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guest
Items was assistant, and then
head s|«ir1s information dirt*
tor at Northwestern University
in Evansville, III from I960 to
1973, then worked as a sports
taster at a local radio station
Wanting to move his family
away from Chicago, Items was
looking for work when he
heard of an opening at Oregon
for the head SID position
"Oregon's basketball team,
led by Ron I are. made it to the
NIT tournament in New York
that year (1976)," Items said
"I couldn't afford to fly to Ku
germ, so I called (Athletic Di
rector) John Caine and intro
duced mvself. and asked if he
could stop over in Chicago on
his way to the tournament. He
agreed, we had an interview at
O'Hare Airport, and I got the
job
Beres was SII) until 1981.
when he was hospitalized in a
life threatening accident where
he was struck by a car while
riding his bicycle He was un
able to continue as SID. and
now works as a free-lance writ
er and as a stringer for the As
sociated Press, in addition to
his radio job
Bores' 23 years of involve
ment with college athletics has
Irjft him with many impres
sions. some good and some
bad
"I've seen schools cheat."
Be res said "Athletics is far too
dominant on campus today
Sports is my life, and it does
great things for the athletes as
far as giving them an educa
tion. and it's good for campus
spirit, but it's too commercial "
"I've been saying for ye,ars
that I'd like to sec a return to
one-platoon football," he said.
"I wish quarterbacks would
call their own plays instead of
laung puppets on the coach’s
strings.'' Ben’s said. "I'd also
like to see a rule for no coaches
in the press box. Make the
players on the field adjust to
formations on their own
"(last year's) Independence
Howl wasn't a real bowl. We
had to buy our way in 1 didn't
like that, although I now appre
ciate the reason they did it "
Opinions like these flow fre
quently on the "Pac-10 Pre
view." Beres said he hopes
University students will call in
more often with their opinions
as well.
"If you've got something on
your chest, if you think the
Ducks stink, call us up and tell
us about it," he said
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All-American V'idlak
opened the meet with a
26- I t major decision over
Handy Price in the 118
pound class.
Darren Gustafson boost
ed his record to 17-10-2
with a 10-3 win over
Stoney Mvers at 158,
while freshman Sprague
handed a loss to junior
Pete Russo, a 16-7 major
decision at 167.
Gurt Strahm beat Jeff
Monson at 100 pounds.
6-2. Strahm's season re
cord stands at 24-1, and
the win gives him 86 ca
reer triumphs, moving
him into a tie with Kick
O'Shea for fifth place on
the University’s all-time
victory list.
Cam Strahm's escape
with 24 seconds remain
ing in the heavyweight
mate h gave him a 4-4
draw with Oregon State's
Matt Willhite. last sea
son's Pac-10 champion
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three games Bourn also It'd all
scorers with 18 points
Oregon State’s Judy Shan
non, the i’ai Hi's second lead
ing sc orer at 21 points a game,
was held by the Ducks to only
three first half points on one of
four shooting, hut did return in
the second half to finish with
14.
On the ugly side. Oregon
turned the ball over 25 times
and was only able to grab nine
offensive rebounds on the
game
Freshman Debbie Sporcich
crashed the boards for three of
those offensive rebounds and
did end the game as Oregon's
leading rebounder with 11 She
also scored la for the Ducks
"I don't think we played that
sharply today." Heiny said,
"but Oregon State didn't ei
ther.”
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