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VOLUME XXX __ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1928 NUMBER 14 WEBFOOTS ON TRAIL OF HUSKIES VictoryToBe Won by Aerial Attack Route Husky Coaeli Lays Good Foundation; Webfoots Gel Practice in Passing Coach Bagsliaw’s Cry Is ‘Give ’em the Air’ Washington Pass Defense Good This Year, Report By RICHARD L. GODFREY PORTLAND, Ore., Oet. 19.—(Spe cial)—Fighting experts throughout tlie country claim that the next war will be settled in the air. Now, if they wore thinking about the struggle in Portland Saturday between the Oregon and Washington football teams, they didn’t miss it far. As reports come into this city where the annual big affair is to be staged, it looks like John J. Mc Ewan, Webfoot coach, and Enoch Bagshaw, mentor of the Huskies, have taken up the latest steps in warfare. It is a known fact that McEwan, being an ex-army captain, knows this aerial stuff. But Bagshaw, formerly a stickler for line-plunging and sheer power plays, is not going into the air. His favorite call this last week has been “give ’em the air.” Passes Will Win So von can put tliis down in tlie little book right now—the team with the better passing attack Saturday will win that old ball game. The Huskies, according to reports, have been holding secret practice the last few days while Bagshaw and his as sistants have been putting on the polishing touches. And tho Wash ingtonians have shown a vast im provement in attack as a result. The Husky coach already had a passing foundation laid. He has three good tossers, Chuck Carroll, a backfiold in himself, is but one. Assisting him will be Bob Buzard, an up and coming sopliomore, and Tliurlo' Thornton, veteran halfback. Thornton, by the way, lias been out of practice tlie last two weeks but is reported about ready for the fray this week-end. Carroll Best Carroll is the best of tlie lot. ..He gets uncanny distance with a quick and alert shot and also can control the ball on close throws. Buzard is equally as good on short flanking passes but doesn’t coyie up to Car roll on the longer heaves. Thornton also is clever on tho shorter dis tances. And he can. shoot the ball with bullet like speed while on tlie dead run. Baggy gave his men a couple of new passes this Inst week which they have been perfecting. He already bad quite a collection. On one the ends cross on going down and an other they go deep to pull back the secondary defense out of shape. To “fool” the opposition, there are times when the ends go through these maneuvers and then Joe Mc Cann, Carroll or Dalquest slip (Continued on Page Two) Two Aces From McEwan’s Football Deck Cotter Gould, plunging fullback of last year’s team, will start today at halfback. The other gentleman in this picture, the one with the cat-like crouch, is Oregon’s laughing center, George Stadelman, prominent candidate for all-coast honors. Both will be heard from in today’s battle with Washington. Lineups for Today’s Game OREGON WASHINGTON NO. WT. PLAYER POS. PLAYER NO. WT. 'i 165 Pope .LER.Header . 3 168 33 190 Colbert .LTR.Jessup . 10 217 32 185 Hagan .LGR..Greger . 24 180 36 200 Stadelman .C .Kraetz . 23 192 34 182 Shields.RGL.Huhta, . 12 186 29 217 Christensen ....RTL.Dirks . 28 188 11 170 Archer .REL.Snider . 31 163 40 175 Kitzmiller .Q.McCann . 22 163 12 165 Williams ..LHR.Pnlver .. 13 165 39 165 Burnell .RHL.Carroll . 2 190 4 175 Gould .F.'....Dalquest . 9 183 Substitutes, Oregon—Robinson, 10; Ord, 24; Gabriel, 41 ; Woodie, 18; Shearer, 20; Parke, 21 ; Wood, 42; West, 9; dost, 5; Coles, 6; Browne; Weems, 30; Warren, 35; Hall, 31 : Dickson, 71 ; Demott, 43; Park, 8; McCutchan, 37; Lillie, 2; Keeney, 3; Jesse; Donohue, 1; Chappell, 28; Johnson; Conrad; Hill; Stendal; Slauson; McNabb; Ben son; King. Substitutes, Washington — Davis, 4; Wilcox, 6; Thornton, 7; Wentworth, 11 ; Butler, 14; Stombaugh, 15; Broz, 16; Squires, 17; Olson, 18; Rawlins, 19; Angst, 20; Sehneiderman, 21; Pautzkc, 25; Pape, 26; Erdman, 27; Ccaman, 29; Holmes, 30; Bates, 32: Bowles, 34, Flana' gan, 35; Westerwiller, 36; McGraw, 37. Time—2:00 o’clock. ^ Place—Multnomah Civic Stadium, Portland. Officials — Referee, William Mulligan, Spokane; Umpire. Rufe Klawans, San Francisco; Field Judge, W. S. Higgins, Spokane; Head linesman, Alex Doiialson, Portland. Stadelman’s Laugh Colors Grid Game ♦>♦><-> ♦><♦♦♦♦ ❖❖❖ Football Battering Widens His Grin By MARTY BURKE lie laughs anil makes ’em like it, does George Stadelman. At present Stadelman is engaged in filling the role of center on the University of Oregon football team. And he fftls it to overflowing, like a gallon splashed into a pint pitcher. From a majestic point, some six feet four inches on high, Stadelman can gaze down to examine his shoe laces—and yours. He gets a splen did view. It helps him a great deal when lie’s peeking over the forward wall of an opposing team to see what the backs are plotting. He’ll look at the Husky bail-carriers Sat urday in Portland (and perhaps he’ll get an eyeful). Going over his six-foot frame on a line plunge is something of a task for the joe. It can be done about as easy as running the high hurdles in Oregon boots. Stadelman has a style all his own. It is distinctive. Also de structive of good feelings on the ether side. To repulse running plays through the middle, he gets down low, charg es sharply, hard and upward, thus upsetting the advancing forwards and slowing up the ball-carrier. Should that worthy be so careless as to get within reach of his long, powerful arms, there is a hurried crash. As the Webfoot center com pletes his charge, he stands straight up) and makes a dive in the direction the play is going. Usually he ends up with the runner in his grasp—and laughing. On the wider plays, Stadelman follows the ball closely. He is pow i erful enough to ward off the inter (Contiiiued on Page Two) Minnesota University Has Parking Troubles UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis—(Special)—A full time traffic officer, authorized by the city or county to regulate parking on the campus, has been recommend ed by the all-university council as a partial solution of the campus con ditions at the University of Minne sota. Action of the city to prohibit parking in a nearby area has forced a large number of cars to park on a street in the center of the campus. Normal School Forms Eastern Oregon Club Oregon Normal School, Mon mouth.—(Special)—An addition to the O. N. S. social program this year will be the Eastern Oregon club, which is being organized on the campus here by students from that section. About 100 Eastern Oregon students are enrolled this year. I Wekfoot Frosli Defeat Normal By Big Margin Yearling Gridders Score 19 lo 0 Victory in First Game of 1928 Schedule The Oregon fresh football team turned back a fighting Monmouth Normal on Haywarrl field, Friday Spike Leslie afternoon, to the tune of If) to 0. The freshmen were strong enough to win fro m the X o r m a 1 school gridsters hv three touchdowns, a 1 - though the play ing was not bril liant. Neither team was credited; with substantial gains in the first quar tor. The ball was kept near the midfield consistently. Early in the second half, Jim DeMers, frosli back, broke loose and ran from back of the -10 yard line to a touchdown, but the ball was called back when Bes sonette, duckling guard, was caught off-side. DeMers was tackled on the goal line so hard that Oregon had to call time out until he was able to return to the game. Miss Goal Kick The young Webfoots advanced the ball to the 10 yard line on straight football. DeMers drove through three tacklers for a touchdown. Brown’s kick for the extra point went wide. Late in the first half Monmouth opened up a passing attack that ad vanced the ball to the freshman 20 yard line before the gun ended the threat. Warren, quarter, did the passing, with Campbell, substitute half, doing most of the receiving. They completed five passes out of five attempts. The half ended with the score 6 to 0. Score Not Allowed Oregon kicked off, and on the next play Stearns, left end for the teachers, pulled a dead-man play. The ball was near the boundary on the east side. As the men lined up Stearns stayed far out to the right and taking a quick pass from War ren ran over a clear field to the i goal. It was not allowed as the ball : had not yet been put in play by the i referee. After a Monmouth drive to mid field, DeMers picked up a fumble. Steve Fletcher, half, broke through (Continued on l'age Tuo\ Oregon Grid Machine Set For Portland Tilt f Pacific Coast Secs Eight Grid Teams in Action Web foots, Boars Seek Comeback, Cougars Equal to Orangemen This week-end eight teams will see action in the Pacific coast con ference football scramble. On Sat urday, the annual Oregon-Washing ton classic at Portland, and the California-Southern California en gagement at Berkley will be of first interest. Stanford defeated Idaho I yesterday in the south. The fourth conference battle will be waged at Pullman when O. A. C. invades Washington State territory. Mon tana and U. C. L. A. are playing non-conference games tomorrow. If the Washington team wins, it. will remain in the running for the championship with two wins and no defeats. Oregon hasn’t a per fect percentage, but with the record of giving Stanford a good fight the Web foots will have gone far in the struggle for football power. California, like Oregon, is striv ing for a comeback. After the pass ing of Andy Smith the Golden Bear plunged from the iop to the bottom of the conference. For two years, with Nibs Price at the helm, they, have been rebuilding, and this sea son should have more success. The Bears will face a bitter fight, though when they go against the southern Trojans. With practically the same team back that tied Stanford for the honors last year, and with Don Williams ably filling the shoes left by all-American Morley Drury, the Trojan war horses have run ruff shod over the Utah Aggies, the Oregon Aggies, and St. Mary’s. They are strong favorites over the i Bears. California will be Oregon’s opponent on November .1. When the game starts at Pullman, the Aggies will have the advantage of veteran players, but otherwise the teams will be about eq.unl. Washington State Cougars have the same number of sophomores as Oregon—five men playing their first varsity season. Karly in the, season the Orangemen were credited with a powerful aggregation. Injuries have robbed them of most of their thunder. With the return of Twit cliell, star back, and the recovery of other regulars the Aggies should be on the upward trend. The Cardinals overwhelmed IJ. C. L. A. with ease last Saturday and are expected to repeat against Idaho today. Frank Wilton, the Cardinal speed merchant who was injured in the Oregon game, is back at practice again, but Pop Warner will take no chances with him against the Vandals. He will watch the game from the bench. Students Out Hunting For Big Game About Campus Without Gun “Stand still; I won’t shoot you.” If some specimen of humanity ap proaches you with this startling re quest, you may just as well stand still. Because he’ll probably shoot you, anyway, and what does it matter? No, he won’t be taking you for a squirrel, nor he won’t be making the almighty error of think ing you have some “filthy lucre” in your pockets, and neither will ho have a homicide complex. The fact probably will be that he belongs to George 11. Godfrey’s new course “Camera Reporting” and is out for a pictorial scoop. So feel complimented if you’re chosen for a “study” and, like the immortal Barkis, be willin. ’ Six upperclassmen, all but one of them seniors, are enrolled for the new class, which Mr. Godfrey, who is director of the bureau of public relations, is introducing. The course is devoted to the student of pho tography in newspaper work. It is a selective one and each student must own his own camera. Lemon-Yellow Squad, Willi Powerful Line, Given Edge Over Bagsliaw’S Charging Forwards Me Ewan's Men in Perfect Condition Burnell To Start at Quarter; Kit/miller Is Slated To Shine at Multnomah Stadium Gridiron By JOE PIGNEY “Row down 1o Washington” or ‘‘Mighty Oregon?” Which of those two alma mater songs will he supreme at the end of the Oregon-Washington football game in the Multnomah civic stadium at Portland today? Roth teams have the confidence which brings victory, and neither will admit the possibilities of defeat. It is four years since the Webfoots defeated the Huskies Rut this is ‘‘Oregon’s year,” cry the dopesters, and the Web footers are rated on more even terms than for several seasons. I he relative equality of the teams from Washington, and Oregon Has 8 Wins To W ashington’s 11 1900 .... 190.'! .... 1904 .... 1905 .... 1906 .... 1907 .... 1908 .... 1909 .... 1911 . 191.11 .... 1913 .... 1914 .... 1916 .... 3918 .... 1919 .... 1920 .... 1922 .... 1925 .... 1924 .... 1925 .... 1926 .... 1927 .... 1928 ..... Tot.'il . Wins .... PAST SCORES Oregon Washington 43 18 12 16 6 0 6 8 14 7 0 0 7 24 17 7 7 14 9 0 ? 218 8 0 6 0 12 6 0 15 20 29 30 10 10 0 0 13 0 3 26 3 15 23 7 ? 228 11 Radio To Bring Game To Infirmary Patients Through the courtesy of McMor rnn find Wfisliburno, eight students in the University infirmary will temporarily journey to Multnomah field in Portland for about two hours Saturday afternoon, A seven tube Majestic radio set will be their special train. The infirmary’s patients at pres ent are: Tillman Peterson, senior; Warren Tinker, junior; Edwin Chase, graduate; Ruth Callaway, sophomore; Mildred Wharton, sopho more, and Charlotte Simpson, Norma Eyon, and Howard Dirks, freshmen. J. J. McEwan U r o g o n 11 a v e iliad little to do with tlie outcome of the real battle. In 1924 the Ore go n i a li s \v ere hopelessly o ti t - classed before the game. Washing ton lost, 7 to Washington won the Pacific coast title in 1924, but O r e g o n nearly toppled tho Huskies on Thanksgiv iiijj- day at Seattle, 15 to 1-t. Last year the same conditions prevailed; Oregon the under-dog, Washington the outstanding favorite. The Hus kies were lucky to win, 7 to 0. Both Teams on Par The situation this year is reversed. The two teams meet on equal foot ing, and among some fans, Oregon is given the edge. The Webfooters are stronger by far than they were in 1 i) 13 7. Washington, on tho other hand, lias lost many veterans. The Huskies are not weaklings, and downed the speedy Montana tenth in Beattie last Saturday, 25 to 0. The Webfooters were defeat ed in their only conference game. But it was a battle against great ods, with the Stanford Cardinals, the champions of the coast. Oregon was not outclassed by Stanford, but at times was even superior to tho Californians. Since the Stanford game, the Web Toots have improved tremendously. Defects have been eliminated, and strong points polished. It will have (to he a great Washington team that stops the Webfooters today. J. J. Unties Knot John J. McEvvan, Oregon conch, has at last solved the backfield problem. Dave Mason’s injury, forcing him out of the lineup until Homecoming, seriously handicapped the offensive strength of the team for a time. The new backfield, however, is one just as strong as the first, thinks McEwan. Chuck Williams and George Bur nell, halfbacks, arc an unusual (Continued on Fnr/e Three) Best Team Since 1920, Hayward Says ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦$► ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ «$►♦*♦«£♦ Qre^on Coaches See Webfoot Victory “Oregon lias the host team since 1920,” said Bill Hayward, trainer or coach of Oregon champions in nearly every form of athletics since the very beginning of the present century. “Were this team to play the same Harvard team that Oregon jdayed in 1920 it would be a hard, close game, though 1 think Oregon would lose because our men are not as experienced as were the Harvard men.” Oregon lost what could just about by called the championship of the world to Harvard that year by only one point. Some people have been down on John McKwan, Bill said, but they needn’t think they’ll have to watch a bunch of dub players any longer. McKwan’s system has taken root. McKwan is a real coach! “But I won’t give any team odds against Washington,” said Bill. Spike Leslie, who coaches fresh man athletics, was a tackle on the great 1919-20 team. He thinks Hill is probably right. “We had a strong line that year,” said Spike, “it was the best part of the team. You ean see what kind of a line we have now. We have more material to work with this year than wo had then. Wo took only 18 men on our trip to Honolulu, but now we wouldn’t think of doing such a thing.’’ “Virge” Is Former Player Virgil 1). Karl, director of ath letics, played football for Oregon back in the early nineteen-hundreds. He said: “To date, 1 do not see any reason for giving Oregon the odds; but I firmly believe that the team has a fighting chance to win.” Apparently, the odds in Satur day’s game arc even. The matter of fact opinions of these three ex perts point to something like this: Washington has been under-rated. Coach Enoch Bagshaw’s famous power attack will be handled by a (Continued o?t l’ago Three)