery Thursday morning for an injury sustained during last Saturday’s intrasquad game. Lusk played only one quarter before being forced out of the game because of injury. Lusk is expected to be the starting quarterback for the Ducks next fall. The damage to Lusk's knee was more extensive than origin ally expected. During Thurs day’s surgery, physicians repaired a tear in his anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee and also removed damaged cartilage from the knee. Dr. Robert Larson, the team physician, said Lusk would be hospitalized for three to five days and would then be in a cast for six to eight weeks. An extensive rehabilitation program will follow removal of the cast, Larson said. Lusk is expected to be able to par ticipate in fall practice, though Larson said he will practice wearing a protective device on the knee. Top gymnasts compete tor title Twelve gymnastics teams will converge in Eugene Wed nesday to comptete for the coveted title of United States National Team Champion. McArthur court has been selected by the United States Association of Independent Clubs to hold the national championships May 27-30. Included in the competition will be a team from Eugene’s National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics, lead by Julianne McNamara who recently cap tured first in the all-around competition at the American Cup. Teammate Tracee Talavera, who finished second behind McNamara, will also be on the academy’s team. Their ranks will be bolstered by 17-year-old Jayne Weinstein and 14-year-old Nanci Gold smith, who recently secured places on the U S. team that will be competing at the Maccabiah Games in Israel this sumer. All twelve teams will compete in the first day of competition Wednesday. Thursday, gym nasts will compete in the individual all-around finals, a new addition to this year’s competition. Weinstein will represent the NAAG. The second round of team competition will begin Friday. On Saturday, the four remaining teams will be pitted against each other for the coveted title of top U S. team. The NAAG has won the title an unprecedented four years. All four days of competition will be held in McArthur Court. Tickets for all preliminary competition can be purchased for $2 at the athletic department ticket window. All seats are general admission. For Saturday’s competion reserved seats are $4, reserved children's seats are $3, and general admission seats are $2. A four day pass is $8 for adults, $6 for children and $20 for a family pass. Reserved seats and passes are available at the athletic ticket window, Luby's Valley River, Nike Eugene, Stu's Locker Room and the NAAG office, 140 W. 12th. Young Athlete features King editorial BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) - In its latest issue, Young Athlete magazine features Billie Jean King in a guest editorial. The national publication was printed and distributed before the veteran tennis profession al’s hairdresser filed a “palimony” suit against Mrs. King and before Mrs. King went public with her lesbian romance with the hairdresser. The guest editorial isn't about Mrs. King's sexual life, of course. In the editorial, she talked about being different at Poly High School in Long Beach, Calif., when she was growing up. She enjoyed Tennis clinic set by YMCA A service timing clinic for area tennis players will be held at the Eugene YMCA Saturday. The clinic, desiged for junior and adult tennis players, will focus on service timing and will be followed by a fast serve contest. The program will run from 11 a m. to 2 p.m. A 25 cent admission will be charged, plus 10 cents per serve for timings and 50 cents to enter the competition. Prizes will be awarded to winners in eight divisions. competing in sports and girls weren’t supposed to like sports in those days, she wrote. “We’re not embarrassed “We’re not embarrassed about what happened” about what happened,” Young Athlete publisher Phil Syrdal said of Mrs. King's lesbian ack nowledgement, "but I see no point in seeking controversy for controversy's sake. "Our philosophy for our guest editorial is a very lofty one. It is a management commentary. We choose to comment on char acter through athletes. So, in retrospect, we would not have Billie Jean do our guest editorial if we would have known what was going to happen. "I feel sorry for Billie Jean. It’s too bad this happened. But it's her mistake and she's the one who has to correct it. We don’t have to address it." ATHLETC 343-1288 115 W. 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