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."
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