55 TURN OUT FOR FOOTBALL
FALL PRACTICE
OPENED BY BIG
GANG OF FROSH
Large Turn Out of High
School Athletes Taking
Hard Nightly Taining
New Yearling Coach Played
on Varsity Teams of Past
. Years at Tackle Berth
Bean Straub has said annually for
fifteen years, “This is the biggest
and best class that ever entered the
University.” The venerable Bean
is not exagerating a bit this year;
when one glances over the size of
freshmen men, especially those al
ready signed up for freshman foot
ball. Head Freshman Coach “Spike”
Leslie will, without a doubt, have
a large number of heavy men out in
suits. To offset the slowness bound
to come from a number of large
heavy men, the coach has also a
number of light fast men turning
out for the gridiron sport.
Leslie is Veteran
At the head of the Freshmaln
football machine, guiding their des
tinies for the coming season is Earl
“Spike” Leslie, a new man at the
position of freshman football coach
but not a new i&an to the greater
number of students on the campus.
“Spike” Leslie is a former Oregon
football man having played on the
team that met Harvard in 1919.1
Leslie played frosh football in 1916
but was out of school for two years.
These two years were spent in the
army and while there “Spike” play
ed company football. He returned
to his Alma Mater in 1919.and for;
the next three years played on the ;
varsity. He played on the line at!
tackle position and was one of the j
scrapiest line man that ever fought
for the green and yellow. Leslie
played his last game for Oregon
against the University of Hawaii;
letters in baseball in 1920, ’21, ’22
as catcher.
The position of freshman coach |
is not Leslie’s first venture in the ;
coaching line. Since graduation !
?rom college he coached athletics at j
the McLoughin Union high school at1
Milton-Freewater. For the past j
two years he has been head coach i
at the Eugene High school where !
he has turned out some champion
ship teams.
Assisting Leslie at first assistant
coach will be Richard ‘.‘Bick” Reed, i
captain of last year’s varsity eleven.'
Reed played for Oregon for the past
three years as tackle and is well
versed in the style of football taught
at Oregon and should make a
valuable assistant to Leslie. It is
also planned to have members of
the physical education department
assisting. The entire number of
men turning out will be divided in
to individual elevens.
According to Ooach Leslie the
first few days of practice will be i
devoted to teaching the men the j
fundamentals of the game. /The j
fundamentals cannot be too strongly
stressed, he says. The plan of
practice this year is somewhat dif
ferent than that of former years.
With this new plan in vogue every j
man going out for frosh football *
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OREGON’S NEW COACHING STAFF
These six men are guiding the destinies of the varsity and frosh
teams. Four are new at their present jobs. From left to right: Bill
Hayward, grapd old man of Oregon Athletics and trainer; Dick Smith,
in charge of the entire system as head varsity' coach; Biz Williams,
former frosh coach and present head line coach; Doc Stegeman, former
Chicago player assisting with the line; Spike Leslie, Oregon veteran,
as Frosh coach; and Billy Reinhart, developer of powerful backfield who
coaches the backs this year.
NEW STRUCTURE
TO SEAT 4,1
Contruction Being Rushed
For Homecoming Clash
With O.A.C. in November
With the cry “It ain’t gonna
rain no more” students of the Uni
versity of Oregon and interested
football fans of the state will soon
be able to go to Hayward field and
witness a football game and enjoy
it regardless of the weather. With
the construction of the new grand
stand on Hayward field where once
stood the rustic bleachers, the Uni
versity will be able to take care
of 20,000 football spectators and
offering them over 11,000 covered
seats.
Grandstand Is Unit
Work on the new $25,000 grand
stnd was started about the 20th of
August by A. Pajunnu, contractor
of Portland. The work is now being
rushed but seats will be provided
for spectators who come to witness
the Oregon-Idaho game, October
10. Accordig to Jack Benefiel, the
structure will be completed for the
homecoming game with Oregon Agri
culture College on November 14.
The new grandstand, will have
a seating capacity of 4,300, ahd a
thousand more than the old grand
stand. The new grandstand is a
unit of the large capacity grand
stand which it is expected will be
built within the next two years.
This new unit, being built where the
main bleachers once stood is to be
260 feet in length and will contain
30 rows of seats. 'the grandstand
is being built in a most safe man
ner with six steel post used to sup
sort the roof. The completed plans
rf the seating space will be 360
'eet long or there are just two and
me half more units to go into the
itructuro when completed within
:he next two years. According to
rack Benefiel, secretary of the
(continued on page three)
Dick Says—
“Back in tlie old days every girl in the university turned out
to watch the team practice in the pouring rain out on old Kincaid
Field. Then the Oregon spirit was high. That same spirit is here,
the spirit in the student body that made possible the football glory
of Oregon, but that spirit has to be aroused. We want every
student out to watch the team; to get behind it; to co-operate with
the coaches and with the faculty. We want every faculty member
to support the team. The coaches may work forever and the men
out there may give everything they have, but Oregon’s football
team this year is in the hands of the students. When they “hop
up’’ that team, when that old Oregon spirit comes back with added
force this year, the team will be on the road to victory. Get be
hind and shove! Do your bit bit,, whatever it may be, for the
team! ”
Hayward Says—
The men are still loggy. The
beginning of the season with its
finds some of them slow and out
of condition, hut within two
weeks at the most they will be
in fine shape. The injuries are
cured. The men are beginning
the year in comparatvely good
physical condition.
DR. STEEEMi HELPS
WILLIAMS WITH LINE
In addition to a new head
coach the Univeriity of Oregon
football men will have a new as
sistant line coach in the person of
Dr. Wilson Stegeman, formerly
captain and tackle on the Univer
sity of Chicago football team.
Dr. Stegeman learned his football
under Alonzo A .Stagg. Besides
playing on the fotball eleven, he
was a varsity man in both football
and basket ball at the University
of Chicago. At the close of the
football season .'the Chicago man
will become a member of the Uni
versity health staff, as he is a gra
duate of the Rush Medical college
and completed his interneship at
Santa Barbara Cottage hospital,
California, recently- Stegeman had
coaching experience after he com
pleted his academic work at Chi
cago before he entered Rush College.
The new line coach, who will as
sist ’“Baz” Williams, head line
coach, is big physically and has a
pleasing personality. Director Earl
said Stegeman was recommended by
John L. Griffiths, commissioner of
athletics for the Big Ten institu
tions in the middle west, for the
head coaching position at Oregon
two years ago before the appoint
ment of Joe Maddock.
Stegeman does not intend to be
come a professional coach, however,.
and will become only an assistant
to Dick Smith this year because of
a special request of Oregon athletic
authorities His career is in the
field of medicine.
BRICK LESLIE SEES
VARSITY SCRIMMAGE
Brick Leslie, former center on the
Oregon teams in the days of Hugo
Bezdec-k in ’17 ’19 and ’20
was an interested spectator at last
week’s football practice. He ' is
coaching Ooquille high school this
Men’s Physical ' Education
Department Ready For
Increase in Enrollment
_
The men’s gymnasium, has been
completely renovated and thorough
ly put in shaue for the year during
the summer months. The swimming
pool has been cleaned for one of
the most popular gym classes. The
eqquipment has been enlarged to
take care of the increased enroll
ment which is expected according
to Harry Scott, physical education
director. Four hundred new baskets
have been added and shelves erected
for them. Fifty dozen new com
plete uniforms have been placed in
them.
Enrollment Large
The enrollment in the department
is far from completed but it is prob
able that it will reach the 1500
mark before the actual work starts.
The enrollment this year is expected
to exceed that of last by at least
15 or 20 per cent. To date 1285
baskets have been issued. Next
year it is the hope of the depart
ment that the entire enrollment
will be using the university equip
ment for it facilitates the working
and does away with crowding.
The physical ability test has been
conducted on a large scale for the
past, week for the benefit of the in
coming freshmen, and the results
have been surprisingly successful.
The complete scores were announced
Monday. The department finds that
approximately 50 per cent of the
aspirants fail to pass the test. It
will be given again Saturday. The
schedule of six tests a year will bo 1
carried out as in the past. Anyone j
may take the test as many I
times as they wish. As an !
later on. The department en-!
added reward the higher score the j
better the grade in the department i
courages men to take the test as
who fails in the first attempts can
have ample opportunity to pass i
Edwin F. Abercrombie, has been
added to the staff as varsity and
freshman swimming coach and as :
regular assistant in the department. ;
Perry Davis, varsity letterman in
wrestling, will have charge of box
ing and wrestling in the regular j
•lasses. He is experienced in both
sports.
Eugene Richmond, member of the
varsity swimming team for two '
rears, will have charge of the pool
in the afternoon. Joe Peek major !
in the department, will handle the
oool in the forenoon. Another assist
int will be named later on.
Frank Reinhart and Walter Fen
wick, are assistants in the office.
Bill Says—
“Potentially we have a good
team. But it will be thru no
small amount of effort that It
Is made into a winning team.
Prospects mean nothing for it
happens that when the prospects
are the best the results are the
worst... The strength of the
squad is potentially great. It is
a question now of how we get
out of all concerned, squad, stu
dent body and the rest.’’
E. R. ABERCROMBIE TO
COACH AQUATIC TEAMS
Varsitv and freshmen swimmers
'
I will be under the supervision of a
| new coach this year as Edward F.
' Abercrombie has ben selected to
fill the vacancy left by Eudolph
Fahl, swimming coach last year.
Mr. Abercrombie is a graduate of
Springfield College, Springfield,
Massachussetts and holds a degree
of Bachelor of Physical Education
from that institution.
While a student at Springfield,
Abercrombie was a varsity swim
mer for three years and captain of j
the team in 1923. He made the I
1922 and 1923 as a fancy diver. He
placed fourth in the National Indi
vidual Intercollegiate championship
at Princeton in 1923. Graduating
from Springfield Mr. Abercrombie
took advanced work at Columbia
University in New York. Because
of his varsity participation at
Springfield, he was ineligible for!
swimming at Columbia but assisted |
as freshman baseball coach. While j
attending Columbia Mr. Abercromj j
bie won the Junior Metropolitan j
Fancy Diving championship in 1924.
Mr. Abercrombie will act as head ■
swimming coach at Oregon and
will have charge of varsity and :
freshman swimming teams.
SAWDUST FIELD BUILT
FOR FROSH PRACTICE
A new football field directly
south of Hayward Field is under
construction and within a month
will be in fairly good shape. The
new gridiron will be used by the
frosh for practice.
It faces east and west and is
covered with sawdust. Forty loads j
of fine sawdust have been placed
on the field preparatory to working
it down. The varsity bucking ma- ]
chine has been placed on it so that
Hayward Field will not be torn j
up.
Dick Smith Takes Helm
Of Varsity Squad With
Baz and Bill Assisting
Successful Football Season Is Anticipated;
Twelve Lettermen Draw Uniforms to
Battle for Positions
By WEB JONES, Sports Editor
Dick Smith, taking the helm of the Oregon varsity with the
assistance of Baz Williams, line coach, and Bill Reinhart, back
field coach on September 15, found 45 men signed up and out
in suits with at least ten more signed Up for work later on.
The coaches have plenty of material—not 45 green men, but
forty-five veterans, more or less, and all three of the coaches
are optomistic concerning the prospects for the season.
The problem confronting the three coaches is not that of
getting men, but of picking the men they have. These first
light workouts and scrimmages are merely the preliminaries to
harder work later on and the selection of the best men. It will
be no easy job to find the best man in each position. The hard
scrimmage as the season advances will bring out the true ratine
of the men.
GALIFORNIK HAS
VETERAN TEAAA
Stanford Has Husky Line
But Need of Able Field
General Felt by Coach
California Teams Make
Coast Stock Rise in
Opinion of Experts
By W. Ii. Parker
When Hughie Fullerton takes his
pen in hand and dopes out the sea
son 's prospects, it is time for all
the doping fraternity to get under
way.
Hughie makes one nice remark
about Coast football in the current
Liberty. “Football on the Coast
will be the best in the country this
year, and the team that wins the
Coast title will be the best team
in the country.” Quite a change
from a few months ago when Coast
football was hardly mentioned and
the impression was given that the
boys out here just kicked the ball
around and then hit the showers.
Fast Men Out
All of which loads to the Cali
fornia Bears, the team that put the
roast on the football map. There
ire those who say, respectfully
that the primary cause of Walter
Camp’s death was his seeing so
much good football in the 1924 Stan
ford-California game that he just
naturally said, “Great ,God, this
must be football and my Heaven.”
Golden Bear Wins
California is firmly entrenched,
this year, with a veteran team. How
ever, it looks as if some of the
veterans will warm the bench to
make room for faster and harder ;
hitting men. Left guard* |eft
tackle and left end, may see new
faces, and quarter Carlson, of Eve- .
rett, Wash., might have to step out j
for young Dick Blewett, former end, '
ind a much faster man.
I recall one game last year when ;
California showed the stuff its i
cams are made of. It was against :
he Olympic Club, a team made up i
>f ex-college stars. The club toam i
lemoralized the California line with j
a cross-buck, inside tackle, from j:
tick formation. They made gain ,
(continued on page three)
-trick omith, taking the helm of
the Oregon varsity with the assist
ance of Baz Williams, line coach,
and Bill Reinhart, backfield coach
on September 15, found 45 men
signed up and out in suits with at
least ten more signed up for work
later on. The coaches have plenty
of material—not 45 green men, but
forty five veterans, more or less,
and all three of the coaches are
optomistic concerning the prospects
for the season.
The problem confronting the
three coaches is not that of getting
men, but of picking from the men
they have. These first light work
outs and scrimmages are merely
the preliminaries to harder work
later on and the selecti5n of the
best men. It will be no easy job
to find the best man in each posi
tion. The hard scrimmage as the
season advanes will bring out the
true rating of the men.
As the team now stands there is
no weak spots in any position. The
enthusiasm in the team is .high,
rhere is competition, the keenest
in many years, and so strong that
every man, whether regular or scrub
last year, will have to work to hold
Iris position. There are from five
to 15 men out for each position,
ind the best man will get it.
The backfield situation is the
most certain of the whole team.
Bill Reinhart, backfield coach, has
;hree complete and promising back
fields working. It is probable that
the two, best backfieldB wall be
ised.
The quarterback position rests be
tween Louie Anderson, ttw» year
letterman, who piloted the team
ast year, and Fred Harrison, stellar
punter, passer and field ,ge^ie|ral
>f the 1923 frosh. Harrison has
leen getting off 55 yard punts
■egularly when he gets his educated
;oe into action in practice. He is
m accurate passer. Parley Stod
lard with one year’s experience
s tho quarterback understudy. Hud
llarke and Walt Cushman of last
fears ’ Frosh aro out for the poet
ilso.
At fullback is a crashing power
ful human catapult named Lynn
rones, tho most consistent yard
;ainer on the varsity last year. He
eturned to tho campus weighing
.85 pounds and with all of his last
fear’s speed. He promises to be
he most powerful man in the back
ield. Running him a close second
s Vic Wetzel, 10 second dash men
m the frosh track squad last year,
le carries his 185 pounds like a
printer. Besides that he can punt
ilrnost as well as Harrison. Harry
(continued on page two)
Baz Says—
“The men who play on the Oregon football line this fall are
going to get there solely on their football playing ability—not on
past work, heighth, weight or anything else. The seven men who
play in the line will know they are there because thew have the
stuff and if they are on the bench they will know someone who has
more on the ball that they have isplaying. The man who gets out
on the field and socks ’em hard and shows that he can do some
thing is the man who is going to play. It makes no difference
whether he is a srub or a letterman. The letterman who played last
year have no positions cinched on this team, and they’ll lose their
jobs if they fail to show the stuff.”