They’re managing to do it well
Photo by David Coray
The hours are tong, the work is hard, but the job is worthwhile to
Oregon’s managers. _
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No headlines, glory for the team behind the team
By KEN KOOPMAN
Of ffw Emerald
Art Revis hasn’t scored a
touchdown in the three years
he's been associated with the
Oregon football team Neither
has two-year veteran Mark
Brewer or freshmen Dave Taylor
and Ed Coleman
They haven't put points up on
the big scoreboard, but they
have scored big in the eyes of
the coaches and players
They are the football man
agers They may not be as im
portant to the team as a punter,
running back or quarterback,
but they do provide a valuable
service to the sport
It’s their job to make sure the
quarterbacks have footballs to
throw, punters have shoes to
kick with and linemen have pads
to hit with
“You couldn't have a football
team without them," says coach
Rich Brooks "The players work
hard on the field, but the man
agers work hard both on the
field and off "
Brooks praises his managing
crew for their effort in pre-prac
tice and post-practice
preparation — duties that
usually take 1 Vi hours before
and after practice to complete
Hard work and long hours are
trademarks of a football man
ager's job During double-ses
sion practices in the fall, their
day begins at 7:30 a m and of
ten doesn't end until 9 p m
When school starts, they
report at 1:30 p.m and go home
when the work is done, usually
around 7 p.m
"Basically, the four student
managers follow the same
schedule as the football
players," says Pat Conrad, per
manent equipment manager
He says this year's managers
have done a fine job with limited
budgets and facilities, and
favors Oregon’s managing team
over other college teams that
have 10-15 managers
He says Arizona State has five
equipment managers and five
field managers, while Michigan
State has 13 equipment man
agers and seven student man
agers
“Our lack of facilities and
manpower causes us more
work, but our managers receive
more benefits in return com
pared to other teams," Conrad
says
The head manager receives
three terms of tuition and books
as payment, the second man
ager gets two terms and the
remaining two get one term
each
They also get four free tickets
to home games, free tutoring
and “training table,” which
means they eat their meals with
the players — three meals per
day before the season starts
and dinner-only after the school
year begins
One thing the managers do
not receive is a lot of time off,
sophomore manager Mark
Brewer says
Preparing for away games
keeps the managers busy for
days before the team even runs
out onto the field Seven huge
trunks full of equipment and
uniforms must be packed and
trucked to the airport and then
loaded onto the plane Revis
drives the truck and supervises
the loading and unloading of the
plane
“We work hard before the
games so our players can run
out onto the field knowing their
equipment and uniforms are
second to none,” says Revis, a
senior in his third managing
year
The head manager goes to all
away games, while the second
in seniority attends three The
two freshmen accompany the
team once each
Conrad says experience is
not a prerequisite to managing,
but a love for the job is neces
sary Like many football man
agers, Conrad started as a
player, but a knee injury in his
first year of junior college
Yankees take first game
NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Wat
son, one of those Yankees' "Old
Folks," hit a three-run homer in
the first inning that carried New
York to a 5-3 victory Tuesday
night over the Los Angeles
Dodgers in the first game of the
1981 World Series
The 35-year-old Watson and
some of his veteran teammates
had come under fire by Yankees
owner George Steinbrenner
during New York's American
League East Division playoff
series with Milwaukee But Wat
son, who had 11 hits in the divi
sion and championship series,
answered Steinbrenner's com
plaints again with a home run in
his first World Series at-bat
The victory went to Ron
Guidry, 11-5 with a 2.76 earned
run average during the season
He checked Los Angeles on
four hits and six strikeouts
through seven innings before
retiring in favor of relievers Ron
Davis and then Goose Gossage
The Dodgers scored their last
two runs in the eighth inning,
but the Yankees were saved
from further damage in that
frame when third baseman
Craig Nettles made a spec
tacular leaping catch of a drive
by Steve Garvey.
It was the renewal of one of
baseball’s most intense World
Series rivalries in a season that
had shattered tradition. The
Dodgers and Yankees have met
10 times previously in the fall
classic
sidelined him He came back to
help the Ducks as manager and
returned again the following
year because he enjoyed the job
thoroughly
Revis took a different route on
his way to a manager's job with
the Ducks He was an interim
head coach at a high school in
California, but was not eligible
for the regular position because
he lacked a college degree So.
he decided to get a college
education and enrolled at the
University as a history major
Revis still wanted to be
around football, so he applied
for the manager's job
"The experience of working
with coach Brooks and the
others will help me immensely
when I return to coaching," he
says
Sophomore Mark Brewer was
the bottom man last year, but
with two years of experience
under his belt, he is in line for
the head manager's job next
season
Brewer says most of the
pregame work is done ahead of
time, making Saturday a day of
rest However, keeping track of
100 uniforms, repairing equip
ment and accounting for 30
footballs keeps him on his toes
all day long
Brewer says, "The job doesn't
always get the respect It de
serves," but the friendship of
the coaches and players makes
up for it "
Taylor, one of the two fresh
men managers, adds, "The best
thing about this job is the people
you meet It's been a lot more
work than I expected, but I plan
on doing it for the four years I'm
here "
Ed Coleman, the other fresh
man manager, has hopes of
playing split end for the Ducks
next season The telecommun
ications major played football
for Churchill last year and hopes
to join the team as a walk-on
Coleman, who grew up with
the Ducks, says, "I used to
watch the games from the
stands, but now I've got the best
seat in the stadium "