Oregon Daily Emerald Sports Eugene continues to draw world-class athletes From the Sidelines Erek Sludentcka There is n faster track in Santa Monica. There are relatively few soft-surface trails to train on It is not at a significant altitude. The city hosts no major mar athon or road races. The men's cross country team has not won a national title since 1U77. Yet despite all of the nega tives. young world-class run ners continue to flock to this seemingly nondescript college town. Why do so many top ath lete’s continue to feel that, now adays as much as ever, the mad lo Olympic glory *1111 loads through Eugene, Ore Karl Keska. Oregon's top cross-country runner this fall, said it was Eugene's interna tional reputation that lured him to Oregon from England "Even in England, we recog nize Eugene as the distance running capital," Keska said "Bill Bowerman (Oregon's truck coach b o t w e en 1940-1972) Is widely known throughout Europe. It was Bowerman who helped estab lish Eugene's reputation " Keska, who as a 19-voar-old ran a 13.57 5,000 meters, has been extraordinarily linked to Eugene since the first day he stepped on the track for the Burtchfiold Harriers, his Eng lish track club. "My coach on the Harriers. Ian Stuart battled with former Oregon runner Steve Prefontnine for the bronze mml ill in the 1072 Olympics The two became good friends, and i would a 1 wavs hear from Stuart flow bugeno was one of the best running locations in the world,” Keska said "There aren't many places In the world where one Is within an hour's drive of both the beach and the mountains. If I want to train on sand dunes I < an. or if I want to train in the mountains, I c an do that also.” Keska said Hardened by Knglish winters, a little rain doesn't figure to hamper Kesku's training "1 think the climate's great." Keska sold "The weather ts never so had that you can't go out and run.'' Ketinv Moore, a Kugone na tive and former Olympian, said t»' believes Eugene has the per fect climate for a distance run ner. despite tile wet winters "You don't want perfiu t con ditions .ill the time." explained Moore, now a stall writer for Spurt'- lllustrulpd magazine "For example, take two equal runners twilling for the finish One iias trained in perfect con ditions while the other has done Ins interval training in a head wind, you tan guess who will win Adverse weather and conditions are good for dis tance runners, it gives them some additional fortitude " Sabrina Han. the tout I’acil ii in Conference fi.OtH) meter champion from California, is now a graduate student study ing industrial relations "You couldn't even guess Turn to ATHLETES Page 1?A * A* ptujfn Karl Kasha. Oregon » lop cross coon try runner this tail, said it *as Eugene s reputation that lured him hero Traditional powers start to slip (Al*) — With five weeks left in the college football season, a number of ex-powerhouses seem to be bottoming out. oper ating In the also-ran area of a sport they once dominated Consider some records. A year ago, Iowa was 10-1-1. making its 10th bowl appear ance in 11 years and armed with 35 returning lettermen. Now. the Hawkeyes an! 3-5 uf ler a 27-16 loss to Purdue on Saturday, tied with seven other teams for second place in the Big Ten and hoping to get rid of the other six to gain the confer ence runner-up's invitation to the Florida Citrus Bowl. "We're not down the drain.” coach Hayden Fry said. "We're just like all those other folks not numed Michigan. Everyone is taking turns whipping one another, other than Michigan. “1 think if we lose one more, our opportunity to go to a bowl game is really down." And maybe out Clemson was 9-2-1 last sea son, champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 13th time That made the Tigers 49-10-1 over the five-year peri od beginning in 1967 — third best in the country, behind only Miami and Florida State Beaten 20-6 by North Caroli na State last Saturday, Clemson ‘We’re not down the drain. We’re just like all those other folks not named Michigan. ’ — Hayden Fry, Iowa coach is 4-3 und oul of the Top 25 for the first time in three years. It is the first time since 1985 that the Tigers have lost three ACC games. "1 understand why we aren’t rankl'd because we have three losses,” said Coach Ken Hat field "But I think this team has the capabilities to return to the rankings ” Arkansas, once a Southwest Conference powerhouse, decid ed it needed a new league and moved into the SHC. After the first game, the Ka/.orhacks de cided they also needed a new coach, dismissing Jac k Crowe and replacing him with Joe Kinos. UCLA, 9-3 last year and rankisi No. I81n the p re season poll, is 3-4 and languishing in the I’aclflc-IO basement with an 0-4 league record. The Bruins also had their 245-game scoring streak end in a 20 0 loss to Ari zona State on Saturday, Poised on the 1-yard line at game's end. it seemed UCLA would at least salvage a field goal to keep the scoring streak intact Instead. Duron Washing ton fumbled and ASU recov ered, clinching the shutout "I don't think it gets much worse than this." defensive end Mike Chalenski said. 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(AIM — Hig East commissioner Mike Tninghuse said Mon day that Syracuse quarterback Marvin Graves should have been ejected after u bench-clearing brawl with West Virginia However, the league didn’t announce any disciplinary action against the offi cials. and the Orangemen's 20-17 victory won't be overturned Tranghese issued a report on thu Oct. 17 incident, which prompted complaints from West Virginia coaches, players and fans. The fourth-quarter fight started after West Virginia defensive back Tommy Orr knocked Graves out of bounds and Graves responded by throwing the hall at him. Three of West Virginia's key defensive players and one Syracuse reserve offen sive lineman wore thrown out. Graves later threw the winning touchdown pass against the West Virginia reserve defen sive back who replaced one of the eject ed players. "Although the four players ejected performed aits that called for ejection, many others deserved thu same treat ment," Tranghcse said. "If there were to be ejections, Syracuse's Marvin Graves needed to fa) included among those eject ed Obviously, the ejections hurt West Virginia." Tranghose said Orr's hit of (.raves was a ( lose call, but in my estimation, it was a legal hit." Tranghcse criticized the officials for throwing a lato penalty flag for interfer ence against West Vlrginiu on fourth down shortly after the Tight. "The controversial fourth-down pass interference, from the officials' point of view, was a judgment call," Tranghose said "Doth coaching staffs, after review ing the film of the play, have differing opinions on the call. "What is bothersome is that the flag thrown by the official was late, which created even greater doubt In the minds of many " Tranghose threatened to discipline league coaches who criticize officiating. apparently in response to comments from West Virginia coach Don Nehlen "In the future, this conference will consider strong measures In terms of a coach's responsibility to control his team us well us making public comments criti cal of officiating,” Tranghese said Trangheso iaid the fight probably could have been avoided if officials had actod quickly. "The confusion around the scene was further compounded by the officials' fail ure to display a flag at the time the inci dent occurred." Tranghese said. Trangheso said he has spoken to u Syr acuse assistant coach who grabbed Orr after he knocked Graves out of bounds "It is clear to mo that his reactions were instinctive based on his perception that his quarterback received a late hit." Trangheso said. West Virginia athletic director Ed I’astilong said ho appreciated the atten tion Tranghese gave to the incidents. "Hopefully, the evaluation will pre vent this type of thing from happening in ‘It Is clear to me that Ns reactions were Instinctive based on his perception that (the Syracuse) quarterback received a late hit’ — Mike Tranghese, Big East commissioner the future lo any team." Past I long said "Coach Nehlen and I felt that it was im portant to our team and to our fans for the Big hast to address these serious offi ciating concerns quickly and thorough iy" Nehlen declined comment. "Hindsight is 20-20." Syracuse athletic director Jake Croulhamel said of Tranghese's report. "It was the official’s responsibility to make the call and ho made the call.”