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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1982)
Grad Students, Looking for a clean, quiet place to live? Gilbert Arms 1071 Fairfield St., Eugene 688-9429 One Bedroom Apts, for $150 were $212 Norkenzie Village 2300 Norkenzie, Eugene 343-2393 Two Bedroom Townhouses $187 V imported Coffee &Teas 860 E. 13th Avc. -Kinko’s* 344-7894 Sports _ l-M football can be a pain By Doug Levy Ol the Emerald It was one of those passes thrown into the seam between a zone defense From my left cor nerback position, I could see that the receiver was running a route between me and our free safety He was open and the ball was coming to him. I dove What I didn't know was that our free safety, playing slightly behind the receiver, was diving for the ball also. I remember that my hand was about to deflect the ball, and then . . What day is it? Who cares what day it is? Why was this guy asking me? My head hurt so bad When I came out of my second blackout, I realized I was in the student health center with a black eye, and they were sewing seven stitches into my brow. I kept thinking, "not again!" Almost a year earlier to the day, I had suffered a broken nose and a concussion follow ing a cleat-to-nose collision in an ultimate frisbee game At the health center, they knew that Tuesday, Oct 5 was going to be a busy night It was the first day of intramural flag football, which meant some in juries were sure to occur However, Dr Frank Baynes, EMU cultural forum the hg u.,ue, lu ihe perform™ oct 20/ -—■silva concert hall tickets available at • emu mam hult center box office • everybody' _ •meter & frank on call that night, did not figure on the staggering amount of injuries he would have to treat "We treated three lacerations, four ankles, a wrist fracture and a knee injury,” he said As if that was not enough, there was also a player who suffered a skull fracture He was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in an ambulance Baynes, who has been with the health center since 1968 and acts as sports medicine physician, asserts that this is the worst year for injuries he can remember "This, I would say, not only from what I am seeing, but from my colleagues also, is the worst year we have had,” he said The storm of injuries even prompted Dr James Jackson, director of the health center, to place a call to the intramural department inquiring about a way to curb the injuries It's not as if the intramural office has not tried to neutralize the injury situation A rule was added this year which prevents blocking below the waist, and. for the first time, there is a r trainer wno oversees inuamurai action But Baynes is angry about what he considers slack of ficiating this season "One of the common de nominators I've been getting from treating players is loose officiating," said Baynes. "Players have talked about il legal blocks and tackles without any penalties being called " He added, "If things keep up this way, they should just call it football and issue pads." Vet Baynes admitted that of ficiating is a "thankless job, and they have my admiration.” He said most of the officials seem to be doing a good job, with only a few of them responsible for the bevy of injuries Baynes disputed the notion that many athletes who play in tramurals are injured because they are out of shape. "Most of the students I see are in good shape In fact, I’ll put this student body up against any other student body — this is a well conditioned bunch." Meanwhile, I must walk around campus with a black eye It's no fun being famous Girls I barely knew actually cooed over me Teammates keep telling me what a great sound the hit made They keep talking how great the play was, and how mean I look Well, I don't want to iook mean During my college intramural career I've now suffered a bro ken nose, a concussion, a black eye, several sprained ankles and a pulled hamstring I could open up my own treatment clin ic Believe me. it's no fun being injured Just once, I’d like to walk off a field without feeling an ache or a pain My parents have threatened to disown me if I'm injured again They don't want to see me at the health center, and I don't want to see them 1 Sports shots Michele Potestlo's eight goal* led the Oregon women s soccer club to a pair ot victories this weekend, as the Ducks trounced Central Washington 10 0 and Evergreen State Collage B-1 Potestlo tallied live goals against CWU and three more against ESC Lyn Kunj helped the Oregon cause by drilling tour shots ol her own against Evergreen Christy Baksey also had a big weekend tor Oregon, scoring Iwo goal against Central Washington and another against ESC The Ducks, who are 6 1 t, will lake on rival Oregon State Wednesday at Southbank Field at 4 p m The Oregon lacrosse club will (lari practice* today at 3 p m on tha Held at the corner ol IBth and Agate Si The club will practice every Tuesday and Thursday al Ural lime The club is also looking lor a non player coach who would be interested in helping out Those interested may either go to the practice or contact the Club Sports ottlce Behind goale by Scott Thompson and Andrew Moore, the men a soccer club beat Lana Community Collaga 3-0 in their first laagua win The victory lumped the Ducks record to 3-1 -1 on the season and t 0 in tha league ANNUAL TELEFUND STATISTICS Watch this space tor the daily report on what the student organizations have raised for the Annual Fund Telefund Each organization will be competing for 1 st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes of $100, $75 and $50, based on the total pledges from alumni for gifts to the Annual Fund If your organization would like to participate, contact Joe Farmer, Annual Fund Director, 142 Susan Campbell Hall, ext 3016 Tonight the Black Student Union will be calling to establish the record other organizations will attempt to beat.
