SPORTS Towel boys do their part against USC FROM THE SIDELINES BY JAKE BERG Today, ladies. and gentle mcn, quite literally. I am speaking front the side lines I am si tit ng t n Me A r thu r Court behind the IJSC: men's basket in the second half last Thursday Oregon ttiirat u I, in si y is staging a rally and looking like it might have a chance to u in the game against the No I i team in the i ountry The crowd is going t r,i/y Celling loud Stomping feet As for myself, 1 am shouting every profanity I find st,liable at the referees ami I SC players The Ducks are playing gootl basketball Antoine SUuid.nnue is shooting like a god on the court, and jell Totter is doing Ins best to dominate the inside game Hut the most valuable player on tTa< court Thursday is not Stoudamtre or CSC guard Har old Miner who each store A2 points in the game. Sports tans, mv MVI’s lor the . ntest are lie- two towel kids under lie' l St: basket These two youngsters (names and ad dresses unknown) are rookies ' lie MVP balloting, but they it, . i mure Duck games y ear titan the average t Ini , student. And tile poten j! ha! they do during the p.in. terlainlv lias more bear t ill .list a teyy obnoxious :s hum my mouth or th.it : anyone else in the student Not only do these young lads vvipt up the svsi.i! that our has kulball heroes leave fx-hini! on the iloor, they Slave more of a chance to make no miss Miner miss more than anyone on the I)ul k Ix'IIC ll I d be disappointed if you wi-ft* a 1 !<• .i.1 v cotes iin ci! of these k; is being better defend ers than t he Ducks ' " • foot tdiui k i’atlufsun, but .s h.it the kids do is technically illegal Tec hnii .ills While I'm sitting some 1r. feel behind the h.iski’t telling the ref W ll.lt he should do to Ills nielli. Till VS.ill llll.g till b.iskei as the Trojans move in let an attempted sc ore It s « 1 urn h time right lieu and a basket here ton 1 (1 make the difleretu e l n the, game The 1 :.. xs d ■ s hoist and rowdy Imt it s ;i..! enough to be c ausing y>h I in witnessing rigid now The basket i\ shuk i ng It s m.n ing bai k and : r 'It y e.t v V IS it) l\ The si.Ill, an s si;, .lit a lumper, and it ge.es :m and ad The Ducks rebound and move down to their end id the-court Till still looking a! tlie i oh |. wondering vs : ■ t much life US(I soon ciimes t ... ». down with the let lid tin i c ess d again come s h c. k with a fury So does the- backboard I do a thorough Visual check id tin area when 1 spot ms MVl’s h r the game, the towel kids And they're ole. mush shaking the hase of tile Il.a kfleal d The Trojans miss another shot it., k rein mild Until 1 anyfxKfy else see the basket doing the e . . ' Or w is I just imagining dungs ’ My friend reassured me that . w a not He saw i! too Ilet ansi' it was so obvious, why didn’t anybody do any thing about it ’ Perhaps the t 'SC bench didn't complain Ixscause they were tar iff n the other end of Site court hut someone had to hitse seen ll Hec k. the referm s themselves irecjuenl the hac khoard area. st their job li\ also their jol> (o slop the interference Something else that caught my r\ e lull had little or no bearing oil the game were the s.k ks ol Onion's lohlllllr l(m !■ Hie Iri shman point guard eitlier forgot to roll them down or hdl them up lor good he k, er something !: is i : k -.1 agii i n s t t If eg worked against t St . i one point loss iiut raj »% to- tohnia* figure.I in. ' ■! sooks .is.| wr ren t vis lisli .t ir nay be he • ... o i • i . ; vi Is is that the the. k -. dsdn i has.<■ inns ll of a i juiii i ug.iiliist i. i . v \ S it ur das Kr.'i , rolled il linSvil. ahd Oreg, n lost . ;i n I t.S ()i m wire. 1111- I|S|« . d Hi b student section and laughed at 1 only a coup! ■ ■ the hoOoin ol I baggy shorts K down, Johnnie' ■ non a phrase ir of the student mouths as “lto the ks' Speak.:,.; ■ i the student hod S the Student see tiuii general ulmission third ■,■. ; Mu. i eat was beyond empty against t St ll was In ■, ruble Nut one person lurked in the shadows ol the build ing's most elevated area tor seating, indicating a lot k in slu dent Interest that has been prevalent lor much of the sea son and h r- ( .lusrd the third level to he i lusrd numerous times I here also seems to be some Wb.il ! .! ;.e k i! interest in the Oregon team itself After all, III. biggest .i’,;. i;!ion getter and I hivt from the students in the fi rst half i >iini' whenl S( s Miner {ml 11• ii .1 1 iimi.iI Hit) tie gtee dunk 1 m'fi' breakaway llruwiis .ire selling rerouls 1. ; .ful: 'its .hiring 1 din ii Dun V 1 . 1; ,'Vrrr r tills season. whull ■ i-ri.iinh will nut help him rug nil his job d athletic turn utl ,;t In be .1 t r,,,* surprise !ur the )a its and i", 1 Ian favorite Wait a ■ u. ; i:.d tills all start e, 1 ,%:(>. I!;,.-..- :. ,w 1 , Mils. I igbt ' \\.*H, I'm still silting behind the tin. kbi.afd, tin I hit ks' t ham us it heating '.Ml ifu look 1 rig * I til 1 t .kti ; i. still p' . !i s .1 :i., kmg 1 hair, with two smiling little hoys ■. ug tinderneath it\ tin way. has anyone no ' i. . .! I'..i. r •. t. m »rt lit ulus hue throw st.int t ' lltri; /s ihi' */>i>rts fthlnr >•/thr ! Jiu raltl Ducks to run for world title this spring Out! Oregon runner .mil iwo of the Ducks former runners have qualified for lIn' World Cross Country Championships to b« held In Boston tin March 2 1 l.isa Karnopp. who c«»m pleled -her final term of eligi bility m the tall and won the Pacific- it) Conference truss country title finished fourth in the senior div lsion ol the l S trials held two Week ends ago In Memphis I ormer Duck runner and ! 'hill NC.\ A 5.000 meter i humpton Annette Peter finished third in the race of 2" entries from across the country it s an elite race," said Twin lleinonen. women s t russ t ountrv couch 'Only runners who thick they have a i h.iiu e ol winning go to Ihis ra< t |- reshman Me hid y ! air child, who did lull i oniprlu for the cross country team this season hecatlse of all in jur y. finished tlnrtl in the ju nior tin lsion of the meet 1 airt hlld yvuu the junior event last year and went on to tints.lt third at the world championships lleinonen ■.aid d was encouraging to see i airi III Id run a solid rat e Slu yy.c in woeful shape, hut she was running pain free he said "She's so tal enled she was aide to finish tlnrtl Besides the I 'at Hi title. Karnopp hud numerous oth er at llley enienls this toll Slu- finished in the lop lour in every one of the meets the Dm k■. pariii ipetod in Weasel’s World Kraig Norris did GOT THt KXi* WW1!? tickets k& a studio tufl a* KMlR ‘llws: i WK» ? just 'h» !&%' IT ! C,C't*~j A LOCK THE SCEX5 »* A “A" • /. OE ' K J * r,. . - PRE-RECJISTRATION ADVISING 1*1 \S ID SH. VOl K A1IVIM K SOON KiK VI>V|< | OS Sl’KINO I f KM s< III III I INI. KMIJ Main Lobby Monday & Tuesday, I2:(H» - 2:00 I'M Thursday & Friday, 12:00 - 2:00 I'M ( edar Room (", FMl Wednesday, 12:00 - 2:00 I'M Special Advising Outreach This Week (Jukk Answer Advising Fndeclared I’re-Major Progress Reports & Transcripts available (bring photo 1.0. • , r C ;! t ' * . * ' . • * /*:. ■ f , , f '' l f <• . , f , » * 30 PM